Evening star., 1909-03-15
VOTING FOR A MAYOR PEOPLE GET A PARK|
Los Angeles Council Trying to What the Appalachian Reserve
UnraveI IangIe. Act Accompanies.
GRAND Jury CALLED UPON OPPOSED BY DEMOCRATS
Charges Against But Not When Their States Were
Harper Made by Editor Earl Benefited
FORMER MAYOR QUITS CITY AN EXCHANGE OF TEACHERS
Between
to Country and Prussia Has
Leaves n Automobile Worked
Los Angeles Council Trying to
UnraveI IangIe.
GRAND JURY CALLED UPON
To Investigate Charges Against
Harper Made by Editor Earl.
FORMER MAYOR QUITS CITY
His Resignation and Disappearance
Surprise to His Legal Advisers.
Leaves in Automobile.

LOS ANGELES March 15.-The city
council is in session today for the purpose
OF selecting a successor to former Mayor
Harper who resigned last Thursday
night facing an election on his recall.
the first election of the kind ever held
tn any American city for TN" recall OF a
mayor. Since his resignation was az
cepted on the following morning 10y the
council. the city has been without
mayor
4 great crowd of citizens besieced the
city hall when the council meeting began,
and the chamber was jammed as never
before with citizens interested in the out
come of the recall movement
The tangled municipal affairs took an
other angle late last night when District
Attorney Fredericks ordered the summon
ing of a special grand jury tn take
hand in the Investigations that Will be
necessary before the city resumes It's nor
NAL conditions
Mr. Fredericks held & long consultation
with the judges of The superior court be
fore issuing the order for a grand jury
which will be called 10 Investigate +. T.
Earl. who sprang into TIE Iimeiight in a
night as boss of the city.
FORCED TO Resign.
Mr.. Earl published in his paper. the
Express, that he had Information OF
wrongdoing on the part of Mayor Harper
and some of his appointees. by which he
forced the mayor To resign. This evidence
hc has not divulSed and says that he
agreed with Harper not TO divulGe il If
Harper would resign
On the strength of this published state
IL : charged that Earl is gull
~ of cornpoundng Il felony. inasmuch
a he insists that the information he mas
is NOT i'm connection with Harpers per
So1al conduct. but with the conduct OF
the affairs of the city.
Fredericks says that Earl was asked to
give evidence against Harper before the
grand jury that soundy scored Harper
bur returned no ind ctments. and that
Earl did not produce such evidence.
Harper Kern and BroGhead quit the
fight and resigned to Earl promptly when
he told them to. The summonns of the
grand jury, it is reported officially, will
BEGIN today.
The city council is also due to appoint
a mayor today to fill Harper's unexpired
term. whatever that may be determined
to be. None OF the candidates. except
Alexander. the recall candidate. is will
ing to accept the place if IL is to last
only until the date of the recall election,
March 25.
Courts May Decide.
1t is believed that whoever is appointed
will be named to fill the unexpired term,
and then the fight will come into the
courts when. after an election is held, the
successful candidate tries TO take office.
The mayor will hold his seat until the
matter is thra shed out, although injunc-
ton suits will doubtless tie up the city
business for a long time.
Harper was reported last night in flight
northward, being seen passing through
santa Barbara in an automobile. His
destination is unknown even TO his legal
advisers, who were dumrounded by mis-
resignation.