Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-12
JUDGE TAKES A WHACk
At SOUTHERN PACIFIC

Los ANGELES, Oct IA denunci
alton of the methods of the Southern
Pacific in connection with the tangled
affairs of the California Developm
Company, made in open court by Judge
Bordwell enlivened the duh legal pro-
ceedings of winding up the big fore
closure suit against the company and
threatened for a time to develop into
a fight similar to that which took place
in the same case and court some
months ago when Senator Eugene S.
Ives, after wordy argument with
the court, took his hat and stalked in
dignantly out of the room.
Judge Bordwells utterance came IN
the course of the argument over the
application of Attorney E. ]. McCutch-
injunction requiring the Southern Pa
cific to forthwith secure the removal
of A. F. Andrade as receiver of the
the California Development Company.
on the ground that Andrade has re
peatedly molested Colonel Holabird,
the receiver of the California Devel-
opment Company, in violation of an in
some time ago ordering him to let
Holabird alone. Although clothed in
temperate judicial terms, Judge Bord-
wells language carried with it dis
tinct rebuke, and was anything but
relished by Senator Ives.
In these days when courts are sub
ject to all sorts of what ! may call
Interrogation Marks" said Judge
II.
of citizens are busily engaged in at
tracing public attention to these
marks I think it i'll BELTS a great
corporation like the Southern Pacific
railroad to conduct itself in relati On
to the courts in such manner as to
bring discredit upon it. l think il
should be the duty of such a corpora
tion in such circumstances to so con-
duet itself that there will be no OPP
portunity for any such criticism.
"Bctter Think Ii Over-
q do not know what officials of
the company are responsible for the
position which the railroad has taken
ir this matter" continued the court
"and l do not charge you, Mr.. Ives
with it, although 1 think you might
have shown more of an attitude to
help the court"
Senator Ives Immediately jumped to
his feet to explain that he had con
suited very seldom, if at all, with tn,
officials of the railroad relative to his
conduct of the California Development
Company affairs, and added:
Il have done nothing that l an
ashamed of in this matter"
Better think it over, Mr.. Ives" re
Piled Judge Bordwell, closing the in
cident.
In support of his application for &
mandatory injunction against the rail.
road, Attorney McCutcheon, who rep
resents. the New Liverpool Salt Com
Hany. which holds a $500 judgrnenr
against the development company an(
which the Southern Pacific is charge
with trying to freeze out" declared
that the Southern Pacific was respon-
sible for Andrades appointment as re
ceiver, that he is an employe of The
railroad and that the corporation
should be made to remove him.
To secure evidence along this line
he placed w. ]. Doran on the witness
stand. Doran, it is understood, hold
the official title in the Southern Pa
cifc of trustee to attend to the com
pany's interests in the development
company matters and is charged witt
giving orders to Andrade. McCutcheor
tried to obtain from Doran admissions
that he was present at conferences be
tween Andrade and Mexican govern
ment officials at the Hotel Alexandria
on four occasions, but Doran said he
was there only once. He admit ed