Evening star., 1932-12-20
TO FILL MANY
VACANCIES IN u. S. COURTS
Judges, District Attorneys and Marshals
in All Parts of Nation to Be
Appointed.

the Rocky Mountain area, to succeed
Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh, retired.
District judge, in the western district
Of Arkansas, to succeed Frank A. You.
mans who died April II, 1882.
Judge of the United States Customs
Court, New york City. to succeed Judge
Israel Fischer, who resigned March 81
1892. The nomination Of C. william
Ramseyer Of Iowa, defeated member ol
Congress, has been sent to the Senate
for this post.
District Judge. for the western dis
trict Of Wisconsin. to succeed Judge
Claude v. LuSe, who died in May Of this
year.
Three Territorial judges are to be ap-
pointed in Hawaii, one to succeed Judge
! Alva E. Steadman, resigned in January
1882; one to succeed Judge Edward M
Watson. whose terms expired March 5
1882. and another to succeed William
c. Achi, whose term expired April l.
1882
Recess Appointment.
Out In Chicago there Is q recess ap-
pointment, which has not been con-
flrmed by the Senate. A new Judge
ship was filled there by the recess ap-
pointment Of George E. @. Johnson
former United States district attorney,
who tried the Capone case.
There are several vacancies now exist
ing among the posts Of United States
district attorneys. including one In
Hawaii, to succeed Sanford B. Wood
whose term expired in March Of this
year: one in the northern district Of
Indiana. to succeed Oliver M. Loomis,
whose term expired May 20. 1882; the
northern district of Mississippi, to sue-
ceed Lester G. FAINT, who was recently
appointed to the place by the court; the
western district Of South Carolina, to
succeed Joseph A. Tolbert, whose term
expired March 6. 1882; district of YER
mont, to succeed Harry B. Aney, whose
term expired January 18, 1882.
There are four cases Of recess ap-
potntments of district attorneys. whose
nominations have not been confirmed
Dwight H. Green, northern district OF
Illinois, who had been appointed to
succeed George E. Q. Johnson: Walter
w. Sheppard, southern district o!
Georgia, to succeed Charles L. Redding
whose term had expired: George P
Wentworth. northern district Of Florida
who succeeded Fred Cubberly, who died;
Edward j. Gehl. eastern district Of Wis
consin, appointed to succeed Levi H
Bancroft. resigned.
Vacancies existing now in the post
Of United States marshal include the
third division of Alaska, Harvey Sulli-
van, whose term expired February l6
1880: southern district of Illinois
Charles w. Gushing, whose term ex-
pired February Z, 1892; district Of Mary
land, George w. Collier. whose term ex-
pired January 16, 1882: northern dis
trict of Mississippi, Charles r. Lyon
whose term expired May 5, 1880. in
this case the nomination Of B. B. Mont
gomery was withdrawn.
Other Vacancies Expected.
The nomination Of Samuel Purvis to
be marshal for the middle district OF
Georgia to succeed himself has not been
confirmed.
In addition to the above opportunities
on the bench, and including district at
torneys and marshals already open at
the present time to the Democrats
there will become vacant between now
and March 4, the following places:
District judge in Alaska, Justin w
Hardy, whose term expires January Is
1888; United States attorney in Alaska
Howard D. Stabler, whose term expires
February 8, 1888: United States attor-
ney in Alaska, Harvey Sullivan, whose
term expired February l6, 1880, but