Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1925 — Page 2

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CARPENTER BACK FOLLOWING PROBE Court Reporter Testifies in Federal Investigation, Walter N. Carpenter, Indianapolis court reporter, returned to Indianapolis today after testifying Tuesday at St. Louis, Mo., in congres- ! sional investigation into official conduct of Federal Judge George W. English Judre English, who was declared by witnesses Tuesday to be a court tyrant, acted 1 as district judge for Indiana during the vacation of Judge Albert B. Anderson last summer. .Carpenter, who took down the proceedings befors Judge English ! here, identified a transcript of proceedings in order to show that C. B. I Thomas, of St. Louis, Mo., Judge English’s referee in bankruptcy, acted as an attorney in Federal \ court here in the Hawkins Mort- < gage Company bankruptcy case. Through action which practically | set aside Judge Anderson's rulings in the case, Judge English delayed the bankruptcy action. On his return to the bench. Judge Anderson harshly criticised ‘‘strange proceedings” which had occurred in his absence. Thomas left the courtroom under a barrage of criticism from the court. FATTY MARKING TIME ‘‘We’ll Wait a Month,” Says Comedian as Wedding Is Halted. Bv United Brett BAN MARINO, Cal., March 25. Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle and Doris Deane are ‘‘marking time” today as a result of a cable from Arbuckle’s lawyer In Paris that he could not get married for another month. . Everything was set for the ceremony at Miss Deane’s home Tuesday night, when word came that Fatty’s Paris divorce from Minta Durfeo wasn't absolute until thirty days more under the French law. ‘‘We’ll stage the w?dding in another month, then,” t aid Arbuckle. They were to have been married by Superior Judge Crawford. WANT MORE PRECINCTS City Council Will Receive Recommendation Tonight. Increase In the number of city ’precincts to lessen the number of -voters at each voting place will be • recommended to the city council tol night at Its special b< •'Mon to re- ■ district the city. William Bosson, city attorney, said the plan is have 243 precincts Instead of 166. Bosson has been in charge of planning redlstrlcting. y“The Increase is made necessary because in the last election many precincts had more than 1,6i0 voters causing congestion of the polls,” he Isald. CHARITY FAIR TO OPEN Red Men Elective Chlefa to Have Annual Pow Wow. The Red Men’s Elective Chiefs Organization, composed of all tribes in Marion and Hendricks counties will open itß second annual Fair and Pow Wow toight at South Side Turners Hall, 306 Prospect .St- The fair will close Saturday night. Proceeds will go to charities the organization supports. Committee in charge: A. H. HausSan, W. C. Parkhurst, Jack C. iln, Ben Breedlove, Lewis Scherrer, George Mlllette and Kenneth Parrish.

TRAIM STRIKES AUTO Threfl Escape With Slight Injuries In Crossing Smash. Me. and Mrs. Omer Scalf and their son William, 8, ot Madison Ave, and Morton St., were slightly Injured Tuesday night when their auto was struck by a train at W. Ray St. and the Union Railway. James Chastain, 3, of 929 Division St., wos injured about the leg when he was struck by sr. auto driven by Gerald Stawder, 1149 Kentucky Ave. Police who charged Strawder with assault and battery, said the child was pi tying In front of his ho ne and and tried Into the path of the auto. PLAN ~ FOR ‘IVAN HO!’ Wisconsin Alumni to Back Play Here. University of Wisconsin alumni will meet at 7:80 p. m. Thursday In the Spink Arms hotel to plan for the musical comedy "Ivan Ho!” which will be presented at the Murat theater Thursday, April 9, by Haresfoot Club of the University. Hester L. Grier Is in charge of ticket sales, assisted by Mrs. R. R. Maplesden, Miss Mary Converse, Paul Robertson, Lester Rich and Robert T. Miller. LEMCKE IS ORGANIZING Candidate for Mayor WXO Speak Tonight. Ralph A, Lemcke, candidate for Republican nomination for mayor, is organizing the city, starting with his own ward and precinct ctpmmitteesmen. Tonight he will address Eight ward workers. Byron K. Elliott, former Criminal ourt prose cutor, is ward chairman. Cemcke Monday night spoke to representatives from 49 local industries, declaring he would not have a "campaign of slogans.” Sargent Makes Appointment Bv United Press WASHINGTON, March 26.—Luther C. Whit'* Cambridge, ass., today was appointed by Attorney General Sargent to be superintendent of Federal prisons, succeeding Heber Votaw, brother-in-law of the lato President Harding. Police Arrest Youth Clyde White, 17, of 231 W McCarty St., Is held today aj city prison charged with vehicle taking. Police sur rised White and his 16-year-old .boy companion, they say, while they were stripping an auto In Labor Park, belonging to Dee 2M JBsvllle Ave.

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