Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1922, Page 14

PR ey A A . < o 06000000000066006000190006000000000006600 * N % THE SUNDAY STAR, WASH INGTO D. C, JUNE 4, 1992-PART 1. \ The Standard of the World In every man’s mind there is the hope that at some stage of his career he will own a Cadillac. He contemplates the Cadillac as a possession that will reflect his own tastes and standards—be the outward sign of his success and po- sition in life. The Washington Cadillac Company RUDOLPH JOSE, President 1138-1140 Connecticut Ave. Tele. Frank. 3900-3901 Member Washington Automotive Trade Association 94000600000 CHEVY CHASE, D.C. Ideal New Home COLONIAL TYPE “DESCRIPTION”: First Floor Plan—Center hall, 8 feet in width; living room, 2R jeet ; dining room, 14x16 feet; kitchen ideal in weniences: breakfast room to seat six; sun parlor, 14x16 feet ; tile bath, Second Floor Plan—F 2 sleeping porches, tiled extra lavatory, and over entire third floor. rice, $17,500 3709 Northampton Inspect Sunday. GATWGOD S. BENNETT 809 Continental Trust Bldg. 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Thus, by playing upon the people’s sympathles in bringing to the fore- ground their boastful plea that they had refused to take up arms agai their own people—this having bee: the typical attitude of many hyphen- ated Americans of German origin dur- ing the war—Bergdoll and his chaut- feur naturally were acclaimed as heroes and faithful sons of the fatherland. Moreover, Bergdoll was not negli- gent in broadeasting throughout Ger- many the story of his experiences in | America, at every occasion denounc- !ing the American people and the | American government and maznify- {ing his daring exploits in America. |1s it, therefore, a wonder that he cre- {ated throughout Germany, and par- | ticularly in the province of Baden. {an irritant antagonism toward Amer. a4 and all Americans? Occuples Secure Position. Thus, with the popularity Bergdoll enjoyed in Germany and with the money at his disposition, he assumed a distinction in the land rivaled only by the most famous war heroes. All this, of course, gave Bergdoll a sense of security and immunity from all possible apprehension by or extradi- tion to the American authoritie Nevertheless, that yellow streak of cowardice so typical of Bergdoll, and in spite of his Immunity fr dition by virtue of his u political fugitive from justice, al surged to the level with him, which is evidenced by the fact that he kept bodyguard of about a dozbn men around him at all times. Only too well did he know that he was being sought by the American authorities, nothing did he neglect to assure his { protection, and his good American | dollars, acquired in the land of his birth and his father's birth, under the government, did every possible thing to avoid his paying the penalty for | his sad neglect of sacred duty as a { citizen of America. From all appearances, I venture to say that the entire police force in the state of Baden is in the pay of Berg- doll, and, as I will later show in m account of the famous trial at whi the slacker appeared as the star wit- ness, practically every inhabitant of Eberbach at some ‘time or other has received some portion of the Bergdoh fortune. Every policeman in the state of Baden was in Bergdoll's pay, and hardly a_single inhabitant of the town of Eberbach was not given in- structions to keep a rigid watch on any foreigner coming within the limits of the town. And as it wa: every foreigner was carefully scrut nized at Eberbach. His papers had to be In perfect order, and he was re- quired to show to .the authorities what business brought him to the town, and if he stayed there longer than three days he exposed himself to all kinds of criticism and conjecture as to whether or not he might be there in the quest of information con- cerning Bergdoll. Bergdoll Bribes Frenchman. However, in spite of the careful Vvigilance of the volice and Bergdoll's private spies, our intelligence service succeeded in amassing all the infor- mation relative to the slacker's haunts, habits, social relations, busi- ness dealings, etc. To show how widely the Bergdoll case was known In the allied countries Is evid®nced by the fact that a member of the French secret service succeeded In approaching Bergdoll, turned traitor to his own country for a substantial bribe and offered his services to the slacker for spying upon the activities of the American authorities. This man was later trapped by the Amer- ican intelligence service and convict- ed by the French authorities. By reason of his financial circum- stances and notoriety gained as a true son of the fatherland,” Berg- doll at once became oné of the most prominent social figures in Eberbach and the state of Baden. There was hardly a social event among the up- per circle in and around Eberbach at Wwhich Bergdoll dppeared that he wals not the most outstanding personality, and wherever he was received his ap- pearance was always the occasion for endless applause and high-pitched en- thusiasm over his actions in America- and his successful evasion from the hapds of the American authorities. HIS liberality in providing for the ever-present " products of the vine- yards and the bréwerles, wherein his ancestors accumulated their Ameri- can dollars, was always much in evi- dence at these functions. wow-- Speediest Automobile. e cannot picture Bergdoll with- out a high-powered moto!:icxr. and, true to his reputation as a race king, he is now the owner of what Ig sald to be the most expensive and speedi- LANSBURGH FURNITURE STORE IN NEW QUARTERS TOMORROW %! had protectior” and liberties of our free | space was required and a new loca- tion was secured in the “rink,” at 13th and New York avenue:. This building was destroyed by fire and in 1897 the firm reopened again at 13th and K strects. Th 1901 the Inter-Ocean building at 12 Sth strect, after remodeling, be- cume the heme of the company, con- tinuing until the present time. | Now, after four months of prepa- | ration, the Old Masonic Temple at 9th and F streets has been completely T and reccnstructed for its pdeled GERMANS ARE SHEILDING BERGDOLL, SAYS OFFICER hands of the American authorities was to trap him by a ruse. German Devises Trap. One of my colleagues, and, by the way, we take our hats off to him, an American citizen, but a native of im. bore true allegiance to the uniry of his adoption, launched upon the ensuing attemnt, Able to speak perfect German, knowing something of American au- tomobiles and equipped with German identity papers, he succeeded in 8O- ing to Eberbach In a Cadillac car and parked the car in front of a hotel there. It was not long before Bergdoll saw the car, but. suspicous of any- thing that looked American. he sent one of his men to meet my colleague. Before long they were engaged in a friendly chat, all suspiclons having been discarded by my colleague's pearance as that of a genuine Dutchman” and by absence of the slightest trace of an accent in his | speech. My colleague was finally {asked if he would not sell the car, {to which he replied in the negative, but remarked that he knew a man at Ludwigshaven, which is in the French occupied zone, just at the boundary line between the occupied and unoccupied territories, who had a Cadillac car, and that he might want to sell it So_they called up the man at Lud- wigshaven, who, having previously been consulted and assented to sell- ing the car, as he had no chauffeur iwho could drive it, agreed to sell the car to Bergdoll. ' Inasmuch as he no driver, he invited Bergdoll to come to Ludwigshaven. This met with his approval and an_appoint- ment was arranged for a few days later—that Bergdoll was to come to dwlgshaven and buy the car and drive it back to Eberbach. Plans Go Wrong. Everything was arranged {most minute details. Upon setting his | foot on French occupied territory the slacker was to be trapped by the merican and French secret police, nfortunately events took a different course. On February 15, 1921, just two days before Bergdoll was scheduled to call for his car at Ludwigshaven, where his delivery into the hands of justice would have been an easy matter, Sergt. Charles O. Naef and Sergt. Frank Zimmer of the division of criminal investigation, American forces In Germany, upon thelr own initiative, together with three Ger- mans, proceeded in an automobile to Eberbach with the Intention to kid- nap the slacker and turn him over to the American authorities in Coblenz. Upon their arrival In the little town they learned that Bergdoll was at- tending a wedding party of one of his in 1its A Home Site Here at A Bedrock Price and On the Easiest Terms 1 land and a home. velopment of RIVERDALE, electric and steam car serv RIVERDALE HEIGHTS IS still be near City comforts. Post Office, then walk east the property. est Benz automobile in Gexmany. that part of Wherever the arch-slacker went his faithful chauffeur, Stecher, and his private detectives accompanied him, and from what I learned in the course of my investigation there isn’t a single man, woman or child in that part of the 'country who would not recognize Bergfloll and his car at a distance. Based upon the nature of the slack- er’s status and degree of apparent security, and owing to the inability of the American authorities to de- mand his extradition—the stipula- tions of International law applylng in his case negatively—the intelli- gence service arrived at the conclu- sion that the only possible means of bringing the draft evader into the Lots Low as Per Week "1110 F St. Send me full particulars NAME ececonrneccnacnens Address Germany, who, like many others like | S = Riverdale Hei Just Northeast of the City and in Line With the Greatest Growth. No one is a true citizen, or at least demonstrates his fidelity, till he becomes interested in ownership of GET IN LINE TO HOME OWNERSHIP NOW Wouldn't you like to personally profit from the rapidly increasing growth of this city and own a tractive Riverdale Helghts Suburb of Beautiful Washington? It's easy. You make your choice now and enjoy your propert while paying for it on easy terms. Just think of the wonderful opportunity you have in this growing Home Suburb. Practically a part of the splendid de- . with its beautiful homes, direct city, electric, gas and water servic wants to have all the pleasures of life in the country and You owe it to yourself to see RIVERDALE HEIGHTS without delay. Take G street car to Riverdale and get off at Station on Trolley line. Or go to 15th and H streets northe; transfer there to car going to East Riverdale directly on Tlfllfls‘Al Low As $5 Cash J. W. HOLLOWAY CO. MAIL THIS COUPON. . Riverdale Heights, without obligations to me. trapping the slacker. Somehow he almed tao high, and instead of hitting the desired target the bullet pierced through the back window of the car and lodged itself In the right hand of one of the occupants of the car. Life of Americans Threatened. The shot had hardly been fired when the entire population of the town, as it seemed, hastened in the direction of the affray. There was not the slightest chance for any possible escape for the daring sleuths, for before they were aware of what had happened they were encircled by a furious, bloodthirsty mob of excited land revengeful townfolk, who, after { having taken full cognizance of what | had happened, the news of the aj tempted kidnaping having spread like wildfire. throughout the town, were in an uproar of indignation. Shouts of “Kill them! Lynch them! Shoot them! Burn up these American gs!" were heard aplenty. and the attitude of this mob, whose idol and hero had been assailed. ran nothing short of the attitude of a Southern mob In its desire to lynch and admin- ister justice with its own hands. And it was only due to the frantic efforts of the police by making use of their weapons that the mob was prevented from carrying-out its intentions. Under the protection of the local police force, followed by this angry and excited mob, which showed no lack in hurling the vilest epithets at the American detectives and their German associates, Naef and his men were escorted to the local police sta- tion, where they were locked up for safekeeping. And only long after darkness had set in, and after the town authorities had promised the mob_that the offenders would be se- verely dealt with, the crowd slowly dispersed. Thus, once more the arch- slacker escaped from the hands of Justice. (Copyright, 1922, by Press Publishing Co.) ERWIN BERGDOLL SEEKS FREEDOM Asks Writ of Habeas Corpus to Gain Release From. Draft Dodge Sentence. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kan., June 3.—A petition | asking a Writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from the federal disciplinary barracks at Eort Leaven- worth was filed in federal court to- | day by Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll, | brother of Grover Cleveland Berg- doll, draft evader. Erwin Bergdoll is serving a four-year sentence on a charge of evading the draft. In his petition Bergdoll attacks the draft law passed May 17, 1917, charg. ing that it violates the federal Con stitution in that “it gives the primai- power to raise an Army, thus . stroying the rights of the six places the states under the comumar of the provost marshal generat and violates the fourteenth amendmer Bergdoll also claims thit a m must enlist before he can becor soldler and that inasmuch as he never enlisted he w not a soldier and can- not be prosecuted as such. He also claims that failure to.appear for a physical examination can only be classed as a civil offense and tha‘ he was sentenced to four ycas when the statutes provide only eighicen months. The next installmant, to be publish- ed tomorrow im The Evening Star, will describe the ti-American demonstrations in Baden and the tempt to try the Americans for tempted killing i kidnaping. 4,000 PROTEST LYNCHING Negroes Want Senate to Hasten Dyer Bill—Marchers Drenched. NEW YORK, June 3.—A demonstra- tion against lynching, started 4,000 strong neath the sun-kissed skies of Harlem today, wound up on 5th avenue in a downpour of rain—a straggling line of taxicabs and umbrellas which shield- ed 600 bedraggled negroes. ‘The parade was sponsored by the Natlonal Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People .to gain support for the Dyer anti-lvnching bill, now held up in the Senate. GEN. HARBORD DINED. PARIS, June 3.—Maj. Gen. Harbord, deputy chief-of-staff, U. S/ A. was the guest of honor tonight at one ot the largest dinners of the season at the Interallied Club, given by Col.| Francis E. Drake of the American | chamber of commerce in Paris and | Mrs. Drake. Among the guests were Marshal and Mme. Foch, Gens. Buat. | Berdoulet and Weygand of the French | army and many prominent members of the American colony. | tead of attempted 1 friends and that toward 6 p.m. the party was to be driven to the raliroad station, where they were o meet some one. Naef and his associate were on their posts when the Bergdoll party approached the station, and this 18 what ensued in the next few min- utes: The Attempted Kiduaping. The square in front of the station poorly lighted and little trathc as in process. The slacker halts his 616-17 ST. N.W. * THE MAN'S STORES - NEW RELIEF STATIO! 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Bergdoll is at the steering wheel. in the rear of the car sat the bride ana groom to whom the slacker was host FEATURING EAGLE SHIRTS OF EAGL E SHIRTINGS and the bride's sister and her fianc The events that now follow in rapia succession in that little town on the Neckar startled the entire world, re- sulted in the raising of an interna- tional issue and finally culminated in one of the most sensational trials ot American citizens before a foreign court. A quick move forward and the de- tectives are facing Bergdoli, the muz- zle of a revolver dangerously point- ing at the slacker’s chest and ex- claiming: “We've got you, Bergdo: is the American police. Han up!” But in the twinkle of an ey realizing that he was hanging b tween life and death, Bergdoll quick- Iy thrust out his right hand, knockea Naef's revolver out of his hand, jumped from the running board to the driver's seat, and like a flash ot lightning started up the car, and, known as a daring and accomplished driver, he sped off at top speed In the direction of the town Naef. having recovered hie pistol, raised it. al ng at the rear tire ot Bergdoll's_car. in_the hope of still Ij&figwa- “THREE OF A KIND” end all built c'h:fferently FULL-AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATING MACHINES For Meat Markets and Grocery Stores Save “trimming” loss by preserving meats and other perishables in dry, clean cold automatically. Pays for itself by saving in ice bills alone. MUTUAL SERVICE BUREAU, lnc.1 1411 N. Y. 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