The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1921, Page 3

; | \ “I have been a fan for more than thirty years.” in K “I find the baseball people very agreeable to anything that sounds fair and logical.” ~ BURNS CONFIDENT HE HAS SOLUTION OF BOMB MYSTERY Declares Warsaw Disclosure Throws Real Light on Wal! Street Explosion. GOES TO WASHINGTON. Ixplains His Agent Probably Sent Facts of Lindenfeld Arrest by Mail. William J. Burns returned to his office at Washington to-day, He as- svrted before taking the 11 o'clock train that he had unshaken confidence information from that there was enough bow in hand and on the way Warsaw to bring the perpetrators cf the Wall Street explosion to justice. He insisted his statement be taken down by his interviewers in question and answer form and that his taci- er dental comments be regarded as con- {dential, because, he gaid, they would tend to give the alarm to persons who were -under observation by Depart~ ment of Justice agents. “Are you as confident now as whan you first heard of the arrest of Lin- denfeld that you haye the solution of © ihe crime?" he was asked. Lam more confident,” he replied. “You still believe that disclosures of real yal -e have been made in War- 2 1 certainly do," sald Mr. Burns, “Haye you any explanation for your failure to hear from Cosgrove, your operative in Warsaw?" “It is probably because Cosgrove pefore Lindenfeld was arrested ca- bled me he was sending a full report That report 18 doubtless in and Cosgrove may believe it is in my hands, or will be before he could get a cable to me since the arrest,” answered the chief de- by mail. the mail had anything to ndenfeld here Linde ything but the worst to him, Does his reputation for double dealing and general Jness affect your conclusion wid Mr. Burns. you know Lindenfeld was as ty of “How « vonnect “\ raid was made by Detective geant an of the New York Bomb Squad in April, 1921," said Mr, urns, “in the apartment of one Ed- The minutes of th Central Execut) Committee of ti United Communist Party eleed there. It showed that Com am Linde was present as represent- and the Third Interna- ‘Also, a printed copy of the of the United Communist was found in which the state- s printed that Comrade Wyll- iam Linde, representing the ‘Third Internationale, called the first United Conference of the the United Communist Party,” ‘The evidence as to Lindenfeld's duplicities here was increased to-day by the head of the investigation bureaa of one of the greatest indus- trial corporations in this country. ‘This man employed Lindenfeld to mark down for him certain radicals who were “boring from within” in certain of the unions of which work- men of the company were members. YAndenfeld’s method was to attend union meetings and make inflamma- tory speeches with the purpose of “wey attracting confidences from the on ‘aed #6°°9" oe e-dad-tobd the radicals 4 ward Li ren was ing Trotzky tionale. Party ment | d with the Third In-) ade Will | Communists and / just what he was doing,” this man said, “and that his reports were di- rected against harmless men of no| influence, while he was giving me no real information about the men who were making trouble, I went to his hotel, took him by the throat and threatened to toss him out of a win- dow. He promptly confessed his double-crossing and turned over to me everything he had been holding out “In another instance I know that he sold ‘tips’ as to proposed labor troubles in various establishments to a detective agency. The agency for- warded the information to the owners of the businesses, thereby securing them as clients, and then furnished them with extended reports which were actually the product of Linden- feld’s Imagination and worked untold trouble and expense.” An east side banker, who was in Warsaw last spring and summer, said he was staying at the Hotel Bruell when Lindenfeld was a guest there. Lindenfeld,ehe said, made no effort to associate with the other Americans at the hotel; his ostensible business was that of ‘obtaining passports and vises for which he charged high fees, A number of women complained they had paid him §400 or more and had received no passports and the Warsaw police called to arrest him in June, Lindénfeld went down th> back stairs, hatless and leaving all his baggage behind and disappeared from Warsaw. ‘The Evening World's informant said he was surprised to learn that Lin- denfeld had risked going back to Warsaw, Asked what he thought of Linden- feld, the banker said: “ram giving you this information! only on your promise not to connect | my name with any mention of the 4 é & SEE RB SBS eae “We must look toward the de- yelopment of the young player.” es. ESR SS SHS SVBFeF SSBB SFSF BRB ABBBSRTSSSBTZSE TBs ees “Fans don’t care about the polities of the game. They want to see the boys on the field.” “Baseball is an important rec- reative part of our national life.” Senne “ “Baseball is more to the American youth than a money- making Institution.” THUGS BREA WRT OF POLICEMAN BUT HESHOOTSHS HAN McDopnell Attacked by Threz Acting Suspiciously Near Mail Wagon. Three men In a dark doorway at 21st Street and Seventh Avenue at 1 A. M, to-day appeared to be watching passing trucks loaded with Christmas packages. — Policeman James McDonnell finally went over and asked what they were doing, and one told him it was “None of your business, get out. McDonnell order mail a them to put ap their hands, and he started to “frisk" them for weapons* put back his revolver, which he Rad drawn as he entered the hallway As he was frisking one he heard: “All right now. let him have it!” and turned just in time to knock up a revolver one of the men fired at him, the bullet ing by his head. The attack was so sudden he could not get to his gun gain and had to battle with his nightstick, The fight shifted down the steps to the sidewalk, McDonnell holding lis assatiant so he could not 1s, fellow.” BOMB SUSPECT’S } STORIES DOUBTED BY POLISH POLICE ' Lindenfeld, Constantly Refreshing Memory, Admits Making i Misstalements. H WARSAW, Dec. 2 (Associated Press).—The polish police believe that Wolff Lindenfeld is hiding much cf what he really knows regarding the Wall Street explosion of September, 1920, in connection with which he was arrested here at the instance of the American Department of Justice, and continue questioning him. | Lindenfeld, who was also known as William Linde, declares that Com- munists have planned a revolution in Poland for early next year, but has) begged the a horities not to ribe the statement to him, His assertion | that he knows M. Chicherin, the| Soviet Foreign Minister, and bas | talked with him in Moscow 1s doubted here. So many conflicting statements have | peen made on all sides of the Linden- feld case that certain points cannot be straightened out until advices are received from the United States. Lin- ‘denfeld himself is constantly refresh- ling his memory und amending his statements, and the Polish police say that In several instances he has ad- mitted making misstatements, j; Many questions bearing upon the | explosion and on Lindenfeld's activi- ties generallys b not been asked | him ‘as yet, the police desiring to awalt developments in other parts of the world, particularly America. The charge upon which Lindenfeld jis being held by the Poles is that of teing & Communist propagandist and a suspected spy. —— |LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, JUSTICES TELL HIM Who Denecrated United States Flag, Sent to Tom Pizutti Corla, twenty-two, In America since February, was told by the Juatices in the Court of Special Sessions to-day he was fortunate that he *was not the central figure at a furmeral t a of being « prisoner charged with desecrat- ing the Am an flag. ,Corla ‘marched with his countrymen th the Diag reception, In front front of the Post Office he broke the atick of the American flag he carried, threw it jon the ground and watked on it. Three |policemen rescued him, | Senator Salvatore Cotillo, his coun jexpluined it was ignorance and meant no disrespect, Assistant Dis- Cor! shoot, wnie he used ais nightstick with «1: oth har Finally McDonnell fell on the maa with the revolver One of the othe.s! jumped on the policeman’s right wrist and broke it. The two beat him and kicked him almost unconscious but | he did not let go of the man under) him, Suddenly the men broke away and ran, McDonnell got oug his ro- volver and began firing with his left hand, One of the men fell, The shots had been heard at the West 20th Street Station and Dete: tives Flood and Corcoran went to in vestigate. As they approached wounded man abandoned sy hs pals. but was still so fuil of fight that | when finw iy landed in the station ve was practically stripped. He had been shot in the thigh, In the station he appeared insane cr un- der the influence of drugs. He im- agined he was a police captain and tried to put the res es through ma- noeuvres, He could not tell his nam, age or address, and was entered i Bellevue as an unidentitied man. Po- iceman McDonnell was taken home. | jaan, POLICEMAN IS SHOT FROM HARLEM HOUSE Supposed Hold-Up Men Fire From Hallway, Flee as Throng Fills Street. Jasper Rhodes, a tairty-two, attached to the West 135th Street St saw two negroes lurking in the negro, tion, hallway of No. 35 West 136th Street last night and ordered them to e out | One of them drew a revolver and fired) at him. The first bullet hit Rhodes in the abdomen, a second in the shoulder. | He fell and his assailants fled tarougn | the hallway and escaped, | The shots aroused the nelshborhood | and hundreds of negroes pourcd out cf} tenement houses to the street, Patrolman Bryden of the West 135th) Street Station arrived in a fow minutes) and called an ambulance, which took | Rhodes to Harlem Hospital, He was unable to describe his assailants, as they ‘nad remained in the shadow of the vestibule where, he believes, they in- | tended a hold-up, | a ed | SCALDED BY TANK, EXPLOSION, Salvatore Darlano, a Well to do con- tractor, repaired the water tank of the |kitchen range at his home, No. 151 Rhoades Street, New Rochelle, yester- | day, He turned off the water but did not put out the fire, When he turned on the water again the hot tank ex- trict Attorney Direnzo demanded his conviction and punishment. He wax remanded to the Tombs until Dec. 28 for sentence, The Italian Welfare Bo- ciety has promised to send him back to Italy if permitted to do so, pioded, scalding Mrs, Darlano their lelght-year-old #on severely about the | el! Trace and arma, ‘They were both taken tw the New Rochelle Hospital “BIG CHIEF’ OF BASEBALL, 30 YEARS A FAN, LIKES HIS JOB AS HIGH COMMISSIONER Judge Landis Demonstrates Why Magnates Squirm When He Points His Finger at Them—W ants Draft Rule That Will Give Potential Christy Mathewsons a Chance in Big Leagues—Finds All Baseball Owners Fair and Helpful. By Bozeman Bulger. To get the real Judge Landis the movie strip should catch that long forefinger as well as the face. Buta camera man would have to work fast. let the Judge get a bead on your chest with that finger half cocked and you'll know what makes a magnate squirm. You'll know who swings the whip in baseball and why It's worth 4 thousand dollars’ per swing. ainly I'll. pose for a picture.” said the High Commissioner, “Make it nine-thirty in the morning.” I started for the telephone, Some- thing made me turn, The finger was levelled straight at me. Behind it, as if looking down a rifle barrel, were those piercing black eyes. “And, mind you," he said, “that means nine-thirty New York time, not Denver time That's the way he runs baseball, As the Judge talks he occasionaily leaps to his feet and paces the floor. His snow-white hair may lie the sprin; actions For a moment one tii him ag an old man, The next instant there is an impression of talking to an agile youth. Though he has a very keen sense of humor, there is inten- sity In his every utterance. At no time is he at a loss for the exact word to fit the exact . asked, @how did you sc interested im base- I loved it. I've been a fan for more than tairty years.’ “Do you like ocing High Commis- sione “I do, The ciation ts very pleasant. I find the baseball people | ve agreeable to anyt that sounds fair and logical. y have been wonderful in extending ine the p-operation and help that we must ave, Baseball is more to the Amer- n youth than a mere mon l= ing institution, It is an important recreative ‘part of our national life.” “Have you any definite plins for the future of baseball? a nothing more than to get an} une anding between mt nd major leagues that will be f : cal and workab! Th finger was levelled and half cocked again. “We must look toward th devel- opment of the young p er Sand let arbitrary rule or the whims of nd in the way of gradual advancement It is unthinkat that a boy of the Christy Mathewson type, we'll say, ould have to stay in obscure league simply because on! nan could decide that he does not want to turn jhim loose." The Judge was referring to the op- position to the draft rule which en- ables a major league to bring a young player up from the minors and give ance sure that a fair plan will ced out by which that can be I have yet to find a baseball club owner who is not disposed to do the right thing when it 1s made clear to him what ts the right thing. Rut, say,” the Judge suddenly him a ¢ “I tee be w done, asked, leaping to his feet and run- ning his fir through that long white hair, “what are we going to do to get our returned soldiers back on their fe Oh, the cases of de- spair and almost hopelessness I have seen! What are we going to do— what can we do about it?" This was urprising shift, In launching into this new subject the High Commissioner became mora in- tense than he had been in d'scuss- It suems that the ¢ ing baseball f the soldiers is the nearest thing to his heart. In the loss of friend. and relatives, boys that romped with and loved, ‘much w out of the Judge's life He has devoted him- self to hop.ng str out the @f- faire and io iinding opportunities for quadrangle, those whe returned. The Judge's son was a major in the Aviation Corps. That gives you a picture of this re- markable “man, who sita on the bench as 4 Federal Judge part of the time and gives his attention to base- ball at other moments, Still he finds Ume to devote to war veterans who are unablo to understand the intri- cacies of their compensation claims and gets them jobs. “By the wa) he_ said, again changing the subject, “I want you to take this and read {t, You'll find it a _beautifu: piece of writing." He handed me a book, a story an- alyzing th mind of a man who had been shell shocked. “Do you see anything dark in the future of baseball?” asked, didn’t “LIL be on my way home in twenty- four hours,” he concluded, “not the least disquieted about the game, It will all work out all right. Fans don’t care anything about the poll-; th and government anyway. whoop. They want to see the boys on the ficid. I'd rather hear the crack of a two-base hit myself.” ee CUT THROUGH TRAIN TO GET TO A FIRE Honorary Deputy Chief Mainzer Wad Cars Uncoupled to ‘Let Him Pass, § ing south on 10th Avenue In his automobile to a fire for which two alarms hod been turned {n, Honorary Deputy Chief Robert H. Mainzer early this morning found hf way blocked at of the game, 30th Street by a freight train, He clan his bell and a brakeman un- coupled the train and the locomotive pulled several cars away, giving Mr. Mainzer an opening to slip through, ‘The fire was in the four-story brick bullding 511 to 619 West g0th spied by the Tidewater Bulld- ny. It started in rubbish and sawdust in 4 wood-turning establishment on the fourth floor und caused conalderable damage. eine eneaianeeeRrane HOLIDAY SHOPLIFTERS SENT TO PENITENTIARY vr Convicted for Stealing From ce Big Stores, short shrift to-day at the hands “of the Justices of Spectal Sessions, Oscar Reiss, twenty, of No. 174 St. Nicholas Avenue, and Isaac ixraty, thirty-fve, of No, 131 West 136th Street, went to the penitentiary for from lx months to three years for stealing eight sliver mesh bags in Gimbel Bros on De Detectives of the Stores Mutual Protective Assoctation, who ar. store rested them, said they had gone from store to store taking whatever they yuld lay hands on. Mary Gleason, thirty-five, No. 240 West TYth Street, recelved a similar sentence 1 stealing two silk shirts In McCreery's on Dee, 1, nd Frank Childe, thirty- s:ven, No. 16 Herkimer Street, Brook- lyn, was sent to the penttentlary for ixty days for taking & number of tavats fiom Sake & Co. on Oct. 31. — FOR MEMORIAL TO 372 HARVARD WAR DEAD. ory Among Sumsmentt CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec, 20.—Among suggestions for a permanent me- al to the 372 Harvard men who lost thetr lives in the World War are that a hapel “of greater dignity and bea be built; or an auditorium nul be 1 for commencement 4s und other large meetings or a nbined auditorium and bullding tor ndoor athletics; and @ dormitory TY { don't believe they give a) an Renee rctn ee er reenve “I__see__nothi disquieti abent the future of the gam it will work out all right.” ROB SANTA CLAUS, ALSO UNCLE SAM, ATRWEREDGE, NL Fire Department Called Out to Repel Burglars, Who Take Even Oftice Typewriter. River Edge, N. partment, but it has an alert force of fire fighters, the members of which were called from sleep at 12,20 this morning to repel burglars. A citizen walking home from North Hacken- sack at that hour saw an automobile at the Post Office with men loading the car with whatever was portabi He gave the old fire alarm bellrope a pull and the clang awakened River Edge. The alarm likewise mapped out the future course of action for the men with the automobile. They threw the last of the stuff they were loading into the car and stepped on the gus. By this time John Borger and Fred |Rankina, members of the Fire De- | partment, who are employed in the Mercantile Exchange in New had made the street, anxious to win the cigars that always go to the first fireman to reach the burning house after an alarm. They saw the automobile and chased {t as it got under way. They followed it for several blocks and lost it as {t turned into a new road toward Hackensack. Investigation showed the burglars had pried open |a window of the Post Office, and atte jstealing what money and stamps there were that belonged to Uncl Sam had robbed Santa Claus, takin the inbound and outbound parcel post Christmas mail, In addition to that they stole the typewriter, making it necessary for the Postmaster to buy another or borrow one upon which he will write his official report of the robbery to-day, In the meanwhile he is answering one question many times—"Did that package I mailed last evening get out on the last matt or was it stolen?” a AUTO LICENSE OFFICES OPENED HERE, SIX IN ALL Urged to Get Permits Be- fore January Fi Start Six offices have been opened here by the State Tax Commission to help auto- J., bas no Police De- Owne: mobile owners obtain thelr Heenses for 1¥22 more quickly. They ure, In addition to the regular office at fiweadway and 65th Street, at the Firat Field Artillery Armory, Broud- way and 68th Str ngincer: Armory, 168th Stre nd Fort. Ws ington Avenue; 9th Const Defense Com pany Armory, West 14th Street; 24 Hi Avenue, st APinory Bedford Avenue, Brooklya, and at 17 Washington Street, Brooklyn. fdent Law of the Commission urges all outo owners to get their Il consen early to avoid the usual Jan- tisry rush and to apply at the branch offices, If possible —<$<—<>__— HEARINGS ARE RESUMED ON I. R. T. RECEIVERSHIP Judge Mayer Takes Up Petiti Dormant Since Oct, 27. Hearings in the involuntary recelver- ship action started against the Inter- borough Rapid Transit Company, dor- mant alnce Oct. will be resumed this afternoon by Judge Julius M Mayer in the Federal Court, No mo- tion for a dismishal will be made, it was reported by persons said to be in the confidence of subway officials. At several of the previous hearings Judge Mayer expressed bellef that a receiver ship was not warranted by the showin made by the applicant, Clarence H, Verner. ‘Of the $38,144,400 outstanding 7 per cent, notes ‘which fell due Sept. 1, holders of less nm $2,000,000 have faried to signify their willingness to have their notes converted to new one- year & per cent. notes, York, | Wield Artillery Armory, No. 1122 Frank- | FRAMED DOCTOR IN $19,000 SUIT, CLAIM Charge Follows Verdict Won by Rosalind Greene, 17— Alleged Confession Made. At the instance of Dr, Harry Schnelder, of No. 78 Hardenbrook Avenue, Jamaica, District Attorney Dana Wallace of Queens County started a John Doe hearing to deter- mine whether the verdict of $15,000 obtained against him by Miss Rosa- ‘ind Greene, seventeen years old, a month ago, was the result of a con- spiracy. Miss Greene, Mrs, Mildred Kotcher and Ernest Pearson, eighteen years old, of No. 44 Hilldsdale Avenue, were summoned to the hearing. Detective Christopher Netling presented state- ments which he said he had obtained | trom the boy and the girl corroborat- ing the conspiracy charge. According to the statement puporting to come from the girl, she said she had fre- ‘quently taken rides with Dr, Schnol- |der, who owned the home in which the girl and her mother lived. At a conference at which Pearson and an- other man were present, Miss Greene | was quoted as saying her mother in \structed her to go for a ride with the doctor and at a certain point :n the woods near Jamatca to get him to stop the car, After that she was to scream for help. The statement continued that these Instructions were carried out. Young Pearson, it continued, and the other |man jumpel out of the bushes and | pretended to “rescue” Miss Greene, A policeman wppeared and took the four 1d Jumaica Police Station, where Miss \Greene refused make a charge against the physician, According to the girl's statement, her mother approved her report of what had happened, and said: “Now can sue the doctor for you and we can get gome money out of him. The alleged statement of young urson was similar, except that it that Mrs. Greene had promised 200 In payment for his services, Kotcher has had her daughter arrested recently for incorrigibility, it appeared, and Mias Greene made a similar statement to Mra, H. E. Hen- Reread. in whose custody she I incorrigibility before P state The came day, but he continued it with the other case. charge also “What are we te do to get our returned soldiers back their feet!” MOTHER AND GIRL [SEVEN TRAPPED ABOVE BLAZE IN STORE RESCUED Policeman Swings Girl to Safe- ty From Coping—Firemen Save Others. When Polfceman Leonard Hoffman of the Stagg Street Station heard cries for help coming from the three- story house at No, 142 Manhattan Avenue, Williamsburg, at 1.30 A. M24 s to-day he found the ground flour ablaze and two women leaning out @ second story window, partly ove.- come by smoke. He broke down the front door, but the hall was so filled with smoke he knew he would not be able to get the occupants of the house out that way. Running next door to No, 140, ha climbed out on the coping, three fees higher than the windows in whieh were the women, Reaching over he told the younger. who was In a daze, to hold up her hands. He seized her by the army, pulled her to the coping and carriea her tothe street. She was Miss Gue- sie Katz, nineteen, The other woman in the window was Mrs. Katz, By the time the policeman reached the street with the girl the smoke had cleared from the halls sufficiently for Mr, and Mrs. Katz to go down the stairs to the street. Maurice Lieberman, his wife, Gus- sie, their son Sam, ten years old, and Hannah, one year, live on the third floor. While Hoffman was on the coping Lieberman appeared at the window of his apartment with the baby and shouted to the policeman that he would toss her to him. Hoff~ man, realizing that both would prob- ably fall to the street, told him to wait a minute as ‘he firemen with ladders were in sight. The next mo- ment Lieut. Owen Burns and two other men of Hook and Ladder No, 8 were able to fight their way through the smoke to the third floor ana carry the Lieberman family to the street. The fire was confined to a clothin store on the ground floor and di $2,000 damage. fates SEES THORNE DIVOROE CASE ENDS. The divoree case of Joel Wolfe Thorne against Mary Casey Thorne, the former Barnard College graduate, known as the “Belle of Third Avenue, Magistrate Miller to-! * probably ended ‘day when Justice Burr in Supreens Court refused to grant Mary Casey Thorne's application for a counsel fee to allow her to appeal her husband's de- cree of absolute divorce. | cA Lower Scale of Prices has been placed on all our Precious Stones, Jewelry, and Novelsies fos the month of December. TMs revatuation offers eo Chrite mas Buyers « real and rare oppor tunity chac may beet be appreciated by « comparison of values elsewhere, E. M. GATTLE & CO. Platinumemithe 630 FIFTH AVE, Jewelers , i i 3