New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

Of Captain Franz Rinte!eh hHu 'he
seven officers Of Labor's National Peace
Council. indicted with him, opens full
blast tomorrow In the examination
Of tho talesmen on Friday. when the
trial started. the spectators were treat
cd 10 a series Of surprises, and many
moro are promised after the jury IS
sworn in. eomc time tomorrow morn
ing.
Apart from the distinguished counsel
on both side. nearly ? dozen IN all OF
which the best Lnown arc Frank Moss
and Senator Joe Bailey. Of the defence.
and John Lord O'Brian and Isaac
Olcand. for the government, the prlnc'-
nails set a new marx for variety ana m
tcrcst
Surprises for Defence
Ono Of the big surprises. it IS pre-
dicted. will be the testimony OF zap
tain Fintclen. who is expected to tes-
,ifv against his codefcndants. And an
other forecasted surprise is the testI-
money Of Rinteen's friend and former
hrsincss associate. Frederick Stall
forth German banker, formerly o.
Parral. Mexico.
That Stallforth would take the stand
against them seemed evident when he
was brought from the detention camp
on Ellis leland. whore he had been con-
fined since the first day Of the war with
Germany. And when the belief was ex-
pressed to a Federal official there was
no denial.
Stallforth. or reaching the Federal!
building. where his presence created a
sensation. was taken before Judge Mack
and paroled with the consent of United
States Attorney Marshall. Rintelen was
in the building in conference with eX-
Judge Isaac Oleand, chief counsel Tor
the government in the prosecution OF
Labor's National Peace Council, but
whether the two met was not made
known.
Stallforth and Rintelen shared Offices
with Andrew d. Meloy, promoter OF
Mexican mining stocks. and wnen the
government was investigating the
activities Of Rintelen anA !abor's Ma
.ional Peace Council Stallforth refused
to divulGe the meaning of certain dis
burscments from joint account the
two he'd in the Atlantic Trust Com
pany. lie was sdjudged in contempt. ,
His parolc on the exc OF the actual
start Of tho trial Of Rinteien. and the
cf,ccrg Of Tahor's National Peace Couh.
eli seemed TO mean but one thing, and
that he will he orc Of the first WIT
rcssos called by the government, when
the outline Of the case Is presented 70
the iury tomorrow. is the belief OF
mos: Of them.
Rintelen Central Figure in Case
The central figure in the case IS Cap
tain Rintelen, friend Of the Kaiser. IN
innate Of the Crown Prince-whom ne
somewhat resembles and protege OF
Admiral Won Tirpitz. sponsor ana
author of Germany's U-bost "schrecK-
lichkeit."
Rintelcn. who arrived here unherr-
aided last Wednesday from British
detention camp in the uniform OF
German naval captain. has, It Is under
stood. made n complete confession 70
/ the British Of his work in this country.
/ Tha. he has repeated part of il to Fed
eral officials in numerous and lengthy
/ conferences is the general belief, ana
I that he will take the stand and repeat
/ as much Of this confession as IS ger
u a. J.
/ eral belief.
At the trial Rlnteen has seemed the
least concerned of the eight defend
ante. although none followed the eX'
animation of the talesmen with greater
interest. He has nothing TO lose by
conviction. In fact, il would be an ad-
vantage in a way, as it would mean a
trip 10 Atlanta for not more than q
year. And this would mean the vary
ing of mis- imprisonment for prisoner
he has been since August II last, and a
prisoner he is bound to remain FOR the
duration of the war.
Then, too, it is reported that he vol.
unteered TO come to this country TO
testify for the government in the in
vestigation of Labor's National Peace
Council. So that when he does take the
the stand, as his counsel intimated he
would in the examination of the tales
men, il is expected that he will tell
how he spent in the neighborhood of
$4,000 in trying to prevent the ship
ment of munitions to the Allies by
causing strikes in munition plants and
among 'longshoremen.
Wolf of Wall Street in Case
Next in point of interest is David
Lamar, the other extreme of Rintelen.
Lamar, equally notorious as THE Wolf
of Wall Street" from his ability TO
don sleeps clothing and play with the
lambs and lure the bears of the Street
Tor he took what he could grab from
either side-showed this during the
opening day of the trial. While Rim
telen sat back. apart from the rest OF
the defendants, at the extreme end OF
/ the table, Lamar sat well up-stage.
Lamar never lost an opportunity to
Jump out into the limelight, even TO
the extent OF offering insult TO the
court Rintelen acted as though he
/ might have been a disinterested spec
tator.
And these two also offer the extreme
of contrast in appearance. Lamar, with
thick mustaches of bristly iron gray
and hair of the same texture and color
sallcw faced and with hard brown eyes
that peep through horn trimmed glasses
set on a nose like that Of a bird OF
prey. looks like the wolf for which he
was named Rintelen looked the dandy
part for which he was reputed wher
/ he was in this country and lived at the
New York Athletic Club and moved in
select circles.
Smooth shavon. rudy checked, blu,
eyed. and with thin blond hair, so thin
at the top that il must be carefully
brushed to hide the scalp; firm of jaw
and with set lips, Rintelen looks the