Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
POLICE GUARD HOME
OF RABBI LEVINTHAL

A mysterious letter received by Rabbi
Il. l.. I,evinthal. 716 Pine street. has led
the police TO put special guard around
twenty-four, pages long and appears to
be written in shorthand characters. It
was written In lead pencil on a good
quality of paper and the signature three
initials and the word association
The first initial could not be read, but
the two others were wv. w"
Rabbi Levinthal turned the letter over
to the police. thinking II might have some
connection with the bomb plots.
The envelope appeared to he addressed
by a foreigner and was sent to THE
Rabbi Levnthal" Shorthand experts and
police officials were unable TO decipher
the communication.
To protect Rabbi I.evinthals home
against a possible attack a police guard
was stationed in front OF the house. 1t
will probably be continued until the per-
petrators of the plot designed to blow up
| the home of prominent Philadelphians
| are apprehended.
Robbi Levinthal is president of the
| Union of Orthodox Ral,his of America
and head of twenty Rusan-Jewish syna-
gogues in Philadelphia. He was chosen
by the American Jewish Congress as one
Of it's seven delegates to the Peace Con-
ference.
Pastors Of several of the Russian or
| thodoX churches were deeply interested
in the movement to block the growth of
the Bolshevist monster" and warned
their congregations against Bolshevsm
Despite all these efforts. taken even al
! the personal risk OF several of the Rus.
slams. leaders of the Bolshvists proved
too strong, and even now are continuing
to WELD powerful influence over tn,
These facts throw a sidelight on the
attitude of local Russian priests toward
the Bolshevist element
III the Bolshevist dynasty were over
thrown in Russia would surely give Te
a. n.
Rev " Kurdiumoff, Of the Russian or
thodox Church of st. Nicholas. Seventh
street and Fairmount avenue. at hi
| home. S19 North Seventh street, yester
day.
"The real Russians are not Bolshe
visits. The Bolshevist movement is spon
sored by conglomerate mass of ma
tionalities who are delusiOned.' he said
1T is a great pain in my heart to Sc
these persons so imbued with the radica
Bolshevist ideas. The Bolshevists real
began to assume strength in this cit,
about fifteen months ago. and 1t ha
all produced great regret among tn
Russian colony.
which numbers about 1000. have nothin
to do with the sReds' or Bolshevists. a
they are more commonly known"
Leontius Semenkovict, a naturalize
citizen of Russian birth. of 92l Frenc
street, who has been active in the Lit
erty Loan campaigns, told of Leon Trots
ky's visit in 1917 to the hall at III Fail
, mount avenue. where the Narodny Dor
! (the Peoples Home), one of the Russia
Bolshevist societies. met.
"All these Bolshevists acclaimed III
notorious Trotsky and received him wit
open arms" said SemenkovicE. 81 RI
member distinctly some of the thinl
= that that German tool uttered He said
, I shall return To Russian; | shall mal
. peace with the Germans. If It is nece!
sary for us to give up Petrograd. we wi
4 remove the capital to Moscow. II it
= necessary to give up Moscow. We'll mo,
to Siberia