The New York herald., 1922-02-19
LANDISQUITS BENCH
TO SERVE BASEBALL
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of Ohio later brought impeachment pro-
ceedings. the Representative basing his
case on the holding of two jobs by the
Judge. Both cases were dropped
The Judge became head of organized
baseball soon after the Grand Jury in
vestigation into the 1919 world series
scandal He received the offer of $4,000
a year to take the position and after
several refusals finally agreed under
condition that he remain on the bench.
too, fixing the baseball salary at $4,000.
This. with his salary as Judge. mado
the total $4,000.
Although So years old, Judge Lands
has always been known as a boy at
heart and lover of all forms of sport.
The baseball magnates urged him TO re-
organize baseball 'for the sake of the
American boy" and it was this plea
which finally won him over.
The resignation of Judge Lands takes
from the Federal bench one of the most
feared and most respected Judges in the
country. His unique conduct in court,
where he frequently took the cases out
of the lawyers hands and conducted the
examination of wi nesses himself. caused
him to be feared by all law breakers.
At the same time his reputation of ad-
ministering Justice. regardless Of the
technicalities of the law, brought him
universal respect.
Wanted the Kaiser Shot.
In one speech during the war he ad-
vocated that the German Kaiser and his
six sons be shot by allied firing squads
"out of justice to humanity"
Judge Lands was one OF the thirty
persons to whom bombs were mailed on
May Day, 1919. and during the 1911
BLACK Hand" trials here he received
many death threats. Against the wishes
Of his friends he insisted on sitting
through the trials.
The Judge first became nationally
known when he fined the Standard OIL
Company of Indiana s29.240,000, which
decision was reversed by a higher
court.
The Judge recently had stood forth
as one of the leading enforcers of the
volstead act. Not particularly a be-
lever In prohibition. he contrived to
make his name the terror of Illegal
liquor dealers. 'Hooch ought to drop
$50 a case," was the comment OF one
prominent liquor dealer on the Judges
resignation.
Judge A. B. Anderson Of the United
States District Court at Indianapolis
has been mentioned as the Judges prob
able successor here.
Comment on His Retirement.
Comment on the retirement Of Judge
lands Is perhaps the best gauge of the
position he occupied in the minds OF
his associates and the public.
'oThe most remarkable man who ever
sat on the Federal BENCH" was the COM
ment of United States District Attorney
Charles F. Clyne.
United States Commissioner James r.
Glass: 1.-THE most capable man on the
bench. I regret his resignation more
than can say"
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
Municipal Court: 'I am sorry to hear
that Judge Lands has resigned. He was
an aggressive moral force in the COM
munity, and that is something that is
needed"
Chief Justice John J. Sullivan of the
Superior Court: "A towering figure
leaves the bench and as a Judge I can
not but regret it. Judge Lands has
been perhaps the most valuable citizen
Chicago has had In our times"
Levy Mayer. attorney: "In many re-
spects Judge Lands has been one of the
most remarkable Judges of all the able
brilliant men who have sat on the Fed
eral bench. He has done more TO inspire
the fear Of the law in the minds of
criminals and would-be criminals than
any other Judge who has ever held court
In this district"
Julius Rosenwald. president of Sears,
Roebuck &c Co.. 'I am very sorry
regret deeply that America will lose the
splendid strong, moral force that Judge
Lands has always been on the bench.
To my mind IL Is q great loss"
Harry Pratt Judson, president of Chi