The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-18
sY LUTHER A. HUSTON

Mountain r4andis, probably the best
known jurist IN the United States. re
signed his post as judge OF the United
Statee district court today. lie Will
Telin1uish his judicial cffice on March
1st
His sirnAtion was forwarded to
President Harding n tho mails today
Judge Lands retires from life po-
sf,ion as a United States jurist to de
vote his entire time to organized base
bali. OF which he is high commits
oneY.
The Judge -as - years old on Nov.
% last
HAD BAsEBALL JoD OVER YEAR.
Fifteen months ago Judge Landis
accepted tho place Of baseball com
missioner al ali annual salary Of $50
900 Protests against his retirement
from the bench at that time led him
to decide 10 attempt 20 administer both
his baseball and his judicial duties aud
IS q result his contract with the base
bail naguates was revised so that his
j0dicisl salary oe S7.5o0 per year was
deouclsd. lesR ting baseball TO pay him
IN annual stinead ~ 800.
Fifteen months trial ct tho arduous
proposffion cf boldinS down both bis
place on the bcrch and the baseball
lob has convinced tire judge that it is
TOO arduous an undertaking i ind
there are not enough hours ia the day
- continue the functions OF both Of
fees" was Judge lands way OF put
i.nz it
Judge Lands vas appointed TO the
bench by President Roosevelt on March
rs. 1895. In little more than a
north he would Lavo completed seven
reen years Of service IN the judiciary
branch or tao government. His Nis
<a.ous methods and out-spok enness
srase him an outstanding char acter-
slrraozt . national institution.
Vigorous opposition TO Judge lands
Aprspe up soon after h. announced his
ssoc7fance OF the position OF baseball
con- rrr,issiouer. \ coreci TED movement
anpa-en-iy vas launched 10 force him
- retire either from the baseball job
or the bench
Largely through the investigation OF
Senator DiaI se South Carolina and
RepreSentztf4 We1ty, OF Ohio, since
retired, an attempt was made to bring
anpeachment proceedings against him
fn congress. The action in the house
vas started on the basis OF his hold
ing employment outside OF his judicial
capacity. Senator Dial took umbra &c
because OF Judge Lands lenicncy in
the case OF a 19-year-old defaulting
hank-telcr OF ottawa, III. Judge
lands released the youth his own
recoEnizance after learning or his
rneaxcr salary and condemned bank Of
Tcials for entrusting the handling o.
large sums TO one SO inadeouately
paid. Senator Dial Gigorously criti-
cxed Judge lands FOR what he re-
CARDS IS an abuse of his judicial
prerogazives.
Attempts to fierce action on the in
peachIncnt proceedings failed. however
and attempts - enact legislation MAX
ing il Illegal for Il federal Judge to
accept outside employment have not
been successful.
Rurnors that Judge Lands would
resign have been curren. ever since he
accepted the baseball post but the jur-
lst at all times denied them.
One OF Judge Landis' most recent pub
lc activities has been an attempt to
srbtratc a dispute between employees
~ the building trades in Chicago and
their employers which has tied up
millions Of dollars Of contemplate a
construction activity. After a pro
tracted series o9 hearings. Judge
lands issued d new scale Of wages
TOR building trade employees which in
valved radical reductions OF the p-s
os many X workrHcu. Unions affected by
the ruling Immediately protested and
the resulting dispute is still uncertain
as to iis outcome
Judge Lands first attracted nation
wide attention in 1907 when ae aned
The STANDARD oil company more thar
500 100000 i'm q rehatng case. The
Tine subsequently, was set aside sy g
hie her court but its impositior brought
the spotlight upon tho judge. then If
his second year q federal jnrlst
Judge Lands was born Nov. 90
1856 at Mlliyille. Ohio. lie was nam
ed Kenesaw Mountain because il was
al the battle OF Kenesaw Mountain "
Georgia during the civil wa that HI.
rather received wounds. The family
home Is 1t Losarsport, Ind.
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