The evening world. Newspaper, June 7, 1913, Page 12

WMOVEE REFORMS BLOCKED BY BOX OFFICE INTERESTS ‘Scores White and Others in Combine ‘Who Have, He Alleges,“For Selfish Motives,” ‘“‘Put a Mortgage on Amusement of the Poor.” By Sophie Irene Loeb. After three years of investigation and continual wrangling, each of fo ordinances has been finally presented—passed, vetoed, presented, passed, vetoed again—aend the “mov- les” elide along in their fAlmy-fimsy way, and the long-suffering public fe atill on the waiting list. Bo when I asked Mayor Gaynor: “What is the real obstacle?’ he en- “The real obstacle? Ask Alderman John White (Tammany Hall) who ts interested in moving picture ordin- ances for various reasons, and other: Aldermen like bim who, having a| box-office interest in rival show- hh would keep the public from proper legislation that ts coming to them. OF ALDERMEN, SAYS MAYOR : THE: BVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JUWB 7; 1918, Candidates for Matrimonial Status Lined Up at City Hall Waiting to Get Licenses to Wed BVO DDDD48DOF16-00040-000010 0984 FOTOS OOENGEEDOERODDD OEEOEE4 HF 84FO90 00 F100 O18-O41D9OOFOO144OH0OEOET098 064 F DRPHIGSRERD 29.5. “This man White has openty plead- ed for measures in this direction, om the ground of his personal tn- tae en Ask the Citizens’ about that. Note their Jv. WHITE orfited report on him: “Very active in backing bad theatre standee which he openly r'eaded on the ground of his personal Interest in theatres. Aloo, consistently voted againat public interest im other tmportant matters. “He bas veted against propossis te ict in light im varions ploces tareugh investigation: moving ploture investigation, vice te. vestigation. Me hes voted im (aver of cale of ctanding room im the words, he and similar ‘tn- ; i house? And if immorality in the eal- leries of @ moving picture show, why not immorality in the galleries of the cheap theatres also? Is there any pro- posal to out the galleries out of the cheap theatres? PICTURE AUDIENCES ARE GOOD AND MORAL, “The ordinance provides that these moving picture ehows shal) remain sighted during the whole performance. nH the form of foul air, fire traps and il you are confronted with the this man White, having hotd- rival amusement places, is made &n investigating committee moving pictures, and that this selt- fame committees, postponed, laid on the shelf and finally did nothing whatever ‘with this thing, and that these identical ‘obstacles’ are still in existence, then there is your reason for the holdup. oe & among them in other SELFISH THEATRE OWNERS| “owns waetedamng toe moe release BAND TOGETHER, to Mock the messure. 30 is a orying “One ridiculous excuse after another 18 @ered to put stumbling blocks in the passage of & justifiable ordinance. “1 wave, of course, seen not only the @ause of the opposition, but whence it The cheap theatres of the city Rave no limitation put upon them as to eudlences, They early banded together to oppose this moving ploture ordinance, unless the provision for an audience of @ was cut out of it and the audience tapt down to the old number of 300 Which precluded a justifiably expensive it. requirement! 4 “Their purpose (s purely selfish. As f. @ matter of fact, the rivairy of the @eving picture shows with an audience of 009 would not hurt the cheap theatres fe the city. There ip room enough for them all. But the proprietors of these 2” theatres are of a different view, 5 and have thus far been influential enough, one way and another, and by ‘means and by that, to frustrate tf the ordinance reported * “Tho condition of these moving plo- ture places in respect of lack of vent!- lation, and of safeguards against loss of life from fire or panto, ta deplorable to say the least. When the moving pic- ture places came into vogue the pro- prietors limited their seating capacity to not exceeding 90 persons and took out common show licenses. In that way they escaped all these expensive require- ments of regular theatres which I have mentioned and which were not needed in moving pletur: shows. The result was that these moving picture shows, te accommodate this small audience, Were set up in little halls and stores, and, I might almost eay, in holes in the wall, all over the city. MANY OF THE PLACES ARE Dis- i “They lack ventilation, and also prop- er safeguards against fre and panic. ‘There was no ordinance or eta! pre- scribing and requiring the same. Many of tifem are distressing places. But the proprietors could not comply with the requirements of the building code in re- spect of regular theatres, and in that way obtain a right to an unlimited peating capacity, for the reason which 1 have given. It would be a useless ex- Denditure of money to comply with re- quirements not necessary applicable in moving picture showa, and the rev- enues from the moving picture shows would not enable them to do so, “It im moat necessary to pase an ordi- nance for the government of these mov- ing pigture places. Not to do s0 is to leave them without proper control and allow @ great wrong to the public, “Others told me that the measure was A Party measure and that they had to vote with their party. I asked them who made it a party measure. Are these owners of cheap theatres able to make it a party measure simply be- commission which I appointed ap ordinance. But they early eir deliberations that in order expense of the requirements proposed ordinance could be bore, these places should be permitted te accommodate more ghan 300 persons. ality of Boston the number per- fm 900, and in other cities they & Mke limit. The commission nettied on 60 as being & fair a ~ large enough to enable to derive revenue enough to bear the expense of complying with the require- menta of the ordinance. HOW GALLERY QUESTION WAS ¥ WORKED. \“Phe ordinance as framed by the Com- mission atiowed a gallery, but provided that it should not have a seating ca- pacity of more than one-fourth of the ‘seating capacity of the whole place. ‘The ordinan: t passed cuts the gal- lery out. The effect is that a moving pleture place with a capacity of G0 Is reduced to 450 by cutting the gallery out; one of a seating capacity of 40 Is re- to 80 by cutting the gallery out, party or that? Did any party conven- tion ever have a plank in its platform that the matter of safeguarding mov- Ing picture shows was a party measure? Did any head of any party here stand forth and make ita party measure? And If eo, by what right? “This matter of party measures and political partisanship in the city gov- ernment has been a curse. It is time to be rid of It, I have done all I can to rid the government of it. ‘This meacure is no party measure. It was framed in the way that I have stated, by a com- mission appointed by the Mayor with the concurr of the leading men of the . Let us not permit any con- temptible little politician to make it a party meamure by saying so, It is a le measure Which appeals to every honest and honorable man irrespective of party.” = | % Sy A moving picture shows, they bent thei to have the galleries cut out of a by Own fon. San once would accomplish the same Lt CHICAGO, June 1.—John Lenik, @ flortet, wae killed yesterday by an elec- trie soil mixing machine which he had invented after years of endeavor, He had charged it and with five labore poet ee ee it soree a fel arenes e machine was “loaded,” Placed his Lends electrocuted, of the Aldermen came to me be immorality in the gal- immorality tm the gallery (a ony other part of the A We am hands on it and was |Louls WLSIN IGNORES THECHARSE OF TAR LOBBYING White House Officials Say He Will Not Take Stand Unless Specific Case Is Mentioned. (fipectal to The Rrening World.) ‘WASHINGTON, June 7.—Preaident Wilson appeared untieturbed to-day by the attack upon him at the lobby hearing yesterday by Senator Town- wend of Michigan, who accused him of Jodbying for the Tariff bill. ‘The President declined to discuss the question, “President Wilson will be welcomed before the committee if he desires to id Acting Chairman Reed to-day, “but I mee no reason why he should deny charges that never have ‘been made.” Democratic members took the position ined for Republicans to pur- Senators Nelson and Cum- mings, the Republican members, had no Plans to-day for following up that line of inquiry. “1 intend to tr >ist before the hearings aid Senator Cummins, “that President Wilson furnish the committee with tis factaeor information upon which he based his statements as to ‘in- sidious lobbying’ in Washington.” ‘White House officials sald the Preal- dent would not take the stand to make a Personal answer unless some specific charge was made against him. Officials declared Mr. Wileon was confident thut the people of the country would take the Poslton that he was representing them in Washington and had the right to use all his influence to further legislation promised in the Democratic platform. Tt was denied that the “patronage club” had been wiekig to keep Genators in Ine. e ’ Members of the lobby investigating committee sald Senator Townsend's charge would not be taken up by the committee an issue unless some specific charges were made, Senator ‘Townsend Aeclined to give any names. ‘Unless thone are presented the commit- teo is not likely to follow up that phase, ‘The committee wan in recess to-day preparing for its nqxt week's work. It will finish the testimony of the dozen Senators yet unexamined and begin questioning the score or more of men whose names have been brought out in having represented spe- in Washington, The list embraces men on both sides of the tree sugar fight—lawyers, former members of Congress and publicity agents. pote ate $1,000 FINE FOR GIANTS LIKELY TO BE REMITTED. Secretary Heydler of the National League naid to-day that he knew noth- ing pbout the imposition of a fine of $1,000 on the Giants for not playing off. their postponed game with St, Louis yesterday, which was an open di The league rule says that when there ts an ‘open date in a series the teams must uae it to play off a postponed game. It seems that the game was not played at the request of Schuyler Britton of the St. Louls Club, In fact the St. Loule Club ia willing te shoulder the blame as they entered Into an agreement with Manager McGraw to play the game off on July 2. The cause of the trouble, It appears, was the failure of the two clubs to follow t and notify the league #0 as to get the consent of the other clubs. President”Lynch evidently followed the rule laid down in the books without waiting to hear from 8t. Louls. The fine will probably be remitted as goon aa Lynch, who js not in town, un- Gerstands the situation. At any rate, ‘the New York club had enough players im Bt. Louls to have given the Cardinals @ game if the &t. Louls magnates had advertised one, Menager McGraw remained in and could have been ordered to (0h02019-6904-040-04-04005000044050000000000000060460008 ©OOO48-04-00-6-46-6906-0.64-05-566965664-6665668.900009G900OO8H aE les ate der (Specially Photographed by an Evening Werld Photographer.) $ i ; ——— TAFT GUEST OF WILSON AT THE WHITE HOUSE; GETS LOST IN CAPITOL Has a Merry Time With Presi- dent and Loses His Way Looking for Speaker Clark. News Oddities FRYER is the proud name of a Brooklyn restaurant keeper. COLUMBIA professor the split infinitive is worse than the split skirt. BLIND MAN fust graduated from Columbia stands near the head of his class, PROF. TAFT of Yale is to eat lunoheot. with President Wilson at the White House to-day. CHINA in ite march of progress has devised @ new alphabet. The laundry slip must go. INSTEAD of regular fireworks for the city’s Fourth, Mayor Gaynor s going to write a letter, (Special from a Staff Correspondent of The Erening World.) WASHINGTON, June 7.—Prestaent Wilbon had former President Taft to luncheon to-tlay at the White Hou The rivals of the last election—one fat and jolly, the other lean and possessed of a quiet sense of humor—had a delight- GROU:TIDS FOR DIVORCE—Jersey City man objected to the soup his mother-in-law made, LEGION OF HONOR medal is to be bestowed on Perry, but no one is saying & word for poor old “Doc” Cook. ENGLAND'S birth rate a steadily falling, and the United Kingdom now has | ful time together. They talked not poll- fewer children then Holland or Sweden, tics, statemanship nor other serious subjects, Golf was their principal topic, BALTIMORE couple have lived President Wilson had been out all morn- speaking to each oth ing tramping over the links, and Mr, Taft planned to go out thi The exPresident tried to got the Presi@ent to go with him for another round, Mr. Wilson was up early this morning and started immediately after breakfast for the Suburban Club in Virginia, ac- companied by Dr. Gracte. Before the sat down to luncheon in the White House Mr. Taft made a briet in the same house seven years without one at last to the divorce court. They ha‘ DUNBARDS In neenton at Waraaw, Ind, decide that any member who puts an “r’ in his denominational title, or who uses tobacco, shall be fired, 2 DIAMOND HORSESHOE is outdone in a deal in Southwest Africa. a million carats of the gems were disposed of in a single transaction, EAST SIDE Rousewives’ Club, which bought lar pieces of ice and aplit them up among ‘the members, is in all kinds of trouble o fF the division. » {8d Cacsarea, In the ‘COPS SY DAY AT THE CITY HALL TURNS 50010 250 Scores of Loving Pairs Are Given the Right to Become One. JUNE RUSH IS NOW ON License Clerks Are Over- worked as Balmy Weather and Half-Holiday Combine. Side dy side in @ double line stretching from one end of the City Hall out into the court yard at the other end of the corridor, more than two hundred couples formed early to-day for the grand mat- rimontal march past the wickered win- dows of the Marriage License Bureau, As fast as each pair obtained the cov- eted dooumentary permission to make one another happy or miserable for tite, other couples ¢ell into line, until it seemed as though it were to be a record- ‘breaking June Saturday morning -for the patient, overworked ‘bureau clerks. And such @ strange assortment of eager young faces it waa! Young Solo- mons, Isaacs and Jacobs by the score clutched their Rebeccas and Judiths by the arm or wrestled with the task of UP BY CRAGKSMEN, WHO GET ONLY $205 C51 * { Safe Blowers Cress. “Dead Line,” but Hard Work Gets Them Small Return, The famous “dead line” of the figam- cial world was crossed again thie mer ing when two safes wete blown up ta the office of Whiteliouse, Davis & Co, at Nos. 27-2 Water etreet. This te the firat time in several years that the ship- ping and importing district has been in- vaded by safe-blowers. The police aay the operators, in this Instance, were pert safe-biowers, They certainly Ld neat job, and for their clever on not more than $20. Se The firm ocoupies three floors of & four-story building in the row of bulld- ings, more than half a century ol, extending from Broad stregt to Coentiep » place. It has been the habit of the firm to pay off its men on Saturday mording, and as a consequence there was usually upward of $1,000 In the safe over Friday night. The safe-blowens evidently were aware of this, but they dia not know that In the summer time the men are paid off on Friday night. TWO SAFI WRECKED BY BUR- GLARS’ BLASTS. Entrance to the building was ef- fected through a scuttle in thé roof. It wae easy work getting downstairs to the office on’ the second floor, where conditions for operations were ideal. filling out the affidavits of application, alde by side with hun is of Rafiolos ‘ing groups of Proud parents, uncles, aunts and cousins, Many bearing protesting infants in their arms, stood waiting to escort the pros- Pective brides and bridegrooms to the Alderman or altar, Ideal June weather, the first of the summer half holidays and the generally Accepted superstition that the June bride is blessed by the gods of luck were the combination that brought the great rush of applications. Many of the couples gave every evidence of be- ing in a wild hurry. They cast furtive glances oves their shoulders and chafed at the delay though they were in im- minent danger of being confronted by {rate fathers or mothers and yanked sternly away from their visions of joys to come. Other couples appeared extremely bored or looked at one another with sad eyes. In some instances one would have thought the applicants had mis- taken the marriage license bureau for an undertaking itablishment. Again there was the tender young couple who giggled over the formal application blanks they were filling out. Their fa- Vorite jeat wan to read aloud the cap- tion “color” and tell one another to Mit In the blank with “black” or ‘yellow’ or “red,” according to the hue of their complexit They giggied all the way from the tables where they filled in the blanks Past the affidavit window and the win- dow where the fatal $1 {s passed over and the license received and they were THERE'LL be a full attendance if Congress committee holds its hearings on jational League grounds—while the game is going on, visit to the executive offices, shook hands with all the old employees he knew and made the acquaintance of Secretary Tumulty. Before his White House call the ex- President motored to the Capitol and got lost, Alone and unannounced he went to the House wing and looked for Speaker Clark in the chamber. The House was not in session and only an array of empty benches greetéd hi He strolled through the lobby, looked at the portraits of former Speakers, and after asking a fow questions of the pages stepped confidently up to the door of Representative Underwood's private office to find it locked, "mm jooking for Speaker Clark,” ald Mr. Taft. “That's not his office,” suggested a bystander, who pointed out the proper door. “{'m looking for a gentleman named Champ Clark," said Mr, Taft as he en- tered. TEN MEN with only elght legs between them attended the funeral of the one-legged manager of an artificial limb factory in Chicago. The four pall- bearers were all one-legged men. MILITANTS MUST PAY [DYING BABY FIRST FOR WINDOW SMASHING.) WITNESSES ANY’ TIME, RAISE ROW IN COURT} FOR THIS POLICEMAN Verdict of $1,840 Against Suf-|Bolger, New Man on Force, fragette Party—Mrs. Hyde Commandeers Auto for i ‘Speaker Clark juraped from behind a and Others, Fined, Protest. Rush to Hospital. “apenter Cigrk suiapel, om Mewes 8 the former President and the Speaker TASMDON, gun Peder, and Aira. petn-|| David Bolger, snow potlooman ot | Oncrres fue mame me, Se ore members of the Lincoln Memorial Asao- ciation, which will meet here next Mon- day. “I am the happiest man in the Untted States," declared Mr, Taft, as he left the Speaker's office. Pointing to the Speaker, he observed: ‘The Speaker 't changed any, I find.” I haven't been on this side in more than four years,” added Mr, Taft, “I ‘used to come up and lobby as Secretary of War.” Later Mr, Taft called on Chief Justice White, He will spend several days in otf W. J. In the hours when he is not busy renewing old friendships he expects (6' play golf at Chevy Chase, jock Lawrence, Mra, Emmoline Pank- the East Thirty-fifth street station, purst, Miss Christabel Pankhurst and! adopted a new order of procedure in ac- Mra, Mabel Tuke, representing the | ‘ident cases to-day, which startled his ‘Women's Social and Political Union | #UPeriors a little, but in the end won demned by the King's | thelr heartlest praise, Bolger was in Bei can pee 91,000 damages ee East Thirty-first street when he heard a suit brought\by a number of West End | scream and saw that an ice wagon had London shopkeepers for damage done in run over Jennie McCormick, four years pmaghing windows during suffragetts {91 at Second avenue, The child was 2. unoconacious, Fn fear In eMtet in expected | "Ge to the station house in Bast ‘Thir- that many almilar auits wil follow, Seeitsn sereas Deer ThtOd -avense an4 he police magistrate to-day ‘ragused wait until I come,” called Bolger to Al- an e Ee ee oe is ‘preparation | bert Wilkey, the driver, meantime tak- , Lind Ped pitevadey 4 M ing a mental note of the number of the ol Mre., Marianne | wagon, / Hyde, Mine Conatance Andrews and Miss Oaiivie when they wale hroweht upon): reen we: Policemen -caueht Up ‘the baby without pottering around asking > + oa the charge of obstruction in connection | ror hor name and address or bothering | PAYS $150,000 FOR HORSE to take the names of witnesses, com- Uerations of, the Balkan Deave conter”|manded Thomas Goodwin, driver of an THAT WON AND LOST DERBY. © yenterday. Fach of them was fined $5, or, ap an al- ternative, fourteen days’ imprisénment. ‘The prisoners unfurled suffragette ban- nera while they Were in the prisoners’ enclosure and Mrs. Charlotte Despard and othc. suffragettes present im court shouted protests for refusing a remand. An er of ‘prominent suffragettes afterward proceeded to the Homa Office, to present a protest, but Reginald Moy Kenna, the Home Secretary, was abe sent. automobile delivery wagon betonging to Page and Shaw, Fifth avenue atationers, to atop, He got on the seat with the little girl in his azms and told the driver to broak the speed laws getting to Belle- vue Hospital. Jennie McCormick was on the operat- ing table in the reception room just four minutes efter she was struck. In the ordinary course, if the policeman had waited to. take names it would haye been from @ quarter to half an hour beofre she had attention. Dr, Judson of the hospite’ staff worked over her three minutes, until she died. The wheels of the wagon had crushed her chest. Going back to Thirty-first street and Becond avenue, Bolger got the necessary Gata, learned thet the girl was the daughter of Daniel MoCormick of No, 317 Eust Thirty-firet street, pnd that she had run infront of the wagon before Driver Wilkey had @ chance to pull up his horees. R wan told ve the dosnamant to ot to his team, Government of Argentina Buys Craganour From C. Bower Ismay —Must Not Race Again. LONDON, June 1,—The sum of $150,0% was paid to-day by the Government of Argentine for the horse Craganour, who was first past the winning post in thi Derby on Wednesday, but who was dis- qualified for bumping. The condition was made that bis own: er, C. Bower Ismay, should not permit ‘him to race Onty on four occasions hag the price paid for Craganour, who ie to be used for breeding purposes in Argentina, been excgeded in the amount for a race horse, These were Ormonde, who was aold for $156,250 to an American sporteman; Cyllene, who went to an English rte- man for $157,600; Diamond Jubilee, sold to an Argentina breeder for $157,500, and i bag Ag i oe record for oe ool @ Freach eports- man Cor $1000%, OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS, zm: runewich. »~ still giggling when they left the build- ing or sought out the famous “Cupid's Bower," the cell-like room where the Aldermen drop in to perform the brief civil seremony, “Let ‘em laugh all they want,” salda cynical genius pi ing at one of the windo' “They'll soon stop.” When the License Bureau closed at noon it was estimated 260 licenses had been issued. $5,008 DEMANDED OF PRESENT WLSIN BY BLACK HARDER Prisoner Held as Writer of Let- ter Said to Have Admitted Guilt—‘Wanted the Money.’ oe -— YOUNGSTOWN, 0., June 1.—Giuseppe Pomaro, % years old, was arrested here to-day by Capt. Washer of the United States Secret Service on the charge of sending a Black Hand message to Presi- dent Wilson demanding 9,000. Pomaro was taken to Warren and given a hearing before U. 8. Commis- sioner Gilmer. He will be taken to Cleveland. Tt is sald the man admits his guilt, ason that he ‘just wanted ‘The letter demanding the money was matied on May 20 and was immedt- ately turned over to the Secret Service Department. Capt. Washer arrived in the city two days ago and alded by the local poli¢e located Pomaro at No. 106 Wall street. It is said that Po- maro is one of @ Dlackhand band op- erating in this section and having con- nections in New York as the Eastern end, and reaching through this district from Pitteburgh, Newcastle, Bast Youngstown and Cleveland, ‘The police are said to have a rec- ord of a number of houses in East Youngstown, where the gang has met. age eeee MINE EXPLOSION KILLS TWO. PHILADELPHIA, June 1.—A tele- phone message to the offices of the Susquehanna Coal Company here stated that two men were killed and fourteen others injured in an explosion at the Scott mine of the company, near Shamo- kin, ‘The’ Susquehanna Coal Company @ oubsidlary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. i¢ has been reported that between twenty-five and The fire shuttegs not only helped to deaden the sound of an explosion, but shut from the view of the outside any light ‘atch might be used. Ed Brasch, night watchman for James P. Heffernan, heard an explosion at about 6 o'clock, this morning, but could not locate it. When Matthew Bell, shipping clerk, and Emil Henderson, porter tor the firm, reached the office at 890 o'clock this morning they found the doors of the five-foot safe wide open and the floor littered with papers, records and books, At the rear of the office another gate, @aid to be the very latest thing in safes, fire and burglar proof, was In the same condition, LACK OF CLUES BAFFLES THE POLICE, The members of the firm and the 9o- lice were immediately notified. Capt Fahey of the Old Slip station and Dee tectives Meyers and Matola nurried to the office, and one glance showed them they were looking at the work of ex Perts. In the case of each safe a hole had been drilled over the combination end just enough nitro-glycerine, inserted to blow out the front of the door, leave ing the mechanism of the handied at the leisure of thi ‘. Doors of the inner compartments had been jimmied open. As far as the olice could determine there wan't @ finger-print to be found, and the safe. crackers had taken all their tools with them. They left no clue whatever, an@ police confessed themselves up inst a blind lead, PRESERVED BY CUTICURA SOAP Assisted by occasional Use of Cuticura Ointment. Quticure Boap and Ointment sold eee ee ‘Adéreas “Cuticurs,” Dept. 127, Besten, Duty Pmt fot" Sa ’ ye EZ == tate Pera