New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
KANSAS CITY WAR ON.
ARRESTS BY WHOLESALE.
Thespans Gathered Into the Tolls,
Make-up and Al.

Kansas City Mo- Dec 7-Drastic measures
were taken here to-day to enforce the Sunday
closing law as a result of the recent campaign
begun by Judge William H. Wallace. Of the
Criminal Court The grand jury indicted H2S
actors. actresses and employees of local theatres
charged with violating the Missouri law for
bidding labor on Sunday. OF this number 1il
were arrested and gave bond for $500 each.
while the others evaded the officers and left the
city without being apprehended-
The courtroom presented an unusual and al
most ludicrous appearance when the persons ar
rested we're lined up before Judge Wallace to
give bond Many of the actors went directly
from the matinee performances to the court
house and had not had an opportunity TO re-
move the makeup from their faces. About one
third were women. many of them chorus girls
Tho attorneys from the theatres fled pleas in
abatement and motions for change of venue
before they allowed their clients to plead. but
the court insisted that the pleas be entered first
Whom the prisoners refused to plead Judge Wal
lace entered plea of not guilty for each one
Among those arrested Adolph link, the
liIiputian comedian: Fiske O'Hsrs. the Irish
comedian: the Ernesto family-Fay, May and
Ernesto-sdckvSire performers; Paul Barnes,
vaudeville actor; Mr.. and Mrs Holdsworth.
banjo players; Charles Guyer and Ada Christie.
team of acrobats; Carem and Farnun1, yaude-
willie team: Frank Roleston. Thurston Cole Lou
Ripley Edith Bellows, Dorothy Gish, George
Truley. Arthur Hill Sylvia Sylvan. Albert Bell
man and Lottie Moore. John Clinton and Irene
German. vaudeville team; John Jordan and Will
Harvey. vaudeville team; John Woodward
trainer Of performing seals.
The announcement had been made that the
arrests would como at the end of the matinee
performances At some of the houses the per-
formauces were Curtailed and the audiences
dismissed. The Majestic, burlesque house.
did not give a matinee to-day, and the entire
company left the city this morning. The Ma
jestic will not open tomorrow. When the
deputy sheriffs learned that the actors at some
of the houses preparing to leave town they
concentrated their forces at the Century.
vaudeville -burlesque house. When the actors
and actresses made a rush together to leave the
theatre the officers detained all they could, but
many escaped.
The managemcnts of the Grand. the Shubert.
the Orpheum, the Auditorium and the ellis
voluntarily went to the courthouse. taking their
companies and employees with them The Walk
er-Whiteside company which opened at the
Willis Wood Theatre last Sunday. played only a
half week engagement and left the city oerore
they were indicted
A fight for Sunday closing has been waged py
Judge Wallace for several weeks. He recently
ordered theatrical managers to close Sunday.
They refused to do so and obtained a temporary
Injunction preventing his interference with their
performances The Federal Court dissolved this
Injunction and Judge Wallace sought the in
dictments TO force compliance 1t is his inten-
ton to have the managers and players lndlcted
each week and TO arrest them and place tnem
under individual bond