New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
"BLUE"AND DRY" TODAY
SALOONS TO BE CLOSED.
Injunctions Open II Bathrooms ana
HaUs-No School Lectures

This will he another .blue Sunday TO use the
language Of those who not happy unless 'heN
are able to attend concert or enter'a'I'lIeiI' %
Sunday 1t viii not be so blue as iaSl odiiuas
an one pay for the propYietors OF seventeen pupic
and private bathrooms and halls obtained mum"
tions yesterday preventing Police toi''li'9So,'e
bingham from interfering with them To-Day p"''
on the other hand. the VINO Is roma Vi ms
SUNDAY, drink NAV CONSIDER that to-day has liuci
deeper indigo tinse than last Sunday as IL prom
ises to be fairly dry 49,,
The police made 10 special attempt 10 cioSe .40
saloons last SUNDAY which did big business De
sa r .l,e closing Of so many places Of entertain
rnent Commissioner Bingham however In ms NJ
tie address 20 eighteen inspectors yesterday al
fernoon not only repeated his instructions oi 4"
week ago reSa riding Sunday performances nut also
told them 20 pay special atlehtoi l" 'i'' ~
r7l,-1t of the excise law
There will be attempt on the part Oh any
tl,eatrc managers 90 diso, the Sunday la" as iai"
doy-n f,v Justice OGorman. They do not WISH 10
,,,-ize ,,,i,;ic sentiment and are perfectly will
ing 70 v-air for the Board of Aldermen 10 acl Oh
the new ordinance on Tuesday
.eZ-a belie1e that the aldermen viii pass the pto
nosed ordinance" said Irving NJ. Dittenhofer' %
rorpsel for the Metropolitan Opera House. yeStet-
dav IN the mean time willing to Nal'
and obey the law interpreted by JuSuce y NIo'
man OF course. there are those who conteno '"a'
the Board of Aldermen has no right 10 pass OH
ordinance superseding the charter provisions u"
Sunday arnusements, but we believe II mas sueIi d
right If any attempt should be made to declare
the ordinance of the Board of Aldermen lnfallo
for that reason, we would unquestonany nsh'
such a contention in the courts
The Committee on Laws and Legislation Oh t',e
BOARD of Aldermen is expected TO make faVoroIe
report on the Doun ordinance at the meeuns oi
The board on Tuesday. This will legaHze musical
entertainments and lectures and meets Win ue
arnroyal of most of the managers Men or women
,oa,rtn- for entertainment to-day may to the
Eden Musee, q skating rink In west 2lslh street.
or to such of the private halls as they may pe
hidden all of these places being protected py H.
junction There are number Of penny arcades
and moving picture shows that are also uhoer Uie
rrotection Of injunction
The seventeen inJunctions for bathrooms and hal's
were obtained yesterday by Charles O. Mas coun-
sci for the Association OF Ballroom Propriefors-
He held that closing such places the police We're
interfering with private property rights particularly
where private orgaiz5gsoa had leased the nan Tor
haIIs and entertainments any weeks in advance OF
Justice O'Gorman's decision Air- Mas also helo
that the entertainments and halls in the halls or
his clients private and social affairs intendeo
for the entertainment of members Of clubs and
their friends and were IN sense public amuse-
rnents' within the meaning OF the Sunday law
Among the seventeen places protected by injunc-
tions are Terrace Garden. the Harlem Casino, the
Pain. Garden Everett Hail. the Manhattan Casino,
Webster Hall, Tammany Hall. Luchows, in 18th
street. and Hollender's, in 18th street
Acting on the advice of the Corporation Counsel.
the Board OF Education has called of all the free
lectures be given in the public schools
tonight. The president of the board and DR.. H
NJ Leipzger, supervisor Of the lectures, were told
by the Corporation Counsel that even lectures in
the schools were forbidden under the decision of
Justice O'GorTnan- To-night's lectures were to
have finished the fall course. but a new course has
been arranged for January.
The Interdenominational Committee Of the Clergy
OF Greater New York, Of which the Rev F. N.
Foster is chairman. has arranged a mass meeting
for tomorrow night TO protest against opening
IL
as proposed by the ordinance pending before
the Board of Aldermen" The meeting is be
held in the Third Reformed Presbyterian Church
I'D street. Eighth avenue. s o'clock. Among
the speakers viii be the Rev William Sheafe
Chase. the Rev. Dr. Foster. DR. Mendenhall Dr
Reed and DR. Downes-