New-York tribune., 1907-12-10

(,ornorat;on Counsel Pendleton said that he
believed the repeal by the Board Of Aldermen
Of The ordinance would be effective only
in such instances the charter provision
extends beyond the provisions of sections
2s5 and e77 of the Penal Code The diff
ference is that the charter provision mentions
all .be performances cited and prohibited on
SUNDAYS by the Penal Code sections, but goes
.,,r,ter in that the charter provision includes
.bo words "interiudes' and amy other entertain
rnent of the stage or any part or parts therein
There has been some question raised op-
served Mr. Pendleton, "as to whether or NOT
William Hammerstein lost his license through
the decision of Justice O'Gorr1an- Inc hceHSe
- which this applied has since lapsed and new
license has been obtained Therefore. the de-
cision does not apply to the new license
Don O. Shelton. president Of the Natlonal
e.h,e Institute. made a caustic speech at an
interdenoninational meeting in the Marble Coi-
laeiate Church yesterday, in which ne SAID
1T is TO the credit Of some of the thed're
managers that they are strongly opposed 10
s,z,- performances But In others the mer-
cenarv spirft is in control, and from this class
s,-;ngs most of the agitation for the SUNDAY
,heatre. The more avaricious among them DO
not seen, TO care for the moral or physical we'll
being of their employees or the people
The Methodist rPeachers' Meeting at NO. lou
Fifth avenue voted unanimously to seho d
notice to the Police Commissioner and 10 'ustice
o'Corrnan expressing the clergynens apprecia-
zion of the decision and Of the manner IN which
the law was enforced Among the letters 10 the
Msxor asking for action to enable the holding
Of concerts was that from the New YORK Sylh-
nhonv Society After saying that the society
rade no proat out of the Sunday concerts. the
le-,er continued: We therefore respectfully
urpe ,o,, and through you. the Board OF Alder
men 70 use YOUR authority in order that
spee6v adjustment CT the confusion reearons
TIE purport of the law may enable US 10 fesdiii.
cur Sunday concerts at the earliest opportunity
In the list of directors whose names were
n-nsnse6 10 the letter were John L. Archpolu'
Mrs Charles B. Alexander. Mrs }. T. Co"uii'
Mrs Paul D. Cravath, Miss Caroline de ofes':
Harry Hardness F1agler, Mrs. HAIRY ila, hiios'
rgagler Henry C. Frick. Mrs. Frances HeiiIhai'
nrv II usrriman. Otto H Kahn, Mrs John
Jay Knox Frank Damrosch, w b. Leeds, oiaf
enoe II Mackav. Mrs Trenor L. Park, George
" Perkins Thomas r. Ryan, Ruooiphf r.
Schirmer. Jacob H Schiff. Isaac Sellsman' fieiiiS
seIgman and Walter Damrosch
The hearings of the few persons arrested oi
Sunday for alleged violations OF tne Id" -
little time in the courts. Magistrate Siai'e' "
the Harlem court discharged the manager anu
two ticket takers arrested at Waloroh 5 -ha"-
haitian Casino where the niger SoSiai N'o ~
giving dance or Sunday night Inc ihaii-
eger Charles Steupell and his assistants
Charles Thompson and Henry o. Tone' pieaded
through their counsel that the law did not ap-
ply to an. dances save those given for exhl-
bition purposesY The magistrate upheld this
contention and let them 60
Magistrate Crane also heard the case OF James
Thon, sr and James Thorn, ir. arrested Tor
running a merry -go-r round and scenic railway
al Fort George. Father and son SAID they
wanted TO make a test case OF u in the upper
courts they were held in 500 each Tor ''pe-
cial Sessions Nevertheless, the magistrate
showed his attitude when he said;
While scr,d not send my Children 10 the