The sun., 1908-12-27
PICTURE SHOWS WILL
AID or TEE COURTS INY0
TO HEAD OFF THE POLIO
Kings Csunty Justices Issue - =
which Serves 20 . stay-eezae 60
fasien FoIiews as to the Relles
tuae and Few Arrests Ara -.

t11e usa1 y FVW NssSstS feff-=st -
The moving picture men. whoss lleea -
10 do business in the city vers re
by order of Mayor Mcclellan on Dee
%. appealed yesterday 70 tho coiik'
relief. Justices Abel e. Blaskmaf -
william j. 0aynor were sppssas = -
Gus.avus A. Rogers. who is counsel 81
Moving Picture Associations, and f4ey
orders that act as a stay Of the Nzxe
order until argument is heard scyula<E
The moving picture men. aeting ilII
the protection Of these orders. viii
up to-day and will try TO make up o -
Sunday business what they lost % uhz7e||
mas Day. S
Justice Gaynor signed writ ondzzI4e
the Mayor, his marshal and depat
as well as the Police Commisaionef e4A.
his subordinatss, to show cause vllY ~
licenses should be revoked. IN -
interval between the hearing. which ~
be before Justice Blscl<msr in 81
Term of the Supreme Court in BrouHiR1'
the order to show cause acts as So
against the operation of the M4YQf
edict In addition to this order, cttszR<
were obtained which related' to az36dlzl
moving picture shows, four in tale CIR
and two in Brooklyn. These oFds9A
were obtained In order to make tee1
cases. -, 8 :
A clerk. from Mr. Rogers's ofioe 4t s.
Park row left on the $50 o'clock efai<
yesterday evening. carrying copies q
all the orders to Princeton. N. j., yfefH
the Mayor is. There was some do,lz't
whether an order 30 served Outside q
the State would be valid. but there VIZ
legal authority for believing that il "a
be.
Mr. Rogers after he got the ordel& &
yesterday said -We're going to sezsxe
these Just as soon as 1t can be done au6
then we will proceed with business -
tomorrow happened to be Friday ~
stead Of Sunday there wouldn't BE- asy
surprise about the picture men opeuin4
up But az we have been adjudae3
within our rights being open on S0n-
days long before this we will 80 fla'z<
ahead just as il it were weekday.
There was great confusion between t>1
police and the proprietors OF thssnaCyiH1
picture shows over the injuncHons. le<e
in the afternoon when. the moving pIota5ff
m en- were informed that the oFder Hz4
been issued they notified the mana2e1o
Of their shows to open up sgain. At fb9z
time the police knew nothing ofioiai
about the order and they innmedfatSIE
closed up some OF them. in severai q
making arrests q !.
= The police got their first ofaeial hiles
edge early ia the evening whsn Gue.sSsse
A Rogers. counsel for the pictusf n1 'dz
went to Police Headquarters with 5ps&taz
Gaynor's order and tried to serve Cbn1
missioner Bingham. The Commisele4> 4 +
wasn't there. 90 the order was Served a.
Capt Post. who was In charge at q &ht
A member OF the Headquarters Je8sS
squad looked over the order and aid
he believed 1t to be binding. but wh41
Commissioner Bingham was notzfe5
Of it he sent word not to counternh6n@
the order shutting up the places uiltN
later. {,
Commissioner Bineham's secretary
Daniel @. Slattery. then went to Head
quarters, and after reading the injunot'0a
had telephone order sent out which ~
said might be subject to change satef
This order, which went out about Qs19
O'Clock. said
"To Ali Boroughs In pursuance Of ~
Injunction order served upon the d6paxiH
ment signed by William j. Gsynof. 4uk
doe Of the Supreme Court Of hings egunEYs
the commanding officers viii instruct tht
members OF their commands TO reffsin
from making arrests Of persons operafinN
la,
revoked by his Honor the Mayor "a cons
tained In the telephone order OF Deoeuabsf
"A. 1908. provided that such shows conariS
with the law in all other respects.
This latter clause was added to the ords
on the statement by Mr.. Rogers that the
Injunction did not cover places which haE|
had their licenses revoked prior 20 ue
eeInber ~ for other causes,
After the order had been sent out 16e
retary Siattery took the injunosi1= - - :
the home Of Corporation Counsel Pondlz
ton for a final decision. Pendleton sz'
that It vas binding on the police, and word
was then sent to Headquarters that -
order would stand. q.
One Of the places mentioned epecif.
icaliy in the injunction order ID at i1z8
Broadway, Williamsburg, run by tbs For
Amussinent Company. The nAnaaer.
Joseph Ensler, had q copy and tried - 3
serve it on Capt. Shevlin. Capt. SherliE
told Ensler 20 take his order to Hee6
quarters and let him know later ~hz$
they said there. Sheylin then sei<t 4
squad Of poll cemen and plain clothes m4<l
TO close up the fifteen placee IN tbs pre-
cinct, which they did. William Hilkef<
meyer. proprietor OF -The Hippodrome
protested and got arrested Later sket-
lin got the final order and permittod ~ Z
the places to open again.
Detectives from the West Forty y-serenlf
street station arrested Milton Godsdarfer.
manager OF the place ut 500 West Fift4-
ninth street. before the finRl order czspo
out. and no got bail. Capt. Waish Of th4
Fast i2eth street station closed up fp9,f
shows In i2sth street early in the evening"
but they opened latcr.
The show at In West Twenty-thIft
street. which was also mentioned IN tn
order Of Justice Gaynor. got word e
40 O'Clock that tho ords- had beep served
on Commissioner Bingham and openedup
Capt. Hayes Of the West Twsntieth atree2
station sent around and drove ANY peopIe
out and closed the place at about O'clock
perrnitting II to open later. u n,
A few OF the smaller shows in The ctr &