The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-08
At Ministerial Association
Meeting This Morning War
Is Declared on a Show
Booked for Richmond.
A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
Is TO BE PREPARED
Pastors Also Complain, at the
Meeting, That Revival Ser
vices Are Not Being Attend
ed by Great Numbers.

Ministers of the city made a vigoe.
GUS protest against the Moulin Rouge
BurlesQue troupe. which is to appear
at the Phillips theater. Thursday and
Friday of this week. at the Ministerial
association meeting this morning.
The association took no action but TO
ferred the matter to the temperance
and good citizenship committee for
action.
An effort will be made to prevent
the company showing here. II is said.
In event the ministers are unsuccess.
full at this. they will ask that police
surveillance be exercised and that the
alleged Objectionable features of the
play be cut out. In addition the min
listers will endeavor to keep people
from attending a play. which they
characterize one of low morals.
Murray's Statement.
Manager Murray OF the Phillips the.
ater stated today that he had not been
visited by the committee but that Il
would do them no good. even II they
did. as he intended to put on the show.
Mr.. Murray says that there are no
Objectionable features in the play.
Previous to the Ministerial associa.
| ton meeting. Rev. David Huntingto0
| and Rev. r. J. Graham visited the
Gennett theater. where they thought
| the play was to appear and protested
against 1t. They were informed that
the play was not to be staged at that
theater
| When the matter was brought M
ters spoke concerning such perform.
ances. Those who did not. however.
were in full sympathy with the re-
marks made BY the others.
The ministers characterized burles-
que performances as outrageous and
that II was their duty, not as minis
ters, but rs good citizens. and all re-
spectacle people to lodge a protest.
One Of the ministers stated that It
was the sentiment OF the meeting that
all good citizens should encourage
their friends not to attend the show
or like attractions which may appear
here in the future.
The temperance and good citizen
ship committee will probably report
In day or SO. Its report will bo
given to the newspapers.
| Appeal to Citizens.
An appeal is made to the citizens to
attend the union revival services So
far the services have been only ordin-
arily successful. The local ministers
have been conducting the services.
One OF the pastors stated this morn
ing that the ministers had decided not
to bring any evangelisfs here this
year because of the expense.
Thanksgiving services. which plan
has been in the hands of a committee.
will be celebrated In each church. Tho
collections received at these services
shall go to the Home for Ffiendless.
1t has been the custom heretofore for
, several churches to unite and hold
Thanksgiving services.
The Rev. r. J. Wade. the Rev. 8. r.
Lyons, the Rev. s. w. Traum and Tim
othy Nicholson were selected n dele
gates to the National Inter-Church
Temperance convention which opens
tomorrow at the Indianapolis Y. 81. C..
A. The convention will adjourn Wed.
nesday evening.
Union services in the Different
: groups Of churches win be held NJ the
following churches this week: East
end group. First Baptist church. Norta
Eleventh street: second group. Grace
NJ. E. church. North Tenth street:
West Richmond group. alternately b..
! tween Earlham chapel and the Second
English Lutheran church