The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-06

~'AS INN. 1uiS Lied RY the
United Society Of Christian Endeavor,
with 100000 mem bers, and the In
ternarionaI association of Police
Chlers, a movement is on foot to
prevent the exhibition OF the pictures
-of-the Jefries-J onnson fight that
promises to be international ia IT.
scope.
The Christian Endeavor Society.
through its Boston headquarters. tel
egraphed to-day to the governor OF
every State in the Union, Asking that
the pictures be barred on the ground
that they reproduce an illegal act and
that their exhibition will be just a.
illegal as the actual fight.
Secretary William Shaw declared
to-day that he had wired President
Taft, Col. Theodore Roosevelt ana
Governor Hughes asking them 10 ueo
their influence to prevent tbs pictures
from being exhibited
The American vftasraph Conipany.
which owns the films Of the neixe II
believed to have expected d quarter
of a million dollars IN pufchsainx
the exclusive rights and IN taking thu
pictures Jeffries was paid SIS, 4ttsH
while johnson got Ss0,00e. Hieinxd
and Gleason got cut and still OWN
one sixth OF the rights. In addition.
the moving picture concern spent
small fortune perfecting machines fer
II King I'M ..rored pictures. sending w
score of expert operators to Nen0
and in other incidental expenses. Tho
picture people expected to take III
$l.oo0.0O0 during the first month the
films were on exhibition. This Aux1a
is sure to be reduced materially Aa
a rit n d o. fyTuf 81
CT the pictures continues TO spread.
Fear Riots ID
A number of cities, fearing that tbs
sight Of negro knocking out q whitNss
man would lead to more OF the rac4&
feeling than existed in Monday nighFn@
rioting, have already barred the 60
hibition and other cities are seri0nai1
debating the question.
Among the larger cities that HAIRS
put the stamp OF disapproval on thNa
pictures are. Washington, d. G., Hal
timore. Cincinnati. Boston. ST. L0u11
and Atlanta. ssE
national Association OF Police Chtef4
there was passed a resolution Intro
duced by William A. Pinkertcn.
Chicago. urging the police to stups
all the moving picture shows that Ax~.i
hibit films casting ridicule upon thSs!
police or showing pictures Of crtAA6s
mails acts. thus tending to increa4
crime. 81
Moving pictures Of prize fights Are
placed in this category,
Mayor William J. Gaynor. of NNMkS
York. to-day declared he would t4k4S
no action looking toward barring fh4s
pictures New York." he said. n44H
not the large negro population 1kN
will be no race feeling engondeFa4*
here by the pictures. as
But what Mayor Gaynor refuses IA
do. Mayor Schwab. of CincinnAl haM
already done. Ell
Il cannot share the belief OF thos&
who believe such an exhibitor nA3sI
any good effect, like increasing 1Messi
crest In physical culture. wu1k
not be consistent to bar the actuN4
fight and then allow the ptctuxe4
shown" ssssaS
Called Out Troops. IA
1t was In Cincinnati that the u000N
were called out to prevent the Jenrie1ss
Rubin fight several years ago. AS#99
Mayor Robert f. Maddox. 81 Ae5
lanta, Ca, acting with Carlos Aae0
Chairman of the police board, hx
refused to allow the pictures nho6
there. We had small riot hef4
Monday night. and II THO P<S4ACNH&A3 u
serves hadn't arrived quickly II mtGM4
have assumed serious proporttone. n
shall not allow the pictures AhoM
here TO inflame sentiment againnt ta@2
negroes" said Mayer Maddox.
Major Richard Sylvester, cht4k III
police. of Washington. declared
was in doubt as to his authority aM
that he intended to use every ee19
to stop the fight pictures. @s1s
Chairman Reynolds. Of the peaS
board Of st. Louis, has called 9Nl
ciai meeting of the police for to~Mt1
and prevent the exhibition OF tn
lures In that city. The mayor M
city has added hts protest ana tAeFe
little question that the night piceM3 j.
will be barred in that city
In many Southern cities the -
ton against the light pictures M
creasing. due TO the fact that = A4
was the victor. The sight Of 4@m~
standing over the prostrata form &@S1
white champion. II b genern1ix
lieved. would be sure 70 instth
ing OF race prejudice that w0N3
In race rioting. sSs
Phifadefphia Open
Mayor Reyburn. Of Phtla41
declines to stop tho light pict1sx
will not anticipate : riot. ~
I'VE viii simply spit ~ our
and held hack.
Halttnhore ~ Almes as4xN
pictufss. ~ bodl1