The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
PittsburE Has Not Acted

and civic bodies, which formulated Pc
titioff>to Mayor w. A. Magee. urging the
suppression of the fight pictures, the
mayor announced today: 1.-THE police will
not determine at this time whether there
is any likelihood of race feeling being
aroused before the exhibition Of the pic
ture films. If 1t appears at the time
that such an exhibition would ancite 9
breach of the peace the showing of the
pictures will be stopped"
Mexico city, July Mexico will well
come the moving pictures reproducing the
big championship fight. Gov. Landa Y.
Escandon of the federal district said that
he would not interfere with an attempt
to put on the fight films under his juris-
diction but on the contrary would like
to have them exhibited here.
I Happily" he said, I'VE have no negro
question here"
! Norfolk, Va, July THE Tidewater
Virginia Interdenominational Ministerial
union in called session here today adopt
ed strong resolutions calling upon the au-
thorities in Norfolk, Portsmouth, New
port News, Hampton, Phoebus and other
fight pictures, on the ground that they
would be debauching to the esthetic tastes
and moral sensibilities of the young and
excite racial passions and enmities and
lead to riots.
Boston, July IA protest against the
moving pictures of the big fight was made
in the form of resolution adopted at
a meeting of the board of control of the
Epworth league of the Methodist church,
held in this city today. The resolution
calls upon public officials everywhere ito
forbid the production of moving pictures
of that or any other exhibition of a
tendency to destroy the morals of chill
dren"
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. July mayor Wilson
announced If he receives request to
prohibit the exhibition of the Jeffries-
johnson fight pictures here he certainly
will take steps to stop them. The Min
isterial association is to meet Friday to
formulate a request that the mayor pre-
vent the exhibition Of the pictures
Ell Paso, Tex, July 7.-E. Robinson said
today that If the state legislature did not
pass a law against fight exhibitions he
would ask the city council to pass an
ordinance and he would sign 1t an the
mayor of the city.
New York, July THE moving pic
lures of the Johnson-Jeff fight were
denounced as criminal from the pulpit
OF the Church Of the Divine Paternity
today where the twenty second annual
convention of the Young Peoples Chris
tian union is being held.
Knoxville, Tenn, July IA special
from Bristol says: A. II. Patterson of
this city, head of an amusement COM
pany operating motion picture shows
south, today announced that Jeffries-
johnson pictures could not be shown
on his circuit under any circumstances.
He says he does not believe they would
make a hit in the south anywhere.
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Knoxville, Tenn, July AT meet
ing of the board of public works held
tonight 1t was decided to stop the ex-
hibition of Jeffries j Johnson motion pio-
lures in this city II 1t is within the
power of the board in Its police powers
Otherwise the city council will be asked
to enact a special ordinance.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 7.-Mayor
Haynes today ordered Acting CHIEF OF
Police Mealey to see that none of the
Jeffries- johnson fight pictures was put
on exhibition here.
Pasadena. Cal, July MAINLY be-
cause OF strained conditions that have
existed between the whites and black 5
here for sometime. the city council Will
hold special meeting today to pass
an ordinance to prevent showing tho
Jeffries- Johnson fight pictures.
Cincinnati, July 7.-Reports from iii
important towns in Kentucky today
showed that only In two. Covington
and Frankfort, will exhibit pictures Of