New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
Cannot Stop Display, but They
VIII Not Be Seen in Territory
Where 100000
Live.

Grand total --------.-..-. e5 coo 600
While the fight against the exhibition
If moving pictures Of the Jeffries-John-
son fight spread in all directions yester-
4 6av. the reproduction Of the first films
here turned into laughable fasco. It
ras laughable, at least, for every one
1 save william Morris. who had widely
u advertised the exhibition at the Ameri-
can Music Hall After keeping a large
audience waiting for TWO hours the films
we're put on. and in less than a minute.
Emid jeers and cries Of Fake" from the
audience, they We're stopped.
NJ Norris. who had not previously
seen the pictures. was the first TO de
clare them fakes, and explained that he
| had bought the right 10 use them in
Il good faith from an independent concern
4 that had convinced him that it had in
II yaded the ringside-
The fight against the pictures went on
rerrily all day, new cities falling into
1 line and by night cities, states and coun-
l ries with population Of 100000 had
1 barred their exhibition.
1 Says Pictures Were "Doctored."
Earlier in the day an officer of the
i Tiiagraph Company Of America, which
! Is handling the pictures of the fight,
made a statement saying that he would
l probably instruct his lawyers TO take
action against William Morris for adver-
/ Using that he would present the pictures
yesterday afternoon and evening at his
theatre.
In explaining how the pictures used
ty Morris had been "doctored'' up, this
oa7cer Of the Vitagraph company said
that q concern in Chicago had employed
TWO men and made them up to look like
Jeffries and Johnson They then went
through the movements of the fighters
\ in Reno. This constituted an infringe
inent Of the Vitagraph company's pat
ent, he said, and would be prosecuted in
the courts
l The conpauy's representative stated
that William Morris at one time had a
4 license TO show the fight pictures, but
! that disagreement had arisen several
months ago, and that since then Morris
! lad been using what are known as in
II C-1E-lC-IlL IllIl1S- / ne Tt-dl H1GtA- u
l The fight VIII not be ready for produc-
l ton until Monday, July Is, when they
vii b. exhibited by Percy G. Williams
| IN this city. where he will have the sole
rights.
II Mayor Gaynor was out Of the city
1 Yesterday. being at his summer home
II 81. James, Long Island, but letters
continued TO roll into the City Hall pro-
testing against the presentation in this
city OF the moving pictures Of the JET
tries-Johnson fight
Can Stop Them, Says Canon.
Canon Chase, OF Brooklyn, who took
a. active part in the suppression Of
moving pictures on Sunday a year ago,
wrote 10 the Mayor, saying that he had
the power 10 stop the exhibition Of the
| pictures because Of the law in this state
against prizefghting.
The following letter sent by the Mayor
in reply 10 c. R. Miller, Of No. 1911
Brooklyn avenue, Brooklyn. district su-
| perintendent Of the international Reform
! Bureau Tor the eastern half of New
| York State, was given out at the City
Hall yesterday morning:
l thank you for your favor OF July ..
i lay in my power TO say WhelheI th e
| pictures should be exhibited II WouId hOt
take ne long 10 decide it, 90 not see
Tow L can 90 any one any good 70 Aooh
e them But viii you be SO gooo as -
1eLner3er that ours Is goNefIiItileII o.
Avs ana not Of men2 WIN you please gel
maj vel into your head!
] an not able 10 do as I like as Mayor.
must take the law just as IL IS, ana you
nay 5e absolutely certain that snan not
lske the law into my own hanOs. You say
O. many cites have ordered that these
pictures shall not be exhibited Indeed!
WHO set them up as autocfatsE II there
d some valid law giving any mayor such
poSer. then he can exercise Il, otherWlse
lot
Tie growing exercise of arbitrary power
IN this country by those put in office
would be far more dangerous and is lar
Dore 10 be dreaded than certain other
wees which we all wish to minimize or De
20 Of People little know what they are
dong when they try 10 encourage officials
g resort 70 arbitrary power
Mr.. Miller wrote to the Mayor to pro-
test On behalf of the Reform Bureau OF
his state and as a citizen Of this city"
Friends Join Protest.
The Religious Society Of Friends,
through ArIindo Marine, clerk, also sent
protest. Among other things this let
Ter said: The people Of our state ana
OF many other commemorative, IN the
Interests Of decency, have prohibited
prlzefghts but the portrayal OF TINS
hight a. moving picture shows would
make available TO every man ana chlid
he same degrading scene which was
viewed by the comparatively small mum
Der Of persons who were able to gam
ADMISSION 10 the arena at Reno.
1 Canon Chase wrote as follows:
As one who approves Of your declared
Slle11It 10 give New York CITY govern
.lsat Of law rather than Of men, oesiIt
= present 10 you my reasons Tor thinking
SSat II Is your official duty 10 issue an OF
1er informing the police that the eHhibl-
15A Ct moving pictures OF prlZeilshts
S..her Of the Jeffries-Johnson or OF any
fLsser actual prizehghts is contrary 70 tile
~. and 3nstructllg them 10 secure eFl-
eeAce &c be presented before you as a
sllosno for the revocation OF the common
SOW licenses granted by you :.
~ contention is that TO permit the e. e.
s.,gtlon Of moving pictures OF TINS or any
.ller fight is contrary 10 publle moIats'
10 therefore, if there were no statute i9I
.s:aolng II. that IL IS contrary 10 the iuhoa-
bNsnial common law, which states that TIE
-.rAeSt lsw is the common weIiafe
KRIS is made clear by the fact tnat every