New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-25
BARRED FROM CHINATOWN
DrisCOII Sends Policemen TO
Warn All Visitors Away.
"RUBBERNECK" MEN HARD 1T
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Fore
man of the White Slave Jury,
Confers at Headquarters.

Promptly at Il O'Clock last night new
order went into effect in Chinatown
Policemen. patrol1inE each block stopped
all visitors to New Yorks dingy slice OF
the Celestial Kingdom. asked them where
they were bound and unless a good ex-
PLANTATION was forthcoming they we're told
to move out Of the quarter
The order uas posted following = cor
ference between representatives Of the
sight seeing companies sending autos 10
Chinatown and First Deputy Commissioner
Driscoll.
The order came as a hard one 70 the
rubber neck men and 10 the Cinnamon
themselves many Of whom have waxed
fat and rich on the dollars OF morbid and
curious visitors 10 the unumerable chop
suey restaurants and fake opium Joints
which. with the joss house, form the chief
attractions OF the section
In issuing his order Mr.. DriScoH said he
aimed not only To kill vice in the Chinese
quarter but 10 prevent any further waste
of life in the tong wars when visitors are
liable to get bullets not meant for them
The tong wars are peculiar in that they
break out at most unexpected moments
one might start when a crowd Of sight
seers were in the direct line of range look
ing at beautiful specimens of Chinese en-
broidery in a dirty window
Another reason for Mr. DriscolTs action
Is his fear of fire in the ramshackle build
inEs which make up the quarter. There is
hardly one that would not burn ike tin
der box if flames once reached it. and con-
dticns are such at present that a fire with
fair headway could destroy the district.
with great loss of life. for the Cinnamon
herd by the hundred in tenements meant
for eight OF ten families
II will he the duty of Inspector Daily and
Captain Big Bill Hodgins TO see that the
new order is carried out. The inspector
will have a special force of twelve. whose
duty II will be each night TO turn out add
persons who have no right in the district
If any OF these tarry when told 10 move
on they will he taken in custody as sus-
picious persons
The police have been fearing trouble from
Cinnamon in control of the Joss house.
Some of the sightseeing automobile firms
recently demanded, they say. a percentage
Of the money taken in at the Joss house.
and they aud that when the Cinnamon in
dignantly refused their demand they
threatened to fix up a temple for them
selves The idea goes against the grain of
the Oriental mind. and the police have been
on pins and needles for fear the situation
would not be adjusted.
John D. Rockefeller. IT, who was fore
man of the white slave grand jury, called
at Police Headquarters early last evening
and talked with Mr.. Driscou for about
three-quarters of an hour.
Second Deputy Commissioner William J.
Flynn, the only member of police ad
m mi 81 rat iOO for some time who has done
real detective work, went on an automobile
tour of inspection of downtown station
houses last evening. He visited the Oak.
John and Greenwich street stations, and
wen through them thoroughly. observing
the dormitories and cells. He said that the
trip was merely one in line of routine.