Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07


bodies.
The petition will reach the mayor to-
day and prayer meetings will be held in
the churches nightly for the success of
the movement. If the mayor has not
publicly announced by Sunday that the
pictures will be suppressed here. the
question will be discussed from a score
of pulpits.
MOBILE, Ala. July Mayor Lyons
has instructed Chief of Police Giblin to
inform all moving picture show operators
in Mobile that they would not be permit
ted to present pictures of the Jeffries and
johnson fight.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July Mayor
Duley has issued proclamation prohibit
ing the exhibition Of pictures Of the JEFF
fries and Johnson fight in moving pic
ture shows.
Gov. Donaghey declared that he would
prevent the exhibition Of pictures of the
fight anywhere in Arkansas. if it is in his
power to do SO.
Prohibited in Buffalo.
BUFFALO. n. Y. July michael
Regain. superintendent of police. stated
tons of moving pictures Of prize fights
would be strictly enforced.
ALBANY, n. Y, July THE Albany
Headquarters Of the international reform
bureau has issued an appeal to local au-
thorities Ito pass suitable ordinances to
prohibit the exhibition in any moving pic
ture theaters OF the views of the Johnson
Jeffrie3 prize fight"
ut is demoralizing enough" says the
the detailed descriptions of this prize
fight. 1t will be tendfold worse to have
them look upon the realistic reproduc-
lions of this brutal contest in the moving
picture shows all over the United States"
WORCESTER, Mass. July Mayor
James Logan said: There is law in
Massachusetts, against prize fighting and
I don't believe fight pictures ought to be
allowed for that reason. II for no other.
Personally shall do what 1 can to pre-
vent their being shown in Worcester"
Wants States to Act.
CHICAGO. July Gov. Charles s. De-
neen of Illinois declares that he will
join the governors Of other states in q
national effort to bring about the sup
preston of the Jeffries and Johnson
fight pictures.
LAS governor said the Illinois exec
utive, II am willing to join in general
by governors that the
pictures be barred. My position is based
upon the theory that under the law we
cannot allow prize fighting, and that,
therefore, there should be no exhibition
Of the prize fight pictures"
HELENA, Mont, July montana has
a law forbidding the portrayal of any
felony by moving picture machines. AS
prize fights come within that category
in Montana, it is thought that pictures OF
the Jeffries and Johnson fight will be
barred in the state.
Tabooed In the South.
ATLANTA. Ga. July THE Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce at called meet
Ing adopted resolutions viewing with
alarm the fatal results of riots growing
out of racial antagonism excited by the
recent prize fight. The resolutions de-
clared that this excitement would be in
crea sed by the degrading exhibition of
the moving pictures of the fight, and
called upon commercial bodies throughout
the exhibition of these pictures by pro-
hibition by the municipal authorities.
CHARLESTON, s. c.. July FOLLOW
ing a conference with Mayor Rhett, Chief
Of Police Boyle announced that the show
Ing Of motion pictures of the Jeffries-
Johnson prize fight would not be permit
ted in Charleston.
RICHMOND, Va, July THE police
of the city held a meeting
last night and decided to instruct the
chief OF police to prevent a showing of
the Johnson-Jeffries fight pictures in
Richmond.
India Doesn't Want Them.
CALCUTTA, July THE demand for
the prohibition Of biograph pictures of
the Jeffries- Johnson fight is spreading
In India. The papers suggest that the
American authorities destroy the films
and compensate the owners.