Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-08
Fight Against
Fight Pictures.

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against display Of the pictures of the
recent fight between johnson and JEFF
fries is receiving favorable support
| from many states, according to Gen
eral Secretary William Shaw. who
stated today. that four Governors had
/ arrayed themselves on the anti-pic-
| turc side of the contest. The state Of
| ficials were Gov A. S. Ansel of South
Carolina: G. w. Donaghey of Arkan-
sas; William Hodges Mann of Virgin
| ia and the private secretary of Chas.
S. Deneen of Illinois.
Governor Draper of Massachusetts,
| tells Sec. Shaw that he has no power
to stop the display of pictures. but
Mayor Fitzgerald of this city is op-
| posed to them.
Pittsburg, July 7.-Characterizing the
! fight pictures as degrading and dan
gerOus. ministers representing six de-
nominations and IA churches at mass
! meeting last night formulated petit
| ton to Mayor Bagee asking him to
prevent the pictures from being dis
played in this city. The meeting was
| attended by bodies from the Y. M. c.
A.. Christian Endeavor Societies and
civic bodies. Prayer meetings will be
held in the churches nightly for the
success of the movement.
London. July Sir Howell Davis
| has given notice of his intention to
ask the home secretary. in the House
of Commons. lin the interest of pub
lie decency' to prohibit the exhibit
ton of the biograph pictures of the
Jeffries- johnson fight.
Boston. July IA protest against
the reproduction of moving pictures of
the recent Johnson Jeffries prize fight
in Reno brought up at meeting of
the board of control of the Epworth
League of the Methodist church held
in this city today. resulted in reso-
luton against tie production of the
pictures being adopted. The following
is the resolution:
1.-THE Board of Control Of the Ep-
worth League OF Methodist Episcopal
Churches. representing 10000 Leagues,
and 100000 members. emphatically
protest against the public exhibition of
pictures reproducing the recent brutal
prize fight in Nevada, and call upon
public officials everywhere to forbid
the production Of moving pictures of
that or "ny other exhibition of char
acter tending to destroy the morals of
American people,"
Calcutta. july THE demand for the
prohibition of biograph pictures OF the
Joffries johnson fight is spreading in
India The papers suggest that the
American authorities destroy the films
and compensate the owners.
Hollid.,ysburg Pa, July burgess
Edgar Hale Jaoobes of Huntington to-
day affected an agreement with the
proprietors of the Hollidaysburg mo-
ton ricture places for separate exhibit
tons Of the Johnson Jeitries prize
fight No Negroes will be allowed to
attend the performances for the white
people and vice versa.
New York, July THE moving pic
lures of the Je:fries- Johnson fight we're
denounced as criminal from the pull
ri, of the Church of the Divine Eater
nity today where the 22nd annual con-
vention of the Young Peoples Chris
tan Union is being held. When Victor
A Friend chairman Of the Social Ser
vice Commission, in a report of that
commission asked that the convention
60 on record as protesting against any
exhibition of the fight pictures the as
semblage broke into loud applause.
Resolutions we're passed protesting
AGAINST the exhibition of the fight
films.
Lvnchhdrg, Va. July 1.-The Jeffries-
Johnson prize fight pictures were to-
day ordered barred from exhibition
here.
Cincinnati. July Reports from all
important towns in Kentucky today
showed that in only two, Covington
and Frankfort, will exhibitions of the
Jeffries- Johnson pictures be allowed.
Montreal. July 7-Proprietors of
moving picture shows in this city say
they will not exhibit pictures of the
Jehries- johnson fight. They advocate
destruction of the films
Minneapolis. July Mayor Haynes
today ordered acting Chief of Police
Mealey to see that none OF the JEFF
fries Johnson prize fight pictures was
put on public exhibition here.
ST. Joseph. Mo-. July 1T was an
nounced today that mass meeting
of citizens would be called by the To-
cal Federation of Churches in a move
ment to prohibit the exhibition here
OF the pictures of the Jeffries johnson
fight.
Melbourne. Australia, July THE
cIergymen of New South Wales have
sent Il petition to Andrew Fisher. the
premier of Australia. asking him to
prevent the introduction into the COM
monwealth of the Johnson Je1fries
fight pictures. A similar movement is
afoot in New Zealand
Lowell. Mass, July THE officers
of the Law and Order League of this
city have sent an open letter to May
or John F. Mehan urging that the
city officers prevent the exhibition of
the Jeffries- Johnson moving pictures.
The league declares that this city and
country cannot afford to jeopardize its
budding citizenship by 1.-The malicious
methods for the sake of giving the
fight promoters a fat profit on their
monopoly" The league declares the
moving pictures a damage to charac-
ter and menace to the community.