The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-08
Squad Of Billposters
Smealed Signs Over
Many Windows.
POLICE REPORT
Is MERCHANTS
They'll Be Summoned tc Court
for Violating Ordinance, When
They Were Victims and
Sharply Dcnounce 1t-Squad
Tcld Police Lyons Had Per
mission to Post Signs.

"a result of an advertising trick
ou the part Of the Lyric Theatre eigh-
;een Broad street merchants We're Ecs-
terday reported by the police. and
must appear In Police Court 10 answer
the charge OF violating city ordln-
ancc. incidentally, the police took
hold Of n situation against which com
plant had previously been made by
,nany Of the same merchants who must
answer for something with which they
had nothing whatever TO do, and which
has aroused Their Indignation.
IN their zeal 10 put one over on
the .own. tho theatre people overlook
el the fact that they We're violating
he fire regulations and in declaring
that they had tne permission cf mcr-
chants 10 smear front windows with
posters they again overlooked the
fact that merchants could not give
the!r consent TO fracture OF the laws.
Gave No Such Permission.
4 strong denial came last night from
the merchants through W. y. Clarkc,
Jr secretary OF tie Retail Merchants
Association, who asserted that the bill
posting brigade had brazeniy acted
without authority. and had not stated
tho truth when lh"y informed the po-
lice that Edward =. Lyons. manager OF
tho lyfic. Lad tho consent OF the store
owners TO tho uutilatlon NJ Clarke
added t.at tlt- fact would DC clearly
established i'm -, lie. CONT
few minutes after - o'clock yes
tcrday morning tho b;llposters broke
losr Nearly 2po sheets OF paper were
smcarcd over plate class windows and
showcases in Main stree; from Seventh
20 Twelfth ia Hroad from Ninth TO
Fous1ee. I'm S,y.utb i.i,rh.h ana <irrb
Gtrcc,s cr-,, r,c.,I -, ST.,
chants ,ycre ,nnr.J nidinf, In man,
instances elaborate window dfsplavs
which Ind n.eu arranged to attract
me c,rl. bolj,i,,. si,n,,or .r,'
do eorated b,th sidcs M, ,n. ,,r..,
clothing stores. baberd,.herIn. .cyv.i,,
o.t,S,ishment dru,- e.,,. ,rc.s
and bank; b.l-,- inciud.J b., Ill. liz,
r.urh, Them ~, >,,rl
Officer Durnn on dr,v -, u,t,
street al Tenth celI,,I Z. raj, ,,,., 49,.
hllrostcrs yycr. c,uf,b, ., uo,,,
Tn5v told hi,n thar I,ore had ,ho 80.
mission Of The ,norIbarts ,e 49,,
tho signs I'm, Dtr,, ,old 49,,
Is mat he did no, ho,iovn ~ IL
ever. he called Inc J,Irs, c,,,io, ia
sergeant instr,ct;,. MIN 10 hn -" ~
safe side and let ;hcn nrococd ~,
To take ,b.ir n,r,os .l',,o t', .ii, ~,
,hoir ,ninL. ,ha, 6,
the ordinnnce hn, hn,n,o ,t'. Vn,il.
suuad ven, on du,v a., o,,i,, 49,,
men were orner.d 70 ,,' .no
sign
..rbe oitv crd,,.. ,.,i
placing Of nans, "r c,o,,, .i.., 49,,
front NJ , h,,i,i;,,.,, -, I"stS I'i o.. une
l,ca War,o !'' hieI OF 10
ncers carried o,,t ,nni, >i,, nc
tore then, dow, ,ro go, ~!
Than cIo,b or n,a - " O'"'I
on pern,i, ,e.,,.I j., ,i,o 'o"e
sner,n,, :. ' N''"'"s IN
Fnur Ch,
Dohe,, W hem.
W "''N' '''' hNNtIN1SiNE
1sadore Kahn. vbn - ,itocn,, ",u
ossisted Nm, r.iii $50" So" !" 'l'Ne
scparate cb,rrcs 10, -, io"'
moncd to Uolicn c,,t,, MI
latiou tbev az. e,id -, ~.
ted was reported nj ;ho Snro,,,, i'oIil,
station bv potrnl,oa,, 1Ia5,nI., ~,
found The eirns ~, H.. ni"is' "''o
ana showcases OF III. t,r., C
shops Three othar rcnn,.,s i.
them wero lodncd a, ,in -. D.
station b. pauo!meu Snu,,. =,
Smith, ! H. Harris Ia,, ,ia o,,,
Manolcy also renor,od ,ba fnit,n
ing Broad Street merchants rnr aiio,
inS the signs to be put IN I'm vioi,,{nn
Of the city ordnance.
Sam Jacobs. G. -. KENNY y,owo1,
Erothcrs. Bradshaw's. / q c,.nn
Green & Company. J.! Barrett " II
Hoover, LoVcnstcin's U,ndlc, G.
Company. Mccarthy & HAYNES t,o,
mann Schmidt. Thalhincr brothers. If
r. Boschen. Miller &. Rhoads Il, 4
Miller &c Company Moses Nav ana
j. j. Spilling.
GyerIookcd tho La,v.
The signs which were placed on the
windows did not advertise anvtninc
ncw or startling at the Lyric: they
simply called attention TO an act ON
me bl'i which had already been ad-