New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-30
CHARITY TO COVER
SLAVE FILM NOW
Promoters Give Up Thea,
tres and Withdraw from
Fight with Police.
EDUCATIONAL WORK
FOR PICTURES HERE
Underworld Reel Drama, How
ever, Will Flicker for Money
Outside New York City.

The promoters. producers and othei
financial hackers of the film play me
Inside Of the White Slave Traffic aban'
doned Yesterday all efforts to make money
ont OF tho production as far az New YORK
City is concerned. II was announced tha'
plans were about completed for handlhs
over all their local rights IN the play u
the Sociological Fund Of The Medical Re
view OF Reviews" for use in its social ed
ucational work without hope OF money
pi offs.
Carrying out this plan, FREDERICK r.
Goldsmith OF counsel for the film people
withdrew the applica ton made TO Justice
Gavegan in the Supreme Court for an IN
junction restraining the police from in
terfering with the performance at the
Biiou Theatre.
Justice Gavngan vacated the temporary
stay granted by Justice Ford December
o. The result was that the film was
taken OF at the Bijou Theatre, and for
the day. at least. New York struggled
along with no poice-blnned exhibitions
10 lure the public. In its place at the
Biiou a milder type OF underworld MIN
drama nickered on the screen.
The owners Of the inside of the White
Slave Traffic will depend upon other
cities whore the police nave not banned
il for their profits" said Frederic ~. Rob
inson. president OF the Sociological Fund.
we will have complete control Of it IN
New York md shall give free exhibitions
FOR which we are completing plans now.
"A feature OF or agreement is that the
owners shall never put II forward as a
money making venture here, no matter
what the final outcome Of the legal hSh'
FOR non-interfcrence by tho police may be"
We do not need to make money ont OF H.
The fund is amply supplied with moneys
10 give IL free and also to pay for the Legal
hgnt we plan. under the charge OF John Is
Stanchfeld These funds are supplied 10y
some OF the most prominent men ana
women OF wealth in this city.
Another feature 81 our agreement Is
that the film people have promised &c
print for us and distribute wherever they
show the films whatever literature In oui
propaganda work we may direct That Is
, the only direct benefit We shall derive
from the arrangement"
The FIRST free production OF the hm'
will probably be rade after the new Po
Ice Commissioner has been appointed
ard will be in the ldture OF = test 10 draw
him out on the subject. in case he should
interfere. new iniunciion- would result
In order 10 get new Judge to pass on
tho ouestlon the exhibition will probably
be held In Brooklyn. and the injunction
applied for before some jurist there
Meanwhile the FIRST action IN the situation
az it is now left will be the trial Of Sam
ucl II. London and nine employees Of the
Park and Bijou theatres.
Their cases will come up IN Special SEES
sions. it IL expected, within few days,
although the time has not been set yet.
Their defence will be that the films are
not immoral rhis il calculated, besides
freeing them. 20 establish also in court
the propriety OF producing the im play.
An injunction applied Cor by solomon
IIechtor. who with mis- wife is suing the
film people for several hundred thousand
oollars FOR uslrg their Sec ID avenue res
taurant for scenes Ia the play asking
that the producers Oe restrained from
showing the films. was dismissed By JUS
tice Gayegan. The justice said that since
the police had stopped the piece the in,
junction was unnecessary.