Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-11
S0NC LIVE CHECKERSr
MELBOURNE FREMEN,
qINDAY PLAYERS, SHOUT
r..h,,vb writhes as Vamps
psopen Battle for Favorite
Indoor Firehouse
Sport
CALL TO DEFY BURGESS

A.sn another move in the Mill
.,,s checker hght. :, ar.
fou'n ,aLen at the engine house OF the
nsrv and the opinion was Freely
ne .-@S nv Millbournians today thet the
r..v entichecker law would ule,
tinc- sr.isddies OF the villa beyond sixty
lne ln-,.'as assembled at the fire house last
u',. an ~ fight They waded into the
r'sn. s-.,r ali anglea Old blue laws were
u,u-. snd dlssected the opinions OF
WrsS ,ndees we're reviewed; also the
fs.. ~ councIlmen and burgesses,
rhs one big question which lowered ABOVE
- was "Had Burgess Louis Upham
a. right 20 forbid Saopa'n o"e0Ne' p'@S'"s
= ~ Are houseT'
- or two members who believed that
g.sh.,h should be checkerless said the
n....ss merely acted on an ordinance
..--sd BY the Council
rnsn like bombshell came the declara-
,,on that the Council had never adopted
an ordinance. This announcement
made BY Justice OF the Peace ID. M.
rA.s Who il also county committeeman
"a member OF the fire company.
cotrNcI. HAS NO POWER
The Council never passed such an
--.,,.nce" he declared. He said number
=, ~ (,ounciimen buzzed about Informally
y y .s.,r last meeting and deplored the
s.,Ssv checker playing. but that was all.
"a no such law has been passed." said
~, fudge" why should we pay any
.,,.,,Ion 10 the ulxase OF the Burgess?
wh, not play checkers II we want to and
NJ the Burgess make the next mover
mere was a murmur OF approval and
..rv agreed that Yerkes had landed on
ne king row.
Tb,nes were looking good for the checker
shsmpions when Paul Jones jumped to his
feet
ms time for a showdown" he declared.
~ h.lleve in getting at the root of things.
vou All know that / led the fight for check
~ hut let's see our rights in the matter.
mis- affair is hurting Millbourne. When
aver 70 In the office lot of the fellows
ercvd around me with clippings from the
n.xpapers. 1 have to listen and bear II.
mn lei US take the proper course. We
& ,urf remember that under the blue laws
A 1874 the Burgess had the right to stop
checkers on Sunday. You know that under
,he.e laws they could stop the trolley cars
n they wanted TO. so let us investigate the
question from the proper angle"
pEFIEs BLUE LAWS.
Justice Yerkes jumped TO his feet. ''The
"A bue laws have no bearing In the mat
,rr.r he declared. Judge Broomall. of
Media, recently ignored the old Blue laws
N case concerning the sale of gasoline
Sunday. lie tOlO tnt jury Andl htNcl III
kls afty-two years experience as a member
Al The Delaware County bar did he recollect
a case being brought under the blue law.
Ana now to try to use this ancient law
sninst Sunday checker playing-why-.
And the Judge" sat down to show his con-
tempt
I, was very evident that a large majority
of those present shared the Judges opinion.
One fireman sitting in the corner of the
N1x, rhnn ha
claimed: "1f we obey this so-called checker
hw the matter may become more serious.
ne possible that they will try to control the
psstlmes in our own homes. / know a place
vk-re cards are played on Sunday. Now
NJ FIRE company is a private organization
uier a special charter II is separate
nm the borough. Yet it's rights are in
uisd. II is time to call halt"
This brought a decided hum of ap-
prosal
CALL FOR ACTION
Bob, Thatcher, one of the Oldest and
most energetic firemen of Millbourne.
ssreed with the speaker. Lets do some
ming about this" he suggested, ''and do
quickly"
Finally It was sugge sted that a committee
Of three be appointed to confer with the
property committee of the Council. with a
view Of determining who had jurisdiction
over the firehouse
But there are complications ahead.
Some OF the firemen are also Councilmen.
Robert Weber, who is president of the
tre company, is also president of the
Council He remained neutral throughout
ne meeting and all present got fair
nance to unfold their views Incidentally
nose In Mi.lbourne who are not firemen or
councilmen are incensed at the entire con-
uoyersy. II is the belief of many that the
tnti-checker Sabbath rule will have polit-
icAl echoes.
There are some who believe that Upham
ti' not be Reelected Burgess. The Burgess
vas not present at the meeting.
when the meeting adjourned the firemen
nok ride on their $500 fire truck through
hIlbourne and vicinity.