New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-22
Law and OrderL League
Protest Makes Bay
Tourney Quiet.
RAND GIVES WAY
TO SINGLE HYMN
Girls Aero Flight Thrills
$4,000, Disappointed by
ListleSs Mimic War.

Arv enemy who wants 70 attack and
,,,t New York City must not do 1t
On Sunday. At least, he must not do
=, with the shooting Of guns and the
,lsvinr OF bands, or he may have an
,,-ioue blue law Of the model Of l1SS
waved IN his face by the Sheriff OF
Kings County and the Police Commis-
,;o7s- of New York prohibiting the
discharge Of drearms on the sabbath
That is what happened yesterday to
tho state troops when they attempted
q, carry out the rather more lsudable
,r.srprise OF fighting out a defence
olsn Of tho city They got up at sun
-iss and rallied 81 their various armo-
res throughout the city, and some Of
hem marched and some Of them rode,
tu, an went in obedience TO the orders
of their commander in chief.
They spent the whole Of the first
fine Sunday Of the year, spelling their
week end CT a day in the country, cat
irc the dust and sweating in the sun,
doing the best guardsmen know how
for ths nations defence. But when It
came to the climax in the form Of a
hard fought battle Of blank cartridges
sweeping back and forth across the hill
locks OF the Sheepshead Bay Speed
rsv to the inspiriting rattle Of mus
lc,ry and roar OF artillery, that an
cert blue law Of 1888 came down like
& wet blanket on the whole thing.
Shooting Gallery Immune.
7. vas a wet blanket that fitted nice
iv over the plans OF the state troops,
but not even a corner Of IL got over
shooting gallery nearby from which
cane the continual rattle of mercenary
target rifles. whose pOppngs went on
without let or stay for the benefit of a
purely commercial enterprise.
Tho troops were playing their big
turn In the eight-day military and
naval tournament at the Speedway,
the profits from which are 10 be used
IN the cause of preparedness. Owing
20 the fact that they are business men,
Sunday was chosen as the only day on
which 70 would be possible 90 mobilize
them an ON short notice, as would
he necessary i'm case the city were
threatened by surprise attack.
When the Law and Order League, o .
nh. pF
fhe head. and the Kings County Sunday
Observation Association heard Of these
plans they set about putting q stop
70 tho whole thing. 10 was not only
'he shooting Of guns they objected TO;
'hey didn't Ike the idea Of state troops
psradlrC with bands. either. The an
cient statute. which now reposes in the
midst OF the penal law as Section 2l5l.
says:
All professions and parades on
Sunday i'm any city, excepting only
funeral professions for the actual
burying Of the dead, and process
siOns TO and from a place of wor-
ship in connection with a religious
service there celebrated, are for
hidden; and in such excepted cases
there shall he no music, fireworks,
discharge of cannon or firearms or
other disturbing noise.
Law Angers $4,000.
A so fine and ten days in jail is the
penalty for violation Of this law. These
facts were called 10 the attention Of
General Organ, commander Of the
state troops by letter from Mr.. West.
and by telephone from J. Gardner
Stevenson, counsel for the Sunday OBJ
'ervauce Society. The first notification
came last Thursday.
TO make things certain, complaints
were also lodged with the Police Com
missioner and the Sheriff Of Kings
County. They both served notice yes
lerday morning on George p. Dillen-
back who has charge of the business
end of the tournament, that the holding
OF the sham battle would result in ar
rests.
The fact that these threats had been
issued was not made public; neither
was the decision Of General O'Ryan, 70
avoid controversy, by not allowing
'he troops 10 use cartridges IN the
manPuvres given publicity. When the
bur hour for the battle TO begin came To-
VVO people. who had paid 30 cents and
0Abilf liiNIEtu Nilt biNANoNoAN'
eagerly waiting a life-sized imitation
9i what the nations are doing seven
Gays a week in Europe.
Amid the magnificent distances Of the
Speedway's four hundred acres Of roll
ing ground they saw dun-colored bodies
I troops begin 70 move, noiselessly,
IKE armies IN dream.
They are only scouts they will be-
gn 70 shoot when they theoretically
see each other" the wise ones said,
eomfortngly, one TO another. Then the
terrible truth was announced to them.
Harry c. Spencer, the thunderous
voiced official announcer Of the Speed
way, mounted the top of the judges
stand, waved big red megaphone and
began 20 reverberate:
Crowd Gained by Announcement.
Ladies and gentlemen" be roared,
nnlunctions have been served on the
management by pacifcist society pro-
hibitng the use Of firearms.
OF course, all Of Spencer's facts were
wong. There were no injunctions, and
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