Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-19
INSTERS BACK FIGHT
AGAINST 'BOOZEWAY"
Opposition to Transfer of Kopp
and Pentony Licenses Gains
Momentum
NEIGHBORHoOD AROUSED
9torekeepers and Others Cooperate in
Y. M. C. A. House-to-House
Canvass

Ministerial bodies. churches and other re-
ngious associations have placed their stamp
OF approval on the fight conducted by the
Central Y. NJ. G. A. and other residents and
organizations against the transfer OF liquor
stands to the new Parkway. Petitions
against the applications of Daniel j. kopp,
Of Kopp's Cafe 40 and AZ North Broad
street. for transfer to Fifteenth and Arch
etreets and that Of Joseph Pentony to move
his saloon from 1871 Filbert street to lOi
North Fifteenth street are being circulated
IN all the churches Of the Tenth Ward.
Today a house.to.house canvass of the
ward was started by ff." Y. NJ 9. A.
workers under the leadership of L. w.
Fountain. house manager OF the Arch street
Institution. The campaign against booze
was carried into the regular weekly meet
ing Of the Methodist Ministers Association
today at Seventeenth and Arch streets. The
approval and cooperation of that body
were assured by the Rev T.. a. Ncakel sec
retary OF the association, who said:
I'VE will do anything we can to aid in
this fight"
This afternoon Mr.. Fountain obtained
the cooperation OF several hundred MN
listers of all denominations who attended
the last Of a series of ministers meetings
conducted by DR.. S. ID. Gordon IN the 'eh-
trail Y. NJ c. A..
"The whole situation is this said Mr.
way, not a boozeway
"You would be surprised If you could
Gee the unsolicited support that we are
(, receiving every day Residents, business
establishments and even cigar and drug
store propretors have jumped into the
fight Marg of the storekeepers are circu-
lating petitions among their employees and
customers. An illustration of this char
acter is Spencer's drug store, Fifteenth
and Arch streets
I'VE are receiving telephone calls hourly
from persons in the ward. who want us
to know that they are back of the anti
booze struggle. This morning a woman,
who conducts a boarding house next door
10 the Y. NJ e. A" came in to tell me that
she would aid in the fight. The manager of
Q largo establishment also notified me that
he was with us"
PROTEST STRONGLY BACKED
The struggle against the transfers was
brought to the attention of the Congrega-
tions OF the different churches in the ward
yesterday by their respective pastors, ac-
cording to Mr. Fountain. The Rev. Sam
ueI w. Purvis. of the Thirteenth Street
Methodist Church. Thirteenth and Vine
streets the Rev. c. s. Cleland. of the Unit
ed Presbyterian Church, Fifteenth and Race
streets: the Rev. G. Virgil Rorer, OF the
Arch Street Methodist Church, Broad and
Arch streets the Rev. DR.. Clarence +.
Mccartney of the Arch Street Presbyterian
Church, Eighteenth and Arch streets and
the Rev e. S Hutchinson. of St Clement $
Episcopal Church. Twentieth and Cherry
streets. have signed demonstrating petit
ticns and started the circulation of SINH
lar protests among the members of their
congregation. The various Friends asso-
Citations which have headquarters in the
Young Friends Association building Fiji
4 teenth and Cherry streets, are also at the
'top" OF the fight.
Overtures of peace between the two saloon
owners and the Y NJ. G, A. were made
Saturday. according to Mr.. Fountain. who
told OF a visit made by Mr.. Kopp to the
office OF the house manager Mr.. Foun-
tain said;
Mr. Kopp took the stand that he thought
we were unfair in our attitude. He called
my attention to his business and the large
family that was dependent on it for their
existence My reply was that If hfs argu-
ment meant the existence of sixteen persons
ours meant the existence of 10000 persons
told him that | was full blooded Yankee
and had placed my teeth firmly on the bit.
Further support to the mo booze along
the Parkway" fight was brought forth at the
mems meeting of the Y. NJ. G. a. yesterday
afternoon and at the discussion club class
that meets directly after this meeting in the
lobby OF the institution. Both bodies up
held the Y. NJ c. A. stand and pledged
their aid