The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-21
Barrage Of Bricks and Stones
When Police Resist Attack
on New York Theatre
Where Ex-Enemy Produc-
ton Was Being Put On

NV YORK. oct. 20.-Desp:tc de-
cis:on by Mayor Hylan that German
operas should not bs gwen in New iorN
unrll ,hn peace treaty was siSAcu'
.Dic Mrls;CrSjnCcr' WAS presented IN
German A. tho Lexington theatre 70
"irh, wh,lr thousands Of sold crs' Sai!
nrS marines and civilians tough, WIN
~. rn,,r. in an attempt TO reach 'h'
.arajrc and stop thr Production.
overall shots w"r" fired as the Tor
.r.r service men riInc and aEN'n chars-
d tho rolic" lines or Tad gown Il ''r-
r,=c - hrirks. stones AMI "th'r ms
s,,rs ~ an attempt 70 force th"ir way
through.
Soor after ,he p"rfornn: = started
n crowd ,f about %nn Servl"" men w"r"
driven away from tho vicinity OF the
Theatre. but after reaching tl'n"S
Snuarc were reinforced. and about s'""'
strong. started back. Only :" n' mot .!
n squad Of mounted pohc" which sax.
,orcd them. pGrln; tn" r"m'undor "'
,hc performance the crowd t"nEht N"l,
sn,ly 70 reach TIL th"a;"r. hu' iali"u'
Nayor HyIan had prohibited IN" per
fcrnancc after IA" had h""r requested
~. rho American Legion 10 stop u.
Tho mayor said tonight ,ha' h" ah-
v,s.d Tho rnl.rc not ~ in'"rf"r" hnt'
could obtain adNi"" "f tn" ""rp"r'''"n
counsel 20 Tho md that may proceed
lrEail' :.
iis, h.fn-c ,ro rurtajn was raised "H
=, opera Honry f. H'r,S ruS mss
r,a,r=.r gf ihs opera. rushed u 'h'
<ra-' and Hrn"Ut""H'
".rh. rrrforrGauv" viii h" T'h"n 90
rirtt c,ru f am arrested want |"
;rrcsI ,h'S 'h.nE out IN court
The 0rhtirr horwrer p0i'"" n7d
-ro,,s ~ service ,ncn lasted until rhid-
p, chi hnt only 4 f"w persons w'r" IN
iureh rs far aS the p"l'cc '"uih l'tru
although scores had f"lr IN" ""'|h' "'
ibe .,rlirrrS' nigh, st'cSS. anh ''"
officers had been struck by miNS''e>'
xr.,,. work. oct. 20 Mounted pol CO
tonight. charged crowd OF Sc" S'rN.'
a,n,, Who nd n,as.cd IN front Of the
Lexington ,h,atrr 10 prevent rr"du''
ION Of GERMAN ur,ra. upon "hlrh May
or rI,lan had PLACED an official ban.
nisncrs,d nv tho police. tn" service
NJ. h7c,cncd To Times Square. recruit
,f nearly n0n civilians and returned tc
rho theatre. ono section Of IN" lin" on
gagged IN a fight with 'hc police. lay nr
lo,yn n harraEn &C bricks and stones.
Several Shots Fired.
I'm he uclcc several shots w"ro nr"d
hut whether by polio" or tho Indignant
scr, ice men. spectators could not d"'"r'
n,irc. Scores nt windows ~"rc smashed
hy stones. and ono marine suffered q
frac,ur, Of the hp.
block cf roIn"nt was hurled from
,hc roof ~ a building opp0sit" the the
ntrc T. struck the mudCuard Of pass
,rc nut, mobile and rolled TO tho side
walk. almost striking tw" polio" IN
snoctOrs Detectives ordered 10 tho root
arrested Joseph Smith. a sailor from tho
{. :. InopIrator. on a charge OF disor'
Irrly conduct. \ few minutes later
mounted policeman was struck In th'
face by billiard ball.
Various posts nf the American Legion
had passed resolutions c"nd"mninS m
,rnduc,ion Of German opera scheduled
fer torich: T.day repre- sentatiTcs o,
IN. Manhattan Civil Post waited or
Mayor Hylan with a petition that th'
oc-rcrmanc" b. stopped. After con
sultatinn tho mayor issued an "rd"1
prohibiting the performances. but d."
Spitc this order tho sale pf tickets con
t!nucd.
Howls OF Derision.
Hundreds Of soldiers. sailors and ma
ri1cs gathered IN front Of tho theatre
ard when doors opened they raised !
howl OF derislon and anger.
Then. with an American flag at IL,
head. a long column Of uniformed mcr