Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 02, 1917, Sports Extra, Image 9

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POLICE EXPLAIN
f DAii uii riuriaia
Director Wilson Says Meet
ing Was Suppressed to
Prevent Disorder
WARNED OP DISTURBANCE
Wilson Says He's for Free
I Speech, but Situation War
ranted His Action
! City News in Brief
Director Wilson, of the Department of
Publlo Safety, announced today that the
peace meeting scheduled to take place at
the Broad StrcetTheatre was "prevented
by the police last night aa a precaution
against disorder,
, He eald ho thought It Inadvisable to
permlt the meeting In view of the present
crisis. The Director ndded that while the
sponsors for th"e meeting and those In
charge wero thoroughly responsible persons
they could not be responsible for thdso who
would havo attended.
Asked If this was not curtailing the
right of froe speech, ho replied:
"I thoroughly favor free speech, but the
incident at Baltimore Is the answer to any
question -concerning the department's action
last night."
A peace meeting In Baltimore ended in
a riot
Other meetings In the future will be gov
erned by the results of Investigations of
the applications. The meotlng last night
Is a closed Incident.
WARNED OF "TROUBLE
' It was learned that a report received by
the police that there would be trouble at
the peace meeting yesterday was the real
cause of their action Word to this effect
was received by Superintendent of Police
Robinson on Saturday afternoon. It Is not
known from what sources this threat came,
but the department thought it better to take
no chances.
Steps will bo taken Immediately by the
Emergency Peace Federation to hold a
public meeting In this city. John B.
Leeds, chairman of the executive commit
tee of the organization, said today that the
police exceeded their authority In prevent
ing a meeting of the federation last night
and demands for the rlgh of assembly will
be made at a meeting to be held tomorrow
night at the Friends" Meeting House, Six
teenth and Race streets.
Mr. Leeds, who Is professor of economics
at Temple University, asserted that the
proper steps to test the legality of the police
action would bo taken without delay.
"Herotoforc," ho said, "the police havo
been In the habit of preventing various
meetings of Socialists and other- organiza
tions which made no protest. In this case
It was to have been a meeting conducted
by prominent nnd Influential residents of
the city, and there appears to havo been
no warrant for such va' step as tho police
took. No reason wa's given by the police
for preventing the meeting. It was simply
stated that the meeting could not take
place.
"We would take the matter up today but
for the fact that hundreds of our members
have gone to Washington to attend the
peace demonstration there."
Seven policemen were stationed at the
doors of the Broad Street Theatre last night,
and when hundreds of peace advocates ar
rived they were Informed that the meeting
was off. Many of them expressed .their In
dignation at such action by the tfbllce and
declared that It was a violation of the Con
stitution. One thousand Intending attendants of the
meeting then walked by twos and threes up
to the Forrest Theatre, where the Rev.
James B. Ely was conducting a meeting of
the Lemon Hill Association. Assembling In
the lobby, they awaited the arrival of Ardo
Hcrlng, who, leading them into the audi
torium, had an usher take a note up to
Doctor Ely. The latter stopped his service
and called Herlng to tho paltform.
ROBINSON'S LETTER
Tho letter from Superintendent Robinson
to Thomas M. Love, manager of the'South
Broad Street Theatre, which was read, said
InVjart:
Referring to the proposed peace meet
ing, I took tho matter up with the Di
rector of the Department of Public
Safety, and ho cannot see his way clear
at this time to permit such a. meeting to
take place.
I therefore desire to notify you that we
will not permit the proposed meeting to
take place, and I have also notified the
lieutenant of the Fifth Police District to
ee that this order Is carried out
Early Saturday morning the management
of the theatre received Superintendent Rob
inson's letter refusing to allow the meeting
to be held. Tho theatre management asked
Weston for a conference with his attorney,
and it was suggested that' counsel for the
theatre and the Emergency Peace Federa
tion agree upon some form of action to
take up the matter with the police au
thorities. As every department In City
Hall was closed at nojm and no courts were
available for a writ compelling the police
to permit the meeting or enjoining them
from Interfering with the gathering, it was
decided there was nothing left to be done
" save abide by the ordr of Superintendent
Robinson.
Last night Director Wilson confirmed this
statement of Director Weston. "I know
nothing of the refusal to permit the peace
' meeting," ho said. -"I suppose Superin
tendent Robinson merely followed police
routine In refusing the application.' Earlier
In tho week several applications were made
for meetings which I recall had some ob-
f. Jectlonable features, and these were re-
xused, ana i suppose ine ouperiinouuuui
followed tho ruling on those applications."
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Judicial relief, wtd there wis no chance to
hold their meetlnr, they seat the following
message to the President:
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C
Citizens of Philadelphia have again been
denied by the police authorities the right to
parade or assemble In any public meet
ing to protest against our country enter
ing war. We call on you to use the
authority of tha United States Govern
ment to guarantee constitutional rights
of American" citizens at homo before you
use thrm for fighting for liberty abroad.
TIAII.TIOAT) RKFOItM In the direction
of centralized regulation and unification of
control In the hands of the Government Is
the plan put out by tho Philadelphia joint
commlttco on tho reasonable regulation of
railroads. It contains ' arguments by
George E. Bartol, president of the Bourse.
IDLENESS DnOVIl HENRY TltE-
pp.tr. Rnvnntv vears old. of 6334 Media
street, to commit suicide. Ho shot himself
and died shortly after his admittance to
tho West Philadelphia Homcopathlo Hospital.
CLEAN STREETS nnd the method of
keeping them so are touched upon In a cir
cular sent out by the Board of Trado to
all business organizations and many largo
firms. Prompt action by citizens, tho cir
cular says, would change the appearance
of the city within a week.
EXCAVATIONS AT MEMPHIS, ancient
capital of Egypt, have ocn resumed by Dr.
Clarence, S. Fisher, head of tho Coxe expe
dition, according to a report reaching tho
University Museum today.
CURT1SS MILITARY TYPE flying boat
offer from Rodman Wnnamakcr has been
accepted by Rear Admiral Usher, com
mandant of tho New York Navy Yard. Mr.
Wanamakcr will also provide a pilot for
the craft.
JOSEPH M. OAZZAM, Jr., and IUclmrd
Harto, Phlladelphlans, havo becomo Identi
fied with the student military forco organ
ized at Harvard. Qazzam has been made
a lieutenant nnd Harto a sergeant.
JOHN H. McFADDEN, Jr., Paris treas
urer of tho field servlco of the American
Ambulance, lectured on the European war
last evening In tho Bellovue-Stratford. Four
hundred dollars was pledged for tho work
or the American Ambulance.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO freight offices
were opened today In the Wldener Building,
having been moved from the Bourse Build
ing. Tho move was made, It was an
nounced, because of a belief that tho busi
ness center was moving westward. F, W.
Richardson, assistant freight agent, Is In
charge, of tho offices.
ATTACK J1Y AN UNKNOWN assailant
sent Mrs. Roslo Musto, sixty-flvo years old,
of 1E23 South Carlisle street, to tho West
Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital with a
fractured skull. Sho was found uncon
scious at Fiftieth street and Merlon avenue.
CONVERT OV HILLY SUNDAY, Louis
Kramer was last night ordained to an elder
ship In the North Presbyterian Churcn,
Broad street and Allegheny avenue. The
ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Dr.
George Burnfleld, pastor of the church.
THE CrVIL SERVICE COMMISSION to
day made publlo an eligible list of 196
names of firemen who have qualified for
promotion, to the position of lieutenant,
which carries a salary of $1250.
FIRE, CAUSE BY nn overheated stove,
today swept the barbershop and dwelling of
T. A. Kock, 2403 Ingersoll street, causing
damage estimated at 600. Mr. and Mrs.
Kock were driven to tho street In their
nlghtclothes by tho flames.
WORRY DROVE Catharine Mayse, twenty-one
years old, of 3305 North Twenty
first street, to .commit suicide today. She
shot herself In her homo this morning and
died before Dr. Leo Allen, of 2423 Alle
gheny avenue-, reached her side.
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Compensation for Attending
Board Meetings
Donating the $20 gold pieces which they
receive each time they attend a directors'
ncctlng, tho directors of a well-known local
bank nnnounced today the first funds re
ceived this week for tho Belgian Children's
Relief had been given by them. It Is the
hope of the committee which Is making
tho campaign that It will havo received
pledges to tho nmount of $100,000 by Satur
day night next, when tno campaign. Is to
end. This will supply the 100,000 underfed
children In. the Antwerp district of Bel
glum, with nn extra meal for ono month.
It Is tho Intention of tho committee to
collect tho same nmount each month for a
period of six months.
It was also announced today that a local
barracks of tho Salvation Army had pledged
Itself to caro for twenty children for -a
month with the Intention of Increasing the
number and Joining in tho campaign. The
appeal In tho churches of all denominations
yesterday, was productive of splendid re
sults while the formation of ration clubs in
banks, offices, mills, homes and Industrial
and commercial concerns in all parts of tho
city will add materially to the fund.
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