11.
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box 18/3
Pecora Refers Qlub to Mag¬
istrate in Suit Against
Leader of Vice Society
The play “Reigen, agalnst which the
Society for the Suppression of Vice hat
protested, will not be given at the
Belasco Theatel to-morrow night, the
Green Room Club announced last night.
Instead, it will be read at the club’
rooms to the guests at the dinner
which the Green Room Club will tender
to Otto H. Kahn.
The change of plan, it is understood,
follows the refusal of Mr. Belasco,
which he confirmed last night, to allow
the production to take place in his
theater. It was also influenced by Mr
Kahn’s announced decision to attend
the dinner but not the performance in
order not “to participate in any func¬
tion that runs counter to the suscepti¬
bilities and the moral sentiments of any
zubstantial body in the community.“
Move Against Sumner
Meantime, the Green Room Club
took the aggressive yesterday against
John S. Sumner, secretary of the anti¬
vice society, whose denunciation of
PReigen'’ brought about the controversy.
It scored a point in its first move,
when it sent its attorney, Harry S.
Hechheimer, into Justice Mullan’s part
of the Supreme Court to request an in¬
Junction against police interference
with the projected performance.
Justice Mullan granted an order, re¬
turnable Monday, directing Police Com¬
mirsioner Enright and Mr. Sumner to
show cause that day why an injune¬
tion should not be issued restraining
them from interfering in any way with
the staging of“ Reigen.'
In signing the order Justice Mullan
said that if the police see fit to inter¬
fere they do so on their own respon¬
sibility, and are subject to the same
penalties as any other citizens who
commit wrongful acts. He added that
at this time he would not pass on the
merits of the play.
Would Switch Libel Action
The Green Room Club’s second move
against its principal opponent was less
successful. The club tried to switch
its effort to prosecute Mr. Sumner for
eriminal libel for statements he is
said to have written to Inspector
Boland about the play from Magistrate
Ryttenberg in West Side Court to the
Distriet Attorney’s office.
When Magistrate Ryttenberg
01
Thursday refused to hear the appea
unless the club submitted an affidavit
with its charges Mr. Hechheimer wrote
to Acting District Attorney Pecora. He
said he was informed that Mr. Sumner
had called on Mr. Pecora’s office in
connection with the “Reigen“ produc¬
tion on the ground that it is, in his
opinion, an indecent and improper
plav.
Mr. Hechheimer called to the Dis¬
trict Attorney’s attention newspaper
articles containing statements said to
come from Mr. Sumner about “Reigen.
These, the club’s attorney declared,
were, in bis opinion, eriminally libel¬
lous and a serions reflection upon the
Green Room Club, “a most distin¬
quished theatrical organization.?
view of these remarks Mr. Hechheimer
asked Mr. Pecora to take such action
as scemed fit and proper to him.
Referred to Magistrate
Mr. Pecora refused to act, replying
last night that as the attorney was“un¬
doubtedly aware Mr. Sumner is within
che jurisdiction of the magistrates
courts in this county and answerable
to their process.
If you have any complaint to make
against Mr. Sumner involving the com¬
mission of crime,'' the District Attor¬
ney continued, “you shouid make
it
through the medium of the magistrates
vourts. As a lawyer you are familiar
with the procedure in such cases.
Notwithstanding this, officers of the
Green Room Club last night declared
their intention of pressing for the in¬
dictment of Mr. Sumner by the granc
Bedtime
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Afer
partr
Passe
form ot
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9 a. m
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8 a. m. 30.
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Saturday ni:
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Sunday and
states excen
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Forecast
York—Cloudh
ably rain or.
on the coan
and colder.
Southern
cloudiness a
followed by
colder to-mo
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warmer to-d
north portio:
cast portion
er, probably
New Jorse
cloudiness an
rain to-nigh
morrow.
Western
day.
cloudy a
—.
box 18/3
Pecora Refers Qlub to Mag¬
istrate in Suit Against
Leader of Vice Society
The play “Reigen, agalnst which the
Society for the Suppression of Vice hat
protested, will not be given at the
Belasco Theatel to-morrow night, the
Green Room Club announced last night.
Instead, it will be read at the club’
rooms to the guests at the dinner
which the Green Room Club will tender
to Otto H. Kahn.
The change of plan, it is understood,
follows the refusal of Mr. Belasco,
which he confirmed last night, to allow
the production to take place in his
theater. It was also influenced by Mr
Kahn’s announced decision to attend
the dinner but not the performance in
order not “to participate in any func¬
tion that runs counter to the suscepti¬
bilities and the moral sentiments of any
zubstantial body in the community.“
Move Against Sumner
Meantime, the Green Room Club
took the aggressive yesterday against
John S. Sumner, secretary of the anti¬
vice society, whose denunciation of
PReigen'’ brought about the controversy.
It scored a point in its first move,
when it sent its attorney, Harry S.
Hechheimer, into Justice Mullan’s part
of the Supreme Court to request an in¬
Junction against police interference
with the projected performance.
Justice Mullan granted an order, re¬
turnable Monday, directing Police Com¬
mirsioner Enright and Mr. Sumner to
show cause that day why an injune¬
tion should not be issued restraining
them from interfering in any way with
the staging of“ Reigen.'
In signing the order Justice Mullan
said that if the police see fit to inter¬
fere they do so on their own respon¬
sibility, and are subject to the same
penalties as any other citizens who
commit wrongful acts. He added that
at this time he would not pass on the
merits of the play.
Would Switch Libel Action
The Green Room Club’s second move
against its principal opponent was less
successful. The club tried to switch
its effort to prosecute Mr. Sumner for
eriminal libel for statements he is
said to have written to Inspector
Boland about the play from Magistrate
Ryttenberg in West Side Court to the
Distriet Attorney’s office.
When Magistrate Ryttenberg
01
Thursday refused to hear the appea
unless the club submitted an affidavit
with its charges Mr. Hechheimer wrote
to Acting District Attorney Pecora. He
said he was informed that Mr. Sumner
had called on Mr. Pecora’s office in
connection with the “Reigen“ produc¬
tion on the ground that it is, in his
opinion, an indecent and improper
plav.
Mr. Hechheimer called to the Dis¬
trict Attorney’s attention newspaper
articles containing statements said to
come from Mr. Sumner about “Reigen.
These, the club’s attorney declared,
were, in bis opinion, eriminally libel¬
lous and a serions reflection upon the
Green Room Club, “a most distin¬
quished theatrical organization.?
view of these remarks Mr. Hechheimer
asked Mr. Pecora to take such action
as scemed fit and proper to him.
Referred to Magistrate
Mr. Pecora refused to act, replying
last night that as the attorney was“un¬
doubtedly aware Mr. Sumner is within
che jurisdiction of the magistrates
courts in this county and answerable
to their process.
If you have any complaint to make
against Mr. Sumner involving the com¬
mission of crime,'' the District Attor¬
ney continued, “you shouid make
it
through the medium of the magistrates
vourts. As a lawyer you are familiar
with the procedure in such cases.
Notwithstanding this, officers of the
Green Room Club last night declared
their intention of pressing for the in¬
dictment of Mr. Sumner by the granc
Bedtime
The Convemene
Afer
partr
Passe
form ot
in Broo
60 see
to boar
ose his
the pla
along.
The
C
were ca
volice st
#. and
rowd
p
scious f
As the
the corn
examine
regainin
unbuttor
yanked
The over
beneath
coming
was ruin
McAvo
home at
yn, inst
The firei
the amhr
and the
We
Sunrises.
Moon rises
Local
warmer
row; fresl.
tonorthw
Local
record fre
temperatu.
hours, in
ing date c
3 a. m.
6 fl. m.
9 a. m
12 noon
Highest.
lowest, 22
age same
date for fe
8 #. m
8 a. m. 30.
Gen
WASHIN
ance of co
north of L.
ing eastwar
over the
southern p.
wag over A
over the At
from the
ward to N
tribution ha
within the
tions of th
Missouri val
clfie coäst,
upper lake
tons of Colt
perts of the
valled. The.
day east of
in portions
çolder wen
states, the
and Nevada.
There will
Saturday an
of the Missi
mostly in
over the
However, t
the Atlanti
Saturday ni:
The temp
states Satu
lower lake n
Mississippi
Sunday and
states excen
day.
Forecast
York—Cloudh
ably rain or.
on the coan
and colder.
Southern
cloudiness a
followed by
colder to-mo
Sastern
warmer to-d
north portio:
cast portion
er, probably
New Jorse
cloudiness an
rain to-nigh
morrow.
Western
day.
cloudy a