Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-26 | Page 7 | Protest Against Play

PROTEST urn AGAINST PlAY m I nn l of or Ini It u Step Mui of Local Seattle Wash ush Jill Jul July 25 23 A commit commit- committee tee of oC Spanish American war veterans voter veter ans ails waited gaited upon Mayor today tOlla and demanded that t he lie forbid tho the presentation pro pre of or thu tho comedy hT The e Colonel and Friends In a leading theatre here n next Sunday The Ibe piny according accord accord- ing to tu the author Is founded on a n re re re- ant cont trial In lit Ju Judge lo John 1 K Humphries' Humphries Humph ries' ries department CI of o ll the c superior n court O A and the actors will repeat the tile exact trial as reported b by a a. shorthand matt man I Among tho the characters Is Judge hump Hum ly ty The rho committee represented to th the mayor OI that lint s scurrilous references to the American flag Jab the time Spanish American I veterans rind and the tho Daughters of or tho the Revolution were expected to be in the pill pla play The mayor marOI replied that he lie had no authority to stop the tho show Ho Resolutions adopted b by the thu veterans veteran at a n meeting lift last l t nl night ht Instructed the committee if it Jt it appeal to tho the mayor maor were not heeded to report to lo the thc veterans Its recommendations o of such measures us may be necessary to protect tho Spanish Spanish- i American n c u from Irom ridicule 8 I t