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Patrick, Warren A. (ed.) / Show world
(November 13, 1909)
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ra tl ap Id desc1 release :exli 'Orcon CHICAGO BIG SHAKE-UP IS DUE IN VAUDEVILLE FIELD Smoking Volcanic Rumors Indicate Eruptions in the Near Future Variety Guns in Town. Volume V-No. 21 i6 THEFT OF SCENERY STOPPED BY MANAGER Daniels, of the Cleveland Hippodrome, Prevents Wholesale Robbery in Nick of Time. CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 10.-Manager Ianiels, of Keith's Hippodrome, is look- ing for the man who tried to steal l.000 worth of scenery from the treater. e is also looking for the man who otered a stage hand $50.00 to help. Scenery that cost $40,000 is in storage o the Hippodrome. The man who at- fempted the bribery pointed out that I everal caroads could be carted away nseen and that it would not be missed Iut of the great pile in storage. The tage hand reported to Daniels. Daniels at once began an investigation nd found a car load that had been iken from its storage place and locked up In an unused and unfinished room n the building.-FRYE. LAIM ARTISTS BROKE NEW CONTRACT FORM. Agents Threaten to Prefer Charges Against Performers Who Failed to Live Up to Their Word. During the past month, the complaint against the booking agents not using to new form of contract has been all one side, but since the new form has eenadopted and usedbycertain offices, he situation has changed and now some p1f the artists face trial in court as a esult of breaking contracts, which were said to have been made in good faith. The first and most important case is that of Hall & O'Brien, a comedy sketch team, that was sent to Flint, Mich., but declined to play the date for some rea- an and as a consequence Walter F. Keefe may seek redress as he sent the teaMto that city. tIsthought that the matter will be oniciably settled before the matter reaches court. Others, who are said to have broken contracts, are Sid J. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilbur, "Napa- tees' Vacation Those Three Boys," AndB. Miller. Certain attorneys will endeabsedly take up one of the cases ad push it tothe limit, hile most of the others are understood to be pending settlement outside the jurisdiction of the court. Whatever action is taken, the artists 'till have to fight theirown battles, as the Actors' Union in particular wilt not have anything to do with any of the 1ases. Z . X. A. REPORTED APTER SULLIVAN AND CONSIDINE. Iruors from Seattle Are to Effect That Big Combination Is About to Be Consummated. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 10.-It Is ru- bored here that negotiations are on henween the Western Vaudeville Man- gers' Assoctation and Sullivan and Con- uline with view of consolidating the hllevan and Considine interests with hseof the Western Vaudeville Man- agers' Association. It Is also rumored that members of he Interests arenowon theirway east Its Present the proposition. The result Of these negotiations are being looked forwarded to with great interest in the tvaudeville world. That Main Circus. Can I be that Walter L. Main has nuanged hs mindmand thathe will put 0tna large circus next season? Nu- vMersus rumors were afloat a few months ago "that he would be once more active In the circus field. This as denied by the showman. This week hewas a vsitorttoCincinnati, theapur- Coek Information and new Ideasopertain- ing tscircuadom. He is authority for thsatement "That ifhe takes a show cittwill not be aback number." I Condition Remains Unchanged. The condition of Mrs. Ed Stout, of the toudeville team of Blanche and Ed ltawho has been quite ill at her home I Chcago for the past two weeks, re- 'ins Practically unchanged. Mr. Stout o the well known manager of the Ac- nra'Union of Chicago. Des Moines Park rails. WEBSTER CITY. Iowa, Nov. 10.- Des Moines' White City amusement ven- ture has turned out badly and the park may not be reopened next season. Meantime a horde of stockholders scat- tered over the state are making it un- pleasant for the promoters of the venture. Stock salesmen were sent overthe statecand shares sold In many towns and cities. The holders ofthese shares are swamping the managers with letters requesting information as to the financial condition of the venture.- TCKER. Reformers Are Invited. When the latest revised billboard ordinance comes up for discussion next Monday, a committee of reformers, who are trying to do away with unsightly boards, will be present to aid in plan- ning the ordinance, so it will remedy some of the existing evils. Among the notable men present will be Lorado Taft, the sculptor, and Ralph W. Clark- son, president of the Municipal Art League. Talking further Mr. Beck said that many rumors had been printed, but there was no truth in them. "Every time Mr. Meyerfield or I make a move, the newspapers think something is going to happen, and not being able to find any- thing, they print all sorts of rumors. I tell you the truth about things. I never say that I am going to do a thing. I do it, and then I point to what has been accomplished. "I have purchased Buchanan's inter- ests in the Majestic theater in Des Moines. Is that news? I have also made arrangements for new houses in Duluth and Winnipeg. These houses will in no manner interfere with or an- tagonize the Sullivan and Considine in- terests, as the Sullivan and Considine people offer a different grade of enter- tainment. The new houses in these towns will be on the high class order. Meeting Lasts But One Minute. "There was a meeting of the Western Vaudeville Managers' association, held Tuesday afternoon, but it only lasted one minute. No business was trans- muted." It is known that the directors of this association did meet, and that there were present at that meeting the follow- ing persons: Max Anderson, George Middleton, Charles E. Kohl, Martin Beck, J. J. Murdock and Maurice Meyerfeld, Jr. Castle, of Kohl and Castle, was not present. Further than a discussion of the new offices opened up on the elev- enth floor of the Majestic building, no business of any import was transacted. It is further known as a positive fact, that Max Anderson, who recently gave up his interests in the Hippodrome in New York was present at a banquet at the Congress hotel Tuesday night, and that preceding thEtbanquet it was an- nounced that Mr. Anderson had broken all the ties that bound him to the'east, and had decided to cast his lot with the west. Mr. Anderson controls the An- derson-Ziegler Amusement company of Cincinnati, Louisville, and Indianapolis. Mr. Anderson's arrival in the city hap- pened to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the association of the prominent members of the Western Vaudeville Managers association in busi- ness, and so he was invited to partici- pate in the festivities of the celebration of that occasion. The rumors concerning the elimina- tion of the so-called blacklist, could not be authenticated. It is said, however, that this blacklist is about to be ab- rogated. It is a known fact that acts playing the Morris time are not wel- comed with any degree of fervor by the Orpheum people. It Is said that this has been working to the benefit of Mr. Morris, and to the detriment of the Orpheum circuit, and for that reason, the blacklist will soon be a thing of the past. Premstad Eludes Officers. Mme. Fremstadt, who sang at the Auditorium last Sunday left the city the same day in order to avoid officers who tried to serve papers on her be- cause of the fact that she was com- pelled to cancel her engagement to sing in Milwaukee. The promoters of the Milwaukeeconcertallegedmthat they had been damaged in the sum of $3,000, and they tried to serve a warrant on the opera singer, but she eluded them by leaving the state on Sunday. Candy Man Sued. The Sans Souci Park company has brought suit against George Levee, who had candy rights at the resort during the summer, for breach of contract and the case has been placed on the jury calendar. Levee is said to have failed to live up to his agreement with the company regarding his privileges on the grounds. November 13, 1909 MORE HOUSES ADDED TO THE MORRIS TIME String of Theaters in Ohio on List. New Colonial in Indianapolis to Open with Cecelia Loftus November 22. From information gleaned from the inside of the William Morris booking office in Chicago, new houses have been added to the, ledger of the Morris time - and acts will be sent to them out of the local agency. Though the Morris house in Toledo has been closed, ar- rangements have been made to book another theater in that city. Other Ohio towns which have been gathered to the fold and will be booked by J. C. Matthews are Cleveland, Detroit, Lo- raine, Dayton, Erie and Hamilton. The Morris agency has also corralled new houses in St. Joe, Mo., and East St. Louis. The new house in Indianapolis, which cost a mint of money and is a play- house beautiful in every sense of the word, will be opened with due pomp and ceremony on November 22 and re- presentatives from the Chicago office will attend the opening. The bill will have as its headline feature, Cecelia Loftus andothernMorris headliners will be sent to the Indiana city. It will be called "The Colonial." PRODUCING COMPANY IS IN SORE STRAITS. Show Put Out by Western Company Returns After One Week-Trou- ble Said to Be Brewing. "The Girl in the Grandstand" has re- turned to Chicago. The attraction was out but one week, and it is rumored that that week was one of trials and tribu- lations for all concerned. It is even hinted, and on good authority, that the manager of the company had to borrow money from the manager of the last the- ater in which he played in order to get the players back to Chicago. There Is an Interesting story con- nected with the show and its inception. It appears that Arthur Weinberg and David Wolf wrote the piece, and they had an idea that Will J. Block would Put it out. They found later that Mr. Block would not, or could not, produce it, so they looked about for some other means of putting the piece on the road. Then it was that some one suggested the organization of a company. Her- bert C. Duce, manager of the Garrick theater, was interested in the matter, and he decided that this might be the means of furnishing one or more good shows for the "open door" time of the west, so he entered into the scheme heartily. He was elected president of the Western Theatrical company, which was organized for the purpose of put- (Continued on page 26.) TIPPETT IS TO PILL COL. HOPKINS' SHOES. Prominent St. Louis Man is Logical Suc- cessor to Late Picturesque Theatrical Promoter. John D. Tippett, general manager of the Park Circuit and Realty Company of St. Louis was in the city this week on his way to New York. Mr. Tippett, is also manager of the Park Film com- pany in St. Louis, and is interested in several moving picture theaters. Mr Tippet was one of the intimate friends of the late Col. John D. Hopkins, and IS the logical successor in his sphere of influence. Jencks Sues Lessor. WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, Nov. 11.- Maurice W.Jencks, manager of theNew Grand theater In Sioux City, Is suing Atust Nelson, proprietor of a dance hall over the theater, for $lO8.3-a month's rent. The defendant claims Jencks was making Improvements in the theater that month and that the dance hall could not be used on account of them.-TUCKER. Majestic at LexingtonCloses. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 9.-The Ma- Jestic theater in this city, afteracheck. ered career, closed againlast night,eaf- ter Puttingupa hard fight against Ram- sey's Hippodrome, to no Purpose. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT WEEKLY Published at 87 South Clark Street Chicago, b- THE5OWLY RL Publishing Co. Entered as Secodi-Cla ss Matter WA R~twA. PAIIC61-NPALPqCTON - tlePost-Of fice atChigttiilhois Juuie 25, 1907. uldrheActof Copgresof Narch).3-79. The air is thick with vaudeville rum- ors. They are to be encountered on every street corner, and in every book- ing office and in every place where vau- deville people congregate. There is vau- deville war and rumors of vaudeville war. When such persons as M. Meyerfield, Jr., George Middleton, Martin Beck, William Morris and Max Anderson are all in town at one and the same time, rumors are certain to be floating about in all directions. In the present in- stance, the vaudeville world has been agog with all sorts of reports, and among them may be mentioned the fol- lowing: Rumor No. 1.-That the eastern man- agers had banded together to keep Mar- tin Beck out of the eastern territory. Rumor No. 2.-That Sullivan and Con- sidine would combine with the Western Vaudeville Managers' association. Rumor No. 3.-That Martin flek would relinquish all hold on the east and devote his entire attention to the west. Rumor No. 4.-That Martin Beck was negotiating for a house in New York and had so managed affairs that he was in a position to defy any coalition of eastern managers. Rumor No. 5-That Martin Beck and William Morris had reached some agree- ment whereby they would fight the re- mainder of the vaudeville world. Rumor No. 6.-That the so-called blacklist, which is alleged to have been in force with the Western Vaudeville Managers' association, had been abro- gated, and that the ban had been lifted from those acts that have had the te- merity to play the William Morris time. Martin Beck Was in Town. About the only certain thing about the whole matter is that Martin Beck and several of the big vaudeville guns have been in town. Mr. Beck, when seen by a representative of the Show World, ap- peared willing and anxious to talk, but his conversation was more occupied by the weather than vaudeville. In the first place he was asked what significance the combination of eastern managers had, and whether or not the merger was aimed against him. Mr. Beck replied: "I do not think the com- bination was aimed against me or against the Orpheum circuit. It was formed for another purpose. But at any rate, if it was formed for the purpose stated in some of the daily papers, It is like the incident of the Russo-Japanese war when the Slavs stored arms in Manchuria, which were allowed to rust and were never used at all." Mr. Beck was next asked concerning the numerous rumors connecting his name with that of William Morris. "I know no more about Mr. Morris' business than I do of the business of the Mandel Brothers. I have heard of was in the city. He has not been in conference with me." rtis )wWQ I frwa jpplied Sent i18G &rs 4 ion is live, Econd I I I
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