Show I FILM FILM FILl CONCERNS SUE FOR REA HEAVY REATY TY DAMAGES DAMAGE S Now v cw York No Nov 17 Seven Sc Seven suits asling asking asking ask ask- ing tr treble ble damages amounting to ap ap- ap and antI alleging vi 1 violation violation vi- vi of the Sherman antitrust la law w y were brou brought ht against the Motion Picture Picture Pic Plc ture Patents company and various moving moving ing picture companies and Individuals individual s In the federal court here toda today on behalf be behalf bo- bo half haIr of or ti the tiie Colorado o Film exchange c the Chicago o Film exchange and sot sev everal ev- ev eral other film Ilm agencies in tho the middle west The plaintiffs who are engaged In the business of or selling and amid renting films in Illinois New York and elsewhere elsewhere else else- where In Interstate commerce complain com com- complain plain that as a re result of ot what Is asserted as as- to be a combination among the defendants their thell business has been rendered unprofitable and that tho they have been otherwise damaged The conditions tho they complain of oC they theo al allege al- al lege have hu continued since January 1 1905 The Colorado Film exchange was taken tak tak- en on over a a. number of years ago by the the- G General Film company one of ot the codefendants co- co defendants and Joined In the time action to maintain Its legal status for tor the pur- pur Pose poso of or adjusting alleged claims against s somo me of or the corporations mentioned in the suits sulfa r f I II I 1 |