Show CHICAGO ThEATRES 1 I ALLEGE AE o. o Chicago Feb Fb 4 Efforts 4 r were wee ma made mado o today to settle the controversy between be- be tween owners of or motion moton picture th thea thea- atres a- a tres tree and ad tho the Motion Moton Picture Operators OPerators' union which threaten to wh t cause the closing ot of all al Chicago picture cuse houses February 23 2 Tho The Allied Aled Amusement association announced that motion picture houses would Jj bo closed moton on that date dato unless the tho L business tl agent of ot the tho operators operators' I union was dismissed and and union de do- do mands were modified The Tho association t made charges of ot bla blackmail km jl l and ad extor extor- I J lon lion tion against various vaios theatre employee and labor Ind organizations cons coun I toted with charges chas of ot conspiracy to w n. n ra IT Cl RESIGNS A O Ogden Feb Ernest E. E Stevens clerk cerk of Vital vital vial statistics t in n the city 1 J. J rRth department tendered his n Uon to Commissioner J. J H. H Ward this Ho lie lo announced that he ho had bad procured a better bete position position- poston |