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Show Is Coming West Afler Theaters O. S. Knobo Said to Be Leasing, Buying Buy-ing and Building Anti-Trust Playhouses. Special to Tho Tribune. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 20.-C. L- Knobe. who has credentials from New York and Chicago capitalists who are lighting tho theatrical trust, Is here to Icaso a theater or build oho. If ho cannot lease. Theaters havo been secured In a chain of cltlca from New York to Kansas City and a. coast-to-const circuit Is planned. Mr. Knobe will go from hore to Salt I.ako City and thence to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattlo and Portland. In each city named he will leaso or build, ns seems most desirable. de-sirable. David Belasco, Mrs. Leslie Carter Car-ter and Mrs. Flskc are Interested, but he will not give the personnel of the syndicate. syndi-cate. When Mr. Knobe reaches Salt Lnko, If ho decides to Include this city ln the new trust, ho will bo obliged either to Icaso or buy Utahna park theater or build one. Both the Salt Lake anel tho Grand theaters thea-ters aro nlready In the theatrical trust, formed In July last, the playB going to tho Salt Lako theater being controlled by Klaw & Erlangor; thoBO to tho Grand by Stair & Havlln. Mr. Gourley, manager of Utahna park, said last evening thnt no attempt had been mado to negotiate with him olthcr for the leasing or purchaso of the new theater, but Intimated that such an arrangement ar-rangement could bo made. The new theater, thea-ter, which Is the old St. Jamos hotel rebuilt, re-built, has a seating capacity for, about 1000, and the stage Is so urranged that any first-class play may be presented. About 100) theaters aro controlled In tho United States by the theatrical trust formed last July, and the manager of one of tho other theaters said last evening that ho doubted if plays enough could bo secured by tho new trust, or tho Independent, Inde-pendent, ns they aro known, to supply attractions at-tractions for a chnln of theaters extending extend-ing across the continent. Ho says that much trouble is experienced to supply attractions at-tractions for tho theaters now In the big trust, and ho does not see whero tho companies com-panies are to come from If anothor trust la formed. |