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Show GROUND FOil THEATER 10 BEJROKEN SOON Seeley "Settles" With Church for Non-Appcaranee of Harry Lauder. Ground for tho Ncw.houso theater, lo be erected for the William Morris vaudeville vaude-ville circuit, will be broken Saturday or Monday and the mngnlllcent building will bo completed by October 1 of tills year. Every effort will be. made to rush the work ns fast as possible, and while Oie foundations are being made. Henry Ivch Cobb, the architect, who designed the Nowhouse and Boston buildings, will be busy on the elaboration of the plans, carrying out tho suggestions of Mr. Ncwhousc. nr. .n.. Ti.icr "SAeifiw western manacor for William Morris, "settled with the Mormon church authorille.i; Thursday by returning his copy of tho contract whereby where-by Harrv Lauder was to have appeared at the Tabernacle last month. Willi tho contract. Mr. Seeley sent receipted bills for more than $3000 actual expeiincs Incurred In-curred In advertising and arranging for the Sail Lake appearance of tho great Scotch comedian. These bills were proper charges against the church, because of the breaking of the contract with Mor-r! Mor-r! but Mr. Seeley said that ho realised the extent of the misrepresentations made to C W. N'lbley. presldlnc bishop of the church, aild. wishing no ill will on account of tho cancellation of tho contract, con-tract, he relinquished all claims for dam-a dam-a cres. "Mr. Nftwhoupe was asked for his views oil the "theatrical war." as indicated by the announcement of the Oipheniu syndicate syndi-cate tha it proposes to erect another thealer In Salt Lake this year. "I know nothing of any theatrical war. whatever," what-ever," sold Mr. Ne-whoupe. "My proposition proposi-tion is simply a business one with Air. Morris. lie has put up his portion of the cash and I have my larger share ready, and we will put up one of the finest theators in the United Stats. Air. Morris Mor-ris has put up his part of the money and I have put up my pnrt. I have spent too manv pleasant hours at the Orpneum lo say anything acalnst that organisation organisa-tion I have found ihe Morris interests straightforward and honorable, even In meeting severe competition, and my word Is qlven to back them In every way so far' as the Salt Lake theater project Is concerned." Word was received at tho cwhousc offices Thursday that several carloads of steel for the Newhouse hotel bad already al-ready passed Pueblo. Colo. Tho foundations founda-tions aro ready and tho erection of tho building will proceed as rapidly as the arrival of materials will permit. |