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Show TliiEluT:! Some ' One. SUps in V. i :h Camera; Wants $1C0,CC3 ' for. Views. ' . ExcirariNTCAu.iDt Max Horence MalTes ;CTer' of Them to Joseph F. , ,v SrJth. ' i i V. Tba aacret chambers of .tha Mormon' temple hare baaa photographed ui tha' plot urea a (Tared to tha charckfor Voon- idarktlon aaid.toiba'. 1100,00a j Kn' Florence, former movUig picture king', of Laie.' now in Kew Toik, Is. aid to have, sent copies of pome jtif 'tha -pkotogrpUto Joaeph T. ' Bmlti, .aay.. lax he woud give tha church the first bid an them. . Tha Inference is Ltif that they 'win ba shown and 'tlt ,im-portant. ,im-portant. chnrch' secrets will be air 'd ' if.iha pictures are not bought by' t:.a; church. ' , . ( ' It was given'out la.t sijfht.tbat ,the. prophet wired back' the answer: i"Wa' will not 'doai with thieves or "black-' mailers." . . , . - . ' But if , this eras the answer, it is at pusaie to know war, the se'retonnf-r-snees were held, today at headman-re among the leaders of tbs eniinii. .'las' lines wsrs drawn' tipht auout tue. prophet, seer and' reveiator andl there was an air of subdued exritemrnt and consternation among the loaders,! th. re being a veil of nrreey. ' It waa supplied tbt no gentile r 1 ' bet'n innide.tne tempis e;uts itvs-dc.iicstd, itvs-dc.iicstd, October B, 1- i. T e a y before tne dHdicaiioa griir s wereral-' lowed to look over the buu . ng. ' . KAf-I'ave Marrlaga Eecorda. J . ' A Mormon closely eonneete!, w-' 1i. h(g!l c --in . of tae ehnrrh is lu ho- r for tho' .isie-nent that tue vinie.wu i Sontained records of msrrihs s i. secret tneetinir. were opened sod; tus records photoKrsl'ed. " ' The prophet of tue chtirrh and his as- sistsnts refuse to flny this. i Neither would tbev danv the mr thst'Msr Florence bed niit'ls ts oir of surrendering- the phot''-.'!- r rrc- ! ords severs! weeks sgo stid i . o- tistions between him sod the i ' iuet had been going on tr anite a v. As three guards are k-t t at the t-'n- pie, one linside and t-o , -io. it hs been oonsidered practJ.-n v . impo.uie ' to gain accese to the-bui... . It is ssid thst one guard tn'd tve ehureh ortinal. thst hs was a r I and bound br the men who enter i e. temple, but that his storv wsa l i, snd he was djixharped. - F ut Smith would not deny tun story t y.' ays riashllf liSs Were Used. Baeoua (counselor jonn nenrv r- i . a'dmits that pieturea of t) i' r t,t , many rooms of ths tert ' e l .vs been sseursd, and that a l1 r ties hn written to tha firvt "v."tt, ' oft or-1 ing the pieturea and p .'ien "tor sais.'' A man in cloae bourn v.uh the .Miia-1 tien eaya that flasinihta were '1kmii at night, ;the eamere men r"t)g frorna the magnificent bapua" r fuut ia tne baaement to the top 1 'r ai'iitoriurn. t The pieturea are said to inemas toe msgnificent "jewel" room oa t-ia mata floor, where the walls snd reiitor sret of onyx, studded wub mouniaia gems,, preeenting a daxrln r arena waen tse electric lighta ere turned oa to the -magnificent recer'Mon room and mar-, riage chamber ait,o en trie aecond or. main floor. IbHuded in the list of pie- ' turea. .it is aaid is a rsproductioa of ' the famous nllernrieal painting of the "Creation' This painting waa by an( artist from Paria. . 1 . President John Henry Smith said , that he did net believe that tha pie- . turea were taken by flsshligbt. ' " "Tbev look to me," he ssid, "fee tf they were .taken within tha time that ths tsmpls wss givsa a thorourh class-, ing during the lsst few months. Ia , fact, some of the pictnree shew thtt toe . furniture waa covered with eanvaa. as it waa during the cleaning process.' Asked as to what aetioa tke ehureh ntkoritiea would take in the matter.!' President Smith eeid no decirioa hsdf beck reached, but be believed thst Dor. , cue could be prosecuted for attempted l blackmail aad that attornevs fee- tne church were looking into the trstter with a view to instituting' suck pre- eeedinge. i The leaders of the ehureh said thsvt did not care whether phetorraphi .cf the temple interior were publiebed , or ' aot, and tbev added by wav of silna-, lion that 800 gentilee were permitted , - -, (Continued oa page .J j . . ( son- moving picture exchange In this city, his first serious rivals, and organized organ-ized the Embree Theatre company, with Otis Embree as his business associate. This organization ran a circuit of twen. tv-two moving picture theatres in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, known as the Florence theaters. He then arranged for a consolidation with the Progress Moving Picture company, which eon-trolled eon-trolled the film held in Ogden, but this proposed consolidation was broken up by the interference of the General Film eotnpany, known as the film trust, which was in turn controlled by the Moving Picture Patents company, the trust con. trolling virtually all patents on moving nictttm making and operating devices in this country. The General Film company offered to buy the holdings of Florence and bis associates at the General Film company's figures. 30.0(H). With inevitable in-evitable .failure facing' them if they refused to sell to this corporation because be-cause of the grip that organization was said to have on the whole moving picture pic-ture field. Florence and his associates were forced, thev said, to sacrifice their business, which they valued at tm,000, for .10,00l, and pocket a net loss of 50,000. Florence was offered, only k short time before the advent " of the General Film companv, $150,000 for his holding in Utah, Idaho ana Wyoming, hut believisg thst lie eould " eventually become the master of the field and clear no a possible million, he rejected the offer. This rise wss made" in three years. Six months later Florence was a bankrupt, bank-rupt, end all of his holdings, which. at . one time promised to make him a great fortune, were in the hands of a re- " eeiver. To add to this, domestic trouble arose and his wife sued bim in the district dis-trict court, asking for a divorce and-a - . divirinn of his property. This snit was J withdrawn later, and the troubles wera s7e settled out of court. . , Florence came in contact with s wealthy and enterprising Japanese -In this city about a month ago, ana three weeks ago left this city for New York, where a series of conferences have been held between' Florence and a powerful - Japanese syndicate, the result of which, it is said, was that only a day or .two soo Florence wss offered a big ronees- , son with handsome financial considerations considera-tions to control a moving picture monopoly mo-nopoly in Japan, covering the .entire empire. This monopoly, ineludos every detail of the moving picture business. It wss understood that he had accepted, or was sbotit to accent,, this offer. Mag Florence is desoribed by personal per-sonal associates in tbis city, who have known him since his advent into the ! local business field, as a far seeing, shrewd financier, clever, to an almost nncannv deeree in big financial deals, but absolutely indifferent to small monev mutters, the very thing which undoubtedly led to many of his troubles trou-bles in this city a few months ago. Personally, he is poorly educated, giv-ing giv-ing little attention to dress, and is of a e-enerallv moodv Histionition. PICTURES TAKEN (Continued from page 1.) to go through the temple, on the day preceding the dedication. rieOKEMCS HAS HAD. . A METEORIC CAEEEB Mag Florence has been an interesting interest-ing figure in business circles in this city for the last si years. His daring in finance, his broad view o money transactions in which he could ignore with "absolute indifference the smaller factors while looking' ahead to really big results, and hia . ability to pocKet ' heavy losses while ou . the absolute verge of bankruptcy, and then pull out with, big winnings na the roward for his daring, maths his business career ca-reer here one of intense interest to those who followed his meteoric operations. opera-tions. ' , Florence came, to Salt Lake City about six years ago, and opened a little lit-tle eating house near the old passenger passen-ger station o the Oregon Jjbort Line railroad. -la h own words he made success of this business because be-cause he attended to business.' While nearby competitors would close , their business down for a half day or a day to attempt to collect bills from those patrons who attempted to "jump their board," Florence pocketed his losses with a grin and went out after new business with' such vigor that he made back hur losses, and made frttnds in the' bargain. Before coming to this city he had been engaged in the saloon business snd in ranching in Colorado. After his experience with the little lit-tle eating house, in which he made money as if by instinct, Florence opened the Utahna saloon on-what is now tha aite of the Felt building. He also conducted tho Utahna park resort, which waa on the present sites of the Newhonse nnd Boston buildings, the Commercial club and Exchange place. In this place Florence conducted a dance ball, open air . vaudeville and other amusement concessions, which were heavily .patronized. . A little later his shrewd business sense pointed to the big field in the moving picture bnsineas which wss then comparatively new in this- field. He sold the V'tahna saloon and bought the Elite theatre, one of the first movin; picture houses in the city. Tratt Wilson hsd the Isis theatre at that -time-and conducted , in addition, addi-tion, a film exchange. Florence took a chance to lose all of his savings, and opened tho Luna theatre in immediate Kroximity to the Isis. Florence did not ave a' dollar, having invented all ot bb money in other enterprises. He spent 5M00 on (credit that be obtained on 'the strength pf his promises, such negotiable paper as he could Most, and on his keen insight into kumaa nature. He opened this bouse, which he bad decorated in a then lavish manner, without the investment of a silver dollar dol-lar in Cash. It was all "conversation money" and confidence. When the house wss opened, a brass band paraded the streets leading the crowd to tha doors of the new house. It required the services of two police men to control the inob that fought for admission. -Hia brass bsnd methods meth-ods won out,' and the house cleared $2.30 above running expense tlie first sight. Business continued good, and he mad 41500 a month on this noun- ' for a year or longer. Then Florence decided to branch eu on a- really big scale. . He laid In. plans to secure a monopoly on th, moving picture business in the eutir city, -fie bought out his rivals in tht Isis. This wst apparently a bad buai aess for. he haC. to pay a bonus of 12.'C . a month for the leans alone. But bnsi-aeas bnsi-aeas continued to boom and for a time the venture was a success. It begin to 1 fail in popularity after a time, but not before Florence had leafed the . Daniels theatre,-ssd the Shubert then-1 tre, giving him a virtual monopoly of i the moving pictare business - in the I etfv. . 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