Show I 1 THEATRICAL r AGNATES TIRE OF SPENDING V MILLIONS ci 4 IN NEEDLESS LEGAL VI ARf ARE i I 1 M 1 f a. a I t I I D f JO G t tM M MR MArC L I. r rW Et Ef W NEW W XI YORK YORK After five years ears of bitter bittor bit- bit tor trl antagonism David Belasco and Harrison lIar Har rison Grey Fiske Fh have patched up lip their quarrel with Klaw and Erlanger and gone Into the fold of the theatrical syndicate syn syn- This Tins declaration of ot peace came in the form of an official statement issued from the office of Mr Ir Fiske and sanctioned by bythe bythe bythe the other managers It means In es essence essence essence es- es sence that Mr Belasco and Sir Mr Ir Fiske and Klaw and Erlanger will play at attractions attractions attractions at- at tractions in one another's theaters whenever whenever when when- ever it is desirable to do so and that the historic lawsuit over tho the profits of David Warfield's tour in The Auctioneer which has dra dragged ged through the courts for four years will ilI be discontinued under an amicable agreement It was the clash over the profits from The Auctioneer that t started the war Tho The amount involved was only but vastly larger sums sum have been spent by sides Ides in fighting the case which Isnow is isnow isnow now pending in the appellate of ot the supreme court Only recently Mr Belasco said that his battle with tho s syndicate syndicate syn syn- n had cost him through Iris Ills inability to play In the theaters controlled by that body while the syndicate itself had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars dollars dol del lars in profits that would have accrued to it from such from such tsuch Belasco money makers makels asI as David Warfield Mrs Leslie Carter I Bates and Frances Starr |