Show the toe Great Theatrical T Fight Might Means to Salt Lake Late f Special Correspondence JoW EW YORK May 1 There I a Ii NEW N battle buttle royal raging Inc In New NewYork 11 NewYork York and we w are re In the tile thick of It A Ae yet It la I a battle bW and end word gun rUn powder and amt cannon cn have hR no place pI In It but at as far hr fara a two tau camp am can cn go ero In tall coll colling tallIng 11 ing In names name filling 1111 I nil the air III with verbal brickbat kt u ul the tile newspapers I to d de flounce and expose and re to 10 move to cut tut the financial plank from underneath each lher others Theatrical Trust and the tha Bro Bros have certainly IOn gone dur durIng Ing the week eek jut just closed c cIt It H I b a rare ra privilege that of ot being belna a neutral In to such uch a fight aa as It thin thill of carrying the press prem 1 credential endaU which entitle one to tay stay out on the firing lines lino II of l loth holh oth cranks and nd to lass and end renau repass pit between the let two to jotting down dow the th Ih e enor lively live comment that K Iut tho the nor ear on every very hand Salt kit Laken Isken Lak prin louses ho and nd therefore the tb army of people who comprise Halt Salt HaltI I ake theater goers goer have so au o direct an 11 interest Interact In what I le from the strife between the two great theat theal theatric ric rival powers power wen that the th these notes note picked up ur here h and there the among both com corn combatant combatant may my prow prove timely reading for tor your dramatic dr maUc pages page e e a Outside the two big b g houses houe bou limited to In grand grind opera open nearly every vry theater In InK InN K N New w York of any an unee I le con controlled controlled trolled by th lh the Trust Truet Interest IntI headed by Klaw Kaw Belanger Ertan gel Krohman Frohman and nd Hayman or by the Ut Shubert Broa Bros We count Munt the th hou e ranged under the two opposing banners banner a II found In the advertising columns of oC the newspapers god anil find And they thy line up a as follows follow Trust houses Empire New NewYork NewYork York L Lyceum HIU v Globe New Amsterdam Criterion Liberty and OIly Gately total natal II I 1 Shubert bouen bIMi New theater Hip C l no Herald Square Comedy Lyric XH Na Nal I l mova Maxine and Duly IMly total 11 Having M so many house houe lion under their control to 10 nay roay nothing of ot those th dl Tided between th that two In Boston Phil Pull delphta adelpha and 1111 the lever lemer cities there ther I of e course a Il warfare to secure for or them the best attraction which come tume upon the Uie market front from the producing manager manger and the th managers who ho control the Ih tare Naturally every everyone everyone ry one of thoe thew Iho wants want the biggest and the th dates dated over oer which end endless nd lea less contention and disagreement en endue ensue n nue sue due ue somewhat like dike Ilk they thy used to iii do In In Inthe Inthe Inthe the eighties In Salt Halt Lake when the thi Conference dates date formed the bone bono of contention between the th old Di Dramatic and all l the th newly Arisen Home club Gov Wells ele and end John Spencer null Mill carry rry some nf of th lh cars Hence resulted rull 1 an alignment of allied allien producer a an H Ravage agn m Harrl Henry Miller 1 Ile e elasco lasco laco IA and Flake Fiske now operating with th Tru Trust t though the last three were outside out outside side Id the breastwork for tor R a long period and A Company W A Brady rady the New theater thIr management the house houe hou of or th Ih the D V Y Arthur and F c Whitney giving their lr to the th Charles Charlen Frohman lives live most moet of oC hi hue time Um In III London and gobbles gobble up ur nearly every vry l anti and French worth having besides having apparently life mortgages s on Maude Adam Adana Ethel John JohnDrew JohnD JohnDrew Drew D W H II Crane W II H Francis Wilson so to that he h I is sn Rn In Invaluable invaluable valuable cog In the tile great If at Trust wheel furnishing a Mg hiI part rt nf or the attractions which It must have hav to keep Its hIJ open keep kp Its It II local stockholders stockholder satis aaU fled and keep kp the th dividends rolling out by which alone I 1 the th commercial fabric fab fah fabric ric held together e e eIt It can cn be seen n at a It glance there therefore therefore fore fo that both bolh the UI Trust and Shu Sliu Shubert bert hert have ha VI three U ever pressing problems before them one on how to 10 secure ure the bt beat attractions attraction two to how to extend their chain of or houses so No 0 MI Na to 10 guarantee those Ih attractions a aull full ull season aon three how to keep kean the tho th local Inca manager contented with nun the number and grade of nf sent Rent For 01 some ome year yean the Trust had ha all their own OW way wa there na man little or orno orno orno no opposition to 10 them the mans mana managers gers gera cheerfully pall paid th them m lIve five per percent rent cent of their receipt for acting alIng as a hooking booking agent agena they hired the bent artists artier negotiated l with producer and anil so an It claim the disgruntled dl ones on carefully retained the best beet dates elat for their own attractions Discontent In Inevitably Inevitably n arose First one manager mana Iter and then another went out a za an Independent Inde Independent pendent demanding better hetler terms derma sometime they got them oftener they did not nol but hUI hv by It some mean means or another all 1111 wore were wr brought b bAck ck Into the fold Cold except the Ih Shubert Where hero there brother got the sinew of war wr that enabled them th to 10 go Ito on building theaters theater here leasing them Ihm there ther snapping up uI such Huh artist a and Marlowe and Maxine pulling I away from the other Ride hide hl uh ui h producer tut as It Company om and Arthur Arlhur and anil now nOl Inducing such old nl l and d tried Trust lieutenants lieutenant a Julius Cahn In the Ih eat east of and John Cort In the w WA watt wt I tn tl t come omo under their wing win all the II ono one of the Rumor well ground grounded ed ad says nays J I Morgan Is Ie I one of nf the power behind them Ih and the th fRt feet that the Shubert were ere Invited In by I bythe tho the magnates magnate of t finance who built the New theater to take charge of It II lends Ind till still further color to 10 the Ih report That ThaI bit of nf recognition put 1111 a tremendous duns dous feather In the cap RI nf or the th and probably has ha done dnn 11 as II much a as any nV one thing to attract to tn theta th the producer and aid out nut of town manager r who what were at lit first Im to n look doubtfully on th Ih the leue nf ot their with the that Trust Truet W A Brady 1111 familiarly familiar known In R porting and theatrical cin le ax as a Hilly Brady kradY was w one on nn of n the first of the th fighter we w encountered and an of almost moat a generation Uon reaching hack back to the lh days da when he was waa wasa n a struggling advance agent who oc or blew Into Inlo Salt Batt take Lake ahead nf of th the and Lewi Morrison a Ii number of ot In Inc more mol or lean lew 1 oon I 1 I t nl 1 It must mut be mm ed rd huh had hadn I n with the th Trust fir y yIh year ear eari i n m the Ih lime wn when e a ex cx exI x I I Imi lino 1 Corbett and abd m hi hiI hit hitI I I iu n i I J i t hut h I r forth fortu The Ther Th r r i I he h n I rol d 1 In InI Int t I 1 i al n II put p It I nirh in h a n Space race MI i 1 In hi t if The Th Thih Ian I ih hour 1 Th Ih hi from frome om e i I n iI I l I in an ant In InI I J l King hi tg were w a ar al s sr r g 11 M 1 a i t tin 1111 hr Salt SaltI P Ph h I it I me m II of uC the Ih riK link 1111 In t I Tr Tot t I 1 li Ih 1 i i s p In iii I tin the Sew New w York lorl Th l lt r t b where hn he hr h baa hns bA hash been II for forI ir sus UH I In III chaos h He II we moving r a of th Ih i mt o ned b by the Truel t 1 tl l or of that crowd ero ho hu hoI hur honl r I ml nl thorn there Ih mere viere 1 mm man many others like 1 J r r The Tho Th totter matter H Ile had ad made mad up a m n t that he h TH 1 no longer maln t I t r i s s s ir 0 ami tin dO bulfin i u u n h an RII outfit i It ale Klaw KI A Krlan R Po r F Jor Fr r eight years jeam 1 he h had tood stood It Itt Itt t t ti II t end ind hail had 1 rIl Tin Tie TI men ment m mI I t uh h hns MH their ni thud hll fIt Mek cr I ti Thi Th I rt had ha made md him a air ir 11 i s I i n a that wa wee white whit and andI I i forth ho he h would do basin buln with t 1 s rr Suit Salt It Lake Jk I h he had hart hubert U co there ami an h ht he re reg g it it I e equally that hi his Oho ho n w uld no longer k be went nand nt to the th that salt bait at Ime theater heater for he h had hd a very i r eil r rK egad 11 for n and nd the then a n lind hod always alwayn t him Wm well 1 t l I tt i had bd only ma made le the th st tt t k f r a year yr too early 11 in inI I lit itt Lah Lak IA next ye year r they thy were bound hound t I i ha i i i ler house hOUN there and andI nd I j Batt Lake Ik would once ome more m be on onic onIc ic C chop r mp for tor hie his attraction Tl TI T i 4 v m on n a III Thursday In n Friday etc ir tin t 11 Cort orrt t bombshell In the Ih form of ofa II a i tint announcement fn from fm m Klaw KIA A iii In ing r that 1111 John Johll Corf Ct territory hail had been Ilan eliminated from their map fol tol lowed 1 1 tn ly h Mr Port bats note not to the prea pres Hi it t ho hr h had stoned with the i rI f a t tinn tm of u five Ave years year that Klaw 1 rl were ere a III Joke that they could collid I tI him 14 H shows how next net year Y 30 50 and nd that the end endor nd 1 or cor f trust tout domination domina lion wn was w In sight or ur not Mr Uly hail had ad ranee n e Information of nf the Cort ort deal lial 1 he did not ay ny Y but bul the th with wIla which hh he h assured alIU u us that hi hl attraction I tion would uld be seen n in Salt SaIl Lake Lak next year yr indicate in that he h had Mr bat Cort lIrt wild Id when fir tit more details that hi hill het strop circuit teaching reaching from fro Chicago to 10 Seattle ItU l and Spokane pok I and including the th Colonial of Salt alt Lake M as well aa u the Ogaden howa hot made up UI an n enterprise en too tor vast to take U k kany any r ch hanc on He lie IT to knew of ot the lh Shubert rt unfulfilled plane plan in the Ih west weal at and he bat ha i 1 himself by ob tabling from that firm a Ii guarantee In III H the th shar hape of a shack check fi for lor r a 1 quarter of or a million militon dollars dollar IU deposited In hi his bank a as a s rot pledge le that the 30 a attractions attraction would Iw he It t west waat a ae per contract No Nn doubt a certain ing of oC Salt lall j I Lak Iak ke Madness men mn who omitted that formality when hn they re n the Ute Lyric Into the th Shu hu bert with such lUh a III flourish of 0 trum liet Leta I will wonder why wh semi ome watch uch step Mop did not occur to them m Jullue Cahn hll IH la another ex nant nf of the Trust l who t In III moving out mil aid going cooing down doon the street n nearer the th Shu Sliu irate borta with whom be he too loo ha tug hooked IH alp Julius has ha been bean an ally lIy of the theold theold old 01 1 crowd eN since the I syndicate oleo Idea I was waa Incubated incubate and nd the ik had hl 1 been that he would t be e found wearing by the Ih Trust Truitt till th the crack k of oC ofa doo a sounded He Ile H ha tan a long R of oC New house housea hO In hi his vest e t pocket Docket that henceforth will be run on ono open o n door 1001 plan rotan which Is hI way WHY y of or saying that he hog been Mau told to 10 ch o s between the Truet Trust and the Shu bert Ht and ami hag hai 00 the th latter lAuK IRU stoat Mom 10 H n hemN heavens heaven how low we w begin to realize the Ih grip rn the th children of nf Israel have nn on the t of nf the th In ml owner own nf ot another chain of oC theater thalen In III Inthe the th Interior hat has also alao gone over ner to the Ih enemy my myrple People are wondering ond what Jo Orl Grin flier III will do 0 He IT haw has h been bet n a Il partner of or Brady for year years but bul has Tian hll strong lean IMn leanIng Ing Inga HI Hh portion Uon cuM could not notI lie be I positively ascertained for t r when hen we W fain would have hR steered Ino the Ih conversa conversation ra tion to the tho th theme of or the Ih battle he h grew fre enthusiastic over the lh growth IlOth of oC Salt Sull sad ot of th the line returns mum M hi placed place there hud had h H I IAn lor t u r tAn t tAn n v An endeavor only ful fuh ul Is la I made mete to tn obtain an n a im nail live tle statement from the th KI lit k langer In hea of or Ih the x sl Ii 1 n o No o many mally def clef Klaw Kaw and nl are ar air In Inn Jo lIrI j i huger said mid id to 10 l he ii the Ibe Ih real tool ar h r the Ih group rup Is la a ni a th Ihu u he hI were w dually actually a crowned king on of his hie hI however r rU re e iv I ate u tourte u ly and nd recalls recall sore 1 I lint ant trait Halt Lake Ik experience hut but mk 1 regarding weld Mid Id in Pt JJ Brady only has hall one n attraction r i No one on can an n do ao bulnes bun ur I him Hes II We Wa v gut got m rk chance to t ask k twit t tei I iii ei promo mo me of or Mantell or I t what u ut hn H II Hais H or John Jhn tart be au a n slat r hW II h entered and nd t I qt 11 II tenant In the same ume m tone tame or of i n i ia I a i and with w xhi hl h the ti faa nan announce a he the Ih app 1111 1 i r f JOh Hurkett Ryder in The Tho Th 11 I t f the Mouse Iou Mr Erlanger i ito to yr air tr r A hurried him lin o I 1 i h regret were weep w all 11 that r rand n nand i and alb r that the tho Ih sidewalk who should tx lac I en n nhat n nIt u hat It an n old friend ri I llari II tarry larke arke Ile 11 also alun a I full of 0 new ing the t fight and I le whom to tn book but rather In Im hal the Trust Truet hould ha he h dei liln on a aern i iem em ern tour Mure lent bint nl howo er on oa 0 Ing to which has h I 1 kind to tn him bid nd hi bin wit wife vir of r lit r rI Very s Harry Hrry look i i 1 black crop 1101 of ot hair Is I still Mill u un I k i with gray y though a vista vIla ta of 1 n I d stretch sway to the tho Ih tm till he h was war w the favorite fa In th to t Salt Halt I Lake JM Uie Grand In the thi old st rt Ik k i i j s M From till still oth r source ou At nt i InamI nameless namI the t In Is It I ki that the Trust Tru t hai Ita only just JIIN l 1 that It its agents are Br i i hither thither ant nl nn on clo rl n tr weak place making new nW c cand and nd getting I ready ady to para paral I enemy by a eri of f vent r h movements movement The Th rc ent tt t t pence peace with henry Mill Miller r tr r m or spell apell J of coldness or or 0 o In 1 h r n t that Klaw A Erlanger ne nc on n tl u M r in rot for new nw attraction 1 o AI m i t klong k klong kIon long Ion with the opposition are ure u n v s r fr 0 ly Iy anchored within the h tart Hard HII iii lette Itt who announced his hl hi re r a t tan ha reconsidered and an Is t I i on wine Ine h I k coterie of or stare star n tt lord i I III It II seem III and these I wife ili it n it II im lilt I rt ro rowill will be sent ent westward III Ii I in n ml 1 Salt Halt Lake the th Northern it re tho that Con Cort ort territory now nw bIa 1 bm n mated ma m may Increase tin Ii m nh III of f attraction booked baked fm fn or the thi Si S I i I theater next year jear Ar unit und the thO all t I u 11 I which h no doubt the tho th i sI l 1 r ragar i iager agar ager J r and COIl Coit will l I s II to prevent I that the tho Ih Tru t l ot Ina n I Shubert may hlay curry carry their warf tr r r t the th extent tnt of ut breaking booking their hs uin r again each h other In Salt Putt IIII Ink Iak I mi rot other town lawn which of 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