The billboard (Oct 1916)

TH E BILLB OARD Be INDISPENSABLE TO THE PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER AND ALLIED INTERESTS. MOUNTFORD'S SUIT ALLEGING SUNDER BRINGS UP PAST EVENTS Chicago Local No. 4, A. I. V, Some Yean Ago With W. E. A. U., Provided 1 Agree Hot To Mounttord bringing action for slander against a member of the profession Tor calling him a strikebreaker. arttsts who played engagements around Chicago previous to the amal- gamation in 1910, that the Immaculate rodents, then completely dominated by Harry, not alone never lost an oppor- tunity to scab on the union, but went out of their way to do It. Their de- testable, -underhand methods were laid bare to the profession at that time by The Encore, then official organ of Lo- cal No. 4. A. I. u. Harry waa then In absolute control of the organisation and actually be- on* Interesta In their territory, and signed agreements which regulated working conditions and act a minimum salary that waa accepted by employers t manifested by the y with which * brought along the Big Chief and at A short while prior to this he sent bla emissaries In the person of two of bin board of directors to try and dis- suade the union officials from earry- * Compelling thai performer? under the protecting wing of the local and organised labor. Though most inalatant in their In- treatlea they soon found that the local laadara could not be swerved from the path of duty. Maybe the Hat" boss White Bats Withdraw From Vies-President of Famous Playsrs- ■ --"T Corp, and a prominent figure in or of Paramount producers. ALL PARAMOUNT PRODUCERS ARE MERGED IN ONE BIG COMPANY iduclng companies; which was ef- fected last Thursday after a aeries of negotiation* which began in Los An- Involved are the Oliver Morosco Fho- iplay Company. Pallas Pictures, Fa- ous Players Firm Company and the »se Li, Lasky Feature Play Com any. the Morosco Pallas organisations merging with the — In the F i.SOO.OOO. The n OKLAHOMA CITY STRIKERS TURN FROM DECISION FIRST ADOPTED Refuse To Accept Findings of Arbitration Board Change of Heart ian waa hoeing po- tatoes, saw a snake and chopped lta bead off. The headless body wriggled ray and the Irishman exclaimed: "The darn thing's dead and don't - low it." So it is with the strike. The week's developments In the field which Mountford aaya Is his "train- ing ground" for organizers started """ the refusal of the strikers to accept the findings of the Stale Board which had, at their re- ed to investigate .the managers announced a said that they raa responsible for the board bringing in a finding that did not favor the strikers, as they had The sensational features of the eek centered about one R. F. Shoe- jaker. Imported "superlnt pickets." secretary of the Quadruple Alliance and friend and confidant itford and Oltmore. Three tin during the week this man was fin In the Police Court—150 for carrying since ihe inception of the strike, has been operated by the Quadruple Al- liance for the benefit of the strikers, 'Las been abandoned by them and Is gain being operated by the Tucker Irother*. The Hats have been trnabh o keep the house booked with vaude Ills and hence are compelled to aban n thla b of theli with or consider the White Rata— and make the open statement that they never will. To such - an extent has their absolute determination In this respect been made apparent that » ST) HENRY W. WOODRUFF HENRY WOODRUFF DIES SUDDENLY, A VICTIM OF HEARTDISEASE One of Most Prominent Figures Made Debut at Age of Nine New York, pet. 7.—Henry Wvckoff Woodruff, one of the most prominent figures of the American stage, passed away suddenlyJast night at the Algon- quin Hotel from an acute attack of heart trouble. Although he had been ailing all season his Illness waa not thought to be of a serious nature. Ho ~ red his fatal attack yesterday thw flasssral m day In the Church t Mr. Wood ruff waa i been made to noon next Mon- ths Transngura- age ofni chorus Later he pla parts with Adelaide : ported Cdwin •Thorn This Issue of The Billboard is 43,000 Copies