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274G Horace M. Thomas, Direct Examination.
Q. What kind of theatres? A. Moving picture theatre, a vaudeville theatre, and a legitimate theatre.
Q. Do you use moving pictures at any of your theatres? A. Two. At two of the three theatres, I use motion pictures.
Q. What are their names? A. The Alladin at Springfield, and the Jefferson at Springfield.
Q. What is the seating capacity of the Alladin? A. Four hundred and fifty.
Q. What is the seating capacity of the Jefferson? A. Between fourteen and fifteen hundred.
Q. How long have you had these houses? A. The Alladin about eight years, and the Jefferson, I built about three years ago.
Q. What motion picture service do you use? A. General.
Q. By General, do you mean service that you get from the General Film Company? A. Kansas City.
Q. How long have you been using licensed motion pictures in these houses? A. Ever since I have been in the business.
Q. Have you ever used unlicensed pictures? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Any considerable length of time or intermittently? A. Intermittently. Only once.
Q. From what rental exchange did you take service for the Alladin Theatre in 1909 and 1910? A. Swanson-Crawford, Yale, Western, and American Film Service.
Q. Were you taking service from the American Film Service Exchange at the time the General Film Company purchased its property? A. No, sir; before.
Q. With what exchange were you doing business at the time the General Film Company came into your field? A. Yale.
Q. Did you go from the Yale Exchange to the General Film Company Exchange? A. Yes, sir.
Q. During the time you were taking motion picture service from the Yale — what was the full name of that? A. Yale Film Exchange.
Q. From the Yale Film Exchange, and from the other exchanges you have mentioned, were you able to select a program in advance, and to advertise it? A. No, sir.
Q. What was the reason for your inability to do this? A. I think the film business then was in a chaotic state, and