Motography (Jan-Jun 1913)

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60 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. IX, No. 2. The Motion Picture Exhibitors'1 League of America General Headquarters 703 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio OFFICERS OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. President, M. A. Neff, Lock Box 15, Cincinnati, O.; Secretary, C. M. Christenson, 703 Euclid Av., Cleveland, O.; Treasurer, J. J. Rieder, Jackson, Mich.; Vice-Presidents, S. E. Morris, Cleveland, O.; Wm. J. Sweeney, Chicago, 111.; Fred J. Herrington, Pittsburgh, Pa.; B. L. Converse, Owassa, Mich.; H. S. Dickson, Winchester, Ind.; E. W. Waugh, Huntington, W. Va. ; Orene Parker, Covington, Ky. ; Geo. H. Wiley, Kansas City, Mo.; Chas. Rothschild, San Francisco, Calif.; Sidney Asher, New York, N. Y.; Fulton Brylawski, Washington, D. C. ; L. F. Blumenthal, Jersey City, N. J. ; H. C. Farley, Montgomery, Ala.; E. V. Richards, Shreveport, La.; F. W. Young. Cedar Rapids, la.; W. H. Wassman, Nashville, Tenn. ; Anthony J. Xydias, Houston, Tex.; Carl Gregg, Tulsa, Okla. ; Paul LeMarquand, Winnipeg, Can.; M. C. Everstein, Jacksonville, Fla. ; Geo. Osborn, St. Paul, Minn. Preparing for the Ohio Convention Ohio is certainly making great preparations for the convention to be held in Columbus, Ohio, at the Southern hotel, on the 21st and 22nd of January, 1913. The state officers' office is flooded with letters and inquiries for space, etc. Three hundred and thirty-two members of the League of Ohio, State Branch No. 1, have already written that they will be at the convention without fail. Cincinnati Local No. 2 has made reservation at the Southern hotel for thirty-five rooms. Manufacturers who desire to give an exhibition should take notice that the Southern hotel is going to be crowded with exhibitors. There have already been sixteen exhibitors inquiring if moving picture machines will be shown, and there are inquiries coming in in regard to accessories of all kinds, as a large number of exhibitors who will attend the convention are waiting to see the various makes and kinds of things they desire. This should be a most Local Committee of Columbus Convention. Standing: Max Stearn, John Pekras, Clem Kerr. Sitting: W. R. Nelson, J. H. Maddox, J. W. Swain. profitable convention for those who make exhibits. President M. A. Neff left Cincinnati Friday night, arriving in Toledo Saturday morning, January 4, and held an enthusiastic local meeting at Room 50, Boody hotel. Toledo is in line and will be at the state convention with a strong delegation. Mr. Neff went from Toledo to Columbus to confer with the 'local committee who are preparing to take a picture, and getting everything ready for the big meeting. Gaumont will take a picture of the parade of the motion picture exhibitors and the visit of the exhibitors to pay their respects to Gov. Coxr on his special invitation. This will be a feature picture, as it is expected all the state officers, senators, representatives and a large number of prominent exhibitors will assemble in front of the capitol of Ohio and be photographed by Gaumont's special camera man. The Chamber of Commerce is assisting local committees in making the convention a great success. There will be a great deal of competition as to the delegates who will be elected to attend the national convention to be held in New York in July. A special committee has been appointed to entertain the ladies while the gentlemen are in executive session. All roads will lead to Columbus on the 21st and' 22nd. Big preparations are being made by special committees appointed for the entertainment of the national vice-presidents, who will arrive in time to attend the big banquet on the evening of the 23rd of January, when they will go into executive session, as there will be a large amount of executive business to be transacted. Revise Rules for Minors in Denver Ah amendment to the new public amusement bill and co-operation between the moving picture men and inspectors in enforcing the ordinance in Denver will be the results of a conference held by Judge Ben B. Lindsey and proprietors of the theaters affected by the law. The amendment which will be introduced in the council by Supervisor McGauran will extend the time at night during which children under 16 accompanied by older persons can be admitted to moving picture shows and places where moving pictures are exhibited. When public schools are in session the limit at night will be 8 :30 o'clock under the amendment instead of 7 o'clock and on the holidays at 9 o'clock. The meeting was attended by representatives of all the theaters with the exception of two of the largest, and Mrs. Josephine Roche, Denver's only "policewoman." The discussion was amicable. The chief complaint against the law came from the proprietors of the small houses in the residence sections. They said their chief patronage" was in the early evening and they thought they were being discriminated against. All the picture men seemed agreed that the law was entirely too severe. Judge Lindsey pointed out that it did not interfere with the right of parents to take their children to the theater, the law affecting only children who attended unaccompanied by parents or guardians. It was proposed that the time at night be extended. The moving picture men said they would be satisfied with the law and would agree to do everything in their power to assist in its enforcement if 8 :30 was made the limit at night on schooldays and 9 o'clock on holidays. They argued that the effect would be to induce parents not to keep the children at shows after 8 :30 o'clock at night. Objections was also made to the provision in the ordinance which requires the show houses to issue separate colored tickets to juvenile patrons. "I think if you gentlemen understood the purpose of this section you would withdraw your objection," said