Show World (May 1909)

HE SHOUT HTORLjD THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT WEEKLY published at 8 7 South Clark Street, Chicago, by The lShohj IIIorld Publishing! ^ ■Entered as Second-Class Matter || June 25,1907 Wa rren A. Pa tr/ck , GeNERAlD/RECTOR, a \ th f. P ° s J'?? ce J 11 Ch 'fM^ 6 ’l!?S3 I ^^u nder^th^Act^ of^Con^ress^of rlarch3,jr /u Volomn IV—No. 20 CHICAGO May 8, 1909 Frank B. Carr Slashes His Own Throat With a Razor at Rich¬ mond Hotel Tuesday Night. |< F ra nk B. Carr, well known in the L£k world, attempted to take his own life at the Richmond hotel Tues¬ day night at 11 o’clock. He was des¬ pondent over the loss of large sums of InSPln recent years. Carr had not been traveling with Ins companies for some time as the man- lagWlt of the western wheel had ob¬ jected to his appearance at the front of the house while intoxicated. He had ken drinking for several weeks. For a itime ifae stopped at the Commercial in I Chicago, then he moved to the Conti- j natal and Tuesday he moved to the Richmond, seeking to avoid his barroom j friends as he told Al. J. Flynn, the man- j| Arriving at that hotel Tuesday after¬ noon late he was shown to his room. I At eleven o’clock that night a noise was heard and Mr. Flynn forced an en¬ trance. The room was dark. After striking a light he found Carr .with his I throat cut. He did all in his power to save his life and then ’phoned for an ambulance and the burlesque manager was taken to the Passavant hospital where he may die. Carr is 55 years of age. He leaves a wife said to be about 38. He owns the Indian Maidens, which closed the sea¬ son recently, and the The Thorough¬ breds which are still on tour. He planned organizing some air dome com¬ panies for the summer. Carr is an Elk, in Eagle and a Mason. GERTRUDE HUTCHINSON AT WEST END HEIGHTS. Gertrude Hutchinson, prima donna with A Knight for a Day during the winter season, is now in St. Louis, ; add will be prima donna of the musi¬ cal organization which opens at West i Hid Heights, in that city. May 17. Mfl Hutchinson is one of the cleverest of singers, of the Chicago theatrical colony, and her engagement _ colony, and her engagement St. Louis musical stock indi- ■Klie care which is being taken secure the very best artists who are liberty at this time. , HARRY SHELDON BACK; HAS FULLY RECOVERED. . Harry Sheldon is back at his desk jWBp Wildman’s office, having com- recovered from a siege of IPheumonia. He was away from the office just a month, being taken ill I Ml April 3 and returning to the office on May 3. I The Gollmar Route. The route of the Gollmar circus was obtained too late for classifica- i'bh.’Tt is as follows: Baraboo, Wis., % 8; Rockford, Ill., 10; Dekalb, 11; Momence, 12; Tuscola, 13; Shelby- vule, 14; Mt. Vernon, 15; Cape Girar- oeau, Mo., 17; Poplar Bluff, Mo., 18; Gampbell, 19; Blythesville, Ark., 20; Unithersville, Mo., 21; Sikeston 22; action, Ill., 24. n „^ cKinne y on the Road. McKinney, vice-president of “ie International Projecting & Pro- , WKreompany, is making a tour ^^^Bnia, Colorado, Idaho, Ore¬ gon and Washington in the interests ot bis company. SHUBERT QROJIT GREATEST EVER According to Present Agreements Eighty Attractions are to be Included in Plans. The Shuberts will have a circuit next season which will be the strong¬ est ever organized in the history of American theatricals, and backed up by 54 attractions of their own and 26 provided by Liebler & Co., will be in a position to fill all time to ad¬ vantage. Such will be the meat of an an¬ nouncement which will be given the press as soon as J. J. Shubert reaches New York. He arrived in Chicago this week after a six weeks’ tour of the west, where he was given such a gratifying reception on behalf of his firm, that the success of the invaders on the Pacific coast is no longer a question in his mind. A list of the theaters obtained can¬ not be secured at this time, but it is known that J. J. Shubert signed three leases Wednesday, and that there is much activity. Before this week is out a theater will be secured in De¬ troit, and the list of houses to he published sooner or later will astonish those who have been watching the rapid growth of this firm. The loss of Belasco and Fiske does not change the plans of the one-night stand managers who were friendly to Shuberts, as they say that Belasco always watned all of the money to play them, and that Fiske provided so few attractions that they will not be missed in the season’s booking. This is taking it for granted that those managers will confine them¬ selves to Syndicate houses next sea¬ son, which is a matter of doubt. St. Paul, Minn., May 3.—Before leaving here J. J. Shubert' made a proposition to the auditorium man¬ agement for the use of that theater for his attractions.—BARNES. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 3.—Fol¬ lowing the announcement that the Shuberts had secured the Grand comes a list of the attractions to be seen this summer. Mrs. Fiske com*,. May 31 and The Blue Mouse will foV low her. M,ary Mannering comes to Denver and may come on here.— JOHNSON. Denver, Colo., May 4.—The Shu¬ berts will probably take the Curtis theater here temporarily. Lee Shu- bert had a consultation with Pelton & Smutzer and this action is said to have resulted.—BROWN. Spokane, Wash., May 4.—J. J. Shu¬ bert promised to build here if no house could be obtained. He states that Mrs. Fiske will open the new house in Seattle.—SMITH. Seattle, Wash., May 3.—The Shu¬ berts have leased the new Alhambra theater, in course of erection by Rus¬ sell & Drew.—MILLER. IS MORRIS TO GET TWO LOCAL HOUSES? Hurried Call From New York Starts Rumors Regarding; Acquisition of Loop Theaters. It is again rumored that negotia¬ tions are under way between William Morris and the owners of two the¬ aters in Chicago, one of which is lo¬ cated in the loop district, by which the independent vaudeville magnate may become one of the greatest fac¬ tors in the western field. No one would admit the reason for the hurry call sent to New York for Morris during the past week, which brought him to this city Tuesday, but it is generally believed that before the week is out an announcement of a settled deal may be made. Morris, it is said, was preparing for an European trip at the time he re¬ ceived the Chicago call and that he postponed his ocean journey to hasten to a conference here. One thing which he has definitely accomplished in the past few days was to appoint Elmer F. Rogers as general manager of his New York interests and to select W. T. Grover as Rogers’ successor in the manage¬ ment of the American Music Hall. Rogers for New York. Rogers has won an enviable repu¬ tation for himself during his short term of management and has evi¬ denced to the local theatrical colony that he could take a threatened “lemon”—and, like Burbank—could make an orange of it. The American, under his direction, has arrived at the outs” are frequent at that house. He has made a host of friends very too notch of success and “sell- during his tenancy of office, not only among performers but among his patrons. W. T. Grover, who is to succeed him, is a well known show¬ man, having been associated with the profession of entertainment for the past thirty years. He was at one time manager of'the Brighton Amuse¬ ment Hall at Brighton B<each, and, later, was manager for Klaw and Er- langer’s G. O. H. in Brooklyn during the Advanced Vaudeville war. It may be remarked in passing that W. T. Grover formerly lived in this city—in the year 1877, when he was a resident of Peck court and when he thought nothing of going over to Michigan avenue and from its beach jump into his sail boat and take a trip on the lake. THE GOLDEN GIRL YET AT LASALLE THEATER. Mort Singer Secured an Injunction Restraining Other Parties from taking the House Away. The Golden Girl continues at the La Salle theater, Mort Singer having secured a temporary injunction re¬ straining Harry Askin, Charles W. Murphy and Mrs. Anna Sinton Taft from taking possession of the house on May 1. Singer claims an oral option on a five-year extension of the lease at $8,500 a year, which he says he noti¬ fied Mrs. Taft last fall he would ex¬ ercise. This Mrs. Taft is alleged to have repudiated and ordered him to vacate by April 30. Harry Askin, formerly a partner of Singer, and Murphy and C. H. Dillingham have organized theif firm to make the La Salle a producing house. They base their rights on the written contract of Singer with Mrs. Taft which expired at midnight on April 30. Singer’s petition avers that he re¬ fitted the house at great expense on the supposition that his lease would be extended and that he recently staged The Golden Girl in such a manner that if he is now ousted from the theater he will make no profit on the show. Herman Fehr, of Milwaukee, own¬ er of the Princess theater, is alleged also to have been given oral assur¬ ance that the lease would be extended when he bought 375 shares of stock in the La Salle Theater company. COMPANIES CLOSING. The Thief, with Kyrle Bellew, May 1. The Candy Kid, with Ray Ray¬ mond, May, 1. The Cow Boy Girl at Nashville, Tenn., May 8. The Lyman Twins at Merrill, Wis., May 6. Buster Brown at Chicago, May 8. De Wolf Hopper in The Pied Pi¬ per, at Chicago, May 8. Rosar-Williams stock company, at Bedford, Ind. The Three Twins at Altoona, Pa., May 1. Texas Jack at Detroit, Mich., May 15. When Knightwood was in Flower at Milwaukee, Wis., May 1. The Queen of the Moulin Rouge in New York, May 8. The Girl Question at Topeka, Kan., May 8. The County Sheriff at Newburg, N. Y„ May 1. The Blockhead at Racine, Wis., May 2. Al. G. Fields Minstrels at Sandus¬ ky, Ohio, May 13. Brewster’s Millions at Terra Haute, Ind., May 2. The Angel and the Ox at Detroit, Mich., May 1. Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Minneapolis, May 1. DeWolf Hopper in The Pied Piper at Chicago May 8. Streyckmans in New York. Secretary H. J. Streyckmans, of the International Projecting & Producing company, is making his temporary headquarters in New York city.