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THE SHOW WORLD October 2, MISSOURI PICTURE MEN COMBINE AT ST. LOUIS New Organization Formed For Mutual Benefit—Live Items of News From the Southern Metropolis BY BASIL WEBB. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30.—The most im¬ portant move that the moving picture exhibitors have made up to the present when they_ met last Monday in the T. M. A. Hall and formal¬ ly formed tective associa-- the show busines for many years, when he secured the first run rights for St. Louis exclusively for his Gem theater, on the pictures made by the Great Northern Film Company, of the land¬ ing and reception of Dr. Cook in Copen¬ hagen. He ran the film for six con¬ secutive days and played capacity at Stage Shoes __theater from nine___ ing till midnight. The people in St. Louis were crazy to catch a glimpse of the man who “nailed the Stars and Stripes to the north pole,” and this en¬ abled Talbot to probably beat the world’s record for a 10-cent theater. See S llf°l Pd lli lng -l^n. 24. Theodore H. Bower, the general rep¬ resentative of the Boston Opera Com¬ pany, arrived in St. Louis last Monday and completed arrangements with man¬ ager Pat Short to give a week of grand opera at the Olympic theater, commenc- the moving pic¬ ture showmen of Missouri become law-abiding, and —wipe away all the antagonism, which at the present time is so self-evident. The name given to this new associa¬ tion is Exhibitors’ Protective Associa¬ tion of Missouri. Upwards of thirty exhibitors formed themselves as char¬ ter members. The following were elected as officers for the first year: President, J. Warner, the pres¬ ident of the Independent Amusement Company; vice president, M. E. Kauf- , general manager of the Vaudette & b &rsz*; b i",S5r;;