The billboard (Sept 1911)

SEPTEMBER 16, 1911. Xtie eillboaird 23 WEEK THROUGHOUT AMERICA PANT AGE S' NEW CIRCUIT Twelve Links in Chain of Canadian Theatres Controlled by Western Magnate Will Extend from Victoria to Tononto. Vancouver to be Headquarters for New Circuit. VaacouTer, B. C, Sept. T (Special to The BUIboard).—It is announced br Alsxandsr Pan- iflces. tbe Seattle Taudeville maEnate. that Vancouver la to bo the theatrical headiiuurters aiid rliief booking office In Canadi. for a few EDMUND MOSES MARRIES. North Vernon, Ind., September 9 (Special to Tbe BlllbnanU.—Brtmnnd Moies of the Edmand Moses A8W)rlBte Player* rarnrlsed the members nl his company and bin trleoda September 3. takinK as a life partner Mlsi Mabel Fltz- jivaM. a prominent Boclrty girl of tUa city. BREAKS AL TITUD E RECORD. Parame. France, Sept. 4 (Special to The BIU- Iwiird).—The -world's altltade reconl In an aero- plane was brofcea here today hy Roland Garros, tbe French aviator. He ascended 13.943 feet, feeatbie IJncoln Beaebey'a record made at Cbi- eago, Angnst 20. by 2,365 feet. MOROKIN'S LONG TOUR. lionclon. September 0 (S.-.ecIal to The BUl- l«>ard).—Michael Mordkin, at the bead of a large Rnsislan ballet comprising forty-two mem- iiers, sailed today for New York. A tour of tbe leailluK American, Canadian. Mexican and Cuban cltlea will be made. CORT THEATRE OPENS. San Francisco, Sept. 2 (Sp<^lal to Tbe BlU- tnatd).—John Cart's latest playbonse. tbe Cort Theatre of San Ftanrlsco. was opened last night, with Baby Mine aa tbe attraction. The tmnse mst $100,000, and has a seatlns capacity of 2,000. Shuberts' General Representative III. Charles B. Bird, ureneral representative of the Shnbert*. was taken to the Austin Sanitarium, aerionsly ill witb pnenmonia, last week. At first grare fear* n-ere entertained as to bis recotery. bnt his crisis has been passed snc- cessfally and bis recnpenition l« assured. His Ulaesa Iv^an with what be considered a slight Mid. This he aggrarated by ateaiUly refusing to Taeate his desk Until rabor Pay. when he collapsed and waa remoeed ta tbe Sanitarium. Ur. Bird baa been In tlie theatrical business Cor many yi-ar«. bpginniiu: bis career as a man- seer of a small theatre In HoroellSTllIe. N. T. Since then he has been all tbrongh the branches ot the managerial emi nf tbe bnatnesa. He Is a man of wide acqaaintance and aocial pres- tige. THE NEBRASKA FALL FESTIVAL. Hastings, Neb.. Sept. 8. (Special to Tbe Billboard)—Tbe Ontral Mebraaka Fall Fesll- jal and Yt-Nnoc-Smada. to be held at Bast- inga, October d-n, inclnsiTe, have made ar- rangements for fonrteen special trains on tbe vartons rallrnada entering Into Hastings. They will engage nine dltfcrent bands end are book, lag attractions and cnnceaslo^.s in all depart- ments. Ther bare Jnst elnaed contracts with Frederic RoRell, high wire eanlHbrlst: Har. rison ,nrt Son. trick bicycle riders, and tbe Aerial ntts. They have also contracted with f'fmer Bnrns for wrestling matches and ex- niDltlon for tbrre da.TS. Ingether with lecture •in the (lotch-Hackenscbmldt go. Tbe Farmer nas mntched some promising youngsters for this HasttBes tonmament. Altogether the work mg committees are very mnrh (delighted with the outlook for tbe latxest crowd ever assem- bled in tbia clly. FAMILY CO. O PENS SEASON SOON. New York. Sept, t» (Snerlal to The Billboard). ■-Tiie Family Cnmpanv opens Its season Sep- teniDer 14 at Allentown. Pa. Its stand on tb-" ',";''.'""'"flnB Is Altnntin Pa., and on September 10 till, show plays Johnstown. Pa., from which ]wint tlie company jnmns tn rinclnnatl, wb?rc <t i»dnii Its season (If week Stands. With the company are James P. Hsgan, Ivniiiryn Stevens, Fred B. Stanton, J. Merton Mrivk. Mrs. L. O. Yoemana and ^Kathleen kS- }h Williams. last season wljfi "Tlie Soul <'-??*e™) will haw charge of tlio advance ^ofk. Mr. Cox win ba Press Bldrldge. wife At . the minstrel " miiian. has recently andergaae. a. moat ae- ti • I "I""""" know to metlical science aa 1 tc'iictomy and appendectomy. The opera- 1, - n m Performeil at the Woman's Hosnltal , ,: ^- «• K""*" of 800 Central Park West, ? sncoessful In everr detail. Mrs. Eld- c. ".J"" 'O!" to recovery, and Is o'lrnii sdng In the OatakUla wtti) her huaband. Canadian Tandevllle circuit that will have thea- tres In all tbe principal Canadian cities from Victoria, B. C, to Toronto, Ont. Mr. Pan- fagcg Is planning the preliminary details of 'he all Canadian extension to liis clrcnit. which at the start will include the bnilding or purchas- rag of at least twelve theatres in th^ prin- cipal cities from Toronto westward, and later on the circuit wl!I be extended further eastward to Montteal. with booses in all the principal Canadian cities cn tbe Atlantic seaboard. BOSTON AVIATION MEET Inclement Weather Prolongs Series of Contests Two Days- Longest Cross-Country Competitive Flight Won by ' Gvington—No Serious Accidents Occur Boston, Mass., September 6 (Special to The Billboard).—Tbe Great. Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet ended today. Inclement weather can«etl several postponements and carried the meet over until today. Instead of finishing on tbe 4tb. Lincoln Beachey, Tom Sopwith, Grahame- White and Lieut. Milling were tbe stars of the meet. Beachey, on account of other engage- ments, was unable to compete except in the first few days, but wbUe here his darinjc work was easily tbe feature. The big surprise was jmSlACSSONS the fine work of Lieut. Milling of the IT. S. Army, who finished third in the list of otlza- money winners. The Derby, on the 4tb, was tbe principal event and was won by Barl L. Orlngton of Bos- ton In a 50-liorsepower Blerioi muuojilaue. Tbe distance was 100 miles. ~ through three states, the lonseet competitive cross-country fligbt ever held in this country. Ovlngton covered the distance In 186 minutes, 22 1-3 seconds. Uent^ T. O. Milling, in a Burgess-Wright, won in the' second dirlsion for Idplanes. MUUhk did-the course in 3!!3 mlniites, 37 secoBds. There were no fierions accidents^ despite the high winds that prevailed several days, making flying difficult and dangerous. Fol'Owing Is the total prize money taken by tbe first six aviators: Earle E. Ovingtou, Blerl- ot. »ia,782: Tom Sopwltli, Bieriot-Wright. $6.02::: Lieut. T. D. Milling. Burgess-Wrlgbt. SO.OOS; Claude -Grahame-White. ; Nlenport^ $3 224; Lincoln Beachey, Cnrtlss, $3,&I0:'A^ B; Stone. Quee n. ♦1.000. ■ SWIMS ENGLISH CHANNEL. Deal. England. September 0 (Special to The Billboard).—William T. Burgess, an KngUsbman by birth and a naturalized Frenchman, dupli- cated Capt. Matthew Webb's feat of swlnimlng tbe English channel. It was Burgess' sixteeutb attempt. He started from . Dover at 11:15 .a'clacJk Tuesday morning and landed - at a . little vil- lage near Cape 6rIs-Kez at 9:40 o'clock this morning, sccompllsbing tbe passage in 22 hours and 33 minutes. A motor boat accompanied the swimmer. It is estimated that Burgess, on - account of tbe sigzag course be was compelled to take, covered nearly sixty miles: \ - Bnr8ess^ is In receipt of a number of laixe olfen to. appear on tbe vaudeville stage, biit...>so ^£sr: has not made any decision. : eJaml?M{ n:(k>aOda aEnddw fOsmfivl 5t(ySfo Henry Neiser, animal impersonator, has been re-engaged for the AI. G. Field's Qrealer ino- strels. this bi-ing his tlilTd seasOB with Mr. Field. • Circus Encounters .ISECflT Oj - Weadick & La Due Return New York. Sept. 9 (Special to The Bill- board).—^\(readick and LaOue, the ropers, re- turned to tills couutry last Satnnlay, after a six months' absence abroad. During that time the- playi-d the principal theatres in I.ondon and Paris, topping the hills. Their return to this country was necessitateil by previous ar- rangrnients, but wb«n these have been fulfilled thev will return to Kutop?, and the springy of next year will see tbem depart again for foreign shores, FATAL FALL FROM TRAIN. Mention was made In last week's issue of tbe death of Roy M. Cramer, who lost bis lite In a fail from a train near Cbanute, Kan., Sep- tember 8. . .. _ , _ Mr Cramer was connected with Ijindes Bros. Csrnlval Company, and owned and operated the Ferris Wheel. The show was on its way to lola, Kan., and It being warm In the coaches, Cramer and some of the other showmen ban crawled up on tbe roof of the caboose. A sudden jolt ot the train threw Cramer off. He sustained a concussion of the brain and died within a short time. Cramer's funeral_was held from his residence, at Abilene, Kan., September 6, and was largely attended. Vaudeville Notes of the Road The Grundy County Agricultural Fair at Mason, 111., September 13, 13, 14 and 13, prom- ises to be one of tbe best county fairs in tbe state.' The fair is open day and night, and $15,000 will be spent In premiums and at- tractions, with "Bud" Mars and his Bald- win Biplane as tbe big feature. Other amuse- ment features booked are Samaoyoa. Hying trapeze; Montambo and Bartelll, comic acro- bats; Six Flying Herberts; La Joi Troupe, and baseball and band concerts every day. The show of live stock and the agriculture exhibit will be Ip keeping with the high standard of other years. More than stH) horses and 500 cattle, sheep and swine .are entered, and It is probable there will be' over 1.000 blnls shown In tbe poultry exhibit. The new grand stand is a model of convenience comfort and safety, sestlng 2,000, and affording a splendid 'view of all the free acts. The grounds are lighted by eIectricit7v«An&vUiete will be special train service to^^Inndle the'crowds. Billy: jSarron, novelty cbaract'^r musician, af- ter - fluisbing the Sullivan & ConslOine Time, srient tbe summer months on his farm. Begin- ning the season at, the Orpbeum. Nasbvllle, Tenn., be has fifteen weeks to follow on Inter- state Time.. : Be is booked solid nntil Decem- ber. ■ -.■"■'■■I'V (Continued Oh page 102.) Difficulties The Hagenbeck-WaUace Shows played three towns last week tmder seemingly Insurmonntable difficulties that would have disheartened any but tbe most intrepid and experienced circus managers sncb as Mr. Wallace ami Us assist- ant. Col. Johnson. Starting st Msrion, III., on Tnesdar. tbe opening day of tbe Connty Fair, the show trains arrived about 8 o'clock from Belleville, where the Labor Day business was immense, and were immediately noloaded. The lot in the fair ground looked fine until the besvy wagons tjegan to mire down in tbe ^sof t sofl. About noon a heavy rain, lasting fully an hour, put all thoughts of an afternoon performance oat of the question, and started a struggle Tor the men, horses and elephants to drag tbe wagons in place. The doors open d in the evening on time to a big bouse. After the performuice. the real struggle besan, , wblcb lasted tmtU 6 s'clocis Wednesday mtaniag when the last wagon was loadrd. A good bnndred-mile ma wss made to Cape Girardeau, Mo., barring a dight acddeot te one of the trucks nmler a stuck car, wblcb * necessitattd the transfeirlng of the boraes into two of the railroad company's stock cars, ana di'laying tbe arrival In Cape Glxudeaa nntU 8 p. m. The night performance was glTen to m capacity house. Notwithstanding tbe tired condition ot men snd horses, the show wss losded in good time and the run was made to Sikeston. Mo... through a bard night rain, arriving there about S a. m.. only to find the lot practically under water. A lot was finally secured slung side tbe raitaoad and tlie wagons were left on the streets ami : tbe mencarried the contents to the proper places. Tbe side show, menagerie : tent and : dressing room only were erected and two per- formsoces were given In two rings and two stages In the menagerie tent. The menagerie tent was absnlutelv packed at iwth perform- ances and precluded any possibility of giving . the big aerial number, menage number or tbe trained wild animals. To satisfy the natives who wanted to see tbe animals. CoL Johnson obligingly ordered tbe train switclie«l near the main entrance. All of tbe cages were thrown open for inspection, tbns showing the animals withoat oiiloadinK the train. : ' PRODUCER DEAD. : ' New York, Sept. 4 (Special to Tbe Billboard). —Herbert A. Bradwell. a widely known theat- rical man and tbe pro<lucer ot tbe spectacnlar "Johnstown Flood" and the "Deluge," from wblcb he made a tactnne;: cUed last night at'the Kings County Hospital from a heart aSeettOB. It U said that Mr: BndweU's ailment wma caused tff worrr over flnanelsl leraan:.; vH* 'was '4* jcan «it:s«e.";.., Phillips and Merritt. ^laying SalUTaa & Om- sidlne Time, wish to extend their sloeeie thanks to Manager Bobinson of tte Bmptcfli T&eatiev Cincinnati, the theatre staB and Dr. W. 'Grless. for kindnesses extended to Mini Menttt* dar- ing: her illness" m the Queen City. ■