In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

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1412 H. N. Marvin, Direct Examination. did not control or influence affiant's company in placing the business with the Yale Film Exchange Company. Affiant further says that Mr. Kellar, one of the officers or managers of the O. T. Crawford Film Exchange Company notified affiant about the time the arrangement was made with the Yale Film Exchange Company that he had heard of the proposed change and threatened that if the same was made that his exchange would put in their service in a competitive theatre at such price as would put affiant's company out of business or compel it to return to the Crawford Company and use its service. This threat was made emphatic by Mr. Kellar and since that time efforts have been made to make said threat effective. For example, for the purpose of harassing and injuring the business of the Washington Theatre, Mr. Kellar of the Crawford Exchange in carrying out and endeavoring to make good his threat to injure the Washington Theatre and to cause them to discontinue the use of the Yale service, has been and is at present furnishing a theatre known as the Vaudett located on the same side of the street as the Washington in the same block, not more than one hundred and fifty feet east of said Washington Theatre, with twenty-one reels of licensed film per week, the majority of which are first run films, at a time earlier than it is possible for the Washington Theatre to obtain any film from its source of supply, the Yale Film Exchange Company being unable to ship any film until after eight o'clock in the morning of the day of release, which restrictions make it impossible for the film to reach the Washington Theatre until after six o'clock at night. JACOB WARNER. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of December, A. D., 1909. My commission expires Feby. 7th, 1912. [Seal.] J. Wm. Taylor, Notary Public within and for the City and Countv of St. Louis, Missouri. By Mr. Kingsley: Q. I show you a letter dated Baltimore, Maryland, June