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Max Milder, Direct Examination. 2823
Q. You mean by that fourteen a week? A. Yes, sir.
Q. How many releases of unlicensed motion pictures per week were available at that time? A. I think there were at least twenty-five to twenty-eight reels available for use at that time.
Q. How long did you remain in the employment of the Lake Shore Film Exchange after the cancellation of the license in March, 1911? A. Oh, five or six months.
Q. Then what did you do? A. I went to the General at Columbus, Ohio.
Q. By "General'' do you mean the General Film Company? A. Yes, sir.
Q. During the time that the Lake Shore Film Exchange was handling the licensed motion pictures did Mr. Emanuel Mandelbaum own or have an interest in any theatres in Cleveland, or its vicinity? A. Yes, sir, he operated I think five or six in Cleveland, and in suburban towns around Cleveland.
Q. What theatres did he have there the names of which you can now recall? A. He operated in connection with Mr. Schachtel, who was kind of an assistant manager of the Lake Shore Film Company, or assistant to Mr. Mandelbaum, and they operated in connection with each other, the Glenside Theatre on Woodland Avenue, the American Theatre at Elyria, Ohio, forty -five miles from Cleveland, and had another theatre at Elyria.
Q. What work did Mr. Schachtel do for the Lake Shore Film Exchange as assistant manager? A. Mr. Schachtel solicited the business on the road for them, and endeavored to fix up the difficulties that arose between the customers and the exchange.
Q. You say Mr. Schachtel endeavored to fix up difficulties. What sort of difficulties do you refer to? A. Mr. Schachtel solicited the business on the road, and ordinarily promised more than he could give to them.
Q. As shipping clerk of the Lake Shore Film Exchange did you have any knowledge of the difficulties of fulfilling the contracts made by Mr. Schachtel on behalf of the exchange? A. The only thing I knew was that customers came in and would say they were promised a twenty-five day service, or a thirty day service, and they never gave that class of service.
Q. Was Mr. Schachtel interested in any of the theatres in