Motography (Jan-Jun 1914)

134 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XI, No. 4 frame a request to manufacturers that posters be furnished free to League members in Ohio. At one o'clock on Wednesday a picture was taken of the visitors and members at Fountain Square, after which visiting members and their wives were furnished free transportation and tickets to the zoo. On Wednesday evening, in lieu of a banquet, was provided what was termed "an old fashioned Southern hoe cake dinner." The order of the menu will produce no more mental gastronomic pleasure than its actual participation. Cheese, crackers and celery were on the tables ; waiters then distributed deviled ham sandwiches and beer, followed by boiled tongue sandwiches and beer. After this was consumed the flagging interest was awakened with a plate holding two pancakes with syrup, followed later by coffee or lemonade. Those who had not succumbed to indigestion were then entertained by speeches by Peter Jeup, an exhibitor from Detroit; George Magie of the Standard Film Exchange. Chicago ; W. A. Cory, an exhibitor from California ; Frank J. Rembusch of Shelbyville. Ind. ; Timothy J. Hogan, attorney general of Ohio; George H. Wylie of Kansas City, Mo. ; General Manager Temple of the local electric light company; Max Stern of Columbus ; E. Kohl of Cleveland, an ex-jurist of Columbus, O. ; Joseph Gilligan of the American Theater Curtain and Supply Co. and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. McClelland, exhibitors from Osgood. Indiana. Governor Cox was unable to attend on account of other duties. On Thursday more censorship discussion loomed up in the fog and after assaults by the chairman, an explanation by H. E. Vestal of the Ohio censorship board, and another talk by Max Stern of Columbia, said question put its metaphorical tail between its metaphorical legs and slunk away. W. R. Wilson, the tall state treasurer of the League, introduced a resolution asking municipal ordinances be prayed for that all theaters built in the future have the ceiling fifteen feet high, and twentyfive feet wide ; whether houses could be built larger or not did not appear in the resolution. A copy of the resolution was prepared to be forwarded to A. O. Eisner, a local architect, with the request that he present it to the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Max Stern, the Patrick Henry of the Ohio local, then spoke on the poster question, in his naive way asking that it be the sense of the members that exchanges arrive at some standard of prices on posters and not be allowed to charge one price in one town and another in a different town. This was adopted unanimously. (Somebody please notify the exchanges.) The afternoon session was like the morning session only more so. On ' the recommendation of J. H. Broomhall, Cleveland was selected as the city to have the next state convention early in 1915, the date to be selected by the officers later. A resolution offered by J. M. Kaufman of Galliopolis, to the effect that all pictures be run not faster than 15 minutes per thousand feet was unanimously carried. The by-laws were amended to read "All dues shall be due and payable in advance, and a member or local shall be in arrears whose dues are not paid within 30 days after becoming due, and after 90 days shall be notified and automatically suspended." (Read it again.) Another amendment reads "All locals shall give a correct list of their members to the treasurer when paying dues, and only members for whom the per capita tax is paid shall be considered as members." G. W. Wiley of Kansas City, made a speech on organization. M. E. Cory of San Francisco, spoke on conditions in his state, resolutions of thanks were extended the press, the donor of a box of carnations, the hotel and the speakers who attended. One verse of "Auld Lang Syne" was then remembered and sung and the convention adjourned. On Thursday evening a ball was held for the exhibitors, their wives and friends. The interest was divided, however, as McMahan and Jackson, running the Progressive burlesque house in Cincinnati, distributed free tickets to those League members desiring to go. The following officers were elected to hold office for a year: M. A. Neff, president. Cincinnati; J. H. Broomhall, secretary, Hamilton ; W. R. Wilson, treasurer, Columbus; J. M. Kaufman, first vice-president, Galliopolis ; G. D. Spragg, second vice-president, Bellaire ; Ed. Kohl, national vice-president, Cleveland. The delegates to the national convention to be held at Davton are : J. M. Kaufman. Galliopolis ; Otto Ludeking, Cincinnati; W. D. Bellknap, Columbus; O. J. Sybert, Marietta; G. D. Spragg. Bellaire; L. S. Miller. Cincinnati; Max Stern, Columbus; B. K. Peters. Mansfield; H. M. Heimerdinger, Cincinnati: Geo. W. Hembuch, Cleveland ; A. C. Dingelstadt, Norwood: T H. Broomhall. Hamilton: W. B. Gandy, Lima, and H. Z. Alexander, Dayton. The exhibits at the convention were : The Exhibitors' Feature Film Co. of Toledo, O., in charge of Ray Ashbrooke, president. A full line of one, three and six sheets of feature subjects handled by Mr. Ashbrooke, among which were "East Lynne" and the Marion Leonard and Helen Gardner features. Heralds and booklets were distributed. . , Newman Mfg. Co., Cincinnati, O., Sidney J. .Newman, secretary of the company, assisted by Edw. Beziat in charge. This exhibit was one of the most complete ever shown. Poster frames in brass, plain and oxidized, in the several hundred styles and types made by this company were shown. In this exhibit, by the way, was the wonderful "art gallery" of which announcements were made in the advance notices of the convention. Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. had on exhibit five different styles of automatic orchestrions, pipe organs and mechanical effects which were sold during the convention to visiting exhibitors. This exhibit was the magnet for a great deal of attention and was ably handled by P. Clancy, general salesmanasrer, assisted by H. Schafer, F. McHugh, H. Bevis. \. Libbin. B. Skeer, and T. Hunt. American Slide Co., Columbus, C, L. J. Gardiner, R. J. Gardiner and E. A. Witte demonstrating the various supplies and accessories handled by this concern. Theater Specialty Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O., had samples of its brass and wood poster frames and lobby displays for examination, in charge of Geo. W. Armstrong and J. G. Smith. Enterprise Optical Company, Chicago., represented by L. E. Neukom. had on display the latest model Motiograph projecting machine which was of considerable interest judging from the throng which always collected at this exhibit. Precision Machine Company, New York, had the wellknown Simplex motion picture projecting machine on exhibition. Sales Manager T. E. Robin being personally in charge, assisted by Geo. S. Bothwell. This exhibit was among the best patronized at the convention and it needed the thorough acquaintance of Robin with his subject to keep abreast of the volley of questions fired by interested exhibitors. The Simplex machine was used in displaying pictures on Tuesday night.