Variety (October 1919)

12 VARIETY PINT P. M. A -A. E. E ARBHRATION UEETA OOBDEE OIVKf UP. . , Indianapolis, Oct 1. Leeta Corder, prima ■donna of "Th» Pasalog BhOT^," la flgvirlrg In a murder ttiyatory that liaa Raffled tho police and deteetlvoB ot Chicago. A "Up" given by 4be unafiuall:^ attractive alnger while VThe Passing Show" was appearing at 4lM Mmat INTC nuy lie tb* nieaiui «C ra- ^iSAtb^kctory Cash Setdemento Ate No Decision Reached in Reinstatement Cases Against Chutes Qolmrn and ^e Better 'Ole"—Few Equity Members. ' '' VIM' tscond BMfltlBS iC thd Joint P. M. A..A. E. A. Arbitration Com- ptittee was held in the Cohan Sc Baxrla ^ night. The aeaalioai iMM i;' ^fagr«e and a quarter hours. ~ <Sw«a^-eIght cases ot Eaulty mem- who loafc their piaees.M a result oC " ' ' 'or ctMUtderatlon. „ rnnrded Mar- DoMaqr .VtenMT «rai«lay Ml flVM mtlkMt.tm the house win ke iMiinKI the StompM aoa vlU cant Idea" and^walked oat at the-je" • gtanlng ot the strike. AppUcatldMi made for reinstatement, which Emerson vefused. Snierson, who was present. vagjreed to pay Miss Forrest and Miss >^9llemey, in lieu of reinstatement, which the committee accepted. Tbe .commlt- .ytse would not state the exact amount rasreed upon. ' ▲ eaah settlement was also agreed to hr lfimam A. Brady in the caae of Neda HezTlgan and liadellne King, formerly «if "».46." ' vsht case of BiUy Clark, of John ?«(ndM''"J^ir iOaiite,"^w disposed of liirOortdBavlncaflaAeet^^ whUsb llw.P. & A. "SUCKEBS." 9t Vm Juetsnr Kqulty The coBtrntttaek Earrls and Acttnr M. A. and QtuA Stewart. George Stewart Christie a. ley for the Equity, could teach no agree- inent on the cases ot Helen Ttlden, Olive Beeves Smith. Henry Warwick, Hd Taylor and Eugenie Young against Chas. Coburn. The complalnante were members ot '^e Better Ole," a nd C o- bum refused ta'K hii i Htfw ihwi ftaewiag .ithe strike. ^ .:v:^iannuch aa Cobum refused to make ':|i^'^«a8h offer, considered fa.ir by the 'eailBBlttee, these eases and that ot Eddie M^tarnir 9t rUaUa Lester," also unset- "tiaft tHBiM- aakaritted-le an umpire to 4^litfMi'<tf tte inapiraiiilll.befSipidaBA Cart must abide by It. /in the matter of Qarrey. Oort a«ared t9 pUu:e htm In a No. 3 read oompaagr. ef •Tdsten Lester" at tho same salary he received before the strike. The offer iras turned down by Garvey and the rtQommHtee. vThe cases of James Cathrow ana Clara Palmer, of Arthur Hammersteln's ^Bometime," were decided against the Equity momberB.' The Equity, however, agreed to pay Cathrow and Miss Palmer on. inasmuch as the Equity ot the conunlttee considered the ceawlalaaBta had a "moral". case. the Batdty repnat^iattvea <«riai. tlie P. M. A. eoianilttoa- men Ui the adrane decWon. ^ ^ The ease < Cn«: Cta^wi*JJ*» claimed he hadheea.eBSBSed^hsrlWSBW & Romberg for the 'Vhgie MeMf" *aA his part cut to nothlag; eantfas him ■:t(Chadwlck) to quit, was plaeed OA the ;• Sl^aMe for further consideration. ''•■ ■y.Another meeting of the Joint commlt- ? e will be held later In the week. •. / V'Atiguetus Thomas was not present, ^ " committee having decided late Mon- . i :;aay afternoon It could settle all matters • to^ wltiiaBt the jpcaMBba ' a referee. . * ,;; Cobb Show at Belmont. ■^- - ^^^iBoya -wmBe Ban' * "ew comedy ^^t^jrm<iiil**> Hrm bo the atttan^ at • tfamaciwt.'iipmilar tWi U^ IOm iibaw hr loMSh Uu$i It Mntainhig flw'«Mll«a'o( the' JiM. JL. printed in Uoe «a a arUta MO, ^mttttf The "stickera" win be accompanied by a letter from the Equity ezplaiaInK they are to be pasted on trunks and baggage of Equity members while traveling. The emblem on the £<qulty "sticker," for which s copyright has been applied for. somewhat resembles a four-leaf clover. On each one of tho leaves is a large "A," and In the centre a large "£." No matter which way the aticker Is plaeed. the wwdi A. A* " le. „ the P. IL A. tea to ^ wHtr aMin* _ Hie naUukmr «■ Oelr bog- gage. At the mita»f. was eonflimed. It ana ataleS the < tion was to be thrashed out at tte ] Ing ot the Arbltraiiea .Board for last al^ . at the -Oohaa office. One of the reported objections of the managers' association to the stickers was that the P. M. A. had heard the I. A. T. S. R (stage hands) might find tt convenient to mislay trunks of ac- ton not belonging to the Equity and presumably holding membership In the Aatonr ndllUar Xieagae. - When this was travtht-1» ttg attenUon ot an Equity •ffleM^ he itatfld ha bad heard no aaeh report;'hat ia the troiflc of a aoir-Bvnliy i failure of the non-ESquIty membert' gage to arrive should prevent the from going on, the whole caeti wh.. . Equity or not, would be Inconivenleneed- by not playing. The Equity ofBclal added that in view ot the foregoing he did not believe ainy union stage hand woiild practice discrimination whether a trunk contained an Equity sticker or not, and It the practice started steps would fee t» atip It.':: crime. - Ellas Hr PureeU, wealthy composer and real eetate holder, ot Chicago, waa fotmd dead, bound to a chaUr In. hie I there. Mlas Corder, divorced jtba ago ftrom Tom Purcell, "Sad aan ot the dead man, had B«aC* alr ttaa Pnrcdl home five years ipliH iie -jaa' the dana^ter-Ia-law oC _ «< tha lly^ alBtlra ma aHo t» iha mation which the .i . wiu go a Ions way towar d Itta ; ot a large qoant^ aC adarias _ ,, .. Bonds and other aeemHlal, liai| -*r jBI» elder Purcell, and thna ] solution of the crime.- Sy virtue' of an order famed-1^ the' tJnlted States Railroad Admliilstratio]^ - Sept. 20, and made p'ubllo last Friday by the I^ew York office of tho Adroinlstra'. tion, theatrical companies "containing les8 than 26 people will have to pay eisht and one-third extra fares to ob^ tain a baggage car, beginning Oct ], instead ot six and tWO^thMs coteafacii. as heretofore. ' " A company of less than SS, using a baggage car, playing week stands with an average iump of |10 railroad faire p«. capita, in a season of 40 weeks, will have to pay 1650 more this season for a car than last season. A company o( less than 26, playing one nighters with an average weekly raUroad fare expeaae' of $20 . pec capita, similarly plisdng a' theamaller « abbat 12.60 a Coburna* Play Oct. 27. "And All tho King's Horses," the labor, and capital play written by Louis Ans- pacher, to be produced by tho Cobums, will have Its premiere In Baltimore on Oet ». nmae'-eaflMsd to play the principal ndia ara^ Kalteya Kidder, Tyrone Sttwera. Bawaid Kjla^ AUoe Witoon and Xao* Tayi er. ABE LEVY SELLS OUT. The firm of Le'vy & PlDhn Is no longer, Abe Iievy having sold his Interest to Edmund Plohn, the brother of Max, who was interested with Levy in a number of small attractions on tour. Eddie Plohn #as the treasurer of the Cohan & Harris theatre, but resigned that position to become associated with his brother. Levy will devote all ot his time tor the present to hia pratnaUon. "The little ■ PTJBCELL nj '<'GAIL A TAXL" '.ifhe Shuberts have seciired from A. H. WfBda tha^iitfits'.to "CaU a Taxi" in arlMi UTaoila aililiianj planned to star Bemnd Oramlliak Chaiiaa Purcril will be aimaii to tha'vlBea liy .< and there ia a postUMBU^. Pltkfai wlU be la the caat are to start within tiie next 19 dayi^ PurceU in the aieaatlnie ptayhis ha will be proporwonately The avwa8e;^|Ump of i llBder the near- mllnK the extra 'iH^'J " " ~ load- oaa^'r' ^ irtlt amnce aboat S» wediy, er Ml a i s w ea fc aeaaooi haaia^ acoaotf- lijSS'ftr the fear.' -TrhyiiiilHtf nMs of the BaiWeall iitif^ MfMiHr-'*-*-! ealUns i«r a tree biisMei^^ mu'''tm companliia c arr ir li is. SS ' pe«i^ ar aner. except ia tha Haw. Ehglaad < seetlea. iriiere SS tarea aw a i be to ohtaln A ear. naaaia Sm KATZLOWER i^ovldehce, R. I., Oct U./^ s Providence thee^^- the peitormanee. EAMM££SmiI'S 0. K UUSTACHE Arthur Hammerstein removed his THMta<'hi> Monday, but found that nearly o >i> ail ia dy recegnteed him. — "» ha ana hat recently married , Itaraa MftsBtad tiie cenaoriar of tniV was aai- attalal mder. He wMHw that Imn wit ■rT*fH'*g that ao much gray Speared he started to look Uke the "SUver Khig." |2 HOW TOPUIAS PRICE. The $2 scale for legit theatres is now Ifflces, according to a produc- mnnlng to and (S becom- addad that Onrt'a.''^ co aied y,;' WP?. tkf -Mayflower la iBiutaged by A,, ghaahaw, Many floral tributes to; new management wore' on dis);>Iayi ;:>:^;^ The Colonial imnwly played liw<.-vf lesque. Since purchased and renamed by Krlanger, It has been reconstructed^ . The Cort show is tuneful, has capabl|>"^ principals and a near perfect choruiT^ ^Btdrtei-;: >arilL Barlhi *' Stayier. The has the pabllShlng rli^ts to sCfl^ of tbe Nora Bayes sliow..'a«di<niupntj; and the.Joe "Weber prodjirtrtdfj LItae Blue Devil." ^ ? las oonaaiflB. nia ■ S3 now lobka diMA. -JIM'S GIRL* WLAVBli. New Haven, Sept. 30. "Jim's Girl," a comedy of returned soldier llfo written by Thomas J. Gray and Earl Carrol, opened at tho Hyperion Monday night, the local stock players making an excellent impression with It. Thia play was accepted originally for pCOdttction by Cohan & Harris, but re- laaSMB to stock because of It having a theme similar to that Ot VThe Five MU^ Uon." . ^ Several road iaanasacs are npnrtad latareatad hi the -Mni showing^ aapael- max fhwa It eaa be .seat da tonr with lltila iiijisiilirimi nava'tehat: tta Jhov kaifa« a ea» oC U VdOk iMwis reoetved bis aotioe the Shnherta. TneMay . aftempen^ calls for his dhe 'withdrawal from, einrent Winter Garden show. Lewis waa rather active in the recent strike and while his services were ap* , parently satisfactory on the stagei' it . la believed some Internal trouble Is th*.-^' cause of the service of his-notice.. .7/'.^^ "My Lady Friend" Is Musical. The next stage effort to carry the name of Harry Frazee Is "My Lady Friend," to have its premiere Oct 13, carrying CUftoB Crawford-IB tha faa- tared role. °' Ik la-a musical farce. SIR ALP9EO BUTT IN PARIS. Paris, Oct 1. itr Attrad Butt is here on a visit ot theatia to tha Boa JEW 'TASSmo pOW'^^p92X9^ (iC int>.-:ilritt have Its pcemtate OctTi^A^ at- iSV^^.tnudilngton, D. <jr - . [/^'^ Tki ^wdtictlon Is designed for , ts|'': IVbiter. Oarden. New York, to ioliev the.' "Vkdetiee" after the latto'a ;fHr9L^| vne3tB there. The "Gaieties" vHll to the road when leaving the daitig^:-; No especial selection has been made"'-w';^ succeed Nora Bayes In that show. HW;' place and spots in the performance -. ■^•m be ailed in with vaudeville acts,-.' or ZOO . Dreani. Girl" Copyrighted.. Wm. Klebi, attorney for the Popular Producing CSmpany, sent a letter to Edwin MaoQregor Monday... notifyl%^ hkn that his auieata .luid eopiyrlght(d: % pcadiMitloa aatitled "Vhe Dcaaa,^ GbcV Ady M. 1111^ aad a«iisa<|phiB.t to be guided , by tUs hilhrnaatli al jWg; .^ respect to prodndng a anatall'^yiRM^ ot The ftoad to TartudaaT uatSm\^ title. . v-_^,--"-^