The Sunday Oregonian., September 27, 1908, Page 11, Image 9

TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTXAXD. SEPTEMBER 27, 1908.
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STOP SPECULATION
IN SHOW TICKETS
New York Theatrical Mana
gers Combine to Stamp Out.
Long-Standing Evil.
ASK HELP OF ALDERMEN
Men Who Now Prey on Amusement
Loving Public Licensed Under
City Ordinance Two Sides
to Question.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. (Special.) The
managers of the 60-odd theaters in New
York City are engaged in a war on the
ticket speculators, who for many years
have made life miserable for the public
From time to time iere have been move- J
menu against mis ciaia ui mi ivei 3, uui
heretofore it has died out after a few
days of flutter, during which the specu
lators have never been Interested or wor
ried. But no one who has talked with
Marc Klaw. of Klaw & Erlanger; Charles
Frohman. Daniel Frohman. Lee Shubert
or any of the men actively Interested In
the present move, can doubt their sincerity.
0 The speculators are "licensed by me
Board of Aldermen. Each pays an annual
fee of $50. Now the managers have
united in a plea to the Board of 'Alder
men to repeal the city ordinance that le
galizes these "pirates of the sidewalk."
as they are generally known. Mara Klaw
. says he is in the flsht to win. and no
matter who may back out, he will throw
into the project all the Influence of the
powerful syndicate in which he Is a part'
ner.
"We have grown tired of having man-
acers blamed for sidewalk ticket spec
ulation." says Mr. Klaw. "There Is no
way in the world that a manager can
stop It. except, through the Board of Al
dermen, and we are going to start right
out and find why they do not revoke these
licenses.
Not Legitimate Trade.
"The speculators, even though they are
licensed, do not ply a legitimate trade.
They come around a theater in throngs
of 20 and 30, and stand right in front of
your door in spite of all law to the con
trary. They attempt to corrupt our
ticket sellers, and we are either going
to break this up or we will know the
reason why.
"Many of the Aldermen are our friends,
and we do not want to fight our friends,
but we will not stop short in any legiti
mate, action to break up this outrageous
Imposition on the public. If the Alder
men think that these speculators only
(mulct the rich, let them go to any theater
Saturday night or on a holiday the only
times when the poor have a chance to go
to the theater and they will see these
hawks standing outside with their bands
full of tickets for the cheap seats. Why.
there have been numerous occasions when
they have bought up the entire galleries
of opera-houses on popular-price nights; -"Before
we get through with this the
public will know very clearly who Is re
sponsible for this nuisance. It is an out
rage that the lessee of a theater, who
pays anywhere from $40,000 to lati.000 rent
a year for a piece of property, can have
some Irresponsible party come along with
a badge for which he pays $50. and make
a nuisance of himself in front of that
property.
"I nr afraid some of the Aldermen do
not appreciate the public sentiment that
Is back of this measure, and the number
of people who are Interested in having
this nuisance abolished. The intelligence
of New York supports the first-class the
aters, and we think once Its attention is
called to the responsible parties, we will
make comparatively short work of the
opposition.''
Public Demands Reform.
Everybody except the speculators ad
mits that a reform is needed, and that
It should not be delayed. All the flrst
claps theaters in - ew York charge $2 for
orchestra seats. But unless the play Is a
failure or a near failure. It is impossible
to secure good seats at the box oflices.
' All of them are gobbled up by speculators.
For example. "The Merry Widow"' was
the hit of last season, and the house was
sold out everj" nipht. The ordinary
amusement-lover c&uld not secure a
ticket less than four weeks ahead. But
the speculators were always on the job,
with plenty of good seats, at prices rang
ing from $3 to $5 each. Consequently, if
you wanted to see the play you were com
pelled to pay the extra price.
Two of New York's roof gardens did a
rushing business during the Summer sea
son. Sixteen speculators stood nightly at
the door of one house, the other was
fruarded by from 20 to 25, depending on
the business conditions. Amusement-
seekers were compelled to run the gaunt
let of vociferous salesmen, and fre
quently were insulted when they refused
to purchase.
"You are a cheap skate." Speculator
Jackson said to a man who waved him
aside at the New York Theater the
other night. "Why don't you go to a
moving-picture showT You have no
right to butt in here."
Whereat the man, who is a stranger
to New York, and consequently not
meek and long-suffering like Manhat
tanites, punched Mr. Jackson in the
eye and threw him in the street, and in
other ways signified his disapproval.
But he was locked up for assault. Just
the same, although a magistrate in the
night court discharged him a few
hours later with words of warm
commendation.
Belasco Fools Speculators.
At the present time the only New
Tork manager who has succeeded In
rartially curbing the speculators Is
Pavid Belasco. At his two theaters,
the Stuyvesant and the Belasco. the
cheap seats In the gallery are not
placed on sale until the night of the I
performance. Then the first comers in
line are accommodated, but only one
seat Is sold to each person. In other
words, if a man desires to purchase
four tickets, he must have his party
of four on hand to exhibit to the
treasurer.
At the Knickerbocker, the New York
Title to
Properties
We accept title to properties
to be held pending future dispo
sition, or awaiting distribution
to legal heirs, or to be held for
sale at a later date for some
specific purpose.
The corporate trustee is su
perior to the individual in point
of efficiency, as well as econ
omy. .
Our company holds nearly
three and a half millions dollars
of trust business now in charge,
an evidence of our proper equip
ment. '
Merchants
savings 8 Trust
Company
247 Washington Street,
Portland, Oregon.
HENRY
VAN DYKE'S
A Journey to Jerash
Through the Land of Gilead
Richard Mansfield's
First Success in the
" Parisian Romance"
WILL H. LOW'S
"A Chronicle of Friendships'
dealing especially with
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON'S
American visit in 1887-88, and
his farewell to home.
The Wildest Corner
of Mexico
BY W. T. HOENADAY '
Sport and adventure in an un
explored w i 1 d e mess are
among the contents of
The OCTOBER
SCRIBNER
For sale everywhere, 25 cents.
Is principally 'hot air.' We are en
gaged In a legitimate business, and I
do not believe the Board of Aldermen
will bother us. The average theatrical,
manager, no matter what he may say
for publication. Is glad we speculators
exist. It means money In his pocket.
We take all the risks, and the manager
never loses a cent.
Sometimes Lose Money.
"Take a big success like the 'Merry
Widow," for example. We bought the
house out night after night for months.
On pleasant evenings we made money,
of course, but how about nights when
storms raged? We had our tickets
bought at box office prices, and had
to dispose of them at any prices they
would bring. vV hy, I have handed over
2 seats for B0 cents apiece and been
glad to get the money. Here is a tip
wn.ER
Grange
show.
BABY
Margaret Blnhm, of Oregon City.
Little Jlargaret Bluhm, the 11-month-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Bluhm, of Oregon City,
was the winner of the first prize
for the handsomest baby at the
baby show at the Mllwaukie
Grange Fair, which closed yesterday.
Sewing' Machines
50c a Week
This is the high-grade "Gev
urtz Special," and will do the
work equally as well as a $75
machine. It is manufactured
in wholesale lots'" for us, and
we give the consumer the bene
fit of the wholesale price. This
machine costs you but $25
$1 Down
50c a Week
This machine is made by a fac
tory not in the sewing machine
trust, therefore, you get a high
class machine at a low price.
j
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$12HallRacks
$7.50
No. 100 Oak Hall
Racks, golden oak,
quarter - sawed, fit
ted with 12x12 - Inch
mirror and brass hat '
and coat hooks. A
fine rack, worth
$12; special sale
price. S7-50
SOLID OAK
resser
LIKE CUT, ONLY
1S.SO
No. 26V2 These are very
handsome Quarter-Sawed
Golden Oak Dressers, with
beautifully hand-polished
cases, genuine French bevel
plate mirrors 24x36-inch
size, tops 22x42 inches. Very
fine furniture pieces. The
regular price in other stores
is fully $35. The Big Store
special pric is only
$ 18. 5 O
$60 Solid Brass Bed $45
In purchasing a brass bed you
should consider quality, then
beauty. A brass bed like the
one shown in cut is far. above
the average in quality. The fin
ish will wear better and remain
bright longer than anything
that we have been able to pro
cure for a long time; in fact, the
whole shipment of which this
was one is of a superior stand-
The stock number is 5045, and it may be seen in A C
.... V
ard.
salesroom on second floor; $60.00 value for only.
$3 Cobbler Seat Rockers
$2
No. 297: There are
several models of
these rockers, and
they are all good
values at $3; special
this week at
$2
$8.50 Mission Rockers
$4.25
No. 2676: These handsome Mis
sion Rockers are of solid oak,
weathered finish, genuine leath
erette upholstering and plain
saddle seats. First-class Rock
ers at a great bargain; $8.50
values for
$4.25
I
CREDIT TO EVERYBODY
We fit up your home on easy payments-' A little down
A little each week You are welcome to credit
$2.50 Diner $1.50
The above cut Is an exact
Slcture of this well-made
lining Chair, in golden
oak finish. It has all the
good, substantial features
and appearance of a $4
chair. The regular price is
$2.50. Our special sale
price. $1.50
BEST AIR TIGHT WOOD ST01E
now on the market all sizes
and prices. Warranted for five
years and will last longer. Be
fore buying call and inspect
the
"Prize" Heater
The most popular Wood Stove
in Portland. It has a body
made of heavy rolled steel; in
side is reinforced by heavy lin
ings in gray iron cast in sec
tions so as to absolutely pre
vent warping and .protect the
steel sides from the fire; large
door opening and a swinging
smoke curtain. Neat nickel
trimmings.
$1.00 Down, $1.00 a Week
Until You Pay
v
FREE Woodlined Zinc Stove
board with every stove this week.'
Turkish Rocker
$35
No. 300 These Rockers
are included in our leath
er goods sale this week.
They are like the cut, cov
ered with genuine leather,
best spring construction.
Regular . price is $60.00.
our big special fijoe
sale price. pOO
Buffet $21.50
No. 5U5 A Buffet that will
meet with general favor, as
It Is both moderately priced
and beautifully built. The
wood is solid golden oak,
quarter-sawed, highly pol
ished. There are three
commodious silver draw
ers, .while the linen cab
inet is very roomy; a large
plate-glass mirror across
the entire top gives it the
appearance of a $35
Buffet, while our price Is
only. S2150
'Bill
- 3
KEG'L'K. $5.50 VALUES,
OUR PRICE ONLY
$3.25
No. 560: This is a high
grade, 8 o 1 i d oak diner,
with genuine leather box
seat, quarter-sawed back,
perfect in finish and high
polish; a real $5.50 value
and sold at that price else
where; our C2 O"
special price vJUJ
BIG EAST
SIDES
TORE
Gevurtz Bros.
East Burnside and Union Avenue
JEWS PLAN COLONY
International Project Being
Discussed in Europe.
INDUSTRIAL WORK FIRST
for the general public, which should
be profitable to them. If a man wants
to see a big' popular success, let him
wait until a stormy night, and then
reach the theater about the time the
and the New Amster.l.-i'm. lar slirn i curtain goes up. Then he is sure to
are aispiayed warning people that
Tickets purchased of speculators will
be refused at the door." Occasionally
this rule is enforced, but it is almost
impossible to make it effective. The
managers, although fighting the spec
ulators, will still permit tickets to be
sold at the agencies in the various big
luitels. They declare it Is an accom
modation to the out-of-town public,
and that the additional cost, 50 cents
a ticket. Just about covers the ex
pense. This fee Is divided equally be
tween the theaters and the man who
has the-hotel concession.
On of the best known speculators
In New Tork had this to say on the
subject of the war today:
"I do not care to have my name
used, for It might make trouble for
me, but personally I believe this fight
obtain bargain rates. If I could find
a man who could correctly predict
the weather a month ahead. I would
be glad to give him a big salary. Rain
and snow are the two things that
make a speculator's life unhappy."
Many of the Aldermen are still ouc
of town, at conventions or on vaca
tions, and the speculator problem will
hardly be brought before them before
next month. In the meantime the gen
eral publlo Is hoping that the time
will come when ti tickets wlU ba sold
for 12.
SEWED . SOLES, 75 CENTS
Bast Oak Leather. While yon wait,
or sent for. Jacob Schwlnd. 367 Stark,
near Park. Fbone Mala 7369, A 42 12.
Region In Which the Organization
Proposes to Locate 19 Consid
ered to Be Under Ger
man Control.
. BERLIN. Sept 26. (Special.) A move
ment is on foot to establish a new Jew
ish colonizing agency on an Interna
tional basis. The heads of the leading
bodies In each country have been invited
to a conference In Berlin and the scheme
will be discussed presumably behind
closed doors. Briefly, the proposal is to
establish "a sort of syndicate for financ
ing from Berlin a colonization scheme
in northeast Egypt and Mesopotamia,"
although It is uncertain yet whether the
syndicate will merely lend assistance to
existing colonization schemes or will
Itself blossom forth Into a colonization
agency.
The latter plan Is said to be well with
in the bounds of probability. There Is
opposition to the project, as it la ob
served that already an extensive supply
of Jewish emigration and colonization so
cieties exist in the Jewish Colonization
Association, the Zionist Organization
and the Jewish Territorial Organization,
and the activity of these three institu
tions, actual or potential, covers the en
tire globe. It Is therefore difficult to
understand why a fourth organization
should be established. If the new body
is to be merely a financial Instrument,
It will intensify the Jealousy existing be
tween rival Jewish organizations by as
sisting one at the expense of. the others.
Another objection to the scheme lies ,
in the fact that the proposal Is to estab
lish industrial and not agricultural colo
nies. It Is. reasonably urged that It is
undesirable to encourage the industrial
bias of the Jew, and it is further pointed
out that industrial colonies must first of
all be built up on an agricultural foun
dation. Especial exception, however, is
taken to the fact that the scheme has
been hatched in a "hole-and-corner"
fashion, and that no opportunity has
been given to the various representative
bodies, whose officials are attending the
conference without receiving the shadow
of s, mandate from their Institutions, to
discuss the matter.
The fact that the region to which the
new organization proposes to direct Its
energies is one In which German politi
cal activity Is very strong leads one to
believe that the whole scheme originated
In Germany and that Its object is to ag
grandize German-Jewish institutions at
the exnrse of others. The fact. too. that
Herr Wolffsohn, the president of the
Zionist Organization, is not Inclined to
look unfavorably on the new govern
ment although It has colonization out
side Palestine as its object, suggests that
its object nay possibly be to "dish" the
Territorialists.
Fraudulent Transfer Charge'd.
Charges were made before the County
Court yesterday, that fraudulent trans
fer was made of 320 acres of land in
Grant County to Mrs. Eliza J. Scott by
her son. Grant Scott, prior to his death
September 2. Application was made by
J. B. Coffey, administrator of the Scott
estate, to bring action for the recovery
of this land and the authority was
granted by the court. The land is worth
S5000. The estate shows but 1300 on hand
at this time with, claims aggregating
4500.
Whitney Files Demurrer.;
Alleging that the indictment drawn up
by District " Attorney Cameron . and In
dorsed by the grand Jury is unintelligible
and, not possible of understanding by
anyone of ordinary mind,. Dr. G. , B.
Whitney, charged . with the killing of
Miss Mabel Wirtz, demurred to the -in- -dictment,
in the Circuit Court,, yesterday.
He asks that the case against him be
dismissed for that reason. The Issue has
not yet been set for hearing.
Prisoner Takes HIa Judge's Name.
. Baltimore News. .
Dennis Donohue, arrested In New
Tork charged with stealing a horn,
gave his name aa John W. Goff, because,;
he said, he remembered that Goff was
the last Judge who sent him to Jail.
WHEN THE KIDNEYS GIVE OUT
Is your ntontb similar la any way to the
abova T If so. so aaad to wear a wobbly,
unusable partial plat or Itl-flttlng ordinary
hrldsa work. ' The Ir. WUi system of
TEETH WITHOUT FLAXES'
The result of 21 years' exaenace. the saw
way of replacing taath la tae mouta testa
in fact, teeta la appearance, testa to cusv
your food upon, as you did upon, your nat
ural onaa. Our forca la so orranlxad w
caa do your antlra- ctawa, brldga or plats
work In a day U aacasaary. Positively pain
leas extracting. Only blah-class, aclautltlo
work.
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sacona floor iraiung Bias., rnird and
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With healthy kidneys, one has a
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