Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-07

quiries moro or less CONFIDENTIAL.
Brady 10 must be Remembered. mad
been linked with tho Trust ~ wears
almost since the time whenlho OK
plotted Jim Corhctt and male his
own and that actors" fortuna The
notable attractions he controlled I'm
whole or iu part such as. srace
George his wife. Mantcn The Man
of the Hour" "The Gentleman hom
Mississippi" and Wright Lorimer ia
"Tho Shepherd King" were always
religiousN booked at the salt Laxc
theatcr one of the big links IN tie
Trust chain.
Brady's office IN the New York Thea
ter building where he has been for
years. was iu chaos He was moving
out of the premises owned by the Trust.
he had had enough OF that crowd. he
said, and there were many others like
him. The natter He had made up
his mind that he could mo- longer main
tain his self respect and do business
with such an OUTFIT as klaw & Erlau-
ger. For eight years he had stood H.,
but the end had arrived. The men,,
their shows, their methods were sick
euing. The Shuberts had made him "a
proposition that was white" and
henCeforth he would do business with
them. As for Salt Lake. he had heard
or the Shubert hasco there. and he re-
GREETED Il. regretted equally that his
shows would no longer be sent TO the
salt Lake theater. for he had "a very
high regard for George Pyper. and the
town had always treated him we'll
But the Shuberts had only made the
mistake ot moving a year too early IN
salt Lake, next year they were bound
10 have permanent house there. and
then SAT- Lake would once more be ON
the map for his attractions
This was ON a Thursday. ON Friday
came the Cort bombshell in the form of
printed announcement from Klaw a
Erlanger that John COrts territory had
been eliminated from their man. fol-
lowed by Mr.. Cort's note 90 the press
that he had signed with the Shubcrts
for term of FIVE years. that Klaw &
Erlanger were "a joke" that they could
only promise him "a shows next year
against Shuberts 20, and that the end
of trust domination was in sight
whether or not Mr. Brady had ad-
vance Information OF the Gort deal he
did not say, but the positivencss with
which Doe assured us that his attrac-
tons would be seen in Salt Lake next
year. indicates that he hadD
Mr. Cort said, when requested for
more details. that his circuit. reaching
from Chicago To Portland. Seattle and
spokane. and including tho Colonial Of
salt Lake. as well as the ogden house.
made up an enterprise too vast TO take
any chances on. He. too. knew OF the
ShubCrts unfuldlled plans i'm the west
ana ne had secured himself by OBJ
tanning from that firm a guarantee i'm
the shape OF certified check for "A
quarter of million dollars. deposited
ln his bank, as a pledge that the 80
attractions would be sent west as per
contract 40 doubt n certain confid-
ing group Of salt Lake business men
who omitted that Formally when they
rebaptized the Lyric" into the "Shu-
bert with such a flourish of trum-
pets will wonder why some such stcu
did not occur to them)
Julius Calm is another ex-licutenant
n the Trust. who Is moving out and
going down the street nearer the Shu-
berts with whom. he. too, has hooked
up Julius has been an ally OF the
old crowd since the syndicate idea was
incubated. and the general impression
had been that he would be found
swearing by the Trust tin the crack OF
doom sounded. He has a long string
OF New England houses In his vest
pocket that henceforth will be run on
open door plan, which is another
way Of saying that he has been told 10
choose between the Trust and the Shu-
berts and has chosen the latter Nosa
Refs Cheavens, how we begin 10 realize
the grip the enterprising children Of
Israel have on the theaters OF the landD
owner Of another chain Of theaters in
the interior, has also gone over to the
enemy
People are wondering what 10 Gri0-
mer will do. He has been a partner Of
Brady for years. but has strong lean
ings Trustward. His position could not
be positively ascertained. for when we
fain would have steered the Conversa-
ton 10 the theme Of the battle, he grew
enthusiastic over the growth OF Salt