Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-09-22
THEATER OWNERS.
ASK WRIT AGAINST
PLAYHOUSE UNIONS
LA SALE EXHIBITORS DEMAND
tNJUNCTIONS PREVENTING
ERSTWHIlE EMPLOYEES FROM
INTERFERING WITH THEIR
BUSINESS.

Injunction proceedings we're start.
ed in the circuit court this morning,
| by owners of several La Sale thea
ters, who asked that members of the
La Sale local, No. 600, International
Alliance of Theater Employees and
Picture Show Operators, be restrain
ed from interfering with their busi
+ nesses under the open shop plan.
The plaintiffs are F. W. Fisher
manager of the La Sale and Colonial
theater: f. G. Newman, manager Of
the Majestic theater, and B. A. Worm
aid, manager of the Marquette thea
ter, while Vincent Daniels, president
of the union; Adolph Parks, secre-
tary; Leslie Colbleigh, business
agent; Pearl B. Davis Frank w. At
wall, Nicholas Panzeco, Frank Bur
zynski and other members of the or
ganization. are defendants.
The managers started their thea
ters on an open shop basis on Sept.
/. according to the bill, when they
found that they could operate them
better, cheaper and more efficiently
on the new basis. The bill cites a
long list of grievances between the
managers and members of the union.
1t states that on one occasion a play
was given in La Sale and fifteen
stage hands were used in presenting
the production, while in Jacksonville
the same company played and six
stage hands did the work.
They claim that since they started
an open shop the members of the un-
ion have carried banners through the
streets, attempting to get people not
picRatronize their playhouses, have
ont hi, at their show houses handing
against tRlaking false allegations
things to iniuand have done ether
The bill asks thaeir businesses.
the members of thee court restrain
tempting to call strikeson from at
ter employees, from picketlthe thea
show houses and from interfel their
other ways with the theaters. in
The bill has been set for hearing,
on Saturday, Oct. /.
Claims Wives Are EpiIeptics.
Two La Sale men, who claim that
their wives are victims of epileptic
| fits, filed bills in the circuit court to-
day, asking that their marriages be
annulled.
Clinton L. Culver is complainant in
the first suit. He claims that he and
Dorothy Culver were welded Sept
10, 1920 and lived together until Mar
/, 1921, when he learned that the
defendant was a victim of epilepsy.
He alleges that she did not inform
him before their marriage of her al
legged physical defect, but allowed
him to marry her thinking she was
in perfect health. He alleges that
she has since admitted to him that
she has been "a victim of extreme fits
for several years.
He claims that her condition is
growing worse all the time, and asks
to have his marriage to her set aside
Another makes Similar Charge.
Joseph Capri, of the same city, also
filed a bill asking that his marriage
to Bertha ]. Capri be annulled. He
claims that they were married Oct
7. 1920, and separated July /, 1921
when he found the defendant was {
victim of epilepsy.
He, like Culver, alleges that the
defendants health is greatly impair
ed by fits. and claims that she die
not tell him Of her alleged ailment un
til after the wedding ceremony.
Sequel to Richey Suit.
! A sequel to the $4,000 damage sui
started in the Circuit Court by ex
chairman of the board of supervisors
Frank Z. Richey against Harry Z
Halblieb, of La Sale, on May %. wa
: filed today, when Halbleib started
$500 assumpsit suit in the SAM
court against Richey. Richey aske'
damages for an alleged beating he re
ceived at the hands of Halbleib.
Halbleib in the suit claims that h,
entered into an agreement with Richie.
to farm 163 acres of land owned b,
= him, near La Sale. He alleges tha
after he had moved on the farm, an
started tilling the land, Richey pu
him off He claims it cost him S55
to move and get the farm in shape
and asks that the court make Richie
nav him his eyDpnses