The Washington herald., 1922-03-04

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taken by the associatics. Many
said the moving picture theater
business OF the District would be
threatened IL court action were
taken. Theater managers said they
were taking steps to secure films
from out of town and anticipated
little trouble from the Commission
ers' order.
List OF Exchanges Affected.
Film exchanges affected by the
action of the Commissioners yes
terday include the Universal. 3O1
Ninth street northwest. Manning j.
Click, manager: the Fox Film Cor
poration, 305 Ninth street northwest,
Joseph/-S. Hebrew. manager; the
Wild Cunning. SIS Thirteenth street
northwest, Benjamin Schoensein.
manager: the Vitagraph, 712 Elev1
enth street northwest, Eugene will
sen. manager; the Goldwyn, ia
Eleventh street northwest William
A. Bush, manager. and the Grapha-
scope. 1904 IL street northwest
Charles Hillgeist. manager.
The following are located in the
Mather Building: Community Mo-
tion Picture Corporation, Charles A.
Williams, manager; Rialto Produce
tion Corporation, Walter s. Hayner'
manager: Liberty Film Corporation.
Samuel NJ. Flax, manager; super
Film Exchange, Sidney B. Lust
manager; United Artists Corpora
t,on. George F. Lenehan, manager;
- ucational Film Corporation, j.
Howard Beaber, manager; Reliance
Film Exchange. Leo Garner. man.
ager; Independent Film Corpora
tion, Benjamin r. Tolmas. manager;
w. w. Hodgkins Corporation. Sam
uel L. Galanty, manager; Federal
Film Corporation, Edwin r. O'Don-
nell, manager: Metro Picture Cor
poration, George w. Fuller. man
ager: Robinson and Cole Distrib-
uting Corporation, Carl J. Sonin.
manager: Pioneer Film Corpora
tion, Frank ]. Sheppard, manager:
Pathe Exchange, Robert B. Clinton,
manager: Seaboard Film Corpora
ton, Henry J. Coleman. manager:
First National Picture Corporation.
Louis Bache, manager; Federal
Film Exchange, Joseph l.. Young.
manager: Empire Film Distributors
Corporation. Harry f. Coffey, man
ager: Super Film Distributing Cor
poration, Thomas L. Lambden. man
ager. and the Selnick Distributing
Corporation. Edward A. Sherwood,
manager.
Insists Order VIII stand.
Representatives of McKeever and
Goss. real estate agents for the
Mather Building, conferred with
Commissioner Oyster and Fire
Chief Watson yesterday afternoon.
At the conclusion of the conference
Commissioner Oyster said that the
order of the board would stand.
He indicated, however, further con-
sideration would be given the
Mather Building officials this morn
ing and an extension might be
granted. McKeever and Goss sub
mitted plans on February 20 to the
Commissioners indicating they in
tended installing fire sprinklers and
other necessary equipment in the
building TO conform with the fire
regulations. At their conference
with District officials yesterday II
is understood they showed they
were in a position to carry out
these plans in the near future. On
the basis of this it is likely an
extension may be granted.
The Fox Film Corporation, Uni
versal. Vitagraph and Goldwyn ex-
changes notified the Commission
ers. through z. J. Kirby. real es-
tate agent they were ready to en-
ter new fireproof quarters to be
constructed for the four exchanges
Kirby told the Commissioners he
had applied to the building inspec-
tors Office for a permit to build
the building at the corner of K and
Second streets and New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest.
Fail to Meet Conditions.
The text of the letter of the COM
missioners to the real estate agents
representing these four exchanges
and the twenty exchanges in the
Mather Building. reads:
THE Commissioners state that
Section SO. Article ia of the po-
lice regulations provided a limit OF
one year. expiring on March 3, 1922.
in which the regulations should be
complied with. On January 2S. 1922