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...hired by Hearst's Journal. He was not aware until starting work that the Journal, like all other Hearstpapers, could get scarcely a line of theatrical advertising. Following the disastrous Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago (1903) Hearst papers cartooned the showmen Marc Klaw and Abraham Lincoln Erlanger sitting in electric chairs. A Hearst boycott by virtually every important producer was the result. By sheer nerve and persistence Zit placated Erlanger, broke the boycott...
Died. Abraham Lincoln Erlanger, 70, theatre owner, manager, producer; at Manhattan; after a long illness. Beginning as an opera-glass boy in Cleveland, he became a protege of the late great Mark Hanna. In partnership with Marc Klaw he organized chaotic theater bookings with a clearing house system, established a syndicate of nearly 700 theatres. Immediately after his death a dispute arose over his $75,000,000 estate between onetime New York Supreme Court Justice Mitchell Louis Erlanger, his brother, and Mrs. Charlotte Fiscal Erlanger. Mrs. Erlanger claimed to be the common law widow, hired shrewd Lawyer Max D. Steuer...
...started out to write for the Clipper, famed, defunct, theatrical paper. When he left, he said, "Now I'll be a producer," a remark which was supposed to annoy the editor but instead only made him laugh. Jake Horowitz became a producer of publicity for the Shuberts, Mark Klaw and Richard Herndon. At this racket, he was good enough to make $3,000 which he speedily sank in his first production, The Romantic Age by A. A. Milne, a flop. He heard someone comment on the name above "Presents" on the program, and changed it to Jed Harris. Next...
...former McGill University star, G. W. Rumpel 1G.B., engaged C. A. C. Eastman '24, N. E. A. A. U. champion, in a battle only decided by the referee. Of the other defending champions, K. C. Williams 2L., in the 125-pound class, defeated J. E. Klaw 1L, by a fall, and retained the title by the referee's decision in his bout with A. J. Bronstein '25: Milton Krook '25, champion in the 115-pound class, retained his title unchallenged...
Married. Marc Klaw, 66, famed Manhattan theatrical manager, to Miss Blanche Harris; in Cuckfield, Sussex, England...