The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
A HOT TINE FOR CLARKE
There Is Trouble in Store for the
Comedian.
OASHER is ON THE TRAIL
Clarke Of the What Happened to Jones"
Company Fired Dasher's Finance
After a Torrent of Abuse-He
Must Explain II.

what Happened 10 Jones' has been
changed to the query. What Will Hap
pen to Clarke" n the friends and
acquaintance of Harry Corson Clarke
and Bert Dasher are anxiously awaiting
news OF a threatened and dire conflict
between the two. Clarke Is manage
OF h What Happened to Jones" COM
pahy. which comes to Maguire's opera
house next Monday night. Bert Dasher
is business manager OF "A Stranger in
New York" now in the city. While In
Butte a few days ago Mr.. Dasher re-
ceived a letter from Miss Ellie Warner,
who will shortly became Mrs. Dasher,
md the contents of that letter aroused
Mr.. Dasher's fighting blood. When he
left the city he looked up Mr.. Clarke's
route which led to Butte and arranged
his own affairs so that he would meet
him somewhere on the road. Miss
Warner, until recently, was leading
lady in Clarke's company n received
$50 a week. She had an understudy who
got $25. A few weeks ago., when she
appeared for rehearsal at San Jose, Cal.
Miss Warner vas informed that her
services were no longer required. but
she refused to be fired, and that night
she was on hand to play her part at
the regular performance. According TO
accounts " H diais wv wac thNN "
Mr.. Clarke and a male assistant and
was forcibly elected from the theater.
Miss Warner went TO San Francisco
and brought suit against Clarke for
$40. 900 damages for alleged breach of
contract. assault and battery and de-
famation OF character These matters
were promptly brought to the notice OF
MIR. Dasher and when he left Butte for
the West he declared that he would
make il his business to meet Clarke.
and IL he lie meet him he would do
various kinds Of things to him.
1T appears that Miss Warner is not
the only female member of the What
Happened to Jones' company who has
had trouble with Comedian Clarke. &C
cording to the following dispatch from
Portland. which appeared in the San
Francisco Chronicle a few days ago:
Miss Heffron. "A member of the
What Happened TO Jones company,
the cousin of b. a. Worthington. private
secretary of II. l.. Huntington, and the
sister of Thomas Hebron. Southern Pa
cifc master mechanic, was discharged
last night after the performance by
Manager Harry Corson Clarke.
she left for San Francisco last night.
but before starting she said: Ever
since the company closed its engage
ment at the Columbia theater. San
Francisco, Mr.. Clarke treated every
member as IL he had lost his reason.
Even his mother. who played the part
of Professor Goodly's WIFE. has not been
spared humiliation at his hands. Two
weeks ago at Marysville, without the
least cause. he called me up In the pres
nee of the mpa and began such a
torrent of abuse hat / tainted, and in
falling struck my head. and | have not
yet fully recovered from the injuries i
received. He sent for "A physician, but
refused to pay the bill.
"I was dismissed without the least
complaint being offered to my work
upon the stage. Ii seems to have been
a case of caprice on the part of Clarke.
He has been at all times quarrelsome,
showing the most vicious anger when
envy member of the company besides
himself received applause and has made
II as uncomfortable as possible fof
every one with him His mother has
Jared little better than the rest OF US.
The story told by Efie Warner. who
was discharged. is absolutely true. and
can be vouched for by every member OF
the ompany. As soon as | reach San
Francisco and have the opportunity to
consult with friends / viii begin a dam
age suit against Mr.. Clarke. Miss War
ner is engaged to be married to Beri
Dasher. anage for Hoyt's A Stranger
i'm New York company, which comes tc
Seattle next week on the same date as
Mr.. Clarke's company. Dasher is high
" incensed at the treatment his hancet
has received. and when he meets Clarke
some one will be able to write a play
about what happened to Clarke"
The position of leading . lady In
Clarke's company is now filled by Mis-
Olive Hof, Miss Warmers former un'
derstudy. Miss Hoff's stage career ha'
been comparatively short. but she b
spoken Of as a strikingly handsome wo'
man of legitimate schooling.
The Bayadere stripes have taken the