Show BETWEEN DEVIL AND A DEEP SEA SEAt t Deseret Dramatic Syndicate Is Tangle WHO IS r THE THATCHER IN POSSESSION BUT WANTS SALARY 4 With Manager VL L A Imhaus de demanding demanding manding that he hO h be reinstated ted As rf director of affairs of or O J paid ald for the th term of his hs con contract contract tract and George W Thatcher holding he office of ot manager and enough mort mortgages mortgages gages on the properties to sink it in Great reat Salt lake the Deseret Dramatic syndicate is between the frying pan and the fire A whole lot of ot sizzling is the result and unless some kind of ot otan an amicable settlement is made a still warmer time Is promised Mr Imhaus says that things are not what hat they seemed when he left New York to take the management of ot Cori Con anton Instead of the syndicate own Ing In the play and properties as he lie claims he was led to believe he finds that Mr Thatcher holds a mortgage on the scenery that he can foreclose at any time tithe an effort is made to put him out of the managerial chair and thus stop atop the procession proc Now Mr Im Imhaus Imhaus Imhaus haus says that two men in a pilot pilothouse pilothouse house would run any ship aground especially specially on a theatrical sea and he I must handle the wheel alone or he wants his pay and then he is willing willingto to clear the deck The syndicate has hasto hasto hasto to play checkers to keep from being Jumped on both sides and they are holding daily dally sessions to study their best move When Mr Imhaus came to the city a n few Lew ew day ago ao he be placed an ultimatum in the hands h of or the syndicate and since then theft things have been develop developIng V Ing rapidly They threaten to develop still further The situation is this When Thatcher Butted In When the company met with finan financial cial dal distress in Butte because as Mr Imhaus claims Mr Thatcher refused to send money that belonged to pany and was on deposit as an expense fund Mr Imhaus came here to pre present present present sent the matter to the syndicate and Mr tr Thatcher went to the th company and assumed the management of or it Mr Imhaus holds a contract with the syn syndicate syndicate as manager of the company un until until until til June but Mr Thatcher is doing the managing and Mr Imhaus and the syndicate are trying to figure out I what is to be done to keep peace all allaround allaround allaround L around When I took the management of the th company said Mr Imhaus I made a contract with the syndicate to act as V manager until June with the option of or ofF r F renewing the contract at that time should it be agreeable all around A Ii clause in the syndicates contract states that they are the owners of the pro production production and the properties I accepted the management with this understand understanding ing jug Since coming here though I have Jf learned arned that Mr Thatchers mother ad advanced so much money to the syndicate that she had to be secured by b a mort mortgage gage gag on the scenery and Mr Thatcher holds this mortgage which virtually makes him owner of the scenery for f r he could foreclose the mortgage at any anytime an antime anytime time and take the scenery away and say sa Now No go on with your play He has taken the management of the play y yand and as I told the directors today if jf they reinstate me as manager he will simply foreclose the mortgage and hat will I do with the company and no scenery Yesterday the board of directors of ot the Iho th syndicate held two meetings to con consider consider sider Bider the affairs of the Cori Con anton unton but up to last night no definite a L tion had been taken It is probable It is Js said that Mr Thatcher will vill be called before the syndicate to explain his liis side of the affair altair The directors last night promised to give Mr ImHaus a i final answer Thurs Thursday Thursday Thursday day It developed develop d during d ring the meeting that several telegrams had been sent to Mr Thatcher in regard to the situ situation situation atlon but that none had been answered answer d The directors will make an effort to communicate with him before giving their final answer to Mr Imhaus |