Show COUANTOWSs3oo OATmN0 High Valuation Put Upon Mr Ethiers Curtain Speech by Attorney Richard Hartley When Actor Alphonz Ethier came before the curtain at Friday nights performance of Corlanton and expressed ex-pressed his views concerning Misses Ida Due and Violette Craig and their attorney he did not know he was making mak-Ing a 5000 talk yet that is the valuation put upon It by Richard Hartley the attorney Mr Hartley began suit in the District Dis-trict court yesterday against Messrs Ethier and Thatcher for SHOOO i for slander slan-der because of the speech It is alleged al-leged that Mr Ethier after denouncing i denounc-ing the actresses for Jumping tliclr Jobs asserted that they had been influenced I in-fluenced by a shyster lawyer Mr Hartley had been retained In the case ojid when he heard of Air Ethiers oration he suspected that the Pseudo > Corlanton meant to be personal The I suspicion was strengthened by the fact that Ethier had previously threatened to expose him and his clients from the l stage Mr Hartley when asked about the suit last night said the speech was unfair malicious and uncalledfor that he was acting in his professional coTMielty and simply following the instructions In-structions of his clients and that he intends to hold Ethier and his employer em-ployer Manager Thatcher to account for their misrepresentations When the summons was served on Mr 33thler last night he was greatly surprised Many a time on Corian tons recent tour he talked half the night to a 1 JOO house and he hnd fig uied out that on the same ratio his curtain speech at the theater was worth about 30 cents It is rumored that he will engage Mr Hartley ns his manager and make curtain speeches a regular feature of his next tour |