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Show " KliE AS HE BUSTS OPERA Muratore and Mary Garden Scrap; Uncle Sam Prefers Pre-fers Charges. CHICAGO. Ill, Jan. 19 I.uclen Muratore, French tenor, who yesterday yester-day announced his resignation from the Chicago Grand Opera company has been charged with violating the con-bract con-bract labor law and I nltc-d States i rami ra-mi era 1 1 on act, the charge growing out I of his bringing his valet, and tie letter's let-ter's wife to this country. A suit asking judgment for ?20,-000 ?20,-000 o gainst Muratore in favor of the government was filed. The bill states that Mnie Petit left the employ of Muratore's wife, Llna Cavallerl on December De-cember 4. FRICTION DEVELOPS. Muratore had been scheduled to open the Now York season at the Manhattan Opera house next Monday night in "Samson and Delilah " Friction with Mary Garden, general director, and the failure of Miss Garden Gar-den to present Lina Cavallerl, who in private life is Mnie. Muratore, in the title rol of "Tosca," are given as the reasons why the famous tenor decided not to renew his contract. "For Miss Garden as an artist, I have the highest and greatest admiration," admira-tion," M. Muratore stated. "I am pleased to sing with her because she Is an artist, but as director of the company ln which I sing. no. no, no!" MARY REPLIES. Mary Garden issued the follow ing statement i "Foreign dictation is a thing of the past. We are to have a little Ameri can dictation for a while and see how that works ouL It is a great pity to see an artist of the value ot M. Mura lore so badly counseled " |