Show MOB ARGUES IN BURNING THEATRE NEW YORK Jan A 30 ID A per per- performance per was In progress M at the Caruso theatre a o lI and motion picture house hour In the th lower east side Ide tonight when smoke amok be- be began be can be-can can gan to drift acro across s the th state stage and Into the th audience But nut instead ot of rushing to foe toi the th exits a II majorIty of the th 1200 persons persona In the th audi audi- auditorium audi auditorium at first refused to leae Jea the building without assurances from the that the th price pric ot of admission be refunded Finally as the th theater manager argued d with ith the tho th ero crowd erod d from the th stage the smoke inoke became bream ao so thick that the tho crowd reluctantly aban aban- abandoned aban- aban abandoned abandoned the demand tor for a refund and filed rued through doors and tire escapes to the tho th street The Th tire fire fir damaged id amai-id tiA property room and first floor ot of o the theater op 00 |