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News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 180 SECURES WORTH MILION DOLLARS TAKEN FROM SFE Strong Box Stolen From Sale of Howard Clark Davis, Boston Financier STOCKS AND BONDS ARE BELIEVED REGISTERED — Sneak Thief Enters Boston Office of Donor Davis Field House at Dart- mouth College and Makes Away With Strong Box a Week Ago— Loss Just Realised — Secretary Makes Report to Police Boston, Sept. 24 (UP)—8ecurities worth about $1,000,000 were in the strong box taken by a sneak thief from the safe of Howard Clark Davis, Boston financier, last week, Miss Emma Bennett, Davis' secre- tary informed the police today. The theft first came to light with the arrest on Saturday of two men In the south end after a chase by & police automatic. Near the scene of the capture of one of the men, police found a package containing $25,000 worth of the securities which since have been identified as part of the contents of the missing strong box. Loss Becomes Known It was not until last night, when Miss Bennett reached Davis by tele- phone at Winnipeg, Man., where he is on business, that extent of the theft was realized. Miss Bennett told the police Davis informed her the strong box con- tained securities worth about a mil- lion dollars. The contents of the strong box, according to Miss Bennett were: Between 409,000 and 500,000 shares Central Manitoba Mines, Ltd., estimated to be worth $1 a share, One thousani shares American Powder Company. Four hundred and, fifty-nine shares American Radiator Company. One thousand, five hundred shares Splitdorf Electric Bethlehem Company. Beveral shares Winnipeg Goif club stock. Gold bonds of Taber Academy., worth approximately $19,000, Gold mortgage bonds of the Sal- (Continued on Page 9) KOPPELMAN SEEKING HELP IN THIS CITY Reported Angling for Support at Democratic Convention New Britain's 17 delegates to the democratic congressional conven- tion although regarded as-a unit for Jeese Moore of Farmington, to op- pose Congressman E. Hart Fenn, re- publican, in the first district, was re- ported today to have developed a sentiment for Herman K. Koppel- man of Hartford and it 1s forecast that Moore must win on an early ballot to hold this city's votes. The convention will be held at 64 Pearl street, Hartford, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Joseph M. Halloran, former mayor and ardent supporter of Moore's candidacy, 18 chairman of the delegation. John F. Callahan, former park commission- er, and Edward O. Kilbourne, at one time a member of the school committee, are advocates of Moore's nomination who have been working for Moore in this district, and they ulso are on the delegation. Candidates for the first district nomination are: Jesse Moore, Ha tord broker, residing in Farmington; lerman Koppleman, news dealer, of Hartford; Ufa Guthrie, Hartford at- torney. Guthrie, it is reported, will receive whatever votes National Committee- man Thomas J. Spellacy can muster up. Aside from organization efforts which have extended throughout the county, little has been done in the| interest of his candidacy. Koppelman, whose ubility as a po- litical organizer, is admitted by all wroups in the democratic party, has had several committees working in his behalf and has been in personal touch with a great many delegates. Each of the 17 who will attend the convention as New Britain's repre- sentatives received an 11th-hour re quest for support from Koppelman today. Moore is a native of Virginia, and comes of a family of southern dem- ocrats. He was a newspaperman for some years before entering the field of finance. Those who urge his nomi- nation point to potential strength from the small towns in the event that he is placed on the ticket. The New Britain delegation, with 15 of its 17 members present, voted 10 g0 to the convention as a unit, but did not decide what candidate would e supported. The absence of two delegates is sufticient to nullify the unit vote pledge and this may be done before the convention 1s called 10 order tomorrow ,morning. It is believed that the Moore sup- port is strong enough to send the delcgation to the convention hali with 17 votes for Moore tomorrow morning. but delegates were in doubt today whether the unit rule would hold long it there is not a nomination on an early ballot. NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW ‘BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES Dedication of Memorial as Seen From Airplane DRY SOUTH BITTER IN 175 UPRISIG AGAINT GOVERNOR Also Rejects the Candidacy of Smith Because He Is 2 Gatholic REYOLT REGOGNIZED AS ONE OF VITAL FORCE Leaders No Longer Believe It to Be One of the Whims of a Few Agi- tators—Tammany and Prohibition Hide Real Fssue of Religion in Dixie Despite Repeated Denials By Many Authorities, Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 24 (P)— Rocked by dissension of surpassing bitterness, the dry democratic south |is passing through a season of po- litical trial and torment not easily understood by other sections, and in- volving possibilities extremely diffi- cult to assess. Is Vital Force Although wholly unable to vis- ualize a complete obliteration of the overwhelming democratic mafjorities of other years, party leaders no longer regard the southern bolt as the whim of a few agitators. They recognize it as a vital force, having its fountain-head in issues of the most explosive character. Protestant ministers and women make up an important element in its militant leadership, imparting much of the fervor of a crusade, and its ranks include also politicians of conse- quence, who contribute the practical knowledge of their years of political schooling. Religion is Issue The issues of the prohibition and Tammany furnish the visible motive power behind this southern thrust at 8mith. Whether its real mainspring is religion, is a much argued sub- ject. The democratic regulars do not hesitate to say it is, despite re- peated denials. It is certain that the nominee's Catholicism is widely talk- ed about among the voters, that anti-Catholic literature is circulated. and that some campaign speakers openly attack 8mith because he is a Catholic. Against this attack the Smith leaders raise the rallying cries of tolerance, white supremacy, and a party loyalty in all kinds of weath- er. In Texas, largest of the southern states and rated the banner demo- cratic state of the union, these con- siderations and uncertainties are in- tensified by the state’s vast geo- graphical and political dimensions. It is icult for the best informed {lo make predictions. The leaders | for and against Smith have given the | Associated Press their respective es- | timates, and the sum total of them |all is a candid agreement that for | first time in a generation, Texas is | a political battlcground. To understgnd the immensity of the possibilities here involved, it is necessary to consider that Texas has 254 counties of an average area about equal to that of the state of Rhode Island; that all forms of or- ganizations are accordingly handi- | | capped; that the voters include alike the flower of the old southern aris- tacracy, and a considerable group of Mexican emigrants; that material in- terests are represented by such di- verse symbols as the cotton field, the ranch, the oil well, and the factory; (Continued on Page Eecight) FALL MAY PROVE FATAL | Onufry Tereba of Oak Street Pitches Head First Down Flight of Stairs While Visiting Friends. Unconscious since midnight on | Saturday night when he fell down | a flight of stairs while visiting at a liouse on South Burritt street, Onu- fry Tereba of 76 Oak street is in a | | critical condition at New Britain | | General hospital. His injuries have {10t been determined. “Tereba was removed to the hospi- tal from the home of his host soon after the accident. It is said that he mistook the stairs for an entrance to another room and plunged head first to the bettom. {Helen Hicks Seems Sure to Qualify in Golf Cascade Golt Club, Hot Springs. YVa., Sept. 24 P—First of the wom- en golfers to finish the 18 hole | qualitying round in the amateur | championship, turned in low scores, | Helen Hicks, the 17 year old New | York girl, getting 89. regarded as certainly low enough to qualify. The scores: ’ Helen Hicks, New Yor 89; Helen Paget, Ottaw [ 47-43—90; Betty Guthrie, | Fails, Pa.. —90; Mrs. Baker, jr.. Boston, 45-46—91. Pine Declares Hoover | Will Carry Oklahoma Chicago, Sept. 24 (A—Senator W. B. Pine of Oklahoma, who called at national repudlican headquarters here today, declared that if Gov- ernor Smith visited Oklahoma again the dJdemocrats would carry the state for Herbert Hoover. “Farmers of my state,” said Sen- ator Pine. “are not turning over thelr troubles for solution by Tam. many and Gov. 8mith. Yes, Hoover will carry Oktahon and if Smith comes * hack there the democratic vote alone will be sufficient to elect the republican nominee.” , 43-46— Canada, Buckhill . H. | Roy, View of the war memorial dedication exercises at Walnut Hill park Saturday afternoon taken for the Herald from an airplane. The vast assemblage seated in the amphitheater can be seen in the center foreground. The view was taken from the west side of the park, show- ing the eastern half of the city. The same airplane dropped 20 dozen of asters while flying over the city as a tribute to the soldier and sailor dead. Because of a state law forbidding such proceedings, the pilot was not able to drop the flowers over the crowd at the monument. BOSTON WOMAN 13 HACKED T0 DEATH Murder Takes Place Near Spo-| kane, Washington ANSWERED MARRIAGE AD. Mrs, Katherine Clark Believed Killed With Robbery as Motive— Mother Lives in Norwalk—Divorc- ed in 1823 Spokane, Wash., Sept. 24 (P—Her head hacked and battered with a hatchet, Mrs, Katherine Clark, 36, of Boston, Mass., was found dead at Foothills, 15 miles from Spokane late yesterday. Hatchet Found The woman had been dragged blood e e Red Cross Chairman Appeals for Money; Cash Needed at Once Peter Crona, chairman of the New Britain Red Cross, today is- sued an urgent appeal for funds for the relief of the thousands suffering from the effects of the West Indian hurricane which raged last week. New Britain's quota has been raised from $1, 500 to $5,000 and local branches | | are receiving word to send what- {| ever cash is on hand. Thus far New Britain has raised only $780.84 of its allotm BANDIT ATTACK IS AGAINST MORROW |U. S. Ambassador Has Thrilling Experience in Mexican Battle some distance to a spring, stains losed. A hatchet found near the body. County Prosecutor Greenough said he had learned that Mrs. Clark who was divorced in 1925 at Wa- tertown, Mass, urrived in Spokan: last Friday in response to an adver- was tisement concerning marriage. She went to stay at the residence of Archie I. Moock. a mill worker, who is held for questioning. Moock was said to have driven the v.eman in the direction of Coeur D‘Alenc, Idaho, Saturday to meet her intend- ed husband, the prosecutor said. Robbery Is Motive . Greenough expressed the opinion that robbery was the motive for the Killing. Lived in Boston Boston, & ine Clark, 36, who was found dead yest at Foothills, near Spo- Lkane, Wash., lived in greater Boston until recently. Married in 1914 to Ralph A. Clars she lived in Water- town, Brighton, and Wellesley in succession. In 1923 she was divorced | jo\vover opened fire upon the ban- | from her husband and is supposed to Have left shortly afterward for San Francisco. She was seen in Bos- ton last year by Attorney Herbert ridey of Boston, her lawyer in the divorce case. Mrs. Clark's maiden name was Fitzgerald. And her mother now lives in Norwalk, Conn. ROB ROY DIES AT THE REED HOSPITAL Collie Dog, Constant Com- panion of Coolidge, Has Ulcers of Stomach Washington, Sept. 24 P — Rob President Coolidge's collie companion, is dead. The handsome white dog Which came to Mr. Coolidge shortly after he became chiet exceutive and who was constantly with him at work and at play, died at Walter Reed General Army hospital of ulcers of the stomach. Rob Roy developed his first symptoms of illness immediately upon returning to Washington from Wisconsin. At the House he had been in splendid health. A few days ago. however, he began ailing and President Coolidge sent him to the hospital. Rob Roy occupied an exceptional position among the numerous pets at the White House. Of t which were kept at the executive mansion Rob Koy was the only one which President Coolidge allowed to wander freely in and out of his oftice during working hours. Intensely jealous of his master, the dog often had to be restrained by his master from barking or snapping at visitors who scemed to obtain too much attention from the chief executive. Prudence Prim, a dog. almost identical in appearance to Rob Roy. and Mrs. Coolidge's favorite, died last year at the summer White House in the Black Hills of South Dakota. | :pt. 24 P—Mrs. Kather- summer White | six dogs | | Mexico City, Sept. 24 UP—EI Uni- | versal today expressed the Lelief that {an attack staged by 25 bandits on | the village of Hultzflac, midway be- |tween Mexico City and Cuernavaca, |was directed against Dwight W. | Morrow, American smbassador. Mr. Morrow, who was &pending |the week-end at his new residence |in Cuernavaca, arrived in Buitzilac |after the bandits had been driven |oft and proceeded to Mexico City, | arriving there safely. The newspaper asserted that some one in Cuernavaca had warned the | brigands by telephone of Mr. Mor- |row's departure by automobile and | the coup failed because the outlaws | failed to take Huitzilac before he ar- | rived. | The bandits in marching toward | Huitzilac did not attempt to hold up |any passing automobiles apparently | being bent on seizing the town. The | men were disguised in the uniform of federal soldiers and were thought to have intended to take the village garrison by surprise. The soldiers, | dits when they failed to recognize |them and the outlaws fled to the mountains after a brisk encounter. ROMA CREW IN HARTFORD Confers With Officials at Pratt and Whitney—Planc Is Left at Port- land, Me., Ficld. Hartford, Sept. 24 (UP) — The (erew of the Bellanca sesqui-plane Roma, Count Cesare Sabelli, Roger Q. Williams, Pierro Bonelli and Dr. {L. M. Piculli, conferred today witn Pratt and Whitney Aircraft company officials. 3 The Pratt and Whitney company constructed the Roma's single 500 horsepower motor. It was believed a definite an- nouncement concerning the Roma's oft-postponed transatlantic flight to Italy might be made later today. The plane is at Scarboro airport Tortland, Me., near Old Orchard beach from which the plane took off last week only to return with motor trouble. Ban on Magazine Is Lifted in Washington Aurora, Mo., Sept. 24 (@ — The ban on lust week's issue of the New Menace, local anti-Catholic publica- ion, barred irom the mails b | Mark Mathes. Aurora postmaster. |because of alleged indecent Jan- |guage in an article assailing the | presidential candidacy of Governor | Smith of New York, was lifted to- |day on instructions from the post |office department in Washington. The fnstructibns were received this morning as Charles Murphy, editor of the publication, was pre- |paring to file a formal protest | against the ban. * ' | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; probably light frost. Tucwlay increasing clondincss. f | \ | | RS * 'HOOVER BATTLING ON ISSUES ALONE Is Keeping Clear of Other Con- troversial Matters NOT T0 ANSWER SMITH Leaving Halfway Mark of Campaign Behind Candidate Has Three Ma- jor Addresses to Deliver Before Going to California ‘Washington, Sept. 24 (®—Reso- lutely ignoring all open and under- cover attacks upon him, Herbert Hoover is pursuing his of conducting a campaign in favor of the issues and the candidate of the republican party and Kkeeping clear of distracting controversies. His determination in this respect was given public expression again on Saturéay in" a ehort talk to former service men who called on him here and was reiterated yesterday to his intimates in connection with an at- tack made upon him by Senator Bruce, democtat, Maryland who charged hypoc in connection with the nomince's declaration for constitutional prohibition. Akerson Denies Charges Before the Bruce charge had been called to the attention of the repub- iican presidential nominee, his secre- tary, Gorge Akerson, had denied it, declaring that not only had Hoover never taken a drink with Clarence Darrow, as the Maryland senator averred, but had not “taken a single drink of intoxicating liquor since he Lecame a constitutional executive oificer of the Uaited States and has never had a drop of liquor served at Lis home. Darrow, at his home in Chicago, {added his denial, and it was indi- | cated that the matter would rest there so far as Hoover headquarters e concerned. Detailed information has been received at these head- quarters of various under cover at- tacks on Hoover, but these have been ignored. As represented by his close associates, the feeling of the | republican candidate is that they should not be dignified by a denial. Halfway Mark Having passed the half way mark | in the campaign, counting his ac- ptance speech as the opening of his fight for the.presidency, Hoover had behind him three of the six major addresses he has mapped out before beginning the return trip to his Stanford university home. The rough draft of the fourth ad-| dress, to be delivered at Elizabeth- | ton, Tenn., on October 6, was com- pleted today and the nominee hopes | to have the finished product ready | within a few d If he does his friends will ek to prevail upon him to take a few days of rest and recreation. The fifth speech will be at New | York on October 16 and the sixth | at Doston, probably some time be- |tween October 22 and to course | Hurrying back Washingten from Boston. the candidate will | clean up afiairs here and set out {around October 29 for the long run | back to California to vote. | Hoover had no engagements fer v and planned to put in most of | time redrafting his Elizabeth- [ ton address before going to the Na- | tional Press club’s building in the |early evening to attend a dinner |given by editors of business and !trade papers. This function is held about three times yearly and while he was secretary of commerce Hoo- ver always attended. | Additional reports on conditions in | individual states come to headquar- ters daily, the latest being sent hy Senator Borah of 1daho who report- cd on Kentucky and Tennessee in which he spoke last week. “These |two states are in fine shape,” sald | the briet message of Borah. ltoc Billings, Mont., Sept. 24 (P —Gov- ernor Smith parted with his first campaign brown derby here today. ‘To a woman in the crowd that greet- 1 GIVES AWAY BROWN DERBY | W. . DROGLE GETS YALE SCHOLARSHI FROM LOCAL CLUB Honor Student at New Britain High School, ™me Class of 1938, Ent'_é'cg "\day MERITORIOUS RECLS. WINS COVETED Phi.. Maintained Average of 85 Per Cent | in General Studics During Trree! Years at N. B. H. S.—Courtesy and Good Character Also Taken Into Consideration—Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Drogue. Walter Gerald Drogue, 17 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Drogue, entered Yale University to- day. He had fulfilled all the require- ments set down by the Yale club of this city and was awarded the an- nual scholarship, it was learned to- One of his strongest qualifications was his excellence in scholarship while at the New Britain 8enior high school. At his graduation from the school last June he was awarded | general honors in studies. This hon- or usually comes to about 10 pupils out of a class of approximately 200 and is given to all pupils who main- tain & mark of 85 per cent or over in every study during the three years at school. Since he took a col- lege preparatory course the hardest course the school offers, his feat in eeping about 85 per cent was a notable one. He also had special honors in English. There were other matters which were taken into consideration by the Yale club when it made its award. Courtesy, good character, and ac- complishments are given much con- sideration, but the thing that mat- ters most is whether or not the boy would have been able to receive a college education if he were not ald- ed by the scholarship. A boy whose parents can afford to educate him in a university is not given considera- tion. Previous to entering the Senior High school he attended the Camp, Monroe, Lincoln and Gentral Junior High schools. During the school term last year he was assistant superintendent of the Boys' club, winning the admira- tion of the officials, especially the Doys’ club auxiliary, because of his courtesy and efficiency. He cared for the clerical work of the club, assist- ing Dwight Skinner, the superinten- dent, in many ways. Last year the award was given Frank J. McGrath and the year previous it was given Joseph Azaro. McGrath entered the music school and Azaro entered the school of fine arts. Drogue will take an academic course. EXPLAINS REASON FOR RECALLING ADDRESS Mrs. Willebrandt Not List- | ESTIMATE 120 WHEN FIRE LEVELS THEATER IN MADRID; MANY MONTANA GREETS GOVERNOR SMITH ‘s Crowd Swarms Aromd Rear Platiorm of Train SENATORS ~ MEET HIM Wheeler and Walsh Among Throng | That Hails Candidate’s Train When 1t Pulls Into Billings, Going to Helena, Governor Smith’s Train, En Route to Helena, Mont, Sept. 24 P— Montana welcomed Governor Smith today as his long special train pull- ed into Bilings, first stop in the state, A huge crowd swarmed about the rear car and cheered the nom- inee as he appeared with his brown derby. Wears Derby The democratic candidate appear- ed first on one side, then the other of the platform, and there were cries of “Bring him around this way, Bruce,” from those who could not get a clear view. These shouts were directed at J. Bruce Kremer, demo- cratic national committeeman from Montana, who is accompanying Gov- crnor Smith throughout his tour of the west and who was the first to appear as the train came to a stop. Walsh In Crowd Senators Thomas J. Walsh and Tiurton' K. Wheeler and Governor Erickson and Mrs. Erickson were in the welcoming throng and boarded the train to escort the party to Helena, where tonight, Governor Smith will make his fourth speech of the campaign devoted chiefly to a challenge of republican claims that the party in power has been a constructive, progressive party. A huge basket of Montana fruit, vegetables and mountain trout in- tended for bis dinner after his ar- rival in the state capital at 4:40 p. m,, was put on the campaign special by democratic leaders at Billings. Leaving behind speeches on farm |reliet, intolerance and whispering and water power, in Nebraska, Ok- lahoma and Colorado, the democra- tic presidential nominee, after a day and night ride through northern Colorado and Wyoming, was headed across the wide open spaces for the heart of Montana, where tonight at Helena he will open his second week's stumping tour of the middle and far west. He was due in the capital at 4:40 p. m., mountain time. Speech Finished His speech, to be delivered in the Shriners' Temple, was confpleted last night after his special train left Casper, Wyoming. A big crowd is ex- pected to turn out for the address, as thousands are in Helena attending the state fair and many of these are loked upon to swell the audience. Governor Smith will visit the fair immediately after his arrival. Y On the platform in Helena tonight will be Senator Thomas J. Walsh, prosecutor of the oil investigations in Washington, who will introduce the nominee, and Senator Burton K. ed Speaker But No Ban on Publicity | | Chicago, Sept. 24.—UP—Congress- man Walter Newton, head of the! Speakers' bureau at western repub- | lican campaign headquarters, today | cleared up the mystery surrounding the recall last night by the speakers | committee of mimeographed ab- | stracts of an address of Mrs. Mabel | odist Episcopal church conference at Lorain, Ohio. | He said the abstract copies of the | address to Chicago newspapers were gathered up when it was found that | Mrs. Willebrandt was not listed as one of the scheduled speakers by the republican national committee, and not because of anything in the address itself or the abstract of t. Mr. Newton explained that the national committee schedules certain speakers and that the speakers’ bureau and press department at- tempts to furnish abstracts of the address of the speakers 80 scheduled from day to day. He said Mrs. Wille- brandt’s advance manuscript been received and was abstracted and distributed before it was as- | certained that she was not a sched- uled speaker. It was then picked up, he said, in order to avoid complications in the future, including requests for ab- stracts of addresses not scheduled by 1 the national committee. Newspapers | which objected to giving up the ad- vance abstract he said, were inform- ed that they might use it if they de- sired. In the address Mrs. Willchrandt | attacked the candidacy of Gov. Al- | fredfred E. Smith because of his prohibition views. The copy with- drawn from the Chicago newspapers was virtually the same as that pro- vided newspapers of the country through dispatches last night. had | Lorain, O.. Sept. 24.—(A—A de- nial that religious motives underlay her recent appeal to the Ohio con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church to oppose the election of Governor Smith was embodied in an address prepared for delivery here last night by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. | ed him, Mrs. George Rathburne, of [this city, he threw the famous hat |after she had been rrevented by the crush from shaking his hand. Later, dispatches from Chicago (Continued on Page Eeight) Wheeler, who was a driving force in the inquiry into the administration of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. Members of the Smith party made no secret of the fact that they be- lieved the governor's speech tonight would be one of the strongest and most sharply worded of his cam- paign. The nominee himself had stated that he would plainly and frankly talk on the subject of Tea- pot Dome and again would lock Walker Willebrandt before a Meth- |Eorns with Herbert Hoover on the |den end today when subject of party obligations. To Challenge G. O, P, After reading newspaper accounts of the republican presidential candi dates’ remarks in Washington to a visiting delegation of republicans from Mary!and, Governor Smith told newspapermen at a press conferenc on the train yesterday afternoon that at Helena he would *“‘vigorously challenge the statement that the re: publican party has always been a structive, progressive party.” Will you talk on corruption?” he was asked. | “I don't like that word, but ‘party | | responsibility® {the governor replied. makes it necessary,’ (Continued on Page Eight) HEARING ON BUS LINE FOR FARMINGTON AVENUE October 4 Date Set by P. U. C. for Constdering Petition to Discon- tinue Trolley Scrvice. A public hearing on the applica- tion of the Connecticut Co., for per- raission to replace the Farmington avenue trolley line by ‘a motor bus and extend the service farther to the north, will be held at the state cap- itol, Thursday. October 4. at 11:30 a. m.. Secretary H. F. Billings an- nounced today. This ap; ation was made after 1esidents of the area affected had appealed to the common council to have something done to augment the service now given their melighbor- hood. The Connecticnut Co., was authorized to present a petition with the approval of the common council and the dity will be represented at the hearigg and will urge favorable action, ~¢ will also a committes of the seveful hundred petitioners. PERSONS DE ARE HURT Novedades Playhouse Catches Fire When Crowded to Capacity With 4,000 People— Women and Children Are Trampled. Many of Dead Suffocated to Death as Huge Throng Makes Wild Rush for Exits—Soldiers Guard Ruins. Madrid, Sept. 24.—(M—Approxi- mately 120 persons were officially estimated today to have been trap- ped and perished in the Novedades theater when it caught fire during a crowded Sunday evening perfor ance. The injured were estimated at more than 350. Exact figures have not been eatablished because dense |smoke coming from the smoulder- {ing ruins prevented the authorities from learning how many bodies were yet to be extricated. Suffocated and Crushed Most of the victims were not burn- ed but were either suffocated or crushed during the stampede for the exits, Bodies were being taken from some sections of the ruins this morn. ing and soldiers with fixed bayonets kept back a large crowd of anguish- ed persons who clamored for news of relatives and friends. A family in Chambery, a muburb, reported 18 members missing. But it was believed that they might have passed the night with friends. Doctors who had been work- ing all night in the hospitais and dressing stations were relieved this morning. 4,000 In Audience * The blaze started during a storm scene on the -atage. The theater, which {5 one of the largest in Madrid, held 4,000 persons and it was crowded to capacity for & per. formance of “La Mejor Del Puerto." Electrical sparks ignited the ropes of part of ‘the scenery and the flames spread rapidly to other parts of the stage setting. As the curtains in front burst into flames, there was a mad rush for the exits. Men, women and children were trampled in the stampede. The theater was equipped with mode; precautions against fire but it was very old and the wooden framework burned rapidly. > Fight to Galn Exits People massed in the narrow (Continued on Page 9) CASPAR HOLSTEIN IS FREED BY CAPTORS Wealthy Negro Sportsman and Philanthropist, Kid- naped Thursday, Released New York, Sept. 24 UP—Se; 3 arc] ’fcr Caspar Holstein, wealthy Harler: liegro sportsman and Philanthropist kidnapped Thursday night |10r 450,000 ranmom, carms s, heid he walk |a police station and .mmunc::ii l‘:: |he had been frecd by his captors, | Holstein’s plight became known | Saturday when Denis Armstead of |the monarch lodge of colored Elks, |said he had received a telephone call, supposedly from Holstein, say- ng he had been kidnapped by seven |men and a woman late Thursday vight. Armstead said Holstein asked him to “tell the police to get out of this case. All they can get wi dead body.” y B ill be my Holstein appcared at the Weat 1135th street police station early to- | 4ay and said his captors had driven | him to 140th street and Amsterdam avenue, given him $3 for taxi fare, |2nd told him to go home. He said five white men seized him, put him into an automobile, and aft- | er blindfolding him drove about the city for two hours before taking him {to a house where he was held until |today. The men toid him at first, he said. that they were taking him to police headquarters for questioning. Two women were in the automobile. Michael Bernstein, 29, a harlem Itruckman, was arrested after Charles King, sccretary of the turf club of which Holstein was presi- {dent, told police Hernstein informed | him of the kidnapping and demand- ed ransom of $17.900, showing him papers Holstein had carried when seized. After a ruse had failed to capture the Kidnappers, the ransom demand was raised to $50,000. Holsteln is said to be worth $500,- 000, and to be a phenomenally suc- cessful gambler. He is an intimate friend of John Jackson, Chicage me- gro millionaire, who came hers to direct efforts for his release. Holstein denfed that he had bees permitted to take the telephone calte attributed to him. He sald jewslry valued at $2,000 was not taken, fer was any demand for money made upon him, although $78 was taken from his pocket. e e g e T