Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              GANGSTER IS SLAIN AFTER KILLING GUARD
A Paper Por the Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Eastern   Pennsylvania:     Generally fair    with    moderate    temper¬ ature .Sunday and Monday.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1936
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PRICE TEN CENTS
WEALTH
CONFISCATED
SPAIN
BE SHARED AMONG PEASANTS
Nine Boys Escape Clothed As Girls
Bayonne, N. J., Aug. 29. (UP,' "A .mass break from Bayonne Parental Home, wilh several juvenile delinquents escaping in girl's clothing, was reported to¬ night  by  police.
A check revealed lhat nine youngsters, ranging in age from 15 to 19 years, were missing. They were reported seen laat in the neighborhood of the yards ot Central Railroad of New Jersey.
South's Number 1 Bad Man Has Help Of 2 Others In  Fleeing Chain  Camp
2 CAUGHT, 1 DIES
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RECALLED BY COURT
September Eighth Is Set For Entering Argument In A Long Will Contest
TESTIMONY BULKY
Wife Seeks Rank Held By Husband
Boston, Aug. 29. (UP) -- Friends soon may address bolh Frank Bombach and his wife, Irene, as "Sergeant."
Bombach is a police sergeant in  Easl Bostpn.
His wife, a veteran police¬ woman whose specialty is de¬ tecting shoplifters, today finish¬ ed ..in a tie in a Civil Service examination  for  "ergeant.
That she mighl be promoted lo her husband's rank soon wa;; believed  Ukely.
SON FINDS FATHER HANGING TO NAIL
Usual Summertime Lull Is Absent From Checkup In Selling   At   Big   Stores
$3,000 In Jewels Taken In Robbery
Saranack Lake, N. Y., Aug. 29. (UP)~State Police tonight revealed the robbery of $3,000 in jewels belonging to Mrs. Bernard Stern. The robbery oc. curred Wednesday while Mrs. Stern was a guest at the home of Adolph Lcwisohn on upper Saranac   Lake.
Lewisohn confirmed the rob¬ bery tonight and said the jewels had not been recovered. He re¬ fused to give details. Officers of the "Scotland Yard" bureau of Slale Police are working on the case, he reported, but no official was available to discuss it. V	
Guard Is Overpowered And An   Assistant   Murdered Rebuff To American Legion
In A Break For Liberty
And Also
Liberty    Leaguers Jolts   Wall   Street
More Than Thousand Pages Turned Out By Typists' After  Months Of  Labor
NATION-WIDE BENEFITS
WARDEN AVENGER
MAY GO TO JURY
THINKS FOR HIMSELF
Makes Gruesome Discovery Upon Return From Work' To Oregon Street Home!
S. Chamber Of Commerce Is Cheerful In Its Reports Upon   Favorable  Trends
CHARGES 12,000 SHOT IN MADRID IN THIRTY^ DA YS
Millions In Stocks And Bonds Are Seized With Rich Estates And Jewelry Treasures As Both Sides To Civil Warfare Seek Control Of The Capital City Of Spain
FRANCE RECEIVES REFUGEES
DROUGHT OVERCOME
Conyors,   Ga.,   Aug.   '29.    (UP)  - ' Charles J. Brown, 19-year-old des-1 perado who, with Theron Cranston,!    .!' 22.   killed  a  guard   and   fled  today | .^^    i„j,pendent    of    his    political
Wausau.   Wi,s.,   Aug.   29.   lUP)- T/andon does his own think-
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from a DcKalb rounty chain gang, was slain tonight in an exchange of gunfire with police in a swamp near here.
The   convicts   were   trailed  to swamp
he-.e, by Warden E. W. Weir and "Bozo" Cfmp, a guai-d at the con¬ vict camp.
Brown was killed during an ex¬ change of shots. Cranston was captured.
Cronston  and  Brown escaped  in
ir.undry truck early today.   They
advisers, Charles P. Taft, son of the late President William Howard Taft, told Wisconsin Young Re¬ publicans tonight,    Taft is one of
J     i,™i» _ii.. )I^„~ I the Republican  presidential candi- tv,o-and-a-half miles from    .     ,    „„,,„..ii„. ' date s  counsellors.
"Governor Landon's  telegram  to the Republican Convention in June
Already established as the longest and most bitterly fought will case in Luzerne County's history, a new cliapter will be written September 8 in the dispute over the ricii estate of the lale Franklin B.'' Spry ol Plymouth. Final arguments are lo be made on lhat day before Judge E. Foster Heller of Orphan* Cl»»vt by counsel for the parlies canter¬ ing for the bulk of the wealth left by the former Plymouth banker and   manufacturer.    Various   esti-
was   courageous,"   Taft   said,   "but; males   ot   the   estate   place   it   at
it jolted three importp.nl groups— the Liberty League, because it in¬ sisted the Constitution be changed if   conditions   required:   the   silver
overpowered S,  P. Farmer, one of  people,   and   an   important   section
three guards watching the prison¬ ers, and seized his revolver. When Guard Clyde Gresham went to his
of Wall street
His Labor statement, in his ac¬ ceptance   speech,   amplified   in   his
aid, Cranston shot and killed him,' letter to Norman Thomas, was not Cranston was Number One Public j likely to please many employers. £nn~,„ jn fhn goulU. '     "At    CUhu 1.1 u!jus,    thc    Ks.ns.as
Farus Abies, 18, a third man in | Governor came out againsl the the break, is said lo have held '¦ teachers' oath supported by the Grei^ham's arms as the guard wns | American Legion and Mr. Hearst." shot. Farmer nlruck Abies on the j -paft said the Federal Social head  with  a  shovel   and  captured  Security Act "has made Slale old
him.
Cranston and Brown, meanwhile, run tn an intersection .nnd held up a laundry truck. They headed toward Atlanta, but backtracked later and were trailed here.   They were part of a work gang ot 15 which had been .sent to clean storm debris from streets in fash¬ ionable Druid Hills.
Break At I.4-\visburg
Lewlsburg, Pa., Aug. 29. (UP)- - Robert Teaguc, 20, Charlotte, N. C, escaped from Lewishurg Federal Penitenitary loday in a prison truck, Teaguc had only four months left lo slrve ot a three- yc.ir sentence for interstate trans¬ portation ot a stolen automobile.
Maj. Henry Hill, warden, said Tcjigue was made a trusty lasl May and permitted to drive the truck to and from the prison farm. The truck. Hill said, had tlie let¬ ters "U.S-44" painted on the side in large numerals, "and ought to be ca.sy to find."
age a.ssistance almost universal. It has not required adequate pcn- sioi'.ii as « vunditicn of Federal grants. It has permitted a number of Governors to make this State old-age pension department an im¬ portant cog in political machines. "Even stauncli supporters to job insurance agree lhat the objectives of a Federal scheme have not been achieved by this act, that its method  is  unconstitutional."
TURNER IN TROUBLE WITH SPEEDY PLANE
more  than  a  quarter  million  dol lars.
Mrs. Celia Zelinski Spry, the widow, is seeking to secure the bulk of the estate, including control of Howell Mine Drill Works at Ply¬ mouth, whioh, her counsel claims, she is entitled to under the first will made by Spry. The former banker's brother. Earl Spry, and other relatives, are opposing the widow's claims on the strength of
PRONOUNCED SUICIDE
U.sing « bedroom clo.^ct door, chair, nail and a length of rope to improvise a gallows, Charles Molnar sr., 56, of 46 Oregon street, cily, committed suicide early yes- terda;^   afternoon.
His son, Charles Molnar jr„ dis¬ covered his father's body about 4:30 oclock, but became so con¬ fused and bewildered that he did not notify police until nearly two hours later.
The victim, who lived wilh his son and daughter-in-law, was for¬ merly a resident of Philadelphia, bu' came here about two years ago. He was without employment and suffered a severe attacli of illness some time ago which is believed to have created a condition of despondency which led to his suicide.
The younger Molnar told Patrol-
By HARRISON SALISBl BY I'nited  Press  Staff  Correspondent
Washington, Aug, 29 (UP) Busi¬ ness, industry and agriculture join¬ ed tonight in a shower of figures reporting new gains and record highs indicating prosperity in most iines rivalling that of pre-depres- sion boom days.
Reports revealed that scarcely a region of the nation or segment of ils economic life had failed to par ticipate.      Even
IN VALLEY AREA
Manticoke Miner Maimed By Blast; Tot Breaks Arm While Learning To Walk
AUTOS CRASH
Twenty persons were injured yesterday, some of them seriously, in a wide variety ot accidents here. Children fell victims to numerous injuries, the youngest casually ot drought-stricken | the day being an infant who broke
farm areas presented cheering I an arm while learning to walk, news of high prices paid for thoso ; Seven persons were hurt in an crops which escaped the searing t automobile crash at Lake Winola. sun. Added cheer came in reports : Mine workers also appeared on of beneficial August rains in many the day's hospital list. In one mine parched  regions  and  lessened  de- ' accident  the   brother  of  a  Kings-
Madrid, Aug. 29. (UP)-Police announced tonight that a searcn of the home ot Count Villamediana had yielded 3,000,000 pesetas in stocks, bonds and jewelry and a letter from a Catholic Action deputy containing a "black list" of thirty prominent Socialists sched¬ uled for execution in the event ot a' Rebel triumph. A photostatic copy ot a circular allegedly issued by former King Alfonso, in which he encouraged a Monarchist Youth organization, "everything for Mon¬ archist Spain," also was found, poUce   said.
mand for WPA drought jobs.
Here is a cross-section ot the re¬ port as presented by official gov¬ ernmental and business agencies:
July railroad car loacSngs, high¬ est luoitllily  gain since 1929.
July construction contracts, high-
a second  will  in which Mrs, Spry i man   Thomas  Cavanaugh   that   he , est monthly total since June, 1931.
Los Angeles, Aug. 29. (UP)—Col. Roscoe Turner, a leading contender in the Bcndix cross-country air race, ordered a rush overhaul of the 1000-horsepower molor ot his racing plane tonight after the littie golden speedster almost crashed  in  a  hangar today.
The engine died as he attempted to take off for New York for the start of the Bendix dash, one of the features of National Air Races
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PRE.SIDENT  RESTS
Rapid Cily. S.  D., Aug. 29.   (UPl ^ — President Roosevelt arrived herej whose preliminary, the Ruth Chat- from Pierre, S, D.   He will remain j terton  Air  Derby,  got  under  way until tomorrow night when he pro-   today.
ceeds to Salt Lake City for the Amelia Earhart, more fortunate, funeral of Secretary of War George flew east loday and landed at Dern,   Tuesday. Kansas City.
GIRL SEEKING A JOB MURDERED BY ESCORT
Memphis,   Tenn.,   Aug,   29.   (UP) L     —Police   tonigiit   arrested   an   un- H|^  identified   man   nnd   held   him   for r       questioning  in   the  death  of  Miss ¦        Thelma  Mooneyham,  21,   ot  Chat¬ tanooga,   Tenn.,   whose   body   was found   in   a   coal   shed   near   the business eection   loday.   She  came here seeking work.
The man, who said he was from
Oklahoma City, was arrested on a
^ charge  of  intoxication,   but  police
planned   to  question   him   later  in
connection with the girl's death.
Mrs. Louise Armstrong, sister ct the dead girl, said he was tlie "tan with whom her sister left on  Sunday  and  did  not   return.
Later, a second man, A. L. Banders,  26,  of  Memphis,  was  ar-
t rested and subicetcd  to a  lengthy ' jniUinK   by   polioe.   Two  witnesses
whom Miss Mooneyham was seen late yesterday for the last time alive, bul he denied he knew the girl or had ever seen her. Sanders is the brother of Miss Virginia Sanders, 20, who found the body. The giri was found fully dressed, lying at full length on an old mattress, which was stored in the shed. She was clad in a pink lace dress with a blue leatherette belt and brown wooden buttons. She wore a pnir of soiled white sports shoes  nnd  green   anklets  trimmed
is given only the dower rights de manded by law.
Judge Heller in fixing September 8 as the day when the hearing will resume after a lapse ot a year has not yet indicated whether he will limit Ihe time to be consumed by opposing counsel in final argu¬ ments. Already the te.stimony taken months ago covers more than 1,000 typewritten pages, according to court stenographers. The previous hearing lasted several weeks during which dozens of witnesses were called. It required more than three months for the official reporters to transcribe the testimony. This task was completed some weeks ago and since then has been before the court.
S Possible Verdicts
Lawyers last night declared that Judge Heller may follow one of three courses in deciding the case. He may find that the widow is en¬ titled to the bulk of the estate under the first will. The second course ivould be that he could de¬ clare in favor of Earl Spry and other legatees, thus upholding the validity ot the second will. The third possible verdict would be that the court may decide that the case, because ot bitterl.v contested claims, is one for the Court of Common Pleas and that a jury ot twelve citizens should agree as to which is the proper will.
When the original hearings bc- .¦jan, the court was confronted by two wills said to have been ex¬ ecuted by the former Plymouih banker. Mrs. Spry, through her counsel. Attorneys Thomas B, Mil¬ ler and George Puhak, produced the first will which gave the widow the bulk ot the estate. This claim was contested by Earl Spry and olher beneficiaries under a second wiii which was presented in court by former District Attorney Thomas M. Lewis and Attorney Evan C. Jones.
Settlement Rejected
It was reliably stated at the time that Mrs. Spry was offered a settlement of $125,000 cash out ot court it the will would not be con¬ tested. The offer to negotiate was rejected, it was claimed, and the lengthy contest began. Then fol¬ lowed a parade ot witnesses, some ot whom were called lo testify as to whether Spry was in hil) right mind at  the  lime  the  second  will
returned from work wilh Mullison Stores Company aboul 4:30 oclock and upon going to his father's bed¬ room   discovered   the   door   locked.
He forced a panel of the door and opened it, discovering his father's body hanging from a rope which had been tied around a nail driven into the lop ot a closet door. Patrolman Cavanaugh said the suicide victim evidently had ciimed on top ot a chair and then kicked it oul from under him after fastening the rope.
One of the victim's legs was still astride the chair and his other foot was jusl a few inches from the floor.
The son said that when he dis-
Seven months rail earnings, best since  1930.
July net rail operating income, more than double July, 1935,
Residential construction up 133 percent and non-residentini up sixty-four percent over last year in first seven months.
Steel ingot output at seventy-five percent ot capacity, best since 1930.
Electrical power output at rec¬ ord high.
Farm price index at 124, highest level in six years.
Farm income in flrst seven months estimated at $4,024,000,000, highest since 1930.
.Both wheat and corn selling over $i a bushel, first time since 1928,
July cash  farm  income,  highest
covered   the  act  of  his  father  he
first notified his employer and then • for July since 1929, called   a   neighborhood   physician, | jj„ Summer Decline
both    of   whom    advised   him    to notify  police  immedialely. Still  bewildered  by  the  tragedy.
he came to police headquarters at
6:30   oclock   and   notified   Captain i    t v or
Frank    Eckhart,    who    dispatched.! '"*"'?;„, *^",^',
Department  stores  sales   fail   to show usual Summer decline. Manufacturers excise tax collec¬
tion   fifty   percent   higher  in  July
in   white.
A black smudge in the form ot ¦ was written a question mark was at one corner From the beginning it was under- of her mouth and a red smear on stood lhat the chief reason for the her right shoulder appeared 'o contest was majority ownership of havc been lipstick. Police said, the Howell Mine Drill Works at however, there, were no marks if; Plymouih. Surplus profits ot the violence and they did not know ' company held in reserve are calcu- by what method she met her death. ' (Continued on  Page A-2)
Alcohol taxes up twenty-seven percent and tobacco levy up twelve percent.
Mutual savings bank depositors twenty percent more numerous than in 1929.
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce
presenled  a  cheerful  summary  ot
_.,   I conditions,   advising  that  "general
HOSPITAL I business conditions have continued
  I their favorable trends during July
Michael Bernilicus, 63, of Tunk-J and August in industrial fields and hannock,     died    early    today    in i the fields ot distribution." Wilkcs-Barre General hospital. His I     It   noted   gains   throughout   the death was due to a complication ot | business    structure,    pointing    out disca.ses. (Continued  on  Page  A-2)
Patrolman     Cavanaugh     to     thei scene. i
Deputy Coroner J. Emmett Bris¬ lin was notified and he took charge ; of   the   body. i
MICHAEL BERNITICUS       I DIES   AT
Now Playing At Local Theatres
(With Starting Time of Feature Picture) .
CAPITOL"The  Great  Ziegfeld,"  with   Wiiiiam   Powell,   Myrna
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Costello   Barrymore.    3:00,   5:00,   7:00,   9:00, ORPHEUM-   'Charlie  Chan Al The  Race Track," with Warner
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2:23, 4:14,  6:05,  7:56,  9:47. SHAWNEE-"The  Country  Beyond."   Matinee  2:00.    Night  7:00
and 9:00 P. M. STERLING-"Florida   Special,"   with   Jack   Oakie,   Sally   Eilers.
7:00 and  9:00 P.  M. LUZERNE—"Fury," with Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney.   Matinee
2:00. PARSONS -"Fury,"   with   Jpcncer   Tracy,   Sylvia   Sidney.   7:00
and 9:00 P. M. FAMILY—"Sins Ot Man," with Jean Hersholt.
ton  man  was  killed  while  in an other   a   Nanticoke   mine   worker was   letl   dying   by   a   premature blast.
Two groups of tourists were in¬ jured yesterday afternoon in a crash of two automobiles at Lake Winola. A machine driven by Catherine Lee, 29, of Jersey City, collided on a curve with a car operated by William Keeler ot New Brighton, N. Y, Miss Lee together with her three passengers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Crane and young son of North Orange, N. J., were taken to Scranton State Hospital suffer¬ ing from lacerations and bruises. Passengers in the other machine were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keeler of Hampton, Ontario, and Thelma Keeler of New Brighton. The three members of the Keeler family were also taken to the hospital. Thelma Keeler was the most seriously in¬ jured, a laceration over the left eye required nine stitches.
David Marsinowski, three, of 611 Cherry street, Scranton, died last night after being run down by an automobile. The accident occurred on Prospect avenue, Scranton. Donald Spalutto ot 761 South Irv¬ ing avenue, driver of the machine, aided in removal ot the young vic¬ tim to Scranton Slate Hospital and then .surrendered to police. Blast Results Seriously
Joseph W«ss, 43, of 131 West Union slreet, Nanticoke, was in a critical condition early today as a result ot a premature blast at Loomis colliery ot Glen Alden Coai Company. Surgeons said lhat if he recovers lie may be maimed for life. Weiss was caught by an ex¬ plosion of powder before he had * chance to retreat from the scene of the blast he had prepared. His skull was fractured und one ot his eyes believed permanently impair¬ ed. He also received a fractured nose and numerous lacerations. He is in Naniicoke Slate hospital.
Henry Miller, 26, of 263 North Washington streei, city, suffered a laceration of the mouth last night when he bumped inlo a parked automobile. The machine was own¬ ed by Rodney Chamberlain of 253 North Pennsylvania avenue, it was said. Miller was taken to General hospital after il was discovered \ that his teeth had pierced the lower Hp. I
Youngest N'ictim |
The youngest victim of the day was Lorraine Howe, 17 months, of 11 East Thomas streei, Fox Hiil, Plains Township. She tell at home yesterday while learning to walk. Her left arm twisted under her and one cf the bones was broken. The infant was admitted lo General ! hospital. j
Another youngster hurt was j Thomas Wargo, three, ¦ of 180! Mundy street, city. He feU out i of a baby carriage at home and' received a fracture ot the left leg. IContinued  on  Page  A-2)
To Distribute  Wealth
Gibrallar, Aug. 29. (UP)-Gen¬ eral Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano, Rebel leader, tonight broadcast from Seville a charge that 12,000 persons had been shot in Madrid in   the   last   thirty   days.
The Spanish Government has confiscated the vast estates ot Juan March, Spanish millionaire, il was reported here today. Re¬ ports said the property would be appraised by experts and distri¬ buted among peasants ot Malaga and Aibacete provinces and other areas controlled by the Govarn- menl.
sentalives of the two sides met aC Hendaye to discuss an agreement for humanizing the war. They dis¬ cussed a compact not to kill hos-> tages or prisoners, as bolh sides have done.
During   the   battle,   hundreds   of stray   bullets   fell   on   the   French side   of   the   frontier,   endangering; travelers   on   the   highway   to   the I border. One insurgent shell fell only j ."SO feet from tho Hendaye railroad ¦ station. It did not explode. ;    Foreign   Legionnaires,   who   de¬ serted the Rebels and escaped into France, reported disaffection in tho Rebel ranks and considerable losses during the last four days.
One said that of a company of 128 men who attacked the Loyalists, only 28 .survived. They also report¬ ed there was considerable friction between the Carlists (Monarchists) and the Rebel officers.
I France  Opens   Border
Biriatou,   France,   Aug.  22.   (UP) I     The Rebels  opened a new artil- ! lery   barrage   on   Irun   late   today, killing   several   persons   and   caus¬ ing a rush of refugees across the border into France
French authorities allowed the refugees lo cross the Behobie bridges as they fled in terror from the bursting shells, of which moro than a dozen fell in the besieged city. Firing ceased at 3 p. m. Each side then entrenched itself against  attack.
Earlier reports that the Rebels had entrenched the strategically important fort of San Martial are f-l.se. The loyal forces were seen climbing the hill toward the  fort.
Tod.-.y's latest bombardment fol¬ lowed a night and day of inten-^e fighting in which the Rebel forces strove vainly to take the city.
The batlle started with bombard¬ ment of San Martial fort last night. This did not dislodge ils defenders. Meanwhile, Loyalist artillery began to drop shells on Rebel positioi-i.'i in the hills south ot the fort. A thick fog handicapped them in sighting  their  objective.
Casualties   Kept   Secret
During the battle the two sidc3 at times were only 30 yards apart. Hand grenades were used, espe¬ cially by the Rebels who strove vaUantly to dislodge the city's de¬ fenders, j
It is impossible to obtain an i accurate lisl of the casualties in I the  battle. I
While  fighting continued,  repre- I
Planes Raid  .^ladrld
Madrid, Aug. 29 (UP)—The Gov¬ ernmenl laid hasty plans tonight for the aerial defense of Madrid after Rebel planes in two drama¬ tic bombing expeditions had dem¬ onstrated the vulnerability of tha Capital to att.ick from the air.
Twice -last night and today— bomb-carrying insurgent planes roared over the fear-stricken pop¬ ulace, dropping explosive machines. The bombs lasl night fell on a field near the city, but today they struck the Capital for the first time, injuring four persons.        ,
Rumania Takes Arms
Bucharest, Aug. 29. (UP)—The new Rumanian Government wil! proclaim the dhssolutlon of all poli¬ ticai party guards, it was learned tonight in reliable quarters. Th« order w;ill affect Fascists and Iron Guards as well as the private army of the recently formed Czarist Party.
The government, it was said, also contemplates a credit of 5,- 000,000,000 leis (,'53,700,0001 for arm¬ ament. It was understood the regime would announce its inten¬ tion to use all means to secure public order throughout Rumania and would reaffirm its friendship for France and good relations with Poland.
Nicholas Titulescu, Roumanian Foreign Minister and his country's delegate to the League of Nations for many years, was forced out of the Cabinet today.
In an unexpected move. Premier Georg Tatarescu resigned with his Cabinet and, on request of King Carol, began forming another from which Titulescu was excluded. Also ejected from the government was Undersecretary of Slate Paul Rad- ulescue, a close collaborator wit)l Titulescu. Thus the latter's influe- ence in government seems to b* eliminated entirely.
WEST SIDE BARN FIRE THREAT TO FAMILIES
A dozen families prepared to flee from their homes early loday when flre destroyed a large barn owned by Joseph Kubisch at the rear ot 180 Howard street, Larksville. For a time there was danger ot a con¬ flagration but the flames were tin- ally brought under control. Spr.rks that fell on nearby dwellings were extinguished by firemen and volun¬ teers until the last danger ot a serious  blaze  disappeared.
Members ot the Kubisch family al 2 ociock told police they believed the fire was of incendiary origin. They related a story of threats made within the last week by a man whose name the police were given. The man is alleged to have threatened   to   set   not   only   the
! Kubisch barn but the dwelling alia
i on fire.
For a lime there were reports of a water shortage, but arrival of two pumping engines solved the proi»» lem. Meanwhile, the flames wer* stretching along fences leading to nearby dwellings and tor halt an hour it seemed the Kubisch dwell¬ ing as weli as other homes would
I be ablaze.
A call for additional aid was sent to   Edwardsville   Fire   Department
I bul the blaze was brought under control by the Larksville depart¬ ment. Some of the alarm caused by the blaze, residents said, was due to the fact that it was the first serious   outbreak   ot   fire   in   that
. section of Larksville in ten y**r»-