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ESTABLISHED 1870 HOOVER [WPRESSED BY S GREETING Ri9 de Janeiro Gontinnes in Holi- day Spirit Today "ROWDS THRONG STREETS Rio Janelro, Dec. 32 (—This plc- uresque capital continued today in carnival spirit to welcome Her- ert Hoover, who was deeply im- vressed by the spontaneity of the sreeting. The demonstrations for the presi- dent-elect which began on his ar- rival from Montevideo' seemed to hold the people during the night. There were large crowds on the Avenida Rio Branco and “the neck- lace of pearls,” the driveway skirting the harbor, was jammed with auto- mobiles which passed the Guanabara national palace, where members of the Hoover party were guests of the president of Brazil. City Ablaze The city was ablaze with lights un- til dawn. Huge welcome signs shone forth at almost every turn, one of the more elaborate being in the park- ‘way near the United States embassy. This was surmounted by a large American eagle with flags of the United States and Brazll draped around it and reaching down 30 feet to the ground. Many buildings in the heart of the city, where ancient Moorish and modern architccture blend, were draped with lights, everywhere the 8tars and Stripes were mingled with the green and yellow of Brazil. Mr. Hoover's plans for this fore- noon included motor tours to some of the places of interest before begin- ning his official rounds of visits, starting with a luncheon to President Luls at the United States embassy | and ending tonight as guest of honor at & dinner and reception given by President Luis at the national palace. To Address Court Mr. Hoover looked forward to an unusual experience—that of address- ing the supreme court, which was summoned in special session to re- ceive him this afternoon with an ad- dress of welcome by the chief jus- tice. This session was to follow Mr. Hoover's reception by the chamber of deputies where he was to speak in response to a welcome by Vice Pres- (Continued on Page 15) CHURCH FIRE LOSS WILL REAGH MILLION Smoke Blackened Walls and Spire Alone Remain on Riverside Drive New York, Dee. 22 (P—8moke blackened granite walls and the steel skeleton of its spire was all that remained today of the nearly completed Riverside Baptist church to the construction of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has contributed large lumu‘ Damage,” estimated at $1,000,000 was done to the new edifice, which was being erected at a cost of $4,- 000,000 to house the congregation of the present Park Avenue Baptist church of which the Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick is pastor. Mr. Rockefeller purchased the site for the new church on River- side Drive and has contributed lib- crally to the building fund. The cornerstone was laid November 20, 1927, The blaze which raged for nearly four hours last night was one of the most spectacular in Manhattan in years. Flames feeding on the interior woodwork and scaffolding both inside and out shot high into the air and were visible far our across the Hudson in New Jersey. Origin of the fire, which was dis- covered by a watchman in the un- completed structure, was undeter. mined. Five alarms were sounded to bring hundreds of firemen and a huge fleet of apparatus to the scene. Flaming timbers falling from the scaffolding and flying sparks driven in a brisk breeze from the river threatened to communicate the fire to surrounding buildings. Two hun- dred persons attending a lecture in the T'nion Theological 8éminary ad- jacent to the churgch were driven out as were the occupants of nearby houses, the windows of which were broken by the intense heat, A Gothic plan of architecture modelled after the cathedral of Chartres, France, was employed in the design of the church, which was to seat 2.500. The tower, which was contributed hy Mr. Rockefeller and was to be known as the Laura Spellman Rockefeller tower, In memory of his mother, was design- ed to hold the carilion of the Park Avenue Baptist church, which with the addition of two bells will be the largest in the world with a total of 55 bells. Thousands gathered behind fire lines maintained by a small army of police reserves to watch the fire- men battle the flames. Ship Lost With 25 Of Crew in Storm Halifax, Dec. 22 UP—A dispatch to the Halifax Chronicle from St. Perre Mnquellon, says L& Morue Francaise, owners of the trawler Pa- cifique, fear the vessel with ita crew of 25 went down in a storm off Cape St. Mary the night after she sailed for France. One of the ship's lifeboats con- taining a body, was found yesterday at Ship Cove, Placentia Bay. The owners of the missing ship sald they have tried vainly to com- runicate with the vessel since she sailed on Dec. & [ ~NEW BRITAIN HERALD MAIN FIRES IN LONDON EXTINGUISHED Ruined Ares Resembies No-Man's- Land aad Is Stll ® Roped Off. London, Dec. 33 (UP) — Fires which followed explosions of gas mains in the Holborn district early Thursday, finally were extinguished today. Late last night, the London Gas Co. announced that the situation in the area, which resembled no-man's- land in 2 battle fleld, was under control., Beventeen persons were sent to the hospital on account of injuries received in the exploslon, or from | sas_poisoning. ‘The affected areas were still roped off today and police guards were maintained to prevent amoking in the district. FRENCH PROSECUTOR GAS Shot Down by Man Ad- vocating Separation of Alsace-Lorraine Paris, Dec. 22 UP—S8hot down be- cause of his success as public prose- cutor last May against Alsatian Au- ‘tonomists, Charles Henrl Fachot to- ! day lay gravely wounded and his as- {sallant was in the hands of police. {The act of the assassin brought to |the rest of France a sudden realiza- tion of the persistince of unrest in Alsace. The assailant gave his name as Georges Benoist, 28, a | Strasbourg butcher. Police said he told the examining magistrate he jwas & fervent Autonomist, although he belonged to no political organiza- |tion, He first conceived the idea of +killing M. Fachot after reading Au- tonomist newspapers at the time of the Colmar trial, 2t whichk four men were convicted as leaders of the movement which seeks to separate Alsace and Lorraine from France. Benoist -told. the magistrate he struggled against the idea of killing Fachot, and even planned to emi- grate to Madagascar to escape from it. From constant brooding on the idea it became an obsession. Final- ly he decided to come to Paris and put his plan into exeoution, The assailant acted with the Sreatest coolness. He rang thy dgor beit of the IFachot apartment, “As the attorney anawersd the ring Benolst shot him down and then }lelsurely decended three flights ot stairs, to other tenants of the build- ing who hurried into the hallway he sald: ‘““There probably has been an ac- cident up there, but I am too busy to investigate it.” Ten hours after the crime Benoist walked into & police station and said: “I killed Fachot. Lock me up. I have nothing else to say.” M. Fachot was rushed to a hos- pital and before lapsing into uncon- i-clounncu said: “I am lost, It was a man from Colmar who fired the shots."” Two bullets traversed Fachot's ab- ;domen, Latest reports from his i bedside said physicians held out hope for his recovery. Fachot bore his sufferings with fortitude. ' “What does it matter 1f Fauccumb,” he sald to his wife, “If my death helps to remove Alsatian unrest, I will take with me a feeling ‘ot having been useful to my country to the very end, and even after my death.” Fachot had been regarded an able and upright magistrate. It was {generally coveidered that he con- j ducted the prosecution in the Colmar | case with great moderation. | Fifteen alleged leaders of the Au- |tonomist movement were placed on trial"at Colmar. Eleven were ac- quitted. .The former Abbe Fasch- tauer and three others, including Dr. Eugene Ricklin and M. Rosse were :nntenced to one year in prison and {to five years banishment. Ricklin and Rosse had been elected deputfes while in jail awaiting trial. They were later pardoned by President ‘H)oumerflm but the chamber of deputies refused to permit them to occupy their seats. INFLUENZA ON WANE ~ N CALIFORNIA Attacks Which Read Epidemic Pro- portions Taken 235 Lives in Month 3 Los Angeles, Dec. 22 UP—Influenza attacks, which reached epidemic proportions here two weeks ago were reported on the wane today in South- ern California after having taken 225 lives here this month. LEAYES $16,114 IN CASH; ESTATE VALUED AT $21,514 Inventory of Hoidingy of John B. Kicly Filed Today in Court of Probate. . The late John B. Kiely left $16,- 114.21 in cash, deposited in banking institutions according to an inven- tory filed today in probate court by | Catherine Kiely, administratrix. { The entire estate left is valued at 1821,614.21 and consists of one-half | Interest in property on Winter street 1$5,400; deposit in Berlin Savings Lank, $4.602.56: deposit in Savings Bank of New Britain, $3.850.70: de- | posit in Society for Bavings, Hart- {ford, $2.602.37, and deposit in Farmington Savings Bank, $5,052.58. GRAVELY WOUNDED NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1925,—EIGHTEEN PAGES UGS NI ety Gwaees S iy Bl CHEERS SUBJETS England Goes About Holiday Season in Lighter Mood ANXIETY IS RELIEVED Monarch Has Fair Night and Com- Previously Noted—Recovery Will Be Very Slow. London, Dec. 32 M—King George had a fairly restful night with no noticeable alteration of his condi- tion and there was no disposition among the public to regard it as other than satisfactory Inder the circumstances. The king’s physicians by their re- cent statements have satisfied tha popular . mind that his majeaty's case has taken a more favorable turn and that he has been making real, if slight and slow, progresa. While the king's condition has re- mained atationary for the last 12 hours, it was stated in authoritative quarters that he has lost no ground. Therefore optimism continued at Buckingham palace. Physiclans this morning issued this bulletin: “The king has had a fair night !and his majesty's condition remains unchanged.” (Bigned) HEWETT RIGBY DAWSON., * London, Dec. 22 P —With King George slowly getting better, Eng- {land started her Christmas season [today with a less heavy heart. Untfl yesterday or the day before there were signs that Christmas might not be a merry one this year, but now that King George has made progreas for three consecutive days ‘the cloud of anxiety which hung over the approach of the holidays has lifted. 8hops were crowded with ;last minute buyers and raliway s tions were filled with thousands of Londoners who were going to the jcountry for their holidays, as is the custom of the average Englishman, no matter what his estate. Not Great The progress made by the king steady and there wns :laxation of tension today among the members of the royal tamily und others about the palace. The evening bulletn said; His majesty haa a quict day. The general condition showr a very slow though favorable course.” The fact that the bullit 11 was so brief was taken by the king's sub- Jects as a sign that the monarch was conquering, if only slowly, his malady. Goes to Norway The king's sister, Queen Maud of Norway, who abandoned a trip home to Oslo for Christmas in forder to remain near her afflicted |brother, has now left for her own capital to spend the holidays there with King Haakon and the crown prince. Fecls Happler Lady Dawson, wife of one of the physicians to the king, was quoted by the Daily Mirror today as say {ing: “T am feeling much happter. I be- lleve we are going to enjoy our selves on Christmas. Thursday was jthe first day in more than thre: weeks that my husband has not |gone to the palace at midday.” (Continued on Page 15) has not been great, but has been: Neighborhood Richard Street Hostilities Break Out Anew When Dele- gation Lays Its Case Before Chairman Linder, Building Inspector Rutherford and Mayor Paonessa—Greenwood Street Protest. A delegation of 26 Richard street property owners came en masse to city hall today to demand either that Francis Klosowski be ordered to take a horse off his premises at No. 20 or that their assessments he reduced. They stormed the office of Chalr- man Thomas Linder of the board of assessors, then assailed the office of Building Inspector Arthur N. Ruth- erford and lastly laid their cuse be- fore Mayor Paonessa. Led by former Councilman Charles McMurray and Richard Corridan they protested that the keeping of a horse by Klosowski constitutes a nuisance and an annoyance that they will not tolerate unless com- pensated in the form of lower taxes. They have already petitioned the common council and the building commission to restraln Klosowski or Tax Reduction from occupying a barn on his lot, and they have retained Attorney J. Robert Lacey to protect their inter- ests, Klosowsk! built and occupled the barn under a permit he obtained from the building department after he was required to vacate another | structure which 1is to be eonverted | into a garage. An inspection of the premises was made by the health department at the request of the complainants and it was O. K'd. Another horse case occupled the attentions of the building depart- ment today when Greenwood street residents asked Inspector Ruther- ford to revoke a permit given the R. G. Miller Co. to keep four horses at the company's milk station. In- Jjunction {s threatened if the milk company is permitted to proceed. FATHER IN WILD RAGE BLACKENS BABY'S EYE Wife Relates Harrowing Story of Cruelty by Husband A 13 months old baby, the young- |est of three children of Mr. and |Mrs, Stanley Gronski, 33, of 173 |Orango street, smiled and cooed in the mother's arms in police court today, while-Judge H. P. Roche and other court officials heard a story of inhuman treafment to which Mrs. Gronski and the children have been subjected for a long time. At 3:30 this morning, she said, she was forc- ed to flee into the street to escape an assault with a chair and a poker, and while she was out her husband vented his wrath on the baby, strik- ing the tot with such force that a black and blue mark atood out in ugly reliet under her right eye, Time after time, Mrs. Gronski sald, she and her children have been abused, trying to live with in- sufficient food, forced to sleep fin the husband and father, who, whether he drinks or not, is ugly. The Infant has been beaten until the pillow beneath her head was red | with blood, and then the father washed it so that it could not be shown to anyone as proof of his brutality. “I thought of giving ‘he baby to someone and paying for its keep, 80 that I would not have to sce such things going on,” Mr. Gronskl said. Coming down to the affray of last njght, she sald Gronski came home intoxicated about midnight and she told him to sit down until he conld ‘ steady hismelf. He started to abuse | her, demanding $10 which he had | |eiven her earlier, and when she re- fused, he threatened her and she was forced to give it to him. He |hecame quiet for a time, but about 2 o'clock in the morning he started again and she ran out, scantily {dressed, and called Officer Thomas T.ee, who was on Broad street. The officer testified that the house was {“upside down,” and as cold as an iccberg, there being no fire in the | TRAINS GOLLIDE AT STEELE'S CROSSING Five occupants of were taken to a hospital early today | |where one died of injuries follow- ing & wreck while returning to their | | homes from a high school sorority dance. figured in the crash was operate b ton student, home for the holidays. YOUTH KILLED IN NEW HAVEN CRASH Cars Come Together Retumingi From Dance HIGH SCHOOL ~STUDEN | Idncoln Maher, 18, ‘- Wospital After Auto Is ’ 5 Student’s M Daughter Hurt, New Haven, Conn,, Dec. 22 (P— an automobile I; .1;\,‘{ The second machine which d Raymond E. Verwholt, a Prince- Lincoln Maher Dies ‘The dead youth is Lincoln Maher, 18, who received a fractured skull. {He falled to gain ccnsciousness. The injured: Sally Pickett, daughter of Judge Walter M. Pick- ett, fractured ankle and contusions of the leg; William Moore, 17 bro- ken leg; Helen Kennedy, 17, lacer- ations of the head and leg; Fahy, Fahy was the driver. 16 year old eorge 18, lacerations of they face. Loses Control Reports of the fatal collision state Accident on New Haven Road Occurs Near An- dover—None Hurt itoflets to kecp out of the puth of§ New Haven, Dec. 22 UP—The re- (Continued on Page 15) THIS WEEKS AFFAIRS . [ RAISES IN TR *. Andover, Conn,, Dec. 22 (#—Pas- senger train No. 111 known as the commuters train from Willimantic to Hartford due at 8:08 was in a slight collision with a train No. 112 for Boston, on the slding switch points at Steele’s crossing just west of here this morning. No one was hurt but as both en- gines were disabled, and the engine of No. 111 derailed, the Boston train an hour late had to be sent forward by the way of Middletown. The commuters for Hartford had a bus ride to that city. The accident was due to an engine in the siding just overlapping Into the usual clearance distance from the main track on which No, 112 was to pass. port to the New Haven road offices here of the mishap to passenger train No. 111, a local from Willi- mantic to Hartford due at the latter oity at 8:08 and No, 112, from Wa- terbury to Boston via Willimantic was that both engines were disabled but no one was hurt. The place of the accident was Steele’s crossing, close by Andover on a single track stretch. The trains mentioned meet at this point and one takes a siding. The report showed that the trains were exactly on time and No. 111 had gone into the siding. Clearance had been given to No. 112 to pass but for some reason one (Continued on Page 15) tonight and rising temperature | | ‘EMTO&(IEF(G T SEVATON - ELECT IUTED WJMW JECHBN' !the hospital. i held for the deputy coroner pending |an investigation. POST OFFICE TO OPEN Convenience again broke yesterday, showing an additional 10 per cent increase over the last high record. The volume of parcel post mail was 50 sacks less than the pre- vious high record and estimate means that almost 17,000 packages were handled here yester- day. Joseeu H. BCTED Ci that Verwholt while attempting to | pass Fahy lost control of his ma- | chine as it struck a stone and plung- | ed headlong into the student filled | ivehicle. Police and hospital attaches summoned to the scene, found the students among the wreckage and placed them in an ambulance. Ma- her was dead soon after reaching Both operators were FOR 2 HOURS SUNDAY of Public Demands Adoption of Unusual Schedule For the.first time in many years the post office will be open Sunday according made today by Erwin, at when it was steps were necessary for the accom- modation of the public, because of | there being but one day between Sunday and Christmas. an announcement Postmaster H. E. This declsion was arrived found that such to The stamp, general delivery :1d registry windows will be open from 10 o'clock tomorrow morning until noon, except specials, collections will be made. There will be no deliveries ‘The usual Sunday of first class mail all previous records The volume at a rough Santa Claus letters still continue to come in and are as promptly turned over to the Welfare Associa | tion. master s Banta Claus letters over to an ac- credited ’nolm of these letters are opened in the post office. According to law authorized to the post- turn all but welfare association, ight by Kn ST [3¢ 71' YBAR'S NEW SRITAIN HIGH SLiO0, T8AM LOcAL FACTOMIES XTITA §1V| DENDS O wiar a Gier/ Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 15th ... 15,132 PRICE THREE CENTS KANSAS FACES WIDE LIQUOR INYESTIGATION Governor - Elect Says Legislative Booze Parties Have Become | Public Mcnace. | Kansas, legally dry more than 40 |years, faced a sweeping liquor in- vestigation today, ordered by Clyde M. Reed, governor-elect, who as- serted legislative booze parties have become a public menacs in the cap- ital of the second state in the nation to adopt prohibition. ' William A. Smith, attorney gen- ¢ the state, and Willlam C. r of Topeka, prodded »y Reed’s charges, have see that the forthcoming - ne legislature is “dry as a bou.. | TRAIN SMASHES AUTO STALLED ON TRACKS Demolishes Sedan Which Stops on Washington Street Crossing Stalling on the Washington street |railroad tracks about 9:40 last night a new sedan owned by Harry Mi- chaels of 6 Bank street, Waterbury, {Was struck by an east bound pas- Senger train and hurled against the metal standard supporting the gates on the southeast corner of the cross- ing. The sedan was damaged be- yond repair and the gate standard and arm of the wooden gate were smashed by the impact. Nathan Freedman of 100 Bishop street, Waterbury, was driving the {sedan mouth on Washington street | | when the gates were lowered to al- low a west bound train to pass. The east hound train not being due for a few minutes, the gates were rais- ed for traffic to pass. The new se- dan, which was delivered to Mi chaels only four days ago, moveP onto the tracks and the motor stall- |ed. " Freedman triea to push it out | |of the way but could not budge it | |and as the train roared towards ft, |he jumped out of the way and a few seconds later the damage had been done, Sergeants McAvay and O'Mara and Officers John Riley and Thomas Tierney were at the scene and found |no cause for police actlon. The train was in charge of Conductor T.eon Barnes and Engineer Willlam |Goodspeed. The owner of the se- dan i3 well known in the jewelry business, 30 FAMILIES DRIVEN T0 STREET BY FIRE Jamestown, N. Y., Paint! Shop Blaze Causes Suf- fering in Cold Jamestown, N. Y. Dec. 22 (F— Between 20 and 30 families were driven to the street in freezing weather here today when fire started in the paint shop of the Jamestown Street Railway Company and caused damage estimated at upwards of [$100,000. The blaze was placed un- |three weeks of the short s | house, jover the record established | president, {proved the senate CONGRESS DROPS CARES FOR REST Proud of s Record During First Thre Weeks ADJOURNS TILL JANUARY 3 Brief Session Today to Clean Up - Loose Ends—Many Leave Capital For Christmas—Tilson Jubilant Over Accomplishments, Washington, Bres: 22 Dec. #—Con- today drops its weighty cares juntil January 3, proud of its record of accomplishments during the first n. Leaders in both senate and house were well pleased with what had been done and feit that the legislae tors had earned their Christmas and New Year respite. Leave City Many senators and re had made their holida the capital, leaving only small ate tendances for the final session toe day. This was to be briet, only g few loose ends remaining to be take en up in both houses, Representative Tilson, cut, the republican leader was particularly presentativeg y exits from Connectts in the Jubilant by that nine an« fore the n a billion ana a body In passing four of the nual appropriation bills be: holfdays. More tha half dollars are provided for in these measures. One, the treasury-post office bill, has been signed by the __ Benator Curtls, of Kansas, majors ity leader in the senate, Was no less elated over that body getting Boule der Dam out of the legislative Llocke ;lde and the naval bill and the Kels 088 peace pact to committees, > SR Boulder Bill Passes Aside from disposing of four big supply measures, the house slso ap~ amended Bouldey Dam bill without sending it tach:: ;erecuci'dnnd paved the way for fitq re-holida; e by s Noniires y signature by President Nearly a score of bills ang Treso- lutions passed both houses and were signed by the executive. Almost 2,- 000 were proposed. i A total of 1,507 bills, 37 resoln- tions and 36 joint resolutions made thelr appearance in the house, Of these, approximately 50 bills, 18§ resolutions and .¢ joint resolutions were passed. Of the four app.opriation put through ‘the house, the has yet to act on two, those ing funds for the agriculture commerce, justice and I ments. ference, The house is believed bills senate provil- e, state, abor departs The interior bill s in con. to have (Continued on Page Eight) PROMISES T0 CATCH SLAYER IMMEDIATELY |Sheriff Believes He Knows Killer of Illinois Teacher der control. A mother and her three children | were overcome by smoke and taken | to a hospital. Beveral others also | were overcome but were not serious- | Iy affected. | Many persons jumped to safety in | life nets. Police ‘and firemen were | |checking up on the families driven out to determine whether any perished, | FUNERAL OF H. W. FLAGG | —_— Associates to Attend Obsequies for | Veteran Employe of Herald This Afternoon at 3 o'Clock. Fellow employes at the Herald plant where Henry W. Flagg was | employed for the past 46 years, will | be in attendance at his funeral | which will be held this afternoon at | |3 o'clock at his home, 166 Monroe | strect. Rev. Theodore A. Greene, pastor of the First Congregational church, will officfate. Burial will be | in Fairview cemetery, The pall bearers will represent Carmi, IIL., Dec. 22 (P —TImmediate apprehension of the slayer of Misg Anna Preher, about 45 years of age, Whose body, nearly decapitated, was found in her home yesterday, was promised by Sheriff Jesse Grissom today. He would not reveal the na. ’!uru of leads on which he was Work« ng. Miss Preher, a grade school teache er and civie leader of Carmi, ap parently strugeled with her assilant, Part of her clothing was torn away and effects in the little four-room cottage were disarranged. There Was no evidence, Sheriff Grissom sald, of the house having been rane sacked. The slayer failed in burn the home. A partly burned bundle of bed clothing was found near the body which was discovered in a bedroom by Mrs, Maude Chale fant, city superintendent of schools, A hole in the floor approximately three feet in diameter was burned before the fire dicd, Miss Chalfant went to the cottage to learn why Miss Preher had not attended the White County Teachers® Institute, of which organi ation Miss Preher was sccretary treasurer, an attempt to three organizations, as follows: A. P. | Leavitt and Alex Gordon of the First Congregational church, Fred Henzel and William Hickey of the Herald | plant, and William Hampl and Ar- | thur Johnson of Jr. 0. U. A. M. | i Unger’s Sister Pleads | Guilty to Four Counts | Detroit, sDec. 22 UP—Mrs. Molly | Schoenenbach, sister of Joseph Un- |ger, who pleaded guilty in federal | |court in New York yeserday to four | |charges resulting from the seizure | of $2,000,000 in narcotics in New | York, has returned to Detroit to re- | sume a visit with her daughter | { which had been interrupted by a |trip to New York to talk with Charles Tuttle, United States district attorney. Mrs. Schoenbach came here to! visit her daughter earlier in the | week. Shortly after her arrival she ! | was found by Dr. H. H. Wouters, | chief narcotic enforcement officer | for the Michigan-Ohio district, who |talked with her and then sent her |{to New York to see Tuttle. KILLED IN AUTO Bangor, Me,, Dec. 22 (M—Louls | Duplisse, 25, of Oldtown, was killed at Lincoln near here last night when his automobile skidded off the Bloody finger prints were loft by the slayer, Sheriff Gr 4. He removed a dresser scarf, used by the Killer s a towel after washing in a basin. Prints were also left on some lattice work outside the home, and this too, was taken by the sheriff to a vault for safekerping. A fingerprint expert from §t. Louts was to begin work today. Isaac Austin, another school teacher, who was known to have had an argument with Miss Preher Thursday, was questioned by the sheriff last night at his home in the country. Sheriff Grissom did not reveal what he learned from Austin, but immediately after his returs tarted in search for another man he wanted to question. Austin was a former neighbor of Miss Preher. A sister of Miss Peher, from whom she was said to have been estranged, was also questioned. Sheriff Gris- som sald he was sure she knew nothing of the slaying. Miss Preher lived by herself in her cottage near the business district, The school teacher. prominent ta clvic and church affairs as well as educational circles, was last seen about € or 630 o'clock Thursday night. A charred clock was found in the stove by the sheriff with it road. § Pands stopped at 12 minutes past six.

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