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Medfoed Mml Trimjne Second Section Six Paget Second Section Six Paget Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK 6, 1930. No. 7(5. 1 AND AND VICTIM DISCOVERED Thirteen-Year-Old Daughter I of Employer Shot By Crazed Man Who Then Suicides Mother Had Confidence in Man. ROCHESTER, Mich., June 6. A coroner's inqueat today was . ' expected to write an official 'finis" to the insane . drama in : which, police say, Henry -Clouse, 46, farm hand, - was driven ' by hopeless, affection and disordered mind to kill Marjorie Clemons, 18-year-old daughter of his land - Urd and then take his own life. Bodies of the man and girl were i . found late yesterday huddled side ' by side beneath a blanket at the edge of a woodland clearing on an abandoned farm seven miles1 north of here. The girl had been! hot. in the back of the head, j Clojpe was shot twice through j -''the mouth. His thumb still was on the trigger of a rifle which ho . had borrowed from Marjorie'a j -.',' father a week ago. They had been dead for several days. ! V Cor Burned. Clouse's automobile in . which 'V they drove away Saturday night from the Clemons home, where S t'Qlousc roomed for 11 years, was found nearby, a charred wreck. A bottle which Clouse had filled With kerosene in a Rochester ga T:rfge shortly before he set out. ' presumably to instruct Marjorie i : 1$ driving after dark, was stand- tojg a short distance away, evi- lenco that ho had - deliberately ' planned the. crime and had prc y pared to burn the car. Police jV laid the girl's body was bruised : Xfl If she might -have been sub i jerted to an attack. Since Sunday when the alarm t- Was first spread for tho missing j,..., qpuple, Mrs. A. E. Clemons, the ft mother, had expressed entire con : Jrtjfcnco In Clouse. -who. had- come I tbo regarded almost as a mom j b4r of tho family through his long, residence in the household. f Oregon Weather. 5 Fair tonight and Saturday, but I : cloudy in the west Saturday. Gen r tie. variable winds becoming mod L orate west and northwest on the coast. 666 Relieve, a Headache or Neuralgia In 30 minutes, checks a Cold the i first day, and checks Malaria in three days. ; 4 666 Also in Tablets Campbell Clothing Co. On Main St. Near Front i Just Arrived .... Some More New Tweed Suits Spe cially Tailored for Us. By J. Capps Jantzen and Bradley Swimming Suits ' Straw Hats $1.45 to $5.00 Our Prices Are Moderate $25 -$30 -$35 Some have Knickers to match. We Give S. & H. Green Stamps Temporary Governor Has Had Widely Varied Career SALEM, Ore., June 6. (P) Ralph S. Hamilton of Bend, speak er of tho Oregon house of repre sentatives, president of the state chamber of commerce, ex-baseball player, ex-school teacher, coal heaver and other things, became temporary governor of Oregon Wednesday, to serve whll eGov ernor Nprblad Is absent in the east. It was professional baseball that gave Hamilton a foothold on the Pacific coast. As pitcher for the the University of Missouri team he was known In Intercollegiate ath letic circles as a speed demon with a number of no-hit games on his record. . After graduation Hamil ton received offers from the Kan sas City American association club and from the St. Louis Americans. Friends urged him to accept. Ham ilton thought It over and decided against It. He had a law diploma and wanted to use it, so he went to Oklahoma and got a job as a FARE FOR JULY 4 Along with this year's celebra tion of Independence day in time honored manner, the principal rail and stage lines of the western states will Join in widespread holi day fare reductions. Plans for the special travel of ferings over July 4 were an nounced today by the Southern Pacific. Santa Fe, Western Pa cific. Pioneer Auto Stage Line and other carriers. Greatly reduced round-trip fares have been authorized between all points west of Ogden and Salt Lake City, and between Portland on the north and Albuquerque and El Paso on the south, it was stated. Sales dates for the tickets will be July 2. 3 and 4, with re turn limit of July 7. Craterian's War Film Draws Crowd "All Quiet on the Western Front," the flno. picturo made from Erich Maria Remarquo''tHic of tho great war, continues to fill the Fox Craterlan theater at ev ery -showing. The film Is cor talnly the finest thing ever shown in Medford and deserves the high praise with which it has been re ceived. It has beauty and feel ing as well as strength and power, and its tale of the twenty boys who went Into the conflict with such high hopes and gallant spir its Is one to break the heart of the looker-on. The chief characters are acted by .Louis Wolhelm, Lewis Ayeres, John Wray, Scott Kolk, Ben Alex ander, Owen Davis Jr., Russell Oleason, Harold Goodwin, "Slim" Summervllle, Edmund Breese and Keryl Mercer. law clerk, and another side job as night clerk in a hotel. With the Pacific coast his ob jective, he played summer base ball, landed In Spokane with a sea son's earnings, and took a job as collector for a law firm. His mon ey dwindled during this winter. He saw a ditch gang at work and ask ed for a job. ' "Lenime see yer cyard,' the Irian foreman demanded. "What card?" Hamilton wanted to know. "Ditch-diggers union, the boss answered. The stranded college graduate turned down an offer to keep books In a laundry because he hadn't studied bookkeeping, and took a job at less money teaching a coun try school between Sprague and Ritzville, Wash. The next summer, which was In 1906, he played ball at Ritzville, got acquainted and set up a law office at Lind. Eventually he moved to Eugene, and 12 years ago to Bend. ALL A BLANK TO PORTLAND, Ore., June 6. (JP) John Sahlln, 42, logger who dis appeared on the eve of his wed ding to Miss Elsa Carlson, was back In' Portland today not know ing "where I have been or how I got back." Mrs. J. E. Ihl, his sister, told police today her brother had boen in the city since Wednesday and had been confined to his apart ment because of nervousness. Poltco took a hand in the dis appearance when Miss Carlson told them It was the third time she had been left nearly at the altar by the "mysterious" disap pearances of Sahlln.- Fifty - Year - Ago Selection Tonight Over Radio at 6:30 Famous musical compositions written approximately 50 years ago will be featured on tho special Sperry Hold Medal golden anni versary program to be given by the "Fast Freight" artists over stations KHJ, Los Angeles; KOU Seattle Tacoma; KFRC, San Francisco; K-OIN, Portland; KDVL, Salt Lake City (7:30 p. m. mountain time), tonight at 6:30 p. m. The ! "Soldiers Chorus," from Faust and selections from "Pirates of Ponzanco" will be played by the organist passenger. The male quar tet will sing a medley of popular songs of 1880, a- Stephen Foster medley, "Barcarolle" from "The Tales of Hoffman," and a popular yodel number. , COAST WILL BENEFIT THROUGH PULP SURVEY PORTLAND, Ore., June 6. (JP) W. H. Gibbons, head of the for est products office, under P. J. Buck, regional forester, said to day that President Hoover's ap proval of a bill for appropriation of $25,000 for surveying pulp and paper potentialities Indicated the coast would benefit. Such an appropriation, Gibbons said, would provo beneficial to tho lumber industry of the Pacific coast. 1 REEDSPORT, Ore.. June 6 VP) At a meeting of the Port of Umpqua Commission held here I Wednesday the commissioners went on record as being in favor of a change in the site , of the Umpqua Coast Guard station, now situated on the north side of Win chester bay, to a point on Lower Winchester Head, directly opposite the North Jetty and Id plain view of the bar. Peets Granulated F ree Soap Offer In order to better Introduce Peel's Granulated Soap, the man ufacturers have arranged with a number of Medford stores, whose names are printed In the ad else whero in this paper tonight, to give froc a small box of this cele brated product with the purchaso of one large box. They also agree that If after trying the small package It is not a most efficient and satisfactory household soap, return the large package unopen ed to the dealer and yet your I money back. Peel's Granulated Is advertised as "a wonderful concentrated household soap, ujed exclusively j for washing machines and dishes, produces rich, powerful concen trated audi harmless to dainty fab rics and the hanaa." i Remember this special when ordering from your grocer tomorrow. 265 FAMILIES TO STATE RECENTLY PORTLAND, Oro.. June 6. (P) W. G. Ide, manager of the sta'e chamber of commerce, said today that 265 new families came to Ore gon during the first months of 1930 and made an Investment to taling $1,007,534 in land purchased. The acreage was 48,76ft. Ide also said that definite assur ance that 1919 families were com d) D)iSf only U B w jnI S5S IIS ' h0 Regular Value, $1 If lit- K Tek ' Thump! The first Golden Arrow Special strikes home! As our m ' V:r Jffil Y first target we've taken the price on summer Union Suits and m -SxBi I how we've hit it. You can't miss, men! Every suit you buy at r I w it( Psl ' this sale is a bull's-eye bargain scored for you! f (l$L " 1 : . For1 6 days, beginning tomorrow, Ward's will be the original I ' i?a& -c, -4 V Happy Hunting Grounds for cool, comfortable Union, Suits J&SEti jr3r fashioned to fit. Firmly woven fabric that meets U. S. Navy I liKuffik: Thi l Specifications. Unusual comfort and strength features in every I . VHfe. 1 . -f-liy J BUi- 54c is your Golden Arrow and a $1 Union Suit is your AJiiii. il I ame- .Come in tomorrow, and supply your needs for months 1 ' Crotch Reinforced flffi j : J- Soaras triplo stitched and w X Back I B W-T bW Ucked Where 8tra'n A Reinforcement and elastic 1 8&r i: ' ' comes give added strength A in back lnsure comfort j . ' JgF and extra wear. )X 1 and prevent ripping. T-.::!"Ii iiiSiP s.' I Taped arm holes prevent f ij- Hffi J : R"S2f II 1 I l f chafing and insure shoul- II lr If : til - I ' er comfrt M lnK as v ' III I i you wear suits. JJJ Cmmm Q (ol 117 So. Central v ytmto J) fms fffrz :mizraTr(7fiV7ftjnn )) ) I ing to Oregon had been received and their contemplated investment was $2,939,070. . 4 IS ALWAYS ON DUTY wammi.MjIO.n () i-at is aj Thuraluy received tho honoi-ury guardian of the White tloune. who; degree of doctor of luwa beatou Is on the Job day and niglm Ho ed by Cumbrldgo university ut n reports for meals at the appointed j function presided over by former pluce and time, then hurries back j Premier Baldwin as the newly in on duty. He has no special post, j stalled chancellor, but visits them nil. Pat is a po- with the American ambassador, lice dog. the latest ndditlun to the sixteen other distinguished men Hoover kennels. I were honored by tho university. BY OAMHUIIJOIV, Kng., Juno C. 'I Amhustmilor Charles CI. Duwes Phone 286 Tho recipients of honorary de grees Included the Duke of Glou cester. Viscount nrklgeman, For eign Hecretaty Arthur Henderson ami Prof. Albert Kfnstoin. CENTRAL POINT GIRL MARRIED WEDNESDAY June G. I CKNTHAL POINT. Ore. CSpl.) Miss Delphi. Milton was married on May 28 to Joseph Cox of ljukeview. She was a member of the senior class of tho hih school and gradu ated May 29. Miss Milton moved to Central Point a year ago from Ilosue Itlver. Tho newly wed k will make their homo :it Lnkeviow. AMELIA EARHART NOT NRW YORK. June 6. l") Amelia Karhart, first woman to fly the Atlantic, denied today that she was married or engaged to Samuel Chapman of Murhlehcad, MaHM., "or to anyone else." "If I were to become engaged or married to any one I should certanlly make no mystery of It." she said. "There woutd be no percentage for me in trying to hide Medford, Ore.
