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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO " - I 1 -.: Murder at CHARIKG. bOOTH , BYNOPSIH- Caroline Brent ( freed from her abductors, lev and le Bulafre. tallowing a fierce gun btittl ''View two es-convicis are killed by "Professor John," who is revealed as Jules hacOte, their be trailer in a crime ti years ago. A ehot by Allan Hunt kills l.iicHs, alias Johns. Anatole Flioite. the adroit French detective, betins his explanation of the mystery that hroutht death to Uan I'arados and his hired nan, Orainaer. Fllque contends that Johns shot both men from the Island tort at high-tide when The Out's fury deadened the : sound of his shots. Hamuels. the deputy attorney, retorts that they actually heard the shot that killed Orainaer. Fllque replies, "i'ou imt thought so.-' ' CHAPTER 37 SHOTS FROM THE TOWER A L.L or ub were breathless as FlImiB continued. . "Flr.t wa .hall cntiRMni tha mit- der of monsieur. II Is perhaps 200 yards from this room to the tower. Tlio north windows of the tower ami me patio window of the room are on a uin mat word, m. 1 An iifliiBlre?" "Diagonal line, do you mean?" 1 inquired. "Aflfjr mil trrnm Ilia Iav n night one may observe this wilting i.-iuie anu me nrcpiaco. it Is cloar that M. Johns, up In that top room, Haw M. Hunt loavo M. Parados. He then took up bis telephone and summoned M. Parados, who an swercd, as Mile. Ferris, nnd M JOhUS himself havn IflHlltlnri "Perhaps they talked of the fury or mo uui, as mat jonns sn Id. 1 do not know, Is It not sumclont that monsieur stepped to the win dow aud opened It, and that Julius shot Jiim from the top window of his tower, and that monsieur dropped at the feet of .nadame, who npproacneu the window at that mo ment?" "You can't tell me that any man wiui a pistol". "ir M. Id Deputy will contain him self" "Sorry." Samuels mnnir.,1 "Tho alibi of Hondrlcks," Clique Continued imn.rtiin...,.iu .i M. Johns' statement thut he had nut mil Ills tower. Hut what of the Killing of that poor Oialnger? M, Johns, 1 have snld, aspired to perfection. .. "Very well. This Johns desired n shot to be. discharged In tho li brary, at ..the.; moment tio shoots 'tlralngor. from his tower. Thore .was a problem, ror any man. but those th'reo, le Uulafrd and Clcorun jHco iind Julos Lacote were llioy juut uuviib oi eicvtii-nessr J "Uraing'or, HI. Johns reinembofed, laid kindling In the g.ate encli mornuiK. . And no m .i,,h..a ...... poros u blank cartridge and' before 'he time nf Mm hint, iui'a h A -r (? lt;nmoiV,!;fiai 'MiUut... When. ,r ., iu0 umntt w ill ex plode. No one but Uralnger will light tbe kindling. Thut CloVAr nnn Johns, departs unobserved, as he .cnino Bjf the patio window, whlcli he leaves, opek, morialeur!" ".Uartined cleVerl" Sumuels ejac ulated. "But what about The duty 'lie; wouldn't be nulo to boar tho ,hell in his l0wor room for the low lu The Out?" ,. -"Has monsieur forgotten the tele phone upset mi the writing tablo?" Kllciue Inquired. "Did not I assure him It was , (he, living tissue? M. Johns loft it so, my friond, and hurried to his tower.; r suspect that iloyor one telephoned to Uralnger auil commanded him to ilglit a Hie lu the .urnry." "Thut Is Just what happened." Uella Interrupted. "I was lu Father's room at the tlmo. Ills telephone rang. It must have been Johns, although Father didn't say. Wliuovor It was, wauled a lire In the library, ha jnld." "Vou have that picture, yos?" Kllque resumed. "M. Johns looks out of bis dark tower window . . his telephone: and his won, on aro licndy. uralnger-enters the patio. That rascal. Johns." has his tele phone strapped tn bis ear . . . he seizes his weapon and pressSu closer to his window. Uutsldo Tim Out Is lu torment. . , . liraluger oniors. He Jiends forward . : . his back toward the patio window . . . ie strikes tho match . . . the lire la kindled. A "Hence . . . then crack, nt the shall In the grata explodes, It bungs upon I ho ear nt M ii.. ... ,.- tiros Ills weupon with no accuracy - . . messieurs et mcadames. It done." Kllque had given nt a nroiiv i plclure. Cclla was weeping, an -.Caroline's arms were around her. ' nu t .clinched his alibi Winning to and out if ue were lower. snmuels muttered uii'li uisgint. "What na weapon. FllquoV" ; "It was a rllle, ,l, lo Deputy." ''Nonsense!" Samuels exploded. I hose Millets hud the rilling murks of Colt forly lln automatic pistol. What's the answer?" Fllque twirled Ills mustache. "The weapon, monsieur was a rifle rifle of the Springfield army pat tern, and It had-' , "It couldn't havo been!" Samuels shouted. 'and It had," Fllque continued Imperliirbably. "the rilling of a foil forly five automatic imfof." I 8aniuels drew a handkerch arm., his rorrharl. Ii vld by lu In the hlrl "That's a pretty big 'chunk to swallow," he said. "It takes on ex pert to do a Job like that." Fllque beamed. "Did 1 not In form you that it was thought the I.. famous Jules LacOte once served In an arsenal of France? Clearly, he would have the knowledge. Did not poor Grainger have a lathe In his workshop? Has not M.'Anner loy Informed us that Grainger sometimes took the little vacation? "On these . occasions there re mained on the island no one but VI. Johns. Now. M. le Deputy, would It be difficult, 1 ask you. for that rascal to procure the toul with which to bore .out that old rilling and Increase tho caliber from .308, Is It? to .45?" "Easy enough," Sumuels admit ted. "But tliat doesn't re-rlfto lie burrel with a Colt pistol rilling up less he sent It to a factory." "Tho rilling Is the big Job, as you say. But to one who has served in an arsenal of France, wiio has the shrowdness, the terrified heart, much tlmo, and a trifle or money. It Is nothing. Monsieur, that Johns had all of those. And If certain trifles had to be made at a factory, what of that? Poor Cralnger takes Ills little holiday and M. Johns em ploys his lathe to prepare the rifle that is to kill him." I guess you are right," Samuels said somberly. "He must have done It." 7n!cl.i!ieii. You shall see." Fllque took himself Into the oil- Hard room, reappearing with the gamo bag, the loug steel rod he had found In (Jralnger's workshop, and rllle not the one 1 had relieved him of, bnt a 1906 Spilugllold army rlflo. Most of the stock had been cut away from the barrel, around which had been sweated wide straps of steel to strengthen It. The butt, also, had been cut down to lessen the depth of the rllle, !' suppose. Fllque presented the rod tor Sam uels' Inspection. This rod. M. 'le Deputyi-'you have seen It before, yes? It Is the cuttor rod. This" touching the metal piece Into which the rod lit- ted "Is tho outter. As the grooves in the rllle are to he deopei.ed this cutter may be ralecd by um in serting a trlflo of paper under It. Monsieur understands the process, dull"' ' ' " Snmuols shook . his head Impa tiently. - . -. . Tho tod and tho cutter aro thoy not pulled back through tho barrel, turning, us they coma, according to the twist. , is ll?r-lhiit) Is, .desired Thuo n .l.nuU.J f . , ...UB u QUUT1U Ul DIVUI IO,llUIUl Ul, the rod' returns, the' cutter' It is raised, and the artisan docs ho not repeat, that process until the rilling 'ts Mnlsllff'"lr;'''inty'r-:: Fllque took up his rllle. "Mon- leur has obsorvad these hands of steel. Widening tho bore of the ills from the caliber .308 to the caliber .4S weakened the barrel and M, Johns the word, M. I'Antl-qunlro?" Compensated tor the lessoned resistance of the barrel Is that what you moan?" I ventured. '1 thank you, monsieur," Fllque bowed. "That Infunious Johns com pensated for the lessoned rcslsinnco of the barrel by xtrengthciilng It with these bands of steel." Fllque put the rllle down. "The cartridge was n nothing for one of his skill. Wuulii he not remove Hie bullet from the 30 caliber rllle cart ridge, cut off the thin end ot tho cartrlde case, and furce the .45 cnl- Ibor pistol bullet Into the rllle cart ridge lie bad cut down? "Clearly. M. Johns disposed ot Ills tools whiin ho had finished with them, and almost certainly he enst them Into the sea. Perhaps be did not cast that rod far enough and poor ISrnlugor found It one day when he looked to his lobster traps at tho low tldo. Also, M. Johns would gather up his shavings of leol, but perhaps the fragments M, Oralngor nnd I found had boon trod nto the dirt bcuenth tho lathet and he mlsstd them. It dors not mutter. "Where wos tho rllle, you ask? Certainly. M. Johns would not hlilo it In Ills tower. No. he would put It whore no ono would expect lo llnd It no one hut Anntolo Fllque, por- ops," and t.io little man twirled Is mustache, "And where wns that but In tho fat atomach of that old cannon In front of the fort?" Fllque's faro sobered. "Poor rnlnger! Clearly, ho vas how an say It? reconstructing the murder of monslem from Iho rod ml his shaving of steel. A man f Intelligence. Grainger!" Samuels wliii-cd nt that and so Id I. It seemed now that we holild have deduced something of the truth from the fncts Fllnuo had Ituunled In our faces so porslsienlly. ucn snmueis asxed the quostlnn lut must have been In tho mint's I ovory one of us "What ohont the motive?" he said morosely. "Why did Johns kill Pr- dos ntter living on San Lucas for :0 years?" tCopin iphl , If re. William J.nrmo mid Company! That ftnit quittlont Pliqu iin. fwen tt lo the concluding chapter Best Speller 4L -- ' ' i J i St S' I '.; fal Kit I Ii J ii(riiiiiii, 12, of Oiiliilnlf, WiinIi., uun if iv MtntL KpHihijc elm in -plniihlilp, slio jikmIc two t'ri'oi'H tmt of It.iO wtntlH. BILL IN HOUSE HOPPER WASHINGTON. Juno l'2.(fi Tho Heeond dofick'ney Appropriation hill, roport(!d today by tho house ip propria tionH committee, rocom unimend! oxpondlturcB of appi'oxl m a t e 1 y $25,0U(),UOO for public bulldlnns throuKhotit the country. The proponMi projectH lncludou Oroon: AHtorla, post office and cuHtoma houo, $25,000. PHOENIX CHURCH FOLK iWORLD WAR OFFICER ATTEND ASHLAND MEET! PASSES AT REUNION rifOENJ.V. " Ore., Juno . JJ. AVKHT 'Ot(VIV N Y .1mm U. Rph) Mrs. J. E. Kohtuu. miper- i (i Cohmul Jainon M. nr1rew. menoeni oi ine mi. nonoiy nii ,,,tl)kllni. ,,immnn.l(r w i nf the inr.th Infantry. iTlh dtvlit- Inn In tho world war. llod sud- nf th union, nnd Ktad mmor. t uuonuinx u rw n- MiM-Jenn Ho, iirwldent of the Ypunr People'H aocloty, nnd Joe Kurt ley, quiet hour superintendent i president of the Crater jLake un'on, ll of the I'renhyterlnn ehiireh here, attended the executive meet ing of the officers and trorkera of Crater Inke Union at the Anhlnftd '(KlpUati htir9l Tuesday evening, tinhm ht'ie. Tracked by n trail nf leaktna liquid Harry and John On id nor nf Toronto, were arrested for Bieallng a barrel' of beer. JACKSONVILLE, Ore., Juno 12. (Special.) Air. and Mrs. Jim Wlnninnhnm of Copper, brought their Htnail uunhtor In for medical attontfon, tho Utile lrl having run a JarRO splinter In her foot. Mrs. Joe Olnet and children of Slefllriff vlHltcd In Jackaonvllle Saturday. Kred Martin, Wnlter White and Ho it JoncH of Mi'dfoid, called at the Kred Hutcher homo Sunday. Itoyal NelRhbor laillcH'met'nt tlie homo of Mi'H. Myrtle Morrlflcld Friday aftornoon and enjoyed hiidKc At tho cIoho oi the social hour, ref retm men tH were nerved. I'rlondH nnd nelKhbora were sad ilened Monday mo in in (: when they learned of the death of Mm. V. A. Korhes ut tho home of her parents in Moil ford. The community Joint lu extendlm? Hincero nympathy to the teroaved- family, v". 1 ; , i-r Richard Oilman of Klamath KuIIh Hpcnt the week end vlHftlng at the T. E, Lawliead home. Mi h. Elmer Ada ma of Medfnrd Ik working at the telephone office during MiH. WllMon'8 absence. Hi I lie UtinnlnRtou visited over the week end at the homo of his uncle and aunt In Central I'ofnt. (leoi KO Wood who litis been on a two weeks Hojourn returned home last week. MIhs Armed ii Kaysor of San Franclttcu Ir vialtlnR nt tho S. E. j KvaiiH home. Mrs. Coulter entorlalned severnl I playmatoH of her little Rrund- dtiushter, Hetty luhl on Saturday. I Tho occasion being Hetty's fifth! blrthdny nnnlvcrtmry. j Mr. Ettcnger, Leonard Lyons. I Mrs. Marie Hnines nnd Evelyn Lyons spent Sunday nt 1-Msk Lake I and were very nuccessful catching ! eighteen fish, each weighing about j two pounds. ; Spragitc Klogel of Medford was' In our city culling on frlendH Tuch- ' day. Mrs. llaldwln of Eugene Is stay ing at tho homo of S. K. Iuunlng ton. Her daughter, Mrs. Morten- son, visited her over tho week end. Florence Severance ami Itnbcrt cwts of thin city wero Riad utiles from the Medford high. Julia Morgan and Margaret Watson, for mer Jacksonville school girls also graduated. Leonard Lyons Is repa poring nnd painting the enterlor of his house this week, which la the kind of work .Mr. Lyons does. Mrs. Kred Kick and Mrs. John H. Knight attended the graduation exorcises at tho Ashland Normal Monday afternoon. Miss Virginia Fick finished this year's course Wednesday and will' return home for her vacation, Charles Lyons of' Ashland spent Sunday evening visiting his son Leonard Lyons. Mr. Sheldon and mm Earl of Medford also visited the Lyons homo Sunday. Mrs. Outches of Medford visited her daughter Sadie Adams hero Monday. H. E. Evens is employed nt the Wing orchards killing the blight which Is threatening to destroy the trees. Miss Margaret llotxgang of Med ford was here Sunday visiting school friends. 1 Several hunkers who attended the convention tit Medford visited the Jacksonville museum and the old tleekmun bank. Iturdelte Punnlngton celebrated her tenth birthday on June 7th. Frank Mon hob and (Mint on Dun- ntngton attended tho American Legion meeting tn Medford Mon day evening. .Mrs. Punntugum at tended the Ladies Auxiliary meet ing. John Nofrls and Ike Cof fman who are employed at a logging 'a tn p in the I .a ke of t he Woods district visited their families Over tbe week end. Al Iloone returned to tho hir lake In Klainaih county Sunday. after snemftiiK the week at his home here. " Mrs. Charles Dorothy and daughter Carmen were In Medford Sunday evening. Miss Helen Clrich of Ashland visited In Jnekunnvllle Friday. Mrs. Ueorge Trantii an AMrs. Fred Hutcher visited the Medford air port Sunday afternoon. PROVIDES . FEAST FOR EYE AND EAR A feast fur the eye and ear is the gorgeous and colorful souuJ picture, VTho Rogue Song," fash ioned from tho- operetta, "Gypsy Love," with much of the Lobar music Interpolated. It Is roister ing, charming and dramatic not an opera nor a drama, but a very pleasing mixture of. both and above all has as Its star Lawrenco Tlhbett of Metropolitan Opera com pany ' renown, famed, for his mag nificent baritone voice with its exceptional volume, fine tonal quality, vibration and training. "The Itoguo Song," which open ed at the Fox Craterian theater yesterday, will run at this house afternoon and night until Sunday. Tlhbett proved to be all that we had heard proclaimed of him; is not only a wonderful singor, but possesses an excellent speaking voice, a pleasing personality, un usual acting ability and vim auu dash. The settings and the scenery are1 particularly charming, notably the rugged and picturesque- gypsy vll- lage fastnesses as the locale for I this romantic tale- of a1 fiery, sing-i lng bandit chief In tho Caucasus mountains falling in love with, u princess, kidnaping her after kill ing her brother for ruining tho life of his sister, and carrying her off to his hill village and finally win ning her love, after a series of daring escapes from soldiers and a tumultuous 'wooing. "The-Jtoguo Hong" Is all in tech nicolor and this, together with the singing of Tibbett and tho cho ruses In colorful gypsy camps, and elsewhere, the big ballet dances in picturesque palace- -ground!, along with tho fuct that Laurel and Hardy, that leading team of droll screen comedians, furnish the comedy relief, make the big pro duction a beautiful one to see and hear and ono that is pleasing to most all types of movie patrons. . Tlbbott, as the romantic vagi bond, Robin Hood-like swashbuck ling but withal murderous bandit chief, sings a group of songs rang ing from operatic arias to simple love ballads, while participating In a series of dramatic episodes. What makes his songs mpj( effective is that most of them .lire aimed to attract tho attention, 'of the prin cess, played by Catherine Dale Owen, whose beatify',- stateliness and general charm' forms an ex cpllont contrast. ii- ' . As the tall, athletic", handsome bandit chief, ho climbs In win dows, jumps from Voofs or bal conies, leaps on ho,ros nnd with nis nana noes seemingly daring tricks of hovwnwUJlJP,, , ; it In addition to those'fl&med above the lessor parts in cthc cast . aVel taken by Wallace MoDonald, Kate Price, Nance O'Noll, Lionel Uel ntorc Judith Vosselll,' Ulrlc'v Inupt, Alsa Alsen and Florence Lake. The nrocram Is rounded out hv a' news revlow, and -van and Schenk In u singing act: It. A. K. ' V- - - WJfSH-U '- : rr (f cntDuil) I in qoes. VIOLET RAT S .The ! Best No-Extra -Cost Gasoline Sold on the Pacific: Coast ; . ; Rich in Power and Highly Vitalized. n qoes. ETHYL The Most Effective and Larg est Selling Anti-Knock Fluid Yet Developed by Modern Scientific Research. EDEN PRECINCT HAS ! - HEAVY STAND OF OAtS EDEN PRECINCT, Ore., June 12. (Special.) One of the finest crops of oats ever grown in the valley is now standing on about fifty acres In the different tracts, between Talent and Phoenix. Tho variety mostly sown this spring was tho big gray oat and tho seed was almost entirely clean of any other seed. Most of the tracts have oats over four feet In height and look like solid grain. j KENERAlJVf ,. f : Co im es. L-J tbi riLj i wn Sa ICS iJ? I r H a it if mssm June in Thursday nights, 8 lo 9 o'clock and hear the Violet Ray Merrymakers in a double-powered program: KOI Seattle Tacoma , KFPY Spokane KOIN Portland KMJ Fresno KFRC San Francisco KHJ Los Angel Violet Roy Gasoline, the finest natural anti-knock motor fuel on the Pacific Coast, will con tinue to be sold by 4000 inde pendent dealers at no extra cost. No extra charge for Violet Ray superiority, WHEN Ethyl is added to Violet Ray it not only increases anti-knoclc performance, but a mighty ftpw-of double power is produced. Never before has this double power been available in any gasoline. General Ethyl costs no more than or dinary Ethyl gasolines. Be sure to stop and fill up at the first pump display ing the General Ethyl sign. SHI flili yy1 ill A PRODUCT OF GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA EDEN PRECINCT ED EX PHECINCT. Ore., June 12. (Special.) Ono of tho big oil trucks was overturned Tuesday morning at the Anderson Creek bridge, near the old E. K. Ander son residence and the detour road, was blocked most of the forenoon. It seems good to have tho big stage pass doWn the main highway between Talent and Phoenix again. Miss Klorence J learn returned from the Oregon Htnte college to her father's home In rhoenlx, the first of this week. Mrs. Win. .Smith and daughters Virginia and ratty, arrived at the homo of her parents. Dr. nnd Mrs. Miller on the highway last week for a few days visit. Mr. Locks and Oeorge Jackson have been working at Kd Hamlin's orchard this week. Ed is planting about thirty acres of corn which ho will cut up for feed this fall. Mrs, Edmenta Anderson and son Carl went to Medford Saturday and brought home n nice sedan and on Sunday they made up a picnic party and enjoyed a dhy In the Itogu Klver country. Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Hockenyolse of Medford wero pleasant callers at the Carey plant farm Tuesday. I They had been to Ashland on busi ness. Miss Dorothy Dodge of Talent spent the week-end nt the Sneir home visiting with the girls. Miss Iterthn llaynmn and little niece of Talent vlrlted friends In rhoenlx and South Highway one day last week. v Mr. and .Mm. Hoy Caster spent last Monday afternoon nt tho 8. P. Barneburg home tn East Eden. Mrs. I.lllle Coleman and Mrs. Cora Chandler entertained the Tblmhle club and members of Oak Circle at Mrs. Coleman's home In lhoenix. Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Jackson! look a load of fresh vegetable to I Medford Tuesday. The Jacksons . have n fine garden nnd are selling a great dm I of produce In town. VACATION LAND- Partly Furnished Houses for Rent Seavicw Cottages for Sale HUNTING, OCEAN AND FRESH WATER FISHING, BOATING, BATHING SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE BROOKINGS TOWNSITE 135 Miles from Medford On tliu Oregon Crawl Highway nl Mouth of Chotco Klver in Southern Curry County, Oregon. Jusl the spot fur tho Biiminnr recroHtlonltit to spend his vtu-ulluu aiming Ideal surroumlliiKs. Reservations Now Being Booked ' WHte -- - ., Brookings, Oregon I W.J. WARDV (Til w white eioulslte 9 This GROWER; GOT 5V .f San Francisco I'lntlnum nnd Kings nf gold lace- like designs set with lla- , mends of !uarkllnc brll- . Ihiney rings of eaptirating Ijesuty. UrrySchade Your Favorite Jeweler Since 1913 Exquisitely appointed, with every requisite of finer living I Dining room - and Coffee Shop famed for excellence. (3 to $6 (ill ill II TAYLOR O'FARRELL '"HOTEL Insurance First Insurance Agency A. L. HILL, Manager Phone 10S 30 N. Central Medford, Oregon LESS CULLS IN 1929 THAN IN 1928 r "IN I028 we averoged better than 65 per cent worms in our opples. In lojo, ofteT three applications of ORTHOL-K and Lead, we averaged less than 5 per cent worms ond stings. Furthermore, we quit spraying in July, and as you know some of the worst worm damage occurred af ter this date." ' So writes a well-known grower of Brewster, Washington, whose letter is on file ot our office. 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