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The car of tc two years a - Not because though the But especiall; been stead finer. And still, th< quent car, That is prove how long a today. It. wil T Touring Car or I..U e/ SUM Opp. Claremotn TWO GIRLS HAD AGREED TO COMMIT SUICIDI Could Not Bear Thought of Separa tion; Asked to he Buried Together. POLICE MAKE PUBLIC NOTE Mlargaret Spalding and Ethel Stiantov .Shot Themselves in PortsmiouthI Cafe. Port smou thI, N. II., .\ arch 23.-Th< two young womeun whot wer'e killed ii the Portsmouth cafe last night were definitely identified today as Margare (Peggy) Spalding, daughter of Gee F. Spalding, of Newton, Mass., am Etchel stanton, (laughter of J1. 1. Stanton, city passenger agent of thi Rock Isalnd Itailway, with headquar ters at Los Angeles. A note signedl "Peggy and Ethel' VICTI The chosen Instrument of The Instrument which plaiys ment you want in your home. of the Music which an Instrum~ it the vital tests. The Victrola is supremie. 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They spent more than two hours over the meal, prolonging it by re pentedl calls for black coffee. Heard Two Shots. .Just before 11 o'clock the waiters and th few remaining (liners heard'l two~ shots. Tlhey rushed to the booth and found Mliss Stanten dead1(, lying .half across the table. Miss Spalding I lay on the floor unconscious and diedl shortlyv afterwards. Eahe girl had a bullet wound in the temple. Miss Stanton's fingers were closed about a 312-calibre revolver and beside Miss Spaldling's body lay a pearl-handled lOLA ! the WNorid's greatest Artists the greatest music is the Instru onlsidler the quality andl character ent brings. You have applied to 4 supremacy is founded on other v accompllishedl. It is inmillions ise it takes into these homes all music and entertainment. s exclusively for victor are the The Victrola tone is the true and )ice and master's instrument. 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S1 The note found in the girl's room pi was addressed to Miss Spalding's tr mother. Through inquiries made at her home in Newton it was learned that Margaret Spalding was a gradu- Th ate of the Newton High School, where i she had been a prominent basketball Qu and hockey player. Since last fall N she had been a teacher-pupil in the.. gymnasium department of the Gar land school, in Boston. Miss Stanton was a pupil at this school until two weeks ago, wheni she began studies at tthe D~ana Hall School, in Welles ley, Mass. They were close friends. Thought it Better to Die. No definite reason wvas given in the. note for the act. It is said they had dlecidled that It was better that they should die and asked their p)arents not to be grief-stricken beCcause "they wvould all be happy andl peaceful when reunited in a better world." A note left by Miss Stanton asked that C. F. Malsbury, .Johnson build ing, Cincinnati, be no'tified. Mr. Mals burg was executor' of the estate of Miss Stanton's mother, who was kill edl in an automobile accidlent. Light was thrown on the suicidles later today when the police made pub lic a paragraph from the joint niote left b~y the young women. It r-ead: "We have expJeriencedl perfect love for each other and cannot bear the thought of seplarat ion. So wve wvill end it all.'' The police said also that a wish ex preCssed that the bod(1ies beC buriedl to T HOMPSON'S JEl Will be glad to serve you. W< JEWEI Prices Very Ri 0OUR OPTICAL D) Graduate Optician in Charge. OUR REPAIR D]. Will givo you promnpt service on us for quality andl service. M~ prompt attention. W. A. 'I H( Jeweler and Phone 333 R SERVANT PROBLEM WAS EASILY SOLVED ace Then She Says She Has Felt Better Than in Years. "I AM SO THANKFUL" ent Right After Causes of Her Troubles and Results Were / Pleasing. 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