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VOL. XXVI . NO. 221 ' ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 1925.
VOL. XIII
NO. 120 OF THE EVENING NEWS
RUSSELL MX
TWICE SEHTEiC
IS DECLARED INSANE BY JURY
MURDERER,
; TO HANG,
Family Impoverished but Overjoyed at Successful
Fight to Save Him Father of Victim Finds
No Consolation Prosecutor Declares
Verdict Shame and Disgrace.
( AevWtrd PnM Iatpd WIrv.)
CHICAGO. Aur. 7. In an insane
asylum inntead of on the gallows,
Russell Scott, erstwhile Canadian
financier, will expiate the murdor
of a drug clerk in a holdup. "Cell
shock," insanity resulting from
fifteen months in Jail and the or
deals of two narrow escapes from
the noose was the verdict of a
Jury last nleht in a sanity test
which saved him.
Tho Jury's finding and Scott's
removal to the Chester asylum to
day ended a fight for Mfe that pro
bably was the most desperate in
Cook county criminal annals.
fifven ballots and three hours
and forty minutes dullberatlon
wer necessary before the Jury
agreed.
Five times since Joseph Mauser
was killed In a drug store opposite
the city hall In Apri'. 1924. Scott
h faced death. Within the last
three weeks, a fow hours before
the death march. Scott was saved
once by a week's reprieve and
again by a stay of execution issued
et two o'clock in the morning by
Judge Joseph David on a petition
declarln? him insane.
Had he been found sane. Judge
PAviil would have imposed a death
sentence once more. Evn in the
asvlum Scott faces dath on the
gallows Bhoulfl he ever be found to
have regained hts snnlty.
Warned against a demonstration,
spectators and principa a listened
to the verdict with a dramatic si
lence. Scott's eyes never left the
slip cf paper the Jury foremen
passed to a bailiff, who gave It to
the clerk.- His mouth twitched and
he fidgeted. He was hurried away
by guards. His relatives heard the
verdict with expressions of emo
tion. Ills wife, Catherine, whose
untiring efforts b: ought funds af
ter the defense fight left the family
penniless, .ant-it forward in atti
tude of prayer. His mother wept
and his aged and cripp.ed father,
Thomas, on whose sixty-third
birthday ft. ott was sentenced,
stayed close o his son. "Thank
God for the verdict,' the father
said and lat'T added: "That's what
the poor boy needs-rto be s?nt
down there."
"I knew it would happen," the
wife said. 'I have - worked and
prayed for this and have not had
a night's sleep In weeks.'
Jacob Maurer, father of the slain
youth, who attended each day of
the sanity hearing, was dijmp
polnted. "It's the law, but I didn't
expect justice. My boy is gone. I
find no consolation In the verdict."
"Its a shameful and disgraceful
verdict.' said Assistant States At
torney Harry F. Prltzker. "Scott!
is no moro Insane than any man i
In the room. The verdict Is a vie-:
lory for the criminal element.!
They can take life and get awav j
with It. The jurors in this case did
not know the first principle of the
law Involved. They are too ignor
ant." A majority of lh? jurors favored
Infanlty from the start, the first
ballot being 7 to 5. Seven ballots
were taken. The jury began delib
erate Once Millionaire.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Itusaell T.
Scott, at 30, was head of a $10.
000,000 Canadian corporation or
ganized to build a $:t0.000.000
international bridge between De
troit. Michigan and Windsor, On
tario. A few years later, after
a career as salesman, actor, boot
legger and dope peddler, he was
sentenced to hang for murder in
Chicago, for the death of a drug
clerk killed in ft robbery.
In jail awaiting the hangman,
Scott devoted much of his time
to writing books, on how to suc
ceed, tiefore his difficulties over
whelmed him, he produced a
dosen books on business problems
and commercial ethics. His vol
ume "Humanity and Business,"
and "Mind Your Mind." were con
sidered texts of more than medi
ocre worth.
His plunge from fortune and
social eminence to a murderer's
cell, he attributed to affairs with
women.
With some 80 branch offices of
the bridge corporation In opera
tion throughout Canada, Scott's
first descent came when disagree
ment developed among associates
over his business methods. Forc
ed to leave the company, he part
ed with a personal fortune of
$2,000,000 In settling his affairs.
Penniless, a few months later, he
faced a $10,000 breach of promise
verdict obtained by a young
woman formerly employed In his
office. Unable to . satisfy the
Judgment, he fled Canada to
launch upon a varied career In the
States.
On April 2, 1924. he was ar
rested for the murder of Joseph
Maurer. 19-year old clerk In the
Cftv Hall oharmscy, opposite the
Chicago City llnll.
Scott admitted, the police said,
be had turned hold-up man under
the pressure of adversity and had
taken part In 34 robberies. In
his trial he sought to throw the
blame upon his brother. Robert,
who was Indicted with him, but
never apnrehended. He Insisted
Robert shot the clerk in an al
tercation over an attempted liquor
purchase.
State witnesses refuted the
story, declaring Scott and a sec
ond man. presumably his brother,
held up the store and herded the
employees and patrons In the
basement. Alter being sentenced
to hang on a plea of guilty, Scott
petitioned for a new trial, chang
ed his plea, and was again sent
enced to the gallows.
A heroic fight was made by
his father to save him from the
scaffold. Actuated by an abiding
faith In his son, Thomas H. Scott,
pauperized himself In an effort
to raise funds for a third trial,
and failing in this was successful
In procuring a hearing to de
termine his son's sanity.
Scopes Case is
Carried Up To
Federal Court
PARENT
WANTS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug 7
The Tenneseee evolution caee
wae brought to federal court to
day when John R. Neal, attor
ney representing James Robert
Wileon, a taxpayer, filed a bill
in federal court seeking to test
the constitutionality of tho Ten
nessee act against the teaching
of evolution In the public
schools In the state.
Governor Austin Peayr Attorney-General
Frank M. Thomp
son and District - Attorney
Thomaa L. Stewart of the Day
ton district, are made defend
ants by the bill.
POLICE ARE SENT
TOO LATE TO SAVE
Lynching Follows Alleged
Assault on White Girl
as Squad Is on Way
to Protect Him.
( AaWK-UtfO PlYM lt4 Wir.)
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo..
Aug. 7. Miller Mitchell, a negro,
held In jail here for an alleged as
sault last night on a white girl.
was lynched by a mob of about 500
persons late today. The mob took
Mitchell from the jail to a rffvlne
about a quarter of a mile from
town where be was hanged to a
tree.
Two unsuccessful efforts were
made by authorities to remove the
negro to an adjoining county, but
each time the mob forced the offi
cers back Into the jail.
The mob smashed the jail door
with a sl'dge hammer when they
gained entrance to the city hall
through the door of the fire de
partment headquarters which had
been opened on a false alarm.
Thev carried the negro a way
from tho building and then let him
down to his feet and then forced
him to march down Kansas City
avenue, past the fashionable Elms
hotel.
On the way a member of the
mob nrocured a rone and it was
tossed over the victim head be
fore the crowd arrived at an oak
tree. Its destination.
The tree stands near a rnl'roid
track and (he crowd, swelling over
the track forced a passeneer train
to stop. The passangers witnessed
the Knchlng.
Following tho hanging the mob
dispersed.
GIRL ADOPTED
SIX YEARS
Millionaire Browning May
Have to Give Up 9-Year
Dorothy Sunshine.
INQUIRY IS STARTED
Also Stated Still Another
Girl to Be "Daughter",
Mother Announces
Negotiations.
(AMnclated Vrtm Uurd Wlr. .
NEW YORK. Aug. 7. Mrs. Anna
St. John of Rye. N. Y.. foster
mother of Dorothy Sunshine
Browning, wealthy real estate op
erator, today took steps looking to
the cancellation of the adoption.
It was with the announced object
of providing a companion for Doro
thy, who Is 9 years old, that
Browning recently adopted Mary
Louise Spas, daughter of Immigrant
Bohemian parents. This adoption
has since been made the subject of
inquiry by the board of public welfare.
Mrs. St. John today annealed to
Bird 8. Coler, head of the bureau.
to take steps to insure the return
to her of her daughter.
FOREST FIRE
The forest fire situation was re
Potted greatly Improved today.
Five fires were being patrolled to
tiny, but all were under coutrol.
The fire on Middle Creek assumed
serious proportions last night, and
a large crew was sent out from the
city, and thev succeeded in trench-
Jug Ihe fire so that it was effect-
lively halted.
Klres on Nlok'e mountain. Brush
liTrefk and Middle Cretk are being
luttrolled, but further spread Is an
ticipated.
The weather bureau predicts the
continuation of the danger season,
una iKKUes a warning of low humi
dity for the next two days.
KKLMKO'IAM. Wash.. Aug. 7.
-A crew of men were forced to
jlrlve a locuniotlve s quarter of
La mile through a solid wall of
lire and over four wooden brid
ges, one of which was ablaze, to
nave themselves from death when
the I.ymun Timber company plant
zu miles south of here was de
stroyed by a forest fire last night.
TWENTY
OF
Ei
GREEN
PRKTOIV
E
Distributing Firm Estab
lishes Agency Here to
Handle Crop.
FIRST CAR TUESDAY
Picking Will Start Monday
of Next Week, Accord
ing to Present
Plans.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Aug. 7
Thirty-seven policemen armed
with riot guns were dlsnalched
here today for" Excelsior Springs,
where a menacing crowd was re
ported to have gathered outside
NEW YORK. Aug. 7. The story
of 12-yrar-old Sylvia Mullen that
Edward W. Browning, wealthy
realtor, had promised to adopt her.
was denied by Browning today. He
alSO denied the Cil-t'd norimil nf m
fparty last night with him and his
newly adopted daughter, Mary
Louise.
"There was no party lust nlEht.'"
Browning said. "I retired early and
the last time I raw the Mullen girl
was in my office yesterday."
Sylvia, a blue-eyed girl with f ax-
en bobbed hair, who disappeared
from her home yesterday morning,
returned In the small hours today.
She explained her long absence by
saying that she had b"en the guest
of Mr. Browning and Mary Ixiulse
at a party and thn with flushed
cheeks and sparkling eves, an
nounced that VDaddy" Hrownlna
had promised to adopt her within
two weeks. "
"Mr. Browning made me very
happy." said Sylvia. "He said that
in Just two weeks he Is going to
adopt me. Then 1. too. wl 1 be a
sure enough Innerslla.
..... --in n -hi ruuLtiiiii -rof.,1 ln...att..tlnn
I so want to stuJ ,rhv ,,., nrt nolle.
much, and
music.
JUNCTION CITY IS
! SCENE OF HOLD-UP;
LOOT TOTAL $127
' EUGENE. Ore., Aug. 7. Hlldup
men or-rated in Junction City
early this morning, robbfnx a man
of 196, a restaurant of and a
pool ha'l of $6.
The robbery was committed In
the Monogram restaurant, operat
ed In connection with Ben's smoke
house and pool room, at 4 o'clock
a. m.
The night clerk at Ihe all-nlcM
restaurant, reported the holdup,
saying that three men entered the
place, ordered coffee, and paid for
it. AHer drinking the coffee, the
strangers bought two cartons of
cigarettes. The cook, who Is In
charge of the cigar counter at
night, made change on the other
side, turned, and found two of the
wen pointing loaded revolvers at
him.
. Whl'e the two men held the gats
on the cook, the other rifled the
cth rt'gleierH, taklnc $25 from one
and $-r or $6 In small change from
the other. Then they went through
their victim's clothes,, taking $96
of his own money.
Th- holdup, reported to night
nMrolmen of the Eugene police de
partment and later to the sheriff's
office, was at first connected with
the robberv at the Towne Sbnppe,
as the th''ft in Eugene was discov
ered Just about the time of the
robbery In Junction City. This
theorv of the officers was further
heightened by the statement that
the Junction City robbers left on
the JNHflp highway, going" north
fn a light automobile.
The sheriff s office Is maklne a
Junction
in towns
"Mother couldn't earn enough to l
gtve me these, things, end I had
'north have been notified.
the jail in which Mi ler Mitchell. ;.,jvn up hopes when Mr. Brown
"I'm Net Insane" Scott.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Russell
Scott, saved from the fallows by
a Jury's verdict last night finding
him Insane, today lit his cell de
clared he was sane.
Well, I 'spose I'm going to
ngro. was confined, for an alleged
attempt at assault on a young girl.
The girl was returning In a mo
tor ear f'ora Iawson. "Mo., last
night with a young man. when a
negro, threatening the life of her
escort, dragged her from the car.
Her screams, however, frightened
th" men sway. Th man was
trailed to this cltv. Mitchell was
arrested Ind identified by the girl's
escort as her assailant.
In a brlef telephone converts
!tlon. J. J. Tove. denutv shfriff.
said he was In the city hall build
ing in which the jail Is situated,
and that officers were doing every
thing In their power to persuade
the -rapidly growing crowd not to
break. into the jail.
crating after five a lenlsts testified
that the prisoner hsd become in-1 Chester today. But I'm no more
sane, and five othr alienists and linssne than any one of you."
fifteen lay witnesses-for the state He will be taken to the Chester
said be was mentally normal. asylum for the criminal insane.
Commissioner Corey Ridicules
S. P. Pretensions in Klamath and
Praises Oregon Trunk's Project
ing told me I was to be Sylvia
Browning. Doesn't that Bound
grand?"
Mr. Browning could not be reach
ed this morning to confirm Sylvia's
story as to her future. Mrs. Mul
len, however, to!d reporters that
the millionaire had already enter
ed Into negotiations with her for
BABE KILLED. THREE
INJURED IN AUTO
The first carload of green prunes
to be shipped from the couqty, will
leave Tuesday, It was announced
today by M. P. Shearer of Yakima,
local representative of Sgobel and
Day, of New York, well known
fruit distributors. The Scobel and
Day agency la looated In the old
Oregon Growers' warehouse,
which hss been leased by them for
the year, and Mr. Shearer atates
that applea and pears will also be
handled during the present year.
Picking of green prunes starts on
Monday, and It Is anticipated that
approximately 25 carloads of the
fresh fruit will be shipped from the
county, the cars averaging three or
four dally during the height of the
season.
Equipment for packing and load
ing haa been provided M the ware
house, and the task of getting ma
terials In readiness for the rush
season Is now being undertaken.
"Prunes from upland orchards are
particularly desirable, and as there
are a great number of these or
chards together with many young
trees and orchards which have a
light crop. It is expected that the
green prune shipments this year
win oe exceptionally heavy. -
A number of orchards were so
badly struck by the severe winter
weather, that their crop will be
light, although the fruit will run to
good sixes. The crop, however, will
not be heavy enough to warrant
packing, so that the shipping , of
green fruit offers the best way of
realising on the short yield. Voung
orchards too may be made to pay
reasonable returns by these ship
ments.
The fruit Is picked from the
trees and brought to the local
Packing house, where "suitcase1
boxes are rilled and shipped In car
load lota to the east The cars are
being sold by the distributors, f. o.
b. Itoseburg, and returns are made
to the growera on the basis of the
price pall less the distributor's
commission. .
The Scobel and Day company ex
pects to maintain an agency In
ttoseourg to Dandle all
Movie Unreels
2 Hours; Lone
Patron Snoozes
The hour was lata. Onty one
patron still watched film
flickering on the screen of a lo
cal moving picture house. Pity
the poor operator who, after a
continuous nine-hour run, was
forced to work periptrlngly over
his machines for the benefit of
that one patron.
The third reel came and still
the man sat. Than followed the
three reels to the finale of the
feature and the comedy started.
Tenaciously he sat. When the
show was over for the night and
the usual "good night" slide
was shown, the operator turned
down all the lights except one
and prepared his films for ship
ment When ha started to take
his departure he gave a parting
glance around the theater and
found hit patron still there.
He had been asleep for two
houra.
F
8AIKM. Ore., Aug. 7. Nathan
Starkev. of Santa Crux. Oal.. whs
serlouslv Injured, his wife, sliehtty
anti surrertng rrnm shook, their In
fant killed outright and another
the adoption of her daughter. Svl-I""a!1 son sustained scalp wounds.
vis's father died when she wss a! 'he other escaping unhurt In an
hahv end her mother, she savs. has ;a"to crash three miles south of Sa
had to work hird for a llvin. . p'n on the Pacific hlcrhway shortly
There Is a 17-vesr-old brother, who 'after nr.on todav. In passing a
Is working In Atlantic City. truck, their trailer struck a enn-
While Svlvla was on her nartv rrete parapet or a bridge and
sorts of
SMASH NEAR SALEM ! r"'u Z" "hr"r
here for several months developing
tne territory.
commission permits the Oregon
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. An. I Trunk to build, which I thing It
7. "All of the surveys for nro- It
jected hrnnrh lines of the South
ern Paclflr In Klamath county
are nothing more than logging
railroad temporary affairs at
heit. They will nlay no part In
the permanent development of
Klnmath county. The real de
velopment, founded on far-sighted
permanency, is that projected by
the Oregon Trunk, which proposes
to tap the agricultural centers aft
well as the timler resources."
This was the anrrlnet summing
ii n of the Klamath rail situation
IfwtuT Tir If If fnrY rfiilrmon !
o fthe Oregon public service com
ml'slon, prior to his departure
mean real development
for this section and the entire
state," continued Mr. Corev. "The
line it reeks to build not only
takes care of the timber resour
ces, but It likewise taps the rich
agricultural sections. It Is not a
25-vear railroad program, but a
permanent eontsructlon."
Mr. Corey chuckled at the ac
tion of the 14 Klamath Lumber
men who Issued a eigned state
ment on behalf ofthe Southern
Pacific. To him it was Immense
ly amusing.
"What eUe could you expect
i from a group of men who are at
the merry of one railroad at the
AMERICAN INDIAN
FIRST CHEMIST ON
THIS CONTINENT
f AwntMatw, Ptmi lant WlrO
LOS A NO ELKS. Ang. 7 James
A. Branegan, of Philadelphia, put
the Indian on a' pedestal of sci
ence at the American Chemical So
ciety's sessions here today with
the declaration that the American
aborigine was the first chemist
on this continent.
The Indian, said Bra na can.
knew nothing nf chemistry and
geology as we understand these
terms, but he was quick to take
advantage of chemical comblna- i
tlons and geological conditions in
his surroundings.
To prove hts point, the Phlla
delphlan cited his .method of
making flint arrowheads, spears
and knives by using a piece of
bone scoured or snaked in ashes
and water. He al'o pointed to
In authorities were threatening
prosecution of Mr. Brown'ng and
M-iry fjouise's parents under the
law which prohibits barter and
sal of children. '
Mr. Browning frankly admitted
giving each of Mary's parents 3'n0
after the formal adoption as s
''surprise present,' and to express
hi good will toward them.
B. R, Coler, commissioner of
nubile welfare, branded the adop
tion as hiehlv unmoral, end a a
merchandise transaction. H s-fd
he would confer with IHtrUt-At-tnrney
Newcombe of Queene coun
ty and Investigate all th details.
Commission' r Coler said he had
received protests from citizens
agninst the adoption.
Mr. Browning ohts'ned a divorce
In Paris last year, his wife keeping
one foster daughter and b the
other, Dorothy Sunshine. Hi at
torney said It wss Dorothv'a long
ing for a playmate that led the
ml llonalre to a!opt Mary.
The fact that school boar! rp
ord show Mary to be 21 years old
Instead of 16 ss she clutrm-d, did
not worry either Mr. Coh-r or
Browning. The former held th
swung Ihe auto against It.
$600,000 VOTED BY
BEND FOR BETTER
! DRINKING WATER
HKND, Ore.. Aug. 7. By a
Jmnlorlty nf 120 votes, the citt
i reus nf Bend yesterday voted for
i the $n0.0u() Tumalo water pro
jject. In an effort to better the
Idrlnklng water of the city. The
election polled more than 16M)
I votes, considered a largo total for
j the city the population of which
Is estimated at 8,000.
Incorporated in the plan Is tftj
purchase of the Mend. Water,
Light and Power company plant,
lor such portion of It as may be
LIGHTED LANTERN
AND FUMES FROM
GAS PLAY HAVOC
(Amx-tont I'm. Lrupi WJr.)
IIKNI). Ore.. Aug. 7. In an
attempt, by keeping his hand over
the open vent or an automobile
gas tank, while enveloped In
flames, to save the enr and build
ing, Kurd lllrsch, runrher living
12 miles from Mllllran, was badly
i hitrned from ringer tips to shoul
der or his left arm early Inst
evening. Herbert Moore, neigh
boring rancher. In attempting to
extinguish flames enveloping
lllrsch, was burned IA the same
manner on his right arm.
Moore, running short or gaso
line, visited lllrsch to barrow a
small amount. Moore rnrrled a
lantern as both men entered the
garage to secure the gasoline.
No sooner had lite fumes from
the car tank struck the lantern,
than a volume of flames envelop
ed the gsrage. No explosion oc
curred, lllrsch clapped his hand
Costs Her Life and That of
Detective Murderer Gets
Away, But Pals Are
Rounded Up.
(Aaorlctnl m Usd Wtra.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 7. A mother
of four children used as a human
shield by a robber fleeing In a hall
of police bullets, Is dead, and a de
tective dying, as a Kult of a
spectacular gun fight under the
Pennsyivaula railroad terminal.
Two youthful gangsters were
caplured, police saving them from
a crowd of 1.500 persons who
threatened lynching. Two others
escaped.
Detective Richard E. Henneberry
and a patrolman In a police car
last night attempted to stop the
nutomublle In which the four sus
pects were riding. The gang open
ed fire. Henneberry fell, a bullet
severing an artery near the heart.
The men acaltered as other po
lice approarhed. Kdwa'd Hart. 18.
the youngest, grabbed Mrs. Mary
(-onnelly, 35, as she stepped from
her, doorway, hrld her In front ot
him, and returned the police fire.
A moment later the woman was
struck and Hart lnrted Into the
house. Mrs. Connel'y died at a
hospital and Henneberry Is not ex
pected to live. Police say Hart
shot bolb the detective and the
woman. Colls of rone, the fact
that the car waa stolen and other
evidence convinced authorities j
that Ihe four men we-e to tago a .
robbery. '
Alma Johnson, a 17-year-old girl j
clerk, was later arrested In a
Brooklyn rooming house as an ac-1
complice- of the gunmen. Michael j
(luldice, a chauffeur, was arrested j
with her and charged with suspi
cion of homicide and grand lar-1
ceny.
PRUNEGRDWERS
AGREE TO FORM
ASSOCIATION
Articles Drawn Up and
Signed at Meeting Held '
in City Yesterday. .
POWERS OUTLINED
Organization Will Pack and
Market Prunes of Mem
bers Under Terms
Decided Upon.
At a meeting of prune growers
of the Roseburg district In this
city yesterday, articles of lncorpor.
a'lon were prepared and signed,
and definite steps taken to assure
a cooperative organisation to han
dle the prune crop of its members.
It Is quite probable that there will
be little done by the association
tnls year, other than to possibly
form a pool, but It la the plan to
have the organisation veil perfect
ed by harvest season next Tear,
and to have plans underway for the
cooperative packing and marketing
of the crop.
The action taken yesterday Is
the outgrowth of the meetings in
itiated by the Portland and Rose
burg Chambers of Commerce, this
being the second organisation form
ed, the first being at Oakland. .
The purposes for which this as
sociation is formed, the articles ot
incorporation, are: "To promote,
foster, and encourage the buainesa
of producing prunes and marketing
tbem cooperatively: to develop the
prune Industry in the Pacific north,
west; to Increase the efficiency
and lessen the cost of marketing
prunes by centralising such activi
ties; to establish uniform grade,
and standards, and to Improve the
prunes placed on the market by
rigid inspection; and to extend the
markets for prunes produced in the
northwest in the interests of the
producers and the public.
"To engage In any activity In
connection with the marketing, buy
ing, selling, harvesting, drying,
packing, storing, handling or utili
zation or prunes produced or de
livered to it by lis members; or
the manufacturing or marketing
of the by-products thereof; of the
financing of any such actlvltlea
specified In this aectlon. The as
sociation, however, shall not handle
the prunes of any non-member."
. Other articles give the associa
tion the right to assume indebted
ness, and to act as the representa
tives and agent of Its members', and
to exercise and posses all powers,
right and privilege necessary or
incidental to the purposes for
which tbe association la organized,
or to the actlvltlea In which it Is
engaged.
Itoseburg Is designated as ; the
(Conuuued on page three).
Methodist Minister Is Slain By
17-Year-Old Son; Confession Does :
Not Explain; Over-Study Blamed
i" in-i"i nun my vrr l,,wthol thin. U nlalnlv inMranl tw V VA-b At.r-A :L . '.- . . ji i i . j
rntlre stirrer route OS the Oreson 7 -ee , .,, u. . ..... pe ,r luxuries sn" ns enioven inim ner. ni. jmieruay.
Tr-nk hetween Klamath Falls uMur' w" hrount ' '"ar on ehemlstry had saved the country for Just two dars. frsnticsllv ite-tauto. In which they were
present lime" he Inquired.
the Indian's sbilltr to Ian hides. aw Mnt selling and buying
make glue from fish scsles. wa- uh'Mren applies to si sses.
terproof canoe scums with pilch.) The Society for the Prevention
temper rlay for pottery and dye lrf Cruelty. Superintendent Vincent
his clothing. IPIsnro. ssld would act If Imptop-
On the suhlert Of the nations ler vtirrtfn.h(n hnn lured In an stlfn accident nn the ' lten1
Tk. f..J .l- Tl tl II.. j . . . . . . . i . .
"""u .1101117. it. tin--n . i,- Msrr lionise, striven to tesrs ne-tr-ania I nix nignway, seven miles
and Pend 'uui in. uicr. " duuiius ieii . irorn tne nanger or a sussr snun-
.. ' , , , '. .. i'or them to do but to sign." age by the production of a sweet-
w Ith other nrriclals of the com-1 , The puhllr service commission lenlng substance from corn.
mlrslon. Mr. Corey has )nt com-1 Officials will devote two days to o
H,-d .T, ln,"r",lon, of Ihelr Inspection trip between here Mr. and Mrs. O. Hsmmer. of Cot
the southern Paclflr and 8trahorn,d Hend and will retorn to fla- Itsre Grove, spent several hours In
snrrey routes. lem the Isst of the week by auto .this city yesterdsy visiting and on
"If the Interstate commerce over the McKensle r!cT pass. business.
1
The
Hiring.
nled one romnr after snother shout 1 plunged over a steep embankment
her tt lite end psrents. She es- ou one of the manv curves of the
peclallr denied al?rles thsl she had .mountnln road. The actreis wss
been engsged to several men. one taken to the Hants Oiif hosplts
necesnary for water unage. Sev- i over the tank and remained there
era) plans have been advanced j In spite of being enveloped In
for operation or the new water j flames.
works. Considerable detail work j lloth men finally gsve up at
it Is said, msy be necessary of ! tempts to save the rar and each
accomplishment before actual la mass of flames riinhed outside
work Is started. rolling over and over In loose
" plowed ground. The fire on Ihelr
AUTO PLUNGE PUTS clothing extinguished, the men I
ot A o ttu uncntTtl I then ran to Ihe bnrn and roictu d I
MAK IN HUbrllAL horses, cattle and livestock.
lllrsch also saved his chickens.!
SANTA ClU'Z. Cel., Aug. 7. The loss Included the auto. I
Zavii puts, moving picture actress garsge, all tools, the ham, 25 tons
and Waller Metlowen, Aptosof hay. lllrsch carried no Insur-1
ea'-h real estate broker, were In- lance. The two men arrived In I
his morning, where Ihelr
were attended by a phy
burns
slrian.
a plumber s helper and another a
dentist.
"I would rather be Ihe poorest
(Continued on page 3.)
Her Today
P P. Woodward, snnerlnlendent
of Maintenance, Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company, of Port-
where she wss treated for a dl-jlsnd. snd 1. M I.smb, District
located shoulder and bruise.. Mo-; Plant Chief, of Kugene, were In I
Gnwen escaped with minor In-I Itoseburg today, visiting Ihe local
Juries. 'exchange. j
Mwnrl.tiHl row Lwel Wlr..)
PAItKKHHI'.UHO, Iowa. Adg. 7.
Warren Vandervoort, 17, today con
fessed he shot and killed his fath
er, Kev. R. J. Vandervoort, Metho
dist Episcopal minister, here last'
night, James Mitchell, Ihe Park-
erxburg marshal announced today.
The youth also admitted, the
marshal said, that he shot and .
wounded his mother when she an-,
peared In the doorway of the pas-,
tor's room, apparently lo Investi
gate the shot lhat killed her hus-i
band. Then he followed her Into!
the bedroom and shot her again; I
The boy gave no explanation ror !
the shooting. A coroner's Inquest;
Is being held. I
l I'.n,nrann,l'i nnlv
since she was found about 2:3(1 a.
m. in the bed to which she had
dragged herseir after the shooting.
which took place In the hallway
several feet away, have been a :
moaned, "Warren, he did It: he did
It." Young Vandervoort wa taken
Into custody at Reinbeck. Iowa,
about 2 a. m. after a Reinbeck
physician had found hi min the I
Vandervoort automobile, which hsd I
gone off the slippery hlghwsy, I
about two mile sfrom town. The
boy told the physician "someone" i
had shot his parents, and that the!
murderer then had forced hira to'
to take the family car and help the
killer escape.
The phvslclan Immedlstelr' nn
reaching Relnberk called the Park-1
ersburg marshal, Jamt Mitchell,
and related the lad's story. Mltrh-j
ell, accompanied by James Sbaln,
mayor, w:-t to the Vandervoort '
residence and found the body of j
the minister lying In the hallway
berore his bedroom door and the
mother unconscious on the bed.'
Residents or the community said j
they believed the boy had given too ,
much time to study last year and
to have added to the strain during
tht summer by preparation for col
lege. Appearances of the man' body
and the bloodstain about the hall
and bedroom floor Indicated to the
officers that Rev. Mr. Vandervoort
had been aroused,, donned hi bath
rbbo and stepped into the hall, be
ing shot as he came through the
door. The wound, caused by the
bullet from a 22 calibre rifle, waa
In the right eye.
Mrs. Vandervoort was shot above
the right temple and In the cheek,
apparently as she went to her bus
band's side.
Warren is the only child. The
family hss been noted for the devo
tion of its members to one another
and the last few months haa been
given by all three to plan for the
boy's college career. He was to
have entered Cornell college this
fall and purchase of his trunk was
the first matter to engage his par
ent's attention when the three re
turned a fe wdays ago from s vaca
tion In Minnesota.
Rer. Mr. Vandervoort was about
SO years old and his wife ia s few
years younger.
The boy slept In a tent In the
yard. The bed appear to have
been occupied last night
Revising to gtve any reason
for the shooting until he dictates
a formal confession, young Van
dervoort. In conversation with
officers this morning told how he
had killed his father by placing
his repeating rifle within four
inches of the elder man's head
and then shot hi mother a she
rushed to the doorwav.
Ha said he fired (he second
shot Into his mother' head by
placing the rifle against her
temple aa she lay on the floor.
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