T)FOnT) MATL $ ftrfltTN, MEDF(foP.-"-01?EaOy, SAIURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1923
YOUTH
CLAIMS
HESHOr FATHER
WHILE ASLEEP
Son of Slain Minister Gives
. Written Confession to Po
liceMother Also Shot By
Boy Expected to Recover
Funeral Is Postponed.
ALMHON, lowu. Aug. 8 (A. !.)
Churned with kllllm; hl fiithor, It. 1.
Vandervoort, u inlniHiei' of I'mkorw
burg. lowu, Thui-Kilay nlKl, Warren
Vundervoorl, J 7. today is held hern
without bond, cliiused with find d
Kieo murder. IIIh mother, who, ac
cording to the confcKrtion written In
his cull, he uIho Kliot, l HeriouMly In
jured, and In a local hospital.
- Motive, for the crime has not been
entirely eHtablinhod by authoiitleH
here and at I'arkcrtthurK, where the
bhootintf took place. 'J' he inlniHtor'K
Bon In his confession, said only that fighting tio blaze, and additional ro
Ihore had been numerous dissensions illforcC)cnta ttre ueinK rUBned from
In Die family, lln and hit father luivo
"always boen wood frlcndH," however.
mo comcssion siuicu, anu in niuut ui
these moods, the father and sun stood
tog-otlior against tho mother.
According to the story told In tho
uoys written conicssion, nc bought
rlflo Wednesday artcrnoon In line
with previous pluns he and IiIh futlicr
liad made. His confession did not
.ay what the rifle was wuntcd for.
Taking tho rlflo homo, he took it
'upart and hid the parts in a tent on
'tho lawn, where ho had been sleep-
ing. Thursday night about I0:3U he c,,aiy in slashings, but It Is known
slipped Into the house, up the stairs. t have destroyed a considerable
and when his father, aroused by his quantity of greon timber of the La
entrance, came to the bedroom door dee lagging company's holdings last
and called out, "Who's thoro," tho night.
boy fired. Killing the minister. Mrs. I Yesterday the firo burned a 300 foot
Vundorvoor, hearing tho crack of tho trestle on tho Noyos Holland railroad,
rlflo, oamo to the bedroom door and Although tho flro started on tho Noyos
,hcr son also fired at her. , Hollnnd holdings. It has now passed
He declared in his confession that entirely out of this company's prop
"only then did J bocome fully awnka," orty.
und that the crime had been commit-1
tod while ho was half ualeop. llo PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 8. A How
fled from tho house taking tho family fr0 wa, reported this morning In tho
ear and drovo towards Rolnbock, tho chain of lakes country In Columbia
home .of the Vandarvoorts. Three national forost west of Mount Adams,
i miles from that placo ho ran Into a The firo is about a mile long and a
ditch near tho homo of friends of the quarter of n mile wide, according to
family,'. Ho aroused these pcoplo and the lookout. A train crew of 30 men
told thorn an ussnllunt had killed his was on Its way to the flro.
parents und forced him to fleo In his Tho Mount Hood forest also report
car. Tho family Immediately got In od a now fire near Ilalney lake. Thlr
touch with a Parkorsburg physician, ty men wero on It. The Cedar Hwump
who upon going to the Vandervoort creek and I'lnhead fires are now un
liomo found Mrs. Vandervoort In a dor control. Supervisor T. H. Bhcr
pool of blood, barely conscious. Hho rai d telephoned In that tho smoke had
gasped, "Warren did It." ' so hlndorud the work of lookouts that
Officers woro Immodintely notified eight patrolmen were needed,
to hold Warren at Ilolnbock und Tii- I Two forost fires wore burning south
day lit) was brmight hero. and southwest of Hulnlcr. Oregon.
Ho ut first stuck to his story of an- One of tho fires Is Just back of tho
other person killing his father and city's water shed In the sumo district
shooting his mother, but on I ho ml vivo where a flro burned somo lima ago.
of his friends, "decided to make u It Is reported Ibis morning that this
clean breast of things." . ; firo is under control.
' I C. C Scott of the Oregon flro pro-
rARKBRHIUUtU, Iowa. Aug. S (A. 'lection association visited the Rock
P.) Mrs. II. J. Vanilervoiirl, wife of creo kflre near Vernonla. Klghtcr
tho Molliodlsi Kplscupal puslur who hold It In good shape yesterday, he
was shot to death Thursday night by wild. ,
tliclr 17-yeur-old son. Warren, will I
probably recover from the two bullet
wounds lurilcled on her by the youth,
attending physicians durhired curly
today.
According lu the physicians, Mrs.
Vandorvoort was fully cuum'Ioiih mid
passed a restful nigh!
Tho iiugcdy
In which her husband met dealh hits
not been discussed with her since yeH
terduy inurniiiK. when she told per
sons who went to her uld thai her son
' hud shot her.
Kunoral services will not be held
tor Rov. Mr. Vamlervomi until In
structions are roci-lved here from two
brothers of the dead pnslor, K. A.
Vundervoorl, Sydney, N. v., mid J. II.
Vundervoorl, Sydney Center, N. Y.
Warren, who signed u confession
thul ho wus led to shooting his par
ents by their continual ciuui ivllng will
not bo allowed to attend the funeral
sorvlcoa for his futhcr, according to
Butler County Sheriff 11. W. Hum in
today.
According to the sheriff, Hie young
patricide slept .'IJ fully lust night. Siild, she found all $1 bills oxuopt tho
Inquiry Into tho sunlty of yining ono 5 note which was on the outside.
Vandervoort will bo asked. It was in- 'n her lottor tu Mr. Color, Mrs. St.
dlcutod by John llehnke, Parkorsbuig J"h" wroto:
attorney appointed by tho court to cannot bultevo that Mr. Browning
protect young Vaudervooit's Interests la a lit guardian and now this ills
at the preliminary heurlng yesterday. Plating farce of adopting that young
Behnko said Vandervoort did not i woman Don't you think there Is some
appear entirely rational when going cause for taking her (Dorothy) away
over details of iho tragedy with hlsi'rom hlmT"
attorney. Dchnke. however, would not I Mr. Color and District Attorney
ay whether Insanity would be Van- Newcomh said the Investigation would
dervoort's plea when his came iniues not end even after Mary Is Bent home,
up for hearing In the Butler section of Her parents have boen rcuuostod to
district court In October.
RUSSELL SGOH STARTS
CHICAGO. Aug. 8. (A. P.) Rus
sell Srott was taken to the Chester
state hospital for the criminal insane
today to begin serving the sentence
which saved him from Hie gallows.
He was taken from the shadow of the
gallows Thursday night when a Jury
found him insane.
HEAD MAN IKKM'Ilil.K
(Continued Prom Pin Onoi
point where tho vessel Is to loud lu in-
ber.
'MARTIN HIS. Calif., Aug. 8 (A. P.)
District Attorney A. B. Tinning of
Contra Costa county stated today that
he doos not consider tho Identification
of the tiody found In the Puclflc Cell
ulose plant laboratory as that of (t.
W. Burbe as certain.
"To the contrary," he Mild, "I am
inclined to doubt whether the right,
name for the corpse has yet boen j
found.' , I
PEOPLE FIGHT
FOREST FIRES
CITY IS SAVED
Thompson's Siding
i
OfggOn,)
I
HflS NflrrOW ESCPC FrOmi"10 uene lolt und Country club
I were plunnltiK thin morning to leuvo
i
nnctriiMinn VAhrn FnrAQt
Ut'MI UUUUII VIILN rui
- II
NFC bWCCpS ArOUnQ ll r
'
Report New Fires. Mt. Hood
AKTOIUA; Aug. 8. (A. P. ) Fight
ing to save their homes from a forest
fire which threatened to wipe out the
settlement of Thompson's Hiding In
Clatsop county, women and children
Joined men in an all night buttle last
night and succeeded in turning the
Humes back from their homes. This
morning the settlement was reported
out of danger. The fire had pusscd
entirely around the hamlet and was
ratting on toward the south.
Kir threatened the Xehalein valley
farming country near Jewell today.
A force of more than 150 men Is
the. north. The district flro wurdon
at Jewell In throwing? out all avallnblo
,.,... ,n pflllliiui .im fire
The ,,,.. wnk. , burnng toward
tho Columbia county line la the most
KBrloua ,, ,, occurred In north-
eaKtcrn Oregon this yeur. It la trav
elling at an unusual speed before a
hot dry northeasterly wind. Its pro
gress lust night was estimated at six
miles by officials at the Kerry tlnv
l,or t-miiiuinv heiulriimrterii nt Kerrv
ore
Thus far the fire has burned prln-
Tlltl;l Or I.II K AM) IlltH IIOMK
(Continued rrom Pave One)
S. tho second Cinderella adopted by
Mr. drowning, has boon III at a mini-
nier camp at Crystal Inko, Vermont.
She was adopted six years ago.
"Tlinro Is no nlaeo for a llllli)
girl like Dorothy In a honia with
a Mapper Cindornllu," Mrs. HI.
John said. "And wo don't wont
any nionoy, either.
"Ha dyed the clothes that waru
on tile child's back when h tnok
lior from tno." sho sold. "That's .
what hn did, and then you got all
': this talk nlKiut the hundreds and
hundreds of drosses he's bought
for lior."
Roll of $1 Bills.
Shn further told Investigators from
Mr. I'olor's offlco that Mr. Drowning
handed her a roll of bills when he
took Dorothy. When she rtnnovotl the
rubber band from the roll later, she
aniiear for iiuostlnulng todav. Conelil-
Islvo evldenco has been found, Mr.
Color said, that she was 21 years old,
I not Hi, as she claimed whon adopted,
'or 17 as she admitted ynstorday. Cor
tain rocotnniondtttlons had buon made
to Mr. Browning, the commissioner
said, bill ho declined to statu whether
they included Riving up Mary.
Moral Squad Gathers
Up Female Statues
On Portland Corners
PORTLAND. Aug. 8 (A. P.)
Plaster of parts women who have
hern standing on boxes un slrcot cor
ners since the Ric festival with tholr
hands raised In supplication for some
soup and water or some new paint or
something, last night wero gathered
up ai placed In tho basement of the
auditorium. ,
They became so bedraggled and
dirty that Mayor Baker Owned orders
to Csptain U A. Harms of the morals
squad to pick them al up. They may
be repainted and not up again for the
Odd Kellows' eiffvonllon In Sentetn.
ber. It was said al the city hall.
Cook with gat.
SB
EUGENE GOLFERS
Ti
tiUOKNK, Auk 8. OolfeiH from
' for Afford, where the Intcr-clly
mutch, postponed laHt Kundya, will bo
pmyeu lumorrow. it enough women
from Kutcone make the trip, the worn-
en of Med fort will also be mot, it la
'
ford tale today and uA mutchcu will
bo played tomorrow. . i
Those who Mil make the trip for
lOugeno Include, E. O. Immcl, (Jcorgo
AJcGlll, Kay ODonncH, Dr. J. M. Alll-
ler. Dr. W. II. Dale, Wilson Coffey, H.
C Simmons, Trice Kpeer, Bert Prea-
cott, Roy Rowling, Morris Starbucks
Al Stien and A. A. Rogers.
Nutloiial
At Chicago R. H. K.
Philadelphia 2 H 1
Chicago : 0 3 1
Couch und Wilson: Bush, Kecno and
Hartnctt.
At Pittsburg, 1st game R. H. K.
Brooklyn .. 8 12 1
Pittsburg 12 13 2
Ooschger and Hargrcaves: Vdc,
tiheehan, Morrison and Uooch. -
At St. Louis
R. H. E.
4 2
G 12 i
Malls and
Boston
St. Louis
Cooncy and
Gibson;
O'Karroll.
At Cincinnati R. H.
New York .3
Cincinnati : 8 11
Greenfield and Hartley; Rlxoy and
Hargraves.
At Pittsburgh.
Second game H, H. E.
Brooklyn 4 9 (I
Pittsburgh 6 13 0
Osborne. Hubbell. Brown and Tay
lor; Alrldgo, AdaniB and Smith.
American
At Philadelphia R. H. E.
Cleveland ! 10 2
Philadelphia 10 13 1
Kurr, Cole, Spocco und Myutt; Gruy,
Harrlss and Cochrane.
At New York.
First gumo
Detroit
Now York ...
' Whllehlll and Basslor;
quia und Bengough.
It. II. E.
9 12 0
3 0 0
Jones, Mur-
At Boston. :
Klrst gumti
Chicago
Boston
Kabor, Cvongros.
Hchalk; Ehmke and I
R. H. E.
3 7 2
4 11 2
Connolly und
'Icnlch.
Second gamo It. H. E.
Chicago 0 0 0
Boslon 3 K 3
Robertson. Cnnnully. and Crousc:
Wlngflcld und Blschoff.
At Washington R. H. E.
St. Louis 0 7,0
Washington 5 11 1
Guston, Van Glider, Wlngurd' und
Dlxou; Zuclmry and Sevcrcid.
Al New York
Detroit i . .
New York
II
II 0
7 1
Shawkey
Holloway und
und Seining.
Wuodull:
StniHlliiK of the Clubs.
CHICAGO. Aug. 8. (A. P.) Of
ficial standing of baseball leagcs.
Including games of August 7:
American.
Team W,
Philadelphia , ., till
Washington oft
Chicago D2
L.
3fi
37
62
63
S8
67
74
39
44
46
PC.
.863
.37
. .600
.490
.48
.441
.228
I
.80$
.589
.645
--496
.478
.469.
.441.
Detroit
f. I
49
45 ,
. . . . i . . . 29
.National,.
. 00
68
r5
48
49
Cleveland
New York
Boston , . .
Pittsbiirg .'
New York
(Mucin nuti
Brooklyn
St. Louis
49
64
62
67
63
Philadelphia
40
Chicago 45
Boston 42
.404
Yralenlay'N lU-nlts
At Portland 2: Vernon 4.
At Seattle 7: Oakland 4.
At Kan KrauclKoo 6: Sacramento
At Los Angoles 3; Salt Luke .
Ex-Ceddy Wine Title. .
GARDEN CITY, N. Y., Aug:. 8. (A.
P.) Hay McAulllfo. who for ton vnara
earrlod bags for others, today gained
hla first national golf championship
whon ho defeated William P. Sorrli k
of New York, 8 and S In the finals of
tne national public links tournament,
played at the Salisbury Country club
course.
FRUIT RATE HEARING
' PORTLAND, AUG. J3TH
BAH;:!!. Ore.. Aug. 8. Fruit and
vegetable growers and chambers of
(.ommerce of Western Oregon are to
day being indvlscd bythe public ser
vice commission of s hearing to bo
held In Portland August 13 before en
examiner of the Interstate commerce
commission relative to the suspension
of the proposed Increase In frtA end
ejketnbte rales to California. A pre.
llmlnary meeting of Western Oregon
, ' " ' ' " ' V 1 1 1 1 V I . I'll W
held August 11 for the purpose of
preparing data It used In the
hearing.
BASEBALL SCORES
S.P. IS CHARGED
WITH BRIBING
KLAMATH FIRMS
8ALKM. Auir. 8. That the ituulhcrii
Oregon lumber mills, which ho saya
aro the Hinall operators, huvo been
clubbed Into protesting uKalnat exten.
lon of the Oregon Trunk railway in
Deachutca and Klamath countlen, and
auujecica to a spi t of bribery, wbh tno
dnelnrutiun here todity of Charles Eh-
eiicln of Klamath Kalln. who formerly
iwaa momincntiy connected with the
1 In coiiHldoration of their protent
j against the Oregon Trunk movement,
Hberleln said ihe Koulhern Pacific ban
abolished ftwitchlng charges which It
always heretofore has refused, to do
although it worked a hardship on the
small operators, and has also granted
, tno so-called Truckec. or trnnsmoun
tain rate, which it has refused In past
years to do.
Another club used." said Mr. Kber
ieln, "la this. - These operators use
Southern Pacific Engines in tho woods.
.Should tho mills have refused to enter
the protest tho Southern Pacific would
withdraw these engines on the grounds
that they woro needed on the main
lino." ;
Ubeiicin predicted that tho Oregon'
Trunk will bo accorded a certificate
of public convenience and necessity by
the Interstate commerce commission,
and that tho hearing will reveal many
things relatlvo to how tho Southern
Pacific company has kept the Klam
ath county on "cold storage" for years
and forced into California great vol
umes of commerce that should go to
Portland.
.'Portland may be asleep to tho situ
ation, but the people of Klamath
county aro not." .said Mr. Kberlcln.
"and If It becomes necessary there Is
ono big trump card they can play in
order to make shipments possible at
E. reasonable rates. That is the water
1 .grade route down the Klamath river
0 with ports available at Crescent City
or Eureka." .
" Htocklobenies. '
Fine and clean; 52.00' por gallon.
Leave your order at Economy Groco
terla. ' - '. 119
T-O-NI-G-H-T
Richard
if '
u
Men and
Women "
A IMug, throbbing? cntss-MX'tlon
uf life, .-From- the celebrated
UcIhhco stage success. Cast In
cludes I 'In ire Adams. Hubert
Ciklesoit and liuru Flneli. -
T-0-M-O.R-R.O-W
Flirtatious!
. J Audacious!
Vivacious!
Pola Negri
IN HER FIRST
' COMEDY ROLE
"The Charmer"
kpgj
s V
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RIALTOi
FOR MAYOR, N.X
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. (A. P.) With
a democratic mayoralty fight lu the
primaries assured the republicans are
casting about for a strong candidate
and are hoping to draft Frank D.
Waterman,' fountain pea manufacturer
as head of a "citizens" ticket.
Mr. Waterman recently said he
would "not" become a candidate for
the offlco. but after a meeting of the
republican city committee yesterday,
it became known that the manufac
turer's name headed tho. tentative
"citizens" slate.
- Mayor Hylan, opening his campaign
for a third term, attacked Tammany
hall and reiterated his pledge to abide
by the results of the primayr.
"You know," he said, "if I am beaten
in the primaries I am through, I am
fighting the cause of the - people
against those in my own party who
want to get control or the city govern
ment and Increase the car fare." he
aid. . . . 1 ' "
KLAN FARADS: HUGE AFFAIR.
(Continued from page one.)
were under orders to clear Pennsyl
A Mutual Building & Loan Association
Money invested here is lent only on real estate with
first mortgage security, giving the investor the advan
. tage o absolute safety and high dividends. , Shares of
$100.00 each draw 7 or 8 per cent dividends, payable
in January and July. Under the mutual plan, all
members share alike.
DIRECTORS SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION
Jackson County Building & Loan Ass'n
SO North Central Avenue Medford, Oregon 1
? C. M. KIDD, Pres. O. C. BOGGS, Sec. Atty.
T. , . .... ,
The sealed chassis
with triple sealed engine
Tripled Sealed! The air is cleaned,
the oil is cleaned, the gas is cleaned.
Every point of entry for the dirt
and dust which causes engine wear
is closed Sealed! No other, car,
regardless of price, even approaches
the protection for working parts
found in Buick's Famous Sealed
. Chassis with the Triple Sealed En-
gine. And this is only one of many
1926 improvements. See the Better
Buick 'today in the showroom of
' any Buick dealer.
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY. PUNT. MICH. .
0Msss f Gwil ttmn dXmm
123 So. Riverside
vun la avcnia) of all traffic 30 min
utes before the scheduled start of
the parado at 3 p. m. White robed
women and children, (umlllcs of the
visiting klansnlen, will match strides
with their men In the parado, a flank
of policemen keeping step.
No masks will bo worn by the pa
raders. " ' " I
"Keep your eyes on the person
in front of you," wore final in
structions Issued to the marchers
by klan officials today In co
operating with police precau
tions against uny chance of dis
order. Leaders among the large
negro element in Washington '
have given assurance to Police
inspector Grant that members'
of the race have boen caution- '
cd against lotting any rcsponsl-;
bllity for possible disorders rost
' upon ihem und pastors havo
added a word of caution in their
sermons. The police force, strate
gically assigned to watch tho
day's activities oxpocts no dis-
orders, but It is prepared to
squelch the first sign of it.
Breaking of ranks aftor tho pa
rade which, if the predicted num
ber of marchers materialize will con
tinue well into tho night, the visitors
will gather In tho Sylvan theatre in
the Mall to hear addresses by klan
leaders.
Amplifiers have ' boen erected., to
throw the. ;volces over a wide
vanse of grounds surrounding the 8. (A. P.) Haste, Sande up, won the
Washington monument. . Saratoga special sweepstakes of 1500
,. Negro Dand Refuses. each, with plate of 81000 added for
Klan officials, have been "unsuc- 2.yearolds, at six furlongs today,
cessful In their efforts to obtain the Pompey finished second In front of
service of a negro band to swell the Flight of Timo. The time was 1:12 2-5.
chorus of tholr own bands in thej .
parade. I Onolc with gas. ' .'. - ' it
MEDFORD AUTO CO.
Buick Dealer
As the parade hour approaches
Thomas La vaunt, who was arrested
but later roleased ' yesterday after
distributing , handbills assailing the
Klah announced that he Would make
a last minute attempt to atop the
parade by seeking a court Injunc
tion against it.
The visitors; will wind Up their
program tomorrow night with the
burning of a fiery cross. An 80
foot tree with-a cross piece thirty
feet long, oil-soaked for the occasion,
will provide the spectacle. -
MAZAMA LEADER IN
PORTLAND, Aug. 8 (A. P.) Ji t.
Scott, leader of the Muzama outing
to Mount Jcfforson, who was Injured
in a 300-foot fall on the peak, Is in
Sellwood hospital today after being
brought .out of the Jefferson Parky,
country, over mountain trails,; on
stretcher. His condition was reported
this morning as better than had been
DAiKucu, i iiQiuiuiiD uuuevea mat
no bones had been broken, but the
Ex-ray was to be used to determine. -
- Earl $ande Wins Again.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y ' An.
Phone 73
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