Medford mail tribune., September 25, 1928, Page 3, Image 3

SttWiTPORlJ WXTB I'liiBONW. HTFlOTOftn, QKEflOX, TUESDAY. SF.PTETRET? L5. 1928.
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ARSON CONFESSED APPEAL MADE 10
ALSO DEPRAVITY JACKSON COUNIY,
ACTS BY RANCHER! FOR RELIEF A!D
onfffwilon.s of aisnn. nnd bestial
nc-tH that ptunib'(l 111 (J depths ut'
human uVpniviiy, were inmlo yew
teriiny by Iani'l H. Waiters, -I:.',
n Jiirmer, ami hht wifo, US, -residents
of the Thompson Creek dis
trict, and charges will be filed
ttfeninst both this afternoon by Dis
trict Attorney Newtpn C. Chancy.
Written and slgnetl HtatemeiiiH
have been uccureil from both.
The couple have four childmn,
win will bit liirni'd over to u chil
dren's home. The parents are held
h) custody.
"Watter,s, in his NiKtied and sworn
confession to arson, admits that
on August liHih, he set fire to his
home to collect insurance totalliiiK
S500.
ile Htates that n few days before
the fire he .said to his wife, jok
inkly: 'i kupsk I'll sot fire lo the house
and collect the insurance, but 1
had. no Idea of doing it."
Me alleges Hi fit hin wife
acquiesced with. "CIo ahead and
lln it, if you think you can k;1
awfiy with it."
The statement further holds
that after "talking -it over for a
few dayit, I went Into the attic,
tore up a magazine, and stuffed it
into a crack in the ceiling and
ignited it. I then went down
stali-H, and went hack and tried to
put the fire out. I tore a shingle
from the roof and burned my
hand. J then went downstairs, and
me and my wife packed nut what
we could. All of the children's
clothing was burned. 1 was so
XervoiiH and excited 1 could hardly
stand tip."
Actions of "Wallers after the fire,
arointed the suspicions of the
authorities, and a week ago an
investigation was launched by the
district attorney's office, and the
state fire marshal, H. II. Pomeroy,
which culminated in the confes
sions yesterday.
The Walters were married in
1917, and for the past five years
have been living on u mountain
ranch on Thompson creek.
"A wecond confession of the pair
recites moral perversion beyond
belief d and, according to the
authorities, will result in, the "Wal
ters being directed to the attention
of the state eugenic board.
-The disrict attorney's office
branded the case as the most re
volting In the history of the
cbtthty.
NEW IDEA FOR i
HALTING THEFTS:
HIT OVER HEAD, AUTHORESS HUR
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IN AUTO CRASH
icomlilioiis were found.
While the front lelt wheel wan
i completely ruined and both fender
i bent and other damage was done
; to the roadster, the HuicU brough
'am was said by Sheriff .leanings to
; bu only slightly damaged.
Olnsslffert advertising gets results.
Padlock JSuitg l-'ilcd.
PUltTLAXI), Ore., Sept. 5. iA')
Two padlock suits have been
filed in federal court aih a result
of liquor law cases in Klamath
county.
Due abatement suit was filed
against J. It. .Martin, owner and
Ititk-b Minikin, owupant of prem-
iavH at Kurt Klamath, und the
utli-'t against Ixdand I'arazoo.
owner and Hen Mitchell, occu
pant of premises ta Chlloquin.
J. T. Zi miner lee, who underwent
a serious operation at the Seered
; Heart hospital Friday, is reported
I ns doing nicely.
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11 AUTO THIEVES
ARE SENTENCED
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23. (JP)
Eleven men drew sentences in fed
eral court today for auto thefts.
Edward I. Kirby, 35, got threi
. years in McNeil Island priaon. He
also faces a charge of robbing the
residence of Phil Aletschen. Port
land.
Ernest Turner got thre years In
McNeils,
James Fisher, 19, got two years,
and Rudolph Boer, ii I, drew 1 8
months.
. Clayton Merrill. 27. Milton Carl
son, 28, and Elmo Hill, 22, drew
15 months each.
, "Wesley Woolever, 25, got a 10
months jail term, nnd, Clarence
Brown six months.
Hoy Reese, 1ft, and Victor Reyn
olds, 18, of Vancouver, "Wash., were
given four months each.
GLENN TAYLOR NOT
Olenn O. Taylor, Judge of the
city court and Justice of the peace
for Med ford, and deputy U. S.
court clerk for the sou t hern Ore
gon district, smiled when he read
in yesterday's Mail Tribune hi."
own name mentioned among I how-
of possible appointees lo the posi
tion ot county Judge, and ie
clared today that he would not
have the office under any circum
stances.
"I have no idea ,how any one
could get the Impression that I am
even a tentatively mentioned can
didate for that office." said the
judge, for I favor Alex Sparrow
for the nppointment nnd for elec
tion as county judge in fact, I
am one of the original sparrow
men.
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LESTER ADAMS FILES
The following appeal from the
Reel cross was received by llie Med
ford chapter today:
San I'Yanciseo, t'al.,
Sept. 24,
Jackson County Chapter,
American Red Cross,
Med.ford, Ore.
Authentic reports Red Cross
workers in Florida state more than
1.1)00 dead. Willi Iti.omi families
needing Red Crows aid and 14,7"iO
now being fed by Red Cross.
Serious health problems is Okee
chobee district on acconnt of eon-.
tinned presence of dead bodies bur
ied in debris.
1
All inleresling plan for the co
operative prevention of a number
of automobile crimes in Oregon
and California has been evolved
by Sheriff Ralph Jennings, and : addition t that lost all the money
submitted by him to the various j he had with him, which amounted
ihft luti-o.iii ii Inn i!- Ih nniNt fnr 1 ,rt wx "OlIlllU
approval,
That most of the cars stolen in j tl,t' hluI nM K""-' fr w,u the
either slate are taken a '.toss the
border into the next slate
geslcd the necessity to the
Mrs. Leslie Wiltshire. English
writer who has been in Medt'ord
the past week in search of local
color for it novel. Is in the Sacred
Heart hospital as a result of a col
lision between her Huiek roadster
and a lluiek llrougham driven by
John Madden of Venice, Cal., at
After picking up the pedestrian Fifth and Rartlett this noon.
I As the result of giving a stran-
! ger ii ride last iiij'hl on the Jack-
simvillc highway at II o'clock, fl.
K. Shell of East Main street, is
without his watch today and in
Mrs. Wiltshire, who was picked
man ordered tin driver to stop, unconscious from the street by
Ibit him over the head with a small jujit.r imnfortl, and who suf
local j wen pon and ordered him to get out iVred a deep gash 4n I ho hack ot
Mhprtrr fni- n .-i.-...L--nn ,,f nr f ih cur, Mr. shell reported to 1 her head, and other minor body
the border. Mr. Jennings' hloi in I1"" P(jI1''- p"rly this morning. bruises, was said by witnesses to
.u r. ftiieii nun me ponco ai have attempted to jump trom ner
to establish n station at the bonier
line in the Si.sklyous where the
officers from each slate, working
two at a time on eight hour. shifts.
This plan, according to Mr. Jen
nings would not only check the
members assisting Red Cross de
dare the situation surpasses the
horrors of war.
Forty-five Red Cross nurses on
duty Innnciilatlng refugees rapidly.
It is estimated 400,11110 people in bulk of ear thefts and transuorln-
I'orlo Rico must receive fnod. shd-'tion evils, but would increase the
tor and medical care from Red 'efficiency of noli, .lopariments of
Cross for long period. both slates in d -using justice in
Instant need of shelter on ac-; these cases,
count of approcah of rainy seasnu. Among the authorities who have
Red Cross rushing galvanized iron limited into litis plan and have
and lumber to i'orlo Rico mi trans- voiced approval is J. Keller,
ports. Fifty-two municipalities (special agent in charge of the Xa
furuished trucltlonds of food :nid I tituial American Theft Rureati.
clothing and medical supplies. The i- -
magnitude of the relief task makes;
it imperative the National Red (
Cross know the amount if money
it may count upon, dull furl her j
not.ice please wire this office night j
letter every Monday anil Thursday,
staling amounts collected by yulir
chapter.
J. AKTin'R JEFF ERS.
To date exactly one dollar mure
than, half of the $ru cpiotn set j
lor uic Jackson county itcil ( tush
:is lt.; share in the drive for funds
lo aid victims of the hurricane hit
districts In Florida. I'orto Rico
a tut the Virgin Islands, has been
eoiilr.but-d.
As .inert is even greater need
for money than was al first re
ported when the national Red
Cross appealed to its chapters for
assistance, the committee in
charge of the drive here u:ges
Medford citizens to turn their
checks in as soon as possible to the
Daily News, Mail Tribune or the
First National bank. Che e k s
should he. made payable to the
Red Cross and any amount is ac
ceptable.
this morning that he had been , cari which was oing north on Hart
slugged and knocked unconscious. 1 i,,,t i (ne school zone. The other
nn be taken, by a group of three ! "brown over the fence and left.; Huick was coming east on Filth
American Legion ; ,umibers and descriptions of
UNVEIL INDIAN
BATTLE MARKER
there. lie claims to have slept 1 when the two crashed.
from il p. m. until nearly 5 o'clock Rushed to the Sacred Heart hos
a. m.. and then to have walked to 1 pftal by Or. Inskeep. a stitch was
Medford, the stranger having I taken in the Injured woman's head
taken his car. .Members of hy the county physician, after
the police force located the miss- ! which X-rays were taken of the
ing Ford coupe, a model of several I skull bv Pr. Shocklev. No serious
nnd unsteady as lo fen-
years
ders and wheels, on Eighth street
sometime before la o'clock today.
"With
in Hie
appropriate ceremony and
prosetiee nf the members
of the local Daughters of Un
American Revolution chapter.. their'
invited guests and the public gen
erally, a monument was unveiled
by the chapter this afternoon in
the Table Rock vicinity, marking
the spot "where the Indian peace
treaty was signed between the
Rogue River Indians und General
Joseph Lane in 18S2.
Although there is some dispute
jas lo the location of the exact
j spot, the monument is placed on
I the north end of the AVykoff
ranch, as that place Is regarded
;is the most suitable site.
Senator Samuel M. inrland. of
.ebanon. Ore., arrived in Medford
'this morning in preparation for
Pithe unveiling ceremony this after
r noon, whore he gave the chief
l i address, speaking on the subject
of "The- Indians; a Vanishing
'- .' Race." Others- present 'for the
A Chevrolet touring car. stolen same purpose were J. O. Stearns,
lost week from D. E. (ilbbs, farmei j president of the Historical asso-
Aibany, was recovered here ciation at Cortland nnd the lit.
Saturday by the sheriffs of lice. 1 Rev. M- S. G. E. Arthur Ernie, ol
CAR STOLEN IN ALBANYf.
IS
The machine will be reclaimed by
the northern man, who is on his
way to Medford this afternoon,
following a wire from Sheriff
Ralph Jennings yesterday.
The car was abandoned at the
north end of the city, and when
found Saturday by the police, '.I
was thought at first to be a trans
fer case, no note of its loss hav
ing .appeared in fhe theft bureau
bulletins. Wires were sent by
Sheriff Jennings ,to the various
bureaus and police stations. ur.tM
the fact was established that the
car was a stolen one. Gibbs ex
pressed enthusiastic appreciation
of the efficiency of the local of
fice. 4
Mail Tribune ads are read by
20.f00 people every day. tf
Portland, grandson of General
Joseph line; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Shelby, of San Francisco, wei'1
also expected. Mr. Shelby is an
other grandson of General Ijine.
Are ifou
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8th Successful Year In Medford
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Electrotherapy Food Science
The candidacy of Eester J.
Adams of 329 Holly street, the
builder, for councilman in the
third ward, was filed today with
the city recorder, along with the
required number of citizen's signa
tures. The present councllmen of the
ward are Joseph O. Gray and A.
I frn.n Kllf t ho loim nf lhf fOI'-
mer expires next ' January, nnd, of 0 fcingle doubtful drug; Ca.tona
Croxe holds over for another year.i vegetable. So it 11 safe to u-e h
Inasmuch as Mr. Gray contem- oiten as mi infant has any little pan.
platm becoming n candidate foi I you wmiot pat away. And u , iiluayf
re-election, this mean that thoreaav i- r u.e rrwnrr ,,u.g . l,m,c:
will be at least two candidates for r .u.iMon.
the position at the November clec
tion.
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In the article referred to the lo- j
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the Garden club, giving special
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