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THANKS
"W e w ant Io thaak yen
fo r the « ttra last night" was
the frequent .message tocetv-
ed at the Tiding» office Wed­
nesday mbralag.
Immediate! yaftar the Tut-
GRANTS PASS. 6 re .. Jeed 38,
— (IP) — . M um bling tato towj>.
footsore,. and weary, bat never
the leae to good physical condi­
tion. Mad B all, champion rahner
of the Red mea completed • the
471 . mile marathon . fro m San
Francisco to Grants P ace., j
’ HO arriVeff~henrst lS r « - a .* m .
Plying Cloud, another Kam ok.
«as bat nine miles behind , the
vailed as the >ardy Indian, bis'
bronce bod# glistening w ith per-
splrattoa nmtor the bright Hght
the mato street, raa through toe
business section Of the town.
The Oregon Cavemen seised
him and carried him to L ittle
F a « a , the Indian miss who to
queen e f the celebration for hto
first reward— a ktoe.---
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expectadfy earty verdict «as
brought to In the Hugh IX-
Autrem ent case, tka fares of
tka Tiding« office was called
back aad w ithin a vary short
time the extra edition, giving
a complate aaeonat of tka
verdict was ont.
To q r e r y . subscriber la
Ashland the newsboys carried
the extra edition, fa order
th a t la a ll homes la the city
the verdict m ight be known.
'• I t was real 'service you
gave 1« the cnee,” was the re­
m ark made by several who
called toe Tidings office to
express their thanks.
A
.i, N. Novrad, forager Ashland
man. hectored by hto w ife. « resi­
dent o f Indiana street, to have
been drowned nt Loa Angeles
lest Janakry, has been located-la
F lorida, according to word re­
ceived by local .authorities.
Mrs. Nerved and bar four chil­
dren, w ere to deetitute rivenm-
Otaaeee last * January whan the
m other received word from polics
a t Lee Angeles that h er husband
was drowned, hto clothing fouffd
,aleBg Che bench, bnt hie body not
recovered. The father had gone
to Los Angeles, according..to Mrs»
Norred, to secure employment.
* Recent developments, at the
present tim e uncertain as to de­
ta il, Indicate Norred went to
Florida, Instead of to the bot­
tom o f the ocean. His where-
aboufs was revealed when he ap­
plied .fa r a pension. He is a
world war veteran.
Councihnen Avthorize Purchase
Of New Ambulance fo r City Use
Ashland to to have a new elty to table the proposition nnttl funds
ambulenCe.
in the hospital fu n d would war­
City councilman last night au­ rant th e purch ase.
T here wa»
thorised the purchase o f 0* find IS IS Ta the hospital fund, the
machine from a Long Beach, Cai- «undent allowed fo r the old am-
iforatff, concern, m e acceptance hulaaoe when it wae traded to oa
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subjects to the approvel of too R H sttf i r u « h ^ - -
city representative who w ill be.
W a t Dodge aad D r, Sweden­
sent a fter the machine.
borg both advised the purchase of
The purchase price to 11, Mfi. toe C alifornia ear.
The machine is said to be. Iff qfi-
Thq need fo r the ambulance,
cellent condition, and well fitted according to D r. Swedenbnrg to
to care tor the needs of this etty. urgent. Patients are taken to and
The purchase wae authorised from the Ashland community hos­
a fter touch discussion between pital to trucks, which to scarcely
councilman and D r. F . G. Sweden- a desirable mode of transportation
burg, who presented the needs ef for aa InvellB. be .«aid.
the hospital lh the case, aad offer­
The atoohtoe wiU to maintained
ed to load the city flO O for the with fuada secured from ambul­
purchase price, this money to be ance rqas.
The paeehaM Wae authorised by
paid hack from the rental« of the
w ire last night, and the amhnl-
Community hospital.
donnetlmea la s t Friday eveai«g knee w ill probably be brought to
held a special session aad decided this city w ithin the nest week.
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With the same stoical compos­ would be reached Within several
ure which marked his demeanor hours.
during the 14 days of the tria l,
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VISIT HERE
CITY DADS IN ,
BUSY SEASON
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Tee Boxes, Flags, And
Other P a r a j i h e n a l i a
Ready At Course And
Business Ceases At 4
O’Clock This Afternoon.
—Flags Displayed •
fcrfual Of Authorities To
. Allow Them Cigarette«
AAsr Anti-Cigarette Law
< 2n Kansas Was Repealed
i^Bringa Rebellion Among
Worker.
Today to no| a national holiday,
but its Golf Day in Ashland and
in recognition of this event, every­
body placed their flags out front
this morning and practically all
stores closed at 4 o’clock so that
everybody could attend the cele­
bration at the new golf course.
Golf club officials were bnsy all
morning, placing pie 'tee boxes,
flags and other paraphernalia on
the course and attar lunch many
journeyed out to the beautiful
course, where many were playing
all afternoon.
Mayor and Mrs. Pierce were to
officially open the coarse nt 4:80
o'clock and la the evening at 7
o’clock everybody were to Join to.
a basket picnic on the course.
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L A N 8 IN G , Kan., June 22. —
(IP) — .T h e mutiny of 328 miner-
prisoners In the Kansas state peni-
tantlary took on a more serious
aspect at 7:20 o clock Tuesday
I. night, .when eight prisoners, on
t h e ir . way .from recreation hour
to their cells, attacked guards who
were armed only with clubs. In
lt th e melee, J. F : Thomas, Leaven-
w erth, Kan., a guard, was stabbed
in t,he aide, hut was not seriously
a Injured.
B i The rioters seised a bunch of
is J ke n from one of the guards, lock-
ed themselves in a cell house, and
n threatened arid
ridiculed
the
e guards on the outside, refusing
r. to surrender.
Deputy Warden
I Hudspeth fired several shots Into
the group of prisoners, wounding
H a rry Baird, a lifer, from W lct»
„ I t * , la tfie leg. Baird, considered
j a hardeaed criminal, pleaded with
Hudspeth to spare the lives of
hlmhelf aad his comrades and un
loeked the cell house door to ad-
A N O T H R R F IS H STO U T
R A P ID C IT Y . 8. D„ June
22.
CLP) — President aad
Mrs. Coolidge went fishing
together Tuesday afternoon
in the waters of fiqnaw creek
and caught eight trout for
their evening meal, to which
they had invited guests. M r.
Coolidge caught six aad Mrs.
C O o l i d g e , two, rainbow
beauties.
• I t was the first time they
had been fishing together.
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BOSTON — Babe Ruth today
knocked hie, twenty-third- homhr
fa r tbs season in ths firs t ganje
w ith ths Boston Red Sox. He k it
it in the fifth inning w ith the
bases empty.
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Senator Fred Stiwer and Sena­
tor C. F. McNary will visit in
Ashland Friday evening and have
dinner at the Llthla Springs
while visiting Southern Oregon
on a tour of Investigation of the
Irrigation projects of the district,
according to plans made by the
committee members of the South­
ern Oregon Irrigation District,
which met Tuesday evening at
Medford.
The congressional delegation
will reach Grants Pass Thursday
and will spend the day In that
territory.
Friday the committee will be
1n Medford, coming to Ashland
for dinner in the evening. Sat­
urday they will visit the Talent
Irrigation district and Hyatt dam.
Saturday evening the Medford
Chamber of Commerce will en­
tertain the visitors at the Amer­
ican Legion hall In that city.
There may be a number of
Oregon representatives accom­
pany McNary and Stiwer on the
trip to southern Oregon, but this
has not yet been determined.
"I have no comment to make
on the verdlcf o f thè Jury» ether
than to say that the recommenda­
tion of life imprisonment under
the law of Oregon is discretionary
with the Jury. Of course I felt
that the state, undeT the evidence
was entitled to the death penalty,
yet I have absolutely no Criticism
to offer" said Georgs N usher, U.
S. District attorney
comment­
ing on the verdict. '
Then Hugh was brought to the
courtroom. I t was stuffy-hot. The
mother, Mrs. Bello D ’Autremont.
eat with bowed head. The strain
of tt^ tria l and the arraignment
of her tw in sops, bad tried her
to almost the breaking point.
There wae a dead silence about
the court room aa thq form ality of
the legal procedure of paqalpg
sentence was gone through.
* Then, the verdict was read.
'*We find thé. defendant guilty
of first degree murder, w ith a
recommendation og m ercy.*
The youth
had escaped the
hangman's noose which the M ate
and* federal government «peat near
half million dollars to put about
hto nock.
There was no outburst to the
courtroom, following the verdict.
Roy and Ray D'Autrem out. In
their cells in the ja il Tuesday
could hear the booming voice of
District Attorney Nuener as he
sought to place the hangman's
As the words of the fatal sent­
noose about the neck of their
ences were rend by County Clerk,
brother. .
D rills Stevens Myers, Paul D '-
Antrsmont, the. father stiffened
Jurors, because of his youth,
slightly,
bnt looked
straight
eaid they believed Hugh should
ahead. No word passed between
not pay the supreme penalty.
Hugh and his parents ns he arose
to go to the Jail, which was the
Ray D’Afitremont was wear­ first step in what the law decree«
ing a light gray - suit whsa he sha|l,be a .Ilfs sentence behind the
reached Jacheonville, and hie hair bars.
was p a rte # o p the rifie tastead o f
A fter the court inquired of the
being worn pompadour fashion as
1 « Jurors if the verdict was cor­
he is pictured in his latest photo­
rect, they were excused, and with,
graphs, Roy wore a dark suit aad
looked rather glum.
Old Dwelling
Is Remodeled Roy And Ray Present Sharp Coni
To Debonair Hugh When In Com
The dwelling standing on the
■; McCormick tract near the city
Shortly after the anti-cigaret.e
t f if .l k X s n s a s was repealed the
Inmates of the state prison de
atanded permission to receive ci.r
arettee and cigarette papers ir.m i
friends eutside. This permissive
was refused by prison authorities.
There has been an undercurrour
e f mutiny brewing since then, ac-
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Arraignment of hto tw in broth­
tha youth received his sentebce. ers Ray and Roy D'Autremoat, on
A flush which overspread7 his the same charge on which he haq
face», then passed leavingTH pale, Jnst been tried, was In progress
was the only sign of emotion he when the court bailiff reported
the Jury had reached a verdict. .
showed.
He had been taken to the Jail
Intense excitement prevailed.
adjoining the old courthouse Im­ The early verdict could mena bnt
mediately after the Jury was in­ one thing— conviction.
structed by Judge Thomas and re­
Arraignment proceedings were
tired for deliberations.
It was continued and seemed to drag to
little expected that a verdict the excited throng about the court­
house.
Congressional
Delegation
To Spend Three Days In
Southern Oregon
Streets, Lands. And Special
Trial Ended
J. W. Pottos, who returned to
Ashland recently a fter living in
California, has opened a service
station and grocery store a t «44
N. Main street.
M r. Potter, who form erly pub­
lished The Ashland Tribune and
whose wlfq is a daughter o l Syl­
vester Patterson of this city, has
eonstracted an attractive tan
stueco service station building
which to certain to attract those
passing that way. The place w ill
be known as the Neighborhood
Grocery and Service S ta te n .
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Hugh D ’Autremont must spend his life behind prison
bars.
It required hut 40 minutes and one ballot for a jury
of his peers to convict him of the murder of Coyle 0 .
Johnson, Ashland man who on October 11, 1983, was one
of the four Southern Pacific trainmen who lost their lives
when bandits attempted to rob the mail train at Tunnel
13 in the Siskiyous.
Evidence in the case was entirely circumstantial.
Judge C. A. Thomas, who presided in the case will
pronounce sentence at 10 o ’clock Friday morning; and the
verdict, of the jury makes it possible for b^t one- sentwuto
—life behind the prison bars without hope o f pardon« s H
Hugh D ’Autremont is hat 23 years of age new—was
bnt 19 when the dastardly crime of which he stands con­
victed, was committed. '■
“DEAD” MAN
J IS LOC AT
> Hugh D'Autrem out never ex­
hibited the slightest emotion dur­
ing the entire progress o f the tria l,
so fa r aa the Jury was concerned,
except when hto mother went on
toe witness stand, according to
W m . F . Darby o f Ashland, one of
the Jurors io the ease.
' I t . was genuine relief to the
Jurors when a verdict was reached
on the flrst b illo t cant, according
lug to Darby.
"Hugh would watch the witness
an
they
testified
and
look
them squarely la the eyes, be
never would Indicate that he was
In any way affected by the testi­
mony.
H e would simply ‘out-
stare' anyone," Darby said.
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I ’m Not Supposed To Think” Says Convicted Tooth In'
Regard To Sentence—“ Wo Are Satisfied” Says At­
torney Newton E. Chaney — Father And Mother
Show Little Emotion—Sentence Set For Friday
Morning At 10 O’Olook.
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: C ity fioitocllmeh.' held a busy
session , Tuesday eyealtff, actlr.g
on numerous m&ttsrs of city busi-
Builds New
Gas Station
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TWere are ' no milllonairs in
N orth Dakota, according to In­
dem« ta* figeres. Idaho, Nevada,
N ew Menico, and South Dakota
each has on«;
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tourist camp, on the land recent­
ly purchased by the Root commit­
tee, 1s being remodeled aad will
soon be in fine shape to be used
as a "tourist apartment”, accord­
ing to F ran k Jordan, park super­
intendent. The building has two
apartments and w ill be a part of
tbeecamp fascllltiee and In a small
measure a id ,ln solving the prob­
lem of accommodating the tour­
ists. " In the last month we hate
turned away more than 100 cars
because there wae no possibility
of accommodating tbs tourists” ,
Jordan, M id .
Arraigned before Judge C. Mi
Thomas Tuesday afMruoon, charg­
ed with the murder o f four South­
ern Faclfic trainmen in the Sis­
kiyou tunnel hofaup, October 11,
1«28, Ro> D ’Autremont and Ray walked with a
D’Autremont pleaded not guilty lurching movs
to each of the four murder Indict­
they were 1
ments against them. *
T h eir father and mother were
lfiijthe court room with them When
they, were arraigned.
They an­
swered Clearly and distinctly "Not
d u llty " when • the Indictments
against thOm ware read.
They appeared In sharp sen*