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LAN8INO, Kan., J u n e l3 .— (U»)
— For the first time since they
blockaded1
- themselves at the bot­
tom of a TSS-foot mine shaft in
tho Kansas state penitentiary more
than SC hoars ago, the SS8 mn-
tinous prisoners showed a desire
to communicate with the prison
authorities and late yesterday
afternoon talked to prison guards
over the mine telephone.
Tho iasargons, who are bold­
ing fourteen guards with them in
their pubterraaran stronghold, de­
clared that some of tho guards
wlshsd to talk to their wires, who
had been anxiously awaiting word
as to their fate. Prison author­
ities are considering the advisabil­
ity of aUowiag tho guard’s wires
to attempt a conversation.
Because the mutineers hare had
no food elhee their srtke Tuesday
noon, authorities believe that the
men will soon cento to terms, hnt
Police "Ape seeking to unravel
the mystery which sUrorunds the
theft end selling ef an eld ftup-
moblle ear owned by O. H. Robin­
son. employed a* Prospect.
« T u « Should Be
Robert Williams is held in the
And Incom « Should
atty Jaltt arrested by Night Police­
man C h tfa s Clause, and will prob­
ably be arraigned on charge of
auto theft.
The ear is missing.
According to police, Williams
and-' Robinson, who were good
friends, were employed at* Pros­
pect. Wednesday morning, they
say, Williams stole a travelling
bag owned by Robinson and con­
taining aR of the bill of sale and
other documents of ownership con­
nected with the Hupmoblle. The
ear was held at the Third street
garage in this city, where repair
work and storage amounted to
$14.81. W illiams shorted the paw-
era of ownership and, paid the
hill sad received the car. He said
ho parked U on the street la Ash­
land and was unable to locate It
later.
The next soon of the car it Was
la ths possession of O. J. Btam-
men ot Mariposa. California,
whoso eld 1 H ( model Chandler
was turned la at the Rodney Oar- > J h gild . .revealed unanimity of
what demands they wished to
make, the convict spokesm an de­
clared ’•Nona.’» Authorities took
the reply to indicate that the
strikers have not agreed among
themselves regarding what conces­
sions they deMre.
MADBULLIS
FETED YOUTH
Winner Of Marathon Bun
Sleeps Well After
Grilling B a «
GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 38.
— (IP)— Feted on all sides. Mad
Bull, winner of the 472-mile foot
race from San Francisco to Grants
Pass, Is enjoying more acclaim
and praise for a feat of pence
than any of his Redskin ancestors
ever received for bravery in bat­
tle.
The recipient of $1 f t e in prises,
Mad Bull also has mads ths cen­
ter of adulation for the largest
celebration Southern Oregon has
witnessed in years.
This clean-limbed youth of 88,
whose rent name Is John Weetey
Southard, slept well into the morn­
ing after, finishing the unparal­
leled contest nt 18:18 a. m. Wed­
nesday. He then breakfasted with
L ittle Fawn, princess ef RM
Bull’s Karook tribe, and ’’gassa”
of the Redwood highway, l ^ r at­
tending an enthusiastic dinner at
which the money awards were
pads.
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Shy and retiring. Mad Rail tdok
his honors with ths stpiciint of
his r a r a .\
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Meanwhile the car and Stam­
men are gone, Williams is held,
and Robinson has no automobile
Victoria b
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Presented To
: Playground
J. E. Angwin has gone to Kln-
derful magic,lamp .
Mfai Fay Carver, playground
supervisor wished for a victroia.
In fact it was quite necsesary
that sh« »tears a victroia if she
were to caadnct folk dance
classes for a group of girls who
are most anxious to do this work.
So she told her need in the
Tidings office, and an appeal was
pat in the paper.
Wednesday morning a play­
ground friend called and said it
was with pleasure he would do­
nate his victroia for playground
C. P. Talcty of thia city, LlOn-
tenant O. O. Nichole of' Medford,
and Don Hays, Grants Pam traf­
fic officers, "paced” the MatatAoil
runners from the California bord­
er to Grants Pam, from S :l< A St.
Tuesday until Wednesday after­
noon nt 1:18 when Meliks, Si-
year old Mexican Zunt, reached
the city, completing the 488 mite
run.
J Talent led the caravan, stopping
every machine approaching tha
tanner In order that thpy might
Written Statements SecuredDtadng/ABnight'Oonfere«^sT
Of Postal Authorities And Officers With Twins—:
Jury Drawn And Sentence Famed At 10:46 This
Morning—Brothers Much Deprefad.
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The mystery of the Siskiyou holdup ia at last c^ear-
Roy and Ray D ’Autremdnt a fter'a n a il night con*
ference with postal authorities last night, this m oiling
Bigned written confessions concerning their part in the
Siskiyou train dynamiting on. Ootober 11, 1923. Hugh
also admitted his guilt.
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Immediately after these confessions were signed they
Ray ’D ’Autremoat (Circle) a
ey JPAutromoAt who this morning
were taken into court, a jury impaneled, which returned a
confessed to parilcpatlon in
dynamiting of the man train at
Tnnae) IS in the Siskiyou
verdict of gnilty of murder in the first degree with a re­
nteiaa on October I I . IS S I, and
arger brother, Hugh, sentenced to
were Immediately with theli
commendation
for mercy, which carried with it a sent­
State Penitentiary at Salem. The BOYS HAD A
life Imprisonment in the On
nvttle, Ohio, Jane S, after a tour
ence of life imprisonment. Postal Inspector Walter Riddi­
brothers were captured in 8
These pictures of tho twins and
year search by postal inspoc
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ford as^ed for mercy for the brothers.
rea.immediately after the arrant. _ Æ GREAT T
Mrs. Ray D’Antromont war
Judge (TIT. Thomas immediately pronounced sent­
ence on the three brothers—verdict of the jury making
It mandatofy{hat The sehfence lie lff<£ ini^isonmeftt With­
opinion of Jtepubltcaa leaders a s
out hope of pardon.
to.jn st how taxes should ho re-
Sheriff Ralph Jennings will leave Redford at 6:15
fr- Yt -wee a'happy, tired, but hat-
First tho corporation tax ahcfttd
' “ When wa saw the a s u ilf a all b lo w to pirns«, and llaffed group of hoys Who relurn- o ’clook this evening for Salem with the three brothers
to out from IS IS t per cent to nt
|ed from the Y. M. C. A. Younger and they will start immediately upon serving their sent-„
Mtot IS per cent, he raid. Moat realised U fa wu w uuM fat be ahló to gut w ta n wpoetegd I Boy’s three day camp Wednesday
fences.
' ./•/$!
ttnitance taxes, including taxes on stamp and with two dead man. already on o w hand*—apt
levenlng. after spending the three
those on admissions and dupe.
Contents of the confession of the twins will not bn
knowing about the mail «Jerk—Boy yelled to me to shoot I days at Wagner Oap.
Should bo repealed outright. The
given
the press, according to Postal Inspector W alter!
They had a fine time, enjoying
lower normal taxes on small ln- everybody and run,” Hugh calmly told tho Tidings re­ lout door life to the’ fullest extant
Riddiford, who said this was one of the conditions on
comes are so small now f l a t they
land W P. Walters. Y. M. C. A. j
porter
following
the
confession
and
sentencing.
which the twins agreed to make a clean breast of the
need not be reduced, he maintain­
I Secretary, who supervised the
“ I shot Urn with a 46 and w i l e d , to a cache which I camp aald, " It gras the finest short matter.
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ed, and he raw no reason for re­
dactions on the intermediate in­ wo had prepared,” Hugh continuad.
The confession was signed at C-
r,..
camp I have ever seen.”
o’clock this morning?
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comes between 130,900 and |80 ,-
Those who were at the camp
Thus, ho ended a description of the moat heinous
It Is brief, according to postal5
000.
were: Byer Putnam, Alex Good-1
authorities. The confession Is saltfe
crime which has over b « n \« u H fa fa L in this country, lng, LaiVence Good, Ernest Wal-1
to hare told of tho brothers f llg h (
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lln,
Edwin
King,
Headrick
Baugh-I
freely admitting the dynamiting f a d shooting ef the four
after the holdup— how they stay-«
1 man, Howard Mayberry, Virgil I
ed in the mountains for ton days"
em ploye« c i Train N oc i s te tito Siskiyou mountains j Counter, Wilbur Hocking, Wilbur I Strange
with posses 1 ever coming closer,
October 11,1923.
j ghiffer, Merldlth Durham, Charles I C o u n ty
and closer, how they finally went
Walter. Clyde Baker, and Geh I
“We went to Mountcrest cabin the day before the. Woodworth. The boys were ac-1
to H ilt, California, how they walk­
TRURO, Mass., Jane 83. — (IP)
ed down the Southern Pacific
— The Clyde line freighter, crime, coming from Gamp 2 apd made everything ready com pan led by Raymond Stennet) I
tracks, and hid in tho brush and
“Orark” rammed and sunk the
for* the holdup. We had intended to hold up the Shasta and Secretary Walters.
Anally separated and successful­
steam trawler ”8arge” In a dense
ly for nearly four years eludetf*
fog about five miles off Truro limited, but decided Ho. 13 Was carrying the money, so
their pursuers in the greatest
early this morning. Nineteen
changed
0
«
plans,
they
stated.
I
manhunt ever known— which eoec
members of the "Surge” crow
&
COURT
tho government more than half*
were rescued by the Osark erew.
“ Bay was at the Bast Bortal when the train entered
a million hollars.
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Three seamen are reported miss­
TO
BE
USED
the
tunnel
Boy
and
I
brought
the
train
to
a
full
stop
The brothers, Roy and Ray warn
ing.
captured la Stuehoarlllo. Ohio,
W ith a gaping hole In the box, at the spot wo bad decided upon. I held the fireman sod
Juno 8, two days after tha second
Judre
Thomas
Secures
Per
tho Osark went agronnd.
The
trial of their brother Hngh was
mission From Federal
calm sea which prevailed probably engineer in the cab. Boy and Bay wont toward the mail
started
at Jacksonville.
Authorittea
prevented large loss of life.
oar, the door ef which was open. The dark, when he saw
After Hugh was convicted ths^
throe brothers wore permitted to*
them coming, slammed thaA oor and would not open
hold a conference and tha twins
when wo threatened to blow-up the oar unless he did,”
agreed
to confess providing all
L IN D Y VISITS OHIO
would
bo
done to save thorn from
Hugh
stated.
Represented
DAYTON, Ohio.. Jnne 33.
tho death sentence.
“ Then W blew it to hell. We didn't intend to use
— (IP) — Colonel Chas Lind­
The brothers appeared mteerah •
U N IVER SITY OF OREGON,,
bergh, after spending the
ly dejected as they wore M l Into
Eugene, Jnne . 88 — (Special)— so touch powder. Don’t know which one pushed then
night hero ns a guest of Or­
the courtroom at IS o'clock thin
Three members or the faculty plunger to the battery—Bay or Boy, but what doms: itL
ville W right, Bret famous
Will represent the University ot
Oregon at the meeting of the
American Association tor the Ad­
vancement of Science, to be «son-
ducted nt Reno, Nevada, Jngh 88
to 84. They are Dr. W. P. Boyn­
ton, head of the physics depart­
ment, Dr. H. O. Tanner, pro­
fessor of chemistry, and Dr. A.
B. Caswell professor of physics.
The last-named w ill read a paper
oa the election theory of metale,
not havo to p a « through tho dust of which he has made an exhaus­
clouds op tho highway.
tive studjr.
The runners, ho said worn stop­
ped every few miles, their shoes
CLUBS MRAN LUCK
changed and their fast bathed la
alcohol.
BALTIMORE, Md.. Juno 88.—
It was a wild welooOra the (IO — Richard Lankboth, ÍS . was
Grdpti Pam Cavemen game each fosad dead with a ballot wound
of tho gallant redWeP ga they In hla hted and a pistol ia hie
rracMsd the city completing tha hand at his homa ia FalrSeld. Bo*
rase. Tha old lu a i was ip splen­
did physical eeadftton. pa wall as which won written:
w f a Mad Bal! and tho younger
"OoMhye. Clubs mean good
Talent Paces frldiah Runners From
California Border To End Of Run
"We want to make the July
Fourth celebration a.real old fash­
ioned community affair and the
hearty response we have received
| makes it seem certain that opr
plana In the matter will not go
awry,’’ says Secretary J. H. Fuller
of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Hyatt Dam alte la an ideal
location tor the affair, and those
who hare -visited the place this
fprlng says thaUno more desirable
Ideation lor a real old-time, get-
together Independence day picnic
could hare been selected.
There will probably be a big dis­
play. of fireworks to end the day
and plenty i f entertainment of a
carefree sort for those who enjoy
It throughout the entire day.
The Talent Irrigation District
folks are extending the right sort
of cooperation and will assist In
making the Hyatt celebration one
which w ill be worthwhile.
morning by their Jailers. Thor
haggard and worn after
f l» r " M t a t,8 :4 0 o’cloek this
matter? I held the engineer in the cab, while one of the J
looked
morning for Washington, D,
other boys .took the fireman to unoouple tho mail oar/’ j
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Hugh continued.
J'
~ “ I told ths iMfiaeer to pull ouA Ha said he oouldn’t '
“Mother Of A Hiousand
Then I f a l l títe óngineerman down to talk to Bay and i
Boy. W n U f a fa ro standing toara, w o saw somebody <
eoming from tho r ífa t Aide of tho t n b . It was Johnsen, I ’
and two t f Us shot him white ho wos standing, not
Paoking of equipment has a lii >. **Tha Mother of- a Thousand 1000
ready started at the o il court- Girls’’ Is the title given Mira Ida worn«
while arputitoto,” Hugh co n fa fa L
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“ I took the engineerman back and told him to pull h hr use at Jacksonville, prepars- Iw ightatan, employee of the Pac- paay.
to the move which Is to be Me Telephone A Telegraph com- prohl
out or die. He had the engine machinery placed at a full tory
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made July K when Medford of- paay of Portland. '
step, although We dig hot know B la h o t him with a 46 ¡ finally becomes the county seat! Mira Wlghtman was a former and
Mica
46 aatettatfft” Hugh confessed.
ot Jackson eonnty.
. Asklgnd girl. She was the mate « 0 «
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' hostess at the formal opealag »M et
“Then B f a or Boy shot S t if e knowing the game]
BOMB FROM VACATION
of t|to beautiful pew home ot \ i e edvlai
woe All aginst its, fa d f a flad tota the mountain fasttf
J. B. Hoxie and family r e -company la Portland, and her
turned Wednesday from an auto picture was carried In a recent
trip to thpir old home In the edition of one of the nepapapors
state of Washington. „ Mr. Hoxie of that cjty.
is employed to maintenance work
The tjtle-M iss Wlghtmqa has
on tha Pacific highway, a mem-won came about thrpagh hor
her of the state highway crow,
work with tho appraximatcly
Adi
and 4
woma
led I
8hs
ssoot
organ
Girls” Was