Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 11, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextH-ty V a- Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDIT J ON WEATHER I'nlr f oiilwfif ; rain .Sinidnyi IMitv ft I; .Mlii, .'17. forty tlilnl Yrnr IMIIv I'litlilli Yrnr miohfoiu), omwoN, kamtuday, octohkr n, hjih. NO. 171 - twri -, STEAMER VOLTURNA BURNS AT SEA WITH 633 PEOPLE ABO ARD-136 LIVES LOST TEN OCEAN LK SURROUND SHIP SANK AT CHARRED HULK AS IT GOES DOWN SPOT TITANIC RESCUING 521 OF THOSE ABOARD IS WRECKED explosion Aboard Doomed VcsscJ Spreads Flames Drck Becomes an Inlrrno Propeller Fouls Tackle So That Only Two Out o( Six Life boats (lot Away, Othrr Tour Dclnn Smashed, Drowninn Occupants Most of Passennrrs hi Stcrranc Cunardrr Carmanla First at Scene for Reiciie Din Ships Maneuvered to Get Close to Burnlrifi Ship, Nar rowly Avertlmi Collision Gale Fanned Flames. HERMANN OELRICHS, JR., YOUN G SOCIETY MILLIONAIRE, I ARRESTED ON CHAR GE OF STABBING GIRL IN AUTO Liner Uranium Recently on Fire at Same Place, But Crew Kept Flamrs IIiiiIit Pnnlrnl rnnt.iln nf RpcfiiP I Ship Scuds Message. lilVKItl'OOU Oct. II. AHcr huriiiiiK l (lie walk's cli, the hIciiiiiim' Vnllimin mink in iiiiil-Atlnntif la.sl l'ri iliiy iiioriiini. 'She caniril five- hundred and .sixiy-four passcnp'i-s and a rnuv of nincty-lluco on hoard. Of llicsc, one hun dred ami thirty-six are missiuj;. lTndouhtcdly all per illed. Ten hif; liners surrounded I he charred hulk when it went down. At desperate risk to themselves Ihey had rescued live hundred and twenty-one of the crew and pas senders. The Volturuo was commanded by l-'raneis Inch, who only won his captain's stripes two months if:. It beloiiL'ed to the Canadian Northern Steamship company, Fourteen Cabin Passengers Aboard, Bound for New York Eighty Seven Children and Babes Aboard. LIT.UPOOL, Oct. 11. The tost of the wii clean ii.cmihko first receive! from Ci.plniii Ilurr of tliw (Innniiiiin ooi.eorniiiK the Iimm of the Volturuo amm ti follew: "TlmrnilHy morning I walviM window. ililrcM i'hII from Voltuim, then Hociilv-filil mile off, K(iiH ftlio was on fin-. The ('urm.iniii ll'llllllll tOWIinl llIT i'tlll Speed. Itcm-hcd Volliiriin nt noon. Slit win better Icnown as the Koyal Line, but had been leased to burning fWc'v forwuid nnd rolling Ibe Cranium Steamship company ol Holland. October J she sailed from Rotterdam with twenty-fotir cabin and five, hundred and forty steerage passenger, bound for Halifax and New Vorlc. ;iIohiiii on Horning Sllp I'l.n Kpir.oN Uiipldly Voltumn, hut, In the storm, each time i:rly Thnrrtiy flru broke mil ui " il to got near tlio inncl I I'...!. ...I t, ........... ,,.... board It inil to rapidly Unit Opt. ' Inch soon mw tint ship could not tio m.mI, At bis oulwr fta wltt.loM llaahiNl thi ". O. H." null for ulil. henily. Tin' propcllnr hud fouled Ilic tackle, so tlmt only two out of tho my ImhiIm lowered pnt away. iln oilier four were miiiiimIilhI. drowning occupnuls. llitrr." A HllllMMlll'llt Statement .ttl hero by llio I'rniiiiiin company gno fourteen Hh the iiinnlii'r or cabin from ninny dlrortlat. nlil iomnsi null Immediately. Tho CunnrrtiT Ormnnln win only smvttt) -right imIIm Rwny. Captain itwrr ordrd full Iikiiii toward tho Annul V o'clock Thumduy night iwrnmiiKi'm hound for New York, ami there wm an implosion mi lint flam-1 tM.jr nnmo n follew: liiK ship. A shower n( sparks wan "Itenhou lloin.or, Joseph Fnrbor. hurled hlh In tho nlr. to (nil l'ni'k,,!o1iu Itrutr, Mr. Frieda Kmjr. Klhcr nmny or thorn, upon tho flool of r- -),,,), ,.,lwi.. Klil., Cirl, Mm1, HUERTA PLAYS ATHLETICS T ; WORLD SE WN ROLE OF TYRAN RES V B Provisional President Declares Both Branches of Conness Suspended and Assumes Dictatorship by For mal Proclamation. B R E 3-1 I 'All Mexico Terrorized When Huerta Orders 110 Deputies Locked Up for Probing Death of Opponent. Eddie Plank Outpitches Mathcwson, Holding Giants Down to Two Hits New York Batters Unable to Solve Old Master's Delivery. Plank's Errcr Admits Only Run Scored In Final Game by Giants Philadelphia Starts Off In Lead. (lie nulo ' ivns reafe.cAisEzzgc?' iiiiiii; llrnnnsin Oulrirlix, Jr., ft ' uii.iltlnrld w Hoplioiuoro nt ('iliiiiiln.i miitr-jtv. I ". , , ,-.,,, , loiiiiK Oplriplis is ii "rniulson of wliofco fninilv ins Iii'cii irv nrnml-' , , ,,,,,, ,, . , .: 1 Old ".Inn ' hmr. mil. of llm ItiiiiMiirn unit in Sow York soi-iol for -omt ii.,... (lr v.,.,,,1,,. ti... vn, ..., fiftiTii yraw, Hti c1ihikn1 U Mi- iiioIImt u TinMi Fair. oIiUhI, rtilhK llucr. Willi (ho oxil(iffion tlio Volturno'ii tti ffiiH ai noon Tliunxltiy. rtm'iiorft Marrlillglitrt hmu to nliow Ii.m I I r..lallml liiiuu.illliK.fil lit'ltllltL If una mtrwiniii irrf nr' n iiiirk 1 . bt.....l lliiaimu nf umnll Knntu - -..... 1. ... ..I. .... I. ll HtriUtllllMi IMKIMin IH llltlll ltn innlo wink. k. ,.. ..iii,.-1"f" !' MHliiB tlin wnt.-r for i ..n .,. . ....,. u ai I .thlMII llllll IllllllllniltOil llllO)H MIMIIIIT Iflll HIMHI! rwil. Ol I'lftllfl liml litwii louoroil from tho liurnliiK I were iiulrkly Inwiiroil ami Ix'Kim jilck jlm; thtun up. Tho Hi'aruhtlKhU woro cinft. but iiuIiik to tho fmilliiK of (ho liirKlii four of thoui wro hiihisIiihI thrown ovnrhoitnl to khIiIo thoiu, In tho Htorm nml ihirkno, how over, many of thorn umloulitoilly pur- oii tho Vnlliiriio'ri aliliM ami tholr nc-l' ", ,,,,.., ,. ,.... ,,. ....limit wor rtn.wn.il. Tho othorl ? """" "' "' ' Uo r.mrl.u.1 tho or,..,.. ifoly nurt , "'"""; " "l r ' '' ."T ' ., . . IIIU IJIII lllHl'lilll. liuin mintitih "J ,,M Vylllllllllllll. IIouIIiik Cnlo ItrowlitK Thoro whm a linwIliiK nno ami for lliu Carmnula to run i'Iiiko to tho Volturuo wan an umlorlaliliiK of tho i;rontot illfflculty ami rtiiur.or. Captain lltirr attutuploil It iu;alu nml ukhIii, howovor. Tho llnoM (IroiMur l'urMt ami Ht'lilllti rnmn up nhmit o'clock Thurmlay nftornon. I.a Tmiralnu, tlio Mlmmpollx, tliu Krooutaml, thn Kappahaunock, tho NiirniK'iiwtt. tho Duvoulau ami tho IVar arrlvml noon aflorwanl. ThrmiKhout TliurHiluy ulKht tho hli: HhlpH iiiaiiouvorort I'onntiuitly In an offort to rH chu ononith to tho Vol tiirnii to tako of hor crow ami juih- npuKcrK. All nun roppntcii narrow hiniil, lilfo llontN Hwiili Wn-rU lty thin (lino tho Kalo hail almtoil ami tho mm wiu not ho high. Sov .oral llfohoatn miroci'iloil In rtmchlui; 'tho wri'ck nml IiiKIiik ff '" ro jmiiluliiK piiMKonitorH. It wiih hut a jfow iiiflinoiitH aftur tho'hiHt nun hart Mipoii ri'hcui'rt bofuro tho Volturuo I wink. It waH U: IT. rrlrtay JiiornliiK wlion I tlin work of riiM'tiu watt romplotoil Tho Cannnnla hnil Btoort hy tho burn- Ihk bout innrn than twenty-ono liniira tho GroHnor Kurln ml tho Solrtllts mwontoi'ii ami tho othom from four- ttll'll to BlXtOI'll. Cantaln llarr inarto a tolerably MKXICO CITV, Oct. 11. Dcrhr in hoth hrnnchcM of coiif;rpH hu-.-kji.iU'1, Provisional I'n.iuVn( llnorln pmotipnlly ;iwuiiiki1 a dictatorship lioro today. Uit fonnal tiroclninntk)'! ilissolvin tho national livinlnt.iri announced that new fennton, nml ilomticH would he chosen at the elec tion October 2ti. All Mexico wa terrorizud lat niht when I'ro.-idnit Ilnorta onlcred 110 members of Hie chamber of dep uties lockcil up for refusing to ilmp an investigation into the kiliii.t; or Kenntor Dumiiinos of rhiupn-i. DnininueE was conductiwc n ani pnijni auiiin.t llurrta.and wn mys- teno.ly killed. The chnmlior of iiopiitirs win couduutiui; an invfil!- Kation into the killing. WASIU.VOTON', Oct. ll.-Offieial- loni iii M'timclv worried herp to Her), Kla nml I'aiko flipMr, l.iedc Sal.xiui', Miehnol SiiIimiio ami Arm ond .Nuipoim. SuilorH here Miiil. from nil ne eoiiiiH. i In Vollunio inuil l.avo ir"'ii' down nt iiIiiiohI the hihiii' spot lis tlu Titanic. Tho liner Uranium wai on fire ii'ivnlly in the winio locality, hut the crew kept llio llniiuw under con trol. At (ho lime of her los Ilic Vollur no's chief officers were; Cantniu FranciH Inch, Chief Officer II. P. Miller, Chief Knniueor It. Dewar, Surceon W. Carton, Purser V. V. Ilrown nml Sic ward William Malilou. Tim iiit.-en(ji'M iuclmled cihty H0en yomi) clnhlreu and babies. SEATTLE BLAZE 'I WEEPS AN I I i..i. I.. . .tii nf tint illdrtlltltt llV ............ frniu rolllKlnn with tho burn- l'"'l"" "'I " "" "-- """.''' ' lui; muol or with ono auotluir. tali, llarr ran tlin Carmnula Call- wlrclcsa an noun hh ho could eatnh IIhIi coninninlratlon with tho nearest I ..... 1.... mi tlin .'..at iiul 11 f I r.l llllll within ono hunrtrcrt foot of tho Vol- , . ,liia m11. .. .11.11 ..HI IIIIIV, ..,. .,. MU..V ...w.- iiiohhiii;cb through him, Tho Carmanla was enntbouml but l!ir of tlin Volturuo'H pnBOUKor aro duo hero Tiumrtay nlKht or early Woilncflilay on tho Kroonlaurt ami (IroHsor 1'urnt. turuu'rt tern hut fallml to cut n lino to her beforo tho j;alo Hwopt hint ailii In to to ureal a iIIhIiuich. l.lfo boat after' lifeboat, trlml to reach tho mm EADER L OFF FOR AMERICA PARIS, Oct. 11. .Mrs. Kniinelino I'uuUliui'ht, llio I'liniiiiiM mililnnl hii!' fiai;cllo Icuiler, hiiIIciI from llaxie for llio Unileil Slalen today nlioiinl tho liner l,u l'lovcnce, llel'oro lcu hK I'iiiIh jUi'.s. l'aukhurHl hiiiil: "I ui-li to hciiiI lliroiiuli (ho Uiled Slules KieelinuH t all men ami wo men of America Htnmlini; for inure hcullliv hociul couilltioiiH, for pulliiiK liumuuilv on a lihthcr level nml for llio mliiiluliilrl.llou of plain j.iblico lo nil man Liml.1 RAIN PREVENTS FIFTH GAME NAPS VS. PIRATES CI.KVKUND, 0., Ocl. ll.-ltuin today prevented tho pluyini; of the fifth glum) between llio Cloveluuil Nap-t of (ho Ainoiionn Icauo nml tho l'itlHburj: Pirn ton of llio Niitloiuil Iciikuo. Kach club has won two miuicH. Football Finals CarllBlo 7, Cornoll 0. llrnwn 0, U.hIihih 0, Army UU, Yalo 0. Labor toinplea aro to ho eroded In Hpi'h lUluM, ()., ami llulllimhain, W'uHh. SKATTI.K, Wn-.li., Oct. 11. Fire linn nftenioon ilestroyed tho dry kiln, plnuini; mill and Htorno shop of llio pattern department of the Seattle Construction iV Dryilook company. A heavy pile, blowing at tlio tune, threalcued a serious hlnr.e in Scat lie's uianufacluriuj; district, hut of feclivo work by tlio firo department confined the flames to tho three buililiugs destroyed. I.....II.. Mi..L...t..... .....iiv ..irl. H.H. dmid.ler of the Il.m..i. Lin... x .(."""": "oiimv worne.. nere to- .....: ,,..., ... .,..:" when he died, left (l1...,.i JM2.oiiiuin.i.,,.,?- "l w l 'r'v.M..nl I'res- .tuff In a frosh y '" ,7 7 Z ,, ' ,,il""' w,h Virgin... Fair, who iv, V m "rr"t "f "" 1,"'.-iu" h mobile mil-. She aflorwaruV n-eri- pm, Nijrs W(I. bow of Mexico s wg, and 1..., battler. c.l that her cImwh were f..U.. ,,.,.1 Vaii.Icri.ilt, Jr. That vmm iiim i ,l,",c,nnlwt,n of . virtual dictator. l'lnnk lv II... I k. u..c i,....rn.1 I.. .. l.,.,l...i!l...l.,.,...l I.. I...... ..I...... finniinnnn snip. Jl )US IlUlllllU'.l llllll IllOSIt- At tlio COnclllS I - ' .-,....., .-..v..,, .. u.. .. I1.I....I .-,.. IT. Ill, VIM-. . FATAL CYCLONE WEEP 11 D WIN 1 1IAI.TI.M0UK. Mil., Oct. 11. Col. (laillnrd, ono of thn httlldora of tho Panama canal, IIoh iiiicoubcIouh horn today In Kt. JoIiu'h houpltal. llo la m.fforlnK from brain malady and It In oxpectod to curt fatally booh. Colonel (lalllaril docs not uvon roc0o uUo Mm, Galllard. REAL ESTATE DEALERS FAVOR ALIEN OWNERSHIP KVKKKTT, Wihh., Oct. 11. -Real eslato dealeiH of tho Hlalo of Wash ington in their second uuuual cou venliou held in Kvorolt Priiluy passed resolutioim fuvoring alien ownership of laud and pledging llio association to work to that cud. CIHCAOO. Oct 11.- Loss of life and heavy fiu.u rial damage is ic Niitctl from scleral Wisconsin ami Iowa towns today as a result of se vero storms. An nuconfirni.'tl report from To mah, Wis., pays llio town has been wiped out ami several persons killed. Heavy dauiago is- also loporlcd at Mansion, Ilillsl.oio, Union Center, Wouowne, I.nvall.', Elroy and l'Vieml ship, Vis. All wiio commuuiraliou is badly crippled and it will ho sev eral days before llio exact damake U known. At Aflon, near Tleloif, Wis., the homos of Lconaid Mcliea ami Aithur Jackson were demolished nml four persons injured. Waterloo, la., was visited by a heavy wind, accompanied by a down pour of rain and hail. Several build ings wero blown down, lluildings were ulso down at Sumner, In. PRON PriYICAN SEVERELY WHPPED E UllKMKHTON'. Wash., Oct. 11. Hearing positive Indications that ho had boon murdered, tho body of Karl J. Mlucklor, second cIiisb elec trician on tho United States Bteam- Hhlp Now Orleans, was founrt yester day, ttud In a sack, afloat on ltelllnt: Hay near l'ort Madison, M luckier rtlsappearcM on Soptom- ber C last, ami his Identity was es tablished hy marks upon his clothing and articles In tho pockets. Thoro wero brulscH on his throat and body, which allowed that ho hart been beaten ami strangled In death, Mlncklor'H homo Is In Helena, .Montana, where his mother. Mrs, J t Mlucklor, now resides, BY SUFFRAGEHES r.OXDOX, Oct. 11. Catching him just outside Hollowny prison, three suffragette jmhmcim on Dr. A. For ward, tho jail physician, today and broke nil African sjambok, or ruin ocerous bido whip, over ins shoul ders. Tho doctor did not try to de fend himself. The militant suffrag ettes have hntcd him with especial bitterness because of tho forcible feeding under his medical administra tion of suffragette prisoners in Hol lowny prison. Considering the rest of tho medi cal profession, too, at fault for not linviug protested against the Hollo- way odors' methods, n suftrngette war party lute yesterday smashed a largo number of windows in Hurley street, where there is a large medical colony. Suffragettes today denied the re port that Mr. Paukliur.t did not sail on I.a Provence for tho United States. nation serious Mwer. may prove to since Hucrtn bo tlio n.o-t came into WRECK VICTIMS RUSSIAN JEWS POLO OIIOUXD8. NEW YORK, Oct. 11. Kddlo Plank won tho world's baseball championship for Connlo Mack's Athletics hero this afternoon when. In tho fifth Karoo of tho series, tho Athletics annexed their fourth victory by a scoro of 3 to l. Two lone singles was tho gross hitting effect of tho Clants. Plank duplicated Mathowson's offort of tho second gamo when, llko his vet eran contemporary, ho weathered uvory storm and by n superb demon stration of all thoiio thlttKS which make for pitching excellence ho stood tho Giants on their beam-ends. Plank's southpaw was thoro forty ways today and to tho very last flick er had the stuff to ninko puny tho ef forts of tho Giant batters. No kid pitcher could havo displayed Krcator ouiik arm than was great aottysburi; ALEXANDERS JURY A jury in tho federal court late Friday afternoon returned a verdict in tho damage suit of J. A. Alexan der against tho California-Oregon Powor company, awarding him $-000. lie asked for .fl."i,0iH). Tho jury wns out about an hour. Tho verdict was received without protest, although it is understood an appeal will bo taken. Tho testimony showed that the company bad prev iously offered him $1000. Weather Forecast Oregon Fair south, rain port ion tnii'i'lit. Sunday, southerly wimfe. north rniu, TOItOXTO. Out.. Oct. 11 Tho Canadian Northern Steamship com pany nover ran tho Volturno. tt was stated nt tho company's headquarters j today but had kept It chartered to tho Uranium company throushout tho whole seven years It has been In commission. Most of the stecrago passongcrs on tho lost steamer wero Russian Jews bound for Halifax and Hollanders on tholr way to Western Canada. Tho Volturuo was valued at $100,000 and insured for $300,000. en Ovation Ion of tho game his teammates displayed their sentiments In the matter by bearing tho veteran twlrler from tho field on tholr shoulders as the other Athletics worked, a revolving wedgo through tho throng of admiration-wrapped rooters. Just as rortaluly as Plank was there, Just so certainly wero tho Giant batters not there, and whllo the veteran Mnthewson pitched tho full nine Innings without an earned run being registered off his delivery. (Continued on pago 2.) PRICES DEPRESSED MIAN REBELS CAPTURE WATER SUPPLY SOURCE NEW YORK, Oct. 11. Prices wero depressed abruptly by largo blocks of stock being thrown on tho market at tho opening today. Now low records for tho present decline. woro made by many of tho loaders. Union Pacific droppod 2U to 1307s. Amalgamated lost 1 Vj . Caudanla Pa cific, Smeltlug, Reading, Steel, In torboro, Metropolitan, Louisville, American Can ami Third Avenue lost a point or moro. Later oxccutlon ot stop loss or ders accelorated tho decline, whlcu ran from ono to two points, regis tering tho lowest lovol ot tho week. Ilouds woro heavy. Tho market closed woak. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER KILLS SELF ACCIDENTALLY AUKIIDI-Uttr, Wash., Oct. 11.--Captain llnmux Peterson, keeper of tho Willapu lighthntiso nt North Cove, ended bis life with u revolver hIiuI Friday. It is believed tho shooting wns iieeidenlul. Cnpluin Peterson was (ill years of ago nml had been In thf government senico eighteen yeura, SAN DIEGO, Cab, Oct. 11. That four thousand rebels in tho hills back of Mnntlaii have succeeded in capturing tho wntcr supply of that city is be'icvcd lierq, today nnd havo sent nil ultimutum Tor u surrender. Tlio rebels.' ultimatum wns deliv ered October 1, tho day that tlio steamship Heuito Juarez sailed from Mazntluu. At that time 200 had already taken refugo on tho United Slates transport Uuford. Americans, in nil parts of the interior had been warned by messengers sent out by tho American government to leave tho country. Tlio cruiser Murylaml was expected hourly, nnd immediate. iy upon its arrival tho Huford was to sail for Ounymns to pick up several hundred other American refugees. CAMINETTI FILES NW EXCEPTIONS 8AN FRANCISCO, Cal Oct. 11. Counsel for V, Prow Camlnnttl filed his hill of exceptions today In tho Lola Norrls whlto slavory case. It asserts that Judge Van Fleet erred In not transferring tho case to Sa cramento and admitted Improper evidence to the tuno ot four hundred typewritten pmccs. f. h 11 ." c A -J.