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tfclti Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Probably rnln tonight Mux. IT; Mln. 11I I'm. .!(. fnfty.llilril ynr-linllv--ltiMlitli Vfr MRIWOKI). OHKflON, AVKDXIiMUA V, NOVJ3MHKII 12, WW. NO. 200 ADMINISTRATION SEEKING COMPROMISE WITH HUERTA AND CARRANZA TO AVERT BLOODSHED LIND WORKING 'MM VESSELS Winn PERSONAGES il ifjiit meo iic 300PERISH IN ALONG NEW LINE SUNK BY STORM Wx Siai PERUVIAN QUAKE MIH DICTATOR IN GREAT LAKES MMil fK )) . S 5000 HOMELESS Scoics of Unidentified Wrecks Strew W XE&CS 4fc.H 4f. I 'II Jk7.JimmFZJy v& stiSFflL . Shores-Loss of Lives Estimated J$ S?Cv tyl1" " ibS!" &' .BBfSraSBCTAX ijfL 'ShB nt Hundred Many Wrecks Still lV Nvv T JHIV HKmfflBS S& WW Unrepoitcil From Remote Sections sSsyKV 5kiw mJs BfKwBlmA fffiHoHfc Steamer Wexford with Crew of Forty xIHiVmBK WALLACE HHBhSSvw ' BBJ Lost-And Steamer Clark with V W5?tfWf?K " HHPuSOSiBi JtK Forty Unheard From SwmJVb''' ?Sx BP?KlH fUSlHH miir mrtMXX WSMJXi JUNH .BHHpF' JiniSsl ieriBiHKPkoS3rl jfffeih. general .dL. Htfiw HBBBfrMIHsWJiTk bramwell JHBIck -rm HHHffifIrEit nk booth, s.a. ....---..-. v . HiHnv:iiMvmiaivur..r4 4viF-T.r2 -v If Candidate Agreeable to Doth Hurrtn to Carrann Can De Made Provisional President Mexico's Troubles Will Do Ended Deplornlili! Economic Conditions In Republic--Runs Start on New Banks and Old Ones Still Continue WA8IIINOTON, Nov. 12. Prout ilriit WlUon In shortly to make n Htatumtuit 'concerning llui ) ii tiro Mexican situation, Secretary of RlnUi llrynn iiunoutiet'd this afternoon, tin illil nut mty, however, whether It would ink ti fiirm of a couiinunl- fHtlon to llio poMnr or o( a injnKu to toiiKriHM. pr Mhnt It would contain Dozen Towns Destroyed In Mountain ous Region Slides Shaken From Hills Bury Ruins Together with Dead and Injured Troops Sent to Scene Report Damajje Far Worse Than Supposed and Conditions Most Deplorable WAMIIIXOTO.V. Nov. 12. VU cnitlit ("Miula. tint Juimlicno llllnUtor Iihio notUlntl Hurrotnry of Htntu Mr)an thU aftonioon that thu Mlkmlo Ik kvittllHK it Mnmlilp to .Muxlrnii unt orii, lint iiIIiiih1 that tin) ntup hint no Hlltlinl nlKiiUlcnuru nri tliu via riil hiu InliMiiltHt lniiy to took out tor Jitiitnciii InturcotH. Coiiilirtiinlio SiikkiII WAHIIINOTON, Nov. 12. I'riwl limit Wllftott win liullutuil toilny to lo workltiK (or n rotiiiirotnUo s Itli rrililiitit llimrtn of Muxlco, It wH Mild Hint lio rocoK"lil HuTo wiiii mi ntliiT way of provoiitliiK liirtlmr liloml ihutl. liitiirviintlon tin ilontitoilly mean (IkIiIIiik. ami flc.lit liiK In Mlilch Atncrlraiu would bo In Milvcd. U tliu iiinluirfEo arm iin llftmt or (lOiioral ('arrana rco-oKiilii-il, Anutrlraiin inlnht twn'au, lint n vwtr ( oktnriultiiitlon mint follow lint i fit I ho two Krcnt .Mi'xlrnn fac- tlllllH. It win liaruml that llmUfary John Mint wiih iHititutltiK llnurtn ron roriiliiK hoiiio rnmlliliito for tlm iro vlnlonal irHiiliini'y, a Hiifi'intnor to lilinmilf, who would milt hint and ni ho iiiiolijiictloiialilii to ('arraiua. If mii'h ii man rnuld ho found, nuKotln tloiiit for u truro would Im'kIii at otirc, It wiih Minted, Panic CondltloiiH I'n'Viill .Mi'Xlcaim Imru Mild tlmy litdlnvi-d lioth llnurtn mill Carrnnia wnro lm UlimliiK to r'oa I lo thu dcploralili' itoiioiiiIc Nlttintlon In Moxlco. lttin wnro Mill In iiroKri'HK today on Hid Haul, of London and Muxlco and tho llaiifo Nailoiiiilii, Tlmy worn Mtart hiK ulao on oilier fliiaiii'lal liiMtltn tlmiH. 'i'hu fulltiro of mivoral of tlmiii wnii lininlnunt. If mii'li u crnHh hIioiiIiI occur It wiih admitted Hint tlm ilnnitiKo would ho almoin Irro jiarahlo, lloiim wore exprenHod that lloiirjn would rutlro la favor of n eomproinlH') candldato rnthur than proclclptuto n flimncliil cntiiMtroplio which probably would Involve .him In thu hi Inn. CIIICAdO, Nov. 13. AcorilliiK to tho lient Information nvnltnlilo hurn today tho follow Ink dliuutem were morn or Icmh definitely nrcoutituil for an n reult of thu utorni which ewoit the (Srent l.akoH unrly thin wt-vk, lln liiK thi-lr ulioreit with wrcckaKn ntnl drewnlm: nomuwhero from &0 to 100 iiiiin. I'lildentlflcd moniniihlp bcllovoil to bo Writnrn Htoninahlp compaiiy'i Weford, nnk bottom tip within l.nkn Huron near I'nrt Huron, Mich., with Iohh of entire crow of nbout 40, of whom tho IioiIIcm of ten havo been rocovorud. , Htenmiir Chnrlot H. Price, mink nenr Hooilrlch, nivcn corpnes ro covoroil. . Steniuer Waldo Sunk Htoniimhlp I., C, Waldo, uuk off (lull Hock, Manltou lilnnd, I.nlin Kiiperlor. Crow aved. Hte.iniihlp Turret Chief, mink off Kewnneo I'olnt, l.nku Superior. Crow ovoil. I'nlilentlflcil utenniHhlp on rock off lulu Itnijil, I.nko Superior! Crow of unknown number believed to bo ilrow noil. Unidentified uhlp on rorki nt Copper Harbor, I. like Superior. Crow of uuokunwu lllliuber believed to bo drowned, Steaiimlilp William NnttlnKhnm, nNhorx nt Sam! IhIiiiuI, Whltofliili Hay l.ako Suierlor. Tlirvo of crew wnn drowned. .N'ortlierii (Jini'ii ltst StenuiHhlp Northern Queen, totnl liiKii off Kettlo Point, Out., I.nko Huron. Crow mivoil. llnrKo Pl mouth, mink near Meno minee, Mich. Crow of nix nmt ono panMiiner drowned. Lightship No, N2, Mink nenr lluffnlo In l.ako ICrlo. Crow of hIx drowned. StenuiNhlp K. A. S. Clark unac counted fur with crow of nbout 40 men. In addition to this list thorn were many munll craft wrecked, roiiio of them, with tho Iouh of several' lives. MRS. WALDORF ASTOR AND MASTER WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR,. V WdMurf Antur .uid Iiit itlx-yenroltl Hon. "Illl" nrrlveil In Amcri.a fr m Knp mil fir n May throiph lln? winter In Vlrslnl.n. Unlike her e.vAinerlntn tltlreu nml pre.ient Member of Piirll.iuii'iit. Mrn. AJor i vicrcilli.Klv iIi'Iikm-iuiI ami lus u llncerlna foniliiisui for her natlre Jtloulits ns .Mi huibiimt. tin .uiiutry She win formerly Ml Nninilo ljuiKhonie. one of the U-uullful niuqlinriio jUtrr. or Vlrviul.i. nil of whom wore most popular society slrls t.eiiirul llramwell llootb. commander of the Sautlou Army. nUo ilrrlvnl-Tfumi Knslaiid. lie expect to secure American SulvutlouUt loiiiiiirerK lur Lhiim. wiiere I lie woru or iiie salvation Army u to le iiicriMsi-ii. Ullloii Wallace, w lii wan reMirtnl lost In the wllili of Ijibr.ulor. nlo was a Joyous urrlial. lie weiit north to mark the grave of Leonldas Hub b.ild, Hie cxplirr. He w:n Niirceful In bU mission, bin nearly lost tilt life. Ijuly Che1. le-tuinii!. wife or Mnjur C.eneml liril Clfcjtcinortf. was anions the errlrnlt She wore on Ijcr Jiat n ihens.iat tall. Suc-iras first told th.it the pluuie tBine uinlir Hie rltlfui: npilnot the eutry of wild blril pluumse. Iidy Clie(esmoro intetei vigorously, however, and pleaded that In i;ui:liiit the ,i!iiiKiini l raited ni n barnyard fowl. ThU m u unt u m .1 new me to the Colievtor of fli e am' ralseil I jiolut let ronsI.N n d before The custniiK men finally decided that If pheas . ' nre l.l d In l.i.llsj b.iiiiy.iuH HiikIMi pheaonit do not come under the nidus of u.,d i.lrd. .u.il tUen-riire cau be brousht Into the L'nltcd States. SENATORS DEBATE CURRENCY BILL IN PARTY CAUCUS THREATEN ARREST OF PRESIDENT 0 DEE ADVISING HUERTA PARIS, Nov. HJ.Kx.proMilciil of Mexieo I'oiliiio Dm, dented I oduy t luil lm luiil bent or inHpire a iiickhmko (o Prohiiliint lluordi unlliue; on tlm luller to tubiKU. "Iluni'lii'i nolIotiH are no liusinesH of mine," ho Kitid, "and if nny of my J'l'icuilH vobluil (o him in my iintno lo relito lliey did it on their own re hpoiiHiliilily mill without couhiiIIIii mo." I wnn i eporled lim'O loiluy Hint (he lilies) eonfercni'ii lietween AiiiIiiikxii dor Pu;,'0 of llio United Klutes In J.oikIiiii and lliilinli Foreign Miuislur Sir Mdwnrd Otoy relnlcd lo u propo hii llial England join Ameiiea in do nuiiiiliiit,' that lluorta ejvo P hin office, I'nlHj- Cardiff, tho old-tlinii heavy voli;ht lioxor, Iiuh boeu uout to an (luyluiu at Saloin, Or, HAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 12 Word received hero odny from Sn crmuouto stnted Hint John S. lllnlr, deputy Hlato labor commissioner, con templated oblalnliiK warrnnta for tho nrrout of Win. Sprouloprosldent of tho Southern Pacific railroad and otlter officials on chnrgoH of vlolat ItiK tho Hlato law, which provides Hint nil discharged employes must bo paid Immediately on their dlsmUsnl. lllnlr alleged Hint nunuiroiis cotn plalntH hnd renchud his offlco from worUlngimm who mild thoy itnd buou forced to wait for weeks for thulr chocks. , , POPE GIVES MEDALS TO HO.MH, Nov. 12. Popo Plus toilny Captain Maxwoll and 150 innrluos front tho bnttloshlp Florldn. Kuch of tho innrluus wiih iiroaontoil with n modal, Tho popo ordorod Hint tho mntinos of tho entire American but- tleahlp Bipiadrou bo received nt tho Vatican hb hoou na thoy arrlvo, waiv ing all customary formalities, WASIIINtJTOX, Xov. I'J.-Seunle deiuoerntrt went into M'cret eonfer eue'e tliin afternoon over tho propO'ed eurreuey leuislntmn. lleforo the meeting Senator Owen of Oklahoma, one of the authors of the udmiuistra tiou liill, haid he believed the confer ence would rcMilt In the democrats ,m.'rceiue; upon ilefinitn and liroad principles, Adminixlrntion demoorats were in clined to support the puieral plan of the Olass-Owen hill hut they iniit ed thai u few eliitnu'CH uuit lie imitle. Tlmv want the nuiiilier of ivi'ioiuil Imnks reduced front 1'2 to 8. They also believe tho ock of tho reserve banks hliould not be thrown open to puhlio hubseriptiuu, but should be token up by thu uteiuher buukH, A most delicate Hilunlion was cre ated it u result of threats by sev eral democrats to liott if nnv attempt should lm made to bind the party, through caucus pledge, to any pnr lieulur bill. President Wilson conferred with tho demouralio lenders for several hours before the eonferenco began. RED MEN PLAN DIG TRIBE RALLY (leotgo Y. Canning1, slnto orgnnir.or of tho Imperial Order of Red Mtn of California, is hero in tho interest o! Weatonkn Tribu of Medford and thu tribes of southern Oregon. Tho tribes of Grants Pass, Jacksonville and Phoenix will hold a big class initia tion under tho nuspiees of Weatonkn Tribo No. HO of Medford. For this special occasion n dispensation has been granted to llio tribes by tho (hauls Pass Sachem of Oregon to reduce tho initiation fee It is plan ned to have the Oraud Snchein pres old. Tlio degrees of tho order will bn exemplified by Weatonkn Tribe drill team,' which is considered, and holds to tho title, as tho bust in Ore foil, jtx I UN BECOME ABSOLUTE RULER WAR PREDICTED I SHANGHAI Nov. 12 Kven Pres ident Yuan Shi Kal's business asso ciates with whom ho Ii popular bo cause they approve tho typo of "strong government" ho believes In, were saying today that, in virtually abolishing; tho Chinese parliament, tho executive Is moving too fast. Ho has hardly tried to conceal that tho "centrnl administrative congress" which he has announced ho Is about to substltuto. for parllmueut will bo completely under his domination, making him nbsoluto ruler. It was not believed hero that tho country will endure this and oven It It does not cost Yuan his ruler- ship, It was predicted that It will mean tho speedy secession of tho southern provinces, tho meat of n republican government over them and a bloody civil war, perhaps of yenrj duration. TO TACKLE TRUSTS AT NEXT SESSION HUERTA'S ABNE ADVISES i T TO 1ST0C WARS WITH SUF Fi WASHINGTON. Nov. j2.-PreM-dent WiNon considered today tho ad ministration's policy in regard to trusts. This problem will be the over.-hadowiiig feature of tho regular sesMon of congress, and most of the president's annual message will bo devoted to it. Tito president told bis visitors to ilay (bat ho must eliminate the anti trust bujraboo forever, lie thinks the bit: corporations aro now ready to proceed under tho new tariff law, and that lliev have the right lo cxiiect tho government- to defiuo jiuft how they may operate. M don't object to the sire of various enterprises," tho president told n Win to House visitor today. "I do not object either to people petting ' tobll l ' r'1'1 r0In c01,,i,uin theic'cnteniriRqs irilllCIIU.Y. 1)111 1 HO OOJUCl IO UIU government giving corporations ex ceptional advantages and eimbliui" them to succeed by not putting thetn on tho same footing with others." Tho president told Senator New lauds of Nevnda and Congressman Clayton of Alabama, who will handle tho trust legislation, that ho wants tho republicans kept in touch with their activities, and that he wanted a law broad enough to attract the support of all parties. RE N AT ONCE LIMA, Pern, Nov. 12. A down tmrn.i were destroyed, at least llOO persona were killed and 500(1 or f.900 were made homeless by an enrtlupmko whifih shook the monntninous prov ince of Aymnra last Friday, according- to news received here today. Cotnmnnicntion was prostrated following tlm disaster, so that tho first accounts of it did not reach Cuzco from Albncny, tho town which sintered most hcavilv. until Inst night. Orders were telegraphed from here lo troop in Cuzco. onlv 40 miles from Albncny, to ro to the sufferers with relier. : v., On their arrival they found condi tions much worso than hnd been sup iMjsed. Not only were all the towns in the quake zone practically de stroyed, but fast slides were shaken down from tho mountains, burying tho ruins, togethor with dead and injured, under tons of rock. COUNCIL INCREASES majority of tive's ndvisei RA 2JKW YORK, Nov. 12.--A battle royal was anticipated hero today be- tweeu Anthony Comstock and Mrs. 0. H. P. Uehaont. Now Yorkers were gleefully of. the opinion that the great purifier had plunged into the fight of his life hwen ho sorved notice that Miss Chribtojiel Pnukhurst's writings on tho social ovil must not bo offer for sale in Car negio hall here November 2-1, when Mrs. Knuneliuo Pnnkhurst, the au thor's mother, will deliver her final address in this country. Mrs. Uehnont promptly replied that tho literature would bo sold rogardles of Comstook's command. Jinny suf fragettes said freely that they would forcibly rcsibt interference with tho sale, TO I MEXICO CITY, Nov. 12. Although nothing was given out concerning the eonferenco President lluertu held willi the members of bis cabinet last night, it was rumored today that n tho provisional execu- ers favored his prompt resignation. Whether ITuerta would heed them, however, wns con.sdered doubtful. Men in fairly close touch with affairs at the National palace said the dicta tor realizes as fully as auvone that bo must finally step out, but that he is determined not to do s- until enough other powers join in America's demand for his retirement to make it clear ho is yielding to absolutely over whelming force. Reports that William llnyard Hale wns conferring in northern Me.xieo with General Cnrranza were wired hero from the United States and caused evident uneasiness in govern ment circles. Tho Huertistns appre ciate that the arming of the rebels would give such an impetus to tho revolutionary movement that it would bo almost imposMblo for them to pouo with tt, and to ho overthrown by the rebels would bo an oven woro humili ation for the provisional president than to yield to tho United States. Tho Pensylvnnlnns moot Wednes day, Nov. lfith, lu tho Prosbytorlau church of Medford, Oregon. All Pounsylvnnlaus and their wives and families nro cordially Invited to at tend, A baskot dinner at 12 o'clock, Knch Is requested to bring a dlnnor for hlmsolf and a friend. All bas kets should bo In by 11 a. m. ThU Is tho fifth year of this society but PonusylvaulnuB nro aiming to mako this tho best mooting In tho history of tho organization. TAKE SMALL TOWNS BACSLE PASS, Tex., Nov. 12. That robots havo capturod Sablnas, Alloudo, Zaragosa and othor small towns bolow Pledras KograB, was Btated in dospatchos received today by constitutionalisms horo. Col. Alberto Guarjardo. lu com mand of tho fodoral volunteers lu Conhulla, was seriously wounded lu tho fighting at Zaragosa, It was stated. , Handlta wore said to bo operating on a largo scale lu Coahulla. RATE OF TAXATION FOR COMING YEAR Tho city council Tuesday night at a special session fixed tho tax lovy at 12 mills, considered with no de finite action the raising of tho water rents, and the passage of an ordin ance making possible tho calling of u recall election, and witnessed a sur prising display ot uncalled for peev ishness on tho part ot Councilman John Summervllle, president ot tho council, Tho tax levy U an Increase of 2.1 mills over 1912, which was 9.9 mVIs. The ralso Is attributed to a decrease In tho assessed valuation and pro vides for the payment ot tho money duo to tho purchaso ot tho Hamilton ranch, supposed to bo a protection to the water supply, Tho levy wilt ruito S0G.030.2C, where 159,229.20 sufficed last year. , The interest fund is the largest S19.25S.S3, tho general fund being next at SSS01.01. For sowers SS253.7S Is allowed, flro S7703.53, light, SCC03.03, library 13301.51, sinking, 13301.51, park 1550.25, and street ami roads S253.78. An ordinance providing tor tba raising ot water rents was discussed and then sldotracked. Tho ordin ance has nevor beon followed to thb letter aud as a result tho rates aro applied without equality, tho rebates granted further complicating. It was held action should bo de ferred until Suporlniendont Tranua could bo conform! with, and his plan for unscrambling tho mix-up bo con sidered. Attorney Mcars and "Doc" Keeno askod that an ordinance bo passed making It posslblo for cltlrous to call a recall election at any tlino, tho ordlnanco at present being faulty, and giving tho council tho power to use Its own Judgment with recall pe titions. During tho discussion ot tho water question Councilman Summorvlll)1 . erupted, while laboring undor tho mtsapprehenston that Councilman. Porter's aud a newspaperman's con versation concerned him, aud tUreat ened an unprintable threat, '' OHIOAaO, Nov. 11 PostoffW' officials horo admitted today that a mall wagon driver disappeared yes terday with a sack containing Jewelry ' worth JtO.OOO.