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SW5EK- Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Main toulgtif nnil Saturday Ma. (17; .Mlu, 1(! I'rc. .02. Kurly-fniirlli Vtnr Dally NIi.IIi tir MEDFOIID. OKIWOX, HA'ITUUAY, MAV 9, Mill NO. I2 FOURTEEN TOWNS DESTROYED, HUNDREDS II mm RUNS & Cities Comptrlcly Rnzt'il Tliousnnils Homeless Fleeing Dlsastrr Great Flssutr.s In E'-rlli Trom Which Gas nittl Sinukn AscciidHuiidieds ol liijuicil Wires I'toslratrd. Al'lltCAl.tf. llnl). .Mid- !l l.tun will till iniuMIng IiiiIh)' mid Hid MinUMtuiU of vlllitKiirx w litis lininos wfcrti ilcNHrrt)iw l) at night's earth iiiiikt atJnrt wllli terror. Hold lt and gendarme woro removing I lie dead nntl Injured fiom tint ruin if tin' 1 1 thickly populated town n( I hn volcano's Im". Muvrtt. CimoiiIIiiI ..m Hi Veneris wtiro coHipli'tMj ru'iHl. 8"U'tHl ill liM I rum wlilrli no n'HurlM luul been ihIt.sI were, It wua fooriM, uUi duirysl. lii-tirTnirtrinirii R'fliff nnWil upst from wlilrli stttoko mid cill AlHelllWJ Hit I atWHIldtsl. Must wlr wro down ntul rum. iiniiileutlon was almost paralyzed. CATANIA. Italy. May 9 That at least I il I) were killed iiihI in tuny In Jurist In thu eurlluiuakti which shook till" nwtlon 1'rldny .'iciilng was rer lit lit today- It was feared Hint fuller rmort would greatly lengthen the ruininlty lint. Mount ljtim was still In (riiiitlott I inlay. Tin) liilinlilliinlM of Out II lagoa nt Ita base limt fled to the open Hipulry. Tint Mmt '6riirr 'tilnlil'n earth shock oicsirreil nt 1 p. in. It fasted several mluuiim. An hour Inter Kioto was a sowar shock which iln mollshed ninny Iioiism. NutntHtra of people wore burled lit Dm rulH. Tlih survivor spent the night Ih Hid open country. IMth huiiilroil soldier hnil ar rival tudnj nil ItfRiiii erecting 1 1 Crow tenia A hospital had ueeii opiumd. UtMtrurtloH of III" railroads n ilitlKXliiK Hi rcfugeo' urrlinl. Prltsds worn orgnnlzlng icllgloiiA prorondoiui, rnrryltiK statute of ilm Virgin nliout llio street mill p-ailng fur protection . MAZATLAN'S FALL WAHIIINOTO.V, May I'noffl nhil imixMKi'H ti'i-i'lM'd HiIh aflDruooii falit Hid ilty offlrlalH nt Mmmtlau iiuharl.il IiihI ulitht on Iho Kiiiihimt (limrrurit niul tlu wlrniiitili l.lmau tour, Hupiuiii'illy lo r.o to Kiillnn Crux, Hint Hut fiulomU hml nlmiul iiui'it Hid ulrnndi'd r.uiitiuiil Mnri'lim, thai wol i-oiiHl IlKhthounr-H worn uliauiliiiiuil liiHt iiIkIU and llio rmmt In ilarkniMN. Hint Hid lorrlflcd Inhahl tiiutH of Marittlan woro fh'i'liiK and that Hid clty'B fall noi'incd Imminent. Tho Hamo advlrim utati'd that whlUi tho HrlllHh nlmmnhli (Vtrlauo on which iiiaiiy r'fUK''n 'irai'd from Mnnaulllo, wn nt that port thu fod urnU not flro lo tho plor and nnul dynamlto to romplutu I ho work of di'uHuitlon, tlmt tho tvtrlatio iiur lowly uncapml tnkhiK "ru an.l that tdtolH woro fired ucronrf IIh deck from tho Hlmro .uivlll llo United HlateH warwhlp llilH nerval put i Mloi to tho dlHOitlent, It wiiH mldud, commuulluc on re puilu that Aliiorli'im RhlppliiK lui'l htieu capluiuil ly Mtixtcan craft, that tho Mexican transport KnrrlKnn did actually tulto tho American llrlK (liinea hut rtdiHoi It at tho deiniuid of Caiitalii Maunnlor of thoJlnlolKh FINE WEATHER FOR i.iriH ii.i.i:. !. m ''J10 wejllher ini'tiillcil lu'l" IimIh.V Jm' 1 e ililiuliiK r tlu I'liiHelli Keiillit'l Duiliy. ICIi'nui hiirnfK wen iiomiiiiil nl lo inillrl.Mli ill Ih'' l"1''! I,llt only tu'iihl iiticil, Hie olhci licimi M'llllclllll TJu n'l " I1"" (Mil lli'.i'liud ii 1 1"' I'uwiiili' in IIh hclilni;. VOLCANO S BASE SEEMS MINT KENTUCKY P AT I U.S.A..SHOTBY Sect clary ol Wt Receives Report Concutiliifi Case of Amrilcan Set dlrr Who Wantlrret) From Vera Cruz While Siillcrlnti Fiom Hrat Stitikc mid Slain 'iy Mexican Feds. WAHIIINtiTOS'. May ! tf.'rrt' inry nf War (liurlmiii miiiilili'il linlio that ho hml rnrilviil n rcpnit run t'ornlui: lh cnn of I'rlvnlit I'nrku, oritorly In Ciiliiiinl 1'nKMnrt, nt Wrn Crti. mIio, wniulrrliiK from tint city, HiiiwihII)' whlln nufforliit; from u limit ulrnko. wan t)'pnr('i to liavn fiillxii Into tln t.nticlH of (ifiii-rnl Muu' Milium foilmiilii iiinl lii-nii " fiiti'it. 1'rotii tlHrrUiin'n iuminr and Mm iiiiWlllimtiia to illxriiM thu ram' -lt-iili'lliHml"tfin-iiff ol Hid dxi riillun hml ln'i'ii ronflriiiiMl. The kit ti'lnry riiiiilx'l a utati-iui'iit lnlir. I'lirku criM im ColoiU'l TnKKsirt'H oritcrly. YMtnlny toloiu'l TnKKnrl wi'iit to Hid feilornl IIik-h ami Muxl (ii n offlrom Mid thr-y hml ordnr'il Hut luiTiitloii of n unlformi'il Aiiwr. lean who Imil I'liti'P'il thvlr lino hut would nut admit Hint i'nrku n the uinn. A rnllroml mnti tohl Coloin-I Tar Kitrl Hint frtlornl hoIiIIit hml mIi! tlial I'nrku wan !ociil-il ntul nnnthrr unlformi'il Aiuorlrnn hnt to ilny tu'foro. It wn hollnvtul hrm Hint I'nrku hucaino Iiimuiu nftcr moklnM a I'oUotu'd rlttnruUu.Khuu, him by n Moxlcan woiiimt., HctTotiiry of Htnin llrynn nlil In hml nut riwlvflil any niort conrorn hit? Hid I'nrki cnio ami II wn not known whtitlifir tho ailinlnlntrntlon would roiiHldur It n mattor for tat or wnr dcpnrlmnut roimlilt'rallin. I Ni:V YORK, May l. -Iir Irml vrt UKiiiu renewed llicir uiliMly al Hie oponiiiK r llu' market today. An oHlniHihlo motive fur M'llin wiih fur-iiir-lieil hy ilUiinii'tin new from Mex ico mciuhJit. A hliuin Inoiik in American Mucks was nUu icpuiled from l.uiiiluii. l'upular sIhiioh were, (.old freely, ReiiiiiiiK heiiij; unlimited in Intue lots Ah u icmiII of the deeUiun of Kiilin, l..nli A Co. lo uol uuilerliike Hie till iiuclUK of he MU-iiini I'neitie loud, lit M'cillities were weuk. The Mock luuke nenily Iwo puint to l.V'i, III couvcililile hoiuls lost -. and Hie N fell :i .. I.aler xuppott was exlcndcil lo MinHiMiri Pacific, Cliesupenke ei Ohio niul oilier iiiies which haveliccii weak of late, ami IliU fact sleadicd the euliiD lint. I lot i iln were ii residue. The market close dilull. WITH TEN JURORS .N'I'IW YORK, .May 0.--Tliu iiial of former I'oIicd l.ieulciiaul Charles V. Ilceker, cIiiiikciI wilh inuideiini,' llcr iiinii Kif-cnlliul, ailjiiiinicil at noun until Mumla.v with only ten jurors hi llio hox. When couil iiiljoiuiieil .vi'S' lerdiiy tlu liov was filled, hut .In lice Senlmry tlil iimrnliiK eeuscd Jurors Van Kmuu anil Rulu'il Mux ler, ami lint eamiualiou of ialcMiicii wiih icsiinieil, l.alcr another juror was cluwii, hut .luMice Scahiny uUo exciucd .Int tu I'aul Cnmni's, FOUR GIRLS CREMATED, MAN FATALLY DURNED N'r.W'ARK, N. J., May II. Kimr uiil hi in ciciiiali'il niul a mail lulallv hmiicil in a Iliu which ilcMiuycil Ihc Altiiiu iiimiIiiicii hmixe lu'ic tally luilii), MA S BEAR HI STOCK MARKE ARMY AND NA MAM READY High Officials Constantly at Their Desks Supplies Dcliiu Piovlilcd ami Traiuports Chartered Mans With Lprfjtt Force Expected to At tack Fiinslon. WASIIINHTOK, May V. War prciaiatiiuiH vvi'tc hciiiif ruMicil lu'ic luday. Illuli orfieinU of Ihc war itlnl liav v ilcHirlineuU weio coiiMaiitly lit I'nii ' iUM.m. TrouM tteiD lirlil in '.Mili ni', Supplica wcid liciu pnixi'lcl. Tltllixputls weie lieillK I'lliirlcli'il. Illaiik oiileiii of mII mI were await illf HiKIIHilltlHi. Ill III liieNilliliie I're-iileiil WiUn'i ami HiM'reliir.v of Slate llr.ai iniM eiTtliat flic ruMlTiTu was uiichaui'cd. They weic takniir ptccatilioiH, thev aid; not preputial; for hii-liline-'. Mcdialiuii n.'u'iilinliiin-, they addr. , ucie pruxreHNiiij;. .Mattt May Altai k Repoits fiom Mexico indicated 1 lilt t (li'iieriil MaiiH, with it la rue Moxtri"! foice, iniylit attack Yera Crtir. at euv moment; that Oeueral Zapata, the ooulheni tehcl chieftain, via prcimr i tiff to iixsault lite capital, nud licit highly crilie.il conditions prevailed nt Tampico. 1'ie-iili'iit WiUnn, however, was oplimittie. ' lie profesbi'd to lie eon inccil that thu cotwlitiitioualtits were ahotit lo solve the Tampico problem liy wresting the city from the federals' hands. He did nut he lieve Oeueral Muni wuuld rik an at tack on Vera Cruz. Scerelaiy of War Oarri.oii had cliarlcred five trait-pori-. and was iirniiiKiiiK for more to take reinforce incuts to fleuenil FutiMoit from Tex.i City. .'Miinltloim Not Selcil Nmy di'p.ulmeiit officials said lltere was no inlenttuu of seiKiut; I'licilo Mexico, wheic the Ocrmaii Hteamship Ceeilie lauded a ipiiintity of anus nud ammunition for Presi dent llucrla ycMcnlav. II was learn ed that the Mate department has known for ii week Hint this Miipmcut was on its way and Hint still an other carp' was eomini' on the hteam ship Havana. No action was iakeit, however, since it was realized Hint the hcizuro of Puerto would ho prac tically an net of war. It was understood thai President Wilson had asked Mayor Maker of Cleveland, federal Supreme Justice Lunar and Fredciick l.elimaiiti, the SI. I.otiis awer, lo iepieeut the Tniled Slates hefore the "A M C" mediators and that n fourth dclc uatc uilnlit he appointed. LANDED IN i WASIIINOTO.V, May 0. Oovcrn ment ofllciaK today were nivetitit iii a icpurt that a conM.uniiu'nt of nuns mid ammuuiliuii, putchased from Japan, was laudcit Thnivilay at Sahua Crux and rushed lo Mexico City, This consignment was said to he Hie Haul shipment ol a ipmulily of iiruts ami iimmuuiliou President Unci In hough! last Dcceinher, The shipment, il wiis said, included n niunhcr of siee nud rupid-lue kuiis. ti 10 BE MEDIATORS WASIIINOTOS', Ma. II. It was icpoilcil luday and ucncrallv cicdil ed In olficlal ciiclcs Hml Piesiilcnl WIUoii woiihl select as hu Culled Klulcs' icpioi'iilnlUes hefuiu Ihc Amciicaii-Mcxicaii incilialuis Hu picnic JuMucs lliiuhc niul Lamar niul Ficili'i icli l.cliniaiiii n N. I .iiiiik. 1,1'hiiiiiiin, a well hiiuiiii lawyer, luiii'lii'il wilh iliu pnnidi'iit loiluy. FOR HOSTILITIES SUPREME JUSTICES'"' GIBBS The President h herew tl. i s iiuilus wisld c COAL GIVE UP TO TRINIIUO. (" . Miiv !i. i "if tli'I l.oekelt's tU'ih i to sttikuij: iii.ii miners nihiu ymnil- mid oilier eiul inns o disarm went into of feet at U o'clock this iiioriiinc. At 1 o'clock litis afteruouu il wu- estimated that the strikeiti had - irruuilered l.'iO lilies and roiolui-. .Mltlui oilte- ers refused to iai liow'iuanj anus hud hccii dcKisiiid .illonllier. llm weapon ol Hut mine uuards were said In lutic ili'poiltci) with the oncralors. who will Mitrrem ler them nil in ono lot. CivuiU.tliia nieiuiiu: Kiilhercd nt evei.i ilesigunUd depos. lint's mid walemil lite aurrouder. llio hllKCst Plow. I was at. Op) Milker' camp otilshlo Hie lou orSait Italael. .Men carrying weanuns of all kinds, fiom the oldcM-ntsliinned 'iti- hint's o lite lalcsi litt)i!uspr lilies. triulKOtl into the can, p. , William Diamond. lrll;e loBilcr. de clared thik ulteiiiooii tlmt nil .ink ers rcfusiuj In xiinviiihi!' (heir hiuu1 would he -liicLen Imijjj til uuiuii s lellef list and expillcd - fiom the t'liileil .Mineworkets iiUnjrica. WASIIINOTON. AW U. The inniiiliir o&ul; was uinul iiiiUy I'loiu Key WcM I" l.ulnw Ulaiiil, Tnuipli'ii, R is ciiiiiMi wilh Ittclie inch KHO "ail l o "f killlicii ullv Miallow ilinii f ml Hi.' PmiiiKi ilicr II wu- I.iiu.,,1 ( inik.iKii mm lu jiivli'vl Hit J.'iupivu utl ItviiU. STRKING Mi GUNS OPS RTUOUAKE " M'ADDO IN HER GHARMIHe VEDBIHC SOWM WK.V -' . feiH MS ,.IUAM ltMSS trCOO O M" i am G.bbs Mc dw. iku i:em. wi of Ivory white Mtnln, trimmed with T T T i MKMPIIIS, Tenii., May II. -The most inipoitaiit and at the same time the most neglected unit iu America's coveruuieutol daily life is the coun ty, Professor (Irahain Taylor of Chi cso university told the uatiunnl eunferimco of charities and correc tions today. PiotVssor Tnylur was president of tho conference. "The county seal," he said, "is tin center of mine pivoriiiuenlal activ ities tluttt any other seat of poveii mciit. lu fai't', it is the rural capital of the Kieat majority of people. Hut the extent to which it is neglected is evidenced in lite fault v records and accounts, indifference to public health, had condition-, in jails and tihiishouses, extra vngunue iu sheriffs ami procculor' offices mid it re sponsible trcnsiircrship. "The county may well he taken as Hie point at which polities should he liuinanixol. It lies nil around ami wry clone lo nverv home town ami uniuhlkuhnod. Therefore il ought lo Ii and can hcuome the frnmewoik within which private citizens can haM work with public officials ami puhllo ugciific call hast im-opemtu with luliiutiHir uriiuiimliuii for thu uyui IIIUII IVtllfHIH."' " Tim Uniltli Power IokiiIhk rnml U in im iiiiiiplutiid simtli lit Myill" I'xillt. COUNTRY M IMPORTAN MOS NEGLECTED AND ERUPTION Ml ETNA r ut iui.i,est dauJtcr ot Hi real point t.ie. , i m liBL PARADE STREETS OF WASHINGTON. Max Ik Sutgim: u iiiareliiii; son amid tlyiuj banners mid the playing ot ten bands, rJOOO suffrni'i-ls frtmi various seclioiis of the cotiniry today paraded Pennsyl vania avenue fnnn a Fa.vetle -tpiare lo the eapitol. Tito procession was viewed by an inimeiue crowd. A banner twenty feet wide, bearing the following iiibcriptioii, was home aloft; , . "Wo tli'tnhutt tho passage of the llristow-Mimdcll lesoliuiun." Tho parude was preceded by a mass meeting iu a downtown theater, pre sided over by Mi-. William Kent, wife of Congre.tuaii Kent of Cali fornia, TO MEET FUNERAL SHIP NKW UKK. May U. The bailie ship Wyoming Muamed out ot this haihor today lo meet lllu ciui.er Molilalia, hfiuiiitf Hie IiimIiom of iliu initliiius ami lilufjaekvlii lillliil iu thu iieeupalioti ol Vein Cruz, oft Am hiuau Light omiiiiiiv, Thu Mini 'laiiii and P lotiwi,. uu si licilult'd lo 111 lilt' al the lllllll'IV III i lfllllk Imuuriow u("liiuuii, SUFFRAGETTES W N N pQ5"f COMMITS SUICIOE:SH0OTS SELF WITH RIFLE Multi-Millionaire Cereal Manufac turer of Battle Creek Kills Self by Placing Muzzle of Weapon to His Mouth and Pulling Trigger, ilow ing Off Top of Head. SANTA -IIA'tHAIlA. Col.. May fl. -Charles W. Pout, muUI-intlllonnlrn cereal jitanufnrtiirer of Unltle Creek, Mich., committed -ulcldo hero today hy "hootlnjr hlnmelf, Tho millionaire killed hlm-clf with a 3030 caliber miniltif rifle. He plneed tho muzzle of the weapon In his mouth and pulled tho'trlgger with his toe, blowing off the entlro top of his head. Tho suicide occurred early today Just after Mrs. Post and 1'ost's secre tary had-como Into Santa Uarbara on hiiilne-s. Post told tho nurso who was left with him that ho was tired and wished to bo alone. Found in Dcntli Agon- few moments after sho had left the room the woman heard a shot and rushed In to find tho millionaire In his death agony. Post yesterday ordered a special car In which to go east on May 30. presumably to Dattlo Creek. Mich. Post had spent tho winter at his mansion horo. His health had been falling for sotno time, but his friends had understood that he had been Im proving since he. returned here fol lowing an operation, supposedly for appendicitis, performed recently at tho Mayo brothers' sanitarium at Rochester. Minn. Post made the trip from Santa narbara to Itochester In a special train, making a new record for the trip across half the continent, He was accompanied by two doctors and several nurses. At Itochester ho was found to bo much Improved, but tho operation, it was stated, was performed as a pre cautionary measure against future nttacks. Was Sixty Years of Arc Charles William Post was born at Springfield, III., October 36, 1854. He was the son of Charles Rollln and Caroline Lathrop Post. Post was educated In the Spring field public schools and also at tended tho University of Illinois but never graduated from that Institu tion. Ho first engaged In the hard ware business, then van a commer cial traveler and still later was manager of a plow factory at Spring field. Post broke down from overwork In 1SS4 and for acvoral years was an Invalid, traveling for his health un til 1S91. Then his health Improved he studied medlclno, hygiene and dietetics and this led him Into tho cereal food buslnc's, from which ho amassed a fortune. Tho statement that Post had shot and killed himself came direct from Coroner Ilulz, who received tho mes sago from tho cereal magnate's home threo or four miles outside town. H- left at once to go there with Ills dead wagon. Newspaper men woro also on their way by automobile. FREED WITHOUT TRIAL SAN FRANCISCO, ml., May 0. I'pun motion of Assistant District Attorney l-'erreri, llio ease of Walter J. Oilligan, jointly neuused with Paul Spott and Maury J. Oiggs of crim inal assault upon Miss Ida May IVarriug, was dismissed today by Judge Cahaniss, Ferrer! slated t the com I in explanation of his itio lion Hint Hie case of Qilligun is ideu lical with those of Spott niul Digits both of whom have been ncipiilted, ajid similar testimony wiuhl be pro diced if Oilligan Weill tried, "Wu coiihl not I'xpi'ut n conviction," said IViicri. " liuva IhIM with juiors on both panels ami they tohl ma Hint Ihc principal icimm for lb" iicipiillnls was a belief Wt Ihc J'rr i nig gnl was older lhH 4t wpfti si'litnl hvlHi'lf lu h," K- l'-ww-l