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,"
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