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TH3 MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, NOVE3IBER 10, 19C6. FIVE-STORY HOTEL FULLS IN II HEAP Nearly a Hundred Artisans and Laborers Carried Down in the Ruin. NINE LOSE THEIR LIVES Citizens of Long Beach. Oal., at. Once Begin the Rescue of Those Pinned Down by Wreckage and Tangled Iron Work. LONG BEACH. Cal., Nov. 9 With no warning save the cries of the workmen who first felt the floore sag beneath their feet, five stories of the central part of the new 2.0fA Eixby Hotel collapsed at 9:35 this morning, carrying nine men to death in the tons of tangled wreckage. About l.V artieans and laborers were scattered through the structure at the moment it fell, and of these nearly 1 were carried down in the ruins. Seven bodies have been recovered from the mass of debris in the basement, and one of the injured died late this afternoon at the Long Beach Hospital. The last two victims were found at S o'clock this even ing, and the rescue crews, are still at work in the hope of uncovering the body of another man supposed to be buried there. Nine injured workmen are. being cared for at the hospital, but it is believed that all will recover. All of the men on the contractors' rolls are accounted for save one, supposed to he still in the ruins. The Dead. FRANK NORTON", aged 2.1. carpenter; Lo Angelep. ALVIN DESHAKBR. MS. carpentur; Lns AnEs. ALBERT HABILE. 27. carpenter; Long Beach R. M. PERKINS. 2S. stripper: Long Beach. CARLTON BRASHEAR, 30. carpenter; Sig r.al Hill. . ANTON B.IANSON. 40. laborer; S.4 Califor nia avenue. Long Beach. LEWIS PHILLIPS. 32, carpenter; Los Ange les Mied In hospitalY B. A. RNBBELL. ' 3S. carpenter; 612?i West Fir-t street. Long Beach. The Injured. E. P. "Watson, severe lacerations, arm broken. F. W. Pchutle, severe bruises and lacera tions. Alexander Bavay. crushed and ribs broken. George Parker. Long Beach; shoulder dis located. F. H. Inilay. severely cut about head. G. H. Pinabarger. leg broken. .!. J. Walsh. Long Beach; leg amputated below knee. ID. Nicholson." Long Beach: fell five stories, sprained ankle; released from hospital after injury was dressed. Alexander Zozay, badly crushed. Immediately after the collapse of the structure hundreds of bystanders lent willing aid in the work of rescue. The Southern Pacific and Salt Lake & Pacific Electric Railroads sent crews of laborers to the scene and under the direction of City Marshal Young. Mayor Downs and Contractor Spalding the task of remov ing the wreckage was begun. Company H. Seventh Regiment. N. G. C. was called out and lines were thrown about the building, all but the rescuers being excluded. Aged Mother Weeps and AVail?. Pitiful scenes were enacted among the throngs who stood outside the lines wait ing for news. An aged mother sat all day long on the bluff overlooking the .hotel, weeping and watching for the body of her son. Five times the "stretcher-bearers were called, and. headed by a Catholic priest, a little procession emerged from the building to where the undertakers' wagons were waiting. At the first call for help the women of Long Beach began preparing food for the rescuers and established commissary tables near the building. When it be came apparent that the bottom of the ruins would not be reached tonight, lights were placed over the wreckage that the work might not be interrupted. Late in the day the Salt Lake Railroad brought a steam crane to the bluff behind the hotel, where it could be used to -move the heavier pieces of wreckage. Causes to Be Investigated. Conflicting causes are assigned for the collapse of the central wing, and, to in vestigate the disaster a commission of architects and engineers was this after noon appointed. The commission con sists of: Architects Morgan. Kremple, Albrirht, Whitlwy. T. F. Osborne and Lewis Park'er. of Los Angeles; I. H. Hellman. concrete build ing Inspector of Los Ang-lep; Contractor Carl Leonardt. of Los Angeles; Captain Fries and Captain Amos. United states Engineers; President Daubfsprek. president of the Los Angelea Architect' Association: Thomas Fel lows. Assistant Building Inspector of Los Angeles, and Austin Brown and C. H. Craig, representing the architects and the con trartor for the hotel. The new hotel is built on the beach sands facing the ocean. To this fact Con tractor A. F. Spaulding attributes the dis aster, alleging that the footings were in secure and weakened the structure. John A. Austin, of the firm of Austin & Brown, architects for the building, as cribes the disaster to the premature re moval of the support of the concrete work on the fifth floor, alleging that the cement had been given but three instead of six weeks to "set." Almost without exception the men con tend that the building fell from the top, carrying the lower floors with it. Heavy Beam Dropped hy Workmen. R. A. Zee. who was taken from the ruins with his leg gashed and suffering from Internal injuries, said: "I was at work on the fourth -floor of the building nailing down a joist. I no ticed four or five laborers carrying a heavy beam from the front towards the central portion of the building. When they arrived about the center. I saw them let the beam fall with unusual violence. "The whole building shook, and then seemed to crumble and fall beneath all of us. I saw workmen jump in all direc tions, and in an attempt to escape the wreckage I fell straight back into the interior of the structure. When I struck the ground below. I lost, consciousness, and knew nothing more until some men pulled me out." The Hotel Blxby. which has been under course of construction for several months, was to have been one of the best-appointed hotels on the southern coast. The total cost of the building was estimated at $2Vi0n. The plans called for 278 guest chambers and the building covered' a sround space of ITS by 348 feet. Four stories of the structure had reached com pletion. It was being built on the beach facing the ocean and about 200 feet dis tant from the shore. Austin B. Brown, of Los Angeles, was the architect, and R. C. Spaulding, of Los Angeles, was the contractor. The Kahn Construction Company, of Detroit, according to Architect Austin and Contractor Spaulding, supplied the steel bars and drawings and computations of strain for the floors of the building. A representative of the architectural firms says that the accident undoubtedly was 'due to the fact that the floors of the building were of reinforced tile, which evidently could not stand the weight of the structure. Reinforced concrete had been recommended in the plans and speci fications drawn for the building, and that material was provided. The reinforced tile was put in . later for decorative pur poses. ' SHUT OUT BY NORTHERN President of Xorth Coast Complains of Treatment Keceived. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Nov. 9. (Special.) Before leaving here on the morning train for his home in Spokane, Robert E. Strahorn. president of the North Coast' Railway, made the follow ing statement for publication relative to the attempt of the Northern Pacific to keep it out of the Yakima Valley: The Northern Pacific Is not fighting us to keep land which it needs. It Is trying to keep a competitor out of the Yakima al ley, or failing in that, to compel it to build its lines where the people do not want them or cannot easily reach them to do busi ness. The real and only reason for not building our road is that we have been Hindered and delayed in every conceivable way by the Northern Pacific. It has now become apparent to us that we must fight for every inch of the right of way through here against, that corporation. It has a trans portation monopoly in the Yakima coun try, and nroDoses to keen it If possible. We have just begun to realize this. If we had understood It as well six months ago as we understand it now. the North Coast Road would have been built this Winter through this valley. We supposed tnat when the Northern Pa cific people understood that we had the backing to carry out our scheme, and meant business, they would meet us fairly and make the arrangements that have to be made about rights of way. We have a right to come into the Yakima Valley, and while the Northern Pacific may cause delay and expense, it cannot in the end keep us out. Knowing this, we supposed tne Northern Pacific would not fail to accord us the treatment we had a right to expect. When we went to its representatives we got nothing but promises. We supposed the promises would be kept. They have not been kept. For six months we have been put off on one pretext and another, shunted from one department to another, and given promises which on one excuse or another were not kept. ACCUSED OF OPIUM SMUGGLING J. A. Bunce, Ex-Deputy Sheriff, Is Arrested at 'Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 9 J. A. Bunce, for four years Deputy Sheriff under Sher iff Cudihee. and until recently a partner of L. W. Nelson, late candidate for Sher iff on the Democratic ticket, was arrested this morning upon a complaint charging him with smuggling. At the time of his arrest Bunce was supposed to have been working In the interest of the United States Government to unearth a band of smugglers which he said he had reason to believe were operating in the vicinity of Lynden. on the British Columbia line. Thus far it is known that Bunce has handled 200 pounds of opium, and from the length of time he is supposed to have been engaged in business it is believed he and his confederates have disposed of thousands of pounds of the material. BACKED INTO BARBED FENCE Oklahoma Cowman May Lose His Leg at Burns. . BURNS'. Or.. Nov. 9 (Special.) Sunday evening Frank Headley. recently of Okla homa, was seriously injured ,by a buck ing horse. The accident occurred at Sage Hen, about 12 miles from Burns. Young Headley's horse continued its bucking un til it came in contact with a wire fence, and struggled there until its throat was cut, and it fell dead. Headley received a cut from the barbs in the left leg. four inches long, opening the knee-joint and severing the ligament. He was brought to Burns, where amputation may become necessary. Delegates Appointed by Governor. SALEM. Or., Nov. 9 ( Special.') Gover nor Chamberlain has appointed the fol lowing -residents of Oregon to represent this state at the annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Con gress at Washington, D. C, December 6 and 7: R. R. Hope. J. N. Teal. W. D. Wheel wright. Portland: John H. Smith. Astoria; Peter Loggie. Marshfield: J- D. Peters. The Dalles; L. A. Lewis. Portland; Henry Hahn. Portland: J. A. Smith.' Portland. Hembree to Be Sentenced. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Nov.' 9 (Special. ) Circuit Court will convene on Monday, when it Ls expected that Judge McBride ; 1 1 y.a L n CAntanA A T ttmhrM who was found guilty of murdering his daughter. Ora Hembree. 16 years or age, at Sand Lake, last December, a compro mise verdict of manslaughter being re turned. The jury Is said to have been held up by B. C. Hadley, 'an ex-saloonkeeper. Benson Will Probably Recover. OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.) Raleigh E. Benson, the Portland youth, who yesterday attempted suicide by shoot ing himself while' in the office of Attor ney G. C. Brownell. because his wife had obtained a decree of divorce from him. was taken to a Portland hospital this morning. It is now believed that Benson will recover, since it develops that the wound was not as serious as at first sup posed. ' " Luck of Drunken Logger. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Nov. 9 (Special.) Martin Smith, a logger, took a fall today that has been the cause of death to sev eral persons, when he tumbled off the railroad bridge of the O R. & N. at this place. He was intoxicated at the time, and. although he fell on the rocks and the distance is about 40 feet he escaped with onlv a bad cut on the back of his head. Safe Cracked at Garfield. GARFIELD. Wash.. Nov. 9. The O. R. A- N. depot was broken into about 2;30 this morning and the big safe dynamited, but little money was taken. The robbers left a canvas and a sledge hammer near the safe. T'he office was broken into about a month ago, but the safe was not opened. On Business and Pleasure Bent. BURNS. Or.. Nov. .9 (Special.) Among the many to visit Harney County is a party from Huntington, composed of R. W. Frame. F. McCarter. N. Eichner. P. Adams and S Frasher. They are now at the lakes enjoying the sport to be found there, and searching for land. Plenty of Logs', but No Cars. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 9 (Special.) Owing to difficulty in securing cars, the Spauld ing Company's sawmill in this city will very likely close down in a few days, with Ij Oflfinno feet of logs ready to saw and a ready market for the lumber. Beware of Frequent Colds. A succession of colds or a protracted cold is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh, from which few persons ever wholly recover. Give every cold the at tention it deserves and you may avoid this disagreeable disease. How can you cure a cold? Why not try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy? It is highly recommend ed as a cure for colds. Mrs. M. White, of Butler. Tenn.. says: "Seeral years ago I was bothered with my throat and lungs. Someone told me of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. I began using it and it relieved me at once. I used it for some time arfrl it cured me. Now my throat and lungs are sound and well." For sale by all druggists. . BOY HELD IHI CHAINS Incredible Cruelty of Farmer to Maniac Child. HE GIBBERS LIKE MONKEY Manacled in Corn-Crib and Almost Xaked, Six-Year-Old Boy Is Found on Long Island and Rescued. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (Special. 1 Chained like a do to the floor of a corn crib by heavy manacles, which were more than he could lift, a de mented boy, 6 years old, was found to day by detectives on the farm of Peter Nelson, on the North Hempstead road, near Flushing. Over the child's bead was tied a rag and this and a woman's skirt drawn about his neck were the only garments to protect him from the cold. .Otherwise he was naked. The detectives found the boy chatter ing like a monkey. He rolled about, uttering weird cries, and tried to bite them when they freed him. The boy is said to be John Nelson, son of the owner of the farm. The lat ter. 74 years old., was held today in $500 bail by Magistrate Connerton. of the Police Court in Flushing. The boy vas turned over to the Children's Society. The neighbors called the attention of the police to the boy; and say that Mr. Nelson owns the farm, which Is worth $20,000, but rather than commit the boy to the asylum, he kept him chained like a dog in the corn crib. The detectives say that, when they released the boy, he started off on all fours, apparently not knowing how to walk erect. In court his gibbering con tinued, and he rolled on the floor, utter ing strange sounds. When his mother tried to speak to him. he tried to bite her fingers and jab them into her eyes. Magistrate Connerton tried to make the boy talk, but the lad was unable to utter an intelligible sound. LOST II THE HEXRY GOERS DISAPPEARS WHILE OX HUNTING TRIP. Searching Parties Have Been Out Every Day Since in the Wet Woods and Canyons. MIST. Or.. Nov. 9. (Special) Some where in the canyons between Clatskanie and Mist. Henry Goers, who disappeared last Monday, is dead, injured or wander ing about unable to find his way back home. Volunteer parties have been searching the woods for him until worn out Tyy their exertions. It is hoped tha.t some of Goers' old friends will come down to Mist and aid in the search. Goers former home was near Troutdale. He had been boarding with Mrs. W. S. Deppold. a mile from Mist. Last Mon day he started on a fishing and hunting trip with Harold Dippold. They sepa rated after Dippold had mapped out a route, agreeing to meet about a half mile distant. Dippold arrived at the meeting place and waited for Goers, whom he knew- to be a slow walker. In the hope of attracting his hunting companion's attention Dippold discharged hi9 rifle and then shouted again and again. Receiving no response Dippold took a short-cut for home. In the meantime a gale of wind and rain sprang up. making it very dangerous for anyone to be out in the woods, and darkness was falling fast, although it was only about 4 o'clock in the after noon. Dippold brought out a horn and blew blasts that could be heard for miles, and again fired his rifle repeatedly as a 9ignal. The following dsy several men went out to hunt for the lost man, and found that the rains had obliterated all his tracks. Despite the task, made disagree able by the rains, parties have searched faithfully every day since, jt is hoped friends of Goers will now come down and help. Mist is nine miles back of Clatskanie. Or., and Clatskanie is SO miles down the Columbia river from Portland. Mrs. M. S. Dippold. at Mist, will be glad to receive any communication from Portland or Troutdale friends. Mrs. Dip pold says: "The missing man had no provisions with him and expected to stay out only a. few hours. He had a good compass, however, and was an unusually bright man. He remarked the evening before that if ever he got lost that he would always hunt up a stream and follow it out and shoot birds for his maintenance, so you see some terrible disaster has be fallen him." Favrot Must Stay in Jail. BATON ROUGE, La.. Nov. 9. An un usual legal situation has followed the kill ing by Congressman-elect George K. Fav rot of Dr. R. H. Aldrich, and the result may be to keep Mr. Favrot in jail for 60 days without hope of ball. He was Judge of the District Court here, before which -his case should legally come up Salt Rheum Itches, oozes, dries and scales over and over again; local applications do not cure it because they cannot remove its cause, which is an impure condition of the blood. The most obstinate cases have been perfectly and permanently cured by a course of Hood's Sarsaparilla the best medicine for salt rheum in all the world. For testimonials of remarkable cures send for Book on Salt Rheum, No. 2. C I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. I WEDDING ! Z AND VISITING CARDS : I V. G.SMITH 6 CO. ! Washington Building J for consideration. His resignation from this office yesterday left this court with out a Judge, and it will be 60 days afer notice of a new special election is served before his successor can be chosen. The State Constitution makes no provision for appointing a successor. The prisoner cannot secure bail until his case goes be fore the court. CHARGED WITH MURDER Siemsen and Dabner to Be Arraigned in Police Court Today. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 9. John Siem sen,. alias Simpson, and Louis Dabner. his companion in a series of crimes, were formally charged with murder today. It is for the murder of M. Munakata. the Japanese banker, that both men will be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow. The authorities took the first step to day to secure the release of Dodwell. alias Sutton, who was sent to the penitentiary for 50 years for the hold-up of Dr. B. B. W. Leland. a crime to which Siemsen and Dabner have both confessed. Not a Son of Dreier. HONOLULU. Nov. 9 August Dreier, a prominent planter, denied today that John Siemsen. who is in custody at San Fran cisco, and who has confessed to ' having committed several murders and robberies in that city, ls his son. as has been re ported and claimed by Siemsen. It ls be lieved here that the real name of the San Francisco prisoner is John Siemsen, whose father was ' a wealthy planter on the Is land of Hilo. WARNED OF A HOLD-UP. Armed Cripple Creek Train Rushed Past Rosernont. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Nov. 9. Railroad men here were warned today of a plot to hold up a Cripple Creek Short Line train and rob the express car about noon today at Rosernont. 21 miles west of this city. The daring hold-up was not put into execution, as the train rushed by Rosernont at high speed. So far as can be learned the plot was hatched a few days ago in Cripple Creek. The train leaves this city every morn ing and frequently carries large ship ments of gold and silver to be used in paying off the miners at the gold camp. Information of the intended hold-up was conveyed to the Wells-Fargo Express Company's officials, with the result that when the train left here this morning heavily armed men were taken into the express car and hidden. The car is re ported to have had on board a large sum of money to be used in paying off the miners at the Cripple Creek mines. Two Pacifies Are to Battle. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, Or.. Nov. 9 (Special.) Pacific Univer sity' football team will meet the Quakers of Newberg College on the home gridiron this afternoon. Since the game with the Oregon Agricultural College last Saturday, another change in 'the line-up is sched uled. Charles Ward, who has been play ing end, will take Ralph Logan's place as guard. The big guard is out of the game for the remainder of the season. W. B. Gwyn, captain of last year's team, is trying out for quarterback. ' Owing to the very bad field at Corvallis, Pacific's team is still suffering from some very severe bruises, and will not be in the best of shape. The co-eds of the institution have planned a reception in the evening for the Newberg boys. The line-up will be asfollows: Center. O. A. Kirkwood : riEht guard. C. O. Ward; left guard. D. O. Denny; right tackle. O. G. Allen: left tackle. S. B. Lawrence; right end. D. O. I. Allen; left end. A. O. Aoraham; quarterback. O.- H. Ferriri: full buck. V. E. Waterman: left half. G. O. Ward, captain: right half, P. O. Humphreys. General Shatter Is Very 111. BAKERSFIELD. Cal.. Nov. 9 Major General William R. Shatter. U. S. A., re tired, is seriously ill with pneumonia at his ranch. 15 miles south of Bakersfield. Local physicians have been in constant attendance during the past few days. General Shafter took a bad turn today and telegrams were sent to a San Fran cisco physician to come at once. Tomor row morning a consultation will be held. Xext Balloon Race in St. Louis. PITTSFIELD. Mass., Nov. 9 The Aero Club, of New York, will hold next year's balloon race for the James Gordon Ben net Cup in St. Louis. The race must be held some time between May and Decem ber of next year. Keep Dr-Graves Toofii Powder where you can use it twice-a-day. It helps the poor teeth; preserves, brightens and whitens the good ones and leaves a pleasant after taste. Ask your dentist. 'In handy metal cans or bottles. 25c Dr. Graves' Tooth Powder Go. ITTLE 1VER PILLS Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per. feet remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tonga Pain in the Side. TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. Small Pill. Small Doe Small Price. ARROW! Clupeco Shrunk Quarter Size Collar '8 Ml 15 opnts each, 2 for cents m CLUETT, PEAPODY ft CO. Makers of Cluett and Monarch Shirts Jf aI)l L - ' - J- ' uwr : 'llJ rinSft 4 The iButterick! Pattern Store Good Merchandise Extraordinary Sale of Men's Grade Neckwear 1 Kg Intended for the holiday trade. All the new est weaves of the quality you expect to see sell ing at $1.00 and $1.50 in December. The richness of the silks and the variety of shades and designs are unsurpassed. Pretty Paris Flower Effect. . Fancy Diagonal Figured Stripes. Swell Double Plaids. - Satin Cross Bars. Lovely French Satin Effects. Plain Surah TwUls. White with white figures, new purples, greens, wine tints, garnets, blues, grays with white posies or black figures and plain seal silks with contrasting polka dots. Easy to adjust for knot shapes overs. A chance' not likely to come your way again in 1906. Only (Men's Furnishing: Dept.) Women's Stylish Plaid Coats Women's 50-inch Full Loose Back Coats, of fancy shadow plaid material, in light and dark gray, made with notched velvet collar and fancy straps over shoulder, trimmed with fancy but tons; real value $18.50; very special sale That ing to at had cir rsn to the with help new, V:5fcni: PS?? Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are 170 Candle High-Grade Incandescent Gas Light for only 59c FOR Complete with high grade special cap, man tle and genuine im ported Jena globe and Lindsay CQn burner 4-7 7 C 170 Candle-Power, SATURDAY ONLY Men's Fine Folded Square Four-In-H&nds $1.25INGANDESCENT LIGHTS 68c GAS MANTLES The best grades of Mantles for all kinds of lights at nearly half price. We cut the trust prices. Our special "Northern Light" Gas Mantle, gives a brilliant light, regular 20c value 12 V2C Our special "Cheerful Light" Mantle, highly brilliant and very durable, 25c value 1 5if for only XL9 Out special "Luminous" Mantle, brilliant and dura ble, closely -woven,- equal to the best mantle O Ef made, regular 35c value for afiraJi - ., puffs or once 55c $15 Coats for 9.95 Women's Long Coats, made with double breasted front and full loose back, notched velvet collar, new sleeves with cuffs of fine fancy mixed cloth, in tan, brown, gray, blue; real QC value $15, special sale p7s7 I SPECIAL WEEK-END SALE ':f 1 PC .', ; ! Stylish Coati demonstrate this store's great buy - power, and usefulness to you as bargains ever did before. "We've GOT sell and repent," said the manufac- turers when they let us have these coats about half actual value. But sell they to and we were ready, just as always, pay cash, and so we got the pick of stock on hand and chose carefully reference to pleasing you most tj women 01 judgment ana taste cannoi but approve of the coats. Stylish, pretty, up-to-date, splendidly tail ored, thoroughly well made, perfect fit ting and economical women will ap prove of them, too, for the most careful shopping will not show the store that's ; j selling such new, desirable coats as these are for a penny less than their actual value, while in this sale they're here at ir ut half price. Reg.g25Coats,$16.50 For today, Saturday, only we offer 47 Women's 50-inch Double-Breasted Coats, selected from splendid stock of thousands of these popular garments. Each coat is carefully made by a fa mous New York maker, of fine im ported Scotch cloaking, in green and gray mixed cloth, with velvet collar; made with extra flare back, yoke and sleeves lined with Belding's guaran teed satin; sold regular- CJ-f FA ly at $25.00; Saturday. . . )lDOU December De'ineaior 15c Always the Lowest Power 175 - . candlepower Incandescent Light, -with colored globes, best burner and mantle, complete. A pretty and attractive high-power light. This burner can also be ad justed to any electric globe. Reg ular $1.25 value for only 68 Cents Women's $22.50 Long Plaid Coats Women's 50-inch All Wool Plaid Coats, full loose back, in fancy gray plaid and fan cy tan plaid, made double breasted, collarless, with vel vet and braid trimming around neck, full new coat sleeves, with turned cuffs, edged with velvet and braid trimmed, two side pockets, sleeves satin lined; real val ue $22.50; special no $15.00