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" r ' 3y Mcu of im TEMPERATURES TODAY Bolton, 8 a, m.. .68 Portland, S a, ui. Jap Tin; 4 . "Fair tonight and tomorrow; with wlndi northwesterly. 11 U' I I UWI Mw York Charleston Cliloago, 7 Km. City i. ram , .61) Seattle . .74 Boll a. m.,68 Ban rran. ' 86 Kosabnrg a apoaane waihiart'n . .es iaMtbruid Portland humidity, a. m. . ."I .4 I .Ml .61 .41 .64 .4(1 .74 VOL. XII. no. gq: PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1913.-TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. OKT TaallH AND WVWg STANDS HVE CLWIS. Scores Are Killed at Lon t n n ... it n it it . . t v.; it Celebrants Are Caught in g Beach It H - Crash BETTER: JUMP! Floor of Auditorium Collapses EMPIRE DAY CROWD IN MUNICIPAL : PUTTING FJREBOAT, . J IMI'V' P. 1 1 I W f AUUIIU1IM1 LEO TO ITS DESTRUCTION BY BUILDING'S FALL , (United Press Leased Wire.) Long Beach, Cal., May 24.- Amid scenes of Indescribable confusion 86 to 40 persons were killed and 100 or more were Injured when a section of the Long Beach Municipal "Audi torium floor caved In and precipi tated from BOO to 700 persons through the floor below, and upon the sands 25 feet below. rine accident occurred while a crowd of British, celebrating Empire , day, were marching Into the audi toftum. -In an improvised morgue in the Armory lie the bodies of IS women, two children and one ciau. The undertaking- morgues have a num ber of others and It ! bellavad the total will reach 40. The majority of the killed and Injured 'are old persona, who naa been waiting for hours for the audi torium to open. They crowded In behind the third seotlon of the parade and the floor rave way beneath the jam. ' Identified Dead. The Identified dead up to 1:80 o'clock . ' are: MRS. FANNIE M. McGEB, Long Beaoh. MRS. D. 8. LOMAS. Long Beach. MRS. ARTHUR, HELPS, Long- Beach. MR8. D. McSPARRON. Long Beach. MRS. A, J. HILL, Orange, Identified by her husband, who collapsed. SCOTT BLACK. 10 years old. Ol en- dale, son of Walter Black,. J JUK8. d. S. HOLMES, no address. MRS. MARTHA J. BURNETT. Long . Beach., , MRS. GEORGE DOWLB, aged 41, 170 Grant street, Pasadena. MRS. SARAH JANE CHRISTIE, 488T South Grand avenue, Los Angeles. Unidentified man, Initials "F. P.- on ring. ;"::-:.-. Unidentified woman, 60 years old, at -''undertaking morgue. - MRS. LAWRENCE, address unknown. Vail Without Warning. " George Dowle of Pasadena, whose wife lies dead, was painfully Injured, his left collar bone being broken, and he sustained other Injuries. He said that ho and his wife .were In the rear of the crowd Just as It entered the auditorium, when the entire floor srava wav without a moment's warning, precipitating 600 persons to the ground beneath. He pulled his wife out from beneath a timber, but she was dead. Councilman John Toppham of Los . Anreles was standing in the doorway when the floor collapsed, talking to a policeman who fell into the hole, Topp ham barely escaping. Toppham said: "The scene was awful Indescribable. Without an Instant's warning the wnole section of the floor gave way, and amid wild cries of women and shrieks or men, the struggling mass shot downwards to tne sanas oeiow. jiany crashed by Bodies. "Msnv were killed by - striking tho timbers which support the auditorium. Others were crushed to -deaths under th mui of human bodies above them. Three Long Beach tfolloemeri went in with the crowd -and one was seriously injured, the other two escaping, "We worked for an hour to remove the bodies. I feel that a. mistake) was made hy somebody in keeping the audi torium door locked until alter me pa rade, resulting in a mass of people rushing into the building at once." Twenty little flower girls barely es caped death In the catastrophe. They had Just passed over the section of floor -ihtraved when the-erash came. The Injured are scattered all over Long Beach In private residences, hos pitals and temporary hospitals. A platoon of Los Angeles polios Is guarding the building. A special train bearing physicians and nurses from Los Angeles, accompanied or Mayor Aiex ander, has arrived and assistance is be ing rendered. Partial list of Injured. Following Is a partial list of the seri ously Injured: George W. Reed, Long Beach, hip bad- ly injured. Frank A. Little, 483 Centennial are T ONE FATALLYHUR INJUR IT, 3 ED ON WAY 10 CALEDONIAN PICNIC Helix, Or,, Party Er Routeto - Athena Celebration Is Upset on Road by Auto, : (Special to The Journal.) Walla Walla, Wash.. May 84. Leslie Edwards of Helix was fatally Injured, and Charles In gall, mayor of Helix, Guy " Smith and A. Suehl, also of Helix, were Injured, when the machine in which they were driving at a rate of 66 miles van hour turned turtle about ons qusr i ter of mile -east- of Athena at 11 o'clock this morning. . v r " Suehl was driving the party to the big r.l.iinnl.11 .picnic held In Athana.la. day. While going at a teriiflo rat of speed, the attempt to pass J. M. -Ban-later of Weston the' car went Into the ditch, turning completely over. All the 1 men were pinned- beneath the Wreck, It la expected Edwards will die. 1 nun, Los Angeles, hip Injured and badly oruisea. Mrs. Sarah Chllds, Long Beach, cut on faoe and badly bruised. , " Mrs. Mary Corwln. Long Beach, badly oruisea, Mrs. O. Coots. 620 Charter Oak ave nue, Pasadena, badly bruised and may do injured internally. Mrs. Sanderson. ICS El Molino airanua. Tasadena, ankle broken. Her daughter, who was with her, escaped with a few slight bruises. I Mrs. M. J. Edwards, Long Beach, very badly bruised. t Sarah E. Ingland, Long Beaoh, Inter- nauy injured. Mrs. Wood, Long Beach, extent of injuries unknown. A. K. Hill, . Orange, Cal., cut and nruised. Dorothy Lurridge. 18 years old. Pae auena, left hip broken. i Miss Deane, Pasadena, arm broken. H. C Reed, Long Beach, leg and arm broken, Internally injured; will die. Koors Settled Oradually. . Tho scenes that ensued when the floors of the Auditorium collapsed firm a picture In mind that will not be erased until my dying day," said Miles Elliott of Long Beach. "I was standing on the top floor. While tho crush came with out warning, It was not so sudden as might have been expected. At first the floor seemed gradually to settle, and then a moment later there was a splin tering crash of timbers as the humanity laden mass of timbers went down. At-flreti owing t the dense eloud f dust which arose it was impossible to see anything. But all around me re sounded the shrieks and groans of the Injured and dying. I was only slightly bruised, but my foot was caught be tween two planks and it was some little time before I could release myself. "When the dust cleared away, there were bodies lying all about me. It was Impossible to tell how many of them were dead, but tho shrieks and cries of dozens gave evidence of tho mghtiui ness of the calamity." Los Angeles, May 84. Twenty nurses who were "off shift? at the California hospital, were bundled Into automobiles and started for Long Beacn. cans were sent to almost every hospital In Los Anceles for nurses and doctors. Within half an hour after news of the accident was circulated here tnou sands of automobiles were burning up tho boulevard between here and Long Beaoh. A majority of them carried frantic men and women whose relatives were among the throngs that attended tho Long Beach celebration. At the Pacific Electrio terminal thousands of people crushed about ticket offices demanding transporta tion to the beach. Extra police details were called to preserve order. Chief Sebastian, at the head of 60 Dolicemen with Mayor Alexander and a score of doctors, started for Long Beach shortly after noon In- high power auto-' mobiles to aid tho authorities there In caring for the situation resulting from the collapse of the municipal auditorium on tho Long Beach pier. s CENTENNIAL SURPLUS TO GO TO JOHN JACOB DAI CAMPBELL, THROUGH PACES v easssM"siBSBise"BesssBssiswsji With Firemen's Band Playing, Boat Steams Down River for Trials; Has Collision Before Starting. With more than 100 representative citizens and business men aboard, and the city represented by Mayor A. G. Rushlight and his official family, in eluding Fire Chief Dowell. Portland's newest flreboat, tho David Campbell. steamed down the Willamette river this morning for offlolal speed tests which were held on the Columbia river between its confluence with the Willamette and St Helens. This afternoon the official pumping tests will be held near the O.-W. R. et N. bridge. The fire fighting apparatus will be given a thorough tryout and If ev erything comes up to requirements, the boat will be acoepted by the city. When the vessel left the' dock at lower Stark street, shortly after 10 o'clock this forenoon. Captain W. H. Pope, veteran Columbia river pilot was at the wheel, and In the pilot house with him were W. H. Sanford, captain of the flreboat George W. WllllamB, and Cap tain Jacob Speior, the harbor master, Tho David Campbell was due to de part at 10 o'clock, but was delayed be cause federal Inspectors Insisted upon full complement of life preservers. These were -ftnattyborro wed from river boat, and a few minutes later the craft swung Into the current. As she steamed down stream nvr boats, led by the George H. Williams at her moorings on the east side, gave the new flreboat a noisy welcome, which did not cease until the craft was pass ing throuzh the Burnside brldae. A largo crowd was on hand to witness the David Campbell's departure for her official trials, and for an hour prior to her sailing the Firemen s band played selections. Just before the boat left the docks mm of CANDIDATES COMPLETED TODAY BY 1 JOURNAL Alfred f. smith, president and general Unfitness of Some of Seekers After Commissfonerships manager of th Smith & Watson Iron ...... ... - . m . r r.i . . muiuaieu uy raws uieaneu nvm umuiaj , necorus ana Statements From Reliable and Unbiased Persons; Others Apparently Fitted by Business Experience and Character Works, tho firm which built tho boat. said he was confident that the Camp bell would fulfill an requirements. These include a maximum speed of at least 14 ft miles an hour in still water and a pumping capacity of 8000 gallons of water a minute. While making a landing at the foot of Stark street earlier In the forenoon the Campbell pinched the gas stern- wheeler La Center Into the Washington street "dock ad severely thai' the latter had to go to the Supple shipyard for repairs. The Campbell was not dam aged. The steamer Medoo took the La Center's freight on to La Center. The Journal today completes Its sum, mary of the records of candidates for commissioner. It should bo borne In mind that the facts presented here for the Informa tion of voters have been gathered through "Investigation by The Journal, .ler" ""J?" "1 " . and have no connection with Investiga te uampDou was majong me mar .. - - h th, nommiltw of street float to pick up guests when the accident occurred. As she slipped past the Washington street dock she sud denly careened into the La Center, breaking a guard rail In several places. displacing practically, all the deck planks, and throwing tho engine out of line. Astoria. Or.. May 84. The 16000 re maining in the treaiury from tho As toria Centennial celebration will not bo turned over to the county to be used in establishing an experimental station, In accordanoo with the bill recently passed by the Oregon legislature. The Centennlarcommtttee last night decided' that according to the by-laws and constitution under which the cen tennial was held tho money could not be epent for this purpose'. It was at last decided that a committee be ap pointed to' investigate the matter of ac quiring Coxcombe Hill or some other suitable Imminent location in the vicin ity of Astoria, where a bronze tablet or some other mark of respect could be erected to tho founder of the city, the tract to be known as Astor Heights! Astor Park or other suitable name. JAPAN ESE EMPEROR LI HAS FA VO RAB E NIGH !T One Hundred or other organizations. GEORGE L. BAKER Born at Tne Dalles, Or., 1868. Left school at age of 11, In order to work for support of mother and family. Subsequent educa tion acquired at night schools. Worked at various trades, and finally became stage mechanic In a theatre. He worked his way up to me poaiuon oi resiaeni manager of the Marquam-Grand the atre. Embarking In the theatrical busi ness on his own ao count, no was at nrst quits successful, but became seriously Involved, and In 1806 became bankrupt. with scheduled liabilities of over JS1-- 000 and nominal assets. It is stated that Baker has slnoo paid off J2(,000 of these debts, though not legally liable for them. Baker la now part owner In the "Heillg" and "Baker "theatres." Has been a member of tho city council ror nine and one-half years, first, as ward 1 Tutted Trtim Leiied Wlre.l Toklo, May 24. Marked Improvement was noted today In the condition of Emperor Toshihlto, who is ill' at the councilman, and later as councilman at Aoyama palace here with pneumonia. Court physicians say they expect his full recovery within two weeks. A bulletin Issued from the palace at j noon said the mikado had passed a fa vorable nlghf and that there Is abso lutely no cause for anxiety, Large crowds, however, congregated again today about the palace praying for the emperors recovery. MAI AND MONKS E TRY TO SUFFOCATE Open Season for Bridegrooms H . 8t 8? 8t NatGoodwin and Hopper Repeat " '" "Iri '' ' 1 mmTm ' Nat Goodwin and Marjorie Moreland Get Flying Start in Auto v Presumably for Marriage License Bureau; Oe Wolf Hopper Also Takes His Fifth, it Is Said. PLUMBING ORDINANCE large. Has been a powerful factor In tho council, and Is thoroughly Informed as to municipal affairs. Took a very active part In campaign for commission charter, and his efforts contributed largely to Its adoption. Baker's record in tho oouncil, however, has been the subject of much criticism. Ho has lea nod strongly toward tho corporations and the liquor interests. During the earlier period of his service In the council his attitude In this respect wa especially pronounced. His friends in sist that his policy In publio affairs has changed for the better in tho last two years. Has considerable personal following. TOM J. LEWIS Socialist agitator. Age 4T years. Born In Pennsylvania. Worked In mines from age of 6 to 16 years. Took up upholstery trade, be came Journeyman. Went into business In New York city, suooessful until he became Socialist. Came to Portland five years ago as national organizer for Socialist party. Still an organizer and agitator for party. Married, has three children. No chance of election. FRANK W. WINN Superintendent and engineer of Spalding building, Third and Washington streets.. Member water PET ANIMALS TO BE T OBJEC OF M UTANTS FUTuR E Br!! Heavyweight Champion of the World Killed by. Arthur. Pel' Jcjn-Fifst-flot Bout at Calgary. KANSAN DIED SHORTLY : AFTER HE WAS STRUCK CAMPAIGNS Every Valuable Prize Winner, Including Derby Winner and 0tlier Race Horses Marked, (United Preu Latied Wlro.1 London, May 84. Tho mllltant- au (Continued on Page Five.) fragettes no longer draw the line at tak ing lire. The first victim already has been sac nncea on the altar or the cause, and more are to follow. But It Is only the animal kingdom that thus far is being attacked. Human beings still are safe- barring accidents. Choo Tai, a blue ribbon pup belonging to aiiss Asnton cross, died from doI son the other day, but It was not until the owner received a letter signed "Votes for Women" . that she learned anything as to the reason for his taking orr or tne character of tho perpetrators. "Wo ar very sorry," said the missive, whloh Miss Cross made publio today, "tnat your pretty dog had to be saori flood, but our rules are Inexorable and We lWTs6m T6st6Trmr'fi6tfitngow "Every valuable prize winner or race horse, such as the Derby winner, shall be maimed or destroyed when tho chance presents itself, until we get the vote. "You and other owners of valuable property can-only enjoy peace by help ing us. The money you offer as a re ward would be better applied in assist ing the good cause. HUMAN ROSEBUD PARAD S ABANDONED E CHILDREN TO HAVE NO PART IN FESTIVAL Health and Police Committee Acts . With but Two Mem bers Present, . (t'nlt.d Press Leued Wire.) Los Angeles, Cal., May 84. Friends of Nat . Goodwin declared today that Goodwin, at an Informal dinner at his Santa Monica home last evening, an nounced that he would marry Miss Mar jorie Moreland today. - Miss Moreland Is an actress who has been Goodwin's leading lady for some time. Tho prospective marriage would be Goodwin's fifth marital vnnture and Miss Moreland's second. Miss More land is the divorced wife of Charles M. Doughty of San Diego. - : r r- MnffinCVl'l lis r Yl. Ha t Goodwin and Miss Marjorie Moreland, whom it was reported he would wed today, left Santa Monica this morning In Goodwin's automobile, ostensibly for Los Angeles. . , No absolute confirmation was forth- Conslderatlon of the new plumbing ordinance which was unanimously in dorsed by the sanitary- commission, was yesterday Indefinitely postponed by the health and police committee of the city council. The. city has been without ade. coming, here to reports that they had quate plumbing Jaws for years, though started for the marriage license bureau repeated efforts have been made to es- at the county courthouse! although Miss tabllsh a permanent code.. Moreland's maid admitted that there nly tw0 members of the committee, probably was much truth In the story Councilman James Magulre and Coun- that her mistress and Goodwin were to oilman Tom N. Monks, were present at be married. the meeting and the signature of a third member is necessary before the report on'the ordinance--can come before the council officially. This fact" may save the ordinance from annihilation by suf focation and a'ocord it a hearing before the entire council. The committee also recommended the Indefinite postponement of considera tion of a motion picture house ordinance. This latter measure has been before De XMt Hopper Interested. (United Prt Uud Wire.) ; New York, May 34. "I have no time to discuss personal matters, but What did Nat Goodwin sayT" This was the answer given by Do won Hopper me comedian, hero today whsir asked coneenstng- report ihat he had taken a fifth wife. .At the Lam ha etus it was-, ooht that-ope-ond -Mtw 4 h lawmakers. oe many -mon Elda Currey were secretly married out of town on May .18. Hboner'a first wlfa was Ella Oardlhari then came Ida Moscher; his third was,! permitting the Installation of glass Edna Wallace, and his - fourth Nells partitlone In fire proof office buildings, Bergen, .-r , . - r was recommended lor passage. to indorsed by the department of cltj building Inspection. , An amendment to tho buuaiag. code., School Heads Report That Only 1500 Were WillingMainly Because of Objection of Parents, to March, So East Side Feature Is Dropped. There will be no children's parade on the east side, nor on the west side dur ing the Rose Festival. This 'was decided upon this morning at a formal meeting of the principals of the east side schools and the parade committee of the East Side Business Men's club at the Lincoln- high- school, following a .report from the school, heads that only approximately 1600' children had, volunteered to assist. This number wag decided to be too small to; make It worth while to attempt the parade. C. C, Hall, assltant secretary of the East Side Business Men's club and one of the parade committee, denounced the lack of interest that was shown by the parents and citizens of Portland. He stated that while the principals had taken an interest In the feature, the peoplo-refusa Id aUow thelr children to participate, especially when, it comes to a question of costuming the children. This leaves the east side without a feature during tho Rose Festival This has been the one big feature .of the ear? hlvalj especially for the east side and has attracted more attention than any by the committee in charge of the pa rade that If the parade was to do neia at all, that the special features would be omitted. ' ; When this matter came up forls- cusslon this morning It was found that soma schools would have many pupils in the. parade if the features wero re tained and others stated that If the features were made a part of the parade, tneir children would not participate. While Hall took occasion to score the parents for tho refusal to allow chil dren to participate, it Is known that in many cases tho principals have taken a decided stand against the parade, ami have spoken against it at Parent-Teachers' meetings. The failure of the. project is due largely o that fact, Old residents of Douglas county straightened their backs, threw away their canes and reneweJ their youth yesterday afternoon. -The "bunch from Tiller" took them back to the days of the frontier-and the vanished west. Following tho ' merchants' parade in the forenoon. In-which the 36 cowboys and "cowgirls from Tiller participated, as well as IS cowboys from other out lying Jtstricts, the Broncho Busters put in a strenuous, afternoon to the pleas ure and -satisfaction- of 3500 people, who overflowed the grandstand and occu pied Advantageous positions on the hills the race track at tho fair grounds. 'The Tiller neighborhood is about 60 miles from Roseburg, Is off the rail road, and is a stock-raising country. (.Continued ea Page Thirteen.) Pelkey Broke Through Mc carty's Guard,. Hitting Him. Directly Over the Heart; Mc Carty Dropped Unconscious. IDnlted PrtM Ueatd Wire. Calgary, May 24. A terrific blow over the heart dealt by Arttiur Pel key today ended the life of Luther MoCarty of Kansas, white heavy weight champion of the world. The ' tragic ending of what was to have' been a 20 round boat for the world's championship came shortly after the first round opened. McCarty opened the round care, fully, apparently Intending to feel out his man. After a. few seconds ' of sparring, Pelkey broke through. McCarty's guard with a terrific blow over the heart. McCarty's mouth opened, his knees sagged and he dropped unconscious to the floor. When ordinary methods of re vlv lng McCarty failed, a physician was called, but the Kansan failed to re spond to treatment Hellved"1uT a short time. McCarty was unconscious for 8 niin- . ' utes. He died without regaining his senses. Physicians who attempted to re vive, the fighter stated that his condl- ' tlon appeared to be perfect. It is be lieved , Pelkey's blow ruptured one of the heart's main arteries. ; : .:. More than J00. persons witnessed the jtragedy. The Kansan . entered tie ring at exactly 11:46 o'clock and was given an ovation, Pelkey followed almost 1m- mediately. The champion was a 10 to 7 ' favorite with - little Pelkey. money In sight'- r -: ,--.:' . , .The referee, sent the men away at 1:06 o'clock.. The round -opened with McCarty on the offensive. Ho swung . wildly. Pelkey clinched but both broke at, the referee's order.- Pelkey sent a punishing right to the Jaw. McCarty landed a light left to the ear. Then he tried" for an uppercut but missed. Pel key caught McCarty coming In with a 1 hard left to the mouth. The Kansan dropped hisguajd and quick us flash, Pelkey landed the blow to the heart (Continued. on Page Two.) BEl CAUSE OF FAILURE TO OBTAIN UN M. C. RED WITHDRAWS Candidate-Says-He Has -No Fault to Find With Commit tee of 100, M. C. Reed candidate for commis sioner, formally announced his . with drawal from the race today. : Reed gave as his reason tho fact that ho had not been Included in the list of 18 indorsed by by tho Committee of One Hundred. Ho said he considered It his duty to drop from tho contest and to assist in every way m his power to con. oentrato the vote upon good candidates. He Is tho fourth candidate for commis sioner to withdraw so far, leaving- It still in the contest His letter of with drawal follows: i;i...:. J... "A few days ago 1 made the state ment that If 1 wore not Indorsed by the committee of one hundred, I would with draw from tho race. This I cheerfully do and have decided to select four good men from the list of candidates and not only support them by publio speeches and personal effort, but through tho or. ganlzatlon of which I am president as well. I have not decided yet Just who those four will bo whom I shall support but will eall a meeting of my organisa tion today, and will begin my speaking tour Monday night. , x "I-Jave no fault to find with the work of the committee. I think It was fair and Just and they did the best thr could possibly do. It does not require a philosopher to understand that where 18 are to be selected rrom o men, ..that someone has to be left off. I now feel that it is not only. my duty to withdraw but that in so doing, I will best serve the city In helping In what ever way I can to assist in eonoea- tratlng the vote upon good men." Walter's Name to Senate, : (Washing toa Burets T Th JottrsaLt Washington, May - 84. H. O. Walter probably will bo nominated, . for ep-... pralser or ,eronanaise ai i-oruaao Monday by President Wilson.. Secre tary McAdod has said recently that he expects to get to the appointment ef officials in the revenue devartraent very soon. - . -".! Crntfie io Cougratult lia&r. "" Derlln, May ! 4 Andrew Cml t coming 'to Berlin to congratulate Em peror William en his twenty-flre y.a'r peaceful reign. -He has abl4 rr lng rooms at a atl Lars,