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.finwori HUtwlMl 2C7 ftecontl Street Medford Mail Tribune Second edition WEATHERS Fair tonight mm! Hnn4my. Ma. m, M(. hi.' " ' MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1013. NO. 54. bully KtulitM Vr. LONG BEACH AUDITORIUM COLLAPSES; FORTY KILLED AND HUNDRED INJURED tf J FLOOR CAVES IN DIPS CROWD 25 FEET Section of Municipal Auditorium Col lapses While Crowd cf Britishers Are Gaily Marching Into Bulldlnn. Celebrating Victoria Day. , Scenes of Indescribable Confusion Follow Morgue Improvised and Work of Rescue Begins at Once. I.ON IlCACII, Cnl., May 2l.-AmM hi encn of liiilroriltli1u cniifwdoii, .'l.'i to -10 persona wrrc killed nml 1(10 or mom were iiijurt'il when n ncctinn of tin l.ong Itsaoh municipal nudltor iiim Hour unved In unit iriplill threu to five hundred person thmugb to tho floor below, nml tlto hiiiiiIk Ivvciily.fiva feci liclow. Tim ncridoiil occurred wlillo a crowd of HrilWicrs, celebrating Vic toria Day were marching Into tlio uti illtorliim. In tin improv-ined morgue In III nniiorv tin tho ImmHph of 18 women, to I'liildrrii mid 0110 man. The undertaking morgue have n number of ftthon and it In believed Ihc total will reach at leant forty. Tin' majority of the killed nml in jnrnl am old oreoiis who hnd been walling for lioiirH for the uudltoriiim to open. They crowded In In-hind tho third hPiithm of the parnito and the floor gave way hciicuili tint jam. I.M or Jitcnllflrit l-'l. Mra. I). 12. Wulluro, Loiik Hearh. The Identified dead up to 1 II0 oVIoek a rot Mr. Fitnnie M. Mr-flee. Ioiik Honch Mr. I). S. liinnw, I.mig llench. Mrn. Arthur Helps, Imir Pencil. Mrs. I). MeC'nrrou, Iong Bench. Mn. A. J. Hill, Orange, identified by her hmdinnd, who collapsed. Scott, Kl.yenrH.ohl, flleudale, koii of Walter Wnek. Mrs. 1). H. Unimex, 110 address Mrn. Martha J. Hunielt, Lung Ueiich. Mr. George Dowlc, aged -ID, 270 fliand Street, I'nuiulenn. Mm. Knmli Jano Christie, f8:7 Smith (Iraudii avenue, Los Angeles. Mm. Fraiieh Mutlhow, 'J21H atreet, Punadcna. Mm. Dan TIkiiiiiih, Long Beach. .Mm. Alonxa Hart, I.onc Heaeh. 1). MoSpeers, Long Heaeh. Unidentified man, initials "P. IV on ring. (leorgo Dowlo of PiiHiuleiin, wIioho wife lii'H dead in a loual morgue, wuh liainfully injured, hln left eollar bono broken ami ho NiiNtuiiicd other in- juiieH. Wlllmiit Any Warning. When seen 11 United Press reorter h Hiiid that ho nud hU wifo worn in the rear of tlm crowd just it entored the iiudiloriuuC when tlm entiic floor guvo way without n momentV warn ing, precipitating 001) persons to tlm ground boueath. Ho imllud his wifo out from bonoath n timber, but hIiu wiih dead. Couucilmiiii Topphum of Los An- (Continued 011 1'agu 8) AT ; PHILADELPHIA, May IN. Tlm (loom or the Amorlcnii Ico company's plnuta eoUuntmd heio this utternoon, l'ollromou ami flromoiwnro working to roach persona who can bq heard callliiK for help under Iho wrockngu ' Two man huvo boon roacuod utul othora 1110 holng trcutod with oxywi aa tho debris la due from mound thorn. It la not known how mony aro t 111 hurled. DOWN COLLAPSE PHILADELPHIA MANY STEAMER HITS T0RPED0;SINKS; 200 LIVES LOST Steamer Nevada Reported to Have Gone Down In Gulf of Smyrna Some Doubt Expressed ai to Au thenticity of the Story. Report May Have Been Confused With Accident to the Senegal Which Struck Mine Wednesday. CONHTANTINOI'M:, May 2 I. -It waa reported here toalKht that Iho ktenmer Nevada, with 200 puMcnccrs aboard, Imd (truck u torpedo In the (Itilf of Smyrna nud tank. IMaiM of tho aecldenl and Iho fnta of Mm pnnougors have not brcn rece'vcit. Tho report U doubted In aonm qunrtcra hero, omo thinking It nny tin contuaed with tlm nccldeu. to tho HoiiokkI, which utrurk a initio noir ilinyrun Vednodny. FRISCO GRAFT SAN FIIANCIKl'O, Oil., May 21. Another delay in tho eaceH nahiM eiht membem of Sau FranclM-oV po. lice department elmrKed uitli eon xpiraey in eonueetion uitli the opera timm of an Italian bunco rin, will be anked Monday when tho neeuned men npeur biifom Superior Jude l.iittlor. The dixtriet alloriiev ha.vh he Ik not ready to proeeed uitli their eiidec. Tlm trial of Detective Frank F.xoln, elmrced wild raud lareouy in 'a hoparala iudietment, will proeeed Monday. District Attorney Fiekert ik confident he will convict KkoIii. Tlm cnncn of .1. II. Sullivan, J. U. Dndelle, ('. Jnaeph and V. F. Mo 1 IiiK'it polieo offieem ludioted fur al li'Kcd Kntnd lareeuv in connection with tlm theft of .fJlOO from John Minuinl, wero called beforo JiiiIku Duiiuo today and continued until Mon day to be Hot for trial. Tho men were arraigned on tho iudietment, tho readiui; of which wuh waived. Tho Hccoud eliaio iiKaiuat Frank BhoIii, himcd 011 tlm Hwindlo of flio vauui VUeiui, ulio lont $1000, nlxo wiih put over until MoudaVt l'OKTLANI), Oro., May '-. -United Stuteti Mamhali Scott wax advised today of tlm urrcxt of Murray M. Adaum, a confectioner and Kivccr at Ualaoy, 011 u fiiKitlvo warrant clmn; iiiK him with havimr been u moon uhiuer in Kentucky. Adams' alleged offeuae, shieh U a violation of iulonmtioiml Hiatutoa was mauiifauturiiif; anil boiling liquor. SHIP SAILORS REMAINS TO HOME IN ILLINOIS HAN MHQO, Cab, May 24, Word wiia received today by local under takoru to mind tho body o( Harry Frank Ilrock, cjilot mitchlnlat'a muto, who waa killed yoator4ay by tlm ex plosion on tho United Btatoa destroy er Btowart. to hla homo In Mollno, 111., for burial. Tho body waa aont oust on tlm 'A o'clock train, No word lm8 boon ro rolvod from tho family of Richard Smith, oimlne oiler, who also wna Killed. Hla homo la In I.ohu, Toxna. Alma Mlllor, ollor, who waa toi1 rlbly hurt, wiih hIIII allvo tmlus. CASES DELAYED M'CARTYKLLED FIRST ROUND BY Blew Over Heart In Opening of Cham plonshlp Battle Ends Career of White Champion Unconscious S Minutes Before Expires. Seven Thousand Person Witness Tra gedy Manaoer Breaks Downs and Retires From Prlxe Fight Game. CALOAUY, Alberta, May '2. A terrific blow over tho heart doalt by Arthur Pol key, today ended tho lifo of Luther McCarly pf Khiihuh, whito heavyweicbt champion of the world. Tho tragic ending of what wuh to have been a tueiity-rouud bout for tho world'H ehampioiiHbip ramo xhortly after tho fimt round opened. Mel'nrly opened tho round cam fully, apparently iiitcudiug to feel out Ida man. After u few hccoiiiIm of sparring, l'elkoy broke thniugh Me Carly'H Rtinni with n terrific blqw over tlm heart. MeCartyV mouth opened, hix knecn Hugged and he droped iiiieonbciotiH to tho floor. When ordinary mcthoda of ruwviuc MrCnrty failed a physician was called, but tho KniiHon failed to re Hx)iid to treatment. Ho Utcd but abort time. ' " ' t'neiiiMcloua Klgtit Mlrjulc. McCurty wai uncooKlous for 8 mlnutea. Ho died without regaining hla kcusoi. I'hyalclana who at.m-t-ed to rolvo the tighter atnlod bl condition npiieared to bo purtcc II la believed I'clkvy'a blow rmlurud tno of the hcart'a main arteric. More than 7000 pemona witnessed tho tragedy, Tho Hainan entered tho ring at exactly IS: 45 o'clock and was given nn oration. l'eli:c followed almUHt Imniodlntcb The champion waa a 10 to 7 favorite wlt I'ltjo l'elkoy money In alght. Tho roforco sent tho men away st tU5 o'clock. Tho round jocucd with McCarty on tho offensive llo km ung wildly. 1'otkcy rllnchid but both broku at tho rofereu a order, l'elkoy sent u punishing rlghi to tho Jaw. McCarty landed a light loft to tho ear, Then no trien (or nn uppercu: but missed, l'elkoy caught McCurty coming In with n hard loft to tho mouth. The Kunsan droppod hla guard and, quick aa a flmli. I'elkcy landed tho blow to tho heart. nilly McCarncy, McCarty'a nmn ugor, broke down completely, "Fm through with tho prlioflgut gamo for all time." ho Btild. McCarty was In the ring but n tow aeeouda botoro l'elkoy lauded tho fatal blow. Aa McCarty wont to tho mat thero waa a ronr of appl.iaa. Thla waa quickly Bllencod by tho nn iiotincement that tho Kuiiaai w.ib near death. Croud la Silent. When tho doctors announced tho ond, moii groaned nud women spec tators bocamo hysterical, Thon tho crowd filed silently out. Aa McCarty sank to the floor tho roforoo. counted oft 10 aceonda and dcclarod Tolkoy tho winner. Tho Canadian bowed to tho crowd and started to leave tho ring: Then tho doctors cnterod tho ring nu.l found that McCurty waa tutully Injured. Immediately it wait learned that McCarty was doad u detachment of Hoyal North West Mounted polieo from tho troop headquarters hero were instructed to nrrest Pelkoy, Tom llurim and their naMooiutcd in pro moting tho battle. Thoy aro now on route to tho Hums nroun, fivo miles away, (0 nrroHt the party. Miss O'Gorman Weds. NEW YORK, May 84. Miss Do. liuitu O'Gorman, daughter of United Htntoa Sonntor O'Oorman, wuh mar ried hero today to Anthony Muhor in tho clmpol .of Loyola bohool. Tho brido'a only nttondant wiih her sin ter, Alice. A reception to the couple wiih given nt tlm O'florman vcbidenoo here this nftejuoou, ARTHUR PELKEY K4 IS Klt'S ONLY DAUGHTER w iVWfeW Ml WE OF A BRUNSWICK PRINCE iBu bbbbbbbbv Biwji r. vRbi &$ tt Bm fl BBBBBvyAr' E3t PuiNce Erhst AOgust LONG LIST OF I.O.NC1 HKACII, Cul., May 24 Following la a partial list of tho seriously Injured In tho auditorium dUaster: Gcorgo W. Heed, Long Donch. hlw badly Injured. Frank A. Llttlo, 403 Centennial avenue, Los Angolcs, hip Inlurod uud badly bruised. Mrs. Sarah Chllds, Lone Oeach, cut on face and badly bruised Mrs. Mary Corwln, Long llencb, badly bruised. Mrs. U. Coots, 6S0 Chunor Oak avenue, Pasudcnu, badly bruised uud may be Injured lutornatly. Mrs. Sanderson, 1C6 El Mollno avonuo, l'usadcna, auklo broken, rier daughter, who was with her, escaped with a few alight bruises. Mrs. M. J. Edwards, Long Ueach, very badly bruised, Sarah K, England, Long Ucacb In ternally Injured. Mrs, Wood, Long Ueach, exten: of InJurlcB unknown. A. K. Hill, Orungo, Cal cut mid bruised. Dorothy Lurrldgo, 12 years old, Pasadena, loft nip broken. Mlsa Dean, Pasadena, arm broken. H. C. ltocd, Long Ueach, leg and arm broken, Internally Injured, will die. IVchard Thomas, Pasadena; let and head Injured. Mm. Thomas, Internal Injuries, Mrs. LUxlo'Klrkland, Lou Angelii chest crushed, not serious, Mrs. II. E, Kruser, luglowood, lex nud cheat crushed. Mrs. Margaret. Miller, Los An gotos; slightly hurt. O, J, Trout, Long Ueach; serious. W. Cooper, Pasudona; concussioi n. S. Hayloss, Long Ueach; l..i and buck hurt, not fatal. John Flnlayson, Long Uouch, tem porarily paralyzed. Mrs. E. E. Pettlt. Los Ancoles: tllghtly crushed. Q, Porcy, aicudnlo; right lc brokon, Mrs. G. Porcy, ankle wrenched, Miss Elltabeth Deal, Loa Auoies; not aorlous, Mlea Edith Nelson, Porrls Uoud; lutornul Injuries. Mrs. W. L. Manloy, Alauioda; crushed, not aorlous. Mrs, F. S, Crane, Long Uouch; not aorlous, Mrs, E. L, Hlco, Los Angoloa; loft hip nml right leg brokon, serious. INJURED WHEN - SHOULDER GUN TO FLOOR COLLAPSED FIGHT JAPANESE CARNEGIE WOULD NKW YORK, May 'J4. "The Japa neKo would not dare to invade Ameri ca but if they did I would shoulder a gun tnytelf nml fight them, although f am n rnqn of ence." This wok the laat word of Andrew Camegic, who Hailed on the Olympic today to present Riotmll.v to Kaiser Wilhelm the pence address framed In tho recent St. Louis peace confer ence. Carnegie also will attend The Hague peaeo meeting befor returning bom. "It would bo foolish," Carnegie told the reporters, "for Japan to go to wnr with America. The Jnps might get into America but they couldn't get out. "I nm n. man of peace, but if the Japs should start hostilities I would shoulder a gnu myself. Wo have twenty-two million men in America capable of. haudliug arms, uud Japan knows it." FRACTION LOWED NEW YORK, May 24. Most of the leaders were lower by Mtiull frac tious when the stock market opeuqd today. A new low figure was nt once established by l'cniisylvnnlu when it dropped to lOOVj. Canadian Pacifio dropped two points. St. Louh and Sun Francisco second preferred, e.sRoially weak recently, rose f-8. Heavy buying: of Uunion Pacifio and Southern Pacifio retulted from reports that the supremo court's din-- holutiou order is about to bo effected. Southern Pacifio rose two points nud Union Pacifio 1, Lotiiavijlo gained two mid one-half. The rise of tlm Ilarrimuu stocks proved tho beginning of n general forward move ment, ater Union Paolfio rose three nud Southern Pacifio 2. Other slumlord stocks rose from 1 to '2. Hoiuls wero firm. Tho market closed strong, San Domingo at Fair. SAN FKANCISCO, Cnl., May 24. Don Francisco Do Peyiuudo, minister to tho United States from the Domm- iean republio arrived in San Francis. co to select a site nt tlm Paunnuu Pacific opposition for his country's exhibit building R ON WIN ENDS FUED BETWEEN GUELPHS AND RULING Kaiser's Only Dau&htw, Prince! Vlcltrla LovIm lecsmes lrM if PrhMe Ernest of Cumberland, Duke ef lrtmwick and Heir to ThrMe f Han- over Reslftie Claims to Kinffem Which Imures Kaiser 8rettem tf Attack Griwni He4rs te $25,0H, H-Flity-$evMi Crwmi H Witness Cerenwiy Couple Give Themselves Away and Exchange Blnjs tittle Chapel Crowded Regular Kissing lee FHws Cere monyBride's Garters Given as Swvenirs. u DERI.IN, .May 21. With the followed ft regular "kwsis bee." Tba Kmg and Queen of England the CrarKur ""l his daughter aad . then of HuHia among the wedding guest, kisd and embraced his new son-ln-Princess Victoria Louise Adclkcid lw while the Duke And Daeheiw of Miithildc Charlotte Ilobeniolleni, only Cumberland wero w aBaitar manner daughter of the Kalier and KHierin!welcoHl,BK their new daughter into of Germany, was married at five the Guclph household. Czar Nieho o'clock today to Prince Ernest of, Kin George and his Queen, next Cumberland, Duke of Hniiwwiek uad! claused this privilege, not to mentis Luncberg. The ceremony today was performed in the private chapel of the Kaiser's palace by Court Chaplain Excellent Dr. D. Dryander, who thiw officiated for the fourth time in the Ivaiser's f am v. A c vi marriaee n the rooms of the nalaco in the nresenco of the member) of the two Guejph llohenzol 1cm familieH preceded the rtlfgietw cereiMHiy. As bride and groom exchanged rings, battery of iield. artillery. sta tioned in the Lust -garden, nebf Aua palace, fired a thunderous salute the Hignnl to the city that Princess Victoria Louibo was now Duchess of llninsvvick and Luncberg. Knuill Audience l'rcscnt. Tho little chapel, with room for not moro than 150 pernons, was bea. tifully decorated with flowers and plants, in which myrtle predominated. Georgeous uniforms, magnificent Htars, orders and decorations and beautiful gowns glittered under tho electric lights nud candelabra. While the witnesses nnd friends of tho contracting royalties, hH stand ing, awaited their arrival, two dull thuds of the court marshal's staff announced tho coming of the bridal party. Two heralds led and immed iately behind them came High Court Marshal Count Zu Eulenburg with tho great htaff of his office. Then Prince Ernest in the brilliant uni form of his regiment the famous Zietheu Hussars walked by the side of Princess Victoria LouNe. Four noble bridesmaids carried the long train of tho $1000 bridal gown of beautiful white satin and point ap plique. The bridal veil of filmy lace, upou which fifty girls woked for n month aud which cost $U00, hung gracefully from tho Princess head. Itoynlty In Numbers. liehind the bridal couple came the Kaiser leading the bridegroom's mother, the Duchess of Cumberland, and following them tho Duko of Cum. berluud, the crown prince aud erowu princess, King George and Queen Mary, the Cznr of Itutbia nud other members of tho families of tho bride nnd groom. It was all as stiff and gay as a funeral. As tho procession entered the chapel, the eathredal or "Dom" choir sang from Mendelssohn's Elias. Closu by tlie side of tho bridal couple, whilo they exchanged their vows, stood the rulers of Russia uud Great Britain, resembling each other enough to bo brothers. Doth were iu tho uni forms of Germany regimentB, of which they aro hononry chiefs, their breasts ablaze with orders and decor ations. Hut n step away btood the Queen of Kngluud, by the sido of the German Empress. Opening tho ceremony proper. Chief Court Chaplain Dryander preaeh'pd u short sermon in which hu dwelt moro upon a wife's duty and obedience to hor busbuud, than vice versa. Kissing lteo Follows. .Bride aud bridegroom gave each other awny. Aftor tho oxchango of rings and whilo tho palace was still trembling undor the aitillery sulute, Prince Eruost kissed tho bride with nil tho fervor of n true lover. Then MARD WE I the nix big brothern and three staters- ih-IIhw of the royal bride. "Where Thou Goeet There I Will Al"0 Oo b.v lho "Do" choir && the ceremony and the blare of trumjet corps gave the signal for the . "" Py " ' pei, Following the wedding; there was wht is known aq a "defilier ceur' in the great white marble ball of the palace. The Emperer and Eaapreets, IwUlr t4j bridAt'ceef tto'Dwke ami and Queen of Bafhtikl and' Caar Nicholas, took a position upoa a throne-like daw. The ladies and gentlemen of the diplomatic corps, the imperial chancellor, state minM ters and secretaries, field marshaN and generals and members of the court and of the suites of King George and the Czar, filed by. At the conclusion of the "eour" banquets followed in the "ha 14 of knights" nnd several other of the big rooms. At the wedding of the crown prince, 1700 guests were dined, but as the present wedding ta supposed. (Continued oa Page 5.) PROSECUTION AID IN WOOD III BOSTON, May 2J. Strong Inti matiou that persons associated with William Wood, multi-millionairu president of the woolen trust, and Frederick Attenux, wealthy mill man, aro assisting the prosecution by fur furnishing it with "inside" informa tion was given here today by Dis trict Attorney Pelletier. Wood and Attouux, with Dennis Collins, a Cam bridge dog-fancier on trial ou charges of planting dynamite to dis credit Lawrence strikers. There was no scssiou of the trial here, but Pelletier promised to direct ly connect Wood with the alleged conspiracy Monday. "I will connect him with tho case,' said tho district attorney toduyf "through his own cmployea." Two stenographorsit was learned today, will be questioned Mouday re. gurding conferences between Wood aud Atteuux 011 January 10 and 20, Defense attorneys conferred here today regarding tho advisability of moving for a dismissal of eliargetj ut the close of the state's testimony or to call Wood uud Atteaux to the stand. It U almost certain, bow ovor, thut the dofeuso will introduce 110 other witucssw except (he two defendants. Pelletier insists ho will be able Ho show Wood's personal Interest' w tho dynamite planting and' tell af conversations between Wood' and. 'At teaux immediately after the discov ery of lio explosive, He my he bus tho telephone record of fcik conversations. HOH DLLERNS MB FURNISH 1 I ! i. d s-4 1 i ii t . 1 1 1 4 b - -Wt&