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ee PRICE ONE OENT. ic ‘Circulation Books Open t to All i NEW YORK, SATOR: 12 PAGES DAY, MAY 24, 1918. aa __PRIOR ONE CENT. { a | I A 23 WOMEN, 12 MEN KILLE BY COLLAPSE OF STAGE Scores Were Injured and Death List May Reach Sixty in Disaster During Public Celebration at Long Beach, Cal. LONG BEACH, Cal., May 24.—Overioaded with spectators, as- sembled to do honor to the memory of the Municipal Auditorium collapsed to-day, furnishing a tragic climax Every one on the stage fell through the floor of the big to Empire Day. of the late Queen Victoria, the stage IF IAPS SEIZED THE PRILIPPINES Gun, Too, to Win the Islands Back. NO CHANCE TO LICK US. Never Could Land Enough of Troops in America to Do the Trick. Andrew Carnegie sailed to-day on the White Star liner Olympic to epend a ahort time in Skibo Castle, then to visit building, located 0:1 the municipal pier, and in an instant the sand beneath | London and finally, after having de- the structure was coveréd by a writhing mass of men and women. Thirty-five persons, of whom twenty-three were women, were killed, and, scores were injured, many fatally. Teach a total of sixty. The rtage stood twenty feet above the beach. The collapse caused a panic mich the police could not control. An for aid trom the lp Angeles “Department was anewered by geveral automobile loads of officers. Mayor Hatch of Long Heach who wan @ tae deen one of the principal speak- 408, i8 believed C to be elther dead periously injured. Just b-fore the fell he stood upon it beside Grand Mar- ehal Restall, The accident happened while « parade | was entering the auditorium and the! Wullding and pier outside were thronged fand in the panic that followed, several scores of Persons were knocked down | and tramp ed on Autonobiles and furniture vans were! called to the Auditorium to assist in removing the dead and injured from the wreckage. elephone communication with ‘When sistance asked, the authorities there instantly responded, ander, Chief of Po fifty policemen in hikh: mobiles started out on the twenty nile speed. Bee Rr iokant pee cnile In the city Ind an extra force of police Is quite owerless to keep back the crowds seak- ing relatives and friends who were known to be either In the building or on the pier. ——_—<—_-—— Baseball Games To-Day NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. mere A- s00000000 BROOKLYN— 00000000 0 AT PITTSBURGH. ICAGO— 2000001 PITTSBURGH 0120000 —— AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT NEW YORK. 3 AY PHI ADELPHIA, WASHINGTON— / 000000 + ?HILADELPHIA— 000004 AT 8T, Louis. 2ETROIT— 00 sT. LOUIS— 10 AT CHICAGO. ZLEVELAND— 00 oMOAGO— a0 RAGA AND GAGEBALL PAGE 7. bin face a RLY THA’ BU Meats ie. EAP rane eee ayor Alex | It is feared the death list may THREE LIVES PRICE OF SUICIDE PACT: CHILD A VicTI Parents Have Little Girl Bap- tized Before Meeting Death by Agreement. Los Angeles was established and as- | (Bpecial to ‘The Erening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Mi —Despond- ent over failing business and the fact | that the Sheriff was goin to sell him out, Frederick Schimmel, a barber, and his wife Minnie entered into a suicide pact and were found dead in bed to-day locked tn each other's arms. In a cot) beside them was their daughter, Minnie, ‘five years old, with a emile on her fac |'Tho child had been killed by the m which her parents had turned on in| | thel rroom on the fourth floor of a tene- ment house at No. 288 Cherry street. } The tragedy was discovered by Mar | saret Burk, seven years old, a play- ‘mate of the child, Minnie, who went to the rooms of the Sohimmeln when her | ttle friend failed to call for her this morning. On a note left by Schimmel and addressed to a twenty-year-old daughter who has ‘not yet been found by the police told that he had killed {his family with the full understanding of his wife. Schimmel telephoned to @ minister last night asking that he come and baptive the child, saying they were go- ing on a long Journey and wanted the religious rite performed before start- ing. an STOLEN RIG WRECKED; YOUNG DRIVER INJURED. | Hurled From n the Seat by Collision With a Brewery Truck. Andrew Wallace, driver for Alexander Bryant, dealer in plumbers’ supplies, of No, %1 West Twenty-fifth street, left his horse and wagon at Broome street and Broadway to-day while he went to 4 store to make a delivery. When ae returned the wagon Was gone, He hur- {ried to the Mulberry street police sta- | ton and reported tt Detectives Hellinen and Kelly we tnaking for the Williamsburg Bridge, hoping t» intercept the thief, when they | heard policeman's whistle. They found @ policeman trying to disentangle of them the stolen rig 4 brewery truck=whien ac Stanton and Orchard youth who had driven che | y unconsclous in the street, They hurried him to Gouverneur Hos- mtal, broken and his jaw fractured, he bad been resuscitated he denied that It was found his left leg was When he had stolen the wagon, He sald he hed met ® friend who tirned the wagon over to him. He gave the name of Alexander Hirsh and said he was nineteen yeare old pes lived at No, 3% Third avenue, | Glante age livered to the German Emperor a peace address drawn up at the recent Inter- national Peace Conference in St. Louis, to attend a meoting at The Hague. All of his pursuits will be peaceful ones in his absence from this country, as should be the activities of a great peace Advocate, but to-day apparently the Laird of Skibo would Mave welcomed « Uttle war, A martial opirit welled in bosom and found utterance in a to the Rewspaper men who crowded hia to toom. Arrayed in a suit of d with white! stiff shirt and email biack dow tie, posed behind a table, his left hand resting on it in thoughtfully careless abandon, while bis right iI: lustrated with appropri warlike sentiments to utterance, IT WAS SURELY A BRAW B9U- TONNIERE. Every now and then, though, he found another use for it in brushing from bis face the fragrant tips of a bunch of mint leaves which he wore in his left lapel. Never was such a boutonniere ween before. It rose eight inches from his buttonhole and spread out like a great fan, There were in it the mak- ings of a dozen or more juleps. He pecans the Japanese outlook at length. “They are unreasonable in their posi- tion as regards us," declared the peace advocate belligerently. “Why, they get better treatment from the United States |at this moment than they do from their allies, the English. The Japanese are not allowed to lend in Australia, New Zealand or even Canade, though these are possessions of their great ally, Great Britain, “But, pouf, there will newer be war with Japan. Why they wouldn't have @ chance with us, It took England two years to land 250,000 men in South Africa though they met with no oppo- sition, What would happen to the Japanese if they tried to land armies on our ehores?” “But they might take pines, mightn't they?’ Mr, Carnegie thoughtfully admitted that there was this chance and de- clared that he didn't know if it mightn’t be a good thing. England's the Phitip- “But what difference would it make?" he demanded with fervor. “We'd take ‘em back any time we wanted ‘em, Oh, they can't lick us. We have 22,000,000 men capable of handling arms, Why, if necessary, 1 would shoulder a gun my- self. Would they dare invade our ehores? Let them. And if they did, what would become of them? Would they ever get out? I myself would take a hand, { would shoulder a weapon though I know nothing about them, but I would be there in the first rank'’—hie eyes blazed with fine martial spint—''I would" — And just then, from a connecting cabin, Mrs. Carnegie called crisply: ndrew, Andrew, come here thia min- ute and suy good-bye to your relatives,” And Andrew, never stopping to co plete his sentence, rearranged the ama! rden in his buttonhole and hurried way, didding @ hasty good-bye to his inter viewers. SUPBRIOF '| Nor, in the on of the observers, | pelle, sapenesnting the NeW “| had Mr. Moore's tirade of abuse helped | ao oe amet OF) hia vient. ‘The record of Juries tn Im: | the Superior Northern Lensue Club a] doreant cagen inthe Criminal. Branch cash offer for the services of Rubel Of ine supreme Court in the paat even chauer, the local pi om: ; ie fe mer has announced that no deal has been Fonshe Mae been 8 record of oony made for his star pitcher and that no Club has an option on Schaucr'e con.| Robert M, Moore opened for the de- tract. The amount of New York's offer was not announced i ORERE FOR WAR |FATE OF STILWELL IN HANDS OF JURY: EXPECT CON CONVICTION ator’s Accuser Is a Liar and a Perjurer. EXPECT QUICK VERDICT. Jury Will Give Its Decision Before Night, It Is Thought. ‘The case of Senator Stephen J. Stilwell of the Bronx, charged with brivery went to the Jury at 317 o'clock 18 afrtenoon, latter both sides had summed up and © 1s- tee Seabury had delivered a careful] 4 charge covering involved points of lar. Although the juro. had many pleces .f documentary evidence to Icok over, it Was anticipated they would probably | « return @ verdict before dar«. ‘The easence of the argument for the defense was that George 1. Kendall, Prevident of the New York Bank Note Company, fearful that @ DM introduced by Genator Stilwell at mip request would not go through, endeavored to intimt- , | Gate Stilwell and, through Stilwell, other legislators to pass th ensure, In pure suance of his plan, Aefense clatmed, Kendall framed up a complaint ¢o the Governor that an attempt hed been made to extort money from him and when he found that a threat to submit this complaint was fruitless in advanc- ing his legislation, he did lay the com- plaint before the Governor. “But.” explained Counsellor Moore for the 4 j didn't expect It to go an far aia. MOORE CALLS KENDALL NAMES IN SPEECH. During the argument for the de- fense Mr. Kendall sat right behind Mr. Moore. At intervals Mr. Moore turned around and shook his fist in Kendall's face, calling him a Har, a perjurer and a auborner of perjury, Assistant District - Attorney Nott closed for the State just before the adjournment of the morning session. His effort was \ thorough taking review of the evi “If you take the People’ v! largely testamentary,” sald Mr. Nott, “you will find that all moves along smoothly, according to the natural springs of action, If the defendant ‘s innocent, acquit him, To conviot him, if guilty, would be doing a civio duty, and I would consider it a privilexe to stop debauchery and bribery and to serve notice upon the legislators at Albany that if a crime Is committed In New York they cannot ‘whitewash’ the criminal, “You have heard Kendall called every. thing under the sun, What have they brought against him? Nothing except that he had a@ sign on his bullding in which the Stock Exchange says he hes a disregard for truth, They haven't given a Single reason why Kendall should want to ‘railroad’ Senator Sttl- weil to jail. Wouldn't it have been more natural for him to have attacked the people who acted unfavorably against the bill instead of those who acted favorably? “Why should Kendall aome in and make the rankest, blac! kind of charge against this man? Why didn't he pick out some one elwe? It was, with Kendall, the question: ‘Shall 1 pay him this money after fighting twenty years, or shall I expose him?’ And he chose the “It 1s outrageous when a citizen goes to Albany to obtain legislation as soon as he arrives they begin to hold him up and make him pay money. Does this look as though they are act- ing as the servants of the people?” At the conclusion of angument by counsel lawyers and court officers who have followed the Stliwell trial were of the opinion that Mr. Moore's argument had not served to dissipate the un- favorable effect upon the defens Ati}well’s cross-exaimination fast ni fense to-day. That the cross-examina- tion of Btlwell by Diatrict-Attorney Nott, last night, was considered ¢damag- | ing by accused and hie counsel, was made evident when Mr. Moore started _ (Continued on Geoons Page.) of | Champion of the White Hopes and yo Who Killed Him in Ring POET DE LEED OEE ED EEEDE EEE TEES EE EE DEEDOE REDDOT * MICARTY KILLED INRING BY BLOW OVER HEART IN FIRST ROUND OF BATTLE Collapsed When Pelky, His Husky Opponent, Delivered the Punch and Never Regained Consciousness. {|BOUT, TOGO TEN ROUNDS, _ | WAS OVER IN TWO MINUTES | Victim Was White Hea Champion—Pelky Is Consid- ered to Be Only a Sec- ond Rater. ALBERTA, Canada, May 24.—Luther MeCarty, who bed been e+ sidered the leading a~pirant for the’ heavy-weight Pugilistic championship, wa: killed in the ring here this afternoon by Arthur Pelky, heavy-weight 2 | fighter from Chicopee, Mass. i 4 The death blow, inflicted in the first round of what had been sohed- uled to be a ten-round contest, landed just above McCasty’s heart, prob- $]ably rupiuring that organ. He fell with an expression of agony on tis fac: and died as doctors were frantically working over him, P The fight, which lasted two minutes, took place In an arena pitched in the open air and was attended by the entire sporting fraternity of the Northwest Provinces and many ring followers from the United States and Alaska. Pelky was the favorite with the local sporting men because of his recent victory here over Andy Morr's. THE BLOW THAT KILLED. ; ‘The fight hed just warmed up when Pelky made a rush end swung Gls right for the body with ail the might of Gis powerful frame. Mis gieved fist te on MoCarty’s bare chest just over the heart. MoCarty dropped his hands and fell prone, his features distorted, his muscles quivering, Pelky stood over him while Eddie Smith of Chicago counted ten. F The crowd, wild with excitement when the blow was struck, became suddenly quiet when McCarty‘s seconds apnang into the ring and @vegped . { r * & > ‘ : é OEE oe EER RE eRE S O-PS SOSE-DE-S2-S06-8 F0- £-20e4 : him from the apot where he hed fallen, Rverybody tn the big areus someed 4 that something rerious had happened. There were calle for éectera, and 4 while awaiting the arrival of the medical men the seconds of beth Me- * Carty and Pelky worked over the unconscious fighter. t ‘There was never any hope for McCarty. Hie heart action had pragti- » cally ceased from the time the blow was struck. It was a dead man the $ soleian-faced seconds carried to the dressing room, but the fact that Me- 3 Carty bad passed away was not admitted by his backers and the phystetans 2 for thirty-five minutes, 4 WAS M’CARTY IN CONDITION? 4 It 1s sald that MoCarty, supremely confident of winning over Petky had 3 net trained properly, On this point there is a difference of opinion. -Me- 4 Carty's backers alleging that he was apparently in perfect physical smape 3 and had never complained of any trouble with his heart. ; The fatal blow wae the fourth etruck in the fight. Pelky struck @e COORG 4 DG 4G 1044104 4O)-446-06 6-5000660000004 | frat, landing on McCarty’s Jaw with his right. MoUarty retaliated with @ ] = | blow on Pelky’s ear, following with a stinger to the mouth, Thea Polly ANOTHER POISONED jay banker, W. To MoCutcheon of N°. | gathored himealf and launched the ewing that ended the promising career sernks toed wallowed three graine of| of Luther McCarty. ik olson, thereby presenting to phy+ Pelky {s completely prostrated by the tragie outcome of the Geut en! | Hela at the Washington Park Hos-| | pital, a task which Banker Walker's! |meant so much to him, The fatality has put a stop for the thme teing te | Sostorn found beyond thelr skill, on awailawed three icles growing Interest {u boxing in thie section of the country, 7 Oy one pe neach Ranker Walker, 40) BEART BLOWS NOT ALWAYS FATAL. Vowede ct prsltetat ins ‘ick *ma| Boxers have boen struck over the heart tens of thousands of times, tat | erains of bichloride of mercury are maid |eyery boxer realizes (hat there fe dangr in euch a blow, It te partionlagty — o he fi I | \imotttheen eearched tn the medicine (dangerous if the man on whom {t fands has been disalipating or caked cabinet at hie home for asperin tad | gone through a rigid course of traning, Ho had tof GOmguit LIKE MACON BANKER, WHO LOST LIFE FIGHT Chicago Man T Tike Bichloride | Mercury Tablets in Mistake for Remedy. lets to check an Inciplent cold, He found a box which he thought contained MoCarty apparently had no fear of body blows, the aeperin, but after hoe had swallowed jtotally uncoverad when Pelky launched his right ewing, peel ok Bie: fabinie De. mee alCianen Tommy Burne, the former beavywelght champion, promoted the He wae reehed to the reaeian tt wit |He te the manager of Polky. McCarty was to have received $6,000 Gav’ jrequire three or four days to determine jend of the purse, effects of the potaon, A certain McCarthy was at the zenith of his money making powers and © umount is left iu hin ayatem and will | ine atitul managemont of Tom McCarney of Los Angeles was r o pass through hin kid: Th ls Waen the test will come" |1ng to the top of te pugilistic ladder, Hed he won te-Gapuhe ws ; anes of 6 Rxening World) ouraado, May ietaking chloride of mercury ta for asperin, [os aie p. Sanders Walker, the Macon, ni. | the |