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THE pAPEB THAT BOOSTS KEO KUK ALL THE TIME. Subscribers of The Daily Gate fclty ire Strvad the full l.eaaad wire 8er vie* of th« United Press Associations. VOL. 118. NO. 151. 0fi$33F'•" of the Greatest Firms of fig Kind in the World is in Financial Diffi- 5 culties. it t*1 I? LIONS ARE INVOLVED Petition Follows Friendly Suit for Receiver for H. B. Claflin Co., of New Xor' [United Press Leased Wire Service.] NEJW YORK, June 25.—^Receivers ^ere appointed today for the H. B. Sin company, one of the biggest goods Orrns In the world. The appointment of receivers fol lowed the filing of an equty petition More U. S. Judge Hand. It is said ally $26,000,000 1s involved. Judge Hand named" Joseph B. Mar adale and'P. A. Juilllard to act, put ag both under bond* of $500,000. It was asserted, apparently with od reason that the retail subsldlar es of the Claflin company will te aken care of. The Associated Mer lhants, tha United Dry Goods com ay and their controlled companies jrere said not to be directly involved. It is stated twenty-five or thirty-five jtew York banks hold papers of the ompany and probably 2,000 banks In [liferent parts of the country handle (uslness of tike company. A meeting merchandise creditors cf the big oncern was arranged for today by lie Merchants Protective association. |n involuntary petition In bank- the proceeding quity. The bankruptcy proceeding was. Irought by John Mailer of Richmond Bill, Li. I. Wm. Worth Of Newdorp, I. and Albert P. Bergner of New fork. The petition states the com ly owes Muller $731 WQfth, $3,131, id Bergner $28,370 The same receivers were appointed the equity an4 b»kruptcy proceed ttgS. IgL" »v Richard Welling, attorney for H. B. Claflin company filed an answer con senting, to the reoeivershlp in the julty suit. The equity suit was filed first by John C. Blames, acting as a friend for ie H. B. Claflin company. This ac Ion evidently was takefa by prear anged agreement. It wis on this pe Ition that Federal Judge Hand ap olnted the receivers. The bankruptcy ction was taken lmmediatly after ward, upon the contention that the company admitted- bankruptcy In the quity case. A third suit was filed by W. P. Jdell charging that the subsidflary lanufactttrlng company of the Claflin oncern. Is Indebted to him for $600, looo and also asking Involuntary bank fruptcy.^ '^'"yv Has Highest Reputation. NEW YORK, June 26.—A friendly [petition In equity for receivers, im [mediately followed by two Involuntary (bankruptcy suits against the H. B. iClaflin company, probably the largest |dry goods concern in the world with ftlg branches In many large cities of the east and middle west, caused a sensation throughout business circles I here today. Federal Judge Hand Immediately «®polnted» Joseph B. Martlndale and A. Jull^rd as receivers. The com |i Pany's liabilities are said to be about ^6.000,000. There was very little effect on the stock market. It went off fractional ly but made a quick recovery. The failure had been discounted by rumors yesterday when the stock of the firm dropped fourteen points. It was •(PF.*,! S.V.- Machine Plunged Over 125* Foot Cliff and Spilled Party Into Ocean.: £0 RJnited Press Leased Wire Service.] »AN PEDRO, Calif, June 25.—An r^obile tragedy in which four per ,frere killed, wa« disclosed early Ti f&mi '•3f& E101 Mil stated that fully twenty-five big New York banks held Claflin paper and that numerous banks throughout the country handled business for the sub sidiary companies. It was stated that the United Dry Goods company and the Associated) Merchants and con trolled companies were not directly involved in the receivership. The claim was made that much of the difficulty confronted by the firm resulted from the competition of re tall stores organized by John Claflin, head of the H. B. Claflin company. The Claflin company has had the highest reputation for solvency and members of the firm pointed out to day that while the company stopped payment on its notes In 1853 and In 1878, no holder ever lost a dollar on the firm's paper In the past. The equity petition on appointed the receivers was filed by John C. Eames who is vice president of the H. B. Claflin company. The' company did not borrow heav ily on its own paper but by endorse ment of notes made by companies in various cities which were practically controlled by the Claflin concern. These concerns are known as Claflin houses. The smaller concerns were practically dependent on the Claflin connection with Ballou death. name for their credit so that the paper was practically the same as paper directly Issued (by the H. B. Claflin company. A statement issued by the firm from John" Claflin's office said: "The unprecedented shifting of trade centers in New York has caused great loss to money Interests. In the case of H. B. Claflin company the up town movement of business has ser iously curtailed our wholesale profits and has compelled us to rely mainly ,on the profits from financing retail stores throughout the country. Their rapidly expanding business has occasioned large capital require ments which we have not been able to _' -A rewSWshty 'tiaa ~thgrator» become necessary, fending a readjust ment of the affairs of the company. A plan of reorganization for the H. B. .Claflin company will soon be pre sented which we hope will prora ac At a creditors meeting, the follow lng list of sttbsldiai'y stores of Claflin Co. was made public: Bedford Co., Brooklyn J. Bacon & Sons, Louis ville Casner Knott Dry Goods Co., Nashville M. J. Connell Co., Butte Joslyn Dry Goods Co., Denver, Colo. The Fair Company, Cincinnati Kline Bros.. Altoona, Pa. Lord & Gage, Reading. Pa. Lyon Drygoods Co., To ledo, Ohio Geo. W. McAlplne Co.. Cin cinnati McCreery & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Montgomery Fair, Montgomery, Ala. Peoples Store Co., Tacoma, Washn. Root Drygoods Oo„ Terre Haute, Ind. Spring Drygoods Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. White House Co., Spokane, Washn. J. B. White Co. Augusta, Ga. H. Ba term an Co.. Brook lyn Watt Rettew & Clay, Norfolk, Va. Thos. O. Watklns, Ltd., Hamilton, Ont. Hennessy Co., Butte, Mont. Copper City ommercial Co., Anacon da, Mont. MiacDougall & 'Southwick Co., Seattle, Washn. Jones Store Co., Kansas City, Mo. Lasartm Bros., Wilk The above list does not include thv Claflin stores in New York City and a number of prominent stores In other cities all connected with the Claflin concern but not listed as subsidiary (Continued on page 2.) BOUGHT AUTO YESTERDAY ife' FOUR ARE DEAD TODAY .• today when Japanese fishermen found In the surf near White's Point. The bodies were those of Percy Townsend, a wireless operator, Mrs. Laura Town send, his mother Lora Townsend, his sister, and Myrtle Brandton. Harry Baker, owner of the auto waa probably fatally Injured. Baker bought the auto yesterday and last night Admits Bloody Footprlrits Were Made by Herself When She Removed the ...,, Corpse. [By Alice Rohe, United Press Staff Correspondent.] STAMFORD, Conn., June 25.— which the court How Waldo R. Ballou, her elderly ad mirer, met his death In or at the door of her apartment here, was to be ful ly detailed to a coroners Jury here today by Mrs. Helen M. single, if her father and counsel will accede to her wish. "I want to tell the whole story," Mrs. Angle declared today, as half In hysterics shq sat In the jail, held without bail, as material witness In Great crowds were expected to at tend the resumption of the inquest this afternoon when Coroner J. J. Phelan will give the woman a chance to tell her full story of how Ballou, she says, fell to his death from the door of her apartment and how she, with her bare feet stained with his lief blood, dragged his mangled body down a flight of stairs and threw it into the stret before the door of her home. To all inquirers into the tragedy, Mrs. Angle, a large powerful woman, refuses to give details of the meeting with Ballou. "I have been told to say nothing," she declared. lea ..Pt„ Mfo. .Anglg'E, adial: were flatly denies that any other man to the street. esbarre, Pa. The Hlgbee Co., Cleve-1 avenue of official information was land, Ohio Powers Merchandise Co., Minneapolis Stewart & Co., Balti more Hahne & Co. Newark. N. j. N. Adam Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Wm. Hengerer & Co. Buffalo C. G. Gunthers Sons, New York Cif Lord & Taylor, Fifth Ave., New York City James McCreery & Co., New York City O'Neill-Adams Co., New York City. took the Townsend party out with him on his first ride, in the darkness, the machine plunged over a 125 foot cliff into the ocean. city that she had made a statement. to the police. This, however, could closed until the afternoon when Cor- oner Phelan of Bridgeport will hold the first public investigation into the tragedy No trace of a weapon with which the killing was done had found today as far as the police admit. It was rumored, however, that body was found at the foot of the stairs in front. Admission when she was first arrested that Ballou had then the bodies of a man and three women |gIe was not a widow, as was general-1 f^^fto^l nomiMtion andGeo P. tne oou iy supposed In Stamford. She was di-1 Jones Is leading W Puroell for vorced about five years ago from the democratic nomination for the senate. H. H. Aaker, progressive can didate for governor was unopposed. Frank Angle, who 1b said to live in Bridgeport. Whether the husband of the woman knew anything of her af fair with Ballou or whether he is in any way concerned with the death of his former wife's sixty-seven year old suitor, have not yet been determined. Admission that a "strange man" (Continued on page 2.) 1 DOWN STAIRS Mrs. Angle Denies Killing Man and Tells Her Story of How He Met Death. CARRIED THE BODY OUT waSi ceptable to both creditors and stock the apartment pf Mrs. Helen Angle to in8ta'ntly killed. Irwin Brooker, Lo holders. The Associated Merchant where W. R. Ballou, her rich suitor, riding a motorcycle alongaide company the United Dry Goods waB found battered to death at her company are not themselves borrow- door, were mlscroscopically photo ers of money. They are in exceeding-! graphed in the belief that they will ly strong financial position and the I show the slayer. Leading from Mrs. success of their retail stores is as-(Angle's door to the bottom of the sured. stairs where Ballou's body, his skull -v a 1a„ smashed as though with a bottle, lay ., „. ., .. j, iA.ce fpnAMfinvr ft still stroko th&t prostr&tcd tiim in 1 the where it was found at 10:55 Tuesday J"* night The blooay footprints which were small, showed heavy on tha,trip down the stairs. The police believe the persons mak ing them, bore a load as the Imprints of the balls of the feet and of the heels are plain and clear. KEOKUK, IOWA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, '14 BURLINGTON GIRL'S PLIGHT Went Away With Agent and Writes ThaVShe is Held a Pr/jimer. [United Prey^x^eaed Wire Service.] CHICAGO ^un'e 2B.—Chicago yie etectlves y'jky began a se&roh for Pearl Ha? Js, fourteen year old Bur lington, aa. girl, who left her home at 4308 Vomers street, Burlington, on June 12, and whose mother believes she may have fallen Into the hands of white slavers. The Harris girl, ao cordlng to her mother, Mrs. J. H. Dan iels wanted to earn enough money to buy a school graduating dress and an swered an advertisement in a Bur lington paper, calling for the services of two young girls who were to he paid |3 a day to travel with "a man ager and wife." She returned home following day, packed a grip and ounced that she had accepted a position soliciting magazine subscrip tions. Mrs. Daniels wrote the local police tttfit she received a letter from the girl who declared she was being held a prisoner In Chicago. Pulled Legg'a Leg. United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, June 26.—Answering the call of beauty In apparent distress, cost Gteo. Legg $11 early today. "Can you show me the way to Fuller-1 ton avenue?" asked a dashing blonde, piloting an electric automobile, of Legg who was enroute home shortly after midnight. iSure Legg could. He climbed in and the blonde beauty piloted the elec tric out to a lonely spot on Lake Shore drive where she stopped. Two men armed with revolvers appeared from the curb and emptied Legg's pockets. "Good night, you were so accommo dating—and BO easy," shouted the blonde as her two confederates piled Into the car. One Man Killed. [United Press Leased .Wire Service.] LORAIN, Ohio, June 26.—One man was killed, another perhaps fatally ly !niured^wh«nE?'^A^» ^horl^rrt^ urban car jumped the rails here early concerned in the case, but the police today. are wording on this line. Ellas Hopp, motorman, Norwalk, Bloody footprints which led from, Qhlo, was crushed under the car and was crushed and Is dying. Died of Sunstroke. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] GALEJSBURG, 111., June 25.—Gayous Oortelyou of Bushnell, died today of harveat fleld y^erday. BODIES IN, TRASH PILE On enlargements of these footprints which will show markings of the skin, the police will depend largely to:R Discovers of show whose were the feet which bore -Keport OI tne discovery oi his maimed and battered body down Eight Human Corpses Cre- &tes Excitement. Arrested after the crime was dis covered, Mrs. Angle was reported tu have been hysterical all through the night and to&ay to be still In the [United Press Leased Wire Service.] throes of violent emotion. Rumors TULSA, Okla., June 25.—An uncon flew thick and fast through the little. flrmej rep0rt hafl that eight human bodies ,been found hldden ,n in the Cushing oli not be verified as influential friends, jnto sudden activity today. of the woman have exerted them selves to quiet the case and every ft trash pll& fleid( shocked the While Chief of Police Towne of Cash ing denied the finding of any bodies, an attache of his office confirmed the story. I An otl man who came ment to Tulsa from the bodles were found a m«nure pl,e by a party of govern- officers searching for concealed w°ul ijjUOr near a round* house on the line toetween old Indlan territory and d0ii„„d knife hlnnilst&ined was dlS-• IU11S section louifiin nuay, wim Eallous knife, bloodstainea, was dl j^aboma. Gushing was the scene of covered on the back porch of the, recently and for a chanL in temperature Angle apartment The dead man's uwleMne8S KI been in her home until 10 o'clock at Hanna Nominated. night when she said he left, was [United Prsss Leased Wire Service.] made by Mrs. Angle. The police as- BISMARCK, N. D„ June 2o. Gover sert, she declared she telephoned Bal- n* lou to come to see her. The mystery jth® republican ticket by a majority of of what happened was deepened by the about 7,000 and Senator Gronna, re. report of a policeman on the beat that' publican, has secured his renomlna he was in the hallway to the Angle :«on by a comfortable plurality over apartment at 10:30 o'clock and that two opponents, according to incom there was certainly no body there I Pl«te returns today from the Hanna has been nominated on (primaries yesterday. It" was learned today that Mrs. An- apparently has won the democratic Quincy during the next forty hours. Total rise expected about one foot. 8evere Electrical Storm. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, June 26.—One man was killed and two score of buildings fired in a severe electrical storm that Bwept over the city last night and early to day. CHARGED WITH BLACK MAIL Agents of Building Trade Un ions Said to Have Bled Contrac tors. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION Union Man Killed Yesterday by Contractor, la 8tart of the -v. Chargea Piled Against Agents. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, June 25.—Federal inves tlgation of the charge that business agents of building traces unions have used black mall to extort money from contractors and heads of building ma terial concerns, was begun today, fol lowing a conference between United States District Attorney Wilkerson and John J. McLaughlin, representa tive In the Illinois state legislature, and head of a big 'building material company. McLaughlin presented to the district attorney cancelled checks which he said represented payments he had made to two union labor agents to prevent them from calling strikes that wouldt injure his busi ness. He said that he did not wish to accuse any particular labor unions but that business agents had bled him for several months and he pro posed to send Uie crooks to the pen. McLaughlin sought the aid of federal authorities on the grounds that ship ments of building material from his company to points in Wisconsin were delayed while he negotiated with the alleged black mailers, constituting il legal restraint of trade. He volun teered to gos before a federal grand! Jury at once'and turn over what evi dence he has In bis possession. Wll kerson .District At a McLaughlin's charges grew out of the killing yesterday of George Ham mond, business agent for the excava tors union, by Peter Dignan, a con tractor who is being sought by the po lice. In a statement today McLaugh lin charged that Hammond was one of the men who foroed htm to pay over money. At the district attorney's request, MoLaughlln will appear at the federal building tomorrow With books and other documentary evidence he says he has In his possession to support his charges. THE WEATHER For Keokuk and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Friday. Probably local showers. Not much change in temper ature. For Iowa: Unsettled tonight and Friday. Probably local showers. Not much change In temperature. For Missouri: Generally fair tonight and Friday, except possibly local show ers In the north portion. Not much change In temperature. Weather Conditions. Yesterday was the wa~meet day of| the season from the Mississippi Val ley eastward, the temperature exceed ing 90 degrees at most stations, and reaching 92 at Boston. Rains from the Missouri river to the western lakes have been followed by somewhat cooler weather in that reg ion, as the high pressure from Mani toba moved to the upper Mississippi valley. In the west the weather is ^unsettled! with rising temperature, and co-'-.l tions indicate unsettled weather for this section tonight and Friday, with probably to fleldfl **nge W local showers and little ln state Oliver Knudson temperature. Dally River Bulletin. Stage.Height-Change.W'th'r Station St. Paul 14 La Crosse 12 Dubuque 18 Davenport 15 Keokuk 14 St. Louis 80 94 -0.2 No report No report 9.0 -0.3 10.2 -0.2 No report June. 24 7 p. m 25 7 a. m.- iklK'- 7» ff&SW*: r\* PtCdy Rain Rain CI'dy Cl'dy River Forecast. There has been heavy rain at Daven port and Des Moines, and the river will rise somewhat from Davenport to Observations. Bar. Ther. Wind Wth'r 29.89 94 SW Clear -30.08 Vo N Cl'dy Local Rainfall past 24 hours—trace. River stage 7 a m. 10 ft. 8 tenths. 24 hours change, fall 2 tenths. Mean temperature 24. 88, highest 98, lowest 77. lowest last night 72. FRED Z. GOSEWISCH, Observer. Fall of Zacatecas Did Not Come Until the Streets of City Were Floating in Blood. VICTORY WAS COMPLETE Rebel General Reports Dead and Wounded on Both Hides to Reach Total of 6,800. [United" Presa Leased Wire Service.] JUAREZ, Mexico, June 26.—The remnant of the federal command of Gen. Luis Medina Barron today is flee ing towards -Aguas Calientes, leaving 2,000 killed and 4,000 wounded. In the streets of Zacatecas, according to a despatch received early today from Gen. Francisco Villa, whose constitu tionalist army Tuesday night captur ed that city after one of the most sang uinary engagements of the present Mexican revolution. In a telegram dated at Zacatecas, Villa declared that the victory waa a complete one. His troops captured 6,000 prisoners, 6,000 rifles, 12 cannon and nine complete trains, Including three car loads of shrapnel and small arms ammunition, he said, in addi tion, an enormous quantity of provis ions and other munitions of war fell Into Villa's hands. Five generals accompany Barron in bis precipitate retreat towards A guns Calient where it is believed the forces of General Huerta are preparing for another desperate struggle. It 1* re Dorted without confirmation thai ttie federalsjujder Gen. Jose Refugio Vel -ese^'^^fcvtauated^ftw- Potr osi and are hurrying towurds Agnas Calientes where General Mbas Is said to bo mobilizing his forces. While only meagre details of the battle have been received, 'enough Is known to indicate the savxge charac ter of the fighting. General Villa's de spatch gave his own losses us BOO kill ed jind 300 wounded, the latter Includ ing Gen. Miaclevlo Herrera, Gen. Tor roblo Ortega and Gen. Trinidad Rodri guez. According to statements by consti tutionalist officials, Villa ordered a general assault on Zacatecas Tues day morning and 19,0\. rebels respond ed to the call. All day long the bat tle raged before the constitutionalists stormed the heights of Sierra Bufa, the strategic point In the city's de fense. There had been planted the principal artillery of the garrison and It was the guns which had hurled back, shattered the a/ttack delivered ten days ago by Gen. Pano Filnatra. Constitutionalists say the attack on Sieera LaBufa waB an exhibition of courage never before excelled, in Mexi can annals. The federals had the ad vantage of abandoned mine workings on the slope as entrenchments. Re peated charges were led by Generals Ortega, Herrera and Rodreguez, all being wounded. When the artillery on La Bufa was silenced, the federals at tempted to hold the city proper but, falling, fled southward. Before evacuating. Villa's despatch says, the federals dynamited the em bassy office, federal stamp office, La Caja and the principal bank building. Tho explosions destroyed other prop erties and are supposed to have kill ed a number of constitutionalist sol diers engaged in street fighting. If the commands of Barron, Mass and Valesco effect a Junction at Aguas Cal ientes, they will have a combined force of nearly 25,000. They have cannon and many rapid Are guns. Villa has 19,000 men under his di rect comand and General Gonzales and other constitutionalists In the vicinity have 12,t/0O more. Desperate Effort Being Made by Police to Break up Blackhand Murders. I "Vis'- [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO. June 25.—Under Instruc tlons to arrest every man found with I a sawed off shot gun and to search! every hanger-on in the district forj weapons, a special "black hand mur- s/.&sidki THE WEATHER. Probably Local Showers. Local temp—7 p. m. 94 7 a, m. 76. EIGHT PAGES II1 RlllS OF Villi Aguas Calientes Is situated on* a high hill 100 miles directly south of Zacatecas. The retreating federals are destroying the railroads and 14 j, will undoubtedly take two or three weeks for Villa to repair the lines and move hlB army within striking dis tance. Two hundred miles below Aguaa Calientes 1b Queretera where the llnal battle outside Mexico City itself prob ably will be staged. Juarez today con tinned to celebrate the fall of feacatecaa. Bands are play ing in the Btreets and the wholfi city is In gala attire. The wounding of Generals Ortega, Rodriguez and Herrera has cast a.\J damper over the constitutionalist president as they were among the most brilliant and loyal fighting men Villa has. The compartlvely quiclB^ victory achieved by Villa caused great surprise here, despite the fact that his force greatly outnumubered the federals. General Barron has such an enormous advantage In position and waa so well supplied with artillery an am it on ha as I E I $ Paso profess to wonder at his quioV jJ retreat. Villa's hospital service did .^ splendia work during the battle, ao-' cording to dispatches and haa been caring for friend and foe alike lined, the fighting ended. Burial of the dead has proved a stupendous task but has proceeded rapidly and' danger of disease Is ibellevetf to have passed. Villa's plans for the immediate future are not known. If General Valesoo's federal* have not evacuated a an Luis Potosl as reported, Villa will probably leave that city9 to be taken by General Gonzales and win* lead his own foroee against Agua Calientes. Many military men here doubt whether the federals will defend either one of these cities, believing they will prefer to concentrate at Queretero for a last stand. Flaying lawn Tennis. NIAGARA FAULS, June 25.—"If the" rebels cotte." Dagama today, '*medmUiW%fll be big success. He shrugged hra shoul ders however, In pointing out that the actual invitation to them was ex-, tended several days ago and that no answer was yet at hand. The protocol signed late last ntgbt provided: That the provisional government should be constituted by agreement^ between rebels and Huertalstas. :j That this new government shouHW?^ be immediately thereafter recognlsedf by the United States, Argentine. Bra all and Chile. That the United States shall not ulalm any war indemnity. That amnesty for political offenses shall be provided for foreigner* and that a claims commission shall be es tablished. The mediation colony with nothing definite in the work line today, turned to tennis and the Canadian "war game" for diversion. Ambassador ,i Suarez found amusement with the younger members of the colony In trying out amateur photography. Peace la Far Away. NI AO AIR A FAUJS, June 'Peace In Mexico Is still far from assured. Hailed at first as the successful out come of mediation, It was apparent today from the feeling of the group of men here-trying to solve thd Mexican problem that the Al B. C., mediators have merely shifted their burden. Agreement so far reached provides for a "get together" session of Huer talstas and Carranzlstas for settle ment of Mexico's Internal problems. Notwithstanding persistent reports that Carranzlsta delegates were en route here, the feeling grew today that the constitutionalist first chief would probably stick at the last mo ment to his oft-repeated declaration that Mexico's internal affairs were not a subject for mediation of any. kind and that he would refuse peace (Continued on page 2.) COMBING LITTLE ITALY FOR SAWED OFF SHOTGUN OWNERS der squad" of a dozen detectives combed "Little Italy" today In the hunt for the assassin who killed Frank De Maria, Investigator for the polloe department yesterday. Threats that Detective Angelo Longobardl, In charge of the crusade against the Mafta, would "get his" In. the same manner that De Maria waa shot, caused the police to take extra, precautions. Two men arrested on suspicion that they know something of the De Maria assassination, promptly furnished |40,* 000 bond. & ss ft Kit 1 V. T'l.'j '"1 ii 'r-