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IV EVENING EDITION VOL. 9, NO. 151. \f WM 'S8& V.'nia I FIlfDJN COURT H. 6. Claflin & Co., Have Re ceivers Named—-Associated Companies Not Involved. $36,000,000 SAID TO BE LIABILITIES General Don Business Conditions, De crease* Sales «pd Slow Collections Given as Inability to Meet Matured Portion of Notes. 85,000,000 LIABILITIES. New York, June 5.—^Receiver ship proceedings for the glgantio wholesale dry goods Ann of H. B. Claflin and company here dis closed the estimated liabilities of the Arm at thirty-five million dol lars and assets at forty-four mil lion dollars. It is understood that the Claflin company controls about twenty-eight dry' goods firms throughout the United Sates, distinct and apart from those affiliated with the United Dry Goods companies. Between 2,500 and 3,000 banks hold the paper of these stores.' Twenty five or thirty of the larger dis count banks In Sew York City are creditors for Urge amounts. New'-. York, June 26.—Receivers were named today foVthevast sale dry -goctjds establishment of Hi .Claflin* 4s. Cp.~ v.The' associated :, com panies art) hot involved.' The 'receiv ers *-mra«atiu»3 ss the result of (L suit 'equity ttled ite the' dfttrict court. '•'•A.. The receivership caused a flurry in the financial district. The over-ex tension of credits is said to have caus ed trouble with the big firm. Judge Learned Hand named as re ceivers, Joseph B. Martin dale, presi dent of the Chemical National bank Frederick A. Jullllard, member of the firm, of A. B. Jullllard A Co., under bonds of half--a million dollars each. Organised In 1800. H. B. Claflin and Co., of which John Claflin is president, was' organ ized in 1890 to conduct a wholesale dry goods business. It was controlled by the Associated Merchants' com pany, who In turn were controlled by the United Dry Goods companies. The United Dry Goods companies were incorporated in 1909 to consoli date the dry goods interests of John Claflin lit New York and other cities. The company acquired in exchange for $9,813,000 of its common stock a like amount of the capital stock of the Associated Merchants' company, g}ving it a majority, the latter already holding control of the folowlng com panies: H. B. Claflin company, James McCreery company, O'Neill Adams company, C. G. Gunther Sons, all of New York J. N. Adams company, of Buffalo, and Stewart & company of Baltimore. Minneapolis Concern Acquired. The companies also bought- out right from John Claflin, the entire business of the Powers' Mercantile company of Minneapolis, Hatine and company of Newark, N. J., Wm. Hen gerer company of Buffalo, and the Stewart Dry Goods company of Louis ville, Ky. In June, 1910, the Lord and Taylor company of New York was ac quired. According to figures given at the equity hearing, the total net Income of the concern for 1918 was $2,088, 781. The percentage earned on pre ferred stock was 19.28 percent, and on.'common stock 9.21. 985,000,000 Liabilities. The liabilities of the firm, repre sented by commercial paper held all over the country. Is estimated at *35, 000,000. It is said that 'the company did not borrow heavily on Its own paper, but endorsed notes made by Interior merchants for goods sold The inability of these interior houses and the inability of the H. B. Claflin company to pay off the matured por tion of these notes are ascribed to the general dull business conditions,..the decreased sales and slow collections. Biggest Mercantile Fallnrei Receivers Martindale and Jullllard said the failure Is of such tremendous proportions that it will be several weeks before It. is possible to know where they stand. Though the failure perhaps is the most important in the history of the dry goods trade in this country. New York banks predict that the chief—perhaps the only potent general effect—will be the temporary demoralisation -of the dry goods trade. The announcement of the failure caused a general decline In the. open ing of the Stock market, but the loss es were not/heavy,: the succeeding transactions caused a reaction to som° extent Influential hanking, interests said that in their opinion, the retail houses in' the Claflin control are fi nancially sound. Alt are Inclined to describe the crash, however, as the biggest mercantile disaster the coun ,stry ever has known. _£\ Company Makes Statement. v'The following statement was. given out at the office of the Claflin com pany. "The unprecedented shifting of trad*'etntora in I*ew York has caus ed the cfuw&ir.the H: B. Claflin company, the uptoWhrmivementof business has seriously curtailed our wholesale profits and has compelled us to rely malnly on ths proflts from Qnancln^ ik ».r^ Their rapidly expanding business has occasioned large capital requirement, which .we.have .not been, able to meet. A receivership therefore became nec essary pending a re-adjustment Of the affairs of the company. A plan of re-organlcatton for the H. B. Claflin company will soon be presented, which we hope, will prove acceptable both to creditors and to stockholders. "The Associated Merchants' com pany and the United Dry Goods com panies are themselves borrowers of money. They are in exceedingly strong financial position and the suc cess of their retail stores Is assured-" mmm OF PROVISIONAL POLITY IS NEXT Peace Between United States and Mexico Now Rests on That TWO FACTIONS TO MAKE APPOINTMENT Protocals Agree th«t Diplomatic Rela tions be Restored and other Interna tional Difficulties Settled When In terim Government Is Named. Niagara Falls, June .2.6.—Peace be ,t^een the, 'JJplted States and .'Mexico rem today oil a single cohdttfon. t)M establishment^?' a new provisional government along *tb«r- -line*' which" In, 4 according recognitionthe Mexican?" factions which have given a guaranty that they will exert every effort to earn this reward. Five wetiks of medlatyon, conducted by. Argentine, Brasil and Chill, re sulted In the completion last night of the protocals agreeng that the diplomatic relations between' the United States and Mexico shall l£e restored and that all other nterna tlonal difficulties shall be considered settled when the new provisional gov ernment succeeds the Huerta admin istration. Upon the representatives of the two warring factions, the constitu tionalists and the Huerta government, devolves the task now of selecting a provisional president and his cabinet to serve In the interim, while the country Is being pacified and made ready for the general presidential election. Mediation does not adjourn. The diplomats and American delegates will lend their counsel and advice wherever possible to the delegates of the two factions s£ they meet in In formal conferences. They probably will hold-their con ferences here. North Dakota: Unsettled to night and Friday. Probably lpoal showers and not much change in temperature. 7 a. 54 maximum'SO min *. Imam 48 wind 7 miles north- .* east barometer S0.1S. ests are^'.Ui^ly^wltt-^*--'-'' and *h« she anoke. "and one Four Days' Preliminary Fighting Before Final As sault is Made SITUATION BRIGHTER. 'Washington, June 25.—After a conference with .Secretary Bryan, the president authorized the state ment that the outlook In the Mexican situation is more prom ising than it ever has been be fore. city Zacatecas, Mexico, June 25.—After four days' preliminary fighting, the final assault on Zaoatecas took place. Tuesday, resulting in the capture of th&t city at 7: SO p^ .m. The 'battle was most hotly contested during the present revolution is. the belief of leaders here. Fourteen thousand fed erals were entrenched in seemingly Impregnable positions. Five thou sand prisoners .were captured by Vil la's troops. Twelve cannon, nine mili tary trains, 6,000 rifles,, three carloads of cannon, rifle and ammunition also were captured. The dead on the fed eral side, according to official figures, are numbered at 4,000, with 2,000 wounded, while the losses to the at tacking side are not stated definitely. The federals aire reported to have dynamited many buildings of the city before evacuating. Many .Rebels Dead.. Heaps of rebel dead on he-moun tainsides attested to the ferocity of the fighting. Villa was -In the van of attacking ihosts. General- Trinidad Rodriguez of Villa's staff was shot through the throat and killed at Vil la's side. Five other staff members were wounded. The constitutionalists, In many Instances, were forced to climb steep, ascents, on their hands andknees, as those below them passed up rifles from hand to hand.<p></p>ISMil ilii Plunges Into what He Calls Hardest Political Cam paign in His Career Oyster Bay, June 2E.-T-r-Roosevelt to day plunged Into what he expects to be the hardest political campaign he ever has undertaken.. Nine hours aft er he stepped on the shore at Oyeter Bay, following his midnight trip from New York harbor, he was back in his library, at Sagamore Hill, starting the machinery. His secretary came from New York last night to be on hand early and at 10 o'clock, the colonel was dictating letters and telegrams at full speed. The question of. whether the colonel Is In fit condition for a. hard speech making campaign, which recently caused so much concern to progressive leaders, gave. Roosevelt no worry at all. "I never felt better in my life," said the colonel. He added, however,.that his throat has been giving him some trouble.-. Here lies the chief danger of being incapacitated for the cam paign.. He intends to make fewer speeches in each state than in former years, hut adheres to. his plan of cov ering the country from coast to coast Job President Gives Her Is Big, But Mrs. Caukin Is Equal to It San Francisco, June 25.—^President Wilson, having cast his eye up and down the state for a receiver of pub lic money, has nominated to the posi tion Mrs. Grace Blackwell Caukin Sf San Fr&nclsco, a practical farmer and a woman of wide experience' In the solution of the lan.d problems. Mrs. Caukin is secretary of the democratic state, central committee and is the first California woman to be named for any federal position outside of the postofllce 'department. The duties of the' receiver' of pub lic money include the handling of the finances of the land department 6f the department of the Interior,-, uhder the supervision of. Franklin K. Lane, and one of Mrs. Caukin's requisites for. the office is her -knowledge of farming, having been a farmer and aiming to conduct a Sotioma county farm while holding-'office, "Having been a farmer, myself. I desire nothing better than' to be able to help those who are in sympathy, with the promotion of their- Inter ests.? says Mrs. Caukin. "I hops to own, a farm in Sonoma-county-~that is. one of .my dreams. You know It could -.on a farm In Sonoma an$ .still carry on my -work-. "It Is the recognition of the -cause and' my ssx"' added Mrs: Caukin with Increasing enthusiasm, "which brings me the greatest gratification In the nomination' made by President "Wilson. I believe ySo thoroughly In the democrAttr '&tytyoriri. »«?. .*'• be lieve so' strongjy 4n .wemsn and their, efficiency that "I' Intend to prove this significance, to :alfc' thoje who' have worked so long tfoi1- woman' and suf frage by that there is in mi, '•I intend to jnf thebooksl oan -thaiydeal,«wlthn#W^#/ljB^fc?I'..want toequljp lafor- i'v- Graos Blackwell Oaoldn. tie AatlonsJ platform was. the rural credit plan .suggested by Bryan." Born In San Francisco, educated in Berkelsy, Mm .Caukin has been identified with the political history of her p«rty for. many years. She* has held the position of. secretary to the Woman's Democratic club and Is an honorary, member of every woman's democratic club' In ahd SAout' San FriinclsCo. She was the organiser of the Woodrow Wilson league .In 191S, was ohii Of the prganlsetls of the Club Woman's Franchlse jeagu«. oiie «t the' foremost suSNge aiss^chttlons of Ctllforfila. and waa-wssiStant sec rstaty for the New Era league dur iAg. tluHr great fight Jor 'equal suft frage^ lnv this state. J? HIWW Many of ^rtern! Districts Show Gb||$ Majorities For Icecutive. Mi GRONNA'SjST^RENGTH WEIXBALANCED Returns on Various State Officials Available Today Show. Trend.. Burdick Third to 'Sevei*! Places. Burdlck was the third .man In sev eral sections of the state, one of the notable surprises of this nature com ing in Stutsman county, where the oity of Jamestown nye Hanna the lead, put Wishek the. resubmission candidate second, with Burdlck third. Two years ago (his.was one of the Buchanan strohgholdi. Cavalier county gave Burdlck, the Progressive Republican .league can didate. a lead of,:abjujt 400, this be ing about a.Hun^rqA more than it gave Buchanan tvfo years ago under the same banner:- jj Hanua Stepm te.MorHwMt. (?&• Walsh, Pembin* ahd Grand Forks are other nort^SMbern' counties that Hanna -was- second' man, losing fey about four huhdrea. Walsh also was a ..Buchanan county- -two years ago, givlhg him 180 lead, -while this year It -willygive Hanna about- 800.- Grand Forks gives Hanna about .300, as against about 400 for Buchanan two years ago. Traill Stays by League Candidate. Traill county continued strong in the progressive faction ranks, giving Burdlck a six hundred lead, which is a hundred less than was given the league's candidate two years ago. Cass, Richland. Ransom, Sargent are-Hanna counties. Barnes county raised Its Hanna plurality from fifty seven two years ago to over five hun dred this year. Stutsman county will give Hanna about 250 plurality, &r against nearly 300 for Buchanan two years ago. North Central Part for Burdlck. Ramsey, Benson, Towner, Nelson, Steele are Burdlck counties, though In none of them are the pluralities as great as had been expeoted. Pierce Is showing more Hanna strength than was anticipated. BurdicK's big lead, obtained in the city of Rugby, dwin dling in.the rural districts., McHenry county looks like a Hanna county, though In the heart of what was sup posedly solid Burdick territory. Bottineau county. Divide. Williams. Mountrail aid McKenzle, also are Burdlck counties. Morton is a Surprise. Morton count}', by giving Hanna a lead of approximately 900, is one of the big surprises. This, county two years ago gave Hanna about 1.200 lead, but with the candidacy of Wish ek it was supposed that his plurality there would be slashed In two. How ever, early returns give Hanna over 400 lead, with less than half of the county heard from. Wishek is run ning second with Burdick a poor third. Emmons, Stark, Billings, Golden Valley. Mercer, Oliver, Kidder are other southwestern counties that are In the Hanna column, as Is Burleigh, which elves promise of giving Hanna about 260 plurality. Wishek Movement Effect. The Wishek movement was given very good support In' Mcintosh, Em mons, Logan Morton, Sheridan- and several other counties, with the Indi cation that the resubmission candi date for governor will have a total vote of about 12,000 'to 16,00.0 In the state. Wishek slashed Hanna's support very materially in a large number of counties, this being particularly true of Mcintosh county, where Wishek Sut oiled' 846, Hanna 7S and Burdick 27. United States senator. United States Senator A. J. Gronna Is victorious for the senatorial nom ination in the republican party, the result being a virtual landslide. Gronna showed unusual strength In many of the counties that were known to be strong for one er :the other of '1 W& 1 immm Var the dwotMHd umulnstlon for goveroor. F. Q. pavenUy bas h«*a saooessful. and lie will have 1,090 to 1^00. In 4m mlatm. W. Pnro^l evUently is the JMmlnee for Cnited tondlmt Georgp P^ jKmea ln nesdr GRAND FORKS. N. SDAY EVENING, JIJNB 25/1914. EIGHT: PAGES—PRICE FIVE CENTS. AVAILABLE FIGliN UNlin) STAltS SENATOR Reports available on the States senatorshlp, follow: United 9 3 Barnes (24) 716 232 402 Benson (12) 272 72 181 Bottineau (22-55). 504 107 127 Burleigh (13-41). 206 805 110 Cavalier (25-47).. 173 127 147 Dickey (3) 17 33 83 Emmons (3) 46 65 74 Foster (9-20) 126 43 124 Golden Val. (7-19) 236 143 124 Gd. Forks (54-58). 1,176 554 269 Griggs (IS) 168 56 90 LaMoure (18-38).. 205 81 203 Morton (32) 690 348 146 McHenry, (20-58). 240 McLean (43-48).. 199 287 '76 Nelson (33-34)... 699 118 320 Pembina (29-87).. 866 148 272 Pierce (24-34).... 441 127 124 Hansom (27-81).. 888 82 386 Renville (8-8).... 157 49 59 Ramsey (28) 396 -252 166 Richland (17-47). 305 60 264 Rolette (14) 204 67 87 Sargent 356 169 246 Sheridan (17-24). 192 219 72 Stark (8-30) 144 97 134 TralU (21-27) 1,028 114 185 Walsh (15-56).... 277 60 78 Wells 336 1» 248 Totals ........10,261 3,953 4.742 his opponents, J. H. Worst and Andy Miller, with the result that he went out of the valley district with a lead, which he augmented in the central portions quite materially. In the west he also Is showing such strength that It. is believed now-that he also will be th« high candidate there. Wont carried Cass'and two or three eountles in that district, including Dicker, where Marshall f6rc»s w«re working for.him,. -in- O'w'nw' olratria "will have, pluralities In about thlrty-fivs or thirty-eight coun ties. He got his own-county. Nelson, in which the opposition made a bitter fight on him, by a total vote greater than the confined 'vote of his oppon ents. Midtbo Still Gets Some Votes. Midtbo still Is able to poll some votes whenever he appears in the field as a candidate for political office— which is about every two years—and the indications are that he will have between two and four thousand votes. Commissioner of .Agriculture. Robert Flint evidently is the nomi nee of the republican, party for com missioner of agriculture and labor, with A. E. Hutchinson of Benson county In second place. W. E. Hol bein is the third candidate, and J. T. Hoge Is fourth. State Treasurer. Thomas Tharalson is the nominee for state treasurer, having a com fortable lead. He is high in practi cally all counties that have reported. Attorney. General For attorney general, Henry J. Llnde has shown his heels to two other candidates, having a big lead over Alfred Zuger. the second candi date, and F. C. Heffron. Is third- Railroad Board.' For commissioner of railroads, W. H. Mann and O. P. N. Anderson seem assured of renomlnatlon. while James Collins is seriously threatening the chances of W. H. Stutsman, president of the present board, for renomlna tlon. Collins has polled a heavy vote throughout the north and-central sec tions, and stands a good chance of besting Stutsman. Lieutenant Governor. The fight for lieutenant governor remains undecided today, the returns available showing Fralne and Kraabe.' running close. Fralne has mustered good strength in the Missouri slope district and stands a good chance ot beating Kraabel. DEM CONGRESSMAN Pembina county—Twenty-nine pre cincts, Bartholomew, 284 Gogln, 90. Cavalier—Bartholomew, 156 Go gin,' 48: "j'-:, gin, 179. -Griggs—Hellstrom, 104 Knudson, 32. Walsh—Knudson is leading In this county. LIEUT. GOVERNOR Sargent county, 2S ont of 2 pre cincts—Bsssessen, 62 Fralne, 184 Kraabel, 1«1 MoMasters, 2 Sage horn, 69. Morton, county, IE precincts .out of 28—Bessessen, 761 Fralne, 494 Kraabel, 108 McMasteis, 76 Sage horn, 208. Walsh county, 15 precincts out of 56—Bessesssn, '4 Frains, 291 (Continued, on Page 3.) Hellstrom and Purcell Appear to Be Victors in Democratic Primary Bartholomew Defeats J. S. Gogin an a*.-.' lead of about oooBties reported. ffed BsrtholOiMesr la' the dtsMMMIc nosnlBee tcr First distriot deidtieg John 8. Gogin by a big, mMgtn. lilgliiit democrats cnwdWUte tat afl the couM^es hewd froaa. The only ocher ooMeet ln the democratic put? Is far enUU bHt the recslt Is sot kmemm yet in the «ba Adams ............ Barnes (24) .... Benson (19-45) Billings Bottineau (24-55) .., Burleigh (13) Cass Cavalier (1-2) Divide Dickey (10) ....... Dunn Eddy Emmons (15-29) ... Foster (1.6-21) Golden Valley (7-19) Grand Forks (54-58) Griggs (13) LaMoure (20-38) Logan (14-16) Mercer (6) Morton (27-68) .... Mountrail (17-37) McHenry (20-58) Mcintosh McKenzie McLean (15-50) Nelson (33-34) Oliver Pembina (29-37) ... Pierce (24-34) ...... Ramsey (30-43) Ransom (27-31) Renville (8-30) Richland (17-47) Rolette (18-31) Safgent (22-26) Stark (8-30) Sheridan (17-24) Steele (17) Stutsman Traill (21-27) ...... Towner (31-33) Walsh (42-56) Wfti*/). Wells (34-39) HHIV COIINTES SWMG FROM IKE opposimm to hw support nCHI 1DST Complete Returns Not Available, But Sufficient Reports Have Been Received to Show Defeat of Progressive Re publican League Candidates For Several Places S PUTNAM, KRAABEL, ZUGER AND HTOM AMONG THOSE DtfEATED AT PRIMARIES Young Succeeds in Second District, with Contest Between 7.7.7.' Williams (inc) ...... Total ...i EVENING Norton and Simpson in Third District Still Uncertjainf?^ —Collins May Best Stuts man for Railroad Board Governor L. B. Hanna has been nominated by the re publican party as a candidate for re-election, defeating U. L. Burdick, the second candidate, by at least 3,000, and possibly as much as 3,000 plurality. The vote available to The Herald this afternoon foi lows, in some instances only estimates being, given. The estimates, however, of pluralities, are based on actual of ficial returns from a portij3iiof each county that if fcatt? *200 400 111 *150 70 131 214 823 129 398 57 7 227 396 206 27 400 383. 372 172 462 831 222 185 127 279 190 48 73 243 250 822 445 304 150 315 867 United States Senator Qronna is easily no for xie-dectimi bgr a wide margin, with Womfc pcobabtar Simpson and Norton are mnnfaf nliiM fni' iM»ii§i jijii!' in the 1 Tomg hip iwmHmM tor ond dSaMofe ov«r Tattle by«bontU00t. A r:mm: ENDED AT POUS I S'SSpi ''M'M W la-'S 1 Haluia. 100 690 407 *443 124 4 T-Til 'P' 1 431f««'35^ 6 a 15,03# .. ,12,451 The missing oonnties, in most histanoes, will task pluralities f^or Governor Hanna. In Mereer, and in on* or two other oonnties west of the KQssovri river, Wished'| the resubmission eaadidate, will be higfi.