VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS
$5.00 PER ANNUM
OLD SAL
The City of Witches
Paid Heavy Toll To
Flames Last Night
HALF OF CITY
IS WIPED OUT
Historical Landmarks Are Still
Left Standing-"House of
Seven Gables" Is Threat
' \ ii. *
ened, Spsred at Last
(By Associated Press.) .
Salem, Mass, June 26.-Nearly half,
the "old witch city" of Salem ,rlch In '
historic buildings and tradition, was |
devarted today and tonight by a fire,
that ca OF ed an estimated loss of $20,-1
000,000; destroyed 1,000 buildings, in
cluding a score of manufacturing es
tablishments and made ten thousand
of the 46,000 residents homeless.
The fire originated in the Koro
Leather Factory on the west side of
the city about 2 o'clock in the after- j
noon and swept through the shoe and '
leather manufacturing district, ruin- '
lng every building in a curving path
two miles long and more than half
a mile wide.
Burning emberB, carried by a strong
northwest wind, started fires in two
other auctions, the fashionable resi
dential district adjacent to Lafayette
street, and a manufacturing and tene
ment house district on the peninsula
bounded by Palmer's Cove, South
river and the water front.'. -
Oil Tanks Exploded,
. Late in the.evening brands kindled
l^?^?wlaupMwtSf ?'?cV&Jie- I
port, and showers ot sparks fell
threateningly/'?? a *jsrt bf the town
that bad before hot been iii imminent
danger. This ! fire. . however, was
checked after it had destroyed thc
oil company's plant and thirteen
housee. . .
When, the flames were believed to
be under control at ll o'clock tonight
all the historic and literary landmarks
had escaped , destruction. These ln
, eluded the Peabody Museum,' Essex
Institute, Custom House, where Na
thaniel Hawthorne did much of his
literary work, and "The House of
Seven Hables," made, famous by the
novelist.
At midnight the fire was burning
on Derby street, not far from the
Peabody museum, but lt was thought
.the building and its valuable colee-:
tion of curios would be saved.
Hawthorne Landmark.
"The House of Seven. Gables," also
was in the danger aone.
Several buildings were dynamited
and late tonight it looked os though
the fire had been checked. No fa
talities had-been reported up to mid
night, but in the confusion it was im
possible to dtermine the causualttes.
Some fifty injured persons were re
ceived at the hospitals'.
Thosands ot .homeless were . en
camped on Salem Common tonight
and the city was policed by militia
men. ,. % .
.The great destruction was due to
poor water pressure.
Half ot the city of Salem was'in
flames tonight. Block after block
was dynamited mit the fire, checked
in one direction, driven by shifting
winds, found a new -path of destruc
tion. It. was nearly .ll o'clock before
' tbe area of. the conflagration reached
ita limit. .
Starting thia afternoon about 2
o'clock, as a ' r, suit of- ah explosion
In. the rectory of the Korh Leather
CoDpeny, just east of Historic Gal
lons Hill, where- alleged witches
were hanged two hundred years ago,
the fire spread .'quickly through the
shoe and leather, manufacturing dis
trict, then south'to. the Boston and
Maine Railroad tracks at Jefferson
avenue and eastward to the 'water
front. , ;
. Late tonight fire brands carried
into the business -, section sarted a
second fire at North street. At little
later a. taiYC of. the Standard Oil
Company lp the extreme northwest of
the etty was abl?se, and presently a
third fire wan levelling tho Uiildlngd
IS that vicinity, . 'iv \
Estimated Less?
. No definite estimate, of tb<J money
toss is possible tonight, The burned
buildings Include "-"the7 plants of a
, r-ce^e of manufacturing companies',
among them the big' factory ot tho
Naumk?eg Cotton Mills, twice as
many business places, St. Joseph'?
I Coi nan Catholic church, recently.
' (Continued on Page Three.)
LANG JENNINGS
IS KNOWN HERE
Former Sumter Citizen Says That
the Aspirant For the Senate
It Splendid Type of Man
One of the /most talked of men lu
the country today is Lung D. Jen
nings, mayor of Sumter and cur^ldate
for the United States senate. There
are hut few men in Anderson who
know him personally, but they have
t-aen Impressed with him. Mr. Jen
nings is a big, athletic sort of mau.
and has a vigorous way of talking and
acting. A former Sumler man who
knows him says that the United States
senate ls not too big an office for Mr.
Jennings to aspire to, and Uiat ir lie
got lt lie would make good.
"I knew Jennings when he first,
came to Sumter," states this acquaint
ance. "He was a big, gawky country
man, and studied law but a few
months before he began to practice.
Every body laughed at him. He was
ao raw and butchered the "king's En
glish" so that people thought he #as
a joke. But I rem?mber one observ
ant citizen said after hearing Jennings
In his first case in the court house
Bay "that fellow will make his mark
if he doesn't get discouraged."
"Jennings when elected mayor of
Sumter caused a regular up-turning
of the city, and made a fight on blind
tigers that is memorable in thc his
tory of the state. He is responsible
for putting Sumter under a commis
sion form of government with a city
manager. Jennings ia a clean cut.
courageous man and wbuld make his
mark in tim United States senate."
ST?fislFlNANCES
... y . : ;
Unless Governor Will Co-operate
Extra Session May Ce
Necessary
Special Correspondence.
Florence. June 25.-"Every effort
to borrow money necessary tb oper
ate the state government ? from Au
gust, the time when the present fi
nances of the state are expected to be
exhausted, until the next regular,
meeting of the legislature in January,
1915, will be made before I will join
other state officials In . cu'Hi g upon
tho governor to convene an extraor
dinary session of the general assem
bly," asserted Comptroller General
A. Vf. Jones, when interviewed hore
today In regard to an editorial in Co
lumbia newspaper,^ . explaining the
straitened condition of the state's
finances and setting forth the diffi
culty of securing additional funds to
meet running expenses, in view of tb?
governor's veto of the enabling acc.
Whether or not Governor Blease
will sign a note for a sum sufficient
to meet the needs of 'the state Until
next January ls a matter of impor
tance to be considered, and unless he
does sign the note Jointly in his offl
cll capacity the calling of an extra
ordinary session will'become' Impera
tive. .
He contlued:
"I think that about $360.000 addi
tional funds Will be - needed by the
state beforo the general assembjy
convenes next January. I have no i
definito idea what rato of interest the
slate will be forced to pay, though I
would be willing to pay not. higher
than 3 1-2 per cent,". .
General Jones stated that be real- ;
iced the necessity for acting in this
matter, but hopes that the state offi
cials reauired jointly td sign the note '
will be able tc- reach an agreement,
which would obviate the need of
paying a large amount to the mem
bers of the legislature, be stated.:
Remembrance'of. the difficulty ex
perienced last year in securing Gov- {
ornor Blease's signature to a note for :
a loan to the state seemed tc occa
sion doubi in the comp troll r -gen- i
oral's mind regarding the .probable
stand Governor Blease will thur year i
take in regard to the loan. \
. i
Hoi tenant Re-elect* (Li i 1
Charleston. Jone 25.-Tho South
Carolina Bankers' Association at Ita
closing session here today elected C. ,
J Shannon, ' or Camden, president; J.
W. Simpson, of Spartanburg, vice j
president, and Lea G. HoHemtn ot ,
Anderson, secretary and treasurer. j
The feature ot the morning: session \
waa ats address by Representative i
Carter Giana, of Virginia, oa the <
f?d?ral reserve act.
?*. il Mg' v .v. t v \A??<<rSV4
i
YS IRBY
PAYS COMPLIMENTS TO JNO.
G. RICHARDS AT MANNING
MEETING
WAS MILD MEETING
The Usual Stirring Up Of Fac
tionalism Was Notable For
Its Absence Yesterday
Special to Tb? Intelligencer.
Marion, June 25.-Peaco and good !
will reigned pupreme at the campaign
meeting for state offices here today, |
when candidates who have furnished j
the principal factional element . the j
"circus" gave simple discust un of
their platforms without particular,
reference to coat-tail swinging and po
litical oppression.
What may be an important political
breach developed when William C.
irby, candidate for governor, regarded
as an administration supporter,
charged thnt his opponent John G.
Richarde, was "worse than a coat-tail
swinger" that he ls a camp follower."
The speaker explalued that a camp
follower is one who remins In the
rear until the victory is won, then
rushes to the front to share in the
spoits.
The endidates description as an
"off day" appeared correct and the ]
meeting offered a sharp contrust with
the rather turbulant engagement at j
Florence, when practically every as-1
plrant In the party discussed the la
dies from a more or less partisan
standpoint.
To John T. Duncan, candidate for
governor, was accorded the distinc
tion of making the most spirited ad
dress for today, when he. Uko .sev
eral of the others, abruptly deserted
his well worn speeches and talked
ulong new lines. Duncan was greet
ed with mingled hisses and cheers
S?h^^'-^gfe?i??^ that ??- Governor
BleS?e met a Waterloo at Florence
yesterday, describing what he called
the pitiful manner in which the gov
ernor's followers 'there deserted him.
Ho became involved in a prolonged,
wordy battle with a spectator, when
he mildly attacked B. Frank Kelly for j
his activities in a midnight meeting
of the eenate judiciary committee
when the proposed Bale of thc state J
asylum property was discussed. ' At
torney General- Peeples, seeking re
election, was absent In Columbia on
official business. . "
Adjutant General W. W. Moore,
arking re-election, charged with con
siderable warmth that his opponent,'
Capt. M. ?. Willis of York, Hbo wed
"utter ignorance" of militia affairs
by hiB statements.
J. A. Hunter, candidate for lieu
tenant governor, attacked Fortner |
mildly and told that a negro first ad
vanced the idea of the Fortner bill
providing separation of j the races in |
school tooms.
The speech of John G. Cllnkscales, j
.I ('Continued on Page Four.)
ROOSEVELT MAY
TAKE NOMINATION
*
Plana of New York Progressive?
Are Outlined-Colonel Doe?
Not Deny He Will Yield
(By Associated ' Press.)
-Oyster .Day, N. Y..~ June 26.-Theo
dore Roosevelt and hie leading asso- |
elates today , finally settled the ques
tions, which; it is believed; will decide |
tho fate of. the. Progressive oar tv In
New Y?rk, state thia fall. After it]
was all over Colonel Roo re ve lt made
a statement setting forth their decis
ion a. Here are the main points:
-There will he no fusion in New
York state.
A straight Progressive ticket will
be put into the field.
District Attorney, Charier S. Whit
man, ot New York,, who has been |
talked of as a possible nominee of
both "the Republicans .and the Pro
gressives was repudiated by Colonel
Roosevelt.
Colonel Rooroveit'r nomination for j
the'governorship is. being urged by
virtually all Progressive leader*, de
spite the repeated statement that he
would hot/run* The loaders said
they ?till.had hopes. Today the Col
onel declined to deny again that he
would run; . .' ' .
"Flddlin' John Cnrnon."
Atlanta, June 24.-A Georgia home
made .product ls to enter vaudeville
and carry the fame of the mountain?
Into tho big time cities. "Fiddlln"
lohn Carson" champion fiddler of the
state and fara ou B from Rabun to Ty
bee, bas received an offer from ?: vau
deville manager and will take hts not
ed violin, "Singin' Sal* on tba circuit
within a few days.
: ' ' '
PRESIDENT TELLS VIRGINIA |
PRESS THAT BUSINESS
IS HEALTHY
FEAR IS REMOVED
National Picking Up Predicted to
Follow Recovery From Un
certain State of Patt
(Dy Associated ifreas.)
Washington, June 25?-"A new con
struction of freedom f?j? business" is
the object ol the administration trust
legislation program. President Wilson
to-'uy declared io addressing members
of the Virginia Press Association at
the white house. He predicted that
the country was on tee verge of a|
groat business revival.
President Wilson sain he would ab
solutely insist that his anti-trust pro
gram be passed at the present session
of congres? and that his .'information
was that congress and the nation are
behind him. He declared temporary
business depression at present was
sure to pass as soon as business
realized that the anti-trust legislation
is sure to bc enacted. "'
For ten years, the pr?sident said,!
business had been uneasy, because of j
attachs on it. He cont en ded ?nat
his administration waa- the first in'
years that bad been thu real friend of ;
business and he added that his admini
stration was going to prove its friend
ship by clearing away ?all anxiety
among business mon ojkf what-.'Vas
to come. ,
The' president spoke .with gr
earnestness, emphasizing bis words j
with vigorous gestures.! He said that I
through governmental agencies andi
throng un extensive correspondence !
he believed the administration to be
better able to Judge .conditions than j
one*i&M*ta?v^jB&lryv. . ,
An Operation. ?
He compared the condition of busi- j
ness to a> man about to undergo an
operation, who -fears tnat-lt will boj
a .??major one He added that it Lid
become apparent that only minor I
operations were necessary, and that
it would be dun ge rou s to postpone
them. ' ' ?
Nothing would be more unfair to
business, the president declared, than
(Continued on Page Three.)
L?GK INSTRUCTIONS
MjjEBEL CHIEF
Washington Agents of Carranza
Are waiting to Hear Finally
*From Chief ,
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 25.-Agents of the
Mexican conrtitut ional lats in Wash
ington tonight awaited final instruc
tions from General C?rranza regard
ing the invitation to participate in the
informal conferences with representa
tives ot the United States and the Hu
erta government on plans to complete I
the pacification of Mexico. --
General. Carranza telegraphed the
representatives here early in the day
as he left for Saltillo, that he would
make definite hi? position on reaching
Monterey. He was expected there lato
today and his agents, .Rafael Zubara I
and Luis Cabrera, hoped to receive in
structions, by tomorrow morning.
From Monterey ls was reported that
General Carranza planned to proceed
to Neuvo Laredo,' where be would be
in direct telegraph communication
With Washington. This war taken as
un assurance that the invitation would
be accepted.
General Villa's victory at Zacatecas
is declared to have ironed out all the
rough edges in the Constitutionalists'
ranks. Villa for military aggression;
Carranca to direct diplomatie negoti
ation?., was declared to be the'align
ment of the Coriftitutionallst forces.
According to the most reliable in
formation Obtainable here, agreements
of tho Const! tut lc nal I ?ts will proceed
to some point bear Niagara Falls to
begin the informal deliberations with
in a few days. The arrival of Fernan
do iglesias Calderon from New Or
leans waa-awaited before , ' detailed
plana could be completed. It was also
expected that Alfredo Breceda, per
sonal aide Ot General Carranza, due
to arrive here early tomorrow night, I
would*'hr lng information from his
chief behring on tbe situation.
Playing With Fire;
Atlanta, June 24.-A debate on wo
man'!* Suffrage ls, to be held in a
church tomorow evening,, tb be con-!
ducted by the Young Peoples' society. |
and a bfg 'crowd ls expected. Wesley
memorial-is the edifice selected for
the contest bf oratory and thought.
WARM?GUP
WEATHER APPEARS TO DE
VELOP ACTIVITY IN SEN- !
ATORIAL FIGHT !
- I
POLLOCK ATTACKS
Mayor Jennings Delivers a Stern
Harangue On the Pardon
Record of Governor
Special to Tho Intelligencer.
Hampton. S. C., Tune 2.V- Wita
mercury hovering about tli<> century
murk, United States senatorial aspi
rants mop their brows, und keep the
cumpaign issues quivering ut fever
heat.
Mr. Pollock who has been gradually
growing more rabid In bis utterances',
made here today, ' the most fiery
speech since the campaign openeu.
Hampton county, according to thc
speaker, was organized Immediately
after the "red Bhirt" political .upheav
al of "TC" and the county ?ot lu
name from the illustrious leader of
that dark hour.
"The crisis we are now facing is
similar to the one or 187G." the speak
er said. "South Carolina is calling for
thc snme patriotic men to redeem
her," ho continued, while the crowd
uproriously applauded his chall?le.
This same speaker said that t..-re
was much being said In the State
Then added, "there are no coat-tail
swingers now. There were, once, hut
now there are no coat tails to swing
to, as Jennings Smith and I have cut
them off. I
Classic Repartee. <
"Yes," some one in the crowd
shouted back, "but there's the shirt
tail." "But 'we'll get them that bo
fore the summer is over," the speak- <
er was quick to retort.. "Once there
were coat tail swingers, but,,now they .
are dfraId><The' governor Isjustine
big "boss" and his subordinates ..ure
only working for bim."
The man from Cheraw prophecicd
that the Governor would not curry a
singlo county in the State on August
25. The Governor is on the run, Mr.
Pollock added. The latest report is
that he has called his 'henchmen' to-,
gether to lighten up the machine, that,
the governor may be in the second
race, which I? extremely doubtful."
Miiyor Jennings, in trying to dis
credit Senator Smith's claims to have
had some part tn advancing the price
of cotton the last decade, said: "If
Smith gets only the votes of those
who believe that Senator 8mlth haB
caused this, then his vote will not bo
equi valent to that of Hampton coun
ty" I
Senator Smith was the first speaker.
He started the election forecast?, and
again quoted Poul in the / familiar
'.flahtlng a eood ficht nnd keeping the
faith" passages, and added: "Hence
forth, there ls laid up for me the
greatest mte.'ority ever received by!
any candidate In South Carolina."
(Continued on page 5.)
MEDIATORS LEAVE
FOR REST PLACES
Niagara Falls Is Calm Following
the Signing of the Protocol \
For Settlement
(By Associated Press.)
. Niagara '/alls. Ont., June 26.-No
word war. received today from the
constitutionalist delegation as lt prob
ably will be several days before the
mudiators are called on to take fur
ther action In relation to the Mexican
problem. Ambassador da Gama, of
Brazil left here tonight to Join Mrs.
d? Gama at Long Branch, N. J., for a
few days. Minister Suarez, of Chile,
probably will depart tomonfctw -or
Saturday. Minister Naon. of Argen
tina will remain to greet the consti
tutionals! representatives. ' ; J
lt ls presumed that on the arrival
of Fernanda Iglesias - Calderon In1
Woschington he Will wish to confer
at length with Luis Cabrera,- Rafael
Zubaran and Jose Vasconcelos before
they enter into negotiations with' the
Huerta delegates. . Mr. Calderon has
just come from a long > association j
with the constitutionalists at the head-1
quarters of General Carranza and he
ls supposed to possess Int?mete de
tails of the. purposes of the constitu
tionalist leaders.
All members of the mediaton colony
are not agreed that disposition of the
International question to the satis-:'
faction of the American and -Huerta
delegates assures the adjustment of
the Mexican problem es a. whole. <
Differences between ' the warring fac
tions on matters of principle ren nin
tn disturb the plans of all the forces
that seek to bring order to Mexico.
DRUNKEN SLEEP IN
ALLEY WOULD HELP
New Yorker Scores Y. M. C. A.
and Other Secretaries For
Lack of Broad Viewpoint
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 25.-Society eves its
existence tu foreign missionary en
terprise. Dr. William A. Brown, once
a missionary to the Philippines, said
tonight in an address to delegates to
the convention of the International
Sunday School Association.
The need of a more humanitarian
viewpoint of life was urged on some
Cl ir int ia II workers by Fred B. Smith,
of New York, who addressed the adult
conference.
"1 think lt would not be a bad idea
If some of you general, secretaries
and some of the Y. M, C. A. workers,"
he said, "should get drunk some night
and sleep in the alley. Mind you,
I'm not recommending that, but it
might give some of >uu a new* view
point, a different angle from which
to work."
Speakers at a purity conference en
dorsed tho need of teaching sex hy
giene in Sunday schools. Dr. Hettie
Schwcndener, of SI. Joseph. Mich.,
secretary of the World's Purity Con
ference, said: "Sume pastors are too
politic and others too ignorantly in
nocent to fight openly the ways of
this sinful world. If the question
could be put to a vote of the childreu
it would eagerly bc accepted, for all
children seize with avidity the more
easily obtained substitute, instruc
tion in .Immorality. At least ?S per
cent' of the children receive tainted,
incorrect-and degrading knowledge of
se*"'before "th? "ago often."
MOUNTAIN ROUTES
WILL BE MAPPED
State Guide Book Will Show
Roads From Capital City To
Piedmont
With refe/ence to the brief dispatch
from Columbia to The Intelligencer
yesterday shiting that Commissioner
Watson wou.d issue a map of the
highway from Columbia to Toxaway,
the following appeared Thursday in
the Columbia (Pate:
"A route bool: for the use of sum
mer tourists b to be issued at an
early date by the state department
of agriculture. The book will con
tain the routjs from Columbia ti
Greenville, Anderson Spartanburg
and Walhalla.
"The final surveys will be made next
week by Commissioner Watson, who
will make t. trip through the Pied
mont sectlr n of the state. Thc book
will contain the routes from Spar
tanburg und Greenville to Hender
eonville.
"The rovvto book will show the dis
tances between the various points,
give the location of hotels and gas
oline stations. . Summer travel to the
mountains* by automobile ls heatjy
and the book is to be Issued because
of the many letters received hy the
department asking for information as
the bent route to the mountains."
DEATH OF DU. BRODHKAI)
Caused Sorrow Among His Friends
In tho Pity and County.
Much sorrow was caused throughout
the city yesterday by thc announce
ment of the death of Dr. L. J. Prod
head which occurred from apoplexy
Wednesday night. Dr. Brodhead was
not only a skillful practitioner In his
chosen work, but he was well-known
throughout the country as a Judge of
live stock and was a favorite at the
rounty and neighborhood fairs.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 5 o'clock at his late
residence on Franklin street.
Dynamite Killed
and Injured Many
Sheffield ( Ala., Juno 25.-Seven per
lons were killed and more than a
icore injured by a dynamite explosion
>n the government dredge fleet at
?mHhsonia on the Tennessee river. 18
niles below She (held late today. The
lead aro John Roder. Sam Cooper,
3erman King, Tom Parcel!. Bud
Douglasp, Robert Long and Jim Long.
Two' oi the dead are white and Ave
ire negroes, but it ls not known which
ire the whites as lt ls Impossible to
(et in communication with Smitbso
-tla tonight.
OODS
VILS FOR
MILLIONS
H. B. Claflin Company
Goes Under After Ap
peal to J. P. Morgan 4
AFFECTS OTHER
SUB-COMPANIES
The Biggest Concern cf UK King
In American-Its Failure
Drags Businesses Else
where To Ruin <
(By A KROC! at rd Prem.)
New York. June 25.-The . biggest
nicroant;i" failure In tho .?history oj
the I m'.ca States wuB' pr '. 4p)tared
today when receivers were1 appointed
for the H. B. Claflin -Trompan?, of thhf
city. The company, lt lg ssi?nistesE .
owes more than $?.0,00u,000? whlcti at
present time it 1? unai le. <o poy. ita
assttt, are aald to be ' f44,OQ0',AlH>:' 3
John Claflin, head ot the company
and its chief individual stockliodler,
is the owner of a chain of nearly th'jfr
tv other dry soodu enterprises
throughout tho country, -which dre
si.volved in the fallut->. Rex.otv'e'ra ;
for "iMS of these wcVei mum ti '.to
day and similar action,' lt was' an- -
nounced, would be taken In the cale
of the rest. Their Ini-luess- will'h?""
continued under receivers'- manage*
ment until their flnoueial affairs hdvp
been adjutted. ? .'...?*
Banks 'LO?teiV ' > .
From 3.000 to s? aoo banks< iu ; alt
parts of the United S'a'tns ? camuoRO
the bulk ?t^th? C?itft?'n"
livid notes ' aggregating-tba niaior
f-ert of -tho Habilite* . Thece> t-stes0'
are Bald to have ben issued by thc
various Claflin stores, endorsed by tc*?
.H* B. Claflin company-and .'the pro
cesas used, when discounted, tn fi
nancing their needs.
The United Dry Goods Company, a.
151.000,000 corporation, fmnpeed sev
eral years ago hy J-. P;. Morgan and --
Company to take over other Ciatlin
interests, ls not involved in tho fail
ure. Neither IB tho As/.ictat^d Mat
cham* Corni any, owneJ by tho Knited
Dry Go >us Company, ant! which ' lp .
turn owns ono hlaf of the H. B. Claf
lin Company and other large stores,
principally (n New York.
Mr. Claflin, who was president ot
both thc dry goods and Associated
Merchant companies, resigned those
positions today and lt is understood
that when the ll. B. Claflin Company
ls reorganized its connection . with
both the former companies will bo.
severed. Cornelius N. Bliss, son' Of',
the late New York dry goods meP=
chant of that rame, was elected to
succeed Mr. Claflin.
City Trade Responsible.
According to Mr. Claflin the fail
ure was due to the ' unprecedented
shifting of trade centers In New'
York Cltv. which comnelled ? the con
cern to rely mainly on it* ' retail
stores in other cities for Its profits. -
"Their rapidly extending buBluesB,"
he said, "occasioned large cnpltal re
quirements which we have not been
able to meet." . ' .?, :
The crash came today after vain
efforts had been made by Mr. Claflin
to induct J. P. Morgan and Company,
and other ^Tall street banking In
forests to loan bim money to tide ov
er IIIB embarrassment. Theso bank
ers, lt was learned, advanced, the'com
pany several million dollirs " about
two weeks ago. but banks continued
to press their claims until lt.became
evident that virtually the whole $30,
000,000 would have to be raised to
save the company from failure.
Appeal *o Morgan.
Mr. Claflin at a conference lasting
until after midnight last night with'
J. P. Morgan, J. S. Alexander, presi
dent of the National Bank ot Com
merce; Albert H. Wiggin,'president ot
the Chase National Bank, and other
decision went against him. The bank*
era believed a receivership and a rc
financi?re, made a last appeal, bat the
organization of the H. B. Claflin Com
pany, which would include Us sepura?
tlon from the United Dry Goads (Com
pany apd the Associated Merchants
Company, waa the .wisest courbe1. At
this meeting Mr. Claflin ls sold to
have announced his intention to re
sign from the two latter couceros.
Today John C. Eames, vice pre?fo
dent of the H. B. Claflin Company,
filed a friendly suit In equity against
lt, alleging that it was unable at pres
ent to meet Us liabilities. This wah
admitted by the company, and Judge
Hand tn Federal court appointed as
receivers Joseph B. Martindale, pres
ident of the Chemical National Bank)
(Continued on Pago 6.) ; .
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