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TITE MORXTXO OREGONTA5T. SATURDAY, JTTXE 27, 1914. 3 GLAFLIN CONCERN TO BE REORGANIZED With Personal Fortune of Head of House Pledged, Assets Are Extensive. NOTES BEING DEPOSITED of Part That Outstanding Paper Is Widely Scattered Among "Thou - sands of Banks Prevents - Excessive Strain. NT7W YORK. June 26. Earnest work in the direction of reorganizing: the H. B. Claflln Company was Degun today. It was estimated that the to- i iloUlltlu vera 131! 000.000. Chiefly in the form of commercial paper. The assets are pjacea ai ,uuv,ra addition John Claflin, It Is said, ha pledged his personal fortune of 110, 000,000. . ,. . rri... A.ataTufln(r Tinner IS H61u D .v hnnlra throuehOUt the United States and so widely scattered as to prevent a financial strain in any one section. Mr. Claflln's action places the assets at the command m mo n organizers many millions in excess the liabilities. ss.nnn.ooo of Nates Deposited. James a Alexander, chairman of the noteholders' committee. announced thut uli-anrlv ennroximatelv J8.000.000 or between 25 and SO per cent of the outstanding notes of the Claflln com pany, had been deposited, or intention to deposit naa Deen signmeu. -celverships for the string of nearly 30 tlnli. mnra thrmicrhnnt thfl COUntrV had up to noon today been put Into effect In only eignt Btores. An involuntary petition in bankrupt- Iiam tnilav sicalTIBt the Defender Manufacturing Company of this city, maKers oi unaerwear, & ou-.i-. t tha Tt B. Claflln Company, which failed yesterday. Receivers in equity proceedings were appointed at the time of the Claflin failure, but it was contended that tne company wa solvent. Creditors now seek to have it adjudged bankrupt Counsel for the Claflln interests, it is understood, will oppose tne petition. Creditors to Be Relieved of Costa. "t t a mtp .arnAnf hone.' said A. Drew, secretary of the merchandise creditors' committee, today,"- "that merchandise creditors will deposit claims with our committee at the .... - i ...if- rnnmant Tmmediata co-ODOra tion is essential to produce satisfactory results, in view ui mo yuui.v ......... - ance of this matter, this committee has consented to represent crexmors witu- During the early trading In the stock . i. . . v. f r. 1 1 t- anlas nf TTnltftfl Dryuoods preferred, each amounting to loo snares, xne iirst was i. bii, tuo second at 64, the third at 63 and the lourui at ea. At the close of the market yesterday the stock was quoted at 65. . The United Drygoods Companies has Slocjc control oi tne n. -d. uuhu vmiu pany. Friendly Suit Begun in Ixxuisvillo, LOUISVILLE. Ky.. June 26. A peti tion was filed In Federal Court today by lour local creditors of J. Bacon & Sons, one of the city's largest department Mores and affiliated with the H. B. Claflin Company of New York, asking that the firm be adjudged bankrupt The creditors are friendly to the Bacon concern and are satisfied to have the business conducted under its present management, but the proceedings are designed to protect the creditors' claims should the rirm Decome involved in financial difficulties In connection with the Claflin Company failure. Receivership Extended to Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash., June 26. R. B. Gage, of Seattle, who was appointed yesterday receiver for the Claflin stores at Tacoma and Seattle, was appointed late today receiver, for the White House Store in Spokane. It was said the action today was a protective measure and taken to insure continued opera tion of the White House Store. T.R.MAY BE FORCED IN KEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP RACE IS VIEWED AS OPEW ISSUE. Colonel Confers Wit Perkins, Parker. McCormlck and Beverldge and Impression Goes Kortta. OYSTER BAY. N. Y, June 26. The Impression prevailed In Oyster Bay to night that despite Colonel Roosevelt's repeated assertions tnat ne would not run for Governor, he might be forced to do so. The Colonel went over the subject again today with George W. Perkins, head of the National executive com mittee. The former President refused to say what he would do should his associates persist in their demands. John H. Parker, of New Orleans, Lou isiana state chairman, made another visit to Sagamore Hill today. He said the two Wilson Presidential electors, five members of the Democratic state committee and 21 Democratic) members of the lower branch of the Legislature, had joined the Progressive party. Medlll McCormlck, of Chicago, and ex-Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, also came to Oyster Bay today to talk of political conditions. MANY BEQUESTS MADE WILt OF RICHARD WILLIAMS FILED FOR PROBATE. Estate Divided Between Relatives bnt Provision Is Blade for Faithful Servitor in His Old Age. The will of Richard Williams, promi nent attorney and ex-Representative In Congress, who died June 19, was ad mitted to probate by Circuit Judge Cleeton yesterday. As requested by the late Mr. Williams his daughter, Mrs. Kdith W. Stubbs, and Fred S. Williams were appointed executors. In the petition for probate it is de clared that the value of the property left by Mr. Williams is unknown. The family home at Fourteenth and Jeffer son streets Is left to Mrs. Stubbs, who also inherits two lots at Fourth and Everett streets and a lot at Fourth and Couch streets. To his grandsons, Richard C. Wil liams and Claire 8. Williams, are be queathed a lot at Fourth and Clay street and a lot on Stark street, be tween First and Front, and to them and two other grandsons, Robert W. and John O. Stubbs, is left $2500 each. To Mary -E. Williams, widow of his son, George, is left the property in Newberg, where she now resides. To the Old People's Home there Is a be quest of $1000. The executor's are directed to pur chase for Fred Newmlller a home for his old days with the German Aid So ciety or some other home not to ex ceed $1000 In cost, and he is to be given $300 to buy what he may want while In the home. Newmlller has been gardener at the Williams place for more than 25 years. It is the wish of the testator that the farm he owned In Washington County be used by his son-in-law, O. B. Stubbs, for five years without rent. The re mainder of the estate is to go, one half to his daughter, Mrs. Stubbs, and one-half to the two grandsons, Richard and Claire. On the final settlement of the estate the amounts left to the grandsons is to be delivered to the Security Savings & 3 I John Claflln. Who Pledges His 10,00O,00O Fortune to Make Good Losses of H. B. Claflln A Co. Failure. Trust Company In trust until they reach the age of 30. ri! WOM.IV SUIXG ZIMMERMAX RE- MEMBERED - AS ECCENTRIC. Expensive and Striking Costumes At- tract Attention on Visits to Old Home In Ohio. CINCINNATI, June 22. Miss Icy Wareham, who is suing Eugene Zim merman, the Cincinnati millionaire, in New York for $100,000 damages for alleged breach of promise, was born on a small farm near Nelsonvllle, O., 42 years ago. She attended the public schools in Nelsonvllle, and her school mates remember her as having been' peculiar and eccentric In her mode of dress. She left Nelsonvllle about 20 years ago and took a business course in Cleveland and afterward went to To ledo, where she was supposed to have been employed as stenographer In an attorney's office. She remained there for several years. when she went to New York, and it was reported here to her friends that she had been married to a wealthy broker. On the few occasions she has visited Nelsonvllle since her departure she always attracted a great deal of at tention by her expensive and striking costumes. The Athens County records show the name of "Icy Wareham" to be Icyphlme Wareham Allen. Several years ago Mrs. Allen came from New York to sign a deed for coal lands. At that time she gave her name as Mrs. Allen. When asked to produce her husband so that he could sign' the deed, she made affidavit that her husband was dead and burled at sea. She has sev eral brothers and sisters living In this vicinity. POLITICAL LOANS MADE Lorimer Bank Inquiry Leads Back to Preceding Institution. CHICAGO, June 26. A special United States grand Jury will be called to Investigate the affairs of the La Salle-Street National Bank, the pre decessor of the La Salle-Street Trust & Savings Bank, It was announced today by James H. Wilkerson, United States District Attorney. A preliminary report of Government accounts has revealed that between $600,000 and $850,000 was lent to com panies in which officers of the bank were Interested, to officers of the bank themselves and to political frienda! A loan of $40,000, made to Thomas H. Paynter, ex-United States Senator from Kentucky, had been reduced by payments, Investigation showed, until his present indebtedness to the bank is only $2646, which, he says, he will pay on demand. ' New School Xavta Urged. SALEM. Or., June 26 (Special.) A. C. Newell, head of the department of schools and child welfare of the Ore gon Civic League, of Portland, In an address to the superintendents of the county schools here today urged a law providing for special elections for the State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion in order to divorce schools from politics. He suggested a revision oi tne scnooi laws to permit every registered voter to vote at school elections Instead of only taxpayers. A compulsory school term of eight Instead or six months. the consolidation of rural districts and a minimum-wage law for teachers were advocated. Wife AHeg-es Cruel Treatment. OREGON CITY. Or., Jun 26. (Spe cial.) On January 7 Mis Amanda Reis- witz and William Burns were quietly married in Portland. Ten days after the marriage the wife says that her husband began to abuse her. On Janu ary 27, she further alleges, he refused to provide her with clothing and money and she went to work in a Portland aDer box factory. Today she filed a divorce suit against him on the general grounds of cruel anVl inhuman treat ment. She asks that her maiden name be restored. Tillamook Bay Amendment Offered. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. June 26. Senator Chamberlain has offered amendments to the sundry civil bill authorizing the appropriation of $207,000 for the Improvement of Tillamook Bay, and also an amendment appropriating $5000 for co-operation with the State of Oregon In protection against forest fires. Smelter at Chihuahua to Resume. v NT?:W YORK. June 26. The American Smelting & Refining Company has de cided to Tesume operations at Its Chi huahua, Mexico, smelter. It Is expect ed that by July 1 the plant will be In full operation. : Clearance of Boys' Suits and Furnishings w i I- r n " t t- . nn C 1 1 here' Is .Good Keason tor cringing lour coy to mis oaie The Lowest Prices Ever Named on the BEST Boys' Clothing $9.50 to $10.50 Suits $6.45 13 Off on All Boys' Straw Hats $8.00 Suits for $4.95" With an Extra Pair of Knickers Double service suits in the Norfolk style in grays, tans, brown and blue mixtures, in checks, diagonals and plain colors. Each suit has an extra pair of knickerbockers, and they are all lined and have taped seams, and for service and wear cannot be beat Sizes 6 to 1 6 years. $11.50 to $14.50 Suits $7.45 The best only to be found at this price. Suits that have a style and snap to them. The woolens are of the finest and can be had in homespuns, herring bone worsteds, diagonals and fancy imported mixtures. In grays, tans, brown, and black-and-white checks. Sizes 6 to . 18 years. Every Blue Serge and Cheviot Suit Reduced $9.50 to $10.50 Suits $7.95 $11.50 to $12.50 Suits $8.95 $13.50 to $16.50 Suits $9.95 Blue serge suits of domestic and imported materials. The best of tailoring. the best workmanship, the best grade of mohair and serge linings, all go to make these suits superior to all other plain blue serge suits. The trousers are full cut lined and have taped seams. They can be had in Norfolk and plain sacks styles. Sizes 6 to 1 8 years. Fourth floor In this assortment we are showing wide variety of styles and colors, su-h as grays, tans, brown and green in fancy mixtures, herringbone, chwk and plain colors. The models are the new English Norfolk and plain Norfolk styles, as well as the sack styles. The tailoring is the very best, as the suits come from one of the foremost makers of boys' fine clothing. Sizes 6 to 1 8 years. Suits Selling Regularly to $7.00 For $4.49 Suits with one and some With two pairs of knickerbockers. In Norfolk, sack and fancy Norfolk styles. Id blurs, tan. gray and brown, in fsncy mixtures, stripes, checks, diagonal and plain colors. The style and fit of these suits are what you would expect to find only n much higher -priced garments. Sizes 6 to 18 years. Boys' Corduroy Pants For Vacation Wear Selling Regularly at $1.00 New Sport Coats for Juniors Have Just Arrived Of while chinchillas or plaids and stripes in brown and while, black while. In the new cape and Balmacaan styles. Sizes 13 to 19 i;ears. Fourth Floor MercWtii oc Merit Ony Pictorial Review Fashion Sheet Patterns Depicting August Styles have jut been rtcelvtd and thou) tha ttyle tendenciet for tarty Fall. The Pic torial Review i alway ahead of ether fashion magazines, as it is the first to show the new advance modes as intro' duced by F rench designers. Second floor - A niiranrf Sale for Children COATS AND HATS HALF PRICE In Sizes for Children From 2 to 6 Years $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50 and $13.50 Coats Now $2.25, $2.50, $3.00, $3.75 and $6.75 Coats in plain navy serges, black and white checks and fancy plaids, plain brown and fancy mixtures. Plain and pleated styles and plain tailored models. Belts of self material or satin. Collars of silk or satin and lingerie collars. $2.25, $3.50, $4.50, $6.50 to $18.00 Hats Now $1.13, $1.75, $2.25, $3.25 to $9.00 Every style imaginable in fancy straw hats silk hats, lawn and fancy braid hats. In all colors and shapes, with dainty ribbon and flower trimmings Use Columbia Graphophone for Dance Music Delivered to you on payment of $1.00 down, $1.00 weekly. 1 Graphophone . $25.00 Choice of 6 Records 3.90 $28.90 Take one with' you on your Summer vacation. Baement - A Great June Clearance of Girls' Apparel COATS, SUITS AND SILK DRESSES Are Now HALF PRICE Practically every kind of a coat, suit or silk dress a young woman may need this Summer is in cluded in this sale. A very large part of oiir young women' best apparel goes in this sale, which represents the latest Spring and Summer fashions, especially designed for the gills of 13 to 18 , $15.00, $17.50, $25.00, $35.00 to $75.00 Novelty Suits Half Price Now $750, $8.75, $12.50, $17.50, $37.50 Suits of serge, black and white checks, fancy novelty materials and crepes. Jackets in short, youthful lengths and skirts in tunic and flounce styles. $10.00, $12.50, $17.50, $20.00 to $42.50 Coats Half Price Now $5.00, $6.25, $8.75, $10.00 to $21.25 Silk coats, golfine coats, serge coats, coats of whipcords, fancy plaids, checks and mixtures. In Copenhagen, tango, green, gold, black, mahogany and tan. Medium lengths, box styles, belted models. And collars of self materials, drop shoulders and Balmacaan sleeves. $15.00, $20.00, $35.00 and $40.00 Silk Dresses Half Price Now $7.50, $10.00, $17.50 and $20.00 Many new novelties in silk dresses of crepes, taffetas, messalines and pop lins in plain colors and figured designs. In navy blue, tango, rose, wistaria and reseda. Vest effects of lace, Mace collars and chiffon trimmings; skirts in draped and tunic styles. Fourth Floor. h' ill JclJ All merchandise Bought Sat urday and the balance of the month will be charged on your August first bill. $1.50 Chinese Middy Blouses $1.12 Made of a fine quality while galatea in sizes from 1 2 to 18 years. In the Chinese style, fastening at one side of the shoulder, and on the pocket is an attractive embroidered de sign done in colors. Fourth Floor. I ' OLD OREGON HED Spanish War Veterans Urge Battleship as Parade Leader. FRENCH VESSEL OPPOSED i . ' State Association. In Annual Session at Salem Nominates Officers and Will Hold Formal Election Today. SALEM. Or, June 26. (Special.) Declaring that it would be un-American and unpatriotic for a French ship i j r.i..int throush the Pan- lu iraa mo k " i, ama Canal at its opening, the Spanish- American War- veterans oi i"8. their sixth annual reunion, which -. tn.v. udoDted a resolu tion urging President Wilson to give the honor to tne oattiesnip vreBuu. ...x. nnmlrntrf bv the vet- " u - i . v, AiA.fnn wan TinstDOned until tomorrow. A. W. McLaughlin, of Eugene; FranK J. oieumacuoi, banv and A. H. Greenburg, of Albany, 1' y n n cA fnr dfm&rtment com mander. Major Carl Abrams, of this city, for senior vlce-commanoer, n. jm. Sellinger, of Fort Stevens, and Captain R. W. Collins, of Eugene, for junior , .4 h.it thA latter an nounced he would withdraw. Dr. C. B. Marks, of Eugene, was nominated for department surgeon: Clarence Hotch . , . T,.ian fn- liids'a Advocate. KISS, VI ui '-' . and Harvey Wells, of Portland, depart ment Inspector. Pension Bill LrBrU. v .M(...a wflm B.dOT)tefi ex- xvoouxwww. - pressing appreciation of the work of Congressmen Lafferty, Slnnott and Hawley In obtaining the passage in the House of a bill to pension widows and orphans of dead soldiers of the Spanish American war and asking Senators Chamberlain and Lane to support the measure In the Senate. The department officers In attend ance were: J. H. Upton, commander; j. McLaughlin, sub-vloo-oommander; Carl Abrams, junior vice-commander; J. Y. Richardson, adjutant; Richard Dleck quartermaster; Harvey Wells, Inspector; R. P. O'Neill, Judge;'Dr. W. Asselyn, surgeon: E. K. Ingram, chap lain; W. G. White, marshal; P. W. Kesl, historian; Bert Greenberg, as sistant adjutant; A. G. Davidson, as sistant quartermaster; Gilbert Allen, patriotic Instructor, and Past Com manders Seneca Fouts and H. E. Wil liams. The delegates In attendance were: Scout Csmp. No. 2 Q. W. Allen, Jack Auterson, H. B. Slilke. J. L. Blaker, J. F. Cassldy. H. P. Cloyes. W. M. Coplan. Elmer Davis, H. W. Johnson, Q. W. Martin. E. Z. Rice, J. C. Bod ley. C. R. Nicholson. Ed ward Rommel, W. A. Bchumaker, J. Lord. J. A. MlckelBOn, O. A. Stevens. I E. Deval, M. I. Wagner, O. F. A. Walker, B. B. Vessey. Phillips Camp. No. i E. B. Hawker, W. W. Merrill. William Morris. Salem Camp Joseph E. Wright, D. H. Carson. General Lawton Camp, No. 10 A. W. McLoughlln, W. J. Adams, M. B. Huntley, R. W. Collins. Hans Chrlstensen, W. O. White, George O. Xoran. Bert J. Clark Camp, No. 12 Duncan C. Harris. J. B. Kinney Camp, No. 11 Joseph Wood, Albert V. Sean, C. A. Bobbins and James B. Collins. Federal Players Sold. CHICAGO, June 26. A special message from St. Louis announced the sale by the Chicago Federals of In tielder Jimmy Stanley and Outfielder Austin Walsh to the St. Louis Federals. ULTIMATUM IS OUT Stop Boycott or Quit Union, Say Stockton Employers. charged, according to an ultimatum Is sued today. The ultimatum, which Is tha culmina tion of long-standing trouble, declares that "unless unions officially and In good faith withdraw said boycotts whether such boycotts be official. cret, secondary or otherwise, quit th levying of fines In connection there with, remove and discontinue the dis play of union cards in all places of business In Htockton. und Hncntln'ie ALTERNATIVE IS DISCHARGE Organization of Business 3Icn De mands End to Long-Standing Trouble Union Cards Are Not to Bo Displayed. STOCKTON, June IS. (Special) Un less an existing boycott by local labor unions against business houses af ;n..i with hm MArchants. Manufact urers' and Employers' Association Is re moved before Sunday msnu an m members of that organization will give their employes the alternative of with d rawi n g from the unions or being dls- "I recently discovered in Chamber Iain's Tablets the first medicine to give me positive and lasting relief. Prior to their use I suffered fre quently from indigestion and consti pation." Mrs. Anna Kadin, Spencer port, N. Y. picketing, by r b.fore tnlrlnlsht ef Hunday, June 1114, this aasw lll"n will take lrnm1lat steps In rrt' t Its members by Inststtn tbt Ihe pr' nt employes of the member shell withdraw from the union wl(h which they are now affiliated or re.lan their pooltlon.'' T. J. Vitslrli. business as.nl for Central Labor Cmim-ll. de lured tonight that the ultimatum ha-i not been sf flcl.Hr receiv.d . tm 4 i THE ALL-POPULAR "BALLOON NIGHT" will again be featured in the Arcadian Garden tonight. Each staging- of this Parisian craze has drawn crowd more than taxing the capacity of this spa cious grill. The fun and excitement coupled with the novel Balloon Ball appeal to those appreciative of the bizarre in the way of an evening's amusement. 10 and 12, after-theater upper. Miss Myrtle Howard and Her trio of lateraatlomal srley slaaeera mm entertainers, the rkowledel rivals at Veraea aaa Mrs. Castle, will Best week's big feature la lb Arradlaa t.ar slca. Tkl. will be the finest erfers un wa have ever fceea able t presrat. n 1 r Watch for the big event, exclusively this hotel's, October 1st ft 'X-'cZL,,. i