K
VOL. LIX XO. 18,693
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Poatoffic m Second-C'ts Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HARDING TO PAY
FOR COX'S PROOF
FRANCE DECORATES
ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT
TO ALASKA JS ENDED
FLAXES LAXD AT MIXSEOLA
AFTER 9000-MILE TRIP.
TRADING COX TO SAVE
SENATORS IS CHARGED
" 4
NORMAL DEMOCRATIC. STATES
TCRXIXG, SAYS HAYS.
CHAMPION
OREGON BATTERIES
BY TRADE SPECIAL
COLORS OF CROIX DE GCERRE
AWARDED 1 4 TTII ARTILLERY.
MOST OF ADVANCES MADE tX
DER GUARANTEE ACT.
WALLOWA
HIDED
ROOT STATEMENT
FALSE, COX AVERS
Retraction Asked by Dem
ocratic Nominee.
N
Evidence of Change of
League Stand Sought.
REWARD IS OPEN TO. WORLD
Senator Favors Honorable
Means to Gain Peace.
RIVAL'S WOBBLING BARED
Democratic Xominte Has Xot Told
V. S. What Reservations He
Will Take, Saj9'omlnec.
JACKSON'. O.. Oct. 20. In reply to
Governor Cox's charges of inconsist
ency on the league of nations iss' ,
Senator Harding offered in a speech
here today to "give a reward" to
anyone who would produce specific
evidence of a change of position
since he accepted the republican
nomination for the presidency.
Mr. Harding also asserted that if
he had no specific plan for a world
association, the same was true of
Governor Cox, who had not told the
people what reservations to the Ver
sailles covenant he was willing to
take.
"I do not believe in very much of
the president's league," said the re
publican nominee. "And if the demo-
cratic candidate wants to regard this
as my thirteenth change, I give him
notice that I have one more yet to
give him; you know, I am entitled
to 14.
Reirard Open to All U. S.
"But as a matter of fact, I will
give a reward to any man in America
who can take my utterances on world
politics, from my speech of accept
ance down to the speech I am mak
ing at this hour, and point out any
Inconsistency or change of position.
"I have said from the beginning
that we wouldn't have the Wilson
covenant and I say that to you again
now. But I have said repeatedly
that America will gladly play her
part in a suitable association of na
tions which doee not Involve the
surrender of American sovereignty
which is built upon the ideals of jus
tice, rather than force; and I say
that again.
"I have not, of course, specified
Just how we would do It, because I
am going to be called to make good.
But, my countrymen, never with ar
ticle 10 the leart of the league. That
Is a heart of steel under a coat of
mail, while we want a. heart and
soul of justice for a better order in
tbe world.
Reservations la Donbt.
"T hope that does not leave you in
any very great doubt. Let me ask
you a question: Have you heard any
one who is insisting upon specific
plans? Have you heard of anyone
who telle us they will take the Wil
son league with interpretations or
reservations, and have you heard
any of them with their glibness of
tongue tell you what reservations
they are going to take? No, you
haven't"
Tbe senator's reference to the
league was made in the course of a
speech at a republican barbecue here.
attended by several thousand people
from southern Ohio ana neighboring
states. Immediately afterward he
left on a special train for Rochester,
X. T., where lie will speak tomorrow
before winding up his campaign trip
with a night meeting at Buffalo.
Beside the league issue, the repub
lican nominee dealt with many other
subjects in his barbecue speech, lie
attacked the democratic party as
party of "pbrassJ-making" and praised
the republican protective policy as
an example of constructive "perform
ance' under republican guidance.
Coed Car Snarl Assailed.
He also again assailed tbe inter
state commerce commission for fail
ure to pro-rate coal cars under the
provisions of the Ksch-Cummings
act, declaring that were he president.
he would set aside a commission
which pursued such a policy.
In his reference to the tariff ques
tion be made particular reference to
the iron and steel Industry as an in
stance of helpful development under
protection. He called attention to the
southern tariff congress recently held
at New Orleans and added:
"They weren't quite ready to accept
the republican covenants but tlity
were good and ready to accept the
doctrine of tariff protection. They
took the first step toward emancipa
tion from paralyzing democracy."
Detailing the provisions of the
EM-h-Cummina law, Mr. Harding said
It not only contained a "new bill of
rights for labor," but offered a means
of improing the coal situation by au
thorising the interstate commerce
commission to insure an equitable dis
tribution of cars.
Ilall Maud Net Clouded.
"That's the Cummins-Eseh bill," he
continued. "I know it is not enforced
but that is not a very surprising thing
under the present administration. The
Interstate commerce coui mission took
it upon Itself to set "he law aside and
If I were president I'd set aside the
interstate commerce commission that
did it"
The Versailles league was referred
to by the nominee as "largely a
IConuluded oa race 2, Column. 2. A
Oldest and Newest Military Units
of Beaver State National Guard
Figure in Coveted Honor.
SALEM, Or., Oct. zS. (Special.)
Oregon's oldest and newest military
units in the late war have brought
new traditions to the state through
their service in France, according to
word received today by George A.
White, adjutant-general of the state,
that the colors of the croix de guerre
had been awarded to the 147th Field
artillery.
The two units are Batteries A and
B, Oregon National Guard Field artil
lery, which were a part of the 147th
Field artillery in France. These bat
teries went to France with the 41st
National Guard division, made up of
northwest troops, and after the 41st
was split for battle replacements the
batteries went into the 32d division
with about 80 of their original mem
bers intact, and all of them Oregon
men. The batteries took part In the
actions at Chateau Thierry, St. Mi
hiel and the Meuse-Argonne cam
paign, and the members wear five
bronze battle stars on their service
ribbons. ,
Battery A. which now is being re
organized at Portland, was 53 years
old at the end of the war. It went
out from Oregon In the Spanish
American war and served nine months
on the Mexican border in 1916-17. It
was called into service in July, 1917,
and sent to France.
U. S.-CHINESE PACT SIGNED
Xew Treaty Provides Revenue In
crease for Orientals.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) A treaty between
the United States and China provi
sionally rearranging the customs
duties which China . can charge on
imports or tobacco, sugar, spirits and
luxuries was signed at the state de
partment today by Secretary Colby
and Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese
minister.
The effect of the treaty' is to pro
vide graduated increases in the 5 per
cent or the flat rate permitted on
imports Into China under the treaty
of 1903. The receipts from that
source, owing to the diminished pur
chasing power of money, are insuf
ficient to maintain tho government.
35 IN POOL HALL ROBBED
Gambling Stakes Swell Robber's
Fund to 91200.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Oct. "0
(Special.) Two masked and armed
men entered the Shipninerton rjool-
room at Shippington, a saw-mill sub
urb, last night at 11 o'clock, held up
a crowd of 35 patrons and escaped
with loot variously estimated at be
tween $700 and $1200.
Witnesses said that gambling was
in progress, and the men collected
all stakes in sight. The robbers
worked quickly, on searching pockets.
while the other covered the crowd
with two revolvers.
Tho cash register was not touched.
500,000 INFLUX FORECAST
Italian Ambassador Estimates Im
migration in Three Tears.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Approxi
mately 500,000 Italians are expected
to emigrate to the United States in
the coming three years. Baron Ro
mano Avezzanl, Italian ambassador.
said today, prior to .sailing for
Southampton and Italy on the steam
ship Adriatic.
There are no doubt many more
Italians who will leave their native
land in that time, he said, but their
destination will be South America and
France, which offer special induce
ments to Italian- settlers.
FIRE DRILL SAVES 600
Spokane Youngsters March Out of
School While Roof Burns.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 20. With
the roof of the building burning over
their heads, 600 pupils of the Bryant
grade school today filed out in an or
derly manner, with the result that no
one was injured.
A portion of the roof had caught
fire from sparks from the chimney
but quick work by the fire depart
ment made the damage small. The
manner in which the children
marched out showed that they had
learned their fire drills -well, said
Assistant Fire Chief Lindsey.
CARRIER FIRES BURDEN
Politics Makes Pack Too Heavy,
Says Postal Employe.
CHICAGO. Oct. 20. George Klatt.
aged 21, a mail carrier, was arrested
today and turned over to the federal
authorities, charged with burning?
political matter sept through the
mails, "because It made his pack too
heavy."
Klatt told the police that when he
joined the postoffice service three
months ago other clerks told him
they burned political and advertising
matter.
FRANCE JARRED BY QUAKE
Pronounced Shocks Reported In
Several Parts of Country.
TOULOUSE. France, Oct. 20.
Earthquake shocks were felt yester
day In several places.
In the Pyrenees department the
shocks were pronounced.
Fertility of Valley Seen by
Portland Party.
MUTUAL BENEFITS DISCUSSED
River Affords All Irrigation
That Is Needed.
TOWN OF JOSEPH HOST
Dinner Is Served to Excursionists.
Sleek Stock Found Grazing in
Fenced-Off Fields.
BT BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
ENTERPRISE, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) When omnipotence created the
Wallowa country, reared the vast
bulk of solemn friendly mountains
and cast down along and beside them
lakes, rivers, meadow lands, an al
most Idyllic haven for the sons of
Adam rested in the spacious leagues
that were to become eastern Oregon,
and when, as though for good meas
ure, providence provided an annual
rainfall of 18 inches, the future of
the district was assured. It is des
tined to be both populated and be
loved. "We have no rented farms here,"
said P. M. Swartwood of Joseph,
apeaking at noon today before the
Portland business excursionists to
eastern Oregon. "There are no farms
for rent here, neither in the valley.
Irrigation Is Plentiful.
"Wallowa affords an abundance of
Irrigation upon the bench lands. Our
farmers prosper by summer fallow
ing. We own our farms and our
homes. Our irrigated section com
prises about 40,000 acres, while cul
tivated bench land totals another 20.
000 acres. We are at a loss to show
you just how it has happened, nature
has been so devoted to this valley.
Yet we do want good roads, such
roads as will make this county
beauty of Wallowa accessible to tour
ists, but principally we want your
good will and confidence.
"We want to assure you that Port
land is no more your city than it is
ours. It Is to Portland that we look
for assistance in developing the un
developed resources of Walloxva
county and we have found Portland
always ready to help us.
Sagebrush la Lacking;.
There is no sagebrush in the prov
ince where an 18-Inch rainfall pre
vails. A3 the trade tourists turned
this morning into the valley of the
Grand Rond-e in Union county and
thence to the racing Wallowa river,
itself in Wallowa the county, the sage-
(Continued on Page 3. Column 1.)
HE CANT
I -s
nr
INFFFCENCY V)
I THE. II
rE.tOCY.rVTC hi. llllll ill "1
Settlements Want U. S. to Open '
Lines In Near Future, as Practi- .
cability Has Been Shown.
MLNEOLA, L. I., Qct. 20. Escorted
from New York to Mineola by an
aerial fleet, four American army air
planes today completed a 9000-mile
round trip to Alaska which they
started July 15.
So enthusiastic was Captain St.
Clair Street, squadron commander,
over the success of the aerial survey
made by his "ships" that the an
nounced tonight his intention of rec
ommending to the war department
that the route blazed by the army
fliers from Mineola to Nome be made
permanent.
With his seven companions on the
long flight he will leave tomorrow
for Washington, where an official re
ception has been arranged in their
honor. Later they will submit de
tailed reports.
Captain Street declared that If his
recommendations were followed regu
lar air service to Alaska would be
started in the near future. He said
that Alaskan settlements desired
such service and that a movement was
on foot to gainj the co-operation of
the Canadian government. The suc
cess of the expedition, be said, proved
that regular service was practicable.
The aviators told many interesting
stories of their trip. At some landing
places along the way game was
plentiful and fresh meat was always
available.
The fliers sighted herds of reindeer
and caribou and often saw bear,
mountain sheep ard other game. A
school of white whales and many
seals were sighted in. the Bering sea.
From the air also they saw Indians
take flight on approach of the planes.
Captain Street said that the ex
pedition failed to get as many pic
tures as desired because of poor visi
bility. It was necessary to fly high
in bad weather, he said, to avoid
hitting - mountain peaks. A good
portion of the journey was made at an
altitude of 8000 feet, hundreds of
miles of the territory covered had not
been mapped out and the only in
formation available was from trap
pers. Pictures which were obtained
will be turned over to the geographic
survey in Washington.
The commander of the expedition
and the other pilots saidthe perform
ance of their machines was nothing
short of "marvelous." A minimum of
mechanical trouble was. experienced,
although landings were made in wild
territory where the slightest mistake
would have caused a wreck. The
machines took 16 ' days on the trip
west and 15 for the return, although
the actual -flying time was much less.
LADY BORDEN IS ROBBED
Jewels Worth $6000 Taken From
Canadian ex-Premier's Home.
TORONTO, Oct. 20. Theft of $6000
worth of jewelry from the home of
Sir Robert Borden, ex-premier of
Canada, was reported to the police
today.
The jewels were - owned by Lady
Bcrden and were taken from her room
during fhe dinner hour last night.
LOOK PLEASANT WITH THAT ON
YE. ON THE. TiUXblTL
AtHD LOOK
pleasant!
Harding Declared to Be Supported
in Effort to Retain Rival
Scats in Congress.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Will H. Hays,
republican national chairman, today
stated that in many normally demo
cratic states democrats had given up
hope of electing Cox and Roosevelt
and are now busy "trading Candidate
Cox to try to save their senators."
Mr. Hays arrived here today from
Chicago, bringing with him the pre
diction that every state west of the
Mississippi would poll a Harding ma
jority, with the possible exception of
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Of states south of the MasonAplxon
line, Mr. Hays said in a formal state
ment the republican ticket would
carry Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky,
West Virginia and possibly North Car
olina. The "solid south," with these
exceptions, and the three western
states were all in which Mr. Hays
would concede that the democratic
chances seemed better than repub
lican. He said there was no doubt of
sweeping republican victories in Illi
nois and Indiana, declaring that his
prediction was made on a conserva
tive basis.
Mr. Hays announced he would also
make public his numerical estimates
of republican majorities, state by
state, a few days before election. The
west has been amused at the effort
of the opposition to try and develop
their campaign to one issue, Mr. Hays
said. "It has 'been amused at the
democratic misconception and the
public mind."
"Candidate Cox went out on his
own responsibility," Mr. Hays said,
"with his own managers, and con
ducted his ca.mpaign all over the west
and middle west, entirely dropping
the president. This campaign was thv
most dismal failure in the history of
presidential candidates."
MURDER HELD UNPROVED
Prohibition Agent Acquitted, Then
Arrested on Other Charge.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20. Stewart N.
McMullen, prohibition enforcement
agent, today was acquitted by a fed
eral jury on a charge of murdering
Harry Carton, a chauffeur, duing a
liquor raid several months ago.
McMuilin later was placed under
arrest on a. warrant sworn to by the
warden of the Indiana state prison,
to which Jk.'SNtuIlin was said to have
been sentenced as "John H. ilurphy,"
in 1908. He was said to have been
paroled in November, 1912, while serv
ing a sentence of one to eight years.
COLUMBIA FRESHMAN IS 12
Master of 12 Languages Youngest
Student to Enter University.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Master of
12 languages, keenly interested in
batting averages but more devoted to
the game of marbles, 12-year-old
Edward Rochie Hardy. Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rochie Hardy
of this city, today qualified as the
youngest freshman who ever entered
Columbia University.
HIS MIND.
POSITION HELD MISSTATED
"Helpful" Reservations Ac
ceptable, Says Governor.
FAIR PLAY IS DEMANDED
Candidate Cites Support of Charles
W. Eliot and Denounces Alti
tude of Harding.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 20. Gov
ernor Cox today sent a telegram to
Elihu Root asking him to "correct"
what the democratic candidate de
clared was a "false" statement in Mr.
Root's address yesterday regarding
the governor's position upon the
league of nations issue. The governor
denied Mr. Root's, statement that 'he
demands the league "just as Mr. Wil
son negotiated it," and called upon
Mr. Root for a retraction.
Iji making public his telegram to
Mr. Root, Governor Cox Issued a state
ment declaring that Mr. Root and SO
other prominent republicans signing
the recent statement In behalf of Sen
ator Harding, the republican nominee,
"were attempting to deceive the voters
because they are permitting their
partisanship to rise above their pa
triotism and trusting perhaps that the
last wobble of Senator. Harding may
be in their direction."
Nothing; "Helpful" Rejected.
Governor Cox restated his proposal
to accept any reservations "helpful"
to the league and contended, therefore,
that Mr. Root had made a statement,
"which tbe records show is false."
The governor's telegram follows:
-'Elihu Root, New York City.
"I have before me a quotation from
your address on the league of nations
delivered In New York City, October
19, which reads:
' 'Mr. Cox declared that he will in
sist upon the treaty just as Mr. Wil
son negotiated it.
Statement Held Erroneous.
"I am addressing you most respect
fully with recognition of your integ
rity of purpose and the signal nervfee
which you have rendered as a public
man, mindful of the fact that you may
have fallen into error through igno
rance of the situation, owing to your
absence from the United States dur
ing a part of the presidential cam
paign. Your statement, however, is
not in keeping with the facts which
you are assumed to know by perusal
of the daily papers.
"I have Invariably stated in my ad
dresses and restate here my whole
hearted desire to make the United
States a member of the league of na
tions and that, to secuie that consum
mation was the purpose of America
when she entered the war, I will ac
cept reservations that will clarify,
that will be helpful, that will reas
sure the American people, that as a
matter of good faith, will clearly state
to our associates in the league that
congress and congress alone, has the
right to declare war and that our con
stitution sets up limits in legislation
or treaty-making beyond which we
cannot go.
Sincerity Prime KMevtial.
-I have stated further that I will
accept reservations from any source
which are offered in sincerity and
with a desire to be helpful. I have
also stated that if I am elected presi
dent, my election can be construed
only as a mandate of the American
people, and that to secure ratifica
tion of the treaty and the league, I
would sit down with the members of
the United States senate: I would
confer with Mr. Wilson and with you,
Mr. Root, as well as with Judge Taft
and all others who have a sincere
purpose and whose service in the past
equips them especially as advisers
in this work.
"You know and know full well that
Senator Harding very recently said:
I am not interested in clarification; I
am interested In rejection.' As I have
stated at the beginning I am placing
a charitable construction upon your
statement, assuming that perhaps
your partisanship has prevented your
reading my addresses while your
p'rejudice has prevented your realiz
ing the destructionlst attitude of your
own candidate; but you have made a
statement concerning me which the
records show is false, and I firmly
but .respectfully call upon you to cor
rect this statement at once.
Truth First Cottrrrn.
Mr." Root, you have arrived at an
honorable station in life. Many peo
ple trust you. You have no right to
deceive them. They want the truth
in this campaign. Your conscience
will tell you that duty to it should be
superior to duty to your party.
(Signed) "James M. Cox."
Governor Cox' statement comment
ing upon the Root message said:
"I am today addressing a telegram
to Elihu Root, calling upon him for
an Immediate retraction of a mis
statement In his New York address as
to my position toward securing rati
fication of the treaty and the league.
"I am doing this because it is now
apparent, to me at least, that Mr.
Root and the 30 eminent republicans
CoAtiuded oa F&jce 2, (Jalumn S.
Payments In Form of Loans From
Revolving Funds Total
$36,190,325. .
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Payments
made to railroads by the government
under the transportation act total so
far J289.910.299, according to a state
ment Issued tonight by the treasury.
Most of this sum was paid the roads
in the form of advances, amounting j
to -Ji.iia.,4, made on estimations
of the amounts due under the guaran
tee provisions of the act. Partial
payments were made on the guaran
tee applications reaching the treasury
before September 1. After that date
Controller Warwick has ruled that
no cuar&ntee navmrnta will be made
I the carriers unless the whole amount
due each road has been calculated.
The roads to which payments of this
nature have been made were not
listed by the treasury. Payments made
in the form of loans out of the re
volving fund created by the act
amounted to 156.190,325.
5 WARSHIPS TO BE SOLD
Xavy Department to Offer Also 2 5
Miscellaneous Vessels.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Five old
style warships and 25 miscellaneous
vessels will be offered for sale by the
navy department by competitive bid
ding. Tenders will be opened Octo
ber 28.
The warships include the cruisers
Raleigh and Cincinnati and the gun
boats Machias, Casting and Petrel.
"All money received from the sale
of these vessels,' 'said the depart
ment's announcement today, "is to be
turned over by the navy department
to the treasury department as a re
fund for war expenditures. It is ex
pected that more than a million dol
lars will be realized."
CARLINE JTAX- UPHELD
Ex-Owners of Seattle Municipal
System Ordered to Pay.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Judge Allen today handed
down a decision . ordering the Puget
Sound Traction, Light & Power com
pany; ex-owners of the Seattle street
railway system to pay King county
$401,017.76 taxes for 1919.
"In my judgment," said Judge Allen,
"the tax as levied should istand."
The tax was levied against the
company, it was said, before the city
of Seattle took over the street rail
way system. The company had sought
to enjoin collection of the tax by the
county on the ground that the city
should pay it.
MacSWINEY FAILING FAST
Hunger-Striker Alternately Delir
ious and Unconscious.
LONDON, Oct. 30. Mayor Mac-
Swiney suffered a third, but milder
attack of delirium this evening, ac
cording to the league bulletin.
A new development is muscular
twitching.
The mayor remained in a more or
less unconscious condition all after
noon. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TBSTERDAT6 Maximum temperature, 65
degrees; minimum. 42 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winis.
Foreign.
Miners and Britain -refuse to yield. Pace 2.
House of commons upholds government,
refusing public Irish inquiry. Page 4.
Polities.
Root statement on Col's league attitude
false, declares governor. Page 1.
Passion, prejudice chief Cox appeals.
Page 7.
Hays says democrats in some states are
trying to trade Cox to save senators.
Page L
Harding offers reward for proof of Cox's
charge he has changed league stand.
Page 1.
Waste is big issue in campaign, says Mc-
Nary, pointing out failure of Wilson
regime. Page ltf.
20O republican speeches to be made in
Washington during wee. Page 6.
Sentiment for Cox in Oregon is scant.
Page 16.
National.
Seven-eighths of all Incomes 1n United
States are not more than $.",ooo a year.
Otto H. Kahn points out. Page 22.
Secretary Knurton tell bankers govern
ment will spend $4,000,000,000 next fis
cal year. Page 5.
United states pays $289,910.2l9 to help
railroadn-. Pass 1.
United States rule in Haiti is declared
essential. Page 8.
Federal reserve system under fire at tit
tion&l convention of bankers. Page 2.
Domestic.
Wanderer repudiates confession and de
nies that he killed his wife; third
degree I charged. Page 3.
KM Klux Klan days revived in southern
city where New Yorker is kldnaped,"
beaten and life threatened. Page 1.
Train crash kills seven, . Injures 20. Page 3.
Flight to Alaska and return ends. Page 1.
Alleged building trust In New York un
der Investigation. Page S.
Pacific Northwest.
Portland trade excursionists Invade fertllf
Wallowa country. Page 1.
Legal fight 'to bring Betty "Brainerd to
Tacoma to start today. Page 6.
Colors ot croix de guerre conferred br
France upon 147th artillery, including
Oregon batteries. Page 1.
Sports.
Benson eleven wallops James John. 34 to 0.
Page 14.
Maggert partly corroborates Sortona story
of "fixedf' games. Page l..
Commercial and- Marine
Imports of New Zealand buttej weaken
market. Page 23.
Chicago wheat lower as result of Secretary
Houston's address. Page 2:2.
Portland and Vicinity.
Imperial Potentate Garrctson pays tribute
to Mayor Baker. Page 8.
Building ef big New York terminal prom
ises relief for coast millraen. Page 12.
I Seventeen in Lang Syne taken by death
during 19JO. Page 13.
Oregon engineers oppose Roosevelt bird
refuge blU- Page 12.
Faruit-teacher convention opens, Page 4.
KIDNAPED, BEATEN
Ku Klux Days Revived
and Life Threatened.
HEIRESS BELIEVED STOLEN
Victim Shows Mass of Welts
Tormentors Inflicted.
SILENCE IS ENFORCED
Xew Yorker Tells or Treatment
When He Tried to Investigate
Southern Family Affairs.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) A story dramatic In every de- -tail
as In an "Arabian Nights" epi-"
sode or a tale of the old Ku Klux
Klan, was revealed here today by
Peter McMahon, 148 Elm street, Yonk
ers, N. Y., who was picked up toy the
police in the Pennsylvania railroad
station, his body a mass of welts,
cuts and bruises, and taken to the
Hahnemann hospital for treatment.
According to McMahon. who asserts
he was formerly in the service of the
late Levi P. Morton, ex-vice-president
of the United States; Charles H. Pier
son, vice-president of the Manhattan
bank, and Judge Buckstaber of the
New York supreme court, he was
beaten and his life threatened at
Aiken, S. C for attempting to aid a
southern heiress detain part of the
wealth of her father.
Heiress) Suspects Relatives.
The story McMahon told Is that he
was in the employ of Miss Florence
Powell of Aiken, S. C, whose father,
Joseph Powell, blind, he asserts, ia
vice-president of the South Carolina
bank and head of. the Powell Hard
ware company.
Miss Powell, according to McMahon,
has been visiting friends in Plainfield,
N. J. all summer. She receives the
income from a $50,000 trust fund. She
recently began to suspect, he said,
that all was not as it should be re
specting other relatives, who Mc
Mahon says have recently been han
dling the elder Powell s affairs.
Last week, McMahon says. Miss
Powell asked him to accompany her
In the role of personal guard back to
Aiken while she investigated. Shortly
after their arrival there McMahon
says they were warned to leave town
and, fearing for their personal safety,
consulted District Attorney Thurman,
of Aiken county at Edgefield, S. C.
and left for Columbus immediately'
for better protection.
Bare Flesh Beaten.
When the train arrived at Trenton.
S. C, McMahon said he was taken off
by two men and met by a band of men
clad in white hoods similar to those
of the old Ku Klux Klan, who took
him into the woods and endeavored
to force him to sign a statement to
the effect that Miss Powell was not
competent to administer her father's
affairs.
When he refused he was stripped
to the skin, tied to a tree and beaten
with whips, after which he was
driven 70 miles In an automobile to
Denmark. S. C, put on the train,
given money for his fare and told not
to open his mouth until he arrived at
Washington, as he would bo watched
and finished If he made any attempt
to talk.
I Thirteen Warnings Are Given-
According to McMahon. the train
made 13 stops before arriving at
Washington and at every one of these
a. man came in from another car and
warned him to keep quiet. Evidences
that he had been painfully beaten as
described are furnished by the dozens
of huge welts all over his body. lis
will be sent to his home In Yonkers.
Letters were also found in his pock
ets warning hini never to return to
the south, with threats of death ac
companying the warnings.
McMahon says he believes Mies
Powell was kidnaped at the time ot
his own gruelling experience.
McMahon's underclothing was stiff
with blood, and besides lash marks
his body and neck bore the marks of
ropes with which he said his tor
mentors had attempted to hang him.
AUTHORITIES DO .NOTHING
Treatment of Visitor Sot Denied,
but Ko Action Is Taken.
AUGUSTA, Ga Oct. 20. No action
has been taken by the authorities at
Aiken, S. C. so far as could be learned
here today, in connection with ths
j alleged whipping f Peter McMahon
ot lonKera, wnn ioiu rnuaueipui
Ipolice he had been mistreated by
masked men near Trenton. S. C.
Aiken citizens, it is said, did not
deny that McMahon was ordered to
leave.
TRADING WIVES IS .FATAL
Mexican Worker Shot and Other
Flees With Original Mate.
GREELEY, Colo., Oct. 20. R. Egu
rai, 24 years old. and John Rodriguez.
Mexican beet workers, recently traded
wives.
Today Rodriguez went to Egulai s
home and demanded his wife be re
turned to him. In a quarrel which
ensued Egulai was fatally wounded.
Rodriguez, with his original wife and
4-year-old child, fled In an automo-