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'A m. ... ; ! J - . . -as - i - - - - - 7 "- . - ; TWOSECTIOUS , j 10 Pagu 1 , ,, FIRfT SECTION Pagesgl to 6 SEVENTIETH YEAU j slLEM, )RK(10Nf, THURSDAY M OUNJXO, SEPTEMBER 23, ' TRICE: .FIVE CENTS 120 HARDING Will TAKE TWO TRIPS Arrangements Are Made for . Senator's 1 Middle-West 1 and Southern Trip The First Part of October "Z SENATOR WILL SPEAK USUALLY IN EVENING 'i t f He Will Also Deliver Short Talks in a Number of . Smaller MARION, O., Sept. 22. Two peaking trips, circling the Middle-West and dipping as far south as Tennessee, are to be made by Senator Harding during the first filf of October, . '; Under plans completed today at least eight formal addresses will be delivered and it Is expect ed that in addition, the republi can nominees will make impromp tu speeches in cities where short stops are scheduled. ' i During the latter half of the month other cities are to be vis ited but the complete itinerary for that period has not yet been arranged.!- It was . indicated here that two swings announced today would probably constitute the .longest journeys to be taken and that -proposals for a trip to the Pacific coast, had been definitely . put aside. -t T - . - -. . Out 'to Middle "West . The first of the two. trips; tak ing the nominee across the Middle-West will begin a week 'after his return "on September ' 29 on his excursion into Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky. Leaving Marion on October " 6. 3x3 will speak at Des .Moines. , Iowa, dur Omaha; Neb. that, evening., at Kansas City, Mo., on the evening of October 8. and at Oklahoma City oa the etening of October t. After a stop of only a few hoars here, he will depart again n Oc tober 1J, speaking at Chattanooga; ' Tenn October , 13, at. Louisville, Ky.. October 14; at Indianapolis, October 15, and at SU Louis, Oc tober' U.t , - ; , lr .Allof the set speeches on this trip are to be delivered in" the evening., , ; : V;;v..v Y'Xii ,-' ,, May Come Further West. , Whether the candidate will re turn to Marlon after the St. Louis engagement was not announced - and it is understood to have been suggested that be may swing into Fouth Dakota, North Dakota and .Wisconsin during the other two days of the next week. Later in that week he is expected to visit New York and possibly some city In New England. Chicago also has been under consideration as a point to be vis ited in late October and the sen- ator probably will close his cam paign In one of the larger cities oi Ohio.' .nays Golf Today - Today Senator Harding made no speeches and saw only a few Visitors. During the afternoon he motored to Mansfield, forty miles away, for a game of golf. THE WEATHER ' Occasional rain: moderate fresh southerly winds. to YOUR PART IN ALL THIS IS A DOLLAR AND JUST A LITTLE PORTION OF tOUR SYMPATHY It was such a ilear little house of four rooms; living room, bedroom, kitchen and nursery. ; ... True, for various reasons the partitions had been omitted, and the dividing lines were like the equator,- -purely 'imaginary. One might step into the nursery with out being aware of the fact, save for the presence of the Monarch enthroned in the bassinette made of an old clothes basket. It was some months after the return of the young husband, from the service and this was alt that a home should be. No kingjn his palaee could have been hap pier than were the 'three sheltered there. True, there would be the monthly payments to lie made, without J were eai ily, met. ' But first the Monarch became ill. Ilis dimples,' hi smiles and his coos all took flight and in their place wa3 a little wan figure who no longer sat up in his bassinette but lay limply on his pillow all-through the long day. Sickness then came to the, father and the im-oiii? stopped. Here is where the work of the American lied The payment" on the . . i -m f expenses ana ine iear oi me ioss oi me nome rnuoviu. The father recovered more rapidly and now the lit tle home is covered with vines and there is some talk of Partitions.' y , ;. "" ' The Monarch stands-at the window, the dimples have fme back and he waves his chubby hand as yon pass by. bassinette is now occuuied by a Monarchess. Your part in all of this ."r heart. G. A. R. VETERANS IN..;-' PARADE YESTERDAY MARCHERS .RESTED NviTll WAR-TIME KXTH USIASM Afterward Old 'Soldiers Kent and Happily Talk of Days of Longer Hikes , INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Sept. 22. Weary from .marching bnt de lighted with their enthusiastic re ception, the 15.000 civil war vet erans who paraded today at the fifty-fourth annual encampment of the O. A- R. rested tonight. On benches in parks and around the soldiers and sailors' monument, the veterans talked of their march and of the days when their hikes were longer. , The parade covered a route less than a mile in length, but It. taxed the strength of many. A temper ature of 85 degrees made march ing uncomfortable and before the parade was finished many were carried to first aid stations to re cover from" mild heat prostrations. The marchers today were greet ed with a war-time enthusiasm. A continuous roar of cheers greeted each contingent. i Daniel M. Hall, commander-in-chief, flanked by the color and standard bearers, reviewed the pa rade as It passed the Indiana state Capitol. I Leading the procession were members of the- Illinois depart ment led by E. M. Armstrong, of Peoria. 111., department command' -er. Following the Wisconsin and Pennsylvania delegations were two former slaves, Charles Wyatt. of New Orleans, wearing the army uniform which he wore In the war. and Harry Johnson ,of Danville. 111., wearing his war-time navy uniform. J s In the Ohio department was Dr. i W. T. Hardifig, father of Warren O. Harding. The old guard of Ohio marching in full uniform, with rifles at right shoulder and with fixed bayonets,- brought roars of cheers. . - .. . ; Departments of Oregon, Wash ington and .Alaska, Idaho, and Utah and naval veterans marched by in perfect alignment. Following the marchers came automobiles carrying veterans un able to march. t ; .. .The business sessions of the en campment wlll.be -held tomorrow when officers will be elected and the' city chosen for the next en campment. The encampment will close Friday. . Lee F ones, of Manila " ; Fame Dies in Idaho 'The first American to land In Manila after that city was cap tured by Dewey 22 years ago ts dead. He was Lee -Phones, for merly of Salem and who was a member of old Company K of the famous Second Oregon volun teers. ' Mr. Fones met death accident ally in Idaho a few days ago. He has been for some years a familiar figure at the state fair as a bee wizard. He was able to handle bees with his bare hands without being stung and always maintained an Interest ing exhibition at the fair grounds. Textile Redactions Effect Salt Prices CHICAGO. Sept. 22. Recent price reductions of from 25 to 25 per cent announced .by textile manufacturers will be reflected in the prices of men's clothing next spring. Ell St rouse, president of the national clothing manufactur ers association, declared tonirht at the , association's convention. Mr. St rouse added that 'm?n'3 clothing prices can not go down more quickly than the high cost of labor and materials.- home was met, also the family l. . 1 .;..!. 1 -J i ' ' T is your dollar and a bit of i ' -I. 2 DENIALS ElfHIP KIM TESTIMONY Investigation ? Committee Finds No Affirmative In formation on Party Cam paign Funds I 4 MR. BARNES DECLARES BOOK WAS FOR PROFIT Colonel Thompson Declares Slash Fund Charges! Are "Bunk" 1 .WASIUXGTO.V. Sept. 22. Tie senate investigating committee again plunged Into the sea of Re publican and Democratic cam paign financing today but the record had little affirmative fn formation on party funds at te close of the session to add to what had been previously dis closed. - :, 'I H Denial Civen. I Two flat denials connected with charges that have figured in pre vious testimony were produced, however. ; One was entered $y William Marnes. Ja.. who ase6t cd that the book -Republicanism in 1920," published bv his com pany, the Albany (N. Y.) Journal had no connection with the lt pnblican national convention aud was a private commercial ven ture. The other denial was matfe by George T. Carroll of Elizabeth. X. J.. President Of th natlnnal retail llqdor dealers of America, and, of the federated liquor re tries of New Jersey, wbo safd sucn support as these r ganlxations had given the candi dacy of Governor Cox was In 6 way. connected with the Demo cratic party financing. ? Mr. lUrnes nukllenges. . Mr. Barnes carried his denial to the extent of challenging tibe committee's right to demand that list for Ihe book; and questioned Its authority to call for an c counting as to a private business venture, contending that the ex planation he mare v showed ti work not to be a campaign docu ment. .After an argument with Senator Reed. Democratic Mis souri, who insisted ' that a fofm of subscription contract differing from those produced by the wit ness was already in the recotd, completion of Mc Barnes exam ination went over until tomor row. Exhibits filed with the com mittee during Itt Chicago sessions will not be available until then. ' Cnx'a Lin nor Sutmort. i Mr. Carroll acknowledged hav ing, authorized the sending itut from his office of letters urgfag liquor dealers In the national As sociation to aid the Cox ahd Roosevelt ticket. , The letter p- lore the committee, he said, had been real to him over the tele phone for approval, but he s!d he did not recall the paragraph fpeeificaliy urging that the Dem ocratic candidates be supported,. No official action had been taken by .either organization of whteh he was bead to endorse, a presi dential ticket, he said, although it had been decided to urge elec tion of a liberal congress, regard less or what party they repre sent." , J . A total "of less than 12500" had been received In response jito the circular letters, Carroll sa?d. adding that no campaign litera ture had yet been Issued although ft had been In preparation. ; Senator Edge. Republican. New Jersey, asked If any Democratic party official had ever sought to have the liquor men "desist" frara this activity in behalf of the Dem ocratic ticket. Carroll replied Hn the negative and the senator tben asked if the work had not ben "accepted" by the Democrats. QueMion Are Unfair. Senator Pomerene. Democtat. Ohio, challenged this last ques tion as unfair and Senator Reed finally broke Into the discussion with the declaration that the An gle subscription of John D. Rock efeller to the Barnes book was larger than the whole fund rafted by the liquor men. lie insisted that such a subscription was shown in the committee records. The first .witness k beard was James V. Gerard, former ambas sador to Germany and now chair man of the finance eonimittecof tbo Democratic national commit tee. "He gave the full member ship of the committee and sub mitted his books to show all con tributors to a fund which yester day totalled $12S.V2I. The wit ness told Chairman Kenyon thct a national campaign fond of $$5. pflo.OflO would "shock public con science and insure the defeat of the party that raised it." forarri . (Jive Opinion, f " He denied knowledge of ftny "sinister" Influences at work to aid the! Republican campaign fund. K 1 Mr. Gerard exire.wd the olijn ion that S2.AAO.oaa should bKan ample mtional campaign fund tor any ps tty and added tht 'he would be thankful to get $l,0to, 000. or even $00,000. . - Included In the list of conttib- NEW SHAVING BRUSH , RESULTS IN DEATH COXFXTlX LIXK IIKTWKKX DREADED DISEASE. A Warning to Sterilize Mtavlng llruhe Sent Out by Health Board HELENA. Mont.. Sept. 22. Sterilization of every new shav ing brush purchased In Montana is urged by the state board of health as a precautionary measure against contraction of anthrax". The warning followed distribu tion of the cause of death in Ilutte or Pat Sullivan, a miner. Sulli van was taken to a hospital suf fering with anthrax two days after using a new shaving brush, lie died from the disease within a lew. days and since that time et forts to trace cause of the In fection led to the shaving brush being the connecting link, accord ing to attending physicians in a letter to the state board of health received several days ago. . - WATIONS SEEKS . PARTYPLEDGE If Parties Will Support Dry Program He Will Wilh . draw WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. Sen ator Harding and Governor Cox w-re promised today by Aaron S. Watkins. prohibition party's can didate that he would withdraw from the race If either of then pledged, his support to ' the dry program. Mr.' Watkins announcement was made In address before th3 International congress against al coholism, . He said. later that be would embody his proposal In tel egrams to the candidates. "In only ask two things of the candidates." Mr. Watkins told the congress. "Whenever anyone of them pledgen himself to enforce tha Volstead act. if elected, and to use of all of his power and in fluence to retain them as a part ol the nation's law, I will agree tr ask our national committee to re lease me from the ticket - The assertion followed a sarlea of inferential as well sa direct statements by speakers-that the, prohibition party might be , the; cause for overturning the drv ma lority In congress through defec tion : of . suffrage votes from "known, drys. SVH. Hsker. su perintendent of the anti-soloon league, precipitated 'a near clash by an address the trend of which was an appeal. for all prohibition workers to support the dry candi dates on the major tickets and thereby avoid possibility of antl prohibitionlsts being elected lo cally, i At the conclusion of Mr. Bak er's speech. Mr. Watkins hurried to the platform and made his dec eleration. , The prohibition nom inee asserted he was "fighting for a cause and not for a party and when that party stands In the way, I will hurry to my national com mittee and say 'let's dissolve this party for all time' ". . There were numerous members of the prohi bition party in the audience and many of them Joined in a chorus of "noes." declaring they pro posed to stick by their party. Oth ers criticized Mr. Baker's attitude and the congress for several min ute was in an uproar.- fc. C. Din widdle, president, after restoring ordr. neologized to the delegates, saying It was "a burst of enthus iasm which is likely to manifest Itself in any way." He explained to the foreign 'dslegates that while they were not familiar with American politics, the day's pro ceedings should convince them the dry 'workers here were "not overlooking op.ortunItJes that micht be wasted." . Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chemist of the department of agriculture, in a speech earlier m the session. exprased the belief that the prohibition party should not have nominated a national ticket PROPERTY IS SAVEDBYPOLICE Inhabitants Terrorized, Spend All Night in Re mote Fields BALBRIGGAN. S Ireland. Sept 22. 'Nearly 1000 persons, about bait the population of this partly devastated town, crept back to their homes today after having spent a second night of terror in nearby hayflelda. Once in the night an alarm was raised- which caused a stampede to remoter fields, where they took reruge under heriees and hay cocks or other shelter. Women and old men shivered in the cold until dawn, when a reconnoitertnc party found things unlet In Hslhriggan. and all good ly returned home. .The correspondent witnessed the last of the population coming Lome women wilh crying In fants, men carrying blankets sod food and children endeavoring to rub the sleen from their ey. Only a handful of the residents had been conrageous enough to pass the night in their houses. Many . townspeople scattered among friends In neighboring vil lages while others went to farms COUNTRY IS FACING DECLINE IN FARMING May Affect ixdistry axd imperil social order Solution Lie In Immediate AM Jn Transportation, Labor, and Finance CHICAGO. Sept. 22 The Am erican farm bureau federation. In-a statement tonight, summat izing its investigation into busi ness. Industrial and agrienltnrsl conditions, declared that Amer ica "is facing an agricultural economic conditio which, if not intelligently dealt with, will lead to consequences so grave as to affect all industry to the point of imperiling the social order."' The statement says farmers must be given immediate help In transportation, finance and labor and recommends the following as remedial efforts. Preferential treatment In transportation to all farm pro duce held for rhlpment and to all goods consigned to. farmers which are necessary to conduct the busi ness of farming. . More profits for farmers, bet ter distribution systems, which would tend to eliminate middle men, and stabilizing prices. Ample finance with rural banks assuming ths obligation or flnanc Ing the farmer with long and pri ority credits. Protection from "wildcat" In vestments which were said to be taking millions of dollars from farmers annually. Eaualization of agriculture and Industrial labor wages, which, the statement declares can he eren- plished only by large Industrial wa?es or Increasing farm - Encouragement of, immigration. BOMBEPffiillC IS NOW WANING Latest Developments Point to New York Explosion As Accidental NEW YORK. Sept 22. While tbewlatest developments today in the investigation of Wall street's explosion pointed to an accident rather than a plot news dls Datches from other cities Indicated that a mild epidemic of "bomb threats" had broken out through out the country. f . Cleveland.' boston. New Bed I ford. Trenton and New York were among cities wntcn reporiea an onymous warnings of dire misfor tune, .Although authorities pro fessed to regard these messages as the work of some practical joker or crank, nevertheless in every in stance extra precautions to pre vent outrages were taken. The fact that new York's customs house still stands unshaken after the warning of an explosion to have occurred yesterday did not cause federal or local officials to relax their vigllanco. . While - several investigating bodies were tracking clues all over New York and New Jersey four men employed by a house wreck ing concern working the financial district reported at the municipal building that ten .minutes after the Wall street blast, they had been talking with the driver of the death wagon which Is believed either to have carted a bomb into Wall street or to have been hit by an automobile there while con veying explosives. The workers said that the driv er had rushed up to them and de clared his wagon had been blown up while he was telephoning his employer for an address to which he had been ordered to take some building materials. Then be was said to have disappeared. . Assistant District Attorney Tal ley indicated tonight that the Sep. tember grand jury Investigating the case would be particularly In terested in the story of these four men as the jury had been charged to look for criminal negligence as well as conspiracy. Hint of the former was given by the workmen who declared to reporters that some contractors frequently cart ed explosives in any sort of vehi cle without bolstering to obtain a permit. The grand jnry today ordered that subpoenas be issued for driv ers and superintendents of explo sives companies here, returnable tomorrow. Better Certificates ' Required oL Teachers PENDLftTON Or.. Spt. 22. By a vote o4& to 17 the Oregon Federation or-Labor In its annual convention here today rejected a proposal for endorsement of the tine big nnlon plan. Resolutions were adopted favoring higher standards of . certification of teachers, supplementary normal courses of four years instead of two as at present and enactment of a stte law providing tenure of office for tcacbeis. FLOUR PRICKS CUT PORTIAND. Or.. Sept. 22. A cut of Z cents a barrel In patent flour prices was announced by millers today, the first change in I ho flour market -since the latte part of July. Tha new quotation which ts effective immediately Is $12. 0 a barrcL Prices on new crop flour mar not be fixed for a month yet . Wheat la coming la at. a good rate to shippers and some of it Is being ground by the GOVERNOR'S TRAIN IS 'WRECKED Campaign Special Derailed Today Near Village of Peoria as Mr. Cox Was on His Way to Prescott PASSENGERS SHAKEN AS CARS JUMP TRACK Spreading Rails Assigned as Cause of Ditching En gine and Cars PHOENIX. Arlx.. Sept 22. Governor Cox's presidential cam paign Irain was wrecked about 4:30 o'clock today, 14 miles north of here while en route to Prescott Arix. The Democratic presidential candidate and his party were bad ly shaken up when an engine and four cars of the special train were ditched, but all escaped serious In. Jury. The most seriously injured was Charles A. Nicholas, engineer. of Prescott. who had a leg broken- In jumping from his cab when ms engine toppled over. Spreading Rail Caue. Soreadinr rail were assigned by railroad men as the cause of the wreck, which compelled the gover nor and his party to return here tonight and cancel his evening ad dress at Prescott His future Itin erary also was upset The accident occurred a hail mile out of Peoria, a village on the Santa Fe railway. 14 miles north of Phoenix. After Governor Cpx delivered several speeches here, the train, consisting of six cars and drawn by two heavy en gines needed for the upgrade to Prescott. left here at 4 o'ciock. About a half hour 'later, while running at a speed estimated at between 35 and 40 miles an hour, the train jarred suddenly as If in collision and then application of the emergency brakes, bumping over broken rails and ties and ca reening of cars told passengers the story. Four Cars Ditched.. The four forward cars were ditched, the governor's prlvste car, the Federal, at the rear, and the adjoining compartment ear of newspapermen, except for Its for ward truck, remaining on the rails. A baggage coach Jumped the track about IS feet and turned over on iU side. Two passenger coaches and another compartment car behind also slewed ten feet or less from the track and partly toppled over. . The. first engine of the double header. Engineer F. C. Sutton, of Prescott. said, left the rails first and then jumped on again. But the second engine toppled over smid a colud of. escaping steam. The tender of the forward engine also fell over, while the first pas senger coach ran the length of the overturned baggage eaf and jam med Its forward end ' into the trucks. Some Sustain Hrefee. All of the passengers on all cars were thrown topsy turvy.- Some suffered bruises and cuts from flying glass. In the rush for es cape, several women passengers In the coaches were put through broken windows. Governor Cox wss in the dining room of bis private car going over papers with Dr. . Robert C. Gold smith, his assistant on the league of nations question, when the crash occurred. , "What's that?" he shouted, ris ing to his feet, to be thrown hear ily across the car into a steel wall. He was shaken up but rushed out to assist the injured and soon was nonchalantly viewing the wreck age, smoklag his pipe, and waiting for a wrecking train to arrive and take him back to Phoenix. Effects Scattered. Of the passengers, including several of the local reception com mittee of Prescott and Phoenix, Judge E. E. Bollinger. Kingman, AHe.. of the Mojave county court suffered a bruised leg. Several others hsd cuts and bruises and torn clothing. Personal effects of all members of the train were scattered and broken. Charles Nicholas, the engineer. was taken to Phoenix in a passing automobile, and first aid was giv en to several others. Philip Ation, Prescott, brakeman. wbo was alone In the b&ggage car when it turned over, suffered scalp lacera tions. The fireman on tbo second enclne was unable to jump and crawled from the wreckage .with out a scratch. . That Governor Cox escaped in jury was due. It was said, to delay in a conference with the Prescott reception, committee. J. J. Sin not t. representing the Democratic national committee oa the cam paign trip, and Chairman Norrls. of the Prescott committee, were en route to the private car to get the governor to go forward to the first coach, where the reception committee was riding when the HURRICANE HAS SPENT ITS FORCE REPORTS INDICATE ONLY 311 NOR DAMAGES So Anxiety Held for Sagar anl ' Rice Crop Outbound Doats . . Leave NEW ORLEANS. Sspt 22. The tropical hurricane that passed inland near Morgan City last night apparently had spent . its force before reaching the coast; and reports Indicate only minor damage. l Wire communication, however, was difficult, and railroad sched ules had been revised because of weakened bridges and washed-out road bads. ; Available information did not warrant any. great anxiety regard ing the Louisiana sugar and rice crops. All outbound craft held at Port Eads steamed out today. PARIC TOURISTS ARRIVE TODAY National Highway Commis sion Scheduled to Reach . Salem at Noon The national park to park highway commission which Is on a tour of several months for the purpose of dedicating national park highways will arrive in Sa lem today at noon and will have luncboon here. About 0 persons are tn the party, lneuding several women. ,The tourists started from the national park headquarters In Denver August 2 and will make stops at the following national parks: Yellowstone. Glacier, Rainier. Crater Lake. Yosemlte. Sequoia. Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde and will return to Denver November 9. Their tour will take them over a distance of ,5t o miles. ALL EUGENE ATTENDS FAIR Salem Cherrians Honored Guests of Radiator Or ganization . EUGENB. Sept J2Today was Eugene day at the Lane county fair and all business in the city was suspended during the after noon while merchants and their employes attended the fair. Not withstanding the rain the attend ance, was satisfactory to the man agement bat the races were post poned on account of a muddy track. . Wlllakenxie . grange won first prize for the best collective ex hibit of farm produce at the fair with 91 points to its credit while Santa Clara grange was second with 92. and Crews and Blaehly granges tied with 72 each. In the Jersey cattle class. H. L. Plank of Junction City won the senior and grand championship for male. George Piatt, of Thurston, the Junior championship for. male and the junior and grand champion ship for female while C. A. Har dy, of Eugene, won the senior championship for female. In the Guernsey class all awards were given to the Larkdale farm of Sa lem. The Salem Cherrians were guests of the fsir mansgement to day. They were met at the rail road station and escorted about by the Eugene Radiators. ! FIRE DESTROYS LIQUOR i- LAWRENCE. Ky.. Sept. 22. Fire of undetermlntd origin at the plant of the Cedarbrook Distilling comDanv today destroyed four warehouses- containing 7.000 bar rels of whiskey. The liquor, u was ststed. approximated 329.000 gallons and was valued at St 00 a barret . . ........ . , STATESMAN TODAY PRINTED ON STOCK MADE AT SALEM'S NEW PAPER FACTORY The Statesman" of this ternoon in the new Salem &, Paper Company. This will be a worthy souvenir. The great paper making machine has been ready for several days, but the regular grind has not rommenced yet, owing to some adjustments yet to be made in the sul phide plant . . , Hut all will le in readiness very soon, when the great institution will be running regularly and bringing to Salem $20,000 to 40,000 a day, to be distributed here for labor and for pulp wood from the surronndiog coun try, where constantly there will be camps employing many men the year through. The Salem Slogan issue of The Statesman of next week will also le printed on the home made paper stock. It is not certain that a jrrrat deal of news stock will I made in the new mill, till another big machine is in stalled, for which the room has been prepared; and, too, no provision has yet leen made for the grindiug of pulp for news stock. It is intended to do this at the north power fcite at the site of the old f brick mill on North Front street. The main output of the Salem paper mill will be the finer uiwl finer rrri1f of rarwr and th frnlt srifl wnn. t ...... J v. . . " . " pa " - ..... W E ' - . " - - w - , ping papers, for which there is a great demand at high prices. , , rt tllllUI G U ILTY SI Mrs, Lena Stexger Licit Ap pear Before Circuit Judge ' Kelly for Imposition Sen tence Next Saturday VENIREMEN ; CONFER EVEN FIVE HOURS 6aH Stands and Aged Wo man is Not Placed in Custody by Sheriff Guilty as charged. Thw was the verdict of th? jury at 10:05 o'clock last night in the case of the state agaimt -Mrs. Lena Steiger, indicted on a charge of assault with intent to kill, having been accused of entering into a conspiracy with Jesse Mullinix to alay her hus land, T. VT. Steijrer, who was thrice rhot by Mullinix at the Steiger farm north of Salem one night last March. The jury de liberated almost an even five hours. . . .', Judge Percy R. Kelly an nounced that be will impose . sentence at 10 o'clock a. m. next Saturday. As yet there has been no con ference between the woman and her attorneys relative to an ap peal. The attorneys last nighf were unablo toy whether aa appeal is probahh?. Tha charge under, which Mrs.' Steiger wai found guilty carries a' sentence in the state . penitentiary oi from one to 10 years. ... With Mrs. Steiger. in the court room when the verdict was announced was her. sifter, who sat with an arm about tha shoulders of the little, aged wo man., John IL McNary, one of her attorneys, was present, and Walter E. Keyes, the other at torney for the defense, came in just after the verdict was an nounced. Neither Jamea CI. Ueltzel, district attorney, nor Roy Shields, who assisted him in the case, was present. Weight of Tears Shows. Sixty-two years. Each of them seemed to bear Its weight on the small form of the woman as she left the court room on the arm of her sister. . At first she did not seem to un derstand the meaning of the words that were read by the clerk of the court. Eager she hsd seemed to know the result Her face, which la the years agone -must have challenged the heart of any swain, now lined by time and tragedy, did not change la expression when the verdict was read. Hope seemed to linger. She arose and stepped to the side of Attorney McNary. "Am I guilty?" she whispered.' (Continued on psge 4). ,: morning, both sections, is paper mill of the Oreeon PuJd (Continued on page 4) (Continued onpage 4) mills. - ... .JL (Continued en page 4)