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t-t: 7Tf TITE OREGON "STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON; 4 THURSDAY rlfORXIXO. SEPTEMBER 23, 1020 GUILTY IS VERDICT IN STEIGER CASE (Continued from page 1) The attorney, seeming to fear the effect his reply might hare, barely nodded an affirmative. She sat down, again by her sister. Hope had gone .from the face In gray, and eagerness was there no more. In her eyes had come a vast ques tioning. Mrs. Steiger's bail will stand and she waa not'-placed in custody. Mullinhc, with whom Mrs. Stei ger has been found guilty of con npirlng against the life of her hus band., pleaded guilty several months ago and Is serving a sen tence of seven years in the state prison. , In tears, Mrs. Steiger, con fessed on the witness stand yes terday that she had done- rrong. Forgiveness Akil A dramatic juncture in the -rial came wuue Mrs. sieitjer was rn der direct examination. 1 "Did you ever stay at a hotel with Mullinix? asked Walter E. Keyes. one of her attorneys. "Yes. sir," she repHed. Vand I am very much ashamed of it." "Why did you do It?" "Because Mr. Mullln's was ?ood company. He told Die of his tra vels and was very entertaining. Hut l ira sorry, very sorry, that 1 ever met the man. I have dis graced my daughter, my grand child and all of -my friends. I never thought Mr. Mullinix was a man with murder in his heart, who would steal up to n barn door like a thief la the night and try to kill a man., -I have, prayed the Lord to torgive me." ,t . . ; Turning to the Jurors, she con tinued: "And I plead vrih you gentlemen to find a way to for give me."j , Another Woman Mentioned Prior to this 'testimony. Mrs. Steiger had told how Mrs. Martha Peterson came into the life of her husband about three years" ago. and how the years of marriad hap piness -in the Steiger home came to an en4; how her husband be came cold toward her, choked her and called her vile names when she remonstrated with him tor staying at the Peterson home as late as .2 o'clock In the morning. He had ordered her to leave their TooFai? P. o try to become lea der by drastic dosea of thyroid ar aaJta. Knfaira weight and wmiatlia siao KT.hl ciMa.rtC.bJT t be safe, reliable Kore in vrtna. Tk. A.J.w oa thia picture gives jroon wea now sne looked and felt, BrtakinaKi and foltowtn eaay direct iona of Korrfn n item he riic.4 from clumsy features to graceful proportion. Haw she is agile, attract!, men tally alert and in better health. Wkv mot oT Kcliabie atMaa sell-treatment. . Become Slender and Stay So Many, both sexes, report they bave radacad mw wv mmwmm. no c DO UnaUStUIC exercises. Brrowu ennintrlw ilrcirr. i,mA rem at a so. Safe. nlun Mlmi - GUARANTEE or money refund. Boy Krm t Dronounced kormm t.... J i . Star Jat friends this ADVERTISEMENT ion FUIINITURE, PIANO. f, LINOLEUM. . . EV ItANGE, RUGS, KITCHEN UTENSILS, ETC. Saturday, September 25, i 1:30 p.nu - V" 2770 Brooks Avenue Take street' car to Fairgrounds, then enquire. See full ad. Thurs day.:;;. P. N. WOODRY, the Auctioneer TIRES &TUJBES $25,000 ' Factory Sale i - - . '.All Firsts, no Second Al l -Tires and Tubes abso- litfely guaranteed . They're going fast Inv est 1'rices ever heard of J , lietter tome early $' : Cash Talks American Auto Co. 197 South Commercial St. COMING SUNDAY YE LIBERTY home, she raid, and refused to s peak to her. Mrs. Striker's testimony Im plied that it was because tf her hnsband's unkind ne. that she became Intimate with Mullinix. Hut sh stoutly denied that she had tallced with Mullinix about killing her husband, or that she had ever told Mullinix that she would commit f u.'cide if he did not kill Steijrer. Inc Ktr lliiliiind CluimeMl "Mr. Ste:g?r will nver know how much 1 thought of him," ahe said. "I thought, an awful fiht of hm aud never wanted Jess Mullinix to kill him." The vcman art now lodged on the stand that she had written the latter to Mullinix from I-ea-burg. Or., which she denied writ ing when first examined by the sheriff after her arrest. She had denied- It. she paid, because she was ashamed of It. The defense made no attempt to cover up the intimacy that exist ed between Mrs. Steicer and Mul linix. but rather attempted to jshow that she was driven to Mul linix's companionship because of the mistreatment received from her husband. A new angle came into the trial when the defense Introduced tes timony to sho'v that the Ste'ger home was burglarized the night of the shooting after all the occu pants had gone to Salem with the wounded man. and that the money which Mullinix claimed Mrs.' Stei ger had given him was stolen at that time,- Aside from the defend ant, herself, two witnesses. Clyde Iloyce of Salem and L. Kahlor, tes tified that the doors of the house wf re open the next morning al though they had been secured the previous night. , i Joors Found Open , , Bahlor testified tiiat the front door had been fastened by a ehair being placed under the knob on the inside and that the rear door was locked by nrs. Steiger before she left for Salem. Boyee. a Sa lem blacksmith' who drove with Mrs. Steiger to the farm the morn ing after the shooting, said the doors were open when they ar rived.; ... . - F. M. Dice, of Lea burg, a bro ther of Mrs. Steiger. was asked on direct examination by the defense attorneys regarding two visits of the latter to h's home last sum mer, and under what . circum sLancs those calls were made. Mr. Dice replied that he had recently completed a new house, and that he sent for Mrs. Steiger to come there and arrange; hU curtains and otherwise assist about ' the place. Mr. Dice said she had vis ited with him on two occasions. and that he sent her money to make the trip each time. Mr. Dice also told of visiting Mrs. Steiger's home the morning after Steiger was shot. Oa that occasion be said Mrs. Steiger ap peared calm and collected, and that there was nothing ia her manner to indicate that she was excited or under an , unusual strain. . - ' :. Edward Lamport wto was cabled in rebuttal by the state testified relative to leas.ng building to a man , by the came of Aldington, which was used -as a second hand store. Lamport sasa that' this building was leased to Addington on June ?. J919.'nd that the latter paid him 127.50 covering the rent on the structure until September 1, 1919. This tes timony was introduced to prove the time that Addingtoa conduct ed the second hand store, and- to disprove the statements of Mrs. Steiger that she had sold a revol ver to him at some date previous to the date on which he took pos session of the building. ". Sheriff Need ham testifiod - on rebuttal that he was the ax col lector of Marion county, and that it was customary for his office to list city and rural property on dif ferent . lax rolls. This testimony was offered by the prosecution to offset the statement of M rs. Steiger that she was assessed on her eity and Varal property Joint ly. - The sheriff also dented state ments alleged to have been made by Mrs. Steiger that he once told her that the officers had about concluded that she had nothing to do with the shooting of her husband. The sheriff also denied that; Mrs. Steiger was refused food. Itef ferine to this statement on the. part of Mrs. Steiger th.s sheriff said he offered her food on the night she was arrested but that she refused to accept it. "Instead of asking for food." said i the, sheriff, "she repeatedly asked for whiskey. On cross examination by the de fense attorneys the sheriff admit ted that he might have Informed Mrs: Steiger on some occasion that shs was supposed to be Innocent 'in the eyes of the law until she had been proven guilty. L. Bahlor, upon being recalled by the state after he had previous ly testified on i behalf of the d tense. said he hal visited Mrs. Stelger's borne on the iay after the shoot'ag and vis informed by her at that time that her houe had bc?n entered and ransacked. Mr. Bahlor sad. however, that Mrs. Steiger had made no mention of losing $100. as she had pre viously testified on the witness stand. ; s ; Immed'ately 'after Mr. Bahlor had ; been excused 1 from U14 wit ness stand the state rested, and the arguments of attorneys start ed. The case weut to the Jury about 5 o'elock. GOVERNOR COX'S TRAIN IS WRECKED . (Continued from page J) crash, came . Most of those bruid or injured were in the forward coach. ' . -, 5 . Rails Bent and Broken. The railroad track was torn ap for a distance of frond 300 to 4 90 feet with bent rails, broken ties and glass strewn about, even In an adjacent cotton field. Railroad of ficials were unanimous in declar ing that a spreading rail under the two heavy locomotives and unus ually heavy steel equipment caused the wreck. The Mne is not a main artery but a branch of the Santa Fe system and the rails, it was said, were not of the heaviest type. A rumor was current among the farm people and others wjh-o gathered soon after the wrfk that a man had been .seen running along the road beside- the trck Just before the train left the tratk but the rumor was entirely with out confirmation, and Vas not credited by Governor Cox. mem bers of hia party or railroad oper atives. TWO DENIALS FIGURE IN TESTIMONY (ContlnreiT Irom pago 1) ntors he presented were several with . sums of )5P00. and one from Edward L. Dob nr.' reaching a total bf J6i00. The 1-000 group included B. 'M. Barut n. C. L. Alexander, J. E. Willard and Aug'Jtt Belmont. v .-h-es Are All Bunk. The sharpest clash camo dur ing; testimony of Color.el William Boyce Thompson, chairman of tte ways and means committee of .fce Republican national rotninit'.e. whose assertions that charges -pi a Republican "slush" fund 'were "all hunk." aroused Senator Reed. During the interchange Thompson asserted that "big business.'? ts represented by Wall Street finan cial 'Interests were more behind Governor Cox than Senator llar eing, and declared Cox him.sfl.' was "cot a stranger to Wall street." Senator Reed demanded If the witness knew of a "crookel dol lar" Governor Cox had made, aid Thompson answ.ed "no." The senator demanded to knr If the witness intended to Infer that Cox had been "in any n&? entanglei vdh Wall Street inter ests." and Thompson finally sid ests." ana Thompson finally d 1 dozen "black -. and tan" recruits rHINGSTHAT'NEVER'HAPEEN : '. ' : iiii ' ' " I' " ) I' ,,w.,4., i nintK, MY OLD Atslcr rtk ii - IIII ! tit i i i 4 V, ; I-Tv. ' rc, fill 1 1 1 1 1 1,1 1 it i t III hi n m i n iM r i f u 'gv n,r ' . It!? 'rfjfe - - ' - A t 1 flit I'-jtfr . 1.1m illllirt;!!!! illtil 1111 mm Bin raw ml Im fir i li i !'! SOME UNDERTAKING his statements were founded on 'common report, rumors and talk." "I have nothing against -IfJ Cox. ' whatever." Thompson said. "I would say he is a clean, flae man.'" "Thank you for that." replied Senator Reed. "Nobody 1s throw ing any rocks at Mr. Harding here and I want to say V is a very splendid, fine American citizen. Both of them are." Project Is Commercial. Mr. Barnes explained that pub lication of the book. "Republican- Ism In 190." developed ont of a contract made by the Journal company with a Mr. Young of New York, whose business was soliciting "special editions for newspapers and similar enter prises. The witness bti he was not in control of the Journal at the time and declared the project was purely a commercial one. no" dollar of the money coming' from It going to the Republican-, natio nal committee. He produced two terms of contracts furnished him. hfe said, by Mr. Young, and de nied that there was any agree ment to "underwrite" the book for political purposes by the sub scribers. No attempt to "con real" campaign contributions was involved - In the publication, be declared. Senator Reed asked if Caere was not a third contract form under which men had subscribed as high as $2500 "for, circulation of this look." as a campaign document. Barnes Faid be would not produce- the subscription lists until ordered to do so by the commit .tee.1 declaring that It was beyond the power of the committee, in his opinion, to go Into details of private business transactions. An argument followed as to whether exhibits showing such FUbscriptions had not already been presented, and the committee ad journed without acting on the point. PROPERTY IS SAVED BY IRISH POLICE (Continued from page 1) about Dublin, more than SO miles distant. ? Groups stood in the streets to day gazing at the smoking .ruins of houses wrecked by bombs 'or burned after having been soaked with petroleum Monday night. The correspondent saw motor tenders, each containing a half t I I I I It I I I lb 1H&I rr 'H5 ! ft! ! I t . i'J'l III 41 from army men to reinforce the royal Irish constabulary, wearing nondescript uniforms, half khaki and half ' police blue, whizzing throagh the main thoroughfare, the men with rifles. The local po lice consisted of 20 royal Irish constabulary veterans. They are said to have prevented the "black and tans" from burning the prin- il ' J toasted. Ijielfv SfHL-o tnKTn II How is.it that this toasting process preserves so successfully the original Burley flavor? Because it's scaled in. Take the case of the bee and the honey. The bees have the right idea. To lock in that fragrant and delightful flavor bf clover honey they put ?. thin coating of wax over the whole honey-comb. You know yourself that honey can stand unbroken on a shelf for months or years, and be just as good when it's used. Is Your Child Under Weight? The table below will show yoa what your child should weigh to be in proper proportion to his height If the child is below the "dan ger point" it is time to act Heights mid weight are given .separately for hoys and girl. Averages are given for hirths, for .'' month, for every month from 6 to 48, and therc ;tfti i- for every year Ji to 1C. The height ami weights' of the children ex amined re to le compared with these average heights and weight. No height and weight are given for the separate months after 48 months. "With a child over 4 years of age, use the age at his last birthday. ItTI. Age. Height. Wright. Height. Wrislit. 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The body of royal Irish Con stabulary lnpwtor Hurke, killed in the early fighting, was re moved today from the police sta tion, but the bodies of Gibbons and Larlers still lay In a nearby outhouse today awaiting an la queat. The manager of a British-owned hosiery factory, the inside of f UGKY STRIKB cigarette-ifa ' UUKY STRIKE cigaretteif -I toasted. Lucky Strike tobacco it's toasted. Both are toasted. You cannot get the remarkable and unusual flavor of toasted Burley tobacco in any , other brand. n Guaranteed tj Girl. Age f 32 at." . . .36 80S 3SS 29 (; na .. sos ass 2tS 34 mi. 31 S ' S 3"S ii 3.) mov ...3t'.S 31 S 3S . fl'4 ! 34 ....-S . 32 S 36 30 S ,i 37 mo.. ...37 32S . 3 0i M 34 OHu ...&7S 33S 37 31 !; 39 me. ...37S S3 . 37. 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About 400 employes, in cluding; many women, ' have be2n thrown, out of work. Skilled me chanic' and other employe nay v. -. And that's what happens with the Burley tobacco used in making Lucky Strike. In each Burley leaf there arc little pores like a -sponge. In the heat of toasting these pores are sealed. The Burley flavor is there, inside. b When you ' light your " Lucky Strike cigarette or 'your pipe full of Lucky Strike tobacco the heat releases the Burley flavor for your benefit. which means that if you don't like LUCKY STRIKE you can get your money back from the dealer. - irti. Weight t. Wright. HelghL J iriri. they wit be enable to find Jobs elsewhere In their particular line in Ireland. One or the m?n. father of eight children, told the correspondent that his only chance for work was In En gland. . The "black and tans" are en camped at Cormantown. three miles distant. Their threats to return and complete the destruc tion are keeping the people at a high pitch. Another Industry la languishing in Europe that of taming swords Into ployshares. D ??." INTERNATIONAL. CARTOON tO N T .t 4ta.rCR