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4. 1 ' THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS "J" Khtorcd February 24, 1003, ul Hprlngflold, Oregon at hoc onil clnBH innttur uiitlor net of CongroKB of Mnrcii, 1879. A.F.&A1L E Locrtl Mnsonlo Ordor Organlzod Last Night Amid Much Enthusiasm. Masonic history wns wrfttun toot night In Springfield "when Llb'urty Lo1ko, A. F. & A. M., wan orgnnlru'g. Novor under mtfro propitious Con tlltfonn wns it local lodgo ot Jvlnsoury JiiHtltutoil. Knthuslasm nm'onR tho 100 .Mananti hulling from' various purtH of tho county ran nigh, and tlm procood lugs woro cnrrlml out with a mhooHi , noss that augured well for tlio future ; of tho newly liiHll'utod Jodgu, i Frank Ilalloy, of I'ortland, Grand Junior Warden of Oregon, and James F ItobltiHOii, of I'ortland, Grand Sec retary, presided an liintltutltiK olllccrn, Twenty-six visiting Muhoiih came from Harrlnburg, n largo uumbor from Kugcno and other localities In 'addi tion to tho Springfield contingent. After Instituting coromonlbs woro ovor, a Hplcndld banquet wan served -which wan greatly onjoyod. Addresses wero mado by (Jrnnd Junior Warden Frank Ilalloy, Ornnd ' Secretary James Robinson, A. II. Hnn iien, Grand Master of Kugone Lodgo, L. L, Hllyeuwtnd S. M. Yonm, of Eu gene, and M. C. IlrosBlor of Spring field. Tho following officers woro chonon to norvo and duly Installed: Charles 13. Swans. WorshlpfUl Master Daniel W. Crltos Sonlor Warden Wm. F. Walker Junior Ward on Carl Olson Rocrotary John F. Ketol Senior Deacon JoHopli 8. Lusby .Junior Deacon Fred O. Louko , ........ !...Tylcr Harry M. Stowart Senior Steward W. Norwood Cox .Junior Steward Mooting nights ot tho now lodge will ho held on tho second and fourth Tuesdays of oach month. Many now candidates for member ship In Liberty Lodge havo already signified tholr Intontlon of nfllllatlng with It. . TO GIVE MILITARY BALL Great Social Event Wll .Be Given In Honor of All Lane County Boys. An Invitation Is-etonded to over seas soldiers and sailors and all men who woro formerly with tho Coast, Ar tillery Ileglmont commandod by Col; (Hammond, to attend n dancing party given for them at tho Eugono Armory Saturday, Ttturch 22. Orand march at 8:30 sharp. Bring your mothor to net as patroness nnd tnko part In tho Grand March with you. Also bring your w!fo, yourx sister or sweetheart. Cards of admission may bo had froa at 31 B. 7th, but If you are' In tho country and cannot got In In tlnio to got a ticket, come nnyway. Gallery uduilsBlon will bo 10 cents. Splendid music nnd special' fenturos. This party Is given by tho 05th Aux iliary, assisted by tho G9th mothors7 tho Eugono Chuniber of Comjnorco Auxiliary nnd tho Chamber of Com TJiorco. ' Prlclla Club Meets. Tho PrlsQllla Club onjoyod u lovolv afternoon Friday with Mrs. W. C. Jlobhan. Tho ploaBant hours woro dd votod to needlework Intonnlnglod with social chat and music. Tho closing hour was spont by partaking of a very delicious two course ropast served by tho charming, hostess, whose .Invited guest wijji Mrs, I, A. Valontlne, Club mombora attending woro Mrs. William Donaldson, Mrs. I. f. Larimer, Mrs, niloy Snodgrnss, Mrs, W. L. Rouso, Mrs. Norwood Cox, nnd Mrs. John Soareoy, Mrs. W. L. Itouso will enter tain tho Club March 28th. M. E. Church Meeting Monday,. Tho Methodist Urothorhood will moot In tho Church parlors next Mon day ovonlng. Tho Indies will servo tho supper, A professor from tho state university will speak on "American ization." r Try This For Sour Stomach. Eat slowly, "mastlcato spur food thoroughly. Eat hut llttlo moat nnd nana at all for supper, If you nro still troubled with smir stomach tnko one of Chamberlain's Tablots before going to bod. Tho mnn who is not Injured by flattery is us hard to find ns tho ona who Is Improved by orUlcIcm. ODGE NST TUTED HER WHAT DOES SPRIN 10 An Importlnont Inqulror Sooks To Rond tho Dootiny of Sprfngfiold. . Sl'IHN.. ' 'Xes.ybu havo scon It, so have I, nnd no havo hundreds of strangers coining from (ho northward Into Springfield, What you. think nbout It, what 1 think about it, matters but very llttlo, ,but what Uioso hundrdds of strungem think about It mutters a great dcnl, This shattered remnant of a prom ising Index to a community's enter prise and tho fruition of n brilliant . fflen -stands out llk'o u wart on a sore thumbi upon tho crost of tho hill, In tho last stages' nt scnllo decay. No ijongur tho' oniblom of a city's vim, vigor nnd virility, but (ho decadent insignia of citizens wjio put tholr hand (o the plow nnd thou turned back. What do strangers think? . What' would you think coming Into Springfield tib a stranger a 'stranger locking for n location to do business n stranger keon to find out tho atti tude ot "other citizens that he must needs aftllllnto with In tho upbuilding of tho community In which ho seeks io do business? Whnt would your Im pression ho of citizens who started something nnd did not keep ever lastingly nt It until tho bright idea bore fruit. - SPRIN. No it Is not a sign sat an the hill lo notify. us that Spring Is nearly hero, and only on'o mora letter to bo added, another robin to porch op a bush, another leaf to bud from the bough and another tyrk to sing a lilt ing melody, Naturo needs no such sign sot for her. She's a solf-stnrtor and somohow, sometime she puts tho finishing touch on anything and every thing bIio starts. SPIHN. Does It mark tho beginning or "end" ot Springfield? Had wo bottor put tho finishing touch on this eyesore and tear It all down? This will at least no .longer tend to flaunt our shamo before the eyes of tho world. Nay, Nay, Ignatius! Wo can redeem ourselves In the oyes of tho stranger who rnps for admittance to our pro ducts by climbing Uioso steeps and planting SPIHNGFIELD dizzy heights so It will on those "stay put." Who will bo tho Good Snmarltans to lift up tho fallen? Who will volunteor to stage nn "ovor tho top" engagement on tho homo grounds that tho Light of Springfield will bo emblazoned there on and shlno forth to choor tho stran ger as ho enters our portnU? Don't all speak at onoo, but sopar atoly and willingly. LOAN QUOTA NOT TO BE CHANGED BY STAMP SALES Director of War Savings Alters Original Plan of Hing ing Two S::urities Victory Llborty Loan quotas will not be affectod by Thrift Stamp sales as planned by tho Treasury Department tho first of the roar, It was'announccd hast January by Lewis B, Franklin. director of war .savings, that wherevor Thrift Stamp quotas woro exceodod the amount of oversubscription would bo taken from the coming loan quota nnd that It tho Thrift Stamp quotas wero not reached too deficiency wpuld he added to thb loan quota. Governor Jamos K. Lynch ot tho Federal flosorvp Dank has just rocolvod a telegram from Washington advlalng that tho plan to adjust Vic tory Loan quotas In accordance with the- sale of War Savings 'Stumps has been nbandoned. Tho reason given wub that somo of tho Fedoral Resorve Districts woro not reapportioning Thrift Stamp quotas, Mislaid., "Aro'n't you roady, doar?". callod. husband froin tlawnBtnlrs, , "As soon ns I fix my hair, (Henry," camo the, roply. "Haven't you fixed your hair ybTf For gracious sakoHl" camo from Hen ry an hour later. "Fixed It?" shoutod tho fomnlo voice, "I haven't found It yotl" MEN OTHERS? SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, PAY THE CHMffiS VIOTORY LOAN IS TEUTONS EVADE " NOW og mm Lane County Drive Segregated In Banking Districts As Before An executive commltteo covering all the banking districts In Lano. coun ty has been appointed to havo charge of tho coming campaign -in this coun ty for Uie Victory loan. Dlllard A. Elklns is. manager, of -tho canipalgn and' Jerome Workman will act. as sec retary. The members of the cxocutlvo com mltteo nro aB follows: Luke Ic Good rich, cashier of tho First National bank' of Eugene; N. S. Robb, county agricultural agent; F. L. Chambers, vice-president of tho First National bank of Eugono; W. W. Calkins, pres ident of tho United States National bank of Eugono; A. T. Cockerllno, re tired, of Eucono; C. D. Roror, presi dent of tho Dank of Comnjerce, of Eugono; M. H. Harlow, county com missioner; Fred Flak, tlmbfcr dealer of Eugene; Frank Jenkins nnd J. B. Sholton, editors of Eugono; Mrs. W. P Foil, Mrs, Eric W. Allen and Mrs. W. W. Calkins, .all of Eugene; W. C. Wnshburno, of' Junction City; George A. Drury, of Cob'urg; John W Borg man, of Florence; Lester G. Hulin md O. n. Kessey. of Springfield; F. W. Ogrnm,' of CreswcllrGcorge Hall and Worth Hnrvoy of Cottage Grove. It Is announced that tho territory to ho covered by the several banking districts will bo tlio same as In tho last loan drlvo and that tho different districts w'll act Independently, of each qther bu,t each will bo under tho dlrectlonof tho county chairman. ,Thoro Is no Europo; what seems so Is transition. THERE IS BUSINESS INS NEAR SPRINGFIELD' or One commercial stationery, office 'supply and i book store. (More clorkB-rmoro payroll) One gasoline farm tractor agency. (Moro clorka more payroll) Icq Factory and Cold Storago -i?lant ' (Moro employes moro payroll star investment One ljvo Commercial Club s This spneo donated by THE SPRINGFIELD NEyVS TO BE PUBLISHED UNTIL WE GET 'EM ABM STIGE TERMS Break Off Negotiations With Al lies at Posen and Delega tion Departs. PARIS, March 20. Nogotlatl&ns be tween the .Inter-allied commission and tho German government's representa tives at Posen-lmve again been inter rupted. It 1b said that this "was the result of,ihe jBvaalve atUtude of the Gorman government; Despatches state that tho German high command an pears to be In open conflict with the Berlin cabinet and will not undertake to respoct an armistice between tho, Germans and Poles. ' A decision In keeping with the sit uation Is expected tomorrow. Because of tho great number of military nnd civil entente missions which havo visited Germany since November, the German cabinet has de cided, according- to newspaper re portal that no person from an allied country will henceforth bo permitted to travel In Germany without spoclal permission from tho armistice com mission. Marshall Foch and other generals j woro called In during today s pro longed sossion of tho supreme coun cil to give tholr advice as to action which should ha taken In Gallc'.a, where Ukranlan forces are besieging Lemberg, which is threatened from three Bldos. It was decided that a sharp warning should bo sent to both sldejaskfng for a suspension of hos tilities. Tho warning will take the fbrtn''of an ."Injunction" to tho two armies. After winning a world war it would bo" the irony of. fate tq be swamped by a crinlo wave. 1919. WALTER A. DICK; . OREGON CITY. DEAD r Prominent State Legislator, of Clackamas County, Ca reer Ends. OREGON CITY, Or., March 20. Walter "A. Dimlck, Oregon City at torney' and Clackamas county sena tor In the Oregon legislature, died at his home In Oregon City at C o'clock tonight, after an Illness of 10 days. Mr. Dimlck, Who was born August 30, 1879, at Hubbard, Or., was the son of George W. pimlck, well-known .Marlon county pioneer. ' Walter A. Dimlck was educated in tho public schools of Hubbard and graduated from Pacific University at Forest Grove In 1902. He was admitted to Iho practice of law In 1904, becom ing associated with his cousin, Judge drant B. Dimlck, at Oregon City. Mr. Dimlck served flvo years as city re corder of Oregon City. Ills career aB a legislator began In 1968, when ho was elected a represen tative from. Clackamas county. Elected to "tho Oregon senate first In 1910, Mr. Dimlck. served in five consecutive leg islatures in that branch. Mr. DImich was always regarded as one of the leaders in the senate. He initiated a large numbcij'ot bills and took an unusually active part In leg islation, being an aggressive opponent of any measure that he disapproved. At tho recent session he was a father of a bill aimed to end bolshevlsm In Oregon. 4 He was generally regarded as an Insurgent In the legislature and was credited with killing more measures than any other member! His most active fights, were made m the name of economy. Mr. Dimlck Is survived by a widow and one son", " Norman. Mrs."--Dimlck was Miss Oro Caples, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Caples of Forest Grove, Or., an old pioneer family. Sho and Mr. Dimlck were schoolmates at Pacific university. ATTEND FRENCH. COLLEGE t Randall Scott, of this city, and Harold Wells, of Eugene, Are Honored. Harold Wells,- son of Judge and Mrs. 'Jesse G. Wells, of Eugene, and u graduate of the' University pf Ore gon with the class of 1917, has been chosen among a few members of the ordnance department ot the army In Franco to attend tho French univer sity, at Besancon, in the department ot Daubs, according to a letter re ceived yesterday by his parents. The letter stated that Randall Scott, a graduate of the, University with thj same class and a son of Charles W. Scott, president of the First National bank of Springfield, has also been chosen to attend this university. Mr. Wells, who p a private In tho ordnanco enrps, says that this will mean that ho will not bo homo until July at the earliest, as the course will extend over a period ot three inpnths and .will be In science, letters,, law and medicine. A similar course Is offered American soldiers in several British universities in general university sub jects of a high grade. The letter states that the soldiers who are sent to those universities are allowed communtatioh subsistence at $2 a day and will bo reimbursed for actual cost of room rent not. to ex ceed a day. The qualifications for ontranceJo these universities are that the soldier must bp a college graduato or have a minimum ot two years ot college work and must have, a knowledge of Frcnch. Tho greatest care Is exercised in making the selections for thlsolrse, according to a circular regarding the courso received by Judge and Mrs, Wells and only men of high military character nro chosen. VOL. XVI 1 1, NO.: 10. SLAYER'S IDOL IS PLACED III JAIL Douglas M. Sto rrs, "Man in tho Case," Held By Seattle ' Police. SEATTLE, - March . 2d.VolunUry surrender Co thV polIcc of Dudley SL Bforrs, Okanogan,- Wasti automohllo mechanic, and forwarding of a charge of abduction against, hlnv by Prosecu ting itUorney W.'A. Greaham ot Ok anogan county from here, were new angles in. the case today In which Ruth Garrison, 18, is charged with first degree murder for the death 6f Mrs. Storre yesterday by poisoning. Mrs.. 8 to rrs died a few minutes' af ter eating a poisoned fruit cocktail In tho restaurant of a department store. Yesterday Miss Garrison, the pollco announced, confessed to stirring poi son Into the cocktail because of hor infatuation for Storrs. Tomorrow the girl will be arraigned in.superior court. There was no Indi cation tonight that she would attempt to recede frpm fier alleged confession or guilt, but detectives questioning her during tho day were said to bo working on the theory that she alone was not resposible for Mrs, Stbrr'a death. Miss Garrison,, however, to night stoutly maintained to officers and others that she alone planned' tho poisoning. Storrs Denies Complicity. Storrs' arrbst ended p search for him that had been on ever siaeeitrs. Storrs' death on Tuesday. Tqgjfteirs' who grilled him at police KoajW; ters tonight, ho said he had come to Seattle as fast as he could upon Jeara irig of his wife's death. He denied) th police said, that he had any knowl edge of Miss Garrison's alleged plan to do away with Mrf. Storrs, and. cor roborated" feauir.es" oir hpr story con cerning his relet ions with Miss Gar. rlson during the periods when she visited h'm at Okanogan. No charges hav'p been .placed against Storrs by the Seattle police, . but upon orders of Chief J. F. War ren ho was taken into custody for In vestigation. ' AH dly long a stream of callers came to Bee Miss ' Garrison in . her quarters at the city Jail. Flowers and notes expressing sympathy yrere.Bent in profusion. To callers she said: . "Now r know who my real friends are." GlrlHas But Oae Wish.. Ruth Harrison, herself, was the one who caused all eyes to turn toward Storrs, who was reported to bo on his way to tho city from Okanogan in response to a telegram from his mo thor, Mrs. Sibylla M. Storrs. .2434 Tenth avenue north. Miss Gnrpison in her cell, has but one wish now: To see" Storrs! "Will ho see me, and what will ho say and how . will he act?" the con fessed girl homicide asked over , and i ovor nBa'n. In one form or another last night and today. Her crime occu pied no part of her thoughts, appar ently; all she was anxious to know was whether the man for whom she had committed the supreme crime would turn away from her, now. that she had been found out by( the world. "Surely Doug would stand by-me," said the girl. Sergeant Hugh Cairns 'Captures Gun. The following cllpptng was sent to Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Cairns by .their son, Roy. Tho clipping was taken from -a paper printed in prance and tens or tne valor or Hugh Cairns. Sergeant Cairns is a relative of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Cairns, of this city. The clipping reads: "No. 472,108 Sergt. Hugh Cairns, D. C M., ldto 46th Battalion Saskatche wan Regt. "Before Valenciennes ho seized a Lewis gun and, single-handed, In face or dlroct fire, rushed the post, killed tho crew otflve and captured the fun, Ldter he captured 50 and caused 60 to surronder, but was ultimately rushed by about 20 enemy anil col- lapBod from' loss ot blood. He died on Novdmtfoifls from wounds. i CaIl For Warrants. 1 will pay at 'any office at tho City Hnll, School Warrants for District No. 19, Nos. 1640 to 1659, inclusive. Warrants previously called: 1332 to 1640, inclusive. JOHN B. EDWARDS, 3t . Clork, DIat. No. 19.