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MEDFORD, OltKGOtf, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 191!)
NO. 306
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GIRL
CONFESSES T0PO
SOWING HER RIVAL
NEUTRALS
AIR VIEWS
ON LEAGUE
Deleaates Present Oplnoans and
Amendments to Peace Conference
Warnlnn Sent Ukrainians In Gull
ci International Labor Bureau
Denied Power to Invoke Aid of
Leauue to Enforco Decisions. Ren
dered Bv That Body.
PA II 18, Mur. 20. (Hy Associated
Prim.) Marshal Koch anil other Ron
oral wnru called In ilurlnK yester
day' prolonged (Motion of tho su
preme council to glvo their advise a
to notion which should bo Inkon In
Cnllcln, where Ukrainian forces are
hesloRlnK l.oinborK,' which In tliruut-
aoou from threa BldM. It wa docld-
cil (linl it nhurp warning should uo
nenl to both lde unkliiR for n sus
pension of hostilities.. T1h warning
will tnkolho form of nit "liijunctloii"
to tho two armies.
' ,VeulrHl (ilven llivtrinu,
NuiUrnl countries of lCuriipo, Aula
mid South America will tin Riven op
purtunlty today to expres Ihulr vlnw
nnd ' propose amendment to thn
1-ennuo of Nation plan. Nearby nou
Iral havo .Hunt .dolcKntes-while, mora
distant countries will bo roproiiantud
by ftmlmsuiloin, nnd liilnuiier roslti
Inn In 1'arl. 1 ;:;
Tim mooting will" bo hold ut tho
Hotel Do ('rlllun, tho American head
quarters, and It li purposed to con
tlnno thfl mumlon a innu am nncnmuirv
to eomploto nil neutral Jtraposnls and
piuimiw mum iui nil iiimnniuil lu iiiu
commission of tho Leagua ut Na
tlonii. Lord Robert Cecil of Great llrltnln
will bo chairman. Tho clalma ot
neutrals wilt bo heard direct 1y or by
memorandum, Norway, Sweden, Don
tnnrk, llollnnd, Switzerland, Kpiiln,
Persia, (liintoniala nnd moil of tho
Bouth American neutrals having
omo uRROHtlons to innko.
Tho threo Scandinavian countries
will present virtually Identical pro-
. i,a,iin, 11 ib UHllui ntiiuil, IIIUM) UVlllf.
In tho main fnvornblo to tho league
and asking Hint noiitrnls bo admlttod
to mombomhlp.
Wilson Chairman
President Wilson will act nn chair
man at the mootliiK of the League of
Nations commission which wlll.be
hold Hnlurduy when nil proponed
amendment and change will bo con
Idored and tho plun put Into definite
form.
Lord Robert Cecil nnd Thoma W.
Gregory, formor United Blatoii tfttor-nay-Roneral,
nro among thoso" who
havo nought to draft a provlao roln
tlvo lo tho Monroa doclrlno In such
form Unit It will meet tho approval or
legal oxport. .
Labor I'lHlat Ion i
Tho commission on International
labor loRtnlntlon.. today decided
agulnst tho Intornntlonnl Labor Bur
oau, wbon constllutotl, invoking tho
aid of tho Lobruo of Nations to on
forco Hh decisions. This decision was
mainly duo to difficulties which
would be oncountnrfld in tho United
StntoH, whnro Htiilo constitutions
would roqutro alterations hoforo thoy
would pormit such outHlilo Interfer
ence WASHINGTON, March 20. Loiuis
toliilling approximately $11, 7I)!1. 8(1(1
were made to 'I, -01) l'lirniors through
out tho United Stale bv tho I'mlcrnl
liitul linnkH on totiur time first mort
kiiu;oh in , Kchnmry. nccordim.' to a
monlhlv Hliilo:ncnl of tho Farm Loan
board iiiven out toilay. '
Tho I'Vilcrnl Iiimd jinlik of Omiiha,
Neb., led in' nmoitill'iif; loans closed
Willi $:i,8!r,100. Oilier banlvt closed
ItlllllH IIH folloWBi lIllUHloll, T(!X $,-
8:i,2in; St. Paul, .fl.fiOlUIOl): S'no
knno, Ht1.2ril.720i Wichiln, Kas.. $1,
010.800 s licrltelcv Oali. $I7:I.H00,
Tho tol nl aniounl; of Ioiuih closed
Rinoo tho eslablishnioiit; of thn rMlcrai
land bankH was 182.8I)7,!)(14 on
March 1, iliHlrilmleil ai'nomr 7"i,:i84
hon'owers. Allouelhnv .1.70,1 !M havo
uniilieil for loans infitroKiitinu: $'17.1,-
, 4oo.yoy, '
ALLIES PLACE
EMBARGO UPON
FINISHED GOODS
France and Italy Follow British
Lead Only Raw Materials and
Machinery Wanted From America
Make Own Articles Field for
American Finance In Europe.
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WASIIINOTON, Mur. 20. Imponl
tloa by tho Krein'h Rovornmsnt of an
Import omburRo Hlmllar to tho Ilrit
liih la rcRurdcd by Rovvrnmont offlo
lala hoo a ovldeiica that tho allies
hare completed tholr plun for In
duHtrlal rvronntriicilun und now nro
procoedliiR to put them Into affoct.
(ireat llrllaln and Krauco havo
eatabllabed a pool In thin country to
control whatever pnrcbann thoy neod
lo make and Italy Is cooperating with
them lo a limited oxtont. As a ro
und, trudo experts do not think there
will bo much sale for American fin
ished products In the European .coun
tries for soma lime to como, It buliiK
tho announced policy of tho allies to
do without those articles which they
can not nianufucturo at homo. Ilnslc
materials still will bo obliilnud In'the
I n II eil Unites ami probably much ma
chinery, Into tho tnnkliiK of which
technical skill nnd sclontlflo know
lodRo onler, but It Is bellovod tho
Rreut hulk of American Roods will
ciint Umu to he marketed ulsewhero.
Tho allies: dependence, i vn this
country for bnsla matorials and ma
chinery to start, their - commercial
llfo anew mny develop a new role for
American capital in flnnneliiR Kuro
pvan Industrie, revorsliiR tho condi
tion which prevailed until tho war
bcHan.
America has mnro aurplu Rold
than any other country, officials say,
and can relievo tint Kuropcan scarcity
by takliiK Industrial bonds at a prof
itable rate of Interest or Roveriiment
bonds at a lower rata, In either cose
contrlliutliiR to n revival of business
which would mean Rrcnter value for
tho millions of forelxn socuritlos now
bold In tho United States.
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OAKLAND. Calif.. Mnivh 20. A
few iniiiiiles lieforo Mrs. (Iconic I),
(ireenwood, wife of n Sun Franeisi-o
hanker, was hilled t V n bomh nl her
homo hero Tuesday evciiitur she hail
in her possession a small, mysterious
pnekairo which a friend knovVn only
ns "I'hvllis" Iricd lo nermiiidi' her not
lo open, neeonlimr to eviilenco un
covered bv the Oakland Police todnv.
' ''Phyllis." nueeee"dud in iiersuadinir
Mrs. Orceuwood not to open the pack,
one in tho house, and loft in hasto
when the ninlrou announced her in
tention of L'oimr to the irarden lo ex
amine, it, iicoidiut' to tho police in
formation, llelief was expressed
that "I'hvllis'' would be comnlelolv
identified und iniestioiied before
nit'lit. ' 1 . ., ,
Suspicion today centered around n
irardencr formerly .employed in the
Orceuwood iieiuliliorhood, nnd the im
lieo looked for his arresl. The mys
terious st runners, said to have been
seen bv two school teachers' loiterim;
around the nhieil wore ideal i lied fur
Iher loduv bv Ji resliiuriint keeper n
short distance away, who said they
had a meal in his place a short time
before I lie bomb explosion.
IC.G1SI
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SAI.KM, March 20. Hcenuso of
renewrd activity of ."flv-bv-niifht"
opernlors in oil slocks in Oremm since
tho conclusion of tho war, Slato
Corporation Ooinmisisonor Schultloi'
nian found it nocesshrv today to is
sue wtirnimr in the form of a poster
that will be placed in eouspicus places
(o prevent tho public from heim; culled
by the audits. Hie stock snlesnien
lire said to have, come into llio slate
in nonsiilerulilu tiuinbers rceenllv.
They hnvo operated ainoiiif shipyartl
workers mul iu other pluuea, , ,
WAR
NITRATES
TURNEDOVERTO
Nearly Three Billions of War Con
tracts Cancelled Explosives to Be
Used in Road Bulldinu and Land
Clearing Nitrate Surplus Goes to
Agriculture, as Fertilizer.
WASIIP.WITO.V, Mar. 20. Settle
ment of claims Involving detailed In
ventories und review of-account is
slowing up cancellation of war con
tracts, tho war department announc
ed today In a statement which ihow
od thut of (2.941,000,000 In con
tract rocommondad for cancellation
tho actual closing out bad reachod a
total of $185,132,008 on February
27.
It wua disclosed also that explo
sives valued at 112,000,000 had been
transferred from surplus slocks to
tho Interior department for land
clearliiR, road building and similar
work; and that more than half of the
billion and a half pound of surplus
sodium nltmto valued at $57,000,000
would bo disposed of for agricultural
aad commercial purposes. Tho re
mainder Is to bo hold for tho present
by tho ordnanco department,
Tho nltruto , surplus represents
acquisitions sluco tho beginning of
the war. Tho department of uKrlcul
turo Is to ncqulro from tho army
284,000,000 pound for use as fertll
Uer, paying cosl price, wblla the re
maining surplus In tho United States
will be handled thru tho nltruto board
and the American nitrate pool. The
surplus In Otitic, representing about
a third of the total, will bo handled
thru tho British pool at nut less than
coal price.
Tho explosives acquired by tho In
terior department will be stored tem
porarily ut war department maga
zines at Fort SVIngate, N. M.; Sparta,
Wis., and Charleston, S. C,, the Inter
ior department being prepurod to
storo Itself about 5,000,000 pounds.
Storngo of explosives I giving the
war department some troublo.
Attention again was Invited today
to tho fact ; that all claims growing
out of Informal contract and agree
ments must be presented boforo June
30.
BRITISH SUSPEND
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Nl'.W YORK. March 20. Kecoipt
of instructions to suspend the pur
chase of "'erliiur exehanire in this
market in behalf of tho Hntish coy
eminent, undertaken bv ,1. P. Moreno
and company durinir the war to stu
bilie financial relations between this
center and London, wero announced
today bv the Moriran firm. It was ex
plained that this was "simply an
other hIcii destuned to permit busi
ness to resnmo its normal oourso."
Soon after the announcement stor
linir oxchnino bcirtin to suit off, do-
dnnm stcrlinc dropped to 4.7150 npd
oahlcs to 4,72")0, representinc in each
case a decline of about four .cents
s'neo yesterduv's close.
GE
EAST OF RHINE
' GENEVA, Mnr. 20 (Hnvas)
Fronch troops havo occupied
Mannheim nnd Karlsruhe on tho
oast bank ot the Rhino, on ac
count ot Spnrtncan outbreaks
there, the Vosalscho Zoltung of
Itorlln says.
The nowapapor adds that tho
French also ocouplod Hholnaii,
rivo mljes south ot Mnnnhoim
and Wh'tnhn(ton.
' LONDON, Mnrcli 20. Tho Uovnl
Gcoirrnphicliil soc.Vl'y Sins jiwnrdod
I lie Hack Grant lo Archdeacon Hud
son Stuck ol the Yukon in recounilion
of his travels in Alaska ami Ins as
cunt ol' Mount Muluulov iu .
USEOFFARMERS
LOVE CRAZED SEATTLE MAID
ADMITS POISONING COCKTAIL
KILLING HER LOVER'S WIFE
GOING INTO
GIVEN OUTLET
TO BALTIC SEA
PARIS. March 20. In miikine his
report to the supremo allied council
vestorday on' the Polish question.
Jues Cumbon. head of the pence con
ference commission on Polish affairs,
set forth the purpose of the commis
sion to create a Polish state which
would have a firm foundation for its
future welfare and at the same time
to respect the princioie of national!
ties, despite the difficulties result ine
fro mlhc coocrnphicul feature of the
problem.
Poland, M. Cnmhon pointed out.
was half enclosed bv German terri
tory nnd had an imperative need of
an independent outlet to the sea bv a
routo easy of access, to ensure her
national autonomy. Therefore, he
said, it was nccessnrv to incorpor
ate in the new state some Gorman ele
ments which, ho reminded tho coun
cil, luUl been introduced there bv
Germany herself with dolibcrutcness
nnd in conformity with her colonizinc
system.
Premier Lloyd Georsro nrcned 'that
Germany must not be eivon a pretext
for orirunisiiiiir a sort of irridentist
movement, especially east of the Vis
tula, where the Germans wero rather
numerous. The plan of tho commis
sion nives to Poland boundaries
which render her territory moro re
stricted thnir it was in 1772. It nuts
in her possion an outlet to tho Hal
t:e which alone a considerable dis
(aneo spans the Vistula to Dannie
biio oxcludes the Alleustein territory,
lo determine tho position of which n
plcbeseite is proposed.
Mr. Llovd Ocoree also remarket)
that by oonneotint: Dnnxiir with Thorn
and Warsaw bv two independent rail
roads it probably would be possible
lo make Poland economically inde
pendent. Tho commission's! report probably
will bo discussed bv tho supremo ul
lied council Friday when tho iiucst'on
of sendinir to W'arshnw tho Polish
army divisions which bud fouuht on.
the French front nlso is expected to
come up. '.
ATHENS. March 20. Information
from what is considered n trust
worthy source describes tho condi
tion of the Greeks in tho Smyrna dis
trict ns extremely critical. Hands
of Turkish soldiers nnd civilians arc
overriiiininir tho rouiou. tniirilonntr and
pillnjjme;, tidvtcos stuto... ;, . 1
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POUND
ACTION
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ST. LOUIS. March 20. United
States Senator James A, Reed today
in commenting on the action of the
50 democratic members of the Mis
souri house of representatives, who
vesterdnv adopted n resolution eall
ine on him to resism nnd run for re
election; as a means of detorminine
public sentiment on -his views, suid
he had no objection to the men pass
ins the resolution, but he did obicct
to their savinir he spoke disrespct
fullv of President Wilson, nnd the
iext ' of the speech would show he
did not.
"1 nni not condtiotlntr this enm
paisn as some nro. bv nbusine any
one who does not uirrec with me." he
said, "but I make no denial of the fnct
that T do not nereo with President
Wilson.
"I will not resitrn. of course not
unless nil these other fellows with
views for and neuinst the league of
nations resiirn. In that Case. I will
ro with them and we can have n ecn
drnl election with the document ns the
paramount issue. ,
. "I believe it is coinine to n trenernl
referendum, for tho United States
senate will not ratify tho document."
BOLSHEVIKI FORCE
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10 LEAVE ODESSA
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LONDON, Mar. 29 Virtually
nil ot tho Ukraine is now In tho
hands of tho Bolshevlkl, accord-
ing to advices reaching London
today. In heavy fighting at
Xikolalev, northeast ot Odessa,
the Bolshevik! i lost between
5000 and 8000 men, but forced
tho Fronch garrison after fierce
fighting to withdraw to Odessa.
Furthor east, the advices add,
the Bolshevlkl have reached the
Isthmus of Perokop leading to
the Crimea. .
'
PRESIDENT CONFERS
fe ' ; WITH ALLIED PREMIERS
. PARIS,, 'Mar. 20. President Wil
son spent this forenoon in work at
the Paris .."White House" In prepara
tion for another conference this af
ternoon with Premiers Cleniencenu
and Lloyd Ooorgo. Tho conference
will tnko place at Mr. Lloyd George's
resilience. ,
18 Year Old Ruth Garrison In
vited Rival in Love Triangle
To Dine and Calmly Watched
Her Death Agonies
SEATTLE. March 20. Dudley M.
Storrs. Okanocan. Wash., automobde
mechanic, whose wife died here Tues
day after eutine a ooisoned fruit
cocktail, was expected to arrive here
today.
Miss Kuth Garrison, police an
nounced yesterday, confessed she
stirred the poison into the cocktail
because Mrs. Storrs was her rival for
the affections of the husband. Early
this week. Miss Garrison returned
from Okanocan where she visited
Storrs. . - i
Inter-vicwcrs and juil attendants to
day expressed snrprise at the calm
ness and case with which Miss Garri
son discusses . her 'confessed crime-
Miss Garrisn, who is but 18, was ar- j
rested early yesterday at the home'of ;
her uncle. J. D. Esarv. president of!
the Island Transportation company.
Only once or twice since the murder,
has she cried. "Not bad, only foolish '
and voune." was the comment at the
jail.
! ; v Craicd by, Ixnre ...
" '"T was cmzv." she declared."!
didn't think of anvthinc but wantine!
to be with him. The impulse came to
me Tnesdav morn:n? and I carried
it out on the spur of the moment.
"What matters most is not what I
have done it is too late for thnt
but whether he still cares for me. The
main thine I want to know is whether
I will be allowed to see him when he
arrives. I love Dudley Storrs with
nil my heart and soul."
Mrs. Storrs partook of the poisoned
cocktniJ wh:lc she was the euest of
Miss Garrison at luncheon Tuesdav.
The wife, for some time ,it -was sni t
knew of the relations between the
husband nnd eirL: Miss Garrison said
she invited Mrs. Storrs to the lunch
to discuss with her the auestion of
Storrs ecttine a divorce. She bouelu
the poison on the way to the lunch
room, arrived there first, ordered the
meal and placed the poison into the
food before the euest arrived.
Watched Her Die ' .' '
Soon after Mrs. Storrs took the
cocktail she cusped and fainted. The
ten room was in a department store
and she was carried to the store's
emerecnev hospital where she died.
"Didn't you want to scream when
vou sat across the table from Mrs.
Storrs and watched her die." Miss
Garrison was asked.
"No," she said. "I didn't feel a
thine after I thonaht of doinc it that
morninc."
Witnesses said Miss Garrison asked
"are vou ill!" ns Mrs. Storrs fainted.
ICiss Garrison's mother, the prison
er said, does not know of the murder
vet ns she is nwnv from Senttle. Miss
Garrison formerly was n clerk in the
Souttle oitv county building. While
there she met Storrs, then u deputy
sheriff.
Smiling and Cheerful
Miss Garrison todnv, nccordine to
iail officials, was smiling, bright- and
cheerful itfter a sound sleep. She
showed no signs of n breakdown. The
prisoner, it become known todnv. was
a junior in a local high school n vear
aeo. ...
Deputy Proseeutine Attornov .John
D. Carmondv today said n formal
complaint charging Miss Garrison
with first degree murder probably
would be filed before tonight nnd ar
raignment nrobublv would come to
morrow. Miss Garrison's confession, it bo-
RELEASED BY VILLA
, JUAKEZ. Mex.. March 20. A tele
gram was received here today from
Bishop A. B. Call of the Mormon set
tlement at Colonia Duhlnn stuting
Bishop J. C. Bentley, Head Missionary
James T. Whetten and Albert Tiet
icn, another Mormon, bad been re
leased bv Francisco Villa's troops
and had arrived nt a logging camp
00 miles south of Colonia Dublari and
185 miles below tho border. ,-. , :
enme known today, enme after tho
cirl for hours had protested her in
woman who suid she sat near Miss
Garrison in the tea room, had told,
the authorities of her observations
of the girl's actions.
Witness Tell Story
The witness said Miss Garrison ar
rived early and ordered lunch for
two. When the cocktail arrived, slio
said, the eirl reached across the ta
ble and stirred it on top. not deeply.
The woman did not see anvtlune drop
ped into it. Later, the eirl. according
to the witness, walked around the
table and leaned Mrs. Storrs chair
forward to signify thnt the place was -reserved.
Shortly after Mrs. Storrs
arrived. ' .
This story was told to a city de
tective. M. M. Peyser, who told it to
Assistant Prosecutine Attorney John
D. Carmonv. Carmodv summoned
Miss Garrison to his ofico and de
tailed the whole alleged ' tea room
scene to her. ' " .,
"Now don't say 'no' again. Ruth,
because that is iust the way it hap
pened, isn't itt'Mhe prosceutor ask
ed.' - :
: The e:rl's chin auivered. her head
sank and she nodded "ves." r 1
Before the' officials obtained tho
woman's stnrv 'hey had scoured lit-,
tie. thev nid, on which to base u
charge against snss Onrnsnn.
Information formally charging
Mis Ruth Garrison with murder in .
the tirst degree was filed In the bu- .
perlor court here today by Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney John D. Car
mody. Husband Claims Suicide
WENATCHEE. Wash.. Mnrch.20.
Dndlev M. Storrs left last night for
Seattle, arriving here in the after
noon from Okanogan. He knew noth
ing of the sensational developments in
the death of his wife nntd he reached
Wenntchce. He expressed doubt as
to the confession of Ruth Garrison,
saving that if she made a contcssion.
it was only to escape the tortures of
the police third degreo methods.
"I nm satisfied thut my wife took
her own life, fulfilling the threat
which she had repeutedlv mude," ho
suid. -'
Storrs denied that the eirl. Ruth
Garrison, hnd spent any tune in Okun- .
ogan. He was calm nnd collected and
apparently unmoved bv the develop
ments in the love triangle. Storrs
registered hero vesterdnv under nu,
assumed name nnd kept to his room
until train time hist night m order to
escape intorviewers. ;
Sane, Snys Alienist
SEATTLE, Mar. 20. Dr. D. A.
Nicholson, alienist, who today spent
over two hours examining Mis Gar- ;
rlson, reported to Prosecuting Attor
ney Fred C. Brown that he believed
the girl perfectly Bane.
'T'm n hnnh fnr hninl? lfllieht at It"
the girl told Dr. Nicholson, Mr. Brown
sold. .This was the only expression
ot regret that she uttered. , "The doc
tor told mo that at no time did Miss
Garrison express the least regret for
hor deed or sympathy for her victim
or those she has bereaved."
Dudley Storrs will be taken Into
custody for investigation when he ar
rives here from Wenatcheo, police
declared today.
Altho Miss Garrison asserts that
hor one hope Is that Bha will bo al
lowed to see Storrs, officials Bald her
desire would not bo realized for some
time.
48 MILLIONS FOR
WASHINGTON, March 20. Artil
lery projects for tho army which will
be complntod contemplate expenditure
of $48,243,855 for guns of various
types, the wnr department announced
today. Among1 other, items are 74
carriages for 12 inch scneoast mor
tars and v.l railway mounts fur weap
ons of tins tvpo.