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VOl,. IX., t KKOLAND'H WORKMEN IH.MM niiohtku noiiw, iti-rrrKit WAflK.8 A NO CONIHTIONH I USE TAET Mavhlnory of Triple Al'lmico In Well Oiled Mill Oultled by Ixiulxnt of Ability 1omlon, Mar. 1 It. labor's triple alliance, wldi'h JiibI now Is demand ing much from tho employers ot Englund In tho way of shorter hours, higher tai, and living conditions ucli as ncvur Imfore were dreamed of by British workmen, number ap uroilmatelv ITiOO.OOO ill on with axillary forces of some hundreds of thousands uiuru. It demands havo been taken very seriously by tho government. The triple allium, which in re garded as one of tho mottt powerful labor bodies In tho world, In made up of the minora' federation of Great Britain with XOO.UOD member, the national union of railway mn with 4.F0,000, and the trnnxrt workers' , federation with 250,000. Outside It but dependent upon ita action, be cause a strike of the triple alliance means unemployment for them, are the national council of colliery work ers, locomotive engineer and fire men, the railway clerks' association, and a number of others. The machinery of the alliance Is simple. There Is a smull consula tlve committee mnde'up ot tho chad man and secretary of each of the three organisations, while the three executive moot at least twice year. Each body retaina complete freedom to take action on Its own behalf, Joint action bolus: confined to ques tions of national tmiortance and questions of principle. Before a mat ter can be considered by Joint ac tion It must be fully apivoved by the executive of 'the body which ralsea It. Tho approval of of least two of the organizations must be ob tained hofoo any Joint action can be taken. To the present the alliance has hot been called upon to test Its pow- ' or to tho Hlnt of drastic action, but It has been far from Idle. In 191 R It laid boforo Mr. .Asqulth, then' pre mier, it reconstruction program which Included the demnnd for full state maintenance, falling work, of all workers during the period of re construction, a domnnd which Is now being pressed upon the government. It was active In weaning for bettor pay, pensions and allowances for the soldiers. The alllnino decided to postpone action In the Industrial field until after tho wax, but ench of tho three bodlos drew up its plan for recon struction, and thoHo national pro grams were mutually discussed nnd considered In common. It Is' those which the government now faros' un der a threat of action that mny plunge tho country Into tho greatest inausttiol upheaval It has over known. . BANKER'S WIFE KILLED Oukland, Cal., Mar. 19. The po lice are frying to explain the klllln of Mrs. George Greenwood, wife ol a prominent San' Frandsco hanker presumably by a bomb explosion In the garden of her home hero las' night. A threatening 'letter was sent Greenwood early last year, . signed "C C. of C," similar to a letter re ceived by Governor Stephens before nls mansion was dynamited at Sac ramento In 1917. ...... RR AT Afiilik fill All IMF flF I IL.L.II II 1UL. Ul 1 1 UN I MUS 1 ir IL II VISIT CITY AGAIN Will lie ut ourtliiHiMO March 87 to Kit to AimlNt Those Who Failed to Mnko lleturna The Courier received today the following lottor from Milton A. Mil ler, collector of tho Internal revenuo service at Portland: "Portland, Ore., Mar. 19. -By dl rnctlon of the commissioner of In ternal revenuo I am authorized again to station my deputies ut various points throughout tho state to assist those who failed to complete Income lax returns within the required lime, and to render any other service that may be necessary or desired. Any adjustments of Income taxes should he made now, as an extensive 'drive' for delinquents will soon be under taken. ' Income Tax Officers (. R. Harper and O, V. Wlmberly will be at the courthouse at Grunts Pass, Ore., from and Including Moch 27 to and Including March 29th, 1919. "It Is the wish of 4he department that every one Interested should take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the visit of these offl cers." J.lfc. TILLER, OK CA.NVONV1LLK ACCIDENTIA KILLF.DHY UVX CanyonvHIo. Ore., Mar. 19. Ju Tiller, 14, aotldontly killed himself yesterday, five miles east of Can yonvllto. The boy . had. hid his rifle In tho brush while he came to town and when he went hack to got It, pulled the .gun toward aim by the muizle. The gun was discharged killing him Instantly. He was the son of James Tiller of Days Creek. His older brother and two other men were with him at the time. 4.000 SHE' FOR THREE CONCESSIONS Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 19. Four thousand workers of men's clothing. In 40 factories, struck today for a fourty-four hour wee, recognition of the union, and 80 per cent In crease In wages. 91ST DIVISION WILL S Washington, Mar. 19. Assign ment of' nrax-tlRHllv nil the nulla Af the' 91st division and several organ izations of the Fifth army corps for early convoy home Is announced. Thousands of Oregon men aro In the 9lst dlvlslon.v Tho war department announced that' the 147th roglmerit, field artil lery, originally with the 41st divi sion, will return with the 32nd divi sion which 1s scheduled to return to the United States In May. This reei- mont Included old batteries A and B of tho Orogon National Guard. CITY BURDENED WITH ru u ii i ILII HILL TOO MANY BUFFALOESiH Thormopolls, Wyo., Mar. 19. Thormopolls probably Is the only municipality in the country sufforlng from too many buffalo. The state has a herd of them here and has of fered thorn for sale because the herd has grown more rapidly than the stute can care for them. . . , And only recently William Clayton of Tlierino)olis purchased from W. D. Turner of Fort, Garland, Colo., tho famous Oeneral.Paluver herd for $40,000. These also are for sale, Clayton hopes to dispose of .Tils herd elngly or In "groups to zoological gardens nnd Col. George M' 'Sllney, superintendent of the atate reserve, hasn't . any . nlaa to irnt ru p t,i. charge "but hopes someone will take mem off ihis hands. , . qiiAvrg vAm, josKim?rB county, ASQUIJH IY PRESIDE ' OVER PEACE LEAGUE MILITARY TEKMH OK 1'KACK TIIKATV AMENDED HO YANKS CAN X).MK HOME sigh ram m two weeks Each Country to frttln Its Own I bor PruMetns Without Invoking Ijratfue of Nations' Aid Londttr, Mar. 19. There is strong tooling in political and diplomatic circles in Paris favoring Inviting Herbert H. Asqulth, former British premier, to become the first presi dent of .the league of nations, ac cording to the Dally Mirror. - , Paris, Mar. 19. The military terms of the peace treaty have been amended by eliminating the clause providing for the control of German armament for a definite period. Ad miral Benson, or the United States, pointed out that the original terms committed the United States to virtu ally Indefinite occupation of Ger many which would delay the return of troops and amount to annulling the sovereignty of Germany. . Paris, Mar. 19. Inclusion of the league of nations covenant In the preliminary peace treaty will ' not delay the signing of the treaty, which Is hoped to be done within two weeks. Lord Roberts Cecil said. Three amendments to the covenant have been submitted. Paris, Mar. 19. The commission on International labor reached an agreement today on all points. The American contention that each coun try settle their own Internal labor problems without Invoking .the league of nations, prevailed. FLU BLAMED FOR MARRIAGE e ... , iu win units ot an Das Spokane. Wash., Mar. 19. Mar-1 - Jorie Rash would be divorced. She says she acted rashly In yielding to "ZJZrVL .- w.....Uu uua w u,B (An Associated Press correspon dent who was sent from Toklo across Siberia to Omsk, in Southeastern Russia, to report the situation of the All-Russian Government thore, has forwarded by mall several Interest ing articles showing whrtt the Amer ican Red Cross Is doing for Russians In that Temote city and giving some Important sidelights on the problems faced by the antl-Bolshevtk forces having headquarters at Omsk. One the first of the articles forwarded from Omsk by tho correspondent fol lows:) Omsk, Fob, 28. (Correspondence PRAISES RED CROSS WORK AT OMSK AMONG THE ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FORCES of the Associated Press.) Praise 'can typhus hospital for Russians, for the work of the American Red ' with a capacity of '400 beds. Dr. Cross Is a dominant note ot public F. E." Dilley, an American physician expression here. The organization from Peking, Is at Oriisk and Is med has opened a well-appotnted 'hospital teal director of the Western tlivislr.v. four versts outside the city ot Omijk, of the Red Cross, extending from with, 400 beds and 250 patients, Irkutsk to the Urals, chiefly. Russians, with a W French. I . At Taiga. Novo-Nikolaevs'k and The hospital Is capable of. holding other .places, more tlian 2,000 per 1.000 beds, if necess-ary. 80n8 are under Red 0rogfl care Mk The Omsk hospital is merely one stations are provided for school of a series of philanthropic medical children. When there aro.no meii institutions which have been orcan- in umin .t.i .. .. . , , , . - " Ized In Siberia.. mainly through the I 7u u . 'euBlBr, oi to- boots,, caps nd children's under go, the Chairman of the Red Cross clothing are distributed. Clothes comm sslon to' Siberia,.. He has .been 1 Have been given to 800 Polish fam travellng about to points In the Inter-Hies. ' ' 1 ommqx, wkdnf-sdav, march gov. oicott ADJ. GENtRAl KKI'LACEH AIM IT A .N'T GENERAL llEEHK, WHO ASKED TO HE RETIRED FROM KEKVICE MAY SERVED WITH 3RD OREGON James Wlthycotnhe Had Held Fowl- tlon for White, .Who Resigned to Enter War As Major Salem, Ore., Mar. 19. Governor Bon W. Olcott has appointed Colonel John L. May adjutant general ot Oregon, replacing Acting Adjutant General Chas. Beebe. Colonel May returned from France last week where he commanded the 162nd Infantry, the old Third Ore gon. : The late James Withycombe, for mer governor, had held, the position open for Adjutant General White. Who resigned to enter the war as a major. White Is now lieutenant colonel on General Pershing's staff. uwvernor uicott says Major White will be given the position when he returns. Adjutant General Beebe asked to be retired. "RED" RUPERT STILL AHEAD OF THE HOUNDS Gold Hill, Ore., Mar. 19. Posses are still searching forMled Rupert in Southern Oregon and along the Cali fornia border,but no definite clews of his whereabouts have been dis covered. ' It may depend UDon the authorities of other states to arrest him later on, unless more encourag ing results are obtained soon. ' - : . t "GOVERNMENT CONTROL" V RAISES PASSENGER RATES San Francisco, Mar. 1. Flat In- Z of of The . pnUrf ' tot. rlHd . J- itlon he- e Increase was pr)vlded , geneny order No 28. tsued June 10 laat. lor obtaining bases and buildings for the hospitals. Russians thus have been made to realize that the Amer ican Red Cross Is here to be a gen uine And AfTonffva nol0tnnu Red Cross work in interior Siberia j nas 4'rovided a hospital at Tumen with a capacity of 500 patients and dental clinics at Chellablnsk and Ek aterinburg, An American doctor was detailed to serve on the staff of the Czocho-Slovak army and a field unit with two surgeons was maintained ,with the Eighth regiment of Czechs I until winter stopped the most active operations. There is now bolns opened at Potrona V'l n Vt If Jin Am ntt " iuuuuu; uuiinuons are made In needy cases.. Overcoats, 10, iie, 0. S. NAVAL GUNS Have Range of SO Miles and Drop ped First Shells September 6 ' at Rcthondes London, Mar. 19. The ble Unit ed States naval guns, some of which have a range of 26 miles, dropped 789 .shells on seven objectives on the western front during the last few weeks of fighting with what a naval report prepared at. headquar ters here terms "remarkable accu racy." The report further eay that they were among the strongest guns on the western front. In summarizing this navy activity. the report says the first shipment of these guns arrived at St. Nazalre, France, July 25, 1918. The first gun was mounted August 6, It left St. Nazal re August 18, and arrived at firing point August 24. All euns were mounted by August 17 and all had been concentrated at Haussl mont by September 28. The firing record shows the first shot was fired on September 8 by a gun sta tioned at Rethondea and fir.'tut at Tergnler. The firing really got un der way September 14 and was kept up continuously untn 10:69 a. m. November 11, one minute before hos tilities ceased. The last shot from Thlervllle dropped Info Longuyon. The guns were taken from the surplus of 25 per cent of ordnance allowed each battleship. Each gun was mounted on a railway truck and the complement for each consisted of eight ara and a locomotive. The most effective work was done ' by uns at Thlervllle firing at Mon- glennes and Longuyon, by guns at Soissons tiring at Laon and those at Charny firing at Montmedy. OF STIRS ALL MEDFORD narrison Klggs who was shot a week ago by Deputy Sheriff McDon aid lias so far recovered ' that It is now known that he .will suffer no permanent Injury from the effects of the bullet wound-through his shoul der. Sensation has returned to his right arm and h ATI H whlrh vara lu. alyzed until a day or twV ago. Mr R1ggs is now sitting ud. He will be able to leave the Med ford sanitarium In a week for' bis home, but It will be a month yet' before he will be able to work. The superintendent of the Prink orchard of which Higgs is foreman, lias thoroughly investi gated the shooting and announced that the company will back up JUggs in every way.-i-Medford Tribune. Riggs'was shot at night by Mc Donald near a country ranch house, when' he refused to stop when com manded to do so by McDonald. With other men In the automobile. Rices shot his car ahead and escaped. Mc Donald fired several shot at the car, one bullet passing direotly between two men in the rear seat and striking R'PK3 in tho shoulder CANADA AND' IRF.LAX1) COXXKCTF.D ' BV W1RELKSS , London, Mar. is. The establish ment of a wireless telephone between Ireland and Canada has been an nounced by the Marconi company. E BATHE AND LOSE ONE London, Mar. 19. Russian non Bolshevik forces were defeated by the Bolshevik troooe and havA re. tired toward Odessa from the north, according to a report received here. Salonlkl, Mar. 19. Greek trooDs defeated Russian Bolshevik troops at Kherson, northeast of Odessa and advanced about 12 miles. It is offi cially announced. The Greeks cap tured prisoners and material.' '" MAKE FINE RECORD BOLSHEVIKS WIIOLK NUMBER 2010. JOSEPHINE IS NOT IN THE DRY PROCESSION STATISTICS FROM WATER MAS TER'S OFFICE SHOWS 28, 011 ACRES IRRIGATED FIGURES ARE SURPRISE TO MAHV Statement Does Not Include Propos ed Irrigation Projects, Such As Louse Creek and Others Although Josephine county Is sup posed to be dry, not only by the grace of God, but also by the rote of the people, especially during the summer months, yet the statistics la the office of District Water Master M. L. Opdyke show there is consid erable wetness In Josephine county. There has been adjudicated by the state water board and permits Issued tor the irrigation of 28,911 acres of land In this county. Of this amount of irrigation 19,493 acres comes un der the regular adjudication, while permits have been issued since the adjudication for 8,418 acres more, while there is an estimated acreage that is Irrigated for which there are no permits and the streams have not been adjudicated of 1,000 acres. For the irrigation the state has al lowed 600.38 second feet'of water. or 20,015.20 miners inches, the al lowance averaging '1S 7 second feet per acre. The above figures do hot include any of the proposed Irrigation pro- ' Jects, such as the Louse creek reser voir, or any of the proposed projects from up Rogue river. , In addition- to the above appro priations there has been appropriated for mining and ifower purposes 3,233.29 second feet or 128,931.6 miners inches, most ot it being for mining purposes, there not. being to exceed 100 second feet appropriated for power purposes and the above appropriations do not Include those of streams not adjudicated, like the Illinois river and several tributaries. Relative to the Irrigation of the county, all of the projects are pri vately owned or confpany or neigh borhood ditches, and have been con structed and developed by the irri- gationist8 themselves, and with few exceptions are the result of small irrigation projects. For irrigation fhn rApnrita nhnv 319 appropriators ot water, making an average of about 55 acres to each appropriator, yet . the appropriations range from 1 acre to 10.0 or more .acres. The number of irrigated acres in this county is constantly 'increasing, as -new permits are being 'taken out all the time, and many springs and small streams are being developed which a few years ago went unno ticed. Many improvements are be- ter which allows of a larger acreage to be irrigated with, the same amount ot water and also land Is being put . In better shape for irrigation. LIFE-TERMER KEPT Salt Lake City, Mar. 19. James M. Shockley, a life-termer at the Utah state prison, convicted of mur der In connection with killing two street car men, recently was allow ed his temporary freedom in order to visit his aged mother at Bell, Mo. ! He made the roun'd trip In ten days and no account of his movements were kept by the prison officials. Warden George Storts asserts that he allowed Shockley to make the' visit feeling that the prisoner would keep his pledge to return. Shock ley las taken to literature since his Incarceration 15 years ago and sev eral of his stories have appeared in prominent magazines. ' 4V