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' tywiHW' 1'yyr . Temperature Today; Max. 42; Min.29, Beats Middle West Weather. Doesn't it Medford Mail Tribune BANK CLEARANCES TODAY $43,537.01 The Xecir of th nftfB, White Fair weather. Ulue Ilaln or snow. White and blue Local Bhowera Black triangular Above white, warmer; below whlto, colder. White with black center Cold. THE WEATHER " ' rM Vair tonight and tomorrow. ! '"j$M W FIFTH YEAR. SEVEN ANARCHISTS, BARRICADED IN OUSE, DEEY ENTIRE LONDON POEICE Ml UN USED WHICH SET FIRE TO HOUSE Battle Is Kept Up Until Finally Walls Fall and Gang is Burned to Death Attacking Forces Are Lctr in Person by Secretary Churchill. LONDON. Jan. .'I. Hnrriendod jn their lair in n house in the very heart of London's? slums, seven anarchists defied the police, the firo department and tlireo companies of Scots guards , today, all headed by Home Scoiotnry Churchill, until the house was sot on fire hy the shots of machine guns and the defenders were burned to death. The fight began when the police, seeking two mcaibcrs of the notorious "lloundsditeh" anarchists gang, discovered two of them in the house. The men began the buttle by Firing down on the uiinrmed offi cers. Other police were called and the Scots Guards were brought in The defenders still resisted. Oth ers, evidently bolonging to the gang and living in the house, joined in th battle. The attacking party at last faced seven desperate men, heavily aimed and firing with reckless aban don into the ranks of the attacker and the crowd of spectators gather ed by the sight and sounds of a bat tle in the streets. . After the fire tho anarchists 'to ticnled"Mo the roof, where" they' con tinued to pour shot from rifles and revolvers into tho police until the flames ato away tho supporting walls and the roof 'on which they stood fell with n crash. All the nun arc believed to have been thrown into the fire and incinerated. For iive hours the battle raged. Half a dozen persons were fatally wounded and a score of others re ceived lo.sser injuries. Police Sei. geants Lccsou, Chossom and thick, Policeman Dyer, John didmnn, a spectator, and an unidentified nin.i were shot and are now dying from their wounds. Many of the others iujuicd weie spectators of the battle who, defying tho police, forced their way through tho lines into the rill? range of tho defenders. 11 was not until nutohino guns brought up by tho Scots Guards were used that tho defenders were driven Iniin their position. The first shot sent ei;!jiijg through the building were answeicd by tho burglars. Soon the Inui'liiiie nulls set firo to tin house. Gasping f,or breath, tho de fenders were seen nt the window? for brief intervals, but they still kepi up their file. At last the shots came only fiom tho upper windows, and then tho barking of their arms from tho roof nud tho slight rifts of fire in the smoke showed that the man had taken a last stand above the rag ing file in the house that had been their lefuge. The anarchist-burglars were rec ognized as. "Peter, the Fainter," and "Fritz," members of tho Hounds ditch giing, who arc believed to be plotting to kill King Gem-go, and who, it is believed, murdered two policeman two weeks ngo, when V tunnel they wero digging underueat'i tho vaults of a lloundsditeh jewehv storo was discovered. A posse of policemen eonditctin,: n hnuso-to-houso aeargh qf a block in the slams fo.r tho two criminals came upon them in u houso in Syd ney street. Without warning the moil lirod fr,om the attic, driving the policeinon, vvlio were unarmed,' into the street. Ken then tho firing was kont up until the police Tain out ol range. Thy. Scots Guards were call ed out, section nt a time, and linnlly practically tho entire London police forco wa nt the scene, Kino uuji sent through tho windows and walls of the house, from which tho men kont firing, had no effect. Attempt to smoke them out likewise failed, and fireuion wore hunimoned to pour stream, of .water through the broken windows. The outlaws seemed iwssesscd of an inexhaustible supply of ammuni tion. Il i estimated that 1000 shot (Continued on I'njre -.) SEVEN MEN, ONE WOMAN. ASK FOR THAT CHINA TRIP W. H. Lyman, Employe of Manhat tan Cafe, Lands the Job, as He Is First to Apply Off on His Lqnu. Trip Tomorrow. Seven men and one womnn rallied to the appeal of John A. Perl, a lo cal undertaker, for a volunteer to neqptnpnny the remains of Lvon Wiuie Wee, a Chinaman who died Satuurday, on . their homeward bound voynge to tho land of the poppy, and of the number, W. il. Lyman, until recently employed in the Manhattan cafe, has been decid ed upon ns the lucky man. Hardly had the copies of the Mail Tribune containing Perl's request been delivered than Lyman, who fo. some time pntt has been anxious to emigrate to the Philippine islands, had registered his application for the trip, and true to his promise of firt come, first served, Perl decided up on him. The opportunity for a free pass ago to the Celestial empire is made possible through the rcquiiomcuts oJ tho steamship companies that a body in transportation bo accompanied, which in this case it will have to oe as far as Hongkong, China. . Jjymniu will deliver his charge 1 1 the dead man's widow there and will continue to Manila on his own initi ative. For its long .journey the body has been thoroughly artorially embalm ed, tu addition, it will bo placed in a casket dressed in a disinfected robb. Tho casket in turn will be packed in a heimetically sealed zinc lined oak shipping case. Lyiunu and his mute companion will leave Mt'dford Wednesday morn ing for San Francisco, from which port thoy sail for China Saturday on a Pacific Mail liner. Leon Wee, the dead man, had been in America about .'If) years. He leaves an estate valued at about $500. Lyman could not be found thi morning. A search for him elicited only the information that ho was busily engaged in taking on supplies for a long journey in a salty atmo -jihore. MANY SEEK NEW HUNTING LICENSES Tho warning to hunters recently issued by Deputy Gnme Warden Charles H. Gay caused a delugo ol applications for 31)11 licenses to pour into tho office of County Clerk W, It. Coleman. Upto noon today ten licenses np plied for were granted. HOW $32,000 WAS -SAVED MEDFORD IN THE CITY WATER DISTR 5 When the cit built the gravity water M'stom it issued and sold its bonds and had the money mailable before letting the contract. In thi way the contractor, knowing the money would be promptly forthcom ing, mudo hit. bid on a cash bums til tho .assessments have been levied, nndthe assessments cannot bo lev ied until the contract is let. When it came to letting tho con tract lor constructing he new water mains, the contractors, knowing ho and the city secured uu advantage ous contract. In the case of improvement, the cost of which is to be assessed, how -ever, this couro is not possible be cause tho bonds cannot be issued un- deeplv the city had bonded itself for the construction of tho gravity sys tem, were very skeptical ns to the ability of the city to sell another large wuter band issue. The 'fact aiEDFORD, CHECK ARTIST STINGS ASHLAND BUSINESS MAN After Cashing Phony Checks to an Amount of Several Hundred Dol lars, Man Flees Is Caught ' by Police in Portland. After ensiling over n dozen worth less checks in Ashland Saturday, obtaining several hundred dollars, a bad check artist giving tho name MeAuliff was nrrcsted in Portland' today. The Ashland chief of police will go north tonight for the mail. It is thought that MeAuliff is one of tho cheek artists who operated re cently in Klnmrflh Falls, where qul'o nn epidemic of bad checks broke out. MeAuliff will bo tried in this county. Want-ndvertisc for a new elork or office-worker and your business routine will scarcely be interrupted bv the oxit of tho other one. LOSES"!!; BREAKS A LEG Fletcher Fish, Assistant Manager of the "Nat," Sustains Peculiar In jurySkate Becomes Loosened and He Is Thrown to the Floor. Fletcher Fish, assistant mnnnger of tho Nalatorium, sustained a l'nio turo of the right leg Monday after noon when he was thrown to the floor of (he skating rink through losing one of his skates. Ho was removed to his homo at (iOt) West Tenth street. Dr. B. It. Secley, who attended him, found the injuries wore not serious and stated (hat Fish would not bo confined to his bed for more than a short time. BANfGUARANfr LAW IS UPHELO Supreme Court of United States De clares Oklahoma Law Is Consti tutional as Well as Law of Kan sas Passed in 1909. WASHINGTON, I). C. Jan. .1. Hank deposit guaranty laws wero upheld todny by the supremo court of the United States in two decis ions. One doclatcd that the Okla homa state Jaw is constitutional and the other upheld the law of Kansas I passed in 1001). that these bonds wc,ro to be issued under a now chaiter amendment and that they had never been passed up on or upproyad by any of the largo bond buyeib of the country did not help the situation. Tho result was that the contract ors, taking into consideration the danger of having to tnko their pay in unsalable bonds, either refused t? bid at all or gave n high figure. Mayor Canon and some of tho members of the council, becoming convinced that if the city could jmv for the work 4u cash, a large amount might be saved, asked for bids on the basis of payment in cash or monthly estimates. The result was that a bid was secured .i2.'l,000 lower than the lowest bid under the regu lar plan. The city hnd no available funds except the money in the gravity wa ter fund, which was held by the city to pay for the gnuity system, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1)U. 285,000 Pi FORJOSEPHIHE COUNTY MINES Frank Lcland Buys Osgood, Deep Gravel and Logan Mines in Waldo District and Will Develop Them on Large Scale Cost $285,000. Since September He Has Had a Large Crew of .Men at Work Pros pectingSo Far Favorable Are Prospepts That He Closes Deal. Frank M. Lcland has purchased tho Osgood, Deep Gravel and Logan mines in tho Wiildo mining district, in Josephine county, paying $285, 000. For the Osgood mine he paid $.15,000, for tho Deep Gravel $150. 000. and for tho Logan .$100,000. Tho mines will be -extensively oper ated by an eastern syndicate, of which Mr. Leland is tho representa tive. Mr. Leland has been doing exten sive development and prospecting work at tho mines during tho -past few months. So pleased was ho with tho returns tiuii he took over the mines nnd will operato them out a large scale. PRIMROSE PJTH'Sil DANGERS TOLD Max A. Stern Commits Suicide Leaving Nrito of Warning to "All Other Fools" Urges Them to Spurn Whisky and Fast Living. POltTLANU, Or., Jan. .'!. "Lot other fools take notice. Whisky, fast living and pokor. I have no will-power to resist further; life would bo but a repetition of, tho past," wrote Max A: Stern shortly before ho swallowed poison in his room at the Seward hotel. A not j wiih found among his effects in which ho asked that certain people m Tennessee be notified. Messages reaching here today say that Mo Stern was former assistant cashier of tho New York Life Insurance company at Memphis, Tenu., and that he disappeared Pocombor i). His books and accounts wore correct. Tho body will bo held at the morgue pending the receipt of ad vices from tho south. Stein was about 2!) years of age, Ho was well dressed and appeared prosperous Ho registered from Chicago when he engnged apartments last week. Ac cording to the hotel malingers the man had been in the habit of remain ing out until enrl. mornings. It i believed that ho swallowed tho fatal draught yesterday. The body wa- found lying on the bed late yestoi day by a chambeimnid. Adequate advertising frank in forming, faotful, frequent being a pnrt of a store's service to you, it follows that a good storo is neces sarily n well advertised storo. Hut the work on tho graity sys tem was being held up by the Hunlo litigation and the mayor and coun cil had faith in Mcdl'ord. Thoy behoved that bond buyei ., when convinced that Medford was being run as a business institution, without waste or graft, would be willing to buy our bonds. Accord ingly thoy took almost $.r0l000 from tho gravity money, paid for these mains in cash and thereby snvrd the city more than $28,000. Ah rood as the assessments had been levied and the bonds issued, the work of selling them was iindorlnk eii. After h great ileal of work and some anxious hours, they woro so., subject to the approval of the attor neys of the buyers us to their valid ity, A certified copy of the whole proceedings from tho first resolu tion submitting the eh.'utor nincud mout to the proof of publication of the final otdiuaiice authorizing the New Picture of Dr. Cook, Who Isn't Sure He Discovered the North Pofe 1 r HBB liMBiUff TiM Mil ii bmwwf '- 38i?sl jHWQHHRrcillBiiiHIBIIllHMilHURBY- ' ' vv&vr?Mliiin WMbultStp- liJlJlfllHHPBH x T-',i"Ws'i wAislI m-Ki iKaBM w-si? S W .V'S TBBilHiliiliHIBBR soi' --v ? hw$ ffflil"Qy wbw. iwwwim nr xji -;? ii-&.5 uc-Sii; H&MSn tmrzmsp yfmmi$8gmsm& fi5tf.fr V ' TtVAlf i .J fi.TT.? J - ,.3TNl?Ji- p3 ..? .t JUS irf-Ws J ?MBYAMfitClH ' OHNPUN URGED MONTANA Governor Norris in His Mcssnno Ad vocates Direct Primaries nnd Elec tion of Senators on Orcflon Law Is a Proflressivc. HKJ.KN'A, Mont., Jan. H. Urglns direct jirlimiry and the election of United Status Konators along tho Hiimo plan nB that lii effect In OrvKon, tho ineHaago of Governor Noi-i-Ih wait road In tho leglHlaturo todny. Tho docu ment served notice on tho leKlHlatoiH that a special ineHiMgo was to fol low and that It would deal with con servation, forest fires, tho Income tax nud employers' liability. Tho messago today urged tho pas sage of a law establishing n public service commission and u law em powering cities to adopt tho commis sion form of government. no Count Judge J It, Neil will opei Hio lir-t nCKHion oi conn ior nu i , at the courthouse W'cdnedaV morn- nig. With him ns presiding officci u)l nit Cinmlv CominiHsione Jumi houdr, cou'iiiig more than a Iiuudnd tvpewnttcn piigc-, was picpujod bv the iccordcr, Mi. Teller, nud sent i tho First National Hank of Cleve land, O., one of the largest boa i buyers in Amreica. Tim bunk' nttoruois guvo their uiKpialified approval to the. whole record nud tho bank wrote back nuk ing for tho privilugo of balding on any additional isuc. At this point it duo to Mr.Celfor to say that his out of ill, nooimitp and systcmatio conduct of the reuordoi-'i. office during this critical period has been simply invaluable. Mayor Canon did not stop with this saving of $2.'l,000. Knowing the fricinllino that tho Southern l'n eitto company had always .shown Medford, ho went to Portland, laid beforo the otficiuU of that companv our urgent needs nnd asked them to lmvo the i-ltv n reduced freight rale on the pipe which was being shippVtl v' TOMORROW Aae&nwv w?fv&: .A . -. 'A.. j. V vssmswm' PKSS ASSWWM ailEUES COME OFF JANUARY 15 Otto Hundred nnd Fifty Loading Chi nese of Shaiinlial Will Sever Con nections With Their Queues In the Near Future. SHANGHAI, Jan. :t.OiiO hundred and fifty lending Chinese of Shanghai, Including Wu Ting Fung, former minister to tho United States, will Bovdr connection with their unouoa Jauiirtry 15, in nrcordanco with tho edict of tho Poking senate. Wu put tho finishing touches on the waver ing spirit of his follow cltizons'whon ho called a mooting nt his house and pointed out to them tho ndvantnges of going about with closely cropped lieadB. After an enthusiastic spcoch Wu product'd a Bot of resolutions naming Jnnuniy 15 aH "shaving day" and all present signed It. I'ASADKN'A, Cal., Jan. :i. Last ritort lor Arch Ilo.ssoy, the dead avi ator, wore scheduled to be held at 2 :'H) this uftoiuunu from a local un dertaking oxtnbliidimQiit. Tho funer al HorviooM, it wiih expected, would be attended by nil tho air men who took pail in the DomiugucK meet, the committee in charge nnd officiuls of the Aero club of California. - - Owen and (Jeorgo h Davis, (ho lat ter ictenllv elected to office, sue cecdiug Johliun I'dtterson. in tor the wotk This appeal was siu-cessul. The Southern Pacific granted till' city i halt' rale lroin Poitland on the pipe, Tho conlrnetois weio icipnred to ship the pipe in the name of the cilv and tho city paid the freight. As a losiilt u Having of more than $11000 was offontod, the contractors being ohargod tho full rogular J'roisbt and the city saving the ailiouut of the re duction. To give in conorolo form the amount' of tho saving thus effected, it may bo said that tho distributing Hvwlnm iiiHlnllml liv llm cilv in 11)03 cost $ll,00o por mile. Tho city had tho casli, to pay for this work, labor was thou lowor. iron nine was then cheaper, vet tho worl; douo under Mayor Canon's administration has boon done at u total cost of only $7000 por tnilo, the work douo dur ing the iwo peilods boing nnbsluntl ally identical in nil respects. imk im N SYSTEM NO. 244 IS STORM KING IS 1 HOLDING HIGH I CARNIVAL EAST Cold Wavo That Came With Sun day's Blizzard Still Holds Sway Hundreds Sufferinn in the Larger Cities and Hundreds Cattle Die. Gas Plants Are Affected and Supply Runs Short Railroads Operate Under.- Difficulties Storm Will Reach; .New England TenifW. CIIIOAfJtX 111 Jan. 6. XHioufifi . JltO mowiy rising romperaiure is prom zard still hold Hway. mnMr'e'dVC' persons are suffering in the Inrger cities and throughout the great stock-raising regions thousands of cattle and sheep have perished. In Iowa the tomperntiu'o today is 10 below zero. In Illinois it hovers around 5 to 8 below. Throughout Toxns whoro tho mercury dropped 50 degrees in 24 hours thousands of head of cattlo have been killed, Tho storm is still traveling1 east ward. Tonight, according to tho weather bureau, it is expected to reach the New England slates. Tho gas plants in miiljv of "Mho larger cities havo been affected by tho cold anil tho supply (is low. In Somo cities tho water supply also is running short. Railroads are still operating nn derdifficiilties. Trains are from six to eight hours Into in tho northwest Through Iowa nnd Nebraska thoy ni-6 fighting huge -snow 'drift's. Many trains have bden cancelled nud only a few aro miming on rogular sched ules. The telegraph and telephone com- ' panics hnvo suffered heavy losso-i. Wires throughout tho storm-swept sections have been carried down nnd tho work of repairing them has been greatly hampered by the wind and by the bitter cold. Reports from many sections, cut off by the storm, have not yol been received. It is believed that the lost? ofdivestock has beoutho great est in a number of years. PRINTERS BAIL GREAT SUCCESS Typographical Union Members Prove as Adept as Entertainers as They Aro Aloiifi Lines Laid Down by Their Calllnn, the Art Preservative Printers mid publishers and a host of tho friends of both attended tho ball and supper given by the' mem bers of Medford-Ashland Typo graphical Union, No. 551), nt tho Natatorium last night. A huge gathering of people from tho valley found their way into town to take part in tho affair, Ilaelrigg's orchestra of eight pieces fiirnibhcd tho niusio for tio dance, after which a supper wa served in the smaller bull room, Lust night's dance, the first, ever hold hoio by the "Typos," was an iiiimeuso success. Tho florul decorations woro by J. T. Hroadley and Johnston, tho ca teior, served the supper, SHOW BIG INCREASE . IN SCHOOL CENSUS The school census rucontly com pleted under the direction of County Supeiiutendent of Schools J. Pcrov Wells, shows a total of 0912 will havo to bo enrod from tho coui nioucemont of tho year J.0U, This shows uu iuaronsQ.iu pupil, of 413 over the lust census. . , Wnnt-udvortise for n parlour, or a bnckor nnd push that lminM enterprise of yours. ised foV tho, central; nnd 'middle wo$r( tern slates tonight, the ;cj(djj;mvo that enino with BundAv.lskrht'ffJbiler'l' ii ,:u ' w I ii i . I Wi5 it ") 1 1 to .ituvyki . ... UtMbMSA. i. -. .' ASS kfa&m.