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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
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FIFTH YEAR.
SEVEN ANARCHISTS, BARRICADED IN
OUSE, DEEY ENTIRE LONDON POEICE
Ml
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. . ,
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a bnckor nnd push that lminM
enterprise of yours.
ised foV tho, central; nnd 'middle wo$r(
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