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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
sAkAALln 4 POWERFUL LEVER.
Japan Now Given Opportunity to In
crease Her Demands on Russia.

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ss. Petersburg. July IL. -- With the
Japanese flag hoisted for the tirst time
on RuseiNn soil after | Q months Of war,
the Importance Of the landing ON the
island Of Sakhalin IL generally admit
ted both In newspaper comment and in
government circles. Complete oecnpa-
ton Of the island Ia regarded NJ fore
gone conclusion.
The Novoe vremya voices the general
sentiment In holding that control OF
sakhalin puts 4 powerful lever In the
possession Of Japanese diplomacy.
which finally has something tangible
In Its hands to throw upon the scales
with the sword In the coming confer
eEce.
There Ia divergence OF opinion with
regard TO the effect IL will have upon
the negotiations at Washington, some
OF the irreconcilables declaring that
II makes peace At the present juncture
more impossible than before, an Japan
will be able TO demand the csssion OF
the Islands and heavy indemnity AZ
we'll, III which terms peace will be- too
costly, but the more prevalent view III
that Japan has now In her hands
enough trumps to take the game.
The attack on the island certainly
dissi pates one Of che hopes OF the peace
advocates, who have been suggesting
that its voluntary cession might be- AL
offset with Port Arthur and the Chi
nese railway against the payment OF .
large part or all OF monetary indem-
nifty. No further report ot'the landing
| operations has been received.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Chicago, July 4.--Because of lack
OF funds and confronted with secessions
from the ranks of the strikers, the
teamsters council has called special
meeting of that body for tomorrow
night to decide whether the strike shall
be continued. Strike benefits for g.
600 OF the railway express drivers were
due today but there was no money in
the treasury of the union. As result
II was predicted that many OF the ex-
press drivers would apply to the ex-
press companies tomorrow morning for
work.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
TO MAKE ISTHMUs HEALTHY
Shonts Tells How Commission Will
Care for Employees.

Washington, July s. - Life on the
Isthmus of Panama is to be made
healthful, comfortable and enjoyable
before the real work of digging the
canal is begun, according to an an
nouncement OF policy made today by
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama Canal
commission. Mr.. Shonts said:
"Our first duty is to create sound
underlying conditions. This is now
vastly more important than the moving
of dirt. The men must have suitable
houses in healthy surroundings; they
must have wholesome and nourishing
food at reasonable cost; they must have
suitable transportation facilities to get
to and from their work, and they must
have opportunity for recreation.
at will be the policy of the commits
sion to provide these essentials as
quickly as possible, and to only in
crease the working force, aside from
the mechanics necessary to provide
these necessities as fast as the facilities
indicated can be furnished.
80 much has been said by the press
OF an exaggerated character about
health conditions there that it may be
wise to recapitulate the facts regarding
yellow fever. There have been be.
tween 5000 and 10, 900 employees on the
isthmus since the disease first appeared
In May. During that month there were
70 canal emnlovaa stricLan ool 49,
deaths. In June 80 canal employees
were STRICKEN and there were four
deaths, two of those dying being Amer
leans appointed in the United States
and two persons appointed locally on
the isthmus."
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
WITNESSES FORGET.
important Testimony In Land Fraud
Cases Hard To Get.

Portland, July o. Three witnesses
now haze been heard in the tflal o.
Representative Williamson, DR.. van
Gesner and Marion X. Bigga, whose
cases are being heard before Judge ne
Haven. They have given damaging
testimony, but 1t has been Literally
dragged from them, and yesterday
morning when Henry Beard WAS tes.'-
flying, Judge De Haven turned 70 p,s'
trict Attorney Heney and said Mr.
Heney, you may lead the Witness lot
1t seems az If this Is the only way you
can get anything out Of him"
This statement came from the court
after his honor had listened TO the ex-
animation of Campbell Duncan, Green
Beard and his son Henry. Hardly hao
the direct examination OF Duncan got
ten under way than differences tna'
witness TO-. the government had been
tempered with were being brought OUT
Duncan had splendid ability to forget.
His memory in connection with the
talks and deals that he had with tne
defendants was conveniently blank
So was that Of Green Beard, who was
another OF the men who had taken up
timber claim, which, it is alleged,
was taken for DR.. Gesenr and Repre-
sentative Williamson. His son Henry
was also suffering from bad memory,
but after severe shaking up both by
Mr.. Heney and Judge Bennett, ne
blandly admitted, when he was closely
pressed by Judge Bennett, that he had
committed perjury in swearing to his
timber entry affidavit.
Shortly after the morning session
convened, ex-senator Thurston rose TO
make inquiry concerning the motion for
new trial for Senator Mitchell. Coun-
sci explained that he was a long way
from home and that nothing save the
pending motion was keeping him IN
Portland. Judge De Haven then an
nounced that he would take up the
Mitchell case at 10 o'lcock Monday
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
Russia Viii Make Protest

81. Petersburg, July S-General Lin
ievltch,s Geographic report to the en-
peror charging the Japanese with using
dumdum bullets will probably be made
the subject of communication 10 tbe
powers protesting against the violation
Oh the Geneva convention. Among the
Liberals story is being industriouslv
circulated and believed that japan will
demand that the treaty of peace, if con.
Guided, shall be submitted for the rati.
ncation OF the Russian people, in order
TO insure its observance in case Of q
change of government.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Omaha, Neb., July 10. = The rapid
rise OF the Missouri river at this point
has caused the breaking of dikes into
two lakes north of the city, with the
result that the river may cut new
channel, endangering the utility of the
double-span drawbridge of the Illinois
Central. Many residents along the
Nebraska side OF the river have been
compelled to flee from their homes.
South of the city, on the Iowa side, the
bottoms are flooded for miles, doing
thousands OF dollars worth of damage
to crops and other property.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
Russia ConsuIts po,xsrs

Berlin, July TO- A report is in cir.
cuiation here that the Roumanian gov
eminent has asked the powers to adj
wise what treatment shall be accorded
the crew OF the Russian battleship
kniaz Potemkin, which mutinied and
who surrendered to the Roumanian au.
thorities today. Russia demanded that
the crew be surrendered to her; Austria
and Germany advised Roumania to
give them to Russia, while England,
France and Italy advised their release
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
MITCHELL GUILTY
VERDICT OF JURY
Charges Of Indictment In Land f,,.,
Gases are Sustained.
Attorneys for Defense
Move for New Trial YIN S's'T
Case to United States sv0, .'''
Court II Necesssry-otbsr,1p's' '
ant Cases to Follow. p''''

Portland, July 4.-At II o'clo,. !.
night, with the din of explodin,. =
crackers almost drowning the ''a Jung hn
Captain Sladen, Senator Nofas d
Mitchell, who for % years b 'oan ID.
the senate OF the United sta ts 10y " 10
ened to the reading Of the VERDI T'sa' ll''
pronounced him guilty. '' nat
Although hard hit, as a man -.
be under such awful conditions a ,'aa
tor Mitchell retained his oo,a,, rvha-
Tears welled into his ewes aa p'uie'
voice shook, and, as he slo a1u lis
from his seat, after the iury bsd l '0ss
polled and court was adjournsd ''s -
tottered and for the brief smell ~ R
haps minute the SHOCKING t !, r',
the verdict seemed suddenly "a rni.'a
upon his shoulders every one n a ,bs'
70 years through which he has :, n. 'a''ss
and he became old, very old. Wi,h
effort which showed that he waa ~ "a. a.
fighting, still not without hone g., ''''
Senator Thurston, as soon as tb ~ ~, a.
was polled had moved for new ~! lsg
he Strengthened up his bent 6orr n'I'
way that seemed to say, "Ibs,. !.
yet another chance"
Senator Mitchell will not rest uua..
the verdict of the jury as returned ~
night, but will take the matter r. -, -
Supreme court of the United st.,ss
If necessary. Senator Thurstop ous !,
the counsel for the defense, when astJ
as to the future course of the deIsDs.
said:
ION Monday next the court will hes,
motion for new trial on the mart :,
the defense, and if that is denied m
matter will pc taken to the Cjreut
court of Appeals in San Francisco ana
from there, if necessary, to the Su
preme court of the United States N
course, other than that statement esn
have nothing to say as to what think
of the outcome of the trial"
John Newton Williamson, Dr.. Van
Gesner and Marion R. Biggs will b
brought face to face with the United
States court on Friday morning at 10
o'clock to answer to the indictment
charging them with subornation Of
perjury, in having induced 100 persons
to swear falsely in regard to entries
made upon timber and stone land in
the vicinity of Prineville.
Judge De Haven set Friday morning
as the time for beginning the trial
when court was called yesterday morn
ing. He also stated that be would i1
Wednesday morning as the time for
taking up all land fraud cases in which
demurrers had been filed against The
indictments. He would then set apart
a time for hearing the argumentsi in
those cases where such hearing vas
necessary.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Seattle, WASH, July ll.--J. j. I'm.
derwood, arrived from Nome this morn
ing ON the steamer zealandia with the
Alaska exhibit for the Lewis and CLARK
exposition at Portland. The value OF
the exhibit, OF which Mr.. Underwood
will have charge, Is over $50, 900, and
the two principal features are s25, 00c
gold brick and $40, 900 worth OF mug.
gets from the Peterson cleanup in the
Portland bench claim. II is the inten-
ton of the exhibitors TO display the
resources OF Alaska in thoroughly
creditable manner.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
CHINA ASKS REPRESENTATION


Washington, July IL. -- China'a re-
qudest to be represented In the Wash
ington conference, on the ground that
she is vitality interested In it's proceed
ings, has been received by the presi-
dent and informally transmitted to the
belliaerents. Whether the president
has received this formal replies cannot
be learned. but 1t can DO stated that,
while Russia Is inclined to favor the
suggestion, Japan will not coneent to H..
japan has already made public her
assurance that Manchuria Ia TO be re-
stored to China That Is one OF the
principles for which she says she has
been fighting. Japan regards herself
as fully capable of executing this prom
lac without the assistance OF China, and
in view of China's inability before the
war to cope with Russia in Manchuria,
the Japanese government is unable to
see what possible service Chinese rep
resentative would be in the Washing
ton conference.
Moreover, the Japanese have all
along taken the position that when
peace negotiations were begun they
would be conducted directly with Rus
STA. II Is altogether unlikely that the
Washington government will press the
claim Of China, and the official view
here fails TO sympathize with the idea
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
coal Erom Cantured ColIlar,

Odessa, July At is announced
that the crews OF the warships which
have mutinied have sent ON shore dele
gates to confer with the port officials
regarding terms OF surrender. They
secured a quantity of provisions from
the captain OF the port and later on
captured collier and replenished their
bunkers. II Is believed that they will
be granted amnesty and that following
such action by the government they
will surrender. IL is announced that
the loss OF the recent rioting is between
$40, 900, 900 and s25, 900, 900.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
Gorky Works for Freedom,

st. Petersburg, July 7. - Maxim
Gorky, the novelist, who is living at
kokola, small village on the coast of
Finland, has refused flattering offer
TO go on a lecture tour in the United
states, preferring to remain for the
purpose OF aiding in the work of eman-
cipating Russia. He is one of the re-
cognized leaders of the Constitutional
lists, and is visited daily by persons
from all parts of Russia. He has a
large income, bu. gives the major por-
ton OF it to the cause which he has of
heart. ''' O.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Lewiston - There is now unmistak-
able evidence that the alleged land
frauds in Idaho will be aired before
special United States grand jury at
Boise beginning July 10. Deputy
United States Marshal l.. ID. Schattner
has been occupied the past few days
serving subpoenas on number OF real
dents of this vicinity, and while the
names OF those who will appear to give
testimony cannot be obtained, it is be-
lieved that they are persons directly
connected with cases which Special
Inspector O'Fallon has been working
ON for several months past. 1t is I'M
derstood that sevsral persons subpoena
ed were known as timber locators in
this section.
1t is said that prominent persons in
Lewiston may be implicated in the
alleged frauds, but nothing in the
summons served to give any inkling as
W thS Rihu Vi tSStfiuulJ tuht Will uc
taken.
AT the time of the regular session of
the United States grand jury af Mos
COW last April, it was thought that
these cases would be brought up. The
jury adjourned, however, without any
action being taken and the recent an
nouncement Of the special session at
Moscow was an entire surprise.
Judge Beatty, who was to be relieved
this month, has asked that he now be
allowed to remain at Boise. Special
Inspector s. F. 0'Fallon and Special
Agents Goodwin and Cullom are in the
city, but neither would give out any
information relative to the matter in
hand
1t 10 thought here that Mr.. Heney,
special prosecutor of the government,
now in Portland, wou d come to Idaho
to participate in the prosecution should
any indictments be returned.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
REVOLT IN ARMY.
Officers Sentenced to Death and Cos
sacks Routed by Rebels.

SA@N@ ft1StN1 NJ ht@18fSs
Vienna, July II. - Dispatches re-
ceived here from st. Petersburg state
that "a officers of the Russian army
have been courtmartialed and sentenced
to be shot within the last few days for
refusing to obey orders to proceed to
Manchuria. They set up In their de-
Tense that other officers who possessed
OF private fortunes had succeeded in
evading the orders to go TO the front by
bribing the officers OF the general staff,
whose duty 1t was to make the assign
ment OF officers to proceed to the front.
A Lithuanian regiment refused to
carry out an order given by brigade
commander. and detachment OF Cos
sacks was detailed 10 place the revolt
era under arrest. When the mounted
troops tried II they were fired on by
the Lithuniands and sanguinary en-
counter followed, which resulted in
200 Cossacks being killed or wounded.
The revoters were finally placed under
arrest in barracks.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Chicag, H., July - The Daily
news correspondent at London cables
the following; How seriously certain
sections Of the bureaucracy regard the
outlook In Russia is shown by the fact
'nat score or more of the families az
noteo oureaucrats have sought refuge
IN England. Moreover, the represent
atives of these families are opferr;nc
WIN Prince kropotkin, as head of the
revolutionary party outside of Russia
WIN view OF securing a favorable
STATUS under the expected Liberal gov
eminent. gov
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
Rebels Proclaim General Strike.

st. Petersburg, July 5. = Inc ea' e,
tive committee of the Social ke'Ola,
tionists has issued stirring spP'In,
summoning the workmen auu -, =
classes of society interested IN %
overthrow of the present res'h' s !
show sympathy with all those ss.. WV
fought for freedom at LODE, "ain. !,
Odessa and other places, ss "" q !
with the sailors who muunls s'a,
Odessa and Libau. by inaugulsAIas sr
general political strike. Inc , ,;sh
have supplemented this by pf0'''''
general strike for Thursday
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

81. Petersburg, July s. - General
Ilnievltch in a telegram to the EN-.
peror dated July 5, and confirming tho
defeat OF the Japanese at savant ,n'
wnen a Japanese battalion was annibi'
lated, says that after the capture Of the
Pc and the flight of the Japanese.
the latter were reinforced and resumes
the fight, but all their attacks uar a, '
pulsed The Russians captured consid,
cradle .,' quantities of supplies, and held
,ne position until ordered to ret;ra
Inc Japanese losses, General I.iniavitot
says, were enormous. ''on
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Boston, July l0.-Discussing alleged
land frauds in the West, Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock today said:
THE conviction of Senator Mitchell is
the first of many which we hope to se-
cure In the near future. We have been
working on this matter for several
years, and we now have got to where
we hope to accomplish results. We
have II indictments in Montana of So
called stool pigeons, people who have
impersonated insolvent homesteaders
and turned over the certificates for
money"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Oyster Bay, July 3 President Roose-
welt today authorized the announcement
that he had appointed Charles f Ma.
COON as United States minister at Pan.
anna. Judge Magoon is at present gov.
ernor OF the canal zone, at Panama
and member of the executive commit,
tee 10 the Isthmian Canal commission
Prior to his appointment on the cana
commission he was the law officer oil
the insular affairs bureau of the Wal
department.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
niHars with President.

San Francisco, July 5.--0eo'Ee, n.
ter, governor of the Territory y N.
wall, was passenger on the lln ' uopo.
media, which arrived today IRON u. xsr
lulu. Governor Carter is on ms s ii
to Washington for consulta'ion ..nil,
President Roosevelt. Carter i. .sisos.
rendered to the president MS J, b,
ton as governor of Hawai- anu q, uer
same time forwarded request ~ "a h,
mission to visit Washington s - mai
before the chief executive cel'a r,ant d
ters connected with the goVern'''
Hawaii.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
WILLIAMSON FACES JURY.


DIR. van &S1H1f "''< $3.50
Also Defendants In the Case.
Portland, July with the convic'
tion Of Senator Mitchell sliding into
history, those curious ones who were III
attendance at this trial will this morn
ing again have the chance to witness
.another Oregon congressman before
the bar OF justice--Representatiye j. ~
Williamson. With this member OF the
lower house of congress will also be
tried DIR. Van Gesner and Marion X
Riggs. Williamson and Van desnei
were ere interested In the sheep business,
and the specific charge against them II
subornation Of perjury, 1t being alleged
that they induced various persons &c
make fraudulent timber entries. it II
charged that the alleged fraudulent
oaths were taken before Marion Il
Biggs, who was United States commits
sioner at Prineville.
The indictment which was returned
against Williamson, Van Gesner ano
Riggs was returned February IL, 1905
and 1t alleges that. the three men named
in the indictment conspired to suboTn
certain persons to commit perjury
whose names are set forth in the indict,
ment, to take up claims under the tim
Der and stone act, swearing when they
took up these claims that they were MOI
taken up for speculative purposes.
While this case will not attract ths
attention that the trial OF Senator
Mitchell did, it nevertheless will be
watched with great interest. Repre-
sentative Williamson, until he was
elected to succeed Malcolm A. Moody
was a state senator in the Oregon legls
lature. The fact that he was indicted
along with Senator Mitchell will give
the case some national interest.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
Root Has Accen,sa

New York, July s. = 1t can be- des.
has css stated that President Roosevelt
mas offered the position Of secreta,v =,
state to Elihu Root, and that Mr. BoO 81
r'a accepted. President Roosevelt 'o . y
rived at Jersey City at Ga. M ar ar,
boarded Pennsylvania Railroad 49,, ne
ana was taken to Long Island cg tus
De ,e,, there Tor Oyster bay at s.47
a rsu. Morton and Elihu Root, who 90 o.. :
eompanied the president from nd c, ac'
'ano' ieit the train at Jersey Citv 0'''e'
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

st. Petersburg, July D. ar The
completion of the arrangement, ssideHt
Washington peace meeting; sHorts to
Roosevelt has resumed n'' M igAs
bring about an armistice' ,as Of lhs
is thrown upon the actual sis, r 4 The
negotiations and the charao ',,sasu The
communications passing o ,.suts and
Russian and Japanese n,ssrsedius
Washington. The matter ~ ,e as suecss'
ly delicate, but the outlook '0'
is not unpromising.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Are Likely to Interest Al
Our Readers.
4 Brief Review of the improvements.
Growth and Development Along
All Linos Of Industry Throughout
Our Commonwsalth--~M Mining. His
tsricaI and Commercial.


Boise, July 10.--The special term ol
the Unitel States court, called to In
veatiaate alleged land frauds In the
Lewiston land district, opened today
and grand jury was empaneled
While being examined as to their quail
ificstions, the jurors we're asked If they
had ever filed on timber and stone
claims. Ii developed that one bad
Judge Beatty said there WAS no objec
tion TO anyone who had filed legally.
Three witnesses were examined dur
ing the afternoon. But the matter re-
specting which they testified was NJ
disclosed. The last OF the three WAS j
r.. Cornell, OF Portland. He was on
the stand two hours and was put
through sharp examination. 1t Il
said be Is one who located timber
There were about 1b other witnesses
here from the Lewiston country.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Harrisburg, Pa, July IL. - Eight
men we're blown 10 pieces and two
others were injured by the premature
explosion Of big blast Of rock powder
on the Pennsylyania railroad improve.
ments near New Cumberland at 7 $50
O'Clock this morning. The accident oc.
CURED directly across the susquehanns
river from the scene Of the Pennsyl-
yania railroad accident May IL, In
which 20 persons we're killed and man,
others injured.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15
Still Stand by s,r;ka

Vhicago, July 7.-The Joint council
~ ~ . ., leamsters' union tonight refused
20 TAKE action looking toward calling
On the strike, and appointed a conn
l nis.ee TO procure funds to support the
7 nj, teamsters in their STRUGGLE
me committee appointed is 70 si hs
- ''.',, as the flying squadron" and
\. ~ wiii call on every union teamstsr in
Wv one c'ey 10 donate stipulated amount
strikers. "ppo'' % the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

o.. New York, July z. - Two Panama
ea',ai commissioners, Peter G. Haines
r pa.' COLONEL NJ. b. Harrod, sailed for or
Iect da.s To-Day on the saguranca, to COL
canal u Is WA concerning the surveys of the
s sa,,s route and to prepare plans Of this
a sUuso .ior use by the advisory board 81
Engineers, which will meet in well
lngton September l ''' ~ WASH
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-07-15

Mexico City, July IL. - II il stated
that 30 more gambling licenses will be
issued after August / when all exist.
Ing licenses expire. Governor Tands,
Of the Federal district. announces that
his determined TO extirpate gambling
In this city.