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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Unfortunate Experiment.

Until few years ago not rat was
seen In Cocos. But a ship was
wrecked off the islands and the rats
swan shore. They increased at such
rate that they became a nuisance
and caused tremendous loss by spoil
ing the buds OF the cocoanut. which
are extremely tender. and are spoiled
Immediately anything touches them.
The king of the Cocos Islands, there
fore. endeavpred to extermlnate the
rodents. and at last he imported cats
But the cats did not do their work at
all. The trouble of catching the rats
was apparently too much for them,
and finding delicious shellfish on the
shores which they liked much better
they within a short time became large
and wild, and, In fact. a tremendous
nuisance. SO much so that now the
islanders have not only the trouble OF
rats. but s'~o ~ cats.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Fear and Fun.

or course. the great discovery OF
Doctor Grille on the changes when
rear and shock make in the BRAIN
cells has enormous bearings on many
questions In psychology, as 1t does
also In war, etc. But fun is the cp
posite OF fear. so II fear plays partic-
ular mischief with brain cells. then
run Is what makes them solid. plump
and healthy. Anyhow. one sees no"
much better luck with bad cases some
surgeons have than others. II Is oy
the exercise OF elaborate care thal
one surgeon Is able to snatch from
death or permanent disaster a patient
who on other hands would surely de
mat fear can kill and grief in)ure
Is no news. of course. Some hospitals
Tor years have let the patient for sew.
eral days before the operation whin
little ether and make believe no
was being put TO sleep. so that no
aid not really know he was asleep
when the operation came. In the
same way for years laughing gas
which has no smell. has been given
before the ether, so that the patient
would start on with less fear.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
lncendiary Takes Lite

Chicago-Leopold Dreyfus, of the
clothing firm of L. Dreyfus & Co.,
committed suicide here after having
confessed to being, and the police de-
ciared that he was, a party to the
burning of his place of business in
Market street last Saturday afternoon.
The confession, according to the Do
lice, may throw light on other fires in
the downtown district, and is regarded
by the officials as evidence of the ex.
istence of an organized band of incen.
diaries who, for a stipulated price.
offer to set fire to business houses
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
CHINA WILL RESIST
Troops Sent to Frontier By Rus
sdln Government.
Elk Member of Duma Warns That
Celestial Kingdom Will Be-
come Powerful Factor.

Victoria.-Russia continues her co
ercive policy toward China, but the
latter empire is making a show OF
resistance, according to newspapers
brought by the Empress of Japan
1t is understood Russia will soon oc
cupy Kildja. The Toxic Yomiuri says
that although China has conceded to
Russia the demands regarding Iii.
promises made In the treaty have
been unfulfilled. and Russia has de-
termined to send an armed force to
Ill and instead of undertaking fur
Their negotiations, dispatched note
to Pekin giving the reason for oc-
cupying the territory.
The Japanese paper says this step
was decided upon by Russian War
Minister Sukhomlikoff after inter-
views with officials in Russian Asia.
From the fact that the Russian
authorities continue to dispatch troops
to the Russo-China frontiers, it is
to be feared that the situation may
assume a serious aspect at any time"
says the Yamiuri
An order for compulsory training
by Russian residents of the maritime
provinces has been issued by the
military governor, all residents who
have not served with the colors be-
ing ordered to train. Mr.. Guchkoff.
ex-president of the Russian Duma.
who has completed tour in North |
China, telegraphed a warning to Via |
divostok that China is strongly pre-
pairing to resist On his arrival at
Vladivostok Mr.. Guchkoff joined with
the governor-general and other Off
Gals in a conference with the war
to discuss the situation.
Mr.. Guchkoff says that China is
making rapid progress and in ten
years will become the most powerful |
country In the Far East and a con-
tllct with Russia is inevitable sooner
or later.
That China's attitude toward for
eign Intervention is becoming holder
Is evident from Tientsin dispatches
which say that Chao Ehr Hsun. the
new viceroy of Manchuria, has de-
termined to station six army divisions
In Manchuria and to begin construc.
uon OF the Kinchou Aigun railroad.
to which Japan and Russia objected
some time ago.
A portion of the new loan will be
devoted to this work and to making
a free port at Lienshan, on the Gulf
Of Pechili.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
CHINA DEMANDS COIN.
Wants u, 900. 900 Pesos Indemnify
From Mexico.


| Mexico City-An indemnity of IL,
900, 900 pesos will be demanded OF
Mexico by the Chinese government fol
the slaughter Of Chinese subjects In
Torreon. The demand will be backed
up by cruiser which Is on the way to
Mexican west coast points.
Three investigators have just re-
turned from Torreon and placed In the
hands Of Shung Hal Sun, charge
d'sffaires Of the Chinese legation, a
detailed report. This shows 1903
Chinese were killed and that besides
bank and club house SO places Of BUSH
ness were sacked.
In addition to the indemnity, an
apology for insult to the Chinese flag
will be demanded also thst aid be ex-
tended to destitute families of the vic
Tins; that the guilty be punished and
the constitutional guarantees Of pro-
lection to Chinese lives and property
be made effective.
OF the IL. 900, 900 pesos indemnity.
2, 0C0, 600 is for property damage and
the remainder for the loss of lives.
Commenting upon the matter, Mr..
Shung said that, owing to the savage
In which the Chinese were
killed, there has been no attempt by
his nation to fix the amount Of the in
demnity by prescribed methods.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat - Track prices; BIuestem,
s5c; club s6@s6c; Russian, s4c; val
ley, Soc; 40-fold, 85M86c.
Barley-choice feed, s2s@2s. so.
millstuffs - Bran, S24. 50M25 per
ton; mlddiings, $3l; shorts, $25. 50m
70; rolled barley. s29. 50m30.50.
Corn-Whole. s29; cracked, $50 ton.
Oats-No. white. S2S. 500r29. so.
hsy-Iimothy, Eastern Oregon, No.
L. szlWzz; light mixed. $4,000;
nessy mixed, Sl7.50@lS.b0; alfalfa.
sis@lS.b0; clover, Sl2.50Ml3; grain
nay, VIZ. boa 1850.
Fresh Fruits - Strawberries, Ore
Eon. sz,go.fo per crate; California,
tl.oodl.4o per crate, gooseberries,
beioc per pound; apples, SlM3 pei
pox cherries. VI 90 per box.
vegetables - Asparagus. 60 a Toe
per dozen; garlic, lOMl2c per pound
lettuce 5Vd6oc per dozen; hothoust
lettuce. si.26Ml.75 per box; peas,
bic per pound; radishes. l2ac pei
dozen; rhubarb. lAM2c per pound;
new carrots, " per sack; turnips, 81
fotatoes-Oregon and Eastern. 50. 81
per hundred, new California, &c pen
pound
Unions Crystal wax, $3.50; vel.
low, sz.2o; red. So per hundred.
Poultry Hens, l6@l7e; broilers,
zzf@zoc; ducks, young, 25c; geese,
nominal; turkeys, Zoe; dressed
choice, 2be.
Eggs-oregon ranch. eandled. 81,
per dozen; case count. zoe per dozen
butter-City creamery, extra, anc
z-pound prints, in boxes, 24c pei
pound less than box lots, cartons ant
delivery extra.
rk-Faney. l0Wlle per pound.
veai-faney, lOefllc per pound.
hams-lo 70 20 pounds. l6Wl7e.
Hops - 1871 contracts. 26e pei
pound 1917 crop. 2ze; 1909 crop, II
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
JaIlsco Is Shaken.

Mexico City. June Several dis.
patches TO the Diario and the Heraldc
report much damage from the earth.
quake in Zapatlan in the state Of ia.
lisco. The railroad station and 23O
houses were destroyed. 1t is believed
that many people were killed and in
jured. but the number is not known.
AT the ranches and the smaller towns
in the district great damage has been
suffered.
According to these specials, Colima
suffered great damage. The volcano
of that name emitted streams of lava
on the towns of San Andres and Toni
lata. where many houses were des-
troyed. but no details are given of the
extent of the destruction.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Oil Lassoed From Fire

Pendleton, Or.-To save the lives of
members of the Pendleton fire depart
ment who were playing streams on the
burning gasoline house of the Pendle.
ton Cleaning company, R. Arbuckle,
an ex-cowpuncher, lassoed sealed 81.
gallon tank of gasoline and pulled il
back out of the building. Explosion
OF gasoline fired the building, frame
structure, early Wednesday evening.
While the firemen trained streams OF
water on Arbuckle, the ex-cowboy
went into the gas-filled building and
with his first toss roped the tank.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Fisherman Gets Relics.

Astoria, Or. - While making a
drift in the lower harbor couple of
days ago Jens Nelson, a gillnetter,
picked up two handaxes and buggy
spring that were a part of the cargo
Of the old steamer Great Republic,
which was wrecked near Sand island
IN 1879. The axes were in fairly good
condition, considering how long they
had been in the water. The wreck of
the British bark Delharrie, which was
lost below Sand island as she was
going 10 sea on March 10. 1880, is
being uncovered by the tides.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
I'm NOTESOF M'
BSCIENCE X
INVENTION

Holland devotes over 10000 acres to
the cultivation OF flower bulbs.
The odor OF onions will disappear
II affected cutlery be inserted In fresh
earth for a few minutes.
Only about one In every thousand
married couples lives to celebrate the
golden wedding anniversary.
AT an elevation OF ten feet above
the sea the apparent horizon is slight.
ly more than ten miles away.
In the rural districts OF England and
Wales the death rate is about % per
cent. lower than In the urban dis.
tricts.
With new photograph horn. the
Invention OF an Arkansan, It is nos.
sible to magnify the sound TO any de.
sired degree.
An attachment for moving picture
cameras that will permit them IN he
carried and used by an operator on
horseback has been perfected
A noating sanitarium for conspn,
ives Is planned in England. the ,das
being to divert the patients mira. -
change OF scene as 1t is moved FROM
one place to another. w
A new German method Of record,rv
sound waves employs a lead nanc,I
me OF varying thickness. formed nm.
Ger the control OF the vibrations on =
strip OF insulating paper
An expedition OF French natura,,s,s
mas discovered new species OF ale
plant in Africa. smaller thar s ere
, SHOWN types and with shorter trunks
longer necks and no tusks
one hundred thousand dollars bav,
Dsen spent by an English concern %,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
FINDING WEIGHT OF A CARAT
2b4.e MllIiorams, While Bou-
lopnese ls 1895.

| You may have a diamond of which
you are quite proud. How many carats
does 1t weigh? How much is a carat,
anyhow? 1t seems to be altogether
owing to where you bought the stone
and by what country's measurement,
for In the world area there are TWEEN
ty-one different weights as prescribed
for the carat, and not until France
accepted 200 milligrams as a carat
weight has the term carat" ever
meant anything to the diamond owner.
Indicating how widely is this diver
gence In weight accepted, 1t may be
said that the Arabian measure of the
carat Is greatest. weighing 254.6 MILL
grams, while the Bulognese stone is
fixed at 1885 milligrams. Here is
difference OF Gel milligrams to the
carat. In other countries, for ex-
ample, the Dutch stone formerly
weighed 205.09 milligrams, now In.
creased to 205.12; the French carat
weighed 2o5.9 milligrams, and the
English carat weighs 2O5. 409-a stu
alton which long pointed to the fulfil.
ity OF designating stone by carat
weight.
In 1905 the international bureau of
weights and measures proposed max.
ing the carat weight uniform within
the territory covered by that body.
and 1t was decided to try to make leg
lslation equalizing the weight of a
carat at just 200 milligrams. France
Is the first of the countries accepting
the measure, and now that the round |
ID figures are so much under the
weight of the Dutch and English
standards 1t may be expected that the
suggestion of the international bureau
Will be carried through to uniformity.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Gait House is Auctioned.

Louisville-After serving as hos
teiry for over three-quarters of CEN
fury the old Gait house, famous in the
history of the South, went under the
auctioneer's hammer, bringing only
ISL ,0Oo. The original cost of the
building and its contents is said Ia
have been more than 81, 900, 900. 1t
was sold by order of referee in bank
ruptcy. The purchaser was the Mu-
tual Benefit Life Insurance Co. The
old Gait house first opened to the pub
lie in ls4S and was the scene of MANY
social events in ante bellum DAYS.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Madero Expects NomIna,Ion,

Mexico City-Within 10 days a gen
eral conference of delegates represent
ing the political party which has
emanated from the revolution will be
called here TO nominate candidates for
president and vice president, proceed
ent 20 the elections on October 8, Juan
Sanchez ACCOM-, private secretary TO
Francisco !. Madero, announced that
he probably would resign within the
next few days. to direct arrangements
for the convention. He declared that
unquestionably Madero would be nom
mated for the presidency.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
D0|NGs OF THE week
CuFfoh EIsnls Of Interest Gathered
Ffoa lhs Verdi At Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In CONDENSED Form
fer Our Busy Readers.

Forest fires are destroying much
valuable timber in Arizona.
China will demand indemnity from
Mexico for the daughter Of Chinese
residents OF Torreon.
RoseburR's fire department took
offenae At remarks made by q council
man and resigned in a body.
Gary. chairman Of the board Of d.
rectors OF the Steel trust, says he
favors new laws to regulate trusts.
Msdero and Provisional President
de II Barra have united on a policy
for the government Of the republic.
The Portland Rose Festival horse
and vehicle parade Thursday afternoon
Was estimated to be four miles in
length.
Transatlantic liners are crowded
TO their full capacity with Americans
going to the coronation Of King
George.
Taft spoke before gathering of
Southerners In New York In favor of
reciprocity. demanding the passage Of
the bill, the whole bill, and nothing
but the BILL"
The known death list in the Mexi-
can earthquake has reached 1860. Two
small towns were entirely destroyed,
the number of killed in these places
being unknown
The steamer Corwin, first to reach
Nome this year, landed her passengers
on the ice seven miles from shore.
All walled ashore safely. among them
being four women.
II is said that the capture Of Pachu-
ca, Mexico. city of 10, 900, during
the recent rebellion. was accomplished |
by $50 insurgents commanded by a
young man OF 20 years. For this
feat Madero placed him in the rank Of
general.
The sugar trust will be investigated
next by congressional committee.
Mexican Socialist rebels in Lower
California receive many recruits and
will continue the war
nv "hhtat ttb'tt VI tht thfihtihn
Science mother church shows great
increase in membership.
San Francisco police judges have
decided that auto speeders shall serve
jail sentences upon their third convic-
ton.
Workmen excavating for cellar at
Saskatoon. Saskatchewan. found a Ia
inch vein OF rich gold-bearing quartz.
A. G. Rushlight was elected mayor
OF Portland. Or, by about 5000 ma
jority over Simon. the present incum-
bent.
John Dillon. Nationalist member of
parliament from East Mayo, is near
death as the result Of an automobile
accident.
Lieutenant Bogue. French aero
naut. is believed TO have been lost at
sea while attempting TO fly from Nice
to the island of Corsica.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Fireman Dead From Wind

Pittsburg-Patrick Whalen, tiller-
man of hook and ladder truck, died
Tuesday night of injuries received in
the storm last Wednesday. Whalen
was out with the apparatus while the
horses were being exercised, and a
Camille wind, preceding an electric
storm, picked him out of his seat
among the ladders and dropped him to
the pavement, fracturing leg and
causing internal injuries that resulted
in his death.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Chinese Inject Border.

FL Paso, Thirty-four Chinese
are being held here pending the arriv-
al OF six more from Del Rio within a
few days. Upon the arrival Of these
the entire 40 will be sent Immediately
70 San Francisco for deportation.
More than 300 Chinese from the in
terror towns Of Mexico have arrived
in Juarez the past two days and their
efforts to get into the United States
are giving the customs guards and
inspectors a great deal of trouble.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Full Speed Ahead. crx

Boston-"Full speed ahead along
the lines for social betterment was
the slogan sounded by President HON.
er Folks, of New York, in formally
opening the eighth annual national
conference of charities and correc-
tons. Folks said that while MANY
might be concerned, lest by excess
OIL taxation for social purposes and of
regulation of industry for social ends,
we may defeat our own purposes, he
was in favor of "full speed ahead"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
LIFE is LOST FOR MINE.
Prospector Seeking Mica Ledge Dies
of Thirst in Desert.

I'll Centre, Cal. = Search for the
body of William Burger, a veteran
prospector, who had been lost on the
desert for two weeks, was successful
Thursday. Burger was found dead
less than six mics from his camp.
The body was conveyed to Imperial.
For more than 35 years Burger had
searched near Carriso Creek for a
ledge of mica which he had once dis
covered when member of survey
ing crew, but had been unable to re-
locate later. He left his partner,
Thomas Stratton, in camp two weeks
ago and started to cross a distant
ridge.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15

Observation-Disclosures the KILLING
OF a spectator by union picket and
me ene riots recently, the leaders of the
oVoo striking garment workers agreed
10 truce and peaceable Sunday.
Inc scheduled Sunday gatherings
OF the strikers have been cancelled
ana the strikers ordered to keen
away from the factory districts and
advised to spend the day with their
families in the parks.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Nome Famine Is Relieved.

Nome. - The steamship CorwIn.
which sailed from Seattle May 10,
and which after long battle with
the drift ice landed her passengers
on the shore ice, unloaded her freight
mostly provisions, and relieved the
famine.
The steamship Umatilla, from Sar
Francisco with passengers and freight
is due here Monday.
A rich gold strike on the benches
OF kleary creek in the Skerrel River
country is reported.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Gates Fights Standard.

Denver-The Times says: John D..
Rockefeller and John W. Gates, own
ers of the two greatest oil concerns in
America, are preparing to commence
bitter rate war in oil, and the open
ing gun is to be fired in Denver. The
invasion of Denver territory three
weeks ago by the Texas Oil company,
owned by Gates, is said 10 be the
cause Of the proposed fight.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Jap Poachers Protest

Victoria.-The Empress of Japan
brings news that the Japanese Deep
Sea Fishing company, owners of the
sealing schooner Tenyo Maru. 81 tons
wmch was seized off the Alaskan
coast In 1909 and ordered confiscated
by the United States court, has al
dressed lengthy petition to Marouis
komura, minister of foreign affairs
asking that compensation be asked
from the United States for tbs
schooner.
Inc petition complains of the "un.
lawful act of the American author.
tiles
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
esIIoonlsts Are Rescued

kemerhaven, June Three bal
loonlsts who left Berlin yesterday in a
competitive flight, We're rescued at
daybreak in the estuary of the Wessr
river, into which they had been com.
PEELED to drop to avoid being carried
out over the North Sea. The men
nad oeen in the water three hours
wnen discovered. Nine balloons have
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Councilman Must ssr,.

Topeka, Kan. - Attorney General
Dawson has notified the five members
OF the council at Hunnewell, Kan.
that they must cooperate with the
woman mayor of the town, Mrs. Ella
Wilson. The attorney general said
The eouncilmen may be compelled tc
attend the official council meetings
through writ of mandamus. They
may be busted from office for failure
TO perform their duties or they may b,
tried for dereliction in office, which
woald subject them TO fine of 81 ,OOC
and year in Jail each"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15

ments of troops on board, are busy
planting such mines for practice pur-
poses.
The drawing gives an excellent idea
OF the mechanism of such a mine and
Its manner OF discharge by electric
current from the shore. The buoy
rising above the surface OF the water
Is used to mark the mines.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
FILM MAKERS ENERGETIC
Coronation Events to Be Reproduced
Same Night In Paris.

London.-Fuller and better cinema
Geographic records will be made of the
Forthcoming coronation events than
was ever before attempted In Great
Britain. Moreover. extraordinary en-.
ergy will be exerted to dispatch the
records to the principal cities of the
world.
The swiftest steamers and railway
trains viii be employed in sending
pictures to New York and Chicago.
IL Is expected that Impressions of the
early scenes on Coronation day will
be given to half a dozen operators
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
Portland Has Big Fire.

Portland, June NEARLY so fami-
lies were rendered homeless last night
by fire which started in the fashion
able Hanover apartments, 165 King
street, and, spreading to other houses
nearby, caused total loss of about
$780, 900.
Most of the tenants were down town
viewing the electrical parade when the
flames were discovered by ]. E. Mon
tague. He remembered that Mrs. J..
Blyke, aged SO, was on the fourth
floor of the Hanover and rescued her
at the risk of his own life, half-carry-
ing her down the blazing stairways.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
ROYAL PALACE OF MEXICO BADLY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE

on the afternoon boat and train for
Paris, that films will be developed
on the train and that the pictures will
be exhibited In a Paris theater by
8 o'clock the same night.
Within less than three days the pic
lures will be shown in majority OF
the centers of European life, while
London theatergoers on the evening
of Coronation day will see films Gov
ering the coronation itself and all re-
lated events.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15

London.-At the festival of the
Ciaremont Central mission. Mr.. Par
sons worhngman. described some
sad scenes witnessed by the Glare.
mont Crusaders" during their mid.
night work among the Embankment
ou.casts during the last five years.
we see men walking along asleep"
said mr.. Parsons. 81 have seen them
run INTO the trees. We have seen
lhem asleep on the. seats, covered
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-15
PRussIAN FREIGHT HIGHER.
Rates Nearly Double. Wages of Work
men Only One Third.

Chicago-How American railroad
freight charges compare with those OF
leading countries Of Europe is shown
strikingly by comparison of statistics
Of railways of Prussia with those of
railways included in New York, Penn
sylyania, New Jersey. Delaware and
Maryland. These states have nearly
the same railway mileage as Prussia.
Latest statistics obtainable for
Prussian roads show the average
charge for hauling ton of freight
one mile on roads of that country was
liz cents. In the same year the aver
&c charge for hauling a ton of freight
one mile on railways of the group Of
states referred to was only "a Of one
cent