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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Airman Dives 500 Feet.

Salinas, Cal. - With his propeller
and his control cables broken Fred ].
Wiseman, an aviator, made a sensa-
tonal dive of 500 feet at local race
course park and landed safely. The
accident has necessitated postpone
ment of exhibitions that were to have
been given here in the course of the
week to celebrate fiesta in connec-
ton with the twenty-third annual
meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders association.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
ReapportIonment Is Up.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Final debate
on the congressional reapportionment
bill TO increase the house membershi D
from S91 to 4SS occupied practically
all of today's session of the senate.
Senators Root of New York, and Bur
ton Of Ohio, opposed the bill, and
.O'Gorman Of New York and Shively
of Indiana supported it. The bill
probably will pass the Senate tomor-
row. Root will offer an amendment
tomorrow TO maintain the present
house membership. He contended
that large body tends to inefliciency.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Rush to Save Right of Way.

Spokane-Construction work is be-
ing rushed by the Great Northern
Railway company on 25 miles of new
line through the San Poll valley to
Hellgate, crossing the Colville Indian
reservation, northwest of Spokane, to
save valuable right of way, acquired
by congressional grant more than 20
years ago. The race is to beat the le-
gal procedure instituted in the Fed
eral court here by the attorney gen
eral of the United States for the pur-
pose of compelling forfeiture of the
franchise
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Stone to Mark Site of nsh.,.

Bloomington, Ill. - A red granite
boulder weighing six tons, discovered
by the Woodford County Historical So
sie,y on the farm of Thomas Bratt
near Low point, will be used 10 marx
the spot where Lincoln and Douglas
met IN their famous debate at Msta.
mora IN 1858. The stone will beded;-
Gated at the annual meeting of tbs
month. Nou"'y next
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
MORGAN WILL BE CALLED.
Financier of Steel Trust to Be Put
on Defensive.

on Defensive.
New York-The congressional com.
mittee of inquiry into the United
States Corporation is now DESTROYS OF
hearing personally from j. Pierponi
Morgan with regard to the absorption
of the Tennessee Coal & Iron company
by the Steel corporation in 1897. This
was made known here at the commit
tee headquarters
That a subpoena will be issued
within a few days for Charles M.
Schwab, ex-president of the corpora
ton, also was revealed.
1.-THE best man to defend ]. P. Nor
gan for his part in the Tennessee Coal
& Iron transactions, said Chairman
Staley, "is Mr.. Morgan himself. /
sincerely hope that Mr.. Morgan's en-
gagements in Europe will not deter
him from appearing. Mr.. Morgan's
own story of that transaction and the
momentous events at the time of that
financial panic, and the effect of the
steel stock transfer in the midst of it
are certain to be of great value"
That the New York financier will be
subpenaed to appear before the COM
mittee when he does return now seems
certain.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Old Glory Shelters Babe.

Seattle, Wash.-Mrs. George Snow
den, niece of President Taft, who has
been making her home temporarily in
Vancouver, B. c., fastened to Seattle
some days ago to give birth to a grand
nephew to the president, which was
born a few days ago at the Minor
Hospital. Mrs. Snowden says she
could not bear the idea of being the
mother of a child that was not born
under the flag of the country in which
her uncle is president, so she came to
Seattle that the babe might be a ma
tive-born American.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Woman Steam Tug Pilot.

Tacoma-The little steam tug Fawn,
OF Tacoma, comes now TO the front
with a distinction all her own. She
has regular lady skipper" Captain
Mrs. T. j. Walthey. Mrs. Walthey
has pilot license for vessels Of 100
tons plying between Cape Flattery
and Puget Sound points. Captain
Walthey. her husband. who is at pres
ent taking orders from Mrs. Walthey
as engineer. says the license would
qualify his wife TO act as mate on one
Of the big steamers that come into
port from all over the word.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Cuban Rebels Are Lost.

Havana-No trace has been found
of General Guillermo Acevado and the
members of an armed party that took
the field at Regla after having issued
manifesto denouncing the admins
tration of President Gomez as corrupt.
and calling upon the executive to re-
sign.
The government is taking extraor-
binary measures to capture the fugi-
tives. There are no evidences of dis
turbances in any part of the island.
Acevado is man of little prominence
and small influence.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
.Taft's Stand is onnosed.

Seattle-Following closely the dec
laration of President Taft advocating
the leasings.system for the develop
ment of the Alaskan coal resources.
the Rotary club went on record unani-
mously as opposing the leasing system
ana favoring private ownership at the
weekly luncheon at the New Washing
ton hotel. The resolution adopted
will be presented in turn to the cham
Der of commerce, the Commercial
club, the Arctic club and the Seattle
chapter of the American Mining con-
gress.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
BABY FAMINE LOOMING.
Pasadena. Home of Rich People, Is
Below Quota.

Pasadena, Cal.-This city of mil
lionaires and multi-millionaires is fac
ing famine in babies. With a pop
ulation of 40, 900, only 48 births are
the record for July. According to a
leading physician, the average of a
city of this size should be not less
than 300 babies, and 500 would be
about the right figures. Physicians
have been studying the situation, and
have gathered data which shows that
the birth rate is lower here by far
than in any city of similar size in
America, though the proportion of
marriages is fully up to normal.
One hundred and fifty births in a
month, last December, are the largest
number ever known here. Children
are most numerous on the outskirts.
where the middle classes live.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Railroad Bars womsr

San Francisco-The Southern Pacific
Railroad company has made effective
in its office here orders that hereafter
no women are to be employed as
clerks or stenographers in the passen-
ger department. officials of the COM
pany assign as the reason for this
action the tendency of the girls tc
marry just about the time when they
begin TO become of great service, and
the physical incapacity which units
them for advancement.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10

Whest--New crop. Bluestem, SOFA
Sic; club, 75d76c; red Russian, 74c;
valley. 7bM76c.
Millstuffs Bran, $24. 50u25; mid
dlings. s32; shorts. s26. 60m26; rolled
barley. x2sM29.
Corn-Whole. S33; cracked. s34 ton.
Barley-New Feed. S24.bO per ton /;
brewing. s2s per ton.
0ats-0ld white. $25 ton; new, s24.
Hsy-Timothy. valley, sl5mi6; al
falfa. fll; clover. $4,000; grain
hay, $40.
Fresh Fruits-Cherries Lamberts,
t2.b0dS per box; apricots. siml. rs
per crate: eantaloupes, $l.b0m2. 25
per crate; peaches. 75cMSl. 80 per
box: watermelons. lie per pound (;
plums. si.75 per crate; prunes, si.75
per box; new apples. si.75@2.6o per
box; rsspberries. si.76@1.s5: logan
berries. si.256ti.75; blackberries,
l.75@i.s0; pears, $3.50 per box.
Vegetables - Beans. bdl0c; cab
bage. <i.50m2 per hundred; corn, 80
m40c per dozen: cucumbers. tldl. 26
per box; egg plant. l5c per pound
garlic, l0Wl2c per pound; lettuce. 30
M3bc per dozen; hot house lettuce.
si.26Wl.75 per box; peas. 46pbc per
pound: peppers. 9Ml0c; radishes,
l2ic per dozen: rhubsrb, 2k613c per
pound: tomatoes. 90cdsl 26 per box
new carrots. si.75 per sack; turnips.
Sits; beets. si.7b.
Potstoes-New Oregon. 1i@lie per
pound.
Onions-walla walla, sl.7b per
hundred.
Poultry-Hens. l5sMi6c; springs,
lsc; ducks, young. l5c; geese. nomi-
nal; turkeys. nominal.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch. can
died. 27e per dozen.
Butter-City creamery. extra. and
2-pound prints. in boxes. csc per
pound; less than box lots, cartons and
delivery extra.
Pork-Faney. l0Ml0ic per pound.
Vesl-Fancy, 12@1Sc per pound.
Hops - 1911 contracts, SOC per
pound: 1910 crop. 26m27c; 1903
crop, 10000; olds, 10@i5. .
Wool-Eastern Oregon. 9Gpl6c per
pound. according to shrinkage;vv
ley, l6Gl7c; mohair. choice. 1850
57sc per pound.
Cattle - Choice steers s5.5od6
good. s5.25a5.50; medium, s4.50sl5
common. s3.75@4; choice cows, 81. sc
@4.75; good, "a. 25@4. 30; good. aver.
age-l050 pounds. ssm4.25: common,
S2.75M3; choice heifers. s4.750l5
choice bulls, s3.50m3.75; choics
calves, 200 pounds and under. s7@
7.25; good 70 choice, s5.50@6; com
mon, $4@5; choice stays, s4.50@
Ats; good, s4.25a4.50.
Hogs = Extra choice light hogs
t7.35@8; heavy, S6.66@6.9 80; heav,
rough, t5.75M6.25.
Sheep - Choice yearling wethers
coarse wool, s3.25@3.60; choic,
yesrling wethers, east Of mountains
S3.26@3.5O; choice two and threes
s3M3.25; choice spring lambs, $5.2l
@5.5 good, choice spring lambs. 81
@5.2b; choice killing ewes, $2.7593
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Dl)|N6S0F THE week
nRfsd EIunts d Interest ealhefed
Ffoa he Worh d Large.
General Rsaums Of Important Events
Presented IN CONDENSED Form
for Our Busy Readers.

The United States Is preparing fol
Intervention in Hxyti.
Admiral Togo has arrived in New
York City on visit TO America.
The senate has paused the reappor-
tionment bill. insuring another repre-
sentative for Oregon.
Wool merchants OF San Francisco
are up in arms against tho new wool
tariff. saying Japan will profit by it.
An angry bsll-player at Seattle
hurled the ball at the umpire's head
and then knocked him ssnseless with
blow from his fist.
The international Harvester COM
pany will wage active war against
tuberculosis In all its great manufac-
turing establishments.
Many bones have been found In the
wreck Of the bsttleship Maine. but II
10 ~ yet impossible TO remove them
from the tangled iron and steel.
A San Francisco woman who shot
and killed her worthless, drunken hus-
band because she could not reform
him. was released on 500 bail and
will probably be acquitted on grounds
Of temporary insanity.
A close and friendly understanding
between Germany and Japan rs re-
CARDS questions affecting their inter-
ests In the Pacific il foreshadowed As
. probable direct result Of the Angle
American arbitration treaty.
Six German soldiers were found on
the French frontier, where they had
cut the telegraph wires and broken
down several poles.
Mysterious surveyors are working
south through the Sacramento valley
In California. and II Is believed they
are surveying q new railroad from
Central Oregon to San Francisco for
the Hill lines.
The Standard Oil company already
has Its plans outlined for reorgranixa-
ton.
Mrs. f. II. Hartman and son will
spend month hunting and fishing in
Idaho.
Striking Mexican miners at FL Orc
were fired upon by troops and nine OF |
them killed and over 80 wounded.
The Southern Pacific has authorized
the immediate construction OF rail-
road from Eugene to Coos Bay. Ore.
Two boys. aged IL and years. have
started to ride on horseback from New
York to the Pacific Coast In so days
riding.
A village marshal Of Harlem. Mont,
killed one robber and put two to flight
when they attempted TO rob the bank
Vt that place.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
MEXICAN STRIKE ANrI-FoREIoN
Miners PIacard Town, Ordering
Americans to Leave.

| ft'ff~ff<~''~ - -~~"~"
FL Orc, Mexico - The strike ant
lockout here, involving $500 work
men, has been discovered TO conceal ar
important movement to drive all for.
eigners, particularly Americans, from
this section.
The camp is quiet, after the conflict
in which troops fired into mob of
striking miners, killing nine and
wounding so persons.
Four hundred Federal soldiers have
arrived here to reinforce the 200
troops from Toluca, and it is believed
they will be able to preserve order and
protect property.
The striking miners are congregated
about the streets in sullen groups, but
apparently are awed by the presence
of the troops, and are contenting
themselves with harrangueing and
jeering the soldiers. In all 1900
men are idle.
The discovery that brides had been
offered for the killing of the mine su-
perinetndent and his two assistants
caused the management Of Ell Orc
mine to declare a practical lockout
and ask the Federal government TO
make full investigation of the mo-
tive of the strikers.
The demand of the strikers for
higher wages is incidental and that
their real motive is antagonistic to
foreigners, the movement being d.
rected in particular against Ameri-
cans. Posters distributed throughout
the town order foreigners to leave the
camp and declare that the Mexican
propose to run the mine them
selves.
Several dynamite bombs have been
found in the mines.
The first group of miners to declare
a strike were at Las Esperanzas mine
and they were quickly followed by Ell
Orc and Des Estrellas workmen. The
are continuing operations,
the surface men refusing to join in the
strike.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Another Rebellion pus.

Mexico City.-Enraged by the dis
missal of Emilio Vasquez Gomez from
the post of secretary of the interior.
numerous officers of the revolutionary
army have declared that they would
recall their followers and lead them
into second rebellion. President de
"a barra intimated that Francisco 1.
Madero is the one really responsible for
the elimination of Gomez. He stated
that he did not regard the situation as
critical. The more conservative ele-
ment applauded the dismissal . OF
Gomez.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
PaonIs CHAR Strikers.

Des Moines, lathe last of nearly
FIVE hundred employees Of the Des
Moines City Railway walked out at
1 :l5 o'clock Saturday morning. after
returning their cars TO the company
barns. and the strike ordered by the
executive committee Of the Carmen s
union early Friday mornin was Off
cislly "on. One of the features of
the inauguration Of the strike was the
assemblage at midnight Of several
Thousand persons at the central wait
ing rooms, who cheered the car crews
AZ they passed on their final trips.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Fight Bitter In Canada.

Winnipeg report that the Do
minion government will insist on
handling the registration Of voters
lists in Manitoba for the approaching
election created sensation here and
shows that the fight is on over reci-
proeity. The law says the Dominion
has the right TO prepare lists in the
province where they have not been
prepared for year. The provincial
government. continues, however. to
make its preparations TO register.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Work Make. Earth Paradise.

New York-Thomas A. Edison has
started for European trip for the
first time In % years. With him on
the Mauretania were his son, Charles,
and In London Mrs. Edison and their
daughter Madeline will soon join
them. The family will make an auto
mobile tour of the Continent. Edison
was asked II he had anything new up
his sleeve. He replied: "No. | have
just finished something new. My talk
ing pictures are complete. Two hun
dred sets Of them have been made and
they are wonderful. You ought to see
them and hear Them"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
MEAT INQUIRY ORDERED.
Freight Mates to Be Special Subject
Of Comrnission's Quest.


Washington. d. CA sweeping in
quiry. numbering l52 railroads in the
West, South and Southwest, as re-
spondents. was ordered by the inter
state commerce commission into the
freight rates charged on livestock.
fresh meats and packing house prod
ucts. Ii Is indicated by the commits.
sion that the purpose Of the inquiry is
not only to secure a parity Of rates,
but to establish by definite order.
rates which the commission shall re-
gard as reasonable and not unjustly
discriminatory.
Incidentally. commercial rivalry
between two sets of meat packers in
Chicago enters into the case.
In view of the great importance Of
the several proceedings heretofore in
stituted. 1t was decided by the com
mission to consolidate them into one
case. IL was regarded as next to i'm
possible 40 to adjust the rates as TO
insure parity Of charges throughout
the territory by the consideration and
Of individual cases.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
La CROSSE Wheat Coming In.

La Crosse-The Kerr-Gifford Ware
house company at this place received
two loads of new wheat of the forty
fold variety, which tested No. l. AT
Pampa, a wheat station four miles
west of La Crosse, wheat is coming IN
at the rate of 800 to 400 sacks a day,
and in few weeks this will be in
creased to several thousand sacks
day. There is as yet no market for
wheat, though the Pacific Coast FL
evator company is offering 6S cents.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Tariff Board Angered.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The tariff
board is much put out at recent
statement from Ogden, Utah. attrib-
uted TO w. C. Barnes, one of the
boards special Investigators, that
sheep could be raised in the United
States for $3.50 a head. After an in
vestigation the board announced that
Barnes denies making such declara-
ton and that the statement. whether
made by Barnes or not. is inaccurate
and unauthorized.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Settlers Secure Relief.

Washington, d. C.-The house pub
lie lands committee hasrreported fav-
orably the Warren bill granting leave
OF absence until April is, 1912. to
nomesteaders in drouth regions of the
Coast At the request of Representa-
tive Lafferty the bill was amended 10
include the Burns, Malheure The
Dalies and La Grande districts. The
bill will pass the house as an emer-
gency measure, taking effect AT
once.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10

Kansas City-Rains which have fall
len in Southwest Missouri, Southeast
ern Kansas and Norther Oklahoma
since Wednesday morning have done
damage estimated at more than ST.
900, 900. At Lowell, near Galena, All
electric company dynamited its 80
foot power dam, which cost nearly
$500. 900. in order TO save the costly
machinery Of its plant.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Bore for Buried M;nsr

Joplin, Mo.-More than 100 mer
and boys are working desperately in
an effort to sink shaft to the drift OF
a mine east of here in which JosenL
Ciary, Il years old. is held prisoner
under 20 feet of earth and rock.
AS it will be days before Clarv car
be reached they are boring a six-inch
mole through which Clary can be fur-
nished with air, food and water II he
is still alive. "e
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
County Clerks VIII Meet.

Centralia-The County Clerks as
ISOLATION, of the state of Washington
VIII hold a convention in Chehalls
August II and Is. Every county IN
the state will be represented at the
meeting. The officers of the associa-
ton are Dave Montfort, clerk of Lew
is county, president; A. A. Barnes
clerk of Franklin county. secretary
and Roy King, deputy clerk of Yaki-
ma county, treasurer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
TOGO RIDES WITH ENGINEER
Noted Japanese Admires Americas
Electrical Emlnencs.

New York-Admiral Togo left New
York Friday night for Washington.
His departure had feature quite as
unusual as his midnight arrival and
welcome in New York bay the night
before. for he left the city in the cab
Of big electric engine, drawing a
heavy Pennsylvania train for the capt.
tai.
Although the private car Olivette,
which the government has provided
for him. was attached TO the train, the
naval hero elected TO sit by the en-
gineer's side and watch him operate
the 4, 000-horsepower motor.
81 am intensely interested in your
world pre-eminence in electrical en-
cheering and railroading, the little
admiral said through his interpreter.
land ! wish to avail myself of this OPP
portunity to observe. 30 will ride
with the engineer"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Ferry CapsIzes. Seven Drown.

Massena - Seven passengers were
drowned in the st. Lawrence river
when the ferry steamer Syrus struck
a shoal eight miles below this city.
capsizing and hurting its rs passen-
gers into the water. Four bodies
have been recovered.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Delegate Quit. In Huff.

Washington. Aug. 5.-Delegate
Wickersham. of Alaska, is packing
his trunk. preparing to leave for home
in day or two. He is thoroughly
Disguised that congress has been I'M
willing TO give credence TO his wild
charges regarding affairs in Alaska,
and will not stay to submit his
proof.
Wickersham says he will never
again vote the Republican ticket.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
MAY ship washIngton Honey.

North Yakima-A proposal of Sc,
attic house to buy three carloads oil
honey from Central Washington bee
raisers, to be shipped all over the
world, is to be considered by the
Washinton State Beekeepers' asso-
citation. The association will also DIS
cuss the placing of an exhibit at the
state fair in September.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
Eastern Mills Shut no,...,

Fall River. Mass.-Notices were
posted In the Fall River Iron Works
company mill that after August a
they will be shut down until further
notice. The shutdown affects 6 600
operatives. ''o0o
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10

Washington. Aug. 4. - President
Taft will send to the senate tomorrow
the general arbitration treaties be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain and the United States and
France, signed for this government
and for Great Britain here today. and
signed in Paris for the government of
France.
The brief messages of transmittal
to the senate were written and signed
by the president today, and tomorrow
It will lie with the United States SEN
ate to ratify what has been termed the
greatest step toward the abolition of
war that the world thus far has taken.
Already there have been mutterings
from the senate over these treaties.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-08-10
.DO|NGS IN CONGRESS

Washington, Aug. 4. - Standing
upon chairs, waving handkerchief
and yelling, Democratic representa-
tives today acclaimed Representative
Underwood. of Alabama, Democratic
leader Of the house, when he attacked
William ]. Bryan for criticising his
opinion on the tariff revision program.
1t caused the most remarkable scene
In the house since the beginning Of
the extra session of congress.
Underwood denounced Mr.. Bryan q
statement az false, defended his own
attitude as TO revision of the iron and
steel schedules, and said Bryan had
placed upon every Democratic member
implications unfounded in fact. He
called on his Democratic colleagues Of
the Ways and Means committee for
corroboration.
Mr.. Underwood was backed up by
Representative Kitchin, of North Car
olina, long a devoted friend of Bryan.
IL all came about from published
interview which purported- to be "au-
thorized" by Mr.. Bryan, declaring 1t
was time Democratic Leader Under
wood was "unmasked."
Speaker Clark and other tariff re-
formers tried to secure the passage of
a resolution instructing the ways and
means committee TO take up other
schedules, including the iron and steel
schedule, but Underwood and Fitz-
geraldine Fitzgerald who saved Can
non in the last congress- succeeded in
defeating the resolution, said the in
terview.
The house listened intensely to the
reading Of the interview. Republicans
applauded 1t. AS the clerk finished
reading, Mr.. Underwood began to
speak.