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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-19
HEROES AMONG
SURVIVORS

r. Brebner. tallyman. who was
one of the heroes Of the disaster.
having saved the life of Charles
Nelson. fellow mill man, made
the following statement:
Il was below when the crash
came. ana Mr. Nelson and myself
broke through a window instantly
and succeeded IN getting free Of
the vessel before she sank, Scores
OF people we're In the water, many
Of whom were rapidly making for a
place Of safety to avoid being
drawn below by the suction of the
sinking vessel Mr. Nelson seemed
Co be pretty well tired cut when |
sighted him, we having separated
after the vessel disappeared. !
seized him aud we stuck together
until rescued. after what seemed an
eternity In the icy depths"
James A. Jones, lumber survey
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-19

of the the wheel the Dix at least
tally responsible for the accident"
Capt Masons statement is TO the effee, tina, Dennison
swung his wheel hard stabosrd when he should have put
4 hard down 10 port
when / saw what Dennison was doing cried out
him and demanded know what earth he doing.
Capt. Mason declared when this morning. Il mnie
dtey gave orders for full speed and the eanie
backing with all her power when the bboom went through
the Dix's hull II my fault
DANGEROUS NEARNEss OF BOATS.
III any further eorroboraon was needed Capt Msson's
bears the fact that the accident was at least
made partially possible by the dangerous nearness to which
the ships for reason. allowed to come to
each other.
Capt Mason declares the shock the vessels
together a very and il there must.
opinion OF the authorities have been something rsdi
csiy wrong Dix for the hull eumbled like rotten
tomato and waIlowed her side Immediately
There n.uch time to launch any boats No time
for the TO the assistance Of the women Ev-
eryone fought for his own life,
Those on the upper deck and those few who got
Of the cabin alive Ieaped into the leaving the less for
tuuate get along best they could.
few managed to Chamber aboard the Jeanie, while
others made their way the marneaie OF the Dix
under the bowsprlt.
frightfu medley OF hideous sounds filled the air
TERRIBLE BATTLE FOR LIFE.
That the Imprisoned ones in the cabin fought
lives as only human beings in such plight fight IS
than borne by the stories told with shaking ashy
lips by those few who escaped
The scenes crowded into tina, brief heartbreang pandc-
Of frenzy between the puly short time that the
Dix heeled from impact and settled upon her stern
for her last plunge wildly remembered by those who
them for the rest Of their lives
Those who looked back into the cabin saw seething
eaudron of watery fury which and splinered
partitions chairs tables and debris OF all sorts jumbed to-
gether in eongiomcrate, swring mass
A WHIRLPOOL OF DEATH.
Out Of awful whirlpool of death CLEANED white faces
with the death stamped horribly upon them and inn
pong hands that begged pousy for the aid which no hui
man hand could give.
With cultural sekcning sound the waves closed over
the doomed ship and sucked il TO the bottom.
the meanwhile those who had jumped overheard were
being hauled rapidly possible aboard the jeanne Capt
picked all the passengers to be found and after
hour OF for landed them Pier where the
news catastrophe spread with lightning like rapdy
and every available craft impressed in the work Of
The eanie accompanied the others back TO the OF
wreck and remained around all night in the hope that
aybreak would reveal overlooked the darkness
But found.
The current washed away all signs OF wreckage.
and arvelousy short while there nothing about the
placid smiling indicate that of the worst rag-
edes history of the sound had just transpired
SEARCH ALL NIGHT
The government launch Scout the tugs Tyee and Wyad
d half launches chartered by various
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-19
FORTy-TW0 LIVES LOST IN THE WRECK
OF THE STEAMER DIX Off ALKl POINT
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE
NUMBERED AMONG VICTIMS

ams and Almost Tnkng Of Eye the Little Sound Steamer Reels
Sinks Beneath the Surface Of the WaiPenned the Cabin
More Like Rats Resided
HaLey Employed the Mills o
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-19

Captain l.crmond. OF the +,
\ DIS. blamea HIS mate. Charles I
= Dpnniaon for the disaster {,
Z was below collecting 4
4 fares when she ships struck" I
\ said be 10 Star reporter this I
: afternoon and ! knew nothing I
= Of the proximity Of the jeanne 4
a until tho sound OF the slow
! hell caused me 60 rush on
> deck. Denniaon had no right 1
= 70 attempt to cross the bows I
4 IL the larger vessel as she I'M 4
\ deubtedly had the right OF :
4 WAY.
4 have ben With the Dix but 4
= q month and half, pennlson
= about a year. When | took the 4
: boat the company very highly :
= recommended him 20 me. lie :
4 always appeared 60 me 10 he. =
: Az excellent seaman. io was =
. a yaIag man ass ! rovas kires :
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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
The Spread of Socialism

More and more the issue of social ism versus individuallsm Is pressing up- on the attention of the political and bus mess world making many shudder at the thought of a possible revolution greater than any that has taken place in centuries. Recently magazine pub lished table showing that in very few years the number of socialists in the world, that Is to say members of socialists parties, had increased to 7,- 600, 900, these having 4O5 representa- tives in parllaments and 638 newspa- pers. But outside of these political or ganizations there are multltudes of men who. while belonging to other parties, are nevertheless at heart soci- allsts, or are In fair way of becoming socialists. Individual liberty Is threaten ed less by organized political socialism than by unorganized soclallstlc sentl- ment, which Is being developed by an able propaganda carried on by a num- Der of talented men, many of them en- gagged in literary pursuits. or connected with colleges, settlement and other charitable work, and with journalism. It Is not too much to say that the pre- valling color of contemporary periodic al literature Is soclalistlc. There is, perhaps. little to be feared from soclal- ism. as political party, but much to be feared from socialism, as growth fostered by leterady, altruistlc propa- ganda. and aided by the grave abuses committed in the name of individual liberty. It Is not soclallstic revolution. but sociallstlc evolution which Is the menace of the times.
 The three greatest forces now at work fighting for lndIvlduallsm and against socialism are, first. the church second organized labor. and third, that large. earnest, but much mlsrepresent- ed movement that seeks to reform the
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
ELECTION NOTICE
Special School Tax

Notice is hereby given to the quali- fled electors of Fl Centro School Dis trict, County of San Diego, State of California, that an election will be held on the 11th day of August, A. D., 1906, at which will be submitted the question ,, of voting tax to furnish school facili- ties for the district; to maintain school; for building and furnishing a school house.
 It will be necessary to raise for this purpose the sum of $750O0 The polls will be open at Imperial Valley Press Office, from Il o'clock a. m., until 3 o'clock p. m. The officers appointed to conduct the election are:
 F. G. RAVENS, Inspector
 R. L. RUMSEY, Judge
 H. M. KINNE, Judge M. E. ADAMS IRA ATEN w. w. HASTEN
 School Trustees, Fl CentrO School District. i2l-all
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

abuses of IndlvldualIsm, as the best, and in fact the only way of repeIlIne the assaults of socialism. For the abuses of individual liberty are mak- Ing more socialists than all the charms of collectlvlsm as pictured by Its most devoted champions. - Wall Street Journal
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

ance of the dlnlnS hall before the ban quet. with It's gorgeously laid table and tastefully decorated walls. and the pitt ful condition In which It Is found after the entertainment. Is certainly lncred- lble. Broken dishes and smashed chairs, with occasional attachments of outer garments, are to be seen strewn upon the floor. while from what used to be table of no small dimensions. there only remains a completely wreck ed. legless board, from which silver and glassware. in lndescrlbable mixture with vegetable soup and veal outlets, cognac and puloue, have flown off.
 These entertainments cost the gov emment quite little money, for de- stroyed articles have to be replaced and gotten in readiness for the next sklrmlsh.
 Similar celebrations are held In many cities of little importance In the repub- He, and although the church and state have been separated since 1857. the parish priest and other democratic cler- gymen are invited to attend and to take part in the outward demonstrations of enjoyment which mark the ending of the electoral campaigns. This they are often glad to do to keep themselves from ennul. for it Is customary for the toastmaster to call on the parish priest to answer to some appropriate toast, and to raise his glass to the health of BenIto Juarez, the man who separated the state from the church.
 Such requests provoke friendly ri- valry between free thinkers and "mo- chos," and amidst frequent libations the supremacy of each party is dls- cussed, the discussion gradually assum- ing the proportions of a verltable alter cation which ends in the destruction of the furniture and everything inside of the room, clergymen and liberals walk ing out at the end arm in arm on the best of terms. although not>in the best of condition from the standpoint of so- briety.
 The external controversy over the right of Juarez, the great reformer, to overthrow the church government and its relations to the state. does not seem- lngly appeal to either side during cleo toral festivities, when church people freely and willingly associate with per sons of opposite creeds. with whom they would decline to broach the sub feet under different conditions.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
Fl CentrO Bakery and Meat Market

The bakery and meat market Is now completed and we invite all to call In and see us. Special attention will be given to the cantaloupe packers and growers to call on us and get your supply of bread and meat and if you want a pie we have 1t. Don't forget the place, back of the Franklin hotel.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. United States Land Office, Los Angeles,
 Cal, July 18th, 1906
 Notice is hereby given that Mary E. Wagner, of HighgrOve, Cal, assignee of Samuel A. Hastings, has filed notice of intention to make proof on her desert land claim No. 1861, for the WIZ of NV T, Sec. A, T. Is s, R. 13 E, s. B. M. before Register and Receiver at Los An geles, Cal, on Wednesday, the 9th day of Septem Der, 1906.
 She names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and recla- nation of said land: Clark w. Adair, of Imperial. Cal. H. J. Wilson, of Sils- bee, Cal; Nellie Pingree, of Highgrove, Gal. Mrs. Florence Abbott. of Fl Gen. tro Cal.
 FRANK c. PRESCOTT, Register.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

 United States Land Office, Los Angeles, Cal, July 10th, 1906.
 Notice is hereby given that Louis II. Cooper, of Redlands, Cal, has filed notice of intention to make proof on his desert-land claim No. 1907, for the S l-2, Sec. 2, T 16 S, R 15 E, s. B. M., before Register and Receiver, at Los Angeles, Cal, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of August, 1906.
 He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and recla- nation of said land:
 Frank S. Best, of Holtville, Cal: A. E. Frost, of Redlands, Cal. D. w. Wickersham, of Los Angeles, Cal; w. F. Holt, of Redlands, Cal.
 FRANK c. PRESCOTT. j21-a18 Register.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal, July 1lth, 1908. Notice is hereby given that the fol- lowing-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the United States Commissioner at his office in San Diego, Cal, on August 18th, 1906, viz:
 JOSEPH Fl. HARPER
 Homestead entry No. 10,474, for the NV IA, Sec. 2S, T l6 s, R IS E, SEM. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous Tesid snce upon and cultivation of said land, viz:
 LOis Whitney, of San Diego, Cal. Eli M. Sheldon, of El Cajon, Cal. Andrew J. Elliott, of Silsbee, Cal. Walter Elliott, of Silsbee, Cal.
 FRANK c. PRESCOTT, j2l-alS Register.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
"A. V. BUTCHER Real Estate and
 Investments
Imperial Valley Lands a Speciality

Imperial Valley Lands a Speciality
 Imperial Valley is the largest irrigated district in the United States. The best bargains on earth can be found in the Imperial Valley. Anyone having Im- perial lands they wish to sell or trade for Los Angeles property will find it to their advantage to consult me. My fa- cilities for finding bargains for buyers and buyers for bargains cannot be sur passed. Write or wire me at 2O6 Mer- camille Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Home Tel. 8lS2. Tel. Main 344O.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
MEXICAN ELECTIONS
Hsw They Are Held. PertunCtOfy VOtlna. Which Is a Joke iH Some Respects. Followed by Informal BanQuet EndIn0 ln MsudIin EX- hibitiOn of Participants.

luC SSHSbNuuOi VI NhN ANSPhShS VI Mexico, framed after that of the Unit ed States, provides for the election of president, vice-presldent, congressman, senators, magistrates of the supreme court, governors of states and other of- ficlals by popular vote.
 How such votes are collected In small towns Is subject of no little h. terest, even to natives of the higher class who are unacqualnted with cleo toral proceedings and who look upon elections as mere farce.
 When the time for the election of deputies to state congress arrives the city council appoints board of d. rectors for every precinct in the city. 1t being the duty of the president of the board. assisted by his fellow mem bers, to distribute ballot tickets through auxiliary police officials amongst every male resident in the city, for the pur- pose of receiving the individual vote of each person for the members of the electoral assembly. as 1t Is termed here, and who are in turn to cast their personal vote, as the appointed repre- sentatives of their precinct, upon such person or persons as may be slated for election to office.
 Once the members of the electoral assembly are elected by the people, an informal banquet is given by the aux Hilary chiefs. which consists of pulque, the national drink; tortillas. chile by the carload and frijoles.
 It is to be taken for granted that the names of such persons as 1t may be deemed convenient by the city council to have elected as members of the electoral assembly are always written upon the back of the voting ticket, with a blank space below for the signature of the voter.
 These slips are often cast aside after delivery, and in five cases out of ten, especially when the voter is refined person and does not take any interest in the election, the name of one of his servants, or the name of some inmate in the insane asylum is written on the back, as the candidate selected by the voter for member of the electoral as- sembly. In three cases out of the re- malning five the name of the last member of the electoral assembly for the respective district Is written by the auxiliary distributor himself and the signature of the imaginary voter at- tached without more ado or ceremony of any kind.
 ELECTORS FOLLOW NO CREED
 After the votes are counted and the members of the electoral assembly elected, their appointment Is made known by the city council. The most important part of the campaign then begins. for every member of the elect oral assembly receives instructions to vote for certain person. Itgoes with out saying that votes are then cast right and left without regard to political creed or the ability of the candidate for office.
 A few hours only are necessary to go through the entire process of elect Ing minor government official. for the people in general. and the members of the electoral assembly in particular. know beforehand who Is going to be elected. The various formalitlss pre- scrlbed by law are merely considered k.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
cd of direct voting was found unadapt- ed to the stlll uneducated masses.
 VOTE AS THEY PLEASE

VOTE AS THEY PLEASE
 While the former system was in force, many instances occurred where q voter cast hls vote In favor of his person to be elected president of the republic, and when the suggestion was advanced that he ought to vote for someone else. he would assert that he had the right to vote for anyone he pleased.
 Again It was not uncommon to see big posters on the corner of streets reading something like this; "Blll Bailey hereby announces his willingness to be elected governor of the state of Guans- juato, for the next term of four years.
 From the foregoing It may be gath cred that a large majority of the people had not even faint Idea of the exact nature of the privilege of voting, as granted by the law. We might go to the length of saying that even at the present time very few persons know what their personal vote implies and upon what principles they are to base 1t, according to their political party or personal belief.
 NEW POPULAR VOTE LAW
 Under such conditions a new law was passed regarding the popular vote and reforming the method of procedure In future cleo ions In order that the vote of the people should be concen- trated into a body of men known as the electoral assembly, whose members are invested with the right to appoint whatever candidate they may deem fit for the vacant post, or whoever may be suggested to them for appointment.
 At the end of the election and when the name of the elected person is made known. grand banquet Is served, not in honor of the new official, but for the enjoyment of the members of the elec- toral assembly after their hard labor. And hard labor 1t Is, indeed, to deal with the hardest-headed people in the world in recountlng votes from persons who cannot sign their names and who scrlbble cross for signature.
 The grand banquet marks the end of the electoral labors and Is attended by many persons of different ranks, from high-hatted lawyers down to the bare footed peon. all of whom assemble at table in friendly intercourse and par take of viands of all imaginable sorts.
 MENU IS GREATLY VARIED
 The menu often consists of four diff ferent kinds of soup, roast beef, porter house steak, corned beef hash, German and home made sausage, Worcester shire sauce. strong green pepper sauce with pork meat. stronger chile sauce with sliced cheese, chiles serranos en escabeche (wild pepper with pickle sauce). the latter named portion of the menu takes Its name from hewIld ef- fleets which the strong pepper produces in the person who has the nerve to taste 1t. Frijoles by the bushel tor tlllas, pulque, French brandy, tequila. mescal, whisky. red wine. mineral wat CT, etc.
 A we'll known lawyer who attended one of these banquets stated that fully twenty courses were served and that perfect cordiallty prevailed during the repast," which afterward became a pandemonlum from the effects of the many varieties of wines which were served.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

have 320 acres of the choicest land in the Im- perial Valley, nicely To- cated and well imprOv- ed. All fenced and cross fenced. Pric e right and will give good terms. See Wilson about it.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

have 32Oacres of the choicest land in the Imperial Valley. nicely located and we'll improved. all fenced and cross fenced. Pnce right and will give good terms. See Wilson about it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
CHAFFIN Bros,
SELL WALTER HAL

Chaffin Bros. sold their five-year.
old stallion Walter Hal Tuesday to
Robert Maxwell On private terms.
This is one Of the best bred horses in
Tennessee. He is out CT that grand
brood mare Ella Brown 2:11b and is
therefore half brother to the great
Walter Direct. His sire is Brown
Hal. This horse goes to Alabama
along with a car load of well bred
mares Mr.. Maxwell has picked I'D in
Maury and adjoining counties during
the past few days and will head the
stud on the big stock farm Mr.. Max
well is managing near Orville, Ala
bama. The new owners are fortu-
nate In their choice Chafin Bros.
still have three of Ella browns colts
and their combined value would reach
many thousands of dollars. They re-
fused $4,000 for Walter Direct last
year and have besides four-year-old
mare by The Spy and a two-year-old
flly. The old mare will be twenty.
three years old this spring. She has
failed to bring a colt for the past two
years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16

if any more applause. And it has al
ways been our opinion that if the
matter had been properly pushed al
the time, by experienced convention
men, it would have carried.
We remember this fact very well
! Dr.. Hoss' resolution was referred to
the committee en- Platform and reso-
buttons. The present senior Senator
Of Tennessee was not in politics then,
out he was member of that conven-
ton, and also of the committee on
platform and resolutions. When the
resolution was referred to his commit
! tee, being upon intimate terms with
Mr.. Carmack and a well wisher for
the resolution, we asked him what
position he would take when it came
up for discussion before his commit
tee. Without the least hesitation or
equiyocation he replied, Il will sup
port it. It is good democracy. It
stands for temperance and home rule,
and | believe in both.
For some reason OF other, by some
act of political legerdermain, the res
olution never reached the committee
room; was never brought before the
committee. How it was managed we
cave never known. Why it was done.
we understood at the time. 1t was
because the committee Of which Mr..
Carmack was very influential mem |
Der, it was thought, would report II |
favorably to the convention, and the |
convention, it was feared might be
fools enough" to go with the ten
perance cranks"
Mr. Carmack has, to our certain
knowledge that much right, title and
claim to the favorable consideration
Of the temperance voters of Tennes-
see. That is about as far back as
most men can show clean temper
lnce record. In those days it was
lot considered good politics to be a
temperance man; and they were
scarce. In these days when it is con
'idered good politics, the woods are :
ull of them. A man who had the
to stand for temperance leg !
Station in those cary days of temper :
nee agitation, is a safe man to trust
vote right in the Federal Senate i
pom such questions as the Hepburn =
jolliver bill. A man who for the life ;,
him cannot remember how he voted
those days, or if he can, cannot or +,
Ill not tell the truth about it, but n
as recently climbed into the band =
agon for this trip only, is not safe
ian for the temperance men to send
} the United States Senate. =,