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Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Seventeen Granted Insignia

(By United Press Associations
Rome, Dec. 15-Seventeen students
of the American Seminary at Rome,
of which Monsignor Kennedy is the
director, today were granted the final
insignia of their orders. Those adj
mitted to the priesthood are Richard
Brennan and Joseph Mullin, Cleve-
land; William Kealy, Scranton, Pa;
George Campbell, Portland, Ore;
James Kelly and Joseph Schaeffer,
Brooklyn. Those admitted to the dia-
conte are John Heagan, Cleveland;
John Martin, Providence; James
Roche and Anthony Lorenz, Dubuque;
Walter Casey, Hartford; John Kos
lowski and Daniel Murphy, Chicago;
Arthur O'Connel, San Francisco;
Francis Garvey, New York; Joseph
Lee, Wilmington; John Morgan,
Nashville; James Normole, Winona;
George Johnson, Toledo. Joseph Bres-
lin, New. York, and Leo Mcnamara,
Chicago, who took their orders earlier
in the year, were present at the ex-
ercises, which were presided over by
the Cardinal Vicar Of Rome.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
SANTA FE TRAINS STRIKE
IN A BLINDING FOG

Fresno, Dec. 15-Eleven persons
were injured in rear-end collision
at Storey, small town twenty-one
miles west of here, at o'clock Sunday
morning, when Santa Fe train No.
II and the Saint, en- route from Los
Angeles to San Francisco, came to-
gether in a fog.
Eight of the eleven injured per-
sons are residents of Los Angeles and
so far as known none of them was
seriously hurt.
Those injured are as follows:
Z. S. Thomas, 1919 East Fourteenth
street; leg sprained.
Thhomes Babcock, porter, GAS Pa
Iona street: back wrenched.
F. Hawkins, GAS East Eleventh
street; head cut.
S. Clemens, CTS Santa Barbara
street; arm and leg wrenched.
j. II. Sheldon, Fourth and Ruth
streets; concussion of brain.
X. j. Johnson, 1880 East Seven
teenth street. head bruised and cut.
E. f. Fleming, 1887 West Thirty
seventh street; head and shoulders
bruised
"A. Il. DSuIoi, uilIildl CoiluuCtoi
PAP South Olive: back hurt.
The Saint crashed into the rear end
of No. II. .
The equipment of both trains was
badly damaged and traffic tied up for
several hours as result of the crash.
The injured passengers and members
of the crew were brought back to
Fresno for treatment and then sent
forward to their destination on later
trains.
Both trains We're moving at a slow
pace when the crash came, but the
foc was so heavy it was impossible
for the engineer on the train in the
rear to see the lights of the forward
train until he was upon it and then
it was too late to prevent the crash.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
To Oman in January

Panama, Dec. 15-Officials of the
canal commission believe that if no
further slides take place, the first
ship will go through the canal in jan
uary instead of some time next sum-
mer, as has been expected. When
Captain Amundsen, the polar ex-
plorer, decided to send his ship, the
Fran, around South America fearing
that she could not go through the
canal for six months it was stated
that the first ship would possibly be
able to pass from the Atlantic to the
Pacific in May, 1914.
This was the last definite state
ment regarding the possible date of
the first through navigation of the
canal.
Now a channel seventeen feet deep
and ninety feet wide has been COM
plated through the cucuracha slide
The large dredge Corozal and others
made the passage today. Seven
dredges are now at work excavating
the slide and if there are no further
movements of the slide, the canal
will be in condition for through navi-
cation next month.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
IMPERIAL VALLEY SURVEY
OF 1856 UPHELD BY OFFICIALS

Los Angeles, Dec 15.-Validity of
the government survey of 1856 as a
basis for resurvey some years later
in certain portions of the Imperial
valley was upheld by Receiver Rob
inson and Registrar Buren in deciding
for Edwin G. Paige and James R. Nc
Neece in land contests brought
against them by Clarence R. Conover
and Henrietta P. Prescott.
Mr.. Paige and Mr.. McNeece had
taken up claims the boundaries of
which had been determined by a sur
vey following as closely as possible
the 1856 survey, records of which had
been largely obliterated by shifting
sands.
Mr.. Conover and Mrs. Prescott
based their contests on survey of
a contiguous portion of land in 1903
by A. A. Henderson. They took up
claims adjacent to those of the con-
testees, establishing the boundaries of
their land by extending the lines of
the Henderson survey. Consequently
their claims overlapped those of Mr..
Paige and Mr.. McNeece. The boun-
Diary lines of the claims of the latter,
based on the old survey, are correct,
according to Mr.. Robinson and Mr.
Buren.
The land involved is in the vicinity
of Imperial Junction.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Quail Halts Train

Los Angeles, Dec. 15-Quail almost
stop the trains near Moapa, New.
Moreover they are so large that man
cannot eat more than one at meal.
T. C. Peck, general passenger agent
of the Salt Lake railway, brought this
story back with him yesterday on re-
turning to attend the scrip bureau
meeting.
GAS we pulled out of Moapa briskly
and were just getting well under way,
the train suddenly slowed down. We
all wondered what had happened
Presently there was a pelting at the
windows. We looked out. The sky
was darkened by flying objects. We
had run into some monster coveys OF
quail. They were thick as flies. The
platforms were covered with them
They were the tufted blue valley
quail. Presently we ran slowly out
of the quail zone and picked up speed
again.
81 ordered two for breakfast but
they were SO large that l could eat
but one."
1t is understood that the Nevada
game wardens are studying the law
to see whether or not the Salt Lake
road is guilty of violating it regard
ing the slaughter of birds.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
MaiIy for StafanSSOn

Edmonton, Alberta, Dec. 15-Four
trusted employees of the Hudson Bay
Company, which has operated in this
country since 1910, accompanied by
two dog teams, each carrying 800
pounds Of mail and provisions, are on
the way to Fort MACPHERSON, 21OO
miles north Of here, on what is con-
ceded to be the longest overland mail
trip in the world. They are sched
uled to reach the fringe of the Arctic
circle on February %.
The trip from Edmonton to Atha-
basca, 100 miles, was made by train
the first day, after which the party
started on the trail, which follows the
windings of the Athabasca, Slave and
Mackenzie rivers. One of the teams,
with two men, is destined to Fort
Smith, the other going to Fort Mac
Pherson.
Included in the mail is a small
packet for Stefansson, the Arctic ex-
plorer, to be delivered at Harschell
island, the most northerly mail point
in Canada.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Mrs. Pankhurst's Strike

(By United Press Associations
London, Dec. 15-Mrs. Pankhurst
has added a no-sleep strike to her
hunger and thirst strike inaugurated
Saturday when arrested on her return
from Paris She walks continually to
prevent falling asleep. Her condition
is reported serious already. The mill
tants continued their reprisal arsons
Sunday and today. An arson squad
burned a mansion near Bristol and
another smashed all windows in the
Richmond police station. The Fox
lumber plant and several buildings in
Devonport were burned. Nearby a
placard read, Revenge for Mrs. Pank-
hurst The loss was 100000.
Mrs. Pankhurst was later released
from prison after her hunger and
thirst strike, under the cat and mouse
act. Her condition is pitiable.
Suffragette leaders, on behalf OF
Mrs. Pankhurst, sent the following
telegram to the king today: SIN your
majesty's name noble woman is be-
ing done to death. We call upon your
majesty to stop this crime before it
is too late"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Norwepians to Honor Lincoln

Abercrombie, N. d., Dec. 15.-Final
preparations were made at a meeting
held here today by Norwegians o.
this section for the pilgrimage which
is to be made next June to Norway
where a statue of Lincoln will be
presented to the Norwegian govern
ment by the residents of North Da-
kota. The statue was voted at the
last legislature session. Governor
Hanna and his staff in resplendent
uniforms and hundreds of Norwegians
from the Northwest will join in the
pilgrimage and be present at the pre-
sentation of the statue July A. The
occasion is to be made the most pa
triotic affair of the year in Norway
While the governor has no idea of
commercialism in making the trip, il
is believed his presence will have the
effect of bringing more sturdy Nor
wegians to the Northwest.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
WI Ting Fang Special Envoy
(By United Press Associations

(By united PreSS ASSOclatlOnS)
Pekin, Dec. 15.--Dr. WI Ting Fang
twice Chinese minister to the United
States, Cuba and Peru, and secretary
of foreign affairs in President Sun
Vat Sens provisional republican cab
met in 1911, today formally accepted
a commission from President Yuan
Shi Kai to travel abroad as special
envoy to thank the various powers fol
their formal recognition of the Chi
nese republic. Although DR.. WI was
not a candidate, he received several
parliamentary votes when President
Yuan was elected last month to full
five-year term. DR.. WI will come up
from Shanghai in a few days to re-
ceive his instructions. He will travel
via the Trans Siberian railway ano
his first diplomatic call will be at the
court of the czar. He will then visit
England, Germany, France and the
other European countries. A stay oi
considerable duration will be made ir
the United States by DR.. Wu. After
paying his respects to President Will
son and Secretary of State Bryan he
will visit the scenes of many post
prandial triumph in the leading Amer.
lean cities. He will sail from Sar
Francisco for Japan, and from the
capital of the mikado to Peking, anC
thence to his home in Shanghai.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
PARCEL POST TIDE OF
XMAS, GIFTS RISES FAST

Washington, Dec. 15-Parcel post
Christmas No. l is approaching and
already the postOffice is beginning to
feel the surge Of the tide of Yuletide
packages.
Postmen have always looked upon
themselves as postal Kris Kringes.
This year they will be handling tur-
keys and hobby horses where before
they took handkerchiefs and sachet
bags. This will be a Christmas when
bulky remembrances will hasten
through the mails, The parcel post
and the express companies and all
the other transportation agencies will
be working night and day.
The pOstmasters are expecting an
increase of about IS per cent of par
cells of Christmas cheer as compared
with last year, before the parcel post
system had dawned upon the country
Last year the biggest Christmas
gift one could send by mail could not
have weighed more than four pounds.
Within the first and second zones the
heaviest package will be twenty
pounds. The largest gobbler of thi.,
kind, haunch of venison, case of
cranberries-many things can now
be sent by the patient parcel post.
The antiquated reindeer outfits of
long ago are forgotten in the up-to-
date, high-powered automobiles which
will gather the gifts which go by
mail this year.
Various suggestions are made as to
the packing of parcels. Hats in paste
board boxes, especially the silk ones
which are sent to Uncle Ben, should
be Grated if only pasteboard boxes
are used to inclose them.
Cut flowers should be placed in
boxes of wood or tin or very heavy
corrugated pasteboard Candles
should not be trusted to the frail
guardianship of ordinary thin paste
board, but their boxes should be IN
outer ones of tin or wood. Scissors
and instruments with sharp edges
shohuld be well protected.
Christmas toys, articles of glass
and crockery,. and such wares may
be sent in boxes Of metal or wood on
corrugated pasteboard, but they
should be packed in cotton and ex-
celsior and marked fragile"
Parcels may be marked "Not to be
opened until Christmas" if the send
ers so desire. 1t is better to be a
little early than too late. For local
delivery it would be well to mail the
presents for transmission through
parcel post ON December %.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Heney. the Aggressive

Nf'y t,TItoN T ooN 1tssSUCI ItttIUI1SI
San Francisco, Dec. 15-Reports
have spread that the Progressive lead
ers have broken with Heney as a re-
suit of his declaration that he will be
a candidate for the governorship or
senatorship.
According to an unverified report
Governor Johnson and John Eshle
man, president of the railroad COM
mission. will head the Progressive
ticket, it being undecided which will
run for the senatorship. The state
ment was published today that Heney
had declared, al don't care whether
have the organization behind me,
will be a candidate for one office or
the other as member of the Progress
sive party"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
BRAWLEY DEFEATS HOLTVTLLE
IN BIG BASK ETBALL GAME

Saturday Holtville met her Water
loo after having won game Of bas-
ket ball from each team in the valley
except Brawley and Brawley had won
game from Holtville by a score of
18 to "a and Saturday the score was
81 to SO.
Both teams. did excellent wo X and
the Holtv;lle boys have nothing but
ried off the honors. At no time dur
ing the game did either team have a
lead of more than four or five points.
At the end of the first half the score
was 13 to II in favor of Holtville 1t
was undoubtedly the fastest game Of
basketball that was ever played in
Imperial valley. The game was play
ed on Holtville's grounds but two.
thirds Of the fans were Brawley peo-
pie. The next event will be better
advertised for we do not like to have
Brawley support their team better
than we support our team.
This is the last game of the season
and the championship goes to Braw.
ley.
Brawley worked hard for it and
they deserve it. Last year Holtville
claimed to have the best all round
player in the valley. Charles Gillett
was recognized as the fastest man for
last year, but this year Darnell of
Brawley receives that honor. Virgil
Best, our veteran guard, claims that
Darnell is the best man he has ever
been up against.
Mr.. House of Ell Centre refereed the
game and young man from Brawley
whose name we failed to get, was the
umpire.
Mr.. House was praised very highly
for his efficient work.
HARRY c.. EBY.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Industrial Unrest in England
tBy United Press Associations)


London, Des. 15.-The increasing
industrial unrest in England is graph
ically shown in a special report issued
today by the Board of Trade. More
than million working days have
been lost by working men throughout
the country since the first of the year
on account of strikes and lockouts,
of which there have been 960, a great
er number than during the whole Of
any preceding year in the past de-
ade. Demands for higher wages were
responsible for 86 per cent Of the
disputes in the past year. and ques-
tions of trade union principles for
10 per cent. In an unusually high
proportion of cases-75 per cent--the
employees obtained their demands, and
the number of settlements by arbitra.
tion or mediation was the highest on
record.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Asks Use of Blankets

Seattle, Dec. ia citizens COM
mittee that obtained the use of the
abandoned hospital building to shelter
5000 unemployed men in Seattle has
sent kilograms to Congressman Frank
Buchanan of Illinois and w. E. Hum
phreys of Washington in an effort to
obtain the use of $4,000 blankets own
ed by the National Guard of the state
of Washington which are stored here.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Dreher'S Narrow Escaue

(By United Press AssOciatiOns)
Pomona, Dec. 15-Dangling from
the handrail of chair coach until he
lost his grip and fell, to be thrown
out of deaths grip by the trucks of
the next coach, was the experience to.
day of P. J. Dreher, director of the
Southern Pacific Fruit Exchange. He
was leaving here to attend directors
meeting in Los Angeles. The Pacific
Express, which he attempted to board
had attained a fair speed when he
reached the station. He seized the
handrail and clung on until he fell.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Will Confer With Johnson

San Francisco, Dec. 15-The mem
bers of the Progressive party are
waiting for Governor johnson to say
what he is going to do, and yester-
day a delegation of the executive
committee of the state central COM
mittee was named to call on the chief
executive to find out what are his
plans. Tis delegation of five will
go to Sacramento today.
Behind closed doors and with the
utmost secrecy thirty members OF
the executive committee met at the
Palace hotel this afternoon and de.
cided to go to the governor for ad
vice before proceeding further.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Christmas Ships for Europc

New York, Dec. 15-Laden with a
wealth of seasons cheer, in the shape
of letters, packages, checks and gifts
six great Christmas ships sailed down
the bay today on their way to Euro
pean ports. Aboard them were $685.
passengers bound home to spend the
HOLIDAYS with families and friends on
the other side. and in their holds were
nearly 10000 mail bags.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Plan Reassembling Fleet

Washington, Dec. 15.-With the
vessels of the Atlantic fleet expected
back from their Mediterranean cruise
soon, the navy department today
started plans for reassembling them
shortly after New Years for a cruise
in West Indian waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15

barrels of flour we're hauling down
to the S. B. ranch," asserted the ranch
er. "Probably true but must see for
myself" said the inspector. The re-
volver held in the inspectors hand was
a good argument, so the pair obeyed
with alacrity in rolling out a barrel.
The top was knocked off. Sure enough
there was flour. The inspector reach
ed his hand down. A few inches be-
low the surface he found cartridges.
The barrels were full of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Currency Bill

Washington, Dec. 15-By vote of
40 to 35 the senate defeated the first
of Hitchcocks amendments to the cur
rency bill. The amendment was in
tended to fix the number of regional
reserve banks at four. Poindexter vot-
ed with the Democrats.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Smugglers CAPTURED

(By United Press Associations)
San Diego. Dec. 15-Opium valued
at $4,000 and a fine touring car are
held by the federal authorities. follow
ing the CAPTURE bv Inspector Evans Of
Adolphe Creste, M Casitl, Louis lie
ray and Frank Mitchell near the Dor
der. immigration authorities suspect
an attempt to smuggle.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Favor Immigration Bill

(By United Press Associations)
Washington, Dec. 15-The house i'm
migration committee today favorably
reported the Burnett immigration bill,
accompanied by stringent provision
barring all Asiatics, militant suffra-
gettes and advocates of sabotage and
anarchy. The measure includes lit
eracy test, requiring all aliens to read
and write at least one language.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
Heroic Rescue

(By United Press Associations)
Long Beach, Dec. 15-Four firemen
risked their lives to save Mrs. Sarah
L. Miles, aged seventy, who was ill
in lodging house. which was burned
today. George Wright groped his
way to the bedside, where he was
overcome by smoke Three other
firemen, searching for Wright, car
ried both to the street.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
President Better

(By United Press AssociatiOns)
Washington, Dec. 15-The presi-
dents health is improved today, with
his fever gone and ne left his bed.
He cancelled engagements, but trans
acted some business at the white
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15

(By United Press Associations
Mexico City, Dec. 15-Apparently to
show his democracy, Huerta, clad in
battered felt hat, brown overcoat,
greasy old trousers and unpublished
shoes walked from his residence to the
palace today. Theoretically he was
unattended but bodyguard was Gloss
behind. Sonora Huerta reported to
have left the city, was seen on the
streets Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09

, Is denied TO women who claim II and VINO
are supported In their claim by vast
number OF men? ! say, never.
| ! venture, and with all due difference
10 the distinguished Senator. 10 suggest
that the heart Of this question has not
been touched by him. Is not an erronc-
Gus concept OF government as a thing
OF force the cause of his failure? Is II
not true that even in the autocratlc and
despotc governments we find the intlI-
ence which controls even kings and en-
perors in the vast proportion OF the occa-
sions OF their official exercise OF the
power %. government is the dominant
public opinion Of the community? Force
I too frequently relied upon Is sure to prove
the undoing Of any government Mr..
| Root says politics is modified war" I
think that here he has given an unan-
swerable argument in favor OF an inn
mediate request from men to women that
they now assume their natural right OF
suffrage because men have brought about
this state Of politics.
I quote further from the article: in
politics there is struggle. strife. conten-
ton, bitterness. heart burning, excite
ment, agltatlon-everything which IL ad-
verse TO the true character Of women"
May We not ask II Senator Root does
not consider the above states Of mind
and heart adverse to the true character
or men,? We can reply for him that
We know he does, for surely ne would
not advise boys TO cultivate them while
he urged girls to avoid them. Humanity
Is tho unit. man and woman. Without
either, neither. SO II Is in the propaga-
ton Of the species. so II must be In the
process Of social evolution. which is the
true function of government, the propa-
cation OF the life Of a purified and ex-
allied humanity In which politics shall
be the most noble and uplifting mani
festation Of the character Of a nation.
What an indictment Of men In their cf-
fort to govern without women Mr.. Root
has drawn for the suffragist advocate to
prosecute!
But TO revert TO his phrase modified
war" as describing politics Senator Root
is at the head Of a great foundation whose
purpose is to abolish war. all war, includ-
Ing modified" war. The world applauds
his efforts to bring the nations to an
understanding mind. Has he less ina
pulse to eliminate modified war; from
politics where It has no true place? Surely
| not. He says: Woman rules to-day by
the sweet and noble influences OF her char
! acter." We men who believe the granting
OF the suffrage to the women is the first
political necessity and obligation Of the
| time say amen" and Amen" to this
noble expression Of a great and everlast-
ing truth. We would have all men show
| true chivalry by asking women to vote so
that In politics. which might be called the
science Of unified humanity. there may