The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1921, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT , ie _ijTHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FIND NEWCITIES OF ANCIENT MAYA Carnegie Institution’s Central: American Expedition Makes Important Discoveries, OLD CAPITAL IS EXCH wreo Greatest Native Civilization’ Which’ America Produced Once Flourished | in What is Now Desolate and Forgotten Region. i i Washington.—After having discov-} ered und unearthed ancient and for-} gotten cities that once were the cen- ter of America’s celvilization, and after having begun to recover the an-) cient learning for the Maya peuple from their Indian descendants, we Carnegie Institution Central American expedition for 1921, which penetruted the region of Guatemala, in the de- partment of Peten, at the base of the Yucatan peninsula, has returned to this city, The expedition, under the directlon of Dr. Sylvanus G.’ Morley, associate in American archeology of the insti- tution, left Washington early in Junu- ury. The other investigators were Dr. G Guthe and William Gates, boih| research associates of the Institution, | The activities of the field season} consisted of the exploration of the! forests of northern Peten in search for new centers of this ancient civiliza- tion under the direction of Doctor Morley, the excavation of Tayasal, the last Itza (a Maya tribe) capital, lo-) cated upon an island in the Luke of! Peten Itza, in northern central Peten,| by Doctor Guthe, and a first-hand study of the Maya language as spok- | en today In northern British Honduras, | and also by the Quiche, a Maya tribe living in the highlands of Guatemala, | by Mr. Gates, Unearth Ancient Cities. Following along the chicle (the sub-| stante from which chewing gum is; made) trails which traverse this re-| gion, Doctor Morley’s party discovered several new cities during the course of the field season, in what appears to! have been the very heart of the old! Maya empire. Doctor Guthe’s excavations at Tay- asal proved equally fruitful. ‘The prin-! cipal plaza of that city was tocated, and the work of clearing away the earth and fallen. masonry from the! principal structures was. commenced. | ‘The peninsula of Yucatan juts’ up into the Gulf of Mexico like the great thumb of a giant hand, pointing north- ward, It is 250 miles wide, and be- fore it finally takes root in the conti-|! gradually merging into .the foothills of the Cordillierra, it 1s 400 miles long. This region, a limestone formati.n of recent geological age, has gradual-| * ly emerged from the floor of the Car- ibbean sea, and {is now overgrown) with a dense sub-tropical jungle, It supports, in fact, an almost continu- ous forest of mahogany, rubber, Santa Marla, ceiba, chico-sapote (the “chew- ing gum" tree), and many other sub- tropical trees, which so. completely covers the country that one. may. trav- el in this bush for days. without see- ing an open space large enough to ac- commodate a modern bungalow com- fortably. In this now desolate and forgotten region there developed during the first fifteen centuries of the Christian era the greatest native civilization which America produced, namely, that of the anclent Maya of southern Mex- ico and northern Central America. « Here great cities grew up, filled with temples, pyramids, palaces and mon- asterles, built of finely carved. lime stone, which were grouped around paved squares and courts, Once Brilliant People. In these spacious plazas beautifully sculptured monuments were erected, thelr ‘sides inscribed with elaborate hieroglyphic writings, setting forth im- portant historical and astronomical facts, A dense population, highly or- ganized under strongly centralized governments, flourished in the region, the vanguard of civilization in the| New World. : » But In the course of centuries pes- tllence, drought, civil war and famine overtook the Maya, so that when. the Spantards landed on the east coast of Yucatan in 1851, under Francisco de Montejo, the last remnant of this once brilliant people fell an easy prey to the shock of foreign conquest, and they were speedily reduced to dependence and slavery, Their once. magnificent cities were. abandoned, vast sections being actually depopulated, and the tropical jungle again crept over the region, until today these former cen- ters of life and human activity le buried in the grip of a dense forest, and crumbling walls and piles of fall- en masonry overgrown with giant trees alone bear melancholy witness to former pomp. and glory, Investigations in this remote and inaccessible ‘region may only be car- ried on under ‘enormous difficulties, It is only very slowly, with infinite pains and at high cost, that this region is being made to yleld its archeolog- ical secrets and the truth about our foremost native American ci is gradually being made known. Nickel Shine Back in Boston. Boston.—The nickel shine has re. turned. The boys of the north end have invaded the business district in a war on established boothlacks, some of whom have met the competition by cutting rates from 10 cents to 5. Lucky for Anne! \ Salesman (lately promoted to ans | tique department). This cbair. mas | dam. was origina made for the duke of Buekingham. who gave it to Anne Of Aside Werre-selling quite # lot of them:”+7~London Bystander. { | day on a charge of having murdered charges that she murdered also three other husbands and a brother-in-law, eral of the bodies of her former hus- nental land: mass far to the south,| bands, say they, did ‘not die-of typhoid fever. arsenic poison. + Husband No. 1 took out $4,500 in in- surance, No. 2 took $500, No. 3 took each. ly and is attracting the attention of the entire nation. | cording to engineers, was capable of By N, E. A. Service Twin Falls, Idaho, Sept. 12—With Paul Vincent Southard, her fifth hus- band, staunchly supporting her, Mrs. Lyda Southard, 29, is on trial here t her fourth husband, Edwin F. Meyers, In, addition to this, the state all within a peviod of six years. Mrs. Southard, calm since her ar- rest sevoral months ago in. Honolulu, maintains that deaths of her. hus- bands were accidental, attributing them to the fact that she was a. ty- phoid carrier. Doctors, who have exhumed sev- They say they found: traces of The state-will charge, that Mrs. Southard obtained arsenic , poison from fly paper, and that she murdered Meyers and other husbands in order to collect their insurance. Following their marriage to Lyda, $5,000. and Nos. 4-and 5 took $10,000 The case has stirred Idaho great- DRINK ‘HARD LIQUORS’ NOW Germans.Using More Whisky, Brandy and Gin—Draft New o Woe, | HUSBAND NO.4 | o——_4 -___________4 Edwin F. Meyers,.who was ‘Hus: band \No. 4 to Mrs. Lyda Southard. It was on a: specific charge of having murdered Meyers that she is being tried, . Bea 3 ee ——_—- |. * MRS. SOUTHARD'S CAREER ——— + 1912—Married Robert C. Dooley, who had ‘been a childhood chum in ‘Missouri, at Twin Falls. . His, ‘brother, Ed. - Dooley,’ went to live with them. 1915—Ed_ Dooley died, followed Law. Berlin—Consumption of wines and Nquors has been increasing so rapidly in Germany since the war that the reichstag has directed the drafting of a bill to regulate the traffic. ‘The law also is’ to check a growing Increase in the number of saloons, in Berlin par- ticularly. The .erime wave which has been sweeping the country for many months is attributed by many to the “drink- craze,” and especially tothe more gen- eral use of cheap cognacs, green whis- kies, gin and other “hard liquors,” The Germans, In fact. are gradually losing their old reputation as beer drinkers. Practically -all the cafes and wine- rooms of Berlin are installing “Ameri- can bars,” against which the customer may lean, with his: feet on a brass rail, ‘There is no charge for a place at the bar, but to sit at the tables it le compulsory: to drink champagne or some other wine of similar price, Con- sumption of champagne has out- stripped all previous records the last twelve months, amounting to more than 12,000,000 ‘bottles. FIND ANCIENT ROMAN ROAD Workmen Digging Manholes :in . Eng. land Unearth Highway Which Ran From London. to Manchester. London.—Discdvery has been made in England of another old Roman road hitherto unknown, Workmen who .were ‘digging man- holes on the Alton road where the lat- ter joins the roads to Bentley and Bor- don, near Farnham, Surrey, unearthed, five feet below the surface, part of what appears to be'an old Roman road that ran from London to Manchester. The road: was in an excellent state of preservation, the surface layer being a foot in thickness and composed of flints. In order to ‘penetrate the sur- face it was necessary to use drills and steel wedges. Research has demonstrated that not only the Romans, used bituminous ma- terials, including asphalt, but the an- cient) Sumerians, Persians, Babyloni- ans, Greeks and Egyptians as well. The road discovered in England, ac- carrying traffic heavier than any to which modern roads are now put, ‘@RIBUNE WANTS—FOR RESULTS: shortly by the death of Robert Dooley, and three weeks late: by the death of -Laura, Mrs. Southard’s baby daughter, 1917—Mrs. Dooley met and married William HcHeffie, a restraurant owner in Twin Falls. 1918—MoHaffie died at Hardin, Mont., id¥@ |the two nad moved, and were living on a ranch. 1919—4Mrs. Dooley‘McHaffie in Mon- tana became acquainted | with ‘Harlem Lewis an auto sales- man, and a short time later married him. One month later Lewis died ‘suddenly, 1920—Mrs. Dooley-McHaffie-Lewis re- turned to Twin Falls where she met ‘and married Edwin F. Meyers, a ranchman. A littlo more ‘than a month later Mey. 's died, y Dooley-McHaffie-Lewis- Meyers .went to Los Angeies. There she met and married. Paui. Southard, petty officer of the navy. When he was transter- Ted to Honolulu, she accgmpan- jed him. It was in Honolulu. that officers found her, .after they. had: become suspicious: following Meyer’s death and started an investigation. South- ard gecompanied his wife hack to Twin’ Falls, 8,000 OIL MEN ~. GOON STRIKE Bakersfield, Calif., Sept. 12.—Eight thousand oil: workers in fields of the San Joaquin valley, California, struck at midnight because operators re- fused to enter into agreement with the union, R. H. Frazire, president of the California district council, of the oil workers union announced. ESCAPED MAN IS CAPTURED Toledo, Sept. 12.—Charles Schultz, one of the three men convicted of con- spiracy in, connection with the mil- lion dollar postoffice robbery, who es- caped from the, Lucas county jail on Labor day, was captured at Crissey, about 12 miles west of Toledo, shortly before ‘noon today by a squad of To- ledo’ police, federal authorities an- nounced, 1921 SCHOOL OPEN, , Underwood, N. D., Sept. 12.—Under- wood schools opened Tuesday las‘ week with a fi,corps of teachers, and an enrollment somewhat iarger than usual: : i ‘L, 0: Swanson, who nasxbheen wit! SOUTHARD “BLUEBEARD” GOES ON TRIAL. Three Views of Mrs. Lyda Southard e | | —— ss MRS. SOUTHARD HUSBANDS ee, MAYTAG AGAIN: | CUTS WASHING |. MACHINE PRICE | Smarr gan Newton; Iowa, Sept. 12.—‘The May- tag company is going to sell Washing machines at prices which the people i think they ought to pay.” This is the | sensational statement nade today by [L B.: Maytag, president: of the com- |pay, .when interviewed - relative to of heat and never clinkers. jithe: drastic cut in washing machine ; Prices ‘which. becomes effective: today, The -pregident ofthe largest. wash- | ing? machine factoryin the. world -be- | lieves that consumption can. ‘be: stim- | ulated and. the consequent: capacity \ production result. if manufacturers | will’ price their products even lower | than the raw material and labor costs would justify. He says it is noi | enough to take losses on materials on | hand, but that the manufacturer thust | go one step further and anticipate the Berl om a ei Panels instead of lath and plaster.” It’s easy to COLD AND COLDER That Will Soon:be the Prediction Given by the Weather Man. ORDER YOUR COAL NOW Be Prepared: When the Cold Weather Arrives and Have Coal in Your Coal Bin. The little squirrel is one of the world’s best providers. He takes no chances on the vagaries of winter. He puts in his supply long before it’s necessary, Why not you? Washburn Lignite Coal The Coal that is all Coal and contains the greatest yardage” It’s money in your pocket when you burn the Famous Washburn Lignite Coal. PRICE $5.50 PER TON DELIVERED You are safe in buying now for prices will not be any cheaper that we know of. NORTHERN WYOMING COALS Acme--Carney—Kooi—Monarch. Washburn Lignite Coal Co. Mines at Wilton, N. Bismarck Office 901 Broadway. rials and labor which is almost upon us. ‘This, says Mr. Maytag, is:the nor- malcy the consuming public wants ara is the basis on which they will do busi- iness, The new prices for Maytag washers show a. reduction of 35 per. cent from the 1920 scale. The leading model that sold for $120 wili now sell for $77.50. VOTE TO KEEP MAXIMUM SURTAX RATE ON INCOME Washington, D. C., Sept. 12.— The finance committee voted today to re- tain the 32 per cent maximum surtax vate as fixed in the house bill. It has under consideration a proposal to change the percentage in the different brackets so as to effect a reduction of D. Phone 453. “ {new low price levels for raw_gnate-| about 1 per cent on incomes in:each bracket. i The committee also approved pro- [visions in the house bill increasing from $2,000 to. $3,000 the exemption to heads of families having annual net income of $5,000. or less and algo in- creasing the exemption on account of dependents from $200 to $400. HARDING SAYS © U.S. GOVERNMENT STANDS TESTS 2 New. York, Sept.’ 12.—President Harding, in endorsing the national ob- servance of Constitution Day next. Saturday, has written to the Constitu- tional League of America that. “no governmental system has demonstrat- ed a greater capacity to meet and bear the utmost stresses of human ‘crisis than our own.” : TRIBUNE WANTS—FOR RESULTS uild good walls and ceilings with “Cornell” Panels GOT the idea of Hing my summer cottage and garage with Pirst—Cornell's “TripleSizec” process} ell-Wood- which gives triple protection against mois : house in town. ture, expansion and contraction. out with Cornell Second — Cornell's “ Mill-Primed” surface takes paint oc calcimine perfectly without priming. ~ Here are four of Mrs. Lyda South- | ard’s five husbands. ‘Top to.ottom: | R. C.. Doaley, No.1; .Harlem Lewis, No. 3;.Edwin Meyers, No. 1; and Paul Southard, No. 5. “us now for’ the third term, is super- intendent;, Mr. Gund: in, principal; Hannah. Over! first grade dith | Konitz, second and.third; Miss Bus- dicker, fourth; Neva Lane, fifth ryn Mahone xth; Wila Fr seventh and eighth. LEAVES COAL | MINE WAR AREA’ Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 12.—Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, commanding troops in the West Virginia coal fields where recent disturbances between} aimed men.on the border of Logan rd Rava connties, left today for his headquarters in Washington. _ pee A AT aS TRIBUNE WANTS-FOR RESULTS (Say > Anyone who’ discovers the exclusive improvements embodied in Cornell will never be satisfied with ordinary wallboard: Third—Cornelf's handsome “Oatmeal” finish which isso much admired by all Write to CORNELL WOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY, Chicago, for Sample Board and Color-book No.216C of Comell Interiors ”— " F.H.CARPENTER “y, LUMBER CO