Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-10-18
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work is one of the best examples of the famous
master.
The beauty of this canvas has attracted thou
sands, and not few offers have been made to
purchase 1t, one of $250,000 coming from New
York fnancier. Seven times thieves have at
tempted to cut 1t from its frame, but each time
they were foiled by the vigilance Of the priests
Four Of the wouldbe robbers were captured and
are now serving terms or have died in the pris-
of Jalisco.
In June 1875 when the cathedral was nearly
destroyed the section of wall on which this
painting is fastened stood through all the quake.
In June, 1872 when a crack than foot
wide was opened in the top of the wall above this
painting the cash ran downward almost to the
end of the mahogany frame and then divided
into two cracks assures, encircling the can
vas, but never touching 1t. The Indians believe,
and the priests aid them in this belief that moth
ing can harm ia santssma Vrgen de Guada-
lajara," and so far the terrific tremblers have
failed to injure 1t in the least
The canvas was given to the Guadalajara do
cese by the king of Spain shortly after the PENN
sular war as mark of gratitude for the large
sums of money turned over to the crown by this
branch of the church in MexiCo and it was hid
den ten years In a niche in the cathedral to keep
it from the French at the time of the occupation
of Mexico
The top of the bowl of the crater beneath
Guadalajara," said Professor Garcia while here
is approximately 1900 feet in diameter but the
actual bowl is much wider. l should say 1T is
quarter Of mile in width and how deep no
man can say.
The composition of the escaping gases indi-
Gates that they coming from burning coal
and sulphur in molten state, precisely the com
bination which causes the eruptions of Mount
Colima the only active volcano on the North
American continent, about 80 miles due south of
Guadaajara- Undoubtedly Colima which blows
off in regular eruption about the middle of
every September, is connected in some unknown
manner with the hot springs, miniature geysers
and many dead volcanoes which cover the ter
ritory reaching from the southern end of the
Sierra Nayarit, about 60 miles north of Guada-
ajara, to the sea at Manzanillo.
II would not care to prophesy but I believe
that the, annual fall eruption of Colima will see
some sort OF disturbance here though it may be
only heavy earthquakes and not the breaking out
of the volcano. We diamond drills so deep
into the earth in the center of Guadalaiara that
they came back almost red hot no matter how
slowly we operated them We lowered the best
thermometers into the holes made by thesa drills
and they recorded heat beyond the melting point
of lead
I'VE analysed the gases coming from the es
sures in various parts of the city and we found
that they were not surface gases coming from
pockets in the earth and released by the earth
quake, but that they exhibited all the character.
istics OF gases which have been taken from the
vents OF Colima and Popocatepetl volcanoes
Lastly we traced the scores of earthouake
shocks which were felt here during the ten DAYS
of our stay and found that every one was
volcanic in its origin and not caused by the slip
ping OF faults in the earth. as are some of the
coastal quakes OF this country and the United
States. All were trepidatory that is to saw mn
and down quakes usually. local in character and
not oscillatory, as are most earthquakes which
extend over a large section of the worlds sur.
face.
This was our first hint that the quakes vvare
volcanic-the confined area over which tbs
tremors were felt Then the seismograph which
was brought here from Mexico City and set IN
indicated with its needle finger that the sonrce
of the shocks we're almost beneath the CITY
We knew the quakes were volcanic and eon