Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-10-18


once in July and once in August, the shocks De-
came heavy that they practically depopulateo
the city for nearly week on each OCCASION.
Seven scientists headed by Prof Ramon Leon
of the seismographic branch of the Nauonal w
servatory have just finished report on the
quakes and their They declare tnas
Guadalajara, with it's 10000 inhabitants is built
In the crater of giant volcano which was active
about 1900 years ago. Below the city, they ado
Is the center of this crater in which new crater
has formed, likely to break out at any time
They warn the residents of Guadalajara that be-
meath them is an enormous caldron OF molten
stone apd burning coal and sulphur combined
with gases which come from still further down
in the bowls of the earth. The report urges that
the city be moved that at least the inhabitants
abandon it Immediately. The center of the crater
is located a trife west of the main plaza and
practically under the state palace or cap1tol or
the state of Jalisco.
Scientific measurements soundingS with a dla-
mond drill and experiments with the gases which
have been pouring through cracks In the eartn
in the city given, with detailed results of the
study. Professor Leon and his associates deduce
that as surely science can forecast the city
Will be destroyed by this buried crater, which
they say is enormous, though they admit that
they cannot with accuracy foretell when the vol
cano will burst forth.
They infer that the destruction will come with
in a year. for they say that the volcano, whose
the earth, is what is known ripe for the ex-
ploson. The report goes on to say that this Is
the first instance in the history of the world in
which city has been located the crater of
volcano and that the heat from the buried bowl
OK Are accounts for the warm climate of Guada-
lajara, which, while 5000 feet above the sea, has
the temperature all the year round of coastal
resort. with practically change between sum-
mer and winter
Increasing heat noticed in this part of Jalisco
for the past year and recorded by the local branch
of the government weather bureau first gave Pro
fessor Leon the idea that subterranean fires were
responsible for the climate. Then came the earth
quakes, the opening of assures in the main streets
of the capital of the state, and the escape of
large volumes of sulphur laden gases from these
assures.
Fullest publicity is being given to the report
here. and government officials are seriously con-
sidering the removal of the capital to Juanacat-
Ian on the Santiago river.
The removal will follow the taking away of
all the government papers, which have been
transferred to Mexico City already The state
palace capitol in Guadalajara is one of the
largest and most beautiful of all the buildings of
It's kind in Mexico and cost approximately 7000-
900 pesos. 1t fronts the main plaza or public
square and occupies one entire end, being nearly
three hundred yards in length.
Guaralajara is the second city in the republic,
ranking next to Mexico City in population and
Yucatan, in this respect. 1t is the market place
of two of the richest states in Mexico Jalisco and
Michoacan and is commonly called 1.-The Pearl
of the Occident" while the surrounding territory
is known the granary of Mexico.
For these reasons the people who live here are
ioath to leave the city. The Catholic church will
be especially hard hit If the removal idea is car
ried out The cathedral which is one of the fin
est In Mexico, contains more gold and silver orna-
ments than any other church save the cathedral
of Puebla, and has In addition the distinction of
having been completed in 1918 and of having
been almost destroyed by an earthquake in 1850
1t was severely shaken In 1878 and cracked in
three places by the first series of the $40 quakes
of the past three months in June 1912 The
towers are 200 feet high, Byzantine in construc-
ton and the structure occupies one of the most
valuable pieces of land in Guadaajara
: The most precious art possession of the entire
republic is contained In the sacrsty of the cathe-
dral. 1t is Murillo's painting of the Assumption
of the Virgin" and it hangs directly above the
entrance. In point of color and freshness this
painting is better than any Murillo now known
to the art world of Europe or America while the