The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-18
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work is 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, of S250,000 coming from a New
York fnancer Seven times thieves have at
tempted to cut it 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 have died in the pris-
of Jalisco.
In June. 1918. when the cathedral was nearly
destroyed, the section OF wall on which this
painting is fastened stood through all the quake
In June, 1912, when crack than a 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 hssures. 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 santissima virgen de Guada.
lajara' and SO far the terrific tremblers have
failed to injure 1t in the least.
Ine canvas was given to the Guadalatara do
cese by the king of Spain shortly after the PENN
sular war as a 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 niche in the cathedral to keen
1t from the French at the time OF the occupation
of Mexico
The top of the bowl of the crater beneath
Guadala1ara." said Professor Garcia while here,
is approximately 1.500 feet in diameter but the
actual bowl is much wider | should saw n 4,
quarter of mile in width and how deep no
man can say.
The composition OF the escaping gases ndi
Gates that they coming from burning Goa,
and sulphur in molten state precisely the com
oination which causes the eruptons of Mount
Colima. the only active volcano on the Nortb
American continent. about 30 miles due south of
Guadalajara- Undoubtedly Colima which blows
on In regular eruption about the middle nj
every September. is connected in some unknown
manner with the hot springs miniature eevsers
and many dead volcanoes which cover the ter
rftory reaching from the southern end Of the
Sierra Nayarit about so miles north of Guada.
lajara. to the at Manzanillo
Il would not to prophesy but I beI,eve
that the annual fall eruption of Collna will see
some sort of disturbance here though It NAV he
only heavy earthquakes and not the breaking out
OF the volcano We ran diamond drills SO deep
into the earth in the center of Guadalajara that
they came back almost red hot, no matter how
slowly we operated them We lowered the hest
thermometers into the holes made by these drills
and they recorded heat beyond the melting point
of lead
I'VE analyzed the gases coming from the ns
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 ea rth-
quake, but that they exhibited all the character.
istics of gases which have been taken from tho
vents of Coma and Popocatepetl volcanoes
Lastly we traced the scores of earthouake
shocks which were felt here during the ten days
of onr stay and we found that every one was
volcanic In It's origin and not caused by tba sI,n
ping OF faults in the EARTH as are some NJ ,ha
coastal quakes of this country and the Trnjtod
States All were trepidatory that is to saw nm
and down quakes. usually local in character and
not oscilatory, as are most earthquakes which
extend over large section of the worlds sur
face.
This was our first hint that the quakes were
volcanc-the confined area over which lbe
tremors we're felt Then the seismograpb. which
brought here from Mexico City and set nm
indicated with Its needle finger that the source
OF the shocks were almost beneath the CITY
I'VE knew the quakes were volcanic and con.