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CALLE De IA ~LE2C GEO -

nos hlclcseu hacia ALA. peregTraclo-
mes i~recuentcs, en- brenda de mo a
Ia ra1a-se ~icvantan las ruinas de
una vieja G historical pOblacion, por
sobre. Ia cual ha pasado. respectando-
Ia ain mas que los hombreS. muchas
c~euturias: Ia ciudad de Chicomostcc,
por cuyas Gales desicrtas no pa;a
radie. como no c los animales de
Ia selya que sc acercan al caserio en-
buSce de presa que "a 10 ~encuentran
poraue hace mucho TIC Ia vida hugo
dc aueIlos iugares.
Cnicomostoc Is una ciuGad que do
abrigo a los padres dc nUestra raza,
una ciudad que los aztecas de Tenoch
fundaron e2 81 pergerinaclon.
Los aztecas. en- busca de Ia laguna
~ercantada sobre el CRYSTAL de cuyas
aguas Sc levantase 81 nopaI heraldico
prestando lc pedestal verdinero de Su
"penca' al aCuila de nuestro escudo.
iba nhacia cl sur, EN- su gran pcregri
Daci0n secular.
En- ticrras ae Zacatecas, cj Dios
orGeu6 I'm alto. un deScanzo de amos,
de lustroS, de decadas, para que des.
pues Ia raza siguiera hacia donde su
destino habria de cumplirSe.
y los aZtecas f~undaron. a pocas lc
guas del sit:o en- dnode los esPanoles
habian de construir la cuidad de
Nuestra Sonora de los IacatetoS. h
capital de 81 RENO nomada. Y ia lla-
waron Chocomostoc.
:Cuanto tempo los aztccas per-
'~manecisron en- Chocomostoc, artes de
continuar su marcha hacia el sur?
LarCos amos de flo. a juzgar per las
s6lidas Y bellas construcciones que
ami djaron, Y que acusa vida def
nitiva ' compjeta Y requirieron dcca-
das de labor.
Los siglos Y los hombres han ne
cho su obra destructora en- Ia VEGA
metropoli azteca, mas los segunGoS
Que los ~primero$: mas toGavja hoy
puede el v~iajero darse cuenta De Ia
magnjutd dc ~aquella gran ciudai in,
GIa.
Sabre Ia terra rojiza, cerca dc las
montanas hoscoS, Sc dibujan tcdavia,
bordeadas &c muros semi-derrujios,
amnIas GALES Que antano fuerca via5l
poHuiosas : cue m~ostraron 81 crgu-I
llo DC los paiacjos indios; todavia SO
allan reStos del Temple Mayor, RESI-
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mos referido mas dc ina vcz en- Ell cur
SO de esta inform .cion. ccnstituye
una de las carCateristias esencLs
les de la ciudad de Zacatccas.
Nadie puede recordar a ia ciudad
n.inera del norte. sin recordar el gil
gantcsco penacho de piedra que So
ALA al orient edo raciloseFETAO1N
ALA al oriente del cascrio desigual =
m~ulticolor.
Son dos crcstoncs los dc La Bfa
mas graI.dc e. uno que el otro; so
bre 81 mayor. Sc ~levanta lc torreon
del Observatcrio Mctereologico, uno
de los mas impOrtante de Ia Republic
ca.
FL O~bscryator;o del Ccrro de la Blu.
f.. esta Situado Il una a!tura dc 26lS
metres sob-c el nivcI del mar. Esta
altura considerable. asi como la linz
pidcz del CLEO. hacen que las obser-
bacioncs scan mas precisas que en-
o:ros Iugares.
Ccmstruycsa el ~cb>orvatorio del
Cerro die Ia Bufa. d ~iniciativa del ms
tituto de Ci2ncias del Estado. Y con
la yauda del gobierno dc la Fedora
cion. h~abiendczc i1aUgurado c! dia
pr;mero de Diciembre del n de
1906.
Las ohra. Sc l~Ievuron a cabo baio
la direction del Ing. Luis G.. Cork
doba.
\ y
Fl Estado dc Tacatecas, csta situa-
do entire los de San-Luis Potosi. Coa-i
hula. A@uaS.alicHtc-. Durar.c, Jalis
CO y.Tep'v. Y tienc una extension de
j4.l3S kilometres cuadrados.
SD principal riqucZa, cs Ia mincra,
jues que en- la cpoca colonial soda,
ncnte. sus minas produier@r = los
conquistadoycs, aIgo mas de ocho-i
cientos mil!oncs de pesos.
SUI roblacion Ilega al medic million
de h~abi,antes. pasando de treinta mil
los &c 81 capital. e.
AUn cuando cucnta con aIgo de A.,
gricultura. 81 principal riqueza es Ia
minera. Entire las. p~rincipales minast
De esta entidad, sc han contado los
de Teta Grande. Zacstecas. Panuco,
todos riquisimGs: lso de Fresnillo.
Son.brcrctc: Moves. San Miguel del
Mezquital. MaIapil, iiicves etc etc.
Estas minas han producido fabulo
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p-a,.s Il E-+s q, torn. 70 =
.,,sa4 60 1o,an.9r o-ros ,o,,Io5os
monticulos: e. cerro de Los Clerigos.
., do Ci,co Se7ores q 5e Fl Huiza
cbe los 5nl Pofngio y San D;epo
Er ,oo,,o5o lie on 81 cor,ro 10
.+odos csros ,,orrss IA asian-o > In
r;,,dsd do Zarztacas NM M ~, aston
70 nIano faciI cara las ~e5if,rariones.
tentador las heIIezas del najsaie
u. nor las c~oro6idados na~ In cons
trnccio, M SIM nm a~s;er-n crebra.
do sir,,osos rono r., ,I+;bs lbs on 81
- ..I...I. 40 -. - J., r,c
49, ,aS, %o,s.n,c,;a, 9; 60
-, 49, 20 80 ~ s,o,do
a ra.,o,.o ~,
o. borIzonte los perf;Ies de- u casas
ma calie dc Zacatecas So astoia una
exr~a6a Y monstr1osg escalera; los
techos estan colocados en- una escala
ascenderte ne en- aIgunaz o~casjones
hace que los pavimentos de un edi-
ficio, esten a Ia altura De las corni-
zas del u complcta Ia misma man
za7a
so,ido
SaS;r,afs.G GaI - son
80 - n;So 10 ans c,,ardo r,ss
-o,c;u.s - m.r;zgs. sin embargo.
venciendo eSta d,ficuItgd de edifica-
cior. IA ciudad mtlestra ronstruccio-
r - II ~ 81
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bET4L-E d EAT4DA

A. 49,
Una Heal Cealla de Sn Nagestad
Cat5lica Don Felipe Segundo, expe
SiGa en- San Lorenzo eel EscOrial-p2
lac,o. temple Y tumba del aGusto mo
na-ca castellano-en el anO de 1888.
1lsrraba 2 N caserio amontouado on.
rre ias escabrosidad,s de una serra-
ria en- eI fondo de r ba-ranca a.
tglavado DOT IN penoa a,tivo que Sc
antoja IN gigantic perriEcado, la
Muy Noble. Rica Y Leal Ciudad de
Nuesrra Sonora de los ZacatecaS-
FuS Ia de esa cludao, Y Ia dc los
!deras Uobladcs ds esta enCdad que
hoy da motive a las breves hneas De
ssta cronica, de las primeras funda-
clones que los coDquistadores lleva-
han 4 cabo en- las uisterlosas ? mex
rplorables regiones, del Tan t~errltor'o
fabuloso, pobiado de reinoS De mara
villa. cue Sc exJendia al Horte de
mesa central. s~enoreaGa por los hon
N-es De don Herman CorteS
Furdaronla por q snc de 1915,
tres hombres aedaces, uencs de ambi
ricnes. cue supieron veneer, en- una
Iarca camlHata = en- una lucha que sc
ertoiaha ircermmable, cen las bra
"a t-ibus de las monranas n~ortenas.
u uiS.ro a Ia furIa de los elementos
dc IA ratura}cza, en- su contra coDju-
radios. &c a la hosquedad de las pa
rrarcas. QUO a Ia soledad tragica dc
Is b~osaucs, due ! IA TRACTION de los
..es7cna5eTs, cue al vaior indomabie
de los .-5fcs d aqLellas regones.
Pr-o "a. 0reSa bien valIa Fl esfuer-
20. T. ronqu,Sta bien mereeia IA Ii
cha. la orrranas de Ia TERRA domi-
ra5as d, I'm = a IA pcsJre. 81 nristeClo
,a 1as moucanaS So5re cuyaS escahro-
~.d~ds aah.ar mUe-ro. por Centena
ros. De los houbrcs &e Ia a~venCura.
cn~ror~aoau. 81 vetas interminables.
~lna-otab}es. a. nreclosc metal que IS
fu 90 -~daS las ambjciones. : Que
G-osamaara-@ dc ohst#cu1oS 81 canine
ra,ia lbs t~2rreaaIes ~fcHcioadcs-
Tai fl, 'e ra-on para CUE esta Gu
rad Do Zaca-eyas - lcva0-ara en- sitio
ar76o. hosrc. .-'Ste. ~ mitad dc los
dcsiertos del nortc lcios de los cen
,rcs Dob1ados Ge Ia ~conQuista; pero
lac'a In cuaj =, tcnd.ero0 hien prom
~ las rintas CRISES. s~erpean;es. de
los caml7os rcaIe~. por las que duran
=, cer-,rlas fucron las conductas de
rlata ule MAS tarde han a Espana eU
F. L.. lido - r,-Ar%r-ar.
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tos de la C'udadc.a. rcstos d" un pa
lacio monumental.
Las pola~ eN~plorarIones a~rqueolog.
cas- l!evadas q cabo en- Chicomostoc
han nevado al hallazgo de prcciosos
restos de Ia civilization azteca: Ios
co~leccionlstas han IIcvado a Iacatc
cas-, cnviado al c~xtranjero duran.e
muchos amos idolos de todos tamanos
Y de formaS diversaS. dardos de flc-
chas primorosamente labrados, vases
rmacanas, cuchillos de piedra, ett.
etc.
In ri aho de 1888. los espanoles
d~escubricron csta ciudad. todavia Sc
gun los r~elatos, acknowledgements con-
servada. Era una ciudad, dicen, mis-
teriosa Y sombria, ell la que flotaba
aun e. cspiritu hosto Y cruel. sonador
Y ~romantico, de Ia raza vencida por
los hombres de Don fernando 81 OK
tremeno.
Entire los cdific!os prjncjpales de la
ciudad dc Zacatecas, entire los que
fcrmar la ~riqueza monumeNtal de
la capital zacatccana, Sc cuenta, CO
mo hcmos dicho va, el Teatro Calde-
ron. CT Palacio &c Gobierno, ' nu-
chsa casas dc concrete Y resiiencIas
particularcs.
Mas sin duda alguna. la principal!
construction, el mas valioso Y Prccio
monumento. 10 cS, como en- casi
todas las ciudades c~oioniales, la Ca
tedral.
La catedrai dc IacatecaS es una dc
las mas bellas, sino Il mas bella Y Ia
mas antigua, del norte de Mexico.
Diose principle a su edificacion. di
cen las cronicas, en- eI ano de 1912.
Sc quiso desde luego que fuese O.
bra grande y Suntuosa. en- homemade
Dios que les brindaba las ~riquezas
dc aquellas tierraS maravillosas, Y,
cuerdamentc. para sufragar los creci.
dos eastos de auell apiadosa edit
~cacio9. Sc marco por los f~railes. una
contribution Il los mineros.
M cran ellos los que Sc enrique
clan con las riquezas de auellas tie
Pues nc diesen a los naturales
la OCCASION De tencr una casa donde,
en- el ncmbre de todos. dar las gra-
ciaS a Dios por aueliQs beneficios.
Los minerales eran riQuisimos, las
ganancias de los mineros erah fabu-
losas. asi que Ia contribution fue
.recida. La ed;ficaci6n Sc hizo pues,
sin economizar en- los materales de
construction, nj en- la selection Y pa
20 de los ~operarios Y de los arQuitec-
,os Y de los articles.
La obra So hacia lentamente. IAN
%. que apenas s. lie dia s de Diciem
pre- dc 1925, aun no concIuida la ca
,edraI. Sc diio ante uno de sus alta
,es la primera misa.
Al fin Y Ia cabo, mcdiando cl ano
ie 1852, la Cathedral de Zacatecas fue
,erminada y dedicada solemnemente
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ORC a manos Ilenas en- las areas del +
sore sagrado.
Y Y
+! Cerro de la B IA, al cuaI nos h.
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NucStra Sonora de la Asuncion.
Fl temple resulto e~X9lendido, mag
IN TEMPO digno de la ~riqueza
de aqucIlas tierras privilegjadas. No
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sas cantidadcs dc plata-quc en- IN
tempo Sc acunaron en- Ia casa de Mo
media dc Iacatecas; de hero. De CO.
tre, de zinc.
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
What Of Russia.

Walter M. Chandler, formerly Repre-
sentative in Congress from New York. re-
Gently appeared before the House Ways
and Means Committee in support of the
request from Secretary Glass and Mr..
Herbert Hoover that Congress appro-
pirate $50, 100000 for food for the relief
of Poland, Austria and Armenia. Mr..
Chandler insisted that the aid should be
extended to the non-Russian countries
Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Azerbaidjan
and Georgia. In support of this Mr..
Chandler told a pitiful tale Of suffering
and death from starvation in these coun-
tries, which had fought Germany from the
start, sending nearly million soldiers to
the eastern front. Likewise these little
republics have beaten back Bolshevism"
and stand as "breakwaters against great
tide Of anarchy and ignorance"
Perhaps the most interesting portion Of
Mr.. Chambers statement is his observa-
ton on the future of Russia-an observa-
ton obtained by an extended personal ex-
animation Of the economic and political
situation of the Baltic country. Neither
the wisdom Of philosopher nor the vision
Of a prophet can tell what will be the re-
suit Of government in Russia in the next
generation or century" says Mr.. Chan
dler. A return of the Tsar and Of abso-
Iutism is unthinkable, according TO Mr..
Chandler. A constitutional monarchy. a
fcderative republic or several independent
republics is dcbatable question. A con-
stitutional monarchy is not advisable or
practicable. A federative republic is out
Of the question: in the opinion of Mr..
Chandler. ITO suppose that Russia can
develop in a generation a stable form of
government is to fly in the face Of the
facts and teachings of history" he said.
Bearing on the recent move of the Su-
prcme Council in Paris to establish the
open door" in Russia and TO resume
trade between the Allies and non -Bolshc-
visit Russia. 1t is interesting TO note that
Mr.. Chandler says the only way to stop
the spread Of Bolshcvism in Russia Is TO
send food. clothing, arms and supplies to
the little republics which arc holding back
the tide Of Bolshevism. The armies OF
these countries are Americas allies
Struggling for their own independence
and for the preservation OF law and order
and civilization upon the earth"
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
NOT IN THAT CLASS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Several foreign language newspapers ask
what has become Of our American liber-
ties. Well. on the Soviet ark that took
few undesirables I do not find the names
OF any Roosevelts. Van Burens. Washing
tons. Lincolns. Wilson's. Van Pelts. Ran
dolphs. Depews. Marshalls. Van wycks.
Van Wrinkles. Schermerhorns. Astors,
Stuyvesants. Johnstons and others whose
names adorn the honorable pages of Amer.
lean history.
Bomb throwers and anarchists were not
here when this republic was founded. but
they are doing lot of worrying about it.
There were not many Irishmen on the ark
either. They all travel in an opposite di-
rection. The people who are going back on
the ark should never have been allowed to
land here, and we are simply reaping the
fruits Of our unwise laws.
About 5000 have left. but there are 100. .000.-
900 loyal Americans left over here to brace
things up. T. ". w.
New York City, Jan. II, 1890.
The New York herald., 1920-01-22

erty destroyed. Belgium emerged from the
war almost destroyed.
Had Belgium yielded to the demands OF
the Germans and permitted the con-
querors to pass through its country with
out opposition, perhaps the war would
have been won by Germany before Eng
land and France could prepare. Had the
brave King of Belgium acceded to the
demands of the Kaiser and his military
commanders perhaps today France might
be a German province.
Caesar was right when he said the
Belgae were a brave people. Their de-
scendants were equally brave. They stood
in the breach and held back the German
hordes until France and England could
prepare for the great struggle. Yet at
what cost Twenty thousand of her brave
sons killed, sixty thousand wounded, ten
thousand taken prisoners or missing. Her
public buildings, her cathedrals, her in
dustrial machinery destroyed or confis-
Gated her economic power reduced to
nothing, her banks and gold seized, her
food captured for German soldiers, her
civilian population starving-no picture
can tell the story, no words can describe
the agony.
Yes, Belgium deserves aid.
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
PLENTY OF THEM.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Presidential boons are starting up so
thick and fast that it's hard work to find
even private citizen of New York who
hasn't been mentioned for President. This
is a healthy sign Of the times. as it shows
the people are beginning to take an in
terest in their government. Men are com
ing here from the West with their millions
to boom up this and that one
But what we want this time is states
man, some one who has been years in poll
tics and one who understands the senti-
ment of the people and knows how TO
handle the great questions that como UP
for action and will come UP in the future.
Judge Augustus Van Wyck would make
a good candidate. His delegation from
Brooklyn years ago gave US Grover Glove
land. He has been the healer of Demo-
cratic quarrels in this State and would
be supported by all sides. lie couldn't
be accused OF not being an American, for
his ancestors raised cabbages and potatoes
in Long Island so long ago that when
Columbus came over it is said he was
going over to take dinner with them.
lie can tell you more about international
law than some OF our Washington anna
teurs. Roosevelt beat him for Governor
by about 1000. but the war sentiment car
ried Roosevelt through.
The Democrats must have strong
man this time. Judge Van Wyck Is pop
ular with the voters and as we'll known
through the West and South as he is here
A DEMOCRAT.
New York City, Jan. 81, 1920.
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
A Substantial Tribute.

Returns from the recent campaign for
an actors endowment fund show that
the sum of S739,366 was realized at the
special matinees given on December 5 in
fifty-seven theatres in this city. 1t is a
substantial nest egg for the endowment
which the Actors Fund of America wishes
to build up, and magnificent tribute by
the peoyle to the actor.
The endowment is to be used to sup
port the Actors Fund Home in Staten
Island, to relieve cases of urgent need in
"the profession" and to bury the dead.
Often inconspicuous players, striving
through the years under obscure proscen-
iums. or perhaps long surviving earlier
triumphs, end their days in want 1t is
a pleasing thought that the people of the
city, to whom the actor gives his braves.
smile, should have so generously given
to this fund to care for the actor in his
need
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
The Socialist Party.

It appears that the issue in the case o'
the suspended Socialist members of the
New York Assembly Is whether they be
long TO a party which advocates methods
and employs tactics to bring about the
overthrow Of our form of government il
,n-Arnerican and allied with the forces oi
Soviet Russia" IL this can be proved true
will any patriotic American say that they
are Git to sit in the New York Assembly
IL is a question OF fact, and what tribuna
is better able or clothed with more specific
authority TO ascertain the facts than the
Assembly itself?
Bearing on this point comes the state
mcnt Of Victor J.. Berger, a second tim'
denied his scat by the national House o
Representatives. in which he says -
I will agnin seek reelection. hold
the same position that j did during
the war--opposition to war and re-
cruiting. 1t is charged in the House
hy all members who spoke that I was
tisloyal on account of the position |
took in the world war This posi-
ion was not my personal position, but
the position Of the Socialist party. IL
was disloyal. then n million Socialist
voters in the United States were dis
i,yal. II was also the international
position Of the Socialist party.
IL Mr.. Bcrger's statement is true i
furnishes evidence Of the truth Of tn,
charge made in the New York Assembl!
that the Socialist pembers now tempo
rarity denied their seats belong to part,
hoJding disloyal views.
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
Herald Readers |
Discuss Topics !
of Live Interest
Underpaid Employees in immigration
Service Forced to Get Work After
Hours, Says "Needy."

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The high cost of living Is now an old
story. but one is nevertheless continually
rise in the price of things.
The salaries of a large percentage OF
civil employees have been advanced to
keep pace with the upward trend of prices
and have been further reinforced by the
gift Of liberal bonus around the Christ
mas holidays.
But the average employe Of the i'm
migration Service is hardly able to eke pr.
an existence. To live at all 1t has been
necessary for a considerable number to
supplement their earnings from the gov
ernment by employment elsewhere after
hours and during vacation. This have
been driven to do, as well as mend and
patch clothing and go without the neces
sites government official should have in
order to look decent in an endeavor to
command proper respect as such in the
performance of official duties.
The additional employment necessarily
means an extra physical and mental
strain with resulting impairment of ef-
ficiency. But what is one going to do? 4
government employe must live, eat, sup
port his family and maintain a proper
living standard the same as any one else
although these facts do not appear to have
been recognized so far.
Can you imagine one living. or rather
trying to live. on about half his pre-war
salary? Well, that is just bout what has
happened. In other words. an employe re-
ceiving hundred dollars per month before
the war, even with the Congressional
bonus considered, is now obliged to exist
on about sixty dollars, and others are
proportionally affected.
Do you not think, Mr.. Editor. that 1t Is
about time something was being done in
our behalf? NEEDY.
New York City, Jan. p. 1920
The New York herald., 1920-01-22
WEATHER REPORT.
Eastern New York and NeiEhboring
unsettled md colder,
tomorrow fair, moderate TO fresh north
and northeast winds.


WASHINGTON. d. c.. Wednesday,
Pressure is generally high to the east of
the Rocky Mountain. although there is
still some slight evidence over the APP
palachian Mountains and the East Gulf
States OF the low pressure trough of the
tains pressure is moderately low. Shows
werc general in New England, New York
and the lower lake regi6d. and rains to
the southwark and southwestward
through the Ohio Valley and Tennessee
ir.to Texas. There was no other precipi-
tation Of consequence.
1t is much colder from Texas northeast
ward through the Ohio Valley and lower
lake region, and low temperatures con-
tinue to the northward and northwest
ward. In the Atlantic and East Gulf
States. except Northern Mississippi. tenn
peratures are still very high for the sea-
son, while west of the Rocky Mountains
they are nearly normal.
There will be rain Thursday over north
ern portions of the South Atlantic and
East Gulf district. extending Thursday
night and Friday to the Gulf coast and
Northern Florida.
In Tennessee the weather will clear
Thursday. and to the northward and
northeastward IL will be fair Thursday
and Friday. II will be somewhat colder
Thursday in the Middle Atlantic States
and considerably colder in the north por-
ton OF the East Gulf and South Atlantic
districts. BY Friday the fall in tempera-
lures will reach the East Gulf coast
and North Florida.
In the North there will be no decided
temperature changes. although II will he
somewhat colder Thursday in the Middle
Atlantic States.