davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Whether the Toltecs also we're de-
stroyed by pestilence and famine or were
finally overwhelmed by the hostile civili-
zation surrounding them is not known. In
the absence of records referred to II can
probably never be known from Aztec or
Mayan sources.
But 1t is the hope, as well as the belief,
Of the excavators of Teotihuacan that
they will find records by these Asiatics
which will not only make clear their own
origin and fate but also solve the equally
great mysteries OF the history Of those
into whose lives they thrust themselves.
The Chinese symbols found and identi-
fed up to date are those for sun" and
moon" and eye" Ideographs signifying
turn to right" and turn to left" have also
been deciphered All these characters
have been absolutely identified by the
Honorable F. X. Fong, Chinese Charge
d'Affaires in Mexico, who says:
81 can emphatically state that the char
acter Of certain signs and figures which
have been found upon the walls OF the
new pyramid is Oriental. The special
signs for SUM- moon eye and
those indicating motion from left to
right and from right to left, are paralleled
in an astonishing exactness In an old
Chinese manuscript which I possess and
WhiCH 10 uOW III tut Va <ouio Va
brera, Secretary OF Hacienda, In Mexico,
for study by the Archaeological Depart
ment OF the government. They can be read
with ease by any one familiar with the
ancient script of my country. II is, In my
opinion, entirely futile to dispute the ORR
entail character of the pottery and carv-
ings that have been unearthed at Teoti.
huacan. Some might we'll be Mongolia or
even from certain regions OF India, but
beyond any~doubt they belong to Asiatic
races"
The origin OF the remarkable American
civilizations which we're destroyed by the
Spanish has long been something about
which science has held two strongly con.
trasting views. Up until only recently
those who stood out on the theory that
they were developments Of a native Amer.
lean race we're few indeed. But within
the past decade so much evidence has
been brought to light that now the shoe is
on the other foot
That certain tribes Of North American
Indians are Of ancient Mongolian origin
is, Of course. conceded. These, without
question, made their way from Asia over
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known as the dead city.
When the present investigators. who
are working under the direction OF the
Mexican Bureau OF Agriculture, began
work on the old capital every trace OF
building was covered by earth and trees.
The great pyramids and temples we're
brush covered hills with nothing about
them to indicate human origin.
Soon two OF the greatest pyramids In
the world we're cleared-that OF. the Sun
and that Of the Moon. The pyramid OF
the Sun rises 216 feet from the plain from
a base Of half million square feet; that
of the Moon is smaller and is 151 feet high.
The Washington times., 1920-04-18

Yucatan q out
twenty thousand
years ago,
After disaster
c a m e to the
M a y an civiliza-
ton there fol-
lowed, as has
b en- said, h e
Asian invasion Of
those called the
Toltecs. Teoti-
huacan was the
ancient capital OF
this people. It's
antiquity is en-
phasized by the
fact that what is
now Mexico City
and W h a { W as
then the Aztec
Tenochtitlan was
founded out
1925 A. d., and
that to the AZtec5
even this Teoti-
h ua an W as
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not only Toltecs but Mayans and Aztecs
wrots-which win give Americans some
real light upon the antiquity and history
of their world.
DIR. Clark Wissler. author Of "The
American Indian" Curator OF Anthropology
of the American Museum OF Natural His
tory, New York. and recently elected chair
man of the National Research Council.
Washington. after examining these illus
trations. said:
Assuming the genuineness Of the in
scriptions found in the citadel Of the pyra-
mid OF Teotihuacan. we have merely evi
dence OF a rather late Asiatic invasion,
thousands OF years after settlements in
Mexico. Prior to that, and later also, were
successive invasions by peoples who came
from we do not yet know where.
Before any Of these invasions We have
the evidences of the existence of Pleis-
tocene race, which has SO divided and up
set the paleontologists of America.
'The Oriental inscriptions of the new
find. however, are most interesting and
should greatly aid in clearing up the vexed
problems Of some Mexican races and their
origins ] must repeat. however, what !
asserted In my work. The American In
dian which contained a summary OF all
that has been discovered concerning past
and present races of the new world, that
there Is no evidence that primitive Ameri-
cans were derivatives from Asiatic stock.
or that the Asiatics we're derived from
American stock.
The hest we can do at present is to
conceive a common ancestor somewhere
and let it go at that. That theory is ap-
piled to the varied races OF mankind of
the old world. Why not apply It to
America?
The Toltecs took their name from "Tol-
LAM" one Of the largest Of their cities.
Archaeology has traced something OF their
story from the eighth to the eleventh CEN
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thousand. They deveIopeo independently
OF the Asian stock. II is, of course, also
possible that both arose from a vanished
continent in the Pacific from which they
spread both east and west Those who
believe that the American race. was in
digenous hold what is called the theory OF
the multiple origin of man-that is, that
man evolved not in one place alone but
in several parts of the worlds surface.
Some Of the greatest scientific minds are
holders of this doctrine.
According to them, the Mayan civiliza.
tion, as well as the Peruvian, we're devei.
opments from this Pleistocene people OF
the Americas. lie Plongeon, the famous
French archaeologist, believed that the
Egyptian migrated from what is now
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pyramids crowned with temples, their forts
and cities and monuments to their dead
kings and priests.
Doubtless the time came when they for.
got their ancient origin and considered
that they sprang from the plain on which
they had raised their cities!
Then gradually through the centuries
they began to decline In strength and in
power.
Those who had always menaced at last
swept over them like a tornado: wiped
them outl
The Aztecs destroyed their cities and
enslaved their people, relgning triumphant
in their stead, until men in armor and with
white skins came upon them from the sea
and swept them out Of existence in their
turn.
And now, hundreds OF years later, we are
beginning TO read their tragic story from
out OF the depths OF the bush.covered
mounds and from the characters in an an.
cient language written on their walls.
And what may science not learn when
all that lost city is uncoveredH
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A Very Interesting
Fisurins Found in the
"Citsdel" Which
Anyone Can See ls
Wholly Mongolish;
and Which Certainly
Bears No Fsintest
Resemblance to Amy
Other Figure Of
This Kind Discovered
in Any Other
Mexican Pyramid.
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turies, but We did
not know for how
many centuries their
development b a d
proceeded, or from
where they came
and what was their
origin, until the dis
covery of the Chi
nese writing in the
pyramid at Teoti-
huacan.
The early history
of this dead race
must have been as
dramatic and thrill
ing as that of the
first colonists to the
Atlantic coast from
Europe.
Coming from Asia,
as the discoveries
prove they did. they
lived here thousands
Of miles from their
own people, bringing
with them their cul-
ture. Gradually they
gained a foothold on
the verge of a conti-
nent, whose vastness
they could not have
conceived, surround.
ed perhaps by tribes
from whom they had
to protect themselves
and who they cap
tured to use as their
slaves. Becoming
assured OF their sit.
uation they grated
their own arts upon
{ h ose of the
quere d, built,
through the cen.
turtles. their great
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eres, Bhtf, Right. Reserved.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
DEPUTIES Give
APPROVAL VOTE
French Chamber Expresses Conf.
dence In New Government
By Vote Of 507 to 50.

Paris, Sept. 25.-The chamber o;
deputies, after a debate on inter-
pellations concerning the foreign
and domestic policies OF the govern
ment, voted confidence in the gov
ernment this afternoon, 507 to so.
Alexandra Millerand, the new
president. In his frst presidential
message 10 parliament, declared his
policies. He urged that the League
of Nations would have power to
support Justice" and advocated
more of justice, humanity and
Kindness" in social problems.
His message was read in the
senate and chamber Of deputies
and was followed by the cabinets
declaration Of policy, which was
that 1t would continue the program
of the old government.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
CANCEL Dates
TO REST cox
Tweaty.five Cent Contribution ID
Made to the Democratic
Campaign a.

New York. Sept. 25.-Speaking
engagements of Governor Cox,
at Fremont and Toledo. Ohio. Oct.
4, have been cancelled, in order to
give the governor an additional
period for rest, it was announced
at the Democratic national head
quarters here today. Governor Cox
will start ON a tour Of the middle
west and east on Oct 6, It was
stated today. speaking somewhere
in Kentucky. A 25-cent contribu-
ton to the Democratic national
campaign fund. the smallest to-
date, was announced today. Stimuli
taneously, 1t was stated that G. r.
Fitxhugh Of Memphis. Tenn, haA
contributed $500 to the match tho
president" fund.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
STATE PRIMARY
FRAUD CHARGE
MAY BE OFFERED
u. S. District Attorney
Clyne May Take Case
to Federal Jury.

Chicago, Sept. z5.-(By United
Press Charges Of fraud in the
recent Illinois primary election
may be presented to . federal
grand Jury. it was learned today.
Charles F. Clyne. United States
district attorney here. was in con-
ference with Frank c. Daley. not
ed election fraud prosecutor, re-
garding details of the investiga-
tion. Daley prosecuted the New
berry case and the Indiana elec-
ton fraud cases.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
PRIMARY PROBE
AT TSENATE'QU|z'
VIII Sift Charge That Large Sum
Was Used Against I'm.
derWOOd.

Washington. Sept. 25.-(United
ress.)-Following leads" recently
presented, the senate campaign
fund investigating committee next
intends to inquire into alleged Law
ish use of money and influence in
several state primaries this year.
It was uncertain when this phase
of the investigation will begin. Sen
ator Kenyon, the chairman, said
today the committee will take it
up as soon as 1t gets time.
Allegations credited to Senator
Underwood. that $500 was used
against him in Alabama, will be
among the first sifted. Charges
that federal officials and employees
were swung into line to defeat
Thomas W. Hardwick in Georgia
for denomination to the senate be-
cause he had been anti-administra-
ton, also we're to be taken up an1
similar charges with respect to
Senator Cores recent defeat in Ok
lahoma were before the committee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
WOMEN TO TAKE
STUMP FOR COX
AND LEAGUE PACT

Chicago. Sept. 25.-Announce-
ment by the Democratic Woman's
bureau was made today that many
women Of the party are preparing
to take the stump in October for
Governor Cox and the League of
Nations. Among those who have
agreed to speak are Mrs. George
Bass, Mrs. Kellogg Fairbanks.
Mrs. Roxena Morse Mann, Mrs. c.
]. Trainor, Mrs Marion H. Biel,
Mrs. Dewitt Garrison. Mrs, George
Sevey, DR.. Margaret Schaffner. all
Of Chicago. and Mrs. c. c. Rechtt
OF Geneva, Ill
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
BANDITS STOP
ssLI1ITEDo AND
GET RICH HAUL
Enter Illinois Central
Train, Bind Clerks and
Loot Mail Sacks.

Chicago. Sept. Is. Railroad and
postofice officials today were check
ing mp their records to determine
tho value Of registered mail taken
from northbound Illinois Central
train No. 2. known - the New
Orleans Limited" which was held
MP last night by two masked .bab-
dts. who escaped. Z
Estimates placed the value aof the
mail tpken from the six sacks, at
FROM 1 few thousand dollars to
100000.
The bandits, for which a search
was under way in Chicago and
northern Illinois today. boarded the
train at Tucker, ILL.,. so miles south
Of Chicago, when 1t was stopped on
q block signal, entered the mail
car, bound the five clerks and rode
into Riverdale. almost in the city.
There they pulled the bell cord,
stopping the train and leaped into
the DARKNESS.
Police said they believed that at
least one Of the men was an accom-
plice Of Horace Walton OF st. JOS
eph. Mo-. who was killed by the
police after he had taken nearly
100000 from the same train and
the same clerks last May. Recog-
mixing J. e. Strassen. registry
clerk, this bandit was reported to
have said:
80 you're the one who got my
pal shot!"
The robbery wal not discovered
until Kensington was reached.
Finger prints left by the robbers
on the side Of the mail CIR and two
handbags, taken by the bandits and
bearing the name Of one Of the
clerks, are the only clews on which
they have to work.
Same Train Robbed BefofA
Chicago, Sept. Is. = UNITED
Press. )-The same train was
robbed six months ago by Leroy
Walton, who was killed in a.revoi-
yer battle with police after they
tracked him to q fashionable apart
ment. He obtained $S5.000. y
Two clerks In the h0ldup yere
on the train lQptad by Wslton.- They
believed the bandits belonged to
the same gang.
Three Of the registered mail sacks
stolen were from Memphis, one
from New Orleans, one from st
Louis and one from Champaign, Ill.
Take Two Suspects.
Two suspects were taken into
custody early today. Police refused
to reveal their names. One man
was taken when he was spending
large amounts Of money for trivial
: items.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25

Kilduh sent up . pop hy to Smith
NO RUNS, ONE HIT. NO ERRORS.
EIGHTH INNING.
NEW YORK-Doyle beat out hit
to Konetchy. Smith struck out and
doyle was retired stealing, Miller
to Killduff. Barnes singled to CEN
ter OLon took Burns pop fly. NO
RUNS. TWO HITS, NO ERRORS.
BROOKLYN - Miller flied to
Burns. Mitchell. batting far Mann
moux, went out to Kelly unassist-
ed. Bancroft threw out Olson at
hrst- NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO Err
RORS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
sDRY'' OFFICIALS
WANT "NERVIEST
BOOTIEGGER'

San Antonio. Texas. Sept. z5.--
United Press.)-Local prohibition
officers claim to be looking for the
nerviest bootlegger.
He appeared in the prohibition
ONCE with the news he had some
real Sunny Brook With kick to
every swallow" Several revolvers
and sawed-on shotguns lying In
the corner caused the remark:
II guess Use in de wrong pew"
Before agents could get him hs
Was gone
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
PRESIDENT TO Be ASKED
TO ApP0|NT COMMISSION
FOR SOL WING PROBLEM
Japanese, Now in Amer.
lea Would Leave #
War Is Declared.

Toxic, Sept. 2S.-Suggestions
that . Joint high commission BE-
appointed to find a solution Of
the California problem appear
to be favored In responsible cir.
clcs here. ViscOunt kentar0
privy councillor; viscount Ell.
chi Shlbusawa, chairman of the
Toxic Bankers association, and
Premier Hara have been con.
ferring frequently, and the Inn.
preston has been gained that
the proposition for . joint CON.
mission was the 0utgr0wth Of
meetings Of prominent Ameri.
cans and japanese in this city
Inst spring.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
CLAIMS TO.
kNOW|''FIxeR'.
OF SERIES
Foreman Brigham of Jury
on Track Of Guilty
Baseball Briber.

Chicago Sept, 25.-Indictment,
based on charges OF conspiracy xe
defraud may be the result Of tht
Cook county grand jury's investiga,
uon Of alleged crookedness by thu
players in last falls worlds ser.
les. It was indicated today by Henry
H.. Brigham, foreman OF the jury.
There seems to be more thar
sufficient evidence to support such
charges" said Mr.. Brigham.
Rothstein Summoned.
In connection with Brigham's an.
nouncement that Arnold Rothstein
New York turfman and chief owner
Of the Havre de Grace race track
had been subpoenaed, it was learned
today that President Johnson of the
American league has been In New
York investigating reports involv.
ing New York men in the alleged
plan to "fix" the 1919 worlds series
Call Pitcher Burns
Besides R0thstein, subpoenael
also will be issued, Brigham said
for william Burns. former pitcher
Of the Chicago American and Gin.
cinnati National league teams: Ab<
Attell, former featherweeight cham.
pion pugilist, and several well
known sportsmeD.
NAY Not Gall Witt SOx.
Eight members OF the White Soz
team, whose shares in the world.
series money were held upsby Pres.
ident Charles A. Comiskey for sew
eral months, probably will not b<
summoned, Brigham said.
'Fixer" is Known.
Chicago, Sept Is. = UNITED
Press. Names Of alleged ''fixers'
OF world series games between Chi.
cage and Gacfnnatt In 1919 have
been obtained, H. H. Brigham. fore.
man OF the Cook county grand jury
investigating baseball scandals, in
timated.
I'VE have an idea who the 'fixer
was and We think We are ON hi!
track" Brigham said.
The betting syndicate offered t.
pay 100000, according to report,
here Of the plot Bets on the games
were placed throughout the countr,
by the syndicate, it was said.
Charles A. Comiskey, owner o
the White Sox, referring to re
ported world series plots, said to
day he would ''hre" any member O
the team II found guilty OF crooked
ness by the grand jury, even IL i
meant wrecking his pennan
chances. Comiskey declared b,
would close his park unless homes
baseball players could be secured.
With q number Of players. JohI
Heydler, president Of the Nationa
league; Ban johnson, head of tn,
American league: Comiskey. base
ball writer's and q number Of al
legged gamblers from many citie'
subpoenaed to appear Tuesday, tn
grand jury expected to gather tn
loose strings Of the Investigation
land prepare for Indictments. =
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
THOUSANDS SEE.
FLOWING MATCH
VeatestAnts Discard Frock Coats
and Tiles and Wear
IS Overalls,

aurora. ILL.,. Sept. 25.-Fifteen
Soosand persons gathered at Big
soek, ILL.,. today to see championS
Vatest in horse drawn and tractor
row events. The Big Rock and the
Wneatland (lll) plowing matches
e larm classics. They are an
l!erowth Of contests begun in col
~ days in Massachusetts,, and
open to the world. In olden
the plowmen wore frock
Aas and silken tiles. They wear
Wsfalls now.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
ROUND TABLE
SESSION OPENS
iWs<il-Wlle Eesno.ie Ce.fereaee
Begins CsnfAh at Br1s.
~ DA1s.

Brussels, Sept. zs.-(By United
Press. )tIhe drst worldwide eco
nomic round table" opened here
today. ,
Each nation represented was to
BE- permitted Is minutes to explain
III financial and economic situa-
ton and make suggestions regard
ing. the others. This experiment
which Nill - tried out In ths ear
" sessions sof the economic coun-
cil. win be made permanent II pro
duGtive Of results.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
AWFUL bLoWFOn
home BREWERS
Federal Olhcials VIM Investigate
Sale Of Stills BY Nah Order
Houses.

Chicago. Sept. 25.-A blow was
aimed at homo brewers here today
when federal officials. announced
their intention Of making q sweep
ing investigation Of the sale of cop
per stills by mail order houses, de-
partment and hardware stores. Ar
rests Of ofncials Of companies SELL
ing the articles In violation Of the
prohibition laws, are to be made,
Assistant United States Attorney
] General John A. Kelly said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
Wilson To Namo Board.

Details of the plan are as yet
nebulous, but the Asahi Shimbun OF
Asahka says the underlying idea is
for President Wilson to name q
commission. Succeeding steps, the
newspaper says, will be Japanese
insistence of Japanese rights and
then an appeal to the supreme
court of the United States, asking
that operation of California statutes
be suspended.
Peers Advise Patience.
Unnamed peers are quoted by the
newspaper Chu-o Shimbun Of this
city as cOunselling the government
to exercise the greatest patience In.
dealing with America, as they are
positive any other attitude would
be suicidal. They point out that it
she resorted to arms, Japan's first
step would be necessarily the with
draWal of all Japanese in Ameri-
ca, which they assert, would great
ly please Americans"
Would Seal Japan's Fate.
Suspension Of commercial inter-
course would prove Of the most
dire consequences to Japan. they
declare, and if Japan should sue
ceed in landing troops on Ameri-
can soil, the Americans would not
suffer as much as the Japanese.
They point out that should Japan,
on the contray, suffer defeat, her
fate would be sealed, and therefore.
it would be the wisest to await o
favorable turn in the situation.
placing full confidence in the char
acter and principles of the Ameri-
can people.
Situation Serious.
Newspapers print long reports
about the anti-Japanese movement
in America, and also publish con-
tributions from both notable and
unknown japanese. in which at
tention is called to the seriousness
of the situation, which even a con-
servative leader like Viscount S.i-
busawa is quoted as characterizing
as more or less strained"
Masses Excited.
I These reports have the effect or
influencing and exciting the masses
of the people, and open discussion
of the question Of war does not tend
toward calming the situation.
Fear that the passage OF anti
Japanese legislation in California
will be utilized by politicians in an
attempt to overthrow the cabinet
has been expressed by representa-
tives of the Japanese government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25
|NHEATFUTURES'
IN SECOND DROP
NJ
Con Falls to % Cents - Thirteen
Cents Under Thursday
Close.

Kansas City. Mo-, Sept 25.-
Wheat futures dropped here again
oday. December fell 6Xc, while
A1fch delivery was of &c.
4, September delivery Of corn drop
- to SIC, 13 cents under the
eloee Thursday. There was no
uading in September futures Fri
day.