davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1925-03-29

The Spaniards were also given to
terrible acts of cruelty. In 1914
Alonzo Pacheco came upon the scene.
Nero" writes Father Bienvinida-
was not more cruel than this man."
Pacheco seized all supplies of food
and with his own hands garroted or
beat to death the unfortunate In
women and threw others into ponds
with Gala bashes tied to their feet, SO
that they drowned. &
These barbarities caused revolts on
the part of the Indians, and between
these and the raids of pirates the
whites gradually left what is now
known as Quintana Roo, which easily
fell into the hands of the Indians,
sadly reduced in number, degener-
ated, who left their wonderful build
ings as the habitat of the owl and
the jaguar.
MY first stop after leaving Merida
was Tizimin. This village is near
the border of Quintana Roo, and at
the extreme end of the railroad
presented a letter of introduction
to the Presidente Municipal Of TIL
min, a very polite young man, intel
ligent and capable. The letter was
from Gen. Augustin Olachea of the
Mexican Army, chief of military oper-
ations in Yucatan. This young mayor
showed, with considerable pride,
wooden building he had just had
erected, containing about 500 seats,
a stage, electric light outfit, and a
notion picture machine. He was
compelling every person in the viii
lage to attend school hero and
attend educational motion xpictures
and shows - most commendable
Evening star., 1925-03-29
A Dangerous Job.

NEWS photographers are accustom-
ed to working in dangerous
places, but G. A. Shoemaker of the
Army Air Service is said to be the
only one who risks his life regularly
by falling in order to take pictures,
says Popular Science.
With three small motion picture
cameras strapped to his belt and a
parachute on his back, this daring
photographer, a senior instructor in
parachute jumping. leaps from the
wing of a Martin bomber.
AS he falls, he looks about him
calmly, taking photographs of bits of
scenery or other objects of interest.
If the parachute opens properly and
he lands safely, he then has for sale
several photographs that are of un-
usual value and interest.
Evening star., 1925-03-29
cWaqa Indians ,dressedup'

wild, wretched place, and the square
was lit up by faring lights with
groups of Indians in highly colored
blankets and bare legs all shivering
and teeth chattering in the early
dawn, I went with letter of introduc-
tion to the head man, who was in a
hammock suspended in a dismal,
damp, cold, old building, and crawl
ing out he insisted that I immediate
ly get in and snatch an hour or two
Of sleep. which I did, having vague
dreams and suffering from the cold.
1 awakened about 7, stiff and sore,
and was compelled to eat some vile
stuff for breakfast, hot water in milk
with a little coffee, cold cortillas and
hot beans making an awful mess. 1
tried to get warm, but simply could
not and shivered as with the ague.
Razor backed pigs and bad SMELL
ing cows were running around in the
little plaza. There was a small tram
way of about 2-foot gauge run
ming through the thick forest from
Odzceh to Ell Cuyo. A fat car with
small wheels ran over this road,
drawn by a mule. Two Indians sat
on the front seat, one operating a
brake and one driving the mule. while
Evening star., 1925-03-29

undertaking and the first thing of
the kind I had seen in Yutatan.
The mayor had arranged for a
volante, huge, unwieldly vehicle. but
heavy, and strong. Strolling around
the village, 1 observed a large church
and was told it was 800 years old.
Next to, it were the ruins of an old
convent. With five mules hitched to
the old volante I started for the
Indian village of Sucopo, where 1
arrived in about two hours over a
frightful road
1t was bright moonlight and this
village presented a wild and beau
tiful scene. The principal man of the
village invited US to dinner. A plate
of canned sardines, cold cortillas.
q hot but greasy broth in a large bowl
of chopped-up meat, was in the
center of the table and this composed
the bill of fare. When I inquired
for knives, forks and spoons they
laughed and said they were too poor
to own such things, so each picked
out his meat swimming around in the
bowl and sucked his fingers.
We crawled into another Indian
village called Odzceh at about 8
o'clock In the morning. It vas .
Evening star., 1925-03-29
Ruins north Of TulOOm.
overlooking aee'ea

and l Immediately wanted to see his
grave, but he said the only one who
knew the exact spot was away on a
journey somewhere. / had to give up in
disgust.
L The canoa was named 'fXpit." pro-
nounced "Shpit," and it was the best
named vessel l every travelled upon,
but finer gentleman than Don Car
los Cervera, the owner, would be
hard to find. The coast here is lined
with reefs. and about the finest fish
ing one could find anywhere. We
threw out trolling lines and caught
several barracudas, red snappers and
several others.
We reached Mugeres Island while
the sun was getting low. 1t is a won
derfully beautiful spot and chock- full
OF piratical romance. with water blue
as the Bay of Naples. for which it is
famous. In the beautiful little har-
Dor of this island, which means the
island of women" on account of the
many stone images of females found
there by Cortez, was seen a small
steamer from Havana, which calls
about every 10 days for fish. Fleets
of dozens of small fishing boats gath l.
er up the fish, which is packed in
ice on this little steamer and taken
to Havana.
On the northern end OF this island
is an ancient Maya stone tower, a
landmark visible for many miles at
sea. Turtle hunting is a large in
dustry. and around on the beaches
are great heaps of turtle shells.
Shortly after sunup we sighted the
low coast of CoZumel Island, or CuZ-
anil Island, given this name by the
Indians, which means "the land of
swallows" Beautiful Cozunnel,"
writes Alice lie Plongen. The village
of San Miguel, on Cozumel Island,
has a population of about 1000. with
three stores, a customs house and
post office. They recently erected a
radio station, and 1 sent n MESA se
home which never was received.
v y x*
THE sea around Cozumel is also as
i blue as that of the Bay of Ma
pies. A beautiful lagoon is found
about or 5 miles south of San
Miguel, 20 or 80 feet deep and clear
| as air. I found the very spot where
had stood SO years ago to dive
off into this beautiful sheet of water.
The ruins of Tuloom are about 40
miles southwest of Cozume1 or the
coast of Yucatan, and, landing there,
1 had to walk perhaps a mile to q hut
within the walls of this ancient city,
where lives 1sidro Sauri, put there
| by the Mexican government to keep
| the buildings clear of vegetation and
generally oversee the place. These
ruins are visited by very few per-
sons, owing to their inaccessibiIity.
approached Tuloom from the sea
the sun was rising and its rays lit up
the Moorish-looking city. I recalled
the words of Juan Diaz, chaplain of the
Grijalva expedition, who in May, 1918,
wrote: I'VE perceived city so large
Evening star., 1925-03-29
Anti.Fos Device.

THE fogging of show windows. if
they are of the boxed-in tyne,
may be prevented by placing a fiat
glass or porcelain dish containing
calcium chloride in the window. This
chemical substance quickly absorbs
moisture from the air with the re
suit that the moisture in prevented
from congealing against the outside
glass, says Popular Science.
The contents of the dtshss must be
renewed every two or three days, and
the moist calcium chloride thoroughly
dried, after which it may be used
again
Evening star., 1925-03-29

that Seville would not have seemed
more considerable or better" It is
a walled city, with watch towers
erected on the corners The princi-
pal building is the castillo" and can
be seen many miles at sea. During
my stay at Tuloom there was a full
moon, and after sundown ! frequently
climbed the steep steps of the cas-
tillo and looked out over the dead
city Perhaps the pipelika notes of
some night bird would float down
from an adjacent hill or the hooC OF
an owl come from the dark shade Of
the Jungle
Doubtless from the very spot where
| stood Kinich, the great war lord
of Tuloom, viewed human sacrifices;
heard the screams of the victims, saw
the priests in white robes. Spattered
with blood. their dripping knives up
lifted to the gods; the enemy storm
ing the walls; war, famine and death.
and then, all this back to the jungle
One, indeed. recalls the words Of
Erastus W. Ellsworth, who, in 1850.
wrote the following stanzas in his
poem, "Tuloom':
On the coast Of Yucatan,
As Untenanted of man
AS castle under ban
By a doom,
For tie deeds Of bloody hours
OverErOwn with tropic bowers,
Stand the teocallis towers
OF TuloOm.
One of these is fair 10 sight,
Where Il pnnacles a height:
And the breakers blossom white,
As they boom
And split beneath the walls,
And an ocean murmur falls
Through the melancholy halls
OF TuloOm.
Here are corridors. and there
From the terrace. goes a stair:
And the way is broad and fair
To the
Where the inner altar stands.
And the mortar's tempered sands
Bear the print Of human hands.
In TulOom.
We tenants On the strand
or the same mysterious land.
Must the shores. that We command
ReaSSume
Their primeval forest hum.
And the future pilgrim come,
Unto monuments dumb
As Iuloom:
Evening star., 1925-03-29
Alaskan Sponge Field?
1.-TWO live sponges were q

TWO live spoages were attached TO
l. the anchor rope of the mine tend
er Leo when drawn from the water off
Chichagoff, Alaska Capt. Cedric
Davis tested the temperature of the
sea 20 fathoms down and found it
was IS degrees warmer than that Of
the surface. News of the sponge dis
covery aroused almost as much ex-
citement as did the old-time gold
craze. Fishermen sought diving out
fits to explore the submerged rocks
for sponge beds.
Evening star., 1925-03-29
FICTION AND
HUMOR
Explorer Penetrates Wilds in Search of Relics of Nav

Stories Of Quin-
tana Roo, W h e re
Indians Numbered
Half a Million a
Thousand Y e ars
Ago andHaveN Now
B e e n Reduced to
Ten Th nous n d.
W a lie d Cities
Which We're Built
at Time When HUI
man Sacrifices We're
the Custom.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
GILLILAND MAY BE
OUT ENTIRE SEASON

Charles G;lliland, captain and half
back Of the Arizona varsity, is indefi
nitely out Of the game as the result
of an injury sustained during taclxling
practice Monday afternoon. The Wild
cats flashy leader has fracture OF
the malar bone and it is a question if
he will be able to lead his team at all
this season.
Gilliland's injury was officially an
nounced Wednesday afternoon after
an X-ray had been taken of his head.
The malar bone is located in the up
per part of the face and is serious
enough to keep the Cat leader ont of
the game, even though he is able to
run around.
The first setback of the season has
caused gloom to, spread throughout
the Wildcat camp Coaches and play
ers. alike had been depending upon
Gil1iland to put the necessary punch
in the Wildcat offense and his un-
timely injury is a great blow to the
squad.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
WIDOW BOOTLEGGER ADMITS
GUILT; s.DO WHAT YOU PLEASE

A large family of children ceased
to be virtue III superior court
recent afternoon when Mrs. Frances
Meinerich, Jerome, pleaded guilty to
charge of selling liquor and told the
judge to do what you please"
Judge Sweeney stayed sentence un-
til Friday so that Mrs. Meinerieh can
20 to Jerome and wind upheF affairs
and make provision for her five chill
dren.
"You will return" the Judge said,
"into. court on Friday morning with
the expectation of going to Jail. Your
record is known to me from the fed
eral and state courts. If you do not
stop violating the constitution, | shall
make you stop" . ~
When she advanced to plead Mrs.
Meinerich was attended by daughter
of eight. She sent the child to the
rear of the court room to fetch son
of sixteen to stand at her side while
she admitted the offense of selling
liquor. All the five children wriggled
and giggled shyly from the court
room benches during the proceedings.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
TAKE YOUR D-N HALF
OF PIANO." SAYS HUBBY

San Francisco.-Otto Shaler, whose
marriage to Mrs. June Shaler was an
nulled last February, is a .stickler for
obeying court orders. At the time of
the annullment he was ordered to1di-
vide the community property equally.
Mrs. Shaler came into court and an
nounced that in the division Shaler
had sawed their grand piano in two
and had removed one of her pictures
from a frame, giving her the picture
and keeping the frame himself. He
gave her the half of the piano con-
tanning all the bass notes while he
kept the half with the treble notes for
himself, Mrs. Shalcr said.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
LlEUPP DEPARTM e NJ

urday for a short stay and we're ac-
companied upon their return by Miss
Mary Beckwith.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Grant and lit
tie Mary Myrtle and Mrs. II. P. Mar
Bile drove III to Flagstaff Saturday
on shopping tour. They remained
there over night and departed early
Sunday for kayenta to pay a short
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. H. Keith War
ren. Roy Williams looked after the
trading post in their absence.
What might easily have proven a
fatal accident, befell Mr.. Mayhew,
who was over from Flagstaff
last week ON business. As We
get the stony, he was going at rapid
rate when the car struck a deep hole
filled with loose cinders on the Flag
staff road some Is miles from LeuDp.
The car oveI turned and Mr.. Mayhem
was rendered unconscious for time.
When sufficiently recovered, he start
ed away for help and before he re-
turned the nice new coach had taken
fire and burned.
Nh James, a driver for the south
west Indian employment agency which
recently moved headquarters from
Phoenix to 1T. Wingate, came up Fri
day to take home Ford truck which
had been loaned to Leupp agency dur
ing the busy season.
Paul A. Williams, representing the
well known 0. B. Marston Supply
company Of Phoenix, was visitor
here last week OH business with the
public school board
Chief architect of the Indian serv-
ice, Arthur Middleton of Washington,
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02

Z
Miss Mary Beckwith came down
from Flagstaff Wednesday and has
taken temporary assignment as
teacher in the Leupp school. Miss
Beckwith only recently came from
California.
A message received Thursday by
NJ. j. Fonsica contained the cheering
news that Mrs. Fonsica had under
gore her operation successfully at
the Gallup hospital. Mr.. Fonsica
drove to that city Friday afternoon
to see the patient.
Mrs. Harry Selbcrg visited over the
week END at her home In Flagstaff.
She was accompanied to Leupp Sum
day evening by her husband, Harry
Solberg, and her brother, Victor Bart
lett and both remained here couple
Of days assisting in getting Mrs. Sol
berg settled in her living room and
started on her public school work.
Mrs. B. F. Fitzpatrick and tiny
baby daughter that was born in a
Flagstaff hospital recently, returned
home via train to Canyon Diablo last
Monday.
Rev. ]. B. Frey of Tuba City was a
visitor in Leupp recently. He had
driven. over via Oraibi and was en-
route to Parker, Ariz., to hold special
services among the Mohave Indians,
in company with Rev. Alfred G. Ed
gar of Needles.
Miss Aldine Boudinot, teacher, has
been off duty most of the week be-
cause of illness.
Mrs. Beck%ith and daughter, Miss
Kathryn, and Miss Cathfine Hille-
brandt drove out from Flagstaff Sat
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
MYSTERIOUS RIP in EARTH.
DISCOVERED In DUNCAN

A rip in the earth's formation caus-
ing a crack in the ground extending
miles back into the hills from point
about one mile west and south of Dun
can, an occurrence of several weeks
ago, still remains a mystery.
The rip. was first reported by a
group of boys who in exploring in the
hills noticed that the earth opened
for d great distance from a point near
the cemetery. In some places rocks
thrown in were reported by the boys
as "rur1bling down" so far that they
seemed to go clear through to
China"
Older people thinking the boys wete
"seeing things" went themselves to
investigate, bringing back = ver:fica-
tion of the boys story. During re-
cent rains a huge volume of watef
that ordinarily would have taken a
direct course from the hills into the
lowlands on its way to the river ran
into the crack and disappeared, pre-
sumably travelling underground to the
river.
A report gained some currency that
there had been an earthquake but this
rumor was proved to be groundless,
for an earthquake heavy enough to
cause such a rupture in the earth
would have been felt for miles about,
and doubtless would have done irre-
parable damage, according to one OBJ
server with a knowledge of geology.
No earthquake, not even the slight
est temblor, had occurred in the val
ley at any time recently that could
have caused the rupture. However,
it was recalled by one old resident
that more than 40 years ago. there was
an earthquake in New Mexico which
split the earth's surface for miles.
This was in shard rock country and
the quake was felt for hundreds of
miles about. This split in manv places
along it's line so separated the walls
of the declevity as to leave one of the
walls much lower than the other, or,
rather one wall slid down while the
other remained in place, according to
this observer.
He advanced the theory that the re-
cent split in the earth near Duncan
might have been an after effect of
thatsold temblor, which left the earth's
crust weakened, probably, for miles
beyond the earthquake zone. Then,
according to this theory, disturbance
deep down in the earth recently could
have caused the rip in the crust of the
earth near Duncan.
1t is known to geologists that such
thing is possible, according to this
observer However, the rupture ex-
tending back fer miles from the vi
cinity of Duncan still remains nys-
terry as nobody has come forward to
prove just how it happened.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
YUMA rs MECCA OF CALL
FORNIA'S DIVORCED

Yuma appears to be the mecca of
California divorced neople who desire
to marry again within a year of the
time their interloctutory decree is
granted. They come here under the
impression that because this is not
California they can remarry before
final decree is granted.
But it cannot be DONE Regardless
of what state interloctutory decree is
granted in, one cannot remarry until
final decree is issued. This holds as
true in Arizona as anywhere.
So there ale many disappointed
visitors who come to Yuma from time
to time with serious intention of re-
committing matrimony only to learn
that while their last term of con-
nubial bondage is suspended it has not
yet ended.-Yuma Sun.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
FIR. DERICHM0NTE, PIONEER
PRIEST RETURNS TO FRANCE

Father DeRichmonte, who for %
years has been familiar figure in
Apache county, was in Springerville
Sunday and announced his last visit
to the congregation at this place. He
viii return to his native land, starting
on the journey in few days.
Father. DeItichnlonte has been a
faithful servant of the Catholic peo-
pie in Apache county and is held in
highest esteem. not only by those of
his faith but by all with whom he
made acquaintance. And it will be
with feeling of regret that this news
viii be received by all. -springervillr
Tourzona,
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02

d. c., accompanied by Supervisor of
Construction Joseph l.. Smoot spent
a couple of days last week looking
over and checking up the construction.
work now under way at Leupp. They
Hseemcd well satisfied With conditions
and the progress being made and left
Tuesday by auto for Ft. Wingate and
Shipzock. Mr.. Smoot will return
shortly and go to kayenta to push to
completion the work on the govern
ment boarding school which has been
under way for a long time.
The Russell and Greeley families
were Winslow visitors Saturday after
noon.
Harry -Stolberg drove out from
Flagstaff Friday evening and returned
early Saturday accompanied by Mrs.
.Stolberg who went in for the week.
end.
Supt. Harmon p. Marble and Mar
Gus Kanuho drove to Holbrook to be
present at the preliminary hearing of
one Gonzalus of Winslow charged with
supplying liquor to Indians. The ac-
cused was sentenced to a nice long
rest of five months in the Navajo
county Jail.
Principal MO Penn has ordered a
fine new late model Ford coupe for
the pleasure of himself and Mrs. Penn
After securing the necessary COM
sent and credentials from their super
intendent, a young Navajo couple
named Everett McCabe and Elizabeth
Paddock went to Rev. Locker Friday
and were united in marriage by the
church ceremony. Both have lived in
the Red Lake district and their
Americanized names are quite ''un-
usual"
Almost the entire population of the
community, both Indian and white,
was in attendance at the big squaw
dance held in a three-day relay along
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02

the north side Of the river, beginning
down near Tolchaco and moving to-
ward the south, The closing dance
took place Saturday afternoon and
evening near the Sunrise post.
Miss Glennys Boudinot is filling
temporarily the position of dining
room matron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tobe Turpin of Cam
yon Diablo were guests over last
Wednesday night of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Young.
Hubert Richardson spent most of
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02
RATTLESNAKE EGGS ON
EXHIBITION AT YUMA

On display at the popular Eagle
drug store are a number of rattle
snake eggs, which we're taken from
the flood waters of the Gila river.
The eggs resemble large white moth
balls floating in the water, and are
washed down stream annually from
sandy banks along the Gffa. Yuma
Herald
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-02

the week looking after business in
terests here.
Great herds Of sheep have dotted
the hillsides about Leupp, making
picture most pleasing. The Richard
son and Mayhem & Lowry flocks were
held over here for their second Dip
ping, after receiving the first at
Cameron, then driven on to be loaded
for shipping at Winslow
Was the time when men used to
shine their own shoes. Now they're
not shined.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Anti-Strike Law in Connecticut

The capitalist forum of Connecticut, the state
legislature has had its sacred precincts invaded by
Communists.
In direct and refreshing contrast to the apologize
attitude Of the labor officials, William Simons,
district organizer for the Workers Communist
Party, showed the class nature of the antistrike
bill the employers association was trying to put
over, at the hearing before the joint legislative
committee.
The bill is designed to make strikes illegal. 1t
is another blow at the working class of Connecticut
one of the poorest organized groups in the coun-
try. All of New England is a hive of industry, but
the workers are but little better paid than those
of the semifeudal south There are few revolts in
Connecticut and the bosses must be preparing an
unusually drastic slash living standards if they
believe it necessary for all strikes to be outlawed
Communist members of legislative assemblies
could do great work in exposing the anti-working
class nature of these bodies, but until we elect
some must take advantage of such opportuni-
ties as in Connecticut where the Communist posi-
ton was clearly set forth.