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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

Street cars are to be banished from
Rome with the courage of a true
dictator. Mussolini attacks. first OF
ALL the traffic problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

Prosperity Is predicted for the year
1926, but not with a degree of con.
fidence that promises anthracite At
the prices Of FIVE or ten years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

With free hand and a group Of
marines under his direct orders,
Smed. Butler might have told a differ.
ent story in Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
French Walkers Organize

From the Shreveport Journal
A pedestrians union has been form
ed in Paris, the idea being. we pre-.
sumo. TO strike when they're struck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
The Surest Disturber.

From the Bristol Herald Courier
Mosul reminds that the surest way
to trouble the waters these DAYS is
to pour oil on them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

Florida offers many inducements
but lie unable to compete with Wash
ington, D. c., at present in the mat
ter of skating facilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
Lives Somehow.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette
One sixth of the worlds popula ton
lives in America, in one way or an
other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Thin Ice.
The ice is thin
SO. have a care
When you begin
To gambol there. ..
The skating seems
To promise ease
Like that Of dreams
Which lightly please.
Yet as we glide
In merry pace
Through haunts Of pride
And gilded grace,
Let us beware -.
The joyous din
And have a care
The ice is thin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

about the matter in official circles
also impeIs the Huntington Advertiser
to assert that the colonel was not
casual visitor. but was there at the
express invitation of the President.
and to remark that IF there is any
man in America more. disposed to
silence about his movements or what
is on his mind than President Coolidge,
he is Col. House
Admitting further that the visit
may mean little or much" the DaV-
export Democrat Democratic, con-
cludes that the man who spoke for
Woodrow Wilson in some of the most
important negotiations of those years
of stress when he was President at
least has the ear of a President who
might. if he would. conform to the
same high ideals and aim at the same
goal which had Woodrow Wilson's
passionate adherence even at the cost
of his life
Satisfaction that President Coolidge
has taken into his counsel the man
who was Wilson's soundest adviser
in this field is expressed by the Mad
ison Wisconsin State Journal inde-
PENDENT. with the comment that lit
may so far to wipe out the artificial
partisan division over foreign affairs
which has married and Stultified so
much of our participation in world
intercourse since the war
The real thing in the way Of live
news" is the Butte Daily Posts Re-
publicanl reaction to the report OF
Col. Houses visit. and the Post. re-
viewing past history declares that
'the Texas colonel was literally the
whole thing in the Presidents office
in the Woodrow Wilson foreiSn-wa
policy: that the cabinet was COM
pletely in the dark about it: the pleni-
potentiary diplomats representing our
country at Europe's courts were. in
fact. not at all plenipotentiaries: Col.
House was the inside. confidential
spokesman for our President at Lon
don and Paris and Berlin and Vienna
and Rome and all over the map" And
the Binghamton Press Republicanl,
suspecting an attempt to line up
! Democratic support for the World
Court" believes it to be futile, but
adds, Still these quiet men some
times fool you. and he may have more
influence than has been generally sup
posed
"A man is come to court" is the
quotation of the Louisville Courier
Journal Democratic) from the play.
II Were King. - express its i'm
preston. dispatches transmit the
intelligence says the Louisville
paper. that the National Capital has
been given an unexpected stir by the
appearance Of = mild-mannered
and soft-spoken gentleman known
throughout the world as highly
civilized person with gift for doing
things in the right way. The wide
spread interest awakened at Wash
ington by the arrival there, as the
Presidents guest. of Col. House may
be explained by the words from the
play. In very real sense. ii means
that n man has come to the Nation 81
= Ca pital."
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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
~ the use for republication of all news ~
Matches credited to il or not otherwise cred
ltd in this paper and also the local n .;e',
NJ spscial fisnatchas herein are also resarre6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
Some Stories!

From the Lafayette Journal and Courier
''Smed" Butler sure has got a 10,
of stuff to tell to the marines,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
Another Dawes Plan.

The influence of Senat tors today
Our hearts might win
If, with refinement, they would learn
to play
The violin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
A Reversal of Rule.

From the Anaconda Standard
AS far as French cabinet members
are concerned, few die but many re-
sign.
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Rx rred.

Society's devices.
Alas. to me seem pallid.
| do not care for ices.
I can't eat chicken salad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

Jud Tunkins says the farmers who
burned corn in the Middle West at
least had the satisfaction of knowing
where their next shovelful of fuel
was coming from.
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Discouraged Eloquence.

UIScOuFdseU FIOQUeNCe.
Your speeches remind me Of those
Of Cicero
Me, too" answered Senator Sor-
shum. II seem to have just about as
much influence as old Cic would have
if he were to come to life and make
talk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

Don't worry too: much bout what
other people think Of you" said Uncle
Eben. Its what you. think Of .yoh.
self dat counts
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

@. What is the difference between
toxic and poison Eas?-N. W. h.
\. They are the same.
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@. What Is the greatest loss in
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A. The greatest loss of which we
know Is that Of Bill Edwards, who lost
30 pounds in n princeton.fale game.
He was all-American guard.
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25

layer Of gold, carved jade plaques and
great numbers of the skeletons of young
girls in remarkable state of prcscrva-
ton
Unfortunately, nearly all the objects
sacrificed to the Rain God were "klled"
before being thrown into the pool-that
is, the jades were smashed, often into tiny
pieces, the flints and obsidians were
broken, the gold objects were hammered
together into compact masses and the
Jumps of incense were partly burned.
The most curious new light recently
thrown on the mystery Of the Magyar En-
pIre Is the reason for its fall. The story
has been compiled from traditions and
old writings. As usual it was woman
who kicked it over. 1t appears that about
1000 A. D., the three great cities of
Chlchcn-ltza, Uxmal and Mayapan formed
triple alliance by the terms Of which
they each participated equally in the gov
eminent Of the country This alliance
lasted for two hundred years and marked
the high tide in artistic development of
the Mayas. Under wise and bcncficcnt
rulers period of peace and prosperity
set in free from civil wars and invasion.
pan, fell in love with Princess who was
betrOthed to Chac-Xb-C hac, the King Of
Chichcn-Itza. He attended the wedding
ceremony with a number Of his followers
As usual, at one Of these royal parties,
everybody got drunk on balchc, the Maya
wine. The King Of Mayapau and his re-
tainers only fcigncd drunkenness, how
ever, and when the Chichcn-Itzans were
snoring they invaded the bridal chamber
and stole the bride.
Chac-Xib-Chac, on waking up, was nat
urally much inccnscd and made war on
Hunnac Ceel. The King Of UxmaI kept
out Of the quarrel. At first Chac won
but then Hunnac called in Aztec, or prob
ably Toltcc, mrrccn"ri"s from Chiapas
and Tobasco and with their aid ovrrcamc
the King of Chichcn-Itza. They drove
him from his city, killing and ensaving
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for years they led a miserable and hur ted
existence.
The Toltecs were given the city of
Chichen-Itza. The alliance broken, wars
broke out all over the land. The Aztecs
and kindred tribes invaded, fought and
ruled.
If it had not been for this, the Span
iards might never have been able to con-
quer Mexico, certainly they would have
had a much more difficult time.
1t may be that in Coba will be found
the answer to another age-old mystery
that of the legendary continent in the
Atlantic Ocean which the ancient Greek
philosopher, Plato, called Atlantis, and
which was destroyed, according to the rec
ords Of the Egyptian priests from whom
Plato got the story in roundabout way,
about 10000 B. C.
In late years more and more evidence
has been piling up to prove that such
continent did at one time actually exist
and that through earthquakes and volcanic
CTUptions it was broken into two or three
huge islands linked up by smaller islands.
There is evidence that the great northern
island may have been destroyed anywhere
from %, 900 to 10000 B. c., leaving a
southern island which had the name of
AntilIea. This island occupied, roughly,
the space now taken up by the scattered
Islands Of the West Indies, Cuba and
Haiti.
Driven out of this Atlantcan- Antllcan
continent by successive catastrOphcs. the
race known as the Mayans arrived, at
last, in Central America.
The Mayans had the tradition that they
came from the east and there is evidence
that they did. If so there must have
been a land there to come from. If
they had been driven out of their
original land through it being de-
strOycd by volcanic action, they would
have brought with them all their arts and
civilization complete. And naturally II
their homeland had been destroyed there
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also seventy icct deep. 10 TINS pool came
worshippcrs from all over the Maya prov
inccs 70 pray to the Rain God, who was
supposed TO dwell there.
At ordinary times, writes DR.. Gam in
his "ln an Unknown Land" the sacrifices
consisted Of the most valuable and beauti-
full products of the laRd-jadc, turquoise
and gold jewels, stone and wood carvings,
weapons of flint and Obsidian, beautifully
decorated pottery, gold vessels and gold
ornaments, and incense made from the
gum Of the white acacia in all sizes and
shapes. Blu, during times Of stress, and
especially during droughts, which must
have been particularly dreaded by the in
habitants Of this arid land, the most beau
tiful Of the Magyar maidcns were sacrificed
20 the god by being thrown into the
CeuOte from temple on its margin.
A straight broad, elevated road, exactly
similar to the just-discOvcrcd causcway,
stretched from the Castillo, undoubtedly
the principal temple, to the sacrificial
pool, and along this the girl victims were
marched They were accompanied by
many priests in procession and by bands
Of players on musical instruments, while
the people by the thousands lined tn" sides
of the roads.
The maidcns who were partly druggrd,
seem 70 have gone 20 their fate not only
without fear but with actual joy. They
believed that they would, within few
minutes enter their heaven, a joyous, fer
tilD land, ruled over by the bencficent
Rain God. where sickness, sorrow and
death were unknown. If, AZ occasionally
happened, one Of the sacrifices survived
iii midday, either by swimming or cling
ing 70 the side Of the pit, she was rescued
and was regarded as a messenger sent back
with "A communication from the god.
Recently this pool was dredged and an
extraordinary treasure was brought 70
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1AeSo /HTCH~Av'L-

could be found to-day no trace of the be-
ginnings of that civilization.
And this is exactly the condition that
exists. DR.. Lewis Spence, the distin-
gushed English archseologist and author
of several authoritative books upon the civ
iIization Of Central America, has summed
up the matter in his book, Atlantis in
America" as follows:
"Thc clcarcSt proof of the Atlantean-
AntiIlcan origin Of American civilization
is 10 he found in the culture and traditions
of the Maya race of Gautamala, Chiapas
and Yucatan. This great and truly adj
vanced people appear suddenly in Gen.
trial America with a culture fully de-
veloped, an elaborate hierogIyphic system,
a religion eloquent of high theological
concepts, and an architecture which rivals.
if it does not surpass, that of Egypt or
Sumcria
"The roots of Maya civilization are not
to be encountered on American soil No
steps in the evolution of their writing, re-
ligion or architecture can be traced in the
regions in which their monuments are
found, and though competent authorities
recognize new phases and aspects in their
art-fOrms subsequent TO their entrances to
Central America, the complete absence of
all primary evolutionary forms proves
conelusively that Maya art was not origin
ally conceived on American soil Where
not a link with the humber forms of art.
handicraft or custom is to be found, il
seems only rational to look for the be-
ginnings of their culture and art else.
where.
'Indecd, the very earliest specimens of
Maya art, architecture and handicraft
known to us exhibit the sure traces of de-
generation Here is an art and philoso.
ply so rich, so overripe, as to approach
senility and disntegration It's forms
were stercotyped, its ideas rooted in con-
vention."
Perhaps in redisSovered Coba will be
found the records Of the submerged At
,antic Continent, so long held to be only
myth.
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The Top of Page of the Gillian Balam, the
Ancient Book Which Gave DR.. Gam the
Clue to the Location of the Lost City.

,hc most sacred spot in all Yucatan.
This was the CenOte of Sacrifice. a
great natural circular pool about
800 feet in diameter, with perpen-
dicular sides falling seventy feet to
the surface of the water, which was
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The Castillo of the Mayas at
Tuluum, on the East Coast of
Yucatan, from Which Sacrifices
Were Also Sent to the City of
Chichen-ltza. 1t Has Recently
Been Cleared of Brush by an
Expedition from the Smith
sonian Institution at
Washington.

light. This included
gold pieces, cups and
bowls of all sizes,
many thousands Of
pieces of incense, ex-
quisitely carved round
shields and throwing
sticks of hardwood
covered with a thin