The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969, October 15, 1920, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextAmbassador (V v.- mm. John V. iiivl, American ambassador to Great Britain, und lili wife rrlviil In New York ou vacation. NATION DENIES GERMAN BLOOD Tribe on Tehuantcpeo Isthmus Is of Teuton Origin, Say the Mexicans. HAIR AND SKINS ARE FAIR Berlin Elhnologlit, Who Livid Among These Ptopli 8everal Vnri, De crlboi Their Appearance nd Habits and Thalr Languaga. Monterey. It la not generally known even tu ninny ctliiioloatlMtM Hint there In it tribe or Imtlnii of nhiiut 20,000 people In Mexico Will) DID Kit 111 tu 1)0 dcHccmhiula of (icrmnuii, According to Hie legends of thin aborigines, however, the Germain ore dcscciidmita of tin' Mlitees, which la Hid mi mi of the tribe. TI117 Inhabit several districts of I lie Isthmus of Tchiinnlcpec. An hivellgnHmi of the Jllsecs una tnnde some jvenrs ago liy It. W 11 1 in id IliuiiT, a iiotcil otlmoloiiliit f Berlin. Ilu lived fi.r several yeara iiinmiii Imlliiii tribes of Mexico nml alinlli'il Ihi'lr history, hnhlts nml rim tniiin. (In 1 1 1 c occasion of hi Inst visit to thin roiintrjahe spoke of the Miners ii fallow: i "They nro rntlier low In stature, ntnl Im'.i' this llii'y are sninowhnt deformed. The lilpa nrn broad, Hip fiii'm lint, rihI their movement nro very nwktvnnl. Tlii'lr liulr Is lilmk, fulling over their shoulders. Tin1 lni'ii wear their hnlr na tllit tin Spanish priests with shaven crown nml n Ioiik as possible1 nn tint allien. Alwaya Return Horn. "Tln Minces ur very fond of roam ing nliont, lint, although Ihey often go In tli gulf const, they always re turn to their poor villages. More tlmn their neighbor, they urn conservative In thHr I'livt'iiim, ninnnera of llvlnu, nml, nlmvp nil, their ImiRiiuut. Thla Ii t 111 exlriiorilliinrlly pure, nlllioiiBh very hnril to U'nrn mil very dlanitreo nhlo In henr. During three inontha of 1IMIL' I atuilleil Ihli linn;iin(;i nml wrote It nt the minio lime, na murly correct aa pimKlhle. "Sonid of these ponnlc nro fair Imlreil nml linve n light akin. For thla rensnn they were mild to lie ile acendniita of the Oorinnna, In nenrly every Meslcnn lilnlory la found this tnle, I nskeil them nf Ihelr origin, mid they snlil thnt they were nho rlglnea of thla country. Severnl of the more InlelllgtMit on Id Hint, on the con trary, the Oermniia were decenilniita nf lite Mlseea. The Joke wna not hod. However, tlm Jllseca form evidently n very imrtlculnr rnro worthy of n Inrgo iimnuiit of aludy, "They nre fnnimia for their alrength. They enrry enally from six tn eight nrrohns (from IM to 200 pounds) for ninny miles, nnd over the ateepest lillls. Need Ballast In Walking. "It Is snld Hint the Mlsera, on their return fmm cnrrylng n lond to some point, puck n loud of atones, na they find It difficult work to walk without Bdtim sort of lmllnsf. "This nation, like all Hie other tilliea, Is very superstitious. They allll worship their old gods nnd offer them up to this Any sncrlflces In the fields, on tho lillls and nn tho rivers. I visited severnl plncea whero I found the remains of sacrifices, such ns fowls, fmmll dogs, hrend, chocolate, eggs nnd fruit. Certain villages have their Idols hidden In places known only tn the oldest men of the trlho." Another slranga faot brought to light hy Pr. ItauoT was that the great est nation of Indians In Mexico Is the Ziipnlecns, and It Is from them, he be lieves, that the future greatness of the country will coino. Ho snld : "I have visited Chiapas, Onxncn, Ouerrero, Vera Crrnt and oilier stnles and linve studied the nations railed Misers, Znpntecn, Mlsetcln, Mazatecn. Mnzahun nnd the Olhunil. Tho most Interesting of all these, however, nnd perhaps of nil tho Indian irnees nf Mexico, nre the Znpotccas, who aro nt present situated In nearly the whole Koulh of tho country, nnd especially In the stnte of Onxaca. They number nhnut 300,000 persons. "The Znpotoeus nre a strong peo Davis and Family V QUI" ' "'-W ple of Inrgo proportions, nre very liHiiilsoiue phyalcliilly, geiieriilly good InlHirera, ami Intelligent. TI117 live In small atrnw or lenipornrlly erected hula mid lioUM-a, eui-li Inning only one room, mid nlthoiigh smne of the peo ple nre quite wealthy In their aihen, nil follow the mime rtilea In living and In their Inborn. The boya ore obliged to do hard f 11 no work nt a very early age nml they ore made to curry great lends nf fruit nn their heads from the time they ure all and seven years old. Thla, they auy, la necessary In order that they may becomo el rung mid healthy, ami an that they ran do the work of men when they nre grown. "Thla tuition of Indians atlll spenka Us natlvu and ancient lungunge In some ten or twelve dltTenut dlulecta. The language la very soft mid pleas ant nnd ngrmiblu to the ear, and It la easy to learn. I studied the lan guage with my servant, a ZnM)liian from Tnha, In I ho district of Villa Alto, Out nca. If any mitlon of In diana In this republic la to have a wkIiiI mid political future It will be the nation of Xapotecas. Ilenlto Junrei!, tho famous Mexican reformer, wna a Kapotecnu mid wus burn In Zuelotiio, near Tullau, in tho moun tains of Oiixaca. "Th question of the origin of the Miidilecaa Is, one of tin most Inter esting nml difficult problems. I ffnd lliat, for Instance, this nation when closely questioned says Mint In old en times they ennui from the Xnr'h, hut they were unable to tell from what part of the great North they llrst marched. They have legends which nre to the elTivt that they passed over the Colorado river, and when lliey came to Mexico they settled first In Iho state of Vera Cruz, where they bad repeatitl buttles with the Aztecs, the founders of Mexico City. In these battles the Mnzntcca were driven over toward the eastern const. In the slate of Vera Crux. This country has hivn held by the once powerful na tion until this day. The people are decidedly Interesting to study. "I'p until a few years ago Ihey bad kings, but of recent years they nre without a ruler. The nation numbers 2!S,000 people. They nre getting to he a wandering people, Inasmuch ns they travel to many purls of the Isthmus, where they ure employed on planta tions. During the times Hint they nre employed on plantations lunuy of their towns nmj villages nro entirely deserted. Suspect All Strangers, "I learned from their history that they wero a very warlike nation. It Is difficult for a stranger to travel through their country, owing to their extremely suspicious and superstitious Ideas. They worship idols, but these Army of Occupation First Baby Mrs. Carl R, Terklns, wife of Captain Perkins, United Santos nrmy, and their bnhy, Mary Catherine, who has the distinction of being the first Amer ican baby born with the army of occupation In Germany. Mrs. Perkins has been In Germany for more than a year. Come Home M j .t It I an J daughter, photographed oa Ibell Ihey keep burled and new onei art Hindi) each year, This nation In par tlculur has one mid custom In connec tion with Its Idols. The shell of nn egg Is taken and being broken Inlc seven pieces It Is wrapped In seven plccus of cotton cloth, Along Willi this nre seven pieces of bark, red and blue feuthera and seven grains of corn These charms, bound together nrr placed, one at eirli corner of every person's tract of land. This will as sure a hoiintlfnl harvest nnd will also secure tho Indium from Injury from their personal enemies, I am not sure If all the nations have Hie snme gods, as I know only 10O.IKJ0 of the tribe. "There aro seven gisls worshiped snd the eagle, the tiger, crocodile, par rot and aerpent are among them. The live animals aro worshiped, nnd the Images made arc burled, ns the peo ple of the tribe are ashamed lo have atrangera know of tills form of wor ship, Village Has Special God. "I was shown a number of the al tars upon which sucrlflrea to the seven gods were offered. Kvcry village lias Hie seven gods, but each village bus In addition one as a special god. It Is wild In Chlchotla that In the church there Is a trained serpent and this Is the chief god of the village. The peo ple who constitute the nation have a reverence for the serpent which Is not shown toward any of the other gods. "Another thing which I found was nf especial Interest, and thla Is the fact that every family must have a black dog. The reason for this cus tom, given by the tribe, Is a very curious one. It Is the belief of the people of.tbls nation that when they die, to reach the promised land they must tlrst pass through a large river. A person of bis own accord cannot get across unaided. The legend Is Hint only n Muck dog has the power to pull Hie member of the; family across Hie river and then It Is neces sary for tho person to hold tight tc I lie uog's .All, "Along wllh this foregoing pccullni notion there Is another, which Is a II nn belief and custom ns' well mining this niillnn, practiced on the birth ol a child. At this time Hit father strews ashes nil around the house nnd the tlrst nnlniul that passes over the ashes will be the protector of the child. When the milinnl dies the child also will die." They Are Twins In Everything. St. Louis, Mo. Albert Grlerson nnd Walter Urlerson, St. Iiuls twins, were members of the same company and each were a smnll diamond ring and a watch and chain In France, Albert lost Hie stone of his ring and a few days later Walter lost the stone of his. Then Albert lost his watch and chain nnd soon afterward Walter's dis appeared. Then Alliert was wounded and Walter followed suit. And now they Intend to murry twin sinters, Ger atdlne and Illendlne Sninlle; of Shel don, 111. Her borne la In Leavenworth, Kan. U. S. OPENS GATE TO 34MILLI0NS Immigration Figures Show the Growth of Population in Last Century. BRITISH ARE IN MAJORITY Germany Furnished the Second Larg est Number Seeking Homes In the New World, With Italy Third War Causes Decrease. Washington. Thirty four million Immigrants have entered the Culled Unites In the past century. In the same time the population of the coun try ba Increased V7,UM,UU0. I'ntll the World wur the efTect ol Immigration an the population Increase was very marked, amounting to more than fifty mt cent In the decade end ing In 11)10. It exceeded forty pel cent In the ten years ended with tin present year, and Immigration bureau officials arc of the opinion that had the war not Intervened the percentage fot thla decade would have been greater than that of the last. from 1Sa to 1M0 the number of Immigrants arriving In the United States was less than one per cent of the Increase In population, the figures being 4.'I.4.'I9 immigrants and 3,r.'7,.Vi7 population Increase. In the next ten yeurs this one per cent had grown to twelve, the census of 1810 showing a population of 17,0,4."ai wllh an In crease of 4,'MA:tt, while during the same period rUl Immigrants en tered the country. In the next decade ended In 1S.V) the population Increased 6,122,423, while Immigration totaled 1,713,21, or slightly more than sixteen per cent. Jumps to 25 Per Cent, In the ten years euded In ISfiO the population Increase was 8,251,445, while Immigrants entering the country numbered 2,,1!)S,214, or more than 25 per cent of the population Increase. The next decade saw the population Increase 7,115,000, and Immigration totaled 2.1114,824, or slightly more than M per cent. The percentage decreased during the ten years ended with 18S0 owing to en unusually lurge Increase Volunteers Leaving Warsaw to Fight the Reds .ZZL?T ..... Thousands of Polish men, boys and women, equipped with whatever arms drive back the Invading Russian bolshevlkl and save Warsaw. A detachment capital for the front EUROPE NEEDS U. S. LUMBER War-torn Countries Expected to Call for Twice the Amount Shipped Before Conflict DEMAND MOSTLY HARDWOODS Railroad Ties by the Million Being Negotiated for by Great Britain and France Public For ests Solution. Washington. Europe, emerging from the war, Is expected to call up on the United States annually for about twice the qunntlly of lumber that was shipped across the Atlantic before the war. The demand for the future will be mostly for hardwoods, while In the pnst It was 79 per ctiit for soft woods, mostly Southern pine. Grent Britain, France, Italy, Ger many, Belgium and Holland are lum ber Importing nations now experi encing exceptional und often acute shortages of wood ns an nftermnth of the war. Railroad ties hy the million nre now being negotiated for by Great Britain and France. For the most urgent reconstruction nnd expansion nil ot these countries will seek lumber in large quantities from the United States ns soon ns exchange rates slump to a stable basis. Demands Hlgh-Grade Timber. It Is Improbable, however, Hint the United Slates will he called upon for any considerable quantity of the or dinary grades of building lumber re quired in the reconstruction of west ern Europe. Europe has quantities of timber suitable for such purposes in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Artillery Train The Forty-eerond L'nlted Htateg railroad artillery Is now touring the Cnl. ted Ktatcs on a train of W) cars on a recruiting mission. The train consists of ten Pullman coaches as living quarters for the officers and enlisted men; and 80 cars for guns, ammunition, etc. Three elght-fucb guns are attached to the train, mounted on railway carriages. In population. This Increase was 11, 597,412, while the total of Immigra tion was 2,812.191, or about 19 per cent. In the decade ended in 1800 the population Increased 12,791,931, while 5,240,013 Immigrants entered the country, making the percentage about 42 per cent. In the succeeding decade ended In 1900 there was a sharp decrease In immigration, with the result that per sons coming Into the country repre sented only about 23 per cent of the population Increase. This was 13,045, 801, while the number of Immigrants arriving was 3,844,420. While the population Increase re mained at about the same ratio during the decade ended In 1910 there was a very decided Increase In the number of Immigrants, the former being 1J, 077.001 and the latter 8,795,aS6. War Causes Decrease. The, estimated Increase for the ten years ended this year Is 14,000,000 while the totnl number of Immigrants during this period was 6,100,000. The percentage ratio thus was only about 43 per cent, this being due To the Hie new countries carved out of the Austro-Hungarlan empire. Large lum ber stocks have accumulated along the Baltic sea during the war. Europe does demand high-grade tim ber products from the United States, which American Industries can ill af ford to spare such os large structural and ship timbers, flooring, hardwood staves and furniture, implement and vehicle stock for which Hie demand will steadily Increase. Hickory and ash handles, for example, are now go ing to Europe In considerable quan tities, the foreign demand for these products again being a factor which affects stock and prices In the domes tic markets. While the European trade consti tutes only about 40 per cent of the United States' exports of lumber, de velopment of Central and South Amer ica, parts of Africa, China, Australia and New Zealand will naturally re sult tn a gradual Increase of lumber exports to those counties. The most serious effect of the for eign trade In lumber will be to In crease the present shortage of .high quality products, because it is exactly such products which are short the world over nnd which lumber import ing nations nre most desirous to get from this country. The effect will be most pronounced with respect to American hardwoods. The foreign demands Include not only cabinet, furniture making, nnd finish ing woods of special beauty, like wal nut or quartered oak, but also many woods used in manufacturing essen tials of commerce nnd Industry, like oak nnd hickory wagon stock,, woods used in agricultural Implements. The supply In this country of old-grown hardwoods from which most of these products are obtained Is nearmg Its Out for Recruits falling oft In Immigration during Hie four years of the war. Of the 34,000,000 Immigrants en tering the country In the Inst 100 years, nearly one-fourth of them, ot" 8.205,675 came from Kngland, Ire land, (Scotland and Wales. Germany furnished the second largest number, 5.495,539, and Italy the third largest, 4,100,740. Anstrla-Ilungary was next with 4.008,448. while Russia was fifth with 3,311,406. The Scandinavian coantrles Denmark, Norway and Sweden have sent 2,134,414 of their citizens to the United States. The total of immigration from France In the 100 years has been 423,806, the largest number from that country, 20,126, coming here In 1851. Switzerland has sent 256,707 liersons nnd the Netherlands 214,503, British North America, Including Canada, has sent 834,450 and Mexico 217,250. -"" Belgium and Rumania have sent tht smallest number of any of the Euro pean countries, the total for the forr er being 76,587 and for the latter 76 222. were available, volunteered to help of them la here seen leaving the. end. Our domestic Industries are se curing such materials with increasing difficulties and multiplied costs. Public Forests Solution. The eventual solution of the prob lem presented by an active foreign trade is identical with the remedy for depletion through domestic consump tionnamely, not to restrict the use, but to Increase the production of ttiiK ber by getting all forest-growing lands at work. This remedy, however, will not entirely meet the need throughout the world for timber of high quality, As a rule such material cannot b grown In less than 150 years, snd even If every acre of denuded land In the: United States were planted today, a long time would elapse before the jle jletlon of high-quality stunipage which has been cut so freely from our virgin forests could be made good. Furthermore, the private land own ers can seldom afford to carry timber crops during the long period necessary to produce material of high quality, The most effective means of overcom ing the shortage of high-grade timber is the creation of public forests, which can be utilized to the extent necessary for the production of large timber or of special products. KAISER, THE SAME OLD 'BILL' "Heads Will Fly When I Return to Germany," Says Wilhelm. Berlin. An extraordinary declara tion by former Emperor William, made on the grounds of his residence at Doom, Is reported In a story purport ing to emanate from a Prussian junk er, who recently visited him. It is stated thnt the former emperor was chopping a tree when he suddenly exclaimed, as he struck furious blows with his ax: 1 "This Is the way heads will Yly to the right and left when I return to Germany." Commenting on the remark, a news paper says : "It shows Wilhelm in all his old greatness as a politician.?