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Slump in German 5 Trade Blamed on Ruhr, Mark Value Exports. Declining, Bear Prices Exceeding Those of World Market — Business Falls Off in All Industries. / - By I’ROK. BERNARD HARMS. German Economist and Financial Authority. By Universal Service. Copyright. 1983. Berlin, April 7.—Stabilization of tiie mark and the invasion of the, ronslng stagna Exports are daily declining, prices of nearly all German exports having exceeded world market prices, tex tiles being at least 10 per cent above the world market. The ready made clothes business .'n ' Berlin is dead. The iron and steel in- j dustry In South Germany is on a I short-hour basis. The cigaret Indus-! try is paralyzed, the c heapest cigaret * sclUjjg for a hundred marks owing to ■ the high excise duty. ^ There is increased unemployment | in the shoe industry. The growing stringency in credit is causing some goods to be sold under cost to fulfill obligations, t . k The central committee of German chambers of commerce lias Issued a learning against clumping. Coal Price Cut. It lias been decided to reduce the price of coal IS per cent for April .'n order to help improve conditions. Industry is urging the abolition of all export duties and export control. There has been a violent slump in hides and furs, and timber, owing lo decreased homo demand. Agriculture is in a difficult position. Fifty kilograms (110 pounds) of wheat i ost 65,000 marks at the beginning of February, and went down to 30,000 at the end of March. There were heavy losses and bankruptcies in the wheat t uide. American wheat is offered at 53.000 marks for 50 kilograms. German rye brings 33,000 marks for 50 kilograms, while American rye :s offered at 43,000 marks and South Russia rye at 41,000. There have been considerable rye imports while those of wheut have been insignificant. The government has guaranteed abolition of the grain levy. Shipping Falls Off. Shipping Is declining. National fi nances are still hopeless. The note circulation at present is 4,700 mil liards as against 1,300 milliards at the beginning of January. Discounted treasury bills are 14,000 milliard marks. The stock exchange is livelier. For eign hills are listless, with stocks generally arising. There Is a stronger demand for upper Silesian t mining.shares owing to the German Polish combine which Is alleged to be Imminent. Shipping shares are active. Depreciation of the mark Is ex pseted the coming week, which will (ause a further rise in industrial shares. There is a continual increaso in industrial issues. The German lank has raised Its capital from 700 000.000 to 1.500.000,000 marks. Deposits in German saving* banks In December, 1022. were fully 136.000 milliard 1 murks ns against 45,000 milliards In December, 1921, which means a considerable decrease in gold marks. Prussia Is Issuing a 10 milliard loan. It Is also planning a potash loan. Foreign Sil nation Unchanged. The position as regtseds the foreign situation Is unchanged though the struggle In the Ruhr Is intensified The committee on foreign relations In the reichstag rejected the idea of capitulation unanimously. The i French are endeavoring to get the whole Rhenish railway net under their management. The German rail toad minister has forbidden the Rhen ish rail officials to cooperate with the French under severe penalty . I •Confiscation of German properly In the Ruhr and Rhineland Is being sys tematically pursued, with the state vineyards and all wine supplies being seized. The French are encouraging the Ruhr communists to rebel. Up to the present time 445 news papers have been suppressed and ^f.yer 100 editors or publishers im prisoned or banished. Slinnes Visit Overrated. The journey of Huga Btinnes to Home has been so much discussed, It is probably overrated In importance. ! Borne greet hopefully and some are . skeptical of the trip to Berlin of American delegates to the Chambers of Commerce congress at Rome. There are deep dlverslors in inter national politics. Radicals of both the right and loft are seeking to gain influence with the unemployed. On March 24 the Prussian secretary if the interior sent the following tele . grain In the governors of all provinces: Because of threatened attempts by the radical elements to ovcrtiiru the government, the saf'dy police everywhere should be armed Great est watchfulness by the criminal po lio® is also desirable. TTse strong measures If necessary." Sahara Desert Was Garden of Eden, ^Scientist Declares Isjndon, April 7.—In the past there have lieen many guesses nnd specula tions as to the locations of the Garden of Eden. Prof. Sir Arthur Keith, lecturing before the Royal society, treated a scientific audience to sonu* original Ideas of his own on tho sub ject. He said that In the. ‘‘far distant last” the Sahara and the vast desrits of AraWa and the area stretching to Mongolia w'f-ro ‘'blooming." "That large tract was really the Garden of Eden, mnn was driven from it m r by n flaming sword hot by a flaming sun. Every type of mail could lie found round that , Garden of Eden. "It is possible to go fur beyond the days of Abraham nnd Tubal Gain nnd his smithy. It should be real ized that Egypt nnd Babylonia were only remnants of a past civilisation. Civilized man., I nrn convince I, Is fnr older Ilian Is at present generally be lieved." Omaha Army Officer Tells of Archaeological Discoveries Which May Bring •About Awakening of Neglected Land of Mexico After Its Sleep of Centuries Is Mexico, the land of lost rlvillza tions, duo for an awakening from its sleep of centuries? American scientific societies, stimu lated apparently by the remarkable archaeological discoveries in oriental countries and in the dark continent of Africa, are about to pay tardy atten tion to tho riches that lie on their very doorstep. Mexico, particularly the southerr border stdto, Yucatan, deserves th« title of "The Neglected Land " For Mexico in its entirety is a land of mystery, of magnificent ruins, weird legends and buried cilies. Col. Harvey W. Miller of the United States army, who is now sta tioned in Omaha, was for the period Of a year Btatiph-'d at the United States embassy in Mexico City as mil itary observer. During that time he visited and photographed a number of Mexico's most intcre-iting nrch.n • logical monuments, lie has consented to write a brief account for The Omaha Hee of what he saw and in The Omaha lice next Sunday a full page of Colonel Miller's pictures w d be published In the rotogravure sec tlon. Colonel Miller's article follows: Uy COL. IIARVKY \V. Mil,!.Lit. An article entitled "Discoveries In Mexico (In 'King Tut1 One Better, appearing in The Omaha Bee recently, having attracted jny attention, it has occurred to me that the renders of The^Jlte might derive considerable interest from photographs showing the actual appearance of certain of Mexico 1i most striking archaeological monuments. The recent remarkable discovery in Kgypt lius roused great interest in archaeology generally. A year's duly ns military observer at the embas-y at Mexico ('it'., to get her with an intimate personal friendship with the director of archae ology of t tv Mexican republic, af f rded me Unusual opportunity s for visiting and photographing Mexico's most interesting archaeological monu ments. The photographs represent several different phases of early Indian civili zation on the west err i hemisphere. These ghasis include 'he ) rne Toltee monuments of the valley of Mexico, tlie Maya monuments of Yucatan and Chiapas, Mexico, and of Guatemala, , and the Ha|Kites monuments of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. ( hiiicse Hieroglyphics. I was particularly Interested in the statement appearing In The Omaha. Bee referring to the comment of tho 1 Chinese minister in the matter Tif the hieroglyphics observed on cer> in re cent discoveries at Kno Juan Tenth huaean. Tlio Chinese minis who, incidentally, was tlie predert n..r of the present diplomatic representative of the republic of China In Mexico City,* Stated, on being shown these hieroglyphics, that the characters were Chinesrf and that he was able to read them. Tho matter of oriental Influence on early western civilization is too pen erally believed to need Fpecial com ment. Prescott and many other writ ers refer to this Influence. It would be difficult to imagine a more strik ing proof (f this influence than Is displayed by a relic In my possession taken from the ruins of San Juan Teotlhuacan. This relic, probably over 2,000 years old, Is a small carved head, undoubtedly a child’s toy, corresponding to the doll of more tecent civilization. The oriental cast of the features of this top is strik ingly apparent. This is particularly true of the slanting eyes. The excavations in the Valley of Mexico, referred to In Tho Omaha Bee's recent article, are of especial Interest to the archaeologist, not only the excavations at Sin Juan Teotl huacan, within 25 miles of Mexico City, but also recent excavations in tho very heart of the Mexican capital. Skeletons 4,000 Years Old. I refer particularly to tho excava lions at tho I'edregal at San Angel, one of tho suburbs of Mexico City, and In through the limits of the fed irnl district At tho I'edregal there have been excavated charred or car bonized human skeletons, the age of which is estimated at 4,000 yens. As the name "Podregal ' Indicates, these interesting remains were discovered in a lava bed. In the matter of the reference In Tho Omaha Ike's article to the ef fect that two distinct civilizations are found superposed, It may lie r* marked that, at San Ju.m Teotlhua can, there are found two distinct manners of superposition The super positions represent, in cadi instance, distinct eivlllzatlons. In each case, tho second civilization is less nd vanend titan the first and, what con slitulcH a truly remarkablo fart, ,n one raise tire superposition In hori zontal and, in tho other case, vertical. In both Instances, the first • .villzn tlon represents development, the second decadence. The two striking features of the ancient city i f Han Juan Teotlhuacan nro the pyramids of the sun and "f the moon. As Han Juan lies directly In line with tho Mexican city of Puebla, enrouto from the capital city to Vera Cruz, the pyramids may be reached from Mexico City by two railroad', the Mexican railroad und tho Interactnnie. It is, perhaps, need bus to nd I that tho pyramids of San Juan, as well ns the pyramids of Choluln more distant from Mexico City and closely contiguous to Pueb la—-were known to Cortes. Indeed, In ihe very shadow of the pyramid of choluht Was folicllt on" "f Cortes* most bloody conflicts. Card en Tools This is the season for yard cleaning, garden making, shrub planting. Have you the garden tools you need? We have many customers who tell us they bought their garden tools from is twenty years ago. This, we claim, is again evidence that HARDWARE that LASTS is CHEAPEST. Let us supply you. We know how, (or we’ve had 41 years’ experience. ames Morton & Son Co. 1511-13 Dodge Street i) 1—A view of the I'.vratnhl of the Sun, showing the recent excavation of the ancient eily of San Juan Teotihuacan. 2— Another type of ancient architecture of the western hemisphere— llie may a civilization—which flourished in Yucatan and other parti of Mexico and hi Guatemala. This archaeological monument of the Mayas is located at I'xmal, Yucatan, on the Western hemisphere. The stril.ing feature of the serpent, beautifully carved, v^ll be observed in this photo. 3— Another typo of early architectural beauty on the western hemisphere —the ruins of Mitla. In the si.He of Oaxaca. Mexico. This monument repre sents the Zapoter culture. The stones, the raised carving on the face of which forms the beautiful ha# relief, are uniformly about scvpii inches long and one inch wide. So accurately are these stones rut find, despite the fact that no mortar or cement is used, a Knife blade c annot by made- to penetrate between any t"*o contiguous stones I—Photograph showing in de-tail the splendid and ornate sculpture of the monuments of the aneicut city of San Juan Teotihuacan. It represents a feature of the Temple of Quc-tzalc nat—the God of Hip Winds. 5— Another feature of the recent excav itions of tlie- Temple of Quetzal coat—the God of the Winds—at S.-n Juan Teotihuacan. 6— Still another detail of the-Temple of the God of the Winds. The name "Teotihuarnn" means tlie ' “abode of the gods," It Is, perhaps, ! not surprising that the great pyra mills of San Juan should hive been : dedicated to the sun and the m"<>n These pyramids were probably intend ed us votive temples, although, like the pyramids . f Gizrh, they may have been intend* d to serve as tombs. In this connection. It may be rc mnrked that the pyramids of San Juan hnve never been excavated to determine what may be beneath, »1 though, a s will hereinafter he set forth, the pyramid of the sun has actually been tunneled. Wi en It is ie- slleil that tl • T'dtees flourished from about the year 100 A. T>. to nhout tlie Eleventh century, and that these monuments probably antedate the Toltecs, the nge i f the pyramids may be estimated at about 2,000 years. Indeed, authorities In Mi x .an archaeology style the civilisa tion represented by the pyramids of San Juan Teotlhuacan as "Teotlhua cana," The city of San Juan was a settle ment where population is now e itl mated at 100,000. Tho city la estl mated to have been almost three and one half miles In h noth by al ut on and eight-tenths mil's In width. The Pyramid of the Sun. as now tin covered, is about 6R0 feet in length and about "00 feet In to gilt. When it is recalled that the great pyramid of Choope Is 746 feet in length and 461 feet in in ight, it will wffnril *' mi id of the t: i -nitiide of * lie pyramids of San Juan Teotlhuai in. so very near our own borders. In view of refont Investigations, it is a remarkable fit that Pres, ott should state: "The exuberant growth of shruba and wild flowers which have mar'led over its surface, gives it the appearance of one of the symmetric I elevations thiown up by the caprice of nature, rather than by the Industry of man. It is doubtful, indeed,, w briber the interior be not a natural hill, though It seems not Improbable that it ia an artificial Composition of stone and earth, deep ly inert!“ted, n« is certain. In every l art with alternate strata of brick an 1 clay." The late President Carranza win, undoubtedly, had read Prescott, w is so Impressed with the belief that the Pyramid < f the Sun sin a natural hill, that liei caused an investigation to be made to establish lus belief. lie stated that it was, perhaps, a natural thing fur • irlv worshippers, desiring to construct a huge votive temple, to inject a hill mid cut down its surface so to form a square I yram.eC Ttius, w .'h a minimum of labor, a temple- was constructed anl so, bee tuse of an iilwene* of suitafile tool*,, it Is i t strange that prehis toric plat ■ s of worship quite tfatur To the Depositors o£ the American State Bank BRING YOUR SAVINGS BOOK AND TIME CERTIFICATES TO US Your Savings Account and Time C. O. D. in the American State Bank Stop Bearing Interest on April 1 IMMEDIATE CREDIT * Bring your Savings Deposit or Time Certificates to us on or before April loth and your account will bear interest from April 1st. Wc Pay 4% on Savings and Time Certificates We invite you to be sure and see us when payment of your claim is made by the Receiver. —v—— - -- Deposits Protected by the Depositors’ Guaranty Fund of the State of Nebraska Union State Bank lblK and Dodge Street* Opposite P«»*toffir« )ally assumed the form of a square pyramid. Believing this and desiring to prove Iks theory to be a correct one, Carranza caused a tunnel to be run to the very centre of the Pyramid of the Sun, which I have myself penetrated. The excavation proved, however, —and this seems a remarkable fact— tjtat the pyramid was built of adobe, the very same material with which the i eon of today constructs h:» mud shack. The great weight of the structure lias, in the course of centur.es, com pressed the innumerable adobe blocks used in its construction Into one so'id mass. Although a considerable knowledge of astronomy was possessed by the Aztecs, as shown by the famous Aztec calendar stone and also, m a lesser degree, by their Toltec prede cessors, It is interesting to note that the four sides of the pyramids, un doubtedly constructed in a prae Toltec period, face, as already in dicated, the four cardinal points. New State Kennel Club Progressing Hiieine.*- Men Joining It and Si\ New Directors Vrc Vdded to Hoard. The newly organized Nebraska Ken nel club held Us third meeting Fri day evening at the Cham!>er of Com metre, with 50 member* present. I,. \V. Treater, speaking for the rham b°r. told of the benefit the club can be to the community and what buai ness Institutions might do in aiding the club. The club membership is increasing rapidly and Include* many business tnt n. Six additional director* were elected at the nieeting. officer* and directors follows: A H Klekamp, president; John W. Welch, vice presi dent: I.. Fauble. secretary anj treasurer; John ltuck, George Cook. John W. Collins. W C. Bdtnistnn. Mrs. W. >' Kdmteton, Waller W. ) b.- ' ) - i IK F. Kir t '■ W. F. Mathew.*. Ur. J J Warts. Ur. n A Moore and J. H. Wasserburger, director*. The 1* ard "ill hold a meeting with in the next week to elect four more vice president*. Meeting* are to be held every two weeks. Philatelists to Holt! (Contest. London. April 7 —Hundreds of en tr: a have been received from all over the world, especially from America, for the world « stamp collecting ch£*n pionship which will l>e decided here in May. Many of the collection* of single countries ore valued at from 7f>,000 to 50,000 pounds, while one ex hlbltor'u entries amount to 30C pound*. Purchasing Agents to Mc<t. 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