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Show i . THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE. UTAH school pins last year G3ZUME are equipped to mete double that m,n. fld your orden (of maaufectunog lewrlry (0 Ouf factory i oa tbe ptemnet. We use Uvb eold end ilwt tad you money siayi om Wnt. ia Part's Step it will be V -- A MEXICAN ISLAND OPENS OCCUPATION .OP NISH ROUTE FOR CENTRAL. POWERS TO SOFIA AND TURKEY. fROTI SstW.ctery BOYD J?AHK PAiAtJ0CANUMCtf MAILERS OF - JE1ELM tOUNDU wei SALT LAJXE CITT The Bulgarian and German Main Have Effected a Juncture and Campaign Probably Will fwAx Armlei Move at Faster Pace. London. The Bulgarians hare occupied Nish, the Serbian war capital, which gives them complete control of the railway fro m Prahovo. - on tb e Danube, and thus opens a through route for the central powers to Soda and Constantinople. In addition, the Bulgarian and Cer-ma- n main armies have effected a Juncture at Krlvtvir, so that the campaign, which has teen somewhat slower than expected, probably will hove at a faster pace. In fact, except for the southern part of Serbia, the Invasion la already gathering more headway, and deaplta Serbian resistance, the invading armies have all made considerable progress. More, than half of Serbia is gow In possession of the Invaders, and it Is eald In Berlin that the Serbians have an open line of less than seventy miles for retreat Into Montenegro. Should they seek refuge in that country they would be menaced by Austrian forces, which already have t ' To the Expositions from Salt Lake City f, A - 1 1 1 J. SAILING. Country to Escape Military Service. Liverpool Nine hundred Irishmen who intended to sail for New York on Saturday on the Cunard line steam-shl- p Saxonla, were prevented by the steamship company from taking passage. The company declined to permit them to sail after there had been sev- with street crowds, which took the view that eblebodted nyn should not be permitted to evade liability to military service in title manner. The arrival of th Irishmen hr Liverpool drew a crowd outside the steamship offices. Two Irishmen were knocked down by women. Others were set upon and decorated, with white feathers. KITCHENER GOES TO THE FRONT Will Visit Theatre of War at Request of Colleagues. London. "Lord Kitchener, at the request of hts colleagues, has left England for a short visit to the eastern theatre of war " This announcement, made Saturday evening after a cabinet council an unusual meeting for Saturday and a long audience which Premier Asquith liad with the king, set at rest rumors current as to the war secretarys pres ent intentions. -- Miners Given Time Limit. ; Park City, Utah Notices were posted about the streets here Saturday land also distributed among the men by agents of the Silver King Coalition Mines company advising that all former employees, with the excep-tlonof six shift bosses and four or five "agitators," may return to work at the mine without discrimination If they apply In person to Janies llume superintendent, on or before November 10 at 6 p. m. n d Threatens to Shoot Inspector. Chicago. Mrs. Scott Durand, weal thy owner of a prize diiry herd, has threatened to shoot any state officials who came to her farm to harm any of her cattle. She recently saved the cattle from slaughter hen suspected of foot and mouth disease by an In junction. Fell Fiftojn Hundred Feet Eureka, Utah. Palling 1,J00 feet to the bottom of the shaft of the Eagle & Blue Bell mine Jerry Murphy, who for many years was employed as a shift boss by the Bingham Mines com pany, met instant death here Saturday afternoon. a German Submarine Interned. London. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says that a German submarine which stranded near Terschelling bias been interned with its crew by The Dutch government I Chile Ratifies Treaty. Santiago, Chile. The arbitration 'treaty between Chile and the United States, providing for Investigation by an ' International commission of - dif ferencei which cannot be settled baa been approved. (throug 1 r any Agent H. ManderfielJ, A. G. P. A. me CHURCH AT CL CCMAL. the Caribbean sea. about twelve miles from Yucatan across the channel ot that name, lies Mexico's most easterly outpost, the island of Cozumel from the ancient Mayan and' means "The Isle of Swallows." It t included In the northern division of the territory of Quintana Roo, the capital ot which la Santa Crus de Bravo, named for the rugged old warrior who, during (he Dias regime, administered all that part of Mexico, mainland and Island, which lies to tbq east of Yucatan. The foreign port nearest to Coxumel Is Bellxe, British Honduras, distant about 165 mllea southwest. Off to the northeast, some 210 miles away, ties Cuba. From extreme points north to south the Island, which is rbomboldat In form, measures a little under 50 miles, and from east to west about 14 miles. Cozumel --Occupies a very promlnent place In Mexican history. It was the first land sighted by Her nando Cortez when, In 1519, he sailed westward from Cuba oirthat famous voyage which had for Its object the queat of gold and for its resist the conquest of an empire. Cortes, however, was not the first Spaniard, to set foot on Cozumels shores. The year before he landed it was visited by Urljalva, the discoverer of Tabasco; and Bancroft, the historian, mentions others who touched there during the earlier crulaea of the Castilians among the Antilles. It la a matter ot record that from the deck of bla "flagship a little vessel of less than 100 tons burthen Cortes counted '14 towers on the north and northwest coasts of the Island. These he found, when he landed, surmounted as many temples, erected for Idolatrous worship. When he disembarked with half of bla followers (all told the expedition numbered only 617 men), leaving the others on board his small fleet to repel possible Ittack, Cortes' first act waa to dismantle those templet. Fired with religious xeal. he pushed his way through the crowd of Indiana who had come down o the beach to him. and,- mounting the steps of the principal place of worship, where the high priest and hit attendants were grouped, he harangued the natlvea on the sinfulness ot their Idolatry, using an Indian who had been captured off the coast of Yucatan by Grijalva and who had acquired a working knowledge of Spanish In Cuba, aa aa Interpreter After thus giving vent to hla religious fervor, and Cortez' worst enemies could never truthfully assert that he was not sincere In his faith, he ordered his soldiers to tear down the altars dedicated to the false gods and In their place set up a cross. No arguing, no rearesoning. prompt, aggressive action, without main waa Cortex such action gard to odds, and characteristic at all times when dealing with the natives aherever he went. Doubtless much of hts remarkable success with them was doe to It. Although the Indians were obviously docile, the Invaders were taking big chances In thus hapdesecrating the sacred groves. But nothing waa sub-limpened The audacity of the Proceeding and so great that It simply daxed the natives and left them incapable of protest When Cortex was at Cozumel the Island had but apparently aevtral thousand Inhabitants; archeoloAmerican a prominent, when Stevens, forties gist and traveler, went there In thea early soul. not found single he of the last century The crowds seen by the Spaniards were probCozumel ably transients, for, as a matter of fact. It was a never had a large resident population Censacred place to the Mayas ot Yucatan and of number vast a attd tred America, their Mecca, at Its to worship went periodically pilgrims Bhrlnee During the intervals between ptl aud re- -the priests, with their servants grlmages residents. doubtlessibe only tainers. were When the Spaniards became firmly established In Yucatan they forbade the pilgrimage to Cozumel. their reasons for this course being that tbev needed the unit terrurte' services of the Indians as laborers. The church also took a hand in carried prohibiting festivals on the Island. They the miswhich doctrine the from the ni'qd away sion fathers were propagating, and although the InIndian had without very great 'difficulty been ot the graven In place duced to accept the cross the familiar Image, he would, when visiting tenet scenes, be sure to associate with them the him. within still urong old belief, of hla that religious peregrinatie Notwithstanding tions ceased. Cozumel was not entirely deserted It U until long after the In aslon Of course. were more than likely that thooc whose homes on the Island continued to reside thare after the main body stopped cominj For the greater pail and medictnu men. they were spiritual councilors" were forbidden and it la very irchabie fiat they Interests to leave. It would be decidedly to the to keep and clsilcal, both lay of the' conqueroifc, of tho people. Thvt masaes the from away them ntards lived thwe waa a ae Usmonl and that N HAD e - - THE WAltER GUESSING Ht Had Never Before Received Just Such an Order. Once a short little woman and her tall husband went to a cafe of the cheaper sort for pinner. "Will you have oysters? asked the husband, glancing over the bill ot tare. - said Yes, -- - ' uk Silt Lake City Britons Resent Leaving eral stormy encounters J Only a few weeks until the Expositions close. Tickets on sale daily until November 30. Limit December 3 , M write - IRISH -- FROM Proportionately low rates from all Utah ana Idaho point3 Fof information begunaa attack along the northern and western Montenegrin frontiers. In the south, however, the allied forces appear to be too strong for the Bu'garlans, who admit that they are faced by superior numbers. More allied troops are being sent from Salonlkl to the scene of the fighting in the hope that they' will be able by the capture of Veles'to compel the Bulgarians, who Advanced west of yskup, to retire nd clear the Salonlklislltroyltza railway, so that assistance can be sent to the Serbian northern army. There Is also lack of news concerning the Russian expedition, which was reported early in the .week on the Roumanian frontier, while Roumanla, like- Greece, Is maintaining her neutrality In the face of agitations in the country for Intervention. PREVENT Wf i a cocowr gaovs ay that sjlahp la it, Is proved oy the ruined church an a burial ground one sees a couple of miles to the north of San Mlg el the. principal town. Close by the church ruins la the site oi aa ancient village, now traceable only by Its stone foundations. Whatever the cause may have been. It came about In the course of time that the Island ot Cozumel waa abandoned tt a place of residence. It muet have remained unoccupied for several generations, for when Stevens touched there with the object ot exploring its ruined temples, ot which many are knows tolxlst, the entire surface, with the exception ot two clearings, was covered with a dense growth of dwarf but thick timber, Stevens satisfied himself that this forest covered the whole area. One of the open spaces referred to above waa a clearing made by a man named Molas, a notorious character, half political refugee, halt pirate, who had been exiled from Yucatan. Molas lived for many years In Cozumel, and doubtless would have "died in bis bed the end most desired by all freebooters, we are told bad be never-returneto the mainland, for his enemies were afraid to attack him in his stronghold. One fatal day, however, he sailed hla schooner across the channel and landed near to where the Valladolid trail comes down to tin beach. Molas' two sons who had voluntarily shared their fathers exile accompanied him on this trip, having In vain tried to dissuade him from making It. Molas Insisted that hla sons should remain aboard the schooner until he gave the signal that all was clear. The signal never came. Waiting so long for It that they felt sure all was not well, the lads went ashore at last to Investigate foe bad seen Molas' boat makThe ing for the mainland. A short distance from the beach, yet hidden by the jungle, they found their father's mutilated body. The boys returned to the Island only to remove their personal belongings end what they efiuld carry away of the family effects, and then went to live in a remote part of Yucatan, as tar removed from Cozumel and Its sad associations as they could get. Thus it came about that the "Isle ot Swallows" was again without hlman in- she , ever-viglla- Ha Wouldnt Stay. Two workmen pie t In the street and stopped to chat about their friend. "Casey seems to be doing well where he Is, remarks one presently. "Hell not stop long at that job, replied the other, with a gloomy shake of the head. Why not? He seems to be quit comfortably placed. But hell not stay there a month. I say II and Ive said it ever since he got that job eighteen months agoChicago News. - Repartee: "Ah, would I were a glove upon that hand, quoted the ardent swain. bi "Quit your kidding, retorted love. lady -- well-forme- d habitants The other clearing mentioned was the deserted ranch ot ajeertain Don Albino," as Stevens calls him without revealing his surname. Steven.met Don Albino In Valladolid, and beard from the ranchman's own lips why he left CozumeL In Valladolid a cotton mill famous In the annals o( the town as the first to be erected in Mexico-h- ad started operations, nd the owner, an enter prising Spaniard, was paying high prices for the raw material and offering enticing premiums to encourage more extensive cultivation of the plant Now. Don Albino possessed no land, nor had he the means wherewith to buy some; nevertheless he yearned to profit by tbe mill owners bounty. So he conceived tbe Idea ongoing over to Cozumel which by that time was regarded as a sort of "No Man's Land,' to raise cotton.- He could easily convey the lint across the channel tn canoes, and allhougu from the. coast to the mill was a journey of several days for pack mules there would be sufficient margin in the price to Justify the expense of transportation. Full of enthusiasm, Don Albino gathered around him as many of the more destitute natives as he could Induce by the lavish use of glowing promises to accompany him and set sail for Cozumel But tbe motley band soon tired of the monotonous life on the lonely island They were restless spirits, who had lived by what was really little abort of brigandage, tilling the land only to the extent ot being sure of their sfkple food, maize and frijoles" (beans). Sullen under the cravings tor the comparative excitement obtainable in heir native pueblos, they before long picked a quarrel "With their pstron" nL seizing - ue only canoe, returned te Yucatan - ' Entirely alone, Don Albino could make no headway with his project of getting rich quickly and, taking advantage of a passing vessel, went back to Valladolid. The cotton be had succeeded In planting before his mozos deserted him was allowed to grow wild, and the Island once more was completely abandoned by man. It was not until 1848 that Cozumel was again inhabited. The revolution which caused Yucatan and Campeche to separate bad deprived many citizens of the means of livelihood, and for material as well as potitidal reasons It became necessary tor them to seek pastures new. The federal government offered to help them, provided they would leave the peninsula. But to where could they be transplanted? Being Yucatecos, quick to resent the paternalism of the govern-mentand always suspicious of the party in offices bona tides, they were of a spirit difficult to keep under restraint and more than likely to soon become unruly again. Therefore to allow them to migrate to the central states, or even to the regions bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, was out of the question; It was Imperative that they be kept apart from the more docile peoples ot the republic lest they Inoculate the latter with the political restlessness that had been their own un doing. Finally It was agreed that they should be taken to Cozumel l This arrangement was duly consummated, and everything necessary to enable the exiles to make a good start was furnished gratuitously by the government After very many vicissitudes the colony thus launched gradually settled Itself Into place,. becoming at the expiration of a decade or so firmly established, and Cozumel Is today the "tlerra or homeland of as hardy and Independent a set of islanders half farmers, half fishermen ais can be found anywhere In the Antilles. The prqpent population of Cozumel numbers some fourteen hundred souls. The capital San Miguel Is credited with 900 and the village of El Cedral has about 150; the remainder are scattered among the numerous ranches. San Migyel Is quite a thriving, town. It has several wide, clean streets; a plaza, a very presentable little church, one large general store and several small ones, an Inn, and municipal efflees ancustomhouse; it also boasts a sort of esplanade running along the entire sea the little woman, as tried in vain to touch her feet to tht floor, "and, Henry, I want a hassock. Henry nodded, and as he handed his order to the waiter, said: "Yes, and bring the lady a hassock. "One hassock? asked the waiter, with what Henry thought more than ordinary Interest, am he nodded in tbs affirmative. Still the waiter did not go but brushed the tablecloth with a towel and rearranged the articles on It several times, while his face got red. Then he came around to the husbands side, and, speaking In a whisper, said: "Say, mister, I havent bees here long, and Im not on to all these things. Will the lady have the hassock broiled or fried? . .hSndlMt? AUhogfmoV of Had M lamed Something. Mft. McGreevy was a dinner guest one evening where a noted explorer was the attraction. Being of a same" what languid turn of mind, she pad more attention to her dinner than to . was the conversation. After dinner guests-an- d or the one to over, she turned asked: exWhat was that tiresome old -plorer talking about? the re Progressive Patagonia," w as ply- - the buildings are palm thatched cottages, there ' "Really T asked Mrs. McGreevy are several strongly built stone houses and the with sudden InteresL And bow d , main street has a brick house and you play It? - two-story- modern bungalow. The only regular communication with the out side world Is by government transport These steamers call twice each month to leave and collect mail when cn route with troops and supplies to and from Vera Crux and the military stations of Quintana Roo " Health conditions in Cozumel are good, when the tropical climate of the extremely Island is taken into account The normal rate of mortality averages 14 per 1,000. Epidemics are very rare, Indeed, practically unknown. The great majority of the Cozumel islanders are poor, so far as possessing a of this surplus world s goods Is concerned, being satisfied with a hand existence. Among the very tew articles exported from the Island are eponges. but the Is limited hnd the quality not very fine. quantity More than one at tempt has been made by foreigners to fully exploit the sponge business here, but all efforts to Ub 0n a Urge Therl failed. are very many ruins 8c,e on the Islan- dsome of which I saw and to the mv limited time and ability examined-tircbJ he o tural beauty and general plan of which provide th,t th Mrlj Inhabitant "tb34Smi t0 Wanted 'the Medal, 1 The man Lemma go,! can swim. right) I The girl--rl dont care. Um to save you. I want a medal. cago Herald. -- 111 gmf Womans Curiosity. him Gladys Why did you refuse .. you loved him? Gwen Well, you see, he said couldnt live without me, M . aroused my curoslty. Sydaey Bui Once Was Enough. Precocious Offspring. P. nia ask just one more question? Patient Pater. Yes. my more. . Precocious Offspring. the while It that is how pa, falls, its the day that breaks son-on- e We-1- The Trials of Percy- "My, but Percy bas Pe big boy. How tall are you. being of "Just aa Inch short to wear fathers sum beyll be all right by next P0? tennis-trouser- s, |