Show f U 1 PAl PRISONERS WilL BE SENT ENT v TO 10 TEX Order Applies to I Due to Overflow 1 at L Leavenworth r it i r WORTH LEAVEN Kan July ruly 4 A Warden Warden William I. I BIddle I of Cf the federal penitentiary here anc anno announced an- an c no flounced today toda that due to crowded I i prison conditions arrangements have ha been made through the department department department de- de of Justice In Iii Washington to send six hundred prisoners to the thEl state penitentiary at Huntsville Texas and to fourteen prison farms In that state One hundred o ol of the prisoners will be besent sent to Huntsville and the remainder remainder remainder re- re 33 distributed to the various t it farms he said Warden Biddle explained that no r prisoners now at Leavenworth would be sent to Texas b but t that the consignments would b be j made madei i up of new com convicts com sentenced sentence a a artel T ar- ter tel the order w went ent into effect It At present the penitentiary here with Ith a capacity of 1400 prisoners is caring for men Warden Biddie Biddie Biddie Bid- Bid die said WASHINGTON July 4 AP AP- AP The Th federal government Is short of I prison space for confinement of of offenders of- of fenders tenders against Its laws and is lo lookIng looking look look- kIng k- k Ing to state authorities for help c JM The rhe 1 justice department soon will i. i k a canvass of available f empty cells in state penal i ns where It already has many prisoners quartered under a conf con- con tracE s system stem Department officials f have not nol received the cooperation they had hoped for from state of officials of- of but some additional accommodations have been found It It is probable that the first big assignment assignment assign assign- ment of prisoners will go to Texas it It Is believed can be quartered The big prisons at Al- Al lanta nta and Leavenworth each is housing more than convicts The increase Is attributed by department department de de- de officials to Attorney G General General Gen Gen- n- n eral Sargents Sargent's effort to clear the fe federal eral dockets j From the native nativeS villages many miles away rr in the Jungle people pour Into the town at this festive season Distance Is no object There are no roads We Ve have been held up up hereby here the abnormal rains and are really glad for Christmas in Belize is a sight not to be missed On Christmas eve processions marched through the he town the Juvenile shepherds etc Only native women and girls composed the first three dressed in white with green sashes and in blue with mauve sashes This was followed by an astonishing spectacle Headed by a band a body of colored gentlemen proceeded proceed proceed- ed through the streets They were arrayed like Solomon in all his glor glory First solemnly a personage carrying an enormous book on a green cushion On his head was was a vivid three cornered green hat in which a scarlet and green feather nodded Beside him walked a compatriot bearing in a frame the illuminated order to which they belong Long lines of men stretched behind be behind be- be hind in single files files all all colored Their dress varied in every panic panic- ular Startling purples crimsons green and arid blue sashes marvelous aprons beyond description adorned their persons One gentleman was dressed entirely in black except for fora a wonderful multicolored sash and apron with on his head a very ancient ancIent an an- an- an dent top hat Many of them wore the green three cornered d hat with the scarlet and green feathers while their aide de camp for added to his dazzling raiment he was armed with a glittering golden sword They confer titles on one another which they use In ih conversation conversation con con- and correspondence DAMP RACES On Christmas day there were Wele here more processions an and on Boxing day was the great event of t the e year ear earthe the the races The race course which lies Ues almost level with the sea sear owing t to heavy rains rains- was already water logged A torrential downpour be began began began be- be gan about 5 in the morning and it continued raining as it only rains In inthe the tropics until 11 1130 30 when the sun sun broke out turning the atmosphere atmosphere atmo atmo- sphere Into nto a Turkish bath In spite of these conditions it seemed that the whole of the ca capital had assembled on cn the race track and until 3 o'clock some really exciting races were ere run Then however a a. blue-black blue mass mass' advanced from the sea the bottom of a water tank was removed a solid sheet of water descended de and continued to descend I am Informed that never in the history history his his- tory of British Honduras has there been such a race dab dai The climax to our Christmas came wh when n we arrived at the rather primItive prim prim- place where we are living In Iii some mysterious fashion a a. mad dog had got Into Dr Ganns Gann's room and made indescribable havoc Persuasions Persua Persuasions Persua- Persua and threats failed to remove him He snapped and bit at every every- thing FIn sticks were produced in an endeavor to drive him out but quick as lightning he seized them with his teeth hanging on with re remarkable re- re strength Ul atel as a last recourse he had to be shot and It took two hours to se set set t the room to rights It will not b be possible possible- to proceed proceed pro pro- to the ruins until the end ot ol January The rivers are all In full rull flood huge trees ana logs being carried down ton on on the roaring currents and d deposited posited o on the bars that are formed I oj oy y the water where the rivers enter the sa But tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row we are leaving for the tiny palm-clad palm cays that stretch off shore and shall make a base at Glovers Glover's i fifty-eight fifty miles from Belize where until the rivers are navigable we shall be engaged In sea deep-sea research As I write this it Is amusing to watch Lady Richmond Brown with a a. bearded ape or baboon perched on her shoulder He is three months old and helps helps' himself every now and then to pieces o of bread which he literally takes out of her mouth We e shall try to bring this animal home to the zoo AT BENQUE VIEJO Januar January 7 1925 Dr Gann left to begin excavations at the ruined l Ia Maya 8 temple at Benque Viejo where the covern- covern rovern rovern- meat ment has granted ranted us an exclusive conces concesion concession lon This is not the great buried burled city of we discovered discovered dis- dis covered cove last yeu ye out another site which Dr Gann was th the first to Inv in In In- v some years ears ago He finally final- final ly arrived at his destination having had ad the greatest difficulty In Jn gettIng getting get get- ting up the river which took three thre e days lays through the torrential rains The rh wet vet season is continuing lat late ate this year His operations were very greatly hal hai b by the ou ous Dus downpours arid add he was drenched to the skin day and night The main temple stands on a a. stone-faced stone mound forty feet high The temple Itself was a a. twenty twenty- seven room building of solid soUd stone topped by a twenty-foot twenty root roof comb or decorative wall standing up ur 1 from the roof of the temple The total height of the edifice from the ground was dose close on a a. hundred feet As S the stone-faced stone mound itself stands on a natural shaped cone-shaped I Irise rise a a magnificent view is obtained I over the Immense extent of Jungle bush and swamp which stretches from the Pacific ocean to th the bean sea and anda a thousand miles to the th north and south with scarcely a I. Beneath th the temple within the structure of the mound is a a. square stone lined passage For wh what t purpose it was constructed is isa Isa a mystery In Ute vicinity there still exists a few degenerate descendants of ot the once great Maya a. civilization and to these the ruin is is' is knowd by the name of ot meaning Stone Stone Maiden derived e from the following legend legend- The Indians aver that many ears years ag ago one of their number while hunting penetrated with Ms hs dogs through the bush to the summit of the mound To his amazement he saw standing in front frant of the aperture aperture aper spar ture tune of the square quare stone passage a beautiful Maya girl clad in pik and sandals the ancient Maya dress She was perfectly motionless motionless motion motion- less les and appear appeared d to him to shine In the rays of the rising sun like a marble statue Her eyes were fixed on the valley where now stands the village of ot Benque Be Viejo The man was so scared that he ruh rushed d down the tle hill to where the other Indians I were encamped Here he told the shaman medicine man of what he heh h had d seen and they started at once I t for r that place On arriving Ing they found his three logs dogs had disappeared p while of the no nc E sign sih was ever seen again LAPIDARY'S OUTFIT Beside the ruins thirty yards yard from the main mound Dr Gann Gant discovered a large topped flat I burial mound and with twenty In In diana armed with the picks crowbars crowbars crow crow- bars and shovels they had bad carried 1 with them he slowly drove Into this eventually unearthing forty- forty two specimens of shaped eccentric-shaped flints and obsidians exquisitely The reason the Ma Maya a amade made these eccentric flints is a a. mystery and has yet jet et to be solved by scientists Also two polished blocks of Jade were discovered shells from which the ancient Maya obtained the pearl or the they used for inlaying and the red material material material ma- ma ma ma- which they employed for tor beads and other ornaments A great block of obsidian n came to light from which their knives were made and flint hammers and chisels chisels chis chin els and special stones for sharpening sharpening sharpen sharpen- ing lag and grinding weapons In fact the very complete outfit of a Maya Jeweler or lapidary of fourteen t to fifteen hundred years ago Including includIng including ing the instruments' instruments and raw material material mate mate- rial nial with which he worked and a a. a number of ot the articles which he I had manufactured The Maya had ho no knowledge of metals All AU their work was accomplished with stone and flint tools Dr Gann found five fl at the ruins One of these great stone monoliths was erected at the endot end of ot every Katun or year twenty-year pe period pe- pe nod They were actually carved calendar charts recording the years faithfully without the loss of a ft single day Carved on one of ot the was i an Immense figure considerably more than size life of ot a Maya M ya warrIor warrior war war- var- var nor in elaborate headdress and cloak holding in his his his' hand a ceremonial ceremonial cere cere- menial bar In front of this was an an altar upon which was carved a presentation tation of ot the Maya God of f Death and a number of hieroglyphics With a stone saw Dr Gann managed to remove this Intact and with great difficulty has conveyed It down the river to Belize Owing to the frightful weather it was impossible for him to remain longer but bitt while hile there acting on rumors he heard among the Indians he has discovered hitherto totally unknown ruins rullis two miles north of the temple at Benque Viejo The area they cover It has up to now been impossible to de determine termine Considerable organization will be required as we are r resolved d thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- to explore the unknown ruins which we know are covered by the Jungle In this part We are undoubtedly on the eve of adding fresh light to Maya history for It t would seem that here as well asat as asat at t lies Ues an an extensive series of Maya temples and palaces We shall use all aU our endeavors to open up uP this site which has been burI buried d in the Impenetrable ble bush throughout the ages DR GANN STRICKEN Tobacco Cay Jan 10 25 We had determined to leave Belize Belize Be Be- lize lize sail for Punta Gorda then hen strike Inland to to begin excavations o on n the great buried burled Maya city of Luba but th the rains are are so 50 persistent and torrential that the Rio Grande which we shall have to navigate is in hi full fulI flood and the c country absolutely waterlogged We Ve have s suffered a dire t tune une Owing to the privations and his exposure to the frightful weather er wl le up at t Benque VIejo Dr Gann lies seriously ill A clot of blood has formed in one of ot the veins of his left leg rendering the l limb useless and he has returned from up-country up emaciated and Ina ina In hi a avery very low condition Certainly under the mos circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances It will be utterly Impossible for him to leave his bed for two or three weeks We have conveyed him on the yacht to Tobacco Cay f forty orty mil miles mile's s southeast of Belize and s since ince It is impossible to commence excavations at Luba we shall i Immediately begin d deep ep sea sea r re s search earch work The Island where Dr Gann Is laIng layIng lay lay- l Ing ag Is beautiful In the extreme s standing inside a coral reef reet while the sea surrounding it is of the most exquisite colors from the palest palest pal pal- e est at green to deepest emerald merging mergIng i ing ng Into royal blue splashed with purple where beds of sea fans wave beneath the surface The beach of t the he island nd is pure ure re white cor cord coral l sand while close Inshore tn n the shallow water teeming with millions ot of small fish dozens of circle all aU day feeding They must consume several times their own weight every twenty-four twenty hours TORTURED BY FLIES Water Cay Jan 22 25 After obtaining all ali data dala possible and examining the oceanography Lady Brown and I have come com to the conclusion that an n ideal location as headquarters headquarters' for tor collecting specimens specimens sped sped- mens mans for the Natural History museum mu mu- seum and securing unique marine records lies close to a large palm- palm clad Island called Southern Water Wate-r Cay We have purchased the en entire entire entire en- en tire southern portion of ot this and intend to make It headquarters for our deep sea research work in the future The island lies lie Just inside a great coral reef with a wonderful wonder wonder- ful natural harb harbor r. r Here we shall build our tanks and crawls for fish alive erect derricks derrIcks' with pulleys' pulleys and hauling gear for raising heavy fish and install a mammoth weighing m machine chine We had transported the whole of our stores and supplies to Glovers Glover's reef which lies Ues eighteen miles be beyond beyond beyond be- be yond W Water ter Cay across an ex extremely extremely ex- ex rough piece of water exposed ex cx- cx posed to the full force pf the tho bean Lady Brown and Miss Houlson elected to go and remain on the Is Island Island island Is- Is land and guard our our possessions from wandering marauders while I returned to to arrange about the conveyance of the property I anticipated that by leaving lea at daybreak day day- S break I could g get t back the following following following follow follow- ing evening and by the time I reached the capital half a a. gale galeas sa as blowing from the northeast The following follo day I W was lS unable un to get further than Tobacco Cay and lay there at anchor Contrary to expectations expectations ex expectations ex- ex the weather grew steadily steadily stead stead- ily By worse and in the morning it was obvious that it would be madness madness mad mad- ness ess to attempt to reach Clovers Clover's Reef I ran down to Water Cay under un den del the lee of the reef The rollers were booming and crashing on the coral barrier and roaring through th the channel leading out Into the main sea which it was imperative to cross to reach Glovers Glover's Reef The next day |