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Show r CITY OF MEXICO m; is over volcano ' " lM V Guadalajara, Mexico, Aug. 31 Km' Warning has been Issued to this, tho l' second city In the republic, with a ' ,,ejt ' population of 150,000, that it le to be j jti)J destroyed by a volcano. Tho warn- t 'lj ' ing is given In all seriousness by the ( ill. government through the seismograph t m branch of the national observatory at M Mexico City. Sevon scientists who j 1 6pent the latter part of July and the ' 1, first week of August hero have 1b- ji Bucd a report following tho 340 cartih. flri quakes which havo shaken Guadala- V jara In the past three months that nli ' the town 1b built on the crater of a y ,. slumbering volcano. Ill Increasing tomperature, sulphurous vh fumes escaping from flssurea torn ln( the city streets by tho quakes, and the bursting out of several hot springs, led to the Investigation, which showed that 300 feet beneath the surface of tho earth there Is a seething crater, whose last eruption was about 1800 years ago. The men from the observatory cannot state when the eruption will take place, but they believe it will be within a year. Their report urges that the city be vacated and they suggest a move to Juanacatian, a town about forty miles from here on the banks of the Santiago rivor. A ridge of bills intervenes and it Is stated that the volcanic upheaval, If It is of the magnitude eipoctcd, will not reach Juanacantian. The center of the crater beneath thtB city is located approximately ap-proximately under tho stato palaco, whioh is in tho heart of Guadalajara. Guadala-jara. Government papers havo been removed re-moved from the palaco to Mexico City for safety, and a mass meeting will bo held hero the first Sunday In September to decide whether tho city shall heed the warning and move Or wait and seo what happens. Government Gov-ernment officials aro a unit In supporting sup-porting the report of the men from the national observatory and the recommendation rec-ommendation for a removal contained therein This is the first time in hlBtorj when a city has beon warned of" danger from a volcano. |