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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21
CUBA AND HER PEOPLE.
BY B. j. Davis.

in natural resources Cuba is won
berfully blest. Nature has been lib
oral in endowing this island with
those resources that can most sub
antially be used in material devel-
opment. 1t does not take the casual
observer long to observe that these
'atent resources have been for CEN
turtles neglected and undiscovered.
Nither the Spaniards, who have had
oortrol of the country for centuries,
no The Cubans, made any effort to de-
relop the natural resources. The one
object of the Spanish rule was to
promote SPANS interests and its cit
Zens. The me nwho controlled Cuba
under Spanish rule were foreigners
and aliens, and had no interest in To-
al development or the prosperity Of
The island. Tobacco and sugar-cane
were the chief products. There is
not enough energy, thrift and enter
prise in the is and to produce health
0nd productive tropical fruit. But un,
der the new rule, things have changed
and the old concret city of Havana
and other provinces of nearly four
hundred years standing, are now talk
ing on new, modern life. The narrow
7treets in Havana and other cities
are already proving too narrow for
" odern commerce and travel.
American Rule.
Everywhere you look you see the
American ideas, and these ideas clear
" demonstrate the old maxim that
prejudice follows the flag. The native
uhans are still in a deplorable con.
dition. They are most largely igno
| rant, immoral and lazy. The expulsion
or Spanish rule by American civiliza
Ton has brought about new conditions
The Americans and Spaniards, to
oather own and control the wealth
md industries of the island. NOTHING
Is left the Cuban except politics and
revolution. Less than ten per cen
OF the Cubans participate in politics
rho Cuban government very much re
minds the intelligent American Of the
carpet-bag rule in the South, under
the Negroes and carpet-baggers from
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY.

The Daughters of Charity met at
Mrs. Stevenson, 25OS Clifton Road
Monday from 2 to 4 p. m. All had
a nice time. Mrs. M. D. Stubberfeld
and Mrs. Emma Mayberry were visit
ing guests.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21

We note that San Antonio, Texas,
has just completed a Carnegie Libra.
ry for Negroes, of which THE Week
iy Hustler speaks in high praise.
Step by step we will come into our
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21

Mexico has terminated one row but
TO say the war is over would cause
the world to look blare-eyed.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21

No colored man need hone to hold
y olqco as an inspector under the Re-
form Administration. so they have
now served notice m Samuel p. Hart,
-ho wcrl-Rnowo ovid efficient Health
DEPARTMENT @Insnoctor, to QUIT. The
cnlored vote which enthused over
p~lontenhurg arc surely getting their
lust oeserts.-Philadelphia Tribune.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21

Have you an idea? Don't let it get
away. The other fellow will catch it.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21
H COMING RACE.

Notice the influence of a strictly
commercial age; it is not possible to
be beyond its spirit. The Negro is
coming. The class who are coming.
however, receive but scant ~considerA-
ton. It is refreshing to notice in
many of our race papers and in some
of the tributes to the struggling en-
ergy of the undiscovered Negroes.
They are not great In the ense
that they have won fame in some of
our schools or colleges, or have been
eloquent orators, politicians, etc, but
they have taken a barren waste and
made it blossom as the rose. They
have produced something. They have
by thrift and frugality laid by a snug
sum for the rainy day, and their saw
ings are a part of the deposits of
savings banks and trust companies.
They perhaps own a few shares of
stock in a local bank, telephone or
ditch company.-The Savannah In
dependent.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21
.wn If we contend for what we should

The Balkan war news has been
completely iovershadowed by our
neighbors. Wen, charity should be-
sin a, home.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21

Every sensible Negro knows what
it means to the race to have a Ne
gro newspaper in his home. You
need not mind the sheepskins or di-
plomas on his walls. They are prod
rcts of his head probably, but the
reading of the paper is civil and
comes from the region of the heart.
The Colorado Eagle.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21
Religion.

There seems to be very little re
ligion among the natives. We wert
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-21

ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED UPON
APPLICATION.
READING NATTER RATES.
Scents per line for each insertion.
20 cents per line for each insertion Cn black face)
Advertisina conv should be IN the Office not later
than 9 G. m, Tuesday Of each Week,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
HEARST, MCLEAN AND A. P. SUED.
Cincinnati One Cent PapeP CharGes
Conspiracy Against II.

CINCINNATI July 2i.-Otto c. Lightner.
as president Of the Cincinnati American
Company. filed to-day In Common Pleas
Court n suit against JOHN r. Mclean,
owner Of the Cincinnati Enquirer. the As
ISOLATED Press. W. r. Hearst and the Gin
cinnau Com merciaI Tribune for damages
Of 100000 for Withholding from the Gin
cinnati Amerscon daily news services
owned or controlled by defendants. Con-
spiracy IL charged.
The Cincinnati American 10 the &C.
knowledged organ In the city Of the Pro-
gressive party. Mr.. Lightner was chair
man Of the campaign committee Of that
party during the last Presidential con.
test. The American is the only one cent
morning paper in the city.
Mr.. Lightner said tonight:
'To-morrpw I shall formally call upon
United States District Attorney Sherma n
Mcpherson to institute an investiEation Of
the Associated Press a. an institution con.
ducting It's business In violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law. In case my ap-
plication Ia turned down ! shall at oncv
bring suit In the United States court"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
STEAMBOAT SINKS IN HUDSON.
Tremper with Ten Passengers nsts
Rock Near rouxhkeeuste.

PordHkEEPsiE. July 21.-The sidewheel
steamboat Jacob n. Tremper Of the
Nehtrai Hudson Line had great hole
stove IN her bottom this morning as she
passed over reef Just south Of Esopus
island, above Poughkeepsie. She filled
quickly and sank into the mud on the
shore on Staatsburg. n mile above where
she struck
Ihere were ten passengers aboard and
crew OF twenty-five Seven pas
seheers were women from Newburgh going
10 picnic at Kingston Point. They
were not alarmed. and after the boat had
grounded refused 70 20 ashore with the
.nree men passengers In a small boat.
.ne| waited an hour or 30 until the
Elihu Bunker. bound up river. came along
size and took them off,
capt. Egbert Van Wagner Of the
fremper raced the craft to the beach
oe'ore the water rose to the fire pits II
took all the steam that the old boilers Of
the Tremper could make to win the race.
Just after she WAS beached the fires went
out.
The Tremper lies now with her bow
well out. but with her stern sunk be-
neath the surface. Her freight will be
hghteTed tonight She was built IN 1885
a wooden craft. $50 feet long and 80 feet
beam. She ran daily from Newburgh to
Albany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
STANDARD PAYS $4,000 FINE.
settlement Reached Unexpectedly In
the Texas or suit.

GREENvrLLE. Tex. July 2i.-Thc S102.-
100000 penalty suit Instituted by the
state against the Standard OIL and other
companies allied with II was settled un-
expectedly this afternoon when the stand
ard oil Company OF New York. one Of the
defendants. paid 100000 In the Eighth
District Court here
The penalty was paid under an agree
ment OF settlement. BY its terms John
ID. Archbold and II. r. Folger. Jr.. Of
New York. OF the Standard OH Company.
who are majority stockholders in the
Magnolia Petroleum Company Of Corsi-
cana, Tex. another defendant, agree
that their stock III to be held by trustees
who will be- selected by Attorney General
Il. Il. Looney.
1t is further agreed that the Magnolia
and the Corsicana Petroleum companies.
the latter being also a defendant, shall
be operated independent Of the Standard
Oh interests
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
FEAR PLAN TO BURN
OUT JOHN DIS ESTATE
Three Suspicious Fires in a
Month Since Guards
Were Dismissed.

TARRYrowN, N. r. July 21.--A frebue
Ia apparently at work at John ID. Rookie.
feller's estate at Pocantico Hills. Mr.
Rocikefeller's neighbors think the man IL
bent on destroying several Of the 100 OF
more buildings on the 5000 acre country
place.
This belief In supported by the fact that
following the burning Of Mr.. Rockefeller
barn on June 30 last. two efforts have
been made in three days to burn the
house on the estate occupied by Emil
seiburn. a sculptor employed by Emil
ing on Mr. Rockefeller's new stone house
While there IL no proof that the burn.
ing of the barn ana the two blazes In the
Sciburn home were incendiary. yet the
frequency Of the fires and the mysterious
manner in which they started give rise
to the suspicion that a firebug Is busy
All three fires have occurred since Mr.
Rockefeller dismissed the last Of the squad
Of the special deputies or guards that
were stationed on the estate when the
Italian Black Hand men were threatening
the property last fall.
It Is thought that the guards may be re.
employed. At any rate the FIRE depart
ment which Mr. Rockefeller has on the es'
tate IL being put into better shape and
the firemen have received special orders
to be on the alert for any emergency.
Were It not for the fact that the $780,
900 Rockefeller barn was burned recently
there might be ground for the belief that
some enemy was seeking to take revenge
on Ssiburn. Ths artist has been At work
there for almost two years sculpturins
figures on the new house.
The frst hre III Seiburn's home oc.
Cured on last Friday night when the
sculptor and his family were out. On
their return they found the house full OF
smoke. The firemen found a blaze in a
closet upstairs and quickly extinGuished
II. Mr.. Seiburn said that before leaving
the building ne had not been In the room
and felt sure that no match had been
dropped there by a member Of his family.
The second fire occurred this afternoon.
Mr.. Seiburn was at work on the Rockefel-
Ter mansion. Mrs. Seburn with her chill
dren went out for a walk While they
were away neighbors saw smoke pouring
from windows. This time the hremen had
hard nght.
The guards many OF them in the employ
OF the Burns detective agency, were placed
on the estate last fall because OF Black
Hand outrages committed on the estate
and in the neighborhood.
After the Black Hand troubles Mr..
Rockefeller gave orders to his superin-
tendent to weed out the Italians who were
at work on the place As a result there
are to-day only about twenty out OF 500
or 400 Italians who were formerly at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
GoFF ON DIsoRDERLY CONDUCT
shys There IL such an offence, and
Law Denies Appeal.

Supreme Court Justice Con decided
yesterday that there In such an offence
as disOrdcrly conduct. and dismissed q
writ Of habeas corpus sued out by Sidney
Cohen, who had been sentenced to the
workhouse for this transgression by a
City Magistrate. In his petition asking
to be released Cohen declared that the
Magistrate who sentenced him was with
out jurisdiction because there Ia no such
offence under the statutes now In force.
The court decided that the laws give
ample authority for committing persons
charged with disorderly conduct because
It In beyond human ingenuity In the Eng
lish language to specify and particularise
all the acts OF reckless or vicious men
In a populous city that may tend to be
a breach Of the peace"
The court also held that there Is no
appeal from commitment for disorderly
conduct. because In enacting the law the
Legislature has seen ht to withhold the
right OF appeal,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
BIGGER FLEET FOR PACIFIC.
Secretary Daniels Says the Atlantic
Force WIN Ne SPLIT.

PORTLAND. Ore. July 21.-A consider
able portion Of the Atlantic feet will be
transferred to the Pacific coast for per-
n,anent duty after the opening Of the
Panama Canal. according to an interview
given by Secretary OF the Navy Daniels
during his twenty minute stop In Port
land en route from Seattle to Los Angeles.
"Following the opening OF the Panama
Canal" said Mr., Daniels. 1T Is my inten-
tiOn to accompany the Atlantic fleet
through the canal. We are planning at
present to leave a considerable portion
OF the feet In Pacific waters for perma.
nent duty.
"Plans to this effect are being made
because we consider the Pacific Coast
the great frontier Of America and the
development Of the coast Is one Of the
most important factors confronting the
nation to-day"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
MOVIES POSE IN PRISON.
FiIms VIII show what Lite 10 IL
Essex County Penitentiary.

NEWARK, n. j.. July 21.-The daily ac-
tiyities Of prisoners at the Essex County
Penitentiary will soon be seen on screens
in moving picture theatres Many thou
sand feet Of Aims have been secured, one
scene being an attempted escape.
When asked about the taking of moving
pictures at the penitentiary. Freeholder
Richard F.. Malta. chairman Of the
prisons committee. expressed ignorance Of
the project. He said he wouldn't have
allowed II had ne been asked to grant
permit. as the matter Is one that should
have been considered by the committee.
From Warden Ferdinand Hosp the free
holder learned by telephone that the pic
lures had been obtained but that none
Of the prisoners had taken part Actors
personated them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
KREMENTz co. MAN ARRESTED
Battia Of New York IL Charged
With Embess1emeuts.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 21.-Sylvester
S. Battin. Jr.. salesman for the kre.
mentz Jewelry Company. was arrested
to-day on advices from the office Of the
company at 2S6 Fifth avenue. New York
1t had been reported for some time that
Battin was short $4,000. but no action
was taken until to-day. when he was
charged with embezzlement OF 3l.75+.60
by Cooper. Gray & Cooper. acting for the
Krementx company.
There was a meeting Of the partners
Of the Krementx company at the main
office In Newark last night to determine
II possible the amount Of the shortage
which Battin IL charged with being re-
sponsible for. No figures were arrived
at, but one Of the partners said he did
not believe the amount would reach
$4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
AMERICAN BOYS SEE
FAMOUS OLD ETON
Young Earl Of Lathom Shows
Visitors Places of
Interest.
Special cable Despotch TO THx sux

'pe''"' '"Vfe bsSpOSrN 10 lHE sun.
LONDON. July 2i.-Thc 100 American pre-.
paratory school boys who visited Harrow
on Saturday went to Eton to-day and were
received by the eighteen ear-old Earl OF
Lathom on behalf Of the Eton boys.
The American boys made a tour OF the
famous school under the escort Of the Ear
and committee OF the Eton boys. The
object OF the greatest interest to the Ameri-
cans seemed to be- in one OF the lower class.
rooms where they saw the execution block.
as the Etonians call II. or the double step,
where corporal punishment Is administered
about four times week. as one OF the mas
ters told them. In the lower classrooms
they also saw timbers from the ships Of the
Spanish Armada
In the upper classrooms the visitors soon
spied the busts of famous Etonians with
their names carved on high black panels.
The American boys formed in groups about
their favorites. The name OF Shelley
seemed to attract t,.e most attention. One
American school teacher declared after
ward in speaking about Shelley that .the
few minutes the boys spent In examining
the bast has done more good In Inspiring
W euV l'OVt toou uOIeu
Of my lectures.
The names OF Gladstone. Walpole. Cam
ming. Fox. Wellesley. Hallam. Wellington
and Howe stimulated the greater number
of the questions asked by the American
boys. Did the General who fought against
our soldiers in the war of the Revolut III on
go TO as fine school as this?" ask ed Phiia-
delphia boy.
The Americans then visited the playing
fields and took tea in the dining hail. The
Rev Hon. Edward Lyttlcton. headmsster
of EtOn. with the American masters,
sat at a high table. He made q short ad-
dress in which he said: There are great
differences between your schools and ours
You enjoy many advantages which we do
not. but age Ia not one Of them. You rep
resent period Of youth. and for< you l
believe its suits better than age.
We have a great many traditions at
Eton. Sometimes I wish there were not
40 many. as traditions are great responsi-
bilities. You American boys are now
building up traditions. and ! assure you
they will be more powerful than You can
ina gine."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
JOHNSON ON PARIS STAGE.
Negro PuGiIist ORers "a, 900 for Ten
Round bout.
Special Gable Despatch to Tur Sun.

Special Gable Despatch to The Sun
PARIS. July 2l.-Jack Johnson, the me-
gro pugilist appeared In the revue at the
Folies Bergeres tonight to MI in the
gap caused by the absence OF Anna Held.
Miss Held has gone to England Yester-
day she was injured In an automobile xc-
cident. Johnson threw medicine ball
about and boxed four exhibition rounds.
The fighter announced that $1,000 had
been deposited at the box Office for a
ten rounds.
The theatre was crowded. but few
Americans were present. johnson got n
hearty welcome. johnson, according to
popular report, Ia to receive $1,000 a
night. which is probably a good invest.
ment for tho management. He will re-
main for the eleven nights until the thea
tire closes. when he will make a tour
of the provinces.
Johnson wore an American flag around
his waist which will need considera bile
reduction In size before he can 70 into
serious ring battle. His white wife
was one Of the keenest spectators from
stage box until the final scene, when
she Joined the fighter on the stage She
wore white evening dress and a straw
hat The couple did a turkey trot for
few minutes. and the audience seemed to
enjoy this more than Joknson's previous
exhibitions.
There were some isolated Kisses heard
during the dancing. but they were moth.
Ing when compared to the applause which
greeted the performance. Its success
seemed to be greatest with the women In
the audience
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
GRANTS BRIDE MERELY LAUGHS.
she Won't Explain Friction In Hes
Husba nd's Family.

SAN FRANcIsco. July 2l.-U. q. Grant.
Jr. arrived here to-day with his youns
bride. The couple will leave for Aus
tralia on Wednesday.
Mrs Grant. who looks even younger
than her pictures indicate and who says
she 10 only 81 years old, instead Of SO. al
reported. Ia OF Spanish American type.
with large. black eyes. She laughed At
stories from San Diego about trouble In
the Grant family over the marriage. but
did not explain why the Grant children
would not recognise her or attend the
wedding dinner.
1t IL said that Mr. Grants fortune In
his own right IL small. as most Of the
estate was In his late wife's name and
goes directly to her children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE HUSBAND.
Rare Disease Attacks Leighton Mia.
dletOn ON Wedding Trip,

WhenI.eighton Middleton. III In st. Luke q
Hospital Of a rare form of malarial typhoid,
returns TO health he will owe his life to his
bride. who yesterday gave her blood In
TRANSMISSION to save her husband.
Middleton. who In only rs. was taken III
during his wedding trip. His father. A. W.
Middleton. treasurer Of the Bristol Con.
struction and Smelling Company. when
told that the boys hope was In blood
TRANSMISSION. offered himself. Then the
doctors took all they dared from his
wife and the patients response was imn,edi-
ate She was Miss Margaret O'Brien Of
Ogdensburg. N. Y
'There seems now TO be Q hopeful chance.
was all the doctors would ssy.
Dr. Walter A. Dastedo Of i02 West
Seventy -afth street explained that the
young man 10 suffering from form Of
anemis 20 rare that this is only the second
time the doctor has had to deal with II In
many yesrs experience.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
BOAT HITS HYDR0PLANE; Q HURT
Climbs Over stesn 81 Speed Craft IN
shinnecock nay.

RIvERHRAp, L. l.. July Sl.-A motor.
boat and 4 hydroplane. both belonging "a
Edward Lynn. collided yesterday after
noon In Shinnecock Bay. Lynn. who was
In the hydroplane. was badly injured and
had to be taken to the Southampton Hos.
pital for treatment.
In Lynns other boat were Arthur
Graham and party. His craft ploughsd
its way over the stern Of the small boat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
EARL AVOIDED DEATH DUTIES.
Left a3,38B,31O. hut Life insurs nc
Covers CharGes.

Special Cdbie Dsspofch to Tar stS
LoNpoN, July 2l.-The will OF the late
Earl OF Leven and Melville. who WAS sue
cecded in the title by his brother the Hon
Archibald Alexander Leslie Melville, was
offered for probate to-day
The estate is valued at $3.365.3l0. The
father OF the late Earl died In 1905. leav-
ing $500, ,osb. on which the death duties
were 3l,2S0,O0O The death duties now
payab,e amount to more than 100000.
which would be a heavy drain but for the
fact that the late Earl effected life insur-
ance policies to cover the possible cnarses.
He also expressed a wish in his will that
his successors should insure their lives
in a similar manner to cover the increas-
ing death duties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
SCHOOL IGNORES BISHOPS VETO
Vanderbilt University invests $780,
ooo os Cernegie's 81, 900. 900 Gift.

NAsHylLLs, Tenn. July 21.-Evidence
TIA, chancellor Kirkland and the Wander
h,,t I,n,verstty trustees have decided to
ignore the veto BY the College OF bisnops
OF the Carnegie endowment OF si'ooo.ees
FOR the university medical department. v
shown BY the acceptance OF 100000 IN
cash Of the Carnegie gift
The money has been invested IN securi-
ties. and the governing board Of the medi-
cal department IL preparing plans FOR new
laboratories Chancellor kirkland has re-
ceived Information that the remaining
$500. 900 Of the gift held by the Carnegie
CORPORATION is drawing interest for the
medical department.
The chancellor will pass most OF his
vacation investigating new Laboratories In
the eastern half Of the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-22
NO SUNSHINE IN 5000 MILES.
Liner Crosses the Atlantic Entireiy
BY Dead Reckoning.
Special csoh DespstcA to rHs sux.


Special Co6ie Desp0fcA 10 TBE sux.
PLYMOUTH. July 21.-The captain Of
the steamship Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse.
which arrived here from New York to-
day. reports that the vessel steamed the
5000 miles from Ambrose Channel to the
Scilly Islands by dead reckoning.
The weather was cloudy and misty
throughout the voyage and II was impos.
sible to take observa vations by the sun.
II IL seldom In a trip across the
Atlantic that liner has no sight Of
the sun from shore to shore. Unlike the
great and little ships Of the past. the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse had wireless
to guide her. Several vessels bound for
this port and going to the eastward gave
her Impressions OF her location, but as
rule she had only patent log. trailing
astern and recording her progress mile
by mile, and her compass to show exactly
what was her course The primitive
methods OF navigation. supplemented by
suggestions from the air In wireless. were
sufficient TO head her into port without
incident worth recording and without ac-
cident.