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The Washington times., 1914-09-04
Celebrate Anniversary
Of French Republic

PARIS, Sept with her armies
fighting on bloody battlefields. France
today celebrated her Independence"
day. the republic being declared Sep
tember 4. 1870. with Empress Eugenie
fleeing to escape death at the hands
of revolutionists.
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CAPABLE TRAINED NURSES.

Open Field For Afro American Worn.
on In 0ainful Professional Service.
Among the many highly competent
trained nurses who are making their
mark az leaders In their profession h
Miss Mary r. Tucker. R. N. OF Phiia-
delphia. As a graduate nurse she has
had considerable experience along va
rious lines of nursing. She was super
intendent Of the nurses exhibit at the
emancipation exposition. held in Phil
adelphia last September.
Miss Tucker Ia well informed In hos
pital and social service work. Her
knowledge Of the proper preparation
Of food for invalids and children has
given her recognition from high au-
thorities In the medical profession.
She also has the most recent records
showing the progress which the Afro
American graduate nurses have made
Perhaps no other Geld offers greater
opportunity for professional service
and profitable financial uplft for the
young women Of our race than that of
trained nursing. They seem to have
natural gifts for the sickroom. and
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ENERGY OF w. H. STEWARD
Work Of Pioneer Editor and Cham.
pion Of His Race.

Work Of Pioneer Editor and Cham.
pion Of His Race.
Louisville, Ky.--Among the men who
have worked their way up from obscu-
rity to prominence by giving their
time and talents to movements for the
advancement of the race is William 81.
Steward of this city, Mr.. Steward
Is the editor Of the American Baptist.
one of the oldest publications issued
by our people in the United States.
He is one Of the best known men In
Kentucky and wields potent influ-
ence for good.
Editor Steward belongs to what
many are pleased to call the "old
guard" in Afro-American journalism.
Other men of this group who have
been on the editorial firing line, like
himself, for over quarter Of CEN
tury and some as long as thirty one
years are 7. Thomas Fortune. who
edited the New York Age for about
twenty-seyen years: Chris j. Perry,
editor and owner of the Philadelphia
Tribune; John 81 Murphy, editor and
proprietor of the Baltimore Afro
American Ledger and president OF the
National Negro Press association, and
the Hon. Harry G. Smith, editor Of
the Cleveland tOg Gazette.
For thirty-five years Mr.. Steward has
been the active and capable general
secretary Of the General Baptist asso-
citation OF Kentucky. a position Of
much responsibility. which he still
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race with which her husband was
Identified. This tells how that mort
gage happened to be placed on the old
home of the great leader.
BY act Of congress a board OF trus,
tees was created to have charge Of the
home, but 1t came to these congress
sionally provided administrators with
mortgage and without funds to even
keep up repairs, the result being that
the once handsome home, the once fine
old estate, Is. rapidly passing to decay
and the mortgage is pressing for pay
ment.
Several attempts have been made to
arouse sufficient interest on the part Of
the race to pay OF this mortgage and
put the home in proper repair In order
first to save the home to the race and
to preserve the historical relics, etc, 1t
contains, but not, sufficient has been
contributed to even keep up the inter
est on the debt.
It Is figured that II $4,000 II raised
by the race It will be sufficient to pay
OI Luc AuOIlBu6C uAu LCotOhc thC Ouhu-
Ing and estate to its former beauty
and make of the home historical
and memorial site to be visited BY
thousands each year, just as the old
home Of George Washington at Mount
Vernon Is maintained as historical
retreat.
There are fifteen acres In the Doug
lass estate. and IL occupies the most
beautiful point in all Washington, over
looking the Potomac. as 1t does, and
being within ten minutes ride Of the
White House or the halls Of congress.
But unless the race responds TO the
last appeal, and responds quickly, the
old home may be lost
BY the terms Of the win It can be
no other than memorial to Mr.. Doug
lass, free to the public, and conse
quently has no earning power When
1T ceases to be that-in case the mort
gage should be foreclosed-the old
Douglass homestead will pass from the
race.
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old HOMESTEAD
OF DOUGLASS
Why the Property Is Under
Heavy Mortgage
new LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT

VIII Of the Great Anti. slavery Asltatos
Was Not Properly Drawn-psath
Defeated the Good Intentions es
Mrs, pougIass--Time For Raos Loy.
atty TO Assert Itself.
Washington. There have been o mum
Der of inquiries, says Ralph w. Tyler
Of this city, as to the existing mort
gage on the old home here Of the late
Frederick Douglass. Many cannot un-
derstand why the home should rest nm
der a mortgage when Mr.. Douglass
was supposed to have been Quite well
or at his death. The estate Of Mr..
Douglass did mount up to quite .
sum at his death. A defective win.
made defective by an insufficient num-
ber Of witnesses, caused the property
to be distributed according to law rath-
or than according to the win Of the
testator.
The widow Of Mr. Douglass desired
that the old house, containing mu-
scum Of anti-slavery and Douglass
relics, the furniture. books, mann
scripts and curios Of the great orator,
publicist and anti-slavery leader. should
be bequeathed to the race 40 Q me
mortal to her husband. To do this Il
was necessary for her to buy In the
home from the other heirs that she
might have clear title TO Il This
she did. giving $4,000 Tor the old
Homestead on Cedar hill.
In order to make the purchase. how
ever, Il was necessary for her 10 bor-
row money with which to purchase the
equity Of the other heirs. She died
before she could pay Oh that mort
gage. In her last viii and testament
she bequeathed the home, with all its
rich and priceless possessions. to the
race Mr.. Douglass had fearlessly
championed and served. She might
have bequeathed 1t to her own rela-
lives, but she choose to win It to the
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lumbus, O. Professor Trent has been
resident here for the past twenty
years, and If the palatial residence in
which he resides and the city block Of
houses he owns may be accepted as a
criterion his leaving Ohio to become
an adopted son Of Arkansas was not
without Its compensations.
With such progressive race men az
Drs. Harrison. Moore, Williams and
Miller and such enterprising business
men as Messrs. George Miller, Cha
yous; C0nwell. Harrington, Winston.
Tillman, Trent, Hoyls. Black and 9TH
ers cooperating to minimize the indi-
vidual efforts made at the expense Of
cooperative efforts, the future of the
race In this city Is indeed exceedingly
promising.
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wherever they have been given fair
chance In hospitals. homes and chari-
table institutions to demonstrate their
ability they have made good
The hope is INDUCED that more and
more Of our young women may lind
employment In the hospitals. sani-
tariums, orphanages and similar insti-
tutions established for the betterment
Of humanity. Provident hospital. In
Chicago; the John A. Andrew hospi-
tai, In Tuskegee, Ala; Lincoln hospital.
In New York; the Frederick Douglass
and Mercy hospitals, In Philadelphia.
and Freedmen's hospital. In Washing
ton. are open fields for the well equip
ped trained nurse who loves her cali
Ing.
Provident hospital, In Chicago, was
founded twenty years ago with the
purpose OF affording col0red women
the nurses training. II was then the
only institution OF its kind In this
country, except the government hos
pital (Freedmen's). In Washington.
Through It's earlier years 1t was man.
aged by colored people, and even to
this time members of both races are
on the star and board Of trustees. II
Ia supported largely by colored people.
Its endowment started from the pa
thetic bequest Of an old colored wom-
an. who. dying. had just $50 to leave
after providing for her burial. Her d.
rection was. "Give II to two charities
established for my people" One-half
was given to Provident hospital
The hospital has graduated over lib
nurses and has now In training twen-
ty-fve colored women. 1t has cared
for total Of more than $4,000 pa
TENTS In the wards and $1,000 In the
dispensary. These patients have not
been all colored persons, but some OF
all races. From the standpoints OF or
der. dignity and technical skill, the
nursing force Of this hospital seems to
compare more than fayorably with
hospitals of the same size and class In
other cities where the nursing Is done
by white women.
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p.r;l. of Pearl pivina.

Though diving bells were taken %
Csyion in 1925 for use In the pearl
Ashery. neither they nor the European
diving dress can compete with the
naked native. Arab divers use sort
sf horn clip with which to close their
nostrils when under water. but the
Ceyion diver holds his nostrils with
his hand only until such time as he
reaches the sea bottom. The average
time that a. Tamil remains below u
bstween ifty aud sixty seconds. while
m Arab remains under water between
sighty and ninety seconds. Occasion
any men. either from greed or over
estimation OF their strength. collapse
at the bottom and are brought up deao
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MEETING or PUBLISHERS.


Musisosss, okla, % Entsrtaln Prsss A.
ISOLATION In August.
Muskogee. Okla --Newspaper men
from all parts Of the United States
win gather In the on City Of ths West
during the month Of August to eonsid-
Ter plans for the betterment Of the
craft. This n not the flrst meeting of
the National Negro Press association
to be held west Of the Mississippi, but
Il win be the beginning Of batter or.
ganixation and win. no doubt, create
more interest among the newspaper
men In this section. Mnskogee's prep
arations continue with clocklike pre-
cision. Committees OF every descrip-
tion are working out well laid plans
that have been outlined for the enter
tainment Of the visiting newspaper
men.
Il Since their meeting In Nashville,
Tenn. last February, when the execu-i
tive committee held it's midwinter ses-
sion, all Of the hundred or moro MEM
bers of the association have been look
ing toward Muskogee. and now the
entering wedge has been made 80 that
when the ofiicial call Is sent out from
Baltimore the pilgrimage Of newspa-,
per men, correspondents, publishers
md editors win be turned toward the
west. t-
The corresponding secretary's ONCE
In Nashville has kept everything nov
Ing. The Reciprocal News service that
was inaugurated Immediately after the
midwinter session has proven q won
derful success. Other items looked
forward to for accomplishment In Au-i
gust are the final disposition Of the
Standardization of advertising and
some recommendations for the inan-
guration Of the plate service. together
with the report of the committee ap-
pointed as a permanent boosting or
ganization for the association and the
report Of the committee on the cipher
code to be used exclusively by news
paper men belonging to the association
by which they will be able to trans-
NIT messages among themselves.
Mexican nousss.
In some Mexican cities It is no long.
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holds with great credit and satisfac-
ton to those whom he serves. He Is
also the chairman of the trustee board
Of the state university in this city, Of
which William II. Auriger is president.
He was the choice Of hundreds Of
pastors and laymen few years ago
as their representative to England In
the interest Of religious work. On his
return from abroad he delivered Sc
ries of lectures In which he gave In
teresting accounts of his trip. So pop
ular were his lectures that he made
tour Of the state. speaking In the
larger cities and towns.
twas while holding the position Of
secretary Of the Afro-American coun-
ell that Mr.. Steward attracted state
wide attention in the fight Of the coun-
ell against the jimcrow car bill, which
came before the state legislature at
that time. His life has been useful
one, and his efforts for the good Of the
race have been felt In many directions
for racial betterment
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-07-03
khyber pass.

The Khyber pass, from the time Of
Alexander the Great, has been noted
as the great military and trade gate
way into India from the Asiatic coun
tries to the east The pass begins
near Jamrud In India. ten and one-hali
miles west Of Peshawar. and twists
through the hills for about thirty-thres
miles in northwesterly direction till
Il debouches at Dakka. In Afghanistan
SEND yoTIR sTypscprprroN
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-07-03
Mississippi M.dIe., Association.

Mississippi Medical Assooiatson.
The fourteenth annual meeting Of
the Mississippi Medical Dental. Phar
maceutcaA and Surgical association,
recently held In Jackson. Miss was
well attended. The meeting was held
for two days, and the sessions were
presided over by that eminent student
Of the medical profession. Dr. d. W..
Eherrod Of Meridian.l Misa. president
Of the association.
The program was carried out by
diEisions.. with q chairman Of each
from the different cities In the state.
as follows:
Medicine, Or. ID. W. Moore, Jackson;
surgery. DR.. l. T. Miller, Yazoo City;
dentistry, DE- O. L Barnes. Jackson;
pharmacy. Dr.. William p. Harrison.
vicksburg: scientific research. DR.. X
L. johnson. Jackson; neurology, DR.. J.
N. May. Moss Point
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Kinos cIassi6ed.

"A king hasn't as much real power
a. some Of the officials IN great re.
public"
"Of course replied Senator Sor.
ghum. "you are talking about one Of
those hereditary monarchs they have
abroad. You don't mean a regular Oh
king or a king Of finance."-w washing
ton Star.
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Lookinc For It.

Come men are eagerly seeking trou-
bic that will drive them to drink
New York Times.
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aMoKE THE RELlAsLE
slight Drass cIsar--se.
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Mexican f1oussl

In some Mexican ciHes It is no long.
O. allowed to build bamboo houses
with dirt floors and matched roofs
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SEND YOUR INSCRIPTION
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
SHAFT
TO RESCUE FIVE
IN BURNING MINE
Hope for Miners Trapped in
West Virginia Pit Appears
Forlorn.

WILLIAMSON. w. Va, July L.
Miners worked with feverish energy
today digging shaft into the work
ings of mine No, OF the Sycamore
Coal Company. near here, in the hope
of reaching the five men who were
cut off when fire broke out last mid
night The throng surrounding the
pit realized soon after dawn that the
hope was foYiorn, but the men. under
the direction of mine Inspector and
their bosses, continued to dig. Others
forced their way into the gas-filled
galleries and endeavored to choke the
flames with sand, crews being relieved
every half hour, but thek made little
progress. Dense volume of smoke
poured from the openings and IL was
feared the fire was spreading rapidly.
The fire broke out in the farmhouse,
and that structure was destroyed.
Alarmed by the failure OF the air,
twenty-five men made their way to
the surface, but FIVE were caught in
entries far from the opening
The nearest rescut crew of the
United States Bureau,,f Mines was at
Roanoke. Va. and was expected to
reach here during the day.
The entombed miners, George Sci
bold. James Collins, Benjamin James.
Henry Lyons and Marion Lyons. were
believed by Deputy Mine Inspector
Edward Lambert to be in part OF
the mine not yet touched by the fire.
He said they had probably been cut
OF by the flames and had taken
refuge in a room about a thousand
feet from the mouth. II they could
live during the day there was some
hope of saving them. experienced
miners declared.
Lines OF hose were run into the
main entry and water was kept play
ing on the flames, while seventy-five
miners were detailed for work in the
excavation
One hundred men were usually em-
ployed In the mine at night, but many
of them did not report last night.
PITTSBURGH. July LA rescue
crew Of six men in charge of Fl. D..
Mason. mining engineer, left the
Bureau of Mines station here today
for Williamson, where the Sycamore
mine was reported on fire. 1t was be-
lieved they would be able TO reach
the mine in time to be Of service,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
PUBLIC SERVICE
TO DIG THROUGH
MILITARY PARK
Shade Tree Commission Grants
Permission for Trolley Sub
way Work.

Permission TO excavate through
Military Park was given the Public
Service Corporation by the Newark
Shade Tree Commission this after
moon. The excava tions will necessi-
tate the removal of several trees at
the south end of the park.
II is the intention of the Public
Service to use the excavation for the
building of a terminal to connect its
proposed subway from Washington
street, beneath Cedar street and
thence to the new terminal on PARK
place.
Commissioner John J. Mooney op-
posed the granting Of permission to
excavate through Military Park He
has been holding up the request of
the Public Service for number Of
weeks.
George B. Ashley. president of the
Shade Tree Commission, and Conn
missioner Frank L Driver voted in
favor of the excava ton despite Mr..
Moneys protest
1t has been claimed by the Public
Service that the company could
legally go ahead without the permis-
sion of the board
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
HUSBAND FOUND
DEAD, WIFE IS
UNDER ARREST
Mystery Surrounds Supposed
Suicide by Gas Of Henry
Fischer.
RAT POISON FOUND NEAR
BODY BY DETECTIVES
Authorities Working on MUIR
der Theory-Anofher Ar
rest Expected.

Mrs. Isabella Helen Fischer, aged
twenty -one. of 492 Avon avenue. wife
Of Henry Fischer, who was found
dead in his home yesterday under
suspicious circumstances. was ar
rested today. The police believe Mrs
Fischer can throw some light on tfle
circumstances leading up to the death
OF her husband. She has been miss
ing since Sunday Detective Donne1-
". who with Lieutenant Fohs. has
been working on the case, placed her
under arrest at the home Of friend
in this city.
The police are working on the
theory that Fischer was murdered
It was said today that another arrest
probably would be made.
County Physician Mckenzie per-
formed an autopsy on the body today
It showed death to have been due n
gas poisoning.
II a murder was committed, the POI
lice say. It was done while Fischer
lay intoxicated In bed They beIieTe
the gas was turned on purpose1y and
that Fischer would have no reason
TO end his own life. The county an
thorities are inclined to the bell
that the death was accidental
According to report made today hx
nelly. who investigated the case. the
couple went to the home of Fischerr
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Fischer.
SO Magnolia street. on Sunday
While there, the police say. the
missing woman left, saying she was
going to Hillside Park. Her husbanc
remained with his parents. At the
time. the police declare. Fischer re-
marked that his wife might be gore
for good. He went home later ara =ssssss<zs
returned Monday to inform his par
ents that his wife had not eofz>e
home.
Fischer's body was discovered yep-
terday afternoon, when Mrs William
Dorner, who lives on the second 1ouf
detected the odor Of gas coming from
the Fischer apartment Mrs Doernsf
summoned Charles Gbentner vito
lives at 4s5 Avon avenue and fh.
locked door was opened Fischer :
body Was found 5szinE On f5ar nsas
-'- =
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
MAYRE is NAMED
FOR RUSSIAN POST

WASHINGTON. July President
Wilson today nominated George T.
Marye. of San Francisco, 10 be am
bassador to Russia.
The state department today re-
ceived assurances from St Perers-
burg that Marye Will be acceptable 10
the Cars government.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-C;eorge
Il. Mayre. nominated today to be ann
bassador to Russia, is retired stock
broker. who at one time was presi-
dent of the San Francisco Stock Ex-
change. Born in Baltimore in 1s49
his father brought him West in the
early days of the gold rush. Mr.
Mayre was educated in Cambridge.
England. Paris. Berlin and BARGE
Iona. with the original intention of
practising law and was admitted to
the bar Although he abandoned his
profession for business he retained his
interest in scholarship and for one
term served as regent OF the Uni
verslty of California.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
LASSEN PEAK, IN
CALIFORNIA, IS IN
ERUPTION AGAIN
Vast Plume of Blackened Steam
from Crater Waves a
Mile High.

| RED BLUFF. Cal. July 1.-After
less than twenty -four hours of qui-
Iescence, Lassen peak burst forth
early today in stupendous erup-
tion-the fourteenth in the series
that began May 80. No flames were
seen, but the vast plume of black
ened steam from the crater waved
mile high in the sky and volcanic
ashes fell at Macomber Flats, thir-
teen miles distant.
For a little less than half an hour
the inverted cone Of soaring gases
maintained. sharply defined, the well
known volcanic outline. First, from
the mouth of the crater itself stood a
vertical shaft of jet black ash. As
the shaft rose Ii mushroomed out
ward, keeping at its heart the black
core OF ash.
So great was the force of the erup-
ton that the height of the cloud
seemed to equal the distance from
1.-The mouth of the crater to the pla-
lsteafI il ~ K 1,asa Of the peak proper.
IA mas sf9ios ssss1 sfse risotintain
had been stood atop Of the other:
At this distance there was the ap-
pearance Of what seemed a thin
sheet of gas kissing from a crevice
or fissure on the north slope, dis
|eruptions seemed to be going on at
the same time.
The true volcanic nature of the
eruption. as determined by J $. Dill
ler, of the United States Geoiogical
Survey, was further emphasized to-
day by the strong stencil of sulphur
perceptible at Volta and at Viola,
twenty-five miles down the wind 70
the north.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
PLOT AGAINST
ROYAL COUPLE
PLANNED WELL
Conspiracy Made Escape I'M
possible-Find Assassin Prin-
zip Is of Age.

VIENNA. July 1.-The conspiracy
against the lives Of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and the Duchess OF Hohen-
berg was so well planned that II
would have been impossible for them
to escape from Bosnia alive, accord
ing to some members of the late arch
dukes suite who returned here today
The officials declare that two clock
work bombs were found beneath the
table on which luncheon Was await
ing the archduke and party on their
return to the city hall A similar in
fernaI machine also was discovered IN
the chimney of the room occupied by
the Duchess Hohenberg at Ilije, a
watering place a few miles from
Sarayevo, and a woman was caught
with seven bombs in her possession.
The bullet which killed the arch
duke was an explosive one.
1t has been ascertained by the at-
thorfties that Gavrio Prlnzip. the as
sassin. is the son of the proprietor q
a hotel at Sarayevo.. and passed his
twentieth year. so that he may be
sentenced to death for the crime.
AGRAM. Croatia, July 1.-AntiE
Servian demonstrations continued
here today, when a crowd gathered In
front of the town hall and demanded
that the mayor return a Servian
decoration recently conferred on him.
Another crowd went to the house OF
the speaker of the Croatian diet, who
is q. Servian, and made noisy DEM
onstration against him. Several peo-
pie were arrested. but later released