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ALL AROUND CUBA 



only })ers(m on liicml the sliip wlm knew of 

 what the carKo c jnsistcd, and realizinsj; the 

 peril that he and the shijj's crew were in. he 

 went below and siiiiile-handcd, secured tlie 

 sliding boxes of dyn:uuite. The lininlilci 

 reached Colon twelve d;iys after leaving \e\v 

 York. 



Other revolutii)n< in which C'a))t. O'Brien 

 served in transportin"; aninmnition and re- 

 cruits were the war in Haiti in 18Si) and the 

 10 years war in Cul)a. He is said to have 

 commanded a submarine for the Japanese 

 during the Russo-Japanese war. Of late 

 years he had been the official pilot in Havana. 

 He came to New York from Cuba in the 

 Winter of 1916. 



DR. JOSE GONZALEZ LANUZA 



Dr. Juse Gonzale', Lanuza, Cuban i)atriot 

 and attorney, died at this home in Havana on 

 June 26th. Dr. Lanuza was a member of the 

 Cuban House of Representatives and former 

 Chief of the Conservative Party. During the 

 revolution, he served his country well, gaining 

 the rank of General and Attorney General. At 

 the end of the revolution, he began the practice 

 of law in the citj' of Havana, and with his 

 partner, Dr. Desvernine, now Secretary of 

 State, built uj) one of the largest law prac- 

 tices in Cuba, known as the firm of Gonzalez 

 Lanuza <fe Desvernine. 



The funeral wa.s held in Havana on June 

 28 and was an imposing one. It was attend- 

 ed by the Vice-President, members of the 

 Cabinet, many senators, representatives, and 

 men prominent in public and civil life. 



MATANZAS 



A bill was recently introduced in the Cuban 

 Congress which provides for the paving of 

 Matanzas. It is reported that the streets in 

 that city are in a bad condition, and it is ex- 

 pected that the needed rei)airs will be prompt- 

 Iv authorized. 



CARDENAS ELECTRIC PLANT 



It is reported that the Cardenas electric 

 plant has been sold to the Cardenas Electrical 

 Company for the sum of $590,000. This 

 Company is a new organization and Sr. Laur- 

 eano Fall Gutierrez has been ai)pointed Presi- 

 dent and Sr. Juan Castro, General .Manager. 



CUBAN PORTS COMPANY BONDS 



President Menoeal re(!ently sent a message 

 to the Cuban Congress urging the passage of a 

 law authorizing an indemnity for the pur- 

 chasers of the bonds of the Cuban Ports Com- 

 pany. These l)on Is were i.ssued imder a con- 

 cession granted by the (lomez administration, 

 for sanitation work in Cuban i)orts. President 

 Menoeal vetoed the act as illegal on as.suming 

 office. The bonds were sold for the most jiart 

 in the United States and Great Britain, and 

 the American and British governments are 

 repor;ed to have urged indemnification of the 

 purcha.sers. The President's message said 

 settlement of this affair woul 1 avoid interna- 

 tional friction and contribute much to rapid 

 flotation of Cuba's .S30,000,00l) bon 1 i.ssue for 

 war purposes. 



AMERICAN RED CROSS 



The National Headquarters of the Ameri- 

 can Red Cross has authorized the organiza- 

 tion of a chajiter in the city of Havana. The 

 object of this chapter will be to obtain as 

 many members for the American Red Cross 

 as possible. June 18th to June 2.3th is the 

 time set aside to accomplish this end, and it 

 is hoped that many will join in hel])ing the 

 Hav^ana chapter to gain its full share of mem- 

 ber.^hi]). 



RESEARCH WORK 



The Division of Research of the Depart- 

 ment of Comm.erce at \^'ashington. among 

 other studies, has m.ade a special investiga- 

 tion of the ini.ports of iron and steel in Cuba 

 and the countries of origin, for the fiscal years 

 of 1915 and 191»). 



FIBER CEMENT TILES 



By a presidential resolution of Januaiy 26, 

 1917, the classification of plain roofing tiles of 

 fiber cement imported into Cuba is changed 

 from Tariff No. 2A, which specifies slabs, 

 plates and steps of artifical stone, to No.lS, 

 which includes unglazed roofing tiles of clay 

 for building puri)oses. Under the new classi- 

 fication such tiles imported from the United 

 States will be .subject to a duty of $1.20 per 

 100 square feet, as compared with the former 

 rate of $0.50 per 100 kilos (.$0,226 per 100 

 poundsj . 



