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El fronterizo., 1927-11-19

XICOTENCATL, lamps, noviem-
bre 18.-Los habitantes de esta Villa
Sc %encuentran regocijados en- vista
de que muy pronto va a ser inaugu-
rada la Inca ferroviaria de la Esta-
cion de Osorio a esta ~poblacion.
Numerosas cuadrillas de trabaja-
dores bajo la direction de compe-
tentes ingenieros, dessarrollan eff
CAGES trabapos para dejar terminado
ell ramal en- la mayor brevedad po-
sible. Muy pronto va a p~rocederse
a construfr la estacion de acuerdo
con los pianos Embellishments traza-
dos.
El fronterizo., 1927-11-19
PremiOS A Los VencedOreS

A las parejas que Sc disingan en- las
competencias que habra, durante ell
Bale del alma Joven," ell pr6ximo
sabado en- ell Armory, Sc les obse-
quiaran valiosos premios cedidos por
la Botica Economical Y por la White
House.
Sabemos que varios de los mucha-
chos de Tucson Sc han acabado va
varios pares de calzado, de puro en-
trenarse para competir con los No
~galenses, los cuales, por SUI parte,
vienen d~ispuestos a ~llevarse los pre-
mics que obsequian las casas conner
ciales aludidas.
El fronterizo., 1927-11-19
Ell VERSO SELECTO
A LA MEMORIA DE ANTONIO
L. JAUREGUI

H.
Perdonad 81 MODESTO acongojado
La paz que tienen los que son di-
funtos
Pero me encuentro Tonchi, acariciado
Por los cortos ratios que pasamos
juntos.
Recuerdos NADIA mas en- mi memoria
Guardo de la bondad de tn querer
tan fuerte
Y acepto ell dolor de tn pesada his
toria
como acepta la libertad ell sentencia-
do a muerte,
Tu que en- tierna juventud subias
Los obscuros escalenes del canine
Faltandote la luz; hermano, no veias
porque ~llevarte hasta Dios quiso ell
destino.
Y mientras tn descansas en- 10 tran
quilo
De 10 latente 6 incognito del cielo
Yo sligo en- la vida en- busca de I'm
asilo
Para en- Ell recordar 10 que hoy revelo.
Recibiras mi ins6lita dolencia
Que to envie acompanada con un rezo
81 perdiste del nombre la clemencia
Encontraras en- ell cielo tn %inocencia
Porque tie tiene Dios en- SUI poder
impreso.
Amigo de Antonio,
PEDRO MARTINEZ.
El fronterizo., 1927-11-19
Manana SabadO

Manana sabado, desde las cinco de
la tarde, hasta las 9 de la noche en-
ell salon "Armory," tendra lugar la
cena que dara la Sociedad del So
zorro, a beneficio de los indigentes
y necesitados.
ST listed quiere cenar y divertirse
con los diversos juegos, y al mismo
tempo contribuir a hacer obras de
carload, vaya al Armory, a la bora
indicada.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
NEGRO DEATHS
CAUSE ALARM
IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. March S1.--The alarm
ing amount of Negro deaths in
Chicago during the past year have
caused grave concern among medi-
cal authorities of the race in this
city.
Though Chicago had the lowest
death race OF any great city in 1926
It's colored citizens were dying fas-
ter than any city dwellers outside
the worlds most unhealthy cities,
Bombay and Calcutta.
A report by II. l.. Harris, Jr.. ap-
pearing in the Social Service Re-
view. University of Chicago publi-
cation. issued Monday. gave startling
statistics on the death rate among
the colored citizens of Windy City.
The general mortality rate was
l1.5 per thousands, but the colored
Americans death rate was 22.5, ac-
cording to DIR. Harris. Colored in
fants are dying at the rate of 11S
per thousand. compared with the
white rate of IL. Death rate among
the colOred Chicagoans from tuber-
culosis was six times that Of whites
and from pneumonia three times as
great.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
RACE PROBLEMS
DOMINATE WORLD
SAYSDR. MOTION

TuSKEGEE, Ala, March 29.--
Restored to the vigor Of his former
years, DR.. Robert II. Motion, prin-
cipal OF Tuskegee Institute, returned
Thursday from his world tour.
DR.. Motion arrived in New York
Wednesday on the Steamship Ara
bic and after expressing his pleasure
at the efficiency with which the in
stitute machinery had worked in his
absence under the direction of II. X.
Taylor, he arranged for conference
of executives Friday.
Mr.. Motion, accompanied by Mrs.
Motion. their daughter. Miss Cathe-
rine Motion, DR.. and Mrs. Eugene
II. Dibble. sailed from San Francis
co November 25th. ss.
The race problem is now the DOM
mate problem in the world and will
remain so for many generations, de-
clared DR.. Motion. In all the coun-
tries he visited inhabited by COL
ored people he found an inereas-
ing consciousness OF race and the
darker races in other lands showed
keen interest in American race re-
lations.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
BANKER
THOUGHT HIDING
in COLORADO

DENVER, Colo, March 30 De-
tectives sent here from North Caro-
lima failed TO find w. Gomez, secur-
ity banker. said to have fled several
months ago with $4,000 belonging
to his clients.
The disappearance OF Gomez from
his home city in Durham, North
Carolina, on December 18th last at
fret was a nine days wonder and
friends, urged by his wife instituted
an investigation fearing foul play.
He told his associates and his
wife that he was going TO New
York to claim legacy of $l25,000
left him by relatives, detectives said
and left his wife sS00 in cash with
the injunction not TO put II in bank
but In some place where she could
lay immediate hands on IT..
He was connected with several
other concerns, which arranged for
leave of absence and speeded him
on his New York trip. Audit Of
his books in these concerns shows
absolutely no shortage, but the Sc
curity Investment Company. said TO
Dt uio ihdiNAhot uuSAhNoo 10 itpSi y
ed as showing a shortage of between
$4,000 and $4,000.
or this amount The large snm of
$4,000 is said to be the property
of a North Carolina college.
Detectives declare that Gomez's
real name is Williams. They said
that he had an effeminate manner
in some respects and an especially
soft voice. They add that he may
have donned women's clothing in
order to make his escape.
He was traced to the Whitelaw
Hotel in Washington. after which
all trace of him has been lost.
Sleuths are also working on the
theory that he was seen mere with
another woman presumably his wife,
but not the one left in Durham.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
DEATH RATE
SHOWS INCREASE
IN MISSISSIPPI

JACKSON. Miss, Mar. 31.--Ac-
cording TO figures compiled by the
Mississippi Bureau of Vital Stats
tics, the death rate among the col
.ored American population of the
state is higher than that of tho
whites while the birth rate among
the former Is lower than that among
the latter.
The statistics shows that over the
past six years the colored birth rate
per 1000 population was 23.S0 as
compared with a rate 25.9S for the
white population.
The death rate shows that the
mortality rate Is higher among the
colored population. 1t shows a col
ored death rate of 14.01 per 1000
population compared with a white
death rate of 9.0l per 1000 popula-
tion.
While not yet complete, the birth
registration in the state for 1926
will show approximately $4,000, an
increase of 5000 over. the year of
1926.
The records show that the 45,5e3
births in 1925, there were 23,29S
colored births and 22,265 white
births. while of the 22,229 deaths
during the same year there were
14,0s6 colored deaths as compared
with S,14S white deaths.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01

unravel the mystery on the part of
the colored citizens who feel that
their race has suffered great in
Justice, not only on the part of
their Wholesale mistreatment for a
crime which three criminals are said
TO have committed but for crime
which members of their race are
not even guilty The theory OF
Sheriff McCrabb that whites with
blackened faces committed the as
sault is borne out by discovery OF
SCOT marks on bed covering in the
girls bed room. The bitterness of
feeling between the races, which
grew out of the crime, resulting in
the riot, appears to have subsided.
Threats were made last week to
prevent oolored students from at
tending the high school and to burn
the section I'm which they live but
cool headed citizens soon put a stop
To the agitation. Contrary to re-
ports that appeared In many Negro
newspapers that Is persons were
killed in the riot only four persons
were severely injured. two OF them
colored and two whites. The COLI
ored being Hersehel Ford. so, jan
itor. shot through the hip. and Ma
poleon Anderson, billiard hall pro-
prietor, shot through the legs; the
whites. Billy Waddles II, printers
apprentice, left hand amputated, and
X. C. Walden. machine shop fore
man, dislocated shoulder,
Eighteen warrants have been is-
sued, charging white and colored
persons with participation in the
riot, according to G. w. Mitchell,
county attorney. The city is con-
ducting an inquiry from the stand
point of property damage and the
county from the standpoint of incit-
ing a riot and attacking county Of
ficers. according to the officials.
Popular subscription is expected TO
augment $500 offered for the arrest
and conviction of the assailants.
Negro residents are raising fund
of $3.50, aud the American Legion
ane of $1,000.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
(Enterprlse News Bureau)

Enterprise News BureauD
After years of disappearance, the
mysterious Negro evangelist known
as the prophet Harris," who has
converted more than 100000 Ne
groes and founded more than 200
churches in the widest parts Of
central and west Africa, has been
found-living in abject poverty in
Liberia.
News of the discovery and roman
tic details of the prophets" life
have just been received by the Wes-
leyan Missionary society from the
Rev. Pierre Benoit, one OF their
French missionaries, who has been
trying to find Harris for years.
For years past, missionaries in
little travelled parts OF Africa have
been coming across savage commun-
titles, processing the Christian faith
and only waiting for the preachers
promised them by the Negro "proph-
ct" Two years ago the Rev. James
Platt. a young Wesleyan missionary,
traversed the Ivory coast region and
was amazed at the number and sin
certify of these communities. He sent
an urgent message home asking for
ministers to take over these ready
made "flocks" which already pos
sessed churches and only wanted
spiritual leaders.
Wherever he and other explorers
went they found tribes that had giv-
en- up their former religion OF feti-
chism. burned their idols. obliterat-
cd their ritualistic groves and built
Christian churches at the bidding OF
the "Black Elijah" as Harris has
been called. But never was there
any trace OF Harris himself His
methods were the same in every
case. Once he had converted o tribe
Or village and seen them build .
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01

Prof. Hankins made this proph-
esy at a luncheon at the Hotel
Woodstock before members of the
Conference on immigration Policy
during a discussion of the National
Origins Clause of the present immi-
grafton law. Max F. Kohler, a
lawyer who for several years has
been interested in immigration, ask
ed Prof. Hankins, who had spoken
in favor of the national origins
plan under the quota law, IL the
restriction of immigration had not
resulted in such lack OF labor that
the Negro population was spreading
In the North In manner that In
creased the problem OF the Negro.
THE Negro population in the
Northern industrial centers and
cities does not reproduce itsSlf,"
Prof. Hankins said. "As he comes
In contact with harder stocks and
in the more strenuous life Of the
city and industrial community as
compared TO the smaller communi-
ties in tho South there is a high
death rate and an apparent loss of
fecundity among the Negroes.
On Decrease, Twenty Years
Relatively, the Negro has been
on the decrease in population for
twenty years. Between the years
1910 and 1920 the Negro popula-
tion increased only 650,000, while
the rest OF the population, leaving
out immigration, increased at the
rate of n million and a half year.
by 1885, according to present
indication, believe the Negro
population of the United States
will he decreasing absolutely. and
/ think that this will go on until
as a separate population the Negro
will have ceased to be factor Of
Importance"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
LIBERIAN ship
TO SAIL FROM
Los ANGELES

LOS ANG ELES, CAL. March ST.
Especially. The long-cherished dream
Of Rev. James Edward Lewis, col
ored preacher of San Pedro. 10 es-
tablish a steamship line between
California and Liberia is about to
become a reality.
According to announcement, the
project is receiving financial back
ing from George l.. Heller, Thomas
Hawkins and two other white men
whose names the associates refused
to divulge. Today bond for $780,
900 Is to be posted for the purchase
OF the steamer Chiapas, which Is to
be the first of a fleet of ships to
ply from this port flying the Liber-
inn flag, Heller stated yesterday.
Present plans OF the hackers In the
project provide for drydocking the
Chiapas today for huh Inspection,
painting and minor repair.
April 16 has been chosen as the
sailing date. More than thirty-fiye
passengers have signIfied their will
ingness TO embark on the initial
voyage to Liberia. and upward of
1000 tons of cargo Is In view.
Lewis stated. Before sailing, the
name Of the vessel win be changed
TO Senator II. J. L. Cooper prom
inent Liberian statesman and q
member of the Liberian Steamship
Excelsior Mining Company, under
which cognomen the colored aggre-
cation operates.
Lewis first broke into prominence
several years ago at the harbor
when he purchased an old hulk with
which he planned to inaugurate a
back TO Africa" movement. Steam
boat, inspectors interfered with the
sailing, and that hope was aban-
doned. Then Lewis built the ill.,
fated Ark, OF concrete, which sank
ANONYMOUSLY when launched.
Undaunted, he steadfastly held to
his purpose, and group of men
financed the first payment on the
steamer Chiapas. That deal failed.
In all his hectic career, the un-
swerying preacher has maintained
hope that some day his dreams
would be realized.
II is the plan. of the company not
only to operate q steamship line, but
diSO " dtNtlOp IiCu CoHCeSSlOuS
granted by the Liberian government.
According to a statement by officers
OF the organization, the Liberian
Steamship Excelsior Mining Com
pany will operate the ship on a
share basis with the hackers. With
profits made in the venture. the
ship will be paid for and finally
become the property Of the Liberian
company.
The Chiapas is owned by the Mex
ican States Lines, which purchased
1t from the British government after
the war. The vessel was one of a
fleet Of mystery ships operated by
the British. and is trim, speedy
craft of S54 net tons. II was OPP
Grated for several years by the Mex
lean company between Salina Cruz,
way ports and Los Angeles.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
DAUGHTER FILES
SUIT TO BREAK
FATHERS WILL


LONG BEACH, Cal, March 30.-
Tom Williamson, Negro janitor Of
the Maine Bank Building, who died
in November u last year, left one
of those self-drawn wills, the kind
you go into a book store and buy
for 81 and thereby save lawyers
fees amounting TO twenty-five times
that amount. But the late janitor
erred for once. II was a case OF
penny wise and pound foolish. for
the will was denied probate last
month on the grounds that II was
improperly drawn.
The will is being contested by
Ruth Williamson, daughter of
Toms by former marriage. It
leaves the estate. property valued
at $4,000, to the widow, Rose
Williamson.
Burr A. Brown, attorney for the
widow, has just filed a petition for
q rehearing of the question OF pro-
bate on the usual grounds necessary
for such action. es
The moral of the story seems TO
be that IL pays to have ones will
drawn up properly by a good attor-
ney rather than to try and do II
oneself in order to save a few dol
lars. But then. II Tom had not
been of a saving disposition there
probably would never have been the
$4,000 worth OF property over
whose division the legal battle has
started.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Negro Pastor Heads Most Unusual
Church In the United States

DR. Hill said as the audience gasped.
He adjured the wealthy visitors who
are here taking the baths, never to
neglect the opportunity of helping
any colored church.
Speaking of dependence of whites
upon the prayer of the Negro. DR..
Hill recalled the first night a
steamer of the Weems Line from
Baltimore sailed up the James river
using a newly invented searchlight.
AS the fight swept the shores. he
said. whites who saw IL fled in an
uproar to the homes of the colored
folk. In his own home, DR.. Hill
said. half dozen entered uncere-
moniously begging his mother,
Aunt Susan, pray for me-"
The preacher lauded the Supreme
Court whose recent decision kills the
white Democratic primary system in
the South, and told his audience of
the existence of signs in certain
parks OF the, South which read NE
gro. don't let the sun 60 down on
you here Destroy those signs and
the condition back OF them, when
ever you see them, DR.. Hill told
the whites.
Outside one Of the townsfolk ex-
planned DR.. Hills large white con-
gregation by saying that they came
because. they liked To hear him
wear them OUT
Offered White Pulpit
DR.. Hill received the other day q
telegraphic offer to conduct three
weeks revival for a Swedish church
in Kansas. He is considering It.
Each summer he has conducted va
cation services for white church
in Canada. To this latter place he
turned down the call to a white
church which offered him $4,000.
home and auto.
tcontInuod on Rage - -
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Mysterious Black Elijah Found In
Abject Poverty In West Africa

church. he had departed to carry
the word to unenlightened regions,
bidding his converts remain true to
the faith and wait for the minister
who would come to them In due
course.
Always was he far ahead of the
men SO anxious to meet him, and
1t was only when he paused for a
short rest near the coast that the
Reverend Benoit found him. In his
report to the Wesleyan Missionary
society, the Reverend Mr.. Benoit
says: Last year we heard that Har-
ris still was alive and in a particular
section of the Ivory coast. We fol-
lowed the trail for weary months.
At last, after toiling under the burn
ing sun, we reached the village of
Half Graway, Liberia. AS we cross
ed the lagoon in a shallow canoe
we saw about forty round huts with
conical roofs at the foot of cocoanut
palms. At the side of the road,
sitting and apparently dreaming. ]
saw the man. I was seeking.
Seeing us draw near, he came
forward quickly, stretching out both
hands, stammering words OF well
come, his eyes becoming wet with
tears. Something had warned him,
he said, that strangers from a great
distance had come to Cape Palmas
to see him."
Harris. who is now more than 20
years old. was born In the Grebo
tribe in the village of Graway. near
where he was found by Mr.. Benoit.
He was converted by the American
Methodist mission and received some
education. He left Liberia for the
ivory coast and there "passed like
flame of fire through the native
tribes, converting them wholesale
by his fiery eloquence. In less that
lcontInued on Page %
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
RHINELANDER
LOSES FIGHT TO
ANNUL MARRIAGE

ALBANY, N. Y. March 29..--
Leonard Kip Rhinelander. scion of
a wealthy New York family, today
lost his fight in the court of appeals
to have his marriage to Alice Jones
Rhinelander annulled.
BY unanimous decision, the
states highest tribunal refused to
annul the marriage on Rhinelan-
ders charge that his wife had de-
ceived him in that she had Negro
blood In her veins.
Rhinelander and his wife were
married at New Rochelle October
II, 1924. Subsequently, he brought
an action to have the marriage an
nulled, charging his wife had
claimed to be white when, in fact.
she was of Negro extraction.
Supreme Court Justice Nor
schauser, who heard the suit. re-
fused to annul the marriage,
Rhinelander then carried his fight
to the appellate division, second
department, which upheld Justice
Morschauser.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Darker Races Dominate
The Worlds Population

NEW YORK, Mar. 31.---Less than
one-third of the worlds population
is white, according to lecture de-
Geographical Society of Manchester.
England, and quoted in clipping
received by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, New York.
Mr.. Williams said there were
about 1900. .00O.0 900 in the world of
whom 600, 900 were white, 700,-
100000 yellow, 400, 100000 brown
and zoe, 0,000,0 black. Mr.. Williams
pointed out that the white dominated
about nine-tenths Of the earth's land
surface.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
enterprise News Bureau)

Enterprise News Bureau)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March so.
This town has the most unusual
church in the south. II not in the
United States.
It's pastor, choir and congregation
are colored but its attendance is
mostly white.
The pastor is the Rev Joseph
Hill, who came here twelve years
ago from Los Angeles. and built up
what Is known as the Roanoke Bap-
tist Church. In addition to the word
Roanoke. the electric sign in front
announces that this rs HILLS
church. DR.. Hill was born in Vir-
ginia. but is a graduate Of Balti-
more elementary schools and Nor
gan College, and regards himself as
a Baltimorean.
went to church Sunday night at
'7:45. "Sit anywhere" the usher
told me. Already the middle aisle
was nearly filled with whites and a
sprinkling of colored. BY S:15 when
service began. the building was fill
ed for the third time that day,
whites making up 60 per cent Of
the congregation.
There was congregational singing
and an anthem by choir of 80
before DR.. Hill got down to the
business of handling the race ques-
ton without gloves.
Taking as his subject, paul
Aboard" and using as his text Acts
27-31. Except these abide in the
ship they cannot be saved" DR.. Hill
declared that Paul's presence on
board the ship saved the lives OF
the crew and passengers.
It's good thing to have In our
midst, he said, someone who is in
touch with God. God would not
permit the white South to live ex-
cept for the prayers OF the Negro,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Husbands Right To
Attend Lodge Upheld

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Mar
3O.-IIusband may attend lodge
meetings at night, the superior
court ruled today. in granting
an interlocutory decree OF di-
vorce to Arthur Hayes from
Mrs. Maude Hayes. Hayes tes-
titled that his wife objected so
strenuonsly 10 his lodge meet
ings that he was forced TO re-
sign, and consequently lost COM
panionship OF his lodge breth-
ren.
Judge }. W. Bartler declared
that "it Is the duty and priv
iloge OF n husband 20 attend
lodge meetings"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Cop Resigns When Scolded
For Clubbing a Negro

HOUSTON, Tex.--Patrolman J.
Morris. white. one of the oldest in
the local police department, surren-
dered HIS badge in anger Thursday.
because he received a severe repri-
manding from Night Chief Of Police
r. .. Martin for beating a colored
citizen. ft
h Frank Parker of 1906 Schwartz
street. accused Martin of hitting him
several times after searching him.
Morris entered the office while Par
ker was telling his story and the
reprimand and resignation followed.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Race To Pass Out In 200 Years
l7c Church Collection
Was Just aToo Much -

KINGSTON, N. c., March 20.
Having TO walk fourteeen miles
following u blizzard to his little
church at Whiteoak, without
his flock showing up, did not
stop the Rev. Arthur Bacon, pas
tor OF the church. But when
he returned a second time and
the few who gathered contrib
uted only ~ cents, IL was just
"too much" ..
"Thcre wasn't meek man
mentioned In the Bible who
could have stood that" the
Rev. MIR. Bacon said when he
arrived back home. He did not
exactly resign but he "just isn't
going back"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-01
Woman Burned To Death

COLUMBUS, Tex.-"Aunt" Ber-
tha Harris, 90 years old, one of the
oldest persons living in this section,
was burned to death in her cabin
here early Sunday morning. For
the past 80 years she had worked
in the home of ID. Steiner, a planter,
here.