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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
RACECONCRESS
EQUAL RIGHTS
LEAGUE MERGE

WASHINGTON. ID. c., April ell
Especially THE Twelfth Annual Ses-
sion of the National Race Congress
Meeting in the Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church, closed Wednesday evening,
with heated political discussion.
DR.. VIM. II. Jernagin, the presi-
dent. introduced DIR. VIM. A. Byrd,
of Newark, N. j., as the first
speaker. DR.. Byrd spoke on what
Should Be the Politics OF the Negro
for 1928"
DR.. Byrd said, "Stay in your par
ty, but clean it up. My advice to
the Negroes in 1928 is Let's clean
up"
Gov. Alfred Smith wouldn't lis
ten to group of Harlem Negroes,
who wanted him to sign a bill, CIV
ing Negro magistrate to Harlem" I"
Perry w. Howard Defends "Cnl"
And then came the first real thrill
CT the evening when Hon. Perry W.
Howard, National Committeeman
from Mississippi and Asst. to the At
torney General, said with ringing
voice, President Coolidge has not
appointed a Registrar OF the Treas
ury in Washington, a job that any
chauffeur can hold, because 1t runs
itself, yet he has gone into Southern
Louisiana and made Walter H. Cch-
en- Collector OF Customs, one of the
most important positions in the
South. That appointment says "The
Republican Party stands for politi-
cal recognition of the Negro in the
South as well as in the North"
The time has not yet come to
break away from the Republican
Party. Calvin Coolidge is no profes-
sor of love for the Negro but wisely
keeps his silence and does justice
Have faith in Massachusetts and in
less than four years, we will come
into our own I'm legislation and de-
partmental regulations.
Clarke Scores Coolidge
Thomas II. r. Clarke, boldly chal-
lenged the statements Of Mr.. How
ard. Mr.. Clarke said, 1--WE have nc
representative in the diplomatic ser.
vice. We only have 3 U. S. consuls
and two of them have been denoted
Continued on Page 81
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Famous Horse
Trainer Dies

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (By AMP
William Perkins, who bears the rep
utation of being the greatest trainer
of thoroughbred horses the world
has ever known, died at his home
Sunday morning from blood poison
ing.
The greater portion of his 81 years
was passed in trainiAg and riding
winners. After establishing an en-
viable record as a jockey when
weight and age forced him to leave
the saddle Perkins began the profes-
sion of training horses. During the
20 years in this work he saddled so
winners, a greater number than any
other trainer, and these winners ac-
counted for more than 100000 in
stakes and purses.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22

be held here after all.
On Friday a committee CT law
yers, all members OF the order, se-
lected from various parts of the
country. will confer with Attorney
General ottinger OF Albany on the
legal phase of convention In New
York City and the Grattan Law,
law which places Negro Elks out
side the law In this State. Coun-
sellor Thomas l.. Higgins. exalted
ruler Of Brooklyn Lodge, is one Of
the members of this committSe.
which was just appointed by J. Fiji
ley Wilson. grand exalted ruler.
They will return to New York
and there prepare briefs on their
opinion as TO whether the conven-
tion could be legally held here. and
these briefs will be taken up with
the grand trustees who, upon the
opinions OF the lawyers committee,
will render the decision whether
the next grand ledge session will
be held In New York City.
Ominous Forebodings
When New York City decided to
go in for the grand lodge session OF
1927 definite plan for the removal
OF the Grattan Law was in the mind
OF the late Gilchrist Stewart. who
was the original head Of the New
York Grand Lodge Convention law
committee.
The Grattan Law. In effect, makes
even the use OF the Elk name n
crime when so used by any other
than whites. The law, however,
has lain dormant and never been
invoked. Nevertheless. II II was in
voked, It could work havoc among
the members of the l. B. p. o. e.
of w. in this State.
Stewards death made q breach In
the committee that seemingly has
not been filled, for there was no
attempt tc get the law removed at
the session of the New York Legis-
lature Just ended. Rather. the com-
mittee has depended upon the un-
mistakable friendliness Of high Of
flcials in New York Lodge No. 1. b.
p. o. E., the white order in this
city. These officials have signified
their willingness for the thousands
of Elks in this country TO come to
New York fer their grand lodge
session and have promised to CO.
operate with the local committee.
But the appointment OF this COM
mittee OF lawyers makes the situa-
tion look ominous and Il is not at
all unlikely that they will declare
New York cannot legally entertain
their brother Elks. II this is done.
the exalted ruler will at once call
off the convention from New York
and assign 1t to some other city.
In view Of the fact that the order
has membership CT more than
100000 in this country alone and
extends to Canada. the West Indies,
Cuba. Panama and Liberia, the de-
cision will be awaited with great
! interest.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
GIRL IS GIVEN
$4,000 NECKLACE
FOUND YEAR AGO

NEW YORK, April 20.-(PNS)
After a delay of about a year
Miss Adelaide Forts, working girl,
recovered, through legal action, the
necklace valued at $4,000 which
she had picked up near her home,
and had taken trustfully to a pawn
broker. asking him if 1t was worth
So. The pawnbrcker, when he saw
its real value, notified the police.
They took the necklace, according
to custom. After remaining in the
unclaimed bureau of the department
for six months, it was demanded by
the finder. Legal technicalities de-
layed its return until Miss Forts
engaged counsel. The necklace then
was turned over on a writ of rep
levin.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22

CharleS II. Johnson, editor OF up
portunity and director of research
of the National Urban League, pre-
sented statistics which he has gath
cred, showing that the Race is max
ing tremendous strides forward in
industry; is showing his ability to
serve in skilled work, and is being
more widely recognized in the
changing industrial scheme of the
country.
Mr.. Johnson, in an address at
the City Club of Chicago, stated
that during the last 10 years more
than 1000, 900 members of the race
have left the plantations and other
locations in the South and Journey
ed to the North and East to estab-
lish new homes. He reported that
for the Negro population as a whole
there had been a shift of 371,229
men from agricultural pursuits to
industry during the last decade
These men are doing we'll in max
ing their adjustment to the new life
he declared.
Mr.. Johnson reported that in the
stockyards of Chicago there were
with 39 in 1910 and 3,2O1 in the
iron and steel industries here in
1920, as compared with II in 1910.
Negro workers comprised 1877 per
cent of all workers in the nations
blast furnaces and rolling mills and
constitute sol per cent of the semi
skilled workers in the steel rolling
mills and 81 per cent of the pack
ing house workers. They contribute
29.6 per cent of all porters, not in
cluding those employed in stores,
1875 per cent OF all Servants OF the
nation. 20.3 per cent of the walters,
and 9.05 per cent of the janitors.
Changes in the methods of farm
ing and the gradual breaking up of
the plantation system in the South
are releasing more workers frcm
the farms. Mr.. johnson comment
ed. He said present indications are
that industries of the North will
continue to draw sporadically up on
Negro labor in the South.
"The demand for new labor, as
DIR. Joseph Hill of the United States
Census Bureau points cut, will
always be felt" declared Mr.. John
son. II it is figured out on a purely
mathematical basis he said, the "dif-
ference between the maximum
possible number of foreign immi-
grants under our new law and the
100000 immigrants who came
between 1906 and 1914 theoretically
would absorb the entire Negro pop
ulation of the United States"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
"SKIRTED' MEN
AT HARLEM'S
BIGGEST PARTY

NEW YORK, April 21.-Green-
wich Village came to Harlem and
this week Harlem woke up to find
itself immersed in criticism.
The event was benefit costume
ball, sponsored by Mr.. and Mrs.
James Harris, for Fort Valley In
dustrial School, Georgia, at the Re-
naissance Casino, Wednesday night.
Objection to the party came from
two sources, first, that 60 per cent
CT the attendance was white and
some of them habitues of Bohemian
Greenwich Village, and second, that
group of abnormal men came
dressed in women's garb.
The affair is Of the type condemn
ed as typical of New York when 1t
was described in Van Vechten's IS
book, "Nigger Heaven.
In fact, Van Vechten was present
at the affair. So was Walter White
and Countee Cullen and DIR. Hubert
Harrison, who so condemned the
book when 1t was first published.
Sixty per cent of the attendance
was white. Tickets lad been an
nounced on sale at only two places.
No one was admitted without tick
ct. The tickets cost one dollar If
bought before the ball. They cost
two dcllars II bought at the door.
Not everyone could secure a ticket.
Some of the costumes worn by the
men from the village and from Har.
lem were striking in their exhibition
of the finest feminine attire. One
man displayed an expensive head
piece OF genuine ostrich plumes with
a gown to match. He walked about
the hall and danced With the best
of female grace and seemed master
of all the small arts of conversation
and manner Of the most feminine
of women. Other costumes were
more bizarre than otherwise, ir
keeping with the costume ball, hui
all the garments worn by the grour
of men were feminine garments
whether beautiful or bizarre. Three
different pictures of the group were
photographed. showing the men in
the most original poses and display
ing their costumes TO advantage.
Two of the female clad men play
ed leap-frog about the hall. 9th
ers paraded up and down the ave
nue. before and after the perform
ance.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
University Disnlisses Teacher, Who
Criticized Jim Crow Faculty

cause he has never had training in
a modern theological department
and for the past forty years has
preached in rural churches, living
in an environment of ignorance
without returning to refresh his
mind with new methods.
His methods are described as
teaching students verses of the Bible
one by one, then sending them out
equipped to preach.
Business Manager f-
The business manager, says Nc
Millan's letter, is one of the most ig-
norant persons in the employment of
the school. Mcmillan describes him
as a detective.
Dean of Women
The Shaw dean of women, McMil-
Ian says, is very good woman, but
hardly a high school graduate, be-
sides she is stupid.
Jim Crow Faculty
Criticizing Jim crow arrangements
under which white and colored fac
ulty live, McMillan's letter says that
white teachers all live in separate
bdhuhhbt ldCluB luc lTOHl VI tHt
campus. In addition they have their
own private dining room.
Colored members of the faculty
live about the students buildings
in rooms that are poorly furnished
having to clean their own rooms
They eat in the students dining
room.
Even in Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee there are schools In whicf
the ugly practice of Shaw is absent
Theological Department
Despite the fact that the theologi
( cal department requires students te
have a high school education be
fore they are admitted. Mcmillan
declares that only five of the TWEEN
ty theologs enrolled can meet THU
requirement.
The university, he says, is moi
preparing preachers. but is actu
ally encouraging ignorance in TIL
| ministry"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
BY J. A. ROGERS

GIBRAITAR sna,np.Next time
anv ono tells me God Aim,Sbiy
never meant for wbite ana bIacit
races 70 mix will no,nt them N
snain =
AZ IN color tha cor,harn enor-
lard ia yery dar, some ~ tho chill
dren and yonng g,rIs are among tbe
r,ost haov,Ss,,I ana haaithiast tn
anne.rance 7 have ever saan Tho
earlier snan,ards were sai, ha,rad
Co,hs from Garrronv ,ha =. ,srnass
of tha nresapt nonuist,on be,ng also
dua n 'tbe eigbt cantnries ~ AsrI
can ry,ersb,n
me INVASION oI Diaeks
IN -, - ~, yeoel-larik' great
moorisn ieauer' signing perhaps IKE
AieAanuer LOT o.ner woIlus 20 con
quel. crossed .ne straits WIN ms
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Alice Fixed Up Room
For Her Darling Kip

NEW YORK. - Mrs. Alice Kip
Rhinelander admitted this week
that she doesn't love Kip any more
but that she had fixed up room
fer him in the new house which she
has bought on Long Island since
she has been getting $500 month
alimony from her husband.
With her alimonv Alice has fur
nished the house from top to bot
tom with Chinese rugs and pictured
prints.
"If Kip had come back" she
said, "he wouldn't have had to use
fathers room any more, but he is
not coming. / have given up loving
him and there's nothing left now
but separation.
Attorneys, she said, are going to
ask for more alimony than she is
getting at present.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Admits Staying Wife
While Facing Court

DENVER, Colo.-Homer Smith,
23, found guilty of first-degree mur-
der in West Side court week ago
by, jury. virtually confessed the
crime, court attaches said after a
two months silence as he was be-
ing formally sentenced to serve a
life term in the penitentiary by
Judge Frank McDonough, Thurs
day. tf.
have nothing 10 say to you,
Smith, as regards this unspeakable
killing of your wife, Elsie," the
Court said. You are to be taken
to the penitentiary fer the balance
of your life. You had best ask
Gods forgiveness for your crime"
II will pray to God for forgive
ness Smith said simply,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Wills Grandson Cuban
Estate Worth $50, 900

MARTINSBURG, w. Va.-By the
will of his grandfather, John w.
RadgeIrs s5, who diod recently in
Cuba, Edward Rcdger, Jr.. grand
son living here, has beep left an
$4,000 estate.
The late Mr.. Rodgers was one of
the oldest residents in Havana and
partner in a large Cuban sugar
firm for 81 years. He was widely
known throughout Cuba and was a
member of the Union League Club
and the Havana Academy of Science.
The estate includes $4,000 in
cash and $4,000 in property and
other assets. He also gave $4,000
to st. Joseph Catholic Church in
Havana.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
OUer Million Negroes Leave South
Black Jews Condemn
Live Ever" Cult

NEW YORK. - Branding as
usurpers the ''Live Ever, Die
Never" Black Jews, Rabbi Nor
deeai, head of the Moorish Zion
ist Hebrews, declared this week,
that his organization is the only
genuine body of black Jews in
this country.
He accused them of taking
young girls and divorced women
out to their farm temples under
false pretenses and said that
thi, 10 a crime against Jewish re-
hligion and civilization
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Woman Gets Bail On
Fraud Ry' Pass Charge

OGDEN, Utah.-Alma Grimshaw,
alias Mrs. Gus Garrett who has been
held in the Weber county jail on a
federal charge of securing a. rail-
road pass by making fslse repre-
sentations, was released today
when she furnished $500 bond.
The wcman Is alleged to have rep
resented herself as Mrs. James
Bryant, wife Of a Pullman porter,
in securing a pass from Los An
geles to Ogden several months ago.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Now Owns
String Of Taxis

BALTIMORE, Md.-From a
hobo to the owner of the city's
largest taxi service operated by
the race, was the route taken by
Joseph Turner, owner of the
Royal Cab Company. Not so
many years ago, Turner left the
home of his father in Navasota,
Texas, because he didn't want to
be a farmer, and hoboed his way
across the country.
Shortly before the World
War, he landed in Baltimore,
where he learned to drive a car.
He was finally talked into buy
ing a taxi-cab which ran two
blocks and stopped. He did not
despair, but tried again, and now
be owns seven cabs, and hires
six men.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Wounded Man Moved
By Officers to Jail

TACOMA, Wash.---James jackson.
32, wounded Thursday In knife
fight at 1929 Fawcett Ave, was
brought from st. Joseph's hospital
to the city jail Saturday and held
in default OF $4,000 bail on an as
sault charge. Sam Jennings and
Harold Wilson, also coiored. arrest
ed following the stabbing, said that
and Wilson also were cut during
the fracas. aA tel9 a1 n
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
(Enterprlse News Bureaul

Enterprise News BureauD
RALEIGH, N. c., April 1S.-Louis
K. Mcmillan. instructor in the de-
partment of Old Testament Litera-
ture at Shaw University, was sus-
pended Friday.
Action was taken by President J.
l.. Peacock upon advice of ]. NJ
Broughton, white, legal advisor for
conduct unbecoming a member of
the faculty. Mr.. Mcmillan was given
a check for April's salary, $3.50, and
served notice that he was to "vacate
the premises at once"
Letter To Trustees
Suspension of the young instructor
followed his letter addressed to the
Trustees Board of Shaw University
and the American Baptist Home
Missionary Society which supports
the school.
In the letter he declared four
members of the faculty unfit for
their places and criticized Jim crow
arrangements under which white and
colored members of the faculty live
and work.
Presidents Virtues Few
In the letter Mcmillan declared
that the virtues of President Pea
cock are painfully few and mechan-
ic.
"He has masters degree from
Harvard, he has a Kappa key, he
has a mellow voice. He knows the
Bible and believes in II, from cover
IN covar ha ran cry
1.-THE vices of the president are
numberless and fundamental. He
is ignorant and out Of sympathy
with the minds, needs and feelings
of youth; he is weakling, he Il
afraid Of southern whites. lest hs
lose prestige; he is afraid of the
Negro Baptists, lest he be criticiz
ed"
Dean OF Theological Department
Dr.. Pegues. dean of the Theologi
cal Department, says Mcmillan !
likewise unsuited for his office be
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Ono Is Towns Name

ONO, Pa, (ANP)-While passing
through this village which is in Le-
banon County. stranger asked a
native, "Will you tell me the name
of this placer" Ono" replied the
native emphatically The stranger
surprised, tried another man and
received the same brief response.
Ono is the towns name.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Segregation Case Dismissed

NEW ORLEANS. La.--An echo of
the recent Supreme Court decision
declaring residential segregation un-
constitutional, was heard here, Fri
day, when the SEGREGATION case.
brought by the Land Developing
Company against restriction was
thrown out Of court. y.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Income a Million

MEMPHIS, Tenn, (ANP)--Ac-
cording to statement made by DIR.
]. z. Walker, president of the Uni
versal Life Insurance Company. with
home offices here, the income OF the
company during 1927 will reach the
million dollar mark. ll
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Clarence Darrow Is 20

CHICAGO, (ANP)-Congratula-
tions have already begun to arrive
at the home of Clarence Darrcw, ~
w. Washington Street, by letter and
telegram, the occasion being the
great lawyers 10th birthday.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Babe Saves Bootlegging Ma

RALEIGH, N. C,---Mrs. Georgia
Watson. charged with bootlegging
and arrested with whiskey in her
possession. was given a suspended
sentence here this week, when she
became the mother Of a new born
baby.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
No Color Line inSpan, Says Rogers;
Country Where All Races MingIe
Saloons

Saloons
There are plenty of saloons, full
Of people. drinking not near--but
real beer, and good old English ale
at four and eight cents o glass. Reg
ular pre-war Scotch is brazenly ad-
yertised for sale in thewindows at
price one-tenth of what 1t Is at
home, all reminding one of the good
old U. S. A. in the year 1917 B. ID.
before the Volstead Disaster.) Now
and then, as we'll as on the Spanish
side lady may be seen rushing the
can.
a All Races
As to ethnic composition almost
every race under the sun seems to
make its home in Gibraltar-Eng-
lish, Spanish, Moroccan, Levantine,
Maltese, Turkish. Hindu, Negro.
There is also the famous 'Rcck
Scorpion" In whom there is strain
OF almost every race on earth.
Needless to say, there Is mo color
line" the only restriction so far as
civilian lie is concerned, being the
size of ones pocket-book.
Prices Low
For an American prices are low,
being about a third Of that of New
York City A good room can be had
for four dollars. and an excellent
meal In good restaurant for sixty
cents. Wages are much lower than
In America. Both English and
Spanish money are used. and the
signs OF the shops are in the two
languages
Gardens In Bloom
AS to the climate, Gibraltar Is
most delightful. II Is March. yet
the gardens are In full bloom.
The Spaniards from my brief con-
tact with them, / found to be an
amiable and courteous people.
In my next viii tell Of the beau
tiful island OF Sicily. and OF its an
cient civilization In which Africa al
so played great part.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22

Grand Lodge Session Of Colored Eks In
NY. May Be Ruled Contrary to Law
ny CHARLRs \. MAGuL

YORK. April 20Notwthsanding the preparations
likelihood will
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-22
Statistics Show Million Blacks Have
Settled In North During Last 10 Years

CHICAGO, April 20A showing
O Negro N IN the North
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-06-02
THE FISH HATCHERY

In recent issue of the News article appeared re-
gardng the activities of the Beatooth Boosters club in
effort to get the Federal to take the
hatchery at Rche Lodge operate as Federal hatchery
in order that portion of the fish at least can be taken in
to Wyoming and planted in the streams and lakes
the line part of Wyoming adjacent to Carbon county is
practically inaccessible and is difficult to reach except
from the hatchery at Riche Lodge
At the time the article published we did not know
Of the efforts of the local post of the American Legion in
getting the hatchery converted into Federal hatchery
We have learned recently that considerable work has been
done by the Legion particularly O. j. Salo and COM
ntee composed of several Legionares We wish to take
this opportunity to give the Legion credit in this matter
We understand that the local Rod and Gun club also
very much interested in this hatchery being operated by
the Federal government and have put forth efforts in
bringing about the desired results To them wish to
give credit and anyone else who lend assistance in the
matter We sure that the Beartooth Boosters club
will welcome any help from any at any time, or
turn the entire matter to the Legion post and Rod
and Gun club Results are all we are looking for.