The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-11-04
Alice Moore Fights City
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Alice Moore, wife Vof George
Moore, well known colored man
around the town, owner of the Svea
Hotel, 1913 LIZ Broadway filed pc
tition in the Superior Court Tues
day demanding write of Mandam-
US against the City Council of Ia
coma. The lady, who by the way, is
a white woman declares that she is
the owner of the Svea and that she
filed her application for a renewal
of her license August 10, 1927 and
on Oct. Gath, the Tacoma City Coun-
ell turned her down. The City Coun-
ell had, presumably been reading the
Masonic Journal published here in
October dealing with this and other
hotels run by white ladies with col
ored husbands and sweethearts. In
her petition Mrs. Moore says that the
council acted "capriciously and arbit-
rarily" in refusing to do legal act
H. d. Dymont. commissioner of pub
lie safety claims that the hotel in
question is operated as "house of
i'll repute."
A few DAVIS ago, certain circles
were stirred by an article in the Mas
onic Journal. Ku Klux publication,
apparently, to Judge by it's attacks
'upon Catholics in the same issue. in
which several houses operated as ho-
tells in this city. run by white ladies
and owned bv colored men were emu
merated. The Svea was named as
being the Headquarters of "Negro
vice ring". in which white girls were
held as helpless slaves by NEGRO men.
There was lot of slush about the
POOR white girls and their Negre
slave drivers. We wondered if that
Young editor ever went around snoop-
ing to find out lust how many white
women of uncertain repute were liv-
ing on the slender earnings of YOUNG
49, and 19-year old black male chill
dren in this northwest. Most men
classed as Negroes mixed up with this
class of women are mulattoes and
the yelling comes from the class who
are generally the fathers of men
accused of slave driving.
We hold no brief for these people.
As lawyer we've never earned 500
in twenty years from this class and
we do not countenance vice, but we
AibAh IuiltlY lIlfb l0e FtJN council
should get so righteous all of a sud-
den.
Mrs. T. ]. Sadler and Mr.. GEORGE
Rideout won the prizes given at the
"Dapper Dandies" hall Oct. 81.
Mrs. Frederick Bruce is expected
to lend her beautiful voice to the
program at st. Leo's hioh school, ac-
companied bv Mrs. d. TAYLOR on the
niano; Mrs. Paul d. Mieirs of Holv
Rosary Parish. will recite an original
poem. Hon. John Leo, Tacoma law
yer will address the gathering at
pm. Sunday afternoon and the Ne
pro National Anthem will be sumo.
The F. G. c. all invited. Mrs. w. T.
Mccall is expected to present Sc
lected subject. Also Mrs. A. L. Buch
will present paper.
Mr.. J. Fl. Brooks has The Chevra
Talmud Torak. Jewish church cor
poration, the Bushy Horn. comnanv.
the Tacoma colored Elks holding
corporation and A. Y. Byrd to fore
close a mechanics lien on the Elks
last week. It is hoped that
the matters can he settled amicahly.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. G.. MYERS. have
moved from 1921 No. Pearl Street to
2S11 No Carr Street.
Bethlehem Baptist Church Notes
Services at Bethlehem Baptist Church ,
were very well attended Sunday.
Rev. Hamilton of Seattle preached
and evening. Sunday school
convened with large number pres
ent and an inspiring lesson well learn
ed and every one left uplifted.
Rev. A. L. Byrd, former pastor of
Bethlehem Baptist Church, now re-
signed, returned to the city Monday
night from his visit east with the
body of his wife who died here last
month. Rev. Byrd went to Seattle
wednesday and is stopping with Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Benford at present.
The Bushy Horn Company met
night at the Eik's Home.
Mrs. Mary James. of Spokane, Wn.
daughter of Mrs. G.. E. Benford of |
Tacoma underwent a serious oper-
alton at the Sacred Heart hospital in
Spokane Tuesday, week ago, and has |
recovered from her illness. Mrs. |
Benford expects to go to Spokane to |
visit her daughter soon.
The Dapper Dandies led by Harry |
Murray and Thad. Tate wish to thank |
Every body who attended their |
nasque entertainment last hallow- |
ZEN. The boys are very proud that !
he discipline was we'll in hand and
hat no cause for complaint of rough
less or hoodlumism is found. Be-
lavior was excellent and everybody
lad a good time.
Mr.. w. S. Outten wishes his friends
o know that his new address is 687
eockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, New
FORK CITY.