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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
WHITE BUSINESS
MEN RALLY TO
Aid NEGRO VICTIM

BONNEVILLE. Miss. April T.
Especially After having been res
cued from the hands of a mob of
whites late Tuesday night at the
edge of town by a posse of busi-
ness men, Jack Mckee, 45, promi-
nent colored citizen here who was
accused in a murder case, is being
rallied to by the ablest lawyers in
town and business men have raised
the greater part of purse of $1,000
to be used in defending his case.
The whites came to the aid of
Mckee, when it became apparent
that he is being made the victim of
plot through which white man
hopes to escape the moose" for
numbering his wife to get life in
surance of $4,000 which she car
ried, as charged by prosecuting at
torneys in the case.
Mckee was involved, when an al
legged surprise witness in the trial
of N. r. Clayton, white, charged
with numbering his wife, accused
Mckee of being the stranger" who
was seen Fleeing from the Clayton
house on the night of the Staying.
AT the preliminary bearing Clayton's
attorneys attempted to get delay
of As hours with the statement
that they would produce q surprise
witness.
Mrs. Clayton was shot to death
while sleeping with her tiny babe
in her arms.
McKee's preliminary hearing is
scheduled for this Saturday, at
which time, according to attorneys
the citizens fund committee will
ask the court to revoke the bond of
$4,000 under which Clayton is at
liberty, and place him in jail on
charges of non-bailable first degree
murder
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Arabs Worlds Drtest Folk, Many
Never Had Bath During Their Life

ficult to define the horizon. Over
the mountains. back toward the
great desert. were the strangest
cloud forms, suggesting fleecy flocks
of enormous sheep.
Looks Like Sheep
Entering the town one is remind
ed Of Paris, except for its newness.
Taxis. with the odd French honk.
dash hither and thither, the shops.
with Partisan names. have the latest
styles. the terrasses Of the cafes are
crowded with patrtns slipping their
books. of coffee. hotels, banks, all
but for the Moorish Influence in the
architecture, reminding one OF
France.
Thousand Years Back
But wait, all this is but the en-
tree to one of the strangest sights
the eye of an American can ever
behold. Step behind wall abut-
ting the main street into the native
quarter, and you step back thou
sand years. further back yet, into
Bible times. Narrow. tortuous
streets. lurching camels; pathetic
little donkeys, some loaded with
hampers. others being ridden. with
out rein. the rider nearest the tail;
water-carriers with skins. still the
shape OF the animals so that when
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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08

Bishop Brooks is former pas
tor OF Bethel Church, Baltimore,
and was sent by the A. NJ Il.
Church as bishop to West Africa
seven years ago.
Through countrywide campaigns
he raised over 100000 In America
with which he built a 100000 con-
crete school In Liberia and main
tanned 1t for the past -four years.
Hostility towards foreign mis-
sionaries began five years ago and
in his last message to the Liberlan
Congress. President King urged a
native church. adding that every
Liberian should find God for him
self
An attempted tax placed upon all
schools supported by foreign de-
nominations four years ago brought
threats from the United Missionary
bodies 10 leave on the next boat un-
less II was rescinded,
Bishop Brooks was threatened
with arrest year ago on alleged
debt charges. He escaped by leav-
ing at once for the U. S. A. lie
only returned to Liberia two months
ago.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
John Lowe Guilty Of
Robbing BIRD Legs"

PORTLAND, Ore, April 6.-John
Lowe, colored, was found guilty by n
jury in Circuit Judge Ekwall's court
on an indictment charging him with
assault with intent to rob in con-
nection with the holdup of the road
house of James bird Legs) Reed,
blind Negro, cast of Portland, the
night of December 13. At loves
first trial the jury disagreed. He is
serving a term in the county jail on
a federal liquor charge.
Lowe was charged with conspir-
ing with Fay B. Wise and Neil An
dresen in the holdup of Reeds place.
His defense was to the effect that
he had been framed" by Wise and
Andersen, who are under four-year
prison sentences.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
PORO COLLEGE
CASE Is SET
FOR APRIL Il

ST. LOUIS, April 6-April 18th
ON the petition of Aaron T.. Malone
TO place permanent receiver in
Pcro College.
The, stage was all set last week
for the hearing of the case in Judge
Hartman's court. The room was
filled but the absence of newspaper
men. from. out OF town was noted
They had been informed before
hand that both parties would ask
for a postponement of the case.
Friends of Mr.. Malone point out
that the several postponements in
this case have been asked for by
Mrs. Malone and that this Is an evil
dence of the strong case that he has
in asking for half of his wifes' ST.
100000 property and manufactured
toilet articles which pay the govern
ment a tax OF from 100000 to $780,
600 year.
Mrs, Malone's friends deny these
assertions vehemently. They claim
that at the marriage of the couple.
Malone was a poor, povertysricken
book agent and that Mrs. Malone
built mp the business, not only with
ont his aid, but largely In spite of
his opposition. They claim that the
travelling salesmanship system and
the system Of establishing branch
agencies in the large cities was Mrs.
Malope's own thought and enter
prise and that Mr.. Malone openly
opposed IL.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Malone's friends
continue to collect and send in to
her evidence of Malone's social ac-
tivities in various parts Of the coun-
try. Sensational evidence is antici-
pated If the case ever comes to trial
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
MANY COLORED
LABORERS ARE
IDLE in DETROIT

DETROIT. Mich. April 7.-At the
present. time Detroit's labor baro-
meter shows that there are about
as many individuals employed In the
big Industrial concerns as ever In
its history, yet there are still large
group of men walking the streets
who are unemployed.
This condition arises from the
fact that migrants have come into
the city more rapidly than they
could be absorbed into industries
Factory managers are responsible
for the information that our work
ing force this year will probably
not so beyond the number which
We have now.
This Is easily explained in the
fact that there are not sufficient
orders in to necessitate larger
working force. As rule the peak
in employment is reached in De-
troit about the, middle of May but
it appears that this year 1t was
reached early in March. Colored
men have not felt this slack In un-
employment any more than have
the whites.
Negroes in Detroit are engaged
in practically every type of occupa-
tion; not in large numbers, how
ever. There are moulders. machi-
nists. motormen. engineers. tool
plumbers, and so on through many
diversified branches OF industry.
These men rarely go into the
plants in their specialized capacities
but reach them through merit and
an Unsuitable desire to succeed, after
getting in.
There are very few factories in
Detroit that do not employ Ne
groes- In fact 81 Is difficult to find
one that doesn't There are several
big plants that employ upwards OF
thousand and one employs sew
cral thousands.
The general complaint lodged
against the colored workman is that
he win not make time. and that
for the slightest provocation he
will remain away from work. II
there is any justification for this
IL is probably because of the train.
ing he has had in the south where
he has not been compelled to punch
time clocks as he has TO do here.
Housing conditions have improved
considerably since last year. More
houses are available now than there
we're then and they are ON tbs
whole in better repair. Rents
range from forty-flye to fifty dollars
per month for four and five rooms
with bath. Desirable houses can be
purchased for from seven thousand
dollars upwards.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08

GOlltSlGu tlcNllOu ny pluIdllls VI
The Mayoralty campaign had foi
one of its chief issues the question
of race. The Democrats used the
issue with all of the viciousness of
the worst sections of any southern
state. They did it calculatingly,
with the hope of inflaming enough
whites against the Republican candi-
date Thompson to give them an
advantage. While doing this. they
made direct appeal for the better
element of Negro votes in other
words, they endeavored to carry
water on both shoulders.
Advertisements, cartoons, placards
and circulars were used by both
political organizations in ridiculing.
Or capitaliziTg the friendship of one
or the other candidate for Colored
citizens. For example: In a meeting
at Eighth Regiment Armory, Thomp-
son picked up a little Colored child
in his arms. The Democrats grab
bed at this, and produced cartoons
of Thompson kissing a Negro
child" In reprisal, Republicans
produced a picture of Mayor Dever
surrounded by a group of promi-
nent Colored citizens, and referred
to the Democrat as ''two-faced'
Democrats put on the North side
trees and posts, where a majority
OF whites live, placards bearing the
inscription: "Do You Want Chicago
Ruled by Negroes or Whites?"
The Results Being Carefully Studied
The results of the election are
being carefully studied by political
leaders in all parts of the country.
The South, in recent years, because
Of its election laws, has found it un-
necessary to use the racial 'bugaboo
with the yehemence used years ago;
uid the. e@are- those who have pre-
dicted that industrial progress South
is making that section more tolerant
politically The recent Supreme
Court decision on the Texas case
emphasized the possibilities before
Southern Negro voters.
Leaders of both parties. quietly
but effectively, are girding their
loins for the great battle of the bal
lots for President in 1928. In 1924
the Democrats made a strong appeal
for Negro suffrage. The most ef-
fective organization ever undertaken
by Democrats in National way,
was effected and directed from New
York and Chicago, with trained
staffs Democratic leaders say they
propose to develop even stronger
organization for 1928. 1--WE will
appeal to citizenship, however, and
not to prejudice" said one leader.
Republicans are concerned, for II
is nationwide talk that Republican
interest in Negro welfare. politically
has been passive rather than active.
President Coolidge has been cordi-
ally tolerant. but in no sense ag-
gressive. The President takes the
position that racial progress is de-
veloped along conservative lines.
With the great city election OF
Chicago over. attention will turn
to national developments, and just
the way to play for" or '"play
against" the Negro vote, is causing
the strategists to get over in quiet
corner and talk in low, but earnest
voices In the meantime. the citi.
zens of Color, are keeping their ears
to the ground, and reading the in
ternational news from China, Rus.
sia, and other sections of the world
such as India and Africa.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Boxer Featured in Play OF
African Jungle

HOLLYWOOD. Cal.-Sam Baker.
well-known Negro boxer and at one
time considered a contender for
the heavyweight championship of
the world. is playing a featured role
in "The Claw a story of the Afri-
can veldt, co-starring Norman Kerry
and Claire Windsor. The genial
SAM is the leader of a band of. Az
rican savages. who battle with Ker-
ry and his soldiers. According to
Director Sidney Olcott, Sam is a
born actor.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Slashes Indians Wrist

SPOKANE, Wash.-Using a long
bladed Jack knife, Pasco Carter. Ne
gro, started in to settle his differ
ences with Tex McCloud, Indian, on
the street at Main and Bernard and
had succeeded in cutting a deep
cash in McCloud's wrist before he
was interrupted by bystanders, ac-
cording to police.
Carter was booked for assault.
McCloud was taken to the emer-
gency hospital and after his hand
was dressed was held in the city jail
as a witness.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Mother Gives Her Son
Over to the Police


SPOKANE, Wash. - After police
hunted two days for Joe McWil-
liams, his mother, Mrs, C. McWil-
liams, South Gil Fiske Street, dis
covered him hidina IN .he attic of
her home and forced him to accom-
pany her to police. headquarters,
where he was charged with attempt
ing to assault white woman. The
boy denied the assault charge, but
admitted he entered the woman's
home with the intent to commit bur-
glary.
McWilliams is six feet two inches
tall, but as he is only II he is in
custody of the juvenile officers. He
secured, according to his admission,
81 in money and street car ticket.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Warn Restaurants to
Stop Discrimination

YAKIMA, Wash, April r.
Attention of local restaurant
proprietors is directed to a state
law making il unlawful for
such establishments to diserimi-
nate against colored people in
letters sent out by Prosecutor
George E. Clark to number of
eating places which are said to
have put signs in their windows
stating that they cater to white
people only. The action was ta-
ken as result of complaint
made by eolored railroad por-
ter that discrimination is showr
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Rob Church Safe

ST. LOUIS. Mo.--(ANP Burg
lars worshipped at the fashionable
Central Baptist Church. Ewing and
Washington Avenues. last Sunday
night. After the close of the SER
vices. the yeggmen who had secret
ed themselves in the auditorium
pulled off their Job. The large
iron safe was pried open and more
than $400 was carried away.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Smith Family Arrested

ST. LOUIS. Mo.-(ANP)- Mrs.
BILLY Smith. white, admitted par
ticipation in IA holdups,, following
her arrest a few days. ago.
She implicated Leroy Smith, 2S,
916 whitten street. her colored COM
mon-law husband, as her associate.
The crowd specialized in robbing
filling stations.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Urban League in Session

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-National Urban
League began its five day confer
encc here Tuesday
Speakers on the program include
Forester Washington, of Philadel-
phia, Elmer A. Carter. st. Paul;
John T. Clark, st. Louis; Edward
f. Frazier, Atlanta; John w. Davis
w. Va. Collegiate Institute; John
c. Dancy, Detroit; Samuel A. Allen
Boston; Judge Albert George, Chi.
cago.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Legless Bootlegger

ATLANTA, Ga.--That legs are
not an essential in the bootlegging
business was revealed this week,
when Tommy Lee Johnson of Coweta
County and who has. lost both Of his
legs, was convicted for the third time
of violating the Volstead act
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Filler in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-"Ace" Fore
man, 23 years old California aviator.
who is flying in leisurely jumps
from Los Angeles to New York City,
took off here Tuesday for Chicago,
the next stage of his journey.
He is using Thomas Morse scout
plane with one motor with maxi
mum speed of 110 miles an hour.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08

SACRAMENTO, Cal.--Negro and
Jewish lawyers have united in de-
teimined fight against the self gov
erning bar bill, a measure which they
say win discriminate against Negroes
and Jews and which white lawyers
are trying to put through the Cali
fornia state legislature.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Men Wear Hat Pins

NEW YORK.-Recent African art
exhibit at the New York Public Lib
rary revealed that the male dwarfs
of African forests wear hats and
use hat pins. while females have
no need for the latter, as they go
hatless. These African bellies. how
ever, wear small ivory adornments
about the head.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08

LOUISVILLE. Ky.-Joseph Logan
charged with numbering Miss Alice
NJ Wills, will probably die in the
electric chair. because he turned
down an offer of life Imprisonment
offered By the court to risk his fate
in the hands Of jury, who brought
in a first degree verdict against
him,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Installs $4,000 Press

NEW ORLEANS, La. (By AMP
The Louisiana Weekly, one of the
foremost Negro publications in the
South, will install a $4,000 print
ing plant in a specially constructed
building. The new plant will include
automatic presses, typesetting ma
chimes and all that go to make a
complete newspaper Office.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
DR.. Motion on Flag Body

WASHINGTON. d. C.-Dr. Robert
II. Motion. president Of Tuskegee In
stitute, who has. been elected a
member of the United States Flag
the honorary president
of whom is President Calvin Coo
lidge
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Club Opposes Church

DENVER.-The 100 members OF
the Downing Improvement Associa-
tion voted unanimously Tuesday
night in favor of segregating Me-
groes in the public schools.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
BISHOP BROOKS ARRESTED I'M Liberia
Liberian Government Inpriisons A. M. {.
Bishop Without Hearing On Debt Charge

MoNRovIA Liberia Cable)Bshop W. Brooks
imprisoned
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08
Political Leaders Carefully Study
Result Of Negro Ballot In Chicago

CHICAGO. April 6-(By A. N P)-Wiliam
publican and trusted friend of Chicago Negroes will be the
windy Complete
Mayor William
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-08

1.-The Northwest's Most
Popular and Widely
Read Newspaper
Evening star., 1927-06-30
CITY EMPLOYEES
LAID Off IN ERROR
Health Department Staff to
Be Charged With An
nuaI Leave.

Employees Of the District Health De-
partment who recently were fur
loughed without pay from to Ia
days, because of an apparent short.
age in the salary appropriation, be-
came aroused today when Auditor
Daniel J. Donovan revealed that the
forced lay-off was unnecessary-an er-
ror in accounting in his office, he said,
had placed a charge against the
Health Department which rightfully
belonged TO another department.
The employees, it was announced,
would be paid for he days they lost,
but the time will be deducted from
their annual leave. The employees did
not want the leave at the time they
were forced to take it, and they want
to know wherein lies the justice of
depriving them of the right to choose
a vacation.
DIR. William C. Fowler, health Of
flcer, is one of the few of the more
than 20 employees who were furloI he'd
whose vacation status remains un-
changed by discovery of the error
The health officer decided to work
without pay during the four days he
was ordered to take leave of absence.
AS a result, he will get his pay and
the four days of annual leave, too.
The District Government, however
IS without an insurance department
today. The entire department, in
cluding Supt. Thomas NJ. Baldwin, jr.
was furloughed for "a hours to cover
a lack of $55 in it's annual appropria.
ton. Funds for the new fiscal year
will be available tomorrow.
Evening star., 1927-06-30

Sac Paula, Brazil, has introduced
elevated streets.
Evening star., 1927-06-30
BIG FREIGHTER HERE.

The largest sea going freighter ever
to visit Washington, the Jean Weems.
from Miami, Fla, Is docked across
two of the fish wharves In the Channel
unloading cargo.
The Jean Weems is of 5000 tons,
and when fully loaded her draft is 81
feet. She is 261 feet long and has a
beam of 441a feet. The vessel is COM
manded by Capt. F. w. Forrest and
operated by the Baltimore & Carolina
steamship Co. of Baltimore.
1t took only four days to make the
voyage from Miami. the vessel reach
ing here yesterday. No difficulty was
experienced in coming up the river.
The cargo consists of lumber from
the Pacific Coast sent to Florida dur.
ing the boom period, where 1t remain.
ed until brought here for disposal by
the Hechinger Co. Stevedores unload
ing the vessel with steam winches and
a fleet of trucks make sight not
often seen in Washington.
Evening star., 1927-06-30
eO-DAY REPRIEVE IS ASKED
FOR JACKSON ON EVE OF DEATH
Man Convicted of Assault, Who Was to
Have Been Electrocuted Tomorrow,
Pleads Unsound Mind.

be used. This current will be turned
on for IS seconds, varying in force
during that time.
The period of time and details of
the arrangements are left to the dis
cretion of Maj. Peak. who is designat-
ed District executioner. The law pro.
vides that punishment of death shall
be inflicted by causing to pass through
the body of the convict a current of
electricity of sufficient intensity to
cause death. and the application Of
such current shall be continued until
such convict is dead
Indication of the morbid interest
taken in the first electrocution by in
dividuals anxious to witness the part
ing of man from life is shown at the
Jail in the scores of requests from
persons to be present at the electrocu-
ton. Some Of these requests have
come from as far as Ohio and West
Virginia. Some have come from well
known local business and professional
men.
All have been refused.
The law limits those in attendance
to the superintendent of the Jail and
his assistants, clergymen, attorneys Of
the convict, and relatives of the con-
vict, If they so desire; two physicians
and five respectable citizens" as wit
uesses The witnesses have been Sc
lected from local newspapers, whose
reporters will cover" the electrocu-
ton.
Jackson seems resigned to his fate.
He has been eating we'll and sleeping
soundly. He continues to profess in
nocence Of the crime. His routine
daily acts have not shown any such
extreme nervous tension as might
have been expected.
He is so years old. He has been
at the Jail since February 25, when he
was committed there to await trial.
He was convicted and sentenced to
clectrocution May g.
The crime attributed to Jackson
was attacking Mrs. Daisy yelling,
80 years old, of 1877 D street southeast.
on the night of February IS. while she
was walking through the Capitol
grounds. She was beaten with
blunt instrument and assaulted. and
was for weeks in a serious condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital
Evening star., 1927-06-30
POLICE COURT VENIRE
CALLED FOR TUESDAY
Long Docket Amassed Since Appro'
priations Ran Out to Be
Taken Up.

Veniremen again will be available
Tuesday with the beginning of the
new fiscal year, to fill the jury box
at Police Court to try the long docket
of cases which have amassed since the
current appropriation ran out.
Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given announced today that panel
of AZ prospective jurors was being
summoned, % of whom would be re.
quired to remain in attendance at
the court building for service.
Jury trials will be held beginning
Tuesday on every week day except
Saturday. Liquor cases will be heard
the first day, assault. larceny and
other charges in the United States
branch Wednesday. and traffic viola
tions Thursday and Friday. The
same order Of routine will be observed
each week with Mondays also devoted
Evening star., 1927-06-30
to prohibition cases. Judge Nc

to prohibition cases. Judge Nc
Mahon Is slated to preside.
Owing to the failure of the passage
Of the second deficiency bill before
Congress adjourned and the exhaus-
ton Of all OF the jury compensation
appropriation except $3.50, enough to
pay a panel Of 80 men for three days.
regular jury trials were abandoned at
the end of March. The jury was called
back for a day in May and two days
this month. but few cases were dis.
posed Of. Approximately 1900 cases
are now awaiting disposition. an in
crease Of about 900 since February.