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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Are You Crazy?

Are YOU crazy? You may or may
not be. but DR.. c. Floyd Haviland,
superintendent of the Manhattan
State Hospital on Wards Island, es-
Inmates that there are five or SIX
times as many mental cases when
are not legally insane as there are
advanced cases in the asylums. Ac-
cording to other authorities there
are many persons who are not quite
crazy enough to be in asylums and
not quite sane enough to be lett at
large, They are protected by laws
made to prevent people from Deing
"railroaded" to asylums.
Perhaps we are ,all crazy in one
respect or another A psychologist
once said that anybody, if observed
every minute of the day, would DC
caught in many acts that could no!
be described as sane. This would
apply to some Of the greatest minds:
Or. Samuel Johnson had to stop and
touch every lamp post with his cane |;
if he missed one he would walk back
and tap it. Richard Wagner, the
greatest of operate composers, had
q habit of suddenly keeling over and
standing on; his head in company.
The poet Schiller could not write UNI
loss he smclled rotten apples. And
what is to be said of the greatest nov
elist, Balzac, who always tipped ms
hat when he mentioned himself! IL
seems that if man is successful he
is merely eccentric; if he is failure
he is crazy.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

10 the Editor:
read in your paper of December
10th an article by v. T. Calverton,
editor of the Modern Quarterly, on
religion and the Negro / agree
with him that the Negro has been
handicapped by religion.
There are millions and millions of
dollars spent by Negroes in churches
and large sums are paid preachers.
People who are not more than able
to buy food and clothing take their
last dollar and put it into the church.
We need money in schools, hospit-
ais, home and community centers.
Our teachers are poorly paid and we
have but few hospitals for Negroes,
and in some places where there are
large churches there are hundreds of
homes without baths and are poorly
built. In some communities there are
no Fairgrounds for children who are
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

IL Inc ISulIDT'
First | want to congratulate you
on getting out a mighty fine paper.
eagerly wait for The Enterprise
every week. | think it about the
newsiest race paper published, bar
none. Your editorials as rule are
masterpieces of logic and good Eng
lish but now and then you certainly
put over what might be called "a
rotten. one" ] particularly refer to
your editorial March 23rd, subject
"The Proposed Strike" in which you
refer to the Pullman Porter's fight
for better conditions and increase
in wages as being silly, ill-timed and
inopportune. Don't you realize, Mr..
Wilson, that the reason Negroes are
so far down in the economical scale
is because they have never presented
united front and fought for the
cause that would benefit them? As
race We must learn to make sacri-
flee for principle. Everybody knows
the porters are lunderpaid and over
worked. You evidently have never
been porter or you would certainly
express more sympathy for their
cause than you have in your editor
ial.4 ] hope the porters will strike
and force the company to meet their
demands. Furthermore | think any
Negro who would assist the Pullman
company to break the strike by TAX
ing the porter's job should get a
darn good beating. Yours for the adj
vaneement of the race,
JOHN H. WATERS.
n,,lufh MINI
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
AT the Crossroads 8.
Waits Fate Hangs On His Color
If He Is Colored

IL the staff at sSibley Hospital de-
cides that the waif rs colored the flu
ture will look darker for him. His
youth, then, will be spent in a Jim
Crow school, where he will be taught
of the white man who bribed anc
conquered savage people and civ
ilized wild country.
He will learn of his ancestors, who
were brought to America as slaves
to the white man. In his youth he
viii be taught the love of his coun-
try, but at the same time he will
recall the latest lynching; he will be
taught chivalry toward women, but
in the same breath he will be told Of
the Negro boy who was castrated for
giving an automobile Gift" to a white
girl on country road in Florida
he will be taught respect for old age,
but will hear his father called "boy"
by the traffic cop on the corner.
Yet when he sees Old Glory wav-
ing in the air he, too, will feel proud
of his flag. When he hears "The Star
Spangled Banner" he will doff his
hat in reverence, even though he
wonders why he has been told, time
and time again. that "this is white
mans country"
The forsaken little waif is at the
crossroads. The biggest event of his
life is in the hands of the Sibley
Hospital staff.
Heres luck to you. little waif.
May the decision ultimately bring
you prosperity and happiness, wheth-
err you be white or black"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Last Houston Martyr
But One, Released

NEW YORK-All but one member
of the gath U. S. Infantry, imprlson-
ed in connection with the Houston,
Texas, riot of 1917, have now been
released, according to a letter from
the U. s. Disciplinary Barracks at
Fort Leavenworth, kans., to the NJ a.
A. C. p.
Col, A. A. Hickox, parole officer,
declares that Robert Smith has been
naroled under date of March 2, and
was released March 10th. The man
stiIl imprisoned was denied parole,
because of a 'poor conduct record
during his imprisonment.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Bread Lines in California

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, CAMP
More than 100000 men are out of
work in California.
This is the estimate of the State
Labor Commissioners Office. 1t is
the greatest number since that in
1921 and effects the state more deep
ly by reason of the fact that in 1921
the unemployed were were able to
subsist on earnings saved from the
war prosperity wave. Bread lines have
been established in San Francisco and
hundreds are being fed daily. In lbs
Angeles the work of feeding the out
of work is less organized and actual
hunger is said to exist there.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
A Voice From the South

To The Editor:
The greatest problem that con-
fronts the race today is ECONOMIC.
The race invests too much money in
automobiles. 1t buries too much mon
ely in the ground. | am not opposed
to owning an automobile, but |
would advise that one purchase one
commensurate with his earning pow
en-
We burden ourselves to carry
Life Insurance" in order to have
big funeral. am not opposed to car
rying Life Insurance" 1t is sure
way to create an estate, and the only
means by which some of us will ever
have anything. But keep some of
the money to live on.
The late Bishop Ireland once said
that: "The only solution to the race
problem would be thru inter-marry-
ing of the races. But | urge that,
the Negro get an education in his
head, religion in his soul and money
in his pocket.
We invest too much money in fine
churches, and only the preacher, or
ganist and sexton receive any COM
pensation thereby. Instead of his
constructing church at the cost of
100000, why not build one that
would cost S250,000 and invest $780,
900 in real estate and first mort
cages. and by so doing. the church
would always have an income, and
the members would not always be
taxed to death for its support.
More of us should ATTEMPT to enter
business and manufacturing enter
prises, so IS to give employment to
more Of our group. We should learn
to exercise the ballot more. We
should throw our support to the par
ty that does most for our race. We
should not depend on mere promises
from either side.
DR.. G. r. Waters,
jacksonville, Fla.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

Word Often Misused
Do not say II had ought to have
gone" Omit "had" or better still say
II should have gone"
Word Often Misspelled
Comprise; S, not 2.
Word Often Mispronounced
Inquiry. Pronounce second 'i'' as
in "ice", accent after the r, not first
syllable.
Synonyms
Confident, hopeful, sanguine, ex-
ultant, elated, buoyant.
Word Study
Use a word three times and it is
yours. Let us increase our vocabu-
larry by mastering one word week.
MUNDANE: pertaining to the
world. "She is too spiritual to pay
attention to mundane affairs"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Clerks In Texas Store

SHERMAN, Tex, (ANP)-Mr. c..
l.. Burton, age1S, is one young man
who has made good in the great
Chain of Piggy Wiggly Stores of
1000. He has risen from truck driver
to clerk here. position no other
colored man holds in a white store
here and there are very few else
where in the United States. Mr.. Bur-
ton has just been with the store two
years and six months. He was born
in Ennis, Texas.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Poem This Week
Life 1. a Game OF Whist


Hour after hour the cards were fairly
shuffled,
And fairly dealt; yet still | got no
hand.
rose from play. and with mind
unruffled
| only said, 81 do not understand.
Life is a game of whist. From un-
seen sources
The cards are shuffled and the
hands dealt,
Blind are eur efforts to control the
forces
Which though unseen, are no less
strongly felt,
| do not like the way the cards are
shuffled;
But yet I'm in the game and bound
to stay; .u
And through the long, long night VIII
/, unruffled, /.
Play what | get, until the break Oh
day.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Look and Learn

What is mustang?
What Queen of England never saw
England?
What has been called "the root of
all evil?"
Which is the "Pelican State p
After what are all U. S. dread
naughts named?
Answers
/. A half-wild horse of the Ameri-
can planes.
2. Berengaria, wife of Richard
Occur de Lion.
8. The love for money.
4. Louisiana.
5. Individual states of the U. 5.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Servant Bequeathed $1,000

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-To Sarah
Thompson, aged servant who had
served her for more than 30 years,
Miss Annie Z. Blye bequeathcd S5,-
900 at her death, March 10, by the
terms of her will, filed for probate
yesterday. Miss Blye was in her
eighty-second year and Mrs. Thomp-
son is 70.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
Attractions At Theatres
CHORUS GIRL TALE
 LIKED AT PALACE

"An Affair or the Follies," a First National picture presented at the Palace Theatre last night is a most enjoyable sort of cinema entertainment.
 It combines an intensely inter- esting screen story with splendid acting and an unusual array of beautiful girls. Lewis Stone, Bill lie Dove and Lloyd Hughes are featured in the picture, while Ar thur Stone, Arthur Hoyt and Bert ram Marburgh contribute excel lent supporting roles.
 The story from which the play was adapted, best story of the year entry, written by Dixie Will son under the title of Here YAre Brother" treats several colorful phases of New York City life with warmly human realism seldom equalled on the, screen. More- over it has a punch" and spark ling comedy to offset touches of pathos.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION


 In the District Court for the Dis triet of Alaska, Division Num- Der One, at Ketchikan Pauline Buckner, Plaintiff, vs, James E. Buckner, Defendant. The President of the United States of America to the Above Named Defendant, Greeting
 You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, First Divis- ion, at Ketchikan, Alaska, within thirty t30) days after the last publication of this u m m s, namely, within thirty (30) days after the 22nd day of October, 1928, in case this summons is published, or within forty ,40) days after the date of it's service upon you in case this summons is served upon you personally, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file in the said court in the above-en- titled action.
 Said plaintiff in. said action demands the following relief: q dissolution of the bonds of matri- mony heretofore and now existing between plaintiff and defendant. And in the event you fail to so appear and answer the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof and will apply to the court for, the relief de- manded in her complaint as here inbefore stated.
 Witness, the Honorable E. Coke Hill, Judge Of said Court and the Seal of said Court hereunto af- fixed on the 27th day of Septem- Der, 1928.
 (Seal of District Court)
 JOHN H. DUNN, Clerk.
 By Katherine L. Kehoe,
 Deputy. Date of Order for Service by Publication, Sept. 15, 1928. First Publica ton, Oct. 1, 1928. Last Publication, Oct. 22, 1928. A. H. ZIEGLER,
 Attorney for Plaintiff.
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one day be able to win her affec- ton.
 The exotic Myrna Loy, previously seen with Blue as the native girl in Across the Pacific" plays the part of the woman who wins the heart of fellow passenger on a voyage to Southern seas, for the sake of carrying out a VOW of vengeance which she and her brother have sworn against him.
 Blue plays the part of John Wyncote, son of defaulting bank president, who dies. leaving the penalty of his misdeeds as his only heritage to his son. Among the ruined depositors is Joseph Blanco Sydney de Cray, who in a frenzy blows out his brains. Stefani (Paul Ellis) and Maria (Myrna Loy) children of the suicide, swear to ayenge his death.
 Young Wyncote is the only vic tim on whom their hatred can be wreaked. This is the starter of the thrilling story.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
VATICAN PAPER DISCUSSES U. s.
 pRES.CAMPA AICN
Says Utmost Reserve Is
 i Being Maintained, Catholic Side

i ROME, Oct. 1.-Cognizance of the religious sapect of the Ameri- can Presidential campaign is talk en for the first time by the Ob- seryatore Romano, wspape r, which the Vatican uses for public announcements. M
 AsAn editorial said; "On the Cath f6lR sido the utmost reserve shaa been maintained. Fanatics would not accept explanations and those acting in bad faith would have no need of them"
 The newspaper said that the silence of the Church has been proof '.of absolute impartiality of the Church which is proclaimed ecnstantly in regard to political contests, as long as they do not harm religious interests"
 The editorial in the newspaper added. American legislation and practical policy have rendered pos sible a free expansion of the Cath ollie life in the United States in a way to awaken admiration, one might say even envy, in other countries. The two eminent men contending for the Presidency have made absolutely correct declara- tions on the religious matter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
--------.-4 a----- COMEDY SHOWING
 AT THE COLISEUM


 What Happened To Father" a Warner Bros. production based on the Mary Roberts Rinehart story. is the hilarious account of what took place on certain evening, when staid hen-pecked professor Bradberry attended a back-stage party at Broadway musical show. It is at the Coliseum for the last times tonight.
 On the. quiet the old boy has been writing plays under the name of Garfield. Garfield cannot be- located on this feyerish night, and the Professor, besides woozy ad- ventures with wine, woman and song, is accused of having mur- dered him.
 The cast includes Warner Oland who is featured, Flobelle Fair banks. William Demarest, vera Lewis. John Milan. Hugh Allan, Cathleen Calhoun and Jean Lef- ferty. What Happened to Fath- CT" is play, for the whole family "a heart-warming, kindly, rough and tumble farce. and Warner Oland's characterization is the best of his great career. He, of course, is Father"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01

MlSGASSEII, Me-. Oct. r. The Rawson- -Mac.dillan-Field ex- pedition has sailed back to civili- ization with the results of Il months of study and adventure in the Businesses of northern Lab rador
 Early Septemberf brought the expeditions little fotilla back ta the tranquil waters of the Sheen scot River and to Wiseasset, whence the explorers and seien- lists sailed in June, 1927, Near ly 30 men make up the personnel of the party. It's vessels con- sisted of the schooner Bowdoln. the fishing schooner Radio and the motorboat Seeko,
 Facts hitherto unknown. sub jects hitherto only partly under stood, lore long hidden from the ken of white men, are being brought back to be added to civ i ilization' vast store of knowl- edge Meterology. geology, bot any, zoology and anthropology have been in the making during the past 143months.
 Lieut.. Comm. Donald B. Mac Milan is the leader of the ex- pediticn his eleventh voyage in 19 years of Arctic exploration. With him were six scientists of the Field Museum in Chicago, for which specimens were gathered. With MacMillan also was Ken neth Rawson, young son of Fred erick Rawson, Chicago banker, who financed the expedition.
 Radio waves already have car ried to the world some knowledge of what the expedition. accom- plished Dr. Duncan Strong. an thropclogist, who undertook to live among the Mascopie Indians has learned much of the history and daily life of these litte- known northlanders.
 Sites of old Eskimo villages have been uncovered. Ruins left
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
ROSE OF KILDARE" PALACE TOMORROW

"The Rose. of Kildare is said to be crammed full of drama, pa- thos. romance and comedy. The superlative. cost headed by Helene Chadwick in the title role and Pat O'Malley and Henry B. Walthall includes Lee Moran, Edwin J, Brady, Ena Gregory and Carroll Nye. ~
 It is a story of an Irish. colleen with a golden voice. The scene changes from Ireland to Kimberly in South Africa, where Barry Nu- nan, the. lover of Eileep's youth has ,strayed in, search of fortune, There fate carries her. but she finds that although he wrote a song to her years before and prom ised to return, he, has forgotten. for he has married another.
 The passage of years finds that history repeats itself.
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by the sorca.ied Tunit race have been studied. Who these forgot. ten folk were no one as yet knows Possibly. says MacMil- Ian, this race was confused with the Norsemen who, it is indioat- ed visited Greenland and Labra- dor 800 years ago. These latter ruins, MacMillan asserts. are of a certainty not Esk mo.
 Exploration has been pushed along the western coast of Baf- fin Land Vegetation, bird and animal life of the whole region encompassed in the survey have been studied and specimens pre- served. Much information con- tradictory to that given by the best authorities has been gath cred.
 As the explorers fared inland by snowmobile @ motor car equipped with runners Eskimos and Indians were amazed. Every where the vehicle went it created sensation, and the wondering na- tives gathered round ito examine every part of the machine
 The home of the Expedition, at Bowdoin, Harbor, Field Bay. was the mecca of Eskinos and Indians for miles around. During the long arctic night the natives came to ibask in the glow of elee- tric lights, to watch the magic of motion pictures, to listen to music land entertainment borne north ward cn radio waves from the United States. Visitors came to the MacMillan headquarters daily. Night after night they listened to breadcasts from New York, Boston, Chicago and dozens of other places.
 All that these natives know of modern inventions-radio, cleo tric lights, movies, motorboats, motor car and, airplanes has been brough to them in success sive MacMillan expeditions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
PLOT AGAINST NEW KING zOCU

BELGRADE, Oct. 1.-The news paper Politika said today it has learned from Durazzo, Albania, that eleven conspirators against King Zogu were summarily hang ed in the maf1et place at Duraz- 20 on Sunday. This was done with the new kings order within 24 hours after the discovery of a plot and which 200 suspected of being implicated are already imprisoned. Martial law has been declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01

loon. 9dispised of right by the American people" t,ls aa
 He stirred rousing round of cheers when he promised. if el- ected, to enforce the law, and was greeted with another noisy tumult when he declared that as President he would regard it as his duty to recommend to Con- gress both the modification of the Volstead Act and the Pro- hibition amendment
 Laughter and applause greeted the nominee as he remarked that In 1919 and 1920 millions of Americans believed that hard liquor could be banished from the country "by an amendment to the Constitution and passing laws
 Not Question of Liquor
 CT No Liquor The Governor added, this is not a question of liquor or no liquor. Prohibition or antl-Pro-i hibition. The question before the American people today is, what is the best thing to do about 1t in the interest of the country
 No Enforcement Gov. Smith wound up his frat stumping tour here by assailing the Republicans for the way they had been enforcing Prohibition. declaring that they had permit ted patronage considerations to guide them, and corruption crept into the law enforcement.
 He insisted also that millions of Americans are not agreed with MT. Hoover in his declaration that Prohibition is a noble ex- pertinent, and asserted that Pro hibition itself meant nothing to the Republican Party.
 Light Liquor Best Remedy
 T am perfectly satisfied that h sane, reasonable and scientific definition of intoxicating liquor in the Volstead Act would do more than any other one thing to take out of this country the hard liquor that can be found in every village, hamlet, town and city in the United States" shout ed Gov. Smith to tho cheers of his auditors.
 i Ganeiand Likes Prohibition Gales of laughter were provok- ed when the nominee observed that 'ganglahd sits pretty atop of. the earth, entirely satisfied with Prohibition, in love with the Volstead Act, because their presence upon the statute books has opened the gateway of oppor- tunity."
 | Boo Mrs. Willebrandt | At one juncture Gov. Smith mentioned Mrs, Willebrandt by name, and booiag could be heard throughout the hall that was jammed beyond it's seating capac7 lity of 5000. His first mention of the Volstead Act also brought booing, and there were groans when he related that waiter in the Senate restaurant in Washington lost his job because of carelessness" after dropping q bottle of liquor on the floor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01

courses of rare excellence and any visitor may secure playing privileges at the Hotel Vancouver" or the Empress" at Victoria.
 The scenery at Vancouver and vic- toria Is wonderful. and the salmon fishing and other fishing is so good that it intrigues the most pcssirnistic fisherman. provided he tries out the possibilities of Vancouver Island.
 The voyage through the Gulf Of Georgia is particularly enchanting Tho Triangle Route" of the Cana dian Pacinc's Princess" steamers be-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01

When the summer pleasures of the Canadian Rockies at Banh and Lake Louise are over. the trans-continental. traveller crossing Canada sees the beauty of the snow-capped noun tains. some 50 switzerlands in one. and then passes westward to van- couver and Victoria. Irwin Cities of the racific." which are fairly warm the year round. Each city states that one may play golf the year round on its links and this statement works out very well. Both cities have golf
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There are times when it looks as if Dame Fashion was trying to make it as easy for a woman to change her clothes as Dame Nature has for her to change her mind. 3
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-01
Boo Mrs. Willebrandt

Rosy checks rse6 to be a sign of good health; now they simply mean the cash register at the drug store has been ringing up some more profitable sales.
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An optimist is poor fool who thinks now a wife doesn't have Ito stop to fix her hair, doesn't have clothes that need to be but toned up and doesn't even have to stop to put on stockings. shell be able to get sbreakfast on time.
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SITTER APPLES" AT s
 COLISEUM TOMORROW

Tropical seas ip storm and calm are locale of Bitter Apples, :" in which the popular Monte Blue is seen as the bewildered lover and husband who knows only that his wife hates him and that he will