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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Negroes Should
Commune Last
In Pc. Church

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct. IT,
Especial D-"That in every church
for white people some seats be
marked reserved for colored people.
and that these seats be not in the
gallery, except when the space is
needed on special occasions"
"That the colored people of their
own voition cheerfully conform. to
such arrangements. and also go for
ward to receive Communion after all
white communicates have received" !"
These are two of the five recon-
mendations of Rev.. George w. Lay,
white, son of a bishop born in Ala
bama of Virginia parentage-before
the biennial General Conference of
Church Workers in the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Sessions were held in st. Angus
tine Church, Rev. Frazier Miller, rec
tor, 60 clergymen from all sections
of the country heard the address,
including Rev. John r. Logan, Rev.
Edgar G. Young, of Philadelphia; /;
Rev. f. Robert Bennett, Bishop
Momulu Gardiner, of Liberia, Bishop
f. NJ. Stines, of Long Island, Rev.
w. b. Crittenden.
Rev. Mr.. Lay is founder and head
Of the church commission on work
among Negroes and his give Points"
are the result of a QUESTIONABLE
which he sent to the Southern bishops
of the Episcopal church. one white
and one colored clergyman in all of
the "a Southern dioceses.
DR.. Lay then went to repudiate
the idea of separate denomination
for colored people. He also dis
agreed with the colored clergy in its
desire and claims for a Missionary
jurisdiction and Missionary Bishops.
He averfed such as being opposed to
Catholic principles.
He did, however, desire to have
colored men, both clergy and laity,
represented in all church bodies. He
desired to have the Negroes ec-
clesiastical status recognized in full,
and thinks it fair and proper that
such should be done.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Univ.
Accepts Color
Line OF Dixie

HAMILTON, N. Y, Oct. 17.-Ray
Vaughn, regular, and "Maior" Cros-
by, substitute end of the varsity
football eleven, will not take the
southern tour with the Colgate foot
ball team. u
Colgate authorities received simul-
taneous notifications from Wander
bilt and Virginia Polytechnic, white
Southern schools, that they would
not go on the field of play if the
Colgate lineup contained colored
players,
Vaughn is a first ranking full
back, letter winner last year and
the best back developed at Colgate
since Eddie Tryon.
Crosby, substitute end, was cap
tain of his team while at Williston
Academy last year.
Last year Vaughn failed to make
the trip with the Colgate team when
it played the Naval Academy at An
napolis. James Weldon johnson
telegraphed the Naval authorities by
what authority they drew the color
line and denounced it as un-Amer-
lean, undemocratic and un-sports-
rnanlike,
Naval authorities denied that any
color line had been drawn and added
that Vaughn did not come to An
napolis with the team. Subsequent
investigation showed that it was in
timated to Vaughn that he would
not be welcome in Annapolis and so
he stayed at home.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18

LONDON. Show Boat has been
reviewed so often and SO much said
aobut it that it would seem waste
Of time to write another review. Of
1t. ! will therefore give only my per-
sonal impression Of it.
While in Paris had heard much
about it from colored tourists and
residents who had seen it, and in
every case comment was unfavorable.
One well known doctor who was here
this summer was strong in his con-
demnation of It and told me that he
thought i was deliberate attempt
on the part of the white American
10 carry his ahti-Neero propaganda
into Europe. Another lady. who
heard Layton and Johnson auk in
Paris told me that she was enjoying
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
So. Oak. Race Citizens
To Vote For Smith

SIOUX FALLS, So. Dak.-Mener
Greer, owner of the Mener Greer
garage. Sioux Falls, has been op-
pointed state chairman of the Smith
for-P President organizations among
Negro people, it was announced Sat-
urday afternoon by Holton Daven-
port, state chairman of the South
Dakota Smith clubs.
Mr.. Greer will Immediately begin
the organization of clubs in Sioux
Falls and in other cities of the state
where there are large Negro popu-
lations.
In accepting his appointment as
state chairman, Mr.. Greer declared
that he believed that the South Da-
kota Negroes would vote almost sol
idly for Governor Smith.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Race Segregation In Government Bureaus
RevealedBy N. A.A. C.P. investigators

Interior Department-Miss Gretch-
en- McRac, colored stenographer, set
apart from stenographic pool. Five
Negro clerks grouped at south end
of room on fifth floor, white clerks
being at the other. end.
Postoffice Department--Pre
routes said to be given white car
riers in Washington City postoffice,
Negroes not assigned to window
duty and unable to rise in the serv-
ice beyond the rating of Especial
Clerk" Negroes never made fore
men or assistant foremen.
Veterans Bureau-Fifteen Negro
clerks in Room 219 under a colored
section chief.
Government Printing Office
Separate rest rooms and lavatories
for white and eolored girls, colored
girls obliged to 60 from fourth to
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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18

NEW YORK, Oct. ia fact
finding survey of the extent of seq
regation in Washington government
bureaus has been completed by the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People, thru
two investigators, William T. An
drews, special legal assistant, and
Walter White, assistant secretary. A
summary of their findings, made pub
lie today by the N. A. A. c. p, is as
follows:
The instances of segregation in
various degrees found in the Wash
ingtori. bureaus are summarized as
follows;
Treasury Department-Thirty Ne
gro clerks in Liberty Loan checking
division under Negro section chief
segregated in Room 308. Five Ne
gro clerks stating accounts, in Room
S4f. whites doing same work being
assigned elsewhere. .-
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Race Citizens Helped
Form Jim Crow School

Los ANGELES, Calf. f.,--(ANPl
That number of prominent colored
people. both of Los Angeles and I'M
perial, have been personally interest
ed in attempting to bring about seq
regated schools in Blythe, California,
and that the American Legion Corps
of Blythe is financed by bootleggers
and is helping to foster this move
Iiient are just two of the things
which are threatened in a startling
exposure by brave citizens determin-
ed to settle the school question once
and forever as far as Palo Verde is
concerned. The inside story Of the
matter is being uncovered by letters
written from Imperial Valley by
both white and black citizens.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Fight Segregation In
California Schools

BLYTHE. Cal.--Feeling is high
In this city and I'm Palo Verde valley
due to the efforts for certain con-
spirators to have the colored and
Mexican children put in Jim crow
schools where they will have no con-
tact with the white students.
On Sunday evening d packed mass
meeting OF colored people protested
the. proposed measure and formed a
committee for the purpose OF boy
cotting the jim-crow schools which
are being planned for. the. Primary
grades by local school officials,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Ex-pastor Held In
$4,000 Swindle

DALLAS, Texas.-The Rev. l.. r.
Maye, for many years pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational Church
here, has been returned here from
Wilmington, N. c., where he was
arrested in connection with a loan
company swindle, said to have in
volved losses of $4,000.
The ex-pastor is said to have con-
spired with two white men in swindle
operation which forged notes on bo-
gus loans were. given a number of
investors. Some of these notes were
acknowledged by the Rev. Mr.. Maye
as notary.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
All the News
Tersely Told
Historians To Discuss
Race Admixture

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-"Race Admix-
ture" will be one of the subjects for
discussion before the annual session
of the Association for the study of
Negro Life, and History, meeting in
st. Louis, October 21st.
Speakers include Prof. Melville j.
Herkovitz, of Northwestern Univer-
sity; Prof. Frank J. Bruno, of Wash
ington University; Prof. Donald r.
Taft, of the University Of Illinois,
and Prof. J. P. Markee, of st. Louis
University.
Mrs. Myrtle Foster Cook and Mrs.
Sallie w. Stewart, of the National
Association of Colored Women's
Clubs, will address, the Sunday meet
ing of the Association.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
New Representative
AT League Of Nations

GENEVA.-Insistence that one of
the greatest needs of the race is a
representative at Geneva, the worlds
capital, because of the many inter-
national and important conferences
held there, was made by Marcus
Garvey here last week, the u. N. /.
A. head, pointing out that the petit
tion for an adjustment of the in
ternational Negro question, now be-
fore the League, will very likely be
discussed at the next session in 1929.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Seeks Mandamus to Be
Called a White Man

NEW ORLEANS, La. ,(ANP) -
A mandamus commanding the city
board of health to declare John Bap-
tist Andrew Thomas Laguaite to be
a white man was signed Monday in
Civil District Court by Judge Mark
Boathner.
Laguaite declared that the board
had called his father, J. B. Laguaite,
"colored" when he died in Septem-
Der, 1925.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Chooses God for Lawyer

BOSTON, Mass. In a voice
shaking with emotion, William John
son, Of Marlboro, Mass, stood in the
prisoners dock in Middlesex Grim
inal Court, Wednesday, and, point
ing upward proclaimed "My lawyer
is in Heaven---ny God"
Johnson was being arraigned on
an Indictment charging him with
breaking aud entering the home OF
Heman s. Fay in Marlboro, Mass.
II being necessary for the court
records to set down the name OF
counsel IN a case, Clerk Bean made
the notation "no COUNSEL and Judge
Hugo Dubuque held johnson for trial
In bonds Of $1,000.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Ohio State Elects Race
Student Editor of Journal

COLUMBUS, ohio,-For the first
time in the history Of the institution
a race student was elected manag-
ing editor of the Ohio State Lantern,
student, daily paper of that univer-
sity, when P. Bernard Young was
elected to that post. Young is the
son of P. B. Young, Of the Norfolk
Journal and Guide"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Thugs Attack Pullman
Organizer In Kay. See

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Armed with
stick, an unknown man attacked
Ashley L. Totten, an organizer of
the Sleeping Car Porters, here We'd
nesday night.
This is the second attempt to harm
Totten, and it is believed that the
motive for the attack was to render
him unable to attend the benefit be-
ing given. in the interest of the
porters' organization.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Labor Unions Continue
To Bar Race Mechanics

NEW Charges that dis
elimination pursued by labor unions
in keeping colored workers out Of
employment as plumbers, machinists,
and other artisans, is a distinct ham
dicap to progress, were made by T.
Arnold Hill, Of the Urban League,
here this week.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Waterman Shoots Student
Caught Stealing Apples

RALEIGH, N. c.-MafshaIl Hoov-
er, colored watchman at N. G., State
College, Is held in the county Jail
here. for safe-keeping following his
shooting Of Dixon Poole, white, FRESH
man, when he caught the latter max
ing raid on the college apple or
chard.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
St. Louis Stars Win NATL.
Negro Baseball Title

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Letting the Chi
cago American Giants down with
nine hits and using a cross-fire that
kept his opponents baffled, Ted
Trent, lanky St. Louis hurler, turned
in 9-2 victory for the Stars here,
Friday, the victory giving the ST..
Louis team the championship of the
National League.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18

House Could
Refuse Seat
To DePriesl

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. IL
In the event of the election of Oscar
DePriest, Republican nominee for
Congress from the second congress
sional district of Illinois who has
been indicted by special grand jury
in Chicago in connection with vice
and gambling conditions and their
relation to election frauds, the
House of Representatives will have
presented to it for determination a
current political controversy that has
been the subject of heated debate on
the floor, of the Senate.
DePriest has engaged Clarence
Darrow, white. and Judge Edw. Nor
ris to defend him.
When the Seventieth Congress
convened and began to organize, the
controversy was started. Frank l..
Smith and William S. Ware present
ed their cred entails as Senators-elect
from the States of Illinois and Penn
sylvania. respectively. The Senate
denied them the oaths of office. 1t
decided that Mr.. Smith was not en-
titled to membership in the Senate,
because of excessive illegal campaign
contributions. The case of Mr.. Ware
was referred to a special committee
for investigation of alleged fraud
and corruption in the primary cleo
ton.
The Berger Case
A case in the House that may
have some bearing on the seating of
Mr.. DePriest, if he should be elected,
was that of Victor L. Berger. the
first Socialist ever elected to Con-
gress. He was indicted for anti-pa-
triotic utterances during the war.
He was found guilty and sentenced
to serve 20 years in the penitentiary.
The House of. Representatives refus-
ed him admission in 1918. He was
reelected in December, 1919, with an
increased majority. The House again
refused him admission. He was once
! More ereeleeted ~ the Fissts sighth
Congress with very much increased
majority and seated without oppo-
sition.
In 1921 the United States SUI
preme Court reversed the sentence,
and in 1922 the Government with
drew all other cases pending against
him. He was reelected to the Sixty
ninth and Seventieth Congresses.
Roberts Four Wives
Another precedent which might be
used against Mr.. DePriest is the case
of Brigham H. Roberts. 1t was
charged against him that he had four
wives and was that time sustaining
marital relations with all of them.
The House refused to permit him to
take the oath. Eventually he was
excluded from the body.
There are, however, two views.
One is that neither House is limited
in determining the qualifications of
its members by the requirements of
the Constitution as to, age, citizen
ship and residence, but that it may
go beyond and ascertain whether he
has been guilty of conduct criminal
in character or of an actual crime
which disqualifies him from sitting
as a member.
The Other View-Wilkes Case
The other view is that the word
"qualifications" means the legal
qualifications which are carefully
prescribed in the Constitution. Those
who take this view hold that the cleo
torate has the right to select any rep
resentative it sees fit, irrespective of
his intellectual and moral qualifica-
tions.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18

! G0LDSBORO, N. C.-Miss Cor
inne B. Darlington, Of Virginia I'M
ion University, has entered upon her
duties here as Librarian in the new
public library. opened last Monday
in the billiard High School building.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Pythians Want Willis
To Head Organization

DALLAS, Observation-Disclosures
over the financial condition of the
Supreme Temple project in Chicago,
and the disruption it has brought
about in the administration of Grand
Chancellor William Green, many
Pythians are urging w. S. Willis,
prominent Texan, to run for the post
at the next grand lodge.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Temple College Advises
Lad to Go South

PHILADELPHIA. - Temple Uni
versity Medical School advised Dud-
ley Gill, 1913 Ellsworth street. to
seek his medical education in the
South at Howard University.
Gill, who recently finished high
school, wanted to take a pre-medical
course.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Maine Schools Draw
The Color Line

PORTLAND, Me.--Miss Margar-
ct Giro, graduate from the Gorham
Normal School, at Gorhafn, Me-, two
years ago, has been unable to get
teaching position anywhere in the
state.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18
Pastor, 8 Others Drowned
At Baptizing in Mississippi

WHITE CASTLE, La.-A baptis-
ing ceremony in the Mississippi riv-
er ended in the death of four Sum
day, when Pastor A. M. Lockett lost
his footing and dragged the man he
was immersing to the bottom with
him. Two others were drowned at
tempting a rescue.
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Continued on page 81
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which indicated that the colored school
population actually was decreasing.
This contention is in direct opposition
to DR.. Ballous claim that the colored
pupils of Potomac Park have increased
while the white school enrolment has
decreased.
After the dismissal of the public
groups from the board room, the Board
of Education began its regular business
After diSpoSing of considerable por.
ton of the items on its calendar, the
board took action on the health school
proposition. DR.. II. Barrett Learned. a
mcnlber. said he was still of the opinion
that the health school should be located
in the Toner Building temporarily. He
recalled Mrs. Richardson's objections
and agreed that she was correct in as
sorting the building Is not fit for a
health school. but. he said, the health
school shalt not remain in that place
but shall be located in new building
designed for such use. He moved that
the board rcatfirm its previous action.
MIR. Gilligan. just before the vote was
taken. declared he wanted to go on
record MS protesting against the way
this thing has been done all the way
through The matter, he said. had been
taken up with certain Colored people
while the board was kept in ignorance
of the pending emergency until it was
presented at the last meeting 1t was
explained to him. however, by Rev. F. /.
A. Bennett, another board member.
that the problem had been discussed
previous to the last meeting of the
board by one Of the various commit
tees, In the final vote. Mr. Gilligan
voted against the measure. Mr. Carusi
and Mrs. William H. Heron, another
member, were absent.
Western Field Funds Sought.
In the conduct of routine business.
the board was obliged to hasten its
action and leave a portion of its "un-
finished business until the next meet
ing
The board voted to seek funds by
congressional appropriation for the i'm
proVement of a recently acquired tract
Of land for an athletic field for Western
High School, The tract of four acres
Will constitute the first athletic field
which Western. although one of the
clty's largest senior high schools, has
had, and the putting into proper con-
dition OF the land will be pressed as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-19
PRICE SCHEDULE ASKED
FOR AlRWAY BEAC0NS
Commerce Department Requests
Figures on Trade Routes From
Utilities Board.

The Department of Commerce has
requested the Public Utilities Commits
sion for price schedule for electric
power to be used for lighting bcacons
for commercial airways. The beacons,
according to the air commerce act. are
to be set up every 10 miles with cmer-
gency landing fields marked by special
revolving signaling beacons every 30
miles. These bcacons will use approx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-19

Why do 81 many. many babies ri
TO-DAY escape all the little fretiul
spills in inianiile ailments that used
30 worry mothers through the day.
and keep them up half the night:
II YOU don't know the answer. you
haven't discovered pure. Harmless,
Ca>iorIA. 1t Is sweet Ia the taste.
and sweet IN the little stomach And
It's genie influence seems lclt all
through the tiny system Not even
distasteiui dose al castor oil doc :
so much good And it - 80 pleasant
"a take Taste il your eli. aud ytu II
know why Children Cry ior IT..
Flctciicr's Castoria IS purely ycge-
table. so YOU may give IL freely. at
FIRST sign OF collie; or when YOU even
suspect the approach ri constipation f;
or diarrhea. Or those many times
when you just don't know what is
the matter. For real sickness. call
the doctor. always. Al other times,
4 lew drops Of FIetcher's Castoria.
see how quickly all fretfuIness or
wakefulness will cease,
Only one word of warning The
above advice - true III genuine
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rapidly as possible. 1t was indicated at
tho hon Ri meeting

rapidly as possible. 1t was lndlcateo ~
the board meeting.
The board favored the model aircraft
building and flying program that Is
fostered by the community centers de-
partment of the schools. Mrs Howard
T.. Hodgkins. chairman of the commu-
nifty center committee of the board. was
appointed to cooperate with that de-
partment in arranging a District OF
Columbia model aircraft tournament.
Upon the recommendation Of DR.
Ballou. the board authorized the In
stallation OF pilot lights on electrical
equipment In the senior and Junior
high. schools In accordance with the re-
port made by the District fire marshal:
The lights are designed to burn when
electric current is turned on In the
equipment. thereby minimizing the
danger OF leaving current flowing into
apparatus when students are through
using 1t.
A tribute to DR.. Percy Meredith
Hughes. superintendent of schools at
Syracuse. N. Y. and former official of
the local school system. who died Mon
day night In New York City. was read
by DR.. Ballou. The board voted to send
copies of the tribute to DR.. Hughes
widow and to the school authorities of
Syracuse.