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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24

The bill, which passed the house
last week and had been reported IA
vorably by the Senate committee,
was voted down, 26 to 13. In the
presence of the venerable chiefs, tri-
bal heads of the Pamunkeys, prin-
cesses and squaws in gay Indian at.
tire, Senator Henry T. Wickham de-
nounced the measure rs discrimina-
ton against the Indians.
The measure passed the house af-
ter heated debate and defines Me-
groes as persons having any uncer-
tainable amount of Ethiopian blood
without reference to limit of time or
number of generations, and would
define Indians as having one-fourth
or more of Indian blood.
A Single Trace
Under iti provisions any Indian
with drop of Negro blood would be
classed as Negro instead Of an In
dian. The measure will change au-
tomatically the status of 5000 In
dians now classed rs white.
Married Before War
Many of these Indians who will be
thus affected have traces of Negro
blood in their veins dating back be-
fore the war when their progenitors
married free Negroes.
Hill Montague, white, trustee of
the Pamunky Indians led the fight
against It. He admitted that many
Indians had Negro blood in their
veins, but declared il unfair to class
a 80 per cent Indian as Negro. Il
was also brought out that many In
dians now belong to white churches
and are received in Virginia on So
cial terms with whites. "What shall
we do with them II we class them as
Negroes?" minister asked.
Integrity Crusader
John Powell, white, race integrity
zealot who is sponsoring the BILL, de-
clared that he was surprised that a
Virginia preacher would admit that
he had members with Negro blood In
their veins.
Fifty thousand near white mixed
breeds are pressing on the color line,
he yelled. and IL we let down the bars
our civilization is doomed.
f. S. Fox, white, who writes books
on "racial integrity" wanted to
know why an lndian-Negro mixture
should be classed higher than a
white-Negro mixture.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24

spring of these slaves. The pictures
and bronze tablets will be placed
In a special room containing also
some OF the pictures OF the sons and
daughters of these slaves who have
gained recognition in various walks
OF life
"This appeal should meet with
the approval OF all the good people
both. North and South. The Negro
is yet loyal to the South. It IL his
natural home. Despite all that has
been said and done the Negro loves
the South. Little abuse Of the
South is heard from Negroes who
have gone north, as many OF them
would like to return here and pass
the remainder of their days. Many
have gone because they desired bet
ter educational advantages for their
children.
Amy contribution will be highly
appreciated by the Sparta A. ana !.
Institute"
Prof. 1ngraham plans. after this
work, to erect home for former
slaves who now are too old to work
and "need the help Of their white
friends.' as he expresses Il. The
Georgia Press says that unani-
nous response from the appeal IL
expected.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24


The report shows that loss of the
assets of the institution was due to
business and personal failures, and
set forth evidences of embezzlement,
theft, overdrafts and missing collat-
eral.
Organizations Lose
Frat ernal organizations and
churches are among the biggest los
ers, the report indicates. Among
some of those institutions carrying
deposits at the time of the failure
were the public school account, $l3,-
037.58; Metropolitan Baptist Church,
$25,400; A. M. Townsend Baptist
Sunday School Publishing Board,
$12,070; Knights of pythias, and the
National Benefit Life Insurance
Company which has 100000 in
volyed, loaned in an effort to save
on the two valuable buildings of the
bank the day before it crashed and
according to President Rutherford
will not lose anything.
Masons 4.
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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Girl Gives Lie
To The 'C.P.T.'
Ancient Yarn

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. Co.
A sixteen year old brown skinned
girl with peach blown cheeks and a
magnetic smile gave the lie to that
old belief that the race is always late
when she was presented to President
Coolidge at the White House, Satur-
day.
Miss Gertrude Allen, graduate
of Girls High School, Philadelphia,
holds the unique distinction of not
being late or missing one day from
school in four years. She was usher
ed into the presidents office at
1920 pm, accompanied by Mrs,
Rose Carter Norwood, Of Philadel-
phia and presented him with a life
sized brownskhned doll as token
of friendship from the school chill
dren of the Quaker City in honor of
Friendship Week.
The gift was originally intended
for Mrs. Coolidge, but was accepted
in her behalf by the president, who
stated briefly that Mrs. Coolidge was
confined with a cold and that he
would convey the token to the first
lady of the land who would be happy
to add the doll to her collection of
souvenirs.
Miss Allen, who graduated in Feb
ruary entered normal school and
will make teaching her life work. She
is an athlete, having been a member
of the girls track team of her school
and participated in other school ac-
tivities. She is also an accomplished
musician. Mrs. Norwood, wife of
DIR. Harold Norwood, is active in the
civic affairs of Philadelphia. She is
a former ID. c. school teacher.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Ministers to Fight
Small IN" in Negro

BALTIMORE, Feb. ga charge
that the use of the small "n" in the
proper name Negro" by white
newspapers and by compilers of mod
ern dictionaries is just another per-
petration to degrade the race that
should be attacked with every weap-
on of protest within the Negroes
hands, made in speech before the
M. +. Ministers Conference Wednes-
day by the Rev. DIR. NJ. J. Naylor,
pastor of Whatcoat M. +. Church,
was unanimously approved by the
Conference and motion was adop-
ted to carry the matter before the
next General Conference.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Calvin Coolidge
Told Race Now
Has 60 Banks

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 20.-
President Coolidge was informed of
the stability of the banking business
by delegation representing the exec
utive committee of National Negro
Banks Association. which called at
the White House, Saturday.
There are 60 Negro banks in the
United States having deposits of
more than twenty-five million dollars
and more than $4,000 separate de-
positors, spokesman for the bank
ers declared. While some of those
banks are more than a quarter CEN
tufy old, most Of them have come
into being with the prosperity which
came after the world war, the presi-
dent was told.
Negro bankers are scattered all
over the country, and by honest meth
DDS are gaining the confidence of the
people. There are twelve million
Negroes in the country with an earn
ing power of approximately three
billion dollars per year.
The property holdings of Negroes
today are. estimated at $4,000, ,000,-
900. The church property alone
amounts to $150,000, 900.
No Failures
Failures among Negro banks have
not averaged one a year in the past
ten years while there have been ten
thousand failures Of banks conduct
ed by white people. Some race
banks are guided by new men who
have been trained in the Howard
School of Finance and the Wharton
School of Finance and the University
Of Chicago.
1t is significant, il was stated, that
not one institution affiliated with
the National Negro Bankers Associa-
ton. had failed. The president was
asked to endorse the organization,
and urge bankers now operating in
dependently to join and avail them
selves of the protection and guild
ance the body affords.
President Coolidge expressed his
surprise at the information, stating
that he was not aware that colored
people were doing business on such
large scale. He endorsed the or
ganization.
Those in the delegation were Ma
jor West Hamilton, G.. w. Ruther-
ford. Judge Edward Henry of Phila-
delphia, John r. Hawkins, and Jno.
M. Marques.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Native Leader Says South Africa
Conditions as Bad as Mississippi

says. Wages run from four to ten
dollars a month with porridge
thrown in and even most of this is
taken for rent.
BY one pretext or another the
South African natives are being
robbed out of their land, even the
British government failing to carry
out its agreement in protecting
them. asi'e
Mulattoes Favored u
While all must pay taxes, but
scant provisions ism ade for educa-
ton OF the natives in the country
places. In fact. Gumede's story,
slbstantiated by reports from the
English commission. sounds very
much like darkest Mississippi, with
its separate churches, raping Of col
ored women by white men and met
ing out severest punishment to col
ored men found with white women.
Mulattoes, he said, seem. to be
favored in the latest move of the
whites who have passed the Col
ored Persons Right Bill' which
provides that Negroes of mixed
blood will receive superior rights
to the black ones. f
Invite Americans
I'VE in Africa feel" declared the
leader, that Africans who were
carried away as slaves by imperial
lists shall. one day return to Africa,
which ia their Inheritance"
y Mr.. Gumede was a delegate to
the Brussels conference in 1927 and
Is now attending the League Against
Oppression Of the Colonies. ii.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Ask $5O0,0O for
Negro Hall of Fame

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The sane
tion of the building of a s500,000
memorial to the Negro race here was
asked of Congress, Tuesday by Rep
resentative Taylor, Republican of
Tennessee. aEtH3 s7H
The Tennessee representative went
before the House Committee on pub
lie buildingi end entered plea for
passage of bill authorizing "a fit
ting recognition Of the Negro's con-
tribution to the achievements of
America" His proposal is to create
a national memorial commission
which would raise money by popular
subscription for the erection of a
building to contain Negro hall Of
fame. y 52f4
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Thought Fire Alarm
Was a Mail Box

NEW YORK CITY. = When fire
men of Engine Company No. 81, un-
der Lieut.. Ernest Chon, responded
to an alarm at 102nd street and 3rd
avenue, they found Mrs. Amy o.
Gard, 239 f. 10th street, pulling
frantically at the lever, and holding
in her hand letter which she was
trying to mail at the box.
When taken before Magistrate
WE'LL, the surprised woman explained
she had come here but two months
ago from the Virgin Islands, and that
she thought that the red alarm box
was a mail box. Sentence was sus-
pended,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24

CHICAG0.-The old grand race
Republicans here in the first district
are reelecting Congres~nan Martin
B. Madden (white). 81
Young turks" however, say it's
time to send a colored man to con-
gress since the district Is three
fourths colored. They have put up
William L. Dawson and Nathan s.
Taylor.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Forty-two Urban Leagues

NEW YoRK.-With the establish
ment of two new branches at Buff
falo, N. Y, and Omaha, Neb., the
number of agencies affiliated with
the National Urban League now is
AZ, it was reported at the annual
meeting of that body Wednesday.
The treasurer's report showed a
total of $4,000.
Eugene Kinkle Jones, the execu-
tive secretary, was authorized to rep
resent the league at the Internation-
al Conference of Social Work to be
held in Paris in July. iisI
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Bamboo Inn Opened

NEW YORK-Bamboo Inn reop-
ened in the blaze of its original glory
last week as chinese-American
restaurant, its original policy. Gone
is the ''too-long-revue," the two up
pish manager" and the Cabaret-like
effect. Back at the old original
stand is "Big John" The enter
tainers are Katie Cl-qpen and Mar
jorie Sipp. Henri Saparo, playing
better than ever, if such is possible,
is back with small orchestra.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24

PARIS.--Labor conditions are as
bad in South Africa as in Mississippi,
according to statements made to a
Paris representative of the Negro
Press by Josiah T. Gumede, head Of
the African National Congress, a
radical organization with large
following.
Because, said the labor leader,
whites in South Africa are outnum-
bered five to one; they are desper-
ately afraid that the natives will
some day lay claim to ruling their
own country and take things into
their own. hands. In consequence,
whites are doing everything they
can to keep them down.
Color Bar Bill
The Color Bar Bill passed about
a year ago aims to prevent natives
from doing other than unskilled
work and is similar to conditions
which prevailed in the South in
the United States, following tho
Civil war.
There also is sedition bill aimed
especially at preventing any effec-
tive organization among natives and
which allows no organization to
have more than ten, present or hold
more than three meetings each
month. In some sections of the
Transvval natives must present a
pass to move about from place to
place.
Farm Wages
Efforts of the natives TO organ.
ize against their oppresscrs have
only increased the pressure, Gumeds
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Not What Is Played
But Who Are Playing

ASHEvILLE, N. CAN unwiil-
ingness 10 deal harshly with Me-
groes who we're brought before him
for shooting craps was expressed BY
Police Judge Nettles here Wednes-
day because the poker players from
the white sections never were ar
rested. According to the judge. It
was not fair to arrest Negroes for
shooting craps as long as poker and
bridge players went unmolested In
the fashionable white residential dis
tricts. -..ss st
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Piano Movers Act ..a
As Pallbearers

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb 90
Morgan Watson, 15S Third Ave, q
member of Bethel Baptist Church,
died Thursday. The funeral was
held at his home Sunday.
Mr.. Watson weighed $50 pounds,
A special built coffin was furnished
and twelve piano movers were pail
bearers. it was learned. Owing to
the narrowness of his home, 1t was
necessary to move the casket
through the door on piano truck,
Mr. Watson is survived by his WI
dow and two children.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Both Mother and Daughter
: Are Attending College

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - (ANP).-
Mother aud daughter (Mrs. James
Bond and Miss Lucy Bond) are stu
dents at Oberlin College. Mrs. Bond,
wife Of Dir. James Bond, Secretary of
the Inter- Racial Commission, is fin
ishing up her studies and thesis for
a Masters Degree. while her dnugh-
ter is sophomore in the College De-
partment.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Alice Rhinelander
Demands S450,0OO
From Husband

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Relatives
of Mrs. Alice Jones Rhinelander,
when questioned in reference to the
report that representatives of the err
rant Kip has offered 100000 If she
would permit the discontinuance of
her present separation action and al
low the husband to get divorce, de-
MED the authenticity of these rum
ors.
1t Jls been limited, however, de-
spite the denial from relatives, that
the failure of the alleged offer was
due to the lowness of the sum men,
toned. There is a very definite re-
port afloat few thousand dollars
more than $450,000 will turn the
trick as the so-ealled blue blood
Rhinelanders want it.
Worth Millions
The tongue-tied Kip, is now re-
ported to be worth several millions,
and some day he may have a fortune
of $51 100000. He is just 25 years
of age. His wife is %.
At the present time Mrs. Rhine
lander has suit pending for separa-
tion and $1,000 per month alimony.
Process servers, however, have been
unable to locate the errant, playboy
husband, but the wife Isl seeking
through her attorney to serve her
spouse by publication. At present
she is living on the meager $500
annual income from her husband.
At the office of Judge Samuel F.
Swinburne, council for Mrs. Rhine
lander, it was stated that nothing re-
lating to settlement in the case was
known. Neither was anything known
there concerning probable proposed
divorce abroad to be granted the hus-
band. s.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Fraser Defeats Wills

TACOMA, WASH, Feb. 24.-Al-
though young Harry Wills, San Die
60 welter was more aggressive, and
landed the greater number of blows,
he lost the decision in a six-round
bout here with Don Fraser of Spp-
kane, Thursday night. Fraser's
counter punches rocked Wills several
times earning him the referees de-
cision. George Turner of Seattle
was knocked out in the first round
by Bill Brennan of Tacoma. q
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Legion Ban on Race
Causes General to Quit

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 22.--Brig.
Gen. John II. Sherburne. wartime
commander of Negroe Artillery units
in France, has resigned from the
40 and s, playground society Of the
American Legion, in protest, he
said, against the clause in the ma
tional constitution of the organiza-
.tion which prohibited membership
Of Negro veterans. .e.t
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Unemployed Are ~
Leased to Farmers

LAFAYETTE, La,--More help be.
ing needed on farms in this vicinity.
Chief OF Police A. n. Chargois Is
founding UP unemployed Negroes.
A number have been arrested and
charged with vagrancy. Under the
Louisiana law, prisoners who are
unable to pay a fine are leased"
to farmers and plantation owners at
a minimum of 80 cents a day. this
sum going into the treasury OF the
parish. tf
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Preachers Club Raided

NEW YORK CITY. AS the result
of the sixth raid conducted on the
Preachers Club, 234 w. f31st St., 20
brethren reported by the officers to
have been found ON their knees sup
plicating and praying to the "gal-
looping dominoes" were assessed five
''iron men" each by Magistrate Gott-
lieb in Washington Heights Court.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Finds Missing Father
aS4 Picked in Alcohol

NEW ORLEANS. La..--Following
out clues whch' led them to the
medical department of Tulane Uni
sity, Miss Owinda Warren, found her
father, missing since January H.
embalmed in alcohol for dissection
purposes. .sk Il
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Open Harmon Nominations

NEW YORK.-Announcement of
the opening of 1928 nominations for
the third annual Harmon Awards for
Distinguished Achievement has been
made by George E. Haynes, sec.
retary Of the Commission on Church
and Race Relations.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Lawyer Story Backs Porters

BOSTON, Mass.-Moorefield Sto-
ry,. lawyer and head of the N. A. A..
G. p, has endorsed the fight of the
Pullman Porters for the right to or
ganize and bargain soiiectiyely with
the company.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Farmers Supplanting Japs
and Mexicans in California

Los ANGELES. Cal.--Race farmers
are supplanting Japanese and Mexi-
can in the great cotton growing val
leys of Sacramento, San Joiquin and
Palo Verde. where $4,000 acres are
now in cultivation, according to agfi-
cultural statistics.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
K. P.'s to Hold Anniversary

NEW ORLEANS, LA procla.
nation setting March &c as annual
Thanksgiving Day for the order
throughout the country has been is
sued by Supreme Chancellor S, w.
Green.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
12-Year-Old in College

NEW YORK, N. Y. (ANP)-Lor-
raine Anice Laney, 12-year-old niece
of Thomas G. Tabb, restauranteur of
this city, was admitted to Hunter Col
lege last week after passing most
rigorous examination. bI
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
Depositors To Get IS Per Cent;
More Officials Face Arrest

MEMPHIS, Feb. 1(specal 1.-THE shortage the Sol
filed by bank examines here Monday
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24
virginia KILLS PURE BLOOD" bill
Race Integrity Measure Aimed AT
Mixed Bloods Dies In Va. Senate

RICHMOND Va, Feb 23tspecal)-The to a
Virginia
this
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-24

Efforts of the natives TO organ
ize against their oppresscrs have
only increased the pressure, Gumede
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-25
indianapolis Must Wait
Another Day for Look
at DirigibIe.

Indianapolis glimpse of the Graf
Zeppelin, German transatlantic
dirigible, will be delayed one day
following decision of Commander
Hugo Eckener to postpone start
until tonight because of weather
conditions.
Rain and poor visibility over the
Allegheny mountains were blamed
for the delay.
DR.. Eckener said local disturb
ances in the Great Lakes region,
caused by low barometric center,
would cause low clouds and rain.
These conditions would make it
difficult for many of the cities over
which the Zeppelin plans to pass.
to see the big craft and visibility
would be so poor as to spoil the trip
for passengers and guests.
1t was expected the low pressure
area would have passed. beyond the
route of the Graf Zeppelin by this
afternoon.
indianapolis school children Gag
erly we're awaiting the signal that
the huge airship was nearing the
city following decision of Superin-
tendent Charles F. Miller to dismiss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-25
Forced at Point of Gun to
Halt Approaching Car
for HoIdup.
BIZ United Press

BV United Press
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 25.-A
Pennsylvania state trooper, kid
mapped on the road near Lancaster,
Pa, by a woman and two men
Wednesday night, was forced to act
as a decoy in Belair holdup.
Finally he was given his freedom on
the Washington boulevard near
Laurel. The trooper reported the
kidnapping to Baltimore police today.
The officer is Russell Troupe, who
said he was inspecting the head
lights on automobiles near Lam
caster last night when kidnapped.
According to Troupe the holdup
trio had a machine gun and about
a dozen pistols in the car. AS he
stopped their machine to examine
their lights, the three pointed pis-
tolls at him and forced him to enter
their auto, he said.
Troupe said they brought him to
Belair, where they forced him at the
point of pistols to stop an approach
ing automobile and holdup the oc-
cupantS.
The officer said the three talked
unguardedly about a similar gang
working to holdup Pennsylvania
state troopers and how a rendezvous
was being planned for tonight in
Pittsburgh.
Troupe was let out of the auto
after his gun and badge had been
taken.
He hailed a passing automobile
and was brought to Baltimore.