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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
N. Y. Negro Population
Increasing Rapidly

NEW YORK-Growth of the Ne
gro population of New York City has
been four times as great as that of
the general population of the city
during the past decade, according to
facts brought out in a comprehensive
survey of the population of the ares
within so miles of Manhattan, to be
published next week by the Regional
Plan of New York and Its knyirons.
Il "The growth in colored population
Is greatest in Manhattan" the report
says, '''where the number of Negroes
Approximately tripled in the twenty
year period ending in 1920. The
Negro percentage of the total popu-
lation of Manhattan was only two in
1900 and as in 1920. Greater per-
centages existed in 1920 in the sub
urban New Jersey Cities of Mont
clair (12 per cent? and Orange (l0.9
per cent?, but the rate of increase
has been relatively less. The total
Negro population of New York City
early in 1925 is esthnatedsby the New
York Urban LEAGUE to. be in excess
of $50, 900, of which 100000 arc in
Harlem"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Dixie de Statesmen
Worrying Now
About DePriest

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 "a. N. P.)-
Farm relief and tariff are not only
problems which President-elect
Hoover is going to face when he
takes office in March.
One of Mr.. Hoover's biggest prob
lens is going to be the proper
social diposition Of Congressman
elect Oscar. DePriest from the First
District in this city.
OF course, Mr.. DePriest is colored.
Nevertheless, his position as q Con-
gressman must be invited. II thore
is an inaugural ball, President Hoov-
er can scarcely "cut" the colored
Congressman, even though the lat
ter's coming might mean that his
wife and other members of his family
would be there.
If Mr.. DePIiest is invited and the
southern Congressman who were
elected in the last election arrive and
find themselves Iningling socially
with Negro, what will happen then?
Will Mr. Hoover prefer to lose the
support of the sOutherners or of the
Negroes in northern states where
the Negro vote is the balance Of
power? 81 ts~ 7A ~ ~ tss-t
One of the four receptions held
at the White House is for Congress-
men. The receptions are always
crowded. The line extends down
the great staircase and through the
corridors, and the people are packed
as close as they can stand, advancing
foot at a time as the head of The
line pays its respects to the presi-
dent and his lady. It takes hours
sometimes for guest to make the
journey. II will be a terrific shock
to the race-conscious sontherners 10
be massed up with colored gentle
men and ladies in perfect equality,
but there does not seem to be any
thing the president can do about It..
Mr.. DePriest is also expected to
run into delicate situations ! in the
House barber shop and restaurant.
However, iChieagoi friends point
out that Mr.. DePriest may save the
President a, lot of ftworfy along this
line. In his homo town the Con-
gfessman-elects does not go to be so
much of social bug. His life IS
filled up with politics and his busi-
ness and Mrs. DePriest does very
little entertaining. II might be that
in Washington society would give
him the same sort of ennue that It
does in Chicago, and he would fail
to show up. .., ~
If there is an inaugural ball, tho.
there is just chance that he might
want to go. He is taking train
load of friends down to Washington
for the inauguration, and it is pos
sible that one of the sights that he
might wish them to see would be his
presence at a White House ball.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Dewey Washington, Former Seattle
Singer, Now Headiner On Moyietone

George Dewey Washington, popu-
lar baritone, formerly a resident of
Seattle, has Seen the dark side of
life as well as the rosy side which he
now enjoys.
George Dewey lived in Seattle,
and had made quite name for
himself as singer locally. Then
came "Hoot" Gibson who was tour
ing the Canadian country. Dewey
applied to him for job and was
readily accepted by the how popular
movie hero.
The troupe stumped the vast
space of Canada and won the hearts
of the people with their wild west
show and Washington's melodious
baritone voice.. NE
Then "Hoot" went to the movie
lots and Dewey was out of sing
ing lob,
He was in love too. with two
girls at one time and was very
worried about which one to marry.
A pretty Seattle Miss and Spokane
maiden were the girls Of the singers
dreams.
Being unable to decide, the singer
came to San Francisco, as a waiter
on the Admiral line. which employs
several hundred colored cooks and
walters.
But the singer was a better musi.
clan than he was e waiter so the
bounding main didn't set good on his
stomach, As soon as the ship docked
in San Francisco, Dewey unloaded
his trunk with his scrap book under
his arms hiked to Oakland across
the bay to look things over.
Meeting friends he told them Of
his desire to exband and wondered
whether a certain young pianist
Paul Ash hv naine would give hin
trial singing. He even produced
his scrap book to verify the fact thai
he once hohbed nobBcd about with
the inimitable "Hott"
Friends advised him TO try out a
once and he did. II happened thai
Paul Ash was q llkeablc chap play
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
NATL INTERRACIAL CONFERENCE TIT SESSION
Pullman Company To Call Porters' Wage Conference
Detroit Dept. Store
Segregates Employees


DETROIT, Mich, (ANP) Seq
regation is finding its way. into big
business here now despite the fight
being put up by Negroes on every
side, The j. l.. Hudson Company,
Detfoit's largest department store,
is the latest to employ discriminat-
ing tactics against Negro employees.
A week ago an order went the
rounds in the Hudson Company Store
according to reports, that if the Ne
gro employees cared to continue to
purchase lunch in the company's din
ing rooms they would all have to sit
in a far-off corner of the cafeteria
to themselves. On the day the or
der was issued all colored employees
went out to lunch rather than be
Jim-Crowed in the store. They were
supported in this move by Negro
heads of the various departments.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Nominations Invited For
Spingarn Medal Award

NEW YORK, 90 Nominations for
the 1929 Award Of the Spingarn
Medal, which is to be presented ih
Cleveland next June at the goth An-
niyersary Conference OF, the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, are now being
invited. ,,ba.! =. -t
All nominations should state clear
ly the achievement or career on the
basis of which the nominationis
made and should be accompanied by
brief biography of the nominee,
This matter should be sent to the
Chairman of the Award Committee,
Bishop John Hurst, in care of the
N. "A. A. c. p, 60 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
The Medal is awarded for the most
distinguished achievement in any
honorable field Of human endeavor
during the past year or years by an
American citizens of African descent.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20

ing at the Granada Theatre in San
Francisco and was drawing them
in but needed a little variety. Dewey
happened at the right time. Ash
declared that he would give him a
trial.
The night that George Dewey
Washington sang was a nights of
revelation to the audience who heard
him. He was riot. They APP
plauded with pathos and resonance
moro than pleased the audience.
West Coast officials heard about
the colored lad who was making good
and Signed him to a long time con-
tract over their circuit.
Having made good Dewey now
turned his attention to his heart.
He sent at once for Miss Marie Full.
Ter, OF Spokane, Wash, who was
married to him in San Francisco.
Paul Ash wanted the couple to marry
on the stage but because. of che fact
that Miss Fuller was vdfy fair and
Washington rather dark, 1t was
Thought best not by the couple:
Ash soon left Sen Francisco, un-
heralded and. landed in Chicago but
his piano playing made bedlam out
Of the theatres he performed in. He
made good and he sent for his coll
orcd friend Dewey Washington
Dewey came and he sang once for
Chicago and was feted like a king.
The Influence Of Ash had been felt
and he had received his opportunity
and,he made good.
H Fortune and fame seems to hover
around the singer still for The mo-
vietone has taken him up and given
TO millions ~ chance to hear rthe
deep rich baritone voice of a colorcd
boy who thovght TINT he didn't have
b chance in life. te4 VIZ
Among other popular colofed
stage stars thar have begun shout.
ing the 1talkics" for Warner Broth.
ers5a and Metro are Slssle and Blake,
Carolvne Snowden End band. Miller
and Lyles and the Pullman Porters
Quartette, in q singing act
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Detroit Spiritualists
Selling Numbers

DETROIT, Mich, (ANP).--Sell-
ing '"policy numbers" Gigs" and
Saddles" is the latest get-rich quitls
game in this city. Almost every
week there springs up in different
street spiritualist who sells num-
bers TO policy players that are sure
to "come out" in one to five days.
The purchasers dare not, under
penalty of loosing their lack show
them to anyone but the policy writer.
The prospective buyer is asked to
"cut' "a deck of cards; if red card
is turned up, the luck is bad, and
no numbers will be sold him that day.
They go in droves, sometimes waiting
in line, two and three deep.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Artists Club Opens
Doors In Los Angeles

Los ANGELES, CAL, (ANP)--
With a need for no less than 500
musicians, singers, actorsa speakers,
elocutionists, soft shoe, mallet, and
tap dancers, the Cplored Artists As
sociation, now located in Los Angeles
has opened the door to local Negro
artists that they may find field
for their activities and reward for
their long preparation and years OF
watchful waiting.
DR. Hainilton Douglass is the
founder of this movement with Nine.
Lillian Nordica, J. Pierpont Morgan
and Hon. George Mcikiejohf as as
sociates. The late President, Theo-
Ilore Roosevelt. originated the IN
tsrnational Artists Production for
the fostering Of art in all nations.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
"Jonny Spielt Auf', New Opera Offering,
Has Black Hero And White Heroine

NEW Y0RK--An opera which
calls for jazz band on the sage
and whose hero is Negro in love
with white girl is to be produced
by the Metropolitan Opera Company
late in January, thereby stirring up
what the critics predict is to be the
biggest musical Sensation in years.
The opera is .Jonny Spielt Anf,n y
by Ernst Krenek, young Austro-
Czechis composer. During. 1927 it
travelled over Central Europe, fol-
lowing its sensational world premier
in the staid old Neues Theatre in
Leipsic, and wherever it went il
created furore.
The hero Is Jonney, young Ameri-
can Negro. who has cononered Eu-
rope with his jazz band. He has not
been lonr in Europe before he dis
covers white people over there. have
entirely different ideas about inter-
racial love and courtship than they
have, in America. He courts q beau
tiful white opera singer. having rs
his rivals composer and q eele-
brated violin virtuoso. both white.
III i0G idHJ dtfls WillCi tNhCo .RittNN
in q large continental railroad sta
tion. Jonnv falls under an express
train end is killed. Aboard the
train. it develops. are the opera
singer and the composer, eloping to
America. Suddenly the illuminated
station clock becomes TRANSFORMED
into an immense globe. on which
.Jonnv is perched. inviting all the
world to Join in an outnouring Of
Jazz. while he leads the hand.
MusicslIy, "Jonny Sbeilt Auf" Is
snid to be as sensational es Is its
Mot. There are al sorts Of sounds
which have heretofore been regarded
with horror bv devotecs Of the onera,
The roar and clatter Of n railway
station. for instancc. locomotive,
the din and hustle OF hotel lohbv
motorcar-- always. banRinc
and crashing through the entire
score, jazz, jazz, jazz drum, trum
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Durham Hospital Class A

DURHAM, N C.---LincoIn Hospi.
tai of this city Is the first Negro
hospital in the State to be recon-
mcnded for approval by the Amcris
can Medical Association as Grade
A institution.
There are only four Grade A Ne
gro hospitals in the entire South
Lincoln hospital was established IN
1901 by the Duke family. In 1924
a new brick structure was erected.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Spider In Medicine;
Doctor Is Arrested

COLLINS, Miss, finding Of
a spider in the bottle of medicine
compounded by the widely known
herb doctor, John Redmond, has re-
suited in the filing of $4,000
damage suit here by Mrs. Caroline
Willis of this county. Mrs. Willis
charged in her declaration that she
purchased the medicine and took a
dose in compliance with the printed
instructions on the bottle and be-
came seriously i'll.
DIR. A. 7. Alfred of this city was
consulted and Immediately pro-
nounced her poisoned, when the
bottle was investigated and the spi-
der discovered. Reese Mckinney, the
owner and manager of the premises
Is made defendant with the doctor
and the case is returnable at the
January term Of the circuit court.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
No Licensed Negro
Flyer In America

2 LOS ANGELES, Calf, THAT no
Negro flier in America holds a
commercial pilots license is the
startling information that has been
Received by William j. Powell, head
of the Bessie Coleman Aero Club at
Los Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. Powell, wrote to the Depart
nient of Commerce at Washington
Npr information concerning oil
fliers and received an immediate ans
wer.
The letter points that no Negro in
America holds commercial pilots
license, although there is nothing in
the regulations which will prohibit
him from holding one If he is so
qualified. Il
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
DePries. On Jack.on's Bond

CHICAGO, (ANP. - Oscar De-
Priest, Congress-elect from the First
congregational District of Illinois
signed the bond of Daniel Jackson,
second ward committeeman, who was
indicted last week. for the second
time by the Special Grand Jury in
vestigating election frauds.
The bond was placed at $4,000
and Mr., DePriest scheduled S6S, 900
worth Of real estate tocover III The
first bond was signed by Mrs. Louis
r. Anderson, wife Of the alderman
from the second ward.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Research Experts
: Pool knowledge
OfRacial Problem,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 49,
Especially A new chapter in the his
tory of racial relations on the Am
erican continent opened here Monday
morning when a national interracial
conference participated in by agencies
throughout the United States dealing
with the problem of the relationship
of Negro and Caucasian began three
days conference.
For the first time in the history of
race relations there is concerted
effort on the part of groups of all
shades of opinion to pool their in
formation on the problem of the
Negro and the white in their contact
in this country. The participants in
this conference include: The Com
mittee on International Cooperation
of the South, the American Social
Hygiene Association, the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, the Society Of
Friends, the Federal Council of
Churches, the Protestant Episcopal
Church, the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference, the National Urban
League, the Phelps Stokes Fund, the
National Boards of the Y. NJ. C. A.
and Y. W. c. A. and other bodies.
Besides these, outstanding au.
thorities, such as Professor Raymond
Pearl of Johns Hopkins University,
Professor Herbert Adolphus Miller
of Ohio State University, N. c. New
bold, director of Negro education in
North Carolina; Professor Charles II.
Merriam of the University of Chi
cago, Dr. r. r. Motion of Tuskegee,
Louis |. Dublin of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, and many
others are in attendance. D.,
Labor is represented by John p.
Frey of the American Federation of
Labor, by w. N. Doak of the Brother
hood OF Railroad Trainmen and by
George w. Millner of the lnterna-
tional Longshoremen's Association.
"The headquarters of the confer
.tcrce have been established at How
ard University, where the evening
meetings are held. Morning and af-
aernoon sessions are held. in the audi
torium of the Department of the In
terror Building. .. "a. 81.
Mary Van Kleeck of the Russell
Sage Foundation, who is chairman of
the conference executive committee,
today outlined its scope as. follows !:
Besides the pooling of what will
now become common fund of fact,
to be made available in published
form to all students of American
race problems, the National Inter
racial Conference is designed to en-
able those foremost in their study
and investigation of this subject TO
meet personally. 1t is hoped that
the present conference will be merely
a prelude to other and greater gath
rings of scientists, medical men, edu-
Gators, housing experts and legisla-
tors" ...E
The officers of the National Inter-
racial Conference are as follows:
Chairman, Mordecai johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University; Robert
r.. Motion. president of Tuskegee In
stitute; chairman of the executive
committee, Mary Van Kleeck; treas
urer. Eustace Seligman of Sullivan
e. Cromwell, New York; research
secretary, Charles S. johnson, Fisk
University; eXecuti, We secretary
George +. Haynes.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
College. To Merge

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Merger Of
Roger William University and Howe
Junior College Is to take place when
trustees of the two institutions meet
IN Memphis, January 23rd to 27th.
It is planned 10 move the combined
schools from Nashville to Memphis.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Leaves Estate To Fisk

< NASHVILLE, Tonn.--Prof. James
D. Burrus, first colored man to be
appointed to the Fisk Universal fac
ulty, died last week, leaving his estate
to the university TO be used in erect
ing memorial hall and increasing
the endowment fund. -
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20

pets--saxophones, playing "biues."
One of the most startling innova-
tions, critics say, is radio loud
speaker broadcasting Jonny's jazz
band.
"Fresh," ''insolent" and "abomin-
able are some of the expressions
that critics in Europe use in des-
'cribing it.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Oil Lease Brings $4,000

LOS ANGELES, Cal.--The Willis
Petroleum Company, a race concern,
has leased 160. acres to the Shell Oil
Company for drilling purposes for
1890. 'h. r
Eighty acres had been previously
leased. 4. W
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Roland HAYES In Cleveland
Gets $1,000 a Concert

CLEVELAND, OIL Roland Hayes,
tenor. gave a recital in the new n'u-
sic hall December 18th. He is sched-
uled TO appear in Savannah, Ga. un-
der the auspices Of the Georgia State
Industrial College, January 9th. His
guarantee Is $4,000 for each appear
snce. ---
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-20
Booker T. Washington, Jr.
@ Sued For Divorce

LOS ANGELES, Calf. = Booker
T. Washington I'd has been sued for
divorce by his wife, Mrs. Nettie Han
cock Washington, who charges cru
city, and failure to provide properly
for her and their two children. The
son of the famous educator and
founder Of Tuskegee institute is a
realty dealer here.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-18
Wilkins Plane in U. S.

b. United Press
NEW YORK, June 18.-The Lock
heed Vega airplane, in which Capt
Sir George Hubert Wilkins flew
over the top of the world from
Alaska to Spitzbergen, arrived this
morning aboard the Norwegian
American liner, Bergenford, which
docked at the foot of Thirtieth ST.,
Brooklyn.
The plane, fully assembled, was
placed on barge and transferred
to Miller Field Staten Island, here
experts from the Wright company
will ovrhaul the whirlwind motor
preparatory to Captain wilkins ar
rival here July 2 for his American
tour. which will precede his start on
an Antartic expedition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-18
Aviation
GERMAN PLANS
NONSTOP HOP
TO CALIFORNIA
Zeppelin Builder May Fly
DirigibIe to Exposition
in July.

BIZ United Press
LONG BEACH, Cal, June ia
nonstop flight from Friedrich
shafen, Germany, to the Pacific
Southwest Exposition at Long Beach
will be attempted next month by
DR.. Hugo Eckner, the Zeppelin
builder, Mayor Oscar Hauge said
today.
DR.. Eckner planned originally to
fly from Friedrichshafen to Lake
hurst, N. j., and make a second hop
to San Diego, but has decided on
the more direct route, it was said.
If the projected cruise is success
full the dirigible will have crossed
two-thirds of Europe, the Atlantic
ocean and the North American
continent.
A return trip, with a stop at San
Diego, also is planned. Mayor
Hauge said that if the Government
could not be persuaded to move the
portable mast here from Panama
one would be built. The exposition,
which will be featured by air races,
will be held from July 27 to Sept. 8.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-18
Aviation
Indy is Given
COLLEGE HONOR
IN WISCONSIN
Awarded Honorary Doctor
of Laws Degree by
Alma Mater.
AViation--
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
MADISON, Wis, June 18.-Col
Charles A. Lindbergh was awarded
the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws today by the University of
Wisconsin, the institution which he
left, "by request" six years ago.
President Glenn Frank conferred
the degree, comparing Lindbergh to
DR.. Benjamin Franklin, who visited
the court of France and served his
country as ambassador by making
friends.
In presenting Lindbergh for the
degree, DR.. Frank said, since the
days of Franklin no American has
reached his eminence in friendship
But Charles August Lindbergh
offers him today a genuine rivalry.
Served America Well
"He has mastered the currents of
the air, giving to mankind a new
dimension; and he has done it with
restraint and power that have en-
HANGED the dignity of our manhood.
AS a representative of American
good will to all the world, he has
served us we'll"
Governor Fred r. Zimmerman
escorted the colonel to the stage
where Professor Frederick l. Paxon
presented him with five other win
ners of honorary degrees, to Presi-
dent Frank.
Those honored with Lindbergh
were Frederick Klaeber, professor
of English literature at the Uni
versity of Minnesota; Gilbert N.
Lewis, mathematical chemist at the
University of California; George I.
Haight and Israel Shrimski, Chi
cago attorneys, and John White,
Wisconsin State power plant engi-
neer.
Longest to Fly
The flier spent Sunday as the
guest Of President Glenn Frank. He
greeted his old classmates at a re-
union breakfast and attended the
baccalaureate services in the after
noon.
Although he wanted to climb into
the cockpit of a tiny new plane he
spotted at the airport, bad weather
kept him from flying it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-18
Byrd Plane Virginia
In Tnitcd Press

BIZ UHttcd Press
WINCHESTER, Va, June 10
Information was received here to-
day from Commander Richard Eve
lyn Byrd that one of the airplanes
which he is to use in attempting to
fly from an Antarctic base over the
South Pole will be chri5tened the
Virginia, as a compliment to his
native State.
The companion craft is the Floyd
Bennett, named in behalf Of Byrd's
companion who died in attempting
to succor the Bremen fliers at
Greenly Island.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-18
Plan 1900 Mile Hop

BIZ United Press
HAVANA, June 18.-Lieut. Rob-
ert w. Douglass Jr., and Lieut..
James E. Parker, bound for Pan
anna on flight they started at
Boiling Field, Washington, Satur-
day, planned today to take off Tues
day.
Their route to Panama is to be
by way of the Yucatan Channel,
with a probable halt at Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, for fuel. They hope to
make the 1,4O0 miles to Panama in
one day.