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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-11-12
ATTORNEY FOR
NEGRO DEFIES
MOB'S THREAT

SNOW HILL, Md.-A dorchester
county mob, thwarted in three at
tempts to gain possession of Yuel
Lee, colored, accused of killing a
family of four. Wednesday turned its
wrath on Bernard AIDES, of Balti-
more, attorney for the International
Labor Defense League and yolun-
tary counsel for Lee.
Twice Wednesday, AIDES and two
companions, one a woman "protec-
tor" were attacked by the mob.
After the second attack, AIDES and
his companions left Snow Hill for
Baltimore, promising never to re-
turn.
AIDES, with his companions, came
to the Circuit Court to demand that
the trial of Lee be moved to the
western shore because, they said,
race prejudice" on the eastern
shore made fair trial impossible.
The second and more serious dem
onstration came as AIDES, with Miss
Helen Mays and Oscar Rabowsky,
attempted to leave the courthouse
when Circuit Court was adjourned.
The mob attacked the trio and beat
them severely before they were
rescued.
Continued on page 81
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Colored People In America Are Every
body's People; Many Are More White

go into the "colored race" but by
the same process he goes out of the
white race"
Jim Grow Test
Some one, then, in answering this
question as to what is eolored
man, said impatiently that he is any
one who has to ride In a Jim Crow
car through Georgia. Another prob
ably gave a better definition when
he said that colored person is any
thing which the white man does not
care to take along with him, for that
Is just about the description of what
we call colored people in the United
States.
Not long ago when called on as
the last speaker at an intefracial
meeting, where members of all So
called races spoke. told them that
they did not need this number OF
persons 10 represent these elements
for | have in my veins the blood
Of practically all of them, and IN
the case of about a third or fourth
of the so-called colored people there
is less African blood than that o.
other races
A considerable number of us ar'
CONTINUED on page 80
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CRAzED FATHER
RUNNING AMUCK
SLAYSPREACHER

GUTHRIE, 0kla.-A grief Graz
ed father whose warped mind sought
to wipe out an entire family in re-
Venge for their iestimony in behalf
Of the slayer of his son. snuffed out
the life of the Rev. J. +. looms on
the stops of the st. Paul A. VI. f.
church Sunday morning, and himself
slain later in a battle with a police
squad armed with A machine gun.
The murderer, Zeke Wilson, arm
ed with two heavy service ravolv-
ers, cornered the pastor as he was
on his way to conduct the morning
services, and fired five bullets into
his body killing him instantly. Viii
son then rushed to the homes of his
other five intended victims. but fail
ed to carry out his murderous pur-
pose because the rest Of the family
was absent from home He then
fled to his own home, whore h. bari
caded himself and fought losing
battle with the police machine gun
SQUAD in which more than a hundred
bullets were fired. until mortallv
wounded he stumbled out of the
house and surrendered.
crazed BY Sons Death
Wilson'S son, Lloyd Wilson, was
slain in a pool room fight which he
provoked on August 80 with Nose
Dixon, another youthful companion.
At the time of The first killing. Will
son the father sought to wreak sum-
mary revenge upon his SON slayer,
but was oVerpo yered and disarned
by the police az the first hearing
of the inquest. Later, the Rev.
looms was subpeoned az an unwill.
ing witness, and testified that he
had been at the Wilson home. in
company of several neighbors when
young Lloyd Wilson. milan ed with
anger and drink. rushed into the
house to get his gun. announcing hat
he was goino to kill Dixon. He push
ed his mother and the neighbors
who sought to restrain him away.
and rushed back to the pool room.
In less than half an hour he was
brought back home dead On the
testimony of the Rev. looms and
the neighbors. the coroner's jury re-
turned verdict Of self defense and
released the Dixon boy. The Eldae
Wilson then vowed 20 avenge rs
son on all of the witnesses who had
aided in he defense OF Dixon.
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NEGRO SOLDIERS
TREATED FAIRLY
OFFICIAL SAYS

WASHINGTON. = A delegation
headed by J. Finley Wilson, Grand
Exalted Ruler of the Elks, accomp-
anied by Bishop e. D. w. Jones of
the A. M. E. Zion Church; Robert
]. Nelson, director of civil liberties
of the Elks; Roy S. Bond, grand
esteemed loyal knight of Baltimore,
Md, and c. Tiffany Toliver, COM
missioner of transportation of the
Elks, called on Secretary of War
Hurley last Wednesday to discuss
the status of the Negro soldier in
the United States army.
A frank conference was held for
more than an hour, into which he
called Gen. Macarthur, chief of staff.
Exalted Ruler Wilson presented the
cause in a forceful and effective
manner, particularly dealing with
the reduction and movement of the
Tenth Cavalry and 24tht and 25th
infantry.
General Macarthur stated that no
Negro soldier had been discharged
nor would be, only for cause; that
the status of the Tenth Cavalry re-
NAMED the same and only those
soldiers would not be re-enlisted who
were in excess of the regular com
plement established by Compression
al enactment. 1t was plainly shown
to the delegation that about 500
would eventually be mustered out
when their time for enlistment ex-
PRED.
Under the disarmament policy OF
the government, ratio showed that
our reduction would be 30 to l as
against the whites of II to /, a
favor of IS points for the colored
soldier. General Macarthur gave
the delegation statement which
read: These factors make 1t nee
essary in carrying out proper re-
distribution of troops to move to
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Trainmen Sue Railroad

NEW YORK.-Suits for $4,000
each have been filed by three color
ed firemen In Richmond, Va,
against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company because of discrim-
inatory policy adopted by that line
in response to the demands of the
white firemen's union.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People is
in contact with the attorneys for the
colored firemen and its special legal
assistant, William T. Andrews, has
offered the associations assistance
in the case.
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{ Enterprise News Bureaul

PHILADELPHIA you want
to see a black person you should go
to Abyssinia, said Mr.. j. A. Rog-
erss newspaper correspondent, to an
Associated Negro Press interviewer
the other evening while dining in
the Citizens Hotel Mr. Rogers has
Just returned from two years world
tour. Mr.. Rogers said THE Amer
lean here has never really seen a
black person. And the skins Of
these people are rich and beautiful
The black man has very cool skin
Mr.. Rogers also speaks Of the
magnificent garments worn by the
people. especially upon such occa-
sions as the royal coronation.
THE African. states Mr.. Rogers,
'4s a master of color The European
does not know anything about color,
compared to the African. These
people study the outdoor wonders
and match and blend the brilliant
eolors of nature as no European has
been able to do
Worth Two Men
stAnd in France. he continued, "a
black woman Is said to be worth
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Other Woman Wins
Dead Mans Estate

MEMPHIS. Tenn.--Winning over
the widow and sister of the late
Henry johnson. Alma Johnson, who
lived with him for some time prior
to his death. was awarded the $14.-
900 cash estate which he left, by a
jury in Chancellor DeIIaven's Court,
Tuesdayl
1t was the second time that jury
had decided that Alma Johnson. he
roine in a typical Beale Street ro-
nance, was entitled to more consid-
GRAFTON than either the wife or other
close relatives.
Mr.. Johnson had been a barber on
Beale Street for years. He had a
lawfully welded wife, Mrs. Frances
Robinson johnson. but he lived with
Alma Every one who knew them,
knew the relationship but Alma CON
tended that partnership agree
ment existed between herself and
Mr.. Johnson which stipulated that
IL either died the other took the
pei sonal property, and the jury
agreed with her.
A year ago a jury decided in her
favor and Tuesday another jury re-
affirmed the opinion that Alma was
entitled to the residence.
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MOB BEATS lawyer FOR AIDING NEGRO
Commission Rep orts Innocent Victims LyucI1ed
Trainnen Are Deprived
Of Seniority Rights

NEW YORK.-A resolution pass
ed this year by the white Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen is DELHI
erately designated to deprive color
ed railway trainnIen on a long list
of railroads of their seniority rights,
according to information which has
come to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie.
The resolution, adopted in the
Houston, Texas. convention of the
white Trainmen's Brotherhood, reads
as follows:
"All men in the train and yard
service shall maintain membership
in the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen or lose all seniority rights.
No exception to this resolution shall
be made other than to members of
the Order of Railway Conductors
who may be employed in train OF
yard service"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-11-12
DETROIT CROWD
BOOS SPEACH OF
OSCAR DEPRIEST

DETROIT, Mich. - Jumping into
the local political inferno last week
Congressman Oscar DePriest, of the
First Congressional District of Hi
nois, was severely scorched Saturday
night, when he attempted to cham
pion the cause of Harold Emmons,
candidate for mayor, against the
present incumbent, Frank Murphy.
The scorching took place at the
First Regiment Armory at one of the
many last minute mass meetings be-
fore the general election, Tuesday.
An estimated crowd of four thou
sand was on hand to hear the con-
gresham.
Following his introduction by Mrs.
c. S. Smith, widow of the late Bish-
op C. S. Smith, the congressman was
greeted with thunderous applause.
Ee was presented with large bou-
quet of flowers.
After telling of his extensive trav-
els DePriest launched an attack on
the dismantling of the colored COM
bat units of the regular army. He
also flayed the Democratic party for
its racial discrimination and other
acts of Injustice. This also brought
round of applause.
The congressman then said, "De-
troit is the balance of voting power
in the State of Michigan, and while
you have a non-partisan city govern
ment, your mayor is nationally known
as Democrat. Detroit should be
controlled by Republican. No pub
lie official has right to use the tax
payers money as political football
and issue dole when you want work /;
give you loaf of bread for your
vote"
This statement did not meet with
the approval of large number of
the audience, booes and Kisses COM
ing from every part of the large hall.
Many of the people left the hall,
while others began a rapid cross-fire
at the congressman. The speaker
labored TO get the audience under
control in order to proceed with his
speech, but to no avail.
In referring to the booes and his
SEES, Congressman DePriest told the
story of the ungrateful mule that
kicked his master after he had fed
him for years because he didn't know
any better. He likened his audience
to the mule.
These remarks added fuel to the
already seething fire. Officers came
forward and offered their assistance,
but DePriest informed them that
they should not interfere. The con-
CHEESEMAN'S voice grew husky and his
face was flushed and red. Several
vocal combats were engaged in with
hecklers. The crowd forgot what
DePriest had said at the beginning
and attacked HIM from all angles.
The meeting ended in confusion.
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BY DIR. CARTER G. WOODSoN
Director of the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History

Director OF tne Association Tor lnt
Study of Negro Life and History
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-We have
no such thing as a colored race in
America. What is a colored man?
Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Miss
issippi, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas once designated a person
of color as one who is descended
from one of African blood. to the
third generation inclusive. though
one ancestor in each generation may
have been white.
Later Alagama changed third"
to fifth" generation. According to
the laws of Florida, Georgia, In
diana. Missouri and South Carolina,
person of color was one with as
little as one-eighth African blood. In
Nebraska, Oregon, Virginia and
Michigan, one must have one-fourth
African blood to be thus classified
These laws by amendment and
Interpretation, however, have come
Ito mean that a man becomes mem
! Der of the so-called colored race as
soon as it is known that he has q
visible trace of African blood.
BY race admixture, then, one may
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SOUTHERN committee FINDS
DOUBT OF Gull T IN | yNCHlNGS
School Head Sues
After Bus Jim Crow

KANSAS cIrY-Beeanse he was
falsely arrested and Inundated be-
cause he refused TO take a back seat
on bus en- route from Columbia.
Mo-. to Kansas City, Ernest o.
Boone. principal of the Dunbar
School. sued the Pickwick Grey
hound Lines for $4,000.
Mr.. Boone was ordered to take n
back seat and when he refused the
driver drove to the police station
and ordered his arrest.
AS a consequence of this treat
ment. Mr. Boone. according to the
petition, was caused to suffer and
experience great mental anguish,
humiliation, modification, disgrace
and shame" in consequence of
which his name and reputation were
injured, causing him to be actually
damaged to the extent of $4,000.
The petition also asks for $4,000
punitive damages.
The case comes up in the Western
divisions of the district court during
the November term.
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Joe LilIard To Play
In Thanksgiving Game

Los ANGELES Joe Lii
lard. Oregon University football star.
whose failure to appear in the Ore
gon-u.s.C. game sent gate receipts
tnmbling down thousands of dollars,
is expected to pack the $4,000 or
20 600 fans into Wrigley Field
Thanksgiving afternoon when he
heads a team of potential All-Amer-
lean stars that viii tangle with the
Los Angeles All-Stars in one of the
series Of nation vide charity games.
The game is being sponsored by
the Southern California Institute OF
Negro Social Work OF which Dir.
somerville is president
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Church With 100000
Will Not Buy Now

NEWARK, N. 1.-The proposed
$4,000 purchase of white church
by the members of st. Johns A..
M. e. Church out of 100000 re-
Gently received by the congregation
from the sale of their property, has
been abandoned, it is learned.
At recent meeting, opposing
factions for and against the sale
FLASHED. Many suggested the cree
ton of new church to cost less
and to save the balance of the
money IN the treasury.
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equal Rights League
To Support DePriest

BOSTON, Mass The annual meet
ing of the Equal Rights League has
been moved up to December 4th and
9Th, in order that the members
may participate in Congressman De-
Priests non-partisan convention, to
be held in Washington.
Word issued from headquarters
here tells of the recent vote of the
members to continue their fight
against every form of discrlmina-
ton. The acceptance of Mr.. De
Priests invitation was made in the
spirit OF the furtheranee of the
leagues principles.
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Hotel Crew Quit When
Wages Are Lowered

ROANOKE, Va.-When the man
agement of the largest hotel in this
city reduced wages for the fourth
time this year. ten walters walked
out and compelled the dining room
to close.
Twenty-Five maids, ten hall boys,
and other employees followed the
walters. A new crew was hired, but
were SO inefficient that the owners
brought the old employees back.
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Over 1900 Colored
Unemployed in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Md, - There are
4,051 Negroes who want to work
out of employment here according
to a police census completed here
last week under the direction of
Mayor jackson. This does not in
clude so-ealled ''floaters" or per-
sons without work who although in
Baltimore cannot claim this city as
their residence.
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Headwaiter Is Fired
With Thirty-Four Men

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Lester Miller,
headwaiter at the Orleans Hotel
here, and thirty-four men under
him, were discharged by the man
ager last week, in order, according
to report, to make room for white
unemployed men.
Mr.. Miller, who had been employ
ed at the hosiery ever since 1t
opened, twenty-six years ago, is said
to have squandered his $40 weekly
salary, and to have been forced into
the bread line for food.
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Opens Delicatessen

NEW YoRK.-(ANP).- new
delicatessen and grocery store was
opened in West 18th Street Satur-
day under the joint ownership of
Messrs. Montoute and A. C. Moore.
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The Northwest's Most
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Read Newspaper
The Kusko times., 1931-08-08

Milton s. Kronheim, Washington n hondman, is exerting every possible effort to locate Thomas A. Marquam, of airbanks, who has been in and A-about this city since the fall of 1927, | but who disappeared January 19 last, exostensibly to go on few days trip ~uto New York. Since that time he x. has, not been seen or heard from in 6; any way. When Marquam was an in- |. dependent candidate for Delegote to G.Congress in November, 1926, he 1-failed to comply with a law requir- i. ing that he file with the Clerk of the L.SHouse of Representatives schedule ofof his campaign expenditures. He
The Kusko times., 1931-08-08

winter comes most of the caches will be empty and the natives will be back at the trading posts trying to get credit for an outfit of fancy provi- sions. They will mt have any money and the fur they can catch during the coming trapping season will not pay up the old bills, left from last winter and the winter before.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-08
OE APPOINTMENT.

Estaie efs1pseph Lewis, deceased. M:,ttie Crosby has been appointed and qualified as=administratrix of the estate of Joseph Lewis, late ofsKus- ,koky4im. Precinct, :, Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska, deceased. Inated. at, Napanuta-t this. 6thsday of June, A.. D. 1913.
 GEO. w HoFEMAN,
 Probate Judge of said Precinct. 1st pub. June2-27;. last, July 25.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-08
ReVi8atOr Restores Waters
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THE NEWEST MIRACLE OF MODERN SCIENCE ~ HE important thing in life is health. We cannot
 tinue live healthfuny unless live with respect - the laws of nature Life is but cellular buny and celu ar elimination activity, both cellular and cellular poons Arbuhno Lane, the English physician, "Most directly aceabe bad drainage in the bodyto accumulation coggng matter poisons vital "+sexans.
 the world has recognized the value of health rnes medical officers arbut the value of the fam natural activity of their This ,.Adoactvy of nakure of dssovng and elin
 ng health destroying poons and building healthy ceus Andxtissues #N possible for sick we have erpeu reasonable the splendid benefits of genuine health spring in the home through this invention raTHE NAVIGATOR WATER JAR.
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The Kusko times., 1931-08-08

inquiry has been made by member of the commission as to whether the Delegate could have bill passed by Congress transferring title to the Territory, if it was desired to con- struct the new building on the pres ent site. It is believed that this could easily be accomplished.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-08
ALASK 4. FNTERESTSzAT
 ..THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
y(So,.tinned from Page 1.)

.:sain the Territory of Alaska for the .. season 193l-32. Reference is made :. to the issued. regulations, which re-
 .txeal that trappers- are. allowed only :. sixty days. inwhich. to.take fox, lynx, ' weasel and land otter, and that the taking of .marten.,and. beaver IS pro- :. hibited. It. is. .contended that under these restrietienss it., will be impos- ..-.sible for. profitable trapping to con- ...t .tinue, and particularly when so many :, people. are unemuloyed and who nat
 urally turna to4 trapping for the ne- .x.cessities. of lfe.- The contention upon the part. of the Biological Survey that
 z the region embraced, within the zone C, of the Association. is being depleted V. of. beaver is refuted by the Associa- .tion and the fact pointed to that nat ural protection. is given by many . large streams, lakes and swamps and :. the widev area of their distribution. \. It is. further set forth that it might -s be- of interest to- the President and Dr. Raul -Reddington to know the .., tvneL of citizen Avzho, turns to the trap :. line during thes long winters when all s other. axenes for earning living are .s closed. The :. Association numbers 4,1manYe young. men, veterans of the
 World War, with families, who have >.. created. comfortable. if crude homes, s- at distances from 50 to 100 miles :. from business settlements. They have 4~raised. gardens, possess radios, books, nmagazines, and such refinements as s--their -meager incomes will allow. The President has referred the matter. for .4.the consideration of the officials of L-the Department of Agriculture.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-08
YUKON NATIVES MAY GO
 HUNGRY DURING WINTER
Anchorage Times.)


 Unless the natives along the lower Yukon river lay away reserve. sup- plies of dog salmon, of which there has been an unusually plentifuli sup ply this summer, thepe will be some very hungry families during the nem ing winter, according to Charles Ger hart, oldtimer of the interior, ,who was in Anchorage last week on his way to the Mayo clinic for 8 consul, tation with the specialists at that, in- stitution. MT. Gerhart is .an old timer of the interior and for 8 num- Der of years past has been operating trading post at Holy Cross. He has left his wife in charge during his ab- sence in the States.
 Scarcity cof furs and demoralized market conditions have cut into the incomes of native trappers to such an extent that they have strained their credit along the lower riyer to the limit and there is the prospect of a hard winter ahead unless the natives take full advantage of the food sup plies which bountiful nature is pro- viding this summer.
 Like their white brothers in the States and elsewhere in the world, the Yukon river natives enjoyed a large measure of prosperity during the period of abnormally good times, with furs plentiful and market prices very high, and it has been a problem for the into get back to old standards of living. They have continued to buy everything the traders would let them have on credit until now they are so far in debt the traders cannot continue larry them.
 Native women want the best they can get in the way of clothing. They like silk stockings, high-heeled shoes and fancy frocks, just like their white sisters, and it is going to be a prob lem for them to get back to heavy duty and low-priced wearables. Dress, with many of them, comes ahead of food, and there is not much planning ahead for the lean, cold days of win ter.
 And the men are not piuch better planners than their women. Almost every native along the river thinks he must own a gasboat, and some of them have two boats to do the work that used to be done with a canoe or skiff and pair of oars or pole. Pol ing is almost a lost art these days, and will co liia Ie to be so tnng as Iae native can continue to get money or credit for gasoline
 The coming winter would not pre-: sent any difficulties if the natives could be made to realize the import ance of putting away some of the fish which they have caught along the river this summer. But by the time