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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
For the Sake Of American Justice

senate chambers and rotary clubs,
and petition the freedom of the
dumb young blacks-so indiscreet
as to travel unwittingly, on the same
freight train with two white prosti-
tutes. And, incidentally, let the
mill-owners of Huntsville begin to
pay their women decent wages so
they won't need to be prostitutes.
And let the sensible citizens of Ala
bama (if there are any supply
schools for the black populace of
their state land for the half-black,
too--the mulatto children of the
Southern gentlemen. | reckon they
are gentlemen. so the Negroes
won't be so dumb again But
back to the dark millions-black
and half-black, brown and yellow,
with gang of white e-parents-
like me. If these IL million Negro
Americans don't raise such a howl
that the doors of Kilbee prison shake
until the nine youngsters come out
land | don't mean polite howl,
either) then let Dixie justice (blind
and syphilitic as it may be) take
its course, and let Alabama's South
ern gentlemen amuse themselves
burning nine young black boys till
they're dead in the states electric
chair. And let the mill-owners of
Huntsville continue to pay women
workers too little for them to af-
ford the price of a train ticket to
Chattanooga . /. Dear Lord | never
knew until now that white ladies
(the same color as Southern gentle
mem travelled in freight trains :.
Did you. world? And who ever
heard of raping prostitute?
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03

ii the nine Scottsboro boys die,
he South ought to be ashamed of
itself-but the IL million Negroes
in America ought to be more asham-
ed than the South. Maybe it's
against the law to print the tran
scripts OF trials from state court.
| don't know. If not, every Negro
paper in this country ought to i'm
mediately publish the official rec
ords of the Scottsboro cases 50 that
both whites and blacks might see at
glance to what absurd farces an
Alabama court can descend. Tor
should | say an American court?)
. The nine boys in Kilbee prison
ore Americans. Twelve million Ne
groes are Americans. too. (And
many of them far too light in color
to be called Negroes, except by
lars.) The judge and the jury at
Scottsboro, and the governor of Ala
bama, are Americans. Therefore, for
the sake of American justice Gf
there is any and for the honor of
Southern gentlemen Gf there ever
were any let the South rise up in
press and pulpit, home and school,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
Walters Dominate
Service In Hotels
CONTINUED from page one.)

Continued from page one.)
The walters need to develop more
loyalty to each other and to the
heads of their department, Mr.. Cow
an said.
Cases where men have been re-
placed by white girls could easily be
remedied, he said.
Patrons do not want white girls
serving their banquets, large din
ners, and formal affairs. 1t
is the practice of hotels employing
white girls for general waiting to
call in colored men when such af-
fairs are catered. The men should
refuse to be taken on for these rem
nants ofework, they are only keep
ing themselves out of regular Jobs
and putting others in, for this small
mess of pottage," he declared.
Mr.. Cowan has recently been en-
ployed by the American Hotel CO.
operative Association, one of the
largest associations Of its kind in
America. He is at the Hotel Har-
risburger, and upon his taking the
position on November LIST, the entire
staff of white walters and cooks
was replaced by colored.
Out Of % of the hotels owned by
the association, % are now manned
by colored employees. Mr. Cowan
said that he had the promise of Les
lie Kincaid, white, president of the
association, that colored staffs would
be considered for the remaining five.
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Protest Police Order
To Leave Town
Continued from Page u

(Contlnued from Page /
owner and others among the white
defendants in court.
The cult which Divine represents is
said to be flourishing enterprise
IN fashionable Tudor City, a swanky
section inhabited by the wealthy arts
tocrats in East Forty-second Street
and East River, New York CITY. Be-
side this, the cult boasts of having
enormous followings in the heart of
Manhattan, Fifty-fifth Street and
Broadway, Floral Park. and Lenox
Avenue and 132nd Street.
Divine, who has been a mystery
man in the community for several
years, is a man of intelligence and
edusation, and claims to have in
augurated a new religious teaching
which appeals to the mind instead
of the emotions. Efforts have been
made by his foes to trap him in
taking money from his followers, but
these proved unsuccessful, as moneys
tendele ed to him were returned, and
he neN err takes up any collections.
Not only has the Rev. Mr.. Divine
failed to take up collections at his
iiSN"hlsS anu carry on any business
for profit during his twelve years
there, but he has also returned many
donations to wealthy philanthropists
and sympathizers with his cause. He
depends entirely upon his own re-
sources which he terms as coming
from God.
Following the raid on his center.
mass meeting was called at the
school house to determine what
should be done to remove the cult
and its leader from the village. 1t
was claimed that the racial question
did not enter into the affair, but that
objection to Divine and his follow
ers was based upon their deprecia-
ton of property values. While the
meeting was in progress, Divine him
self walked in and asked to be heard.
Some time ago he declared. 81
suggested that a public vote would
be welcome to me- Therefore. I
heartily endorse this mass meeting.
Ii the public does not wish it. WHY.
of course I will not stay here. l do
not care to reside anywhere, wheth-
err it be in Suffolk county or even
in New York state, where my pres
ence IS not desired"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
Intellectual Leadership

In speaking of our "ineffectual
leadership" it will be well to observe
that such Intellectually has so re-
suited because our leaders are selfish
and carnal minded. Very few lead
ers of our people during the Twen-
tieth Century have set the example
of self abnegation to the people.
Only one or two have been willing to
recline behind prison bars because of
an ideal. Very few have been will
ing to ieopardize their bread and
butter. Most of our leaders are
sleek, well-fed and smooth like satin.
They are not rugged like Stain, who
has spent several years of life in Jail
for expounding his battle cries for
the people. They are not strong and
determined like Lenin was, who also
knew grief. iails, starvation and suf-
fering. They are not like Gandhi
who wants nothing for himself and
also knows what iails and incarcera-
ton mean. They are not like Mus
solini who patterned his fight along
the lines of self-denial and also was
not thwarted by jails.
Our leaders are Intellectual be-
cause they have no strong ideals, be-
cause they are opportunists as was
the exiled and oratorical Trotsky.
They are seekers of flesh pots, who
are interested more in the creature
comforts of life than they are in
their people Our leaders are soft,
weak, effeminate, uninspired. They
are afraid, quavering. vacillating
irresolute. They love life more than
anything else. They are afraid oil
God. the white man, the breadline
the rent man, the Jail house, and the
devil. We will get nowhere as long
as they survive and flourish. Away
with theml
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
$1,000 Negroes Hold
Federal Positions

Continued from page L.
er colored men and women with sal
aries aggregating S4,141 ,209 are en-
ployed in other activities of the Fed
eral Government.
The commissions appointed by
President Hoover included the Ma
tional Membership Commission and
the Special Commission to study the
Educational Problems of Haiti, which
was headed by DR.. Robert R. Motion,
of Tuskegee and was composed of
DR.. Mordecai johnson, Washington,
d. G.; DR.. G. Lake lines, Tuskegee
Institute, Ala; Carl G. Murphy, Bal
timore, Nd; B. F. Hubert Savannah,
Georgia; P. L. Prattis Chicago, and
l.. M. Favrot, white, of the General
Board of Education.
Individuals appointments were set
set forth as:
Charles +. Mitchell, Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
special assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States; James A.
Cobb, Judge of the Municipal Court,
District of Columbia; jefferson S.
Voage, recorder of deeds, District of
Columbia; Charles W. Anderson, Col
lector of Internal Revenue: Richard
l.. Baltimore, assistant United States
district attorney; Hubert T. Delany,
assistant United State district at
orney; Francis F. Giles, assistant
United States District Attorney
James A. Jackson, business special
list, Domestic Commerce Division,
Department of Commerce. Ambrose
Caliver, specialist in education, u. S.
Bureau of Education; Coralie Cooke,
member of the District of Columbia
Board of Public Welfare: J. w. Cliff
ford, narcotic agent, U. S. Customs
inspector; Mrs. Mary Mcneil, DR.. ].
II. Johnson, and Rev. F. |. Bennett,
members of the District of Columbia
Board of Education; James G. Car
ter, United States Consul, Calais.
France; Williams c. Hueston, assis-
tant solicitor, Post Office Depart
ment; William Fl. Lewis, Jr., special
assistant U. S. Attorney General /;
George H. Beaubian, assistant U. S.
attorney; William Fl. Hunt, second
secretary and consul at Monrovia,
Liberia; Clifton R. Wharton, consul
at Las Palamas; William j. VERIFY,
United States Consul at Nantes,
France; Lewis R. Mehlinger, attor-
ney, Department of Justice; Oliver
Randolph, assistant u. S. attorney
Heber T. Dotson, assistant U. S. at
torney; John W. Schanck, assistant
U. S. attorney; DR.. Kari Phillipes,
and Mrs. Georgia S. Johnson, com
missioners of Cancellation, Depart
ment of Labor.
Referring to the treatment accord
ed to the group by the Democratic
administration, the statement point
ed out that:
! when the Democratic Party took
over the Federal Government in
1918, with the inauguration of Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson, the follow
ing offices were held by Negroes
and had been for a number of years
under Republican administrations:
United States Register of the
Treasury;
United States Recorder of Deeds
United States Special District At
torney, Washington, D. c.;
United States District Attorney,
Chicago, Ill.,;
United States Assistant District
Attorney, Boston, Mass;
Auditor, U. S. Navy;
Collector of Internal Revenue,
New York City;
United States Minister to Haiti.
"All of these and numerous minor
Negro office holders were moved and
their places not filled hv NEGROES.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
Here's Brain Teaser
What's Wrong With This?

Here another problem university
walking as
about which
about the question which could hold
almost and they the neighboood clock
they agreed
the clock The first boy held his breath the stroke of
ie the sixth,
the twelfth As these the iensl of time
that they equal II ability.
The problem is. what is with the
The will be n ext week's
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
CROWN BAKERY

Wedding and Birthday cakes
to order. Highest quality Bakery
Goods. Milk. Eggs and Butter.
2afO East Union. Prospect O519
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03
Answer To Last Weeks Teaser
Both Are Illogical

Both statements i'm last weeks ar
The first
but the mans offer could his This
negative evidence evidence
evidence the
a all.
The second statement also be statement of fact but if
is behavior described logical
be because desirable
therefore,
ALL
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-03

Wonderful nature Chinese herbs
remedies special treating stomach, Iiv-
er, kidney bladder, blood disorders.
rheumatism headache, colds. cough,
satarrh. nervousness piles. female dis
orders and other ailments treated.
Call or write
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DR.. WO
Herb Specialist
Chinese

Dr Wo, Chinese physl-
ian, treating an all
nents of men and women
with the Chinese nature
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
Prompt Veto from
Hoover Is Expected
Despite Majorities

Continued from page one,
tefore Friday. All amendments had
been rejected by the senate to avoid
delay.
The senators who opposed the mea-
were all Republicans. The 81
Democrats present voted for the bill,
Joined "a Republicans including the
party leader, Watson of Indiana, and
the assistant leader, McNary, of Ore
con. Watson, however, intended in
view of his position to cast his vote to
sustain a veto but there was little in
d;cation that other Republicans
would change. The Farmer-Labor
senator, Shipstead of Minnesota, vot.
ed for the measure. The only Demo-
cratic dissent was that Of Senator
King Of Utah, who vas paired against
the measure.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
FARMERS CAM OBTAIN
RALSEEDL0AN
FOR FINANCING CROPS
Five Per Cent Loans Offered by
Government to Aid in
Planting Crops

Federal seed loans now are avail
able to those making proper appli-
cation, according to H. o. Putnam,
county agent Of Burleigh county.
They are available to those wish
ing aid in putting in a crop in 1891
and money received on them. can be
used only for crop seed, fuel for trac-
tors and feed for horses used In put
ting in the crop.
The loans bear an interest rate Of
S per cent and a mortgage must be
given to the United States Department
OF Agriculture for all crops for 1881
by those securing the loan. In cases
where crops already are mortgaged
on land procured on the crop payment
plan or in al where land Is rented
it will be necessary for the mortgagor
to sign releases In favor of the govern
ment.
J. L. Bell, vice-president of the First
National bank of Bismarck, is chair
man of the county committee. He has
received the application blanks, which
may be obtained from him.
Local committees also have been
formed in the various towns in the
county and leaders have been named.
They r Fred Pillsbury, Moffit; H.
E. Wildfang, Sterling; H. E. O'Neill,
Mckenzie: Axel Solder, Wing; A. H.
Garnes, Regain, and Jake Schmidt,
Wilton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
EIGHT HOUR IS
URGED FOR OFFICES
Resolution Suggests Extension
Of Working Hours for State
Departments

A concurrent resolution urging the
heads of state departments and coun-
ty offices to hereafter operate their
offices on an eight-hour-day basis,
was introduced in the house Thurs
day by the appropriations committee.
Sponsors of the resolution said en-
ployes of some state departments and
counties are working not more than
six and One-half hours q day.
The resolution reads:
Whereas, it appears that en-
lloyes in the offices of the various
state departments and of the coun-
ties as we'll, r working not more
than six and one-half hours per day,
and,
Whereas, the average office en-
p,oye in private business works eight
hours per day. and
Whereas, this is unfair to the tax
payers who r at present burdened
to the point where many are losing
their property.
Nov, therefore, be it resolved by
the house of representatives of the
State of North. Dakota, the senate
concurring, that the heads Of the
various state departments and coun-
ty offices r hereby urged to operate
their offices hereafter on an eight
hour basis. with the exception of Sat-
urday, to the end that the taxpayers
money shall be conserved and the
public have better service"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
Moorhead Cagers
Again Beat Fargo

Fargo, N. D.. Feb. 20.-P}-Moor-
head high schools 1881 basketball
escutcheon remained still unblemish-
ell Friday, the Spuds having turned In
their unusual feat as they defeated
Fargo foc a second time this season
here Thursday. The score was % to
II. Moorhead won the first encount-
CT three weeks ago "a to 10.
Fargo gained a lead scoring the
first basket. Moorhead evened this
up, and then fell behind, but Bud
Marquardt, the games leading star,
dropped a pair of field goals to give
the Spuds the lead, and although the
game was deadlocked three times
thereafter, Fargo never was able to
forge ahead. The Spuds held a lead
of ILL., at half time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
MINNESOTA BANK
ROBBED Man, GIRL
LOCKED IN VAULT
Two Gunner Get Between $500
and $500 from st. Leo
Institution

st. Leo. MIMI, Feb. 20.-R-Two
gunner who threatened q bank cash.
Ter and his daughter with death If
they disobeyed orders. cleaned out"
the State Bank Of st. Leo an hour
after the institution opened Friday
and fled with between $500 and $500
after locking their victims in the
vault.
st. Leo is an inland community Of
125 persons ITS miles southwest Of
the Twin Cities in Yellow Medicine
county. It is IL miles northwest of
Minneota.
L. p. Sunke, cashier, and his 1e-
year-old daughter, Louise, were in
the bank when the two bandits, each
between 80 and IS years old, strolled
into the institution leisurely and
walked to the counter as they talked
to each other.
The cashier was busy at the
counter while his daughter stood at
his side.
Drawing = revolver one Of the
bandits said: I'VE mean business.
get down on your face"
AS one Of the pair stood guard, the
other ransacked the till and then
took all the money in the vault.
Get up and go into the vault and
don't look at us II you don't want to
get filled with lead" the bandit who
stood guard told his victims after his
partner had gathered all the money
in the bank, including nickels, dimes
and pennies.
AS the victims entered the vault,
the bandits slammed the door and
turned the combination. They jumped
into an automobile parked in front Of
the bank and headed east towards
Granite Falls.
-Four years ago burglars g. ,mpted
to blow the safe at the bank during
the night but obtained nothing, MI.
Sunke said. He said the institution
previously kept about $4,000 or hand
but this amount va decreased as d
safeguard against banditry.
It was the second daylight holdup
in Minnesota in less than two weeks.
A bandit held up six employees in the
st. Anthony Park State bank in st.
Paul Feb. Z and escaped with between
$500 and $500.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20

purchased after July / be entitled to
SO per cent reduction of the years
registration fee. and vehicles used for
the first time after Oct. / be entitled
to IS per cent reduction, also was in
cluded as an amendment to the jar
dine bill.
Change To Be Slight
Members Of the committee agreed
that by taxing motor vehicles on
their weight would be a more equit-
able method of taxation. Under this
plan, the registration fees will be lit
tie changed vel the present fees, &C
cording to some members Of the
group.
/ The committee approved a bill
which would permit foreign language
newspapers In the state, printing one
page in English, to act as Official
newspaper. Under the present law,
such papers must print at least three
pages in English.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
Those Painful Swollen
Rheumatic Joints Need
Weekend Treatment
Agony Gone In As Hours or Money
Back Says Halls Drug Store And
IS Cents Buys A Large s
Ounce Bottle

Here's the new swift way to drive
Uric Acid from your joints and
muscles and free your body from
Rheumatism, Sciatica and Neuritis-
many call 1t the weekend treatment
and it is particularly valuable to
those who can not afford to lose time
thru the week.
Start to take Allenru as directed on
Friday night and keep to bed as much
as possible till Monday morning
Allenru acts with double speed when
the sufferer is relaxed and resting.
Allenrl is a powerful yet harmless
medicine-free from narcotics-you
can't depend on mild medicines to
overcome stubborn rheumatic condi-
tons and handy BELIEVERS used only
to stop pain won't get the uric acid
out Of your joints.
Allenru is sold by Halls Drug store
and all modern druggists America
cver-an 8 ounce bottle for IS cents
And guaranteed to do as advertis-
ed o. money Observation-Disclosures.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20

get basis was introduced In the house
Thursday.
The bill provides that the manager
shall receive q salary not to exceed
s., 900 annually and the chief inspec-
for a salary of $1,000 annually. The
present law does not specify the max
imum wage of these two officers.
Neither does the department submit
a budget for its biennial needs.
The house committee on appropria-
tons, in considering a request Of ap-
proximately $158.0OO for office oper-
alton of the highway department took
%ccgnizance of the fact that in 1880
the state highway department ex-
pended 81 800, 900 for maintenance of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20
Committee v
Measure Providing
Rebuilding Of Wing

CONTINUED from page one)
finitely postponed by the elections
committee.
Favors Weight Fee
A measure providing for charging
fees for motor vehicle registration on
the basis Of weight and class of motor
vehicles was recommended for pass
age by the house state affairs COM
mittee Friday.
The committee at the same time
incorporated in the measure features
of three other bills dealing with mo-
tor vehicle registration.
The proposal approved was intro
duced by j. A. Jardine, Cass. At
tached to the measure as amend
ments were features of bills offered
by H. L. Halvorson, Ward, to change
dates for delinquent licensing of au-
tomobiles and exempting from licen-
sing. used cars, except when sold, un-
til Sept. l, and another bill by Jar
dine to raise automobile dealers Ii
cense fees from $12 to SIS. and mo-
.torcycle dealers from IS to $40 for
each set Of dealers tags.
Senator P. o. Sathre's measure.
providing that new motor vehicles
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-20

to sit up for short time. The for
mer baseball car underwent q blood
TRANSMISSION Thursday, which was fol-
lowed by q chill.
The condition Of his foot, following
amputation Of q toe recently, was
growing better, d.. Hyland said, and
whether baseball's stalwart old figure
will recover, depends on This frame
of mind" and his blood condition.