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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS
ANNUAL ELECTION

The March business meeting of the
Woman's club proved to be one of the
most delightful club affairs of the
year, Is members being present to
enjoy the luncheon that was served at
1 o'clock and to assist in naming the
officers for the coming year, who
were elected as follows: Mrs. F. A.
English, president; Mrs. Fred Gill
huly, president; Mrs. G. H. King
man, secretary treasurer; Mrs. R. 5.
Reierson, Mrs. Joseph Mykol and
Mrs. J. M. Shinn, trustees.
A short discussion of next years
program was followed by reports
from various committees, including
the library, cemetery, ways and
means, child welfare, publicity and
program committees. The treasurer's
report was also read and accepted.
According to the report Of the GEM
etery committee. Mr.. Hawley has con-
sented to again furnish water for the
irrigation of the shrubbery and trees
at the cemetery.
A committee was appointed to in
quire into piano prices with a view
towards the purchase of an instru-
nent for the use of the club.
A special report was made by Mrs.
Taylor on the Koppen collection of
books, which will soon be placed in
the White Bluffs high school to be
used for reference work only. A
painting by Mrs. Koppen, also, is
soon to be hung, in the eaigh school
auditorium.
The next meeting of the club will
be the study meeting on April Is.
The Junior Woman's Club will
meet Friday, April 3, at the home of
Mrs. Earl Soden.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Barge returned
Sunday night from Redmond, Ore
gon, where with Russell Blair of
Paterson, they had spent the week.
end at the B. c. Lowe home. Mr..
and Mrs. Barge were accompanied on
their reurn from Redmond by F. E.
Blair, who will visit here while seek
ing a purchaser or renter for his
residence property near the grade
school.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

c. c. Pugh moved his family Sat-
urday from the Blair house where they
have been making their home since
early last fall, to the cottage on the
banks OF the Columbia river near the
old townsite, owned by Mrs. H. F.
Thunm. Mrs. Thumm who has &C.
cupied the cottage this winter, has
moved back to her home on the east
side of the river.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
FARMER AND BANKER
COOPERATION GROWS

Banker farmer cooperation in Wash
ington has increase three-fold in the
last three years, and continued steady
progress is being made toward even
greater cooperation" Dan H. Otis,
agricultural commissioner, American
Bankers Association, declared in an
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. c. Maury Nelson of
Seattle were visitors in White Bluffs
Monday. Mr.. Nelson will be fuperin-
tendent of the White Bluffs schools
next year and Mrs. Nelson will be
principal Of the high school. They
have been in Seattle this year taking
a postgraduate course at the univer-
sity of Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Zenier and son
Bernard drove down from Wenatchee
Sunday. They were accompanied by
Mrs. D. c. McGlothern and her new
baby son, Donald Dewitt, who were
returning to their home in the In
B-Tween.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

David Zerwekh, who recently under
went an operation in Seattle, returned
to his home in the In-B-Tween last
Friday, coming by train as far as
Prosser. From Prosser Mr.. Zerwekh
accompanied his son-in-law, County
Commissioner l. c. Hawley, who
had been there that day attending a
meeting of the commissioners.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
COMMERCIAL SHIPPING Of
ASPARAGUS SOON TO BEGIN

The 14-inch stalk of asparagus
credited by last weeks Spokesman to
y. M. Hill, was grown on the old
Lindell place, which Mr.. and Mrs.
A. D. Griffiths have leased. Mrs. I. B.
Burns reports cutting the first as
paragus for table use Thursday,
March 26. Commercial shipments will
begin soon if the present weather
continues.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

DR.. E. F. Newton moved his family
Sunday to Hartford, where they will
occupy the Lampher house. DR.. New
ton will continue to maintain his dem
tai office in White Bluffs, the office
hours remaining the same.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
CHURCH
Announcements
ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. L. c. Krug, Pastor.
"Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which
was crucified: He is risen; He is
not here; behold the place where they
laid Him."-Mark 1876.
4" EASTER SUNDAY
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
IL a. M, Divine Service
Saturday, at $3.50 a. m. catechism
class.
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Service and Holy Communion at
8 p. m.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

A son was born Wednesday
morning, April 1, at St Elizabeth
hospital in Yakima to Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. c. Buckholdt of Hanford.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

Friends in White Bluffs have re-
ceived word of the birth of a baby
daughter last Sunday morning,
March 20. to Mr.. and Mrs. James
Allen at Troy, Idaho.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. D. s. Wilkinson and
Mrs. F. A. English were visitors in
Prosser and Yakima, Monday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

The Junior Woman's Club will
meet Friday, April 3, at the home of
Mrs. Earl Soden.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09

NEW YORK CITY. April s. -
Caspar Holstein, Harlem policy
banker, political leader, and ruler of
the local Elks lodge, suffering from
the fight on the numbers gambling
games, and the graft and vice in
vestigatlons now current in the city,
has gone broke according to re-
ports from former friends and as
sociates of the noted gambler.
Holstein, who in his heydey is re-
ported to have handled more ready
money than any other man in Har-
lem. who owned race horses, was the
proprietor of the notorious Saratoga
club on Seventh avenue, who fl
nanced the literary prize contests of
the Opportunity magazine, and ran
against J. Finley Wilson on two oc-
casions as Grand Exalted Ruler of
the Elks, is reported to be complete
ly on the bust having resorted.
pnsuccessfully to an attempt to
borrow oven a thousand, dollars.
Numbers Game Hit
According to the report, Holstein's
downfall was in part oceasioned by
the falling off in players of the
numbers game following the cessa-
tion of publication of clearing house
numbers in the daily newspapers.
Repeated disaster resulted in his in
ability to pay off the winners on his
policy game last week. forcing him
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
Gang War Invades Chicago South Side;
Gunner Attack Cabaret Twice In An Hour

CHICAGO, April Ito the STAG
cato roar of pistols a carload of
gangsters swooped down on the
South side early Monday morning
in surprise raid on the Panama
Inn, cabaret at 1892 Indiana ave-
nue.. AS they directed a hail of lead
at the place Frank Manning of 1856
South Parkway, said to be an en-
ployee of the Inn, ran out OF the
place and was slugged into insen-
sibility by three of the six men who
occupied the gangster's machine.
The attackers then sped away.
A riot eall for help brought police
to the scene In large numbers, but
no information was obtained, as
Johnnie Wooley, owner of the Inn,
professed Ignorance as to the motive
for the attack on his place.
Within ten minutes after the
police left the neighborhood the
gangsters returned. and after an
other volley of shots, again dis
appeared into the night in their
large, powerful car. But this time
victim lay on the ground as a
result of their shots. He was an
innocent bystander." Jesse Obel-
ton, who lives at TIT Bowen ave-
nue.. He and Manning were taken
to the Providence hospital where
their injuries were said to be not
serious.
In spite of the fact that inquiries
as to the cause of the attack were
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
500 Communists March
Through Harlem Streets

NEW YORK.-Displaying ban.
ners denouncing racial discrimina-
ton and unemployment, more thar
500 Communists, half of whom were
white, held a demonstration and pa
rade here, Sunday.
The PARADE. which followed a
meeting under the auspices of the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights,
the Council for the Protection of the
Foreign Born, and the International
Labor Defense, was one of the most
impressive held in the city.
Police Guard March
One feature of the parade was the
police guard which joined the march
ers at intersecting streets.
Speeches were made by F. E.. A.
Welsh, Richard B. Moore and Ger
trude Mann, all Communist leaders
and officials of the organizations
mentioned. The line also was aug
mented at each corner as men and
women on the sidewalks joined the
procession
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
CHARGE GARvEY STOLE u MI A. FUNDS
LEADER or NEGRO ASSOCIATION
SOLDPROpERTY AND kept FUNDS

KINGSTON, Jamaica, B.WI., April
8. = Charges that Marcus Garvey
sold out the properties belonging
to the UN.I.A. which we're technic-
ally registered in his name, and
pocketed the moneys so obtained to
finance his removal of residence to
England. have been lodged against
the President General of the Uni
versal Negro Improvement Associa-
ton by members, officers and en-
ployees of the organization here.
Carney, who recently announced
his intention to move to London
where he will make his home and
headquarters, has been charged with
having sold the meeting hall and
headquarters of the U.NI.A., loeat TED
here, of having sold out the presses
and offices of 1.-THE Blackman" Of
ficial newspaper of the organization
of which he was managing editor,
and several other valuable properties
which were registered in his name.
The sale of these holdings, it is
charged, was made by Garvey with
out the knowledge or consent OF the
other officials of the group.
On Sunday morning a group of
dissatisfied members and officers of
the organization called upon the
President-General TO demand an ac-
counting of his stewardship of the
properties which had been entrusted
to him. Carney became indignant
and demanded to know by what
right they could call upon him for
an accounting. When it was ex-
planned that the purchase of these
properties had been effected with
funds raised by loyal members of the
order all over the world, he cursed
the deputation and walked out of
the meeting. 1t is reported that en-
pIoyees of the newspaper and other
business enterprises which he per
sonally headed will lose in the
neighborhood of $4,000 which is ow-
ing to them in back salaries.
Aside from the funds raised by
the sale of properties, it is charged
that Carney has retained a large
amount of the many thousands of
dollars which have been collected in
the drive for $6,000,000 to promote
the program of the organization
although these funds have been col
lected over period of several
months and from all sections of the
world, Garvey in a report to the
parent body claims that there is
only 500 in the treasury of the or
ganization. His two secretaries, who
also claim back salaries, are report
ed as having returned to America.
1t is reported that the President
General has outlined a new organi-
zation for the U. N. l. A. which will
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
BANDIT LEADER
CONFESSES HE
PASTORS CHURCH

NEWARK, N. J.-Five men were
held last week by police as bandits,
one protesting himself to be pastor
of the Roselle Church of God and
Christ Sanctified.
The "pastor," alleged to be the
ringleader of the gang, gave his
name as the Rev. DR.. Charles Brew
err, 80 Monmouth street, and was
brought to police headquarters, clad
in a tuxedo.
The others were identified as Dan
iel Brewer, 30, of 113 Waverly ave-
nue., wanted at Whitsett, Pa, for a
$1,000 payroll holdup December 20;
his brother, Obadiah Brewer, 25, of
160 Charlton street; William An
drews, &c, of 131 Somerset street,
and Boss Fullwood, 33, of 4S Van
derpool street.
The roundup of the gang resulted
from the capture Wednesday night
of Daniel Brewer. They caught him
at Badgar and Clinton avenues with
a .3S-caliber revolver in his belt q
few minutes after the holdup of the
Avon Grill.
Brewer broke down and implicated
the rest of the gang. They organized
March at the Rev. Charles Brewer
home and laid plans for the stick
ups, the detectives said. During the
course of their activities. they held
up two garages and stole cars with
which to carry out their robberies.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09

met with silence, 1t has been report
ed that Wooley, newcomer to
Chicago night life, was warned by
Capone alky peddlers that he must
deal with no other purveyors Of
bootleg but themselves.
Evidently Wooley did not take the
warning seriously as the raid on his
place is believed to have been the
usual method used by gangsters to
frighten their victims into obed-
fence to their commands.
II will be recalled that a few
months ago james Pleasure. pro-
prietor OF the notorious Pleasures
Inn, was put on the spot" and
attacked in his own club by two
white gangsters Pleasure, however.
bested his attackers by using his
own pistol to such good advantage
that both gangsters were wounded.
He later closed his Inn because of
fear of reprisal on the part of gang
land.
The operation Of the Panama Inn
is said to be Wooley's first attempt
i'm such an enterprise here. Gloria
Swanson, notorious female imper-
senator, Is his chief attraction, and
has been since the place, formerly
known as the Zeppelin, and before
that as the Tuxedo, was opened by
him.
Wooley is said to be in hiding
and his club is in darkness.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
WHITE MEN FIGHT
FOR THE LOVE OF
COLORED WOMAN

FINCASTLE;. Va.-(CNS)-The
love of white man for a colored
woman and the murder of the former
have thrown this section into one of
the most sensational scandals in
many wears.
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botetourt County OFFICIALS believe
the man was beaten to death and
then hurried INTO the river to cover
up the CRIME; Clark and Pierce ad-
mltted TO Following Cox IN the fort
mer's car and assaultlng him at the
,nnction OF Jackson and Cow Pasture
R,vers, where they form the James
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
HORSEWHIPS GIRL
THREATENING TO
STEAL HUSBAND

BROCKTON, Mass.-Harking back
to the days of sudden and summary
justice. Mrs. Catherine Morril, 80
year old matron, sought out her for
mer friend, Mrs. Mae Andrews, who
she alleges attempted to steal her
husband, and horsewhipped the An
drews woman on the street. The
irate wife lashed her rival with "a
heavy truckers whip until she was
overpowered and disarmed by wit
nesses, but only after she had inflic-
ted several serious wounds upon her
face, neck and back. Mrs. Morril wa,
taken into custody, and fined $50
and costs. after declaring that she
was willing to go to Jail for life,
and was only sorry that she hadn't
whipped her more"
Mrs. Morril testified that she had
taken her former friend into her
own home when the former had been
deserted by her own. husband, and
that Mrs. Andrews had then under.
taken to steal her husband.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
Parks To Succeed Carey
Senior BISHOP OF A. NJ. {. Church
TRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO REGION

CHICAGO, April S.-Bishop Henry
Blanton Parks. senior Bishop of the
A. NJ. II. Church, has been assigned
TO fill the place made vacant by the
death of Bishop A. ]. Carey, last
week. II was learned today.
Bishop Parks is now in charge
of the California district. He is well
known locally as he was for many
years in charge of churches here.
Bishop Parks preached the funer-
al sermon over the body of Bishop
Carey at the impressive funeral SER
vices held last week at Quinn chapel.
After the services the Board of
Bishops met and later 1t became
known that Bishop Parks would be
given charge of the 4th Episcopal
district.
The Fourth Episcopal District of
the A. NJ e. Church. formerly pre-
sided over by Bishop Carey, COM
prises the territory of Illinois, north
ern Indiana and the Chicago terri
tory and Is considered one of the
most important d GEESE in the
Church. The selection of Bishop
Parks. senior Bishop of the denom-
nation, to preside over the district
VIII plaCate All elCmehlS III lHe uohiU
&c Bishops and lavulen here. Il Is
predicted.
The financial condition of the dis
trict will he disclosed on April Is,
when DR.. John II. Hawkins, finan-
cial secretary, makes his report
when the board meets here on that
date.
DR.. Hawkins refused TO divulge
the state of finances in the turbu-
lent district. The bishop made his
regular payments, he stated. DIR.
Hawkins also refused to discuss the
Wilberforce situation which caused
considerable col Germ among the
ministers and laymen some time ago.
He did not verify the report that
many teachers and instructors at
| the Ohio institution had not re-
ceived their salary for vera
months due to the failure OF the
Fourth District to pay its quota of
the educational fund.
Reports are rife to the effect that
teachers, because of lack of pay,
deliberately cut class and pay little
or no attention to their extra cur
ricula duties.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
NEGRO BUSINESS
FACING MERGERS
MUST IMPROVE

NEW YORK, N. Y.-"I believe
the time has come when we must
stop appealing to people to patro-
nize us on the basis of race for we
are not prepared to meet COMPETE
ton in this day of mergers" said
John +. Nail. who represented the
business men of Harlem at the regu-
lar meeting of the Salem M. f..
church Lyceum, last Sunday.
Mr.. Nail claims that Negroes
should stop trying to do business UNI
til they are better able to compete
with the white people and are better
qualified. Negroes should merge
themselves with white concerns and
Quit thinking of themselves as Ne
gro business men, he said.
He further stated that Negro
banker cannot compete with a white
banker because he is forced to ac-
cept collateral that cannot be liqui-
dated quickly in times of depression,
being forced to do a Negro business,
the inevitable result being failure.
Opposite Viewpoint
? Mr.. Doles, whose laundry is the
re- SeSt NeSTo-oW1eu industry IN
Harlem. took the opposite point of
view. He said, "The Negro business
man must appeal to the Negro man
and woman for support if he is to
survive. If | had taken the advice
of Mr.. Nail / would still be a waiter
on the Lackawanna railroad"
He pointed out that during last
November there were az bank fail
ures among white people. The meet
ing brought out the fact that the Ne.
groes of Harlem spend 1882, 200, 200
year in Harlem, only one percent
of which passes through the hands
of Negro business men. By sup.
porting Negro business exclusively OF
those that will. employ Negro help
more than 5000 positions would b,
opened in Harlem at once.
1t costs the Negroes of Harlem ap
proximately $40, 100000 for salarie.
alone, a year for the privilege OF
having white clerks wait on them
The Harlem Business Mems Club
now consists of SO active members
although it is only a little more than
two months old.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
Doesn't Believe In God;
Testimony Is No Good

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The deci-
sion of a jury in Jefferson County
court which had found Mrs. Laura
Wright guilty of the murder of her
husband and had sentenced her to 7
years in the penitentiary, was re-
versed by the Appellate Court here
this week because it was established
beyond dispute that her husband
"did not believe in God, did not be-
lieve in Supreme Being, did not be-
lieve there was place to reward the
faithful or to punish the wicked"
Conviction of Mrs. Wright hinged
on the dying statement of her hus-
band, but the court held in part:
Without a belief in a Supreme
Being there can be no legal oath.
and without legal oath witness
is not competent to testify in the
courts of Alabama"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
DISCOVER SLAIN
RACKET QUEEN
COLORED WOMAN

NEW YORK-Whether the police
they have discounted it as of no
value to them in solving the cele-
brated Vivian Gordon murder prob
lem, it is said upon alleged author
ity that the slain racketress was a
Colored girl. When the aged and
broken hearted old lady came to
New York last month to claim the
body few suspected that the discon-
ISOLATE mother was Colored woman.
Because of sacred confidence and
the creed of those who cover up Col
ored folks passing for white nothing
was said by those here or in Charles
ton who knew the facts.
The beautiful Vivian was brought
up as have thousands of other chill
dren of the slave masters. well edu-
Gated, brainy and ambitious. They
have married into the leading fami-
lies of Dixie and the north. This
time the girl marries a Bishoft,
member of leading Carolina fam
lily. After moving to New York and
captivating Broadway's night life,
Vivian's ambitions over reached
themselves and she became a vam-
pire and a siren. Here gossip en-
tiers.
From other sources comes the
story that Vivian Gordon's daugh-
ter who committed suicide was tho
love child of the most famous col
ored actor Broadway ever knew. At
any rate, many of those who knew
the child ascribed her colored fea-
lures not to this alleged father but
to her mothers colored forebears.
The pictures printed of both mother
and daughter confirm the romantic
tale of ancient slave love from old
Charleston.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
CENSUS REVEALS
NEGRO POPULA-
ton, Is STATES

WASHlNGTON.-The Negro pop
ulation of 15 states and the District
of Columbia. announced by the Di-
rector of the Census, as returned by
the 18th census enumeration, is A.
1S9,S03 as against 4,099,613 for the
same areas in 1920.
1t is interesting to note that of the
states given Georgia shows a de-
crease in Negro population of 1885,
240 or 11.2 per cent for the decade
from 1920 to 1880. Iowa loses 1925
of its Negro population, decrease
of SO per cent; and Vermont loss
of or per cent. In all of the other
states the Negro populations show
increase percentages, ranging from
1.3 per cent in Arkansas to 33 per
cent in West Virginia and 49.1 per
cent in Nevada.
OF the cities shown all returned
increases in the Negro population
except Des Moines, Iowa, with a loss
of LIS per cent. The increases are
most striking in almost all of the
cities; ranging from TT in Omaha,
Nebraska, to $50 per cent in Wichi-
ia. Kansas. and SO per cent in Gin
cinnati. Ohio.
The Negro population of Balti-
more jumped from 10S,322 to 142,-
106; while Washington only increas-
ed from 109,966 to 132,06S; thus the
Monumental city takes rank above
the Capital city in point of Negro
population. In 1910 Baltimore with
84,749 was fourth in rank while
Washington with 94,446 was first. In
1920 New York with 152,467 was
first in rank of Negro population
Philadelphia with 34,229, second
Washington 109,966, third; Chicago,
with 9,45S, fourth and Baltimore
with 10S.322 fifth.