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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-02
Fifteen South Americans Accused
OF Murder Face Trial In France

ed men. while the owner of news
to ribbons.
Guiana is in part penal colony
and the prosecuting attorney called
attention to the fact that in Cayenne,
the capital, are to be found some of
the most desperate characters in ex-
istence, and hodgepodge of all the
races of the world, as well as ad-
venturers, and convicts, liberated or
on parole. These colored folk are
all working people, however, and
only one of them has prison record.
In short, it is a labor revolt.
Among the defendants are two
colored women, one of them, Nine.
Radical, said she worshipped Galmot
not because he had personally been
of service to her but because "he
had become the father of poor work
ing people by stopping their exploit
tation."
1t was Galmot's colored maid, who
it is alleged. slipped poison into his
food, at the mayors suggestion.
Seventy Witnesses
Seventy witnesses, few of them
white, have been brought from Gui-
ana. Feeling ran so high in the col
ony that it was thought best to trans
fer the case here. The defendants
have several of the leading lawyers
in France of both races, including
Maitre Gas { on Monerville, presi-
dent of the League of the Young
Advocates of France.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-02
Atlanta Passes
Second Jiln-Crow
City Ordinance


ATLANTA, Ca, April IA sec
ond effort to segregate negro and
white residents by law was made here
Tuesday afternoon when the segre-
cation ordinance introduced by AL
derman Joseph f. Berman on the
fourth ward was passed by the city
council.
The Berman ordinance attempts
to establish color line providing
that persons of different races shall
not live within radius Of. fifteen
blocks of a school for either white
persons or negroes. The ordinance
is not retroactive.
Some weeks ago an ordinance was
passed prohibiting negroes and
whites from living in the same sec
ton or block. A white woman, hav-
ing purchased property in locality
populated almost wholly by whites
rented her property to negroes. The
negro tenants were terrorized by
the police, arrested, and fined for
violating the segregation ordinance.
The white property owners secur-
ed an injunction preventing the Of
ficers from molesting her tenants
because of their race and color and
the case was carried to the Supreme
Court where the law was declared
invalid as it violated the Constitu-
ton of the United States.
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PAR1S-Fourteen colored and one
white, accused of murder and re-
bellion, have been brought from the
West Indies and placed on trial at
Nantes.
They are charged with killing six
white officials of French Guiana,
one of whom was the attorney-gen-
eral of the colony, and then pillag-
ing the homes of several leading citi-
zens, including that of the mayor
which was sacked and everything
therein destroyed.
The riot and massacre was caused
by discomfort over the election of
1928, and the murder of Jean Gal
mot, a white man, who was a cham
pion of the working people. Among
those on the trial is 1ouy, giant
black, who was the bodyguard of
Galmot.
All the defendants are we'll
dressed. soft-spoken and courteous
except Iquy, who is deaf and speaks
in voice of thunder. But it Is a
veritable arsenal that forms the ex-
hibits of the prosecution: guns,
blunderbusses, machine-guns, swords,
and cartridges are piled high in the
court.
In presenting the case the prose-
cutting attorney evoked all the hor-
ror of the carriage that followed the
death of Galmot. More than $50
stones were taken off the body of
Hilarion Lanoix, one of the murder
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New Yorks Lieut. Gov. Presents Spngarn
Medal To De Lawd' Of Green Pastures

NEW YORK, March 30.-On the
stage of the theater, where for more
than a year he has played the role
of Jehovah in "The Green Pastures"
Richard B. Harrison, son of Negro
slaves, received Sunday night the
Spingarn medal, awarded each year
for the outstanding achievement by
a member of his race
The medal was conferred at a
public ceremony by Lieutenant Gov
errior. Herbert H. Lehman, who made
a special trip to New York from AL
bany for the purpose.
Lieut.. Gov. Speaks
Lieutenant Governor Lehman in
presenting the medal said
81 am very happy to be here this
evening--to have the privilege of
contributing something of an Off
cial character of these ceremonies,
and to extend to you, Mr.. Harrison,
the hearty and sincere congratula-
tions of your fellow citizens, the peo-
pie of the State of New York.
"This Spingarn Medal which am
about to present to you was estab-
lished seventeen years ago through
the generosity and interest and vi
sion of Mr.. J. E. Spingarn, President
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, of
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Representative HOLDS
BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS

clared that "if the President hadn't
his hand against you he wouldn't
have appointed a white man to the
position down here which Walter CO.
hen filled with ability for so long
a time" This statement was greeted
with a storm of applause.
DePrest alluded to the n t
luncheon which he gave in the House
restaurant for Mayor Thompson and
the members of the Lake-to-Gulf
waterway committee, which Mayor
Wamsley of New Orleans attended
but later apologized for, because he
was the guest of Negro.
81 had the extreme pleasure OF
meeting your mayor in Washington
sometime ago." he stated, 81 found
him very human. and liked him, bus
| feel sorry for him since he has to
apologize for what he does as a man.
But | suppose local politics demand
ed an explanation of why he dined
as the guest of a Negro. DePriest
called upon the colored voters of the
south to keep up their fight for their
citizenship rights, promising every
assistance which he as member of
Congress with the balance of power,
could possibly give.
There was scattering of whites
in the audience, mainly newspaper
reporters, who took down his speech
in short hand. and reported upon it
in the white papers.
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Celebrating its 25th year of serv.
ice at the Military Academy at Yves,
Point, the Negro Cavalry Detach.
rnent, dressed in blue resplendent
with gold chevrons and service
stripes. gave an exhibition and ban
quet Monday which was the most
spectacular ever held.
Major General William R. Smith,
white, superintendent at the Military
Academy, accompanied by his staff
paid. an official visit to the detach-
ment barracks. "Crack troopers, :"
the best Colored troops in the U. S.,
he. told reporters. He praised their
efficiency, cheerfulness, discipline
and esprit de, corps. Colonel w. A..
Wilson, commanding the West Point
provision battalion, also praised them
as being one of the best bodies of
soldiers he ever handled. Major
Frederic W. Boye, who commands
the detachment, was conventionally
modest in his eulogy Of the soldiers.
Interrogated again, be said, II
wont ask for "a finer command.
Many are called. but few, are chosen.
that is why | cali them picked men,"
The detachment has a long waiting
list, the officer added.
Escort Notables
The detachment's duty is to escort
all notables who. visit the academy.
They have escorted every president
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Pullman Income Drops
Fifty Per Cent


CHICAGO.-More than four mil
lion fewer passengers travelled in
Pullman cars during the year 1880
than in 1929. according to figures
which have lust been released in a
report of David A. Crawford, presi-
dent Of the Pullman Company. The
average number of passengers per
car fell to 1857, the lowest level in
Is years.
Earnings from the carrier business
dropped from $10.426,599 in 1929 to
$5,691,077 in 1880.
In the face of this shrinkage in in
come, President Crawford states
effort has been made to furnish
and apportion employment (porters
and conductors) as widely as pos
sible among the regular staff by al
lotment of Improvement and repair
appropriations among the various
plants.
Dividends were paid as usual from
the surplus, which corporations set
aside to protect investors.
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which too have the honor of being
a Director.
"The award goes annually to that
member of your race who has made
the greatest contribution in any field
of human endeavor during the pre-
ceding year to the life and civiliza-
tion of our country. In the past 1t
has been awarded to many distin-
guished members of your race-men
of splendid character and outstand-
ing attachments in science, in educa-
ton, in the arts and in public serv-
ice. None has had more distin-
guished record of achievement, or
contributed finer gift of creative
expression, than you, and we there
fore rejoice in the privilege of hon.
oring you tonight.
MIR. Harrison Speaks
In accepting the award Mr.. Harri-
son said in part, II am indebted to
the southern institutions from which
| received my early training, to the
newspapers and other periodicals
which have given publicity to THE
Green Pastures; have been encour.
aged all along the way by host OF
friends in and out of the profession
He paid high tribute to Mr.. Connolly
producer of the play, and in conclu
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Gen. Pershing Says
Negro Officers
Were Inefficient

CHICAGO. April In extension
of his comment several weeks ago
on the valor of Negro troops when
differed by white men, General
John j. Pershing in his story of the
World War which is now being run
serially in American newspapers.
continues his observations on the fit
ness of Negro officers in recent in
stallment.
During a visit to the 92nd divi-
sion (colored) at this time, 1t was
found that the situation as to train
ing. especially of colored officers,
was not entirely satisfactory" writes
the general. "This national army di-
vision had been in the service since
October, 1917, and was composed
of units from different parts of the
United States. None of the junior
officers had received more than su-
perficial training, and most of them
were unaccustomed to the manage
ment of men. The general officers
of the division were not sanguine re-
garding the possibility of bringing
the instruction of their officers up to
standard. They had all served with
colored regiments of the regular
army and presumably they were in
position to Judge from practical ex-
perience just how much to expect.
"In the regular service the officers
of colored units were white and their
qualifications were equal to those of
Officers and like grades throughout
the army. But it was well-known
that. the time and attention that must
be devoted to training in order to
raise the level of efficiency of the
colored regiments up to the average
was considerably greater than for
white regiments. More response
bility, therefore, rested upon Off
GERS of colored regiments.
''In the new army with hastily
trained colored officers relatively
below white officers in general abil-
ity and in previous preparation, the
problem of achieving battle eff
cheney for colored troops was vastly
more difficult. 1t would have been
much wiser at the start to provide
these colored units with selected
white officers"
The generals notions seem to ac-
cord with the prevailing sentiment in
the war department and with the
theory of West Point and Annapolis
where obstacles to the training of
colored youth are created.
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NEW ORLEANS, La. Apr. l.
Speaking to an audience numbering
more than two thousand, VIII c h
crowded the First African Baptist
church to the walls Tuesday night
Congressman Oscar DePriest of IL
linois declared that in the new line
up in the House of Representative
when it convenes he will hold in his
vote the balance of power between
the two major parties. and promised
that he will use it to protect and to
promote the interests of colored cit
liens all over the country.
"a man is fool who has the pow
er and does not use it," the militant
congressman declared. "and by the
make up of the next Congress will
have the power of the deciding vote.
and | mean to use it to the fullest
extent" He launched bitter at
tack upon Southern states for the
manner in which they have disfran-
chised the colored citizens, declaring
that the educational qualifications
which are used to deny the colored
citizens of the right to vote. would
keep many of the election officials
from voting, if they were admins
istered fairly.
Condemns Hoover
Mr.. DePriest, in expressing his dis
satisfaction with some of President
Hoover's recent appointments, de-
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Too Many Negroes
Are Born, Says
Oberlin Scientist

NEW YORK, April THAT the
American Negro will have to adopt
measures of birth control before any
real progress can be attained here
is the opinion of Professor Newell
L. Sims (white), Ph.D., of Oberlin
College.
DIR. Sims, who writes on "a New
Technique in Race Relations" in the
April issue of Opportunity magazine,
urges the cutting down of the num-
Der of babies born as one of the
measures for Negro progress. Says
he:
Another demographical feature
pertains to the vital index of the
race Its birth. death. and morbid
ity rates are high, giving a low vi
tality index. Thus the group is kept
down and it's efforts handicapped in
every direction. Too many Negroes
are born, too many are sick and too
many die each year. for these vital
processes consume energy that might
otherwise be accumulated for ad-
vanedment.
Es the Negroes program should
inctude the conservation of vital
energy. The best way and perhaps
the only practical way is to control
the birth rate. Birth control propa-
ganda and techniques should be dis
seminated till no more Negro babies
are born than can be properly cared
for and prepared for efficient citi-
zenship.
"The great bulk of Negroes every
where are overburdening themselves
with progeny to whom they can give
only half chance in the world. Thus
they keep themselves impoverished
and their race down. They give host
ages to the white men by making
themselves dependent upon his chart
ty whereas by prudent breeding they
might be independent. Dependency
of any kind is weakness.
us it any wonder, therefore, that
the responsible white community
looks, upon the average Negro as be-
ing irresponsible, without pride or
selfrespect when he supplies more
than his quota of dependents and de-
linquents? Birth control should be
urged as step toward independence
and greater power"
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War Department
Orders Transfer OF
Negro Chaplains

WASHINGTON, DR.. c., April 1.
For the first time in approximate
ly ten years the War Department
authorized this week change in the
station assignments of the three
chaplains of the Regular Army, ac-
cording to the Army and Navy Re-
porter.
The three chaplains affected by
this order are Louis A. Carter (Bap-
fist, colored), who holds the rank of
lieutenan colonel; Alexander w.
Thomas Methodist EpiscopaD, a
captain, and Monore S. Caver (Bap
fist. cnlored), also a captain.
In the duty assignment changes of
these three chaplains. they merely
will change stations with each other.
Chaplain Carter, who has been
serving at Camp Stephen d. Little,
Nogales, Ariz., with the 18th Infan-
try since January, 1921, will go to
the 24th Infantry at Fort Benning,
Georgia.
Chaplain Thomas, who has been
on duty with the Oath Infantry at
Fort Benning since September, 1922
will assume his new duties with the
10th Cavalry at Fort Huachuca,
Ariz., about May |.
On that same date, Chaplain Caver
will begin his duties with the 25tf
Infantry at Camp Stephen D. Little
Ariz. The latter has been serving al
Fort Huachuca, Ariz., with the 10th
Cavalry since September, 1922.
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ism, and when three of her friends
were lynched her fiery editorials
caused the Memphis whites to de-
stroy her paper. and threaten her
life if she remained in the city. She
was thus the first Negro journalist
to make such fight.
Was Fighter
Since that time Mrs. Wells-Bar-
nett has actively engaged in many
forms of racial uplift. Noted as a
fighter for her race she was re-
ceived, known and admired by per-
sons in every station in life from
presidents down.
In Chicago she was tireless and
effective fighter for equality; and
denouncer of segregation of her
people in any form. She was one
of the leaders of the women who
formed the National Federation of
women's clubs, and in her honor a
Chicago club was named after her.
She is survived by four children.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
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Cslored Cavalry Has Served
Twenty-Five Years at West Point

since Roosevelt during inspection
trips to West Point. They escorted
the King and Queen of the Belgians,
the Prince of Wales, Queen Marie of
Roumania.
Many from 9th and 10th Cavalry
Many of the troops are we'll ex-
perienced, having been formerly
with the 9th and 10th cavalry. They
are expert horsemen and demon
strated this i'm their exhibition here
before thousands. They have won
many trophies in competition on the
field. Many are college men. Sew
eral are from Harvard and Howard.
Milton T. Dean, first sergeant, is
from the latter institution. He was
a commissioned major in France dur
ing the war.
At Grand Ball
The grand ball started near mid
night and lasted until nearly dawn.
The most prominent guests were Ma
jor General Smith, Mrs. Smith, AL
derman Fred Moore, DR.. Ward and
DIR. McClendon of White Plains; j.
Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler
of Elks; DR.. and Mrs. Pugsley of
Hartford, Conn.,, DIR. William E.
Grant and DIR. T. T. Pughsley of
Stamford, Conn.,; Richard P. Will
liams of Sound Beach, Conn.,; Mr..
and Mrs. Sayres of Syracuse; Lester
A. Walton and William E. Kelly,
editors from Harlem.
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Prisoner Hears Sermon
Leaps Five Stories


BOSTON, Mass.-Suffering from
a guilty conscience, which drove him
temporarily insane, Clinton Palmer,
hold-up man and auto thief, COM
mitted suicide Sunday morning by
jumping from the fifth floor of
Charles Street Jail to a concrete
floor below.
Palmer. who gave his address as
Holyoke Street, had attended mass
with other prisoners few minutes
before taking his life. He had lis
tened to sermon on sin. confession
and death, delivered by Father Hol-
land, the prison chaplain. In his
sermon the chaplain had urged the
prisoners to prepare themselves for
death, as some of those present
might not be at the services the next
Sunday.
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This Is the End Of the Story
The Fall Of a Fair Confederate y

optimism so necessary for success
in this age.
Black American Undertakes Himself
He undermines the fruits of his
energy by undertaking himself. but
he is more interesting and civilized
because of it. And it may be that
this lack of false hope gives him
more strength to bear reality and
leaves him more room for a greater
enjoyment of life.
A Negro theatre audience is no.
ticeably more keen in its apprecia-
ton of amusement. 1t is quick to
recognize any sexual reference and
hearter in its approval of it than
a white audience would be. have
never heard white Americans speak
of love in the terms of an Art, but
| have often heard Aframericans do
so. And they have coined express
Continued on Page q
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CHICAGO, April Mrs. Ida B.
Wells-Barnett, noted clubwoman and
beloved leader who had devoted her
life to the betterment of the Colored
race, died suddenly late Tuesday
night at the Daley hospital, where
she had been taken for treatment
two days previously.
Mrs. Wells-Barnett's death is a
shock to the entire nation. She was
SO well and favorably known that
her friends and admirers were le-
gion. She was 81 years old.
Was Teacher
Born in Holly Springs. Mississippi,
she was educated at Rust Univer-
sity and later became teacher in
Memphis where she soon began
writing for local paper. Her vivid
style of writing combined with her
fearless thinking caused her soon to
BECOME editor of her own paper. the
'Memphis Free Speech" Her pa
per waged a militant campaign
against segregation and Jim Crow
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-The spirit of
the campaign for the employment of
colored workers where colored pa
irons trade in large numbers, has
spread to the state capital. Colored
citizens are beginning to notice and
commend those establishments which
have shown an appreciation for their
colored trade by placing colored
workers on some Of the jobs. The
S. A. Barker company department
store, the largest department store
in the city. is outstanding as one Of
those which employ colored. The
president of this company in a re-
cent interview told of three colored
girls who have been employed for
some time as clerks and stock girls,
while several colored men are en-
ployed as janitors and drivers.
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Kentucky Population Drops

WASHINGTON-The census bu&
reau has announced Kentucky's pop
3SS.364 white persons, $4,000 Ne
groes, SO Mexicans, % Indians, go
Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos and
one Hindu.
As compared with 1920, the white
population showed an increase of 9.5
per cent, the Negro population q de-
crease of AZ per cent.
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Mississippi Crackers
Lynch Another Victim

INVERNESS, Miss.,-The lynch
ing of a Negro after he had been
wounded by white woman was re-
vealed Tuesday.
Steve Wiley, the Negro. was shot
by Mrs. Fulghum, wife of grocery
store owner. A mob formed and
took the wounded Negro to rail-
road trestle nearby and hanged him,
the police said.
News of the lynching had been
withheld for fear of melting further
mob violence, it was said.
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Good Memory Gets
Veteran Big Pension

ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.-Hungry,
and hithertofore forced to live on
SO per month, Isaac Cox. 81, hap
pened to remember that he had
fought with Sherman's army in the
Civil War.
His application for pension was
approved and he will now receive be-
tween sos and 500 per month the
rest of his life.
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Mamie Burroughs
To Aid Big Bin''

CHICAGO-The women voters of
the city are being organized to sup
port Mayor William Hale Thompson
for reelection by Miss Mamie H.
Burroughs, founder of the National
Training School for Girls. whose
services were secured through Con-
gresham Oscar DePriest.
Miss Burroughs. who makes her
first appearance Thursday at the Re-
gal Theatre. has taken an active part
in women's activities all over the
country. She will cooperate with all
of the women's Republican organiza-
tions of the South Side, in behalf
of the mayor.
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DEPRIEST CLAIMS HE HAS DECIDING VOTE
Ida b. Wells Barnett, Militant Leader, Dies
Negroes Die Fast
In Philadelphia

Observation-Disclosures in the
Vital Statistics Bureau of the Blu
reau of Health, in this city show that
720 Negroes died in Philadelphia
during the first two months in 1881.
This is one hundred and twenty-five
more than died over the same period
last year.
Three hundred and eighty-three
died in January last year and three
hundred and fifteen died the same
month of 1880. In February three
hundred and thirty-seven passed
away this year while only two hun
dred and eighty were called by the
Grim Reaper the second month of
last year.