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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-10-29

CORONER Ky
ACCOUNTS COPS in
CHICAGO RIOTS

CHICAGO. - A coroner's jury of
three white and three eolored men,
headed by Harry A. Pace. president
of the Supreme Liberty Life lnsur-
ance Company, held an all-day pri-
vate inquest Friday into the slay-
ing of three Communist agitators by
policemen in August and reached a
verdict absolving the police of guilt,
but counselling them that they
should be more careful in similar
cases in the future.
The three men slain were colored.
Their death occurred in riot which
came as a climax to series of dem
onstrations by Communists who had
set themselves up against the service
of eviction wfits. In several prev
ious instances, the Communists had
placed back furniture which had
been set out on the sidewalk by dep
uty bailiffs.
Three policemen were seriously in
jured in the riot outbreak. Follow
ing the killings, death parade OF
$4,000 was held by Communist lead
ers.
7 From outside sources it was learn
ed that at least four members of the
coroner's jury of six felt that a
least one of the policemen may have
been guilty of manslaughter. Five
of the jurors were convinced tina
the police were overzealous in theil
management of the situation.
One white juror is reported tt
have refused to reason upon an.
points in the testimony and to hav'
solidly insisted that the killings wer'
justifiable. His position resulted il
the mot guilty. verdict.
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TUSkEGEE NURSE MURDER STILL UNSOL we'd
Reds Not I,fereste> IN Savi,1g ScOttsbOrO Youths
Seek Nominations For
Springarn Medal for 81

NEW YORK. - Nominations for
the award of the Springarn Medal,
covering the year 1881 and careers
prior to that year. are invited by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Golored People.
The Medal which goes annually
to a eolored man or woman OF high
est achievement in some field OF
human endeavor, is awarded by a
committee which considers all nom
nations sent in.
The nomination should state the
particular achievement or career on
the basis of which the nomination Is
made and shield be accompanied by
brief biographical data on the nom
inee.
This matter should be sent to
Secretary. spingarn Medal Award
Committee, care of N. A. A. c. p,
69 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
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Enterprise News Bureau)

WASHINGTON, D. G.--tSpecial)
PHILADELPHIA leads the world IN
Negro policel
Philadelphia, with Negro popu-
lation of 219,000, has 30 Negro
members in the police department.
OF these there are one magistrate,
one police. surgeon, one sergeant OF
police, eight detectives, 222 first
grade patrolmen and seven second
grade patrolmen. This constitutes
the largest number Of Negro police
officers Of any department of pub
lie safety in the entire world.
The lone police magistrate IS Ed
ward w. Henry. of the First Police
District, Twentieth and Fitzwater
streets. His duty is to preside in the
police court, a municipal court with
Jurisdiction in criminal matters eN-
tending only to the trial Of minor
offenses. However, persons brought
before such court may, If neees-
sary, be bound over to appear before
superior court for trial.
One Medical Officer
The city's lone police surgeon IS
DR.. John P. Turner. He is medi-
cal officer of his department. His
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FIELD SECRETARY
OF N. A. A.C.P
FL A Us REDS

PHILADELPHIA Especially -
"The Communists are not primarily
interested in the lives of the eight
hoys in scottsboro; they have in
mind only their propaganda and they
are willing to sacrifice these lives to
their cause
This charge on insineerity was
flung into the faces of the white
organization Interested in the now
famous Scottsboro case, by William
Pickens, Field Secretary of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, in IA speech
delivered in Mt. Olivet Baptist Tab
ernacle, Forty-seeond and Wallace
streets. last Sunday.
The lecturing firebrand Of the or
ganization's national office stressed
the Importance of allegiance to the
N. A. A. c. p. in its fight to establish
legal precedent in the case SO that
Negroes might be protected III the
future and outlawed the Communist
action and demonstrations in Alaba-
ma as being omens of i'll.
In surveying the peculiar tempera-
ment and conceptions of southern
whites Dean Pickens said I'm the
/ minds of white people in the world,
Negroes get Just what they deserve,
and nothing will avail until they are
convinced otherwise"
Coincident with the fight OF the
N. A. A. c. p. here. ii became known
that the Interested parties in the
Seottsboro defendants had requested
that organization to withdraw is eff
forts and allow the International La
Dor Defense a wing of the Commu-
nists, to conduct the case unob'
structed.
At the national offices of the N
A. A. c. p. in New York City ano
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LOVE AFFAIR
BORN FUNERAL
ENDS IN DEATH

KANSAS CITY, Kans. - Accused
of being responsible for the death of
Miss Hortense Nutter, 26-year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Nutter, of Leayenworth. the Rev. p.
L. Riggin, former pastor of lnde-
pendent Baptist Church, Leaven-
worth. and DR.. J H. Nixon are be-
ing held in $4,000 bond on man
slaughter charges.
The pastor and physician we're
placed under arrest after Miss Nut
ter confided to her mother on her
deathbed in the St Margarets Hos
pital that an Illegal operation had
been performed upon her at the In
sistence of the Rev. Mr.. Riggin, who
had brought her from her home in
Leavenworth to the office Of DR..
Nixon in Kansas City.
Told Story
The circumstances Of her passing
were dramatic for her family. She
left home Friday morning, promising
to return Sunday. She did not come
back. A letter reached her mother
from a friend in the hospital that
she had better come to see her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Nutter arrived Just before
the girl died. bnt in sufficient time
to obtain from her a complete story
of her trouble.
Started at Funeral
The meeting with the minister
which was responsible for the opera
ton occurred two months prior 70
the girls death.
The relations between her and the
Rev, Mr.. Riggin began IN Leaven-
worth after the death Of the pastor's
wife. Mrs Higgins funeral was han
died by the parents Of Miss Nntter
During the visits Of the Rev Mr.
Riggin to the undertaking establish
ment the mesalliance with Miss Nut
ter began.
Resigns Passionate
Following his arrest and subse
quent release. the Rev. Mr.. Riggii
resigned from the pastorate of tn
church he served His resignation M
mediately was accepted, and he va
also requested to yacate the parson
, age. He has served the church 70
one year and "a half.
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Colored Women Barred
From Democrat Club

LOS ANGEL ES. Miss Theodosia
Jones, member of the Democratic
State Central Committee, chairman
of the county central committee of
the 62nd assembly district, and Miss
Isabelle Taylor were told by ele-
vator operators that they would not
be admitted when they appeared at
the Women's Athletic Club, given
by Los Angeles Democratic women
to Nellie Taylor Ross, last week.
Miss Jones, realizing her position
in the party, asked an explanation,
and was told by Mrs. Mary Holland
Kinard, white, that the club did not
admit colored women even il they
were members of the party.
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N. Y. N.A.A.C.P. Begins
With 5000 Members

NEW YORK. - With 1900 in
membership raised during the New
York campaign of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People directed by Mrs.
Daisy Lampkin. regional field sec
rotary. meeting was held Monday
night at W h c h the New York
Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. was org
anized.
The meeting was held at the st,
James Presbyterian Church, st
Nicholas avenue and 14lst Street
of which the Rev. William Lloyd
lines is pastor. In the course OF
the campaign the leading churches
of Harlem exceeded their quote
$1,000. bringing in total, to date
eff S1098.1S.
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Use BRAINS, NOT
SWORD, DePRIEST
TELLS ARKANSAS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. = Speaking
to mixed audience that overlooked
the Dunbar High School Auditorium
here Sunday, Representative Oscar
DePriest told his listeners to use
their brains and not swords in fight
ing for their rights.
Representative DePriest, who re-
ceived a tremendous ovation upon
his appearance, used the occasion to
take another rap at Communism and
to urge local citizens to pay their
noll taxes and to exercise their right
to the use of the ballot.
"All of your friends are not IN the
Republican party" he declared, mel
Their are all of your enemies IN the
Democratic party" If he were a
resident of this section, he declared
that he would vote with the party
that was in control.
Wants Loans Extended
Having toured this section and OBJ
served conditions, Congressman De-
Priest expressed himself S being
thoroughly convinced that the far
mers were in no position to take up
federal farm loans and make crol
next year, and promised that at the
beginning of the coming session oil
Congress he intended to use his in
fluence in having these loans extend
ed. He protested against the dole
system, declaring that the American
neople wanted work and not char
itv. He stated that immigration
should not only be eurtailed, bu
stopped until every American citi
zen had job. 1t.
He reviewed the colored soldiers
military record, emphasizing his 10y
alty to his government and his out
standing bravery and patriotism, an
registered his protest against reduc
inc them to solutions in order I
build up the air forces of the army
I and at the same time exclude ther
from participating in such service.
He closed with thrilling and dri
matte review of his struggle again'
great odds to be elected to Congress
While in the city, Congressma
DePriest. his wife, and party, wei
tbe guests of NJ. and Mrs. seipio T
Jones.
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STAR WITNESS
TAMPERED. WITH
SOME BELIEVE,

TUSKEGEE, Ala. = The myste-
rious shooting to death of Miss Mary
Booth, sister-in-law of DIR. Robert r.
Moten, which shocked this school
town last August, was left still un-
solved Thursday when the grand jury
refused to return a true bill against
Thomas Harris, Tuskegee football
star, held in Jail for several months
as a suspect in the case.
With the refusal to indict, it is
doubtful whether the slayer of the
school nurse relative of DR.. Motion
will ever be brought to justice, al
though school officials say the inves-
tigation will continue.
Witness Waivers
Harris was arrested some time af-
ter the killing and placed in prison
without charges being placed against
him. Sixteen witnesses were said to
have been called to testify at the
grand Jury hearing. Only six of
them including Daniel Hill, were cal
led upon to testify.
It was Hill, officials said, who had
given information upon which Harris
was arrested. Hill was reported to
have stated that he saw Harris flee
ing from the scene of the killing
Before the grand jury, however
Hills testimony was said to have
been wavering.
Students Mum
1t is with difficulty that any stu
dent of the institute can be gotten
even in the most indirect way, tt
discuss any angle of the murder
Harris, it is learned though, as an
athlete was popular and bore thu
reputation Of being typical moderl
"care-free school boy" but not O
vicious type. Residents of the tow
of Tuskegee and the vii lage o
Greenwood, which surrounds the IN
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ST. LUKE ORDER CUTS

RICHMOND. Va (ANP)-Fac-
ing the pressure of the economic
crisis, salaries have been cut ten per
cent in the offices of Independent
Order of st. Luke, of which Mrs.
Maggie l.. Walker is Right Worthy
Grand Secretary-Treasurer- accord
ing to advices received here.
The st. Luke Order has discon-
tinded the weekly publication of its
organ, the st. Luke Herald, in favor
of a monthly, which will be known
as monthly bulletin. This change
came when the legal reserve fund
was unable to carry the burden of
the overhead expense of weekly
publication in a manner satisfactory
to the state officials, it has been
learned.
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Russians Won't Stand for
Jim Crow" Steamships

NEW YORK. - The group of
American technical workers and
students bound for Russia last week
were refused first class accommoda-
tions by the Roosevelt Steamship
Line. Amtorg, the Soviet trading
organization, refused To be a party
to the eompany's effort, and en-
gagged first-class accommodations ON
a German liner.
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Try to Blow Up House

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. Only de-
feetive fuse in bomb found in u
pail under the house Of Mrs. Flora
Hawkins here Wednesday saved her
house, and possibly lives, from being
destroyed. Mrs Hawkins said that
she could not account for the plac-
ing of the missile.
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Hotel Displays Dixie Flag

NEW YoRK.-Keeping alive the
traditions of the South, the Hotel
Dixie in West 42nd Street, is dis
playing the old Confederate flag
from its windows along side of the
American emblem.
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Brooklyn Branch MA.
C.P. Seeks 1900 Members

BROOKLYN. N. Y. Robert W.
Bagnal. director of branches OF the
NA.AC.P.. is directing campaign
TO add Loo new members to the
Brooklyn branch Of the association
Ten Brooklyn churches have ap-
pointed committees to aid the So
licitors.
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Jury Takes Only Is
Minutes to Free Girl

FORT SMITH, Ark.--A jury de-
liberated only fifteen minutes Tues
day before bringing in verdict OF
not guilty after Miss Annie Mar
chand was tried for the stabbng to
death of John Penker two months
apO
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Colored Men Escape
Chicago Electrocution

CHICAGO. - When four white
m en- were electrocuted in the county
iail here Friday, it marked the first
time that some colored unfortunate
has not been in the 'select circle.
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APPOINT ADVISORY EXECUTIVE

WASHINGTON, D. C.-tANP)-
James A. Jackson, business special
ist, and familiar figure in national
colored business life, has been ap-
pointed as executive business and
industrial advisor of the National
Association of Tailors, Dressmakers
and Designers, according to infor-
nation given out by Carey Wheaton,
of Richmond, Va, national presi-
dent of the organization.
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TAKE ON MORE RED CAPS

NEW YORK. - (ANP) = The
Pennsylvania Railroad, while dis
missing men from some of its de-
partments, is taking on help at the
station. a number of red caps join
ing the staff recently.
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The Northwest's ! Mast,
Popular and Widely
Read Newspaper
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The citys lone police surgeon rs
DIR. John P. Turner. He is medi-
cal officer of his department. HIS
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ROGERS

in his early career. His real start
was with Candow, the strong mon,
/ guess the first strong man. That
is the first man that was strong
enough to make people pay to see
how strong he was. Well Mr.. Zieg-
field dug him up over in Europe,
and brought him over here. But
let him tell it.
81 remember the first time /
was out here on the coast. 1t was
on Shadows first trip. We had a
kind of a vaudeville show built
around him, sorter like Harry
Lauder carried, only a better show.
One time in Frisco we had him
billed to fight Lion. just bare
handed. 1t created a lot of ex-
element and we h a a packed
house. We were bringing Rome to
Frisco. 1t was not a part Of our
programme, it was special stunt
that was arranged there. 1t wosn't
framed either. This fellow San
dow really thought he was better
than a lion, so we got him big
old lion. He entered the temporary
Colosseum with more bravo than
any Christian in the early days
ever faced one. The women kinder
half hid their eyes, appearing they
didn't want it to be seen that they
were looking at such sight, but
secretly hoping something would
happen. Instead of the Lion maxi
ing for him, he had to make for
the lion. Well the old lion took to
outer edges. Sandow had to follow,
in fact chase him.
s.The lion didn't pay any more
attention to him than house cat
would. Well there wasn't much
fight. Everybody hollered that the
lion was doped, but he wasn't. /
wouldn't even think of such a
thing. I love lions, especially after
I counted up the house. Well San
dow kept at him, at least he kept
at him until could get the money
from the box office to fast NOV
ing conveyance. It was terrible
shock to me to hear the lion was
not the King of Beasts for I had
read it all my life. SandoW dressed
for his performance In . Tiger
skin, in fact he brought that style
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WHEREIN WAS HIS SUCCESS?

Any boy who is careless, who never gets
along in school, is always at the foot of the
class, and is meddlesome might well be ex-
pected to develop few years later into an
itinerant telegraph operator who was con-
and would not give proper attention to de-
tails. That is the history of Thomas A. Edi-
son up to and including the period of young
manhood as he gave it himself.
While train boy on the New York Cen
trail road he couldn't resist meddling, and
upset bottle of phosphorus, setting fire to
the woodwork of the car and endangering
the lives of the passengers. The conductor
fortunately came along, extinguished the
fire, set the future wizard out on the plat
form at the next station and terminated his
career-at least his career in that particu-
lar line
What then made Edison great? Not his ed
ucation, for his schooling was most meager;
his mother taught him what little he learn
ed during his school years; he was not ambi-
tious to make name for himself. He may
be said to have drifted into success.
His own characterization of himself is not
JuSCHled; ne was not lazy, except IOT per-
forming tasks for which he had no liking.
When he hit his stride and became interest
ed in his work he worked longer and harder
than any man of whom there is any general
knowledge. He said that success depended 2
percent on inspiration and SO percent on
perspiration, and no one who applied such
formula could remain in the lazy class.
Who will tako Thomas E,dison's Mace
Nobody. No man preceded him; no one can
follow. What does the world owe to m?
More than could have been paid had he been
given the gold reserve of the United States
and France.-Republic.
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for they have paid more to see it
than to any man in the world. A
circus with all it's tremendous ag-
gregation of assorted animals of
the four corners of the earths. Yet
Mr.. Florentz Ziegfeld can take
just one breed, in fact just on e.
half the breed, the she of the
specie, and can assemble such a
roundup of beauty that combined
with the best there is to offer at
that time in the amusement line,
and he can concoct an evenings
entertainment that you remember
it till the next year.
A funny thing about the "Fol-
hes" all the years was with it, in
hearing people speak of the show
that year, they never spoke of it in
comparison to any other show. 1t
was always "Its better than last
years" @
The reason is it's fresh in my
mind. He was out on the coast a
few weeks ago to visit his charm
ing wife who was playing u t
there In one of the coasts most
successful and as myself and my
family are tremendously fond of
him and his family why he was up
to our Igllo one evening for din
ner. We got him started on old
times, and we had great evening.
Here was the peer of all revue
producers of all time, telling Of his
transforming about the country
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time," the leader gets there ahead

time" the leader gets there ahead
of time.
The boss fixes the blame for the
breakdown; the leader fixes the
breakdown.
The boss knows how it is done;
the leader shows how.
The boss makes work a drudg-
cry; the leader makes it game.
The boss says, &C.," the lead
er says, LETS CO."
The hand that once darned the
sock now socks the darned golf
ball! What is Service? To
know what to do is wisdom. To
know how to do it is skill. To do
the thing as it should be done is
service. 49,. Now comes the
story concerning a local woman
who bOugh dozen eggs on credit
at a grocery store and then sold
them for cash at another store in
order to get money to buy a tic
ket to movie. -. The only sem
sible road to prosperity is to live
within our income," says an edi-
tOtrial. But few of us would care
to be such misers.
Amos-Your breath smells of
gin.
Sam-Yeah, I'm trying to get
rid of the smell of Listerine.
AID in Washington paper-Large
lovely tapestry love seat; will sell
or exchange for two occasional
chairs.
Waiter-Where's the paper plate
l gave you with your pie?
Customer-My word, j thought
that was the lower crust.
t**
.She-The doctor says / must
throw up everything and take
sea voyage.
He That ought to be easy if
you take the first voyage.
-
There are two classes of people
who fool nobody but themselves:
The old women who art trying to
appear kittenish, and the foxy old
Someone asked
us if we thought cranberries were
healthy. Well, we never heard any
of them complain +. Times are
not so hard yet. You have not heard |
of the silk hosiery, etc. factories
shutting down and cotton m ills
starting up 49,. We think there
was a real bridge party out in
our end of town the other night, |
which the society editor failed to
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| was to do OF say, never suggest
ed or never cut out. And to think
after 80 years of giving them the
best in town he still has the best
show in New York. That shows it
wasn't the performers that made
llegfeld. l think he holds the rec
ord for ceing champion. He knew
colors, and he knew beauty. He
knew how to keep the nudeness
from being vulgar. His was q gift
and not an accomplishment. Long
live the old Master.
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just Lne same rs
the days / went
with him on his
Midnight Frolic
roof, 1.-THE first
show in 1914.
A many one of
US got our start
our real start
with him. Those
were great o ] d
days those Folly
days, p a c k e d
house, wonder
t u ! audiences,
never bothered
ma oS RI ruho%
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Of raiment over here. He was
years ahead of Eleanor Glynn, who
used as a mattress. Well Sandow
left the arena de lions, not ahead
Of the lions, but ahead of the pop
ulace."
He has had a great experience
has Mr.. Ziegfeld. He looks and is
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cuIIs &
and ~
UncIassifieds

The Leader is Preferred
The boss drives his men; the
leader coaches them.
The boss depends upon author
lty: the leader on good will.
The boss inspires fear; the lead
er inspires enthusiasm.
The boss says, 81" the leader
says "We."
The boss assigns the tasks: the
leader sets the pace.
The boss says. 3Get here on