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The Washington times., 1933-07-08
BARNARD SEEKS
QUIET FOR QUIZ
OFPR|SONERS
Serenity Returns to Farm"
As Police Leave; Baseball
Games Called Off

A blanket of serenity settled
over Lorton Reformatory today,
as Capt. n. M. Barnard banished
newspaper reporters and quizzed
the 108 participants in the
sporadic rioting of the past week,
seeking to learn the identity Of
the ringleaders.
Barnard, in sending the news
papermen out of the grounds,
declared his act was prompted by
his belief that he could do more
with the men if there we're mo
strangers around"
Baseball Games Off
While insisting that he eX-
pected no more trouble, Barnard
cancelled the prisoners baseball
games today and tomorrow and
the Board of Public Welfare,
which has direct control of the
institution, decreed there would
be no visitors tomorrow, which
under ordinary circumstances is
regular visitors day.
Barnard sent some of the 1O8
men back to confinement. indi-
eating that they would oe further
questioned today or tomorrow.
After that he circulated freely
among the other prisoners asking
almost every man if he was salts
fled with conditions.
Small Police Guard
Reformatory guards slept today
for the first time in 48 hours
while % District policemen re-
lieved them. The police detail
was the last remnant of the riot
force rushed there late Thursday
by Major Ernest w. Brown, police
superintendent.
All of the 1857 prisoners, except
the recalcitrant 108, were enjoying
liberty, having been freed from
the dormitories where they were
locked in last night and all yes
terday. Only few were at work
at the laundry.
Bedding Destroyed
Officials minimized the dam
age reported to have been done
by the recalcitrants tearing up
bedding last night. One mat
tress and one blanket was de-
Stroyed, they said.
The District Commissioners
early today transmitted to the
White House a request for per
mission to fill the vacancy Gre
ated by the resignation yesterday
of A. C. Tawse, superintendent
Of the reformatory.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
WEATHER HALTS
AIR ARMADA

LONDON, July 8 G.NSO.-Re-
sumption of the flight of the
Italian air armada bound for
Chicago was delayed today by
unfavorable weather reports re-
ceived by Gen. Italo Balbo at
Reykjavik, Iceland, according to
an exchange telegraph dispatch.
The seaplanes are ready for
the next hop to Labrador, the
message said, and the flight will
be resumed as soon as the
weather improves.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
KEENAN, To LIST.
GANGSTERS
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
One of the first moves Of
Joseph B. keenan,, special assist.
ant to Attorney General Cum
mings in charge of the anti
crime campaign, will be the prep
aration of who's Who in the
Underworld"
Steps were under way today
to list recognized gangsters, rae
keteers. and other criminals in
connection with the coordinated
Federal-State-municipal drive to
end the crime wave which has
cost the American public billions
of dollars and thousands of lives
since the war.
Keenan, expected to be ready
to begin active duties early next
week. He has been sworn into
office and will be fully installed
at the Department of Justice
Monday.
That conferences would be
held with Chief w. H. Moran, Of
the Secret Service; j. Edgar
Hoover, of the Bureau of Inves-
tgaton; Elmer E. Trey, chef of the
special intelligence section of the
Internal Revenue Bureau; H. j.
Anslinger, chief of the Narcotic
Bureau: Kilroy P. Aldrich, chief
postoffice inspector, and other
Federal law enforcement agencies,
was the understanding.
This group Of officials has a
more intimate knowledge of the
inner workings of the crime rings
than any other men in the Fed
eral service and furthermore have
wide knowledge of the general
crime situation throughout the
country
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
RELIEF ST AFT
COMPLETE

The staff of Federal Emergency
Relief workers is now complete
and, with one or two exceptions,
will not be enlarged, Harry L.
Hopkins, Federal Relief Admin
istrator, announced today.
The local organization, which
will work chiefly through State
relief administrators, is COM
prised of approximately SIS en-
ployes. This number includes
two passengers and six field rep
reSentativeS.
The only additions expected
will be one or two assistant sta
tisticianS, who will aid in COM
piling unemployment figures sent
in by State organizations.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08

what they wanted was to raise
a fuss like this.
"They have turned this re-
fOrmatOry into a prison, just
the opposite of what it was in
tended for. We have lifers here
and men with 10, Is and 20
year sentences to serve. They
are not the kind of men who
should be in a place like this,
although we have less trouble
with the lifers than any Others"
So Captain Barnard is going to
keep on with his system and work
for it until he leaves. He added
that the percentage of escaped
prisoners who were not caught and
returned is less at this institution
than in any walled prison in the
United States.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
z 2WOMEN ENTER
CUP AIR RACE

HATFIELD, England, July 8
G.N.SD Two women aviators
put their skill to the test with
33 men fliers today as the Kings
Cup air race got underway.
With 35 fliers participating,
the race began at $50 a. M,
when the first two planes scared
into the sky.
Instead of flying around Eng
land, as in previous Kings Cup
races, the aviators set a course
consisting of five rounds of a
circle which includes Hatfield,
Cranwell, Desford, Wittering,
Felixstowe and Heyford. Total
distance will be $50 miles.
The two women competing are
Lady Bailey and Mrs. A. S. But
Ter.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
"Hhere's my ex-wife. "

"Hhere's my ex-wife."
He waved a hand toward the
small dark-eyed woman who is
the mother of his children, Doris,
8, and Richard, 6.
"And here's my sweetheart
the girl I will marry as soon
as 1 can."
He indicated tall, blond LYDIA.
The women smiled at each other.
Wisconsin law won't permit
Beegle to marry LYDIA for year,
but he said he intends to get
work in another State where
they may be united earlier. He
didn't know much about love"
at the time of his marriage, he
ventured, but he and Linda got
along as we'll as most married
people get along-better than a
lot of them"
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Barnard Battles to Uphold
Reputation of Lorton

Still fighting to maintain the
reputation of hi1 "Wall-leSS" prison,
despite the harsh methods found
necessar to keep order among
the 1,157 inmates, Capt. M. M.
Barnard, superintendent of Dis
trict penal institutions, declared
today that the present trouble at
his farm" is not test of the
system which he has sponsored
and built up. He said:
"SOme of the old timers will
say this disturbance is a test
and that 1 have failed. But it
isn't true. Conditions have
changed so here that it wouldn't
be fair to judge the system by
this uprising.
DESPERATE MEN
"This institution was first de-
signed as a refOrmatOry where
ShOrt-term prisoners could be
put to work and given a status
that would better fit them to
begin life on the outside again
as soon as their time was up.
But they wouldn't let the place
alone.
"NOw they sent desperate
characters he Men who
must serve long terms. Men
who are bad actors and men
who have been in several prisons
before.
"Why one of the men bOasted
to me when 1 talked to them
that he had spent rs years in
others prisons and he found out
the Cnly way men could get
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
981 BIRDS RACE.
To CANADA

DANVILLE, ILL.,, July 8 GNSD
A flock of 981 Canadian homing
pigeons were released here at 5
O'Clock (E. S. TD this morning,
for a race to their home clubs in
Canada.
Canadian sportsmen were said
by John B. Blackburn, of River
side, Canada, who came here to
act as official starter, to have
wagered thousands of dollars on
the outcome.
Pigeon clubs of Toronto, Gait,
Oakville, St. GATHERINGS, STRAIT,
ford, Hamilton, Wyandotte, and
London have entries in the unique
race.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
TAX ON WHEAT
BEGINS TODAY
BY International News Service


A bold step in the Roosevelt
Administrations broad farm re-
lief program will be taken today
with the imposition of a process
ing tax of 80 cents a buShel on
wheat. The tax is effective at
midnight.
The tax, marking radical de-
parture from any hitherto levied
by the Federal Government, is
estimated to yield $3.50, 0,000, 900
annually. 1t will apply on all
wheat domeStically consumed.
The fund will be used to re-
compense farmers for a 20 per
cent cut in their 1933-1934 wheat
acreage. Farm relief officials
hold that the levy is necessary to
assure continuation of the bene-
fits to farmers from the present
soaring wheat market.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Husband Is Ordered
To Pau So Weekly

Norman Ricketts,, of Hunting
Hill. who was charged with nom
support of his wife. Eleanor Poole
Ricketts,. and their child. Norman
Ricketts,, jr.. was ordered to pay
her SO a week for three years, by
Judge Donald A. DeLashmutt in
Rockville Police Court yesterday.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
Death COnfrOntS
Suitcase SLAYER

SPEzIA. Italy, July 8 GN.So
Caesar Serviatti, accused OF kill
ing three women, faced death to-
day after being condemned by a
criminal court.
One body was discovered
chopped to pieces in a suitcase on
a train in Naples.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08
GOebeL, Eight Others
Sentenced in Fraud

NEW YORK, July 8 (U.S).
After 1O9 days of testimony, Otto
E. Goebel and eight others have
been found guilty of fraud and
conspiracy and sentenced in
Federal Court to terms up to
five years. All except one were
fined SAL 900 each.
The defendants, seven men
and two women, were charged
with using the mails to defraud
investors in the National Diversi-
fled Corporation, organized to
produce clean" moving pictures.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08

BLONDE ACTRESS, was ar
rested in Atlantic City yeSter-
day on charges of stealing a
$500 automobile. She was
released on bond. She is the
former wife of Nate Raymond,
notorious gambler, who is serV-
ing a term in Sing Sing.
The Washington times., 1933-07-08

PRINCESS KARAMZIN AND HUSBAND
IGOR KARRANOV, known in art circles of Washing
ton George Landsman, today admitted that he had
asked his princess, Pasadena (Ca) beauty, to annu
their marriage and be happy in another marriage while
he serves sentence for embezzement in the reformatoy
at Mansfield, Ohio. Karranov and Princess Ada Elana
Karamzin married here in 1929. This photograph
was taken at that time.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
White Girl Admits
Police Forced Her
To Tell Falsehood
Do Not Choose To
Run, Says Anderson

CHICAGO.-(A.N.PD-"I do not
choose to rum was the answer Aid
erman Louis B. Anderson of Second
Ward gave to the Associated Negro
Press Monday discussing the coming
aldermanic elections. If Alderman
Anderson carries out the famous
Coolidge statement it presages the
closing of brilliant and eventful
II years of public life in the stir
ring politics of the Windy City.
George T. Kersey, prominent un-
dertaker, fratenal leader and for
mer member of the state Legislature
has been designated as the man to
fill the place from which Alderman
Anderson is retiring, by the Amber
son wing c,f the Second Ward Re
publican organization. Mr.. Kersey is
no novice in the political game and
also has gained distinction as a
leader in this realm
Pitted AGAINST Mr.. Kersey will be
be William Dawson, attorney, pres
ident of the e-Priest-Simmons fac
ton, who announced his candidacy
several months ago, after being in
dorsed by his organization.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
Negro Democratic
Leaders In Meeting;
Draw Up Demands
Nashville Giants Win
Games, Lose Money

LOS ANGELES. = The Nashville
Giants baseball team left here last
Tuesday after a good season from
standpoint of winning games, but
their financial success was as poor
as their win column was good.
They did not lose over one week
end series to any baseball team and
showed superiority in all depart
ments of the game. Paige was star
of the team and was the most con-
sistent pitcher in the Winter
League.
1t was reported that the team
would remain in this city to play a
series of games with the Philadel-
phia Royal Giants, who have been
transforming in the Orient, but on
last Tuesday the team left for their
home city. The Royal Giants, under
the leadership of Lonnie Goodwin,
have not returned yet and they have
been gone to the Far East more than
six months. They are due to arrive
on the Pacific Coast soon. 9
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
Bishop Gregg's Brother
Head OF Western Univ.

KANSAS CITY, Moo. Archi-
bald Gregg, vice-president of West
ern University, and brother of Bish-
op j. A. Gregg of the Fifth Episco-
pal District of the A.M.E. Church,
has been named to succeed the late
Jeff p. King, as president of the
university. it was announced this
week.
President King was fatally injured
in an automobile crash on January
.. President Gregg had the unani-
nous support of both the state and
school trustee boards as well as of
the board of administration and the
governor. He entered Immediately
upon his new duties, quietly and
without ceremony.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
Former Stage Star
Now Saves Souls

NEW Notwithstanding the front
of the Allen Memorial Church in
West 120th Street, a large sign
reads, SINNERS Come and Be Saved"
The person responsible for that in
vitation is former dramatic So
prano singer on the legitimate stage,
known then as little Josephine To-
bias, now popularity known as the
Rev. Josephine Becton, ordained
minister of New York State.
In her palmiest days her singing
of "Old Pal' and Gin My Old Ken
lucky Home" brought her consider
able prominence and renown. She
was heard in almost every state in
the union. For the last Is years
her evangelistic work has ELECTED
much attention among Harlem folk,
where her benevolences have reached
almost every neighborhood.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
Discuss Jobs
Expected For
/ Negro Support

CHICAGO.-A conference of ma
tional Negro leaders of the Demo
cratic party, which was held here
January 1914, emphasized the de-
mand that the support which Negro
voters have given the Democrats be
recognized by its chieftains and re-
paid in terms of political and econ
omic opportunities for the colored
Americans. Demands made were:
Set Forth Demands
ID End of segregation in gov
ernmental departments, CD end OF
discrimination in Civil Service De-
partment, end of Jim-Crow in the
South in Interstate travel, ca en-
forcement of 14th and 18th Amend
ments by Congress and President,
Cd increase in number of appoint
ments of Negroes in Federal patron
age, (6) adoption of hands-off,
friendly-neighborly policy toward
Haiti and Liberia, % Presidential
opposition to prejudicial treatment
of Negroes, go end of decomposi-
tion of Negro regiments and dis,rim-
ination in C. M. T. C.
The twenty-eight leaders from
eight different states attending the
meeting and more than one hundred
local leaders Joined in a banquet
Saturday night.
In the meeting Friday a commit
tee named to tabulate jobs that will
be open for Negro appointments re-
ported.
On the basis Of votes cast .here
is no way Of determining the num-
bar If positions which ought to be
allotted to colored Democrats, but
of tine $4,000 positions, which are
classified as patronage, exclusive of
1900 postmasterships, a number
unprecedented under Democratic ad-
ministrations is expected to be given
them.
Diplomatic Posts
Topping the list of jobs, for which
colored Democrats may make bid,
are the diplomatic posts which have
been previously filled by. colored
men. They are the ministerships to
Haiti and Liberia. They pay sala-
ries OF $4,000 year each. 4.
Under the Treasury Department
Is the Register of the Treasury
This job pays $4,000 year. There
Continued on Page p
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
Signed Statement
Is introduced In
Birmingham Court

BIRMINGHAM, Alo. - A letter
written by Ruby Bates upon whose
testimony Of rape" the Scottsboro
boys were railroaded to death YER
diets and which categorically denies
all the charges she made n the lynch
court, was produced in court ,ere
last week at the hearing on a writ
of habeas corpus for the release of
Roy Wright. youngest of the boys.
The hearing, in courtroom
crowded with Negroes and whites
whilc hundreds more stood in the
corridors and street, was adjourned
when the court refused the demand
of Cen. George W Chamlee and
irving Schwab, International Labor
Defense attorneys, to order Solicitor
General Thomas f.. Knight to come
to testify. Knight said he was 'too
busy. The hearing will be resumed
next Tuesday.
Mrs. Ada Wight mother of Roy
Wright, ami his sister, Beatrice Mad
doX. were in court to testify as to
his age. Ruby Bates herself also was
present, rs was Chief of Police
Blackmore of Huntsville, who was
forced to give up Ruby Bates letter.
The letter, examined by the |. l..
d. attorneys, contains startling dis
closures. The police forced her to
lie with In eats of keeping her in
iail and lodging charges against her,
Ruby Bates wrote.
None of the Scottsboro boys ever
touched her, the letter says categor-
ically IN this letter. written to Earl
Streetman, Ruby Bates tells of her
remorse fer her testimony which as
sisted in obtaining death verdiets for
the boys. She repeats again and
again that the whole case was a
frame-up and that this letter is tho
Gods truth
The letter was impounded by the
court and filed in the clerks Offices
upon motion of the |. l.. d. attor-
ncys, who were denied the right.
however, to obtain photcstatic copies
before the reopening of the hear
ing. and at the hearing would make
a fight to Obtain possession of the
letter itself.
This letter knocked the last legal
props from under the prosecutions
frame-up of the nine innocent Negro
boys. The attitude of the prosecu-
ton, however, and the maneuver of
Knight in obtaining an adjournment
Of the hearing, indicates that the
southern officials will continue their
effort to legally lynch the boys.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
White Actress Tells
Court She Trusts
Colored Husband

LOS ANGELES-(W S)-Pale and
wan and dressed in black, Helen Lee
Worthing, white, ex-Follies girl,
stepped to the side of her attorney
here last week, and helped her hus-
band, DR.. Eugene C. Nelson, annul
their marriage.
The episode ends five years In the
courts. Helen previously had di-
vorced Gene.
Her lawyer, in opposing annul-
ment, pointed out that she would
strip herself of the protecting cloak
of marriage which had enveloped
her life for the past years, and put
herself in the position of having
"lived with" her colored husband
for that length of time.
The attorney asked the court,
"How do we know that the doctor
will care for her until she adapts
herself?"
st have confidence in the doc
tor" interrupted the former stage
actress, 81 say, let him have the
marriage annuled."
The annulment Of the marriage
was granted by Judge Gould. who
stated that the agreement providing
for the payment of the $500 per
month alimony would not be dis
turbed by the order, that the con-
tract would still remain, but would
not have the weight of court judg-
ment to enforce it, and at the same
time ordered DR.. Nelson to pay the
attorney for Miss Worthing $3.50
for his fees.
Born in South Carolina
DR.. Nelson is a native of South
Carolina, according to rumor. He
studied at Prairie View College in
Texas and Meharry College in Ten.
nessee. His clientel is one of the
most lucrative in the city, including
patients of all races.
Parted as Friends
The two people parted with ne
exhibition of hatred in the court
room, and posed as friends bidding
each other farewell for a newspaper
photographer.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
SCOI TSB0R0 YOUTHS FRAMED"
Editorials
Negro History Week

The Association for the study OF
Negro Life and History has set aside
the week beginning February IL as
Negro History Week. In pamphlet
form it tells what the race has to
celebrate, as follows:
Negroes participated in the dis
coyery and exploration of America T;
they have made a large contribution
to its development; and as soldiers
have acquitted themselves with hon.
or in all American wars. Negroes
served with the Colonial forces on
land and sea.
In the struggle for the rights of
man, Crispus Attacks fell in the
Boston Massacre in 1870 the
first to sacrifice his life for the indie
pendence of this country. Peter Sa-
lem weakened the ranks of the Brit
ish by killing Major Pitcairn at
Bunker Hill in 1775. Salem Poor
showed such valor in his battle at
Charlestown that fourteen fair-mind-
ed officers reported his heroism to
Congress. Austin Dabney, distin-
guished himself by exploits of valor
in helping to vanquish the Tories in
Georgia.
On the battlefield with Greene
and Washington more than 5000
other soldiers of African blood lived
up to this brilliant record during
that conflict with Great Britain.
Negro soldiers stood out with
equal valor in the War in 1912, I'M
der Perry and McDonough on sea
and with Andrew Jackson on land at
New Orleans. In the Civil War the
Negroes furnished 17S,00O soldiers
to strike boldly at such points as
Port Hudson, Fort Fisher, and Fort
Wagner, and thus helped to destroy
the morale of the enemies of free
NOh' hC AASh Vi thO ANCbAO At
Santiago de Cuba contributed deci-
sively to the defeat of the Colonial
exploitation of Spain. In the punt
tive expedition to Mexico in 1916
Negro soldiers emerged as the he
roes of Carizal. In the World War
Negroes again demonstrated their
courage and bravery in the defense
of the ideals of this country.
The Negro has made his contribu-
ton to the worlds civilization and
to American progress. The race
has much to be proud of and should
show to the world that it takes
great pride in its accomplishments.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-02-02
Attorneys Seek
New Trial For
NegroC Communist

ATLANTA, Ga. - Attorney John
II. Geer, who with Benjamin J.
Davis Jr. represented Angelo Hern.
don, 19-year-old alleged Communist
who was convicted of 'inciting to
instruction" and given an Is years
to 20 years penitentiary sentence
Wednesday, went before Lee b.
Wyatt Thursday and filed a motion
for a new trial.
Judge Wyatt set March II as the
date for hearing argument on the
motion.
He denied motion fer bail fol
Herndon on the grounds that he had
made it a custom not to grant bal
for offenses which might have re.
suited in capital penalty.
Davis read several passages from
two of the books admitted in the
evidence as having been seized from
Herndon. The paragraphs described
lynchings which had occurred in the
South.
"Why doesn't Mr. Hudson pros
ecute these lynchers if he wants tc
stop the overthrow of the govern
ment, as he says? Mob law certainly
is in open defiance to constituted
authority. It seeks to supplant the
judicial system with Judge Lynch
Isn't that rebellious too?"
In closing, Davis charged that The
state blows hot on one hand ant
cold on the other. "They allow the
Communist party to have their tick
ct on the regularly constituted bal
lot, yet want TO send boy to the
electric chair because he was founC
with two or three books in boz
telling the Communist platform.
After the trial Attorney Davis
stated
ave are just starting and expect
to carry this case to Washington il
we have to go that far to get justice
lOf our client. ihSic "@ai '"N iD''
of evidence in the case which woull
Justify such a verdict. We expect tc
fight tc. the finish"
The state is expecting to move
forward quickly with the trial Of sir
other persons charged with the SAINT
offense as Herndon. They arc Ar
Burlack, Mary Dalton, Joe Car anc
NJ. II. Powers, whites, and Dar
Storey and Gilbert Brady, Negroes