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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02

CHARLOTTE. N. c. amp
Judge Don Phillips last week. sit
ting as committing magistrate,
began q Judicial Investigation into
The case Of Wooarow " shfops
shire. is gear.old colored convict,
who lost both feet through zfhpu-
fation following torture IN a North
Carolina prison camp recently.
The parallel case Of Robert Barn
ea. also 10, whose feet were lost
under conditions exactly like that
Of Shropshire, VIII also come I'M
der the jurisdiction Of Judge Phil
lips
Sittins nth his leg stumps prop
ped Up on Nsqte basket because
they hurt me hanging down,
Shropshire began his story Of ner-
CHESS treatment at the hands Of
Capt. Henry 6. Little, and j. w.
Eudy. r. c. Rape and 7. NJ. Cor
don guards, discharged prison Of
ficials, which resulted in the loss
Of his and Barnes feet.
The lad was rolled into the
courtroom ia wheeIchair Barnes,
in local hospital, was too III to
be IN court.
The discharged officials are fac
ing charges Of assault with intent
to kill by leaving the prisoners in
n1inishnnanf eella vifhort heat ~
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02
Missouri House Passes
Negro Commission Bill

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ANP)
"A bill creating a Missouri State
Colored Welfare Commission, COM
prised of three members, one of
them to serve as secretary at a
yearly salary of $2,40O, was pass
ed by the House by vote of 76
to rs last Wednesday
The bill now goes to the Sen
ate. It will be the duty of the
commission to make surveys and
recommendations looking toward
educational and industrial better
ment in Missouri.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02
Indians Ll Attempt
To Gust CoIored
From Reservations

YUMA, Ariz. Bad feeling be-
tween a small colony of Negroes
who had settled here and Iadians,
resulted in the IpSsans arming
themselves and starting to GUST
the Negroes.
They were prevailed upon 10 &C.
cept the white mans justice" and
allow the sheriff's writ to move
them. The feud has been growing
since the government by a survey
determined that the land was part
of the Indian reservation.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02
DERAILS
MOB MEASURE
FOR BONUS BILL

NOTION II Smarting
from semi-serious presidential
criticism Of senatorial Iethargy,
democratic leaders, aided by re-
publicans, Wednesday flung off
the senate's seven day anti
lynching bill fiIibuster in favor of
the controversial bonus issue.
A move to adjourn, which had
failed on three previous occasions.
finally carried, 4s to 80. after Sc
veral republicans and democrats
had rallied to the southern cause
and Senator Borah had assailed
from the floor the constitutional
ity Of the Costigan- Wagner mea-
sure to give the federal govern
ment power in lynching cases.
Earlier in the day Senator Rob-
inson unsuccessfully had proposed
another way out, which was to a.
dept the Costigan motion by una
nimous consent and then lay it a.
side Immediately for consideration
of the Harrison soldiers bonus
bill. Senator Costigan had given
his assurance not to delay consid-
Grafton of the bonus measure if
the senate would adopt his motion.
But there was an immediate OBJ
lection from Senator Ellison D.
Smith dem. SCI who regards
the Costigan-wagner bill as a de-
liberate affront to the. southern
states and thinks any senator who
would introduce such measure
ought to be disciplined If not ex-
PEELED.
Borah Turns the Trick
Many senators credited Borah
with breaking the deadlock.
Asked by Senator Costigan for
his opinion Of the 1922 Dyer anti
lynching bill, which also met a 81
milar fate by the filibuster route,
the Idahoan assailed lynching as a
brutal crime, but said that the
pending bill, as well as the Dyer
proposal, would have dealt blow
to our principle of government, the
Importance of which could not be
overstated."
Makes Southerners Grin
ITO my mind" Borah asserted,
bringing smiles to the faces of the
determined southern opposition,
Elf this type Of bill can be sus-
tanned by the supreme court, we
have utterly broken down all state
sovereignty. l can see no escape
from that conclusion.
IF you can go to Idaho and take
a man by the nape of the neck and
make him abide by the rules of
the federal government as to his
business" he said, you can go to
Alabama and seize the sheriff by
the scruff of his shirt and compel
him to abide by federal regulation
in regard to lynching."
The adjournment motion was
supported by 43 democrats, four
republicans and the farmer-labor-
lite, Shipstead. Fourteen democrats
all from the north and west; IL
republicans and the progressive,
La Toilette, answered no"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02
Evanti in Chicaco

CHICAGO (ANP) Nine. Lii
liam Evanti, internationally famous
lyric coloratura soprano, win be
in a benefit recital for
the National Association Of Negro
eFi5idikhs at oHchesF F
day night SEATTLE
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02
Music Prexy To Be
The Guest of Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas CAMP -
Mrs. Eliza Champ McCabe, presi-
dent of the Texas Association of
Negro Musicians, announced that
Mrs. Manet Harrison Fowler of
New York City, founder, first pre-
sidenl and honorary president of
the association, will be the guest
of Texas during the National Mu-
sic Week, May 5-12.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-05-02

EDITORIAL



DR n D. PATTERSON. young
celorsd man. only "a years OLD.
has BEEN chosen BY the white trus-
tees of Tusisegee Institute to sue
coed Dr. r e Motion as president
o. the largest educational inztitu-
ton Tor the colored race
intelligent white people LOOKING
for leader seek first. prepare
ton, then youth. and If they find
the happy combination IN one man
they select him kn DO big job.
And throughout the land. among
our white friends. you win find
young men placed ia responsible
positions. But rot 50 among Me-
groes.
Not a single Negro suggested
DR.. Patterson Probably because
Of the ancient tradition among Ne
eroes that young men must be 81
Yen minor places and elevated on
y when hey get to be old
IF YOU have followed the his
tory Of colored business, church
and educational institutions. You
vim have observe that those that
failed. died Of DflY HOT, not dis
honesty. As q rule our institu-
tons are built around enc man.
who centralizes every thing in him
SELF. There are usually no depart
ments headed by active young men
with vision Everything is center
ed ID the leader No young men
are taken into confidence SO they
could help to direct the trend Of
business
when the ola leader dies, the
public soon loses confidence and
pretty soon sou read Of another
eolnfed DIIAi. failure xou did
IT think il could happen. but TIE
glaring fact stares you Ii the face
that it HAS HAPPENED and IS
ss0ifg 70 happen many more times
UNTIL OUR LEADERS LEARN
THE VALUE or SHOWING PRE-
PARED YOUNG MEN INTO Re-
sPoNSfBLE PLACES.
II IS the opinion y sats wrlssr
q
that Il Negroes had aad the power
to elect president for Tuskegee
institute they would have selected
some old moss back whose best
days are pleasant memories and
whose best efforts would be spent
merely IN maintaining the tradl
ton Of Booker 7 washington. Il
is the rule in our race wher q
young man IS suggested for q po-
sition Of leadership to raise the
cry that be Is all right, that he is
prepared but he is TOO YOUNG.
What is the use Of sending boys
and girls to college and training
them in the modern methods, #
they must wait until they become
old men and women to use them2
IT sEEMs that we must wait
for our white friends to give young
Negroes chance to demonstrate
what thfS can do Except ii q
limited fetv cases all Of the oppor
tunities accorded young Negroes
have b.sn given BY white people
Especi tIA is tnis true in school
work thei many young men have
been laces as principals that
would MT haNe received any con-
sideration Der from Negroes
the trustees d Tuskegee Insti-
tute have set noble example that
we might wei follow to the good
Of our own cause, for the ADVANCE
ment and development Of our rsee.
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Green Heads X p Again
NEW ORLEANS, La. S. w.
Green was reelected grand chan
cellor of the Grand Lodge K. of
p of Louisiana, last week.
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CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
COURT RULES
IN UNIQUE SUIT
Holds Finance Firm Must
Repay Note Held by
DefunCt Bank.

Decision involving a point of law,
said to have been passed on only
three times previously in the entire
United States, was made today by
Superior Judge Herbert E. Wilson.
The case involves liability of a
financing company on notes and re-
suits in judgment of $500 against
the Commercial Credit Co., 100 E.
Vermont-st, in favor of the Sey-
mour National Bank, administrator
in the estate of James M. Shields.
Mr.. Shields had held $500
note, part of a 100000 issue by the
now defunct City Trust Co. The
notes we're issued against condition.
al sales contracts for automobiles
and placed with the trust company,
as trustee, by the credit company.
The finance company deposited
funds to meet its obligations to Mr..
Shields on the date due, but the
trust company became insolvent
before he presented the note for
payment.
Effect of Judge Wilson's decision
is to make the finance company
pay twice on one obligation be-
cause he holds that the City Trust
Co., as trustee, was not the agent
of the note holder for the purpose
of payment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

The 50-year- old murderer, whose
trial week before last drew the larg-
est crowds and attracted nation
wide attention, has since been under
guard of United States marshals in
the Marion County jail.
Hanging Is Mandatory
There has been no intimation on
the part of Edward Everette Rice,
Hamilton, o., attorney for Barrett
and native Kentuckian, as to what
course ne will pursue if Judge Bait
zell overrules mis- plea for a new
trial
A jury of nine farmers, two auto
statesmen and a saw miller found a
verdict Of guilty with no recon-
mendation for mercy and the hang
ing is mandatory. The law under
which he was tried was passed by
Congress in May, 1884, as a part Of
the national movement to stop in
terState crime.
The government said that Agent
Klein went to West College Corner,
Ind, on Aug. Is to arrest Barrett on
charges of having transported
stolen cars across state lines.
Gunman Wounded in Legs
Barrett, trying to escape, opened
fire with a As caliber revolver and
killed Klein. The gunman was
wounded in the legs and was tried
while he sat in a wheel chair in
court.
Barrett, however, set up a defense
that he had fired on Agent Klein
thinking he was a Kentucky feud-
list. There was much testimony
that Barrett and his relatives had
been embroiled in a bloody feud in
Manchester, KY, in 1892
He said that he frequently took
long trips to the Southwest in fear
of the feudistS, but District Attor-
ney Val Nolan brought out that he
invariably returned. each time in a
stolen car.
Killed Mother, Sister
Barrett explained that he re-
turned so quickly, though having
fled in mortal terror, because of his
love for his family, and Attorney
Nolan managed to ask him whether
it was the same love that he had
for his mother and sister Rachel
back in 1880 when he shot one to
death and beat the other to death.
This will be the first hanging in
Marion County since April 49, 1886,
when Robert Phillips, Negro, was
hanged for the murder of his wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
CITY BANK RECEIVER
PAYS OUT $4,000
Depositors to Receive Pay.
ment on Monday.

Approximately $4,000 is to be dis
tributed today to the more than
1000 depositors of the defunct City
Trust Co., Oren S. Hack, receiver,
declared.
This payment represents a per
cent dividend and will go to all de-
poSitors, both common and pre-
ferred. No additional dividend will
be given to preferred creditors at
this time.
This is the second dividend dis
tributed by Mr.. Hack. Last Novem-
Der 5 per cent dividend totaling
approximately $4,000 was paid with
an additional 3 per cent totaling
about $1,000 being given to pre-
ferred creditors.
The checks are to be placed in the
mails this afternoon, Mr.. Hack an
nounced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Help a Soldier Dad
Cheer His YOunQster

out of work for year. I can't
do anything for him"
He was a pleasant man. The
lines on his face carried the wear
of six years of ob-hunting--part-
time work here, part-time there.
Some way, somehow, Clotle-a-
Child would like to fix it up so
that this Soldier Dad could shop
for his boy just as if he had a
job and dug down in his jeans to
pay the bill. Can it be done?
Community Fund relief agen-
cies and the American Red Cross
believe it can be done. They and
the social service department Of
the public schools leave it in the
hands Of donors to Clothe- "a Child
to find a way so a Soldier Dad
can make his lad glad.
Call Riley 5551 or mail a check
to get your boy or girl to dress
for Christmas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
DATE FIXED FOR
BRUN0'S DEATH
Week of Jan. Is Named by
Court; Defense Begins
Last Fight.
BU United Press

DD CUItCH ETtSS
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 14.-Brunc
Richard Hauptmanns attorneys will
begin last ditch fight Monday to
save him from, death. Unless the
Court of Pardons grants him mercy
or new evidence wins new trial
the sLindbergh baby killer will be
electrocuted in the week beginning
Jan. 10.
Hauptmann did not know the i'm
minence of the death to which JUS
tice Thomas w. Trenchard, his trial
judge, resentenced him yesterday.
G. Lloyd Fisher, his chief attorney,
expects to tell him today.
Neither Hauptmann nor his at
torneys had expected Justice
Trenchard to act so quickly, nor
had they expected him to set the ex-
ecution so early. The law allows
the sentencing judge to choose any
time not less than four weeks nor
more than eight weeks after the
date sentence is pronounced. The
jurist condemned Hauptmann to die
at the first date possible.
Hauptmann's defense staff prob
ably will appeal first to the Court
of Pardons. The court could COM
mute Hauptmann's sentence to i'm
prisonment or even free him.
If the Court of Pardons refuses
clemency, Hauptmann probably will
ask for new trial, claiming new ev-
idence,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
STREET CAR COMPANY
PAYS LOAN EXPENSES
State Gets S9369 in Negotiations
for s3,2Oo,OOO WPA Aid.

The State of Indiana is S9,369.42
richer today through payment of
that amount by indianapolis Rail-
ways, Inc, for expense of issuing
the Public Service Commission or
der permitting the utility to obtain
a S3,200,000 Public Works Admins
tration loan.
OF the amount, s9325 was in fees
for issuance of securities. The re-
mainder was for engineering and
advertising. The state is permitted
to assess fees at the rate of 25 cents
for each S100 of securities. The
money goes to the commission re-
volving fund from which transfers
later are made to the state general
fund.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Hoare Applies Pressure

By United Press
LONDON, Dec. 14.-Sir Samuel
Hoare, foreign secretary, made a.
special effort to Induce" Emperor
Halle Selassie to accept the aston
ishing BritiSh-French plan for set
tlement of the Italian Ethiopian
war, it was revealed today.
Last Tuesday Hoare sent tele-
grams to Sir Eric Drummond, am
bassador at Rome, and Sir Sidney
Barton, minister at Adds Ababa.
The kilograms expressed strong
hope that Mussolini and Selassie
would accept
But Barton's telegram also con-
tanned this:
You should use your utmost in
f1uence to induce the emperor to
give careful and favorable consider
alton to these proposals and on no
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Quarantine
By United Press


HOBART, Okla, Dec. 14.-In
Kiowa County which has 10000
residents, medical science to-
day welded one of its most eff
fective weapons. mass quar-
antine, against an outbreak of
spinal meningitis.
DR.. G. M. Pearce, state health
officer, decreed that no more
than three persons could con-
gregate at once place in the
county. Towns and villages as
sumed a deserted appearance.
Skeleton forces worked behind
closed doors of those few bust
ness establishments not closed.
In Hobart gasoline couldn't
be bought except with a doc
tors order. All filling stations
were shut down, with service
to essential transportation be-
ing given by special dispense
ton.
Buses and trains were oper-
ating on regular schedules.
Highways we're open to through
traffic. Motorists were checked
at the county line and informed
that they must 60 directly
through the county, could en-
ter the county to remain, or
could not enter it at all.
No person except trans
county travellers was permitted
to leave the county except after
submitting to a test for menin-
gifts, and then only if the re-
suit was negative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
DOCTORS Toll
TO SAVE LIFE
OF QU|NNETTE
Wounded Detective Rests
Under Narcotics, His
Condition Critical.
DOCTOR is QUESTIONED
Physician Admits Treating
Gunner, Is Claim of
State Police.

Weakened by the opening of his
gunshot wounds and in critical con-
dition, Detective Orville Quinnette
rested at City Hospital today under
narcotics.
Physicians carefully checked his
high temperature and watched for
any development of peritonitis or
pneumonia.
Meanwhile, state police continued
questioning of a country doctor
charged with administering medical
aid to the two Indianapolis hood
lums and escaped convicts accused
of shooting Detective Quinnette in
an apartment at 12th-st and Park
av last Saturday afternoon.
Admits Treating Wounds
The doctor, Earl Jewett, st. Paul,
Ind, is said to have admitted treat
ing the wounds of Paul Pierce and
Donald Joseph, held in the Marion
County Jail under bond of 5000
each.
In the presence of two city detec-
tiveS and DR.. Kenneth KohlStaedt,
City Hospital assistant superintend-
ent, Detective Quinnette from his
sick bed yesterday identified Pierce
as the gunman who shot him. De-
tective Quinnette's abdominal wound
was resutured Thursday after it had
opened and his condition had be-
come critical.
Capt. Matt Leach, state police, ex-
planned today that DR.. Jewett was
charged specifically with failing to
report the medical treatment he
had given Pierce and Joseph.
Superior Judge Herbert E. Wilson
late yesterday refused to sign an
order for a writ of habeas corpus
for Sylvia Headlee, Milroy QndO
farmer, accused of harboring the
gunner last weekend.
Headlee Still in Jail
Headlee is held in the Marion
County Jail on vagrancy charges
AAANAS4 t0SOsOOO NAlAA.
Judge Wilson said he told Head
lees attorney that the proper place
to file such a petition was in Grim
inal Court and that he would not
interfere with the prosecutors Office
in their efforts to bring the gunner
and their alleged accomplices to
trial.
Detective Quinnette and his part
ner, Ralph Chatham, were shot
when they raided the bandits
apartment Saturday on information
that two men hiding there were
connected with the killing of an
Anderson policeman. Chatham was
wounded slightly in the foot, while
Quinnette was shot five times, twice
in the abdomen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
HUNTINGTON MAYOR
SPURNS LIGHT PLAN
Juggling of Funds Illegal,
Executive Says.
BIZ United Press

By Untted Press
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Dec. IA
Refusing to draw funds Illegally"
from other sources to restore the
street lighting service, Mayor Clare
w. H. Bangs today announced the
streets of Huntington would con-
tinue dark until after Jan. l.
Vetoing a proposal made by
Joseph H. Lesh, representative of
the Young Mems Business Associa-
ton, at mass meeting last night,
Mayor Bangs said:
ANY thing 1 do has to be legal,
because have been warned that I
face criminal prosecution for any
illegal move I make"
Mr.. Lesh had proposed Juggling
of funds from another department
to revive the depleted street light
ing fund, saying attorneys repre-
senting the Public Service Commits
sion found no fault with the plan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

ON STAND IN
Death TRIAL.
Alleged SIayer's Husband,
Father of Girl, Aids
Her Defense.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. IA
Mrs. Laura Doermer, 43, charged
with poisoning her two stepchildren,
causing the death of one, was to
testify in her murder trial in Allen
Circuit Court today.
The defendant was expected to
refute a statement, in which she is
alleged to have confessed putting
arsenic in cottage cheese eaten by
Imogene, IS, and Bernadene Doer-
mer, 10, during meal last April 3.
Both the girls became violently i'll,
and Bernadine died 10 days later in
a hospital.
Husband Defends Wife
Mrs. Doermer also hoped to sub
stantiate her defense plea that she
was not at home when the meal was
prepared.
Henry P. Doermer defended his
wife when he testified late yester-
day. A packed courtroom heard
his exoneration of Mrs. Doermer
and persistent Il don't knows"
On direct examination, Doermer
told the jury of 10 men and two
women that it was sugar and milk
his wife mixed with the cottage
cheese on the night his daughters
became i'll.
Nearly ColIapses on Stand
Doermer nearly collapsed during
cross Xamination and recess was
necessary. He admitted giving his
wife an emetic after she became ill,
but said he did not give the same
treatment to Imogene because she
did not ask for it.
Bernadene did not become i'll I'M
til several hours later, he testified.
Doermer said his wife put the
sugar and milk in the cottage cheese
after the children complained it had
a peculiar taste. He said he did
not eat any because he knew his
daughters liked the cheese.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
ROBBED BY HITCH-HIKER
Young Truck Driver Beaten by
Youth He Befriended.

A hitch-hiker slugged Frank HUI
OAK. 81, of 3025 w. 10th-St. trucS
driver. and robbed him of Sl8 early
today on the National Road near
Ben Davis.
Hudak picked up the young man
at TibbS-av and w Westinghouse.
and few miles farther the hiker
thrust Q gun in Hudak's ribs. Dur
ing the scuffle. the gunman fired
three shots and. using the gun as a
club, struck Hudak on the head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS
ASK BOND REHEARING
Fight For High School Continued
Before Tax Board.

A score or more Franklin Town
ship residents, seeking rehearing
after rejection of a $4,000 bond is
sue for construction of a new town
ship high school, were scheduled to
appear today before the State Tax
Board.
The tax board recently turned
down the petition on the grounds
that sufficient educational facilities
already are available in the town
ship, with high schools at New
Bethel and Acton and the Bunker
Hill grade school. There is a $685.
900 Federal grant available for the
construction if the bond issue Is
approved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
RICHMOND TRUSTEES
TO STUDY DISMISSAL
McNutt Announces Move in Case of
State Hospital Physician.

Trustees of the Richmond State
Hospital are to meet at Richmond
to consider the dismissal of DR.. Nilas
Wilson, assistant physician at the
hospital Gov. McNutt said today.
DR.. Wilson was dismissed by DR..
Richard Schillinger, superintendent.
DR.. Wilson appealed to the Cover
nor. 1t was reported from Rich
mond that dismissal of DR.. Wilson
and another employee was ordered by
Pleas Greenlee. state patronage sec
rotary. Mr.. Greenlee, however, said
he knew nothing about the case and
was supported by Gov. McNutt.