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Evening star., 1936-07-20
Thieves Get Gun, Chickens.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. R).-When
Aomebody tried to steal Dame Todd's
chickens several nights ago his shot
gun, seldom used, was empty. Next
day he bought some shells, but when
he returned home the gun had been
stolen. That night the thieves re-
turned and took his IA hens.
Evening star., 1936-07-20
LOST.

BAG-Man's, dark brown. leather. with
Initials E. C. F. containing boys apparel;
Thurmont and WayneSboro, Pa. Address
BOX 227-Z, Star office.
DOG-Black scottie male. bob-tatl, red
harness; Rock Creek Park near Taft Bridge.
Reward. Decatur 6282.
HAT pOX[Greyhound Station. Sunday
midnight. Finder please return 1888 New
Hampshire ave. Decatur 1850. Generous
KEYS. in envelope marked Joseph Kelley.
Please call Lincoln 7274-W. Reward.
PACKAGE of dresses, and toilet articles;
lost Saturday. Clarendon 2239.
PENDANT. aquamarine stone on July IL.
downtown vicinity. Reward. Potomac
1I07-J
POCKETBOOK. red. containing fountain
pen. money and important papers Saturday
night July IS. Reward for return OF
papers: 1925 Que st. NV, Apt. 3. De-
RING. diamond set in gypsy setting. cot
ton wrapped around ring Reward. Phone
North 1921 or Georgia 90s1.
LOST between Sanfords sea food place at
Water st. s.w. and 20S st. NV. between
IL and I. Saturday morning, perhaps in
taxicab. plain black leather billford con-
tanning sum of bills. among them one $50
bill; name in gold initials 1T. E. T." Lib
eral reward. District 1904 or District
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
Mayor Smith Discusses
Purchase OF Light Co.

"As the situation stands now,
am opposed to the purchase of the
Puget Sound Power and Light pro-
perties by the city at any price"
That was the declaration Of
Mayor Charles L. Smith today.
Il have always taken the stand
that the people have a right to
vote on matters as important as
this proposed purchase. however,
and l will not make any move to
prevent a referendum to the peo-
pie.
II viii not, however. permit any
purchase so long as 1 am mayor
unless there is an affirmative vote
Of the people, after all of the facts
are made known.
ut is silly to make snap judg-
ments. / do not know enough abb
out the purchase plan. There has
never been real appraisal of the
company's property, so nobody
knows what it is worth. There has
never been study to show the
economic advantages or disadvan-
tages.
Naturally, ~sinCe we do not
know, then we must oppose. If,
however, at some later date there
is a real investigation of this pro
ject, and there is a public demand
for a referendum on the subject,
then I will do all in my power to
see that the people have chance
to make the final decision.
"But, so long as l am mayor,
there will be no purchase by vote
of the city council, and I don't care
how low the price may be. The
people will make this decision.
This is a democracy, the people
have the right to vote on matters
of this nature. This is the peoples
city; it belongs to them, and not
to any group of officials.
IT am sorry that the question of
purchase of the power properties
has been injected into this election,
but it has been, and I feel the peo-
pie are entitld to know how I feel
about ii"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
BORAH FIGHT
GROWS HOTTER

CLEVELAND. Ohio = Maurice
Maschke, veteran Republican boss
Of Cleveland, refuses. to commit
himself to support Borah because
of the opposition Of Negro voters
to the Idaho senator. The main
strength of the Republican party
IN cuyahoga County. where Cleve-
land is situated. Is thu almost solid
Negro vote. No Republican leader
dares to flaunt this group of voters
or take q chance on driving q large
part Of them into the Democratic
party. It is announced in Cleve-
land that no amount of explaining
that Borah voted as he did on con-
stitutional grounds has had any eff
feet In reducing the opposition of
the Negro leaders against him. The
issue looms stronger than party
lines.
From New York a citizen has
sent Senator Borah a telegram as
follows:
IF you disapprove of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's alleged exer-
else of legislative power, why do
you exercise judicial power in
determining anti-lynching bills
unconstitutional"
The opposition Of the N.A.A.C.P.
to Senator Borah is broader than
simply his vote on the anti-Iynch-
ing bill, as win appear In the ar
ticle in the March Crisis" tout
February 25) entitled "Borah-
What Does He Stand For?" by
Louis L. Redding.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
BEGIN RETRlBf,
Of JESS HOLLINS

oISAdULGEE. Okla. by Roscoe
Duniee for ANP)-Ita nel It's
a ne!s shouted Alta MecuIlom. IL
year-old white girl. ia the courts
room Of Judge J. Harvey Smith on
Tuesday when Defense Attorney,
w. shearer Brown. employed by
the MACE. abruptly asked her
weren't you voluntarily intimate
with Jess Holling two O. three
times on different occasions, and
didn't he pay you 81 at one time
and 30 cents at two other planned
affairs9n
The scene was the retriaI of Hol-
Inns, convicted and sentenced to
death FOR the alleged rape of the
white girl. Ills case was entered
by the NAACP and carried to the
u. $. Supreme Court where new
trial was ordered IN what IS term
ed Olklahoma's 'Scottsboro case.
The court session, which began on
Monday has been marked BY sue
cesful efforts of the defense at
torney to befuddic and break down
the testimony of the complaining
witness.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
OUTLINE ACTION TO
SAVE ALABAMA BOY

NEW YORK (cNA) = A pro-
gram of militant protest action to
save the scottsboro boys. based OF
the most recent developments IN
the case. the murderous shooting
of Ozie Powell and che sentencing
OK Haywood Patterson to rs years
Imprisonment, has been outlined by
the Scottsboro Defense Committee.
The program calls for immedi-
ate protests to Governor Bib
Graves, Montgomery, Ala, urging
a thorough investigation into the
shooting Of Powell and demands
for the release by executive par
don of Patterson, convicted for the
fourth time on perjured evidence"
The shooting Of Powell and the
latest conviction Of Patterson were
vigorously assailed by prominent
Negro and white speakers at a
mass meeting here last Tuesday
night at the Abyssinian Baptist
Church, West 13sth Street. More
than 1.400 persons defied the bit
ter cold and icy streets to join In
the protest and hear the speakers
outline the latest development IN
the celebrated case.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
Bishop Parks Funeral Services To
Be Held In Three Different Cities

Immediately after the funeral here
shipment will be made to Atlanta
where the third and last service
with interment will be observed.
The senior prelate, who was 76
years old, succumbed following q
two years illness sustained when
he fell down a stairway in his re-
sidence. Leading white and color
ed Californians paid their last re-
spects at his Oakland home, and
kilograms Of coincidence were re-
ceived from all parts of America
and foreign countries.
4 There are now two vacancies ii
the A.M.E. church. The first oc-
cured when Bishop w. Sampson
Brooks of Texas died. The quad
rennial conference to be held this
year is expected to fill these va
cancies. Bishop J. S. Flipper OF
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
DEATH HALTS
NEGRO MJRALS

NEW YORK (CNA)-Arrange-
ments are being made here for a
memorial display of the works Of
Earle Richardson, promising young
Negro artist who committed sui
clds month ago while working
on a PWA art project.
Plans for the display we're an
nounced by white and Negro fell
low artists following a decision by
the PWA that Richardson would
not be represented at Harlem'a
West 135th Street branch library
BY his nurais Of the achievements
Of the Negro people
Sketches for the nurals we're
completed by Richardson before
his death and have caused wide
and favorable comment They are
now on exhibition in the reading
room of the library The sketches
depict noted Negro revolutionary
figures in deep color and a styled
medium
Frederick Douglass and Harriet
Tubman, famous revolutionary lea
ders in the fight for abolition Of
chattel slavery in this country, are
represented, as are Toussaint L.
Overture. outstanding leader OF
the historic revolution Of Haitian
slaves, and Estevancio, the Moroc-
can slave who was one Of the first
explorers of America.
Richardson had studied at the
National academy Of Design in
this city. At the time Of his death
he was furthering his studies at
the John Reed Club Art School
He was q prize winner in many
competitions and was considered
one of the outstanding painters.
He was one Of the founders Of the
Artists Union and Of the Harlem
Artists Guild.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
Municipal Ownership
OF Power Utilities

Municipal ownership Of electric
light, power and water utilities is
the solution to some Of the econo-
mic problems Of the present econ
omic depression, if such utilities
are properly managed. The chief
difficulty in securing economical
and effective management of the
municipal utilities lies in securing
and keeping the services of COM
petent managers. No industry can
make any great advances If the
managing officerSis replaced every
few years with a new man.
The establishment Of broad,
vet conservative policy, and CON
tinted strict adherence to such a
policy, combined with proper eco
nony in the handling Of the sys-
TENS expenses, will invariable re-
suit in many benefits to the COM
rnunity. Any laxness or lack Of
vigilance will invariably result in
retarding the progress Of the util-
tiles and may lead even to the de-
struction Of the peoples light, wa
ter, and power systems.
The present Commissioner Of
public Utilities, Mr.. Ira S. Davis
son, who has been so largely re-
sponsible for the great success Of
Tacoma's utilities, is requesting
the people Of Tacoma to continue
him in that position at the cleo
ton to be held Febr iary %, and
thus take advantage u the exper-
ienced leadership his intimate
knowledge of the utilities makes
possible"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21

MOHROyIA fANP) = With the
naming Of Maxwell Saben as adj
ministrative specialist. Prof. Rem
ington L. Embree as Educational
specialist. and Capt. william D.
Majors as military specialist, Pre-
sident Edwin Barclay has complet-
ed the Liberian governments per-
sonnet OF foreign experts to aid
him in initiating his three year
program designed to establish
needy reforms and put the Negro
Republics finances IN order.
The three new appointees are
Americans. The post of admins
trative specialist win deal with
Hinterland affairs under the super
vision of the Department of Inter-
ior. Mr.. Saben has had large ex-
perience with Aborigine groups in
tropical and Latin American coun-
tries. Prof. Embree is president of
the College Of West Africa, Mon
rovia. and capt. Majors, a Negro,
is in the New Jersey National
Guard. He served with distinction
as officer Of the Liberian Frontier
Force in 8 previous administration.
The other Americans who are
Libarian officials are Charles I.
McCaskey, financial advisor, the
ranking officer; John A. Dunaway,
Supervisor of Revenues. and Chas.
t. Pilot. auditor. 7. ]. Bridzinslxi
is the economic advisor and DR..
Ludwik Anigstein. medical special
list.
All members Of President Bar
clay's former cabinet have been re-
named. His three year plan has
the moral support of the American
government whose first diplomatic
representative to officiate as En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister
PIenipotentiary at Monrovia is Les
ter "A. Walton Of New York.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21

Twenty-Five years on the jobl
That's the fine record recently
hung up by w. R. Riddle, pioneer
Washingtonian and resident Of Bel
bingham for almost thirty years.
Exactly one quarter of a century
ago Mr.. Riddle who, incidentally, is
the only colored employee with the
Puget Sound Power and Light Co.,
started working for that outstand-
ing Washington power concern,
and has been with the company
ever since. This year, the annual
banquet recently given by the pre-
sident Of Puget Sound Power and
Light for employees of twenty-five
years service with the company,
included the name of Mr.. Riddle.
who came down from Bellingham
to attend the affair as well as to
spend the week end with his wife
and daughter. who are residing
here while Miss Riddle attends the
University of Washington.
Besides joining in the speeches,
dinner consisting of several
courses, and a general get-together
of old friends who had been apart
several years. Mr.. Riddle was pre-
scented with mounted emblem be-
tokening his twenty-five years of
faithful service with the Puget
Sound Power and Light Company.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
Mccartney Gives Past
Record As Qualification

The candidacy Of Frank McCaf-
frey for Mayor brings to public
notice a successful Seattle business
man, administrator Of one OF the
city's substantial payrolIs, who is
known throughout the United
States as producer of fine print
ing and a maker Of fine books. He
Is owner Of the Acme Press, and
many thousands of copies Of his
pictorial 'Dogwood Map of Seat
tle." designed and published by him
because of his love for Tire city and
its people. have been distributed
throughout the country and have
contributed to q more universal
recognition of The cultural and
scenic attractions OF Seattle and
the Pacific Northwest. Mccartney
comes Of Pennsylvania stock and
MS parents settled In Spokane in
1895. AS a boy, Mccartney sold
newspapers, served his apprentice
ship at boiler-making and plumb
ing and became a member of the
International Typographical Union
while still in short trousers. After
working as journeyman printer in
various shops in Oregon and Wash
ington, he held the superintendent
cy of one of the larger Seattle
printing concerns. In 1919 he be-
came associated in the operation
and ownership of. the Acme Press,
of which he became sole owner in
1929. McCaffrey has served as a
delegate of the Seattle Typograph-
ical Union, and is President of the
Pacific Society of Printing House
Craftsmen. Mrs. Mccartney is a
Seattle-born woman. and their
daughter, a product of Seattle
grammar and high schools, is now
senior at the University of Wash
ington. Both as operator of a sue
cessful business and as real estate
owner, this candidate for mayor is
substantial taxpayer in city and
county. McCaffrey states his can
didacy is based on his belief that
a new program calling for a bust
ness-like, honest and non-political
administration of the city's affairs
must be adopted if jobs are to be
Increased, taxes to be reduced, bu-
siness enterprise to be encouraged
ard a wholesome environment
built and maintained for the rear
ing of Seattle's children. He be-
lieves himself qualified by his ex-
perience of the basic problems of
labor, industry and commerce
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21

KANSAS CITY, Mo. CAMP -
Kansas City prepared to pay its
last tributes to the life and work
of the Rt. Rev. Henry Blandon
Parks, senior bishop of the A.M.E.
church, who died in Oakland, CAL,
on February 8. when his body is
shipped during the session of the
Bishops council of the A.M.E. de-
nomination.
Plans which originally called for
services to be held from Quinn
Chapel, Chicago, were discarded to
accommodate biEAeESsA and leaders
who are expected tenttHpd tie lsefA
vicdkllA aIes1 5 KANSAS City's Allen
Chapel viii be asslts-5f the SER
vices and Wien Bishop Parks body
arrives aere Friday, after burial
rites held in Oakland, it will lie in
state at this edifice until Saturday
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
A. C. VAN SOELEN

The office of corporation coun-
sci, though not SO conspicuous as
some of the other offices, is one of
the most vital in protecting the
City's assets. The corporation
counsel is the attorney and legal
adviser of this corporation. The
office is elective, independent of
the mayor and city council, and
the incumbent is answerable to the
people direct.
Corporation Counsel A. c. Van
Soelen is lawyer, not a politician;
he worked his way through college
and he won his way from the bot
tom to the top in the corporation
counsel's office solely on merit. He
is Al years old, married, has four
children, and lives at 400 e. 10th
ST.; he has been a home owner and
taxpayer in Seattle for the past %
years; he was admitted to the bar
in 1915, enlisted in the us. Army
Air Service in 1917, and resumed
the practice of law IN Seattle in
1919. He entered the Law Depart
ment in 1920; was appointed as
sistant corporation counsel in 1925
and in 1881 he was elected corpor-
alton counsel for the short term
ending in 1892, at which time he
was elected without opposition for
the term ending in 1886.
The corporation counsel's office
is an outstanding example of effic-
iency and economy; 1t is operating
under Van Soelen on a budget as
low as that of 1915 and his budget
has never been exceeded; the en-
tire operating expense of the de-
partment is approximately 25c per
year to the taxpayer who pays
S100 taxes.
The Law Department is honestly
and capably conducted, and its re-
cord under Van Soelen is equal to
any, and no one has ever found
just cause for criticism. He points
to the fact that In 1884, as a re-
suit of the decisions of the U. S.
Supreme Court in Pacific Tel. &
Tel. Co. VS.. Seattle, 70 L. Ed. $40;
Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
VS.. Seattle, 70 L. Ed. 1925, 1866,
and Seattle Gas Co. VS.. Seattle, 7s
L. Ed. 1887, argued personally by
himself and one of his assistants,
the City collected in cash some
S2,50O,000 utility axes from the
corporations named, and is con-
tInuing to collect them at the rate
Of some half million dollars year.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
DAVIDLEVINE


David Levine, a candidate for
the City Council, is well and fav-
orably known among colored peo-
pie. In the Trade Union Move
ment, in public life and elsewhere
he always fought against race, col
or or religious discrimination. He
introduced the ordinance establish
ing the position of a social welfare
nurse to work among the colored
people In office he always coop
Grated with representatives of the
colored groups and If elected will
continue to do so.
A firm believer in civic right
eousness and human rights. Levine
fought in every battle to make Sc
attic a cleaner and happier place
to live in. His life experience has
taught him to understand and SYM
pathize with the problem of the
wage earners, the small business,
and the professional man. He full
ly realizes the plight of the honest
citizen who through no fault Of
his own finds himself unable to
procure employment, with prob
lens OF the youth and aged. The
same understanding and principles
win be carried on by him to the
City Council. Levine asks his ma
ny friends in the community to do
their civic duty and vote at the
primary election on February %.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
DIR. L. w. WhitIow
For Mayors Office

DR.. L. w. Whitlow. prominent
physician and president Of the Sal
mon Conservation League. filed for
Mayor recently following a mass
rally and radio broadcast by prom
inent supporters at the New Wash
ington Hotel.
Judge Charles p Moriarty, who
himself previously declined candi-
dacy for Mayor was the keynote
speaker Of the big whitiow organ
ization meeting. introducing Whit
low as "the logical answer to Sc.
attle's mayor problem" He de-
clared, Thinking voters viii elect
Whitlow mayor because he has all
the ideal qualifications including
proven courage, honesty and abil-
ity"
Asserting that the political and
criminal racketeering that has In
tested Seattle must be vigorously
ended. and that he is fully quail
fled to do it, DR.. Whitlow said that
upon his election the Mayors Of
flee would no longer be a joke.
DR.. Brien t. King, past presi-
dent Of the King County Medical
Association, Dave Davies, promin-
ent game conservationist, and lea
ders of civic and labor organiza-
tons, also spoke, urging whitlow's
election.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21

the Florida district is now the Sc
NOR prelate with the passing of
Bishop Parks His jurisdiction in
GLIDING Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa
Illinois, and Indiana, is to be ap-
portioned at the bishops council
this week.
Bishop Parks was a native of
Atlanta, being born there in 1860.
After pastoring in Georgia, the
west and northwest, he was elect
ed secretary of the Missionary de-
partment of his church and held
this post IL years. He was elected
a bishop % years ago. His father
was also an outstanding AME.
minister.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Frozene Parks, and a daughter,
Mrs. Naomi Parks King of Oak
land.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
sBuckwheat' To Travel
With Our Gang Stars

LOS ANGELES (ANP)- When
the group of starletg comprising
"Our Gang leaves for points
East" Billie Buck wheat" Thomas
the little colored member will be
among the number according to
an announcement made from the
Hal Roach Studios, Inc, this week.
The group viii make personal ap-
pearances in all Of the principal
cities of the Riddle west and the
east.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
PRES. ROOSEVELT
CONCRATULATES
CINCINNATI YKCA

CINCINNATI by James Whit
ney for AMP THE White House,
Saturday, extended its fluctuations
to the Ninth Street Y.M.C.A. OF
Cincinnati DR.. Charles E. billiard,
chairman Of the " Twentieth An
niversary Committee. is In receipt
Of a communication from President
Roosevelt In which he reiterated
statements he had made concern
ing the work Of the organization
as whole Said the President:
THE hope Of this country, Of
every country. resides in its
youth; in the possibility that the
level of civilization attained and
bequeathed us by our fathers,
with such gains as we have
made. may be so Incorporated
in our children that they may be
fortified to preserve what has
come to them and to add to the
richness Of their inheritance. To
your part In this great work, 7
pay high tribute. Your organi-
zation has fused the principles
of the Christian life with the an
cient ideal Of balanced mind
and body as the effective instru-
ments with which youth shall
reach his goal
w L. Anderson, in commenting
upon the Presidents letter, recalled
that Mrs. Roosevelt is likewise IN
terested in the YM.CA. program.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-02-21
Horace Chapman Warns
Against Free Port Zone'

Charging that "Free port zone
propaganda here is grossly mis-
leading to the uniformed" Port
Commissioner Horace P. Chapman
yesterday warned against an 'un-
warranted experiment that would
cost the taxpayers between $780,
900 and $4,5oO,O0O."
Claims that Free Port legisla-
ton provides for manufacturing
are fundamentally false. That's the
big reason why a Free Port zone
cannot be conceived as practical at
this time-the law does NOT per-
NIT manufacture, processing or
display for sale, without payment
of duties"
Chapman cited that the Port
Commission has studied Free Port
possibilities exhaustively for two
years, unanimously agreeing with
manufacturers and port authorities
generally that provisions OF the
law are too limited to make Free
Port operation in Seattle anything
more than a costly experiment that
wouldn't pay interest on bonds.
Moreover, purchase of about %
acres of costly properties, ware
houses, new docks, transportation
connections, in a restricted area.
would be necessitated, and the
public would bear heavy cost with
out adequate return.
Free Port legislation does not
provide any advantage not aleady
available through use of bonded
warehouses, of which Seattle has
plenty in operation today"