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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1923)
THE ADVOCATE___ An Independent Paper Devoted to the VOL. XX NO 40 the People Interest« PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1923 THREATEN NE6BOES TO PRICE 5 CENTS THE LEAVE REPUBLICAN PARTY URGED TO CELEBRATE PETER SALEM DAY BO8TON LkAQUl’B ANSWIN TO SOUTHERN CONQRE88MAN, CITY ORATOR. II MAM MEETING AT BUNKER HILL MONUMENT IN HONOR OF BLACK Hl RO OF BUNKIR HILL KAMI Race Everywhere Urged to Hold Spacial Commemoration Mooting* June 17, IS or IS.—Soya No Race Hoe Greater er Oeeper Claim On America Than Black* (Special to The Advocate! Boaton. Mae*.. May IS Follow lag th* new* In dallies that Repreaenla- live Garrett of Tennesaee. democratic leader In Coogreaa. waa the Invited epeaker tor the Boston observance of the 141th annlveraary ot the bat tie ot Bunker Hill, the officer* of the Maaaacbuaetl* Branch of the National Equal Rights l-eagua decided to car ry through here the project long con templated by the national body of observing June l?th aa one ot the national ''race day*" In honor ot Pe ter Salem, th* hlalorlcally acknowl edged Afro-American aoldler who ehot and mortally wounded tbe Brit ish commander at the crisis In th* battle of Bunker Hill. In honor of tbl* black hero, and aa answer to the aeiectlon of a Routh erner, upholder of dlafranchlaement and of the Ku Kim Klan, by the city tor Monday. June 19lh, the an niversary tailing thl* year on a Sat urday. tbe 17lh. the Boaton Branch proposes to have out-door exercise* at the great Bunker Hill monument on Bunday afternoon, the ISth, with Rev. M A. N. Bbaw, national presi dent. a* tbe orator, and Hon Wm. H. Lewie as historical orator. Tbe holding ot observances by tbe Equll Rights or Cltlsens Committees organised tor thia special meeting Is also suggested. Tbe League offers to send a leaflet on Pater Salem to any who send request to the League, lol Court Street, room 9. Boat on. Mas*. MOTIL NOTSS I A \ Mrs. Harrington, wife ot the manager ot the Portland, has been ap- pointed manager ot the Qearhart. Oregon, hotel, which Is owned by the Meier A Trank Company The Portland laundry, which has been closed for a year or more, will s<M>n reopen Mr. and Mrs. John Hampshire and their son of Grant* Pas*. Oregon, were guest* at the Portland thia week. Down In Savannah. Ga.. last week a Colored bell-boy was whipped by white men who claim they were mem bers of the K. K. K. The bell-boy's effense. so be was told by the men who administered the whipping, waa because he waa serving tn the capac ity of a clerk al the Phoenix Hotel Waycroaa. Th* boy was twenty-(wo years of age and was carried fifteen miles In the country, where he waa beaten almost Into Insensibility. Car ter waa kidnaped about 11 o'clock at night while on duty at the hotel, and thrown into a waiting automobile, handcuffed and threatened with death If he made an outcry. The occur rence has caused many colored peo ple to pack up their belongings and leave the town. Local and For eign News Briefs b*r native language. Miss Shim- MILLION DOLLAR WEDDING, omura was warmly received, a* was .JUNE 5TH, AT MT. OLIVIT.—A*L also Mis* Lucy Rubertl. a young Ital ian woman, who discussed her peo For Sale Golden Oak Dining-Room ple and their work In thia country. Bet; Winch top table. A bargain. She recited her country’s national Phone Garfield 2435.—adv. air. The meeting waa a special one arranged by the missionary society MR. LATIMER GOES EAST of the church, and was largely at George Latimer. 397 East'38th St. tended. Rev. Byers, tbe pastor of N.. left thia week for a trip to sev tbe church, sang n solo, aa did sev eral of the large cities In the east. eral others whose names the repor He will be gone tor several weeks. ter did not learn, and a number of others participated on the program Mr*. A. 8. Phillips, Lady President of the Portland Division. Is In Seat- REV. DYER PREACHES SERMON : tie on important business for the The 8. M T. Order held Its an Portland Division ot the Black Cross nual meeting and "turnout" Sunday Nurse Unit. afternoon. May 17th. at the Blag Au MR8. 0. N. WHITE. Sec. ditorium. Re*. Dyer, pastor ot the 00000400000000000000000000 Independent Baptist church, preach | When In Need of a Hair-Cut and ¡J ed the sermon. A nice audience was ? Shave, call at the g In attendance and the program was successful from every viewpoint. B ELKS SABIIARY BARBER SHOP SIS Flanders Street MRS. MOORE TO LEAVE FOR THE Mme. C. J. Walker"* g EAST Preparation« 0 Mr*. George P Moore, accompanied by her son. will leave early this < * Alee Bathe, Cigars, Candles and ' Laundry Agjnoy month to Join her husband In New > B. W. AGEE. Proprietor X York city, where they will make their Phone Broadway 53SS o future home. Mrs. Moore, who suf fered a fractured limb a tew weeks MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED ago. I* much Improved. The ennuel custom of observing DEPUTY SHERIFF RETURNS Memorial Day waa observed all over George Harden. 1001 Bast Yambill the country, Wednesday, the 10th. St., of thia city, who has been away , Services In tbe churches, patriotic several months taking treatments parades, decorating graves of the de- tor rheumatism al Hot Spring*. Ark., i parted ones, made up a full day. returned home last week. Mr. Har den I* a deputy sheriff of Multnomah DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION County. On last Bunday he Joined Andrew Burgess of 2146 Clackamas Bethel Church. 20S McMillen St. . St.. Montavllla. died Wednesday the I 13rd, at 8t. Vincent's hospital tol- YOUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE PRO • lowing an operation for removal of GRAM goiter. Funeral services were held The Christian Endeavorer* of Zion Friday following from the Gables un- A. M E Church will give a program , dertaklng parlors, with Rev. Mosely, on the 11th ot this month at the ' pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, in church which will consist of two In ; charge. Interment in Mt. Scott cem teresting drama*, Everybody is look etery. Mr. Burgees leaves to mourn ing forward with great anticipation their loss a wife and six children. to seeing the young folks perform. Mrs. E. J. Magruder Is In charge. DEACON'S WIFE SETS FIRE TO ELKS HONOR DEAD A committee ot Elks, members ot Rose City Lodge. I B. P. O. E. ot W . visited the cemeteries Memorial Day and placed a penant of Elks' color* on each of the gravea of their absent brother*. NOTICE Dr. J. Matllsky. who formerly re sided at 4*6 Weet Park Street, ha* moved to 829 East 1<th Street, North, where she le better prepared to take care of her patient*. Phone Garfield 2436. adv. WOMAN’S HEAD IN ANGRY JEALOUS RAGE Jasper. Tex., May 23.—A colored woman was held in Jail here pending action of a grand Jury, following the burning to death of Miss Donntngan. another colored woman. During church services the first woman, the wife of one of the dea cons. became angry at the Donnigan woman and later, meeting her, emp tied a pall of gasoline over her and lighted a match to her head, caus ing horrible burn* and death soon af terwards. authorities claim. The accused woman I* said to have become angry when she saw her hus band, the deacon, give the Donnlngan woman some money during church services. The deacon had previous ly taken up the collection and was only making change for a bill the slain woman had given him. Wanted.—Men or women to take orders for genuine guaranteed hos iery for men, women and children. Eliminate darning. Salary $75.00 a week full time, *1.50 an hour apare time. Beautiful spring line. Inter BPKAK8 AT LINCOLN METHODIST national Stocking Mills, Norristown. CHURCH NEW YORK ANTI-KLAN BILL BE Penn. COMES LAW Last Sunday night at Lincoln Meth odist Episcopal Church. Mrs. E. D. Governor Smith Signe Measure Re Cannady represented the race with quiring Klan te File Mem a brief talk on Ibe progress made by bership Lists the race during the past more than ment today by the National Associa PRESIDENT HARDING PROMISES APPOINTMENT OF NEGRO DOC tion for the Advancement of Colored TORS AND NURSES, BUT VETERAN BUREAU DECIDES People. TO PLACE WHITE DOCTORS IN CHARGE Thia measure, modeled upon the Dyer anti-lynching bill, was spons Colored People Are Sick of the Polley of tn* Administration Catering to ored in the Pennsylvania legislature th* White South, and So Notifies Preaident Harding and by the legislative department of the Loader* of the Grand(7) Old Party National Association of Colored Wo (Special) |---------------------------------- v---------------------- - men's Clubs, which worked unceas Washington. May 25.—In spite of nie Tonz led the Christian Endeavor. ingly for tbe enactment. Preeident Harding's recent promise Miss Tonz Is engaged in missionary to the Negro race that the work of work in Southern Rhodesia, Africa WINS CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHT IN caring for the Negro veterans should under the American Missionary NEW JERSEY TOWN be placed solely in the hands of Ne Board. She la at home here and has gro doctors and nurses, announce just completed a three years' nurse New York. N. Y. May 25.—Harry ment was made today that the Vet training coarse at St. Vincent'* hos J. 8imm* of Vineland. New Jersey erans Bureau had decided to place a pital, having felt the need ot med has written to th* National Associa white medical officer in charge of ical training in her missionary work tion for the Advancement of Colored the institution and appoint white abroad. Miss Tonz will return In a PENNSYLVANIA ANTt-LYNCH LAW People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York physicians and surgeons tor the key short time to her field of labor in City, announcing his victory In a SIGNED BY GOVERNOR positions, but to employ Negroes as Africa. She is a very young woman, civil rights fight against a restaurant ward doctors, nurses, attendants and not yet thirty but has already seen New York. N. Y., May 25— Partici of his town, where service had been five years of work amongst the na laborers. pation In a lynching constitutes mur refused him because ot hi* being col tives in Africa. Her talk to the En- Alabama Doctor in Charge der, by tbe terms of the Stevens anti ored. The Bureau has definitely, decided deavorers was replete with informa Mr. Simms was informed that he lynching bill, passed by both houses on Dr. Stanly (white) of Greenville, tion, sympathy and encouragement, of the Penaylvania legislature and would be charged one dollar extra for Ala., to have charge of the adminis and the young people pronounced her now signed by Governor Pinchot of service because he was colored. Mr. tration of the hospital. The position “wonderful." that state, according to announce- 81mm* put the tacts before bis at Next Sunday morning the pastor pay* $10,000 a year and he will *u- torney with the result that the pro ' pervise the expenditure of about $1,- will preach; in the evening the Wa- prietor of the restaurant, Mr. Harry ' 250,000, which is the estimated an nauma Chapter, O. E. 8, will have Steen, paid $50 in cash, made a pub their annual thanksgiving service. nual budget. lic apology through an advertisement And Mrs. C. E. Cannon. “Y” Bible Negro Leader* Protest and made a written guarantee that Negro leaders here have informed class teacher, will have charge of all citlxens would in future receive President Harding and leader* of the the Christian Endeavor service at 7 equal treatment in his restaurant Grand Old Party!7) that the colored o'clock p. m. Everybody cordially In voters will leave the republican par vited to attend all these services. Will End July'9th, 1923 St Phillip* Mission ty en masse if this decision Is not 24th and 8avier Days BELATED U. N. I. A. NEWS reversed. "We are sick unto death There Will Be 1st, 2nd and 3rd Morning service, 11 a. m.; Sunday The Portland division listened to of the policy of this administration School, 12 m. Archdeacon Black in Prises. Who Will Win? catering to the prejudices of the a mighty fine program on last Sun charge; Mr. B. Coles, lay reader. A white south,” declared a prominent day afternoon. The president, R. D. cordial welcome awaits you at St i Negro leader. The fight against the Bird, was feeling ill and his vice, WORK! WORK! WORK! Phillips. ' decision is being energetically push- H. N. Triplett, presided. After open ( ed by representatives of the National ing the meeting in usual manner with Association for Advancement of Col songs and prayer, he made his usual ored People, and other national or talk, which was enjoyed by the asso ganizations. The president is being ciation. Mr. J. Hood was in charge • - flooded with telegrams of protest. of the program. He made a short The row is further complicated by a talk and called upon the division’* Wholesale and Retail Dealer in the Famous split between Dr. Moton, president musician. Lucille G. Triplett, who of Tuskegee Institute, and Henry gave a beautiful selection upon the Lincoln Johnson, colored national piano. The Rev. E. C. Dyer, pastor committeeman of Georgia. Johnson of the Independent Baptist Church, charges Moton with having privately and also a member of the California stated to the whites ot Tuskegee that Division ot the U. N. I. A., was in- ' he would be satisfied with a white . troduced by the president The Rev. Dyer held the members spellbound for manager in charge of the hospital. more than thirty minutes, at times Hospital Under Guard Railroad men going East take your wife or sweetheart nice fresh A dispatch from Tuskegee says that being interrupted by long and loud crabs. Retailed at Pioneer Billiard Parlor Restaurant. 108 North the hospital building is under heavy applause. His subject, "Why I am Sixth Street and Barbecue Plant 350 Gliaan Street tn the Park guard as a result of threats made a U. N. A. I." Hotel. On sale at these places to the general public. Mr. Logan, in reply to the speaker, against Dr. Moton by students and citizens. The correspondent says so welcomed him to our division, and critical is the situation that the among the good things he said Port • Featuring Our Friday Crab« guards patrol the grounds night and land has long been in need of a min The crabs are caught on Thursday, cooked on Thursday anu deliv day. and that Dr. Moton is afraid to ister who was good and brave enough ered on Thursday. On sale, nice and fresh, Friday morning. Buy to speak the truth and the needs of answer the phone. one—small, medium or large—and convince yourself as to their our people fearlessly, and in the Rev. wonderful flavor and fresh taste Dyer a good and true Christian man THE FEAST OF THE BAB Make further Inquiries over has come. Rev. Dyer has transferred Phone. Walnut 6166 A very delightful evening was en to the Portland division and asked joyed at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. to pay a year’s dues in advance; he J. W. Latimer, 397 East 38th street was also elected chaplin for the di North. Wednesday, when members vision. The president made a short and friends of the Bahai movement talk in which he wished the public UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION met to commemorate the advent of to know this division held no malice the announcer of the teachers of the against any organzation or church, Meets every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6, at St. Phillip's Parish but welcomed all and wished all well. religion. The Bab. House, 243 Russell Street. The public is invited. A good program all the time each George Latimer, in a very inter The vice-president thanked OFFICERS esting and vivid manner told ot the member on the program, and on rais R. D. Bird, President H. N. Triplett, Vice-Pre*. life and work of the Bab. Mohamud ing his hand nearly a hundred peo Mrs. Phillips. Lady Pre*. I. Z. Triplett, Gen. Sec'y ple stood and sang. “God Be With tyrdom. This was followed by a vo You TUI We Meet Again.” ............... - cal solo by Mrs. E. D. Cannady. Mrs. I Mr. G. M. Payne has charge of the Wm. Reese gave a group of readings program for Sunday. May 27. Watch which were beautifully done and ’ for our doings in this paper each week. heartily received. I. Z. TRIPLETT, New faces noted in the group ot General Secretary. more than half an hundred were lists of their member* in New York State, according to a bill becked by the National Association tor the Ad vancement of Colored People. 70 Fifth avenue. New York Olty, and now signed by Governor Alfred Smith. The Association's director of public ity appeared tn Albany at hearings on the measure and advocated its passage. Beside* requiring tbe Klan to tile lists of members with tbe sec retary of state, the law requires no tice of any concerted action to pro mote or defeat legislation or to sup port or defeat candidates for office, thus requiring the Klan to operate In tbe open. The Elk’s Popu larity Contest C. AUBREY FAIR WILLAPA CRABS SPECIAL Portland Division 391 Lewis Stenger Barber Supply Co. "The House of Quality” Star Cleaning fifty years, following same with sing ing one of spiritual. Both were heartily received. Mies Yone Shim omura. a beautiful Japanese girl, re cently returned from Japan, where she went on her vacation and to study In her own country, spoke of her native home and people. She sang the Japaneae national hymn In WE CLEAN ANYTHING MADE OP FABRICS (Special) Rags, Blankets, Pillows, Suita, Over New York. N. T.. May 25.—The Ku coats. Draperlee, Comforter*, Lamp-Shade*. Qewna, Klnx Klan will be required to file Ladles* Coaks Ladle*' Garment* Our Specialty Let U* Save Your Clothing and Money Phone ue when In a Rush well give yeu the Service Main MS0 212 4th SL We Call and Deliver ZION CHURCH ENGAGES IN RIOUS ACTIVITIES MORRISON AT 10TH STREET TOILET ARTICLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Satisfaction Will Be Mutual S5 Model Shoe Repair The Right Place to Have Your Shoe Repairing Done Hours: 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Telephone Main 5051 Sundays and Evenings by Appointment New York Dentists UP-TO-DATE REPAIR SHOP <72 Washington Street SILVER KING CAFE Satisfaction Guaranteed ———— J. S. Bell’s Photo Studio BARBECUE PLANT 350 Glisan 8treeL in Path Hotel, opposite New Poatoffice B. J. JOHNSON, Proprietor All Kinds of Meats Barbecued -Serve You Here, or You May Take It Home., , „ When You Call a Taxi-Cab Your Patronage Desired You can’t afford to miss the drama Last Sunday was another great day "Fruits of HI* Folly,” at th* Little at Zion. In the morning the sacra Theater, June 6th, 8:30 P. M.—Adv. ment of the Lord's Supper was ad ministered and in the evening a sa cred concert, supplemented with a brief sermon, was given under the auspices of the choir with Mesdames 800 Goodnough Building K. Gray and E. Turner In charge. The program was splendid and the 5th and Yamhill Streets sermon excellent, and both were well received. At seven o'clock. Miss Min Main 5426 Portland, Ore. OPEN FROM 8 A. M. TO 10 P. M. SPECIAL Northeast corner Fourth and Morrison Streets DONE You can’t aftord to miss the drama “Fruits of His Folly” at the Little VA Theater, June 6th, 8:30 P. M.—Adv. Portland, Oregon In the Blumauer Building ALL CLASSES OF DENTAL WORK CAREFULLY Me*dames E. J Magruder and Wm. Reese and A. H. Morrow. Call Brdy. 0098 Ham and Eggs. Bacon and Eggs. Hot Cakes and Coffee, Served 8 A. M. to 11 A. M EXTRA BLACK AND WHITE Merchant's Lunch Served from 11 A. M. te 2:90 P. M. Stands at all leading hotels and all parts of the city Served at All Hour* l a----------------- — a- ' -"-■■■ ■ ■ - BARBECUE
