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THE VOL. XXII. NO. 5 ADVOCATE PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924 PRICE 5 CENTS — 1 "S? RACE ARCHITECT TO DESIGN $84,000 BUILDING .......................................... —— —.................................... ■■■' ...................— 1 ............... '■■■■■..................................... I... ■■ ■ -------------- ------------------ --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN W. DAVIS WOULD DISFRANCHISE BLACKS • THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT FAVORS JIM CROW CARS AND SAYS THAT COLORED PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE FRANCHISE; NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO VOTE. URNS FROM AN EXTENDED TRIPPROMINENT CLUB WOMAN RET Mrs. Nettie J. Asberry of Tacoma Write» Interestingly of Her Cross Country Tour; Woman’s National Meeting and Other Features West Virginia Colored People Aroused Over Davis* Nomi nation; Work to Defeat Him; Says the Nominee and His Father, Both Leaders In Democratic Circles, Worked Against Race’s Interests. CHARLKSTON, W. V«. — Weil Virginia colored voter» are opposing the candidacy of John W. Davit, Demo cratic nominee (or the Presidency, on the ground that he is unfriendly to their race and that hi* election would place in jeopardy their right of fran chise They are preparing to launch a na tion-wide campaign in opposition to hi* candidacy. Race »peaker* will be »ent Irom Weal Virginia into other state» to tell of the activities of the Demo cratic candidate in proposing legisla tion inimical (<4 their interests. Mr. Davis lias incurred the'opposi tion of the colored people'of hi* native state because of an effort to strip them of their right of auftrage and to pro vide “Jim crow'' cars for their trans portation on raflruads within West Vir ginia. 1‘lanlts favoring separate car* on railroad train* for the two race* and condemning the enfranchisement of "an inferior race," were incorporated in the Democratic platform in a state con vention held in Charleston in 190ft. Wanted "Jim Crow" Cara 9 John D. Davit and hi* father were delegate* to this convention. The father, the late John J. Davis, waa chairmen of the Committee on Reso lution». which approved the two planks, and spoke in the convention for their adoption The delegation in the con vention from Harrison County, of which the father and sou were mem- WTs, vilppohed both plfnk*.* “ * Davis Favored Plank After several hours of strife in the LOCAL and FOREIGN NEWS BRIEFS Mis* Beria Kirk has moved into the beautiful home of Rose City Lodge of Elks, JIS Williams Avenue, Will Be Open All Winter The cottage known as "The Holly wood" at Seaside will be open all winter. ’ Phone J.' W. Curry. Broad way 1S4L—Adv. Gilbert Patton, 89 Graham Ave., who underwent an operation in Corvallis, Oregon, at a private hospital on Sept. 3. for appendicitis, is convalescing nice ly at his home. ----------- 0----------- Mr. and Mrs E. W. Agee have purchased a 6-room modern home, 718 Union Ave. N., and have moved into the same. They welcome their friend», especially the Elks »nd Dt. Elks. Mr. Agee is a prominent business man of the city, proprietor of the Elks Sani tary Barber Shop, Flanders al Sixth St.. and he and his estimable .wife are members of the Elks lodges here. committee room the committee re ported favorably on the two resolu- tions. Another grueling battle was waged on the floor of the convention. Chairman Davis made a final appeal for the adoption of the resolutions and I they were inserted in the platform by a vote of 710 to 412, Disfranchisement Plante The plank which proposed the dis franchisement of the race, reads: "Believing that the extension of the elective franchise to a race inferior in intelligence and without preparation for the wise and prudent exercise of a privilege so vital to the maintenance of Member of Los Angeles Planning Commission — Only Colored Member of American Institute of Architects— Attended University of Southern California and Holds Coveted Beaux Arts Medal. By NOAH D. THOMPSON LQS ANGELES. Cal.. sipt. 18.— 35,000 inhabitants which was accepted 150.000 children thronged the public and upon which he and his large office schools here at the fall opening. Ap force are now at work on the "working proximately 20.000 of these were drawings." All of the municipal build colored. ings of the center are to be erected in To care for this vast enrollment, it conformity with Mr. Williams’ scheme. was necessary to t»>ld 16 new struc Harper's Architecture and several tures, the designmg^of which was other standard magazines have recent awarded to architects of unquestioned ly published photographs of Mr. Will ability. g iams and his designs and he is receiv Paul R. Williams, a young colored ing national recognition as an archi architect and a former pupil at the tect of exceptional ability. schools, which are mixed and have 20 In one competition won by Williams colored instructors, including a prin more than 100 designs were submitted cipal, has been appointed by the Board by architects from all over the United of Education as architect for one of States. the schools to cost $84,000. A recent visitor to his unique suite Mr. Williams has been a member of of offices on the roof of the New the Los Angeles City Planning Com Stock Exchange building found the mission for three years and ia the only young artist preparing plans for build colored member of the American In ings valued at nearly a half million stitute of Architects. He was recently dollars. These buildings are to be elected one of a committee of five to erected entirely under Mr. Williams' represent the Southern California Chap supervision. ter gt the American Institute of Archi Mr. Williams, who is under 40 years tects. of age. attended the University of Three national and four western Southern California and the Beaux architectural" competitions have been Arts Institute of Design, from which won by Mr. Williams against competi he won the coveted Beaux Arts medal. tors of national repute all over the He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi United States. Hi* most recent achieve fraternity and is an inspiration to many ment was the offering of a design for young men and women here of his a civic center for a western city of ' owit and other races. SOCIETY MINSTRELS’ ed Chamlee. Oregon Own Ruth Miller, Will Open Elwyn Concert Bureau’s Artist Series Monday Night at Auditorium. o------ Dr. A. R. Fox Tlfe first concert of the Elywn Art ist Series at the Auditorium Monday evening, Sept. 29th, marks the opening of the greatest musical season in the history of Portland. Mario Chamlee, lyric tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, whose voice more than “any newcomer among tenors recalls Ca ruso." is the first of the ten brilliant events on the course which has aroused so much interest in musical Portland. As assisting artist to Chamlee, Port land will be glad to welcome a native daughter, Miss Ruth Miller. Miss Miller is a singer of rare charm and excellence, who from comparative ob scurity has won i place for herself by the side of her husband on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera Co. The program as announced foe Port land is as follows: Dr. A. R. Fox has been transferred to the Sth Episcopal District, which la presided over by Bishop A. J. Carey of Chicago and comprises Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado. In asmuch as Dr. Fox will be in the city Sunday he will preach at Bethel A. Aria: “Che gelida manina" from I^a M. E. Church at 11 o'clock as their Boheme (Puccini), Mario Chamlee. new pastor haa not yet arrived. Dr. Come Rosalind (Old English), Voi che Miller will lecture in the evening. sapete (Motart), Mandoline (De ----------- 0------------ bussy), At the Well (Hageman). Ruth A. A. C. Informed Miller. Heimliche Aufforderung Will (Strauss), Standchen (Brahms), O 5th qilknd K dors (Lisxt), 11 Neige (Bem- The National Association for the berg), Mario Chamlee. Aria: "Hymn Advancement of Colored People, 69 to the Sun" from Le Coq d’Or (Rimh- Fifth Avenue, New York, has been in sky-Korsakoff), Ruth Miller. O bocca formed "that Roy Sullivan, a white doloroso (Sibella), Call Me no More chauffeur charged with rape of a col- P. Roland Hayes Contributes N. White Rapist Be $100 to N. A. A. C. P. Tried On October Roland Haye», foremost singer of this country, who has just returned from his fourth triumphal European tour, has contributed $100 through the District of Columbia branch towards the work of the National Association Leaving Chicago by auto-route, I swung south of Lake Michigan, into I Indiana, then North into Michigan, and to ldlewilde. I.ake ldlewilde is. one of the prettiest spots imaginable,! so happily situated in a background of pine trees, whose shores are dotted with up-to-date summer homes, the j property of well-to-do colored Chi cagoans, who hie hither to rest from the perplexing problems of a metro polis. seeing. From Kansas City I went up ; to Leavenworth, Kansas, the scenes of my childhood and home of my girl hood. I visited the National Military Prison where the prisoners of the ■ Houston riot are confined. From Leavenworth I passed on into Colorado—Denver, the Queen City of \ the Plains. Here I met and visited with more relatives and old friends, who vied with one another in making my visit a pleasant one. One sight- . seeing trip was memorable—a climb upon Ixiokout Mountain, from whose I summit a view can be obtained ex- ] tending into Kansas and Wyoming. Returning by way of Bear Creek Can yon, Die most gorgeous scenery is ob tainable. From Colorado I passed on into Wyoming and Utah, crossing the Great Inland Salt Lake on the railroad trestle, a most wonderful piece of en gineering. The lake is slowly receding , and has been in this process probably ever since the flood. ■ From Ogden I detoured by way of ' California—Oakland and San Francis- I co. In Oakland more relatives, friends, club women and N. A. A. C. P. folk were awaiting my coming, to again overwhelm me with social courtesies and meetings. After a two weeks' stay in California, I headed north lor home, but dropped good government, was a mistake if not a crime, committed by the Repub lican party during the reign of passion and prejudice following the Civil War, for political ends and purposes,’ we de A few days at ldlewilde and I was clare the Democratic party is in favof back to Chicago to attend the conven of amending the Constitution so as to tion of the National Association of preserve the purity of the ballot and Colored Women's Clubs, the chief rea the electorate of the Stale from the son which brought me there. The evil result* from conferring such pow ' convention, from July 27 to August Jjd. er* and privilege* upon those who are was held at the Wendell Phillips. High unfitted to appreciate its importance School. The delegates numbered near a* it affects the stability and preser ly a thousand, all of whom wore a off at Portland to spend the week-end vation of good government." with my good friends. Editor and Mrs. badge, suspended from which bore a ■ E. D. Cannady, and others. After two medallion of the late Mary B. Talbert The "Jim Crow” Plank ; Some of the brainiest women of the reception and entertainment. There days of hospitality by these good Ore The plank proposing separate coaches nation made up the two bodies of the were 19 covers laid for one dinner party gonians. I boarded my train, crossed reads the Columbia River and I*'was on my convention. At these sessions qnc —all relatives. “We favor enactment of a law re heard oratory of every variety, the out-1 My next stop was in Kansas City, last lap for the Evergreen state and quiring common carriers engaged in come of which was transformed into Mo., where my time was spent iu sight I Tacoma—the City of Destiny. passenger traffic- to- furnish »operate coaches or compartments for white ored girl in Baxter Springs, Kansas, (Charles W. Cadman), Like Music on cd. Tickets are now on sale at the of and colored passengers." will be tried at Columbus. Kansas, on the Waters (Wintter Watts), Paquita fices of the Disabled War Veterans, PROGRAM October 5, the prosecuting attorney, (Buzzi Peccia), Mario Chamice. Aria: 710-711 Swetland Building. Opening Chorus....... —............... Com/aay for the Advancement of Colored Peo Mr. Bell, representing the state attor- "O Paradiso" from l’Africaine (May- --------- 0-------— Lazy ............................... ........... ,__ —_______ ___ Lollie Olliver ple. Mr. Hayes begins in October his erbeer), Mario Chamice. Duet from ----------- o — - • Stay off Nov. 11th.—Adv. An Emigrant from the South............... Lena Green American tour on which he will give Foe Rent — Furnished front room, Carmen (Bizet), Ruth Miller and Memory Lane.„................. ........................... ................... ..... ...... Lorena Mathews 72 recitals, carrying him from coast to 357 13th St. Phone in mornings be Mario Chamice. Mr. William Tyrolei Bones .................................. Entrance ......................... ........ .......... Sambo coast and which will include his ap fore 10 o’clock and in evenings after 6 at the piaña pearance as soloist with six of the o'clock. My Papa Don’t Two Time No Time...................................... Olivene Hooper Mrs. Yates Howard. AT greatest orchestras of America — the 3039—Adv. My Wild Irish Rose ......................................... .. ................. ...... Helen Strawder NOTICE Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes.................................................. Myrtle Moore To whom it may concern: Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis Furnished and Unfurnished room for Dear Little Boy of Mine.............................. ........ ................... Carlotta Mitchell This is to certify that I am no longer rent. 1228 E. 10th St. N. SU. 6709 Symphony Orchestra*. Yes, Yes ..... ................. Delphia May Crawford connected with Smith’s Cafe, 108 N. ----------- 0>— Selection ... ...... _......... _........................... Fretta Shaw 9th St. C. M HOWE. Furnished Cottage — 5 rooms; good Minding My Business................................ ........ ......... x....... Genevieve Mullen ------- o-------- furniture. $175; rent $20. Enquire 701 Selection ........................................................................ ......... „............ ..Quartette Rev Miller Returns to U. S. Northrup. If you Sheba on your Mamma, She’ll Sheba on you............ ........... Beria Kiri A card from Rev. Joseph W. Miller . ■ o . announces that he has returned to the P art II. The Noted Assist "good old U. S. A.” and will pastor a The Vinson Twins, Doris and Dorothy, in Classic Dances. by ’s church in Saginaw, Michigan. Color Line Barred in Cali fornia Schools Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 18.—Colored children cannot be denied ydmission to the public schools of this state, Will C. Wood, Ulate superintendent of pub lic instruction, last week assured a group of citixens in El Centro, who have protested against the exclusion of their children from the Central Union high school there. Wood advised the committee to re sort to mandamus action if the author ities continued to discriminate against Negro children. ----------- 0----------- After a period of 12 weeks, dating legislation; and music was rendered by back to July 1st (to September 22), ex some of the be«twa1ent the world af ford*. but the world does not yet know tending three-fourths of the way across all about it. the continent, passing through the The convention over, I boarded a States of Washington, Idaho, Mon train for Iowa to visit relatives, the tana, crossing the Alps-like Cascade majority of whom I had never seen. range, across* the gorgeous Rockies, It is needless to say that the "Prodi- and on into North Dakota and Minne cal Son" had no advantage over my sota. Crossing the Mississippi River, then down into Illinois and into the great hub-city—Chicago. Chicago, the 1 mecca for our group and the geo- ' graphical choice for conventions. PAUL R. WILLIAMS NAMED BY CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD TO DESIGN BIG SCHOOL BUILDING—HAS WON MANY COMPETITIVE PRIZES—FEATURED IN BIG MAGAZINES IN EAST. 8TAY OFF THANKSGIVING— THE COURT OF CALANTHB— Adv. ------- o—---- Pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church Returns From Convention Rufus C. Holman, candidate for Rev. E. C. Dyer, pastor of Mt Mr. Holman waa formerly Olivet Baptist church, who was a dele Mayor. gate to the Baptist national convention County Commissioner and it is said which was held in Nashville. Tenn., of him that he was a man whom all has returned with a splendid report of the people could approach. Dignify the many great thing» which were ac in character and democratic in manner, complished for the Baptist denomina hi» record aa a public officer, cover ing a number of years, ia well known tion in all parts of the country. and needs no comment. --------- 0 ■ Disabled War Veterans to Be Helped From Film Showing. Instructor of Music Fall Term Begins September 8th - REGISTRATION SEPTEMBER 3RD Phone Sunset 6609, R. 1, or Garfield 3133 in the • All Kind» at Confactions, Candies, Cigar«, Cigarette», Etc. and Magazine«—Courteous Treatment Newspapers NEW SHIPMENT of PHONOGRAPH RECORDS EVERY WEfcK End Men—Delphia May Crawford, Myrtle Moore, Lena Green, Olivene Hooper, Beria Kirk, Genevieve Mullen. Interlocutor—Lillian Morrow. o YOUR MONEY CAN WORK AS HARD AS YOU CAN —_ Dr. C. W. Miller, who speaks at the [ Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday (to- : morrow) evening, has successfully | treated a number of colored people lately. Piano Instructor Beginner? MRS. WALDO BOGLE Pupil of Pearl Mitchell Studio 567 E. 35th St. S. Sellwood 1678 F. RICHARDSON. Prop. HOTEL GOLDEN WEST Chorus Girls—Katie Johnson, Leola Schaeffer, Gladys Finley, Blanche Ross, Carlotta Mitchell, Ida Callins, Peggie Conway, Ix>yie Olliver, Lorena Mathews, Mamie Sumner, Kitty Johnson, Grace Jackson, Helen Strawder, Delà Jackson and Grace Starky. Electronic Physician to Speak • Beginning October 2, and lasting for four days, the first local showing of the film “Over the Top” will be held at the Municipal Auditorium, under the auspices of Portland Chapter No. 1, Disabled American Veterans .of the World War. Funds amassed from the showing of the picture will be devoted to relief of disabled veterans through out the city, without regards to wheth er they are affiliated with their organi zation or not. In addition to the film an appropriate and colorful atmospheric prologue, "Somewhere in France," with IS people on the stage, will be present- RICHARDSON’S CONFECTIONERY PEARL MITCHELL Specialty, “Some of These Days”...... 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