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THE ADVOCATE 4 4 A n ln d * p « n d « n t P ap ar D aw otad to th a In ta ra sta 0 if th a P a o p la * PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1924 COLORED WOMAN SHOT WHILE EATING DINN1 VOL. XXII. NO. 17 PRICE 5 CENTS PRESIDENT ASKED TO PARDON SOLDIERS ASK CHRISTMAS PARDON FOR HOUSTON MARTYRS President Petitioned to Parole Remaining Soldier Prison ers for Christmas Day—Everybody Asked to Send Let ters and Petitions. Itinloii. M*«*, Dei* IJ.—President I of Steering Committee and Senator • oolidgr 1 » petitioned lo art Irrr the j Butler of Maaaachuaetts. remaining .11' prisoner* implicated m Boston, Ma»«, Dec, 15 Thr N a llir Houston allrat 4 « 411 ail <•( Chris- j tional Ki|ual K i m h t * League on dan rlritirncy fur ihr ( liriilina« sea VVrilnrsitay wired Senator Charles «on or for N r» Vrar in an appeal Curtis of Kansas, Republican srnatr •m l Irom hrrr today hr thr National Irailrr. lo put thr Dyer anti-lynrtiing Fqual Rights League hill wrll up on thr calrtidar. Today T hr league urge* llir race every- thr league srnt rri|ursts of like tenor » h rrr lo w ntr to Ihr president and to Senator W adsworth of New York, lo »rrrrlary of »ar. John W Weeks, chairman of thr Republican Steering for ( hnttina* pardon« for these aot committor, and to Senator Muller, thr dirr> who luvr all rally paid *o hravy successor to thr seat of thr latr Sen penalty for what thry arr charged with ator Lodgy, chairman of ills- Krpub havinii dour tindrr great provocation licati national com m itter and also a of thr Steering committer League Asks Dyer Bill iiiniilirr The league has hrrn a potrnt and Rrqucat Thai Bill Be Pul On Senate Calendar Made to Republican Lead aitiv r factor for thr Dyrr bill from er Curtis, to Chairman W adsworth thr beginning and is still "on thr job.” IaOCAIaS Masons Feast Members of Enterprise Lodgi A K and A M , on Monday ni|(ht, aftrr raising O S. Thomas to the third or lllnr House degree of thr order and drilling him in thr deep mysteries of Masonry, to a man. motored out to Tom's Dixie Tavern where they were served a supper that would have done honor to a king Singing "W e won't go home ml morning" and other mu •ic. kept the ceaft on the job, wide awakr and full of "pep" until early 1 ursday morning And. what a glor ious {red! Public Library Gets New Book I he Advocate I'ublisliiiig Company, Suite All Maclray fluildiiig. Portland, Oregon (•ent lernen: The Library Association of Portland wishes lo acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the volume of Scott’s "O f ficial History of the Negro in the \S orbi ,War". I can assura- you it will hr much appreciated. Very truly yours. Anne M Mulhcron, Librarian, My Constance Kwing. Head of the Order Department K e l l y Foster, proprietor of the Dreamland Cafe. 106 N. 6th, who is traveling through California and New Mexico, is expected to return home about the 1st. Shoe Man Arrested. M M Urlarti, shoe repairer and shiner, was arrested \lom l.tv charged with selling F. A Rt rsr * shoes w hich K rrsr claims to have left at llcllard's for repairs Thr ease was tried Tuesday in "muny" Williams Avenue Y.W.C.A. court Notes 0 0 0 It is said that Urlarti * imprdiinrnt The High School Reserves have of speech which took him fifteen mm utra to begin hi* drlrnsr. caused Judge planned a special program for their F.kwalt to dismiss thr rate against him social hour on Sunday. Dec 14th. so othrr cases could hr heard Mrlard Due to thr inclement weather the Progressive Dinner of thr Girls' Work says i! pays sometime- to stutter com m itter his hrrn postponed Rev. J. W Anderson, superintendent Miss Gertrude Gogin, executive sec of thr Northwest Coast Baptist As retary. National Girl Reserve move sociation, returned Monday from Yak ment, conducted a three-day council ima. W ashington, where lie jireaelied on adult guidance for advisors, lead morning and evening at thr Baptist ers and secretaries at the main Y. W. church Afterward, Rev. Anderson C A. journeyed 'o Tacoma where hr »as Miss Rose W ashington, one of our the guest of Dr Williams Next High School Reserves, was called to W ednesday -night he and members of Kansas City, M o, on Friday because Shiloh Baptist church will entertain of the sudden death of her sister. Miss thr community children and the nerdv Hazel W ashington, formerly a resi people of the city at their church The dent of Portland public i* invited ---------o ------- HOTELNOTES Stay off date, January 26th. A four- act drama, "Al Azar Temple".—Adv. Already waiters arr being sought for New Year's Eve at The Portland and ---------- 0----------- the Concordia Club From present in Masons Honor Hayes it looks as though the de Boston, M at*, December 5.— (By dications mand »ill hr greater than the supply. A N. P )—The three degrees of m a But regardless, both places will get sonry were conferred on Roland W along somehow, and a record break Hayes, internationally famous tenor, ing crowd is expected at thr annual communication of thr Henry Gibson, veteran waiter, re Most W orshipful Prince Hall G ran d, returned fro mSraside where Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons cently hr served a number of private parties. in this ritv Thursday night. Joe Crane, former waiter at The ---------------o --------------- Portland, has accepted a place in thr Berkeley - Oakland News mailt dining room. (By Arthur I) Le'Hon) Honorable H L. Day anil thr Madam were here this week from their home Mra. Clark, wife of the late Pullman in Berkeley, Calif. •Porter Clark of Portland, whom she W anted—15 waiters for banquet. De murdered in Oakland where (’lark had cember 26th. Also New Year's Eve. been recently transferred, was acquit See Headwaiter at The Portland. Hotel. ted by a jury in the Alameda county --------- 0--------- court at Oakland, Calif. Fine turkey dinner served from noon Leonard Richardson, a young a t until midnight Sunday, December 21 at, torney of Oakland, »as counsel (or the at "EV E R Y B O D Y 'S CA FE," 663^ defendant. It was proved that Mrs. First Street.—Adv. ( lark shot her husband in defense of -----------0----------- her life. Richardson made a brilliant Stay off January 19th. Dahlia Temple will have a H ard Time Ball. plea to the jury. I 0 0 0 DOCTORS C. F. and MABLK RASTERS* Woodlawn Branch Office Specializing in Electronic and Rsdiation methods of diagnosis and treatm ent of-disease. Medicated Baths and Massage. MRS DORA Q U L L IFO R D and MRS. ELLA M. H O LEY in charge. 1228 E. 10«h St. North. Phone W alnut 6487 Consultation free of charge by appointment. Appointed Assistant Principal New York, December II.—(K N. F Service ) hollowing a successful competitive examination Mrs Elite McDougall, 219 W M l« street, hat been appointed assistant principal of Public School W Six hundred look the examination and about ISO pasted. The position i* a permanent one About lulf of the trachert under her arr white -----------0----------- Harry Jackson Passes Harry Jackson, only ton of Mr. and Mr« Robert Jackson, died at the home of hi* parents, 352 Harrison Street, Tuesday night, December Kith Harry had licen in |ioor health (or a number oi m onth, ai u* passing w a* iio great surprise to t e who knew of the na- turc of his il s. Mr. Tuid Mrs. Jack- son, his paren re among the pioneers of the city • they have a host of friends, all of whom are deeply grieved over their loss and extend them their heartfelt sympathy Euncral services were conducted Pnday from Kinley't mortuary, with interment at the Mt. Scott Tabernacle. -----------0----------- DOINGS OF THE ELKS G. K. Sanders, who has been on the siek list for a number of months, is still confined to his room but still has high hopes of being able to resume rrtitlv returned from Seaside where from her father-in-law. Philip Rhine- his activities in the near future, go home till morning" and other mu- Ilahlia Temple. No. ¿02, I B. P. O. K. of W „ held its regular semi annual election of officers, which re sulted as follows: Pauline Young. Dt Ruler; Ruby W hite. Vice-Dt. Ruler; Edith W ill iams. Assistant Dt. Ruler (re-elected); Dt Oneida Harjo, Escort; Dt. Essie O. Brandon. Inner Door Keeper (re elected); Dr Anna Conway. Outer Door Keeper; Dt Pearl Love, Re cording Secretary (re-elerted); Dt. Lula Hubbard, Financial Secretary; Dt Dolly Paries. Trustee, and Dt. Beatrice H. Cannadv, District Deputy for Oregon. Th Dt Flk* presented the retiring Dt. Ruler, Louise Thomas, with a very pretty silver bowf in appreciation of her splendid services as their Dt. Ruler for two years. o- ----- All kinds of plumbing work and trouble shooting. Call SEIlwood 1021. --------0----------- For Rent 6 room house. Call J. C. Logan, Hast .1623.—Adv — —o------ Three-room apartments, furnished, 143 Fast 18th St.; unfurnished house with gas furnace, wood furnace, elec tric lights, stationary tubs, all nicely tinted all over, garage, all for rent. Garfield 7080.—Adv. SENDS SON’S BRIDE A ENTERS HOME OF COLORED MAN WHILE FAM CHECK ILY IS SEATED AT TABLE AND OPENS FIRE W hich She Fears to Use— Mrs. Is Difficult to State Just What Might Have Happened Rhine lender's Attorney Ad Had the Case Been Reversed; Piea Made for Justice. vises Her to Fight. N IE C E OP MKS. M B A LLEN PASSES Mist Hazel W ashington, beloved niece of Mrs. M. fi. Allen and titter of Rose and (icorge Booker W ash ington, ¿till Page St., this city, passed away very suddenly Thursday, Dec. II, in Kansas City, Mo M itt W ashington Wat well known m Portland where she nursed her aunt during a serious illness and made a host oh friends during her stay here. Mrs Allen is grief-stricken from the shock. New Rochelle. N. Y.— Mrs. Leon ard "Kip" Rhinelander, last week (By N. A A. C. P. Press Service) Thursday, received a substantial check New York, Dec. 12.—The story of fro mher father-in-law. Philip Rhine a murder committed by a Southern lander, according to friends of the white man of South Carolina, upon family. Although the exact amount the wife of a peaceable and respected was not mentioned, it is known it was colored man. was forwarded by the a four figure (large) sum Mrs. Rhine -V A A. C. P from the Anderson, lander refuses to cash the check, fear 'S. C , Daily Mail of December 8. The ing it might he construed as accept » hitc murderer, Joe W right, not only Tuskegee to Act as Santa ance of a settlement from the Rhine deliberately killed the colored woman landers. whom she regards as respon but accidentally wounded one of her (Preston N ew t Service; sible for the annulment action recently children. Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. II.— The filed by her husband Mrs Rhinelan W right had been charged by the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In der's attorney, Samuel F. Swinburne, colored husband about a year ago of stitute, as in recent years past, will act denird he had been consulted in regard a crime against his wife. The colored as a distribution station for the pre to a financial settlement out of court, man had W right indicted on charges sentation to the needy of articles sent "I am advising her to fight with alt of such a crime and the case had been there for the Christmas holidays. the energy she can summon." said the twice postponed. It was due to be The custom, which was started by attorney. "She is blue and despondent, heard before the court of general ses- Dr Hooker T W ashington, has been but there has been no attem pt at sui- sions at Abbeville, in January. carried out yearly, tending the books, cidc. as was reported.” On December 6 W right, who was clothing, toys, Christmas cards, old -----------0---------- motoring with some friends, all oi clothing to the various colored schools Guaranteed hosiery, samples your them having gotten whiskey, stopped and institutions which the mother in size free to agents W rite for propo- liefore the colored man's home. W right stitution represents. Contributions of sition paying $75.00 weekly full time. »aid. according to the Anderson Daily money should be sent direct to the $1.50 an hour spare time, selling guar- Mail: Principal of the Inatitute, Dr R R i anteed hosiery to wearer; must wear or “I generally drive my own car, hut Moton The need of the gifts can | rrp |acc<j fref Quick sales, repeat or- I was a little too full, and I got one readily be seen whin it is realized ders. International Stocking Mills, of the boys to drive for me. I was that thousands of children and families j ^ ¿ 7 . Norristown, Pa riding and telling him which way to are aided by the institute, and only I o--------- I had the car stopped and they means of meeting this demand is the The U. B. F.’t and S. M T .'s with go. thought. I guess, that I had gone in charity of the public, friends enjoyed a very splendid even- there for some whiskey last Monday at the Stag Club when “ I went in and did what I intended Miss Rose W ashington, niece of ing the held joint open house. A to do and came back out. and got in Mrs. M. B. Allen, 260 Page St., was fine orders program and refreshments w e r e ------------------- -------------------------------------- called to Brookhaven, Miss., to attend . . ’ Over $1570 Raised in New the funeral of her sister. Miss Hazel W ashington, who died in Kansas City, nS’TIUS'. S T . a ^ r ; W Orleans for Negro Children M o, Thursday, Dec. II issue of the paper. --------- --------- o--------- --------- O--------- ! ( Preston News Service) Stay off New Year's night. P ar Mrs. L. L. Lawson, formerly of this New Orleans, La., Dec. 18. — The ticulars later.— Adv. city, is now in Chicago. III. committee in charge of raising a Gift Fund for making poor Negro children happy (luring the Yule tide here are urging local citizens to contribute more largely, declaring that the fund is far below requirements. The total amount contributed to date is $1,570.31. This is the twelfth annual effort on the part of the organization to bring cheer into the homes and lives oi the poor Negro children here. Fifth Annual Ball T R IP L E T R IA N G L E CLU B Thursday, January 1, 1925, at 8:30 p. m. STAG AUDITORIUM Music by Dixie Strollers Orchestra COMMITTEE E. E. Greene, -J. \V. Simms. George Mullen A. A. Jones. Harold Harris. A. -I. Franklin William McKinley Taylor. Floor Manager Admission 50 Cents For Yourself and friends are invited to attend the Reliable Gkattii (Djintintj *. Goods n . T hi Q uality stori m P o r P o r t land __________ a—w a»— M w i s x O rego n .,« a mm dp ^ 0 f Hours: 9 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5; 7 to 9 p. m. DR. HIGH A. BELL D E N T IST 462 Williams Ave. Portland. Ore. "Science plus farm practice,” Oregon Agricultural College will give eleven courses with names and dates as fol lows: Dairy manufacturing—January 5-31. Dairy herd management January 2 , to March 20. Fourth annual canners' school—Feb- I ruary 2-20. Poultry husbandry — February 2 to March 14. % Land classification and appraisal— February 2-7. Farm mechanics— I. Farm power and equipment. January 6 to March 10. II. Gas engines, tractors, and equip ment, January 19-23. III. General farm repair, January 26-30. IV. Farm water i supply and sanitation, February 2-6. j V. Gas and electric light and power, February 9-13. VI. Farm concrete construction, February 16-20. For full information address Dean of Agriculture. O. A. C , Corvallis. ATTENTION! THE TAWAWA TENNIS AND SOCIAL CLUB will hold its 4TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BALL at the Stag Auditorium THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26TH Final result! of W ardrobe Trunk Contest Dancing 8:30 to 12. Admisaion 50 cents. Austrian Countess Hated Everything White Vienna, Austria, December 10.—(By A. N. P .)—The story of a countess who hated everything white, and who spent years of her life and a fortune trying to make everything black, was told in the Viennese courts recently when relatives of the late Countess Anna Fery. who had been left out of her »111. brought suit against a Hun garian count to whom she had left everything. The relatives stated that every year she spent more and more time and energy trying to make everything black. In her home at G^az castle she always wore black and kept all th« windows perpetually shuttered. She slept bv day and never went out until nightfall, taking care to return be fore the dawn. They further stated that she spent vast sums purchasing black swans and sombre-colored flowers. She hated all things white to such an extent that she even ordered that when snow fell in her domains that it should be cov ered with cinders and coal dust. ---------o--------- The Violet Art Club met at the home of Mrs. Marie Smith. After the meeting adjourned a delicious lunch was served. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Francis Turner. NOTICE Regular meetings of the Port land Branch of the National As sociation for the advancement of Colored People held every second Monday evening at Bethel A. M. E. church, Larrabee and McMillan streets. J. A. EWING, Pres. LEE ANDERSON, Sec y. LEVI P. .JUNES POST No. 118, AMERICAN LEGION located Ht 28t> N. 17th Street, on SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20. 1924 -----------o----------- * We also invite the public to spend the holidays with us. We will Look! One Hundred Per Cent Profit have an Xmas Tree. Leave your presents for your friends. The Post will be absolutely responsible for all Buy one or more Fur Rabbits, price i j $30.00. No "Ponzie Scheme." Legiti- presents left with the Post Commander. ; mate industry. Can't fail. W e breed, I raise, sell and send profit annually, Good Music and Dancing Note—Each lady in attendance will receive a present from the Post East 3948 Winter Short Courses the car and told them to drive on. I told ’em that I had killed a damn nigger woman." The colored man, his wife and their children were seated at dinner when the white man burst into the room, and with the question: "W here’s Re hecca?” opened fire and continued shooting while the woman jumped up and ran out of the door. W right went to the door and continued firing, backing oat then and rejoining his companions, The Anderson Daily Mail, comment- ing editorially upon the crime, asks for justice against the murderer, and says: "It is useless for us to tell oi what would have happened had the posi- tions been reversed__had it been a Negro man who entered the home of » white man and committed such a crime—for everyone knows what would have happened. . . . W e do not want, with maudlin sentiment, to attempt to prejudice the case against the pris oner; nor do we want to array class and color in such a manner as to argue for his acquittal. We do, though, want to remind those from whom there has always arisen such a howl for the observance of the law, that here is an opportunity to prove sin cerity.” guaranteeing 100 per cent. Contract 1 sent on receipt of money. Money back if not satisfied. Limited opportunity, j Send money today; tomorrow may be i I too late. Buy from this advertisement. 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