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ELKS’ ANNUAL GRAND BALL FEBRUARY 23 THE. An NO. 25 VO L. X X II. In d ep en d en t A D V O C A TE P eper D d v o te d to th e I nfo rc ata of the P e o p le ♦ P O R T L A N D . ORKGON. SA T U R D A Y . FE B R U A R Y 14. 1925 NEWSPAP PRICE 5 CENTS COMMENT ON GARVEY’S CASE WHITES OBJECT TO RACE FOR NEIGHBORS F O U R A R R E ST E D IN Thomas Heads Elks’ Annual JUDGE CO RLISS D E L IV Bishop Coppin’s W idow Re C O U R T OF A P P E A L S Rockefeller Gives $100,000 COM M EN TS M ADE BY SU STAIN S G A R V E Y ’S for “ Y. W .” Home Grand Ball ERS LIN CO LN * AD- C O LO R E D PRESS NEAR R IO T IN sumes Practice of Medicine ______________ SEN TEN CE ON G A R V E Y B A L T IM O R E Cleveland, Feb. 10.— A gift of $100,- Philadelphia. Pa . Feb. 2.— Dr. M. F. DRESS A T N.A.A.C. 000 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Fri Thompson Coppin. the widow of Bish P. C E L E B R A T IO N Garvey Goes to Prison as His WhitM Storm House on Lexington Street After Colored Family Moves In. Polioe Prevent Further Disorders. Baltimore. M il, Feb II Four men. all while, were filled $64$ each in Western Police Court, and police are seeking other« allrgril to have par ticipatrd m a near riot Thursday which drove a family front the 700 block \Ve«t Lexington Street Shout», arcouip nying a liarraue of brick« from the «trert and a nearhy roof, aroused residents in the neigh borliood to the tune of rravliuiK r la ii and t rie« of fear from mtidr the hou«e Protest Arrival Investigation developed that certain resident«, protesting the arrival of a family ol Negroes in the hlork. were bombarding them and police were •ummonrd. Sergeant llrandt and Patrolman Clarke, Miller, Lewiiuki anil Sliana ban retponded On their arrival they found a crowd about the place, the »trrrl« littered with buck* and other missile* »till pattering from the roof of an adjoining residence, a« two men tore bricks from the chimney and ca»t them on the roof of the hom e at 755 U n i Lexington Street. Family Disappear* The family moved into the house at midnight Thurvday, and on Friday and Saturday kept within door«. F ol lowing the attack they disappeared and today had not returned ----------o---------- 12,243 Negroes Entered U. S. During 1924, Says Im migration Report (By N .A .A C .P . Presa Service) New York, Feb. 6.— According to thr annual rrport of the U. S. Com mistioner of Immigration, lor the year 1914, I2.24J Negroes hsvs been it milled to the I ’ nited State» in the past year Am ong these were 523 carpenters, $07 clerk* and accountants, 4.1V dress- maker*, HIS seamstresses, 809 farm la borers. $9 engineers, 20 musicians and lib teachers Speaking before an audience at the l.inrolii-Dougla* celebration under the auspice* of the Portland Branch of the National Association for the A d vancement of Colored People, Mon day evening. February 9th, Judge Guy C If Corliss, a distinguished local attorney, declared: "In honoring the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the na tion honors itself, it is the highest and deepest tribute w« pay him." Lincoln's greatness did not lay in intellectual attainment, the speaker said "M any in hit cabinet equalled and even surpassed him in intellect: his greatness was not ill varied experi en ce and complexities of human af fairs. Until his debate with Douglas, Lincoln was practically unknown." O. S Thomas, chairman of thr lilk* nineteenth annual hall, to he held Monday evening, February 2.lrd, at Mtilark hall. Mr. Thomas has been ill for several weeks, hut is successfully conducting arrangements for thr hall from hi* sick room ilill Thomas hope* to lie able to take personal charge of the hall at it* windup Mr. Thomas has always made great success of such annual events, and this one is destined to he greater and grander than those ol his previous efforts. ----------o --------- A Correction In last week's isaue of The A dv o cate a mistake was made in proof read ing, under thr rut of Miss Margie Danlry, Executive Secretary of W il liams Avc. Hrailch Y „ which con veyed the impression that Miss Danlry was an rx-Sec., when it was intended to read F^xec. Sec. O f course we realize intelligent readers make allow ances for mistakes, hut oil the other hand there is always to be found that class who glory in misunderstanding and misinterpreting thr least mistake, is the reason we make this mention. ■ o Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore arc domiciled at thr home of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Moore, 47$ K. 47th St., North. It was not in law that he was great, the speaker declared. "Many people think Lincoln was a great lawyer. He was not; he had little preparation as a lawyer; he did not meet the great members of the bar Paradoxically as it may seem. Lincoln owes his great ness to slavery and the crisis caused by it during his lifetime and it was the slave power that gave him the op portunity." “ The one big thing in Lincoln's life was his absolute self-effacement when lie had a duty to perform.” He related incidents ot how Mr. Lincoln, more than once, appointed his bitterest op ponents to offires of trust and grave responsibility. U p o n one occasion when his attention was called to the disgraceful manner in which General McClellan was treating him. the presi dent of the United States, Lincoln re- Stay off February 23, Elks' Ball.— Adv. Phones Broadway 8141, Tabor 7100 Louis H. Strickland Reliable Typewriter Ribbons, Carbon Papers, Stationery, Printing, Book Binding, Rubber Stamps, Seals 409 M cKay Bldg. ■ T n « Q uality S t o n i o r P on r l a n d O b w o n — The speaker declared Lincoln to be the dearest h u b « all history and said hr lived close to God and humanity. "H e knew the great heart of the Amer ican people as well as if he had made it himself. Lincoln was a spiritual man; hr was too big to subscribe to creeds. He was a mastrrful. an hum ble. and a self-reliant man." Judge Corlisa closed by saying Lin coln was an enigma, that his life had never been written and that he did not tlvnk it could he written "G od make th- American people worthy of Alira- han Lincoln." Hon. Marcus Garvey, Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Atlanta Federal Prison for Using the Mails to Defraud. vice-president of the Portland Branch, and secretary of Williams Ave. Y W. C. A . presided. Master Donald And erson presided at the piano The meet ing was well attended. Eleven new members joined. o The Tawawa Tennis and Social Club will hold its social meet! <g at Mr W at son's residenee. 916 Haight avenue, Friday. February 20th. All members and friends arc invited. Mrs E. D Cannady, assistant secre tary of thr Association, and neighlior of the judge, introduced him to the audi ence. Lee C. Anderson, secretary of the N A.A.C.P.. spoke jin Frederick D oug las, declaring him otic o f the greatest orators in his day. and that his success ful life was due to his faith in God. Rev. J. W . Anderson, a Baptist mis J A. Ewing, president of the Associa tion briefly outlined the work accom sionary, will leave Monday for a visit plished the past year by the National to La Grande. Sacramento, Salt Lake Association and Miss Margie Danley, and Reno. Nevada. day opened the campaign of the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. to raise a $600,- 000 building for a larger home for col ored girls. Mr. Rockefeller's pledge depends upon raising the rest of the fond. ——— o---------- J. Leo. Stewart of La Grande. O re gon. writes that everything in La Grande is doing well, and that a big revival is being conducted there. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are taking an active part in the revival. He enclosed a check for a year's renewal to The Advocate. The Ladies of St. Philips sponsored an enjoyable card party at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harris, 492 Rodney avc., Thursday night, the 5th. Whist was played at several tables and prizes were awarded to the ones re ceiving the highest and lowest scores. Refreshments were enjoyed and little Miss Williams of Chicago charmed with her dancing. Ship Sails to Sea.” Some Say That Movement Will Not Die. Following is a hit of interesting com ment on the sentencing of Marcus Garvey to the Federal prison at A t lanta for five years, found guilty of using the mails to defraud in connec tion with his establishment o f the "Black Star Line Steamship Com - panY ': The Pittsburgh Courier speaking of Garvey's sentence, say» in other words; "I told you so.” Continuing: “ The Courier has said more than once that Garvey had a plan which would not work in this country or in Africa. It is impracticable. That Garvey should get into the clutches of the law is no surprise. Any average Negro trying to juggle as much money would have fallen just as did Garvey. "Garvey will serve that five years, as much as he dislikes the idea. It Mrs. Charles H. Maxwell came down will be found, in the end. that Garvey Sunday noon and remained until Mon is just the ordinary conceited Negro day afternoon when she returned to her with more nerve than brains, more home in Salem. Or. While here she presumption than discretion." was the guest o f Mrs. E. D. Cannady. Speaking before a group of waiters and cooks in Philadelphia, Pa., the other day F. Toots, a former secre tary of the L7. N. I. A., says Garvey j has been crucified by his own people. Continuing Toots declared: The Associate Editor Delivers the Ser "Marcus Garvey is flesh of our flesh, mon; Mrs. Charles H. Maxwell sings bone o f our bone, smeared with the At Centenary-W U b u r Methodist same tar brush and burned with the Episcopal Church, East 9th and Pine same oil. The Negro race has cruci streets. Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock fied Garvey. He has been sentenced to an inter-racial program was rendered serve five years in the Atlanta prison at which time Mrs. E. D. Cannady, and to pay $1000 fine. When his term associate editor of The Advocate, de is over, he w ill be deported. The white livered the sermon. She told of the man is a white man whether you meet progress of the race in this country him in Mississippi. Heaven or Hell. during the past more than half cen You send your children into white tury. although handicapped, and plead people's homes to be made prostitutes, ed for a better relationship between the thieves and gamblers. races. Mrs. Cannady said she believed "This is the truth. If our Negro the inter-racial movement which is preachers were united the Race would sweeping the country, is one of the be benefited. Every Sunday they give very best agencies through which the you a coffin to carry under your arm. races can meet on common ground and The preachers own more real estate adjust their differences in a Christian than you do.” way. She told of the prejudices The St. Luke Herald characterizes against the race as practiced locally, Garvey's career as the most tragic in urging better treatment o f her people. the Race's history and deplores his five Mrs. Charles H. Maxwell of Salem. years’ incarceration The Herald con Oregon, accompanied by Miss Nellie tinues: "W hatever his mistakes have Franklin, a graduate of Washington been, he has outmatched his enemies. High School, on the piano, sang two j What a gesture to the judge! You say groups of Negro Spirituals w hich were | that Garvey has squandered over a enjoyed immensely by the audience. ! million dollars of the Negroes' money The meeting closed with a social hour i in a defunct steamship line? W hy at which time refreshments were dis- ! Marcus Garvey answers that with pensed and those present became bet- j whistles and foghorns on another ter acquainted with one another. Noted steamer at a cost of $125,000.00.” in the audience were Prof. J. W . Botts, The Oakland (Calif.) Voice believes editor of the Pullman Porter Messen that in seeming defeat is victory. It ger; E. W . Rutherford, proprietor of says; "The Supreme Court in sustain Rutherford Brothers; Mrs. Austin and ing the conviction in the lower court her niece. Miss Nellie Allen. of Marcus Garvey and his sentence to ----------- 0----------- five years imprisonment has dealt the FO R R E N T — Furnished 3-rm. apart organization of which he is the head a ment. 652 E. Morrison St. East (Continued on page 4) 8888. - ( A d v .) INTER RACIAL DAY OBSERVED AT CENTENARY-WILBUR Portland, Ore. H E L L O BILL! We are here because we are here Goods 'V-______ — —- — - - plied: "I'll hold General McClellan's horse for him if he will bring us the victory.” ACQUITTED IN RECENT M ANSLAUGHTER TRIAL Miss Gene vl * Payne, accompanied by As against thr 12.243 Negroes ad her uncle, Joe Reed, of Spokane, cn mitted to this country, only 1,449 aliens route to Sail Diego, Cal., were the and 9J naturalized citirens of Negro house guests Sunday of Mrs. Geo Ran race left the United States. dall, 411 * a Union ave. N. Mrs. Jerome Harris was hostess at a dinner in hon or of the party Sunday afternoon at her residence, 492 Rodney avc. ( overs were laid for five. For op L. J. Coppin, Senior Bishop of the A M E. church, who died last June, has resumed the practice of medicine at her home, 1913 Bainhridgr Street. Dr. ( oppin, who is a native o f South Carolina, is a graduate of the W om an's Medical College, Philadelphia, and was a practicing physician in Baltimore be fore she married Bishop Coppin. nearly ten years ago She is considered a very capable physician. A Race Book for Sale, Price 25c 19 th ANNUAL “LAW AM) ORDER AND A DEFENSE FOR THE RACE" mm VP / The book deals with every in justice to the race, and uncovers every known slave f a r m in the South. Send all ordera to K. C. Branch, D.D.. L L .D , author, 232 W . 124th St., New York City. —of— Rose City I. B. P. The Best Fuel Gasco Briquets All Heat - - No Ash Made only by Portland Gas & Coke Co. Ga*co Bldg. Main 6500 0 A verdict of not guilty was returned Wednesday night at 10:10 by a jury in Circuit Judge Tucker's Court, in the case of Mrs. Zula Lowe, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. The charge against Mrs. Low e grew out of an automobile accident which took place on the 9th of October. 1924, at East 13th and Multnomah Streets, in j which Mrs. Lowe and her car and John Purdin (w hite) and his car in which were tiding five other passengers, collided. Mrs. Morud, one of three passengers in the front scat of Purdin's car. sustained injuries which later i caused her death. Several other occupants of the Purdin car claim to have been severely injured. There were | no other persons in Mrs. Lowe's car but herself at the time of the accident. This trial marked the second in this case, the jury having disagreed in the first trial. It was contended at the time that Mrs. Lowe was driving her car she was under the influence of intoxicating liquor and as a result drove her car negligently, thus causing the Accident. The last trial lasted three days, and four days the first time. BALL Lodge No. 1 1 1 O. F- °f W. MURLARK HALL TWENTY THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS 31 onday FeGruary 23, from 8:30 to GOOD MUSIC IV. 31. ADMISSION $1.00