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THE. ADVOCATE ~ - IL- VOL. X X I!. 1 A b Ind op «n d« D l P aper D e ro ta d to th e lo te ra s i » mf th e People * ■ ■■, ..................... ■ - -■T----—-- P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N , S A T U R D A Y , A P R I I . 11, 1925 .13 —- 'J» P R IC E 5 C E N T S )TT0R ELAN PLANNED TO GET RID OF COLOR N. A. A. C. P. F1GHS TEXAS WHITE PRIMARY N A.A.C.P. B egin. Fi*h« on T exas P rim ary Law W hich D isfranchises Negroes. LOCAL and FOREIGN M L 'U /C UD IL'L'C IN r> n 5 » K IK E 3 T he John Reed C hildren’s Colony in Russia ’ A rrow T ip s’’ N egroes D em and Sm ith C ensure Judge T iernan Child Musical M arvel H ad Never Seen Piano Klan Planned to ‘‘Get Rid of N egro” N ewspaper P u b lisher in H ouston, Texas. (B y Kit« Reid) H ere ia a bit of poetry from the Call R em arks of Court in Sentencing In 1924, fifty children, orphaned by (C olum bian Press B ureau) Man “Appeal to Mob and Lynch New York, April 2. — Clifford D. ... . _ Among recent c a lieri to T he Ad famine and the war, fourteen and fif "M essenger," a monthly magazine P u n i Appeal to U. S. Suprem e Court .. . published by the W estern U nion T ele L aw .” M allory (w hite). President of the M al W anted to "C ut H im In Piece*” and ZT . . . vocale were E d W a tluhgtoii, well and teen years of age, began the expert in C aie B aiu n in El Paao— AU C arry H im O ff Piecemeal. lory Steam ship Line, who returned I».pillarly known fraternal man Mr. mein known today as the John Reed graph C om pany for its m essengers "W hite P rim ary" L aw . ni South In- ... . ... . . . This is supposed to he an essay on T he N ational A ssociation for the A d C hildrens' Colony, in tom e old m on from N assau last week aboard the W a .h in ilo n renewed Inn auharnption volved in T M t C aie "T he Frog." w ritten by a ten-year-old vancem ent of Colored People. 69 F ilth Munson liner M unargo with Mrs. M al New York, April 10—The National to The A dvócate; a l.o Rev J F astery buildings on th r plains of m id Swedish youngster: Association for the A dvancem ent of avenue, made public yesterday a letter dle Volga in Russia They had been lory, said they had taken a piano to Byrd, who ferla hr cannot get alona New York. N Y., April 9 An at crowded out of th r children's homes in “W hat a wonderful bird the frog are. addressed to G overnor Smith in which an eleven-year-old N egro girl at Colored People, 69 Fifth avenue, has i w ithout the "old reliable " talk in the to u r t, on the T r a a . "W hite the association asked that disciplin French Creek, on A ndres island, and received reports from H ouston, Texas, the Saratov region, the most desolate W hen he hop. he fly. almost. Prim ary" law. which specifically dr W hen he stand, he sit, alm ost. ary action be taken against Judge J. that the girl, w ho had never seen a indicating that it was at one tim e the of th r famine stricken districts. Clarence C am eron W hite announce. liar* M ark, from voting in the D em o H arry T iernan. of Staten Island, who piano before in her Hie, sat down and plan of the local Ku K lux K lan to T h r local governm ent gave them the Ain't got no sense, hardly, cratic prim arie., and which will ron the o rrh r.tra tio n of "B andanna S ket buildings and land of th r old m onas Ain't got no tail, hardly, either, : in ser ;encing a N egro for robbery is played with rem arkable ability. Mr. lure a N egro new spaper publisher into che.," O p u . IA for full o rc h r.tra and .titu le the oprniUK of a g ru rra l a t tery; the C hildren's Commission of the So when he stand, he sit on what he alleged to have said that "for the same M allory and friends discovered the girl a doctor's office, cut him in small tack u|ion di.franrhiaem enl of colorrd a l.o "F ro m the Cotton F ield.," Op i C entral G overnm ent gave (hem its ain't got, a lm o st" crime the prisoner would have been playing with a keyboard which she pieces and carry the rem ains off, each IH. H r a l.o h a . the u n i t num ber, people in the South, ia announced by had in some way obtained. They re K lansm an taking a small part of the blessing, the name “John Reed Chil- burned at the stake in the South." They can be the National A »«octal inn for the Ad- in hand a rra n a rm rn t A ccording to a recent study of the i dren's Colony" and $500 00 w orth of The letter called “contradictory” turned to Nassau, purchased a piano body. obtained from Carl Flacher. Inc., v an rrm rn t of Colored People. 69 Fifth tool*. horse« and teachers' wage«. Anna purrhasing pow er of the dollar which i Judge X iernan's position that his re and took it to the N egro child prodigy. T estim ony to th h effect was given Avenue, New York City. M e r a . F Cooper Square, New York. N. Y I-ouitr S trong was asked to become is part of my wages, made hy the m arks could not be interpreted as ap ---------- o---------- in a suit involving the Klan, accord Many P o rtla n d e r, have had the plea»- C. K nollm hrtK and K H ( hannell, its “guardian" and help them build a Bureau of Municipal Research of Phil proving mob rule and insisted that he ing to an account published in the of Kl P a.o, have hern retained to ron ure more than onre of haA ng heard model self supporting farm school "on adelphia. I spend 44 I cents for things had shown “his unfitness to sit upon H ouston, Texas, P ost-D ispatch of d u n the caw in the T e a l, co u rt, and ,h r «“ » " " « “ “ hed violim .l and com- th r American style.” to eat, 13.9 cents for clothes to wear. the bench of any court in New York M arch 20. George B. K im bro Jr., a with them. the even, of appeal to ,K*'rr 1 U rr,,t f 1 * h " c T he ,,um From D r S trong we learned th r fol 14 1 cents for a roof over my head, City.' form er high official of the K lan is the U S Suptenie C ourt, will lie , , r , ‘ *rr *.Uo wri,,<>n ,or viol,n “ ,,d lowing 5 1 ren ts of it for light to read and T he letter continued: reported to have testified as follows: •ociated Moorficld Storey of Boston, I"-" 1" Ten boys moved out to the m onas work by and for fire to warm my “ It is felt that if the rem arks made "M cCall was obsessed with an idea former president of the A m erican Bar ° tery in November with a few instruc hones. 1 cent goes to educate me and by Judge T iernan. which are so oal- of getting rid of a new spaper pub Association and J a m r. A Cobh, of tors. snd began making beds and tables for reading m aterial and the rem aining pable an appeal to mob and lynch law, lisher by the name of Richardson and W a.hitiiilon. former special a ..i.ta n l and benches from th r wood ot a broken 21.8 cents I spend for insurance, health, are allowed to go unchallenged N e at tim es suggested to me plans to get to the l ' S A ttorney for the District house which they had perm ission to carfare, taxes, etc. Food, clothing and groes and individuals of other m inority rid of him. O ne fellow suggested that of Columbia demolish. O ld condensed milk cans shelter absorb 721 cents, ft is any groups when on trial in the future we get the N egro up in a doctor's of The p r o m t ra .e a n .e a out of the from th r fam ine-feeding days were wonder that the greatest cause of un may be the victim s of gross injustice fice and cut him to pieces and then denial to Dr I. A Nixon, qualified ham m ered in their prim itive work shop rest am ong the w orkers is the fear of from judges and juries influenced in each K lansm an carry down a piece of voter, of the unfit to participate in the into cups and bowls and saucers— the penniless old age? O ut of the whole this manner. him and destroy it. McCall jum ped prim ary election at FI P a .o The re- only tablew are they had for the first dollar 3 re n ts ra n hr spent for in su r “W e -a re taking the liberty of u rg at the idea." K im bro said he would fu«al to perm it Dr Nixon to vote in year In D ecem ber came fifteen more ance and unless this is in the form of ing upon you such action as is possible not be positive who suggested the the p n m a rir. i. ha.cd upon an act children, including some girls and a an endow m ent policy, one must die in tow ard the censuring, disciplining and. scheme. passed in May, 192.1. Iiy the T cx a. 1 m atron They made m attresses filled order to realize on it if possible, im peachm ent of Judge K im bro then testified concerning Irgi.lature, rradm tr a . follow .: with straw ; they began their task of Tiernan." intentions of an alleged K lan grand "All qualified v o ter, under the law . cooking and sewing and cleaning for Such a lot of serious things to w rite , The association also has appealed I q jury at W h arto n to "get rid" of R ich and constitution of the S tate of Texas, the colony T hrough the w inter one about this week. H ire is an item that the New Y ork Bar A ssociation.— N. ardson. T he grand jury was to issue who i. a liana fide mem ber of the Deni l group of boys ran a little mill and se ought to make ever« housewife sit up Y. T ribune, March 22. a subpoena to Richardson on the pre orralic party, .h all he eligible to par- cured from it three m onths' bread for and take notice: T h r city of W innipeg, ---------- o---------- text of questioning him about som e im p a le in any D em ocratic prim ary the colony, others made shoes with a up to the north, ow ns and operates Alvin IngensoL nephew of J W. thing published in his paper, K im bro election, provided »uch voter complies few tools which 1 managed to buy for its own electric light and power plant Ingersol. is here from Los Angeles to Bro. O. S. Thom as, w ho will recite declared. R ichardson was to be brought with all laws and ru le, governing party them ; o thers worked in our carpenter It charges the W innipeg housewife 254 reside. . “T hanatopsis" at the E lks Memorial to W harton in the hands of a sheriff. prim ary electio n ., however in no event shop making beds and tables. cents per kilowat hour as against about services Sunday. 1 wo men. know n as “crack shots," «hall a N egro be eligible to partici By planting time there were fifty 8 cents which the P ortland housewife T he public school enrollm ent in were to be placed at secret points near pate in a D emocratic party prim ary children in the colony. The older boys pay* A fter paying «11 expenses for W ashington. D C , includes 22.822 col T h irty Y ear* D oorkeeper.—Edw ard the court house, arm ed with rifles. The election held in the State of T c x a . and Bro. J. W Bolt*. w ho will deliver moved out to the fields to camp under operation and upkeep, the plant paid ored pupils. Savoy, who has been doorkeeper for sheriff was to bring R ichardson across «liould a N egro vote in a D em ocratic the eulogy, ’ O u r D eparted Brother*," a straw shelter while they ploughed into W innipeg's treasury $50.000 last - ...... o the secretary- of state in the U. S. cap the court house lawn and at a given prim ary election, .uch ballot .h all be Sunday at Bethel church. the soil with their home made ploughs year. In addition to service at cost, P etersburg, Va., has a "L adies A ux ital at W ashington for 30 years, is signal step aside and perm it the rifle void and election official, are herein and planted it with free seed from the th r city installs electric ranges free. iliary of the Colored C em etery A sso threatened with retirem ent by the civil — ■ O men to shoot dow n R ichardson. directed to throw out .uch ballot and service board, but Vice President A Correction. In last week's issue governm ent. T hat harvest, when it a r H ow 's that for municipal ownership? ciation." Mr. C. F . R ichardson is publisher not count the same " Dawes declares it shall not be done, A - of The Advocate the fashion show- rived. was enough to feed 75 children of the H ouston Inform er, a colored It ia contended by the Advancem ent A. L. Corneal was elected Inner and has put into force a new rule which A taw which was passed at the last and dance adv., sponsored by St. for an entire year. weekly. A .aoriation that under the system of Nearby was a better farm ing district session of the legislature has attracted G uard of the Elks W ednesday night, will save Savoy his job. Philips Guild, stated that the adm is -----------o---------- one-party dom inrtice in Southern sion would l>e SOc including checking and a year later the governm ent gave much less attention than it deserves. to succeed J. Rhoades, who resigned. --------- o--------- States, where candidstrs for ofifer are them an old estate that had been con If enforced (notice the if. please) it E dw ard M organ, who blows a 'm ean' N ot All Jazz . . . It should have read 60c including virtually elected m .he pm nar.es. to j fh fc k i|| Rc#der, plca, c u k c no, r fiscated during the revolution. O ver «ill put a stop to the very em barrass Secretary of Com m erce H erbert trom bone in the W ebb’s orchestra, was , debar any class of v o ter, from the o( , h f corrcction 1000 acres of land, buildings enough ing exhibitions which suburban resi H oover says, "T he recruiting ground in the city a few days last week. Mr. W ashington, D. C , A pril 10.—A m u prim aries i* m effect to disfranchise j ___ n _ for 300 children, a giant mill —buildings dents have had thrust upon them by for the future leaders of the U nited M organ returned to Seattle Monday sical evening, designated to dem on them The constitutionality of the The P ortland B ranch of the N ation w orth tw o or three hundred thousand the auto “spooners” that infest the States will be on the farm s rath er than w here he will again assist in furnish strate that A m erican music is not all T exas statute and of other similar ing music for the Steam er A lexander. jazz will be a feature of the Sixth al Association for the A dvancem ent of dollars. And here they are m aking a roadsides in the quiet outside districts. in the factories.” sta tu te , throughout the South is in T he law is short and reads as follows: --------- o ------- Colored People held a splendid m eet wonderful experim ent. Q uinquennial Convention of the In volved in the case There are now 150 children; young "A ny person who shall be guilty G eorge Mullen, 318 E 41st St., re Miss G ladys A nderson left W ednes ternational Council of W omen, which ing at First A M E. Zion church Decision has already been rendered ... . _ _ I ursday evening the 7th M auricr her keepers, millers, carpenters, shoe of any violent, riotous or disorderly turned T uesday from a tw o weeks' day for Seattle, W n., w here she has will be in session here from May 4 to agamat Dr Nixon and the F.l Paso , . . Mr. accepted a position as stenographer in May 14, 1925. A m erican Negroes and , ,, , . . , , r.. I rtim p ark rr, congressm an from makers, am ong the boys and liousr- conduct, or any obscene, immoral, in trip to points east and south Branch of the N ational Association I .. . , , . , .. , . . . | third congressional district of O regon, k rrp ers. dressm akers am ong the girls. decent. lewd or lascivious act, or who Mullen i n c l u d e d Memphis, Tenn., an office. Indians will join with A m erican com for the A dvancement of ( olored Peo i , , .. , . , . w»s the principal speaker. He urged They have Iheir own little library and shall use any profane, abusive or ob where he spent several days with his posers and artists of distinction in a plr, by the l-ederal D istrict Court a n d ! .. . . , , , B om , to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. M or notable program . . , . , . the race to work for its own develop theatre, hopelessly crude but develop scene language upon any grounds used m other, Mrs. Sallie H unt, 698 W right the ease is now bring appealed W hile there he turned out with row , 695 K earney St., a baby g irl, S at m ent; stressed constitutional rights of ing. And they have an E nglish teach or kept as a w atering place, or place St ---------o-------- A statem ent on the rase issued by race and spoke on the eon-.titutiun.il- er. sent to them by the Q uaker Relief of public resort, or near or upon any the K. of P. lodge of which he makes urday, April 4, 1 A. M. M other and Mrs. C lara BeU, Dr. H ugh A. Bell, Janies W eldon Johnson. Secretary of public highway or who shall be guilty glow ing reports. F our hundred uni infant doing finely. Dr. Jeanette Ma- her son, and Rev. H. Leo. Johnstone, . . . , . , , . . i ity of the D yer anti-lynching hill, Association. the N ational A ssociation for the Ad | .. ... „ . „ The governm ent supplies food and of any such conduct, or act, or use form ed K nights m arched in the parade tilsky in charge. The baby has been i Misses D orthulu \ \ im ams and Bar- were the dinner guests of E ditor and vancemeilt of Colored People, savs: . ,, , , , . „ ... .... . , .. . . . . i oara H ubbard and M aster Donald An- teachers' wages but equipm ent is sadly- any such language in any house or and the “tu rn o u t" of the lodge was nam ed Lucy Ann. Mrs. E. D. Cannady Sunday at their It is clearly evident that decision . . . . . . . , , lacking and l>r. S trong is now in the building upon such grounds shall, up held at Sanctified Tem ple which has --------- o--------- . ... , „ „ . i derson furnished the music for the home in Irvington. Place cards and in this case will profoundly affect the , . „ .. A pproxim ately 80 per cent of all other decorations announced the n ear occasion. J. A Ewing, president. pre- United States raising money for live on conviction thereof, he punished by a seating rapacity of 2000. The T em N egro in America So long as the N e stock. tools and m uch-nerdcd m achin a fine not exceeding $500.00. or by ple was filled on this occasion. Mr. high schools in the U nited S tates are ness of E aster. sided and presented the speaker; Lc< groes can be deprived of free access im prisonm ent not to exceed 6 months, Mullen visited many of his old time located either in the open country or C. A nderson, secretary, urged those ery. to the ballot because of their color, ---------0--------- or by both such fine and im prison friends and was greatly im pressed with in villages having less thati 2500 in- j Mrs. L. K. W eeks is the house guest who had not to join th r organization.j just so long can tlu-ir economic, legal, the progress in business and other bnes habitants. A large audience was ill attendance Voices Needed for “ R osaria” ment. . , .” for several weeks of Mrs. E. L. Jam i political and oth er rights be d isre Let us hope that all decent citizens the colored people of M emphis are -------- o-------- son, 868 Garfield Ave., prior to her garded with im punity. Since the D em Those who are interested in the sue- departure May 1st for California and Many colored persons will have a will help to enforce this law and thus m aking As far as Chicago he was ac Mr*. R. T. W ater* of St Paul, Minn., ocratic prim ary constitutes the entire a visitor in the city, attended Dahlia chance to appear in "R osaria," the j help to put a stop to the disgraceful companied by H erm an Hill who stop cess of W ilberforce U niversity are | thence to W ashington, D. C. and east machinery of rlertio n to office in most pleased with the appointm ent of Edi- \ ern cities Tem ple m eeting Tuesday evening and great pageant telling the story of the experienres which m any of us who ped off in that city to visit friends. Mrs. W eeks plans to be of the Southern States, this rase in --------- o--------- tor H arry C. Sm ith of the Cleveland ' gone a year before returning to her in a brief talk com plim ented the T em rose, which will be perform ed o n : live in out-of-thc way places have volves th r only effective way of strik ple on its splendid show ing and ex M ultnom ah field every night. June 15 been forced to endure. P ro g ram of th e P.W .M .B. G azette to the board of trustees. home in Portland. ing a blow for th r N rg ro 's right to pressed herself as being highly pleased to 20. A great stage 200 feet wide Club vote. In undertaking a vigorous pros H ere is the office eat again—this A. A. Jones, 271 W heeler St., re with all she had seen of the work of wil he built there for the pageant and The associate editor of The Advo ecution of the ease known as Nixon ceived the sad intelligence of the death cate spoke hefore a group of young th r organization. Mrs. W aters will 5000 persons will appear in it. C ol time scratching and spitting about the The next program of the Portland vs. H erndon, the National Association turn out with the Tem ple Sunday a f o rrd folks are needed to appear in recess appointm ent of T hom as F. W om en's Mutual Benefit Club will be of an aunt. Mrs. Lottie H ayes, in K an and elderly people at A rleta P resby for th r Advancem ent of C olorrd P eo ternoon in its annual memorial crlr- Persian, F.gvptian and Grecian scenes W oodlock to be a m em ber of the In held M onday. April 20, room "F " pub sas City. Mo., Saturday. A pril 4th. terian church Sunday evening. She ple feels it is perform ing a service not terstate Comm erce Com m ission W hat lic library, at 8:30 P. M. The pro and in the final scene. bration. F o r Rent, furnished restaurant. A p discussed local problem s as result of The most beautiful woman in l’d tt- is the m atter with President Coolidge? gram will wc as follows: Roll, answ er ply 108 N. 9th St.—Adv. racial antipathy. Mrs. Bonnie Bogle was hostess to lantl is w anted to hr queen ot the fes W hy does he do such contrary things? by quotations from race authors; C ur P the Rosebud Study Club W ednesday tival. In th r final scene of the p ^ e a n t A fter being advised twice that the sen rent events, (a^ local, (b) statewide, afternoon at her home on ,15th St. S. representative groups of all nations ate would not confirm the appointm ent, (c) national; Paper, “W . E. B. Du- he just goes and prepares the way for Bois" and duscussion; Paper, “C oli- The m eeting included a literary p ro will pay hom age to her. Anyone who w ants to have a part another spanking by appointing W ood- ridgc T aylor" and discussion; Book gram and several visitors in the city should go between 8:30 and 5:30 any lock anyhow I should think the W a r Review, "Souls of Black Folk" and were present for the first time. day soon to room 604, O regon build- j ren walloping would still he stinging. discussion. -------------- o — ■ ■ M em bers and non-m em T his man W oodlock was form erly edi Rev. J. W . A nderson returned home ing, Fifth and O ak streets. bers of the club will take part on the tor of the W all Street Journal and program , names announced in next is Saturday from Spokane, W n. He re The D enver Conference of the Na- after that press agent for big interests sue. Public welcome. ports the field in good condition. He ia on the job Rev. A nderson plans | lional Association for the Advance- and along comes this had hoy Cal -------o------- to go to T exas soon, thence east in the j men! of Colored People which will and says to him, "Tommy, you know- C harles Redd, 269 W heeler, is on interest of the N orthw est Coast Bap convene June 23-27 lias been invited just what W all Street w ants done with the sick list this week. I'm going to put by Colorado Springs to visit that c ity , the railroad rates tist Association. and view the scenery including The you on my Interstate Comm erce C om appointm ent." Now just what do you think of that Garden of the Gods. T his outing will mission. O f course I know the South alone to the N egro hut to all America; consume a day and will take place on doesn't want you it w ants represen for presidential logic? Sponsored by St. Phillips Guild inasikuch as the ro tten borough sy s the 27th. tation for the South. T he W est doesn't tem of the South afflicts the entire want you because it is afraid you’ll Phones Broadw ay 8141, T abor 7100 N ation with sham eless violation of the Subacribea to M agazine B ecam e of be raising railroad rates instead of 13th, 14th and 15th A m endm ents to It* Fairness to Raca. -L u c iu s Frank reducing them. Then, too. there is F R A T E R N A L H A L L , F O U R T H ST. A T M A D ISO N the Federal Constitution. Bell of W ashington, D. C., announces some question as to w hether you can O pposite City Hall "As the ease will be an expensive through the N. A. A. ('. P. that he draw any salary until you are con one, the N. A. A. C. P. asks those had sent his subscription to "T he F or firmed by the senate, but i'm a-think- ] T ypew riter Ribbons, C arbon Papers, Stationery, Printing, Book who are interested to help Ity forw ard um" because of that periodical’s friend ing that hy D ecem ber I'll have a Binding, R ubber Stamp*, ing contributions, large or small, to ly attitude tow ards colorrd people. chance to hang some of those boohs D A N C IN G F R O M 8:30 P. M. T O 12 Seala J. F.. Spingarn, T reasu rer of the N. A. "T his alone," he wrote, "has caused into my way of looking at things and A D M IS S IO N 60 C E N T S Including Checking A. C. P., 69 Fifth Avenue, New York me to become a yearly subscriber to they'll be glad to play in my back 409 M cK ay Bldg. P ortland, O re. City. yard. So, come along— here's your 'T he Forum '." ANNUAL EASTER DANCE AND FASHION SHOW Monday, April 13, 1925 Louis H. Strickland Hear Brock's H arm ony S piliers