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PRESIDENT COOUDGE RECEIVES THOMAS LI
BLACK SERVANTS GET BULK OF RICH ESTATE
Court Upholds Will of Man
Giving $200,000 Estate
to His Employes
( I 'r rilu ii New* Service)
Lexington, Ky , June J.—A verdict
upholding ■ bequest of the hulk of Hi»
estate to hi> N egro servant* was re
turned here when a jury unanimously
agreed last W ednesday that John 1
Hughe», wealthy Kentuckian, made his
filial will on March J t, IW4 In that
|ia|ier H ughes left $100,000 to the K en
tucky Female O rphan School at Mid
way, and the rem ainder, valued at
about $200,000, to Ellen Davis, Negro
housekeeper, and other servants.
An appeal probably will be filed, a t
torneys for the estate said.
A home in the Blue G rass farm ing
section, described as a beautiful co
lonial residence, of 12 rooms, filled
with costly antique furniture, china and
silver, now goes to the housekeeper
and to Robert II Hughes, natural son
of H ughes and Kllen Davis P ortraits
of the H ughes family hang in the home
Robert H ughes was outside the
courtroom when th r verdict was read,
hut his m other heard the verdict. She
did not restrain her joy and rocked
hack and forth in her chair, smiling
happily. D o rm s of friends, many of
them white p e r s o n s , filed past and con
g ralu latrd the aged woman.
Cape Tow n, South Africa. May 10 —
T he visit of His Royal H ighness, the
Prince of W ales to this city and this
part of Africa is one of the most im
portant happenings i|i a social and po
litical way. in the last decade. The
Mayor and Council gave a public re
ception and luncheon to the Prince in
th r Tow n Hall on Thursday. April JO,
also a grand reception Friday night,
when the Prince was culcrtaiiied with
all the pomp and glory South Africa
could give him Among th r distinguish
ed group of men and women invited
to meet the Prince were Bishop and
Mrs John A G regg of the African
M ethodist Episcopal C hurch
BRIEFS
(C olum bian Press Bureau)
The American public spent $250,-
000,000 on radio equipm ent last year
T here is one rolored retail dealer in
groceries to 1.651 colored people, as
Compared to one white dealer to 407
whiles.
Some of our autom obile drivers will
not he able to qualify as chariot driv
ers on the golden streets.
In each group of 1,000 colored fe
males, 10 years of age and over, 389
as com pared with 172 native white
females are gainfully employed
G. W. T urner, a young colored man
in New York City, i* the proprietor
of an electrical shop in which he em
ploys twelve men and a female book
keeper,
D irector of Branches, N ational As
sociation for th r A dvancement of
Colored People
H eadquarters, 69 Fifth Avenue, New
York, N. Y.
Robert W. Bagnall, born in Norfolk,
Va., educated in Norfolk Mission
College, Tem ple U niversity and the
Bishop Payne Divinity School, o r
dained as a presbyter of the Episcopal
C hurch in which he yet retains orders,
pastured successfully charges in V ir
ginia, Maryland. O hio and Michigan:
contributor to "T he Survey”, "The
N ation", "T h e W orld Tom orrow ",
NEWS BRIEFS
P. W. M. B Club Holds
Splendid Meeting
At the residence of the President,
Mrs. Ada Brow n, 679 Union Ave
N orth, Monday evening June I, th r
P ortland W om an's Mutual Benefit
Club held a very interesting meeting
T h r program was Jirlp fu l, instructive
and constructive T h r m em bers and
visitors responded with quotations from
colored authors M rs Jrssie Kdwards
gave a brief review of th r lifr and
w oiks of Coleridge T aylor; Miss Preita
Shaw read an article on th r lifr of
Toussiant I.'O v ertu re; C urrent events
were discussed by all. T hen Mrs Ed-
w ards played "L et U s Cheer T h r
W eary T raveller" by C oleridgr Tay-
lor and Miss Shaw sang "F o r Y ou”
Mrs Cannady closed the program with
a brief review of the N egro III Politics
during Reconstruction Days following
the Civil W ar
Messrs. Brown and
1 anuady became honorary m em bers
of th r club and M esdam rs Nannie
Maud Carr and Kula A nthony joined
the club All four new m em bers spoke
words of encouragem ent to the club
and voiced their approval of the object
of the organization. The next meeting
M rs Geo. Mullen sends a card to us will he in Room " F " Public Library.
from Chicago, stating she is leaving a 10th and Yamhill S t s , Monday evening.
lovely trip
Mrs. Mullen resides at June 15th F vrry b o d y is welcome.
318 K 41st St., in this city, and is
touring in the Hast and South.
Mrs. MiUe R T rum bull who has
Bishop Gregg Attends Func
tion for Prince of Wales
Robert W. Bagnall
LOCAL and FOREIGN
been visiting h rr sister and friends in
Minneapolis. Minn . for th r past month,
returned to the city Friday of last
week to the delight of her friends. Mrs
Trum bull is hark at h rr post of duty in
th r Court House and says she had an
enjoyable and restful trip.
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Edw ard C arter Agee, the 18 m onths
old son of Mr and Mrs F W Agee,
is the most recent entry in th r National
Association For The Advancement of
Colored People's Baby C ontest, b rin g
ing th r contestants up to four. This
popular youngster threw his hat into
th r ring as a candidate for first prize
last Tuesday night, and is sponsored
by Lee C. Anderson and other m em
bers of the E lks lodge of which both
Mr and Mrs. Agee are members.
Many of the "Bills" are assisting
Mr Anderson inasmuch as his entry
was made so late. The contest closes
Monday June 8th at Bethel A M F..
Church.
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Ethiopians Not Negroes
(Colum bia Press Bureau)
W ashington. I) C\, June 4 — It is
now claimed by H arvard U niversity
scientists, h e a d e d by D r Geo. A.
R e i s n e r. who has spent tw enty-
six years exploring ancient Egypt,
that Ethiopians are not A frican N e
groes
H r says; "T he inhabitants
of both Abyssinia a n t^ Ethiopia were
mixed races. In antiquity, as today,
th r whole region was inhabited by
dark colored races in which brown
prevails; but they were not and are
not African N egroes, although many
individuals show a m ixture of black
blood through interm arriage.”
For
the benefit of these learned scientists
we might add that there is not now
nor has there ever been a tribe on
the continent of Africa ethnologically
classified as Negroes. T he term "N e
gro" originated with the Portuguese
and originally m eant black.
The Associate E ditor of T he Advo
cate and Rev. J. W Anderson occupied
seats in the G rand Stand Saturday
June JOth at the exercises at the un
veiling of Joan D 'A rc Statue in Coe
Circle in I.aurelhurst.
Both were
specially invited at the request of Dr.
Coe, donor of the beautiful statue
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Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Vann of San
F or rent. Modern house, furnished.
Antonio, Texas, are recent arrivals in
For particulars, call Broadway 5807
the city to reside. They arc house
keeping at 771 E 6th St. N orth. Mr.
Vann is employed in the Bogle Tonso-
rial Parlor, Broadway and E verett Sts.
Special Notice
Portland, O regon, May 25, 1925
T o W hom It May C oncern;
This is to certify that I will not be
responsible for any debts contracted
by my form er wife, Mrs, Olivene
L ucus-H opper, having b e e n granted
a divorce decree from her Monday,
May 25th, 1925.
Signed
Edgar Hooper
Phones Broadw ay «141, T ab o r 7100
Louis H. Strickland
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Stationery, Printing, Book
Binding. R ubber Stam ps,
Seals
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P ortland, O re.
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"O pportunity”, "T he Crisis" and "T he
“Arrow Tips”
Southern
W orkm an"; contributing
(B y K its Reid)
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editor of " The M essenger M agazine” ;
D irector of B ranches of the National
"T he trouble with education is that
Association for the Advancem ent of we try to make it safe. Education
Colored People since 1921, conducted oughtn't to be safe. It should be
its most successful drive; engineered 1 classified am ong the extra hazardous
the successful fight for the Civic Rights I occupations.”
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bill in Michigan and the Segregation
Fight in New O ilcans; mem ber of the
Isn't that clever? I came across it
A m erican N egro Academy, Kappa the other day and thought about it
A lpha Psi and the Civic Club of New quite awhile before I agreed with my-
Y ork; well-known as lecturer on sub | self that it should be the point of this
particular arrow. And I thought o> the
jects relating to the Negro.
Will be in P ortland 6-10 of June, wicked histories that we have in our
public schools, that teach of the hide
inclusive.
ous victories of war—that make heroes
, out of the men who kept them selves
alive by staying so far back of the
slaughter lines th at they had to use
field glasses and m essenger boys to
keep them in touch with the carnage.
And these histories very carefully
avoid teaching the children anything
about the causes of w ar—it would not
be SA KE for the politicians and busi
ness interests that profit out of wars.
No, it would not be safe to teach the
children to T H IN K .
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T alking about war, I w onder if
President Coolidge ever sits down and
' reads his speeches from the “other
point of view.” Just look at these old
m oth-eaten argum ents: In his speech
to the graduating class of the U nited
States N aval Academy, he told the
students that they "w ere am bassadors
of citizenship and righteousness.”
W hat do you suppose those young
men thought (if they have any courage
to think left), stu d e n tr in m ilitary and
naval schools are taught not to think,
only to obey, when all their years of
study and training have been directed
tow ards the art of killing people and
destruction of property? A nd listen to
this brilliant rem ark: "T h at the oc-
i casion seldom will arise when officers
are justified in asserting that other
specified powers are arm ing against us
1 and Gy arousing national hatred and
suspicion, attem pting to cause us to
arm against them ."
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Mrs. Washington Dies
W ife of B ooker T. Ill for M onth at
Tuakegee, Ala.
Thomas Lee, River Disaster
Hero, Visits President
Coolidge
(P resto n News Service)
W ashington, D. C., June 3.—Thom as
Lee, " c e n tly lionized by southern
whites or his unselfish bravery in the
rescue >f nearly tw o score of lives in
the Mississippi, a native of Memphis,
Tcnn , called at the W hite House
IN T E R E S T IN C A SE IS K E E N
T hursday and was received by Presi
dent Coolidge.
W ashington, D. C., June I.—The
Lee saved 32 lives when the steam er
inherent right of a parent to send N orm an went down recently in the
his boy or girl to any school he Vfississippi river with a loss of more
deem s best was upheld and the right than a score of lives. He is an expert
‘ of a state to insist that the children boatm an and at the risk of his own life,
m ust attend certain institutions was made num erous trips to the sinking
sharply denied when the suprem e court ship in a small m otor boat and took the
of the U nited States declared uncon people ashore.
stitutional this afternoon the O regon
H e was recently recom m ended for a
law prescribing that children between Carnegie medal for his rem arkable act
8 and 16 years of age m ust be e d u - 1 of saving lives. The people of M em
cated in the public schools.
phis have gotten up a subscription
T he court at the sam e tim e de cam paign to raise funds for the hero
clared th at to sustain the O regon law and up to last W ednesday the fund
would mean the destruction of th o u am ounted to $1895.85 and strenuous ef
sands of dollars' w orth of property forts are being made by the campaign
belonging to the parochial and secular m anagers to greatly increase this sum.
schools and tfvat this would am ount
Lee was accom panied to the W hite
to depriving them of their possessions H ouse by Paul Block, of New York,
w ithout due process of law.
ow ner of a Memphis new spaper and
Like most states, O regon has a c o m -1 prom inent advertising man, w ho has
pulsory education law which requires interested him self in Lee, and intro
children to attend school, and pre duced him to President Coolidge.
scribes the course of study. T he right
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to enforce such regulations has not
M aster P rescott Sunday made his
been seriously questioned in the courts. first com m union Sunday m orning at
But in 1922 the voters of O regon, the C athedral on 15th and Davis Sts.,
115.506 to 103,685, went a step further, in a class of approxim ately one hun
and enacted a law under which children dred. P recott looked very unique in
betw een the ages of 8 and 16, with his suit, sent by his m other from the
some exceptions, would, after S e p -1 E ast. H e will soon begin training for
tem ber, 1926,, be required to atten d an altar boy. P rescott declares he will
“public” schools.
be a m issionary priest when he grow s
Suits were prom ptly brought in the up and he is studying music and says
federal district court by the Society he will also study medicine to make
of the Sisters of the H oly N am es of him self a m ore useful missionary.
Jesus and M ary, conducting parochial W ednesday he played in a piano re
schools, and by the H ill M ilitary cital at the Cathedral.
acedemv, a private school. E nforce
m ent of the law was restrained, and
A letter from our friend, and brother,
the state appealed to the suprem e court. W . J. W heaton, of San Francisco, was
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received this week. B rother W heaton is
R obert W . Bagnall, who will arrive a leading Elk in California and is
in the city today from California, will a pow er in grand and local lodge
be the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. circles.
E. D. C annady while in the city, at
their home in Irvington.
Mrs. M aybelle C ochrane spent two
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weeks in the city visiting her husband.
M rs Jessie Q . W atkins is spending Dr. Cochrane. She will return Sunday
several days in the city from Seattle. evening to Spokane, where she is in
Mrs. W atkins is the contralto singer business. She plans to dispose of her
in the Puget Sound H arm ony mixed business there and return home soon.
quartet.
Tuskegee, Ala., June 4. — M argaret
J. W ashington, widow of Booker T.
W ashington, founder of Tuskegee in
stitute, died here tonight.
She had been ill for a month.
T hat needs a paragraph alt by itself.
“A rousing national hatred and suspi
cion." W hat have we been doing with
MR. ROBERT W. BAGNALL’S SCHEDULE W H IL E our mock air and naval battles in the
Pacific, the smoke of which has h a rd
IN PORTLAND
ly cleared away? W eren't we using this
expensive picnic as an excuse to m ar
A rrives in P ortland Saturday, June 6.
shal all our forces on this coast so that
SU N D A Y , JU N E 7TH
we would be ready to chip in on the
9:30 A. M —B reakfast with Mr. and Mrs W in. Bowers, 293 Ivy Street.
Chinese trouble? W asn’t it a perfectly
11 A M.— Preach at St. D avid's Episcopal Church, 12th and Belmont Sts.
lovely chance to say to Japan, "L ook
1:30 P. M.— D inner with Mr. ami Mrs. J A. Ewing. 6522 94th St. S. E.
out, you little yellow devil, see what
F rederick J. Libby, Executive Sec
Jno. C. Logan, 380 L arrabee St., is retary of the N ational Council for the
4 P M —Speaks before group at Men’s R esort, Fourth and Burnside Sts.
we have if you make too much fuss
the proud possessor of a book called Prevention of W ar. speaks today at
7:30 P M Preach at C entenary-W ilbur M. E. Church, E. N inth and Pine Sts. over the exclusion act?”
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"T he U nderground R ailroad.” by W il noon at the Y. M. C. A. before the
9 30 P. M —Supper with Mr. and Mrs. L. A A shford. 509 Tillam ook St.
M O N D A Y , JU N E 8T H
"A ttem pting to cause us to arm liam Still. The book has been lately P ortland W om en's Peace Council; at
9:30 A. M.— Breakfast with Mr and Mrs. W in McGill. 641 U nion Ave. N.
against them !” President Coolidge. rebound for preservation and Mr. L o a public m eeting at C entral Library
w hat the world w ants todav is P E A C E . gan says he would not take $50 for it. Saturday, this evening, and the con
11.30 A M —Talk to Reed College students. Lunch at College
2 30 P. M.— Executive Board meeting in G rey Room, Y M. C. A., Sixth and A nd the sooner you scrap your navy It is thought the book cannot be p u r gregation of W hite Temple (to m o r
and all the rest of your killing m achin chased now, anyw here.
T aylor Sts.
row ) Sunday. The m eetings are pub
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ery and declare an economic boycott
lic.
5 P M.— D inner with A ttorney and Mis. E. J. Minor, 538 Mall St.
Room s for rent, furnished or unfur
8 P. M.— Mass meeting, Bethel A. M. E. C hurch. L arrabee and McMillen Sts. on the first nation that threatens us.
the sooner you will win your right to nished. 720 LTnion Ave. N. Call Sell-
T U E S D A Y , J U N E 9T H
Fraternal Notice
wood 3272.—Adv.
he called a great man.
10 A M.— Breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. G eorge E. Scott, 955 T ibbetts St.
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12 M.—A utomobile T rip over Columbia River Highway.
W anaum a chapter and E nterprise
T he A ssociate E ditor of The A dvo chapter, O. E. S„ will jointly observe
Then he goes on and tells us to p re
4:30 P. M.— Luncheon with Mr. W. D. Allen at Reed's P oultry Farm .
8 1 > M.— N. A. A. C. P. Banquet, Stag A uditorium . 381)4 E. M orrison St. pare for another w ar—because he j cate has accepted an invitation to de annual E sther Day Sunday evening at
"know s hum an nature so well," and his liver an address before the state F ed First A. M E. Zion church, 417 W il
W E D N E S D A Y , JU N E 10TH
9:30 A. M.—Breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. W . B. Brown, 708 M aryland Ave. know ledge of the "history of m ankind" eration of W om en's Clubs in T acom a liams Ave. T here will be a splendid
on the 25th of this m onth. Mrs. C an short program and Rev. H . Leo Jo h n
12 M.—Speaks before O regon Social W orkers, and lunch. Y. VV. C. A., B road is so great that he know s the forces
nady, accom panied by her sons G eorge ston will deliver the sermon. V isitors
of
greed
cannot
be
satisfied
in
anj¿
way and T aylor Sts.
and Ivan, and Mrs. C lara Bell, will in good standing in the respective o r
2:30 P. M.—Speaks before O regon Federation of Colored W om en's Clubs, other way." T hat last quotation is my
own. You see the President has studied m otor to T acom a and will be the house ders are requested to turn out with the
W'illiams Avenue Branch Y. W . C. A.
our rotten histories. But let him say guest of Mrs. N ettie J. A sberry during chapters.
5 p M.— D inner with E ditor and Mr. E. D. Cannady, 520 E. 25th St. N.
that no food stuffs, not w ar m aterials, the convention. F rom T acom a they
E D I T H W IL L IA M S . W. M.
Leaves W ednesday evening.
shall be furnished a nation at w ar with will go on to Seattle and spend several
D O L L Y P A R IE S , Sec.
anybody; that all our trade relations ¡ days with friends before returning
ROBERT W. BAGNALL
shall im m ediately cease the m om ent home.
W A N T E D —To hear from ow ner of
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Mr Robert W . Bagnall, of New York, D irector of B ranches of the N a any country engages in w ar with any j
a good ranch for sale. S tate cash
Please p»y your subscription to
tional Association for the A dvancem ent of Colored People, is rated first class other country, and w hat would happen?
price, full particulars. D. F. Bush,
The A dvocate and avoid m issing an
as a pulpiteer and lecturer and it is with great enthusiasm that the people of T he man w’ho says th at to the fussy issue
M inneapolis. Minn.—Adv.
of the paper.
Portland, the N. A. A. C. P. Branch in particular, are looking forw ard to nations of the w orld could be elected
his coming. Mr. Bagnall will arrive in the city from California on Saturday, president for an indefinte num ber of --------- ---------------------------------------------
the 6th of June, and will rem ain until W ednesday evening. The com m ittee term s. T h a t’s why I'm for Borah!
HEY, LOOK! COME TO TH E
in charge of arrangem ents has worked hard to see to it th at all classes and
(C ontinued next week)
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groups of people have an opportunity to sec and hear this noted race leader
and educator. All the public is invited to all of the m eetings with the excep
If you ow n your lot, we will finance
the building of a 4 o r 5 room bunga
tion of the club women, to which women only are asked to come.
low on sm all m onthly paym ents. Bea
con 5546.—Adv.
Given by the Tawi wa Tennis Club
T H E BANQUET
. A word about the banquet. T he organization serving the banquet for
B oat Leaves F oot of E ast M orrison S treet Prom ptly at 9 P. M.
the Association will be able to accom m odate only 150 persons, therefore only
D A N C N G F R O M 8 U N T IL 12 P. M.
150 tickets have been issued and they can be purchased front any m em ber of
FO R SA LE
the Executive C om m ittee of the Association. T hey can be purchased at The
Music by Brock’s Harmony Spillers
Advocate office and at the W illiams Avenue B ranch Y. W . C. A. A number
H ouse and lot at 52nd St. and
of reservations have already been made and those who desire to attend this
Admission $1.00
Mason St., lot being 71x142; light,
special affair of the entire program and hear the splendid program as well as
partake of the sum ptuous repast and personally sec and meet the distinguished
telephone and w ater; gravel streets.
guest, would do well to buy their tickets early. The tickets are only 75c each.
The program which hak been arranged for the banquet includes some of the
The num ber of the house is 1432,
best talent in the city, representative of the various group activities of the
and there is a fir grove in front.
com m unity. Several prom inent musicians will furnish the music for the
T here is a house, garage, and a good
occasion.
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FIRST BOAT EXCURSION OF THE
SEASON
T H E BABY CONTEST
w oodshed on the place.
T he price
The Baby P opularity C ontest, in w hich several p retty babies have en- j is $850.00 with but $300.00 cash.
Sored, will close on Monday night at the m ass meeting, and the w inners will |
1303 Yeon Bldg.
be aw arded their prizes.
T his visit to the Coast by Mr. Bagnall prom ises to inject m ore interest j
Riely & Ryan
into the work of the great National Association m ovem ent than any visit ,
yet, judging from the interest already manifested.
RASM USSEN & CO.
PAINTS, DOORS AND GLASS
Store and Office; 2nd and Taylor Sts.