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THE An VOI.. X X II! NO. V ADVOCATE In d e p e n d e n t Peper D # r o t «d to I h * I n t o r « s t« mf th e P o e p l« • PRICE 5 CENTS PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY. OCTOBER ¿4, 1 c>25 ZION AFRICAN METHODISTS IN CONFER CLARENCE DARROW EMPLOYED BY N.A.A.C.P. C L A R E N C E DAKKOW FAMOUS CRIM IN AL LAW YER RKTAINKL) BY N. A. A C. F ST LOUIS COURT AFFIRMS StiGRKGATION DECISION hasf : d o n c a s f : n o w IN SUPREME c o u r t CO LO RED PEOPLE CAVE $8.000 P 0 R LINCOLN TOMB LOCAL and FOREIGN NEWS BRIEFS EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OREGON FED ERATIO N OP NEGRO WOMENS CLUBS Springfield, IIL, O rt. 15—An inter- — 4 -------- eating fart w»> revealed today in the Wednesday and Thuriday Oct., 28-29 New York. N Y October 16— — report of Col C K Miller, director A CARD PARTY Mt Olivet Baptist Church Ea»t lla»ing it» decision upon the Wash of flu department of public work* Firtt and Schuyler Street» ington rate now on appeal in the IJ and building« which «tated that Col One of the most enjoyable card . S. Supreme Court bv the N A A ored soldier) contributed over $ 8,1810 The It were aPreited (or refitt PORTLAN D . OREGON C I’ , a Si Louia court ha* affirmed toward* the fund collected to build parties of the season was given last ' ing a mob the right of white property owner» to I the tomb which houses thr remain« Saturday evening, at 700 First Street, I from 8 to 12 Mrs. N. Ramsey and —PROGRAM — agree among them«elve> not tu «jll fames Donatd were the hosts. Light Nrw York. Ort 16 The National property to Negroes and to enforce i of thr Great Emancipator Thr large»! amount contributed by j refreshments weed served, and a real \etocialinn fnrthr Ad* «nee incut of «tt. li an agrcrnient in the court» Wednesday 10:00 a m meeting of any one organization, except thr »late pleasant ,vtm ng $*a- «pent by those t ..lured People. Fifth AvrnlH'. to An injunction ha* hern i»«ued pro Executive Board, 11:00 a m. Inspir The gie»t were: Mr and ational Talk by Chaplin, Mrs Fulli- dav announced that th celebrated law hibiting Mr and Mr* George W Molt • of lilinoi«e, came from the 72nd re- present yer. t larence I »arrow, who w»< chief and other colored people from ocru- ; gimrnt, D S Army t olorrd troop* Mr* It Strain, ID and Mrs R F- love j «tatiourd at thr time at New Orlean» Signiond, Mr ana Mr* F. Love, Mr i.niii.il in the Tennessee evolution pymg property »old to thr Holt* Opening of Federation meeting by and Mr* M cC aicv, Mr and Mr*. president. Mrs Filla Smith . after noon rave, ha* been retained to head the In the ruurrr n( the drri»ion. the Morgan, Mr. Tcif»n*lcr, Mrs Jones, session. Memorial Services for Mrs. defence of Dr <> II Sweet and It' St Loui* court complement» the N E L W Y N ’S FIRST CONCERT of California and Mr* Alice Williams 1 Marguret Muray Washington and other Negroes ehargrd with murder 1 A V C P counsel “ for the able man GOES OVER BIG for defending l»r Sweet'» home from lier in which they (the brief«) were Mrs Emma I.ancaster Mr Andrew jickson 1508 Ashby a mob in Detroit. pri-paird, and tile mdu«lry and «kill Wednesdan F’ vening, Educational Maria Kurenko, talrnted Ku«»ian Avenue. Oakland, Calif., father of Arrangement» were Concluded With which necr*»arily w it expended in Colorature night. Presidents Annual Address and »opraua. Moscow Opera, Mrs. A 1» U R iif, wa* seriously in- j Mr I »arrow yeaturday and he left their preparation " a musical treat. fairly thrilled her audience at the Au Chicago at oner to go to Detroit and Final decision m thi*. a» in other ditorium, opening thr splendid Filwyn lured. October 6t* by falling from a Thursday _ Morning, Executive j Key Route train Fie is home agan p r r p a n t h r i a * r f o r e a r ly trial A» *u< h ca«r* throughout thr country, *rrir* thi* *ra»on She wa* ably a* (from the hospital and is doing fine Board meeting and report of Clubs ,eialed with Mr l»ar r"W will be will depend upon thr outcome of thr *i»trd bv Vicente Ballr»ter,Maritone. Afternoon, Art display.. Tea will \rthur (.arfirld Have«, of New York, ia«r appealed from the Court of Ap who equally »hared honor» with her he served by Art department. Mrs. of council lor the American t ivil peal* .if the Diktrict of Columbia to Tile whole program wa* excellent | Mr and Mr*. Alic Webb, of Los- Waters, of Carvolis, presiding. I i ) h riv» Union the U S. Supreme Court, in which tnor e than ever the »¡tiger» were Angeles. C alif, w $re guests at Break- j Evening Young Peoples night prin- The «tail of counril rrtamed for eminent lawyer* retained by the N. and fast at the hom e-of Mr Dan Sykes, jcipal address by Mrs Nettie J Asbery, compelled to respond to encore* the ea»e, who wil work under the A A C P will appear to argue, pro Mr Myron lacobsen was thr «plen- I4l(i-67lh Street (firl^lcy, California, StatePresident of the Washington It-adcr«htp of Mr I »arrow include* a bably tin« November dnl accompanist So wrll did thr and were later shop n <gourtc«iv» at the . F toleration of Colored Womens Clubs well known white Detroit attornrji audirnre like hi« composition, "Yon home ot Mr and Mrs. A. D. I.eBon, subject. "Opportunity." together with the Colored council Every body is welcome at all the Drought Me Lovely Flowers" that after which they 1*11 for home. who have been a»«ociated with the ROLAND HAYES. FAMOUS meetings Kurenko had to king it over again TENOR. IN VIENNA ca\c from the beginning Mr. and Mrs. C. 0 Coffey, pioneers Mrs Ella Smith, president, At thr close of which she turned and In making the announcement of Mr of Portland, after 2* years in thi» city Mrs Josephine Duke. *«cre*ary congratulated Mr Jacobsen Vienna. Oct 8.— Roland Have*. I »arrow * a»«oeiation with the ta«c o Kurrnko was pretty, pleasing and have sold their home at |89 West a* chief council, lame» Weldon John- American Negro tenor, tonight gave a good naturrd and abovr all could sing F'arragot Street ind left Friday for GO TO CHURCH DAY yon. Secretary of the National A»»o- concert here that wa* a sensational She *ang her«rlf into the heart* of Red Bluff Califoriia to reside ciation for the Advancement of C ol-j «nice«» Hr *ang number» from Rer- Portland music lover* who came un ord People »aid: "The Detroit case thoven. Schubert and Rrahm», but Sunday! October 25, is go to church BROKRN JAW thr «rats were nearly all filled. day involve« the third most dangerous ! earned hi» grratr«t applau»r with an til Both she and Mallr«trr were genrou* a»»ortmcnt of Negro «piritual*. the pha«r of segregation I he N A A. For the convinence of all. Mt Oli audirnre >n«i»ting on a repetition of with thi n < ii.ore* ' J R Mills, an officer of the Zion A vet Dabtist Church is having an all C P. ha« (ought and won a victory each Several huge bouquet* o f rxquisetr M E ( hurch and a member of the in thr United State» Supreme Court, day service The ladies are request flower* were presented Kurenko F.lks. is in Good 'Samaritan hospital ed to bring their baskets of dinner m thr matter of »egregation by or Many member* ol tin- Vienna Amer suffering with a broken jaw bone, the an£ . c,,mc Prepaired to stay all day dinance or law We »hall very »oon ican colony t attended, including the results of an accident while at work argue in the Supreme Court thr que»- United Slate* Mmi*trr and Mr* The following pr ogram will be SYM PHONY ORCHESTRA IS in the foundry last Monday rendered • liolt of «egregation by private agree Washburn ELW YN ATTRACTION ---------- 0---------- ment among white pmiirrtv owner* Sunday School — 9:30 a m . Preach Mrs Ima Morgan Minor wa« mar ing — 11:00 a m, bv Rev John F Stay off date December 14. particu We are now facing in Detroit, segre ried a tew day* ajp. to Mr J Starke«, Moreland, Jr, pastor of Kyles Chap- lar! later. — Adv. gation by mob violence brother of the late GrorRe Starkev ''If in the Detroit .a»r thr Negro c' A M E. Zion Church. Seattle, Wn The couple left once for Chicago, 1 « Hot upheld in the right to defend the Brotherhood will have charge George Fdward < annadv left Fri thr home of the ffmoin. hi» home again«! eviction by a riot- .o f the afternoon service, and have pre oil« mob. no decent Negro home any das uiorning st 8 oTluek for Seattle paired an excelent program in connec where m the United Stair* will b< Io attend tlir lunior Leaders Confer Mrs Robert lari-on, w ho ha« hern tion with a sermon by Rev M I ence to he heil a! the Scatl Ir Y M «. . utr In thr Detroit . a«r where M«iting with relati\< « in Atlanta. Ga . llarklev D D . L. L. B the Colored people arr bring tried < \ ( | • * | \; m 4 25th The II Y P. U have a treat in store for a month or mjpre .returned home Witt anioiiK of thr local Y M on the charge of murder in (hr (ir«t la«t week and repel s a pleasant visit tor you at 6:30 p m t V to Icatlrr «hip tc*t« and hr d> Urcc. Lie.au«. they dul exercise thr Preaching at 8:00 by Rev. T \tlrti lirm of defending thrfr home. th<- C oca wifh thr leulcr* f«rp* fron» Man y. D D., of Sacsementa. Calif MURDERER CONVICTED rortland« Thrrr will bt dtloiatr* \atioiial A»»oc .at.on ha« «reured the F.very body is welcome. h. *t legal talent linn the UmtedSta- fron» all thr Nortl»Wf*trrn Statu* and ---------- O**-------- t'auada Thr bov* will br thr KUot« Oliver Jones, who killed his wife tr« afford« AN IM PO R TAN T SUPREME with a hatchet seteral months ago in "'I hr N A A t . P will «pare no of thr Seattle V'. M ( A whilr thrrc COURT CASE Longview. Wn . was convicted Mon- Thcy tnolorrd ovrr in thr l*ortland effort and, a« for a« rc*ouree* go. dav of murder in the second jlrgree will »pare no money The amount Y \V ( A bi«N Washington, October 16th ______ ---------- • ---------- of work thr A«»ociation ran do on The legal qualifications of children Mrs F.mma Lancaster, wife of A tin* ra»e, the ra«r now pending in thc Mrs 1 con (areKory i* rrportrd I Lancaster, died Saturday, Oct. 17. of former slaves to inherit property Snprrme Court and other ca«r«. will quite ill at hrr home on Mallory Avc following a long il'ness Furnal ser left by their parents was argued in the depend on the financial «upport the Her *istrf, Mri, I. II l ’rr*t»m of vices w ere held 'I hursdav, Oct.22 at L mted States Supreme Court one dav ( olorrd people of the rotintr y will Chicago, III., is expected to arrive at The case came up on ap- -•00 p^ ni. from the Friends Church last w-eek. give hrr brdMdr one dav this week It was held Fast ,15th and .Main Streets. Intern neal from Oklahoma '"I he N A. A I P want* money to 6v the Oklahoma court, that children ment in Mt. Scott cemetery. fight three ra*c» The*e two »egre *> f former slaves could not be recog I.OS ANGKLKS MOB ROCKS Mrs. Lancaster is one of Portlands gation ra»C«, together with the vital COM >RF.I> I'l <>PI » S H< )\lF.S oldest and highly respected citizens nized as having the legal rights to in ly important I'raa* disfranchisment She was active in chnrrh and rltib herit property of their parents unless t a«e. w hich ha* now al*o reached the j work and her sen ices in the commun their parents lived together as man W in d o w s m homes Owned by pro- Jacques Gershkovitch Supreme t .mrt, obligate the N A A and wife at the time of emancipation The Gershkovitch Symphony O r ity will be greatly missed t P in th. «iitnof approximately tdr nf thr Rare havr him hmkrn Slid The decision was bas She leaves to morn her loss, a hus or afterwrard. JAH nsi Will the l olorrd people owner* have been ordered to move chestra, Jacques Gershkovitch con ed on the grounds thatpersons in sla- of the country fiirm«h the ammuni bv groups of whites, in the South ductor, opens thr Portland season of band and a host of friends \er.v were incapable of contracting tion for this fight upon which one Slatison ami Hooper avenue districts «vmphonv inu*ic on Monday night. This conFert i* pre- of their mn«t fundamental right* de recently and both exrilment and bit | October 2t>th Mrs. Aneta Marks, one of the most marriage, and to give their children «rntud bv the F.lwyn Concert Bttrrau briliant minds amoung the Colored born in slavery a legitimacy status it pend*’ We want contribution« of ter feeling have been caused. In the west Jefferson section, suit ■is the «econd event on the F.lwvn people of \ er noma, Oregon, passed was necessary for them to continue ft-oin $100 to .me dollar Send if Mr Gershkovitch i* through Portland mondav enroute to to live together as man and wife after cheek to | I Spingarn, Trca«urer of has hern brought lo forre out all non i \rli«t Series ! very popular and held in high esteem Weeds. Calif , to put her two lovely emancipation, when they were to de the N A A C P . 69 l ift», Avenue. whites west of West Avenpe termine for themselves their material New \ ork City." The authorities have been notified, las a conductor bv all patrons of music little children in «chool relations Appearing as solist is and in all ease« of threat* and disturb in tin* city. I hr < olorrd I’mtestnt Episcopal ance. Ihr owners have declared their Felix Salniond, eminent English 'Cel CHILI CON CARNE cluirrhrs t»f Washington rrruntlv pur- intention to protect themselves and to list Mr Salniond has had remarkable A COM EDY success in thi* country, appearing in c ha*rd property. Containing fifteen hold their property. served loliccrt in all thr principal citic« and as room«, which will «erve a* a home for “ A Church Bazaar at Mulberr y SATURDAY and SUNDAY Stay off November 26th. Court of soli*t with the leading symphony or- widows and aged and indigent mrm- Corners” Ichcstra«. The program for the even and bi rs f»f the rhur'rh Calanthe.—adv. ing is exceptionally and exceedingly — by the— BAKED HAM well balanced—one that will be of Juniors of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church interest and enjoyable to all every day Miss FI Rac Maxwell one of the With Potato Salad, Saturdays Wednesday, November 11th 1925. charming daughters of Mr and Mrs, 4 And Sundays Charles II Maxwell of Salem. O rr Adults 25 cents — Children 15 cents: is enjoying a visit to her many friends here in the city. Darrow Will Defend Dr. Sweet And Ten Otliei Colored People Charged With Murder '-Announcement RICHARDSON’S Muggins—"Say what you will about j Stephen Steamroller, he is the one man who never forgrts his campaign , promises - -Huggins—"yes, when they arr broken, he patches them up and uses them over again. Wc arc pleased to announce the arrival of our CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS CONFECTIONERY Broadway and Everett Streets r We have on display at our office the most exquisite and complete line of Christmas Greeting Cards ever shown in Portland. LOUIS PLAIN TOE — AND— Last in Oxfords and high at STAG AUDITORIUM ,^81 1-2 Hast M o rriso n W e will he glad to call at your homes and show them at your convenience. Just call us at Broadway 5X07 and make an appointment. “ Procrastination is a Thief of Time” THE FAMOUS ST. Second Annual Carnival Hallowe’en Dance Come and make your selection while the line is complete and the variety good. Stacy Adams Flats Shoes will be on SALE for one week from Oct. 25 to October 31st. —for— 9.85 .Rose City Lodge No. 1 1 1 —regular— October 29-30-31 13.50 THREE NIGHTS OF FUN AND FROLIC THE ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CO. 312 Macleay Building, Portland, Oregon. PRIZES AW ARD ED THE BEST. AND MOST COMICALLY MASKED LAD Y AND GENTLEMEN 'S H O E D E N FOR M EN MORRISOn HEAR BROADWAY Given By The Boosters Club Of Rose City Lodge »4 AFRICAN M ETH ODIST ZION CONFERENCE IN SESSION AT PORTLAND ARROW TIPS (By Kit» Reid) "Then the spirit mournful, crushed. 1 Forth into the dark night rushed; O'er the garish streets he went T o a church well lit.—'twas Lent. Clad in white midst candle light. Priests said prayers, quite unawares; At length the Bishop preached with zeal Concerning this, our Common weal And begged young men the sword to wield For love of Christ and ne'er to yield My Master’s sw ooned” Fifty Eighth Session of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Connection Now in Session Conference brings prominent minis ters from East and middle Western States to Portland The fifty-eighth Session of the A f rican Methodist Episcopal Zion con nection is being held at First A M E. IZion church. 417 Williams Avenue, with the Rt Rev. Bishop J. W Mar The above verse seems apropos to tin. A M . D. I), presiding. The conference opened Wednesday the following incident which happened Organization at the Episcopal Convention just clos morning at 10 o'clock | of the conference, calling and correct- ed at New Orleans According to an j ing the roll, report of committee on Associated Press dispatch published in the Oregonian Oct 21st, "vast I credentials and seating of I.ay-dele numbers of Christians, both of out gates, report of committe on rules and own and other Communions; are in the annual sermon, comprised the first serious distress, perplexity and doubt meeting. Wednesday afternoon, the Episco as to their Christian duty in relation to the problem of war " And then pal address was delivered by Bishop these Apostles of Christ appointed a Mar tin, Wednesday evening was dc- committee of five Bishops to Study ! voted to the formal welcoming of the ¡conference. This service was con the question! ducted by Rev H Leo Johnson, pas- j tor of Zion church. Several prom What a travesty' What a confession inent citizens participated on the pro- of weakness! What a denial of Christ! ! gram, including Mayor George E. These to whom we should look for Baker eadership confess that they art bewil Three services were held on Thur s- dered and doubtful as to their “duty 'dav. At 10:00 a. m. a School of as Christians in relation to the prob lem of war.” I* it aay wonder that the Church, as an institution, is losing ground and that the people no longer j respect its leadership’ I am reminded of a story told me years ago when I first came West, by an old preacher who had been a mis- i »ionary amongst the Indians He had expended much time and energy try ing J o convert an old Indian Chief to his Christian doctrine but with no sue- I cess. He finally acknowledged total failure when the old chief said to him: ' "No. no. 1 no believe in your God. | \Y hen the white man go into fight you pray to the great father to help ■ you kill . He no good father if he help vou kill Indian, he pray to devil to j help kill because devil like to kill.” The old chief was right, and after 2,000 years of preaching the gospel of j the Prince of Peace, the House of Bi shops has appointed *- committee o f 1 rive to study the question.—is it a t hristian duty to kill your fcllowman? 1 It is to be regretted that so few peo ple heard the speeches of Mr. Wilfred W cllock the Englishman who has been in Portland this week. Mr Wellock is a Pacifist and has earned the right to , voice his convictions on the world si- j tuation today During the war, he w as ] a conscientious objector and the Eng Bishop J. W. Martin, A. M„ D. D. lish government promptly put him in who is presiding over the 68th Annu prison,—just as the United States did al Conference of Zion Methodists here in this country for those who would not be traitors to their convictions Prophets and a sermon by one of the that no Nation or government can visiting ministers were the features. compel any man to kill another man. The afternoon session was largely Mr. Wellock warned us here in Amer given over to the Presiding Elder's ica that we must have little faith in reports and report« from various com the usual advertised assertions of the mittees and Lay-delegates. At night big powers that disarmament was al a sermon and reports of committee« most a certainty in the near future. on Sunday Schools were heard. He pointed out the inconsistency of F'ridav afternoon the ministers went their claim« as against the huge pre into prriate executive session At parations for war; the war being wa this session commutes on Fiducation ged by the French against the native and Missions made their reports tribes in Morocco; the denial of home In the evening, Mr s. O. C. Martin, rule to India bv Great Britian: the bru wife of the Bishop, presided over a tality of the foreign nations maintain meeting of the womens Home and ing their extra territoriality “ grip" in Foreign Missionary 'Society. A pub China (this includes our Democratic lic offering for the cause of Missions America) and finally he proclaimed completed the evening’s session. the l.ucarno treaty just concluded, as Saturday morning reports from simply another step nearer the next Conference Workers. Missionaries, war. And when one analyzes the text Temperance Workers and devotion* of the treaty, what else can it be but were held and Conference Claims an opiate that drugs the minds of the were reported. people into a condition of fancied se The program for Sunday (tomor curity. England, F'rance and Germany row) is as follows: 9:30 a. m. Con united in a pact so that the grip of ference Love F'east. 10:45 a. m. Ser F'rance and England on the conces mon, bv Bishop J YV Martin; 3:00 sions and cheap labor of the F'ast can p m. Sermon ami 8:00 p. m Sermon not be shaken loose. Germany, forced and reading of appointments and to be their ally so that she coud not Refreshments. join Russia They know that in case A party of well known churchmen India, and China and the other Na motored from Oakland here to attend tions of the East unite against the ag the conference. Thev came with Bish gressions of the Western world, that op and Mrs. I Y\ Martin in the Mar Russia will join forces with the East. tin’s big Duick Sedan Tho-e in the There is unrest all through the East party: Dr. J. J. Byers, Zion church at ern World, and todaCs papers tell u- San Francisco.: Dr R l-o*ell. of Zion that Franc* is "subduing revolts in church at Vallejo,; Rev. I. M. McCoy, Syria" What business has France in of Zion church at Palo Alto: Rev D. Syria’ And the American government D. Mattox, church at San Jose, and is taking its cue from Great Britian Rev. Mien Harvey of Sacramento, and our President “delays calling a who on last Sunday was elevated to conference for disarmament." the position of Presiding Filder of the What are our churches doing in California conference. The appoint the crisis’ Well, as remarked in the ment came at the conclusion of the first paragraph, one “ House of Bish conference held in Oakland. October ops" has appointed a committee of 14 - 18, and wa« a very pleasant sur- five to "study the question." It will nrise to Dr. Harvey. probably report at tbe close of the Other dignitaries in attendance here next war after they have “ begged are. Re* I M Draper, San Mateo; tvoung men the swords to wield For Rev. E V Clark, former Presiding love of Christ—and ne’er to yield.” Elder but now pastor at Yladerea, Cal. Are not all the people« wf the earth Rev. J E Moreland and wife of Seat children of one loving father? tle; Rev. Vernon Rose, Redding, Cal.; Re* N. Felder of McC loud, Cal ; Rev R H. (¡amp, wife and daughter of H ARRY W IL L S TO MEET Walla Walla, Wn., and Mrs Anderson FLO YD JOHNSON and daughter are also deleg.>tes from Redding, Cal New Y’ork, Oct. 13— (A. IV) — Arti Presiding Elder T. Allen Harvey, cles for a 12-round no-decision fight B D , ably presented a paper and led on Monday, October 26, at the Ne in a discussion, during tin session wark armory, Newark, N. j , between dealing with the present statu« of thr Harry Wills, heavyweight challenger, country, spiritually, politically, econo and Floyd Johnson of Iowa were sign mically, socially and otherwise. Pres. ed, according to an announcement by ( oolidge s Omaha address was endor Wills' manager, Paddv Mullins. sed, the work of the N A. A. C P Babe ( ii I nan of the National Sports and the Dyer Anti-lynching bill were men s C Itib of Newark, w hich will pro discussed, including foreign debts, mote the contest, confirmed the an and Mitchell's courtmartlal nouncement He said the bout would Other interesting features of the mark the final appearence of Wills in ( onference will be reported in next the ring prior to his anticipated cham issue of The Advocate pionship match with Jack Dempsey Visiting infhisterS will supply a* next summer. many local pulpit* Sunday,tomorrow. He explained that Johnson had been --------- 0--------- chosen as a foe for the pugilist be- Mrs. Matilda Bradley underwent a i cause of his return to winning form operation fo» the removal of m recent fights on the Pacific coast minor her tunsils Thursday She is doing I hi« comeback by Johnson after his finely. knockout defeat two years ago at the hands of less Willard had justified his I hr worst sort of jam for little selection as an opponent for Demp ¡srv s challenger, in the opinion of boys is traffic jam. and you have no business letting them get into it un ( ulnan. til thev arr sixteen. I