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i TH E An =••■ ADVOCATE ln d «p «n d # n i ‘ — ' VOL. X X IV — No. 11 P * p * r D # v « t « d « (o " " ■'■*■■■ " = f * th * In ta rta U m f t h t Peo p i * ■ ‘ r. ’ . - a PORTLAND, OREGON, S A H j RDAY, NOVKMBER 20, 1920 PRICE 5 CENTS 11 RIFFS GIVEN HANDSOME BRONZE Ml INTER-RACIAL DINNER HONORS LOCAL WOMAN ■ ■ MRS. ALICE M. HAND SAKER SIGNALLY HONORED ON MON. FEW BLACK REPRE ■Hi PROTECTION OF PRI masamm A r r o w T ip s * SENTATIVES OF A F SONERS FROM MOBS (B y Kits Reid) RECEIVES PRAISE RICA ON LEAGUE OF T he Advocate does not necessarily share in K its R eid’s views, but w heth NATIONS E'ifty-Six People R epresent er we do or not. her opinions are Inter racial Commission In TEXAS VIES W ITH SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRUTAL ing Several Nationalities and logical and well w orth LYNCHING ORGY Annual Session Confers New York, N. Y. Nov. 19- reading. I t is your privilege a« well aa Sit at Banquet Table Mrs. our» to disagree w ith Kita and »he Horacc (>. Alexander, is quo- Honors on Officers For Trumbull is Toastmistress invite» your opinion upon subjects ( Preston News Service) lcd In " I In \ n ii .in W orld" »he discusaea From time to time in her Due Legal Dilligence. column. H ouston, Texas, Nov. 19— T h e Texas prairies are being comb (Special) as writing in the "W orld ed by a posse in search of seven men dressed as cowboys, sought Fifty six Portland citizens Outlook", that although the H ouston, Texas, Nov 19— Secretary of State Keltog is coming H andsome as the killers of three Negroes, one of them a worrtan, in one of the representative of several ra population of the African bronze medals into the limelight as a “n ote” writer. most diabolical crimes ever perpertrated in the state it is said. cial groups and nationalities continent is estimated at First to China and now to Mexico. were today conferred by the We are simply bound to get into that Texas Inter-racial Com m it sat at a banquet table in the 18() million people, only three Mexican situation upon one excuse T h e bodies of the victims were found T h u rsd a y morning at an A. & H. Sw’ect Shoppe, M on African states arc represent 1 o r another. W e have got to see that tee, in annual session here, American money invested in Mexico isolated spot near the county line, twenty-five miles from H ous day evening at 6 o ’clock and ed on tlie League of Nations is protected even if it does take Arn- to Sheriffs Jam es Hilton, of ton. T w o of the victims—one a w om an— were burned to death mingled their voices in praise and of these one is repre - erican boys' lives. National honor (or O range, Texas, Schuyler coin) must be safe guarded. All of when the demand of their attackers that they quit their home, of Mrs. Alice M. llandsaker, sented by white men only. which leads to this question—are our of Dallas, and John C. San went unheeded. Riddling the burning wooden building with bullets military and naval affairs in such ders, of Marshall, and to con wife of Rev. j. J. llandsaker, T h e state with white repre shape that we are ready to fight? I t the attacking barbarians emptied their pistols and fled. for her great work toward sentatives is the Union of looks as if they were. Otherwise, our stable A. B. C arter, of Azle, Mr. Kellogg would not be “viewing in recognition of notable dil- bringing about a better un South Africa. Mr. Alexander with concern” the unsettled state of Surrounding the house under cover of darkness the marauders derstanding between the va continues: affairs in Nicaragua. T h e pretext of- , gence in the protection of fered. according to new spaper report prisoners shot their first victim, Scott Evans, 50, a ranch foreman, w’hen he rious races iti the communi from threatened "T he other two are Libe of N ovem ber 18th is th at the P anam a responded to a call at the door. W ounded, he tried to run. One of ty and for unselfish life spent ria and Abyssinia, both of mob violence. T he medals, Canal is "menaced". the villians crushed the wounded m an ’s head with a heavy weapon. in the service of humanity. which are beautiful exam p them weak states, subject to T his "m enace” seem i to be m the As one guest described the the economic exploitation of form of "opinions” . T he U nited S tat les of the engraver’s art, p i c es is so deeply concerned over the fure a heroic figure standing Robert Brown, who occupied the house with his wife and Evans g a th erin g : "Just a beautiful white men, though ruled by d an g er to Mexico of the Bolshevistic failed to heed demands that the Negroes leave their home to face flower garden with the white the British, French, Belgian, with draw n sword before p ropog anda th at if the old Mex. doesn't watch out, our governm ent the probable death at the point of the mob’s guns. Brown and his wife and yellow and brown races Portugese, Italian and Span temple of justice, the will send a real bogey man in the died in the flaming building, which had been set fire from end to harmonizing as the white ish governments. whole encircled by the leg j shape of guns and gunpow der down Indeed, there to blow up those opinions end, “ In defense of law and end by the mob. and yellow and brown chry the one man, who so far has Right here, may I rise up to inquire santhem um s that adorned effectively represented the what business is it of this “ land of civilization.” the free and home of the brave.” ( The fourth occupant of the house, Frazier Holmes, a cook, es- the center of the table. Negro races in the world's The several awards had W h a t kind of opinions are being escaped unmolested it is said. 5 spread around in Mexico, or any o - , been passed upon by a com The occasion was a belat- political essembly is M. Dan- ther country? W h a t business is it of ed B irth d iy surprise party tcs Bellcgardc, the brilliant Gov ours to "wet nurse" other nations?! mission composed of ssct| Blakely ranch near the county T h e house was on the Basse Let Mexico settle her own affairs, ernors H enry. W hitfield of and imagine Mrs. llan d sak - orator from the W est Indian say I O f course. W all Street, Secre line of H arris and Reed count ities. T h e structure was probably a e r ’s surprise when she called Republic of Haiti." and John W. tary Kellogg's master, dictates those Mississippi mile away from the main ranch buildings. at the Sweet Shoppe in re i love letters he has been w riting—that M artin of Florida, Marshall Sir. Alexander warns of is very evident, and we would oot sponse to Mrs. C annady's re the danger of international need to pay any attention to them if Ballard of Louisiana, Judge T h e assailants were unmaskefl. A railroad section g a n g saw quest to "pick up a package war which thev did not smell to H eaven of the I H u g h M. Dorsey, of Georgia lurks in thc bank vaults of that famous N ew Y ork the attack from their work site at Jaston, a railroad station near and bring out to me when scramble for "m andates" in thoroughfare Personally I ’m getting Mrs. J. H. McCoy, of A laba by, but were powerless to interface. No clue to their identity has awfully tired of Kellogg. He is such ma, and George B. Dealey, vou come", in finding this Africa: "T h e diplomatic- a fraid cat So afraid th a t our A m er been left by thc mob. Init T exas authorities express the belief that large group of friends who a- competition of the govern ican ideals could not stand an y strain of Texas, acting for the the killings were prompted as a revenge for the death of a white at all. at all, that he would not allow Southern rose as she entered and sho ments of Europe for control Commission on a lone woman em bassador to Mexico man near here recently. wered her with conratula- in Egypt, in Tunis, in Moroc- Cooperation, to ride on our trains from New York Interracial to the Mexican border. I tell yuo, which prepared the medals. tio n s a n d Birthday greetings c0> ¡„ T r ip o li, may not have friends, when our faith in our own The m urdered Negroes were not directly connected with the amid deafening applause! It Lheen the decisive cause of the In the case of Sheriff H il integrity is as delicate as all that, it white man's death the officials say. 1 is time we acquired a new set of prin- ton the aw ard was made on was sometime- beforc- she war in 1914, but it was an ciplees. It would be to laugh if it were realized w hat it was all a- im portant contributing fac not such a reflection on the com the basis of successful efforts T exas Lynching of Three Brings Y e ar’s T otal to D ate to 31 mon, plain garden variety of horse covering bout. three days and tor. Unless the competition sense of the average American. One There was about an equal is stopped, another war must dosn't expect to find th at quality in \ nights to prevent the form New York, N. Y. Nov. 19— A sserting that the lynching of 3 Ne th president's cabinet. T h e y are not • ing of a lynching party and division of the white and he expected. * * * All selected from th at point of view. Oh groes, one of them a woman, near H ouston. Texas, brought the to coloured races present. Mrs. the necessary supervision of dear, wha's thc use of talking about , to defeat other plans for pri tal to date for 1926 up to 31 lynchings as against 18 for the entire i t 5 1 only know this— th at m ore “bol- i vate vengeance in a n 'a g g ra - Millie R. Trumbull, another undeveloped peoples must be shevism ” is engendered by such ac- j year 1925, the National Association for the Advancement of Col great servant of humanity, under real international su tions on the part of our governm ent vated case at O range in Feb ored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, today telegraphed Preesident Cool- than could be created by a whole re- 1 ruary, 1925. was the gracious and witty pervision. T h e best adminis gim ent of Lenins. idge urging a statem ent from him to the country on this subject toastm istress who kept ev trators. not the strongest go T h e aw ard to Sheriff and asking that he urge Congress to take the appropriate action Speaking of Bolshevism, perhaps j Schuyler Marshall, of D al ery one present in the high- VOrnments. should be appoin- we will now look more kindly upon it ; within its power to end the lynching evil. est of spirits. ted | 0 positions of authority. since it has received approval by a las, was in connection with high priest of respectability, an Epis- ; the spectacular Those who spoke were as * * * T jie competition for repulse in copal bishop who has been in China j T h e status of the lynching states, as reported by the N. A. A. C, follows: Mrs. E. 1). C annady territory and power is not for 24 years. Bishop Gilman says per- j May, 1925, of a determined P. for the current year is as follows: E’lorida. 8; Texas. 5; Mississ tinent things too. about foreign con- ! mob which who sponsored the atfair, j|K. on| v source of peril. Too assaulted the trol of Chinese tariffs in China. O f i ippi, 4; South Carolina, and A rkansas 3 e a c h ; Tennessee, 2; and and who acted as hostess; long have white men regard- course. 1 cannot express any opinion j Dallas jail hundreds strong, one each in Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, on th at situation until Mr. S ecretary ] Miss Sarah Evans, Inspect- ed black men as chattels and of State writes a note about i t I i and persisted in its purpose and Virginia. or of the Public M arkets; persons to he bartered about would be called a “ red" if I did. So j till actually fired upon by that must be deferred until some day Dr. Elbert E. Booker, Den- at w j|| ” in the future. But I do believe this. the Sheriff’s forces, result tist; Miss Helen Pilkington —-------------------------------------- C ongress meets next month. W e must j ing in the death of one of its have excuses for a ppro priating more who brought greetings from Special Thanksgiving din- money for military purposes. W h y ? j members. will be held at Mt. Olivet Baptist dcred by head-w aiter Ike, to take air the youth of P o rtla n d ; Rev. ner at thc A & B. Lunch and MT. O L I V E T B A P T I S T Because Mexico on the south seem j Sheriff J. C. Sanders, of Church at 11 o ’clock. Rev. Jo h n K. for a week or so. t be "m enaev" t h e 'P a n a m a Canal, a n !| John F. Moreland, pastor of Sweet Shoppe, 346 Williams Moreland will deliver the sermon. ft was certainly a glorious affair wav off across the Pacific, China is | Marshall, had the unique T he chorus of thirty voices is p ro the employees of T he P ortland en protesting against American owners By Mrs. Octavia Williams First A. M. E. / i o n church; Avenue. Adv. on last M onday night. In the exploiting Chinese women and child- j distinction in A ugust, 1925, The services at Mt. Olivet were gressing very nicely. Plans are on joyed Mr. George O rr Latimer, of form of a reception and dance, which ren in factories at w ages of 8 to 24 of dispersing by an appeal foot for the chorus to ap p ear in a attended Sunday. N ovem ber 14. was held in the Assembly Hall of the cents a dav Yep— American i n v e s t - j STAY OFF DATE OF well the local Bahai Assembly; In the morning the pastor spoke concert at Gladstone very sn. all but thirteen members of a place has been given it I hotel and was attended by the color m ents must be protected, if it takes Mrs. W. F. Smith, Ex-Prcs- DECEMBER 2STH. SIX from the 3rd chapter of Exodus, 1-10 on A the special ed employees and their families. All an o th e r w ar to do^t. th reatening mob of two h u n pro g ram at the Auditorium verse*. Subject, "T h e Angel of thc were charm ing in their beautiful ev ident of the State Federa VALUABLE PRIZES GI l.ord A ppears to a Man." T hanksgiving mornmg. dred, and then of arresting ening attire T h e program consisted In thc morning the pastor spoke _ I’he missionary circics will meet at of dancing, a reading bv Mrs. W. L. Some day I shall use m y space in tion of Colored W om en's VEN AW AY—PARTICU from unlucky thirteen and the 5th C h ap ter of Mark 20th The chlirch Monday Nov. 22nd at 4 p. Reese and a vocal solo by Mrs. E. D. this column to total up the outside in the LARS LATER—ADV. verse. Subject " T h ro n g in g and T o u c h m. Girls wishing to make dresses for j C annady T u r n e r ’s orchestra furnished terferences in our schools. It will re- , locking them up in jail. Continued on page T w o them selves are receiving complete in ing Christ". [ the excellent dance music. T he eats quire nearly the whole column to list The aw ard to Constable Rev. I. Milton W ald ro n writes front The Union p ray er meetings are be structions. All ladies and girls are in which were furnished by the Hotbl thm in. Just at present, it is the Com- ; niunitv Chest. T h e y are giving the his home in W ashington I). C. "Mrs. ing well attended All of thc churches vited. C arter was based on his suc- NEW S BRIEFS B rotherhood meeting every Monday Co., were fit for Queen Marie. Salads school children a lesson in compulso W ald ro n and I look forward, each of the city have been asked to join in of two or three kinds, coffee punch, ess in July of last year in evening at 8 o'clock at the church. week, with real pleasure to thc recep. Next week the prayer meeting will ic cream and cake and two fine look ry phianthropy. A friend of mine at tended a dinner given at the M ultno tion of "T h e Ad vocat'e*. You are get bo held T han ksgiving*m orning at six inducing a mob to turn over ing Philippino boys to serve them “BILL" ROBINSON AND ting out a paper, worthwhile. It strik o'clock at Mt. Olivet Baptist church HOTEL NOTES Such honor is hard to beat. All the m ah a week or so ag o at which thc to him its intended victim, "DAUGHT" LIKE ADVO es from the shoulder and strikes in in charge of thc 11, Y. P. U* em ployees join in high praise and principals were instructed in "m e thods" of getting money out of the the right direction. Keep up thc good T he Union T hank sgiv in g services CATE ACCOUT OF HIS work. H. W (H o c ) Howe, form er waiter sincere thanks to T he P ortlan d H o children. W h a t effect it had on the by promising safe custody tel Company. at T he Portland, who is now in Eos and a speedy trial. STAGE CAREER Jam es B raggs, former P ortland wai- l rest of the diners. I d o n ’t know but Angeles, may return to P o rtla n d soon. i Mr*, "Hill" Robinson write* as fol lows: "I m ust write y o u at once and tell you how. much Mr. Robinson and I enjoyed reading thc m u st wonderful write-up that lie has ever received. He ha* had thousand* from various magazines and newspaper* here and abroad but yours top* them all. He is putting one in his scrap book so that he will always have and the other he will carry in his pocket to show." Mr and Mrs le rom e H arris form erly citizens of Portland, wirte from their new home in l.os Angeles, that they must have T h c Advocate for a- n o th cr year. T h e y enclosed their subscription and sent their love to their friend*. Mrs. I.ola S. McCants addressed thc evening service at the W averley H eigh ts C om m unity C hurch Sunday vening on "T he N e g ro ’s Contribution T o Music”. She also sang a group of N egro Spirituels and was heartily received. M r s Cannady was to have spoken at the same service on "The O neness of H u m an tiy " but sudden ill ness prevented her from filling the engagem ent. — « ■ Mr. and Mrs Sheppard arc the proud p arents of a new baby who a r rived at their home on 255 Meade St. i Mr. William R Hovcv will address the colored people on their future a t , P ortland at Mt. Olivet Baptist church, Monday at 8 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kranklin, p ro m inent citizen of Chicago, arrived in, thc ritv on last Saturday to visit their brothers, Mr Raymond Cage and Mr E arnest Franklin Among those who have entertained in their honor are Rev. and Mrs. X. C. Run- von at dinner last Sunday; by Mr. R avmond Cage at luncheon and a th eatre party on last Tuesday. Mr Franklin is a prom inent m em ber of the ordfer of Shriners and for a num ber of years, has hern the band m aster of Barnum & Bailey Circus. T h ey are stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitchel, 274 Williams Avenue. Mr. W asson, 509 T illam ook St. was . the only colored driver in Queen Ma- I ric’s party during her entertainm ent in Portland. It was a brand new Franklin, of course H ow did he lo o k ’ Spick and span, r.f course. Never be fore was he seen to put on such 'airs’ while operating a car. And they do sav as to how he" kisses the ladies' hands", a la Queen Marie style, ever j since that mem oriable day. Pay up Y our Subscription. Porland’s Own H enry Gibson has once m ore been hitched on to thc staff of grill room waiters. May the old boy stick. H. H atcher, w aiter in T he Portland grill for several m onths has been or- i T r ^ No Ashes Store GASCO BRIQUETS I hat s whv thousands of people prefer them to all o th er solid fuels. O rd ers taken at G as Sal- es-rooms. Fifth ai TH E STORE FOR EVERYBODY O Cocoanut Grove is the name of the latest orchestra organized in P o r t land and those who have heard it, say its a “whanR." Mrs. Martha Rustel formerly of this city sends her subscription for a- n o th er year to T h c Advocate and savs: “ I aw ait each week the arrival of Thc A dvocate”. this particular one Had a very bad spell of nervous indigestion after ward. H e told abo ut the “eloquent” words of Dr. Pence who taught them how to "play upon the emotions" of the helpless children I haven’t space for the harrow ing details T h a t par ticular m essen ger of God's mercy al wavs m akes me think of Mephisto anvhow. He could never win me by his brand of salvation. T hen the prii«. cipals were initiated into the m yste ries of “outting pressure” on to the teachers to contribute and the teach ers in turn are to pass it on to the children. C ompulsory philanthropy— what a farce Is it any Wonder the I 1 I Rev John F. Moreland addressed the Bahai Assembly Friday night His subject: " W h a t T hink Ye of Christ?” Mrs. F. D. Cannady sang. Holliday & Holliday Tonsorial Parlors D O^ÌAzzrvÀ. S c . T m * Q u a l i t y S t o u r O f P o r t l a n d O m o o n y ter who recently went to l.os Angel es to reside, was here F riday on a dining car. » l-arrv F oster and Miss Dorothy k o o n v were married in Vancouver, Wash., a few days ago. The bride is a niece of Mrs. L. K. Weeks, (4 444 Benton St., at whose home the couple arc residing. 125 N orth Sixth Street In our new location we are arranged to give better service to our patrons j W e invite ladies, gents and children to 1 come in and see us. ■ - ■ o - ------ Special Thanksgiving din ner at the A. & B. Lunch and Sweet Shoppe, 346 Williams Avenue. Adv. Mr. F. son have w edding W illiams P Y oung and Mrs. R obin issued invitatios to their on Monday night at the Avenue Branch. Chest is n ot popular? But the screws •on the grow n ups. if vou must, but keep them out of the schools. BIG THANKSGIVING DANCE * — Auspices— NE PLUS ULTRA CLUB THANKSGIVING NIGHT —A T — TH E STAG AUDITORIUM ADM ISSION ...... ........................ 50 CENTS