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VOL. 24— No. X 1.111
PORTLAND ORKGON, SATURDAY. JULY 16. 1927
NEW
STOPS SCHOOL SEGREGATION
PR IC E 5 CENTS
DEATH SOUGHT FOR POUCE IN MURDER CASE
STATE ASKS DEATH BE
GIVEN TW O POLICE
WHO FIGURED IN
SENSATIONAL
MURDER
CALIFORNIANS AROUSED
Murder Trial Attendance
Breaks All Records Spec
tators At Court Room
Door S'x A. M. Trying To
Get Seats For Trial.
SOME PROCRESS
( Front tli«*
1ml.
June ¿8, HU7.)
. . . WHITE ASKS FOR MORE
It incili« «■•iiirlliiiig when inni of the
Nrgto race arc invited into cliurchrt
of tlii» city from whose pulpit» only RED CROSS REPLIES TO N. A. A.
(wo year« ago came mc»«agc> that in
C. P CHARGES OF PEONAGE
dicatcd anything but a »pirit of tol
erance or »ynipalhy or intrrett in that
race.
Janie» I.. F in er, vice-chairman of
That ha» happened during the pa«t the American Krd (.rot« and executive
week when the leader» of the colored in charge of flood relief, ha» replied
licoplc met here for the convention of in a llircc-page letter to Walter White
the National A ttocialion fur the Ad relative to the charge» of u»e of Krd
vancement of Colored People
Cross camp» by planter» to ' old Negro
I'he white tace ha« gained more than flood »ufferrr». Mr.
r a«»u m
the colored from Ibi» gathering the N. A. A. C. P. that “
in agency
through a larger tinderttamling that to help and inrrey the
-d Cro**
the problem i« »ul. lv not that of the would not, of cotirtc, wish too »land
Colored pi pie.
fr unfair practice» of the ly|>e you su g
There 1 » a challenge in the declara gest toward colored refugee*.” Mr
tion o f theve lead en that while they Firser further advitr» that a» a re
are fighting to »ave the body of the sult of ca»r« brought to the Ned Cro«»'
black men they are vavuig the white attention thi ir representative« in the
man'» »oui when they fight again»! field have been ordered “to sec that
lynching«, both phy«ical and spiritual, colored |>eoplr were not bring re
ami the determination of equality of strained in ramp against their will and
civil right«.
that every precaution he taken for
Thi« country 1 annoi afford to break their well being.
down any part of the conttilution and
Mr. Fiever further writes to Mr.
especially tho»e part« which protect White that report» have been received
again»! race and cla»» hate».
from Ked Cross worker» that there
If the colored man he denied equal »rr now no further instance* o f Ne-
right«. tomorrow other groups may be gror* being held in camps against
denied the same equal standing before , their will.
NEW YORKER VISITS ¡1--------------------- --------
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SHILOH CHURCH
MI. OLIVET CHURCH
Lo» Angle», Calif. July
( I ’.ji-ifu
Cos»« New» Iturrau) The must irn-
«alional murder Inal in the hi»lory of
the 1.0» Angle« P olite I >e|>arliiirnt
and the court« ¡» now in progrrs*
with Negroe» ai the cenlial figure«
and in the lim elight; bul with cer
tain while |>er»on« in the background.
r> pet ling to hgVC their name» drag
ged into court action, depending en
tirely upon the tetliinuny of four
police officer«, Maceo Sheffield.--
I'rank Kandol|>h, j. K Brown and
Itruford Itewley
ni««n of l.o t Angclc« hea d* the pn,«-
ecution for the State and rl^im« he
will nol only hang Sheffield and Ran
dolph bul that hr will expose, if nec-
eitary, the prr»un« behind the two
officer« and the «y«teiu that make»
the I.«.» Angle» Police Department
Mr. White h a s replied to Mr. Fies-
I here i» a race problem. There will rr'* letter a sk in g for more specific in-
officer* "»lave«", w h o h u m forget
“”****
' “ . “ r . * . . l'c
a s , lonnaiion
formation regarding
re g a rd in g th
e detailed
d e ta ile d cate»
c ases
certain thug« they «re, make false •t I w
a y « hr
. p i" roblem
—' - —i , jum
»•*»* ■»
the
there » ill he a religious problem. It of detention of Negroes in Red Cro*»
(aaitji aSed uo p anutiuoj)
will l o t • » long a» prejudice and hate , refugee c im p t which were contained
rtt-r human a f '.ir . It ».II disappear
Mr. White'» letter of June 14 ad-
TENOR LEADER W ITH \\"rn t o k r u ic i l i d r• •*'«*»». iftd tid o l d r ille
d i to
t«» Secretary
secretary Hoover.
Hoover, Hie
th e N
N. ..I p _ I.
p n r f l - in H
t 0 V'S*t ^C r sistCr.Mi.SS
COTTON BLOSSOM
liatr ami bigotry and fanaticiim. really ! A. A. C p - «* clo*ely following devei-
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Myrtle Maxwell, has been
SINGERS CHARMED
rule our decision».
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j opulent*
in the fl~
flood
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A colored speaker in a pulpit where turning to do alt within its power to £ ary, \ \ inm peg. Dtllllth. the Frankl
W ITH CANADIANS
in family; for the
once the white robe of the Klan »a» prevent u*e o f the disaster for selfish ' Great
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' Lansing
and greater part of the time. She
familiar
i>
some
sign
of
progress.
! purpose» by unscrupulous and preju- on hack to New York.
1‘ltc folowing letter was
a dav with Mr. and
• ———
j diced landlords, plantation owners, na- expects to arrive hack home I 'spent
received by the Associate
f t rs.
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larcnce
Ramsey
who
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southern
of-
Editor and it is so lull of in
teresting information t h a t
she passes it on to those who
met that interesting group
of young people from Piney
Woods, Miss., who are sing
ing their way into the hearts
of the Western ePople along
the Pacific Coast.
ab?,.,t tbV..28th of the montl1 and r returned
e t u r n e d home Sunday.
Snndos-
derwent an operation at the
Mr. Williams was the din-
Good Samaritan Hospital a
— _ ..t i"cr guest of Mr. and Mrs. G.
month ago is still ill a very Mr 6uncan Allen, eldest son of Mullen. 318 E. 41st St. and
serious condition and is at the
Mr fir*t
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A,,cn' win re,urn home
Curry’s Sunflower
week in August from Ober- left at 11 P. M. Thursday.
the home of his aunt, M rs. lin College
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in Ohio, where he will
I iros in Woodstock.
graduate next year Mis* Nellie Allen FOR SA L E —Combination coal and I
hi» sister, plan« to return to Oberlin gas range, good condition. Call m orn
ings. Broadway 2891—adv.
him rarly in the Fall.
Mrs. S L. Vaughn of No with
gales, Arizona is in the city
visiting her son and his wife, -
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lee, 366
l»th St. Mrs. Vaughn moto
red to Portland and was ac
companied by Mr. Troope
Norris of the 25th Inft. She
expects to remain in Port- {
land about three months.
Victoria, Canada, B. C.
Dear Mrs. Cannady,
I suppose you will he sur
prised to hear from me and
don't suppose you will have
time to answer this letter,
hut the people over here in
British Columbia are so dif
ferent from the people in the A letter from Mrs. A. IT. '
United States- until I just Morrow, f r o m Sunflower 1
had to let you know about ( amp at Seaside that she j
them.
and the family are enjoying I
It was impossible for us the exhiliarating sea breezes
to bring our large car over and bright sunshine along
here on account of its size the ocean front. Mrs. Mor
hut we managed to get our row also says that her moth
small one aboard.
er, Mrs. I.eavv Johnson’s
The trip from Bellingham health is greatly improved
Wash, was the most scenic since their arrival bv the sea.
I have seen with the excep
tion of the Columbia High toria was at our disposal as
way between Portland and long as we remained here.
Hood River.
The scenery and climate
For three days ws have here rival your own Oregon.
been eating in one of the
Today we went out and
popular cafes and they al saw quite a few of the sights.
ways welcome us. The peo Thc first being Dunsmirc
ple in the churches enjoy our Castle, I had always pic
singing and told us that Vic- j tured a castle in my mind
but niv thoughts were shat
tered when I beheld that
wonderful sight today.
It
was the most magnifie'ent
structure.
I have learned
quite a bit about the Canadi
an government as they cele
brated Dominion dav here
Gasco Briquets
Sunday or the Diamond
8U M M ER PR IC E N O W ON
Jubilee, celebrating sixty odd
Order now at Gas
years of un'ty among the
Salesroom s, Fifth
Provinces.
and Alder Sts., and
Mrs. Jones is suffering
save $1 00 per ton
with her throat, for two days
she has been talking scarcely
above a whisper.
All the
rest are well and sends love
to you.
Elbert Cobbs.
REINSTATED IN PUBUC SCHOOL
W . 135th Street, New ^ ork j
City was a visitor in Port-1
land Thursday, arriving here
reaching at 11 A. M. by
at X A. M. Thursday. The thl'„ Pastor also at 8 P. M.
Advocate staff is iijdeVcd to
-Sunday was rally day and
Mrs. Geer** Mullen for ar- 11 vvas a great success. We
companying him to their of- are fittin g along finely with
fice for a brief chat. Friends ol,r work and we wish to
by
of Mrs. Viola Wiliams were ^ ,ank our many friends who
Edgar Williams
delighted to meet Mr. Wil- are helping us.
liams, the “other half” as se- XIrs- Bessie Johnson pres-
Mt. Olivet had very fine
veral here, including Mrs. ?nted two of her piano pupils services Sunday. j n thc
Mullen and Mrs. Cannady
recital at the church on
at the
fuesday
night
the
5th!
One
T
T
*
services
were
h.t\e known Mrs \\ ilhams '
”j7,
‘~ n:i; Y" j church as usual but in the e-
for many years and have anx " as 'V,ss Ruth Nailing and
:
services were held at
iously looked forward to see-
other was ( harles Duke. th Swedish Temple F 7th
ing Mr Williams.
1 hf >;ol)ng people did finely and Q a t kamas sheets '
Mr W i'j.m , « with .he ™ "■« « " * « • « «pprecia-, K, v. ^ r
^ nlornmg
spcc.a tram hearing the V
mnch services read for the scrip
. Advertising Club on its
f .
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ture le'sson the 25th Chapter
coast to coast tour ui connec-
A threat future is in store of ----
v
Matthew, 1—13 verses.
tion with the International i*or Charles Duke for he has
Text, All thirteen verses.
Advertising Convention held Proved himself more than He preacehed a powerful
at Denver June 26-29.
,s expected from one so
Mr. \\ illiams Itinerary is vol,ng as he.
_ sermon showing what can be
done of we use our talents
as follows: New York City,
God gave to us.
Buffalo. Niagara Falls, De- MISS MAXW ELL VISITS
C O N F E R E N C E IN C IT Y OF
troit, Chicago- Kansas City.
Colorado Springs, Oenver,
IN D IA N A P O L IS . IN D .
Miss Jeanete
Maxwell,
the
‘ > ' u m i | u n p u t r , v Grand
jrjU U l V
.a n - vonntv#»<t
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Alburquerpuc,
Can-
youngest r '\ l
Indianapolis, Ind. June 29—W ith
VOtl National Park, Los An- I ,,,,! \ r .
rr
\t
the presentation last night of the
geles Santa Barbara San *
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1 h a r ,e s
M aX
Splngarn Medal by Zona Gale, cele
F r a n c i s c o Y n o mite
l W e!l w h o ca™e <*OWn on the
brated novelist and playwright, to
CAMP
AT S E A S ID E . O R EG O N
Now- open with two newly built
Cottages.
W rite or Phone
J. W. C U R R Y . Proprietor,
107 N. 14th St., Portland. Ore.
Anthony Overton of Chicago, for his
achievem ents in business, finance and
insurance, the National A ssociation
for the Advancement of Colored P eo
ple concluded its 18th Annual Con-
terence, one of the most brilliant it
has ever held
New York, N. Y. Jul. 11—
A sweeping victory in the
Toms River, N. J. school se
gregation case has been won
by the N. A. A. C. P. result
ing in an order by John H.
Li>ga" ’ State Commissioner
of Education for New Jersey
re‘nstating the colored pup
ils in the school from which
they had- been barred be
cause of their color. The vic
tory is a decisive blow at
at school segregation in the
State of New Jersey.
MRS. BELL HONORED
On last Sundav afternoon.
\ j rs. Evelyn Gravelli, a
charming young matron en-
tertained with a supper par-
ty at the home of hr parnts,
Mr. and Mrs. Frd Bolen on
239 E. 50th St., in honor of
Mrs. Hugh Bell who is here
for an indefinite visit with
her mother in law- Mrs. Cla
ra Bell. Covers were lad for
eight.
M isses Cecile
May Blanchard
with Mrs. W. P.
try home. Both
time.
Garnett
spent the
Lomax at
report a
and Julia
week-end
her coun
wonderful
Come See Crov^niny of Queen
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M O N D A Y , JU L Y 2 5 , 1927
AUSPICES BOOSTING COM M ITTEE
R O S E C IT Y L O D G E N O . 111 -
I. B. P. O. E. of W.
E. W. AGEE, Chairman.
Portland’s
A D M ISSIO N ......................................................................... 50 C EN TS
-T h is Is u beautiful country with no soldiers to kill my daddy.”
Levon I’apailau, Armenian orphan, who with his slstar, Satinlk
has found a home In Nelson, B. C.. with Mr. and Mrs. M. Papastan
The children were brought from Greece to Nelson through the
Canadian Near East Belief and Save the Children Fund, 315 Bauk of
Nova Scotia Building, Vancouver, B. C. There are 50.000 homeless
waifs In the Near East.
»
H ays
Own
The W illamette Building
& Loan Association
Store .
A. L. TO TTEN of NEW YORK. ASSISTANT
GENERAL ORGANIZER OF T H E BRO
THERH O O D OF SLEEPIN G CAR
PORTERS VISITS PORTLAND
Your Accounts Are Appreciated
T H E STORE FOR
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The public is cordially invited to attend the pub
lic Mass Meeting held at Mount Olivet Baptist
Church, East First and Schuyler streets at 8 P. M.
Friday, July 22, to hear A. L. rotten of New
York. Assistant General Organizer of thc Broah-
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Mr. Totten spoke here before in company with
Mr. Randolph; he therefore, is known to Portland
as a powerful, convincing speaker.
C. E. Ivey, Local Secrfetary-Treasurer.
(Strictly M utual)
u a l ity
Monthly
Deposit
No.
Months
5.00
3.50
$6.00
139
180
120
Total
D eposits
695.00
630.00
$720.00
Interest
305.00
370.00
$280.00
Pays
1,000.00
1,000.00
$1,000.00
WYATT W. WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law
W ith Julius Silvestone,
523-524 Lumbermen« Bldg.
Attorney and Counselor
Phones: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920
Portland,
Oregon
Under State Supervision and Control
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LOAN ASSOCIATION
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