THE Advertise in TH E ADVOCATE It Circulates In A ll The States And Foreign Countries ADVOCATE In An Independent Paper Devoted 14» Voi. 24— No. <> PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927 In the interest of AH TH E ADVOCATE Is Published Only 12.50 Per Year Subscribe For I t ! PRICE 5 CENTS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT FREE MARCUS GARVEY COLORED MAN CARRIES $100,000 LIFE INSURANCE John M. Avery Only u h Colored Man Listed By Kits Reid Prominent Patrons o f Life Insurance; Tha Advocate do«« no» n*c««aanly «hare In Kits Kcid's views. but wheth­ er we do or not. her opinion« are . . . . . , sane, and logical and well worth Is I L L reading. It ia your privilege a* well as u - m n n n ours to disagree with Kits and she AT « p O U jM H j ,n v,u * your opinion upon aabiacts s i» discusses Irom time to time in her Thirteen Thousand ,a r r \ i 1 .... ll\ e r DR. AND MRS. JOHN F. MAGNIFICENT PACIFIC PICKENS IN GARY WARN OF KLAN SEG­ MORELAND RETURN COAST SH0WH0USE I HELPS IN FIGHT ON REGATION PROPA­ SEGREGATION GANDA IN NEW FROM CALIFORNIA OPENS IN GALA ENGLAND PREMIERE . OCCUPY PULPIT ZION SU N D AY column. "God made ua neighbor«; let justice make ua friend«". — Borah BRILLIANT INTER RA­ CIAL AUDIENCE ARE AMAZED AT GOR­ GEOUS PLAY- - HOUSE New York, N. Y_ October 21— ! William Pickens, Feld Secretary of ! ■ ■ the N A A.. C. P., has represented New York, N. Y October 24— the National Office in helping to or- ' Warnings have reached the National gamze the legal fight against the pro- 1 Association for the Advancement of lected segregation of colored high ! Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, of school students in Gary, Indiana, de- Klan activity in the New England manded by Ku Klux Klan-inspired States, designed to provoke segrega- white students in* a "sttike ’, I rion troubles similiar to tbe situation Mr Pickens reports to tbe National brought about in Gary, Indiana office (hat “ there need to be no fool- The latest such warning comes ish optimism about this Gary matter; 1 from the State of Rhode Island, all the mill heads and the 'big' white where it is relialy reported members folks are for putting out tbe colored | of the Ku Klux Klan sounded out lo- children, I hear. This is the chance cal men of standing in Newport, as they have been looking for and since - to their readiness to support a pro­ file thing has been started they do gram of segregation in the local not wish to miss the opportunity of 1 schools of getting rid of these Negro children Colored people are urged ta report in the high school. Just why, they do such attempts promptly to die Na­ not say, and perhaps do not know, tional Office of the N .A A C-. P. but at any rate it is in their bones to and also to proceed at once to local want, to do so; it is the way of things editors and their friends among the in Indiana where segregation has prominent white people in order to been permitted to go so far *' organize opposition to the Klan seg­ Mr Pickens has been aiding the lo­ regation program. Other similar at­ cal Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. in tempts have been reported from organizng a finance committee and Massachusetts and from New Jersey. inviting other orgaizations to cooper­ <7 LEARN TO DANCE ate in the-struggle. Department of Jus­ tice Says Other Charges Are Against Him MAY BE DEPORTED An air-mat! letter from Oakland, California announces the coming of Newark, N J October 26— In the » p rc ia l i»»Uc u ( the ¿sp e c ta to r Mag* I hr above quolaliun has acquired a Kev and Mrs. John F’. Moreland Washington, D. C. October 25— In • me. ••.ilitlrd, "Prominent I’alrons •>( new significance thro' the statement bai k to their home and friends in the spite of tbe recommendations for ex­ Life Insurance” , there are thirteen by the president of a large electric City. Rev Moreland, who is pastor of ecutive clemency for former Gov thousand names <>( persons ip every company made at the Convention of *l;jle in the country carrying over the National Manufacturers Associa First A M F. Zion church and Mrs. of Indiana, who was recently released f^O.OOO of oiMii-jinr There are 104 lorn brig held this week in Challa- Moreland, accompanied by Mrs. W from the federal penitentiary at At­ G Itird, went to Redding, Calif., sev­ person« named who carry more than uooga, Tenn He says: lanta on parole after serving less than eral weeks ago to attrnd the Oregon $1,000,UK) insurance, headed by Rod 'American business and industrial (By P. C N B.) half of his sentence, and the more re and Washington Conference At the man Wanamaker. whose life is insur­ future lies southward thro' the Miss- 1 Los Angeles, Calif., October 25— close of its sessions they attended two cent recommendation for parole for ed lor $7,SM),000 issippi valley to South America and Marking a new milestone in the pro­ A notable thing a b<>ul the book is the Orient and not toward an espan other Conferences, the California and Gaston B. Means, serving a sentence gress of Los ngelcs toward the rank that only one colored m-jii is named sum of Furopeau trade Future Amcr at the federal prison upon conviction of leadership in things theathrical, ill the book, that person being John lean diplomacy m every way should of conspiracy to violate United States the new $500,000 Lincoln Theatre M Asery, Vice-I’rr«islrnt and Secre be directed chiefly toward the region 2Jrd and Central Avenue, one of the laws, and the parole of Earl Carroll, fary the North Carolina Mutual which holds the economic future of fiest tab show bouses in America ca­ of New York, convicted of perjury, I ilr Insurance Company, of Durham the country and not toward Kuropc " tering to colored patronage, opened the Federal Department of Justice N l Mr Avery is credited with hav­ its doors to the theatregoers of S*u declines to recommend a parole for ing $131,500 insurance on his life * * Which would seem to account in them Califrnia Friday night, Oct. 7. Marcus Garvey, who has served two- For several months past, an accu I I large part for the peculiar kind of di- \ The 2,100 seat . Lincoln Theatre sit­ thirds of a five-year sentence for vio­ mulatto of data on the amount of in- ptomacy our government h a s iraugu- uated in the heart of the colored bu­ lation of the postal— laws. sur.|iicr carried in large amounts by ratrd in Mexico, Nicaraugua. et al siness and residential districts, pre­ Dancing School will open Friday —o— colored people has been made by M Il may also account for the new (?) sented a picture of rare brilliance and evening. November 4th at the Hiber- I The Department of Justice will II I’ace, I’ rrsidrnt of the Northeast doctrine that where the American beauty at the opening performance nia Hall. —Adv. J not consider the plea of Marcus Gar- rrn Life Insuronce Company Mr dollar goes, there must go American F'or more than an hour before the --------- o ---- j vey for executive clemency, Attorney I'acr states that a few otherwise well protection Dear me, I wish all our scheduled hour. Central Avenue and Stay off New Year’s Eva. Particu- General John G. Sargeant said Tues- educated colored men have refused to l mothers could have hrard that cry of lars later. Adv. <1*,. the streets surrounding the show- give the j|tiiouiits of insurance carried that poor German mother who said, house for many blocks, were lined ---------0--------- Garvey filed a petition for parole. by them, not understanding the pur. "we mothers bring our children into A pamphlet entitled ''The Recent with «ut'im uW -i laden with beauti­ Armistice Dance November 11th ' but the federal Parole Board would p o s for which il would be used Pro­ the world thro' the agonies of child­ Record o f the Ku Klux Klar.", re­ fully gowned women a nd galant es­ by the Bluebird Club at Hibernia not co»*ider it. He has also filed a pe­ ceeds of l.ifr Insurance policies are birth; we love them and care for printing two editorials from Alabama corts, many famous movie stars from HalL — Adv. tition for a pardon by the President not l.|*ablc, which many do not un­ I them thro' their childhood; we deny newspapers, has just been published Hollywood, who passed thru the . but the pardon Atorney in the De­ derstand and which seems to be the ourselves the necessities of life that by the National Association for the flower crowded lobby into the lavish­ Miniature Pan-African Congress at partment of Justice will not approve greatest frar. Advancement of Colored People, 69 they may be properly educated and ly decorated auditorium and balcony. the Public Library Friday and Satur­ I it. Fifth Avenue, and is being sent to JOHN F. MORELAND then when they reached manhood, Moorish Design There are other charges pending a- newspapers throughout the United day, November 18th and 19th. Adv. we find they are worth lo us exactly the South West Rocky Mountain at Beauty and utility ha ve been art­ gainst Garvey. He is under indict­ one cent, the price of the postal card Sacramento and Monrovia, respect­ fully blended in the construction of States as well as in Europe. ment for falsifying his income tax One editorial, from the Montgom­ Stay Off New Year’s Night— ordering them to report for military ively. Rev Moreland was returned to Los Angeles' latest addition to the returns for 1922. The rules of the Particulars later. Adv. ( harlcs Pitts plead guilty Mondav service." All signs point towards the First A M F^. Zion church and Port­ long list of impressive moton picture ery Advertiser, summarizes the re- J | Department of Justice provide that cord of the Klan in various states, in Fedeial Court to a charge of viola­ same evaluation of American boys. land church was also honored by houses. Representing an investment an application of a prisoner for ex­ ting the Harrison Narcotic law and The only solution is the peace cry of having three delegates elected tq the of approximately $500,000 the Lincoln its responsibility for floggings in Al ecutive clemency shall not be consid­ abama, “ the cesspool of political cor­ was sentenced to serve IK months at American motherhood.' "N o more General Conference which will meet is a massive reinforced concrete ered when there is another charge ruption" in Indiana, and the alleged in St Louis, M o, in May, 1928. They Me N'eil Island Pitts has been arrest­ yvar or no more children ” structure of simple Moorish design pnding against him. arc Rev and Mrs Moreland and With a main a uditorium and balcony plots to lynch, stage race riots and ed a number of times for the «amr At the White House, it was stated, murders in Pennsylvania under the Which brings me to the lecture of Mrs Bird offense it has a seating capacity of 2,100. Its that all communications regarding direction of a super-Klan, the “ Black Judge Lindsey I will not call it a The Morelands visted Bishop and pipe organ cost $35,000 It possesses the Garvey case have been turned W O U L D YOU MARRY Girl !8 debate as I do not consider Rabbi Mrs. J W. Martin at their delightful the largest stage of any thea tre west Robe Society". over to the Department of Justice. . The second editorial, from the Bir- Worth $KI1.(KK>; widow. 45. $25,(KK) Newmans part in it anything but a home in Los Angeles and in company of Chicago, thus making it available Garvey has been eligible for parole inghain News, narrates “The hide- 1 Photos and descriptions FREE, l lup mo*« eloquent array of hot air and with Bishop and Mrs Martin, they to the largest road show attrjjctkms^ since October 7, 1926 He was com­ ous rule of mask and lash" in Alaba- ' motored to San ■Diego and Old Mex­ Mrs Warn, K0.14 S Figuerea St . high sounding sentimental phrases The auditorium with its indirect mitted to the Federal penitentiary at ico While in the south. Dr. More­ lighting system, is marked by lavish nia, including a quotation from the Los Angeles, California — Adv. (Continued on page 4) Atlanta, Ga , February 8, 1925. He is land was much in demand for inter­ ornamentation The mohair upholster­ Randolph County Grand Jury placing j serving a sentence of five years for racial work He spoke one wight be­ ed seats havebeen provided for pa - the blame for flogging outrages j asing the mails to defraud in connec- fore the Oakland Improvement Asso­ trons both upstairs and down. The squarely on the Ku Klux Klan. tion with the sale of stock in the ciation on Residential Segregation. scientific "weather" methods keeping Black Star Line, Inc., a Delaware Dr. Moreland is a forceful speaker the house at a uniform temperature corporation havng for its purpose the and made many friends for the race of 70 degrees, with the air being con­ acquisition a n d management of wherever he spoke to white audiencs. stantly renewed steamships to transport colored per­ t Dr. Moreland will fill his pulpit at Kev. J. W. Anderson, Regional Distinguished Audience sons and material to Africa to build Zion both morning and evening and A distinguished and a pproving au­ Secretary of the National Baptist T H E STORE FOR up a reat empire for the Negro race. a large audience is expected to hear dience witnessed the opening perfor- Convention has returned from an ex­ Garvey called himself at times the EVERYBODY him. mace of "The Chocolate Scandals" a tended trip east. Rev Anderson visit­ "provisional president of Africa” . Mrs. Moreland is a talented elocu­ fast stepping attraction imported ed Washington, D C., Baltimore, It is very probable that upon his tionist and led in missionary work at from the East. The favored few who Md., Detroit and Port Huron. Mich., release from the penitentiary he will her church. Both are young and tal­ hicago. III., St Paul and Minnea­ were lucky enough to ga in entrance, be deported to the West Indies, front rue Q u a l it y tree« ented and are an asset to the commu­ M ASQUERADE BALL M O ND AY EVENING were well rewarded by the excellent polis, and Duluth, Minn. While in , whence he came into the United nity as well as the church offering presented. The costuming Washington, D. C. Rev. Anderson ! States. October 31, 1927 and stage settings harmonized with says he called upon the President of the unusually fine ensemble. The the United States and had quite a lit- ; Prizes given for the fancy and comical costumes. outstading features were the comedy tie talk with His Honor. Dr .Anderson spent Sunday at work of Sammy Russell; the singing M EALS SERVED SA TU R D A Y A N D SU N D A Y of “The Muddy Water Rlues” and home with his family at 429 Tilla­ Music by “The Chanters” “The Crying Rlues" bv Sara h Mar­ mook Street. He left on Wednesday , will be held * tin, the record star; the step, tap and for California, Texas, Louisiana and FRID AY AND SA TU R D A Y, NOVEM BER 18-19 jazz djneing of the Ali Bros., and Mississippi to attend the State Con­ Auspices: John Jackson; the red hot jazz mus­ vention at Brookhouse, Miss. Mr | Tent, h and Yamhill Street# BOOSTING COMMITTEE, Hose City Lodge No. I l l (By P C N B.) ic of the Mosbv Dixie-lar.d Blue Anderson says he is feeling fine> He j Los Angeles, Calif., \)ctober 26— Rlowers a Los Angeles ora nization, spent a pleasat time at The Advocate AT LIBRARY HALL, PUBLIC LIBRARY One %of the first important acts of the well timed dancing and singing office on Tuesday. Curtis Carpentier, colored house man­ of the beauty chorus led by Albertine Sessions Both Days at 10 A.M., 2 P.M., 8 P.M. ager of the new Lincoln Theatre was Pickens, a former movie star of Los- ARE YOU GR O W IN G L O N E L Y? E. W, AGEE, Chairman. MRS. K. D. CANNADY, NORTHWEST HOSTESS to the Fourth Pan- to see that a Race organist be |>la ced Angeles; and the comedy work of I have a sweetheart to ch-er you, if African Congress held in New York City August 31-24, Incluaive, at the console