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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1927)
VoJ. 24 __ n o ADVOCATE THE Advertise in T H E ADVOCATE I t Circulates in AH The States And Foreign Countries i to io tit« In te re s t« In the interest of All T H E ADVOCATE Is Published Only $2.50 Per Yi Subscribe Fo r Itl ef PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1927 ■■ PR IC E 5 CENTS T EDUCATIONAL MEET A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS 1 SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST CHINESE DECLARES RACIAL SEGREGATION LAW UPHELD BY CONSTITUTION t Chorus Director Pleads For Am ity WOULD RATHER EDIT THE JOURNAL THAN TO GOVERN OREGON Washington, D. C Nov IS, 1927— To the people of Portland: I have ju»t received here at Howard University a Portland news paper containing a statement made by Mr Clarence Ivy, Manager of the Olivet Jubilee Singer*. I have read tb* lines with amaxemeut and grief that such a statement was necessary. Not having returned to Portland with the other singers and a* my per sonal friends do not indulge in gossip what he has said came as a great aur- Washington, I) C. Nuv. 21 — Raer prise to me I can only draw on my j <r gregali,,n of children in public imagination to picture his reason for •chool* wa» mi - tamed on Mon printing such a statement day by the »uprrme cqurt. Oh! People of Portland, why will The ruling wa» on a caie from you tear at each others throat in this Mi**i»»ippi, where an attempt wa« fashion The Olivet Jubilee Singers made to compel thr »tale to permit brought only thr highest credit and j Martha l.um. daughter of an Atticr- praise to your rtty We blared a ; ican ritirru of Chinr«c deicent, to path for other Negroes in the hearts I attend the Ko»cdale consolidated (Continued on page two) ] high *rhool m Bolivar county, pro vided exclusively for white children. Declaring "the right and power on the Male to regulate the method | of providing for the education of it* youth at public expense is clear”, Chief Justice Taft, in delivering thr B. F. Irvine opinion, »aid it wa» "within the ron- (From Nov. American Magazine) ■titutional power of the state legis lature to »rttlc without intervention of thr federal courts under the fed How blindness, with which he had eral constitution” whether it will been threatened for twelve years, require a Chinese citiaen of thr proved the turning point in the life of United State« to send his children Los Angeles, Calif. November 23 B. Frank Irvine, of Corvallis, Oregon, to public school* provided for the (P C. N. B ) In addition to pre and brought him success and the colored races. cipitating the civil war “Uncle editorship of the Oregon Journal, Tin- court held it wa» within the I Toni’s Cabin”, broke up the marital of Portland, the largest evening pa discretion uf thr »talc to set attdc I happiness of E gent Johnson Ward per in the Northwestern part of the school* exclusively foe the u»e of I and Harrison R Ward, white, of this United States, is t<?id Tn The Ameri white children, provided equal fa- j can Magazine for November cilitie* are furnished children of i city. Mrs. Ward in a divorce compliant "When blindness came upon me,” other race» within the school di*- | recently filed, is alleged to have ac he says, "not one of the things I had tricts, and that when school« arc I cused her husband of flying into a thought for years might happen did provided for race* other than white | rage and calling her a "d Yankee" happen I did not drop out of the thr state* may require children of j when she praised the play of “Uncle current of life; 1 did not become a Chinese birth to attend them. Tom’s Cabin" at a performance she parasite on my family; I did not lose Previous decision* cited included and her husband attended the night my business Instead. I began to one in a rase from Lousiana which j after their marriage, 15 years ago. find out that I could depend upon my upheld the Jim Crow law requiring Mrs Ward estimated community pro self and 1 began to get a confidence railway* to furnish separate com- i perty at $ 100,(100 00 in myself that I had never had be parlments for white» and Negroes. fore". Having found such a law constitu- 1 tional, the court indicated that it Irvine tried out teaching telegraph wa* comparatively clear that chil operating clerking and dairy ranch- dren not of the Caucasian race could he required to attend schools for (Concluded on page four) colored children RULING GIVES STATES FULL RIGHT TO SEPERATE WHITE CHILDREN FROM BUCK HOTEL NOTES The waiter* at Thr I'ortland are now wearing tuned,,» fur lunch and dinner and white jacket* for break- fa»! Thi* i* the u»ual custom fur fall wear Thr Bronx uf Lu» Angele», large«! hotel in Cslifornia run by colored, clu«rd it* dour* a few day* on ac count of poor butine««. I «-Captain Tuwnc of The Portia id i* making guod a* a real citate a- gent. The death of fudge John Twohy which ocrurred Tuetday at hi* home in Spokane, W a»h. brought gen- • uine *adne>* to the owner* and em ploye* of the I'ortland who will mi*l hi* cheery greeting and kind patience and consideration fur all. A white proprietor of a rettaurant in Philadelphia loratcd in the Head ing Terminal, fired all of hi* white waiter* and rioted the place when the waiter* refu*ed to »erve a color ed man The place will remain d o l ed he II quoted a* having »aid until he can find waiters who will »erve all people rcgardle»» of color Henry Gibson, veteran waiter at at -The Portland, la a patient in the St Vincent’» hospial wture it i* »aid he underwent an operation for ap pendicitis —o FOUND G U ILTY Thotna* .L Countryman, who was arretted a week ago on thr charge of having enslaved a minor girl wai foud guilty by a jury in the Court of Domestic Relation* Wednesday Sen tence will be pronounced later. Ci thers involved with Countryman will be tried later. PRAISES UNCLE TOM: DIVORCE The Fnterprise Chapter O. E. S. will observe the House of Sorrow Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Nov HOUSE FOR SALE on Eaat 27th at their place of meeting; 514 1-2 Yamhill Street. For further Informa Williams ave.. All Eastern Star members in good and regular stand- tion call Broadway 5807 —ad. ing are invited to attend. ARE DINNER G U ESTS Dr. and Mr*. K. L. Booker nnd their pretty little daughters were the Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr and Mrs. Jack Henderson. -------- 0-------- Mrs. J. J Handsaker and daughter F.laine were the dinner guests of Mrs E. L. Kellogg, Thanksgiving San Francisco, Calif. Nov. 22—(P CNB)— Prince Chakir Tongtikayou, 13 years of age and the nephew of tlu- King of Siam is to attend the j public schuols of this city, according , to the announcement of Malcolm H^rangcr, the Prince's guardian, who arrived recently from Paris. Hcranger said I’rince Chakir has completed three year\ in the schools of Paris. He is to be placed in the San Francisco grade and intermediate schools until he has attained college | age. It is then intended to have him attend the University of California. On Monday evening Nov 28th at the home of Mr and Mrs. D Jour- netle, 157 Admiral- street, Enterprise Chapter, O E. S will give an enter tainment Every body is welcome to attend. Committee: ARE YOU GROWING LON ELY? Mrs. Bell De Journette I have a sweetheart to cheer you. if Mrs. W. P. Lomax you wish wealth and happiness, write S. James, Drawer C., Hollywood, 1 California —Adv. SAM’S CAFE 107 NORTH SIX T H S T # Open 0 A* M. to 1 A. M. With Julius Silvestone, J. SAMUEL SMITH 523-524 Lumbermens Bldg. Eats Proprietor FHONK ItRoarlway 4817 Attorney and Counselor Phones: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920 Portland. Oregon JASCHA H E IFE T Z NOTED V IO L IN IST BECOMES IN T E R E ST E D IN YO UTH FU L PAIR H NUMBER OF BOTH RACES STUDY WAY TO Seattle, Wash., (P. C. N. B.) Nov Ruddy Chase aged 8 and James | Chase, 10, colored violin pupils of j Peter Meremblum for the last year in the CornisW branch scho6l for Ne A two days’ conference known as gro children at 23rd Avenue 4 East ; Madison street, were recently invited an "Interpretation of the Fourth Pan African Congress and an Inter-racial to play before Jascha Heifetz, noted violinist, at his suite in the Olympic Educational Meeting" ended Saturday evening in Library hall at the Cen Hotel It happened this way. Two years tral Library with a report of the ago, Heifetz dined at the Cowman ^ mdngs of the Fourth Pan-African during his Seattle visit. He remem Congress held in New York City last bered Miss Alma Daley, who now August, by Mrs. E D. Cannady, the operates the phonograph there, be Northwest Hostess to the Congres cause of her appreciation of music, j and a masterly address by Dr. Nor He went again last week to the din- , man F. Coleman, President of Reed ing room hoping to see her. Miss j College, subject. The Imperative Daley was not there and Heifetz Need of Inter-racial Cooperation in found "Doc” Robinson was opérât- ^°Ling World Problems The ses- ing the phonograph along with his duties as head waiter. Heifetz asked : to hear a certain Kreisler record "W e haven’t that one. sir. But 1 we've a record of a Kreisler compo sition by Heifetz”, stated Robinson. "I would like to hear that, I made that record”, said the musician. Still Robinson didn't realize that the great violinist was sitting before him. A woman sitting across the room beckoned to the head-water. "Doc, that man is Jascha Heifetz. Can't you tell by those beautiful hands?” When Heifetz rose to go, “Doc” was there to help him on with his coat. I didn't recognize you at first, Mr Heifetz ", eh said "My little ne phews are taking violin lessons. They love it”. The world famous violinist smiled. “Bring them up to see ir.e tomorrow. Perhaps I can tell them a few things that will hip them",.he said. "Doc" hesitated. “They're only lit tle kids,” he explained. "Bring them up", repeated Mr. Heifetz, "Havetheni p’nv for me. I'd like to help them." Mrs. Nettie J. A sherry of Tacoma, Washington. President of the State Federaion of Colored Women's Clubs whose address was one of the high- water marks of the Miniature Con gress held at the Portland library on It is reported that Tiger Flowers the 18, and 19, of November. left an estate valued at $150,000. sions were all well attended, but an Subscribe for The Advocate, the only Negro newspapet in the state. (Concluded on page two) PEACE; TACOMA CLUB WOMAN ATTENDS Johnson T o Sing Sat "Wild with enthusiasm.” Portland music lovers threw their hats in the air, shoued and whistled for encore after encore at the marvelous singing of Edward Johnson” rported a pro- minent local critic upon Johnson's appearance here three years ago wit hte Chicago Opera Company. Johnson, who is Anirica's most be loved and outstanding tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company will be heard in concert at the Auditorium Saturday evening, November 26th under the Nero Musical Bureau. Johnson's accompanist this season is Blair Neale, who will be heard in two groups of piano solos. The Port land program follows; I. a. Se nel b e n ----- Stradella (1645-81) b. Or ch'io non seguo piu_Raffaelo Rontani (1500-1600) arr. by Ftoridia c. Old English M elody_______ Anon d. Aria: “Che gelida Manilla" (La B o h e m e ) ...................... - ...... Puccini II. a. Who is S y lv ia _______ S__ehubert b. W aldseligkeit_ (D ehm el)_Marx c. Zueignung----- (G ilm )____ Strauss III. Piano Solos a P relu d e_________________ Chopin b. V a ls e ____________ —____ Chopin c. Rhapsody G minor _____ Brahms IV. a. Le Passant___ (K lin g s e r)_______ ___________________ Georges Hue b Rendel de Thibaut de Champagne (1201-1253)_________ Henri Gagnon c. Aria: “La fleur que tu m'avais jet- te” (Carmen) _______________ Bizet V. Piano Solos Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso ____________________ -Mendelssohn VI. a Linden Lea _____ (A Dorset Folk S o n g )__I____ R. Vaughan Williams b A Page's Road S o n g -------- (W. A. Percy) _____________ Ivor Novello c. A P ip e r_____ (Seumas O 'Su llivan)_____ _Michael Head d. To Anthea (Herrick)— Hatton Own Store T H E S T O R E FO R EVERYBO DY T h i Q u a l it y 0 » P O S T LAI KNOW YOUR B IB L E Come to Williams Ave. Branch Y. W. C. A. Every Thursday Night at 7 :45 o'clock. "Where Shall We Sped Eletsky?" Competent Instructor. RES. PHONE SE L L . 1536 doctor E. L. Boolier D E N T IS T HOURS. 9 - 12, 1 - 6 Sun. & Evening by Appointment Portland’s ■n a W Y A T T W . W IL L IA M S Attorney at Law Headquarters for Good O FFIC E PHONE BDW Y 8967 F o r Great Violinist Left Large Estate H o ld s M em orial OF ESS DRAWS WELL Colored Lads Play 502 . 3 PANAMA BUILDING N. E. Cor. Third and Alder B radford W. Cor. s Clothes $ 25.00 to Shop $45.00 S. 4 th W a s h in g to n “Where Young Men Buy" AUSPLUND DRUG STORE SIXTH À OLI8AN S T R U T S PORTLAND, ORX. (Cut and writeup courtesy I'orland Daily Telegram) The above picture is a reproduction of the many displays at the Mintatn re Pan African Congress, held in the Public library over the week end and attended by the leading social workers of the city. During the seseions Mrs. E. D. Cannady gave a report on the major congress which was held in New York last summer. The chart shows the Negro population as it ie divided in the major countries of the world. The magazines dis played are from Negro pens. Everybody Come to Merrykannah Club’s Xmas Dance, December 2 6 ,1 9 2 7
