Saturday, January 21, 192*
THE
ADVOCATE
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PLY ALL DKMANDS POR PURL
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LODGE
SECURES
F o rm er Garvey H om e For
H om e Temple
IN T H E PUTURK
At the regular meeting of the Mon
arch Lodge, No 45. I I . P. O. E. of
High pressure distribution ol g ai W , on Monday evening, January 9,
in m a i m Iruin three tu live I iuii una.-ijmous approval was given to the
d u d inilc» ill length tu supply •mall purchase of Liberty Hall, former
tow ns aurruunding the larger erlitcra headquarters of the Universal Negro
u l population and intervening rural Im provem ent Association (the Gar-
districts, such a i ii now done by su v e y o rg a n u a tio n ) as a site for a tern
pet power facilities o( central station pic and home. The property is be
electric companies, is a certainty of ing purchased from Casper Holstein
the near future, W alter C lleckjord, past Exalted Ruler of Monarch
vice president of the American l.ighl Lodge, and one of the most proini
and T ractio n Company, New Yurk, u n it Elks ¡n New York.
Mr. Holstien has refused several
dcclarca.
> Zfc offers to sell the properly to white
Natural a* h a t been trau »niiltrd
upw ards of JOU miles and there is .10 builders at a substantial profit and js
reason why manfactiired gas cannot letting the Lodge have it for what
be handled in similar way if the eco it cost hjrn, simply because he is a m
nomics of the situation permit, he bitious to have his lodge own and
occupy the largest and finest temple
says.
jn Elkdotn.
"An eight-inch transmission main
Bought At Forecloser
ta n be laid in the ground for about
The properly was secured from
$M,(JUO per mile," Mr. lleckjord says.
"T h is isn't much more than the cost Garvey organisation by Mr Holstien
at a forerloser sale nearly two years
of some elcctrie transmission lines.
ago. H is purpose in buyjng it was
W ooden pole transmission lines can
misunderstood and he was rharged
be built for R4.00U or $S,UUO per mile
with being the agent for. white b ro
and the larger steel transmission lines
kers who ws-re aiixjous to get the plot
cost from $12,0U0 tu $I5,UU0 per nule.
as a site for new apartm ent houses
"(ias as a fuel can be supplied much
A lthough he had befriended the 1 ^
cheaper than electrical energy be
N I A by several loans, this o rg a n
cause the thermal efficiency of gas
ization made all kinds of charges a-
producing equipment is around sev
gainst him, going so far as to take
enty-five to eighty per cent while in
the m atter to court and having the
the case of electrical equipment it is
first sale voided because the au c t
slightly more thau twenty per cent
ioneer was alleged to have refused
and the investm ent coal is much hig h
to accept the money due from the A s
er . T h e investm ent cost of an ele
sociation
ctrical system is about twice th at of
W'hcn the resale was held, Mr Hoi-
the gas system per million II T. U. stien was again the high bjdder but
so th at it is easy to sec that in most showed a remarkable spirit of fo r
places where it is necessary to sup giveness by altowjng the 11 N I A
ply heat, gas has a greater advan to continue using the hall fur their
tag e"
meetings
T h ere is one fundmcntal difference
Officers Installed
in the problem of the super-power
No inform ation was given nut as
electric generating station and the to the details ol the Elks building
super gas works, he explains
From program of when work on t h r new
present knowledge, the production of temple Would begin
gas from coal involves the production
The Monday night meeting was
of large quantities of by-products also th r installation night. The fol
which must be disposed of in c o m lowing officers were installed for thr
petition with commercial markets new year: Dr H udson J. Oliver, ex
which m arkets arc sometimes rather alted ruler; Jam es P T u rn er, es
difficult to compete in, both as <0 I i**m ed leading knig ht; F-ljas W a t -
quantity and price
1 son, esteemed loyal knight; Russell
"C on d sid erablr study has been gtv- W c t | secretary; John W Duncan,
en to complete carbonization meth- i t rf.4 , u rr; Jam es Keyes, inner guard;
ods," he says, "but so far there seems • D , nie| Tice. Tjle-r; Richard Jackson,
to be no method which can be adapt- ! CM|Ulre; a nd the following trustees:
ed to gas works practice any better yVilliain Marshall. John T hom pson,
than a combination ol coal gas and j erry Str others, Dr. Scott and l.cwjs
w ater gas plant in which over pro- Williams
duction of coke may be taken care
Alderm an Fred R Moore, who is
of by making w ater gas ( oal gas an |lonorary mem ber of Monarch
production takes care of the base load I.„<jgri w as present at the installation
and water gas the seasonal variations anj w a , „jy rn a w arm and enthusias-
“T h r international Coal Conference ,jc K rcitm g by the m em bers present,
at P ittsb urg early this y ear bro ught ’
paj<j the highest lodge honors
out some interesting discussions of \
the varous processes which have to [
deal with the production of the lig h t
er oils from coal, and ultim ate com
plete gasification methods, but it
would appear these are still very
much in the development stage
T h e annual observance of Race Re
"T he industry had considered for
some years the possibiltiy of an im lations Sunday • the sixth since its in
pending shortage of oil. This p ro b ceptiun in 1922—will lake place this
lem still seems to be one in which ex year on February 12th, when th o u
perts disagree, but it must be quite sands of churches, Sunday schools,
evident to any thinking person that Y. M C A 'a, young people's socie
the problem is one of serious co n sid ties, and other religious groups will
focus their atten tion on the prblems
eration
T h ere has been considerable dis of race. Especial emphasis will In
cussion on the possiblty of using oil laid this year on penitence and pray
shale, but there serins to be consid- er for the complete suppression is
erabl difference of opinion as to the suing this call thè Federal Council's
economic possibilities at present p ri Commission on Race Relations points
ces T h e time will undoubtedly come out the fact th at in the last forty
and it may be nearer than we expert, years more than four thosand per
when it will be absolutely necessary sons have been put to death by mobs
m this country, and that crimes of
to use these deposits of shale.”
this character, though less numerous
than formerly, are still of frequent
MRS. W A T S O N ANSW F.RS IN occurrence.
A pamphlet containing topics and
EV ITA B LE SUMMONS
suggestions for the observance of
Race Relations Sunday can be had
for five cents a copy from the C om
mission on the Church and Race Re
(C ontinued from Page one)
the invocation. T h e Mt Olivet choir lations, 10S East 22nd Street, New
rendered several appropriate selec York City. O th e r pamphlets on the
tions. T h e floral pieces were profuse subject may be had without charge
and beautiful and the funeral was from ihe Commission on Inter-racial
lagrely attended. T h e remains were Cooperation, 409 P alm er Building,
Atlanta, Ga.
interred in the Rose City Cemetery.
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REM EM BERS T H E ADVOCATE
RACE RELATIONS DAY
S U B S C R IB E F O R T H E A D V O
Rev. L. B. Stew art writes from CATE.
Anaconda where he is pasturing the
A. M. E. Church, enclosing a renewal
subscription to T h e Advocate. Rev.
Stew art w ho formerly resided in
Portland, sends greetings and a box
of candy to the staff H u rry up, some
body else, this box of candy will soon
be gone and the associate editor sure
eats lots.
— Editor.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
H\gf) Liyßts of Hartem
Mrs. Phillips, m o th er of Miss May
Phillips, died W ednesday and was
buried Friday from Finleys. Mrs.
Philips was a m em ber of the local
much of gaining the top with an ex Bahai Assembly.
L B. P. 0 . X.
press elevator would have taken
Mr W m . Cain had as her guest at
place if Jam es B Lowe could have
been the movie star in name and real the Symphony orchestra concert at
ity. A t he portrays the beauty, p a t the Auditorium Monday night, Mrs.
ience, goodness, faith and trust in E. D. Cannady. Both enjoyed the e x
God of Uncle T o m it leaves an im cellent program
pression unerasable.
Please come in and pay your obli
O n the o th er hand the film plays
up Eliza.
T his part is played by gations to T h e Advocate.
(By Clifford L Miller)
The Advocate has been fortunate
In securing the services of Clifford
I. Miller, of New York City as a spe-
cal contributor to its columns. Mr.
Miller has had wide experience in the
new spaper game especially as a fea
ture writer on some of the great
Metropolitian dailies. He has also
publshed a book of poems from hit
own pen and has ano ther in the p re
paration. W e hope all our readers will Margarita Fisher T he escape across
enjoy this column as we arc endeav the river on the ice blocks while pur MRS. G R A H A M L I K E S ST. P A U L
oring to give only the best.
sued by hounds is a thriller with a
Mrs. D. A. G raham writes T he
big jolt to one's nervous system.
A Negro playing the leading role
Advocate
from St. Paul where she
T opsy as interpreted by Mona Ray
in a movie film is decidcly som ething is well done and satisfies our mental recently went to reside, th at she was
new on jaded Broadway.
"Uncle picture of Topsy. If anything it is very happy to be with her relatives.
T o m 's Cabin” is the film and Jam es a little overdone as usually the case She also stated th at the children. J u
It Lowe is the film star T he film when white actress take off colored nior and Graham, were playing in the
began its run last N ovem ber at the characters.
sunshine and seemed perfectly at
Central Theatre. It is produced by
home and that several parties were
Virginia Grey does " L ittle E v a ”
the Universal i'icture C orporation a f
in the fo rm ing for the pleasure of
well O ne wishes she could have
ter being in process of making over
hr son, Orval.
anim ated the film more with her na
a period of tw o years.
Mrs. Graham asked to be remeber-
tive kindness.
No lover of humanity and justice
cd to all he P ortland friends.
“Simon L egree” and “ Marks the
can see this film without brin g stirred
to the very depths of his soul I f is Lawyer" are just such reprobates as
Mrs. Effie Jo hnson-L ee has re
a serial in that it delivers one thrill one imagines.
turned from an extended visit to re
"Uncle T om '» Cabin shook the con latives in Nogales, Arizona and has
right after ano ther to the very end
It is almost melodramatic, infact, its science of the nation in its book form. resumed her place in Mt Olivet Bap-
As a picture it ought to advance the j tist church.
detracto rs so call it.
Jam es B Lowe’s work is done with cause of interracial justice and goo d
intelligent understanding and digni will as it brings home to Americans
Miss Gwendolyn H ook er rendered a
fied action and restraint O ne feels in a dram atic way the evils of the group of request readings at the ban-
has been done, it is to regulate thr slave system T h is picture uncon qut tendered Mrs. Millie R. T r u m
central character Uncle T o m and un sciously tells the depth of shame in bull F riday evening, Jan u ary 13th at
duly magnify that of Eliza and which slavery plunged the N egro and H otel Seward. Mrs. J. J. H an dsak er
All was the lovely toastm istress.
George Harris. This, I hold, is the it is all good entertainm ent
picture's fundamental flaw
T o o hail this milestone in our progress.
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DOLLY PARIES,
D aughter Ruler.
BOSE CITY LODGE No. I l l , I.
B. P. O. E. of W„ MEETS the
*ND AND 4TH WEDNESDAY
EVENINGS OF EACH MONTH
AT THE 8TAO AUDITORIUM.
381J4 E. MORRISON STREET.
A L L VISITINO BROTHERS
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED.
LULA HUBBARD,
D aughter Secretary.
Syracuie Lodge, No.
1, K. of P., meet» the
second and fourth F ri
day night» each month
at the Stag Auditorium
381)4 E. Morrison St.
T. H. WILLIAMS, E R.
STAG AUDITORIUM
38154 E. Morrison St.
W Y A T T W I L L I A M S , Secretary,
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E. W. A G E E , C. C.
718 U n ion Avenue N.
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L Y N C H IN G R EC O RD
New York,Jan. 7,—A decrease in
the n u m ber of lynchings from 34 in
the y ear 1926 to 21 in the year 1927
is reported by the National Associa
tion for the Advancement o f Colored
People, 69 Fifth Avenue.
Mississippi leads with seven vic
tims of lynching mobs, T ennessee
and A rkansas each having a record
of three lynchings, Florida two, and
the following States each having had
one: Kentucky, Lousiana. Missouri,
N orth Carolina, T ex as and California.
T he National Association for the
Advancement for Colored People dif
fers from T uskege in including as
lynchings the beating to death by
prisoners in a Los Angeles jail of a
William H ick m an; the shooting to
death by a posse of T h o m a s B rad
shaw near Baily, N o rth Carolina.
"Old Kentucky H om e" draw ing by John son which was the opening
Besides the white prisoner beaten
scene at the Elks of the W o rld 's big show at the Labor Tem ple for to death in Los Angeles jail, one o th
er white man. B erry Allen, is rep o rt
four nights this week.
ed to have been seized by a m ob at
Mayo, Florida and thnown into the
Suwanee River while being convey
ed to a hospital after a fight with a
range rider and deputy sheriff.
O f the victim s lynched, four were
burned alive and the bodies of two
others w ere publicly burned after
death.
T h ree of the m ob victims
were taken from peace offiers and
DESTROYS
jails in Mississippi and one each in
Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Louis
iana, T ennessee and Texas. O f the
21 victims only 4 were accused of a t
tack upon a white woman.
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NOTICE
Dahlia Temple No. 202, I. B. P,
0 . E. of W., of Portland, Oregon,
meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday
nights in each month at Stag Audi
torium. All visiting Daughter
Elks in good standing in their re
spective Temples are invited to
meet with ns.
Mrs. E. D. Cannady w as hostess
T h u rsd a y evening at the Shrine T e m
ple, W e s t P a rk and Main St. at a
concert , for the pleasure of Mrs.
J L. Booker of Yakima, W a sh in g
ton.
T h ere were eight in the party.
Mrs. Booker, who has been visiting
her son and other relatives in P o r t
land for the past m onth, left Friday
m orning for a weeks visit with friends
in Seattle.
I.ast Sunday Mr*. B ooker was gu
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H assalo Street.
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