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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1928)
Advertise in THE ADVOCATE It Circulates In All The States And I Foreign Countries A D V O C A TE THE. j As In d e p e n d e n t Paper D e v o te d to th e In t e r e s t s mf th e In the interest of All THE ADVOCATE Is Published Only $2.50 Per Year Subscribe For It! P e o p le LOR I I.AND. ORKÜofc. SATURDAY. ATRIL 21, T>2K VO L. 24— No. 3i TR IC K 5 C E N TS ASSISTANT U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL DIES PICKENS DESCRÍES TRIP HERE BY AIRPLANE Munly Seeks Seat In . i State Legislature Fum a; s ip m in i prom inent ; race leader worked his w ay FROM J Ï Ï 0 M UP- LEADER IN ATHLETICS R E C E IV E D A P P O IN T M E N T Seeks Constable Office U N D E R C O O L ID G E Stationed At San Francisco. Placed In Charge Big Water Rights Case Washington, D C». April 17— W i l liam l Matthews. Special Assistant Attorney Genera! of the United Sta tes, died at Curtis Private Surgical Sanitarium at 9 >0 Monday night, A- pril 9 from a perforated gastric ulcer He was stricken suddenly at White- law Hotel on Saturday 7th and was removed to the hospital at midnight on Sunday Hi* physician* decided tl.at the only chance to «ave hi* life was by operation, but is condition on Sunday night would not permit it However, he rallied on Monday mor ning and Doctors A. M. and Arthur 1« Curtis and William* G Lofton op erated He died twelve hourtt later His body was removed to the under taking establishment of Robert Gray son McGuire. Mr* Matthew who was in Perkc- ley, California, was summoned to the city on Sunday night. Attorney Mat thews had only recently returned from California, and had visited the hospital. He was operated on there last Summer for hernia Krank H. Harrington, well known business man has announced his can didacy for Gnnstabe, Portland dis trict, subject to the Republican Pii mary May I Sth Mr Harrington who was bom in Portland, Oregon in 1874 at 4th and ( tab streets where the Henry building Mr. Harrington now stands, received his primary ed ucation in the old Couch school 11 0 is a business man of -vide experience, having been concctd with various li nes of business for the past twenty five years Consequently he under stands dealing with the public, giving them fair, honest and courteous treat ment He has been a resident of life Pcnninsula District for the past twen ty five year- and re-ides at 907 South Fessenden Street Mr. Harrington's platform reads: Mr Matthews was an acknowledg “ If I am nominated and elected to ed leader in athletics while at Tuske- the office of t unstable, I will conduct gec, where he organized its first foot the office in a strictly business likit ball team and was made captain o f manner. the baseball team On graduating "I will endeavor to bring about a from Tuskegee he was salutatorian of greater co-operation with other law his class He played on the football, enforcing bodies baseball and track teams at Andover, "1 will insist that all persons get and was captain of the bast ball team prompt, courteous and efficient ser of the fourth year Graduating in 1901 vice he was class historian and fellow- "Special efforts will be made to students prc-ented him with a silver protect women and chidren loving cup He played quarter bark "I believe in the enforcement of le and end on the varsity football team gal duties without favor " and short stop on the baseball tram at For many years, Mr Harrington Harvard and was elected cla's day was associated with his brother, Irsts rommitterman in the Portland Hotel cigar stand. Mr. Matthews later worked hit way through Poston University, and sup ported himself through compensation received for his services in the offirp of a well known Poston attorney He wat admitted to the Par of Mass , by President William H Taft Mrs Florence Gantt, wife of Rev. in 191.1 In 1924 Attorney Matthrms H P Gantt sustained a bruised hark was made organizer of the colored cuts on her lip anil leg and suffered« section of the Republican National the loss of several teeth when the au Committee. He received the appoint tomobile in which she was riding was ment of Special Assistant to the A t struck by a roadster, driven at a high torney General of the United States rate of speed. The accident occured through President Coolidgr in 192" a couple of weeks ago in Los Angeles Tn 1926. he was assigned to San Frai-* where Mrs Gantt lives; Mrs Gantt cisco by the attorney general and was is a sister of Mrs F.tnily C Autin of placed in charge of an important wa this city. Having visited here several ter adjudication matter, whirh wa< years ago, she will he recalled by ma pending in the V S Courts of Cali ny who met her at the time At this fornia writing she is greaty improved. In Auto Accident BASE B A L L W Y A T T W . W IL L IA M S Despite the enclcmint weather, a large croud of enthusiastic fans was present Tuesday to witness the open ing game. The mission team was the victors— score was 8-2 Next Tues day the Peavers will open a seven game series with Hollywood. Attorney at Law With Julius Silvcstone, 523-524 Lumbermens Bldg. Attorney and Counselor Phone»: Rr 0635— Sell. 6260 Mr and Mrs. Lynch Rrown, of Longview arrive in the city today and will remain until Sunday afternoon O F F IC E PHONE B D W Y 8967 Portland, RF;S. P H O N E Oregon SELL. 1536 T)odor E. L. Boofter d e n t is t HOURS. 9 - 12, 1 - 6 Sun. Sc Evening by Appointment 502 - 3 P A N A M A B U ILD IN G N. E. Cor. Third and Alder i Allan A llynon, Republican candi dale for state representative froml Multnomah touuty, enjoys the unique dittine tn.n of being able to devote much earnest eltort toeivie alfairs, without neglecting the business of his vlirnls as a member of the well- known law linn of bininoti*, l.Usk and Pynoii The secret of Ins auceessr in tlu* respect nnv lie found, perhaps in ln> willingness to render service, combined with a marked capacity for liar«I work Whatever the reason mac be, the fact remains that whenever" In announcing his candidacy (cu 'state Kcpre sfiati ve from Miiltoniali The Advocate dpes nos neceaaarily i minty, Raymond M Munly says: " I «haie in Kita Reid'* views, hut wheth tac or itgid eronomy in the transact tr w* do or not. her opinions are tane, and logical and well worth ing o f the State's business and am a reacting. It ia your privilege as well as gainst all unnecessary appropriation*. ours to disagree with Kita and she "I favor giving prcfrirncc to W.ci* invites your opinion upon sublects she discusses Iront time to time in hei column. MGod made us neighbors; let justice make ut friends*'. — Borah KNOWN EDUCATOR LE C TU R E R ENJOYS T R IP I mm (Continued on page Mirre) on page three) WONDERFUL ETHIOPIANS VOL. 1 A Book the .Sensation o f the Hour— The Most Thrilling Story of the Ages IIY DRU8ILLA nilNJEK-HOllBTON Educator, Author, Journallat The East C'alls It the Greatest Negro Book in Twenty-five Years It will atlr your children to higher nmbillona. It will give the teachnr new power to nrouaa enthualnam. For mlnlater, lodge or club head It will fire your followora to greater achlevnnmnta and love for enlightened loiidorHhlp. (A arlea the reading of which will make one learned.) Portland’s Own Store Cornnllun Edwin Walker, white author and lecturer: — “ Whonoever dlaputea your annertlonn haa HOME tank Indeed.’ U N IV E R S A L T H E STO R E FOR I joiwox Ave., New York That it how you parachute from your flying plane, if something g\»es wrong m the air They give you di rection' at they fasten the parachute pack on your back, before the take off of the mail plane You are to count thicc after you jump, so that y»>u will have fallen far enough from the plane to prevent your parachute from getting tangled in the machine I he metal ring is partly »ticking out of a cloth case on your left side, where you can get a firm grasp on it with your strong right hand Pulling out that simple ring will release the parachute from its housing. You wonder how,— but seldom doc» a par achute fail to open At five o'clock in the morning we Mr Whrelrr rame tu thè Northwmt in IMI3 and cn«a«cd in thè nrwhpaprr L. R. Wheeler publishing business, rcmauiig with i| until late m 192(i As a newspaper publisher he has Kivrn considerable attention to stale • I III . ..n to the | iil.li* question* in general. In his final statement Mr Wheeler says: I believe in the sound principles of K'ivcrninrnt laid down by the fore- iathris tn the effect that individual in- italic 1 and freedom for dcvclnpcmrnl is thr chief aim ol government and th.it government is not an end hi it- self I believe m taxation that will en courage the small home owners and small proprietors who are the back- hone of the nation l orry Shelton 21 years old, a day laborer, died last Sunday at the Mill tuouiah hospital from sleeping sick- ur s he was hurried Monday from the chapel of an cast side undertaker. -------- 0-------- , Donald Anderson son of Mr and Mrs I re Anderson of I2(K) Union ave left Portland last week very tnysteri onsly and turned up in Weed, Cali fornia. From there he wired his par ents to send a ticket for his rcttiriK hr is back and is a "Sadder but a wis er boy. Mr. Pickens v i re about to fly from the Oakland Air Port, just over tbr bay from San Francisco, on to Portland, Oregon by rail it was nearly SIX') miles and takes two nights and a day by air it is about 6 hours This mail plane was not one of those luxurious cabin ships, such as I took from Los Angeles to San Diego It was a typical vessel of the air-ctkmgs,— a one niortored bi-plane with two small cockpits for one pilot and one passenger and the hags of air mail that will he packed in with them. The pilot rides in the rear cockpit,— towards the tail whence he can get a better view ahead around the wings; the passenger in the front cockpit is just behind the hurricane of the pro peller These are "open cockpits" un protected from the weather whatever it may he,— the romantic planes in which the Columbuses, the Palhoas, and the Drakes of the air have within the decade conquered for us the great atmospheric oeran, vaster in its ex tent, profoundrr in its depth and more challenging to adventure than the sev en watery seas combined. Roth pass enger and pilot must therefore wear j regular aviator's suits, a wool-lined, khaki-colored union suit, with aviator cap strapped tight under the rhin, and a pair of goggles The hurricane rre- (Continucd on page three) Bradford Clothes $25.00 to Shop $45.00 > EVERYBODY PRESS op H I ft He Doein't Mind It a Bit I R VK hrrlcr, rcpublx an candidale for iu te rcprcftfntativr at ihc May primarie«, wa% bum in a «mali town ni wcHtrrii Ne w York, educated in thè Public »ih u oL and graduateci at Yale I ni ver \it y in UBI. SLF.fCPING SICKNfvSS K I L L S New York Mennenger— Thin book will help the Negro to go forward with frenh cour age to fight race battlen. It ought to be a flowing fountain for anplrlng youth. F R A N K R. CH088WAIT H. Annoclated Negro Prens— “ In It la more of the gold o f Negro hlatory than In any other book. 8ho han performed a aorvlce hitherto unattalnerl." Linen, $2.00 l,oaflmr, fA.OO Addrea»— Plane I* Rough. Moutain* High But If elected I will attempt faithful ly to represent the average voter) of my district I bcirve in few laws hut in law enforcement I believe the ma- Mr and Mrs Win Stewart of Louis iniity of people are intensely loyal to ville, Ky have issued invitations to a their state and wish to see it proKress reception honoring their fiftieth wed commercially as well as in good citi ding anniversary. zenship ami clean government. On The invitations printed on gold the educational program, the road card* announces that the rcccpitipn program, the program of port (level- will he held at the residence of the opetnent with its corollary needs of couple. 621 S Fight Street, on April prosperous industry a,jd agriculture 25th from 7 until 11 P M , Mi |nd in the bark country, I propose to take Mrs Stewart married April 2 a , 1878 a positive and constructive rather than in Lexington, Ky. a negative attitude. The Advocate sends its congratula "Recognizing thr importance or tions to the happy couple spending money wisely I will stand rigid but sane eronomy Ponton, Mamc, Aug. 11, 1927. I am JuHt returned from South America to And your Intercntlng and acholarly book. I am amazed, thrilled. I did not know that nuch pant glorlea were the Negro’n. I wlnh that every Negro home could own a copy. Mont alncerely yourn, THOMAS L. A. OXLEY, Editor. " P o e t ’n Journal." Prenldent, "Poetic League of Amorlca." Box MM), Oklahoma City, Okla., VIVIDLY DESCRIBES CELESTIAL PHENOMENA FLYS FROM OAKLAND HERE IN 6 HOURS BUSINESS MAN RUNS !E W ELL that the piditlrat prophets are kin «ti« OrriiOti to flimvrr I wonder ImvN tit v ktiova? We have not ha ' tfir primaries vet Not that I am :i tin l< Hoover «*i any oi the r< t oi them but I object to bavin« mv none counted until I rail tell them, \ then they may «1*» *«» I fe»rv»r th.it it may *tuii the W'aifth hregaes before them Somehow there 1 « VVdl Sti- oily odor about tho*r candidate« who we»c »it tn»« in the shadow of the dome when the m\rr blew off and spattered -ill «»ver the reptilm an creation No* I lon't think Hoover wa*. "Kn«>win«t\ spattered but, lie w « i so close to the rent of them that with Dawes, (Y o l ul«e rt ul he «<*t "smelled tip" ~<V- Raymond M. Munly Now if Coolidftr a* Vice fVesidettl V rtrran« on public work wherever and Hoover and the other prominent* ami whrtirvrr pofttible. and 1 will 1 repulis ha*! in any way assisted in that exph.sion in-, tun*! of alU»win« 1-a work ft»r the j»*»»a«u of • ountruc tid* le«i»l«tiott which will aid in the prop Katie tie and Walsh rt al to d«» the i«*h er development of the natural rctour-* Allan A. Bynon 1 alone, I tloni think t 1 st St I ’ctcr Inin . e» «»f tny native «tate. the .»«aiiiNt Iluovei. f n \ they didn’t chic aclivitics of iinportanre tu “ If I am nominated and elected 1 community are uiulerlakeu. Aliali Iky 1 therefore? ? ’ ? ’ ♦ill dtirina » iV twin of office. «It« - t f * - U non may atways Tir rouhied ttpon io har«> the dtitie» of State Rrprcscnta * tf coiirse I wrote a lc*ttrr in Secre Irmi a hrlping hand r. • !*«•ne,*t!v and t > the best t.f m>^ tary of Stale Kellogg, congratulating A few weeks ago, for examplr, in ibilily ! stand for the fomtcvriuR o f lus capai ity as president of thè Port him on lii* rffort* to secure pear* •Id and cncouraccment of new indus treaties with the countries that know land Ainericani/ation Uountil, Mr tries which will increase and brim? Pvnon prrsided at thè rxrrcises in thè that invitaions to mine to our prarr j»av roll« to the state of Oregon.” party is mostly hunk I cannot lie nmnicipal auditorium fnllnwmg th< Mr Munly was born in I'urtland, prue redine» at w lui li over six hund- lievc that it is anythig but |.rr elec Oregon .15 year.', am» He is thr «on of tion ftco/le 1 will believe that those red residente of torcigli birth to«.k the late Judge M (» Munly w ho ner peace letters are sincere wlun Mr tln oath th.it madr tinnì American ved as jiidcr of the t ircuit Court, tit* Coolidgr ami Mr Lccy of War ami citi/en» Siinilarly, is interest in ed partinrnt No I judge Munly w.is .u ili ation and In study of echimi af Mr Secretary of the Naiy call off the tivr also in education circles, having huge navy preparations, now beforr faire trd him tu acce pt thè position of served on the Board of Education f*»r legai adviser tu thè l liegon t ’ongress : Congress And incidentally when the five years niarinet .lie railed out of Nicaraugua of Parente and Teachers Furthcr- Hayiiiond M Muni) wan edurate'd iiiore, having recently servii! as a am! sent up to a little burg called in the Portland pnldu « h •*>)> and i ( hirago to preserve order ami (»race member of llie executive mmmlttrc of 1014 graduated .it the I'niversitv of Portland Post No I, American Le- during election times Nope— I have Oregon, Department of I aw with the my doubts about those peacr itilen gioii, il follnws ili.il lir takes an gelive lions of the aforesaid Put I wrote degree of 1 1 H For the past ten pati in thè affair* c.f thè ex >rvice years, Mr Munly has been engaged the Irttrr just the same just as a mat inni | in the Real I state business \t pres All of thè foregoing artivitir» forni ter of encouragement of the peace i- ent lie is Vice President of the Metz dea What would our militarists do a valiiahlr background f<*r thè work ger -Parker Company of a reprrsrnlativr in thè legislature.' if the invitation* had been accepted’ Mr Munly is a member of the thè position for whieli Mr Pynon i* 1 have lieen wondering just how we Multnomah Athletic Club anil the a candidate Portand Agenda Club He is also a The following is a bri«-f nudine of would lie made to pay for our adverse nu mber of the American Legion He Mr Pvnon'* carrrr- Porn in Port : companies ’ The answer cornea—The is married and resides with his wife land 32 years ago, he attemlrd ilio obliging public service commission it 295 P ast 11th St . North pitblie scimele in Portami and Salem, will now investigate the two compan ies ami "'¡f « e fi^d upon a study of gradiuting from thè liigli school in thè latter city He timi attendili (he I the inventories that rates shornl be Married Fifty Yearn (Continued FIELD SECRETARY OF N.A.A.C.P. EXPERIENCED MUCH ON PLANE T hi Q uality » to «« P ortland O , _____ *•** or »• *■*" »• rison •»• Ml lul • Mr. and Mrs Oscar Arnette sent in a check for three viars’ subscription to The Advocate W e would be ideas eli to have more subscribers like the Atncttcs. I "Where y«MR| Mm Huy"