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PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY JUNF. 16.1928
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FREDERICK J. LIBBY SAYS GOODWILL PAYS
M H S 1. F i l m
its T i m
M l IS
(Siri OkaiUurtr
m
ANNUAL AWARD
NOTED PEACE WORKER ORGES
ORGANIZATION TO COOPERATE
New York N Y. June 14, — Tbfc
fourteenth annual award of the Spin-
garn Medal this year, i* made to
Charles
Waddell Chestnut, of Cleve­
éé
ff
land, novelist, short story writer,
and public spirited citizen according
to announcement today by the Wa- j
ional Association for the Advance­
By Kits Reid
ment of Colored People, 69 Fifth
j Avenue.
The medal which goe* each year
Timothy Thom»» Fortune, lor The Advocate does no* necessarily
Addressing a group composed of
to the man or woman of African de-
approximately one hundred men and
more than a quarter ol a century «hare in Kits Reid's views, but wheth-
ir w* do or not. her opinions are
cent and United States citizenship
women, representatives of various lo­
considered the mo»t outstanding and tane.
and logical and well worth
for most distinguished achievement
cal social orgnizations, Frederick J.
reading. It ia your privilege as well aa
versatile of Negro journalist* widely ours
in some field of honorable endeavor,
Libbyy, president of the National
to
disagree
with
Kits
and
she
known a» the dean ol Negro editor», invites your opinion upon sublects
is
given
to
Mr.
Chesnutt
for
his
‘‘pio­
Council
for the Prevention of War,
died on last Saturday night at the she diacusaea from time to time in her
neer
work
as
literary
artist
depicting
declared
that in order to do effective
By
Mrs.
£
.
D.
C.
home ol hie only »on, Dr. Frederick column.
the life and struggle of Americans of Thursday evening. May 31st at the work in Oregon, there must be a
\\ Fortune 770 South I ighleedih
descent, and for long and useful ca-, Portland Woman’s Club 448 Taylor central organization to act as a
»(reel, alter an illne»» of »lightly ov­ “God made ua neighbors; let justice
reer as scholar, worker and freeman street approximately two hundred clearing house for all the others that
make us friends". —Borah
er two month«.
of one of America'» greatest citiea.” people sat down to banquet tables work for peace so that there mi^ht
It 1» thought that hi» refutal to
The Medal is to be presented in I-os together in the interest of world not be an overlapping of work.
curtail hi* editorial activitie* and hi* Well, the huge American farce is
Angeles on July 3, by Lieutenant- peace.
The meeting, which was in the
apparent indifference to hi» per»onal bring played in Kansas City and by
Governor Buron I.. Fitts of Califoria It was the fourth in the series of form of a luncheon in Mr. Libby’s
condition while worjt remained to be thr time Nhe Advocate readers re­
at the 19th Annual Conference of the World Unity Dinners under the aus­ honor was held in the Lincoln Ball
accomplished, i* largely re»pon»ible ceive thir paper thi* week, we will
National Association for the Ad­ pices of the local Bahai Assembly. room at Thiele’s, 105 Tenth street,
know which puppet of special privi­
for hi» death
vancement of Colored People.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Inoue, Japanese [ Monday, June 4th at 12:15, was ar­
The » u d d e n and unexpected lege will occupy the White House
Mr Chesnutt was born in Cleve- Consul and wife, were the gracious ranged by the Oregon Council for
death of M r Fortune ha* taken one after Coolidge is retired. Puppet he
i land, June 20, 1858, arid moved in hosts. The dinner served at 6 o'clock the Prevention of War of which Rev.
of the mail fearle»». powerful and will he —Wall Street and other*
, early youth with his family to Norjh from neat little Japanese boxes with J. J. Handsaker is president and
courageou» figure* in America from will see to that We cannot hope to
Carolina where, at the age of id hd a pair of chop sticks tied securely to Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, secretary.
have a true disciple of thr American
hi* race.
bcg:in teaching in the public schools. each Kd consisted of rice balls lot* The speaker said that the National
Of mixed racial »lock Mr Fortune spirit as a leader We American*,
At the age of 23 he was principal rjf us roots* Japanese Fish bean curd Council for the Prevention of War
w u born in Marianna, Florida, in according to our G O. P do not
the State Normal School of Fayette­ bamboo roots, white cucumber pick­ recognized as a political force. Iki
I8<6 Hi* father wa* Emanuel For­ need a l eader, wr need a Ruler and
ville. He came to New York (City le sweet peas and a few other delica­ is telling
how the Council had influ«
tune town mar»hall of Jacksonville, by the tail and trunk of that batter­
in 1883 to do newspaper work and cies the names of which are known enced of legislation
in regard to the
ed
old
elephant
we
are
goingf
Ao
Florida, at time* the acting mayor,'
then went to Cleveland where he ob­ only in the Japanese language and Naval program, Libby
said that one
and often the target of Klan bullet» have one if Mellon know* hi* bean*
tained employment as a stenographer since our knowledge of the language ‘ Congressman alone, from
Indiana
>11 ia editorial» in the New Y 0'*“ And the tide of evolution (I had al
being admitted to the bar in 1887. * cosists of only two words of greet­ received 2500 protests against
the
Age u»ed to be copied and comment­ most »aid revolution! roll* steadily
In
that
year
he
began
in
the
A
t­
ing
we
shall
have
to
leave
the
re­
Naval
program
from
his
constituen­
ed upon by daily and weekly new*-i onward and downward
lantic Monthly a series of stories la­ mainder of the dinner undescribed. cy and as a result of the pressure
paper* all over the country.
ter
collected in a book entitled “The Forks were at each place but compar­ and influence brought to bear by the
Mr Fortune learned to *ct type in 1 predict one thing that i* going
(Continued on page four)
atively few used them preferring to Council, and other agencies working
Florida when he wa* »till in hi* to happen—and that soon— if there Miss Jane Bryant St. Marys Academy
try their skill with the chop sticks— towards the same end the time limit
(Continued
on
page
two)
teen* He later went to Washington,
(See Story on Page Three)
and right well did most of them suc­ was changed from five to eight years
J). (. in 1873. wibere/ he ,aerved| *a
ceed too. Young men of the colored and the 71 ships program was cut to
private secretary to General Josiahf
and white races, served delicious 27. later to 16 and finally died in
t*
T Wall* who had been elevated to
clam soup and Japanese tea from committee, never reaching a vote.
Congre*» from l-’lorida. He later She’s a “ Queen
To Attend Graduation
dainty Japanese dishes.
“The churches and organized wo­
went to New York and worked on
Both American and Japanese flags men's groups are the peace move­
the New York Sun
with Japanese art panels and dainty ment in America”, the speaker said.
Hi* writing* were *o brilliant and Little Bernice William* called at
Mr.
W.
D.
Allen,
proprietor
of
the
roses together with a few ladies in "Two years ago this piece of work
far ahead of all other* on the |»per The Advocate office Tuesday to dis­ Among the long list of June grad­ Hotel Golden West, accompanied by
native Japanese attire, lent some­ against the big naval program could
uates
we
find
the
following
names:
Charles A Dana, it* owner, e»tabli*h- play a becoming bright -red straw
his son, Robert, left Tuesday morn­
what an oriental atmosphere to the not be done and its present success
ed the Evening Sun especially fid' chapeau which "daddy bought it". Merle Anthony, Highland Gram­ ing for Oberlin, Ohio to be present
he attributed to three causes; Co­
occasion.
(By William Pickens)
Mr. Fortune'* contribution* About And the lady who is just seven years mar School; Pearl Anthony, Girls the graduaton of his son' William
operation definite program and luck.
Etertainers
for
the
evening
were
For
the
first
time
in
human
history
thr unit time Mr Fortune and old and promoted to the 2nd B. cer­ Polytechnic; Ivan Cannady, Fern- at Duncgn
Allen, Jr. The commence­
Mr K. Yamasaki, harpist: Miss Mi­ By luck he explained he meant that
Jerome II l’cter*on formed a eo tainly deserves it. Little Miss Wil wood Grammar School; Cora Frank­ ment program which William Duri- there is a Negro as track captain in dori
Shiji and two Japanese boys, the other side was caught sleeping.
partnership in the publication of the liams was accompanied by her fath­ lin, Mount Tabor Grammar School; can, Jr. will participate in will be a New York University. He is Phi­ dancers
accompanied on the banjo There should be organization for
lip
Edwards.
Donald
Hepburn,
Woodstock
Gram­
New York Age under the firm name er and sister, Miss Geraldine. She
held on the 16th. From Obdrlin the
educational purposes; as to the de-
Mrs. T. Ono.
of Fortune and Peterson. Mr For­ said she was going to see Her Maj*- mar School; Kathryn Franklin, family will go to Chicago for a visit ‘‘Phil" and "King", two black boys by Mr.
1
tails of cost of war.
George
Latimer
presided
and
of
New
York
City,
whose
native*
Washington
High
School;
Otto
Ru-
tune wa* the editor and Mr Peter­ esty the Royal "Queen". We were
before returning home.
a number of distinguished The wet and dry question, the
son wa* busine** manager. Thr Age thinking all the time that she was 1 therford, Jefferson High School; Before taking his leave, Mr. Allen home is British Guiana, are leaders introduced
speaker intimated, was like a pink
Lillian Bellard, Vernon Grammar just completed remodeling and rede­ in athletics and colleges activities. personages including several official | tea
became a powerful newspaper.
lovlier than any queen 1 had ever School;
party compared to the question
representatives
of
foreign
countries
Philip
is
a
great
athlete.
His
rep­
Chrystalee
Maxwell.
Salem
Mr. Fortune wa* Hooker T. Wash­ seen. And when we suggested the
of
world
peace. “The former involved
corating
his
hotel
at
Broadway
and
(Continued
on
page
three)
ington's close friend and a*»i»ted Fesitval directors would have done High School; Jennie Dora Grayson, Everett street. It is a beautiful jefb, utation has really legged behind his
national
and
party questions while
achievements:
he
is
not
only
the
track
Oregon
Agricultural
College;
Clo-
Mr. Washington in the preparation the occasion honor had they chosen
the
latter
is
international
in its rami­
ha
vug
procured
the
best
decorators
of some of Mr. Washington's book*. her for, at least, a maid in waiting1.1 ! tilde Curry, University of Southern in the city to do the work for him. champion of New York University,
fications.
Paramount
perhaps
among
but
holds
the
American
600
yard
in­
.California;
William
Duncan
Allen,
Up Front Slavery." Mr. Fortune she gave a sweet wee smile and said
Mrs.
Eastman
Laid
i
various
other
problems
is
the
one
Pretty
new
paper
adorns
the
wall
held many responsible position*, but "thank you." Her singng over the , Obrrlin; Jane Rryant St. Mary Aca­ and beautiful' new furniture is to be door championship and the Canadian
involving
investments
i
n
foreign
records
for
both
600
yards
ana
1000^
demy,
Portland
The
Advocate
ws'sh-
in politic* could and did for other'* radio and exemptions from examina­
To Rest Monday countries and how to protect them.
throughout the lobby and other yards. In being elected “captain"
what he could not do for himself. tions in her studies have not in the jes each one of these young peo- seen
In Latin America and in the Orient
of the hostelry, giving it the Philip holds another record: a record
Politicians front all part* of the Unf-. least spoiled this sweet little girl. I pie good luck in the further pursuits parts
of their studies or whatever they may appearance of a brand new place. for recognition of the “minority ra­ The funeral of Mrs. Floyd East­ there is the problem too of race. \Me
trd State* flocked to him for aid It1
j elect to do that is honorable and The Golden West is said to be the ces,"—for neither Jew nor Negro has man of 195 Ivy street who passed ; must deal with that question especi­
getting them Federal positions, and
i honest.
largest and best equipped hostelry ever before been so honored in New into the Great Beyond on the 7th of ally along the Pacific coast.
with his aid they usually got them.
Seattle
Attorney
Here
for colored people this side of Chica­ York University athletics. And when­ this month, was held on the 11th at" “There must be education not only
Mr. Fortune was appointed Special
the adults but of the children fdrl
ever a “minority” man gets such hon­ Miler and Tracey's Funeral Parlors, of
go.
Commisaioner to the Philippine' Is­
this
era” he said.
NOTICE
or, believe us, he earns it. Both of Washington aat 20th street. The The new word
lands by the late President Roose (
"adequate”, Mr. Libby
Syracuse
Lodge,
K.
of
P.
will
hold
these
athletic
brothers
have
the
Uni­
Attorney
Dean
E.
Hart
of
Seattle
veil. In 1907 he suffered a break-
services
which
were
conducted
by
(Continued
on page four)
CARD OF THANKS
versity “letter" now on their chest1. Rev. Caston, pastor of Mt. Olivet
dow( front which he never fully re­ and Mrs Hart were in Portland for its semi ..annual election of officers
Friday
evening,
June
22
All
members
Edward
King
Edwards,
Phil’s
broth­
covered. It was following this break­ three days this week and were the
Baptist church of which the deceas­
er known among the boys as "King ed
down that hr sold his interest in the guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. I* Bookfj are urged to attend.
was a member, were largely atJ
THE FRIENDSHIP
I.. A. ASHFORD C. C.
We wish to thank our many friends Edward”, recently won third place in tended.
New York Age. Since then Mr. For­ er. The Attorney was here on legal
Eastman who was 40
for their expressions of kindness and the finals of the 220 yard dash in the years of Mrs.
tune ha* done considerable writing business While en route here, they
the time of her pas­
sympathy during the illness and Mid-Atlantic Track Meet. He had sing came age to at Portland
Pool and Billiard Hall
for various newspapers from time to stopped in Longview and were the
years ago
death of my beloved wife.
come in first in the "heats", but only from Paris, Texas. She four
time.
guests of Mr and Mrs. Lynch Brown
was ill three
Soft Drinks And Confections
Signed:
third in "finals".
At the time of his death Mr. Fort prminent citizens there. Mrs. Hart,
months
prior
to
her
demise.
Floral
Husband, Mr. Floyd Fastman We looked up the family of “Phil" tributes were numerous and beauti­
tune was editor of the Negro World, accompanied by Mrs. Boower called
Daughter, Mrs. I.. Marshall and “King" and found that the whole, ful. Interment in Lincoln Park Me­ 108 NORTH SIXTH ST.
a position he held for about five on the Advocate staff Monday en
Mother, Mrs. R. Minga
family have brains and energy and morial cemetery. The deceased leav­
years. He was a contributor to the route shopping tour. Attorney and
Proprietors:
Sisters, Mrs. McCroy of Cal­
(Concluded on page four)
Norfolk Journal and Guide and to the Mrs. Hart who are prominent in so­
es *to mourn their loss a husband *
S. A. Sims
ifornia and Mrs. Meredith of city.
cial and professional circles in Seat­
Birmingham Reporter.
Mr. Floyd Eastman; a daugther,
VV.
M. Mason
Mr. Fortune at one time held a tle returned home Tuesday. They
Mrs. I.. Marshall; other relatives
position with THK PHILADEL­ motored.
PHIA TRIHUNF. nnd aided materi­
HOLLIDAY -HOLLIDAY and friends.
Please
eonie
in
and
pa>
your
obli­
ally in its development.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henderson
gations to The Advocate.
Tonsorial Parlors
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. of Salisbury Mo., are visiting fheir
Carrie C. Fortune; a daughter Mrs. son and daughter in l(qw Mr. and
125 North Sixth Street
Res. Phone Ea. 8983
Jessie Fortune Bowser; and a son. Mrs. Jack Henderson 5903—40th Av.
Office Phone Br. 8967
Dr. Frederick W. Fortune.
WYATT W. WILLIAMS In our present location we
O ,
in
HELPED B. ï. WASHINTON
PUBLISH HIS BOOKS
UNITY
! EDUCAMI NEEDED ID
STOP «
Por Hand’s
Own
LODGE TO ELECT
On June Sth, William Pickens, Jr.
graduated at Lincoln University. His
distinguished father writes that his
son will enter law school in the FaM
perhaps in New York City, and adds:
"I would have done the same if I had
had some one back of me to help, e-
ven a bit.
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