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THE. ADVOCATE In the interest of All THE ADVOCATE la Published Only $2.50 Per Year Subecribe For It I D d e a te d ’ l o l VOL. 24— No «* PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY th e t h e * a d v o Ä t e it Orante«« In All T ie 8 mm And Foreign Countries I n te r c a le a u g u s t o ? u PRICE 5 CENTS STAFF NEGRO PHYSICIAN APPOINTED ANONYMOUS PATRON ÖFTERS AWARD FOR ART National To Meet PASTOR F o 7 Visits " p^ City lande' $250 OFFERED IN SECOND NATION n a sse o n s i r In Cleveland M S [F EFFORT SAYS M E CLEVELAND CITY HOSPITAL ADDS FIRST RACE NEW YORK HAS NEGRO MEDICS Colored Citisene Il I «pitals For Op pc*« Their Scpenrte Race In Kffort For Many Year*. New York, Aug I— For the first time, a Negro physician ah sheen appointed to the staff o f the Clrve. land City Hospital, according to a letter just received by the Nations’ < 'in. c of ihe N a a t P from t. a|le> W White, President o f the Cleveland Branch of the Association Dr. John If. McMotrtes, according to Mr. White, on July 20th was ap pointed to the Surgical Out.Patient Stall of the hospital. thi§ action coming as he result o f several year« of agitation by colored citisrns of .Cleveland both for such appoint- mcn t and against the establishment of a segregated hospital for N r. groea The success thus far gained in the Ohio city ia the second vic tory towards admission to the staffs of municipal hospitals in mrtrupoli. 'an areas .Some years an after ma ny years of agitation and effort N e. groe medical men and nurses were appointed to the staff of Harlem Hospital, one o f the New York hos pitals- and have served with notable S U C lC g B S ENOS LIFE New ork City, August 1, 1928 — On« of the girls in the chorus of Zngfeld's "Showboat" comitted sui cide Sunda y ofternoon. She was comely Mrs l ulu Williams, 22, 219 F.dgecombr avenue, who died by inhaling gas at her home some time between the hours of one and four o'clock Acute despondency over the possible loss of heij home and other finincial worries is said to have been the motive for her act. "I can't go on like this", she wrote in one of three suicide notes she left behind Her n o 'n n , Mrs. Cassie Lcdbct. ter, left her home about one o'clock <>nd returned at four to find tjte ap,VT..«nt, which is on the ground floor, tilled with gas that was flow ing ton. all the jet, in the kitchen rat.g'. I sing on the floor was her dauRlitei’i prostrate form. J^h* ran streaming from the house and sumtnond Patrolman William Sumpter of the W est 13th street station, and he came and shut off the gas and raised the windows. Dr. (Continued on page four) Por Hand’s Summer O u tin g I Spend your vacation at the Sun flower Camp— Seaside, Oregon. Fur nished Cottage, with two beds $9 to $11 per week, furnished Tents with^ beds $ 8 .SO per week, Tents with one bed $7 00 per week. Swings Cro quette grounds and horse shoe court free. Mrs. C. A. Jenkins will be de lighted to show you the Cottage» and Tents. J. W . CURRY. Proprietor -------- o Store THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY h warn u ¿ (hr. T mm Q uality S toab mm OR h o aT L A M D OsSgaON 4 P —1 1 ¿ £ «s— Washington, D. C. August I__ One of the largest and most ef fective organisation* in the country i s t h e National Association o f C ol. «red Women's Clubs It is effective because colored women can sur pass any other clement in the ountry in the amount of use which they can make a dollar serve. Thro the colored woman the American dollar reaches it, highest value in work done. «.These "clubs" of the colored w o. man very seldom function merely for the social pleasure of their mem ber^: they generally aim at servi. ces ot others,—working girls, or phan children, students, and other strugglers Men's Clubs often exist merely to make it pleasant for their members to smoke and drink 'and gossip, but the women', organiza tions have at least some additional p Orposca. • That the national organization of i|hese rlubs needs a national head, quarters can be conceded without argument. It whould be a useless waste of words to proceed on the assumption that anybody needed to be convinced of that. There are some close relationships between the N. A. C. W . C. and the N. A. A. C. P. In the first place, these women who work eo effective ly in their own organizations, have also supplied the most effective workers for the national defense of colored people. Also, the work of the Nationay Association for the Advancement of Colored People has a special bearing on the welfare of colored women. The Association's fight against degrading intermarri. age laws, for example, has been made for the purpose o f promoting inter, racial marriage or for promoting any marrage at all, but for the pur pose of protecting colored women against legal discriminations and fiVin being made legitimate and public prey by the males of stronger .gikiups. Such discriminations bear down on the females of the weaker group, and are mostly meant for that purpose. Such laws offer im . [munity to the rich and the powerful- They never protect the weak. It is to the eternal credit of col ored men o f America that they are (fppnscd to such legal discrimina tions. It shows that Negro men ,havc no fear o f the eompition of .white men. It is queer anomaly that white men, who are solely re sponsible for practically all interra cial mixture, are the one* "opposed” to the liberty o f marriage,—while colored men, who have "stayed In their own back yard", are sincerely opposed to artificial and discrimM natory interference. ------------ 0------------ Own ^ CLUB WOMEN ~ «»a___________ Lee Brown of 282 N. 18th st. was fined $50 Tuesday in the police court for the possession of liquor. New York, N. Y. Au«. 1— Re*, i ponding to cordial invitation* exten ded by the Cleveland Branch of the N. A. A C. P., seconded hy the Cin. I cianati, Columbus and Dayton Bran- i ches, a* well as by Governor Vtc [ Donahey o f Ohio, and by Mayor I John D Marshall and City Manager William R. Hopkins of Cleveland the Twentieth Annual Conference of the N A. A C. P will be held in | June, 1829 in the Ohio city. The first largely attended of the annual l meetings of the Association which have come to be such important e-_ vents' in the life of the Negro, was held in Clevelsnd in 1919 when the Tenth Annual Conference met there and it is the desire of the Cleveland Branch to entertian the Conference j every ten years. The Branches and | Officials of Ohio and Cleveland have assured «he N A A. C P. that eve. . . . . . . . . .. ry effort will be made to insure the Twentieth Annual Conference being even more successful than the nota ble gatherings of recent years GO OSENECK M cDO NALD BOLTS H O OVER T IC K E T Dallas, Texas August 2,—W M "Gooseneck Bill" MacDonald, who was unstated by the Creagcr I fly White _____ _ Republican faction at the Kan- sa* City Convention, has announced that he and his friends will bolt the .Hoover ticket in November Thlr dry Democrats of Texas are bolting tbc Smith ticket. "Gooseneck Bill" admit, the colored defection is one of revenge against the cowardly con nivance of the G. O. P. in the Demo cratic race persecution. E xecutive W o u ld R e v o k e P ardon (By William Pickens) Nobody knows that the south is surprised to hear that the governor of South Carolina is endeavorng to revoke the pardon o f Ben Bes, and so "save the face” of that state. A white woman had Ben Bess sent to the penitentiary 13 years ago, for a term of 30 years, on a charge of "rape," although she had been liv ing adultery with him under the con sent of her husband, for years. R e. cently this woman, thinking she was about to die, confessed the truth and had Bes, pardoned. Newspapers all over the world used her contession as a fair exam ple, indicating how innocent Ne_ grocs can’ be convicted on the word of white people in the South. ) But—immediately the south was aroused. South Carolina in particu lar. It would never do to 1st the world know that a white woman who had sent a Negro to jail on a charge of rape, later confessed that she had simply been that Negro’s paramour, with the consent of her husband,— and that she and her husband had decided to frame the Negro in re. vengc for the Negro’s decision not to support the two of them any long>- cr, No, no; it would look to bad for the "superiority" pretensions for the white, to allow a thing like that to come out. And *0 the state "detectives” got busy. They no doubt threatened to put this weak woman into the penctentiary. Finally she "confess, cti" again: that she only meant to "forgive” Ben Bess for what he had “ done” to her, not to say he was not fg'uilty. B This poor woman,— we pity her more than we do Bess. Perhaps the governor and the civilization of South Carolina ought to be pitied even more. So, the governor decides to revoke a pardon,—an unhead of proerdure. The awful case was so much com mented on by the whole world that South Carolina’s face must be saved, even if this poor weak woman', soul must be damned by another lie. (Well we are not a bit surprised. IRathcr have we been looking for this. W e wonder how the truth ev. er slipped by them in the first place. . WIDE NEGRO ART CONTEST Mr* I s s r s .-w ttr e f Dr. &. L. La. of Atlantic City, N. J., formrly of this city, spent four days in the city New York City, N. Y A ugl— Rev this week, en route home from Lot A. G. Taylor, pastor of the American Angeles where she has been visiting Catholic Church, was the target for her sister and friends. Mrs. Lucas thugs last week, when it became also visited at her old home in Mon known that the minister had been treal, Canada and met her brother, delivering a seric, of sermons on the Mr Medley whom she has not seen evils of bootleg establishments in for many years. Mr. Medley ser. Harlem. .f ved in the W orld War "over there” N’*w York, N. Y. Aug. 1,— A prize I As he left bis basement church, ... . ,, . , ' . . . , . . and it was one of Mrs. Lucas great- of $250 offered by an anonymous the minister was set upon by four . . . . . ... ,. .. .. . >st desires» to see him on this trip patron, will be awarded the best en. ■men, among whom was Edward '$he left Wedne-day night for Chi. try at the second nation-wide exhi. Nichols. Flghtin.q off bis assailants, cago where she will spend a few days bition of the art productions of A , 'he minister made his way across the with her sister and thence to Atlan By Kits Reid street where a police officer, Patrol mencan Negroes, to be held at In- tic City where she hopes to see Mr. man Scott, was standing. Hearing terantional House, 500 Riverside W. D. Allen, her brother in law and the minister's complaint, the police his three children who are spend- 1 The Advocate does not necessarily Drive, New York, January 3 to 15, man refused to aid him, stating that ing a few day, at the Lucae home. share in Kits Reid's view*, bat whetb- 1929. This exhibition if s p o o red proper complaint should be register Mrs. Lucas is as charming a ever rr we do or not. ber opinions are by the Harmon Foundation in co_ ed at the police station. and her friends here were most hap tane, and logical and well worth operation with the Commission on reading. It is your privilege as well as Later, officer Joseph Scott was py to greet her. Mrs. J. R. Charles, ours to disagree with Kits and she the Church and Race Relations of called into the case and upon inves- ton of 931 Rodney Ave., showed Mrs invites your opinion upon subjects the Federal Council of Churches. tigation disdbvered that tb »bugs . . Lucas many courtesies with her car she discusses frota time to time in her The prize will be conferred upon were annoying the R ev Taylor and an<, Mrf w H Rutherford enter. column. the artist who in the opinion of the Mireatening h.s life Returning to u i „ ed , coterie o( friendi ^ jury has entered the finest single the church about nine that night, ¡n her honor I saw no mention in our daily pa work of art. A similar prize pro three of them assulted the minister pers of the outcome of the sail of vided by the $ame donor was grant, who fought them off, severely Mme . Schwimmer against F r e d ed last year to Sargent Johnson, a wounding one. Scott rushed upon Marvin' h e a d of an organization the scene as soon as he heard the W riter Thinks Courtesy known as "the Key Men of Ameri sculptor of Berkeley, California. i^m trt «tnn •' The work of the Negroes from all noise and eallr# to them to stop ca". The suit was against the New of the country is to be shown at the They failed not to heed the warning York Commercial and the aforesaid Greatest N eed and the policeman then L/ed, strik superpatriot, Mr. M a r v i n at that exhibition, according to a statement ing Nichols. Nichol, was taken to time an e d i t o r i a l writer on that made by the Harmon Foundation the Harlem hospital for treatment newspaper. He c a l l e d Mm e . today.^ 849 36th Street and confined in the prison ward for "The exhibit is confined this year Schwimmer a German spy and a further hearing. Oakland, California. ¡Gcfcnmunist. and ¿hat gentle remark to persons who have entered their Because he had taken several ver July 31, 1928. cost him $17,000.00 under a verdict productiong in the Award in Fine bal shots at the immortality of H or. Mr. Robert S. Abbott Arts of the Hannon Awards for of the New York Supreme Court. lem, tfsc openness o f speak-easies, Editor, Chicago Defender Distinguished Achievement Among number playing, and other promis. 3435 l ndiana Avenue ,KegTocs or those who have previ Mr Marvin spent some time this cuous gambling on the streets, the Chicago. Illinois, past week advising the Portland ously received one o f these awards,” lewd and vulgar language of the , , , Chamber of Commerce a , to the e- aaid Mary Beattie Brady, the Direc. younger folk of the town, rtie Rev. ‘ J ear r' ^ ° ,t: Taylor has received threatening let- Under the heading, W H\ vils of immigration. N o t e (I f cer tor. "W e are giving opportunity ters, but he declared his intention of DRUG STORES FAIL, on your j tain restrictions had been applied for extensive presentation by chang preaching right on and if the law editorial page of your issue of July during the days of Mr. Marvin's an ing the date for final entry until a f. didn't protect him, he would take 28th, it seems to me you omitted in cestors, he probably would not be ter the vacation peariod. All appli hi, case down town to the mayor's word, one of the most essential re- called upon now to pay $17,000.00 cations and nominations of candidat. quisites conductive to success in any b e c a u s e he does not like Mme es must be in the bands of Dr. Geo. Schwimmer.) He c l a i m s to have E. Haynes, Secretory of the Com- .We ll bet those state "detectives’* lin* ° / busines* » Person can have, solved the problem of immigration mision, 105 Eazt 22nd Street, New never got wind of the fact that the an“ tbat '* Courtesy. If that word in a scientific way. He wants to York, N. Y. by September 10, 1928. woman was about to confess, or she >vas kept constantly before our peo. keep "America for the Americans." ‘'The entire group of the awards, ple by an influential publication like would never have got the chance. Well, yes —sounds very lofty but— which cover seven fields of creative A few years ago in Arkansas a ine Chicago Defender I believe there the Indians tried to do that in the Work, has conceived by the late Negro wa, about to be hung for would be far less failures among o«r days of the Colohists wl<> in those William E. Hannon through his "raping" a white woman. But a few group. days were rebels against their king. days before the execution the wo If you are a smoking man go in to , They “ fit, bled and died” because of interest in the economic develop»., man (women are superior in consci. one of the United Cigars stores, ment of the American Negro. A the propaganda of the Indians a- ence to men) repented and went to spend five cents, and then go in to gainst the “alien forces". Later these gold medal with an bonorium of the governor and told him that the one of our cigars stores and spend (same rebels fought against the En $400 and a bronze medal with $100 whole charge of "rape” grew out of $1 00 and see which one you would glish King’s redcoats because they will be iven in *»ch of the fields of the fact that some white men ran Should you did not want to be taxed against literature, music, me- arts, business across her and this colored man in rather go into again. happen to be a stranger, this is the their wills. In those days they were including industry, science includ the act of kissing each other, and attitude as a rule: Customer walk, plain rebels against the authority of ing invention, edqration and relig. that she .had acquiesced in the their native country. Now we build ¡ou, service. This is the third year charge o f rape to save her own re- in— clerk looks at you—you ask for putation,—and that she and the man what ou want—if they have got it monuments to these brave P A T R I of the series o f awards. Provisi<$n had been living toether for 15 years they will wrap it up although in ma O T S who fought for “ freedom of for their continuance was made by in d would have been married, if ny cases you have to ask them to ■conscience to worship God as. they Mr. Harmon prior to his death, ac they had lived in a civilized state. wrap it up— hand it to you or lay it pleased. And their descendants in cording to the plan which had been The governor tried his best to on the counter—pick up our money these days of the twentieth Century worked out bully her out of this confession, but rjng it up— if there is no change go about the country villifying ev the woman had been wise in that coming you go one way and the clerk ery oher person. Fighting for free W O R L D W A R V ETERAN S case: she had gone and confessed to thf oth^n,—and thev really expect dom of conscience. W e are called traitors, un-American, Communists, other prominent white and colored you to come back. There are many W orld W ar Vet people first and took a delegation a_ | rnTTBTFCV an«. * disloyal, and every other name that long when she went «0 confess be- *ust 8 «'»tie C O U R TESY goes a indicates antagonism against the erans in Portland who are members gospel o f these tin gods of things of The American Legion. And why fore the governor,—otherwise she i *on8 waYs ' n business, might have been simply confined as \ Very truly yours, not .when they are accorded all the an insane, person,— until after the 1 U. G. COOKSEY, rights and priviliges by the war de (Continued on page three) execution was over. EVen then the j partment that is accorded other vet governor refused to act, and the erans? No greater appreciatioin for friends o f civilization had to resort W A L T E R W H IT E BACK HOME these privileges could be shown for toa habeas corpus in a Federal court the opportunity and the service they W YA TT W . W ILLIAM S to save this innocent man's life. were able to render to their country New York, Aug. 1—Walter White The present governor of South who has been on leave o f absence than to become a member of the A- Attorney at Law Carolina found it impossible to pun. merican Legion. Wm. Gilmer and for a year, has resumed his duties ish anybody for the beastly triple several veterans are planing to get as Assistant Secretary of the Nation, With Julius Silvestone, lynching of a woman and two boys together at meetings in the near at Association for the Advancement at Aiken, 5. C., But the governor is 523-524 Lumbermens Bldg. future. full o f righteousness when it comes of Colored People, it was announced today from the National Office of to punishing poor, beaten, robl^-d Attorney and Counselor James Madley of Salem, a World the Association, 69 Fifth Avenue, and plundered Ben Bess. ,War veteran was in the city for Phones: Br 0635—Sell. 6260 New York. Mr. White's leave of several 4 *y* this week while enroute EXCURSION and DANCE him absen*e w as g? nl** b,mJ ° enab'e Portland. Oregon t 0 Pendleton to attend the American to accept the Fellowship award- Legion Convention. Given by cd him by John simon Guggenheim ■Memorial Foundation "for creative % Syracuse Club No. I, K, of P. % ¡•writing in France for one year.’ Nine months o f his leave was spent and Res. Phone Ea. 8983 Office Phone Br. 8967 Ne Plus Ultra Club No. 408 in France. For the past three months ] Mr. White has been back in the Uni. 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