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WORLD - FAMOUS INVENTOR DIES IN POVERTY
Voi. mi — No. r.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. OCTOBER m>, iD2t.
IN TWO SECTIONS
SECTION I.
PRICE: 8 CENTS
BEN BESS FREED AFTER 13 YRS. IMPRISONMENT
D ry B ill S een A s B o o m e r a n g Arrow
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Washington, Oct. 25.—(CNS)—
It is claimed that the dissension
over the proposed law to place all
purchasers in the tame crimi­
inthrop Delahoussaye wa* ex­ liquor
By Kits Raid
nal
category
as bootleggers has re­
onerated of the charge of asaault duced the effectiveness
of dry force*
with intent to kill bv the county to the lowest point since
the pass­
jury Friday. A not true bill age of the Eighteenth Amendment.
With the coming radio program November 10 to 1# ha* been »et grand
The Advócale does no« icsaasrify
wa*
reporte.
Delahoussaye
was
one
in Kits Reid'* views, hat wheth- U L '\ o p e e l u l l '
by Bethel A VI E Church Sunday ande *» Negro Achievement Week of the principals In an affray at the Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, share
sr
we do or not. her opimoaa are
F K tt,
P»i
Phi
Eraternity,
Lin-
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,
.
,
co-author
of
the
Eighteenth
Amend­
(tomorrow) front 5 to a o'clock The , Omega
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roadhouie
of
the
late
Birdleg*
Reed
•an*,
and
logical
and
wall
worth
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wood
G.
Roger,
director.
further
,
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ment,
introduced
the
bill
in
the
in the afternoon, will mark the end
reading. It is vosn’ privilege as well as
L E A V E S J A IL A F T E R
i4cently
in
which
Elmer
Jones,
a
Senate October 7, and the conserva­ oars to disagree with Kite and ah*
of a terie* of Sunday afternoon information may be secured from
was shot Delahoussaye j tive
invites yonr opinion upon anblocta
LONG LEGAL FIGHT
drys, including leaders of the she
Detroit, Mich, Oct. 34- Elijah »acred concert* pre*ented by thi* the director whose address i* 1312 porter,
discusses from tima to timo in her
maintained that Jones fired at him Anti-Saloon
Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Md first.
League
and
the
Wom­
McCoy, our of the most limuui
column.
Jones who was wounded in en's Christian Temperance Union,
race inventor* in the world died in
the
stomach,
is reported to have re­ have split with the ardent prohibi­
Naw York, O ct 18.—Ben Best,
'poverty at Eloiar, institution for the
KITS THINKS NEGRO
covered.
South Carolina colored farmer, has
tionists over the issue.
aged, li>t week. He wa* buried
left prison and is a free man, after
ELIMINATION OF NEGRO GRID
SHOULD CEASE
from Itethel A. M K, Church, Rev
The conservatives fear to make the
having
fourteen years of a
W If Peck, presiding, at noon
law apply to the purchaser because
APING W HITES 30-year served
prison terra on the perjnred
Thursday
they know a wave of indignation
STAR
PROTESTED
Bï
N.A.A.C.P
testimony of a white woman. N. J.
subsequently would sweep over the
Hi* greatest invention wa* the
Frederick and A. L. King, attor­
country.
lubricator which ta used on all sur-
Make Themselves Sough; neys.
assisted legally and financially
face, auhway, elevated and »team
N. Y. NO I' TO PLAY
Mr».
Lina
Lawrence
who
has
been
by
the
National Association for the
After.
Instead
of
railroad*
in ill health for a period of years.
Advancement
of Colored People, car­
COLORED
STAR
Kev I’eck and Kev. K, L. Brad-
Seeking.
died at her residence in Winlock. ! BISHOP’S DAUGHTER
ried
the
case
to the Supreme Court
hy. |<a»tor of Second Baptist Church
AGAINST GEORGIA W a.h, and was buried Tuesday the
of South Carolina which, in En
TO
BE
MARRIED
saved the inventor from burial in
32nd in Winlock. Mrs. Lawrence
session this week handed down
the potter’» field by an appeal to
In that splendid book "Whither Banc
leaves to mounr their loss, a hus-
an opinion iq_ favor of Ben Bess,
friend* thi* week and he wa* in-
Mankind,”
edited
by
Chas.
Beard,
New York. Oct 23 -Unofficial re- ,’*nd- Charles Lawrence, a daughter, Miss Willetta Matthews will be we find a chapter on Race and Civi­ reversing the decree of the circuit
Mead buried in honor.
J
ports that the University of Georgia " r* 'V. B Rose and a grand- i married
on the 23th of October to lization by George A. Dorsey in court.
Mr*. McCoy, hi* deceased wife,
daughter. Mr*.
Mrs Ivan Jackson, all of
had requested New York univer- ‘laughter.
The
legal
fight
arose
over
the
young man in Roches­ which he says that “there is no revocation of a pardon which Gov­
»hared her huihand* fame a* »he
sity to keep Dave Myers, negro star, Portland Mesdames Clara Ander­ a prominent
Va.. according to word received warrant for the assumption that cer­ ernor
wa* the fir *t race woman to he
Richards issued when the white
out of the lineup when the two son, Ed. Thompson and Ivan Jack- ter,
elected a member of the eacluaive
son from Portland attended the here by friends of her family. The tain race, are "higher" than others,1 woman on her $ick M ,ijfned , n
trams
play
here
November
9,
has
bride-elect is.the oldest daughter of or that there are any pare race. affidavit repadiat;ng lhe te,timony
loth Century Club here a* well a* MRS JESSE COLES GRAYSON brought an official protest from funeral
Bishop and Mrs. W. W. Matthews or that race m.xture, or hybrid „„ which B„ , had ^ convirttd
having been a prominent clubwo­ church under the direction of its Walter White, acting secretary of the I
who
are stationed in Africa.
races are biologically (or cultur Aftcr Bess had been pardoned acd
man
pastor, Rev. Mr. Daniel G. Hill. Jr., National Association for .he Ad- I
ally) inferior; or even that any ex released the woman who regained
Mrs Mary Ilorder* ia here from ] covering
vanrrmrnt of Colored People. Pro- ,
a
period
of
five
months
isting classification of mankind ac-
Denver and will make her home This news will lie received with re­ lessor Giles Courtney, chairman oi j
a second ^ affidavit
cording to biologK or heritable fea- her
ttating health,
that made
h„ intention
been
here.
the
New
York
university
board
of
j
gret by many radio fans who have
lure,
and
psychological
or
cultural
to
-
forflvt-
Ben
Be„
not
tQ
de_
looked forward each Sunday to hear­ athletic control, hastened to deny |
traits^ has any permanent scientific ( clare him ^ nocent. Thereupon the
that
Georgia
had
requested
the
ing them.
benching of Myers, one of the most 1
m*"1
. . must . be nether
. di*-|iaau,.d
i Governor ind revoked
the pardon
All of . . which
B (|| w„
agaln ^ he had
^
STAIRWAY FAll COSTS 16,000 ing The of the Rev work Mr. “I Hill have said tried in to 'speak­
give potent of New York university foot- j Washington, Oct. 25.—(CNS)— Washington, Oct. 23.—«(CNS)— heartening to those who boast of oned
1 PPresident Hoover will make an Commenting upon the statements of
a worthwhile service to the public hall players.
________ proceedings
___
. . . Nordic .. strains , of , “superiority”
„
. ’
Habeas corpus
Athens. G a. Oct. 23.—(AP)—Dr. Armistice Day adress here Novem- Count Herman Keeperling, celebrat- their
through
these
sacred
programs.
All
by Mr Frederick were
who
A verdict for Mono personal In­ of them have not measured up to S V. Sanford, dean of the Uni- her 1 1 before representatives of the 1 ed philosopher-traveler.teacher, writ- which according to Mr Dorsey is a
contended that a pardon once issued
jury damages was awsrded Eva L.
standard, hut I have used all the versily of Georgia, said today that a American Legion, to be delivered 'nK *n *he October Atlantic Monthly chimera.
we black folk could just get cou,d nof ^
When Ju(Jge
Teel, in her suit against A I). Stein- the
"gentlemen’s agreement" had been in the Auditorium of the Daughters on “What the Negro Means to the If habit
material
available
in
order
that
the
of
thought
that
our
place
Towniend
M
d
that
the
pardon ^
bach estate and Jennie Levy, owner* programs might lie as varied a* reached with athletic officials of New of the American Revolution.
America." the New York Herald
in the sun is ours if we will quit Se«n secured through fraud, appeal
of property at 20» Cherry street, hy possible. It was also my desire to York university that Dave Myers,
Tribune, in an editorial "The Negro aping
white part of the race. w„ ,aken to thc iupreme court
a jury in Circuit Judge Evans’ court give many a chance to exercise their negro quarterback of the Kastern
Arrives," agrees that the Negro, we will the accomplish
more for our which ord„ ed Be„ releai*d On
yesterday The complaint alleged talents who otherwise might never eleven, would not he played against
not merely as a vaudeville joke, and
than in any other way. Let Tuesday. Bess walked out of prison.
thst the plaintiff was injurrd June 31, have hern sought out to broadcast. the Georgia team at New York No­
not merely as a highbrow cult hat people
gation through different ejr«s. Let a fref man
192*. when the stairway at the
arrived.
have learned something and at vember 9.
us look upon the matter of aegre- Befo.t hij ori^ n., c0Brictioni Ben
Cherry street premises, which she They
the
same
time
have
aided
in
enter­
u.
give voice to our preference for Be„ narrowly eicaped Iynchinr tj ,,
had leased, gave way. dropping her taining countless thousands" The
Mrs Clara Logan writes The Ad- Friend of Mrs. Millie R. Trum- our
own people. ” the w"ite nee I n . A. A C P
—
to the basement.
Rev Mr Hill will give the inspira­ DIES. FOLLOWING
vocatc from Los Angeles, that she bull will be happy to know that she wants ---- t0 -------
build a fence around R m H Knai'‘
V“ * ^ of
vindication
tional talk this Sunday and Jessie
and
her
family
are
comfortably
set-
h
«
*
home
after
a
three
weeks
it
0
lo
bat
we
can
dfmonstrate
thj,
:,.noc,
nt
man
d
LONG ILLNESS tied in their new environment. They vacation which she spent with her through our own culture that the anstrates the inshilitv f i* h iT” ° f
Coles Grayson will be the soloist
assisted by a chorus of twenty voices
have met many former Portlanders *'s,rr in Indianapolis. Ind. She re- Nordics are
__ shutting out ______
ty tion,
of lynching
at well a* mobi to detennine qu„
o( Uct
under the direction of Mr Hill.
since arriving there which makes turned Saturday.
i
as
shutting
in.
W
hy
waste
time
on
This is to lie Bethel's final radio An illness which lasted for five them feel more "at home.1 Mrs
an un-spiritual action? Let us build
long years ended on Wednesday, Logan says she is enjoying the re­
program ol this particular series.
ourselves and our race. The signs
October IB. when Charles Strawder newal of acquaintances of girlhood
all
over the world point toward the
died at the State Hospital in Salem, days, but that she hopes to come
ultimate deterioration of the domi­
Crowds are going to
Oregon. The remains were brought back to "ear old Portland" next
nant race. ¿ it us see to it that
to
Portland
for
burial.
The
service
year,
if
only
for
a
visit.
She
wishes
1). (!, C<tmtilÍMidoll«-nt
our black race is not dragged down
was conducted Monday, from the to he remembered to all inquiring
BETHEL CHURCH
in that collapse.
Miller & Tracey Mortuary, and was friends.
Scheduli*«! ‘*T«» Go’
Sunday
Night to See the Greet
largely attended by friends of the
Six-Reel
Historical and Biblical
family. Mr. Strawder leaves to
A
CARD
OF
THANKS
mourn
their
loss,
a
widow,
Mrs.
Washington, Oct. 25.—(CNS)—
PHOTODRAMA
\Ye wish to thank all our friends
The rumor that President Hoover is Washington, Oct. 23 . —(CNS)— Strawder, 119 E. 74th street north,
for
their
kindness
and
sympafhy
looking lor two outstanding Wash­ The Department of Commerce an­ ami three sous, Ernest, A. Webster 10 PIECE COSMETIC
shown in our recent bereavement in i On* Reel of the Actual Scenes Wa*
ington residenty to appoint as Dist­ nounces that during the four weeks and Henry Strawder and several
SET
$1.97
Taken in the Holy Land
the death of oar beloved husband
rict Commissioners in February is ending ( >ctoher 3, 1925, 79 large grandchildren.
T h i . la s F a m o u s V tv s m Sat a nd la -
and
father,
Charles
Strawder,
who
_ , Taken
_ , at the Door
_
tludaa f a .-, p o w d .r , »1 # » ; R ousa T ic ,
, this
... life
... on
_ Wednesday,
u , . . Sliver Offering
hailed hy many race leaders here as cities in the LTnited States reported
Tlaaua C r .a m
|1.00. O a p lla ta ry 91.SO,
departed
F a c ia l A a trla s a n t » 1 7 » . B a th Salt 1 **,
a chance to "get somewhere" with 732 deaths from automobile accidents.
October ts, at Salem. Oregon. We
Public Invited.
o ll# ! I V . t . r I M S . P .r f u m a ll .T S . B r il -
the requests for better representation This number (739) compares with Great Mock Conference, Firet A. T llan
tln a U c . S k in W h tta n a r Tie.
T o ta l
are
also
grateful
for
the
many
beau­
V a lua 111.*«, a p o d a l pries. 91 ST (o r a ll
in the several departments of the ii2« deaths during the four weeks M. E Zion Church, Monday, Novem­ Ian
tiful floral offerings.
plocas to Introdueo thla lin a
District Government.
Sand no m o u sy b u t ollp coupon.
ending October 5, 1929. Most of
Signed:
The men Hoover is after, it was these deaths were the result of acci­ ber 4, 8 p. m.
Rama -
Mrs. Bettie Strawder. widow
reported, »re of the type that he dents which occurred within the cor­
Addraao
Henry Strawder
calls the “new patriots"—that ir, porate limits of the city, although
Bond as I a parrel peat C. O. D .
Ernest
Strawder
¿ ' [ o n c i
T o u r monoy prom ptly rofuadod If no«
men who have been notably success some accidents occurred outside of
A.
Webster
Strawder, sons.
ontlaSod.
fill in their own fields, who are not the city limits.
Bee Van 380-Jih Avenue, New Yosk
Wmr C a t * > ■ < W ound
pressed for money and who are will­
The
Advocate
it
in
receipt
of
a
Prevent infection! Treat
ing to make a sacrifice in order to
check for five dollars from the Hon-!
ev ery c u t. w o u n d o r
perform some worth-while public
orable
Walter
L.
Cohen
of
New
Or-
j
INTER-RACIAL
scratch
with this power­
service.
leans. La. Mr. Cohen, perhaps the
ful
non-poisonous
anti­
Almost uijietv.-jiinr per cent of
WORK TOLD IN
most outstanding Negro politician in >
septic. Zonite actually
the clerk-grade employees of the
the South, has, for a number of
kills germ s. H elps to
District government are white. There
NEW PAMPHLET
years been a regular subscriber to
heal, too.
is but one colored clerk in the
The Advocate,
District Building under Commission­ Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 24.—"An Ad­
er Dougherty, only six under Com­ venture
is the title of a
missioner Taliaferro, and three tin pamphlet in just Faith,”
off
the
press and pub­
der the F.ngineer Commissioner and lished by the Commission
on Inter­
one unclassified.
INDIVIDUAL____DISTINCTIVE____
Clnvnr new gloves In fabrics
racial Cooperation, headquarters at
and fine le o th e r s , O a y flownrs
409 Palmer building, this city, in
or# clustered or single» Ex­
which is set (grth the story of the
Great Mock Conference, First A. interracial
quisite handkles as dainty
organizations
which
for
M. E. Zion Church, Monday, Novem­ the past ten years have been at
a* a bit of cotton» Colorful
ber 4, S p. m.
scarfs odd ch k warmth to
work in the South for the improve­
C h ris tm a s C a rd s
your costume. All these lovely
ment of race relations. The pamph­ WOULD. YOU MARRY? Girl of
things are priced surprisingly
let may be had by just writing for 22; 830,000; will inherit 890.000
low here.
it.
____NOW’S THE TIME TO ORED
Widow, 40; 879,000. Photos and de­
S. W. Cor. 4 th aod
W ashington
scriptions free. Club. Mrs. Warn,
ADVOCATE PRINTING COMPANY
9377 W. Fourth St., Loa Angeles,
$25.0 0 to
Cal
$45.00
EXONERATED IN SHOOTING
DIES IN D ETR O IT b w s final
SAVED F ill BURIAl IN
M I S H ID
ACHIEVEMENT WEEK »
T E S T IM O N Y
OIES IN WASHINGTON
THE NEGRO ARRIVS
Mrs Logan Writes
0. C COMMISSIONERS
TOGO
E
Make
Por Hand’s
Own
Bradford
Clothes
Shop
‘‘W/iert Young Men Buy”
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STORE
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PORTLAND, ORE.
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Your
Shopping
Headpuarters
Great Mock Conferanca, Kirat A.
M. E. Zion Church, Monday, Novem
ber 4, 8 p. m.
Trimming»
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i. c.
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409 Aliskv BitililLug
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Phone AT. 0466