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SECTION I.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, January 4, 1930.
IN TWO SECTIONS
[ ACTION PREVENTS 34 BEING LYNCHED
ID DEAD FOLLOWING MINOR OPERATION
Y. W. C. A. ON
RACE A r r o w
|( Qf P. LODGENATI0NAL
SEEKS Ï0 UNDERSTAND
0 ™"E ELECTS OFFICERS EHE NEGRO RACE
MITCHELL DIES
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BY
IUTE
Mr*. ( harte* M uiitford, 1301 Maat
I.inculali itre e l, i* rep o rted l o b e
Mrs. A rada Pugh M itchell of St.
■lune ili al her hom e She i* under the
care of a phy*ician and train ed nurae. l>oui*, M o , died at the residence of
her m other, Me*. K aty P ugh. *67 L ar-
T he m em b ers of S yracuse L odge
W A N T E D — B undle W s .h u i* to do. rabee street, F riday, D ecem ber *7, No. I. K. of P. on F riday evening. Y. W. C. A. Laboratory fo r
Mr*. M itchell w ho
H referrably M m * c lo th in g — P hone of tuhercolosis
D ecem ber *7, held their sem i-annual
I
R are Relation».
A T » . ISIS lo r inform ation.— Adv re tu rn e d to P o rtla n d w ith h rr m other election of officers w ith the follow ing
from St. I.ouia, on the ISth of last
re su lts: O. S. T h o m a s, C.C.; J. Cuie,
DUTY
Mr* Vale* H o w ard i* o verjoyed Septem ber, was b orn in ISIS near Ku- V. G ; G arn er G rayson, p relate; L.
faula,
A
labam
a
She
g
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u
a
te
d
from
" (N ation al Board Y. W . C A.)
w ith the tu rp ria e tendered her and her
A shford, M .F .; W y a tt W W illiam s.
New Y ork, Dec. 30, 1929-The p res­
houaehuld C hristm as m orning by the B irm ingham , Ala., high school and K. of K. S.. Ross Vf. N ew by, M. A,;
y I, 1930 • lle th rl ch u rch carul sin g ers She aay* spent three y ears pursu in g a college W . C. H olliday, T ru stee .
In s ta lla ­ ent vogue of seeking to u nderstand
<<■ ..piled I the In* never had any courteay or course at H ow ard U niv ersity , W a s h ­ tion cerem onies will be held F riday the negro, his trad itio n s and future is
I m I i J R e - i n ones* tendered h r r d uring her life­ ington. I). C. H er husband. C larence J a n u a ry 10, a t w hich tim e o th e r offi- | leading to w a rd b e tte r in terracial un-
M itchell, died in 19*7. It is th o u g h t cers will be appointed.
In stitu te , time th a t gave her m ore joy
: d e rstan d in g .
So says M iss Eva D.
hy friends th a t her early and untim ely
li in 1*2«
A disp en satio n has been g ra n te d the j Bowles of New 5 ork. w ho is national
«m bcr 11
Mia* L ouise le w is w ho a p r i l i Ihe death w as largely due to grief over lodge for 60 days by Suprem e C han- d irec to r of the Y .W .C.A . w ork am ong
iinlirr IS, ( hrialm a* holiday* w ith relative* in his death
cellor S. W . G reen, giving the privi- girls and w om en of her ow n race and
Mrs. Pugh and the d e c e a s e d '* ledge to accept m em bers for <3 and it »» » m em ber of in terracial comm ia-
■mber 1*, I'l'o rlla n d . re tu rn e d T h u rsd a y to Ihe
I h r m iin - U niversity of O reg o n w here *he it a bro th er, Ju n iu s P ugh, had been advised is p red icted th a t m any ex-m em bers »ions, is a close stu d e n t of the chang-
by the fam ily physician th at M rs. M it­
p e rso u s co-ed
as w ell as o th ers will take this oppor- i ' n tf »U lus of the negro,
chell could not live very lo n g
H ow ­
h a n d s of
tu n ity to becom e identified w ith t h e 1 "T h e A nglo-S axson and the negro
ever
they
w
ere
all
hopeful
th
a
t
she
m e fruni
Kev and Mr* ). J. Ila n d a a k rr are
O rd e r at thia c u t-ra te
; *r* bound to g e th e r by fundam ental
tu ia
| rla ie d over w hat they are pleated to w ould last until the sp rin g of the
i facts in o u r civilization,” said Miss
O n F riday, the day o f h e r
| term a "m y ste ry " box th a t V i* left on y ear
Bow les y esterd ay . “T h e progress of
n w h ic h
their d oor atep* ( 'h rialm a* m orning d eath , she was in the finest of sp irits; j
one race is directly reflected in the
if lynch-
hy unknow n friend* T he box c o n ­ m et the po stm an and received from \
other. If the ideal in recognizing the
I N orth-
tained fruit cake, cookie*, hom e m ade him a .arge package of (, h riatm as mail i
right to a com m on life and creative
II alale*,
candy and m any o th er good thing* to w hich had com e to her from friends!
expresion is achieved, an a u th o rity
n a were
ra t w hich tile lla n d ta k e r* pronounce in the P a st, South and N orth and a ls o '
| says, it will m ean th a t the w hite peo-
n u r d or
S he j
"d e lu io u s
Hot now they arc anxiou* from rig h t h e re in P o rtla n d
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, pie w ho m ake up the dom inant ma-
ih r r r in­
L eitia G raves. ch iropodist and I ■
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,
to know w ho te n t th e ho* th at they had hreakfaat w ith her m o th e r and a . . Dr.
. .
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r
, jo rity of A m erican life m ust relax
t o r r |i e l I
spent several .. •
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m ight expreaa their a ppreciation in litt'e later, alm ost w ithout warning.} Mrs. K o tto n of S . eattle,
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.
their
will
to
dom
inate
and
control
the
r w hile,
in the city d uring the holidays.
j days
preaou
K ccaute of their cloae friend she died suddenly of a heniorragc.
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,
, . : negro m inority. T h e N e g ro s energy
> N rg ro
1
h
ry
were the house-guests of the
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Mr*.
M
itchell
had
m
ade
a
h
o
st
of
•hip w ith m any colored people, they
»»* r» a i l
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n t. ■ ,n u *t not be t o dissip ated o r sh attered
vlralh al
W
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D.
Allen
fam
ily
in
Rose
C
ity
Park. .
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are "auspicious* th a t aorne of their friend* since com in g to P o rtla n d She I v.
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by race prejudice o r econom ic pres-
M rs M artha Sim p-
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.
colored friend» did the "lovely" deed ' " * *
* lovable aunnv disposition New t e a r s D ay,
. . . .
»ure th a t he lacks pow er fo r creative
I a rie n
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| She was buried on M onday from the son e n te rta in ed in their honor a t a tea j j
G. V. G ra y so n w as h o ste ss
.
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while*
M rs Jo h n T u rn e r of Paaco, W a s h ­ J P. Finley parlor» with Kev Daniel and M . rs.
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.
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.
As a p ioneer o rg a n iz atio n in the
H r ape, 3; ington. a friend of the Kred fam ily, G Hill. Jr., p a sto r of B ethel A..M.E a t a delicious luncheon honoring the! . .
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1 study of race relations, the sto re of
guest*.
In ad d itio n i
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.
rder. I ; cam e to P o rtlan d F rid ay to a tte n d c hurch, officiating
M esdam es Jesse distinguished
,
.
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experience, helpful and encouraging
wound
w ere o th er *ocial function* fo r .
( o lrs-G ra y so n and V. C. C asto n sang there
the fu n eral of Mrs. B ertha Kred.
a a
tO m any o th e r kindred groups, she
‘
.
m e not
1 he floral trib u te s were n u m ero u s and which th ey w ere the inspiration.
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It has done m uch to p rom ote
beautiful.
Dr. G ra v e ., a pioneer in h e r p r o - |m u tu l, u n d e ritan d in (f
I t , w ork „
W illiam B ow ers of 193 Ivy street
fession m the S ound city and her »on. (lfV floped b). m tm b „ s of th f Y .\V.
UK* oc- sustained painful in ju ries over h i a
Dr. G. I), ( .ra v e , are in business to- c A . from b oth rac„ ^ in MUa Bow -
ti a la te rig h t eye and body W ednesday night
g rth e r and it is said they have a very
ntucky. w hen he w as struck hy an autom obile INJECTION OF
les' opinion, a c o n stru stiv e c o n trib u ­
lucrative practice. D r. G. D. G raves
T e a a a , *s he a tte m p te d to c ro ss U nion Ave.
tion to A m erican problem s.
it
a
g
ra
d
u
ate
of
a
school
of
chiropody
OXYGEN REVIVES
H e ha* been confined lo his bed ever
A co ru se on N egro and W h ite Re­
in C hicago. T h e ladies retu rn e d to
since
lations in A m erica is being held a t the
S
e
a
ttle
Friday.
“DEAD” GIRL
N ational Y .W .C .A . School in N e w
M ist Je ro m e M eredith, 193 Ivey Si.
Y ork. T o d a y 's talk will be the “ P o ­
rrcri» rd s telegram th at her m other
litical S ituation of the N e g ro ." T alk s
L ittle Rock, A rk.. Dec. IH .-(C N S )-
ia ill in B irm ingham . A labam a.
to follow cover the Neg»-o and the
A 13-year-old girl was b ro u g h t back
t-hurch and o th e r topics.
Men of
H u rd
M ilton B edard of 649 G oing stre et to life th irteen m inutes a fte r anim ation
both races em inent in varied fields
»pent three days during the week with had suspended com pletely by in je c t­
will speak.
friends at G overnm eut C am p near Mt ing of o x ygen in her veins, acco rd in g
to an an n o u n cem en t by Dr. S. F. H o g e
sses in Hood.
ENEMY OF NEGROES
N O T E :-T h e A dvocate is indebted to
T h e girl, Ju d a C am pbell, ceased
by N'e-
Mrs. E. B. M a c N au g h to n . one o f its
b
re
a
th
in
g
while
u
n
d
e
r
the
anaesthetic
rs dur-
Mr. and M rs J. J. H a n ta k rr have
su b scrib ers for the above in terestin g
teport* th r sy m p a th y of the c olored people fo r rem oval of her tonsils. Dr. H oge
New Y ork. Dec. (C N S )-G e n cra l Jan
new s item .
ial Re- aa a w hole, in Ihe lo st o f M r tla n d - said. P hysicians w orker fo r six m in­ C hristian S niutts, S o u th A frican w hite
M rs M acN au g h to n is of the w hite
ute*
w
ith
a
re
sp
ira
to
r
w
ith
resto
rin
g
ational vaker s m o th e r wh»i died recently in
hope and in veterate enem y of the N e - '
race. She is one of the m o st highly
h re ath
rerrase
g
ro
race,
will
arriv
e
in
the
U
nited
Fm grnr, O re g o n . It wa* due to her
honored and beloved w o rk ers in Y.
■ m ore
S ta te s this week. S m u tts will be the
passing th a t the H a n d ta k e rs om itted
\V .C.A. activ ities a n d spends I h e
I peri-
principal
speaker
at
the
im
perialist
their an n u al C hristm as p arty t h a t
g re a te r p art of her tim e in w orking
r, hav-
celebration here of the ten th anniver-
friend*, b oth white and colored look W RIGHT NOT GUILTY'
w ork-
sary
of
the
founding
of
the
L
eague
of
j
Uplif, >nd ■**■“
«■*
fo rw ard to each C h ristm as w ith a
l.oui*
AFTER CONVICTION N ations, the in stru m en t by which t h e ! '
d ra l of p leasant anticipation.
im perialist nations hope to m aintain
their co n tro l and ex p lo itatio n of the
.
_ .
N ew Y ork. Dec. !ti,-U pon appeal, colonial m asses of A frica and Asia,
L o o ^ n — L ift O u t
( M. P ra th er, business m an of thia assisted by the N ational A ssociation
W est Indies, etc.
.A little known Japanese herb, the
city, it visiting in Los A ngeles
discovery o f an eminent Germ an sd -
for the A d v an cem en t of C olored P eo ­
■ -
- , ,
—
entist (D r. Stickel) instantly soothes
ple, a y o u n g c o lo red m an in T e n n e s­
the corn, then loosens it so that short­
see. convicted of " a ssa u lt” upon pre-
ly you can lift it right out. T his new
Telephon«* to Chicago !
Mrs. l hartes II. S ta n to n it rep o rted ju red testim o n y has been given a ver­
discovery called “t o r n Fly” excites
slightly ill w ith a cold a t we go to dict o f not guilty and is now a free
the white blood corpuscles to actioa
press.
and granulates the com at its ro o t
m an.
“C ora Fly” for corns, 35c, “Coen
T h e first direct telephone circuit b e ­
FTy Foot Bath P ow der" 25c, and
T h e y o u n g m an, T u rle y W eight, was tw een P o rtla n d a n d C hicago w a s
"C om
on Flv “ Bunion ~ Remedy” 50c, are
accused of having attack ed an elderly
Id under a positive money-hack
sold
T h e K enw ana T Fnnis club isiied w hite w om an, and w as convicted and placed in service M onday, D ecem ber
guarantee by Hi-Gene Co., Newark,
very p re tty h and-painted New Year sentenced to ten years im prisonm ent 2 3 , acco rd in g t »> a n announcem ent
N. J , o r local d ru g g ist
cards.
T h e designing and p ainting u P °n testim o n y of herself and her tw o m ade by P atrick Bacon, d istric t m an ­
w as done by M iss T helm a Jo h n so n . g ra n d d a u g h te rs, la te r show n to have ag er for the Pacific T elephone and
T eleg ra p h com pany.
p e rju re d . It w as fu rth e r established
th a t the ju ry gave a verdict of guilty
Mrs. F.. D. C annady will lecture at and a relatively m inor jail sentence
L incoln H igh School m ou rn in g and w as im posed in deference to m ob sen­
a fte rn o o n M onday.
H e r ap p earance tim ent w hich it w as thought w ould re­
will be before the senior h isto ry c la ss­ sult in a lynching if the boy w ere ac ­
es. F o r th e past six year* Mr*. Can- quitted.
tia.ly has given her tim e and talent
to help p ro m o te b e tte r u n d e rstan d in g
of the N egro th ro u g h a p p ea rin g in
" W h g re Y o u n f M e n B uy”
talk* before various classes in the p u b ­ P /eaie Pay Y o u r Subscription
lic school* o f the city, as well as in
colleges th ro u g h o u t the sta te
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By Kits Reid
The A dvocate does no* n e cessarily
I hare in K its Read's view s, bat w heth­
er we do or not. ber opinions are
and logical and w ell worth
reading. I t ia r o w privilege aa w ell aa
ours to disagree with K ite and ahe
invitee your opinion upon eabfacts
•he discusses from tim e to tim e in ber
colum n.
“W oe u nto the
this, not L enin.”
R ich ” Je*u*
REED’S FUNERAL
HELD ON FRIDAY
said
Mrs. B ertha Reed, 41, w as found
dead in bed at h e r hom e on T ib b e tt
street, last T uesday evening. A c co rd ­
H ave you been read in g the articles ing to a post-m ortem re p o rt o f p h y si­
on the Indian C ongress held in L a­ cians, including th e corner, she died
hore, In d ia ’ Some of the resolutions of h eart failure. She had been dead
sound like those adopted by o u r revo­ a pproxim ately 24 h o u rs b e fo re her
lutionists in the old 1776 days. Do body w as discovered. M rs. R eed had
you recall the B oston te a p a rty w hen been in ill health fo r a n u m b er of
an ce sto rs of our beloved D .A .R 's pro­ y ears b u t there w as noth in g , so her
tested against paying a ta x on tea and relatives and frienda th o u g h t, to cause
th rew it overboard in to B oston H a r­ any undue anxiety.
L ast S atu rd ay ,
b or? T hey did not believe in being M rt. R eed in com pany w ith a friend
com pelled to pay tax e s to su p p o rt a went to a doctor and ahd her th ro a t
governm ent in which th ey w ere not lanced and it waa th o u g h t th a t her
represented. Same tro u b le in India. condition was not unusual. O n T u e s­
T h e native population u nder the lead­ day. having m issed her, friends w ent
ership of Gandhi, says th a t it has been to her hom e to see her. D iscovering
su p p o rtin g English officialdom lo n g the m ilk and daily p a p e r still on the
enough and protests th a t it will have outside and the house lighted b u t no
n o th in g m ore to do w ith the m onarchy. sign of life inside, th ey pried open a
window screen and w ent in. only to
(ind M rs. Reed a corpse. U.S. Reed,
"B u t", says its leaders, “no violence”. hu sb an d of the deceased, a railw ay
T h ey will not kill as did the old revo­ m ail clerk was aw ay on d u ty a t Paaco,
lu tio n ists on the w estern shores of W ashington.. H e w as notified of his
the A tlantic. T hey will sim ply re ­ w ife’s death by w ire and retu rn e d to
fuse to pay taxes, refuse to have a n y ­ P o rtla n d at once. T h e county c o r­
th in g to do w ith E nglish legislation or ner. Dr. E arl Sm ith In d several p h y si­
c o u rts o r facto ries; a n y th in g repre­ cians w ere called. T h ey re p o rte d her
sen tin g B ritish rule. O n w hich side physical co n d itio n was of such a com ­
is civilization—on the side of the B rit­ plicated n a tu re — enlarged heart, th y ­
ish w ho will use machine guns, its roid goitre, etc., th at any one could
a rm y and im prisonm ent of the lead­ have caused her death but th a t h e art
e rs? O r on th e side of the natives, failure was th e im m ediate cause.
passive re siste rs against paying the
M rs. Reed w as h orn in G reat Falla,
tax on the E n g lish tea chests?
M ontana, in 1888. She and her hus­
band have resid ed in P o rtlan d for m ore
th an 20 years.
H e r death occurred
A nd again is civilization a rraig n ed — in th e ir b eautiful hom e on T ib b e tt
th is tim e as it is dem onstrated in stre e t w here th ey have resided for the
A m erica by the neglect and indiffer­ past five y ears. T h ey are am ong P o rt­
ence to w a rd the destitute aged in this lan d ’s h o n o re d pioneer citizens. M rs.
c o u n try . A nd b y no less a personage Reed w as a m em ber of the L iterary
th a t the se c re ta ry of the A m erican A s­ R esearch club. She had m any frienda
sociation fo r O ld Age Security.” N e ar­ w ho m o u rn h e r untim ely passing.
F u n e ra l services w ere conducted
ly every n a tio n except the U nited
S ta te s has som e sorv,of legal provis­ from the J. P. F inley parlors, Friday
ion for its dependent poor. W Jtat is at 1 o ’clock. Rev. D aniel G. Hill Jr.,
th e m a tte r w ith O re g o n ’ O th e r states read the sim ple service. In terrm en t
in th is c o u n try have old age pension in L incoln M em orial P ark Cem etery.
law s but n o t O re g o n although a bill Floral trib u te s w ere num erous.
M rs. Reed leaves to m ourn their
w as presen ted a t the l^ft session by
la b o r’s re p re se n tativ e. Gus. A nderson. loss, a h usband, a cousin in California
It did not. how ever, have the en­ and tw o in G re a t Falls. M ont. T he
d o rsem en t of th e social w orkers, who la tte r a re y oung ladies who cam e to
said th a t it w as not, "a w orkable bill." P o rtlan d to a tte n d the funeral.
O u r w idow s pension bill was crude in
its early days, b u t each session m arked
a m en d m en ts covering its weak spots—
w hy not the sam e experim ent w ith old
age pensions? L et the social w orkers
get busy a n d form ulate som e so rt of
p ro g ram fo r the 1931 legislature. O f
all the te rro rs w hich haunt the dream s
of the w o rk ers, penniless old age is
the b lackest a n d m ost terrible— the
stro n g e st cause o f the m uch investi­
g ated “ social u n re st."
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