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SECTION I.
MAY UNFROCK AFRICAN METHODIST BISHOP
‘HALLELUJAH’ HEADS 1929 FILM PRODUCTIONS
BISHOPG.B.SHAWSI N G E R W R I T E S BOO Kill
UNDER F I
White T o G o Abroad
RACE FOR CONGRESS
VIOLINIST RECEIVES
SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE
IS CHARGED WITH
PLOTTING DEATH
OF A MINISTER
la Fim i C m »«* u f S o rt in Fifty
Yr a r e ; A labam an I»
tru u m l.
Louisville, k y , J»n 18— For the
first time in n n rljt Ally year* charges
have hern filed against a llishop of the
African Method'«! Episcopal / i o n
Church
Bishop II G Shaw, ol the
Sislh I pitrnpal District, charged with
(Conlinurd on Page I)
( larrnce Cameron W hile, violimal-
otm|M)«er, ha« l>ccn awarded a Julint
Rosenwald scholarship and will go
Prance to apend tw o yeara at work
there on Negro opera. Prof. White, Amt<H'iulioii'n Work In B«*tler-
who i» at prc«ent muaical director at
ing Ritce* HtTulion» Sountl-
Inttitute, W. Va , i> one of the leading
«••I, D«*<-lar«*n M. E. Pre-
violinists m America, and w at given
Ini«*, un I .if«- Memkera
the Harm on Award ol 1400 and a gold
ntrdal for excellence in hi« work
Arr llon»r«*«l.
The «object of Prof. W hite’» opera
it Drtsaliiie», liberator of Haiti and
New York. N. Y. Jan. !ft—T he race
ill firm Emperor. It it entitled “Co- problem ha« not hcen solved by the
comaeque." and i« the work of Prof. National Association (or the Advance-
John I' Matheu*. well-known «hort . ineiit of Colored People during its
•tory writer and profetor of Prench I twenty )ea rs of existence and there
and Kosnancr language» at Institute. will be plenty of work in the same
Iloth Prof. Cameron and Prof. Ma- | brld loo years hence, aserted Dr. Du
thro> went to Haiti to get fir«t-hand
(C ontinued on page three)
information
Citadels of Peace Tower Skyward
Symbolizing the Nation’s Progress
TELEPHONE
BUILDINGS
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ABBOTT NAMES A.S
POSSIBLE ASPIRANT
FOR DE PRIEST SEAT
ORTUNATR Indeed fa th»
travalar who ealchaa tyla Brat
gllmpsa of Naw York from Lha
dark of an In coming ship. Aa tha
veasel etestne through tha Narrows
and across lha Upper Ray to har
North Rlvar plar. lha Naw York aky-
Una la unfolded In n changing pano­
ram a unique la Ua groupU»« of
maaa and form. Tha tall buUdlnga
th at clostar about tha low ar and of
Manhattan Island stand out sharply
with pinnacles, pyramids and colon­
naded summit« outlined against th a
aky. Hara and thara n wisp of light
gray amoks or ataam Boats lastly
from tha top of ona of Lhasa man­
made cliff». A few low buildings
accentual» tha height o f tha sky­
scraper*. It la a blaad trav eler who
will atay balow whtla hla ship la
paealag th a Battary.
Aa aha slowly wands h ar way up
ths Hudson, ascorted by puffing
lugs, tha vassal leaves behind tha
lowering range of tha down-town of­
fice buildings. Tha city spreads out
In a wide plateau of lasaar atruc-
tuias ovar wblch loom h ere ami
thara Isolated buildings or group« of
buUdlnga of harolc proportions. Ona
of tha moat Impressive of these,
•ean from tha river, Is tha maselva
pile which n French com m entator
haa described aa possessing “a cer­
tain herbaria majesty,"—tha New
York Telephone Building.
Alone, dominating tha low build­
ings on th e adjoining blocks, it
rises by gargantuan steps and te r­
races and sat-backa, draw ing tha
ays irra a littb ir upward to Its mas­
sive summit. Deep shadows lurk In
recesaaa half n doten atorlea In
height, but tha sun and th a wind
from tha rlv ar have full play on tha
myriad wlndowa th a t g litter In tha
vast buff surfaces of tha structure.
It Is no mere brick box. Ilka ao
many of tha earlier akyacrapara. It
expresses something. It haa per­
sonality—this telephone building.
F
Waat-bound, another steam ship
moves alowly away from th a Em-
barcadaro and heads Into Ran
Franclsoo Bay an routa to tha
Ooldaa Oata and thence out Into
the Paelflo Ocean. Tha paaaengera,
gathered at tha rail for a last look
a t tha City, aaa vivid against th a
California aky a great white tower.
Ita proportions, fta soaring line*
give to this building an aspect al­
m ost of delicacy, despite Its alia.
Tha m onum ental effect la height­
ened by tha whiten«»« of the atruo*
tura and by Ita aloofness.
Lika th at other building far away
on tha bMka of tba Hudson, this
loo. ataada alone, a giant in com-
parleon with those about It. High
It tow ers above tba section aoulh
of Market S traat.—this new Tele­
phone Building, baadquarters of
th a Paelflo Telephone and Tele­
graph Company. And, gaitng a t It,
lha traveler cannot but feel th a t
th is building, too, stands for more
th a n atone and steel and m ortar,—
th a t tt represent« not unworthily »
certain spirit and n certain aspira­
tion.
utility Combined With Beauty
Those two building*, separated
by n Continent, are representative
of lha beat In modern talephone
architecture, but they a re not
unique. Almost midway between
thsm —at SL Louts—thara stands
another great castellated pile
which houses and typlflea th e head­
quarters o f the Southw estern Bell
Telephone Company. Denver, too,
haa such n building. So has Cleve­
land. So haa Newark. So has Mont­
real.
In style a s wall aa 1a alia, build­
ings such ns thaaa represent a alg-
n lflraa t development In the growth
o f American cities. They are evl-
deuce of th e tact th a t the utm ost
in utility, comfort and convenience
can be economically achieved In
modern business buUdlnga which
nra a t th e same time ao beautiful
aa to ba objects of legitimate civic
pride to th s communities In which
they stand.
In no field of American endeavor,
probably, has th era been mora
marked progress toward the attain ­
ment of beauty In recent yeara
than in architecture. Discriminat­
ing use of choice woods, face brick,
atucco, llmastone and other mate­
rials gives Individuality and dis­
tinction to homes and butilnesa
buildings of the b e tte r sort. Pro­
gressive architects today seek a
atyla that wilt harmonise with Its
surroundings and ba appropriate to
tha cllmata and perhaps to tha his­
torical background of tha locality.
Developing, modifying, adapting to
■aw conditions tha architectural
styles of tha Old World, our archi­
tect* ara gradually working toward
tha creation o f * distinctively
American school, which today flnda
expression particularly In what has
baan called tha "American perpen­
dicular" atyla employed In some of
our modern akyacrapara.
A Dlattncttvaty American Architec­
tural Farm
Tbts architectural form may ba
briefly iteacrtned In non-technical
language as placing em phasis «on
perpendicular Unas which lead tha
aya upward unchecked by hortaon-
tal Interruptions, aava where, nt in­
tervals, auocaadlng tiara of Stories
nra sat back, leaving terraces which
land to tha finished str u c t« * some­
what tha affect o f n gtguntla step-
aided pyramid, ain-mounted perhaps
by n lofty central tower. This type
o f construction, besides being Im­
mensely Impreselve, haa vary prao-
tlcal value tn adm itting nn abun­
dance of light and nlr not only to
th a building Itself but to tha street
below. New York and other muni­
cipalities: anxloua to avoid having
additional buatneaa streets trans-
formed Into dim canyons with the
p< rpcndlcular walla of closely set
akycrapcrs rising continuously from
the building line, hav* adopted soil­
ing regulations which require the
upn i- atorlea o f high building« to
he se t hack a t levels varying with
the width of the street on wl l -h
they front. W ith the Impetus thus
given to the use of this new type
of architecture. Im aginative artU ts
m e already portraying th e ctly of
the future aa a vast expanse of pyr­
am idal buildings rising step by step
to tha limits o f economical con­
struction.
Among tha vnoat notable exam­
ple« of thta naw architectural style
are tha group of headquarters
buildings completed daring the last
few years by tha talepbona compa­
nies at New York, Newark, Cleve­
land, SL Louts and Bun Franclsoo.
I/Illuilration, ths famous Prench
weekly, published an nrttcla some
time ago on Urn evolution of the
skyscraper In the development of
American cities. Out o f five rep­
resentative American akyterapera
shown In full page Illustrations tn
this French publication, three were
telephone building»—those nt St.
Louie, New York and Ban Fran-
claoo. The other two were the
Chicago Tribune Building and the
Wool worth Building.
The Bell Telephone System may
fairly be said to have made an out­
standing contribution to the devel­
opment o f one o f the moat hopeful
trends In modern American archi­
tecture.—the working out of n dis­
tinctive style adapted to American
conditions and sxprssstng some­
thing o f the vitality and aspiration
as wall as the solidity which we
tike 1o beltsvs ara representative
of tha best element« In our modern
A inert ean bualnses life.
O f Life’s Ambition
T aylor Gordon, the singer, ha* w rit­
ten a book and it is called "B orn to
lie." It sells for 14. P ortlanders will
recall that T aylor G ordon appeared
HOUSES FILLED TO CAPA­
CITY WHILE IN PORTLAND
A m m i
’DISRAELI’ CLOSE SECOND
Chicago. Jan. 18—Something akin to
a mild »en»ation wa> created by the
publication in Sunday’« C hicago T ri­
bune of a report that Robert S. Ab-
botl. publisher of the Chicago Defend­
er, would be a candidate against Con-
grcsiuan < >»car l>ePrie«t in the April
primaries.
T here had been eoinc talk of Ab­
b o tt’s candidacy am ong certain groups
of well-wisher» before the Tribune
•tory appeared, but nothing had been
done tn bring it into focus, although
ihe »eerctaty of Mr Abbott'» cotnpany.
N. K. McGill, had been approached
by a num ber of person» who claimed
that the Defender man was the ideal
choice.
tI . \
At the time the story was published
Mr Abbott was out of the city. W hen
lie was reached Monday, he declined
TAYLOR GORDON
to say anything for o r against the an ­
nouncement. except to adm it that he
ni concert with J. Rosam ond Johnson
had not t>rcn w h a t he considered
! tw o years ago at the Portland muni-
formally consulted.
The Trbiiine story intim ates that I c-ipal auditorium. T heir program con-
I sisted of Negro spirituals arranged by-
Mr Abbott is to give the support of
Mr. Johnson.
the so-called Dcncen Republican fac­
Speaknig of Mr. and G ordon's book,
tion. -The- Denecn leaders in the con-
I
Carl
Van Vechten aaya: “Som ething
g ro iim al district w hich Dr Priest rep­
resents are State eiuRur A dolph Marks jnew- has hap|>ened in this book. I
I d w ard H. W right and W arren It | suspect that a new kind of personality
Douglas. So far it is not known that i has succeeded in expressing tiself. It
etiher of these men has expressed an I is a type of personality that m any
w riters have tried to express—one of
opinion in favor of Mr Abbott
the earliest examples is Mark T w ain’s
"Jim " in "H uckleberry Finn—but no
‘one has been entirely successful until
IIIS HAT IS IN THE RING T aylor Gordon somehow got himself
1 on paper, lanky, six-feet falsetto voice,
| molases laugh and all the rest of him.
including a brain that functions and
«
an eye that can see.”
WHITES REPLACE
COLORED EMPLOYEES
a t ¿Y ew y<rr!^
■y RICHARD gTO RR S COK
BEST OF SEASONS HITS
Taylor Gorden Tells
Mr and Mrs. W illiam P. Crawford,
who have had charge of the Columbia
C ountry Club for the past four years,
along with practically all the other
employees went out when the new ad­
m inistration wtih all new officials went
in last week. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford,
parents of Mrs. T helm a Flowers, came
to Portland from Seattle. D uring their
stay at the club they gave employm ent
to a num ber of colored people, especi­
ally during the sum m er m onths.
HENRY C O R B E T T
. _ .
.
. .
. Before taking up other work, Mr.
H enry L. Corbett, ptoneer buamea. l|)(J
C raw ford plan a vacation
man and a m em ber of the State Senate tfip t(> C llifornU
who has announced his candidacy for
the office of Governor of O regon
P orter’» Trial It» Set
T rial of George W. H arper. Union
Pacific dining car porter, charged with
using a railroad pass in violation of
the interstate law, was set for T h u rs­
day by Federal Judge M cNary when
he pleaded not guilty Tuesday. K ath­
leen Moore, jointly indicted, pleaded
but sentence was deferred until after
H arper’s trial.
A CORRECTION
.
In last week’s is.siie of The Advo­
cate a news tiem carried the inform a­
tion that Mrs. Audrey Gray was presi­
dent of the l adies Auxiliary of Scout
Young Camp. It should have said j
that she is D epartm ent president and
that llulda King is president of the
auxiliary. Mrs. S. E. Stanfield is presi­
dent of the Ladies auxiliary of Sgt.
Joseph W hite Camp, Spanish Ameri­
can W ar Vets and Mrs. Kate Lewis,
is secretary.
Col«srt*tl W oman S rn lrn c e tl
I aurita Parker, colored, was sent­
enced Monday by District Judge Mcars
to serve 40 days in jail and pay a fine
of $100 for possession of liquor. Mrs.
Parker, m other of a 14-year-old boy,
was arrested January 10, after officers
found four pints of m oonshine in her
room in a hotel where she is employed,
he haa hcen ill a great part of the time
since her arrest,
Bradford
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B y Kits Reid
Choice of Ten Best Films Is
Given in Oregonian.
Th* Advocate does n o t oeceeaarUy
thara in Kits Reid's views, b«t w heth­
er we do or not, har opinions ore
(From Sunday O regonian)
sane, and logical and well w o rth
rending. It U v o w privilege ns «veil an
By PA L M E R H O Y T ,
.'a.
oars to disagree with Kite and aha
Picking the ten best movies of the
invitee romr opinion apon enbjecte
the diseñases front tu n e to tinse in har year is a pastime engaged in with
varying degrees of enthusiasm by fh n
stuff of the world is mind
I have been reading some essays
from the Japanese exquisite things,
much of their beauty lost how ever,
in translation, and their reading ha»
taken me into another world. I come |
out of it however with a shock in this
ugly neaterialistic W estern civilation
which it a civilization in w hich there
is no soul but just a state of conscious­
ness—hardly that even aa our tim e is
so absorbed with the hurry, glitter,
glare, and hollowness of m aterial poa-
f Ml
;. a
(Continued on Page 4)
K.K.K. SENDS GREETINGS
DANIEL HAYNE5
D A N IE L H A Y N E S, star in "H alle­
lujah" and N IN A M A E M cK IN N E Y ,
P o sie r Set« F o rth P ro g ra m
to T ra n s p o rt All Negroe»
T o O th e r P arts.
I
M ontgomery, Ala.. Jan. 8,(A N P).—
Posters setting forth a new program
for the outh and urging "The South
for S outherners O nly” have appeared
on trees, telegraph posts and ni pub­
lic places in Alabama. Arkansas and
Mississippi and have created much in­
terest as w ell'as amusement.
These posters, facetiously dubbed
"A New Y ear’s G reeting" and “offi­
cially" headed "SU C E SSIO N , w i t h
outside support and B ooth’s Ku Klux
Klan.” set forth the following pro­
gram :
"Confiscate a 1 I property, paying
Southerners tax-asesed value in fifty
years.
"T ran sp o rt Negroes elsewhere, giv­
ing then) one-fourth movable prop­
erty.
"T w o thousand communes in the
outh with 10.000 people and 175.000
acre* each.
‘Farm s and industries management
similar to the W ar D epartm ent; Post
Office and Railroad, etc., by central
comm ittee of M ontgom ery.
T ransporting convoys of machine*
for mills and farm s from Maryland
ic Florida. Missouri to Texas, and
K entucky to Alabama, and back again,
staying near a week at each reserva­
tion. accom plishing m ore with less
effort.
“W ork seven hours a day for an
average of $7 a day.
“ Labor checks nistead of money.
“ Each colony as near self-support­
ing as posibte.
"T he outh havnig nothing to im­
port o r export.
NINA MAE hTKlNNEY
w ho starred with him.
w riters the country over. Moved by
the im portuning of Film Daily a couple
of weeks since, this chronicler of cel­
luloid and legitim ate stage facts and
opinions put X after the following
chosen on an unbelievably long list of
1929 productions. T hey are here pre­
sented purely as a m atter of opinion,
and with their producer and the thea­
ter of their first showing in Portland:
■’H allelujah.’’ M etro-Goldwyn-M ay-
er, U nited A rtists.
"D israeli.” W arner Brothers. Mus­
ic Box.
“ In O ld A rizona,” Fox, Fox-B road­
way.
"T he T hree Passions.” United A r­
tists. U nited Aritiats.
"T he Broadw ay Melody,” Metro-
Goldwyn-M ayer, U nited Artiata.
’S E N D $5 FO R Y OUR C H A R ­
"T he I.ady Lies.” Param ount, P o rt­
T E R A N D ST A R T A K L A V E R N IN land.
Y OUR C O M M U N IT Y O N A COM -
"T he V irginian.” Param ount. P o rt­
land.
M ISIO N BASIS.
“ M ister A ntonio,” Tiffany, Oriental.
“LEANDA CA LD W ELL,
In the opinion of this w riter, “H al­
M omtgomery. Ala.”
lelujah.” as conceived and directed by
King Vidor, stood head and shoulders
above anything the year brougt out,
whlie “ Disraeli" was a close second.
"T he Love Parade." which would rank
Be sure you
no worse than third in pictures seen
get the genutne
during 1929, was not included on Film
Daily’s roster of 1929 productions, as
EAU DE QUININE
is it a 1920 production pre-realeased.
met, bf P in a u d
— the world’s ac
Atysw jkswi» nev sr urn Bat «Awns— a
mtmJmmlf Pmmd. Dsj*. M. ti o E a t l l «
Rase. Nke YmK fm fm m y k
H. A. I.ilburn of an Francieco was
a visitor in the city last week and
called on The Advocate »taff
Mr.
I.ilburn came to Portland on one of
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