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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29. I«MI 7 Vi#» ADVOCATE PAÜE FOUR KEEPIN G Digesting . . . . . Tfie lyetfs By C L IF F O R D C. M IT C H E L L by ^ r l p f u l -F I T - R jlp h C. Clyde tónta A Health Column DeN’ ormal Unthank. AB. M D. SOLVES MORD NEGRO GETS $5000 AS NOTED” City Commissioner MICHIG AN S T A T E T A K E S LEAD County Proeecutor Show* In Face of Mob Heoriam It take* a violent *torm to te*t the physical strength of our structures It take* ¿¡»appointment, setbacks and ad versity to test the capacity of individ uals but it took a most heinous and dastardly crime to test the strength o f some Michigan communities However varied the opinions may be a« to what punishment the guilty cul prits should hare received the fact re mains that Michigan set an example for the eouutry in prex enting what would have been in other sections the over-riding of ittstice at the hands of the moh. The country has been flooded with many pages of gruesome details con cerning the now notorious Vpsilanti quadrule slayings but long after the case has been forgotten certain state ments will forexer live and be held up as an ideal of true Americanism For heroism there is no better exam ple than that shoxxn by Albert J. Rapp, prosecutor for Washtenaw County when the mob was storming the jail and shots were ringing in the air He stood before the crowd and made him self heard with these words "**'Please. this is one time you must help us. W e knoxx what these boys deserve. W e know xxhat ought to be done with them, but we must throw that out of our minds We arc law-abiding citizens. I am x ur neigh bor and I am appealing to you to abide by the laws of Michigan It our duty to see that these men are carried safely to jail These men will not be the ones to get hurt it you at tempt to do anything. The ones to get hurt will be your officers men who reside in your community and try to protect your rights and interests It is their job to protect these men from you. Suppose one of the officers is hurt’ That will not help in any way There has been enough blood shed. Let us forget these wen and do justice as the law of Michigan pro vides........ It took courage to utter those re marks at that time. Ex-erv word of it is god common-sense and it had its effect. Again, we read these remarks made by Judge George W . Sample xxhile paging sentence on the culprits: .......But those who indulge in mob violence are doing something dis graceful. Here you must take the law as it is, and all citizens will abide by if.#*#" Thoese quotations, unless this xvrit- er is greatly mistaken, will he heralded throughout the land, especially in the Negro press, and all forthcoming treatises on social and racial condi tions in this country will refer to same. Our literature is filled with idealis tic remarks uttered by professional orators and writers under peaceful and responsive conditions but in all his tory we cannot find a more sane, courageous and contemporaneous ut terance made in the heat of battle and in the face of violence and danger the the remarks quoted Personally, we may hold adverse opinions on some of Michigan»’ laws, but. in the instance cited she takes the lead in Aemrica. AUSPLUND DRUG STORE ÏÏELTB. k 0 LIBAI# S T R U T S PORTLAND, ORE. bv Nancy Lee T O N S I L * —A Foci of Infection The faucial tonsils, located m the throat at either side ot the base of the tongue— acting as a gatexxav to the pharynx, aesophyus, and bronchial tubes, arc commonly the only tonsil tissue gixcn credit tor causing disease by the public They arc the most con nion cauxe id tonsillar intccuon Tonsillar infection usually occurs iarly in life. It is marked bx repeated attacks of sore throat These attacks occur two to three times a year The attacks vary in severity from the xerv mildest sure throat to the most severe septic sore throat or the tonsillar ab- ces-. Thus the infection x aries from one that is barely noticeable to ■ ne that seriously indisposes one. Repeated tonsillar infections r. suit in walling off into the tonsillar tassae certain areas of pus which become deeply seated and remain so for years —gradually and slowly poisoning the xx hole system. The more sex ere pus tular and septic attacks result in a much more rapid absorption of poison ous toxins. Such absorption whether rapid or s', w affects the whole system. The more rapid absorption causes rheumatic lexer which is characterized by severe sxvelling of one or more joints—usually in succession a xerv high lexer, severe agonizing pain and an acute heart attack. The usual out come of such attacks is a xerv mark edly impaired heart — marking its youthful x ictirn as a heart case tor the rest of his life The slower absorption is sloxv to she w its effects It shows itself in late adult life and old age as rheumatism, high blood dpresure and the so popu lar neuritis. The toxins slowly ab sorbed seetn to affect the xveakest structures and organs of the body. It is hard for physicians to agree as t when tonsillar infection is realty- present The more radical school of physicians claim that all tonsils in individuals over twenty-five are af fected The more consevrative school school looks for the presence of some actual signs of infection. A new department is being offered to the reader* of the Advocate. A column devotes! to advice on friend ship, love, and all matters pertaining to the home. Anyone wishing such advice, please write Nancy Lee. in care of this paper. Dear Nancy Lee: Would you adxisc me • n a xrr> im portant question? I am a married xxo- man with txxo small children l'h-ir father, who is a longshoreman stays axxay sometimes a xxcek and -ome times longer, nexcr nixing any ex planation of hi» absence. Do you think I ought to divorce him. or itt»t keep on waiting for him to come home un til my hair is gray’ Perplexed 1 would advise you to haxe a talk xxith your husband and see xxhy he is dissatisfied xvtth his home environ - ment. Have yourself and children ntat and clean when he come* home to dinner, and keep the home atmosphere cheer ful Cook his favorite dishes, hut be sure they are digestible and xvelt-hal- anced Inxite some congenial friends in to spend the evening. Take a vaca tion and visit relatives to gixr him a chance to »ee how much his family means to him. hut above all do not nag. scold or appear brooding and mel- anchologv. That is something a man cannot stand, and xx ill drive him iar- ther away. uul Bradford S. X W. X ash Cor. my 4th 1 o« Clothes $25.00 to Shop $45.00 "Wfiere Young Men Buy" OI*EN I'll UH II VI .1. TO OSCAR DrPRIF.ST Velimi I'tiken After I'uatoru liar l'un ( Imrelieg lu Xiiieil Color«*«! Vlau. Any move to throw any of the em ployees of the City and County from out of the protective influence of C ud (Continued H im hi I’age 1) Service w ill meet with strenuous o p position from of tiood (»overnment ists I. h I Negroes into trouble «ml then deserted them, to he beaten up. shot With a number of others, we helped and jailed. He took his customary to secure the adoption of the present slam at the Cnele Tom type o f Negro Ci\i! Service act by the City in 190$ to the loinl applause o f Ins audience, The wisdom of this move has dem on aud urged Negroes to work out their strated for the past twenty nine years. own satiation along civil, political and The County Civil Service act. adopted industrial lines. by the last legislature, is also working To show how great is the fear of out very nicely. Negroes in the state, especially sine* the tension created by the Seottshoro I would also like to see the un eases, the ('amp Hill shooting* and protected City employees given Civil the Birmingham killings, a Colored Service protection There are approx business man o f this city who was to imately $000 employees protected by haxe taken Mr. DePriest as his guest, Civil Service l am going to request ilex-lined st thx* last minute to have the City council to submit my pro the congressman in his home. posed charter amendment to the \ oters A young doctor subatituted. One of the iCty of Portland, to place the - *0 City employees, including :u em group o f Colored ministers went so ployed. by the Dock Commission, at j far a» to adopt a resolution agsinst Mr, Pc Priest’s coming, and txxok it the next election to one o f the xlaily papers, ••»•••»»•»»!»•*•#»»SI»«»»••••»••»••»•»•»S»S««S••»•»••••«••»••*»•••••*••«•• W i n n e r o f Irish Sweep Get* Fir*l Car Kaiiio j S. A. Sims E. W. Taylor home all night the night o f the crime, and when he relurnctl next day, tolsi Johnson that he was going away, ami offerext him hia gun as payment for hla overxltie rent. Johnson ohservx-xl that the gun which Smith usually kept loaxli-d on hi* dresser, had been tired recently, anil was empty, lie took the gun in payment and put it away, anil not until later in the xluy when tin- full retails o f the quadruple murder came out in the papers were his sus picions arousexl. Johnson tolsi the story o f the gun to the chief o f police amt a searx-h for Smith was made. Smith was pickx-xl up in company with Blackstone, both toilden with drink, and the two wem grilled h ytIn- indire. Blackstone then broke down ami conf*saexl that he Smith and a seexmd white man by the name o f Frank Oliver, hail mur dered and hunii-d their victims. Ann Arbor, Mich., August id Frank Johnson, a Colored laborer and proprietor of a small boarding house, through whose assistance the police were able to track down and appre hend the three men later convicted of the heinous murder of two young white men and two white girls re- x-ently, will be awardexl the y.MKMi re ward offered by the authorities, it ha» I h - x - ii announcx-xl by Prosecutor Harris S. Toy, of Detroit. Johnson was the man who went to Thief of Police Ralph Southard of Ypsilanti, and x-onflxled tx* him that he »uspxvted Fred Smith, who was a roomer In his home, of being mlxx-d up in the brutal and senseless crime which shxukx-xl and baffled the entire nation. According to hi* story, Smith, who xx as a vagrant, a drunkard, and a man of suspicious activities, rriiiainexl from CHINA HAS TELEPHONES IN A FEW CITIES ONLY KOOK R E V IE W Ancient Nation Is Gradually Adopting Modern Methods of Communication ADAM v APE -M A N AND E T H IO P IA ' By Edward A. Johnson J J 1 it tic A l\r» t o N Y. Pubr» (Distributed by New York Hook and News Acncy, 3246 7th Ave. N.N.t ) (Reviewed by tbtlord t Mitchell Proprietors Kingston, Jamaica, August UG.— Joseph S. Kennedy, Jamaicn Negro, who won a $150,000 swx-epstakes prize x-arlier this year while a laborer in Boston, has returned here and is in- x-esting in real estate. Mr. Kennedy also has entered the motor car business and has imported the first radio-equipped car ever bmt here, an American machine o f the medium-priced class. TH E K CO M IM Y GAFE J. W. Sims :: Fhef Thx- Home of Southern t'ooking Home Made Mexican Chili Home-Made Pork Sausage 100 N SIXTH — Near Clisan St. Portland :: Oregon How They Say “ Number, Please?” co m e s from |ahi« i* one of the many book« that have been lent to me for review or comment that l am glad to endorse and recommend without reservation Space forbid» any interpretative tie »cription or comment on the theorie» discuted by Mr John»on Suffice to »ay that he treat» hi» subject in an authorutivc, analytical and convinc ing: manner He thoroughly present« the Hihlica! and the Scientific theorie» of the creati *n of man. What’* more, he preaentk in one volume more au thoriative data on the historical fact» of the black man in early civilization than l have heretofore read in the page« of any one book. .Mr. Johnson, l believe, wa« the fir»t colored A»«cmblyman in the State of N’ew York, having represented the 19 A«»embly Di»trict, in 190* He ha» been prominent in all republican af fair» in hi» community and has run, unsuccessfully, for l ongrcM Now in hi» xevcnty-fir«t year he h.t - had published a book that should be >n the book shelf of every Negro who take» pride in owning and reading the worthwhile books written by our au thors. It is a far cry from the flax fields of Ireland, Belgium, France, Ger many and what la now called the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics to the Intricate mechaniim of an American telephone. Yet these acres of growing flax and the tele phone are Inseparably linked, for from flax scraps and linen rags Is made the paper which lines and In sulates the Inner walls of the metal lic cylinder in the transmitter con taining the carbon granules. Linen paper la also used in the manufacture ot condenser«, which are employed In many forma of tele phone equipment aa gateways to conflne the direct and alternating currents to their respective chan nels. Another form of paper— made from old rope, which in turn la manufactured from hemp grown in the Philipplnea—la used in wrap ping. and thua Insulating, the wires of telephone cable«. Paper, employed for many cen turies in conveying written mes sages, finds these and many other uses in helping to transmit the spokeu word. W IT H O U T A N This book of nearly three hundred page» carrie« many illu»tration« and it» many foot-notes and references the reader is given much valuable data for specific reading on any subject that the reader may wish to Study for fur ther facts, etc. I he New York Hook & News A gen cy, 2240 Seventh Avenue, New ork, are selling this book through agents. ei- •JP If h e n D e a t h O c c u r s . . . EQ UAL - HICJÄROW i^X Our High Brown Hair Grower itanda a* one of our highest achieve ments— it is a prepar ation we look upon with pride. — Distributor Mrs. E. D. Cannady, 312 Macleay Bldg., Portland, Oregon. b y t h e OVERTON C M HYGIENIC MFC.CO. IC A C O r When (be last world reneue ■•( telephones wax taken, the Republic o f China bad o b i/ Just a trifle over (our tenths of on* per o«nl of all the telxqitxones In the world At the aam* tin;» It waa estimated that there were 1)0.000 mllea of tele phone wire In China. or about one quarter of on* per rent o f tho txital telephqne wire mileage. Hlt«vly the m m r province« o f China are being nonnested and welded Into enm* »ambiance of unity through (he medium of the telephone, however. The telephixn* In China znue( atilt be ronalilered m ore or leas an Infant Industry at th* present time. Canton, on* of thw first Chine*« rwnlarw for both Import* and export«, with a popu lation of nearly 1.000.000, has only about SO lelephonea for every 10.- 000 Inhabitant* Shanghai. China* premier shipping port, and In real ity an International rlty a* far aa p-qiutatlon la rnnrrm ed. lia* about too telephone* for eax-h 10.000 per son* Nanking, the present capita! o f the nationalist government, ha* lately Introduced an upt<cd«J» telephone equipment which Inrluriea a new underground and aerial rable system « Wherever new equipment la t>e- tng Inatalloxl In China now. the dial ayatem la being adopted As tha Chinese often apeak two or Uire« dialects, and aomrtltiira broken Kngtlah besides. In making on* aingle telephone call, the dial aya- txwn alda greatly In-prom oting bet ter service. In Shanghai, for «sample, telephone operators must understand aerergl different lan guage* or dialect* Those most commonly epxikx-n Include Man darin. Shanghai dialect, and Can- toneae When th* government In China bex-utnm atablllted there will b« great opportunity for the Chinese to develop (hair telephone Indus try, and already the Chinese Min istry of Communication la consid ering th* advisability nf Installing a teletihime syataen uniting all U m provinces under 111 Jurisdiction. Furili limare Prices Keduced NOW Zfi rtno Oallcjway. IN NORWAY Wh«n an American tourist from »hi* liner, which haa been caught by the camera while anchored off tho village of Balholm, Norway, goea ashore and calls up the folk* back home by transatlantic telephone, tho operator does not »newer “ Number, Pleaee?” She doeen’t even uee the Norwegian equivalent for th««« words. She answers with the single word “ Centralen," which means “ the exchange." She then connect* him with the toll operator, who s n n e r i by giving the name of her office. So begin* the building up of a telephone c.reuit of land lines, submarine cable, radio channels, and land line* again, to some point In the United State». Norway wa» first placed In telephone reach of the United State» In July, 1928, when tranaoeaanlc eervlce wa* extended to 44,000 telephone« In Oalo, the Norwegian capital. Extension« have bean mad* from time to time and now Norway’* approxlmataly 198,000 telephone* may be reached from North Amarlee. everybody eun enjoy Oas Heating O Automatic, Clean, Odorless, Healthful. Lea* Expensive. Estimates Free! Portland II9 ¿ 'Jill ( jus On display ay at at & Cotie G uoui|HS' pun q|V|s J it is a time when one wants some one near to the family with whom to entrust the last intimate care o f their loved ones. Without a doubt, the best article of its kind— a combination Hair Grower and Hair Straightener. Gives the hair a natural soft and silky appearance, stimulating hair growth in the most hopeless case. o n l y In reference to the Civil Service act I want to go on record a> being emphatically opposed to eliminating any portion of thi* law. The Cixil Service provisions are a good thing for the C ity, and .1 splendid feature tor the County. Nancv I.ee Your Telephone A HAIR ICH-BROWN GROWER m a d e M Olilll CATHOLICS C IV IL SERVICE W IT H TH IS T H O U G H T IN M IN D . . . and also in keeping with their progressive spirit . . . “ Perfect Funeral Service” . . MILLER & TRACEY We Seti For Less Because We Seti for Cash have for the past your years . . . employed MRS. BEATRICE REED . . . as . , . Lady Attendant MRS. R E E D has proven such a help, not only to her employers, but to the Colored Patrons in general, that during the past two years M IL LE R & T R A C E Y have handled 90 per cent of the Colored Funerals. MRS. 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