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r * /* MOTHER TH E An In d é p e n d a n t a d vo ca te : P»p«r IN TWO SECTIONS D tv o ttd to (h # ln t« r« E tt ;■ .... ■ . PO RTLA N D . OREGON, SA T U R D A Y , JA N U A R Y 1«, mf th t P o o p lo 1 n t SECTION ONE PBI0B m m O P T I )F NATION FILM CROPS UP HERE AGAIN L. D. PLEADS FOR UNITED“» H ™ ■RONT IN SCOTSBORO CASE ASKS COURT FOR M PUNS VIGOROUS ATTACK SPEAKS ruin Ideal» In Every Day l.lfe " Ihe m i lijw l o f the illainul»«' o f C Clyde. City Coinm lseloner of U tllltlea. who will apeak under aplrea of the Cortland branch N ational A ssociation tor the ;em ent of Colored People. T he a will be Kiveii neat Sunday rrow ) aftemiMin. ahorlly a fte r In the Auditorium of the WII- Avenue branch V. W . C. A will be no admlaalon e h a rce and w llm la o|ien to the avneral inlaaloner Clyde rep rearn ta the I a peel aide of a man III public aklna hla apeechea a fte r elec- ateail of before. He la a very tin « ta lk e r and haa a keen of humor T hla will lie the flral lat Mr. Clyde haa ever apoken a aroup of colored people alnce urn to public life Com m ission le haa proven hla frlendahlp ored people In the m a ile r of appoinlm enla and haa protect- n from m ovem ents to stir race ce l ie la a leader In the move- nr m unicipal ow nership of pub- lllea. old tim ers rem em ber Mr. when he waa a boy running a- he a lreeta of Cortland and sell- »apapers who during hla spare lltliahed a sm all paper devoted Ic ow nerahlp and oth er advanc la T o theae Itlvala. Cominla Clyde haa ever been ateadfaal en by hla record In leg ialatu ie. old C lly Councilm an when he 'ounrllm an - a t - !<arge and as a Clly Com m laaloner It waa the iiator tle o rg e W. Josep h who I Mr. Clyde out of re tire m e n t oauaded him to run for clly laloner a fte r an a b sen ce of 17 rom public life, years ago without any newa- lupport. w llh no org anisation him and with little or no Italph Civile pdlled 34.999 vot- • waa a aurprlae. aa the polltl- gured him 5.000 or (.000 votes n ett tim e he ran. a year ago ivember. he waa elected for a even m onths term and a four rra S in ce hla electio n , he haa aklng history hau lin g for what ■vt'i to be Ihe right Ivey, president of Ihe branch N ational A ssociation for the em ent of Colored Ceople who •aide at thla m eeting, an tlrlp at- I turn out and sta te s that Com er Clyde will he pleased to iiueallona at the conclusion of Ireaa. •late Of 9100,000 — P racticed :lne F o r T h irty Y ear» In ilyn, N. Y. — E lected Zion p In 1928 ilyn, N Y. Ja n !• Aft«>r thirty iracllsln g as n physician and ca rs us a bishop In the A frican 1st Episcopal /Ion Church, ck M iller Ja c o b s , died on last iday at the I smir Island College I He had undergone an ah- I op eration Tuesday p Ja c o b s had been III for more ro years. An op eration was led som e tim e ago. late p relate owned real e sta te at m ore than $75,000, and rush ■oxlmately 325.090 or m ore. i a stro ng ra ce cham pion r dark and chilly sk ies, w ith s .and, bouquets of flow ers around an exp en sive one- ronxe ca sk e t, th e body of th e hop was borne lo Its Iasi rest ce In E v erg reen ce m e te ry on from Ihe F le e t S tr e e t Zion A hurch - w ith B ishop J S. ('aid- - - P hiladelphia, presiding. T SE V E N n n n w M F n in T SfcVEN D RO W N ED IN M IS S IS S IP P I FLO O D on, Miss., Ja n . 14—T h e liv es » persons a re roported to have si In Ihe d nstru etlve flood tripped th e v icinity of th e rlv- m rthern M ississippi. T h o se ro dead are Jo h n Davis, Josep h Paul B row n, E m m a Le«, I«eo and C h arles Lee. 'ro ss w orkers hnve been sent scene o f the d isa ste r to enrry ■f work. Thousan ds of fam ilies nolens and m any o th ers nro In as n v alian t fight in being wn- <ave the levees ngnlnst the rls- >rs. Doe A ngeles, C alif., Jan u ary 9— A seven days sen sation haa been c re s t “d by the d iscovery In death th a t L t. W illiam J . F re n ch , found dead near , G ilroy Satu rd ay m orning, waa not a w hite man a fte r all. but a colored m an haa brillian who h a s had a b rillia n t ca re e r In the l U i n nited ltM l S A te l M s » arm r m v y f for a r t tw * » enty n ty v tra S l ta y a ears. L ieu ten an t F ren ch was stationed at Cam p D evns. M assach u setts, but had com e to C alifo rn ia on a leave of a b sen ce for the holidays and had been v isitin g with hla m other In P asadena. T h o se who thought th at “T h e B ir th A w hite woman. Mrs G ertrude M c of a N atio n " picture was dead in P o rt E nroe, stated that F ren ch , when they land and buried had an o th er tho u g ht w ere n e ar G ilroy, stru ck her In th e com ing when It waa learned th a t face He then drove th e ca r off th e H unter G lover, the m an who h as the >o~7- through a fe n ce and stra ig h t In | sta te rig h ts to show th e film , sued the to a tre e 8 h a Jumped out of the auto- City of Portland through Its M ayor m obile and fled. A passing truck pick- ¡and oth er officials W ednesday The ed h e r up and took her to Gilroy. Po- 's u it was to enjoin th e M ayor and o- llce o fficer» la te r found Fren ch dead, th e r o fficia ls from In te rfe rin g w ith hU body lying beside the m ar b in * th e show ing of the p ictu re, cla im in g with a bullet hole in th e head. A pis th a t he had been gran ted a p erm it to tol w ith one ch am b er em pty lay on show It. the running board of th e car. Mr. G lover through se v e ra l w itn e ss T h e dead o ffic e r waa born In Chl- e s including Paul W ern er. R o b e rt cag e 49 y e a r* ago and educated In the Mount. Mr. Mapes and h im se lf tried New York. N. T. Jan u a ry I S - (B Y e ubllc1 h l* h •c,ho° U th,®r® H* » £ * to e sta b lish that he, G lover had been UNA) - T h e c a w of the nine Bcolta- « -e n In th e arm y or tw enty y e a r.. He gran ted a permit to show th e " B ir th boro b o y . will be appealed to the Su ’ m* rr^ * ,w lc® H l* E‘r , t wtf* W“ J 1 o f a N ation" and w anted to p re v en t, through a suit in equ ity, th e c ity of prem e C o n n of the U nited S t a t e . If , " om an * h®n , fic ia ls from In te rfe rin g with hla rig h t the A labam a Suprem e Court, a fte r to,d °f * ^ 2 to exh ibit the picture. the hearing on Jan u ary S la t. d o e . no! ,h ®‘ h ® V * * oln* *° th* S » 1* T h e City contended th a t no perm it grant a new trial, acco rd in g to .la te - « *« • « ‘ he meuta issued by th e In tern a tio n a l L a - " ou th e™ * * * * * **T., froT ’ had been Issued to th e p la in tiff and bor D efense, G eorge W C ham lee. of g j - • ,who d®tM ' “d cok>red ‘WOpl* th at th e oae which th e p la in tiff cla im ed had been issued w as not a u th o rita Chatanooga. ch ie f counsel for the Sh e la now dead M em bers of bis fam ily In C h icago tiv e and had been Issued by th e Cen boys, la alread y m aking p reparations scouted th e Idea th a t U e u te n a n t so r Board through a m isap p reh ension. for such nn appeal. In th e m eantim e. In v e stig a tio n , F re n ch had tak en hin life fo r fe a r T h e City called one w itn ess. M rs. E. B. C o lw ell.secretary of the Motion •re in full .w in g which daily produce Continued on page four P ictu re Censor Board. Mrs. C olw ell new and conclusive eviden ce of the testified th at when th e City co u ncil inn ocen ce o f all of the boys. learned that th e Board had passed Im m ediately follow ing th e h '*r1 h g . th e film and issued a perm it, they before the Suprem e Court of Alabam a w ere tnjm edlately Inform ed th a t they a w rit of hab eas corpus will be asked I had .......... I ikalr «— ami for Buy VfrNC-L 0 * 1 . P n a«U and Eu Im m ediately Mrs. Colw ell com m un ica gene W iliam s, all 14 y e a r , of age and ted w ith Mr. Mapes Inwhose hands under. Children o f th l* ag e according th e perm it was. req u estin g him to to the law s of the ca p ita list class, ¡hold It u n til fu rth e r In stru ctio n s from should stand tria l only in a Ju ven ile ; ¡th e board. Court. T h e C ity co n te n d « } gtgo th a t appll- No answ er has been received front , Ca* ion to r the perm it had not been th e o ffic e rs of the N ational A ssocia m ade in proper form . It appears th a t tion for the A dvancem ent o f Colored P eople to the demand of the In terna (Continued on page th re e ) tional I a bor D efense th a t they a c count for and turn over to th e S c o tts boro D efen se C om m ittee, the money co llected o sten sib ly for th e defense E leven o f th e parents and nearest-of- State C e n fsre n ca s Held In T e n n e sse e kln of the boys wired th e N. A. A. C. T exa s, K entucky, And V irg in ia — P. dem anding an acco u n tin g of “m on ey co llected by you w ithout authority F eatu re H ealth, Education , Child j alleged ly fo r the' d efen se of th e Scot's. boro boy».” T h e p aren ts have previ- W elfare. M O W . HAYS Olii G EN ER A L G EO RG E W. C H A M L E E . SR ., ESQ C hief Counsel now In full ch arg e o f the S c o ttsb o ro Appeal Case, rep re sen tin g ihe nine Negro boys sen ten ced lo die In the e le c tric ch air for the alleged ‘Taping of two w hite p ro stitu tes A ttorney Cham lee la retained by Ihe In tern ation al laibor D efense. A ccording to la test rep orts, the hearing haa b«hm set for Jan u ary 18 before th e A lahagia Suprem e Court. T — '■ — - .......... RACE MAKES RAPIO STRIDES W E A L T H OF N E G R O E S IN T H E U. L E El S. F IX E D AT T W O B ILL IO N A tlan ta, Ga Jan u ary 14— (C N 8 )— In a New Y ear's m essag e ringing wllh optim ism . P resid en t Jo h n Hope o f A tlanta U niversity, cited with pride the trem endous grow th In prosperity which had com e to the ra ce alnce the em ancipation. S in ce th at tim e, the S C O T T S B O R O L A W Y E R . IN U niversity president aald, th at the NEW YO RK C IT Y Negro In th is country, had acquired New York. N Y. Ja n u a ry 14— (B Y alm ost 1.000.000 farm s. estab lish ed en terp rises ag gregatin g CNAI tleo rg e W Cham lee. atto rn ey b u s i n e s s for the nine S co ttsb o ro boys, waa the 80.000 and am assed a w ealth totalling ch ie f sp eaker at a giant m ass m eeting m ore than J2 . 000 . 000 .000 Su m m arisin g Ih e d ifferen ce be MM h e r e aa Sunday aftern o on at Ihe S ta r Casino. 107th St and P ark Ave. tw een the N egro a t th e end of the T housands of Negro and w hile peo W ar of the R ebellion and today. Dr. ple who crowded the hall > applauded Hope in hla m essage lo ih e friend» of en th u siastically aa Mr. Cham lee ou t Negro education urg«>d them to co n line«! th e next steps In the stru ggle tinue th eir splendid work. to a a re Ihe hoys. T hey pledged them - | selv es to a determ ined stru g gle to ae- . cu re Ihe release of the defndauts I C ham lee read an appeal which th e 1 m others of Ihe S co ttsb o ro boys had i given him to convey to the w orkers of New York T h e appeal aaks tolling m asses of w hatever co lo r or n atio n al ity. to Join hands in th e fight to save '-RACIAL MEET MARKS ENO Of HEAR HEIRESS FLAYS 1 t i n hoys. TENTH CAVALRY ORGY CLAIMANT OF LIOUOR AND DOPE C ham lee arrived In New York F r i day from C hatanooga, for conforene«** 10TH C A VA LRY TO R E C E IV E COM wllh oth er a tto rn ey s of the In terna tlnnal lA bo r D efense. He is a form er BA T TRA IN IN G . N. A. A. C. P. atto rn ey - g en eral of th e sta te of A la S T A T E S IN R E L E A S E lia m i. ______ A tlan ta. Ga. J a n 13— During the P a ris, F ra n ce . Ja n . 11— P a ris so cie last few w eeks of th e old year, a num ty. tn all o f its In tern ation al m akeup ber of im portant co n fe re n ce s w ere was sh ocked to find am ong Its g re e t held a cro ss the south, under th e aus ing card s a pam phlet w ritten by the pices of th e C om m ission on In te rra c i rich h e ire ss. Nancy Cunard. and ca p al Cooperation. T h e W eat T e n n essee tioned " B la c k Man and W h ite L ady In te rra cia l C o n feren ce, held a t Mem hood." In w hich sh e viru len tly a tta c k s phis on O ctober 20. w ith an a tte n d her m other fo r race prejudice. ance of nearly a hundred, featu red T h e trou ble seem s to hav e a rise n □<»lth and child w elfare. Prom inent through th e arm orous a tte n tio n s health and w elfare o ffic ia ls led the w hich the young w hite so ciety wom d iscussions, which w ere fra n k and an lavished upon Henry Crow der, for general, d ealing w ith sp e cific condi m er ja x z band leader In th e gay M ont tions th a t demand a tte n tio n . T he m artre se ctio n and now a com poser m eeting cu lm inated In resolu tion s of A frican m elodies callin g for b e tte r fa c ilitie s for the | In the p a m p h le t th e h e ire ss w rite s training o f N egro p h ysician s and nur- of ln cfdent whlch occurred In Lon ses. provision for fe e b le m inded child- don , „ „ when sh e , nd h e r or. ren and for tho se having tu b ercu lo sis. ch„ tra lo re r went to thB B rltU h oap. » nd *h<‘ appointm ent of a probation of- )KoL In to th e m)dst o f th e cro w ded ¡fleer in each county. R ep o rts of pro- '(-unard d raw jng room . M argot A squith New port. Ky. Jan u ary » - T h r o u g h ^ e r r a T u i 6 S e c re ta ry and bv Prom inent In London hlueblood c irc le s (B y N. A. A. C. P. P ress S e rv ice ) the cooperation of «he C in cin n a li po- r X m e y S t l t e A gent “ r Ro I f sa,d W,v<’ rushed wlth ,h e que" ' l i tion aim ed a t the h e ire ss, “H ello— local authm -illes succeeded In ¿"nwaId S ch o o ls, who w ork In close New York. Jan u ary 8— T h e W ar lice. (s ¡ j now —d rinks.drugs, o r nlg- D epartm ent, cap itu latin g to n ation cap tu rin g Jo h n Sw o p sh lre. 33. who cooperation, lg ers 7 T e x a s L ead ers C onfer wide resen tm en t ag ainst the turning stran gled his aged m other to death on . F ollow ing tlrts sta te m e n t, th e helr- of fam ous old Negro reg im en ts of the New Y ear's m orning a fte r an all | x h e Annual T e x a s S ta te M eeting 1 _ _ „ „ . „ 'e s s or form er h e ire ss, a lle g e s th a t her reg u lar Army Into serv ice d etach nignt orgy of m oonshine and dope. was held a t D allas on Nov. 6 and 7. moth e r su b jected her and H enry to T h e hideous crim e was w ltnesed and aa usual w as w ell a tten d ed . Eco- m ents. has Issued an order that the co n sta n t persecution, en deavoring to 10th Cavalry Is to he m aintained on a bv S w o p esh lre's s is te r. B e ssie , who nom tc. ed ucational and h e a lth condl- com pel 1. them to leave London. T V™ he N E W S P A P E R CON VEN TION * e r e featu red at th is m eeting ‘■ “ "«•’T «“ '■■*> «■ com bat basis, receivin g reg u lar com was aw akened about 4 a m. by the IS P O ST P O N E D sounds of stru g g le Issuing form her an,| ad dresses w ere d elivered by Dr. *,am Ph1'** a ,* ° ,e t s forth th a t th ® bat training Copy of the order released by the m other's bed room R ush ing to her M w Dogan. p residen t of W iley Col- (P a g e Fou r, Column T h re e ) O fficials Call Off C aliforn ia M eeting N. A. A. C. P. s la te s with regard to ntd. the sis te r discovered her brother j A. A tkins, ed itor o f th e Houa- F or F ebru ary , F or Econom ic Rea Ihe 10th ( av alry : with his hands clu tch ed about the a ton in q u ire r; Mrs D M M ason, V ice TW O NEGRO W O R K E R S G E T to n s W ont Be Held. "In addition to the train in g pre ged m other's th ro at, s tn k in g her ch airm an of th e C o m m ission ; Miss DEATH S E N T E N C E ON scribed In paragraph ( above, the 10th head ag ainst th e w all. T h e anguished Annie Mal M athis, sta te h e a lth n u rse ; CH A RG E OF S T E A L IN G N ashville, T en n essee Ja n . 15 (By Cavalry will he tralnw l as a com bat siste r broke a ch in a p l.ch e r over her R ev p p W illia m s, of D allas, and a F IF T Y C E N T S Sp ecial R e le a se l "P le a s e notify mem unit. Su ch training will be held ut bro th er's head in an e ffo rt to subdue num ber of o th ers. R ep o rts of e ffe c tiv e 1 M ontgom ______ ery. _____ Ala.. J a n 13— (C N A ) hers of th e P ress A ssociation that such tim e» not to in te rfe re with oth er him . but he kicked her to th e floor, in te rra cia l a c tiv itie s w ere m ade by R o b e rt*"strick ia n d and" P ercy Irvin, wllh Ih e ad vice of Ihe rh alrn ian of d uties and not less than on ce per and continued his m urderous a tta ck th(, sta te d ire cto r. Prof. R. M W oods twu unem ployed w orkers, a re in the Ihe execu tiv e co m m ittee, Ih e p resi week T h e Maximum of o ffic e rs and upon his m other and by re p re se n ta tiv e s of stud ent in- d eath house here b ecau se they a re dent and seeretary -treu sn rer. Ihe Feb- en listed men will atten d . T h is train- I F inally releasin g th e lim p form of te rra e la l groups. supposed to have sto len a silver h a lt ruwry m eeting of the A ssociation Is ing will include ca re of a n im a ls; e- his m other. Sw opsh lre dropped h e ro n | |n K entucky and o th e r so u thern d ollar hereby In definitely postponed, to meet m utation, cerem o n ies, use of arm s, the bed. bestow ed a parting k ick upon sta te s program s p ra ctica lly the sam e T h e two w orkers bummed a ride R, such tim e and pln< e us the o ffic ers mounted ami d ism ou n ted ; range fir- his siste r, and flt'd. T h e m other was Mft,c t werH r a r r |ed out. Dn a freig h t train T hey a re supposed may ca ll It. Signed — II. J Davis, lu g ; comm and post e x e r c is e s ; and rushed to the h osp ital w here she was o th t,r 9 ta te in te rra cia l m eetin gs to have staged a hold-up which netted j're s ld e n t" ta c tic a l e x e r c ise s." pronounced dead. Sw o p esh lre » .n a re scheduled fo r th e p re sen t m onth. |one flfty -ce n t piece. A ch a rg e of j xh,x above m essage reached the cor- Although the 10th Cavalry has been captured later In Ihe day at a railroad highw ay robbery brought the d eath responding se c re ta ry 's o ffic e this d istributed, Ihe reten tio n of com bat statio n In C in cin n ati preparing to P R O M IN E N T S O C IE T Y WOMAN penalty. W(M,k. which m eans that the Assoela- training Is regarded as a victory for board a train for the e a st. He told ANO MAID M U R D E R E D W ork in g -class o rg an isatio n s. In tel- tloti will not hold a m eeting In Is>s th e colored peoplewho through th eir au th o rities th at he and se v e ra l corn- ---------- eg ram s to the governor, a re p ro test- A ngeles during the m onth of Febru- ed itors ami nation al bodies protested panlons had spent New Y e a r's night A gnet llsle y . H orsew om an And Ing the death se n te n ce as part of a Mr a ry en m asse when Ihe N. A. A. C. P. ex- d rinking and sn iffin g co ca in e , and So cially P rom in en t. B ea ten to Death co n sp iracy to crush the N egro work- Much co rresp on d en ce has been car- posed the W ar D ep artm en t's »plan to that when he cam e hom e, his m other B o o tja c k ; Many N otables Among era and stop a ll e ffo rts on th e ir | a rt rled on betw een Ihe c h a lim a n of the redime Cils fam ous old regim ent to he ¡b eg an lo upbraid him for stay ing out F rien d s of V ictim to o rg an ixe.” execu tiv e co m m ittee, Ihe president m erely ord erlies carin g fo r o ffic e rs ’ all night. A qu arrel ensued, and the —_____________ a N. A. \ C. P. C U T S S A L A R IE S OF son a ttack ed h is m other, but denied Rnd «•«’''responding se c re ta ry sin ce horses. Mtddleburg. Va.. Ja n . 13—G eorge „„ r f f o r , a r r |vo al ,|,e that he m eant to kill her. He Is held N ATION AL O F F IC E S T A F F Craw ford, colored , Is bein g sought by . moat fBaalb|e p|nn and (he m „st se n without bond on a ch arg e of m urder. police In co n n ectio n with th e sen sa ; (B y N. A. A. C. P. P re ss S e rv ic e ) sib le thing to do In the p resen t c ris is C H IC K EN T H IE F G E T S ONE Y E A R tlo nal m urder o f Mrs. A gnes llsle y . New Y ork, N. Y. Ja n . 8— S a la r ie s and em ergonry. It was agreed h y one of th e leadin g m em bers of the | of a ll o ffic e rs and em ployees o f th e th ese thr«*e e le c t iv e s th at th e new s B U T DIDN’T G ET H IS CH IC K EN F R E E MAN ON CH A RG E OF cloistered colony w hich rid es to the N ational A ssociation for th e Advance- paper m en shnud tak e the lend In a I S T E A L IN G H O U SE hounds over th e V irg in ia h ills, and rnent ofColored People in Ihe n a tio n a l B arn ey Dougins, colored, accused program of econom y at th is p articu lar her m aid. office . at69 F ifth Avenue, have been tim e, by callin g off the annual enliven o f stealin g ch ick en s, was given a year ----------- | O fficials called to th e sce n e of the cu t for th e com ing year. lion and thus save the new spaper nion tn Jail hy Jd g e T om linson last week, Richm ond. Va.. Ja n u a ry 14— Held m urder announced th e lls le y 's ca r E xecu tiv e o ffic e rs and o th e rs re- and Ihe pu blications belonging to the Douglas was shot In the arm hy the by the celving m ore than 31300 h sv e boon A ssociation m any thousands of dollars ow ner of Ihe ch ick en *. H. H. D lersch. on a ch arg e o f "s te a lin g a h o u se", m issing, presum ably sto le n cut ten per cen t and the cle ric a l s ta ff In trav ellin g exp enses. 325 W est T ren to n s tre e t, and then es- Im m anuel Iverson. 75. h o nsew reeker. m urderer or m u rd erers. lt Is the first tim e In ninny y ears omped. H e was Incuted by the police was dism issed tn ihe H u stin g s Court T he llsle y oar was seen d riven hy has received a cu t of five per cen t, T h e se ru ts, to g eth er w ith Ihe drop- that the m eeting has been postponed. | when he applied to Ihe Connly hospl- h ere last w eek, follow ing th e failu re a colored man In the s tr e e ts of W ash- of i o!lee to prove as they alleged that Ingtou. I). C. O ffice rs, as wo go to ping of th re e m em bers of the nation al but Ihe C onstitution provides that tal for treatm en t. th«1 president, In em erg en cies, noting T he bullet rem oved from Douglas' ho had torn down a co m p lete house press had not located him Crawford o ffice s ta ff a re part o f Ihe econom y with Ihe two execu tiv e o fficers, can arm w as iden tical as the one fired by and sold the lum ber and second hand lie waa form erly in the em ploy of the program Uuiugurated by the N A A. equipm ent to the ow ner of th e house, so cial leader. U. P. to m eet the econom ic d epression. inke such a step . | D lersch.