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P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N , S A T U R D A Y , M A R C H 2«, 1E32
SECTION ONE
P R IC E P IV E C E N T S
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR 7 BOYS
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NEGRO MAKES NOTED DISCOV’RY
. EXHIBIT BUST OF
gets
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CASE LOST BY
A POLITICAL CHRYSALIS
Tim subject of ;hl* digest may not
Interest y >u aa an ludlvlilual bu( in»
political alluatlon la unique Doubt-
Solves Problem That Has Baffled
I i thara la out ona raadar out of a
Scholars For Ages
L»>uaaud a ho ayar haard of tha man.
New York. March IS —A buat of
and perhaps not «van on« • i.lnml rd
St. Augustine. Fla . —A certificate
Mat out of a hundred Certainly. I Dr W K H Dullola, editor of the
of copyright No. 5402 Issued by the
bat* not aaan ona Inch of natta mat- f’ KIHIH and member of the Hoard of
Librarian cf Congress and covering a
It I alinul him In any ftt tha colored DtrocUira of the National Aaoclallon
raehtod of trisecting an angle has
papers (aetenty odd I that roach me for Iho Advancement of Colored Peo­
ple,
by
Alexander
Porlnoff,
la
to
he
been
recleved here by J. Clifton
My obaeryatlona of hla actltllle* ara
Smith
tharafore taken from tha arblta dall- ahown In an exhibition of that *ftulp-
I'nlverally
laa and weeklies. In Michigan, which lor'a work at Columbia
For two thousand y e a r s the
w o r l d ’s greatest
mathematicians
makaa hla efforta e*en more Inter- from March SO to June IS. II waa an
nounced toduy.
eating in follow
have attempt-d the solution of thla
a a a
problem and failed. It had grown to
be regarded as one of the impossibil­
Whenever you hoar, or rand of.
ities of mathematics. Formerly ap­
BattleCrnnk, you perhaps think of
proximate solutions have been at­
aanllarluma and breakfaat fooda. but
tained but these Involved intricate
In thla Michigan city of around Ml .000
and advanced calculations So fa: as
aoula a colored lawyer. Jamea K Ool-
Montomery. Ala.. March
24—Tho
is known none up to this time, have
dan. la riiuulng for City Commission-
ben able to accomplish it by the use Alabama Supreme cour t today up­
ar The Off log itaalf la more honorari
of the ruler and compass alone or to held seven of eight conivctlons in
than |»ecufilar v
And while there la
the cSottsobro assault case, resulting
detfse an accurate method.
nothing particularly
remarkable In
J. Clifton Smith points out that from an alleged attack by Negro
hating a colored candidate there la
the method for which he has Just re­ youths on two white girls.
a routineing example of an interra­
The boys were sentenced to death
ceived the copyright requires no
cial pnlltl -al angle when you learn
knowledge beyond elementary geome­ after a trial under protection of Na­
that there are conalderably leaa than
try, employs only the compass and tional Guardsmen. Attorneys retain­
a tbouaand colored totaa to be garb
ruler and is accnrat# within the lim­ ed by the International Labor De­
rred assuming that they all regia-
its of construction, thus meeting all fense appealed tbe convictions to the
tered and totad.
a a a
the requirements of the science of State supreme court.
mathematics.
Charges against the youths grew
Mr Oolden la tha only colored law­
yer In Hattie ('reck and hla profea
The solntlon was arrived at by a out of an episode on a freight train
system of philosophy which be ha* near Scottsboro. Ala.. last March.
atonal cnntacla are moetly with the
Testimony at the trial was that
worked o»:< and which he calls "A
whltea with whom he la highly res
Ruby Bates aud Victoria Price, white
Doctrine of Properties".
parted and honored Ilia poaltlon In
The author of this system of reae girls "h,»being trom Chatanooga to
the community Id eatabllahed on ma­
Waabmgton. I>. C. March 24—The
onlng declares It potent to solve nun- 1 M-i:ii*vtrt6. Ala., were .n a freight rar
rl' and alhllty and a Hat of tbt
Ht nate laat Monday reatored
Ihe
y of the world’s standing problems with seven white youths when 10 or
Inent rltliena active in hla hehalf. ■ $»36.0oo Item in the Howard Unlver-
such aa "culminated light” , "the sq. 12 colored boys Jumped aboard.
reada like a "Whoa' Who In llattlc ally appropriation
root
of twc” . and "perpetual motion” .
F’ sts started to fly and the white
Creek "
Senator Coatlgan. Colorado, pre-
• • •
He was educated at Morehouse col­ boys were said to have been ousted
aented amendmrnta
tor the follow­
lege and Harvard University and Is by the colored boys. According to
Without »nv fUmhoymit
effort». ing lucreaaca aalarlea. from 1460.000
at present Instructor In science and the testimony of the girls.the colored
or m v p ir tln lir n ilftl «ppmi«. nn t" 1475.000; general expenaea from
mathematics at Dunbar Htgh School boys then attacked them.
orKHnliatinn of wnrkara art* Kratutl- i
M TIN 4 a- 1 M U m and |
at Green Cove Springs. Fla.
Nine colored boys were arrested
or*ly t'anVASNlDK till* v m n
Ctrlc heating power plant .. the Universi­
soon after the freight car incident
on; ialfntlunn nr«* cxtendlnK ®v®ry ty from 1300.090 to the budget rec­
by a posse which met the train at
c«)op«*rAtion And tho Tarlous church®« ommendation of 3460.000
RVINO JONES DIES
Paintsville, Ala. When the prisoners
a rc nffermit thrir
platform« to Mr
In presenting Ihe amendment.
■ were thrown into the Scottsboro jail,
Golden And his .speAkers
Senator Coatlgan apnke of the work
• • •
New
York,
N.
Y
March
25—Irving
a mob. muttering about
lynchings.
al Howard University aa being ad
National Guardsmen were
When th® voters go to the polls mlrable and Indlapenaahle. so far aa
Jones. 58. one of the best known vet- : formed.
summoned
and
the
prisoners
were
t March Sftth for nomination and Ap ...........locational leadership of mil­
jeran actors in New York, with a na­
taken to Gadsden. Ala., ¿n automobil­
rll 4th for election) cars will be pro­ lions of Americana la concerned, and
tional
reputation,
died
of
paralysis
In
es for safekeeping.
vided bjr Mr Ooldcn a sui>porters and that the purpose of Ihe amendments
Harlem hospital Fr.day. He has ap­ j Their trial was held at Scottsboro.
whether or not the returns will he offered
waa lo retain and promote
peared in Sam Q. Jackson’s Creole in the small courthouse protected by
lafflctoki to I'laft- Mr Ooldm la of efficiency of thla exceptional institu­
fi< •• BatU« Crook*! oltlMiti inti kart tion which la highly regarded by edu-
show and in Henry Williams' own guardsmen with machine guns and
bayonets. The trials were speedy. 8
given the country an excellent lesson calort.
company. He was also a member of ) of the defendants were sentenced to
In political cooperation
Senator Hatfield, West Virginia, of­
• • •
tbe unit of Jones. Drew and Jones. death. The ninth. 14-year-old Roy
fered an amendment Increasing from
Three years ago. Irving Jones singl­ l Wright, obtained a mistrial._________
For the benefit of the readera who 1100.000 to 1400.000 the Item for hull
■ r heard of Mr (¡olden I ding a library al Howard University
ed on the Radio-Keitb Orpheum cir­
(Continued on Page Two)
IT IS G ” R FAITH THAT THIS PRESENT L ir E CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY WHAT COMES AF-
will briefly aketrh hla career, or aa and providing th.it 1100.090 should be
cuit.
much of It aa my tolumlnuua fllea Immediately available upon paaaage
IT. THAT IJFK HAS Is
AN ATION IN THE FACT
ITS CONTINUITY
WELL MAY WE
will dladoae
of Ihe hill to expedite Ihe project
REJOICE IN THE ASSURANCE OF HIM WHOSE LIGHT IS THE LIGHT OF LIFE THAT MAN IS NOT ON­
a a a
Thla l< in addition to a sum of 1400,
LY MORTAL HI T IMMORTAL ALSO; THAT THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS DEATHLESS. AND THE INCOM­
Ho waa born In Itlrhmond. Virgin­ 000 already appropriated
ia In IK»9 Graduated from Wayland
PLETENESS OF THE PRESENT IS 3 ET TO BE COMPLBfTENESS
- —
- -* • -
In praising the schools work, the
Academy In 1921 In 1925 he gradual Senator said: 'The alngle institution
WE NEED THIS FAITH THAT WHAT WE CALL DEATH IS BUT A POINT IN THE LIFE OF ADVANC­
ed from College Department of Vlr of Howard Univerally. alone.
has
ING BEING. A MOVING FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE. THAT IT IS NOT EARTH AND A
glnla Union I'nlteralty. lie then en furnished 50 per rent of all Ihe egro
tered the law School of Ihe Unlver Physicians administering to the col­ CEASING TO BE. BUT EARTH AND AN ENDLESS LIFE. WE NEED TO RELIEVE THAT EARTH IS SOME­
ally of Michigan, graduating In 192* ored people of Ihe Untied States The
THING MORE THAN A GREAT Bl'RIAL PLACE. AND THAT THE EXpLANATIONS OF EARTHLY LIFE
Admitted to the practice of I .aw In same la true in dentistry and pharma
WILL BE IN THE EXPERIENCES OF THE HEAVENLY WHEN THE DIVINE SIDE OF THE STORY
September 192» and la now hlghlv class law school for colored people
recommended by the memhera of the to he found anywhere In Ihe borders SHALL HF. TOLD. WE NEED THIS FAITH WE OREATLY NEED IT TO RIFT THE CLOUDS. TO LIFT THE
liar Aaaoclatlon In llallle Creek.! of the United States. Howard law- SHADOWS, AND TO CHEER OUR HEARTS IN THE EXPERIENCES A \ n UNDERSTANDINGS OF LIFE.
Court Judges and prominent hualnea* graduates represent at least twenty- UVEN WERE IT AN UNFOUNDED FAITH AND ONLY A HOPE. WE SHOULD NEED IT FOR ITS UPLIFT­
people of the city
flee per cent of all Negro lawyers in ING GRACE AND POWER; RUT THOSE WHO POSSESS THIS KNOW THAT IT IS NOT UNREAL. EVEN
In preaetitlng thla particular dlgeat Ihe country "
NOW WE MAY TEST THE POWER OF THIS FAITH TO LIFT US AFOVE OUR SINS. ABOVE OUR SOR­
to the readera throughout the coun
ROWS. a s A TRUE AND SPIRITUAL FACT THAT GOES FAR TOWAI I)S THE PROVISO OUR HOPES OF
fry. It la the exemplary alluatlon that
I wlah to «mphnslxe and not particu­
THE FUTURE THE LIGHT OF NA* URE IS A RUSH-LIGHT UPON THE MYSTERIES OF OUR BEING; IT
larly Mr Holden for I doubt that thla
THROWS RUT A GLIMMER UPON THINGS PRESENT, AND HAS ONLY DARKNESS FOR THE FUTURE
column will be read hy more than a
HAPPY ARE THEY WHOSE EXPEDIENCE CONFIRMS THE UPLIFTING HOPE WHICH AS A PROPHECY
handful of readera who are capable
OF LIFE'S FULLNESS AND COMPLETENESS L I G H T E N S
OURHEARTS AND OUR WAY,
of voting In Mr tlohlen'a community
LET US BE GLAD IN THE TRIUMPH SONGS WHICH ARISE ON EASTER DAY FROM SO M A N Y
HEARTS WHICH COMMEMORATE HIM WHO LIVES FOREVER WITH HIS GRACIOUS LOVE AND POW­
ER TO UPLIFT US TOWARDS HIMSELF.
WHAT THEN MAY WE SAY OF THOSE WITHOUT THIS FAITH AND HOPE? THIS WE CAN SAY. IF
When William Pickens was In San WE ARE SPIRITS
AS WE ARE SURE WE ARE —AND IF A FUTURE LIFE IS A CERTAINTY, AS WE
Franelaoo In 1930 he delivered n BELIEVE. WE CANNOT LOSE OUR MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CHOICES IN THAT FUTURE WITHOUT
characerlatlr address on music at n
OF
gathering of artistically minded peo­ CEASING TO BE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL BEINGS. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE DISSOLUTION
ple In one of Ihe San Franelaoo cul­ THE PHYSICAL NATURE HAS ANY BEARING UPON ONE'S MORAL AND SPIRITUAL BEING OR CHAR­
tural clubs Noel Phelan, who Inherit
ACTER IF SO. EVERY MORAL AND SPIRITUAL BEING WILL ENTER INTO ITS MORAL AND SPIRITU­
ed Ihe millions of (he Alice Phelan AL BEING WILL ENTER INTO ITS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CHOICES AND DECISIONS, AND THIS
Sullivan Unppnrntlon waa present lie
CHOOSING WILL GO ON ALWAYS AND FOREVER THROUGH ITS EVER DEVELOPING FUTURE.
Albany, Oregon,
March 16--The Inquired at the lime If he rnuld enter j
Inoat overdressed peraon to come to tain Ihe Dean In some way. hut Mr
the attention of Ihe elty police la I’lokena wns leaving shortly.
Hut on Murch 19th Mr. Pickens
l.ionard Itunh,
diminutive colored
man from Albany, (la , who wan wear found himself again In San Francis-
Ing six paira of pattla, five shirts, ro and th.> guest nt n luncheon given
four ennta and a vest when he was hy Mr. Sullivan at hla beautiful res
searched at police heaihiuarters this Idepoe. The lunch wns served In Ihe
morning after being held for Inveatl gardpn nt th top of the house over
gallon while attempting to sell n looking the San Franelaoo hav on
truck chain at a local second hand three sides, and among the guests
were two well known western writ­
sli re.
K. S Wood nud Snrs
Hush assured the cops that he had ers, Colonel
come Into possession of his extensive Hard Field, both of I.os Gatos, Calif -
Noel Field Is well known for his
wardrobe honorably, "Alt Just gol
toward colored people
these hyar last pair oh punta at Hu benefactions
and
their education: he Is supporting
gene", he pleaded.
He h iihi ihe climate In Oregon, par the musical education of several col­
Ocularly on inlaty nights. Is colder ored students. He himself Is fond of
than II Is down south" and he mere­ music nml la known ns a singer.
International House nml the camp- |
ly wore the entire wardrobe to keep
us of the University of California al
warm.
llerkeley
claim to have had one of
Hush presented a nueer sight. On
ly 4 feel s Inches tall he looked as their greatest thrills In the seven day
broad as he was long. In hla half y Islt of the colored speaker.
ROLAND HAYES
dozen layara of clothing
O N PR O G R AM
He was turned looae.
Music. Though degrees are usually
F IS K T O C O N F E R H O N O R A R Y
Among the large number of pupils
conferred at commencement. It seem­
D E G R E E ON R O L A N D H A Y E S
MRS. M U L L E N IN H O S P I T A L
of Paul K. Hutchinson who sang In
ed especially fitting to President
Mrs. Onnrge Mullen, of 31» K 41st recital last Thursday night at the
Na .hvllle. Tenn.,
March 24—For Thomas E. Jones and the board of
street waa la confined In St. Vincent Portland Women's Cluh tlulldlng were
the first time In Fisks history, the trustees that honor should be done a
hospital undergoing treatment pre Miss narbara lluhhard and Mr. Hen­
university
will confer an honorary great musician at the annual festival
parntory to an operation She wen' ry Worthnn
Miss Hubbard has a
degree
on a famous son, when, dur­ that holds within Its three days all of
The boys
to the hospital on Tuesday of this beautiful poprano voice and Mr. Wor- Senttalioro send» these boys to the Electric chair for the alleged raping of two white prostitutes.
ing the Music Festival In April, Ro­ Fisk’s music made famous round tha
week
tl.m. a fine bass.
ages rnnge from 14 to 20 years when
arrested. Thousands throughout the world believe the boys luuueeut.
land Hayes will become a Doctor of world
WORLD-WIDE INTEREST
MANIFESTED iN CASE
DEFENDED BY ILD. WILL NO
IT APPEAL 10 U. S.
SUPREME COURT
F
ME
na
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K.X |»l.
or
Hayes Honored
MILLIONAIRE ENTERTAINS
WILL RACE PREJUDICE CRUCIFY T H E S E I Y S T
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