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JULES BLEDSOE IN AIDA THE advocate : An In d e p e n d e n t D evo ted to th e In te re s t* ctf th e P e o p le SECTION ONE P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N . 8ATU K D AY, JU L Y 23. 1922 IN T W O SECTIONS VOLUM E 28 N O —38 Paper PR ICE F IV E C E N T S HOOVER WITHDRAWS MONTGOMERY’S NAME D’CISION IN NOTED CASE HELP TO RACE PROTESTED BV r PLAN STEPS IN COMMITTEE 1 WILL MAKE INTERRACIAL II Digesting . . . . . Tije uv curroRD c BARTER mitciikll AND TRADE Weekly I perauae about seventy- flva colored " • ir lia D in " tbat com « to m from all parta of lha country aud I carefully acan uach advartlaatnent fur In aach ad a alory la told If una la nbaarram anounh to unfold II. a a a llc rc and Ibara I bar a aaen aumu rary Interesting ada that Indlcatea conatderabla Ingenuity on tha part of advertiser The advertiser apparently, haa realised that to aall hla commodl fy, or aervlca, for cash only, would ronalderably raalrlct hla bualneaa. ao tha advartlaar haa suggested an ax* chance of commodltlaa. or aorvlcaa. After all what la commercialism but an exchange of commodities nr services? Harter and Trade may not be considered as hlghclass commer cial business but It at least brings the actual producer and consumer to gether on a common basis s e e Money was Invented as the medium of exchange and as such la very use ful when one has It. Unfortunately. It has a way of. seemingly, becoming cornered and divested In the hands of a few. while the many are still In need of the commodities, or services, but have not the money to obtain same As long as actual labor will pro- dure the necessities of life, there will be found ways for Industrious persons to barter this labor In exchange for various forms of commercial trade even without a cent of money ex- changing hands N KW YORK. July 18 Every part of the country la showing keen Inter est in the first Inter-racial Kxcuralon. which aalla from New York. October IS and wilt pass through aevan Euro puan countries For the first time in tourist history a large group of Am eri can Negroes and whltea have arrang ad for extenalvo travel together. This marks the exruraloii ua an especially Interesting pioneer movement The route of the Inter-Racial Excur sion tncludea Holland. Germany. Kin land. I'oland. the Soviet Union, Uth uanla and lutvla. The tour tats will have an excellent opportunity to ob serve the November celebration of the establishment of the Worker's Govern ment In Russia. Upwards of 604 lourlsta are expec ted to make the trip Groups In Phi- llaltlmore. Philadelphia. New c* * " York and other centers are already arranging to accompany the excur sion, according to All Nations Travel Itureau. 144 Lenox Avenue. New York Pity, sponsors of the lour JEALOUSY CALLS SECOND F IV E ALLEGED LYNCHERS W ILL country. C L E V E LA N D MAYOR W ILL NOT P E R M IT S E G R E G A T E D VICE NEW YO RK, July 18- Mayor Ray T. Miller, of Cleveland, O., will not permit the establishment of u segre gated vice district anywhere In Cleve land. "let alonn near n portion ot the community whlrh Is Inhabited by col ored people," he states In a letter to tbe National Aaaoclaltlon for the Ad vancement of Colored People. The let ter, addressed to Roy Wilkins, ussls- tant secretary, saya further: " I am personally very much opposed to any such scheme and I can assure you that as long ns I am Mnyor It will not ho attempted In Cleveland." Cleveland dally papors somo time ago had carried hints that an old- fashioned "rod light" district might he established near a colored neigh borhood. The N. A. A. C. P. protested the scheme. C H AR LO TTE , N. C.. July 18—CNA OSLO. Norway. July 16— C N A ) Ju- A large number of Negro workers will ly 14, anniversary of the first date set be nominated for office when the for tbe execution of the Scottsboro state convention of the Communist boys, found Mrs. Ada Wright, mother | HOOVER W ITH D R AW S party meets here on July 31st. It was of two of these boys. Roy and Andy. ! announced from Communist campaign being greeted by a tremendous dem- { ..M O N T G O M E R Y 'S NAM E headquarters hers this week. onstratlon o f workers here. A. B. Charley, a Negro truck-driver, Mrs Wright arrived at Oslo direct j W ASH ING TO N. D. C.. July 18— Pre- will be proposed for Lieutenant-Gov- from London, ofter a successful tour ' sldent Hoover withdrew the nomina- ernor of North Carolina lie will run of the most Important centera of Eng- |tion of B. B. Montgomery to the U- with Roy Ueerman. white, who will land and Scotland, nlted States marshall for the north be proposed for the office of Cover- | Norway la the ninth country tha ern district of Mississippi. It has been nor Ueerman haa a record of strug- bas been touched on by Mrs. Wright on the senate calender for confirma gle for the rights of Negroes He used and J. Louis Engdahl. secretary of the tion since May 16. to be a well-known radio speaker, but International Labor Defense of tbe I Senator Shortridgo. republican, Cali when he spoke In favor of tbe release United States. They have already | B ALTIM O R E . Md.. July 16— (C N A ) of the Scottsboro boys, he was barred toured Germany. Austria. Caecho-Slo- j The demand for a change of venue fornia, objected to Ita consideration from making further radio talks. vakla, Switzerland. France. Holland, from Towaou to Baltimore and tho- on the ground that Montgomery was rough Investigation of the circumstan reported to have made remarks der Mlaa Almee Williams, a Negro wor- Belgium and England ker, w ill be proposed to the conven- j Mrs. Wright's tour has been extend- ces surrounding the murder o f Green ogatory to colored women. The appointment and confirmation lion for : ecretarr of state, and L. V. ed to include the Scandinavian coun Uavts and hla family last October, are Wertx, Negro painter, for the atate tries—Sweeden, Norway and Den among the next «taps in t he fight were urgently protested by National aenate. Tw o Negroes Ralph Garett. a mark—and also Spain, the Southern to save Euel Lee, aged farmhand, Commltteewoman Boone o f Mississip farmer, and Misa Mattie Adams, will provinces of France, Bulgaria and from the death chair, according to pi and others. be proposed for state representatives. Greece. local official* of the International La- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ j bor Defenae. S U LLIV A N S T IL L R EPO R TED The Maryland court of Appeals ou T O BE U NCONSCIOUS HONOR OF W H IT E WAX July 3 handed down a ruling revers- O U M M I E S IS S A V E D IfUll I l L l l i n i U l l VT 1111 Ing the death sentence imposed on The condition of F. T. Sullivan. Lee at bis trial at Towson in Janu Southern Pacific dining can steward ary. The chief ground on which David who has lain In the company hospital Atlanta. Ga., July IS—The cops of Levinson and Bernard Ades. attorneys unconscious for five weeks. D un “ >•« city are very watchful of the for Lee. asked a reversal was that changed and still critical, the United 'Pur**T ° t white womanhood . _ . Negroes bad been barred from the Ju Press reported Monday night. Thu» f i f n a r t m 4* 111 ito ro N on Pc&rhtrt® 1 T h ? Oilliprsoii o I o C tck I iGtotJ t6ADi _ 1 De uep* rin,rm on r w c n u a i ,ry at Towaou Sullivan was beaten over the head •< '•«» <R»PUy gorgeous gowns and un *iU return to Portland August 1. 2 Immediately after the rendering of 'as he slep In his berth, by Theodore d ie s on alluring Dink and white dum «nd 3rd for a three game series with . ' , , ' " ” ~ . . I P ' r neoaorB dies on alluring pink ana wnne aum the decision by the Court of Appeals. Jorden. local Negro who confessed to m le. I ssserbys sometime, took into ______ Mr. Levinson, who lives in PhUadel officers he had planned to rob th . _ _ __ ______ __ FIGHT TO SAVE AGED NEGRO FIRST RACE MAN TO TAKT IMPORTANT PART IN AMERICA N E G R O W I N S A C C L A I M AS A M E N A S R O IN V E R O I O P E R A C LEVE LAND . July 18— Applauded by more than 6.400 opera goer*. Jules llledsoe, Negro baritone, became the first man of the rare ever to sing the role of Amenareo lu Verdi's *‘Alda'' an an American stage The performance concluded Cleve land's second eeaeon of outdoor grand opera In the munrlpal stadium Bledsoe, famous as the Old Man R i ver In "Show Boat." had sung In Alda In laindon. but never before in the United States With only 24 hours notice to prepare, the Negro baritone . . | , , la v e remarkable portrmyal of the cap^ live Ethiopian king, and won for him self a long round of applause Allda Vane repeated previous sue- GO T O T R I A L IN O H I O qual* Ferrara as Khadames. Edwins Eustls as Amnerts. Foster Miller as IRONTON, Q.. July 1*- Five alleged tbe king, ami Armund Kjovik as members of a mob which lynched Ramphis, also gave excellent perform lutke Murray. 24 chauffeur, near here ances. last month are to go on trial Friday July 22 on charges of second degTee P R I N C E DE R A J A H " B U I L D S murder All the men pleaded not gull ty when arraigned and were held on bond of 66.400 each The sixth person held, luw renre L. Msssle. was tried by the Juvenile court on charge of abduction and kidnapping, was found In one community I noticed that a guilty and sentenced to the reforms tradesman, once prosperous and doing lory for an Indefinite term, a thriving bualneaa, was faced with | The lynching of Murray might never the dilemma of retiring from busln- have been kuuwn had not the Porta- eaa or to continue and eventually face mouth. O. Branch of the National As- bankruptcy proceedings for at the rate , soclallon for the Advancement of he was going his obligations were ex- C olored People Investigated tbe ruse, reeding hla collectible assets. | Murray bad been listed as dead "from • • • |drowning." Actually, bis neck was He was doing plenty of business broken. The National Association for and on paper was making money but the Advancement of Colored People his debtor, couldn't pay him W hS«|(ou*d that he had been lynched be- did he do? He bit upon the Ingenu cause he was "too popular with bis out plan of collecting hi* arenunta employer" and took the mistress of receivable In tbe form of labor and the house and her daughter out rid- started many Improvements lug In the car at the Instruction ot his employer. In a short time hla own place of The N. A. A C. P. has asked (lover- business was entirely remodeled and nor White to appoint a special pro- made entirely modern, all oul of the secutor If auch action la vlthln hla proflta of his bualneaa whlrh he ac power. cepted In the form of labor, He ex panded the Idea and la today the po ssessor of much valuable Improved realfy holdings. * e * If you are one who thinks the Ne gro hasn't a chance you should more rarefully observe the many opportu nities he Is creating for himself by exchanging Ills commodities and ser vices In an effort to get a foothold and which I am constantly observing by reading the advertisements appear ing In our papers throughout the N O R T H C A R O L I N A C O M M U N I S T S MRS W R I O H T IS G R E E T E D T O N A M E N E G R O E S F OR O F F I C E BY N O R W E G IA N W O R K E R S té M ANSION A N D G O L F C O U R S E A T ID LE W ILD Dotrott. Mich.. July 18- Recent visi tors to Idlewlld, the famous resort community In upper Michigan, have returned with glowing reports of the lovely mansion which Prince Jevod- dah De Rajah, the noted mystic, has Just finished building there and In whlrh he has Installed his latest wife, a young and beautiful Caucasian, whom he married this spring. The house, which Is modern In eve ry detail and fitted with all the latest -„'rchltectural wrinkles Is said to be ,h(> for m, nv „„„„„ A |B# holp cour, „ h„ oped over -part of the SO acre rolling tract whlrh the prince owns and In addition an athletic field containing a perfect baseball diamond with dug- outa and all the professional accouter- ^ hl„|t Thp pr)nce h„ announced that he Is signing up play era for an all nation's baseball team which will meet various semi-pro nines during the summer for the edl- flcntlon of visitors and residents. The new wife of the prince Is said DEMAND I0BS F l NEGRDES ON NEW YORK SUBWAY \° "• ,h# ; ‘dow °r ■ wpn,,hy c *™h • dlan who died a year ago. Her wealth —— — la sakl to be spoken of as six figures. N KW YORK C ITY. July 18—A de- She is reported to have maintained maud for Jobs for Negroes on the New homes In Canada and Florida and Is Eighth Avenue Subway line here. Is said to cherish hopea ot making her contained In a letter addressed to C. husband a golfing expert. She is said II. Delaney, chairman of the Board of to bo enthusiastic about and most pro- Trsnsportatlon of New York City, flclent In the game of golf and person- from the Trade Union Unity Count'll ally Interested herself In the laying of New York, an organization of No- out of the course, gro and white workers. I The community of Idlewihl Is much A delegation of transport workers interested In the news ventures of the appeared last week before the exeett- prince. tlve committee of Iho Trade Union , "Prlnco Jevaddah, la one of the Unity Connell, with a report oil the moat popular men In Idlewlld and for discrimination by the city against Ne- that matter throughout the country gro workers. wherever he la known," said Rev. H. The T. U. U. C. addressed to the Franklin Bray, pastor of Idlewlld's Board of Transportation, the following Community Church and editor of the demands: j Idlewlld Herald. W e have been ex- 1. The employment of Negro work Ifem oly grateful for the additional and ers as motnrmon, conductors, etc.— I remunerative employment which work no his estate has made possible this the better paid crafts. winter for the men of the community. 2. The right of Negro workers to "Idlewlld you know Is the largest lake the necessary assignment requir exclusive health and summer resort in ed to work In those crafts. America. People from every section 3. No discrimination against Ne own lots here. W e are expecting the groes In (he assignment of Jobs. prince to be one of our principal 4. The same working conditions for gppakp„ m n d publtc nuctlon white and N erro workers. I of 3.000 additional lots which we are The Trade Union Council Is ready holding August 8th. and which wo be to wage a struggle for Its demands, lieve will inagurate the greatest sea officials of that organisation have an- son Idlewlld lias ever had.” nonneed. J : SEEK O W E OF VENUE ASK REMATCH WITH GILKERSON'S GIANTS — phla. came to Maryland to visit Lee by n*a has a a niacg black sain skin His eyes. ioo. too. are are 'd at night starting o c by m s eyes. “ * at 8:30 wCOC in the state penitentiary and to plan attracted by the window display. each night. the next steps In the fight to save But a black man must not let his Ray Brooks, manager of the West Lee. eyes linger on a wax dummy— If It Side team, was anxious to bring them . . , . , . Immediately, a delegation of five I. white. So along com . the uniformed b s e ^ a . hla club lost to them here ^ them N - fr o e - wen, protectors of "pure white woman last Monday and he is confident that Patrick J Brady, warden of the hood "—and 'Move o n !" la the o r d e r , the local boys can defeat the visitors penitentiary, demand the removal of For who knowa but that the Negro In a series of games, Lee from the death house. The d ele The v is it o » from Chicago have a may break right thru the plate-glass . . gat ion was headed by Louis Berger, real ball club consisting o f the fast- . . windows and commit horrible rape up . * • * . .. „ ... local secretary of the International eat colored players in the United Sta- _ J __ . _ on tbe pure white dummy. Labor Defense. Warden Brady Inso- So zealously does tbe S ou th ern 't*». They showed some real baseball lently refused the demand. white ruling-class guard the honor o ^ fn their game here recently and it is The fight will go on to remove Lee Its dummies— and even of Its wax expected that tblr rturn ngagement will bring out a Urge crowd of fan.. I * 0“ ,he c* " ,n ,he death houae dummies' Charlie Akera. the visiting short “ nounc#d' Mas* “ eetiu g. are be- atop. I. the real comedUn of the vis- ¡‘ “ * Ptol‘ r- 'd tn ^ beh* lf N. A. A. C. P. P R O S E C U T E S Itors He la always talking and at- 1 ^ franled for ***• murder of MAN ON RAPE A N D M A N ford, much entertainment with hi. Gr~ n D* Tl*' w e,U hy whi,e far“ er' and his family. He was barely saved S L A U G H T E R C H A R G E S , . , 1 1 5 u e j , aigo a great short stop. The local team consists of high from a lynch-gang of rich farm en W ATERLO O . La . July 18— A white man has been arrested and held to the grand Jury here by the W aterloo branch of the National Association for tbe Advancement of Colored People, on charges of rape and manslaughter following the death of Mrs. Mollte Mitchell, colored, on June 19. Mrs Mitchell was found half-nude and In a stupor In an abandoned bouse. Local police rushed her to a hospital and alrhollsm. Investigation by members of the N. A. A. C. P. Indicated that Mrs Mitchell had been drugged and criminally assulted by four foreigners. All four were arrested, bu* three were released for lack of evidence. The third la awaiting action of the grand Jury. The legal work for the branch Is being handled by M F. Fields. J. H. Patten Is president of the branch ' schooi »ll-etar players that are con- gtdered to be the fastest young base- pai| team that has ever been organ!- Portland. They were excited ,n (j,elr first game but Brooks la con- j f ¡dent tbat this has worn o ff now and exi>ect8 ),ts boys to give the visitors some real ball games. NEGRO. WHITE MAN ROB STORE OWNER Joe BralLproprletor of a men's furnl- shlnga store at 133 Russel street com plained to police Tuesday that he bad been robbed by a Negro and a white man. who he said took 825 front the rash register and theu took hla wal let containing about $66. Brail said the Negro asked to fitted for a pair H O O V E R T O BE T O L D ot shoes when he entered and that the pair demanded money. Brail said Washington. July IS — P resident he saw no gun. Hoover will be formally notified of hla renomlnatlon as Republican pres " H O T S H O T - JOE idential candidate sometime between SUFFERS A TTA C K August 6 and 10. at the W hite House, aceordnlg to present plana of Rep. K L A M A T H F A LLS. Ore.. July 18— Snell. House Republican leader. Snell said the President would not "H ot Shot" Joe Daniels. Negro boot- go to Palo Alto, Calif., to make his ac black charged with murder In the first degree In connection with the fatal ceptance speech. shooting of T. C. Williams on July 1st. went suddenly Berserk In the county BUNDY GETS GOLD B E L T Jail Thursday morning according to a report from Sheriff L. L. Low. Andy llundy won the fight over Ab "H ot Shot", who has been depressed ie Israel last week In a mix-up at the since tbe murder, was seised with a Multnomah Stadium. The verdict gave sudden attack ot Insanity, and tore hla Bundy the Jack Barde gold belt, em clothes from his body, screaming all blematic of the Pacific northwest -fea the while that he was being pursued therweight title. by people and demons. The attack was not a long duration and after he be came calm the Negro waa placed In Mrs Bnla Morrow-Ollver will arrive a separate cell for observation. In Portland next week from Minnea The asserted murder, for which polis. Minn., to pass the summer as "H ot Shot” la being held, occured du the guest of her sisters, Mrs. E. L. ring a Broad street brawl, iu which Jamelson and Beatrice Cannady- Mrs. “ Hot Shot" became Involved In Franklin. a wordy battle with Williams. |<lurln* ,he reiKn oi ,error that * wep' the Eastern shore _at that time He was at first denied the right to a change of venue and even to choose hla own lawyer. These elementary rights were won only after a bitter struggle by attorneys for the In ter national Labor Defense, backed up by angry protests ot Negro and white workers all over the country. 'dining car funds. S TR A N G E AS IT SEEM S ALBANY.Ore. July IS— Ira Aldridge. * full-blooded N e*ro whose father was ,born ln Senegal, was brought to this became one ot the world's greatest actors. He died i„ i«67 ln 1 3 9 1 EXCLUDE NEGROES FROM BOULDER CITY N E G R O E S H I R E D A T H O O V E R DAM B U T M U S T C O M M U T E SS M ILES E A C H D A Y N E W YORK. July IS— Although ten colored men have been employed at the new Hoover dam at Boulder City. Ner.. they have no quarters at Boul- der City and must commute 29 miles each way each day to reach their jobs, according to Information sent the National Association for the Advance ment ot Colored People from Las Ve gas. Nev. T H A N K S N. A. A. C. P. F O R A I O IN The U. S. government has built a F I G H T ON M O N T G O M E R Y new city from tbe ground up at Boul N O M IN A TIO N der City for the workmen on the dam. Negroes are not allowed to stay In N EW YORK. July 18— Mrs. Mary Boulder City overnight. There are no C. Booze, Republican National Com- I lodgings where they may stay and no mitteewoman tor Mississippi, and her | place where they may eat. This waa husband. Eugene P. Booze, have tele- | one of the excuses made for not hir graphed the National Association for ing Negroes— that "no provision had thb Advancement of Colored People - been made" to house them. Even the here thanking tbe Association tor Its two Negro bootblacks who shine shoes aid in the successful fight on the nom ln Boulder City have to come each ination ot B. B. Montgomery to be morning from Las Vega9. bringing U. S. Marshall for the northern dis their lunches with them, and return trict of Mississippi. President Hoover each night. withdrew Montgomery's name late So. tor the present at least, the Friday. July 8 after an avalanche ot Negroes working on the dam. must protests had reached him and mem ride the 22 miles from Las Vegas to bers of the senate from Negroes and Boulder City and t he 7 miles from Negro organisations. The association . . , Boulder City down to the dam site wrote President Hoover and each of I , , . to get work and repeat the weary pro the 96 senators. Affidavits were pre cess each evening. They carry their sented showing that Montgomery had lunches. A ll because there Is no room made a public statement that he did In a brand-new city, built and owned not believe there were any chaste Ne by the United States government, for gro women aud that be would not | citizens and ex-soldlers who are not serve In any meeting where Negro white. women were present. The telegram to The N. A. A. C. P. and the National the Association reads In part: “ Please Bar Association which Jointly carried accept our congratulations and appre on the fight to get Negroes Jobs on ciation for services rendered by you the dam. announce that agitation will (W alter W h ite) and your associa be continued until Negroes get a fair tion— T o have the President withdraw proportion of the joba and recel va tbe name of B. B. Montgomery. housing and food In Boulder City near "Eugene P. Booze, Mary C. Booxe” their work. W alter White, secretary R E T U R N S F R O M G E V S E R V I L L E of the N. A. A. C. P., and Jesse S. Heslip. president of the National Bar George Latim er returned from Oey- Association, both announce there will serviUe. California Tuesday night. Mr. be not let-up in the campaign for Jobe Latimer had been teaching In and at and fair treatment for Negro citiiena and ex-servlcement. tending fthe Bahai Summer school.