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The ADVOCATE PACE TWO SATURDAY, jATTENDS CON- SEPTEMBER 10. 1921 ÎStpI Jtf Hi THE ADVOCATE Captain T Edward Jones, colored BY NANCY LEE physician and world war veteran of Washington. D. t\. who attended the Tvlepltom: GArScld 7S2J naltonal Convention just closed lu It seems to be a human character Portland istic to be dissatisfied with one's Captain Jones w a s work. Always wantiug to do someth BEATR1CL ü . CANNADY............................................................ t * * * « d Pmbittktr WHERE TO BUY THE ADVOCATE d iv e as hatllllon sue ing out of reach of one's ambition YANCY FRANKLIN............................................... Auutmta Mcmaftr v U Campoutot ______ teon in the 3<Mh In- • I don't like to do this ", or "I with I WILLIAM PICKENS .....................................................................Comtnimtt»» k'Mtor Ian try, 92ml dlvlslou could do that” la the eternal cry Rutherford's Barber Shop. S40 Wit W. J. WHEATON.................................................................... Contributing Editor uul « i s awarded the Some people go thru life without ROSALIE B I R D _____________________________ Society Editor and Reporter liams avenue, in Foster's Pool HalL tamed Croix de guerre ever finding (hemselves ami are loa the Elks bnildiac. *1« WJhawa D«NOR\ AL UNTHANK. M. a ------------------------------------------------ Health Editor ■>r rescuing and al ed hither and thither like a cork no NANCY LEK .................. ..................................................................... -Lor» Editor avenue. luding wounded com the sea Others have the desire with- Med lev Hotel Restaurant, Interstate CLIPTORD C MITCHELL. RALPH CLYDE KELLY MILLER. Columnist» rades while under hoa jout the least resistance and are per Avenue (in Medley Hotel). machine gun fire In fectly willing to plod along in any po Subscription Rate* (Payable in Advance): One Year, $2.50, Six Month*. Friendship Pool HalL Sixth, near the Argonne. b e i n g sition that doaen’t require any degree $1.50; Three Months, $1.00 Glison (W est Side). twice gassed. of stamina Then there are few who Entered as Second-Gaaa Matter in the Post Office at Portland, Oregon, Holliday and Holliday, 126 North Dr. Jones has been aaatiatanl surge- are fired with ambition to accomplish Under the Act of 1912 Sixth street. in Washington fur the past decade. something worthwhile and work un Dr. Jones was greatly Impressed ceaslngly toward that goal They nee with the beauty and hospitality of *r leave a stone unturned lo prepare followed at future Legion Conven SEGREGATING LEGIONNAIRES STEIWER GIVES TALK Portland and tti cltlseus tions and we are of the opinion that themselves for life work which Inevl should the attention of the powers laldy leads to success. These people Senator Frederick Steiwer »poke on The Advocate appears a letter srrlt- that be. be called to the publication in have vision They can see the finished RASTUS EXPLAINS WIRELESS National Affairs” before the Lions ten hv a distinguished Legionnaire of ! '•>* official program, page 41 they product which Is (he reason for their . , , . will be the first to correct what we club in the grand ballroom of the Indianapolis, Indiana, deploring the hope tn lhetr 1(>al to put tho con„ n. "Moae. can you explain wireless tel success. It may not even he the thing Multnomah hotel Friday noon. The fact that separate headquarters were tion over, was a mistake of the head (hey would like lo do but they gel Cotton Blossoms singers from Piney egraphy to m e’ “ established and maintained for color- and not of the heart “ Yesauh. It's like dla: Kf you all an idea and as they crave activity, Woods, Ml»»., entertained with jubilee ed delegates and guests to the Legion The Advocate had to rush to press songs and Byron J. Beattie gave had a long, houn dawg. an’ he atretch- an outlet for their energy, and are Convention Just closed in Portland. in order to be on time this week and | a three-minute talk on the business!fH* ,rom Clndnaty to Cleveland, and imbued with ambition, (hey aeet It The Advocate la heartily sorry that much interesting material was o n you step on his tail in Clnclnnaty he through St all roata. Dul for these of Gus Pruhsmeier. anything should happen or arrange mltted in this issue for that reason, would howl in Cleveland Dai am tele geniuses the world would nol progress only. However, in our next issue ments made which proved unsatis graphy. Only In wlahlesa you does de very fast because «hay are the ones will have our complete report on the factory to all concerned and to the Convention. BEHTEL ALLEN ENDEAVOR NOTE same thing without de dawg.” who forge ahead no mallen what (he delegates In particular. obstacles and carry the rest of the Anyone who knows THE ADVO PALO ALTO. Cali. Sept l i —51« people on their backs They are not Last Sunday’s League meeting was YOUTH RESCUES CRIPPLE CATE and itc official family, knows Hamilton Ave., My dear. Advocate: bothered with the thought of retnu the first meeting of the new confer that If there is anything we stand Tours news about delegates to the ence year. neratlon. as the Joy of service la Prompt action on th . part of Roy for , tumbllnl, for. it is for equality of rights and World Congress against war with We had the pleasure of welcoming achl„ ln, iu cc„ , . „ m. , hlnlI opportunity for all American citlxens date and place. Amsterdam. August IT. back our pastor. Rev. D. J. HiU for Lea Spicer, colored, living at 440 Will ( b|ooh regardless of race, color or creed. ia the very first press announcement I another _________ ‘ m* * ’ *“ ••• U* ' nl« ht th« " " that would benefit mankind, 1. «he de- year ________ with us. We feel certain that there was no have been able to diacover since the Mr K Forney reported on hla visit ■ Meier. SS. cripple, who tipped ilrfl , 0 mabe money and make it too Intention either on the part of Port- middle of July. I even made a special to the Endeavor Leogue at Seattle °" *"r * *,'"*??** * mi> *'* ln fast because constructive efforts * 10 hU «•‘'« “ 'l floor room a t . work, „ , , wly form mc,a(tr(, beginning» land Post No. 1 or Mr Mercier and trip lo the noted library of Stanford Washington. his committee to segregate the color-. University—in vain. I took the pre Mi»* E. Ioicersol of Columbus. Oa.. I >Bc^ttWr *nd imkm m Ilf* time to mature. It ed delegates and guests to the con- caution of writing a month ago to Mr. Anderson of Detroit. Mich . and , Y° U“ * * * * ' «h- build- dealr#. . mb„,on. «rr lf.e e , p . ▼ention. There ia no complaint to th e , friends in New York City asking for Mrs. F. Borders of Seattle were vial °* * *n r *"*r ** " " r ' P *” ilence. and unceasing labor to reach effect that any meetings orconferen- j press clippings about the congress and tor, in the League meeting ^ be'plea. a, the top of the . „ __. . stairs and the room filled with smoke ces were closed to any of the dele-' the delegates—nothing came. 1 won- A Surprise party by the league on . _ „ . , . .. . -------------------------------------- . . 7 . . ___ . and flames He helped the cripple gates. The Committee's attitude, we dered if the congress had been a ban- was given in honor of Miss A. Pugh J , j g OX BROADWAY were informed was to make lueU doned. 1 am on the mailing Hat of the the clo<in, e, ent of the 1<>Mon ,h* « “ • irllb -MR ROBINSON CRUSOE" useful, to meet what we all I felt, American Committee of the World Mis. Lootse Randolph. Mia. D Bur » ■ « " coBlfol when police arrived. L I _ . . . I r U. , 1 . 1 . D L . a S a a .... ...I I I a s I s I 4 rw s *1 1 editorial (pg 2) Douglass Fairbanks, Jr. Note : - Please would be an acute and difficult prob-1 Congress, and a contributor— no news ¿jnt Mra Unthank were the hoa lem — the problem of housing 1500 for . month. M tu A|tn„ . ,eft . few colored delegates in a city, the col- As I am writing, the postman de ,lavg la„ . for her home in Chicago, ored population of which equals less livers a letter of information from the Leader for nevt Sunday will be Mr. than twice that number, especially American Committee with- names a* g Duke I-esson »abject: "What oth when available and acceptable hotels five delegates Two of the names are ! Pr God, have we today ”. All members and private home accomodatons were m your acconnt. but not Brodsky's nor are re<]aea<ed to be present and on not registered adequate to take care Gardner’s name. tlm i visitors are welcome " l i p t r l t n c c d O p * r * to r«" of the anticipated white delegation Well 1 hope the congress has bet j Reporter. Anna Morrison Call aa la th« morning and you will be »erred immediately and visitors up to a late date. tar publicity that ita advance agents wlfh th„ beauty and hospitality of Had it not been for the tact that have given K' I shall look to the Ad- Portland and lu citisena. CLEANING, PRESSING» OYEING. REPAIRING the attendance of the Legionnaires, rocate for new* from C.N.A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and Alterations both white and colored at the con Yours gratefnlly. I r* g w rT Saturday i l S ÎI F u i T * « l j - S i i t l i S t r i» ! N_ Portland. Or*. The ARROW CLEANERS vention. fell far below the expected Alice Park and reported number, we doubht whether the accomodations registered This W oman Lost would have been adequate to meet 64 Pounds o f Fat the requirements FOR RENT—6 room house $16- H. Prtee e f W eed eid e, L . L “ A yea r a g o I m i oheO 160 Me. Sometime ago colored citlxens oi adr. Call GArfield 3405. I eterted to tak e K ruechen en d new I Portland were requested to open w eigh 121 and never fe lt b etter In m y life end w tiat'e m ore, I look m ore like their homes to members of "Green $1250. Four room baogalow $200 cash 20 yra. eld th en the m oth er o f 2 ch il Pastures" cast They did. But when balance, term*. 1604 Haleey afreet dren, one of 16 end the other tg. My frien d e eay K 'e m erveleu e the w a y I Tabor 1954 the train bearing the cast arrived at red u ced .” T o loee f e t S A F E L Y end H A R M the station, is was met by a commit L E S S L Y , tak e a half teaep oon fu l e f FOR RENT —One furnished and one tee of Japanese and white down-town K ruechen in a glass o f hot w a ter in e m orning b efore b re a k fa st—d o n ’t unfurnished apartment. Reasonable. hotels proprietors who got the major th miee a m orning—a b ottle that lasts 4 Close tn Phone Mrs. Franklin at GA. ity of the members of the cast, and w eeks costa but a trifle— b u t d on 't take chan ce#—b e sure lt*e K ruechen. Ad. 7523 the colored people who had gone to if not Joyfully satisfied a fte r the first bottle— m on ey back. the expense to prepare to receive them were ”leftt". It was partly to prevent a repeti tion of this thing that the “colored committee’' functioned by having members of the race meet the trains and established a registration and Your trip will not be complete unless housing headquarters. you see our city and our gorgeous As it was. many colored people scenic highways. who spent money preparing their homes for the Legion delegates, did Give ns the pleanre of ahowing them not get to entertain any of them. to you. This was due, not to the apathy of the Committee, but because so few of the legionnaires came to the conven tion. Many of our colored people have PORTLAND HOTEL Sixth and Morrison Streets ben out of employment for months. PHONE BEACON 9551 Just as they have in other parts. The colored delegates mast have places to live while at the convention. The committee reasoned they could help the unemployment situation in Port laDd by seeing to it that at least they should get the colored delegates. *1* i i.... ^***~^^ The Advocate viewed the "colored committee" as jnst another group helping the Portland Post and the City of Portland to put over the Con vention. The writer of the letter referred to above, calls our attention to page 44 of the official program. We must ad mit that it Js unfortunate that the publicafion in the official program was had because, unless one knows the ‘Tes gestae" —or all the facts in the case, they are apt to arrive at article of Ita kind — a com- Without a doubt, th« best the same conclusion as the writer of and HAIR STRAIOH- binatlon HAIR GROWER the letter — and rightly so. And we a natural »oft and silky TENER. Gives the hair are frank to say that had we known hair growth in the most appearance, stimulating that such publication was to have hopelesa caae. been made, we certainly would have advised against it. For it puts the of ficial su m p on what. In our opinion Our High Brown Hair Grower and our belief, was a sincere effort on stands as one of onr highest the part of Mr. Mercier and his asso achievements — It is a prepar ciate buddies to render unselfish ser vice. If, however, we find that Port ation we look upon with pride land Post through arrangement with the colored committee, was instituting Makes the hair soft and lux- official segregation into the organisa tion. we will be the first to holler, urioua,— stimulating a healthy Mr. Moore, and so loud that you will growth. hear us over In Indianapolis. And if we find that the service rendered In the cause was not wholly an unsel — Dlatrlbntor— fish service, (as that of our own), we MRS BEATRICE FRANKLIN will let ourselves be heard from on that score, too. 520 E. TWENTY • SDCTH N. The Advocate backed Mr. Mercier and his efforts because we believe Portland, Oregon him to be honest, worthy and unsel fish In his motive and that his only Interest was to be of service. There Is nothing in the writer's MADE ONLY G Y THE letter, we are glad to say, that Indi cates any segregation at official ga therings. sight-seeing trips, meetings, C h i c a g o etc. And we hope the official part or the precedent established will not he 741 C L A S’IF IE D U n io n A venue N o r t h ----------------P h o n e : M u rd och 3016 The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Gaseo Briquets Price Advances Next Month SUMMER PRICE FEET! NOW VITALITY ’. A'tiCfl .' 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