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FIVE M E N SH O T BY POSSE THE ADVOCATE, An V O L U M I 28— NUMBER 00 In d e p e n d e n t Paper D evo ted to th e I n t o r « ato m f Ito« P «o p l« PORTLAND. O.'EQON SA TURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1002 IN T W O SECTIONS PRICE F IV E CENTS STRANGE GROUP HEARS ARGUMENT OF CASE DIVIDED VOTE HELD RACE’S BEST HOPE™ REVOLT GREAT EST PREDICT’D CAN HOOVER AND ROOSEVELLT <Digesting . . . EVADE NEGRO . . Tße Ifletfs N f » Torli, Oct SO— Under Ih » li ti», "Can They Erode T b » Issue", the BV C LIFFO R D C M IT C H E LL Ortobar IS W O R M ) TOM ORROW ed itorially commends the questionnaire •ubinltlad lo Ilio presidential candì- delta of the two leadiug political par- The Advocate wlahea Ita renderà to Itaa by lb » National Aaaortatlon (or the Advancement of Colored I'oople. know that the opinion expressed by tbe writer of this column Is not nec W A L T E R W H IT E AOORESSEB "T h e question* are o l Kraal Interest essarily The Advocate's opinion. — Ed to all Ihoa« who hare boon working IND IANA ST AT E N. A. A. C. P. for bettered raro relations." nuya ibe SUBM ITTING THE PROOF ANO AS SAILS SEN. W A TS O N ,«m ortal and | iw i on lo call theni "pointed, but cruelly guided shall» In my release that appeared last Amlerauu. Ind . Oct 17 - " T h o great ______________ alinml directly ____ at ____ Ibe __ Krnaa ______ bypoerlay _______ . week concerning the advisability of eal political revolt among N eg ro »» of .p„My pr„|„n„|„n, about rare ! Paging a campaign to place a Negro M ^ been M B É known BanÉ M paper In every home In America. I that baa ever In n a a nation relations. T o answer them affirm » al election" waa predicted lor Novem lively would mean, as the N A A. C7. j ttmt I hail personally secured by send- ber by W aller While, Hocrelary of P doubtless knows, the complete re-! Ing. with my compliments, Negro pub- Ibe National Association for the Ad Versal of Republican and Democratic Ibatlons to Influential members of vancement of Colored People who ad- |the white rare who. otherwise, were practices for years not tn the habit of following our press dreaaed the Association's Indiana "N o Democratic or Republican can each week Hlale Conference here • • • d idal» for President could satisfy tho Making It clear Ikat tbe "Intelligent Negro on these queries without at Since I wrote and mailed the re Negro voter has but little hope In Ibe once breaking up hla party and re lease referred lo I have received a letter from one of Ibe many pereone llra o c ratte parly." Mr W h it, a.a.lled „ for ,hc abaln ,, „ the Hoover Administration's Indiffer As a journal which, year In and year whom I had In mlod, one paragraph ul which I shall quote ence and boatUtty lo Negroes In A-1 out. has urged social and rlvtc equal "A man who haa been confined eterica aa evidenced by nomination ity between Ibe races, and which has In prison for the number of years of Parker to the U 8. Supreme Court; eagerly hoped (or a stouter militan you have and who takes advan I ha Battlefields, lha catering to lily- cy among Negroes themselves In Just tage of the situation In the spirit white elements In the South; the peo such ways aa lhat employed by the you have accepted your confine ment. and In that Urns keeps nage slavery conditions prevailing s e N. A A C. I*. Ihla (all. we congratu clean and devotaa the lim e to re der lu iw n n o s t contract» on the M.a late the organisation on this forth* gaining one'a own self respect and alaalppl Flood Control project and the r|)lh, , trok. „ wU1 brlll* r U r „ , out the respect of others, deserves apparent determination »1 the War o| confualoB on ,ha p*rt of all save recognition from those outside and only a kluder feeling. Department to "whitewash " the char |,hoaa pr„f,,aa|0ual r is e n In Ih » old- WOODWARD FOR MAYOR MURDERERS TRY 10 ''Present conditions necessitate JORDAN ACCUSED OF S T E W A R D ’S substantial reduction in tbe cost of F A T A L DEATH 1 city government" said William P. Woodward, candidate for Mayor. In a Klamath Falla, October 18 -Theo- recent talk before a group of taxpay FIVE NEGROES SHOT TO D EATH dore Jordan, colored, who haa been In jail here since nn attack on F. T. Sul- Senatobia. Mis».. Oct. 17- T h e bo-]liTan. Southern Pacific dining car a t » dies of five Negroes, shot to death by „ard . w ill be charged with murder as W ASHINGTON.D. C. October 20,— a posse, were found today on a high- a reauIt o f Sullivan s death the dia- (C. N. A. ) W hile squads of po- J way six miles aouth of here. jtrtct attorney announced Monday lice patrolled the chambers of the Su The posse, searching for Jease W ll- Autborltle» here claim Jordan oonfea- premo Court and the corridors of the Uama, 45. colored, who shot and kill- ^ atU ck on SuU,TaIl ^ maa Capitol Building on October 10. attor-1 ed Deputy Sheriff Jeff W alker Wll- haa indu.ted on a cbarge o( ^ neya for the International Labor De- J llama, went to the home of Judge U ll,t wlth lntont to rob while armed feuse presented lo the Supreme Court Crawford, colored, where they had with a danKerona veapOQ. -m » Judges the appeal for seven of the j Information Williams was hiding Jury wi„ aow ^ Mked brln|f a nine framed Scottsboro boys According to the report made by mnrder indictment, the prosecutor the posse to the sheriff’s office here. aa|d The show of the police force was to I the Negroes at the Crawford home prevent any demonstration of sympa-1 resisted search and were shot by BOTH N. Y. M A Y O R A L T Y CANDIDA thy on the part of the Negro ami members of the posse. white workers who crowded tbe court- j TES ASKED FOR NEGRO VIEWS AWAIT FATE room, the corridors and the Capitol j grounds. N E W YO RK, Oct 15— Carrylng ont L IL L A R D S T E A L S TH E SHOW The seven boys whose cases were 1 ita polie y o f querytng bot h national CHICAGO, October 17—The Chlca- ___ heard were Oslo Powell. Olen Mont I and ______ local candidates for office on go Cardinal» and George Halas' Bears. . . ____ gomery. W i l l i e Roberson. Andy 1 local representatives of the National th' lr * t,ltnde ,ow* rd r“ e relations Wright. Haywood Patterson. Charlie Professional Football league, fought »nd the rights of Negroes, the Nation- W. F. WOODWARD Weems and Clarence Norris. hard through four periods to a al Association for the Advancement of The argument for a new trial was ers in East Portland. scoreless tie mat Sunday, but Joe colored People haa addressed a letter gub ^ the candldatea made by W alter H Poliak, New York "M any thousands of onr taxpayers LiUard Card halfback. g »v e fandom QD ^ plenty to rave over. This former Ore- . . „ _____ attorney who had been hired by the are either out of employment or have gon star was the whole show and *or ***T °r °* ^ ew York City, International Labor Defense With had Income or salary severely reduc- with hla remarkable kicking and re- The letters to the Democratic caadi- I'ollak were George W Cham lee. of ed. They find It difficult, yes impossi- turn punts, saved a show that waa o- date. Surrogate John P. O'Brien, and Chattanooga; Joe Brodaky. Irving ble. to pay their taxes and demand therwlse dull and devoid o f bigtime the Republican. Lewis H. Pounds, cite Schwab. Allen Taub Ely Schwarts- relief. Waste and extravagance In the class. Lllliard. who replaces Duke Slater the present distress and unemploy hart, all ol New Y ork; Bernard Ades administration o f city affairs must aa the only Race member of the team ment ot colored citisens. The advance of Baltimore (one o f the defense at Public servants mast take sub or In the league, was given very lit- of (he Negro under recent efty admin tie attention In the prebllllng. his istration Is cited. Including the np torneys In (he trial of Euel L e e ): and stantial reductions In salary. It la Is (he left he out waa of the early when star- polntment of a Negro doctor as Police Samuel Levine of Washington. It the nrnnert property v owner owner who who pays name ^ ^ being but In vivid words. Poliak traced the the cost of city government City of- ^ sounded and twna well he Surgeon, the admission of colored doe- ges made; and the apparent unwill-^ anchine», whose confusion will. Many years ago the man whom I frame-up o f the nine boys. Born into flclals' first consideration should be was otherwise the fans might have to n and nuraea to Harlem Hospital, Ingnesa" of (he government to pro- WB , rua, b(. further demonstrated " have quoted was the business mana poverty-stricken Negro fam ilies; out for there taxpayers. Cost of govern-!gone home utterly bored from the tbe employment of Negroes on the vent color discrimination on federal The questiona were designed to I ger of a departmanl that employed . .. thousands of men. of whom I waa one. of Jobs; catching a freight train out ment haa amonnted ao high that, un- “ ndn0,5°|lime<d p a s s e " "* * **** Um" U new city subway system, and Improvc- relief projects draw out a complete statement of tha j Unfortunately. I did not make the beet of Chattanooga to try to find work In der existing economic conditions, tax- Rule done in the way of “ *»1 « in Harlem including a bath "T h e Negro aa a minority group," candidate's attitude on all phases of of my opportunities and I rapidly slid Memphis. es now levied are often conflacatory. offensive football because of the *Up- house new -public schooL additions to said Mr White, "feels that hla only race relations. Including the affairs I down hill Eventually. I was at the Then, on the train a fight takes “ In my opinion no tax paid salary pery footing that aeemed to bother Harlem Hospital and the Armory. I bottom of tbe social scale—In prison, hope under the present form of gov nf Haiti and Ubarla. place betwen some other Negro boys in the city should exceed 25000 a year. ® w y b o d y but UUard. The big Ore Both candidates are aoked whether land the man. Frank D. E lligerald . be- ernment le In the prevention of a mon gon flash carried the ball seven times p n s r p n N F D came secretary of the state. In Mlchl- and some white boys The Negro boya, under present ccnditions. Unless city * ad only*once « a * h e held°to'no"gain” th®7 wiu continue medical recognition opoly upon elections by any one par DUBOIS LIBE L SUIT POSTPONED ^ |hg o f f ,c. „ „ now holda , nd fof disregarding southern boss-class tra officials will aubacrlbe to an economi- while on one occasion he lost one of Negroe# on the basia of merit with ty— Republican. Democratic or any -------- ! which he la seeking reelectton (N ov- ditions. licked the white boys. The cal program o f government, tax de- yard. out regard to color; wether they will other. Where the margin la close the | New York. N. Y. October ( t ’ NHI — ember 8th) on Ihe republican tick et white boys, burning for revenge, jum Unquenclea wUl rapidly Increase. The On September 27. Henry Ltterhart. | • • • LiU^n, J_ value really ex- ^ t0 obtan farther opportunity for Negro aa a minority group ran use attorney for Dr. W. K B. Itullola. was I felt too ashamed to contact those ped o ff the train and wired ahead to reeult wUl be that like any other buai- Eiradng pumU** On ever™* rat urn he lob" * nd ®P®cl«Used training for Ne- hla ballot moat effectively and Ihla granted an additional 20 days In who personally knew my many weak the next town. Meanwhile, the Negro neaa overburdened with unnecessary Waa able to squirm through for more groea on the new subway; whether the Negro la rapidly learning ¡which lo file answer lo the 250.000 nesses but when I attempted my boya who had been tn the fight had expense, bankruptcy. Now la the time than twenty yards and pass from two city contracts w ill be guarded against Mr W hile »everaly »cored Senator libel suit brought by Dr, Emmett J. come-back" _________ _______ ______ through the _____ Negro _____ prei Jumped off. to avert this catastrophe by adopting ,0 three would-be tacklera. m e n when rare discrimination by contractors Janies E Wataon of Indiana for hla Scott, through hla attorney». Powers. 11 did want my former acquaintance» The train arrives at the little town a definite plan of retrenchment." d* “ * " » h o ^ d r o p p e d '^ V ^ n d se“ “ d whMher ‘ e»< *ln g other civil vole In «he Senate In favor of conflr- ******* *? ,ollow * nd r®“ 1' 1® ,h“ ‘ 1 » “ of the tria ls 'sincere and conscientious tn my ef- of Paint Rock; n sh eriffs posse takes Woodward for Mayor campaign p^rf^ct pUnta down the field for from service positions will contlnne to be Ing the Parker nomination | This suit for libel and slander fol-^ forts. Therefore. I had Negro publica- out all the Negroes — the Scottsboro headquarters have been opened in the 45 to <0 yards. open to Negroes on a basis of merit "FHir Ihe past two year»." aald Mr. Iowa Ihe publication In Ihe April edl- ( |ona „h lch I contributed, sent to what la this that they find? Woodlark building Chaa. W. McLean For week» the papers had played up only White, "apologists for Senator Wat- Hon of the Crisis Magaslne of an ed- ¡these Influential persons at nine. But my own Tw o white son h a v e busllv been tellIm: Negroes Hortal signed by Dultols, In which by ¡„lpense. with the result that the very glrla dresed in men's clo ha. been appointed chairman of the a ^ £ 7 ^ 1 ‘ w h en ^ com p *^ The fln“ dne®**on i In the letter ask son h .v .. busily bean tailing N eg ro «» and ,nnn. ndo, „ alleged wbo hpM moa, reaaon t’Q persona wbo held the moat reason to thing. They are prostltutea. Here are committee and D. T. W right, secre- w(tb tbe Oregon flash. Orange made whether the merit system Irrespective lhat he did not want to vole for I ar- ubeloua and atanderoua statements deapiae me are among my greatest nil the elements for a fine frame-up! tary. two attempts to get through, but on ot race will be extended to the selec- ker and did so only by reaaon of Ihe | were made regarding the complainant. boosters and the goodwill value of this Quickly the officials raise the old, ---------------------- both occasions was stopped by Lill- tion of professors and instructors In pressure upon him aa majority leader who la secretary-treasurer of Howard contact la priceless. SOME FAN I “ ■<* who went through the line tike c, Co„ New Tork lying charge of rape. In tho Senate »sorted by Ihe White _ . . . . . . . . ,, an eel. The show-up of Grange was . . ... ... , . . . i Early In July, Dr. Dultola. through The boys are taken to the little The circumstances In this particu George Jenkins certainly is foot ball ao compiete u,at tbe former man of whether the candidate w ill nse the Houae. Senator Wataon chose In fol- bb( at(0m ey, sought and was granted lar case of Mr K'ltxgerald are cited town o f Scottsboro. They are denied craxy. He came all the way from Se- Zupke left the game early. Critics and police Department to enforce the pio- low the President rather than stand a continuation of the case until Sep- purely aa a clincher to my argument the right to communicate with their attle to witness the last Saturday’« Andy l»U h a w . Bear trainer, aay the visions of New York's C ivil Rights up for hla Negro constituents. The lemlier 27. at which time he would of last week, coming as It does with heat case hla frland. can make „ „ t » » • hla «new er to the ault. The !<Lday in Just a lew daya after the release parents, or to find counsel. They are game between U. of O and U. C. L. A. «orrel top suffered a reoccurrence of AcL that dislocated shoulder that has bo- extension la the second which he has was written, and convincingly prov- tortured and beaten. The trial takes Whtle the trip cost him 2-2 he ®»T®. thered him since the days of • Cash- for him la that he waa weak In submit beoti allowed. Ing the personal benefits that I have ¡place on fair day. when 10.000 white he admits he got hla money's worth. and-Corry” Pyle. VE TERAN W H I T E HOUSE AID ting to political pressure. He must gained merely by having our -papers mountaineers are In town. Lynch IS H E AR T VICTIM now take the political conaequencea. N O M IN A TIO N S ASKED FOR 8TH read by responsible members o( the threata fly. In nn atmosphere of lynch of Negroes from the Jury, were plsln also present In the courtroom. Mr. MME W A L K E R GOLD MEDAL other race. "T h e Negro In Indiana, as elsewhere Washington, D. C. . Oct. terror, with crowds milling about the violations of the Fourteenth Amend Patterson arrived here from Clave- . . 17— . Charle* s e e throughout the United ISalea. la now This should leave no doubt then of streets and Jamming the courtroom, ment to the Constitution. New York. October 20— Nomina ■**>• * » " ' ■» i“ - > - < i (or Ihe first time In a position where Ihe unlimited gain that ran he arh« with a band playlng( the boys, one Thomas E. Knight. Jr., attorney national head of the International La- aa the rasBH jM a heart attack which all parties are angling for his support. tions are being asked for tho award leved by the entire race If the right after the other, are convicted of rape general of the slate of Alabama, tak bor Defense. overtook h ^ J V h lle at work last week. He realises that In the dark days ot of the 8th Mme. C. J.Walker Gold sort of campaign la »a g e d tl place a Senator Thomas Heflin, of Alaba- When stricken, he waa rushed to —on the lying teetimony of two white es the floor. The Negroes, he said, Medal, given annually for most dis Negro paper In every home In Am eri the present and the dark and danger ... the Naval hospital, where he died ca. And If I were free lo accept It. prostitutes. In the case of little Roy had a "fair trial." (This same Mr. ma. the notorious Negro-hater, sat in ghort,y afterward Mr Brown waa a tinguished service to colored people ous day» of tho future, there are Is I would want no better Job. on a com W’ rtght. one of the Jurors holds out Knight said before the Alabama Su the court throughout the hearing, lls- native Df Washington and a product sues at atake which transcend Ihe through the National Association for mission basis, than the one of con for life Imprisonment, and a mistrial preme Court that there is no race tenlng Intently. of the Washington schools. His father the Advancement of Colored People. petty Intoreala of profealonal politi tacting and Interesting white readers No decision will be handed down was the late Robert Ellon Brown, Is declared. The lynch verdicts are prejudice In Alabam a!) The medal was awarded last year In our own race publications The op cians of his own or of the while race. greeted with cheers, shouts and the Mrs. Mary Mooney, mother of Tom for at least a month, the Supreme JT.h\ : eten\“ 1 ^employee was ;appoint- ed to his position at the W hite House This 1» no time for Ihe Negro to 'for to C. E. Dickinson. President of the portunity Is there for others, however, and should he wisely acted upon, -------------------------------------- —------------ in 1917 under the Wilson administra Ohio conference of N, A. A. C. P. give and forget' such betrayals as lhat a a a tion. Following Wilson, he served suc- brunches for his statewide leadership. of Senator Watson. Again. I repeat: "A Negro Taper In cessfullyunder Harding. Coolldge and Tho medal, given by the Mine Wal- Every Home In Am erica." "T h e Negro In American today 1» Hoover.The president and Mrs. Hoo literally fighting for hla life, lie Is ¡her Company Is awarded by a board ver 9ent a message ot condolence to FREE PRISONER W H O LOST the bereaved family. fighting for tho chance lo work. to i°F Judges, consisting of Iwo represent Mr. Brown Is surrlvd by his widow, SIGHT IN PRISON B LAST bo a full fledged cltlsen with all th e'ta tlv o » of the company and three ex Mra. Ida M. Brown; an aunt, Mrs. An ecutlvea of Ihe N. A. A. C. P. rights the Constitution guarantees. na Belly, and a large number o f othefl Raleigh. N. C . October 17— (C N S ) — Nominations may be aent In by any Ho Is ready to play the game of poli j relatives. i Funeral services were held Sunday tics aa while men have (aught him one ond should bo addressed to the (laving lost hla sight in prison. Jake at the Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, of through long years of hitler educa N. A. A. C. P at «»F ifth Avenue. New Watson, who was serving »sentence which Mr. Brown was a member and tion lo play It. He can no longer he York. Nominees must he members of forseroml degree murder In the state 'deacon. Rev. W. D. Jarvis, pastor of prison was freed on parole Inst week counted upon aa the chattel of any Ihe Association. the church, delivered the eulogy. The by Governor Max Gardner. deacon board members acted as pall political party and It la my prediction stood to lose much more title year bearers. and several representatives Watson waa convicted In 192«, and based on Information which comes to Hut Iasi Friday, before Superior from the White House were In attend the Natlonnl Association for (he Ad Judge Phillip Finnegan. Mrs. Abbott sentenced to servo from 15 to 20 ant years. "In view of this affliction and and her attorney. Robert Cantwell, vancement of Colored People from all Sind Mr. Ahbott's attorney, former U. In view of the very excellent prison ENGLISH N EW SP AP E R S ESPOUSE parts o f the United Slates, that the S Senator Charles S Donoon. appear NEGROES’ CAUSE era of the Negro's now imlltlcal Inde ed nn the court. The object was lo record this NegTo has made.” (he gov pendence will he plainly established mako an effort to Increase tho "pin- ernor said. Watson was released in New York. Oct. 20— Newspapers in money" which tho publisher has been the custody of hla mother. The man In the coming national election. England print extensive reports of giving his w ife since she had the lost his sight during a blasting oper the expose by the N. A. A. C. P. of T H E 8COTTSBORO BOYS locks changed on him. ation at a rook quary. AB BO T T ’ S L A W Y E R ADMITS HIS the peonage and slavery cnndltlooa Her attorney» asked for 22.000 per C L IE N T HAS GREAT W E A L T H month Instead of Ihe measley little Mooney, framed labor leader who haa Court announced. That Is. the deci prevailing on the Mississippi Flood playing of bands. W A SH ING TO N 8CORES AGAIN ' sunt of 225 per week which she had The Alabama Supreme Court up served 15 years ot a life sentence In sion will be held up until after the e- Control ProJecL Clippings have been Chicago, October 17 In the nnawor baen receiving. Tho Court and attor- holds the lynch verdicts against sev San Quentin prison, waa present thro lections. received here from the Liverpool EV lo Ihe Bull for separate maintenance npy„ appeared to he atunneil when George Dewey Washington formerly The International Labor Defense ENING E XPRESS and the Blrmlng which Mra. Robert S. Abbott filed In Nathan McGill, aaalstant attorney of Portland will soon appear In the en of the boys. Eugene William*, who out t)ie hearing. " I want to see that May agalnat her husband, the presl- general of the United Slates, admitted alar role of Ihe new mualral revue. Is proved to he a minor, is remanded other mothers' sons get Justice", said plans great mass meetings for the ham EVENINQ DISPATCH. dent of the Robert S. Abbott Publish' tbaf g(r Abboft hnd In excess of "Forward March". Brown and Hen for a new trial. Mrs. Mooney. coming month, and w ill demand an Ing Coni puny, Mr. Abbott generally *335,000 In cash In two Chicago Imnks derson. who wrote "T h a t'» W hy Dar Poliak shows clearly how the de W illiam L Patterson, Negro work- Immediate decision from the Supreme James Msdley, o f Salem. Oregon Is denied lhat he owned the Defender several expensive cars, a kles W ere Born", have written ano and Ahbott's monthly, newspaper and ri«v«vt of Fords and some bonds, atocka ther song hit, “ Home to Harlem", nial of proper counsel, the lynch-law lngclasa- leader, and Communist nom Court, the national secretary, William confined at the Veteran's hospital (or atmosphere of the trial, the absence inee for mayor of New York City, was L. Patterson, has announced. magaxlne, and set up tho claim that nn)| roa| estate, a month’s treatment. which George will slug. hla newspaper lost 210,000 In 1931, and I S S R JS S