THE-
T h e Advocate
T h « Bridge Between
T h « Nage* and W hit«
R ae«« In Oregon
ADVOCATE
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OUR GOAL
T h e A d vo c a te
In Every W h it« Hama
In Oregon in 1113
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PORTLAND. OREGON. IA T U R O A V J A N U A R V 21. I t ) ]
PRICE R IV I C E N T *
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ADVOCATE IN EVR'Y HOME
CHARGE GOVERNMENT AWARE OF SU VER Y
D—
“ STARRING
* m FINDS
N EW TORE. Jan 30 Additmlnal
data on th« conditions of virtual «la v «
ry exlellng In lh « ron trarlor'i ramp«
on iheMIsalsalppI flood control project
ercre brought back to Naw York by
Roy Wllklna. aailatant eecratery of
the N A A C. P . and U «o rg « S
ScbuyUr. writer and traveler, whom
tba N A. A. C P employed to asalat
In a first hand invsatlEatlun. after
a three week« «lay In tha della reilon.
during which Mr Bchuyler waa arrest-
ed and Jailed In Vicksburg. Mlaa. and
the two men were stopped later In
Northern Mississippi and warned tu
gel oul of the state
Working separately part of the lime.
Ihe two men. dreeaed ae laborer«, aue-
eroded in vialtlng about twenty camps
In Mississippi Uiulalana and Arkan
ess and a number of Ihe government
boat« working up and down Ibe river
Much of ihe apeclftc
Information
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TRAGEDY BRINGS NATION! GRIEF
Digesting . . .
WINS VERDICT AND $5.
000 FROM STAGE CO.
World News
Events
JACK JOHNSON BANNEO
PARIS. Jan 10 The French B oi
Ins frderallon haa banned n boilng
eihlbltlon achaduled for Prlday night
between old Jack Johnson, former
world heavyweight champion, and
Maurice GrUallr. French champion
Johnson forbidden lo I m > i because he
had nnrr served a prison term In Ibe LE G ISLATU R E LISTE NS TO PLEAS
United states.
OF UNEM PLOYED W ORKERS
TO STATE CAPITAL
CM E8NUTT ESTATE OF
*42.340 GOES TO WIDOW
Impoverished Farmers Promised Aid
Want No Discrimination on Account
Or Race, Color, Cread Or Sea; W al
ker Summarnea Demands For Group
. . Tße (Veu^s
BT CLIFFORD C. M ITC H E LL
READING OF MANIAC KILLS
NO M ANUSCRIPTS W A N TE D
Kansas City. January lb— Dtsrrlml-
nation as practiced on many bus linen
operated throughout the country In
forcing Negro pasenger* * ride on the
rear seats was dealt A severe blow
on Tuesday whan a Jury In Judge A l
bert I Reeves’ court returned a ver
In The Advocate’s campaign to put
dict In favor of Ernest O Boone, prin
T H E AD VO CATE In every white
cipal of Dunbar school and awarded
home In Oregon in 1933. started last
him $500 actual damages In his suit week, we publish the following sub
against the Pickwick Greyhound lines scrlbers:
Mr. Boone purchased a ticket In
George Frlede. attorney
Columbia. Sept. 3. 1931 at the Pick
Irvin Goodman, attorney
Victims Prominent In Kansas Edu-
wick bus station for Kansas City. He
Charles H. Sparkman attorney
hoarded the vehicle and took a seat
cational And Social Circles
Benninghoof A Oaddle. mortician*
In from near the driver. Shortly a f
Helen Bishop, student
ter Mr Boone had taken
seat, the
Arthur J M arkewlti. business man
driver ordered him up and said (hat
I Kansas City. Mo.. Jsn— Somewhere
H ofer A Sons, publishers
he would have to get In the bark.
Special thanks is due to Miss Baum today. Providence is pointing an ac-
After several minutes of argument,
of the Lipman A W olfe Company for cusing finger of guilt at an unknown
according to the petition filed a few
her timely assistance.
imotorist who in his haste to get a
weeks after the Incident, the driver
Next week we will publish names of cross on C. 8 highway 73-W Monday.
of the bus drove his machine to the
some of the sponsors of the ctrcula- crowded anotehr car off the road and
police station several blocks
away
jllon campaign and additional subscrl Into a creek bed 15 feet below where
and had him arrested.
I bars
three persons were hurled to their
Boon« p ro le«--2 the. action at the
| W e are asking that every colored death and another lies in a hospital
police station and said that the driv
subscriber to The Advocate send In critically injured.
er had accepted his ticket and he was
the name, address and money for a
on Monday morning. President J. P.
under the protection of the bus com
year's subscription from some white King of Western university; Miss M.
pany and had the right In sit any
friend or acquaintance.
Willetta Hyde, his secretary; Miss
where he desired, according to the
(Please turn to page two column one) Louise Bruce, instructor of English at
law.
tbe school,
and J. Robert Ransom,
The policemen are said to have an
One of the penalties of haring ach
ieved some national recognition as n
writer or contributor, even under the
severest of handicaps. Is the ensuing
amount of time taken up In reading
the pleas from other aspiring writers
from every section of the country.
FORCES CAR OFF ROAD
OVER 15 FOOT EMBANKMENT
No writer objects to receiving cor
respondence. In fact, the volume of
such, attests to his writing popularity
and gives evidence that some readers
are following his words very closely.
1° Ibis respect I do not differ from
other writers with the exception that
my limited facilities do not permit me
to give the proper attention to such
letters.
C LEVE LAND . O . Jan 10 An ea
lata valued al 111.319 was left by
Continued on page three
Charles W rhe«n tiil, noted novelist (Special lo The Advocate liy V. Olaou)
Portland. Oregon January 1«— The
who died several weeks ago. II waa
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disclosed when (he widow. Mrs Busan ¡Oregon State Hunger March to Salem.
Replying to all such communications
8 Cheanutt tiled an application to Oregon, January 1th and 9th waa the
WOMAN WHO RE CE N TLY RE
Is almost Impossible, under my pre
TU R NE O FROM RUSSIA TO
probate Ihe will of her Isle kuahaiul moat united and broadest movement of
sent circumstances, and were It n it
AIO SCOTTSBORO BOYS
The will dated August IS, 1914, left workers and farmers to secure Imme
for the kindness of the Chicago Bee
all tho property to Mrs Cheanutt. diate and adequate relief The eighty
{„ allowing me space to conduct a
whom It namwd executor. It also pro marchera who left Portland on foot.
weekly personal column ’’This and
Mlaa Loutae Thompson who recent vides than no bond be required and January (th. were enthusiastically re
That". 1 would not be able to even
ly returned from a tour month a stay no Inventory * • taken of (be estate. ceived at Oragon City, Wood burn and
acknowledge these communications,
lu Soviel Ituaela Mlea Thompeon waa
other small (owns along the route The
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a member of Ibe Negro film group In
marchers reached Salem. Sunday 1th
H ere of late the correspondents
USE DEAD MAN S EYE
vited (o Itueala by Meachrahpom Klim
and were greeted by hundreds of the
must have assumed that I am a pro-
lo particípale in the Negro film "Black
fessional literary agent, or that I have
E LIZ A B E TH TO W N . N C . Jan 10— workers and farmers who murehed
Fraternal
same mysterious connection with pub-
Richard Tlmnn (iraham and Lew is with them to l Tnlnn and
lishlng houses and any manuscrip
Blanks went In trial in Superior rourt halls, their headquarters.
Negro From Portland Oldeat
•ast week for Ihe murder of Richard
swered him In Ihe following terms: LOCAL MAN PASSES A T 4« YEARS r«F*®trar were on their way to Tope that I might send publishers will re-
A mass conference waa held at Fra
ka to attend the inauguration of Gov. ceive immediate attention.
And be
Lacewelt. A M Sniealon. retired po
"Since you know so much law. do
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lice officer, claimed that the Image of ternal Hall (hat evening and due to you know thnt we are going (o beat I Mr. Samuel Jasper Williams. 48. A If Landon. Miss Bruce was driving Ueving this apparently, the correspon-
I-are» "U s slayer had been set In the | the large number of workers who wish \ou up if you don't get on the back died Tuesday. January 17 at the fam her car, a Buick sedan. Miss Hyde was dents forthwith send me their precious
eye of ihe dead man and lhal Graham | •‘I *° a ,’ ,‘ n,l thin conference and on seal T*
illy re-|dence. 450 Sumner street, fol- on ,h* front 8eat wUh Mis8 Bruc* and llt<M'arT « * “ *• h°P ‘n* ‘ ha‘ 1
8" " '
and Banks were both Identified from ""count
'he small capacity of the
Files For *5.000
lowing a brief illnesa. Mr. Williams the two men occupied the rear seat, cessfully dispose of their manuscripts.
meting place, s separate mass meet
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his image
Immediately he filed suit against was a waiter for tha Union Pacific When about four m ile« west of Law-
ing was held In Marlon Square where
W hile I am In entire sympathy w ith
th Pickwick Greyhound
lines for System. He and his widow lived tn hence travelling at a good rate o f
hundreds of workers gathered
At
speed another car suddenly appeared the efforts of all aspiring writers, the
PAIRS CASE DISPOSED OF
$2500 punitive damages and $2500 Portland for the past 14 years,
______
| this conference there was approxia-
from behind and rushed alongside the limit of my assistance to them, under
actual damages He engaged as coun j The deceased was born In Burling-
Mrs Ellen Borden. 45. colored, who "lately WO delegate«, representing at sel C. H Calloway and W alter C. Cat- ame. Kansas, where the remains were Buick. A short distance ahead was a my present handicaps, is purely
sharp turn and then a bridge. The o through the interest that I can arouse
said she had been hurt In a fight
thirty five different organise-
vin of the law firm of Calvin, Vande- shipped for burial on Friday, accompa-
ther car kept coming closer, finally In their behalf through this nationally
with her husband. Bill Borden, white. U °n8 throughout Ihe atate. The oldeat venter A Klmbell.
|nied by Mrs. W illiams and her mother.
crowding Miss Bruce's car o ff the read column.
In their home at 34514 1st St., Salur delegate lo Ihe conference was Dan
Mr Boone charged false imprison-1 The body rested in state at the Mli
day night, has been removed from Tasco, a Negro who la 8* years old. ment and raise arrest Trial began o n 'le r A Tracey Funeral Parlors all day highway. I nable to control her car.
In all fairness I would say that most
emergency to SI. Vincent* hospital.
wa® * " elected delegate from (he Wednesday morning In Judge Reev Thursday so that Portland friends of ,he Bu*ck plunged into a
creek
crash, killing of the manuscripts sent to me are
Mrs Borden fares charges of drunken North Front Sharkers Committee of ea' rourt.
|the family had an opportunity to pay h* d wlth * fr*Ehiful
very interesting. Whether they would
ness and disorderly conduct Her hua Portland
Arguments were completed by noon their last tribute to the deceased.
Miss Hyde instantly.
There was a strong representation
,
be acceptable to editors, on a commer
band, who faces similar complaints
Mr
W
illiam
,
leaves
to
mourn
their
w
h
l,e
motorists
from
Leavenworth,
of Ihe youth There was a presidium Thursday and Ihe Juror, returned a
cial basis. I am unable to determine.
and one of liquor possession, was glv
verdict In favor of Mr. Boone sward loss, a widow. Mrs. Stella Mae Wil- 3 3 Faren and party who were di
Miss Louise Thompson
At least, they serve to further con
en a four months jail term In Police of seventeen elected, who drew up the ing him $500. damages.
llama. of Portland; four sisters, six « * ‘ '7 bi>hlnd the Bu,ck car- * “ re fir8t
demands presented They were adopt
vince me that there is a wonderful
Judge
1
orili
man's
court
Monday.
brothers, other relatives and a host of a,d *° the inJur* d P*’r8on8
,he
and W hite" which has been postponed
jed by Ihe conference and were as fol
opportunity for a national Negro con
arrival of the ambulance.
friends.
until next year.
Along with other
Iowa:
Miss
Bruce
and
Proffesor
King
were
tributor's magasine Even some of our
JACK
JOHNSON
H
URT
IN
members of the group she loured J. C. P E N N Y SALES VOLUME FA
$5.000.(XX) Immediate relief for all un-
rushed to Memorial hospital in Law larges! papers might find It profita
VORABLE
through Central Aala and the Cauca
IN W R E S T LIN G BOUT
empoved workera and Impoverished
rence. She died on the wav to the hos ble to devote an entire page, or two.
sus. studying the national minority
pital. Mr. Ransom at the time appear In reproducing the contributions of
Host on. Jan -G ross sales of J. C farmers; a twelve months’ moratori
groups which, prior to Ihe revolution
BRUSSELS. Belgium. Jan 20— Jack
um on all farm, home and chattel
ed to have sustained only minor in these aspiring writers.
Penny
Co
for
Dec.
and
twelve
months
lived under Just such oppression as
mortgages; no forced collection o f Johnson. former world heavyweight
juries. Thursday he is reported to
exists In America today against (he rilhout considerai Ion of change ini
And for the benefit of these aspir
Ihe number of stores during the year. |
no ,or"<'lo»ur«s and no evlc- boxing champion, today was recover-
have contracted pneiumonla and his
Negro
Miss Thompson, formerly of
(Ions for non payment of taxes and Ing from severe bruises and physical
Condition Is critical Prof. King suc ing writers, If they will desist from
compare:
Ihe staff of the Congregational Kiln
rent for all unemployed workera and collapse suffered Saturday night when
cumbed Wednesday night to Injuries. sending me their manuscripts. I pro
1932
1931
ration Six Id y , la now working active
mise to make public announcements,
farmers: the enactment of a gradual he waa thrown from the ring In a
Dec.................
$18
942,096
$21.279.06*
NEGRO THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN He received a compound fracture of through this column, from time to
ly aa Asalstanl Secretary of the Na
173 705 094 ,<d I " " " 1" « tax, exempting all Incomes wrestling bout with Sailor Constant
the skull. Internal Injuries, a fracture
13
months
.
.
.
155.273.791
llonal Committee for Ihe Ddfanaa of
K IL L E R OF FORMER ASH LAN D
„ of the left elbow, tacerations of the ,lme of any and aB W I t M us I s . Pub-
Sales in November were o ff 8 8 per to the amount of $2.500 per year with of Belgium
Political Prisoners In behalf of the
MAN
cent from the corresponding month ,dd,>d '•»•‘"»Ptlon of $300 ;>er child per
The Belgium picked up the aging
face and neck Pneumonia developed lt8her8- or pdl,or8- wh° ‘ "dicale a will-
Hrottahoro case
0f ip jf
year; abolition of atate militia and
Negro and tossed him from the ring
which hastened the end
,n''ne88 10 recelTe ,helr maan8cr‘ <,U
The company stated that In view
Police; all theae funds to go to j to the floor below. Johnson tried to,
Fun ?ral services were held for Dr. and are in a P°8ltlon
' " • » « " » « <>*
T. ARNO LD H ILL TO IN VE STIG ATE
them.
of a drop of approximately 18 per ,h"
at **>• unemployed workera struggle to his feet, but fainted. Sailor
ASH LAND . Ore., Jan. 18— Ashland King on Saturday from the First A.
N A T IO N A L. STATE , C ITY
cent In retail prices of merchandise “ nd farm,,r8; «h* Immediate repeal of Constant waa awarded the victory. j __________
_____
_______ for- M E. church at Kansas City. Kans. I
friends of _______
the late
H. __
L. Whited,
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R E LIE F PROJECTS
in 193$ from 1931. the decrease of ,h" rr,mlnaI syndicalism law; the de
Johnson went to Berlin. Germany. mBr A tM «m l jeyeler who was the vie-
The bodies of both Mlaa Hyde and 1 ,n the m8an,lme «
a
only to * per cent In dollar sales ac mand ,hat ,h* re b<’ no <>l8< *H »l»a“ ®“ recently to orgmnlxe a boxing school. tim 0{ » bruUl murder several weeks Miss Bruce were horribly mangled. ,note ot the Bame and >ddre88 of each
N E W YORK C ITY. Jsn. 12— T.
tually represented a gain In the year'. ,n
a8 to rar*- ro,or' rre,>d or b,lt 8C08p,,>d Invitations to do some
, t hu j . weIry ito re in Crockett. Funeral was held for Miss Bruce on correspondent, and someday, after my
Arnold Hill, Director of the Depart
sex and no discrimination against the wrestling on the side,
bave waited with interest for some Thursday at Leavenworth
and for " ‘rcnnistances have changed. I w tu
volume
ment of Industrial Relations uf the
single or foreign-born worker; the en-
word o f the location of the man res- Mis« Hyde on Friday at Allen Chapel “ ake a i>er80" al rePlY
each commu-
National Urban league, today started
uicatlcn.
dorsement of the National Hunger
ponaible for the crime. In a rec e n t. A. M. E. Church of which she was a
on a tonr of investigation of the N e EUGENE O’ N E ILL'S P L A Y , “ THE March.
WOM AN JUMPS FROM W IND OW
Issue of the San Francisco Examiner member.
EMPEROR JONES.” NOW
gro's participation In relief projects
This conference also adopted three
W IT H BABY IN HER ARM S the following item appeared, which In-j Friends In all parts of the country
IN OPE RA SE TTIN G
which are In op- ralle n throughout the
resolutions presented by the Interna
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dlcatea the kilter may eventually be were shocked at the tragic death of
country. The National Urban league,
tional Labor Defense, one addressed
N E W YO RK C ITY. Jan. 20—Mra. captured and pay the penalty for lh* these well known aoclal and educa-
N
E
W
YORK
C
ITY.
Jan
18
Satur-
determined to bring to beer every I«*-
lo Governor Miller of Alabama, de- Catherine Baaden. 34 year* old. took ghastly crime.
tlonal leaders
gillmate meant to see that Negruna da)r- ■‘an V, the Metropolitan Opera
a r e ' 'r eel v Ing "an eq u l" ab le'd latr I buGo" House was the scene of Ihe world pre- mandln* ,h" Immediate and unoondl- heT baby In her arms and leaped irom | "Deputy Sheriff J M Joseph of Cnn-
uf work and material rollof has com- m‘* r of U,ul8 Oruenbarg's opera. "The tlonal rel,,a,,e o i ,h* lnnocent aeot,8- |the third floor window of their apart- tra Cos la County left by airplane for
D AN IE LS R E T R IA L
„
.
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missioned Mr Hill to make a thorough Emperor Jones." baaed on Eugene tv,ro b>yg and P r°‘ " * “ "E
ment at 47 West 117th street January L o . Angeles yesterday, to investlgata
LE X IN G TO N, Ky., Jan. 20— W kllê
D
ELAYED
BY
JUDGE
more
than
15
Negro
workmen
were
at
atudy of .H ating condition« e .p .c U llr O’ N eill', play.
^ " • '" “ 8
car' to? " n by ^
* a8 f,r8 " a8 BaUn» “ • wa* ln‘ ° ‘ “ ^ w h a t he declared was an important
In the South and Southweat.
I Th# ca8t Include.: Lawrence Tib- Sou,h« rn landlord, against the Negro n, t
development In the Investigation of
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work In the press room of the Lexing
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
belt, aa Brutus Jones; Marek Wind and wh'l® »hare cropper«; one to Oov. j
mother suffered a fractured ¡the murder of H. L Whited. Crockett
ton Compress Company, recently a
Helm, at Henry Smlthera; Pearl Heau Bo'Pb ' of Uallfornla. demanding (he btp
possible shall fracture and In- Jeweler.
K I-A M A TH F A L L S , Ore . Jan 20— cylinder head weighing several ton»,
HOW ARD T H E A T R E HAB BIO
"W hited was beaten and stabbed t o ' A ______
_______________
retrial _______________
for the aute _____
rase _________
against atop the local praaa of
the Company.
T R E A T IN STORE ner as an old native woman, and Hens- r,,,B* 8* of Tom Mooney; one to Dla- ternat Injuries, and another. Elale. flf-
ley Winfield aa the Congo witch doc ,r,ct a,,on l*Y Weal of Aatorla. Ore-
a shoulder fracture and Internal death in his «tore on the morning of Joe Daniels, charging him with first blew out last week. Injuring three
l* on' Pro‘ " a“ ng against the failure of |njurt«s. In Jumping to the street. They December 5. by e bandit who escaped degree murder in connection with the press men, one seriously, and almost
W ASH ING TO N, D. C., Jan. 20—Mills tor.
Tha opera haa been rehearsed and th* 0 ,,'r U I* to carrY
a thorough w, r, taken to Harlem Hospital.
with $15.000 of diamonds. Jewelry and death of T. C. Williams, both colored, completely wrecking the presa room
Brothers return engagement at the Ho
II be - conducted
by Tullio
Serafín. '»Y »»H g a tlo o of the Young's Bay Co- j Tha father.
Osmond Baaden. and . watches Circulars daacrlblng the ato- r ,raa
indefinitely
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of iron fell through
ward Theater this week mat with tha
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- Tuesday
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tame popular approval as »h ow » when 1118 chorus haa been trained by Olullo ” p ,,a,rT b°n>l"nE
demanding an three other tenant« remained In their len goods were aent throughout tha | The re-trial waa sat for January IS. the heavy roof timbers and flooring
they appeared her» earlier In the aea ' 8* tl‘ T*18 8t8* " direction la by Alex lmmB<llate grand Jury Inveatlgatlon. rooms until carried down ladder* by Stat*. and one of the watch««. 3oais .ite r one of the Juror« became aick | Andrew Smith waa hurt seriously
»on. With Don Redmond and hla o r - jandar H * " " 1" 8 " " d the scenery and 180 ,bat **,8j ln8,**8‘ or* of this act may fireman. They were treated for smoke said, recently waa pawned In Los An- while considering testimony given In on tha head from being In the direct
Inhalation.
gele*.
|th* original trial. A mis trial waa de- path o f the crashing Iron and timber;
eheetrn and en entertaining ravua they coatumea have been designed by J. K. be arrested and convicted.
On the morning of Monday. January
The fire, which Is believed to have "According to Information from Loa clared by Judge William Duncan.
Oaaby Rogers was crushed under tha
put on a moat plaaalng show. Flrat Mellilner.
started on the ground floor, had reaclb Angeles officials, the watch was pawn-1 The circuit court clerk sent notices wreckage but hla condition la not con
run pictures auch aa Bport Parada ara | _____________________________________ fth. three conferences were held. One
ed th* door of the Rasden flat before ed by a Negro. W hited'» friends aald to all subpoenaed Jurors Tuesday an- aldared serious; Osborn Jordan, tha
pleasing to tha patronage of this wall . T H « AOVOCATB IN EVERY W H I T I for the youth; ons for the farmers and
FIND CLUE IN
WHITED DEATH
NEGRO WORKERS « E D
IN LEMON CRASH
managed place ot amusement.
j
HOME IN OREGON IN 1*31
(Continued on page four column five)
,h® famlly wa8
.frorn outside.
arou,ed by
shout* ha quarreled with a negro about a nounclng tha January term of court
]w * «k before tha murder.”
|
I would ba postponed indefinitely.
third man was also hurt from the fall-
la g debris.