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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1933)
SATU RD AY, APR IL 1, « t i l TM S A D V O C A T S SAOS T H A I S FORMER SLAVE EDUCATES 700 NEGRO CHILDREN «vani ware lhal Canby own» and oper ate« Ila water plant, and alan Iba elec tric light and power distributing sys br tem Al one time the Power Trust mail« terrific onslaught on thla little community to force Canby to »«Il Its electric system At Ih » election called "CRIM ES ANO C R IM IN A LS ” for lha purpose, lha Electric Monop II) William A. Whlla, M IJ. oly loll* Inly by one vote. The nail By CLIFFO RD C. M ITCHELL Ry Kits Reid I Parrar A Rlnaharf, » K. 41 HI N. V.) Imilla, two year» later, rag«d more Commissioner bitterly at lha polls when private po On the date that this particular copy ry fundamentals that are necessary to [ "T b s fundamental causa of this Ra via wad for T IIK ADVOCATE hy wer lutereats ware defeated hy a de appears In SCHOOL. NKWH you will good citizenship and good government. 1 world unrest is attributable. . . . to W A TE R UNOER P R IV A T E OWNER CLIFFORD C. M ITC H E LL claim majority. Hinca lhat time Can probably observe considerable green The policy that these public-spirited the failure of those into whose bands SHIP 68.8 PER CENT HIGHER by haa proaparad, with the reault that living worn. In prisona as well an out citizens advocate strikes right to the the immediate destinies of peoples and Having had nwurly Iwatily yaara per- In Portland, aa wall aa other cities. the recent celebration of the burning AF T E R ACQUIRING COLLCGE of prisons, and by free people and pri core of Ibis vital problem. Contrary to nations have been committed, to ad aonal coniavi with rrlmaa and crin i- an avefaga family uaea 6.00« gallona j ,Minda. gained Canby th« a lot of proposed plans we read of, just their system of economic and po- soners alike. EDUCATION, ESTABLISHED naia (from Inalda knowladgal perhaps of water or 668 cubic feel Under mu dtat|Bctp,n ,,f befog the only city In they do not suggest a commission to IHical Institutions to the Imperative Although Halnt Patrick committed lha haal trlhola 1 ran pay thla book, nldpal ownership lha rate la I I 41. fre* from all debt, SCHOOL IN TW O RM. CABIN Investigate the causes lhat make men neds of a rapidly evolving age.” "C rin i«» and Crimínala” , la that In comparad with 11.24 In the planta prl-1 ________________________________________ no felony, yet. he lived for sis years criminals but they do ask the citizens — 8HOGHI EFFENDI. for at the age of six Whlla, lha author, rnrialnly know» valely-ownvd Thla means lhat tha av THE SUBJECT OF COURT ACTION as a prisoner to remodel their own lives so aa to teen be was kidnapped (to use a pres Ilia farla. Pvrhapa 1 ahould further as- erage family pays 68 8 par cant more prevent the manufacture of criminals. (The Alivi.«ulti In liidvhlvd lu Alim ent day expression* and held In sla plain thaï lu making Itila alalvinnnl, for private ownership water distribu In their theory we find nothing new. It la a privilege to live In these days Purk «r I'll I" Allo fur III« fiillnw lug I ilaually. Ih «books I hava r«ad, daallng tion (In Portland the rat la only 71c very for six years, serving as a herds The pulpits have been preaching the when we can pick up a copy of the man, before he made bis escape. for 6,000 gallons ) with rrlmaa and crimínala, for lha Williamsport. P«nn March 29 same theory for centuries The break — RCC— In applying the term prisoner to a down is traceable directly to the fact N ATIO N and read the editorials sign Horn In »lavery, Dittali W att« p m «, moal part, haw barn wrllteh hy thnaa whoa» knowladg«, aanmlngly, haa b««n IN D U STRIAL USERS PAY MORE portion of Halnt Patrick’s life, we have that while the theory has been wide ed by Oswald Oarrlson VIHard under who lina «ilio ali li 461 girla anil 116 Industrial users gat a batter rate of a gloaary or superficial natura. In mind the following dictionary mann ly preached it has not been practiced. the heading of "Issues and Men". Es lima, died al thv a s « <>( M> In Covins pecially Is our Judgment the richer under public ownership than they do ing of the word prisoner: "one whose And It haa not been practiced be Ion. Ua. Whlla lha hiMik mutuili» fourlaan under private ownership l-arge users liberty l| held In restraint because of cause In practical life, to all outward after reading bis last one entitled “ Congress Votes for a Bill” in the Is IMnah waa a »lu v« of 111« Alexander rliaplvra. hrlafly. | would aay that II under municipal ownership pay 118 00 conditions beyond his control.” appearances, the earthly rewards in sue of Marrh 22 As I did not see very rninll> In Attivo» Hh« livsau with no la dividati equally In two parla Th« for 100,000 gallons a month; the pri And were Halnt Patrick to appear their gilt wrappings and basked in the mucb about the bill which put America thing anil »'■‘luirvil a college «dura- flral |Hirt, allboiigli ralbar dry rvadlng vate plants charga 127.77. This 60 par on earth on the day that many are cel- array of a powerful spotlight hare on the dictatorship list. I am assum Hon. Than «h « went In Covington I » «>).lain» lha Bilenco of payrhlalry, rent higher la a serious handicap and elirtaing in his honor we wonder, hav been mostly bestowed upon those who ing that others among the Advocate’s t«a iti II waa In IHM. whvn two or parllrularly In Ila application to frin i burden upon Industrial plant» who op Ing In mind the above definition. If he least practiced the theory of the heav readers are likewise as unfortunate. phan» w vrv tail In h«r rar«, thaï ah« va and rrlmluala. e r a te In cities where tha water sys wouldn't find most everyone virtually enly saints. For their benefit. 1 will quote some resolved lo Iraih orphan» Hh« look tems are privately-owned (In Portland a prisoner, »nil conditions, referring to In short, the theory of these public- rather significant expressions such aa: a» hvr inolio " W « A r« Inching Along’’ Thv Inal half of (ha hook actually tha rate for 100.000 gallons la only human lives, morals and conduct, <n spirited citizens la that each family and Ihr w o !* « w «r « pul lo muair aa a appllva payrhlalry lo present day pa I I I « « I "On March 1, the House of Repre even more need of conversion than In undertake to prevent crime by a more Stati.laiton ••(«irla« aong nning leal con lilt Inna; citing d vfln ll« ex- — RCC— the days when Halnt Patrick under conscientious effort in the home train sentatives. probably for the first time took the conversion of Ulster? A two rutón i alilo with dry good» ampias, daarrlblng lha waaklinaa, both C IT Y - OWNED ELECTRIC SYSTEM ing of each child, from the cradle. The in Its long history, voted for a bill Investigations made by the firm of boxe» for furnllura waa h«r flral In thoury and p rarllr«, In lha maniwr On second thought there hardly plan, t he theory and Its efficacy is so which only one member had seen and at hiHtl U i r r Mr» A IV Reed, of Man- of handling moal prlaonara, ««pvrlatty Hums A McDonnell, engineers of na seems to be any doubt about the mat simple — and so necessary —that It held in his hand. The others listened Miss Dons W eavsr whom the Ohio ter. It was only recently, right in the needs no coment, for all prisoners are while the clerk read the bill. The rh «a l«r. Vf,, gav« hvr $1,000. and ah« In thnaa alala» w h o»« prlaona ara still tional reputation, have d«veln|>ed the fart that 260 municipal electric plant» Stats Supreme Court recently decided liullt a i«n room houa« and nam«il II ronlrollad hy th « old fashioned hll and city In which Jackson prison is locat familiar with the human moral system Representatives unanimously opprov- ed the bill. Now if the bill had not I ha ftvvd I louai- and Rrhool lattar aha mlaa pnllllral ayalam; and explains In designed by thla firm show that muni could not reside In the Home Econo ed. that we noticed large newspaper and its weak points. jrlpslltlea pay for th« rlty-owend ays- mics house of Ohio State University advertisements in which groups of been such a simple one that every hoiighi a H ill« farm, and «arti rhlld a vary rlaar and logical mannar lha What's more, more than half of all I m -n «flt» lhal ran ha arrompllahad for Iterns wlthlu n period of eight to ten on the grounds that such course would In h«r r a r« waa givan a Job public-spirited ritixena sponsored and the prisoners In our prisons, also know body knew Just what it meant, such both aorlaty and prlaonara hv lha fur- j year» The rate» In these communities be granting "purely social relations” paid for the space In an effort to at the full meaning of the deprivation ciT action might have been understood. lhar aatahllahmanl of payrhlatrlr prln- ! are lower by 26 per rant than paid with students of various other races, tract the thought of the «ownspeople early home training, primarily because Suppose it had read; wiplaa and appllrallon In lha iraatmanl under private ownership Further In and "this cannot be enforced by law” . T IT L E S OF PREACHER S SERMONS towards a program fer good citizen there was no home for such training, vestigations hy this firm show that 84 of rrlmaa and criminals The Cleveland branch of the N AAC P ship. Whereas, the Congress of the Unit and institutional child-training, even cilia». In tha last four years, disclose CAUSE HIM TO BE BARREO and other» will taka the rase to the The public-spirited citizens recog at its best, does not. and cannot, fill ed States has been trying for three “ Cruna» and Criminals” will appeal egress profits of the private plants [rase to the United States Supreme nize that the subjects of crime, prison and one-half years to legislate pros the place of individual family training. not only lo arltv* annulligli ul workers ranging from 18 to 40 per cent Court to find out If a colored student and prisoners comprise such growing This is but one of many problems that perity back into the United States and Huffolk. Va . Marrh Thv Ra*. Mr hut to all Ihlnkara who aaak farla, at the university of Ohio can be dls- problems that in effect they appear as CANBY, OREGON a modern-day Saint Patrick would whereas it Is now scared to death at ronalrurllva criticism « and ronvlnrlng \V J *ltavla, who hill» hlinaalf "Dr.' Thls little city recently held a rale- criminated against and barred from a cancer eating the life out of the ve the imminence of financial and econo find awaiting him. I lav la and aa thv "Oowpwl Tornado", and logical thvorlva on tha autijvrt of bratlon whan It burned lha last bond [certain privileges accorded all other mic disaster, and d<n* not care what haa alian arbred from lha rhurrhaa rrlma and criminals against the city. Tw o of tha Important students taking the same course, pure- happens so long as something hap RACKET >wd which passed his door, at least liara elx-au»« hi» aarmon aiihjarla In fartors that contributed to this happy <ly on the ground of color. pens. be it - one out of every three had contributed iluda aurh till«* aa Hhttke lhat Thing*. COAST CHOIR TO GO ON AIR ( Continued from page two ) something to his coffers that very day. Resolved. First that the Congress the headquarters of A1 Freeman, the What a life! thought A1 Freeman, hereby passes the buck to the new VIA COLUMBIA next "b it »hot" to White and French, standing there in the glistening lights President in the belief that his wis P R IV A T E T A L K W ITH SCOTSBORO This uptown headquarters, an elabor- "from the street lamps which gave the dom w i\ be greater and the actions BOYS DENIED TO TH E IR A T T Y S ate Pressing Club, was Ihe Northwest street the appearance of a whiteway. he mav take will be wiser than theirs; 1st« Angela«, t'allfornla — Announce, center of Freeman's rackets, llehe all the Spectator fa ze d down upon him second, that it hereby abdicates its maul waa made l;-re this week that P e r f e c t F u ne ral S e rvice reports were made to him on the dlf- from t he open window of the speak- constitutional functions, and rewoonsi- Frlela Shaw's Ktdde Kthtnulan Chor lllrlughstn, Ala . March 2* All pri fernt lina he was handling, and here easy. He. too. was reflecting, when it billties and turns over the safetv a r * MRS BEATRICE REED us has been contracted to give a fif e s «« of consultation with thatr rll Lady Attendant gathered his henchmen to take orders, happened! All In a flash it came, and financial security of the Republic to teen minule program over the Colum la beyond tha earshot of officials and t o pay o ff on hi» "numbers" busi- then It was over! So sudden, so unex- Franklin D Roosevelt, and may Goa —a t— hla Hroadcaatlng system at 4 46 p d prlaon guarda have been denied ness Here, for the price, you could pected. like a bolt from the sky! And have mercy on fcls soul.” m every Sunday M ILLE R A T R AC E Y M O RTU ARY the Scoli»ls.ro hoys’ lawyers during get almost anything "fix e d ” , for Al the Spectator saw it all! Tha sponsors of the program la the May be reached by calling the F“n- If the bill had read thus, it would » past two years was getting in good with the powers A small car. an open car with cur- neral Parlor« or her home. Relwood itamual U s bow III o f New York, Swift Company and tha group will be that be They didn't bother him. not tains drawn closely, had eased into at least have described accurately the 6475. Hhe will be pleased to serve you. frame of mind and the action propos taf dafanaa counsel, la demanding called "The Olgueroa tiaidnars". Their Al. He was getting too big. and his the traffic at the corner, and moved relieving you of much anxiety and contrart will run for an Indefinite • right to Interview the eight dé influence was going too high for them over into the inside lane next to the ed As it was. no Congressman could worry In your hour of bervawmvnt. have understood in full the contents planta now confined In the death time to tamper with his rackets. They all curb, moving slowly towards the The- of the real bill, or Its ramifications In addition to thla program, thv grop use of Kilby prison laid off Al Freeman atre. the Rialto. As it came directly in MRS RKKD has proven such a Notwithstanding Mr Uebow lts’s will continue to broadcast aa staff ar Tonight. It was a busy scene which front of Al Freeman's pressing club, and implications All they wanted was help, not only to her employers, to get It off their hands.” 4a mam her If you have tried to gat tists from I to 10 ]o p m every Mon greeted the eye of The Spectator, as the curtains on the right side were but to the Colored patrona In gen They also will over the phone and couldn't, thal day at this station. erili. that during the MSI two he gazed out of the window down on drawn back and from the front and — R— year« MII.LKH A TR AC E Y have cannot | ay our bills unless you pay briutdraal for one hour each Sunday the street, where crowds hurried Into rear seats the muzzles of two short handled »0 per cent of the Colored Do you feel that your liberties are ( ’orna In tail wean tha 1st and 6th night beginning at 10 o'clock at thv the Rialto to catch the first evening black automatics gleamed. Nobody had Funerals. quite safe in the hands of such a con April and pay one year In advance V nlty Religious hour »how More crowds bustled on the In- thought of death, but just at that in more ■I we will forgive your past «uh These three periods and lha motion tersecting street at the corner. Just stant these two gleaming weapons of scienceless rabble? It sound« -Ipllon Indebtedness Isn't that fair? picture work they get make them one a few feet away from Freman’s press- death spoke their message. As A l Free like a proceeding of the Oregon legis W \SHINC.TON S T R E B T ing club, while taxicabs darted hither man stood lighting a Lucky, the rat’- lature with Governor Meier’s veto of the busiest groups In thla section Between 20th and 21st and thither, trying to get a fare, dur- rat'a'tat* of the two guns emptied whip hanging over the members. But ing these days of depression, while their entire contents into his body, and we faced the same hvsterlcal proceed pedestrians went to and fro across as he fell dead, to the sidewalk, the ing on the part of Congress in 191’i strong demands, prlaon officiala give | the streets, picking their wav between death car had sw iftly turned into the when at the demand of Wilson, the no Indlcatbm of relaxing that rule ana the swift-moving cabs At the street little alley, leading through to the m»m*iers voted to put America in the It la expected that Mr. Uebowltz will car stop, just In front of Freeman’s next street, and another gang leader ranks of nations which disobeyed the meet with the same rebuff as George pressing club, a little knot of travel- had been killed, and while the crowd sac rid comand of Christ wh“ n he sad W Chamlee. Irving Hchwah and Jo- era. bound for Northeast Washington, stood, awed, dazed, and panic-stricken, "Thou Shalt No' K ill." History is sim aph Hrodaky. Ihe other lawyers In the awaited the coming of their car. Inside the small car hurtled through the all- ply repeating itse'f. case the pressing club, patrons lined the ey. to vanish into the black night. As — R— walls, awaiting their clothes, or what- quickly as they came, even so quickly But we have still a few men in Con ever It was that brought them there had they fled, and there lay the body The huge plate glass window showed of the dead man. on the sidewalk at gress who believe In the sincerity and WHY BE COLD? it all. the feet of hundreds of horrified ped- honesty of their duty — not to fffe spe When you can get the The evening papers were on the sta.. estrlans. all t oo stupefied by the snd- culative financiers of the country but BIGGEST LOAD OF WOOD and most of them were carrying wild deness of it all to even move. And to the country. There are seven of tlllock and Slab) conjectures as to wha had slain Harry then someone yelled "P olice", as t wo them and the names of the Oregon IN T IIK C IT Y Brooks last night, and the relatives of cops hurried up. taking in the scene senators are not among them— the on the dead gang leader were vowing at a glance. One of them lurried away ly patriots who stood by the nation For Only $3.26 vengeance, while laying plans for a to a police phone booth, and soon the at this time of stress are Borah. Ca UNION FUEL CO M PAN Y huge funeral for the murdered rack- air rang with the noise of police sl- rey. Dale. Nye. LaFollette. Costigan eteer. In another part of the city an rens. for the second successive night, and Shipstead. with Senator Norb«ck PHONE BRoadway 0611 unusual sepne was being enacted. (N o clues, again no one could Identify paired against it. The senate was told The door of Freeman's pressing the death car. except that it had been that the safety of four or five thousand club opened and a well built man. ra- » small one. That Is. all but one per- hanks was dependent on the bill being FIVE POUNDS in the hands of the president within a ther large, stepped out, and walked »on. springlly over to the little smoke shop I "The Spectator" had seen It all. as few hours so that these hanks could next door, and bounty a package of he sat there In that fourth floor win- open by Friday — but they did not o- l.uckies Tonight he felt good, for It dow, gazing upon a peaceful seen« of en until about the middle of the fol T ( >1 ! A < ' ( ’ < » M Y R T L E had been a big dav. There had been Washington's night life, easy-going lowing week. Are our liberties safe in only six "hits", nnd all of them w e r e land smooth-flowing. He had seen, and the hands of hysteria? Or IS it hyste Fresh well groomed and In the best of spirit» after for insignificant sums, not over fifty even as the tiny car had swung Into ria? Who is pulling the wires? Wall K. a health giving hath, shampoo and facial. Street ? dollars. Today he had made money, the street, he had pulled from his poc — From The— llot water Is essential to every modern woman who and tonight there would be those two kets a small, but powerful pair of bi Mor «definitions not In the diction hell«vvs In careful grooming. Kentucky Hurley Natural lamf truckloads of good red whiskey coming noculars. tiny glasses which he had ary: What is the greatest curse that GOOD H E ALTH COOK R0 M In from the Baltimore Pike. He would bought at a novelty store a day or I ever befell the human race? THE IN Hiimkmg Tobacco. For pipe, cig — O— An automatic (las Waterheater saves time and worry. K eep» you fit and young. get three-fifty a pint for that stuff. so ago. for use at the presentation of VENTION OF FIRE-ARMS. 10(1 per cent pure Rye Bread arette or chewing The cream of Oh. yes, Al Freeman (for it was none the revived "Showboat” which was and Whole W heal Bread, Rolls. the finest crops Rich and mal other) felt mighty good. Ah thal lirlsk soon coming to Washington. There had Cookies and Cakes low. Free from all chemicals autumn air! How exhlllaratlng and re- been something sinister about that lit- and other adulterations. No fan freshing It was! Upstairs the boys H® car when he first saw It. and he CALS I DINE VEGETABLE were counting up the days receipts, had the glasses In his hands, when Ihe cy packages, no decorations. Just IODINE BREAD and t hey had passed Ihe fortv-two C fateful shots rang out. iiunllty and lots of It. Five —o — mark when he left, and were still only | Qunckly focusing them on the car. pounds will make 60 large sack» Over one pound TRInlty 2840 Sixth A Salmon two thirds through Not hail, for B|h<* distinguished three persons in the of smoking or 4(1 twists of chaw WE DELIVER P R O M P T LY day’s Job. oh no' Yes. Al Freeman felt ‘'“ r- ** seemed to be three men It was. ing (Irowar to Consumer Hand good, ns he halted there In fronp of Aa the tiny car turned Into the allcv 5301 N. E. G LISAN STR E E T his shop, to gaxe at the hurrying hla *7®» followed It through the glass Us 11.00 and we will promptly PH O NE ; TABO R 8821 crowds going to and fro. there on the *■- an,l he watched Its course, as I • , , , , , « , « , ............ III I I . I H I t , .............................» [ | ship you a 6 lb. pkg. of "Hurley Che Oldest Negro Business In Portland Is street, many going to the Rialto to went the length of the alley, and turn- Sgt. Joseph White Camp Heat Tobacco." hear that latest ja i l orchestra nensa- ®d *nl ° lit® n®*l street. From his high I SPANISH • AM ERCAN W AR tlon from New York City, which was Position he watched It. and made men- VE TE R A N S now playing there. It was a great old 1*1 notes on points about It. which AU S PLU N D DRUG STORE world, reflected Al Freeman, the guv would help to Identify If he saw It a — and— who had been a set-up boy In pool- * * ,n •Oo Publishers of “ The A tlvora te" rooms, about nine yeara ago. but to- When he turned from the window Ladies Auxllllary Masts every day exacted tribute In a big way from th®*-® was a look of surprise. almo»t Sixth A Glitan Streets 2ND A 4TH SATU RD AY NIGHTS Published Kvary Saturday For Tha Past 2$ Yaara the very persons he had once served harsh, ip hla eyes. For one of tho men 207 - 200 McCLURE b u i l d i n c At V E TE R A N S H A L L for the princely sum of two bucks per |,n that car had boon that young high BEATRICE C A N N A D Y -FR A N K LIN , Editor PO R TLA N D , OREGON F R A N K F O R T, K E N T U C K Y County Court House day They were pavlne off to h i» »«h eel kid. of t ho Aleolonal! now, reflected At, and In that very I (Continued next week) AS NOTED’’ PRISONS and Arrow PRISONERS -Sipa- Ralph C. Clyde ,)f MILLER & TRACEY “Treat Yourself to the Best” r Special Offer: “Hurley He\t* »!.€€ tlcalth fircac Ready to Step Out Portland Gas & Coke Co J The Advocate Publishing Co- j H E R B ’S G R O C ER Y