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HEOLUNO SPEAKS M INE FATE OE . . Tf)e lyetfs YOUNG DEMOCRAT CLU B M EETS OR. E. T. H E O L U N O S P E A K S BY C l.irrO H D C M ITC H E LL H S L P I N G the N S O R O In B U S IN E S S • • • lllrmlngham. Ale May 14 (ANI*>— A il In* on petltl-ioa (or «¡rilo o( bo b»oo eorpuo IB behalf o ftwo of (ha Hrolteboro luir». Judg» Jam»* K Hor ion. M i n i n * al Decatur Thursday. I» ■ned iwu «r ilo . riimmondlBg Ib » aborlff of thl*. Joffrraon rounty. (o hav» Hoy Wrlghl and K u irn » William* before hlm Juno I lo doloratine «h o t «bould b» don» with thrm Wrlgbl and Wllllama baro h*>*n In >•41 for lo o year* Tbr w rit« « r r » sought In tholr br half by Attorney Georg« Chamlee, aoulhern legal repreaenlallre of Iba Inlernallonal l-atair Itefenae Mr rhanilee pointed oui lo tbe m uri thal Wright, n o « I l yeara old, « a i only I I when Ibe alleged a ita rle no two « h ile «ornen orrurred and that ho «a a arruaed of asaultlng llu- by llalea. noi Vlrlorla Prie*. Ibe I v o women In Ibe raae The lUlee «om en hae elnre om in i that ehe v i e attacked by anytaaly Mr. Chamlee aleo elated that Will- lame «a a only IS yearn old «h e n Ihe alleged a lia r le lim i piare and lhal under the lawa of Alabama hie CAM ahoiild have been referred to Ihe Ju renile court William « baa nerer been tried The raae of WrlghL Cried al Scotta I mito two yeara ago. reaulted In a mia trial Hearing of Haywood Palteraona plea for a li e « trial « I I I lake piare III Iterator, «h e re he «a a ronrlrled a aerond time April 1. on June 21, ar cording to Information rerelred from Judge Horion CITES RACIAL UNITY By D AW N I.OVKLACE Washington. I». C. (W lth thè Vet«r- an marcherai May It- Evldenre of thè growlng unlted front between (he whlte and Negro masse* In America freguently cornea to tight among thè veterana «h o are In Washington to fighi haek thè program of Increased poverly belìi* thrust upon thè Impov- erlaheil veterana of America A con'ln- gent of 50 tnen left New York, tparch- In*, ridine truck* and frelght traina to Washington Forty seven of thè group « e r e whlte tltree Negroes. All day they mnrehed, thelr funda low, ami (Conllnued oli page (miri T New York, N Y. May 34— Buell Ire- niemloun ho* o f f i c e draw haa been demonstrated by Cab Calloway 11 ml Ills Cotton (Tub orchestra on a lour of Ihe South during the Iasi two months that Irving Mills, his manager, haa de elded to postpone the return of the hand to New York until full 11111 I In continue lls record breaking lour m inldwealern cities An unusual anil comprehensive ad vertising slid publicity campaign will lie waged preceding Calloway’* ap pearance* In lows. Mlnnesols. Nebras ka nnd Mlasourl by Ned E. Williams, exploitation specialist, who has left New York to go in advance of the at- traction, lie will aupervlsn local adver tising and publicity campaigns and ef fect special exploitation tle-upa In each town. Williams Is familiar with Calloway's potentiality as 11 Ihealre and ballroom draw, having handled hla publicity from New York for the Inal two year*. This Is the find time thnt an extensive ballyhoo on the road hns been put on In advance at an attraction of thin character. A majority of the theatre* Into which the hand goes have had no singe shown for aome time, nnd Ihe u- nit carries enough specialty perform era In make up n full hour allow Beginning May 22, Calloway will play Ihe Orpheum Ihealres In the fol lowing ellles Davenport, l o , Cedar Ituplds. lo., HI. 1 * 110 1 . Minn., Mlnnenpo- lla. Minn, D on Mollies, lo.. Hloux City, lo., Omaha, Nnlir., nnd Kansan (Tty. Missouri. Ills tour ends June 80th. Mpeaklng before the Young Colored IMmorrallc (Tub of Oregon al the WII- llama Arenue branch Y W C A lilt Wadnaaday night. Dr E. T Hedlund. chairman of Ihe Multnomah County I temor ralle Central Committee. Urea- aed ihe Importance of reglatratlon ll «a a >»• Iba ,T’ reguUr •» ,u “ r meeting « of » the Adama. It. pro. *n" od“ r f * ' h ,p* * k ,r « th* ' ior °* «* • **■ 1 H ^ lu" <! ‘ “ rt ° L Y N C H ING J U O G E 8 PLA N N E G R O S O L D IE R W E S T E R N M EM O R IA L I X I L I FOR NEGRO OE M 0CRAT8 Is T heir Objective PHEONIX. Art*.. May 24 (A N P > — Tbe movement to commenorate the services of Colored aold|ere In tbe M O R E P E R IL F O R S C O T T S B O R O Rocklea waa begun here the past week end. Retired men of tbe 10th Cavalry BOYS and the Oth Cavalry and 2 4 th Infan try were present as honor guest to (By William Pickens) Recently there have been two at ISO kiddles In a pageant "8prlng Par tem pt! to lynch judgea for performing ty". demonstrating the reallntlon of their dutlea according to Uw: the at a dream of the Pioneer Negro soldiers tempt by Iowa farm er, and the at of Rockies that the kiddies would be tempt by member, of Congress from happy in the land of Indiana and out Virginia. Texas, and a*rh other placea. law campaigns W IL L IA M T . AVIS Sgt. Armstrong of the grand 10th The Iowa farmers «anted to lynch a Cavalry. Sgt Lyman of the famous New York City, N. T . Oth Cavalry and 8gt Swlnton of the glorious 24th Infantry received colored wreaths about the n»ck from the 0*4 N O T K N O W IN G W H A T Springtime dancing girls aa a special O N E IS T A L K I N G A B O U T token of love and aprpectatlon. I Q A. Dobbs la general chairman of "It Is a nice question whether Sen this movement and was director of this event. He says that already two ator Thomaa of Oklahoma, who haa undortakan to expound the Inflation Governor* and aeven cities In the West have offered parks and play Bill, or Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, grounds aa suitable altea for monu who hae undertaken to oppose it. has less understanding of whaf It is all a- ments. At present funds for this move bout • • • It ia a great pity that In a matter of such great consequence ment la supplied by Miss Josephine both parties are represented by Baker of Paris. France. Geo Lyman. spokesmen who. whatever their other Pheonix. A ril arid Q A. Dobbs. Pheo- virtues, do not know what they are nls. Arts. Miss Baker's fund esme talking about." — Walter Lippman. through the Psntior's of Ethiopia. The chairman said that in view of the of Even despite this prominence, and fers of the slate«, governors and cities the preponderant weight of hla opini no campaign for subscriptions will be on. some will even dare anggeat that necesaary to raise funds for the pur Mr. Lippmann does not know what he chase of lands and parks, etc. Is talking about. THE RAPE OF T H E VIRGIN The Arrmit --S ip a -- TEXAS FARMER MOB KILLS 17- YEAR OID NEGRO BOY ’I ORGANIZED BODIES URGED TO SEND DELEGATES TO C O M C o m m e n ta to r The "axrhangee". rol»ooro. and pro- paganda literature received during the « . k have been e .re «tln g ly full of m .. . p ro le.!., m arch... a p ra la , and whatnot, all d-algned to r r M l. aym pa,by for. and to oitrmct fund, to aid Z rauara of lb . VMb.ua o r l a i - , loa. for the splendid' showing they are and their moneatry complaint making and urged them on to greater There la no « r l t . r In Amerit a «h o accomplishment. He explained a num- I. in better position to und.rat.nd the 1*« aof Interesting actlvltle. of the worthiness of attempting to secure e- Party since the election and also dia- guai righ t. In the courts of justice for •»<* erplalned the special elec the black man. particularly In the Mo" lo “ • *¡, w south, but b e c .u a . I have lived with T h " P«P>*l«r dentist and high Demo and am ong p rison er, fo r nearly half , r » " c " " i c M « a a given a warm re o f my life I am alai, aw are of the fact « P « n .e by the m embers who hare that the best « a y for (he blarh man been won over to the cause The club la very active and at near to he assured of hie Just rlgbu la for him to Improve hla economic standing ly every meeting new members are nrolled generally. The meeting*, held every Wednea- a a a day nlshl at Wiliam* avenue YWCA, Aa a prisoner, I would rather have •>«• good strong Influential and reaper are op«n to the public and the officers table bualnea* nr professional man and member* Invite the public At each meting evme interesting pleading my cause than to have ten thousand marchers Of course, know- speaker appear* or some Intereating Ing something of publicity values. I'll political discussion ensues a>*-nlt that the ten thousand marchers a .aid attract more attention, create more clamor, etc . which would *ub»e g tient ty fill the "k itty“ with more nick els and dimes, con.» craied and other wise. to carry on and further the epread of pertinent proinganda A final exchange of rabies between a a • Irving Mills and Jack Hylton, the 1.08 ANGELES. May 24— A quarrel If some organisation, legal In scope, British bandmaster. who represent* that Is said to have been over his de non poll!UVI In character, and rmbrac- Mills abroad, haa just confirmed Duke Ing all factions were to come Into ella- Klllngton'a opening at the Palladium cision to leave home at an early morn William Pickens tem-e to fight the legal battle of all Theater In Ixindon for two weeks be- ing hour led to the death of Richard prisoners, regardless of whether the Klmitn* June 12th, with the Empire particular caae would make good pub Theater In Liverpool and the Empire Judge for carrying out the laws of O. Greer. 38-vear-old proprietor of a foreclosures on their property; the hamburger stand at 42od street and licity raptpalgn fodder, then the pris Theater In Glasgow to follow. The oners themselves. throughout the hand, whlrh la also booked for night gentlemen In Congress want to lynch Central Avenue, when he was shot by rountry. and their sympathisers, would club, broadcasting and concert engage Judge l«owell. of Massachusetts, for his 28-year old white wife, Suwanna. contribute regularly to keep such an ments In England, will close at the following the decision of the Supreme about 3:20 last Thursday morning. organisation In sufficient fund* to car- Cotton (Tub In Harlem on May Slat. Court with respect to the right of Ne ry on th* work A* matters stand now. >ni, l ( || for on n,r Olympic groes to alt on juries that are trying Greer died about 9:20 the same morn ing at Georgia Street hospital. Mrs. all prisoners know that not one rase June 2nd. mrrnmpnnied by Mr Mills, Negroes. We can hare aome sympathy for the In a t houaand la given consideration who will negotiate Continental appear- Greer is held on a charge of suspicion by these protest organlsattona and anrea for Ellington and hla famous or Iowa farmers: at least they were bat of murder pending the Inquest which tling. like pursued or trapped animal*, then auch a ease must he a ''natural“ chestra while they are abroad and starvation and destitution for Is scheduled for 9:20 Monday morning. for campaign and puhllrlty purposes Duke Ellington's final week In New their families goaded them Into action. . a . The shooting took place at the fami 1 York, beginning May 24th. hla orches Until such an organisation, aa Illus tra will he headlined at the Capitol Besides, these Iowa farmers are not ly home 1182 East 41st street as the the very hypocrites who make the trated above, comes into existence, Theater with Ethel Waters, singing climax of a fight In which Mrs. Greer this writer will save all of hla protests "Stormy Weather", and the eutlre laws and swear to enforce them And claims that her husband struck and the farmer I* not supposed to know and ballyhoo* for the benefit of creat Cotton Club revue. quite as much about law ss the mem severely Injured her. When taken In ing an Interest In helping the Negro bers of Congress to custody. Mrs Greer had a black erve, to better hla economic standing Giro' But there can be no sympathy for the fostering, maintenance and general bruises about the fare and was wear these would-be Ipnchers In Congress: encouragement of racial enterprises or they are trying to violate the laws ing torn and bloody clothing. the Increased employment of racial whlrh they themselves make, because 1 Trouble between the couple began member* In Ihe white enterprises who those lawa now strike at their pet when they returned from the Tuxedo will cooperate. srhemes for keeping Negroes down. A club dance at Elks Temple, the woman We should organise more prótesis Congressman knows, or ought to know, ami marches to the door* of Negro en that If a judge In a lower federal told Officers Chas. S. Broady. E. L. terprise* who need our help, nr to the court makes a ruling based on a pre Conway and A. R. McClanahan who enterprises of whiles who will give ns 1131 By «xiia Klta Reid i vious ruling of the Supreme Court. It are in charge of the case. employment, «m l If we would Just ex , is Ihe Supreme Court's business to pend one half of the enthusiasm on A number of friends accompanied say finally whether the lower judge such efforts as we do on otherwise them from the social affair for an after "The capacity of receiving pleasure useless nnd wasteful forms of propa from common things le one of the sec has ruled correctly, nnd not the busi ness of Congressmen or of the Presi party. Mrs. Greer claims. The dead ganda our newspapers would he more rete of a happy life — Quoted dent. or of any other member of the man Is alleged to have changed from thriving for they would he helping In government. A vote In Congress can his evening clothes and to have de build up business and Instead of rend I have looked through our dally pa ing of Negro bankrupts nnd fnlluren. pers nnd weekly periodicals (even thro not decide whether 11 verdict In a fed clared his intention of going to his eral court Is right. That Is the func we would he rending of Negro nurreas- the Nation) for nome report of Ihe place of business. Mrs. Greer object es who In turn could wield vastly more N „ w Continental Congress which met tion of the Supreme Court. The fel ed. power In righting Ihe wrongs practised ln Washington. D. C and adopted what lows do not seem to know that the Su . . s i 111. « L l a s o l * « 1 It 11 ■« n a « « ( h h i . . i i i i I ..... preme Court would naturally resent When Greer went out and got Into on the blacks than any amount of . pro wss culled a New Declaration of Inde tests or publicity marches will ever ac pendence on May 7, 1922 I have look such meddling and will give the at his car which was standing In the complish Helping the Negro In Busi ed In vain I found It In Ihe copy of the tacked Judge every protection that be yard, his wife followed him and re longs to him ness will he thin writer's motto. New Lender, a Socialist weekly that I How hraien these hypocrites are to monstrated with hint over the decision. nee occasionally thro the courtesy of accuse anybody! They themselves vi She claims that he began to beat her a friend What Is the matter with our olate the Constitution and outrage Jus about the face. dally press that a gathering at the na tice hy keeping Negroes o ff juries, and Reaching Into the side pocket of the tional capital of over 4.090 delegates many of them have been elected to In a two-day session Is overlooked? Congress only because of the Illegal car. Mrs. Greer grabbed out the gun "W e publish A L L the news" Is the and Immoral disfranchisement of col which was kept there, and shot her standing slogan of every paper that ored cltlxens Those coming Into court husband through the right side. The solicit* at my front door and I pre claiming equity, "should come with bullet passed through his abdomen. sume thnt you hear the same boast. clean hands." Frightened at the course of events. C ARTHAGE, Tex.. Mny i t —A 17- Why Is It not n piece of rnther Im Mrs. Greer drove to the home of Dr. year-old Negro boy was killed hy a portant news when there 1» n meeting It Is rumored that the Negroes who Turner where she awakened the phy mob of farmers Tuesday, lean than 15 of that kind devoted to a discussion, minutes after he allegedly attempted not of the proper way to drape the voted for Roosevelt and Company are sician after much effort. The two to nn to be “ rewarded" by being given Jobs to attack Mrs. B. C. Coleman and had flag or of ndoptlng a memojjul _ ■hot her brother In attempting to es- accident that kilts 20 or 25 people as In Ihe Virgin Islands. What a nasty were unable to carry the wounded All man Into the house and Dr. Turner cape I lie IV A It's did Ibe ether day. But break for the Virgin Islanders! The posse, numbering more thun 20 an assemblage of farmers, workers Ihe Jobs in that territory should he gi suggested caning an officer. Before farmers, cornered the Negro. W. C. from every walk of life, union labor ven lo the Islanders themselves and they could act on the decision, a radio Lovell. In n field along the Halilne organisation* nnd I am proud to say. not to any out sider*, black or white. police car came and the officers called river bottom. colored men nnd women, who met to The salaries, emoluments and graft of ------------------------------ discuss not ihe depression, but the all offices In the Inlands are to he paid the police ambulance which took the more vital problem of self protection for. In so far ns possible, by the taxes man to the receiving hospital. Mrs. W O O D B U R N T O H E A R C O L O R E D against starvation, and all the prob- of the islanders themselves.— and why Greer was taken Into custody. CHORU8 lems of economic reconstruction, Is should these poor people, whose coun Mr. and Mrs. Greer came to Io>s try was called by Hoover a "poor "overlooked" hy our newspapers? Angeles about fifteen months ago driv Wnodhurn, Oregon. Mny 18— A col- . . . house", he required to pay o ff the ored chorus from Portland will sing at Aa n by-product of Ihe Congress, a Democrat*' "debts" lo Its black hench ing a large car with A New York li Monitor Sunday jjvenlng nt Ihe Her- demonstration against Jim Crowlsm at men? But that la from the standpoint cense. Soon afterword they bought the enth Day Adventists Church our National Capital wna given hy of Ihe Virgin Islanders. Nickel Hamburger stand at 42nd St. Now. from the standpoint of these the delegates which Is heartening n* and Central avenue, whlrh haa seem showing Its attitude against racial ills- American Negro Democrats: What an 8ENTENCE crimination. I hope It Is reported else Insult to any Negro of Harlem or Pitts ingly prospered under their manage where In The Advócate. Not only did burgh who helped to put the south ment. Mystery surrounds the antece Medford, Oregon. May 24— Charlie Washington hotels dlsrrlminnte n- back Into the saddle in the Inst elec dents of Mrs. Greer who claims that Weaterfleld was filled $18 lit city gallisi Negroes lull ON PR O PE R TY tion. to team now thnt the only way In she married her husband in Washing court Motulny on a charge of being ~ mmmm~~~~— — ■ — drunk, Continued on page four (Continued on page two, Column two) ton. D. 0., prior to their coming here. “KING Of JAZZ” TO GO ABROJO A d v o ca te I MID NIGHT PARTY ENDS IN FATAL SHOOTING One of the things that leads Mr. Lippman to think that these eminent gentlemen did not know what they are talking about is the fact that they did not recognise every one to belong to the debtor and the creditor class, ex cepting possibly the unemployed and the penniless. Mr. Lippmann did not pause long enough to define what he meant by the debtor and creditor clast, and which class among the classes, would be In favor of or against the In flation of the currency. It is my con jecture that they know. It would be fftlle to cover the argu ments of either Senator Thomas or Senator Reed They represent two schools of political philosophy. Both of them \re thoughtful men. and know what they are talking about. Senator Thomas represents the great emotions and disappointments of millions of men ahd women without bread and who blame an old. effete political sys tem for Its failure to function. Senator Reed, a great statesman and thinker, who always knows what ^e i* talking about, but like hla former colleague In the Senate. Senator Moses, is too bril liant for his own good. Then too. what a horrible cause he represents. I challenge any one for a greater ad miration than I have for the almost un canny wisdom of W alter Lippmann. To me he is the greatest writer on public matters living today But since he has stated that Senators Thomas and Reed did not Ifnow what they were talking about, on the floor of the United States Senate in their discussion of the money question. I have revived my Interest In the finesse of dialetlca! disquisition and am now certain that, after Mr. Lippmann having discovered the vanishing point in the reasoning of United tSates Senators, he should be able to tell us how many angels can stand on the point of a needle. Apart from whether Senators. Rep resentatives. editors and writers, or any part of the so-called intelltgensla. know what they are talking about, this thing is certain, the people know what they want, and as things now look, will be able to get It. Chicago. May 24— Door Co-Worker: Aa oae who ia la close contact with the Negro youth w# ar* calling upon you to help promote the International Negro youth conference. The primary purpose of the Conference Is to make a start toward the unification of Mo lit i youth of the world in order that we may carry on concertad action In solving the problems that confront th* the black race. W e are enclosing co the black race. The call which is signed by many nationally known Negroes with George 8. Schuyler a name topping the Uot la as'toB ow s: * The time has come tor concerted AC TIO N by the Negro youths of the world. Too long have we accepted e- cooomic. social and political slavery. The necessity of economic security has become Imperative, for without a certain degree of economic security and independence, the desire for poli tical freedom and social Improvement will Inevitably terminate In disillusion ment. Our knowledge of conditions with which the Negro ta confronted la generally limited to the one littel ‘pa rish’ In which we live. Our failure to grasp the necessity of international cooperation reflects badly upon the Negro as a race. Thè burden of this uncontrolled, un planned. unwleldly. machine age la falling more and more heavily upon the youth of the world, and especially upon the Negro routh. Peoples of Li beria. Haiti, the Virgin Islands. Congo, South Africa, and others less Industri alised groups are rapidly being subju gated by commercial exploitation of market-seeking western nations. The United States Is making a desperate attempt to thrust an Imperialistic dic tatorship upon the Republic of Liberia because she has not paid five million dollars ($5.000.000) to the firestone Rubber Interest. The recent Ottawa Conference resulted In the inability of the British W est Indies to buy cheap shoes and hosiery from Japan and t he Importation of erpenstve com modities from other countries not a part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Such a policy means wide spread unemployment for the W est In dians. In the United tSates today sev en Negro youths face the electric chair for an alleged attempt o f rape. Thia is another of the barbaric Invalidations of human liberty and one of the moat atrocious attempts to annul the con stitutional rights of Americans. The irony of the case Is that one o f the two women who claimed to have been raped has appeared In court and has denied the reputed attack. These ex amples are not unique, but typical of the plight of the Negro, and the con ditions are stead/ly growing more a- cute. The prohlems which confont the black race will not be solved until Ne- (Continued on page four) MEMORIAL DANCE • • • • S P O N S O R E D BY Marl Forney at I T A L I A N HALL FO U RTH A M ADISON Tuesday, May 30th Admission 35 9 till 1