Advocate_1931-11-07

OTTO G. RUTHERFOR~ 833 NE. SHAVER ST ~ PORTLAND, ORE. ~ 97212 THE ADVOCATE - An Independent Paper De.voted to the Interest• o.f the People VOL. 28- N0.5 IN TWO SECTIONS PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1 1931 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS 300,000 .LIBRARY OPENS AT ATLANTA UNIV. I CONFESSES AFTER · 1;6~HR GRILL IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES MARK . lAYING OF CORNERSTONE 'Digesting· · ADU LT ED LJ CATI Q N ·FOSTERED LIBRARY GIFT FROM GENERAL EDUCATIONALBOARD i .. Toe 'News ~ ~ • (~. ~:~:. 0:.~ ~: _"_'~~""-L'. .• : NEW POLITI CAl 1 PROMISED WORK PACIHSl TO Go~:c~:]~~!::::ion WREAKSO~E~~~~G~ENRY AfAll~lf~IG~:: HlJ:~/~TIONS !€~ ~~~1::.::~.i!i~~~il:;[ ClUB fORMED INSTEAD RAPED SPEAK AT FISK NEW YORK AND ATLANTA smc Philadelphia, Nov. 5(ANP)-"Bles- Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 5-Attended by seems apparent in these United TED AS CENT ERS-MISS MAE sed are the ,peacemakers" is part of Impressive ceremonies, the corner– the life program of Magistrate Ed- stone of the new $300,000 library of ward W. Henry. While driving his Atlanta University was laid here yes– automobile on Thursday afttrnoon he terday afternoon, marking an lmpor– noticed two young colored women tant step. in the history of the institu– quarreling. He stopped his car and tion. States of ours and e&pec!ally in our HAWES WILL DIRECT W ORK IN race. e/ t~:cef~i 10 d::!rg ~:~~~~:~r:~~ carri- A TIACKERPROTECTED LA TTER Regularly I read and digest the "Formation of the Portland Negro I ~\~h~11i;1:e ~h:{ini;:it::e:de!~1~ £i~:~t;v,%t!:~11i~t~ui!;~~;~::;; BY LYNCHSYSTEM where its the same story. 'fhe front and as a clearing house for civic and and editorial pages tell us of the vast other information was announced by ACTIVEINORGANIZING JAPAN LEAGUE or NATIONS ASSO. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. - The American Association of Adult Education, which for a number of years has been pro– moting adult education among differ- attempted to bring about a peaceful The ceremony was conducted by settlement of the difficulty. One of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia the women had a razor which she and was witnessed by a large and reP– used, slashing the Magistrate's coat. resentative audience. Addresses were He arrested the armed woman, who delivered by Kendall Weisiger, a gave the name of Elsie Johnson, and member of the Board of Trustees of carried her to the 12th and Pine str., Atlanta University and chairman of police station. The other woman, Eli- the library building commHtee, and zabeth Holland, was carried to Grad- by Capt. A. T. Walden, President of uate hospital where she was treated the Alumni Association of the Uni– for severe cuts of the face and body. I versity. President John Hope pre- amount of welfare and relief work Wyatt w. Willia~s. attorney and first that is necessary and which our pub- president of the organization. The Uc and civic organizations are putting ,·Rev. w. R. Lovell is secretary. across. "We are starting with 30 members" Williams said, "and expect to have at On the inside pages, especially the least 200. We want to make our peo– society, sport and theatrical news, we pie better citizens and the club is find no lessening of events and to formed for that purpose. We know judge from these particular pages and that to be a good citizen, one must the mammoth and pretentious affairs have a knowledge of public affairs, being staged all over the country one city, county, state and national ·is– would think that our people were lit- sues, candidates for office and other erally sitting on top of the world. matters pertaining to governmental functions. The club will be non-secta– rian and will he a clearing house for information on those things with which all voters and ,property own– ers should be familiar." After considerable study of courses I am inclined to think that we are sit– ting on a volcano and It would do us well to pause for a moment in our merriment and consider the facts, rMI and potential. , Prospective members must be leg– .r!:'-V<>toi,r,, l,c, a fii!<J ~'lU(I', a-:-.ui"Of There are many, still living, who re– member the words of that great man; possible, tax payers. --o---- "This country cannot endure, half AWARDED ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP free and half slave." The theory is just as true today and neither can the country endure, half starving while the other half rolls in wealth. 1 1 --- I According to information contained Relief work ls a present necessity in an eastern newspaper, Hughey Ar– but at best it is only a temporary in- nette, of Tacoma, the brilliant son of surance against an ultimate uprising Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Arnette, of 914 and revolt unless conditions are N. Cushman Avenue, Tacoma, has changed. recently been awarded another schol– The condition .cannot b~ changed in one generation but we can lay the plans for the succeeding generations and in laying them we must eliminate the premium on the dollar and place it on character and usefulness. arship. Hughey, who has many friends along the coast, graduated last June from Puget Sound college in Tacoma and was awarded a scholarship for study at Columbia where he is now attending school. This condition can not he brought ''PROHIBITION" TOPIC about through politics, as administer- ed today, however. Politicians cater . to adults who are capable of voting while the work of eradicating most OF DISCUSSION of the present day economic evils must be centered wholly on the young and newy borns. If half of the money that crime and waste costs us yearly could be salvag– ed we would at once eliminate half of our economic !lls but to do this we must start with the young. In the place of greed, avarice and lust we must substitute the desire for ser– vice, loyalty and love. To do this, however, our capitalis– tic system must be slightly changed, so that a premium and perpetual div– idends will be paid on the investment of merit, faithfulness and reliability. When these essentials are rewarded, instead of merely the possession of dollars, the race and the nation will have, in one stroke, solved all our crime, racial and class poverty con– ditions. Am I right? WHEATON ADMIRES IHIGH STANDARDS OF ADVOCATE San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 3, 1931 To the editor: Congratulations on tile improve– ment, in the mechanical appearance, of The Advocate. Glad to see that it is keeping up the literary standard and the NEWS of racial interest. Note with regret that the column furnished by "Kits Ried" has been missing for some issues. Received a very interesting letter from Clifford C. Mitchell, in which he stated high appreciation for you and the hope for your continued journal– istic success. I class the Portland Advocate a– mong the papers with a worthwhile mission. PROMINENT SPEAKERS LISTED Prohibition will be "put 011 the spot" at a mass meeting in Portland on Saturday, November 7. The meeting will be held in the city auditorium, Third and Clay streets, under the auspices of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. An eminent physician, a prominent attorney and Legionaire, a member of the clergy, and a labor leader are among those who will attack 'Prohibition from the speaker's platform. The speakers are: Dr. William S. Knox, physician. Ben T. Osborne, executive secre– tary of the Oregon state Federation or Labor. Joseph Carson, Portland attorney and a member of the American Le– gion. Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz, of the Temple Beth Isreal, Portland. Mrs. Louise Palmer Weber, a mem– ber of the Oregon state advisory board of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. The Women's Organization for re– form which is sponsoring the mass meeting has a national enrollment of 355,000, and an Oregon State member– ship of 2,365 women who have pledg– ed themselves to work and vote for repeal of National liquor laws. "Pro– hibition has failed dismally, "Mrs. David T. Honeyman, Oregon state chairman, declared when announcing the mass meeting. "Not only is pro– hibition impossible of enforcement, and a demoralizing force in our na– tional life, but also it is costing the United States above $50,000,000 a year. Oregon state headquarters are 607 Corbett Bldg., Portland. With best wishes, I am sincerely, W. J. WHEATON Note: The editor of The Advocate ---o- wrote Mr. Wheaton many months a- KIN CONTESTS DOCTOR'S WILL go requesting him to contribute a Chicago, Ill., Nov. 5-Relatives of column on National politics and oth- the late Dr. Daniel H. Williams, noted er .subjects of timely interest to the physician who died at his ldlewild reading public but he never did. How- Michigan home last, August, moved to ever we are asking him agaii. and we contest his will last Friday when they sincerely hope that he will be able to sought to prevent the instrument start with the next issue of The Ad- from being admitted to ,probate. vocate. Numerous bequests were made fn- Mr. Wheaton is a writer of nation- eluding $8,000 outright to the Nation– al reputation and his editorial mes- al Association for the Advancement sages are more than Interesting -Ed. [of Colored People. r' Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 5 - Hazel Ford, unemployed Negro woman, ap– plying for a job as a servant, was for– cibly carried in a car to woods by a white employer here and raped. Nashville, Term., Nov. 5-Fisk ent groups in America, has just be– students and faculty had as their gun work among Negroes and has guest spealrers thls week Dr. Gilbert chosen Atlanta and New York as the Bowles of Japan ar.d Dr. Robert Kel- two centers for its Initial efforts. ly, Secretary of the American Asso- To head up the work in Atlanta an elation of Colleges. interracial committee has been creat- Miss Ford had advertise<f in the newspapers for employment. The white man, reading the ad, called her and told her that his wife wanted a girl to care for his children two days a week for which she would be paid $5 weekly. She was instructed to take a car and get off at the end of the line. Strivers, the white man, met her and told her he was going to take her to his brother's wife. When they had driven some distance out of town, Miss Ford became a- 1,!rlJ!Nl, and JJ..emnude~ tlL.he _µl,e back. He forced her o stay in the car and then left her in the woods after he had raped her. or. Bowles has Jived for more than ed consisting of Dr. w. W. Alexander, thirty ye11rs in Tokyo attached to the Miss Tommie Dora Barker, Dr. M. S. Friends' Mission Doard. He was one Davage, Clark Foreman, Miss Fannie of the organizers o: the Japan Peace Hinton, Dr. John Hope, Miss Jessie Society in 1906 which has grown into Hopkins , Miss Clara Howard, Miss the Japan League of Nations Assoc!- Charlotte Templeton, and F. B. Wash– ation. He has been for three years ington. It is stated that the associa– s.ecretary of that international sec- tion does not propose to duplicate or ~10n and has done as much for peace take over the work of any existing m. the Onent as has any one man. institution, but rather to supplement His al)pearance he,·e was most time- their work by rendering all possible ---o- sided at the meeting. DENTISTRYHEAD -~t~i~t:¥~o;J::;tj1lio~;t1:c~~if ween the campuses of Spelman and OUSTED AT E!fr?i~~~1~~e=~ll~1;~:b:i;ei!i~ ly. assistance and cooperation. library Is to serve not only Atlanta University and its affiliated colleges, but also the other three local inst!- He o_utlin_ed tJ?,e -"~~tory o~ the pre- As director of the project the Asso- e.:rt _s1tu-at.,u lli'-Y.1' • ehJJna. - . - sintiA~ '.!,IB.a en~.. · T ~ sent contro'Versy between Chma and tof New York City, where she was Japan, the treaty that gave Ja~an former ly a national secretary of the control of the Southern Manchurian Y. w. c. A., director of the Emma Railway, the 1915 treaty with China Ransom House, and head of the thrift that extended the treaty of 1905 and department of Dunbar National Bank. gave Japan a 99 year lease, from The committee feels that the director 1898, of the railway territory and the ls exceptionally well fitted for this • ...,. r;~-:'.\,l'Orl'la Drow~Uege~, '\.Clark . MOWARB tutlons of higher learning f.l,>r Ne- O'iuversity, and Gamon TheolucJc:al Seminary, which may enter Into co– operative arrangements with Atlanta University for its use. The shock from the assult was so great that Miss Ford attempted to commit suicide by drinking poison but her sister stopped her on the moment. Although the name of the white raper is known as well as his lisence plate numbers no action has been tak– en against him by the authorities. Membersof the white ruling class do with the Negro women what they will, knowing that they will be protected by the lynch law system. (Continued on Page Two) wor~. holding a mast_ers d~gree. in ed- ucat10n from Columbia Umvers1ty and IGNORESEXISTENCE The building will cost about $300,000 to construct and equipt. The plans have been drawn by James Rogers of New York City, arch itect for Yale, Northwestern and other un– iversities, and construction is by the Barge-Thompson Company of Atlanta. N EGRO Y OUTH IS BARRED OF UNIV. AUTHORITY having done post-graduate work in sociology. Miss Haws has arrived In the city and has open headquarters FROM UNIV. DORMITORY for the project at the Auburn Avenue ---o--- Rev. T. J. CastOJ?. Resigns Rev. J. T. Caston, one of the most outstanding !lnd most popular minis– ters of the Baptist denomination In the state of Missouri asked to be relieved of all official responsibility at the Baptist State convention which met in St. Jose·ph last week. Declin– ing health was the cause of his re– quest. The St. Louis Argus has this to say of his resignation: One of the most touching scenes of the Convention was when Dr. J. T. Caston, the "War Horse" of Isra- Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 5-Suit a– gainst the University of Minnesota is threatened by John S. Pinkett, Sr., of the Washington office of the Na– tional Benefit Life Insurance Com– pany, as the result of the institu– tion's refusal to admit John S. Pink– ett, Jr., a student, to occupy a room in Pioneer Hall, recently com,pleted dormitory, Mr. Pinkett, who made aJl)plication by mail for a room in the dormitory stayed there one night only, return– Ing from class the next day to find that his clothes had been removed to the basement. His father is expected to file suit on the grounds of breach of contract. SH OW DEMONSTRATION el" asked to be relieved of all of his offices. Those who know how his (By I. ·L. D.) heart has been tied to the Baptist Wednesday, November 11th is the cause of Missouri felt keenly the pas- anniversary of the Armistice and the sing of this great man out of the of- massacre of IWWs In Centralia, Wn. ficial life of the Missouri Baptist The Portland unemployed council Convention. The moment was not will mobolize a demonstration in the tense for a while, but tears came in- Plaza block, 4th and Main Sts., at 2 to the eyes of grown men, who had P. M. The demonstration on this day worked with this "Baptist Giant" dur- is for the ,purpose of ratifying the ing his forty or more years. He was Portland delegation to the National for a long time president of the State Hunger March, which will leave In Convention." the evening. Dr. Caston has been living in St. The National Hunger March, will Louis for a number of years where arrive in Washington, D. C., Dec. 7th he was active in the practice of Med- for the opening of Congress. They !cine as well as ,pastor of one of the will demand immediate cash unem– largest churches there. He resigned ployment relief and unemployment his pastorate some time ago. insurance from the war approprla- Note: Dr. J. L. Caston of Portland, tlons of the budget. 1200 delegates former pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist and thousands of non-official delegat– Church, Is said to be the son of DrJJ. es will attend the demonstration In T. Caston of St. Louis. Washington. Demonstrations thru- ---0 out the country will support the del– egation on the 7th. THE MEANEST MAN At the Portland Armistice day According to a recent police bul- meet a demand for the freedom of letin, Mrs. Wirt Morton reported the the Centralia prisoners now in Walla loss of a ladies winter, fur trimmed Walla, will be made. coat valued at $48. It was stolen from According to police reports, Albert the family residence on Woodward Hart and Hester Pettis, colored, were Avenue by sneak thieves who enter- arrested early Wednesday morning ed the house with a pass key October lurking in the shadows at Union and the 30th. Holliday avenues by officials from -o- precinct No. 2. A large number of Quiet Hour Of Music Inspiring Mrs. Amy Becton, of 695 1-2 Kearn– ey street informs The Advocate that the regular monthly "Quiet Music Hour" held the first Sunday In each month at Temple Beth Israel, is open and free to the pubile. The second program of the series was held last Sunday afternoon at the TemJ)le. Mrs. Becton says they are very ex– cellent and inspiring and she wishes that more race people would attend them. barber tools and supplies, said to be missing from 411 East Morrison St. were found in their possession. --0- NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF ELKS TO MEET IN SEATTLE The Northwest Association of Elks will hold a s,peclal meting tonight In Seattle to discuss plans of representa– tion to J,!te. annual convention of Elks nextAugust hi Los Angeles. Delegat– es from Spokane;, Yakima, Washing– ton, Portland, Ori,go'n and Vancouver are expected to attend. Fred Haris, of Tacoma ls presldfint of the Associa– tion. branch of the Carnegie Library. A native of Macon, Georgia, and a grad– uate of Atlanta University, Miss Hawes has many friends here. TRUSTE ES OUST F IGHT ING DEN- WASH INGTON STAMPS PREPAR- RESEARCH DISCLOSES EARLYNEGRO SURVEYOR T AL PROFESSOR CENTER OF RECEN T FACULTY DI SORDERS (By Elise Restaud) Washington, D. C. Nov. 5-(By A. N. P.)-What may or may not prove to be the final chapter in the long and bitter fight which Dr. Arnold Donawa, together with his friends, has conducted against the adminis– tration of Howard university was ED FOR N I NETEEN TH IRTY-TWO Twelve new postage stamps in honor of George Washington have been prepared by the Post Office De– partment for use next year during the Bicentennial Celebration of Wash– ington's Birth. The stamps show Washington as he aippeared to differ– ent artists at different times in his life, and were taken from photogfaphs furnished by the United States Geo. Washington Bicentennial Commis– sion. Washington, D. C. Nov. 5-(ANP) -Some of the more intimate relation– ships which George Washington, fa– ther of his country, had with the Ne– gro servants who were his slaves dur– ing those colonial days are being brought to light by Investigators who are poring over his letters and writ– ings. written when the trustees in their ---o- ~f ~}f !: t;:11;c{feot~1:;~o!;~ ORPHAN JONES In the research incident to the cel– ebration of the George Washington Bicentenial, all of the memoirs of Washington are being examined. An effort Is being made to discover whe– ther Washington himself a surveyor, was in any way resJ)onsible for the employment of Benjamin Banneker, the famous Negro who served as a surveyor during the laying out of the city of Washington. It is known that Banneker worked under the direction of the French Engineer who had charge of the work and there are ma– ny who say that Banneker drew the plans for an entire section of the ci– ty. The Bicentennial • is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visi– tors to Washington in 1932. Prepara– tions are being made for an influx of colored visitors and while no specific plans are available yet looking tow– ard the presentation of a colored ex– hibit since most of the Negroes of the time were still In slavery. Banne– ker and many other Negroes, how– ever, were free during Washington's time and some of them had made re– markable progress. -0--- POLICE KILL NEGRO BOY The fol!owlng statement was issu-1 ed to the press at the close of the trusee meeting on Tuesday night: "The board of trustees of Howard university, in their semi-annual meet– ing, held today in the board of trus– tees room, Carnegie Library, voted to adopt the recommendation of the Committee on the School of Medicine to dismiss Dr. Arnold Donawa from the service of the university, effect– Ive October 27, 1931. "This action of the board of trus– tees was taken wth great regret and after an extended hearing, In which Dr. Donawa was given full opportu– nity to make any and all statements he desired to mke in his own behalf and after a delegation of representa– tives of dental societies had present– ed an appeal. Dr. Donawa's difficulties which culminated in his ultimate dismissal grew out of his refusal from the very beginning of his term of office to ac- (Continued on Page Two) O regonians Ready For Celebration A year of almost continuous cele– bration of the Two Hundredth Anni– versary of the Birth of George Wash- Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 5 - A 15 year-old I ington Is outlined in a folder that has Negro boy, Frampton Williams, waa been Issued by the Oregon George ~hot. to death by the. Atlanta Pollce, Washington Bicentennial Commission m crrcumstances which point to a- of which Judge Wallace Mccamant nother lyn:hing by these bloodhounds. Is chairman. The Oregon Commission The police. sho"'."ered bullets at t~e was appointed under the authority of boy, one killmg him. The police claim the Oregon Legislature. The pamph– they shot the boy because he had let is being widely distributed. stolen a car. Neighbors found t~e Churches, schools, fraternal orders, boy the next day under the house m women's clubs luncheon clubs and o– the neighborhood. .. ther organizations will cooperate, it This terror against the Jim-crowed is expected, in presenting programs and persecuted Ne~oes of ~tlanta and celebrations throughout the year. can: only be fought w~th the umt:l'. and The folder prepared by the Oregon assistance of the white workers, the Commission notes the anniversary tollers of ?oth races fighting together days of Washington, and suggests tor emancipation. subjects to be considered. Wednesday Stay off December 2nd, George S. Schuyler, nationally known writer and lecturer will speak In Portland. January 6, 1932, the first date desig– nated, Is the anniversary of the day on which George Washington and Martha Custis were married. VICTIN OF QUIZ Snow Hill, Md., Nov. 4-(CNA)-That Orphan Jones, aged Negro farm labo– rer, is Innocent of the murder of a rich planter and his family, and is a victim of a vicious frame-up, Is shown by facts uncovered by the ILD. Orphan Jones who was made to sign a "confession" after 16 hours of • severe torture, told ILD representa– tives that the belonging of the Davis family found in his possession had been planted by the police when they saw that they would have a hard job proving their case against him. Furtner investigation has revealed the fact that last year Davis, the murdered farmer, had shot the son of Clark, a neighbor, · when he caught him in the watermelon patch and that Davis had informed on Clark to a– nother landlord in a dispute over a boundary line. These facts are simp– ly ignored by the authorities. In addition, Jones was not even physically able to read the "confes– sion" he signed after 16 hours of beat. Ing, because his glasses had been ta– ken away from him. If the police are so sure that he Is guilty, it is asked, why were they so careful not to per– mit a lawyer for Jones until after he had been indicted? Last week lynch fury broke out a– gain, when a mob of 300 farmers in automobiles stormed the jail at Snow Hill in an effort to lynch Jones. Luck ily, Jones was at the Baltimore jail at that time, for the warden would have offered no reslstnce to the mob as Is proven by the fact that he permitted them to enter the jail and then refus– ed to reveal the identity of any of the members of the mob. Bernard Ades, ILD attorney who ls defending Jones, Is preparing a peti– tion for a change of venue, citing the several attempts of Worcester County farmers and merchants to lynch the man as a means of terrorizing the thousands of farm workers in this area.