Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1926, Page 5

- ONEHELD, 6 SOUGHT IN'SLAYING OF FOUR Rancher Faces Murder Charge After Frays in Texas Brush Country. | By the Associated Press HOUSTON, Te: svember 12.—A | young Texas rancher today faced a| charge of murder. and six susy\ome; were sought hy c<heriffs in the brush | country here following two | shooting fi this week, in which a | White man and three negroes were | &lain 2 of Wallace Crowder, B by a negro s bhe officers to have led to a raid in Wednesday night by vho fired hundreds of shots | =, set fire to it and! of the four negro o attempied to escape | Holmes. 90, was his age lieved by on a log then shot three updnts as they life of Fra ailrond Men See Fray. vestigatior yesterdav. whe f the slavings started frightened negroes | es returned from the aich they had nmn-enlnd‘ . to tell of the raid. The | al on the Ras,‘ vanch. 25 miles from | 10 was also witnessedby ion crew. who dared not stization started M B Crowder. 1. hrother of the sldin rancher. surrendered to officers and arked protectlc aving he feared moh violence. He refused to make a state ment or in any way indicate a knowl edge of the raid. He was charged with | murder and a hearing was set for next woek Claims Seli-Defense. | Rheriffs t night they had the | names of 1 i threatened ! to avenge the f Crowder. A | negro who admits shooting Crowder is | in jail here. Iie said he shot in self- | defense. Holmes told officers hie was talking with the other negroes when an auto | Brashears. Pastor Says Houdin Will “Come Back” to Pay Spiritist Debt Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 12.-- Harry Houdini, the magician, who died last week, has a debt to pay to spiritualism and he's coming back from the spirit world, in the belief of Dr. Zaida B. Kates, pastor of the First Spiritual Church here, who will await the first messages at a seance at_her church. “He falsified ahout spiritualism when on earth and he will have to settle for this before he is allowed to return to us.” the pastor said. “We were never able to wake him up to the truth of our belief when he was living and it may take a long time for him to see the light over there.” GRAND LODGE MAKES THREE VISITATIONS Respects Paid to Cathedral, Tem- ple-Noyes and New Jerusalem Masonic Lodges. Three grand visitations. which proved to be outstanding events in the offical calls of 1926 on con- ! stituent lodges by the grand master of Masons of the District of Colum- bia. accompanied by the officers of the Girand Lodge, occurred last eve- ning ;. Tacobs. %:30 o'c'ock and to the New salem lodge, No. 9 at 9 o'clock. The three lodges named meet in Ma- sonic Temple, Thirteenth street an New York avenue. Edward S. who s the president of Assoclation of Worshipful Mas- ters of 1926, is master of Cathedral Lodge: John T. Skinner, who is the vice president of the assoclation, is master of the New Jerusalem Lodge, and Elisha Hanson is the master of Temple-Noves l.odge. No. 32 The rooms of the lodges visited were elaborately decorated in honor the PANESE RLER BELFVED DY Members of Imperial Family Called to Bedside—Tokio Denies Critical lliness. 1 PR S By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Cooyright. 1928 TOKIO, November 12.—The prince regent, other members of the imperial family and Premier Wakatsuki pro- ceeded this morning to Havama, where Emperor Yoshihito has been for some time sick in his palace. A bul- letin is expected to be issued later. The imperal household department. in Tokio has given assurances that his majesty s condition is not critical, but it Is understood that eables have been dispatched to all members of the imperial family abroad and afloat. Acconding to custom, all announce- ments regarding the Emperor's illness must he isdued from the palace in | Toklo. where his majesty is assumedly I domieiled. Mystery and secrecy always sur- round the serious illness of & member of the imperial family of Japan, espe- clally of the Emperor. To prevent| widespread alarm and assure peace- ful succession to the throne, the peo- ple as a_whole are kept in ignorance of the Emperor's serious illness, and the news of his death is suppressed until all members of the imperial family have been informed and ar- rangements completed for the state funeral and imperial succession. Sev- eral days customarily elapse. Yoshthito is listed by current au thorities as the one hundred and twenty-second Emperor of Japan, but recent owledgment of a ruler hitherto unrecognized makes him the one hundred and twenty-third. He is the third living son of the Great Metji, .Emperor, the enlightened monarch who led his people from feudalism to modernism. _Yoshihito is but 37 years of age. His death would cause no disturbance, as he was succeeded in the conduct of state affairs by his eldest son, the Crown | Prince, now Prince Regent Hirohito, RETIRED OFFICER DIES. Lieut. Col. McCaskey Was Son of Late Major General. Lieut. Col. Garrison McCaskey. a retired Infantry officer, died at the Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, yesterday. according to War Department advices. He was the son of the late Maj. Gen. William S. McCaskey and s survived by his mother, three brothers and two sis ters. One of his brothers is Lieut. Col. Douglas McCaskey, on duty in the office of the chief of Cavalry, War Department. Another brother is Charles 1. McCaskey, treasurer-gen- eral of Pesria, at Teheran. His mother and two sisters reside at Pa- cific Grove, Calif. Col. McCaskey entered the Army as a private In the 20th Infantry in 1898 and was commissioned a second Iientenant in the same year. During the World War he commanded regi- ments In the 77th and 26th Divisions and later a brigade in the 79th Divi- sion. He was retired for disability in line of duty in July, 1920. Some men sit with their eves closed rather than see a woman stand in_a crowded street car, says the Office Roy. DD up the amount you have paid out in rent. The fotal will surprise you. Yet, what have you to show for it? $7.600 of that sum would have paid for your four rooms, bath and porch apartment here. Start saving now. Pay $750 initial deposit and let regular rental pay- ments purchase your home in 100% CO-OPERATIVE Connecticut Courts | of the Grand Lodge officers, palms, | eut flowers, special electrical instal- oceupants ed for ane of the engroes | ja1ion and the national colors being 1o come to door. When he com- | fontiag plied. the men opened fire. wounding | the negro. Then the raiders hurned | the eabin and shot three of negroes, one a emerged. Holmes were unmasked mobile stopped near the cabin and its in attendance. The New | Lodge, the last to he the | during the evening, had an thexy | ynusnally large number of its 1,015 raiders | pembers in atfendance. It presented a program of entertalnment features | which continued for more than an 15 YEARS an 6 CENTS. |hour and then served refreshments woman said as the |in the banquet room in the base- ment of the temple. The next grand visitation of the | series is scheduled for next Mon- day evening at 8 o'c'ock. to Mount sant Lodge. No. 33. in Masonic Fourteenth and Kenyon Theft Sentence Imposed on Man Caught Robbing Poor Box. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, November 12 tean vears in the penitentia sentence imposed upon F nelly for the theft of 6 cents by Jndze Fugene O'Dunne in Criminal Court | from the city of the grand master, vesterday. Connelly was caught when | the Grand Lodge officers officially robbinz the poor box in a Catholie | Visited Joseph H. Mlilans Lodge. No. Church last month tence 1. Dunkum officiating, in the absence Judge O'Dunne called attention | 27. last to his eriminal record and pointed out | east Temple. that certain States provide serious | street northeast punishment for repeated burglary of- | ter Joseph H fenses Milans Lodge was named. was a fea- . tured guest of the evening Excepting the Bible. Pilgrim's . Progress has been translated into| jjens scratching in a sandpit on the more languages and dialects than any | golf links at Fleetwood, England. re- other book The number now ex- | sulted in the discovery of 400 Roman ceeds 107 coins. S ANITATION in its highest degree controls the conditions under which EVER- FRESH Citrate of Magnesia is produced. It will pay you to in- sist upon Friday evening in North. 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It is Tim's Official Magazine for pie eaters—all boys from S to 10 years of age should ask for a year’s free subscription. Many prize contests are announced in it from time to time. i Government Plan. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 12 negotiations for a settlement of the British coal strike took a dramatic turn today, when a statement was is- sued from 10 Downing street indicat- ing that the mine owners were not in accord with the projected terms of settlement. ‘The statement said that If the miners THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY., NOVEMBER 12. BRITAIN MAY FORGE COAL STRIKE PEAGE Owners to Be cOmpe"ed £0 |last night, although they were com: Submit if Miners Accept Revived 1926. should accept the terms offered by | which gave the exeentive committee the government the Baldwin ministry [carte blanche to negotiate a settlement would proceed with legislation tolof the strike without imposing stipu- make them effective, despite the mine | jong with regard either to hours or owners' objections. wages. The statement says: The contents of the government's & 4 g “last word" were contained in a In order to prevent any possible ) poip .t mamorandum for perusal by misapprehension. the government | " yiners' executive and then for thinks it desirable to make clear that | | ;o gupmission to a delegate con the proposed terms of a settlement L * Fedévation:| The outstanding _points, presented to the Miners' Federation | St ation should do_fts ut- most to bring ahout an immediate re- sumption of work by means of district | settlements, to include a question of hours of work. When the government was satisfied that the memorandum had been complied with, it was sald. it would introduce a bill in Parliament providing that any district agreement might, within certain limitations, be. appealed from to a national arbitral Throughout last night and until| authority empowered to modify such oclock this morning there were | agreement conferences between the coal com-| The mafn point at issue —the ques. mittes of the cabinet and the execu-| tion of increasing miners’ hours of tiv committees of the coal mine own-| work hevond the statutory seven ers and miners. These conferences|hours daily—was conceded in prin- grew out of a resolution adopted by |ciple ~vesterday. The contingent the miners' delegate conference. | question of district settlements for municated to the president Mining Association at the same time as to the Minars’ Federation, do not represent an agreement with the col | liery owne: If they are accepted| land carrfed out by the miners the| government will proceed {ndependently | with the legislation proposed.” | Conferences During Night. | —— - (g5 both hours and wages also was con- ceded. The memorandum embodies both these points. ‘While the mir upon to abandon tion the miners undertake to pay temporarily in every district except Northumberland, Durham, (umber- land and North Wales the wages at the general rate prevailing before the strike began, May 1. They also un- dertake to reinstate strikers as oppor- tunity offers without prejudice to the men now working. Other matters are mainly left for settlement by district agreements. are thus called art of their posl S g Poolroom License Denied The application of Harry Moerman for a license to operate a poolroom at 203 Florida avenue was denied by the Commissioners today on recommenda- tion of Wade Coombs, superintendent of licenses of the District. Capt. Guy Burlingame of the second police pre- cinct sald a canvass of the neighbor. hood disclosed that a large majority of tha residents were opposed to the poolroom. “From_the AVENUE o NINTH- When it comes to Overcoats He comes to Parker-Bridget’s Thirty-five Winters ago we sold an overcoat to a young man who demanded the latest “jacket” style coat with shoulders that looked like boxing gloves and in a shade of tan that is now used for “stage purposes only”. But in those days—thirty-five years ago—that was the style. And when it came to Overcoats he came to Parker-Bridget’s. Yesterday we sold an overcoat to this same “young man”— true, he is now sixty-five and overcoats today (thank Heaven) are not what they were then. But he came to Parker-Bridget’s this year for the same rea- sons he did thirty-five vears ago. Hundreds, yes, thou- sands of other men come here, year after vear for their over- coats because they are assured complete satisfaction—all the way through. And we are as proud of that fact as we are of the overcoats. Raccoon Coats, too, for the Army An Unusually Fine Group of Men’s and Young Men’s Overcoats for Town Wear 4.5 Others from $40 to $150 e NATIONALLY vavy Game