GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1925, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

NEGRO LYNCHED. NEW YORK, August 9. A mob at Excelsior Springs dragged a legro assailant of a white girl from prison and hanged him. He protested his innocence. PARSON MURDERED BY HIS SON. NE WYORK, August 0. At Parkenburg (Iowa) Warren Vandervoorts, son of a Methodist pastor, admitted killing his father and wounding his mother. It is supposed that the boy became insane owing t<> overstudy. MASONIC FESTIVAL. LONDON, Aug. 9. Seven thousand freemasons attended a luncheon at Olympia, in connection with Masonic Million War Memorial Fund festival. The Duke of Connaught presided and the Duke of York and Prince Arthur of Connaught were present. The Duke of Connaught announced that subscriptions totalled £826,000, in eluding £417,000 from T.ondon lodges alone. KLUXERS GET WET. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. "White robed Klansmen from a score of States, estimated to number thirty thousand to II fly thousand, paraded the streets on Saturday, and gathered at the foot of the Washington monument. The meeting was dispersed by n deluge of rain, followed by a lightning storm, just as the services were ■about to begin. BRITISH ELECTION MOOTED. LONDON, Aug. 9. “Reynold’s News’’ says Mr Baldwin recently made a remark that he is contemplating another election shortly. His idea is to obtain a mandate for a comprehensive programme of Imperial preference, as the only remedy existing for industrial evils.