Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-10
NEWS BRIEFS

New York, Nov. 9.-Cornelius
O'Keefe and Harry Weinstein were ar
rested early today after wild motor
car chase through upper Manhattan
streets. during which they sought to
escape by ramming several of Is tax
icabs in which police pursued. Scores
of shots were fired at the fleeing cab,
which was stopped when Weinsteln
was shot in the leg with which he OPP
Grated the clutch. The pair. accompa-
MED by third man who escaped. it is
said, attempted a gunless holdup of
the "Mogus TaXicab Co. Offices"
Pittsburg, Nov. 9.-The Rev. Knox
McClurlin of Pittsburg. leading fig
ure of the United Presbyterian church
in North America. died today. Heart
disease which followed an attack of
pneumonia caused death. DIR. McClur-
kin was moderator of the general as
sembly in 1906. He was born in Spar
ia. Ill, in 1853.
Columbus. Ohio, Nov. s.-Effective
tomorrow morning. the Standard Oil
Co. of Ohio announced today the retail
price of gasoline at filling stations
will be reduced one cent throughout
Ohio. The new price will be is cents
gallon.
Los Angeles. Cal, Nov. 9.-Resi-
dents of Los Angeles and nearby cities
of Pasadena, Glendale. Monrovia AID
Alhambra. await report from the seis-
mograph station at Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory near Pasadena to learn
whether the shocks felt last night
were an earthquake or night firing by
the battle fleet so miles at sea. The
shocks were unaccompanied by damage
or casualties and We're not recorded,
so far as is known. on any seismo-
graph.
Washington. Nov. "a wholesale
raid on breweries in eastern Pennsyl-
Vania. to shut off the supply of beer
admitted TO be flooding a large part of
the east. was begun today by prohibit
ton forces. Reports to Commissioner
haynes from Philadelphia said IL
breweries were seized early today and
that score would be padlockcd before
nght.
Berlin. Nov. 9.-(By A. P.)-10.50 A.
M.-The latest advices from Munich up
to this hour indicate that the Bavarian
dictator. Won kahr. and the Reichswehr
commander. Won Lossow. are not iden-
titled with the Ludendorf- Hitler putsch
and have ordered the arrest of these
two leaders.
New York. Nov. 9.-Judge Grain to-
day sustained the criminal libel
charges brought against Assemblyman
Louis A. Cuvillier by Police Commits
sioner Enrisht. growing out of charges
of police bootleg graft. and held him
for the grand jury. The judge dis
missed the libel charges against Magis-
trate Joseph F. Corrigan.
Wilmington. Del, Nov. 9.-The
federal government which is suing
the Chemical Foundation. Inc. for
the return of seized German patents
sold to it, has been granted a weeks
extension of time by the United
States district court here to file its
reply brief. The foundation filed its
brief last week and the original time
expired yesterday. Illness of Col. w.
II. Anderson, chief counsel for the
government. was given as the reason
for the extension.
Kingston, Jamaica. Nov. 9.-(By A.
P.l-The fourth engineer and four
colored stokers were killed and four
other members of the crew injured,
three seriously, by the explosion of
a boiler in the engine room of the
Jamaica Freight and Shipping Co.'S
steamer Princess May. en- route from
Port Antonio to New York. The
badly damaged steamer was lowed
into this port last night. The pas
sengers. including many prominent
fruitmen, escaped injury.