Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-26
NEWS BRIEFS

Washington = Senator Mclean.
chairman OF the banking committee,
introduces resolution proposing a
JOINT congressional committee to in
vestlgate why more banks have not
JOlhed the Federal Reserve System.
me resolution is designed to open
iurther the gates of credit to agri-
cuiturists. A total Of 9,4G0 banks and
trust companies, IS per cent. of those
eligible, had not Joined.
New York-The police department
Domb squad tonight brought to the
Manhattan headquarters and booked
Tor investigation eight men taken in
custody at meeting, reported to
nave been held by the Ku Klux Khan
IN brooklyn. The authorities assert
t ,.u 'hey were officials of the Ku kluX
Khan.
New York--A national campaign to
obtain $5,000,OOO during the next
tnfce years to relieve distress among
me destitute of Germany and Aus
IRA was opened tonight at meeting
attended by 400 members of the
central Committee Inc, of which
Charles Nagef. former L. S. sccre-
tary of commerce, is president.
fafls tBy \. P.)-After meeting
OF the French cabinet this morn
ing at which the members were Civ
en- me latest reports from the Ruhr,
cominunlque was issued saying the
"ablnet discussed what measures it
should take with reference to false
news or foreign origin concerning
the Allied action i'm the Ruhr."
Chicaso-Two fires here last night,
one at the warehouse of the Amcri
can Llhseed Company and the other
IN hNe story structure occupied bv
In1nII13ctllrjnox
aSe estimated between $35O,OOO and
$4,000
New Orleans, LA row of four
thrcc-story brick buildings in the
rt'all commercial district on Baronne
street near Canal street, were de-
slroyed by fire today. Preliminary
estimates by fire authorities placed
the loss at 100000.
new Nork-Eightecn persons were
sHShtly injured carly today when n
i've car passenger train collided with
coal train standing on the tracks
al the Third Elevated Lines at the
l4th street station
ambridgc. Alass.-Figures made
pubic today showed that subscrip-
IONS to the Harvard endowment fund
mad reached total of sl3.S92, COS on
Jan. | last. OF this amount s1O,91O.-
49, ''t' '''ll paul Ill
Observation-Disclosures for the
President to take over and operate
coal mines in event or an emergency
is contained in bill introduced to-
day by Senator Brookhart. Repubi-
can, Iowa. and referred TO the eduCa-
ton and labor committee.
standardization to Major
General Allen, commanding Ameri-
can forces in Germay, to return all
personnel not able to find accom-
modations on the transport st. Mi
! mel on the Shipping Board steamer
! America, were cancelled today by
the War Department. Under the
new order all personnel not return
ing on the st. Mihiel will await later
! instructions from the department.
Boston,-The New England I'm
/ plement Dealers Association today
! elected J.. +. VIM Of Nashua. n. H.,
| to succeed George +. Williams OF
| Providence, II. l.. as president. f.
/ j.. brewster of Hartford, Conn. was
! elected first vice president. Worces-
/ ter was suggested as a meeting
! place for next years gathering.
! Waterford. Ireland.-(By A. p. y
! Two men, named O'Reilly and F'itz-
! gerald. residents OF Cork. We're exc
! cuted at the Waterford Infantry
f, barracks this morning. Both had
| been found guilty of possessing arms
| Boston-t'rank II. Foss. of Fitch
! burg, chairman of the Republican
| state committee for the past two
years. was unanimously reelected
/ for 1923 and 1924 today at meet
| ing of the committee here.
| DISQUALIFICATION urging Con-
cress to pass the Bursum bill for re-
firing disabled temporary and cmer-
gcncy officers of the United States
Army We're introduced in the state
! Senate today by Senator John NJ.
| Gibbs Of Naltham.
Shington-IncrcaseS in many
! lines of business and industrial ac-
/ tivity in December despite the sea
! Sonal tendency to decline, were noted
in the monthly survey of the Dc
partmcnt of Commerce. made spublic
today. The survey described the
| immediate outlook as bright, and saw
! little effect upon domestic conditions
from the disturbed foreign situation.