Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-27

by a technical K. o.. his seconds tos-
sing in the towel in the fourth round.
estimated at more than $4,000, 600,
are begun in Federal court by Ar
thur j. and Wesley j. Edwards, who
claim ownership.
DIR. Sun Vat Sen, head of so-called
China government. is seriously Ill in
Peking.
Passing of Shanghai to control of
Peking government is presaged by
reports of defeat of troops in Chi
Hsieh Yuan, 80 miles west OF that
city.
James l.. McManus, former pro-
hibition agent. is shot down at door
Of his Philadelphia home, as out
come, he says, of grudge over his
official activities.
Helen +. Nosbuerg. of Norwalk,
Conn, Barnard College (New York
City,, student, jumps or falls to her
death from eighth floor of college
building.
New York States embargo on live
poultry is extended to include five
other states and also to include
five other states and also to include
ducks. geese. turkeys. pigeons and
guinea fowl.
President Allesandri of Chile, who
quit the country last fall after gov
ernment overturn, decides to return
from Rome.
William A. Mors, attorney connect
ed with many famous cases, dies at
his Boston home.
New York. Jan. 26-Preliminary
approval of the Amateur Athletic
submitted by United States Army
athletes throughout the country on
an amateur basis in conformance
with A. A. U. regulations and elimi-
nate cash prizes for soldier events.
Announcement of this was made to-
day by Murray Hubert. president of
the A. A. U. after conferences with
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas j. john
son of the general staff, in charge of
war department operations and
training divisions.
Chicago, Jan. Ga, II year old
youth was said by the police today
to have identified George Moran,
henchman of the late Dion O'Ban-
MON, gunman- florist. as one cf the
assailants OF John Torrio, leader #
Chicago's underworld forces. who
was shot and probably fatally
wounded Saturday night by four
gunner. Torrio's wounds today
developed in friction which caused
police to believe that the bullets
with which he was shot may have
been poisoned.
Berlin, Jan. 26-Baron Ago Won
Nathan. the newly appointed ambas-
sador to the United States, expects
TO leave for his post at Washington,
the end of February.
Philadelphia, Jan. o6.-While hold
Ing his infant son in his arms, James
T. McManus, former prohibition
agent, was shot down today at the
door of his home by three men who
knocked his wife unconscious. Then
men sprang from behind, Telling Mrs
McManus with blow from the butt
of pistol on the Jaw. McManus fell.
shot three times in the left thigh and
once through the right ankle. The
baby rolled on the ground unhurt
The asSailants are believed to have
fled in waiting motor car. At a hos
pital McManus told police he was
convinced the shooting was the out
come Of a grudRe inspired by his ac-
tivities in prohibition enforcement.
New York. Jan. 26.-A pistol Of
German make, loaded with what was
believed to be lethal gas. was found
today on Elmer Low. who was arrest
ed while lurking in a hallway in Sec
ond avenue. The shell of the pistol
: was one and half inches long and
half an inch in diameter.
New York, Jan. 26.-(By A. P)-
UDperturbed by the first defeat in his
American campaign in handicap
race Saturday, Paavo Nurmi today de-
clared himself fit for the two races
| In which he viii be central figure to-
morrow and Wednesday nights at
Madison Square Garden. in the 18th
annual track and field carnival of the
Millrose A. A., the most pretentious
indoor meet Of the season. Nurmi will
be only one of an unusual galaxy of
international stars competing. but his