Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
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Correspondence Of Alexandria Gazette
For attempting to commit suicide by
hanging himself by the neck in his cell
NJ Fort Slocum, New York, to the
prejudice of good order and military
dicipline," John j. Guyer, private In
ehe fourth United States recruit com
pany. must serve one and one-half years
in the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kansas, in accordance with an
order made public at the War Depart
nent today. The record in the case sets
forth that Guyer attempted to deceive
the officers by concealing the fact thai
he had once been arrested and sentenced
10 Imprisonment at DannemOra, New
York. and that when he was placed III
iall at Fort Slocum he made two at
tempts to end his life, one by hanging
and one by endeayoring to cut his
throat with a knife. An additional
charge was placed against him alleging
that ne did mutilitate the following
article Of uniform clothing issued to
him. viz: one olive drab blanket, valued
at $3.50. This blanket was used by
the prisoners to make a rope with
which he endeavored to hang himself.
Guver pleaded not guilty to all the
charges against him but was convicted
by a court martial and sentenced to
serve three years in prison. The term
was reduced by half and the finding
affirmed. Guycr will be sent to Leaven-
worth at once.
An order has been issued by the
Department Of Justice to the United
States attorney at St. Louis to appeal
the ST. Louis Terminal Case to the
United States Supreme Court In this
case the government charged that the
railroads in the terminal ASSOCIATION
violated the antitrust act by charging
unlawful rates on traffic over the Eads
bridge. The circuit court entered a
judgement against the government and
it will now be tried out i'll the highest
court.
Charges against four Of the men ar
rested in the handbook raids of Satur-
dav last were filed this morning by
Assistant District Attorney Given.
Those against The other four will be
ready in few days.
The imposition of an export tax on
pulp wood cut from Crown lands which
was levied by some of the Canadian
provinces has had worse effect on the
Canadian exporters than upon the i'm
porteIs Of the United States according
TIA report received at the State De-
Iartmcnt from Council Wlllrich at
Quebec. There is a general stagnation
of the pulp wood industry the report
states. and an immense over supply In
Quebec
The Census Bureau today announced
the 1910 population Of Rhode Island as
542 624. an increase of 26.6 per cent
since 1900. The increase is not suffi-
cient to give the state another CON
gresham.
The new bureau of mines launched
it's work today for the rescue OF victims
of mine disasters. Three rescue stations
are to be started at once. They
are to be located at Wilkesbarre, Penn
sylyania. to cover the keystone anthra-
cite district, at Huntington, w. Va, to
cover the bituminous fields western
West Virginia, eastern Kentucky,
southern Ohio, and northeastern Ten
nessee, and of Birmingham, Alabama,
for the mines Of Alabama, Georgia, and
southeastern Tennessee. Later on six
other rescue stations are to be con-
structcd.
The torpedo boat Bagley. with Butler
Amcs' freak aeroplane mounted on plat
form at the bow, started down the Poto-
mac for the Chesapeake today to test the
odd looking continuance. The present
experiment is designed to demonstrate
the lifting power Of The machine. The
Baglcy. for this purpose will run against
a wind mt a certain speed TO determine
how many pounds the machine would
lift if driven through the air at the same
speed by a motor engine. The secret of
the invention is Butler Ames' own and
he will not divulgc the principles ac-
cording to which the strange looking
aircraft is expected to fly.