Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-21
FROM w ASEIINGTON.
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
liciplinc, John J. Guyer, a private In
The fourth United States recruit COM
pany, must serve one and one-half years
in the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kansas, i'll accordance with an
order made public 1T the War Depart
mcnt today. The record i'll the case sets
forth that Guycr attempted to deceive
the officers by concealing the fact tina!
he had once been arrested and sentenced
10 IMPRISONMENT at Dannemora, New
York. and that when he was placed IN
iall ut Fort Siocum he made two at.
tempts to end his life, one by hanging
and one by cndeavoring to cut his
throat with knife. An additional
charge was placed against him alleging
that he did mutilitate the following
article OF uniform clothing issued to
him. viz: one olive drab blanket, valued
nj $3.50. This blanket was used by
the prisoners to make rope with
which he cndcavored TO hang himself.
Culver pleaded not guilty to all the
charges against him but was convicted
by 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 1T once.
An order has been issued by the
DEPARTMENT of Justice to the United
States attorney ut 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 y
judgement against the government ant'
il will now be tried out i'll the highest
court.
Charges against four OF the men ar
rested in the handbook raids of Satllr-
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 I'm export tax on
pulp wood cut from Grown lands which
was levied 10y some of the Canadian
provinces has had Il worse effect on the
Canadian exporters than upon the inn
portcrs Of the United States according
TIA report received Ut the State De-
artmcnt from Council Willrich at
Quebec. There is Il general stagnatlon
OF the pulp wood industry the report
states. and an immense over supply i'll
Quebec.
The Census Bureau today announced
the 1910 population OF Rhode Island as
Oh. 624. an increase OF 26.6 per cent
since 1900. The increase is not suffi-
cicnt TO give the state another con-
gresham.
The new bureau OF mines launched
its work today for the rescue OF victims
Of mine disasters Three rescue stations
are to be started ut once. They
arc to be located at Wilkesbarre, Penn
sylyana, 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
nesscc, and of Birmingham, Alabama,
for the mines of Alabama, Georgia, and
southeastern Tennessee. Later on Sin
other rescue stations are to be con-
Strurtcd.
The torpedo boat Baglcy. with Butler
AmcS freak acroplinc mounted on a plat
form ut the bow. started down the Poto-
mac for the Chesapeake today TO test the
odd looking contrivancc. he present
experiment is designed to demonstrate
the lifting power of The machine. The
Ba@lcy. for this purpose will run against
Il wind III certain speed To determine
how many pounds the machine would
| lift if driven through the air 1T the same
speed 10y 4 motor engine. The secret CT
| the invention is Butler Amcs own and
he will not divulgc the principles ac-
cording to which the strange looking
aircraft is expected To fly.