Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-10

tary of the Commonwealth, from NoE-
er A. James, Democratic state clalr~
man. That being the case, n9a candi-
date will be voted on for United States
Senator August 6, the date. CT the
primary election. June was. the last
day on which an aspirant could pay
the primary fee, and prior to. that day
Senator Martin was the only one to
put up. - !, irG .
John w. Gievengec, eighteen-year-
old son Of Thomas -Clevenger, is in a
precarious condition in Memorial Hos
pital in Winchester as result of be-
ing gored by bull on the George /.
Pitzer farm, near Welltown. He was
attacked in the barn, and after being
gored again and again, managed 20
crawl where the bull could not reach.
He was found unconscious and COW
cred with blood and mud several hours
later by the wife of the tenant. Sew
eral ribs were fractured and one lung
punctured.
Senator Claude A. Swanson was
Monday elected chairman of the
Senate naval affairs committee by the
Senate, to succeed the late Senator
Tillman of South Carolina. He has
for years been ranking Democratic
member of the naval affairs commit
tee, and has handled the naval appro-
priations bills on the floor Of the
Senate when Senator Tillman was too
i'll to do so. At the same time Sena-
tor Swanson relinquished the chair
manship of the committee on public
buildings and grounds. though he still
remains member of that committee.
Alexander H. karnes, aged sixty
two, was arraigned Monday in the
Corporation Court at Roanoke, for the
murder on the the night of June l of
Mrs. Amanda Kelley, aged thirty
seven, whose body was found lying in
field on the outskirts of the city on
the morning of June2. The Common
wealth alleged jealousy as the motive
for the killing. Karnes has wife
and two grown sons, who sat with him
during the trial The murdered wo-
man was married and the mother of
six children. Witnesses were intro
ruced to show karnes and the woman
were seen on the night of June l in a
wood near the field in which the body
was found on the following morning.
When the automobile in which they
were riding in Baltimore was struck
by another car driven recklessly, they
say by a negro, Cardinal Gibbons,
Bishop O'Connell, Of Richmond, and
Bernard F. Shriver, of Carol County,
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury on July a, is became known yes
terday. The accident happened in the
Green Spring valley, near Stevenson
Station. Mr.. -Shriver and his disti-
guished guests were on their way to
Westminster. When a chort distance
from the property Of Capt. lssac Z.
Emerson, small automobile driven
at a high rate of speed came out sud-
IDENTIFY from a private roadway and
struck the Sriver car, sending the lat
ter crashing against fence. None of
the occupants was injured.
,Ptomaine poisoning was held respon-
sible for the death of little Margaret
Goblin and the serious illness of her
brother, two sisters and her father,
who are in Roanoke hospital. The
members of the family were taken
suddenly i'll Sunday evening and rush
ed to hospital, where Margaret soon
died. 1t is stated that the others will
recover. Spoiled food is said o have
caused the attack. ?
Only seasoned men, trained for at
least six months on Aemerican soil
are to be sent to France under a
new program being worked out by
the War Department. Enlargement
of several environments to accommo-
date thousands of additional men is
part of this plan. The present prac-
tice of rushing troops across with only
three weeks or more training is to be
abolished now that fighting force
Of considerable strength has been
placed in the allied lines.