Alexandria gazette. [volume], June 17, 1919, Page FOUR, Image 4

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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
To 'he voters of the '4in. Senatorial
ristvii fc.
T hereby muiotmco my candidacy
sun'jei'.fc to the rules vi the Democratic
primary to be held August 5th, for
toe office of Stare Senator from the
i-l;h, Senatorial -District to succeed
I ton. R. Ewell Thornton, resigned.
My record as kept upon the Journal
of the House of Delegates since 1911
is my public reference. Prince Wil
liam Co., has not had this honor for
21 years and it justly belongs to her.
I solicit the support of all the good
people over the district, and if elect
ed to this honorable office I promise
to discharge the duties of the same '
fearlessly and impai^tially to the best
of my ability.
C. J. MEETZE,
142-2t. Maniass'as, Va.
FATHER'S TERRIBLE CRIME
Elkton, M3., June 17.?How the
father crashed "<big brother's" head
with blows from a sledge hammer
as the bey lay , sleeping, was the
i s'tery :i%ld.";Stkt<i^^.AHcrrtiey Ckiyton
- ycsiteiilay by bnelff the trio o*'terri
fied little onasj children of C-uiss^p
pi Guilino. -GO years old, a farmer
living near here.
The murder was committed Sat
urday morning-, about 4 o'clock,
Samuel. 14 years old. leaped from
bed with the death cry cf his
bVother, Vincent, 19 years old, ring
ing in his ears. At the command
cf his father, he stood by while the.
the latter dragged' the body down
Stairs, carried it in a wheelbarrow
to a pctato patch and there buriei
it. ' ?
After returning to the h'cuse, the
father gathered up the boy's cloth
ing and hid in a clump o/ bushes,
meanwhile telling his three younger
children' to say that Vintecnt had
packed his effects and left the house
a week previous.
When Tcny Guilino, the eldest
sen. who lives at West Chester, Pa..
camc home Sunday morning he no
ticed something wrong. For several
hours he could not comprehend what
had taken pl'aee. Bleed stains in
the bedroom and on the porch so
aroused him that he came to Elkton
and asked Sheriff McAllister to in
vestigate.
? 'Careful questioning brought de
tlaiJs of the orgy from one of the
children, and the father finally
broke- down and confessed.
Guilino was brought to Elkton jail
When pressed to tell why he murd
ered the boy, the father stated that
his son had ill-treated him, by
throwing a pail of hot water in his
face several weeks ago, ar.d he
swore t-o '?'get even."
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INJURED ENGINEER DIES
Was Hurled Through Cab Window
When Engine Fell in River
Lynchburg, Va., June 17.?Thomas
E. Sydnor, aged 45, Chesapeake and
Ohio .freight engineer, who was in
jurs'd when two fellow trainman lost
their lives near here Thursday, when
his engine went into the James river,
died Saturday, double pneumonia be
ing a contributing cause of his death.
In lucid moments before his vleatfi
the engineer told a remarkable story
of his escape from instant death by
"tu-:ng crpshed and by drowning. When
he noticed the slide ahead of his train
he applied his emergency brakes, ris
ing to a standing position at the timo.
The derailment threw him back to
hi;? scat and as the engine plowed
into the swollen river he was hurled
? inough th? cab window. In this fal1
he fractured several ribs and crushed
his liver. Coming to his senses after
'he first shock. Sydr.cr thought he
va:* pinned under the water, but
quickly'VeKrj?.?cvl himself. He found
foocir.s*-' on the* cylinder of the engine
and was found there standing in the
water to his arm pits. The surviving
train crew found a wire, fastened a
stick at one end and threw it to tho
: engineer. He caught the stick the first
time and was drawn to the bank.
' Sydnor then walked a mile to Coies
' man's Falls, where he collapsed.
| Sydnor is survived by his widow and
| four children, who live at Clifton
Forge.
READY FOR AGITATORS -
Kansas Aulhc<ri"J/es Prepared for
Any Eventualities From
I. W. W.
?Hutchinsc-n, Kan., June 17.?Coun
ty attorneys and other peace offi
cers of the Western Kansas wheat
belt have met here and discussed
w(ays of coping with the Industrial
WerkeYs of the World situation,
which is declared to be threatening
in the wheat belt, with the great
est harvest in the State's history
about to begin. The meeting was
behind locked doors and officials de
clined to say what had been done.
"We have taken steps to take
care promptly of any agitator who,
. wants to start anything," was the
only comment of Webster Hollo
: way, Assistant United States DIs
? trict Attorney for Kansas, who pre
| sided.
SBPZIA 31 OB PUT DOWN
Over 100 Shops in Italian Resort
Were Sacked.
Romer June 17.?Order has been
restored in Spezia, where there had
been* serious rioting since Thursday.
More than 100 shops in trie city were
sacked and several villas in the J
neighborhood were looted by the j
mobs.
The vicinity of Spezia is famous for
its fashionable summer resorts.
EXPOSED SWINDLERS' PLOT
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Lieutenant Reamy Frustrated Bifr
Army Fraud.
Fredericksburg, Va., June 17.?
Lieut. B. T. Reamy, of Fredericks
burg, is a prominent figure In the re
cent attempt by a syndicate, of which
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ALEXANDRIA'S MOST PROGRESSIVE RANK
a captain in the United States Army
was the head, in Detroit, Mich., to de
fraud the Government out of some
half million dollars by the sale of
Government property. Lieutenant
Rcamy had this property in chargc.
An attempt was made to bribe him
and he reported the fact to Washing
ton. He was ordered to t<sT! the pj
on so that the .Government coul(
sufficient evidence, which he did
the parties have been arrested.
tenant Reamy has been offi
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