The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondencs.l


moral purposes a capital offence was
emphatically declared a few days ago
by Secretary Straus. A national cru
sade against the white slave traffic has
just just been inaugurated by the fed
eral government.
Nobel Fund misunderstanding
StTaus OF the department OF commerce
and labor recently issued a call for
a meeting OF the trustees of "the foun-
datlOn for the promotion OF industrial
peace" the Nobel prize fund given by
President Roosevelt, 10 be held In this
city on November 8 next. The work OF
the meeting will be to prepare plans,
| perfect an organization and formulate
regulations to govern the existence of
the foundation.
Crop Report Issued.-The agricul.
tural department has just reported the
| condition OF corn on Oct. /, was IS per-
cent as compared with S0.2 percent.
last month and 90.1 on Oct /, 1906. The
average yield OF spring wheat is 13.1
| bushels per acre as compared with 1877
bushels for 1906. The production OF
! spring and winter wheat combined is
about 625 5567 900 bushels, compared
with 1855 250,970 bushels as estimated
for year ago. The average yield Of
oats is about 23.5 bushels per acre as
compared with 3l2 bushels for 1906.
Coolies Flooding Country.-Immi-
! grafton Of Japanese into America is in
creasing at SO alarming a rate that it
has been determined by the govern
ment to adopt extraordinary measures
| to prevent the introduction into the
! United States not only Of japanese, but
OF other Asiatic coolie laborers One
| result OF the trip OF Secretary Straus
Of the Department OF Commerce and
| Labor along the Canadian border and
! the Pacific coast, has been an order in
! creasing the force of immigration in
! spectors along the Canadian border,
with a view to controlling if possible
the food of Asiatic immigration into
! America
Improvement Looked For.-Of late
| years the state OF Vermont has not
! been so prominently represented in the
| national house of representatives as
formerly. 1t might, indeed, be hard
| for the average well-informed citizen
OF another state to name offhand the
! Vermont members OF the Fifty-nnth
! congress. There is some general inter-
est therefore, in a current intimation
that Charles A. Prouty of the inter-
state commerce commission may en-
ter the field as a congressional candi-
date next year. If elected, Mr.. Prouty
might be expected to increase the eff
ficiency of the Vermont delegation.
Damaged by Heavy Firing.-As an
ticipated by many naval officers here
the Atlantic battleship fleet has re-
turned from target practice off Cape
Cod bay badly shaken up by the fir
ing of the heavy guns. For some time
the firing has caused trouble to the de-
partment. The bureau OF ordnance has
been kept busy repairing guns which
have given way or cracked, or had their
muZZles blown off, and the bureau of
construction and repair has repeatedly
been called upon TO remedy damage
done to the decks and other portions
of the ships after target practice. The
battleship Missouri by firing her heavy
turret guns once at level recently dam
aged the deck so that more than $1,000
had to be expended to repair it. Now
the Ohio is damaged, and crack has
been discovered in the powder chamber
of one OF her l2-inch guns The gun
may have to be replaced. Both the
Kearsarge and Kentucky have returned
from Cape Cod with their S-inch guns
out of line, and both ships are badly
shaken up. The Massachusetts is hav-
ing her siX-inch batteries removed, At
! the bureau of construction and repair
of the navy department it has been eX-
planned that the decks are in many
cases too weak to stand the vibration
caused by the heavy firing, and that
damage must necessarily result.
Washers Must Move On.-Major Syl-
vester. chief of the Washington police
has issued a stringent order against
"mashing," which the ever vigilant po-
lice officers are stretching to include
"hirting." To distinguish between the
two, "mashing' may be said to be where
a man undertakes TO force his atten-
tions upon a lady against her will;
flirting" seems to be "mashing" with
the consent Of the lady. For num-
ber OF years the corner of 14th and +
streets has been noted as Irritation
corner" + street has always been
great promenade especially in the win
ter time. and when the departments
let out and the young ladies are return
ing from shopping. II is a very lively
| place and resembles Broadway more
than any other street in the city. At
14th street is where the parade turns,
going down as far as 9th street. Con-
seQuently one taking this promenade
passes the corner of l4th and + streets
both going and coming and young
man stationing himself at that corner
is pretty sure to see everybody who
| takes the stroll. AS long as the young
men confinC their attentions 10 young