The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-01
NOTES FROT WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondent
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performances at the White House In
one-act plays by the foremost Ameri.
can authors. For the President and
his cabinet to give recognition in this
manner To those who have achieved
pre-eminence in their profession, and
TO the authors VINO would be invited
10 produce the plays. would greatly
encourage the dramatic art. he be-
lieyes.
Extension of Money Order System
For several months the postofice de-
partment has been working upon the
establishment of large number OF
new money order offices throughout
the country, i'm accordance with Post
master General Meyers announced in
tention 10 extend the money order
| system 10 5000 additional Offices. Prep
erations have already been made for
the installation Of the money order
service in about 1000 Offices, and the
names Of about half OF these are in
cluded in list just given out at the
| department. Other lists are being
printed. Today's list contains the
names OF three Offices in Massachu-
setts and number i'm Maine, where
the money order service will be in
augurated.
immigration Laws Discussed.-Im-
migration Commissioner Billings and
service, both of Boston, have lately
been in conference with officials of
| the department of commerce and la
Dor here. In addition to the ques-
| tion of revising the regulations for
enforcing the new immigration law,
the conferees considered proposed
| changes in administrative methods
and the complaints of steamship
| companies against those provisions of
the law and regulations which com
pei them to bear the expense of de-
porting stowaways and to transport
across the ocean and back again com
petent attendants upon idiots and
other persons Of unsound mind. who
are denied admission to this country.
Col. Billings stated that none of the
matters considered had any special
reference to Boston. He said that con
dtiOns in the immigration service
there were satisfactory. The diff
ferences between the department and
the steamship companies will be taken
up i'm the near future by a special
committee of immigration and marine
hospital officers which will meet at
Ellis island, New York.
The President is Back.-President
Roosevelt last Wednesday afternoon
made his second autumn entrance Of
the year into Washington. 1t brought
his long Mississippi river tour and
Louisiana bear hunt to a close, and
ushered in the beginning of his long
and busy working season. The hero
of the canebrakes came without os-
tentation or popular demonstration.
Under the great port cochere as his
carriage drove up little after 4
o'clock, there was a pretty domestic
scene before he disappeared within.
Quentin ran out to meet his father and
was greeted with an affectionate kiss.
There was a similar greeting for Mrs.
Roosevelt, who stood inside the vesti-
bule. He was in very buoyant spir-
it's. His keen satisfaction in return
ing to Washington was evidenced in
many ways. He shook hands with of
iicials. newspaper correspondents, Sc
crpt service men and others at the
station and exchanged pleasantries.
One of his joyful eXclamations was:
IL am glad got that bear
Americans Eat Less Meat.--Dr.
Wiley. chief of the bureau of chem
istry of the agricultural department,
SAYS he refrained from feeding his
famous poison squad" on cold stor-
age foods because he did not care TO
subject the young men TO the effect
of possible ptomaine poisoning. The
experiments to determine the relative
properties of cold storage and fresh
products have heretofore been con-
Quoted by DR.. Wiley personally and
by some of his assistants. They have
subjected themselves to the effects OF
these foods simply by tasting and
smelling the products. Less meat is
eaten by Americans, elther oy cnolce
or necessity. than in 1860. There are
several million more stomachs to fill
than forty-seven years ago. which may
account for meat being now one one
third of our diet
Hand Grenades For the Army
The singular spectacle of men drilled
i'm teh art of handling hand grenades
will soon be possible in the L. 5.
army. The ordnance department
within the past few months has been
experimenting with small grenades
similar TO those used by the Japanese
1 nthe operations at Port Arthur. The
explosive TO be used is some form of
picric with a highly sensitive AM
strong fuse Men in good practice
are able TO throw these greuades l51
feet and over a height of 90 feet. They
are not much weight as an Once OF