The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
EOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence }

announced that Brig Gen. Franklin
Bell will be promoted 10 be a major
general upon the retirement from ac-
tive service. January 2, of Mai. Gen.
Jesse Lee. just relieved from duty in
the Philippines. Gen. Bell will con-
tinue 10 discharge the duties of chief OF
staff under his new commission.
Grants Pay for Holidays.-Chairma
Shonts Of the isthmian canal commits
sion announces that the commission
has decided 10 allow holiday pay TO
employees whose compensation is fixed
on an hourly basis. This will grant
pay for the seven principal holidays 10
all skilled mechanics on the canal
zone. who number about 5000. The
order extends only 10 employees who
receive % cents an hour or more. II
such employees be required to work on
these holidays they will be paid al
the rate of time and half in addition
10 the ebght-hour day granted them.
New Busts for the Capitol.-The
north end Of the Capitol is 70 be
adorned by two new marble busts OF
NiCe-Presidents. One will be bust of
Theodore Roosevelt, who presided there
as vice-president only five days-March
4 TO March g. 19Ol-at the beginning of
McKinlcys second administration. 1t
was one Of the shortest terms in the
chair any vice-president ever had. The
other will be a bust of Vice President
| Fairbanks The likeness Of Mr.. Roose-
welt has already been fashioned in New
York. One of Vice-Presdent Fair
banks has been completed. but prob
ably will not be placed in position
for some time. There is little Difficult
ty about finding inches for these two
busts. All the available inches have
been filled, and some arrangement will
be necessary by the committee on Ii.
brary Of which Senator Wetmore OF
Rhode Island is chairman.
Strife Between Depa
is strife between the departments of
justice and war oyer the punishment
OF Homer T.. Grafton, a soldier in the
Philippines On July "a, 1904, Grafton,
while on sentry duty. shot and killed
highway crossing the military post. Af
ter trial and acquittal by courtmartial,
Grafton was tried in a civilian court
for the killing Of one of the men, found
guilty of homicide and sentenced to i'm
prisonment for II years. An appeal
was taken TO the United States supreme
court on the ground that he had been
twice put in jeopardy for the same Of
fence, and that the civilian courts were
without jurisdiction to try soldier for
an act done in the performance of mill
tary duty. The war department en-
ployed Fred McKenny to defend Graf
ton, while the department OF justice
will assign an assistant attorney gener-
al to argue its side of the case.
japanese in Hawaiian lslands.-A
report on Japanese conditions in the
Hamaiian islands will be made TO Pres
commissioner of immigration and nat
uralization, as a result Of his recent Wis
il TO the islands Commissioner Sar-
islands now than there werecm cmfw
gent expressed the opinion the other
day that there are fewer Japanese in
the Hawaiian Islands now than there
were two years ago; greater number
having come TO America in that peri
cd than arrived i'm Hawaii. Mkt Saito.
Japanese consul general at Honolulu,
intimated TO Mr.. Sargent that the Jap
anese government discouraged its peo-
pie from coming to the United States
because of its knowledge of the condi
tions existing in this country, especial
ly on the Pacific coast, and that Jap
an was apprehensive lest the coming
here OF great numbers of Japanese
! might induce prejudice against them
that would be embarrassing. The com
missioner of immigration found that
| the owners of sugar. pineapple and 9TH
er plantations in the islands are in Sc
! rious need of labor and many Jap
anese are coming to the islands to
work on them.
withdrawn for Forest Reserve
| Clifford PinChot, chief OF the forest
service. has just approved the rough
| draft of a report relating TO the 4.000,-
| VVV tCItS ol IdHu III the lHuldu ltITl-
tory whose withdrawal for forest re-
serve purposes brought about both an
! investigation and criticism OF the sec
retaries OF the interior and agriculture
! by a senate committee. The report
will be defence OF the withdrawal
| of the lands. and will show that the
proposed forestry reserve was asked
for primarily by the Indians them
selves. and that the maintenance of a
! forest on the proposed area will fur
nish supply of timber and also pre-
vent disastrous floods along 1000 miles
OF the Red river running through Tex
| as. Arkansas and Louisiana. The re
port will further insist that the secre-
tary OF the interiors action in tenn
porarily suspending allotments was not
only within his right. but he would
| have been remiSs had he done other