The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-02-01
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CARRIED in the uniform OF his super
| ior officer, Private John Carson OF the
| United States Marine corps and orderly
TO Capt William II. Parker OF the bat
| tleship New Jersey, walked out or the
| Charlestown navy yard the other day
with a suit case containing consid-
erable OF Captain Parkers clothing,
and was arrested a few hours later In
the West End charged with larceny.
So well did Captain Parker's uniform
fit Private Carson that In the five min
ute walk out of the yard he was fire.
quently saluted and no questions were
asked as he passed OF OF the gate.
On the way out he frequently returned
the salutes of the sailors in the yard.
BY unanimous vote the board Of
aldermen this week adopted an order
calling on the mayor 10 remove all
bill boards from city property. In the
immediate future an attempt Will be
made TO obtain from the law depart
ment a ruling as 10 whether the city
has a right TO permit bill boards to be
erected on city property for CONNER
cial use by private concerns, and whe h
er 1t has a right TO allow bill boards
TO be erected on its own boundary
lines for the benefit OF such concerns
The prudential committee of the Am
cided at a recent meeting, that, how
ever anxious they may be TO do So
they have no appropriation at hand out
of which TO send aid TO the famine
stricken in China.
The committee decided TO ask for
contributions instead tor this purpose,
and all monies intrusted TO the care
of the committee for the Chinese fam
Inc fund will he sent care Of Or. Arthur
II. Smith, at Shanghai. The board has
no missionaries In the part of China
where the famine area is located, so
that the safest receiving and disbursinS
agent Is Or. Smith to whom the com
mittee will forward all contributions.
The river and harbOr bill reported To
the National house recently o""' 'rod
generous appropriations for Massachu-
setts, and I'm partic lar iur nus,o.. .-..
bill provides the sum of $i,394,CJO
necessary for the completion of the
great work of the improvement of Bos-
ton harbOr. The engineers have esti-
mated that the expenditure OF this
appropriation will enable them TO com
plete a deep sea channel in Boston har-
bor in four years.
when the undertaking is completed
Boston will be able to accommodate
the largest ocean-Eoing ships, and there
is very sanguine feeling that the
greatest benefit to the commerce OF
his port will follow.
At the request of Governor Guild Ad-
iutant General Frye has issued a spec
lal order against the detailing OF staff
officers for duty at civil functions OF
which the following is a part
"The custom Of detailing officers OF
the staff at civil functions having Teen
shown To he detrimental to the inter
ests of the service by reason OF its
interference with the performance of
the military duties deN NoiNing upon the
officers so detailed, il Is prescribed that
hereafter details of this nature shall
be made only In such cases as proper
ly may require the oHicial presence of
the commander-in-chief in his Official
capacity as governor of the common
wealth.
Broadly defined, such cases may be
stated (a) as occasions Of naval or mil
itary significance; tb) of international
or interstate Importance; (c) and of
public service or educational interest,
The custom OF detailing officers OF the
general stan to represent his eXcellency
at purely local social functions, there
fore, will be discontinued. BY order
of the ommander-in-chiet.
JAMES A. FRYE.
"Adjutant-General, Chief of STAFF"
The use Of electricity for motive pow
or In the Boston suburban service of
the New York, New Haven 4 Hart
ford railroad may be n thing of the
near future
All depends upon the results attained
in experimental installations which the
company is undertaking in connection
with its New York suburban serN ice.
The plan as at present outlined is
TO apply the new power to the service
to such points as Braintree and Read
vile and To further extend its use as
circumstances warrant.
The use of electricity might trans
form "a business now Improbable for
he steam roads into a source OF con-
siderable revenue. Under present con-
iitions at least one OF the steam roads
coming into Boston is doing business
az a loss every time IL carries a mas