The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-03
EOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.l

War Taft and party arrived at the
Washington navy yard on board the
Mayfiower on April %, after an ab-
sence of exactly a month on a trip
that included Panama, Cuba and Por-
TO Rico. Former Governor OF Porto
Rico Beekman Winthrop and Mrs.
Winthrop were guests OF the secretary
on the return trip. The others in the
party included Representative Burton
OF Ohio and Dearmond OF Missouri,
Senator Kittredge of South Dakota
and Miss Margarie Ide.
The Presidents vscation.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will leave Washington
for his summer home at Oyster Bay on
June r. This is much earlier than
usual, but he feels that public business
is in such shape that he can go then.
Secretary Loeb said the other day
that no speech would>be made by the
President after he leaves Washington
until he goes TO Canton. o., for the un-
yelling Of the Mckinley monument
Sept. 30. From Canton. the President
will return 10 Washington. The Presi-
dent will make two speeches on
Georgia Day at the jamestown exposi-
tion on June TO- He will return on
the 18th from jamestown, and on the
following morning will go to Oyster
Bay.
New England Lumber Prices.-Com-
missioner Herbert Knox Smith of the
bureau of corporations is sending
special agents into New England and
other sections to study the price OF
lumber. This is a part Of the investi.
CATION of the lumber trust. Enough
has already been learned to show de.
cided and uniform advance in the price
Of practically all lumber in the last
decade, far beyond anything that
would have been warranted by the
natural shrinkage in supply. There
was a very great advance in prices in
1906, which the bureau is trying 70
fathom. 1t was recently reported that
the department of justice would begin
a prosecution Of those supposed to be
implicated in the trust This, how.
ever, was premature. There is no in.
tention of attempting TO prosecute un.
til after the bureau of corporations has
concluded its investigation, which will
occupy many months.
To Urge Humane System -Ameri
can delegates to The Hague will rec.
ommend an important modification in
the rules Of war. providing for an in
terchange of information between two
hostile armies as to captured sick and
wounded 1t was found in the Russian
Japanese war that bureaus of informa.
tion could be maintained by both
armies, as result of which the names
and condition of wounded and sick
on one side could be furnished TO the
headquarters of the other army, so
that inquiries by relatives might be
answered. This is believed to have
been the first time in war that these
interchangeable bureaus of informa'
tion have been maintained and their
successful operation, despite differ
ences of language, has convinced
authorities here that the system
should be regularly enforced.
To Probe Election Of Marines.-As
a result of the episode in the congress
sional library recently, in which two
members of the marine corps were
elected from the building, Secretary
Metcalf will order an official investi'
CATION. 1t is his intention TO secure
the testimony of both sides, and he
will apoint an officer from the Judge
advocate generals Office to act in con-
junction with an official of the library,
Mr. Putnam. the librarian, having ex.
pressed the wish for full inquiry in
to all the facts. 1t was claimed by the
watchman that the marines were de-
tected in the act of flirting, while the
men charge they were elected because
they were in uniform. The report OF
Private Elliott, now attached to The
battleship Kansas, and who with Cor.
poral Frye was ordered from the
building. has been received at the
navy department Elliott substanti-
ates all the statements of Frye, deny
ing the allegation of improper con-
duct and insisting that they were put
out Of the building because of their
uniforms.
Interesting Decision on Suicide
Justice Harlan of the United States
supreme court, in the recent interest
ing decision that the insurance policy
of a suicide. under certain conditions,
is collectable, states a distinction be-
tween suicides II il can be shown that
the person taking out an insurance
policy on his life is at the time con-
templating self-destruction, the com.
pany may be relieved of liability. II,
on the other hand, no such purpose en-
lists. or is not shown TO exist, in the
mind of the holder at the time of the
issuance Of the policy. but later de-
velops and is carried out, the insur-
ance company is liable. II it is not
shown that the insured contemplated
suicide at the time the policy was is
spad tho condition ~ o,icida fypd