The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-26
NOTES FR0I WASHINGTON
finishing Touches on sas-ReIief-
Especial Correspondence.)

For three hours the other day Presi-
| dent Roosevelt posed. in order that
| the finishing touches might be placed
upon the head Of a bas-relief figure 20
| be placed In the peace conference
room at the navy yard, Portsmouth,
! y. II. Louis Msynell. an artist who is
executing the work for Daniel Estes,
OF Boston. had made the mead of the
figure as complete as possible from
! photographs, and later he put the fin
| ishing touches upon the clay.
Admiral cowIes Going TO Quebec
The battleship New Hampshire will
| leave New York June 80 for Quebec
where il Is TO be present during the
| tercentenary celebration OF the found
| ing OF that city in July. Lieut.. Com
mandeT David r. Sellers Of the bureau
Of navigation has been assigned as
an aid 10 Rear Admiral Cowles. who
goes on the New Hampshire to Que
! bee 10 represent the u. s. navy. IL
will be Admiral Cowles' first and last
! service as a flag officer, as he retlres
! in August. Vice-President Fairbanks
will 20 TO Quebec on the vessel as the
| presidents representative.
J President Going to Africa-Pres-
| dent Roosevelt has planned 10 go 10
! Africa on hunting trip when his
term expires, and there Is no basis,
! in fact for the statement Representa-,
! tive Cobb Of New York made recently
! that Mr.. Roosevelt will be elected 10
/ lot NJ
| as United States senator, according
! TO a statement made at the White
House. But Mr. Roosevelt is not now
looking forward to the senatorship or
10 the presidency OF Harvard univer-
sity. Unless there is change of pro-
gram, Mr.. Roosevelt will not tarry
long in the United States after the IN
augural on March 4, 1909.
Flag Day w ideIy Observed-Flag
day, the 13lst anniversary of the adop-
ton by the United States congress Of
the present flag was observed every
where, from the Canada line to the
GA flof Mexico. and from Eastport,
Me, 20 Portland, Ore, by spreading to
the summer breeze the folds of Old
J Glory. Forty-sx stars now, have
| place upon its azure field, each indi.
eating a state of the federal union.
This number would only need TO be
! increased by six to make the sum total
! S states today exactly four times as
great as the original. When the reso.
luton was adopted on June Ia, 1777,
Washington, Franklin, Harrison and
| Lynch met and designed the, emblem.
Betsey Ross made the first flag, which
was first given TO the breeze i'm Phila
delphia.
Improvement Of Consular Service
The promotion of consular officers is
the first striking indication of the
change for the better which will follow
the passage by congress of the consu.
! lar reorganization act. The Old-time
! practice OF naming consuls TO foreign
ports with little reference TO their
fitness for the positions which they are
! supposed 10 fiji is evidently doomed.
Henceforth, the principle of promotion
for proved fitness will be recognized.
II was announced at the state
! department last week that as re-
suit OF the presidents action under
the law no fewer than 81 American
! consular officers are promoted and
| transferred TO different stations This
Is I'm line with the practice of the most
advanced European nations. and is in
! striking contrast with the too COM
mon custom OF dropping a consul
! whatever his merits, when some one
with a stronger pull wanted his place.
! Under the reorganization act there is
now some inducement for young men
10 enter the consular service with the
| intention of fitting themselves 10 re-
main in it, and with a reasonable ex-
! pectation that as they demonstrate In
creased efficiency they will be ad-
vanced 10 positions of greater respon-
sibility. The change cannot fail TO be
of great advantage TO the service.
Bonaparte Not TO Resisn-"The presi-
dent and Acknowledgement Bonaparte
intend TO go out of office on the 4th
of March, and Mr.. Bonaparte has just
as little idea as the president Of going
out sooner" This statement was made
at the White House a few days ago in
reply TO rumors that there existed a
serious difference between the presi-
dent and his encouragement that
would probably lead to Mr. Bona
| parties leaving the cabinet very soon
after the presidential election. The
special difference cited in this connec-
\ tion related TO the removal OF District
Attorney Ruick and United States
! Marshal Rounds OF Idaho. At the
White House Il was declared that the
removal Of Ruick and Rounds was de-
termined on six months ago. "A sam
pie of the ludicrous Inconsistency in
these stories,' IL was said at the
White House, rs shown by what was
said by the papers representing the
| Wall street views in the Mellen case.
! i'm which II was first OF all asserted