The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-05-22
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)

senate one day last week for the first
| time during several weeks. The sem
! ator plainly showed the effects OF his
| protracted illness and is far from we'll.
He was given quite an ovation by re-
| publican and democratic associates.
| Mr.. Tillman later left for Boston,
/ whence he will sail for Gibraltar. hop
/ ing that long sea voyage will i'm
/ prove his health. He will remain
abroad indefinitely seeking rest.
Looking for Good Naval Recruits
| The navy department is anticipating
| an immediate increase of 1000 men in
! the enlisted force of the navy, TO be
I followed a few months later by like
| addition. Instructions have been sent
| 10 recruiting Offices 10 do what they
! can do 10 obtain men, at the same time
exercising the greatest care in the
/ selection of the recruits. The navy
| department claims that they have had
| no difficulty OF late in securing good
! men, and attribute their success TO
the campaign of advertising which has
| been carried on.
Paper Maker Heard by Committee
! George c. Sherman, treasurer of the
st. Regis and Taggarts paper mills
| and president of the Brownsville paper
! company, was the first maker of pa
! per TO be examined by the select com
! mittee of the house that is investigat-
! ing the wood pulp and paper question
! Mr. Sherman said that in recent years
| the price of pulp wood has increased
! about $3.50 a cord The net profits of
! the st. Regis company for March of
! this year, he said. were s675. or about
! 81 per ton of paper. John Norris, the
! representative of the American news
| paper publishers association was on
/ the stand part of the day, and present
! ed documents TO show that the price
| paid skilled labor in the Canadian
| mills was as high as that paid in Am
erican mills.
Didn't Know Secretary Taft.-Al-
! though Secretary Taft is leading in
! the presidential race, his fame is un-
| known TO- some Washingtonians. This
was proved by the following incident:
! An old negro entered the office of a
/ local newspaper the other morning and
I told a clerk that he wanted to adver.
! tise for the owner of something he had
found. He held out a baseball pass
! on which was written the name Will
! liam II. TAFT" Why" said the clerk,
that belongs to Secretary Taft You
ought to take it to him" Who am
! Taft and where is he?' inquired the
negro. Il ->rAt know him" Where
! upon the identity of the secretary of
war was made known 10 the negro,
and he was headed in the direction of
the war department. Who has been
using the secretary's pass during his
absence in Panama has not been re-
eyaled.
Secretary Wilson to Resign.-James
Wilson, secretary Of agriculture, told
some of his friends a few days ago
that he has decided to resign Mr..
| Wilson holds two records as cabinet
officer. He is the only one since the
foundation of the government who has
served II years continuously and the
only member of a cabinet who has
served through four administrations.
/ The secretary said that he has worked
| hard building up his department from
one Of comparative unimportance TO
| department on which the whole coun-
! try relies. Mr.. Wilson entered Presi-
| dent McKinley's cabinet March 8. 1897
and has been in the government official
! family continuously since that time.
His friends tried TO persuade him to
! stay at least through the presidents
| term. While he would not promise TO
! reconsider his determination, he said
that he would not resign until he had
| consulted them again. If Secretary
/ Wilson goes out there is little doubt
that Clifford Pinchot will be put in his
| place. Mr. Pinchot is United States
! forester.
! Cornes Stone Laid.-in the presence
| of the president of the United States
. and of representatives of every other
/ American republic, as we'll as all of
/ the state governments. the corner
! stone of the proposed new home of the
! International Bureau of American Re-
puhliCs was laid on May IL. Addresses
1 fitting TO the occasion and expressing
! the great benefits to be derived from
/ the formation of the Bureau of Ameri-
/ can Republics in many ways were
made by President Roosevelt, Secre-
| tary Root, Mr. Nabuco. the Brazilian
ambassador, and Andrew Carnegie,
while messages of congratulations and
wishes for success i'm the work about
! to be undertaken were read from the
presidents OF nearly all of the Ameri-
/ can republics. 4 very large audience
| listened to the speeches and witnessed
( the laying of the corner stone. The
/ invited guests, in addition TO those ac-
lively participating in the exercises.
were Vice-President Fairbanks, men,
8 bers Of ithe cabinet, the diplomatic
corps, both houses of congress. the
governors of the states and promi-
nent citizens of Washington and else.
where. Inscribed on the corner stone