The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-11-13
in the salaries to the extent of $40,

] VIII amount 10 something IKE 3o4, ,ODO,
600, while the people served by the
! deliveries will lumber over 1S,vO0, ,000
In regard 10 parcel post he said:
1T is not understood by many OF
/ our people that We have a parcel post.
! The rate is lG cents per pound, and
the limit which may be sent in this
country Is four pounds. Now there are
! certain incongruities. You may send
a parcel 10 New York and you will
! be charged at the rate OF lG cents a
! pound. Change the address and send
| il 10 Europe and you will be only
charged AZ the rate Of ~ cents. This
! is virtually discriminating against
! this country.
Il called the attention OF congress
! 10 these facts, but for reasons OF their
own they deemed IL best not 10 alter
| the rate. The two interests which
are opposing the extension OF the par
| Gel post are the express companies
and the mail order concerns"
President Charles William Eliot
fetal head of Harvard University on
May -. 1909. His resignation, TO
take effect not later than the 4Oth an
nivcrsary Of his election as prcsi-
dent was formally communicated TO a
meeting OF he president and fellows
OF Harvard College held oct. &c, and
the meeting voted that the prCsi.
dents resignation be rcgretfully ac-
ccptcd, to take effect May 49, 1908
The resignation was announced last
week al a special gathering Of the
board of OvcTsCCTs. The letter in
which President Eliot gave mp his
Office was dated oct. TO- 1908, and
reached the corporation without pre-
yiOus notice on his part.
II was not accepted until two weeks
Of conference after lis receipt. It
was stated that the board with the
utmost difficulty arrived at the con
clusiCn thar a proper regard for the
presidents wishes required them to
relieve him Of the arduOus duties OF
his Office.
I'm coming TO this determination the
members of the board expressed their
confidence i'm the unmpaired ability Of
President Eliot TO administer the af-
fairs of the university to the salts
faction OF the governing boards and
faculties.
The question Of successor 10
President Eliot is now being eagerly
discussed. The election Of a new
president is to be made by the cor.
poratiOn according TO long established
procedure, and the choice of that body
will be communicated to the board OF
ovcrsCcrs for it's consent. In view of
The responsibility involved. the Sc
ection will be extremely deliberate,
and II IL not yet possible 10 say when
The choice will be made.
"Aeroplanes can have little inhu-
cnce on international war was the
substance of Prof w H. Pickering's
remarks before the first fall meeting
of the Merchants club Of Boston, held
in the Algonquin club the other night.
1T is doubtful IL these machines
will ever cross the ocean, lie sadi,
"and. I'm spite of the recent success
Of the Wright brothers, they offer lit.
tie menace TO an army in time OF
war
Charles J. Glidden told the retir-
ing president of the club, +. G.
Preston. that he would talk on "Th"
A II G of Ballooning.' and he eN'
pectcd TO make 20 converts TO the
sport During the dinner he gave
practical examples of the science by
sending off toy balloons which were
tied at each seat plate on trial flights
down the room
The settling of election bets brings
out the fact that there has rarely been
so little money stakcd on the results.
Where thouSa' dis of dollars were
wagered heretofore there were only
tens and hundreds this time. The
fact that the outcome was so generally
rcCkoned furCgone conclusion ac.
counts for this dulness In the betting
market, doubtless, But the hatters
did an exceptionally brisk business.
This indicates that the old.tashioned
and quite excusahle method of back
ing up ones opinion on elections still
lourishes as famously as OF yorc.
For this week the Boston theatre has
an attraction that lenus itself particu-
larly to the great stage of that thea
tre with all the beautiful stage set
tinCs that have now became associat-
ed with IT, and II is particularly not
able. for the play Is one in which
Frank osee made one of his greatest
hits. This is Paul kester's dramatic
alton OF Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon
Hall" the novel by Charles Major.
which gained such wide popularity.
OF all the legitimate stars that have
come into vaudeville, none attained
greater popularity than Zolic de Lus.