The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-04
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)
Rixey Wants Hospital ships.-S,

port made public at the navy depart.
gress be urged to appropriate $1,000.
900 To build two specially designed
hospital ships with capacity for 5000
patients. A hospital ship, he says, Is
"A necessary component OF every pro-
| perly organized fleet. One of the pro-
posed hospital ships should be on the
Pacific and the other on the Atlantic.
Another Label Observation-Disclosures
sweeping decision, bearing on the reg.
istration OF labels, has been rendered
by the commissioner OF patents. in
/, which he holds that the protection OF
the law will not be given TO any man
ufacturer who includes in his trade
| mark the arms of the United States
! or those Of the various states or cities
OF the country. Not even parts OF the
coats OF arms or other public devices
will be registered. The decision was
! reached in the case OF a firm using
the eagle and ~. S." on its goods.
Walking Test for Webfeet.-The
plan OF the navy department for a
! physical test for naval officers Is now
in the hands of Acting Secretary New.
| berry, ready TO be submitted to the
| president 1t has been understood
| that the test will be a walk of per.
| haps 30 miles, to be accomplished in
| three days. IL is practically equiva-
In
army, aimed to insure a high physical
condition Of officers. The suggestion
10 have the walking test was warmly
indorsed by Surgeon General Rixey
OF the navy.
A Dangerous Counterfeit.--Chief
Wilkie of the secret service the 9th
or day announced that new counter
felt s. silver certificate Undian head)
has been detected in circulation, hav-
ing first made its appearance in Provi-
dence, II. |. 1t purports to be one OF
these authorized by the act OF Aug.
4. 1886. series OF 1899, check letter
ID, face plate number 2, back plate
number 666, with portrait Of Onepapa.
The officials declare Ii is dangerous
photomechanical production, printed
| on one piece OF heavy bond paper, but
deceit in the plate gives the In
dian chief cross-eyed expression.
The blue seal closely approximates
the genuine in color, but it is badly
printed, being coarse and rough, with
many broken lines. The back of the
note is a very deceptive piece of work,
and except for being light in color, ap-
pears much like the genuine. In the
sample furnished Chief Wilkie there
appears TO have been no attempt TO
initiate the distributed silk fibre.
Currency Revison.-General Svi-
sion OF the American financial system
cannot be hoped for at the coming
session of congress, but the members
of the national monetary commission
expect that a law will be passed cor.
rective of some OF the evils of the ad-
ministrative features of banking.
| These probabilities were evident last
week when the commission held its
! its report. The commission has I'm.
! dertaken the most comprehensive f.
nancial inquiry in the history OF the
! country. The conferences abroad were
held in London, Paris and Berlin. dur
! ing which the members OF the COM
mission were received by the most
| eminent authorities on currency and
! economic topics. The interviews were
taken down stenographically. but with
! the understanding that the informa-
! tion given be not made public unless
! approved by the persons giving II. In
a score of instances bankers gave the
members Of the commission the most
intimate details of their private busi-
ness and the difficulties experienced
under the banking laws OF the vari-
Gus countries. The commission real
izing the great importance of being
| this information, decided to draft
series Of questions based upon the
! statements and 10 submit these TO the
foreign authorities for replies
Sherdan's Statue Unveiled.-With
military pomp and splendor the sta
tue OF General Philip Henry Sheri.
dan was unveiled in this city last
week. The president and members
of the cabinet the diplomatic corps,
| Justices of the supreme court OF the
United States. senators, representa-.
| tivcs In congress. veterans of the Civil
/ war and many others prominent in Of
| fetal life. as well as a large number
| OF citizens. were present Thousands
! OF soldiers of the regular army and
I of the national guard and United
| states marines and bluejackets from
| the navy were assembled as trib-
ute To the dashing soldier of the Civil
war whose likeness was displayed to
the public gaze for the first time. The
statute. the work of Gutzom Borglum,
was admired by every one who saw Il.
IL represents General Sheridan on