The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20
ENGLISH LAWS ARE
ABOVE REPROACH
England Has Very Rich Ra-
dunn Mines
SINGER WAS BOOTBLACK
Old Soldier Was Very Much Shot Up.
Government Annually Pays Large
Sums to Injured and Dis
abIed Workmen
SINGER WAS BOOTBLACl
BY PAUL LAMBETH

ized and when they are proven guilty
that settles them until they pay the PEN
atty.
appeal court. William Sampson, con-
victed at the Old Bailey for shooting
with intent to murder a man In a rail-
way tunnel, appealed against his sem
tence of II years penal servitude.
The lord chief Justice was OF the opin-
ion from the nature of the offence that
the sentence was too light, and the court
increased the term to Is years. The ap-
peal added three years to the Punishment.
Six women who practice medicine re-
Gently testified before the divorce COM
mission recommended legal equality of
both sexes. DIR. Helen Webb thought a
divorce the only solution for a very un-
happy marriage The other woman. de-
cleared that men should be held to the
same standard of morality that is ex-
pected and required of women. Sex did
not dignity nor minimize an offense
against the code of Christian morals.
Sir William Ramsay, the well known
scientist, thinks that England will short
ly supply the worlds radium.
1t is now being produced in apprecia-
BILE quantities at I.mehouse, from the
product of the Trenwith mine in Corn
wall. To date some 5000 miligrammes of
The precious compound have been pro-
duced, containing 10 per cent of pure ra-
dunn bromide. The factory at Lime
house was erected for the manufacture
of radium on a commercial basis
Arthur Schiff, director of the COM
pany, states that they propose to put
this amount upon the market in the
course of a day OF two. He thinks 1T
will fetch anything from $4,000 to fo0,-
l0O0
The process adopted at Limehouse is
more rapid than any in use on the con-
tinent. In describing it, Sir William
stated that the pitch-blende ore from the
Trenwith mine was dcNvered In con-
centrated form. The uranium, iron and
uranium was dissolved, and the next
stage was to precipitate the radium out of
the clear liquid. When precipitated the
radium was converted into radium brom-
ide Then by repeated crystalization this
bromide was separted into various grades.
The time occupied in getting the radium
liquors was a week, and the crystalza-
ton which went on afterwards took a
couple of months. The continental pro-
cess occupied year.
TT has been supposed" said Sir Will
liam, that Austrian pitch-bende Is par
ticularly rich in radium, but it is no
richer than any other. Moreover, the
supply of pitch-blende in Cornwall, as
far as 1 can judge, is much larger than
In Austria There is no other source of
supply of such magnitude known at
present The supply of radium in Great
Britain is assured
A special report shows that since 1906
England's naval expenditure has been
f19O 736, 1852 for maintenance and $685. 73,-
S9G for new construction. The estimate
for 1911 is G40, 100 for maintenance and
G14,957, 430 for construction. The United
States alone approach the English fig
ures.
To reach a comparison between the
naval expenditure of Great Britain and
of the other naval powers, 1t is neces-
sary to eliminate from the total naval
expenditure under Great Britain the
cost of pensions, coastguards. reserves
and steamship subsidies. which was es-
timated to total f3,SS3000 In 1910-11 and
G3,74720o In 1909-10 as there are no votes
for these services in the foreign naval
estimates, excepting those in France and
Italy. Having regard to the recent
stories about spies, 1t is interesting to
note the amounts voted by the powers
for secret service. The only ones given
are: France $4,000. Russia a9562 Ger
many s6360, and Japan fS00O. England s
spy system, 1t is said, costs 100000 a
year.
An amazing career Is that of Signor N.
Landino, the American tenor, who Is ap-
pearing here. He is only 26 years and
we'll remembers the time when he was
earning half dollar Gay selling news
papers and backing shoes. IT used to
have a -blacking box" he says, land
a street stand. and between the inter-
walls of polishing boots I would sit up
against a wal at the end of the pave
ment and sing. In that way I earned
good money for boy. Eventually
friends sent me to an academy, and an
engagement by Mascagni to fill tenor
role at the Metropolitan Opera House
put me on the road to success. Signor
Landino sings In four languages, and his
repertoire embraces 200 songs and IT OPP
eras. A career like that would be i'm
possible for a poor English boy.
An old English soldier who had had 50
bullets and several pieces of iron ex-
tracted from his body, but was said to be
quite able to do ordinary work." was
the defendant recently in an action at
Feltham His name is Joseph Cooley
and he Is an army reservist. In his evil
dence he said he was sitting on the linn
Der of a gun-carriage near Delhi, India
when a shell containing 200 bullets and
30 pound of cordite burst near him.
Last year compensation to the extent
of E3,000.000 was paid in 3341 cases of death
and in S328l2 cases of disablement, under
the Workmens Compensation act.
Seven groups of Industries are dealt
with In the return mines, quarries rail-
ways factories, harbors and docks, con-
structional works and shipping, and the
total amount paid under the act in these
groups in 1909 was f2,274,23S.
Only small proportion of the claims
are brought into court Last year only
3oS7 we're finally settled by courts, and
1927 were in favor of the workmen.
Announcement Is made of the proposed
esta blishment of new daily newspaper
devoted to the interests Of the socialists
The paper to begin will be issued from
Manchester, May l. 1911 Kerr Hardie
says he has a promise of $1,000 which to
start the fund of 10000. which he thinks
would be sufficient for his purpose