The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-03
BANK MAY HAVE To
YIELD Up FORTUNE
Farm Laborer in England
Claims to Be Heir to Sum
of S35, 900, 1000.
SAID TO HAVE GOOD CASE
FEW EVIcTIONS OF TENANTS IN
IRELAND NOWADAYS.

Especial Cable to Herald Republican
London, April 2.-The Bank of Eng
land may soon have to disgorge a for
tune, which. in the course of years, has
grown to the enormous size of sS5 ,000.-
600, and which is the result of a cen
tury-old romance. The money was left
in this way:
Early in the eighteenth century Mr.
| MoDbs of Pytchley, quite poor man.
ran away with the owner of Pytchley
Hall, young heiress of immense
wealth, and the whole question turns on
whether they were married or a mar
riage can be proved
Some days ago the chancery court. in
an attempt TO get the money off it's
hands, advertised for heirs of the rO-
mantle Mr.. Mobbs, as has been done
regularly every twenty years, without
any success until now, when a poor
farm laborer working near Northamp-
ton has Unexpectedly presented himself
as the long-sought heir.
George Mobbs, as the man calls HIM
self, has turned his claim over to
famous firm of London lawyers, whose
very name is a guarantee that he must
De pretty well able to back up his claim.
lie states that not only has he a COM
plete pedigree properly authenticated,
showing that he is the direct heir TO the
fortune, but that he is in a position to
prove the runaway marriage of 1913
years ago, upon which the claim de-
ponds.
The claimant also states that he knows
where the clipping pair were married, a
fact which eluded other aspirants TO the
fortune, and that he possesses a copy of
the marriage entry in the church regis
ter.
British Bacon Factory.
English farmers. who have long been
Jealous of their American and Danish
brethren who have enjoyed the privilege
of supplying England with bacon, are
beginning to organize, and in very
short time England is to have its first
cooperative bacon factory.
At large meeting of farmers held
here the other day, the chairman, as
siStant secretary of ward, Lord Lucas,
pointed out the magnificent opportunity
which farmers had at the present time
to organize a cooperative factory.
Prices were high, the Americans had
almost stopped supplying US. If Eng
lish farmers Joined in a cooperative
movement and were loyal to each other.
they would benefit not only themselves,
but their country.
committee composed entirely of
farmers was selected to start the fac
tory
Ireland is rapidly becoming a coun-
try of peasant proprietors, and all the
difficulties about back rents, renting i'm
proyements and dual ownership are
vanishing. For instance, in the quarter
ending December 81 last, the number
of tenants evicted from their holding in
the whole of Ireland was twenty-three.
In the same quarter five tenants were
evtCted otherwise than at the suit of the
landlord. As against these, ii may be
mentioned that under the evicted ten
ants act of 1907, 279 persons have been
restored to their holdings, and many
lOng-standing sores have been healed.
During the past quarter of a century
more than 100000 Irish tenants have
been converted into owners, the sums
advanced totaling over $500, 000, 600. And
it may also be said that the instruments
have practically been paid.
Nor can 1t be said that Mr.. BirrelIs
act has killed land purchase. During
the month of November last, 1.461 ten
ants purchased their holdings at a cost
of nearly 100000.
Catholic Congress.
The first national Catholic congress-
will be held at Leeds from July 20 to
August 2, and will be attended by the
Archbishop of Westminster, many of
the members Of the hierarchy and the
lord mayor of London. The lord mayor
Of Leeds viii entertain the archbishop
and bishops and lord mayor of London
to luncheon on their arrival. and will
afterward accord the congress a civic
reception.
DR.. Bourne will inaugurate the con-
gress IN the cathedral, and viii subse-
quently deliver his presidential address
at a mass meeting in the town hall.
In covering letter accompanying the
provisional programs of the congress,
the archbishop of Westminster says that
the suggestion of a national Catholic
congress has met with a cordial recep- |
ton on every side, and the various
Catholic societies and associations have
shown great readiness to take their part
in it, one object of which is to bring
them into closer relations to one an
other.
The eminent scientist. Sir William |
Crookes, warned us a few days ago that |
unless steps were taken to devise |
means to abstract the practically mex |
haustfble supply of nitrogen around |
us in the atmosphere it would go badly /
Will the UlcStu~CdliuS ndAlUHS DelOIS
twenty years had passed. The supply |
of sodium nitrate from Chill and the |
OF the gas works. he pointed /
out, would be inadequate before long. |
and we were faced with the problem of /
finding the substitute for these fertiliz- /
ers of the soil.
A further warning now comes from I
DR.. Crossley, the distinguished chem |
isl. In a lecture before the Pharma-
ceutical society this week he warned /
this country that ammonia and nitric |
acid are not solely used In agriculture /
and other peaceful crafts, but are re-
quired for the production of instru-
ments of war. such as dynamite, gum
cotton and smokeless powder. Herein |
lay danger.
Nitrogen From Atmosphere.
Norway has set up a factory to alb
stract nitrogen from the atmosphere /
on a commercial scale-the protest is |
known as ''nitryline," and, according to
DR.. Crossley, works for the manufac-
ture of nitroline have been Completed
and are In course Of erection, in Ger
many, Austria, Italy, France, Switzer-
land, the United States, the central /
provinces of India and Japan. Works
are also projected in South Africa,
Canada and New Zealand. Other |
powers are thus making themselves In
dependent of Norway for the supplies
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