The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-04
Fewer Convictions for Drunken
ness in Great Britain
and Ireland.
WOMAN WILL TRAVEL FAR
TO VISIT LOVERS GRAVE
To Penetrate Central Africa to
Pay Tribute of Love to
Dead Sweetheart.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON, Sept. 3.-Whether it is due
to the Lloyd George budget or to a real
growth OF temperance feeling, the fact
remains that Great Britain and Ireland
are growing sober. Some time ago
called attention to the great falling off
in the sales OF spirits and beer, and
now additional evidence that English
men are becoming "A more sober race Is
afforded by the Blue Book on the IL
censing laws just issued.
The feature Of the report is found In
the statistics as to the convictions for
drunkenness, and offenseS combined with
drunkenness. The decrease in the con-
victions Is most remarkable. In l9o9
against lS7.S03 in 190S-a reduction OF
1926. or nearly 10 per cent. Total pro-
cccdings. too. for these offcnses fell from
209 69l TO .495. The Blue Book states
that 'it IS impossible not to associate
the decrease with the increased duty on
spirits, which took effect from April ~:
1909" The number OF Gonyict,onS 6drn iovor or
proportion TO the total In 1909 than In
the previous year.
The number OF on-ncenSeS laSt year
was 90. 40 as against 95.5li in 1908, the
figures for off-licenSes being 2i,6t ana
2i924. While the number of licenses has
decreased. the number of registered
clubs has steadily grown. Thus. there
last wear. 1888 In 1907 and 672l in 1906
Last year. too, saw great increase. IL
is expected that between January j,
1909, and 1910 the number increased by
343 figures which bring the statement
that for every public house that is sup
pressed a club arises 'appreciably nearer
The total number Of convictions for
permitting drunkenness on licensed
premises. 56S. IS the lowest for any year
since 1896 The official figures for Scot
land and Ireland compared with Eng
land arc as follows: England, decrease
9.7i per cent; Scotland, decrease ~ per
cent; Scottish towns, decrease ~ per
cent; Ireland. decrease per cent. inns
shows that the Improvement Is general
Tribute Of Love.
To nav last tribute Of love to the
memory OF her dead sweetheart, MISS
olive Macleod, daughter Of Sir Reginald
iarv for Scotland has set out from Eng
land upon journey OF $500 miles. MISS
Macleod was affianced TO Lieutenant
Boyd Alexander. the inmous EIa eTp.oreI' 80. na
tivcs OF the state of Wadai, in Central
Africa The grave where his body hes
adjoins that of his brother: captain
Ciaud Alexander. AT Maifoni. a British
post near Lake Chad. The memorial she
will place upon tho grave Is a marble
cross.
MacI cod embarked at Liverpool on the
liner nalSar OF the African Steamship
line. taking the cross with her. Travel
ing in her company are Mr., Talbot. who
accompanied Lieutenant Alexander upon
his exploration journey from the Niger
10 The Nile. and Mrs. Talbot, The brother
of Lieutenant Alexander saw them of.
Miss Macleod. with her companions. will
land at the mouth OF the Niger and to-
gether they Will journey across 1000 miles
OF country to Lake Chad. For a woman
the trials and dangers Of such an ad-
venture into the interior hardly be
imagined, No white woman has yet
trayersed that country. Nevertheless.
Miss Macleod SGT forth eagerly. having
overcome all the objections OF relatives
and friends
Across most Of the thousand miles 10
in litter by native boys. When Mai
foni is reached she Will go alone to the
graveside and superintend the raising of
tho memorial cross,
English Sugar Refinery.
The first English beet sugar rehn-
Essex. where site of tweuty-six acres
has been secured by 2 Dutch firm of re-
tincrs, acting in conjunction with Essex
agricuiturists About 81 900 900 will be
put into this business, tho machinery
alone for the factory costing $500. 900
One OF the best-known men in agrcul-
tural Essex said that he believed that The
factory would bring new era of pros
perty to Essex farming,
THE soil OF Essex" he said. "now
grows the finest manEolds in the coun-
try. and have proved that it will grow
sugar beets. The higher price which
sugar bccts Will make assures larger
profit 10 the farmer and l believe before
long we shall see the beet cultivated upon
every Essex farm"
Some OF the curioslties Of the foreign
trade returns are worth noting. Britain
has new export. There occurs for the
first time the entry, "Aeroplanes air
ships. balloons. and parts thereof" the
value exported being given as E336. The
total for the seven months is c6l56
\ feature Of sports held at Great Born
ley was Marathon race from Col
chester TO the sports ground for mothers
Of not fewer than six children, who were
required 10 wheel the youngest child in a
perambulator.
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