Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-23
WOULD SHORTEN YEAR ONE DAY
Easter Would Become a Stationary
Holiday.
ANTI-MoRMoN CAMPAIGN IS on
Wife of Bishop of Hull is Taking a
Leading Part.
CLAIMS GIRLS ARE DECEIVED
Chancellor Lloyd George Improving
iR Health So Steadily that HIS
wife Says No Further
Danger Exists,
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

LONDON, April 22.--(Special to The Bee)
"A radical. novel and interesting change OF
the calender is under consideration in
Parliament The author is Robert Pearse,
who proposed to push the clock on one hour
so that people might have more daylight.
His new scheme is to make 1854 days con-
stitute q year and also to make Easter
stationary or fixed holiday. The govern
ment of European countries have received
an invitation from the Swiss government
TO take part in an international diplomatic
conference on the subject of fixing Easter
and generally reforming the calendar.
There IL now before the House of Com
mons a calendar reform bill designed to
serve the purpose. This bill proposes to
rogularize the quarters OF the year, adjust
days OF the week and of the month and fix
holidays depending upon Easter. With this
view the first day of the year would be a
holiday, but It would not be a day of the
week or Of the month or the quarter. This
leaves for the rest Of the year S64 days,
which divide exactly into four equal quar-
tiers OF ninety-one days each and into
fifty-two weeks.
Each quarter would contain thirteen
weeks. divided into two months of thirty
days each and one of thirty-one days.
The ordinary quarter days would not be
interfered with.
Easter Sunday and all the movable feasts.
fasts and dates dependent upon II would be
fixed 40 as 20 fall regularly on the same
day Of the same month, as well as on the
same day of the week. April IA would al
ways be Easter Sunday. Christmas day,
December 2S, would always be on a Mon
day. To provide for leap year. one other
holiday, called Leap Year day, would be
inserted between June 81 and July 1.
investigating the Mormons.
Newspapers attacks respecting Mormon
activities here have induced the home sec
Rotary TO make full investigation OF the
circumstances under which English women
are induced to go to Utah. Hans p.
Freeze. who is organizing an anti-Mormon
campaign in this country has forwarded
evidence on the matter to Mr.. Churchill.
One OF the most emphatic declarations
against Mormon missionaries has beer
made by Mrs. Kempthorne, wife of The
bishop of Hull. On addressing a large
tunity of warning her hearers of the dan.
missionaries in this country.
Il do not know the extent of their &C.
tTvities in Sheffield" said Mrs Kemp
thorne. but the Mormons are everywhere
: and we must see to II that our girls are
guarded against this subtle danger. Hal
the servant girls do not know that th'
Iatter-day Saints, or missionaries. are
AiOrmons." Mrs. Kempthorne continued
These men talk TO them on quite orthodox
evangelical subjects; they do not bring tn,
teaching OF polygamy into the outside
world at all. The danger is real no
imaginary"
Lloyd George ImpfovinE.
one Of the most notable features Of thi
Parliament has been the absence OF Iloyt
George. the chancellor. during the debate
on the new financial clauses.
a letter from Mrs. George was read at
meeting OF Welsh CalvInistic Methodist
recently. In this she said THE chan
cellor is improving very much. lie is TAX
ing more care Of himself and | mean t
try to keep him quiet until after Easter
Then he will have task in front OF him.
Meanwhile Mr.. George is resting a
Beachborough Park fine old countr
house near Folkestone He keeps in touc
WIN tne IdIhdihclll position. Ills COnSNAi
companion Is his little girl Megan. who's
fund OF high spirits and girlish charm ar
= constant delight TO her father. The tw
so for rambles and have those wonderfl
adventures which are dear to the heart q
little girls,
Labor Leaders 10 Confer.
Labor leaders throughout the BIRTHS
empire are arranging for new departur
in policy and one bound to have an in
portant bearing upon the interests OF III
working class. During the summer III
colonial labor statesmen who are to ,
here viii meet the labor leaders Of II
Kingdom. They will decide. II possible
upon a uniform course to be taken By lab,
ell over the empire.
Scotland Losing Its Rest.
scotch members Of Parliament say SEQ
land II being drained OF her best people
order to swell the growing tide Of pro
perity In Canada According to the Boar
OF Trade $3.50 persons left Scotland fro
q, Scottish ports last year. This does not Il
clude the immense number OF Scottis
emigrsnts who leave by English ports.
London Declaration Condemned.
BY an overwhelming majority the chan
bers OF commerce has protested again
the ratification OF the declaration OF 10
don. A motion to postpone any eNpressl'
OF opinion until this proposed change
claws governing naval warfare could
submitted e. tie imperial conference VI
swept aside ard the great industries OF q
country put On record the verdict OF q
n declaration Is menace to the nation
food supply In lime OF war.
The chamber OF shipping Of the Unit
Kingdom. passed a similar resolution, al
urged the government to refuse rstificati
10 the declaration. II has now been co
semned not only by the commercial a.
thippinE community. but BY admirais
iernationS& LAWYERS and members Of Parii
nent