The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18
WOMEN FEAR FOR
 HOUSE OF LORDS Ladies of English Nobility Are Worried 1S4, 1000 STERLIN G Will Be Spent For the Coronation. School Teacher of Barnby
 Makes Complaint Against
 Constabulary
1S4, 900 STERLIN G
By PAUL LAMBETH

By PAUL LAMBETH
 London. June 17.-tSpeclal.) )-The
 women members of the nobility are taking deep interest in the discussion over the house. of lords, many being fearful lest the ancient and useless
 concern be wiped out. A powerful in- fdence that is working hard atpresent in the direction of inducing the house of lords to pass the parliament bill Is that of the peeresses At an lat home" held one afternoon last week at the resi- dence of duchess a little mass meet i ing was held in one of the corners or
 the drawing rooms by wives Of peers One of the most eloquent of them inn pressed on the others the necessity of
 doing all they could to persuade their husbands "to protect their order" "The
 ideae she said, that we should have to associate in future with wives of com-
 mon tradesmen is too horrible to con-
 template" In the end all those present
 endorsed the views of their sister peeress and pledged themselves to work hard to get their husbands to pass the bill without the necessity for any new | creations
 One of the most pitful returns ever
 issued by the local government board is
 that which shows that 119 deaths oc cured in England and Wales In 1909 from starvation. Fifty-four cases oc- cured In the county of London and 65 in the provinces. In several cases death was ascribed to starvation in con- junction with some other cause-dis- ease, exposure, improper feeding, or self n eglect. For the most part the deaths appear to have been due to dis ease contracted upon or accelerated by | want or exposure or both.
 Mr Illingworth Qord of the treasury) recently informed Mir. Pickersgill in the house of commons that of the f1S4,000 estimated for coronation expenses there would be spent under the following heads:
 1 Civil list. ....... .$46OOOO | The earl marshal. al............... 1000 | The office of works. ........... 165,0O0
 The colonial office. ............. 75,000 1 F The remainder was made up as fol- l lows:
 Expenses of thesIndian guests. .$1SS,000 | Miscellaneous expenditure. ...s.. 29O0O | English policemen Maude R. Groocock, school teacher of Danby, made serious complaint against member of the Notts lconstabulary force. In court Miss Groo- cock said that on the evening of April 19
 her sweetheart visited her at her fathers
 house, and left at 10;15 D. m. She went on the road with him towards Newark and was returning when she met the de-
 fendant. He asked, Where are you tXrfN fAH. IJo | said: Are you aware that it is my duty
 to see home or take to the police station | all young ladies out after 9 O clock?" The young woman replied in the negative. De-
 fendant put his arm around her and
 struck a match, remarking: 'I see you are Miss Groocock." Defendant put his | face close to hers and the witness event.
 ually struggled free. Defendant went with
 the witness toward the farm, and when
 they reached the yeomanry field she asked
 him to leave her. as she preferred going
 through the wood alone. The constable
 said that he could show her in black and white that it was his duty to show her
 home. He frequently put his arm around
 her and, she struggled free. When in the
 drive the defendant ripped her up. She
 struggled and screamed, and ran toward
 the road. She gained the high road again
 pursued by the policeman. He was let off 1 d l To what lengths the craving for alcohol
 will lead some people was shown at an in-
 quest held at Widnes on Mary Rugari-
 witch, a Polish woman. Medical evidence
 was to the effect that her death was caused by drinking Polish whisky
 Inquires by the coroner elicted the in-
 formation that Polish whisky was mix
 ture of methylated spirits. water, tea, o,,1 Ina nodp if themselves and drank large quantities of it. Six pennywortl was sufficient to in- toxicate four people. The coroner said the question of poison selling wanted regulating; the jury re- turned verdict that death was due to the excessive drinking of methylated spirits.
 Manchester police court provided a sec ond instance of the prevalence of the methylated spirits habit. A man charged with being drunk denied it, and said a drug he had been taking for neuralgia had got hold of him. l In the working class districts of Ian cashire methylated spirits Is largely used
 for drinking purposes, especially by the
 women, who find it is different from their ordinary drink. It costs only shilling a
 pint.
 | | is to find place in the government pro-
 gramme. This announcement Is con lveyed in d letter from the master of Eli bank to Sir Thomas Borthwick. The | chief whip states that the terrible census
 figures have impressed upon the premier
 the urgency of the situation. The letter | is as follows:
 or course my views as member of Mid lothian are always at your service, thers-
 fore let me at once say that yon need feel
 no apprehension at the attitude of the
 government in respect to land legislation
 for Scotland. can without hesitation as-
 sure you that the prime minister is fully alive to the urgency fthe question. az
 gravated as 1t is now by the publication
 of the terrible census figures. pointinu to
 the heavy emigration from rural districts La drain on the nations manhood wbicl, all Scotland will regard as a mortal dan ger.
 | I can frankly say that the principles of
 security of tenure and fair rent embodied in the Pentland bill have always received my strenuous support, and all that is now required-as you ask me my private opin- | ion-is to extend it's provisions and en- large it's financial scope in order the more l expeditiously and efficaciously to deal with the varying conditions of agriculture