The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
BILL PURPOSES ID REFORM CALENDAR Scheme to Push the Clock
 One Hour MORMONS ATTACKED Home Secretary Starts Vigorous h. yestigation of Practices of Mis-
 sionaries-Declaratio of
 London Protested

London. April 22.-(special)-A radical, novel and interesting change of the cal endar is under consideration In parlia- ment The author is Robert Pearce, who proposed to push the clock on one hour so that people might have more daylight His new scheme is to make 364 days con etitute a year and also to make Easter a stationary or fixed holiday The gov ernments of European countries have re- ceiyed an invitation from the Swiss gov ernment to take part in an international diplomatic conference on the subject of fixing Easter and generally reforming the calendar.
 There is now before the house of com mons a calendar reform bill designed to serve the purpose. This bill purposes to regularize the quarters of the year, ad- lust the 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 quarter. This leaves for the rest of the year S64 days, which divide exactly into four equal quarters of 91 days each and into 52 weeks.
 Each quarter would contain 13 weeks, divided into two months of 30 days each, and one of 31 days. The ordinary quarter days would not be interfered with.
 Easter Sunday and all the movable feasts, lasts and dates dependent upon it would be fixed so as to fall regularly on the same day of the same month as well AS on the same day of the week. April IA would always be East4f Sunday. Christ mas day. December 25, would always be on a Monday. To provide for leap year, one other holiday, called leap year day, would be inserted between June 31 and July 1.
 Newspaper attacks respecting Mormon activities here has induced the home sec- retary to make a full investigation of the circumstances under which English wom- en are induced to go to Utah. Hans F. Freece, who is organizing an anti-Mor- mon campaign in this country, has for warded evidence on the matter to MT. Churchill.
 One of the most emphatic declarations
  made by Mrs. Kempthorne, wife of the Bishop of Hull.
 Addressing a large meeting at Shel- field she took the opportunity of warn- ing her hearers of the dangers which ex- ist in the presence of Mormon mission aries in this country
 q do not know the extent of their ac- tivities in Sheffield" said Mrs. Kemp thorne, but the Mormons are every where. and we must see to it that our girls are guarded against this subtle dan ger
 Half the servant girls do not know that the Latter Day Saints, or mission aries, are Mormons," Mrs. Kempthorne continued These men talk to them on quite orthodox evangelical subjects; they do not bring the teaching of polygamy into the outside world at all. The danger is real, not imaginary"
 One of the most notable features of this parliament has been the absence of Lloyd George, the chancellor, during the debates on the new financial clauses.
 A letter from Mrs. George was read at 8 meeting of Welsh Calyinistic Method- ists recently. In this she said:
 The chancellor is improving very much. He is taking more care of himself. and l mean to try to keep him quiet until after Easter. Then he will have task in front of him.
 Meanwhile MT. George is resting al Beaohborough park, a fine old country house near Folkestone He keeps in touch with the parliament position.
 At Beachborough park his constant com panion is his little girl Megan, whose fund of high spirits and grlish charm are constant delight to her father. The two 20 for rambles and have those wonderful adventures which are dear to the heart of little girls.
 Labor leaders throughout the British empire are arranging for a new depar- ture in policy and one bound to have an important bearing upon the interests of the working class.
 During the summer the colonial labor statesmen who are to me here will meet the labor leaders of the kingdom.
 They will decide, if possible, upon a uniform course to be taken by labor all over the empire.
 Scotch members of parliament say Scot land is being drained of her best people in order to swell the growing tide of prosperity in Canada. According to the Board of Trade 65, 192 persons. left Scot land from Scottish ports last year. This does not include the immense number of Scottish emigrants who leave by English ports.
 There is new development of land- lordism in Swansea. Many cottages have been acquired by shopkeepers. who in- sist that their tenants purchase their household goods from them alone This practice is startling because of it's nov city Many so-called noble" landlords
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