El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
SEEK
To CHANCE
CALENDAR
Plan on Foot to Discontinue
the Famous Derby Stakes
Event.
SHIPPING
WILL BE

London, Eng, Sep. 16.-Sir Henry
Dalziel leader Of the Ultra-raolcais
In the house of commons. the fatner
of the bill which aims at giving SCOT
land local self government, has just
had prepared a bill to alter the CAL
endar. This bill, known as the Fixed
features. As the memorandum which
accompanies il explains, the Dill pur-
poses TO substitute for the present IT.
Sgula calendar a fixed calendar nav
Ing regular periods, of which the week
is the common measure.
Differs From reform BIZ.
In this, as in other features, 1t diff
fers from the Calendar Reform bill,
~troduc in the house of commons in
1908. but which never got beyond the
second reading stage mat pli
sought to make the months as UNI.
form In length as possible, but asa
difference in this respect is unaFolo-
able in q year with II months, It
is thought better to increase that OIL
ing a common measure of all months.
This arrangement makes It possible
for each month to begin on a Sunday
and end On a saturday
What Table Shows.
A table giving the proposed Ixeo
calendar shows that the months OF
January, February, April, May, July,
August, October and November would
each consist of % days, whilst the re-
manning months of March, June, Sep
TENDER and December would each have
apart as Leap Day" which is to be
intercalated between the last day of
June and the first day of July, as
reconstructed by the bill.
Eliminates Two Days.
A clause IN the bill lays down that
the New Year Day and Leap Day
shall neither be days or
the week, and shall not except where
specially mentioned or provided for.
be held TO be included in any compu-
tation Of days, but shall otherwise be
public bank holidays. The conditions
of labor on those two days and the
remuneration therefor, under the BILL
would conform as far as possible to
what prevails On Sundays. A fixed
date. April Is. is selected for Easter
Day.
Finally the bill, if passed by parlia-
ment, viii not become operative until
the government decides that sufficient
International concurrence has been Sc
cured.
TO Renew Pooling.
It is generally anticipated in trans
sng arrangement which expires on Oc-
tober 81, will be renewed at the re-
sumed conference 20 be held in Cologne
cific RAILWAY company. which works
its shipping interests chiefly as a
feeder for the railway, and which has
heretofore opposed the extension of
the aEreement. has, it is believed, as
o result Of concessions granted by the
continental companies, modified its at
titude.
The movement of passengers during
the first half of this year did not real
lie expectations, partly on account OF
many Americans waiting until later In
the year to visit England. thus avoid
ing the high charges which prevailed
during the coronation period The de-
crease. however. was general in all
classes, both eastbound and westoound-
On the routes to America the total de-
crease was 127.12z. From British ports
to Canada, on the the other hand, there
was an increase of20.5S1- The contl-
mental ines have been the chief sur.
ferers, the four leading ones having
carried S5,S43 fewer passengers than
they did for the game period last
Under the old agreement these four
companies were entitled to 60 percent
Of the pooled traffic. They actually
carried 1884 fewer passengers than
the number Oh whfch that percentage
was based. In view OF this, it is nder-
stood that they are prepared to adopt
a conciliatory attitude to avoid a rate
war.
The Derby Sweepstake. organized by
the C~alcutta Turf club, the greatest
sweep In the world, which has grown
to gigantic proportions, is in danger of
being abolished or at least consider
ably curtaiIed. Under Indian, like
British law, clubs can organize sweep
stakes for ember only
The Calcutta Sweep was started
like the ~sweepstake in all London clubs
on the Derby, to enable members TO
have an interest in the race without
CHANGING much money Unlike the
Others. however, the Calcutta one grew
far beyond this, tickets being sold 20
anybody and everybody. and it was
hard to find q European in India or
one who had ever been there who did
not rave a ticket or at least an inter
est in one
The immense Prize
Ten years ago the first prize in the
sweep was worth about 500, 000; last
year il was worth nearly a quarter /
of a million dollars. The first prize
last year went to a doctor, who, how
ever, had sold a half interest in the
ticket for $50, 900. I