The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
BATTLE OF STEPNEY
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Speculation AS to Attitude To-
ward Anarchists
ANTI-MORMON FEELING
Great Indignation Aroused by Efforts
of Mormon Observation-Disclosures
Preparing for Coronation.
Criminal Neglect

haven for every man whose hand may
have been raised against society, gov
eminent institution and even life itself.
Napoleon once referred to England as
| "A dollhouse for the cultivation of as
sassins and mischief makers"
1t is nursing men far more dangerous
than the anarchistic trio In Sidney
street who held small army at bay
and yet nothing has ben done to drive
them out of the country.
Liverpools smouldering indignation
against the methods of the Mormons
has burst into flame, and the govern
ment is to be asked to take action.
Meetings of protest have been held at
| which resolutions were passed calling
the attention of the home secretary to
the PROSECUTING by agents of Norm
ism here The government. is asked to
take such steps as due investigation
might show to be necessary to sale
guard English homes from the visiting
of Mormon missionaries, as has already
been done in Germany. The anti-Mor-
mon campaign is supported by the
| bishop of Liverpool, Archdeacons Mad
den and Spooner, and some nifty or
| sixty other clergymen.
| Nearly all the best hotels are under
| going extensive alterations in antlc1pa-
| ton of a rush for the coronation. Ana
the charges are to be proportionate! AT
one establishment. where a bachelor
| can live like a lord all the year round
| for three weeks week. printed no
| tees have been sent to all permanent
| guests that during the coronation week
| they will be charged nine guineas fof
| the week, an offer now made to them as
a special offer to our old customers
and one which must be booked by
| February /, and ten per cent deposit
paid down.
The Catholic League of London has
decided to have questions asked IN par
Lament by members of the liberal
unionist Irish and labor parties as To
how far the recent action of Signor Ma
than. mayor of Rome, constitutes an
infringement of the law of guarantees
Mr.. Pritchard, who moved the resolu-
ton said Mayor Nathan had fnsulted
the pope and the church, and although
he did not think the British govern
ment would send a formal protest to
Rome. he thought If the question was
asked in parliament no one would IN
suit the pope again.
AS an outcome of the Houndsditch
and Sidney street affair 1t has been
thought advisable to provide the police
with a firearm that will put them on
an equal footing with anarchists, an
| to that end an exhaustive test OF Vari-
Gus makes of revolvers and automatic
pistols was recently made in the under
ground range attached to the headquar-
ters of the oath Battalion, London Ter
ritorial regiment.
Winston Churchill did most of the
firing, using the Mauser mostly. 1t Is
not intended to arm the police or even
to make 1t a practice for detectives to
carry weapons. What is intended is
that at certain easily accessible centers
weapons should be stored for use in an
| emergency such as Is named.
The inquest into the Prestaria mine
| near Balton. where 1913 lives were lost,
shows that there was criminal neglect
| on the part of some one and it was not
| that of the workmen.
| Some witnesses told how their hus-
| bands or brothers or sons had COM
| planned to them of the state Of the mine.
| When the criticisms passed by the dead
miners were retold. the witnesses were
| askeh to repare written statements Of
the actual words used, so that they may
be collated. Most of those who had
Il
| ferred to the presence of gas.
| The father of James Mcdonald said
| his son came home three mornings out
| of six because of gas. Michael McCabe.
| of West Houghton, was said to have
| complained six times about gas in the
neighborhood of his work. and last
week he returned home twice because Of
the gas.
Alfred Rusel Wallace, joint discoverer
with Darwin of the principle of natural
| selection In evolution, has been giving
his opinion on things in general II do
not think" he said, that the world is
better to live In than 1t was fifty years
ago; for the very poorest 1t is worse.
| The wonderful discoveries of science
and their application to industry, with
| the corresponding increase in wealth
| absolutely and I believe, relatively,
| enormously greater than it was fifty
years ago. 1t is very difficult to say
whether there Is any real Improvement
/ think the majority of men were just
as well off and enjoyed their lives just
as much as people do today"
The career of Lord Mount-Stephenf,
| who recently Toasted the king and
queen, began life as herd boy in
Scotland, and worked afterwards as an
assistant In st. Paul's churchyard.
l
ada. and found there in the shape of
the Canadian Pacific railway the means
| of acquiring his colossal wealth. Also
he obtained as the reward for his
labors in this connection peerage
being the first man in the colonies to
attain this distinction.
Lloyd Georges budget has exceeded
| even it's authors anticipations as an
instrument for raising funds
The exchecquer receipts for the
period from April to December "a
show that within three months of the
| financial year still to run, the budget
has already brought In a sum which
not only wipes out last years uncol-
lected arrears of 930,OO0,0O0, but leaves
the chancellor with G13,154035 In hand.
Up to December % last year the total
| exchequer receipts amounted to a92, 1874,
547 The total receipts this year up to
December "a amounted to a13c0a4, s32
Mr.. George In July estimated that ex-
else would produce G34,000,000 In twelve
months; It has produced 93O.63O,000 in
nine months. He estimated stamps To
produce a9.6o0.O00 in twelve months;
they have produced G70O0.OOO in nine
He estimated the income and property
taxes at a37,550,000 and G33,34S,0O0 has
already come in
The death duties have produced In nine
months f1S,24s,000 out OF E25,G5O,OO0 esti-
mated; the customs f24, 10000 out OF
f32, 100000. The old land tax and house
duty provide already f2.27O.OO0 out OF
f269O000 estimated besides 92O0,OO0 from
the land value duties
| The reasons for the extra millions
we're given almost prophetically In the
chancelors budget speech when he said
| The crops this year are likely to be