The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
FIGHT MORMONS
 IN SOUTH AFRICA Authorities DisapprOve of
 Their Doctrines GOSSIP OF LONDON Captain Amondsen Has Sent Back Opening Account of His South
 Pole Expedition Which is
 Modest in Tone
GOSSIP OF LONDON
By PAUL LAMBETH

By PAUL LAMBETH
 London. July 1-( Special )-The Eng fish government has been asked to CO., operate with the South African govern ment in fighting Mormon missionaries. The Anti Mormon League of South Al rica has sent the following to the au- thorities here for circulation:
 Pamphlets have already been cireu- lated regarding the undesirable and im- pure doctrines and practices of sect calling themselves the Church of Latter Day Saints or Mormons of Utah.
 ''The particular doctrines of this sect is that of plurality of wives. and al though the practice is illegal in the United States. and although the Nor mons deny that polygamy exists there can be no doubt that il is still carried on.
 There is reason to believe that pro- paganda is being carried on in this country with view of entieing women to Utah.
 \. "The government is axious to receive Information of any persons having left or are leaving South Africa for that place.
 You are accordingly asked if you should know of any people who have left or are preparing to leave the coun- try for Utah via England to kindly give notice (which will be treated as conh- dentiaD to the magistrate or other gov ernment official so that they may re- port to the immigration department For publicly declaring that a ManX- man cannot tell the plain, blunt truth Hall Caine, the novelist, has brought hornets nest about his head Replying to him, the Liverpool ManX Society says:
 Ut is dirty bird that fouls its own nest. As Hall Cane is by descent Manx we presume he includes in his in dictment his own kith and kin" Tho society claims as upright and truthful fellow countrymen as found under heav- en, and trusts the matter to be taken up by the compatriots all over the world The novelist's indictment has provoked widespread condemnation.
 The chief ambition of the Prince of Wales. who is fond of boating, is to row on the Oxford and Cambridge race. He and his brother spend much time on the river, where each has his own boat, both on the Thames and al Sandring- ham The princes entered into keen -~, rivalry for success in races in which also participated several sons of per sona1 friends of their parents who are about the same ages. For although the sons of the King and Queen are numer- ous enough in themselves, their parents have always been of the opinion that It is good for them to have plenty of com panionship of other boys
 "I will show you the difference be- tween capital and labor" shouted man to a woman who was near him the railway station al Preston, and then jumped on the rails of incoming train and met with instantaneous death In his pockets were 2s 4d and broken watch. The body was afterwards iden- tifed as that of William Fraser.
 A pathetic ease of drowning hap pened near Ilanely, Wales. Thomas Jones, aged 21. of Pantycelyn, mining village, was drowned while bathing ir a pond The deceased had only been married two hours before he met his death. The bride saw him drown.
 Captain Roald Amandsen's openig ac- count of the South Pole expedition has reached here and has aroused much in- terest on account not only of what it contains, but of the modest tone of the captain. He says in part:
 '"rhe goal of our voyage was the bay that indents the great Antarctic ice bar Tier in longitude 164 W. and latitude TS.3S s.. 16,000 miles from home.
 "On January 1st ice was sighted. That fitted well. Next day a few detached ice floats began to appear. In the even- ing of the 2d we crossed the Antarctic Circle and at 10 D. m. there lay the Antarctic drift ice before us. It did not look particularly imposing-a few strips of spring frozen, newly broken ice Nothing of that kind could hinder us and we stood straight in, in longitude 176 degrees ". (abouD and latitude 66 degrees 30 min. s. It took us four days to get through the pack ice belt, and on the evening of the 5th we emerged into the sea-Ross Sea-in latitude 70 de- erees s. and longitude 1S0 degrees w It was like the North Sea a summer day. With the exception of two small bergs, we did not see Ice from the time we entered 1t until We sighted the Bar rier in about 7s degrees 8. latitude.
 We sighted the mighty Barrier at 3:30 D. m. January II. One would be less than human If one could behold the sight unmoved. As far the eye can see, from western to eastern horizon this wall of ice rises perpendicularly to height of 100 feet. And yet 1t is only very small part of 1t that one sees
 The great bay running southwest into the Barrier which have chosen az the base of an expedition towards the South Pole, has been observed not only by Ross and Borcherevink, but also by Scott and Shackl teton, and thus appears to be a constant formation, something that can be counted upon. Shackl eton also thought he saw ridge of hills at the head of this bay which would indi- cate land. After reading these various accounts and thinking the matter over I came to the conclusion that this bay which has proved to have had the same situation for period of so years could no ba a "a fOrnlat i'm tha Pa ri iat caused by breaking off of icebergs, but must have been produced by underly-