El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
AERIAL GRAFT
IN WAR is
OPPOSED
Would Mean New Hideous-
ness" in War That Men
Would Escape.
OLD WINCHESTER CA
THEDRAL RESTORED

London. Eng. Feb. PA petition
signed by 200 notable people has been
issued by the International Arbitra-
ton league protesting against the use
of aerial vessels in war. The sigma
tories appeal to all governments to
foster an international understanding
which shall preserve the world from
"a new hideousness Of warfare" and
deprecate the suggestion that aerial
warfare, by reason or its horror, must
frighten men from war, and that the
art OF flying Will never reach IulI de
velopment without the stimulus Of
war.
Farmers Fight Pigeons.
a stranger coming suddenly into the
district near Creditor DeVonshire, this
month would have thought that the
vanguard of an invading army was
skirmishing with the defenders Of Lon
don. But it was only 1000 farmers en-
gagged in the determination OF the
wood pigeon, a bird which had become
q notorious crop pest in that county
1t is estimated that the first day
shooting resulted in a bag Of $4,000
birds The district selected for the
hunt comprises 10 square miles OF
wooded hills and dales- The birds nave
long selected this spot as their Iavorlte
resting place and comparatively rev
of them attempted to escape from its
boundaries when the slaughter was on
Celebrates $50 Years of Life.
The New England company, one OF
the Oldest missionary organizations in
the world. will celebrate its 250th an
niversary this month 1t IS an inter
esting coincidence that Robert Boyle,
one OF the contributors to the Harvard
university foundation and founder OF
the Royal society which celebrates its
25Oth. anniversary next July, should
have been prominently connected with
the missionary society of the same age.
Like the Royal society, the New Eng
lang company existed for some years
IN a different form before its actual
Incorporation by royal charter in Feb
ruary, 1862
Edward WlnsloW, governor OF Massa-
chusetts- came to England in 1919 and
besought parliament to pass an act for
the esta blishment OF a society for the
propagation of the gospel among the
indians Of New England The act was
passed and the society was formed with
16 citizens Of London to further the
work
Commissioners were appointed in
New England to keep the home society
informed of what was done. At the
time of the restoration some anxiety
was expressed for the future Of the
society, but Charles Il gave favorable
consideration to a proposal to tncor-
porate it by royal charter.
A change Of territory was necessi-
tated by the American revolution and
it was decided to move the scene OF
the sOciety's operations to New Bruins
wick.
The work has been carried on ever
since among the indians Of Canada and
for some time also in the West Indies
Ii has been proposed that in lieu Of a
l.nCra formal ucelebratiOn Of the 25Oth
annfyersst5 a Complete history OF the
operations of the venerable company
be published.
Russia Restores Censorship.
It is said that the censorship. on the
press in Russia has been reviveduWltn
all Of its former severity and one Of
the first sufferers was an American
new spaper which had a cartoon which
ii had copied from humorous pupil
cation blotted out Of the copies mailed
to Russian subscribers But the great
est volume of complaint against the
onerations of the censor comes from
British writers and publishers. VINO
are deprived of an excellent market oy
his activities. One OF these writers
has complained to the public IN a let-
ter in which he asserts InaI " me
technically the censorship mas Deeii
1~ess are more than eyer worried %
officialdom. He declares tnal the OI1Ly
boDefuI sign is the fact that cOCA-
49, hook which was suppressed Dy M
censor because one OF tne I5clPSs -
~-ised s'perfect freedom in the use OF
soToe ingredients. is now allowed 70
ef-culste On the other hand ne staIes
fbaf the list of prescribed DOCKS con-
t51ues to grow long and varied
old Cathedral Restored.
Tho bIshoD of winchester mas an
ro1,nced that the restoration OF the
yESi-[bester cathedral IS so Tar ad-
,-eDced that thanksgiving services 1or
tbe success Of the work Will De heIu
next summer. -,
Difficult and very costly WORKS haEe
rse7, carried on for several years 70
go the historic structure from fall
- INTO ruin. The walls Of the east
e-5 norton had given way, causing
es1-ioi1s cracks in the vaulting, while
the transept walls were affected SINH
IarIv. In the eastern part the walls
-T-are Of necessity underpinned and the
foundations strengthened This proved
far more costly work than was an
+fciDated. for under the gravel on which
the cathedral is built is a bed OF peat
eatrrated with water. 1t was necessary
70 employ divers ttO place bags and
b1ocI-s of concrete under the water,
"a 10 use a powerful steam pump TO
i-een the water down Estimates Of
~ cost OF the repairs advanced from
S15o 00O upwards until the engineers
declared that il would cost not less
tbeD $500 600 to repair the structure
AID for this great sum there VIII be
handy anything to show above ground
Most Of it has been spent in securing
tbe foundations and stability of the
u-aIIs It is probable that the walls,
which have already stood for 500 years,
will he preserved for centuries to come