El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05
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ENGLAND
Women Working in Offices
in London Become Invet-
crate Gamblers.
TUNNEL TO FRANCE
AGAIN is PLANNED
= ONDON, Eng, July 5.-The spread /

/ = ONDON, Eng, July 5.-The spread
Of gambling among the English
- people, both men and women, is
] causing serious and growing concern
, No measures yet have been devised TO
stop the habit, which rapidly is becOm-
ing more and more Of a menace on
all big races practically everybody,
from the neWSbOy on the street to the
| peer in his motor, has something on his
I IaVorlte horse, and even on the every
Z day race an immense amount In the
aggregate is Wa Tared-
Latterly it has been disclosed that
I women WORKING in offices and restau-
rants in the city have become as in
veterate gamblers as the men and boys.
Nowadays bOtn men and women, dur
Z ing the afternoon hours, are distracted
from their work by their anxiety over
the results Of the races, and employers
complain in vain
Commons Fights Evil
The house Of commons, with a view
| of curbing this increase in the betting
habit, passed a law prohibiting COM
I mission agents from accepting money
[ on a bet, but this was easily evaded
( by the agents carrying Wagers on
credit system settling once week
+ As the system works today any boy
/ with a shilling TO bet on a horse can
go 70 almost any newspaper seller and
get his money down Another meaSuer
/ TO overcome this condition was met by
; opposition from the wOrkingman, who
claimed for himself the same privl-
/ leges and opportunities accorded his
wealthy neighbor, who can wager as
| freely as he likes by either going to
; the track or telephOnlng his commits
sion agent
/ The complaint is, made also that
/ gambling is spelling golf At most
Of the big clubs today members viii
not play unless assured of a good side
bet on the result II Is Started with
{ half dollar a round, but at some clubs a
/ same is seldom played for less than
! SIS, $50 or even S100 a round The
4 professional, too. who gets his fee for
( taking a novice around, now wants a
I the novice all he deserves, the pro-
I fessiOnal generally can win
Plan Tunnel TO France.
{ The proposal to drive a tunnel IN
der the English channel between Eng
land and France. which for years was
opposed BY military men on the
/ latiou Of England, is now being taken
I up seriously with a better chance OF
I going through than ever before.
The advance in flying made in re-
/ cent years has already virtually taken
away the advantage Of isolation. but
I even more than this the good relations
I now existing between England and
France have overcome the opposition
to the scheme. The government is be-
ing urged to take the matter I'D seri-
oUsly; people VINO cross the channel
frequently favor the plan. and the
railways who have to keep up costly
steamers for the channel service, are
not opposed to the tunnel idea. for
they know that with the abolition Of
! the much dreaded channel crossing by
sea passenger traffic would increase
immensely.
To Try Electric Plan.
The president of the Austrian cham
I Der Of deputies has decided TO make
trial OF an electric voting machine for
use in the house.
Each member viii have two cleo
trio buttons on his desk. one marked
pro and the other Contra on
the wall opposite the presidents chair
an indicator is fixed, consisting of $40
glass tablets. numbered 1 10 $40. These
tablets are normally dark. but when
vote IS taken eacn shows either q
for Contra Each memEer has a
number corresponding TO one on the
board, and can therefore personally
check the accuracy OF his vote An au-
tomato apparatus counts the vote, and
the totals are shown on another in
dicatcr- II the names are required,
in either white or red letters. In case
or a secret vote, the glass tablet indi-
Gator. is switched off, and only the
counting apparatus remains active
Has No Recourse.
Inc recent attack on prime minister
Asquith in the house Of commons
when a young man associated with the
sutfragets threw a bag of flour at him,
has again drawn attention to the awIl-
ward situation OF the house in dealing
with such Interruptions.
The house of commons can summon
TO the bar and examine and cross eE-
anime those who offend against its
must have the formalities of a trial
and would involve the right to deliver
TO the house a speech in defence. In
the view of the government q defen-
siye address thus delivered would be
too big an advertisement for the cause
so any action along this line has been
avoided OF course, Nj AsQultn could
take out summons Tor assault but
as he would then have to appear as a
witness in police court and would
be subject to cross examination. there
is no possibility of his taking this
step. The outcome, especially if there
appears any danger OF a repetition OF
the disorder. is likely to be the clos
ing Of the strangers gallery, as was
done last year
The government. some years ago. ]
gave the house an opportunity of in
creaslng It's powers to deal with such
offenders, but probably for fear that il
might interfere with demonstrations
by members themselves, the proposal .
was voted down
Emigration Decreases.
There has been remarkable falling
off in emigration from Great Britain
present year. according to the steam
ship companies concerned in this traf-
tic. IL is put down to the present high
level OF wages and the continued trade I
boom which gave men employment in
England. Despite this. however. Can
ada continues TO get very large num-
Der Of emlgrants from England and
Scotland. so there are probably other +
causes for the decrease in the Aus /
tralian figures.
This loss in traffic has been felt /
rather seriously by the steamship lines I
running to the south seas. Last year I
there was a tremendous demand for /
passages to Australia and New Zeo- I
land, and to meet this trade the steam I
ship companies inc creased the aCCOmmO- I
datiOns on each vessel and also put on I
new steamers. Today the ships are I
running very light, even on reduced I
schedules