Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-17
WOULD INDEX
ALL BRITISHERS
(RY ED T.. KEEN)

place between Mr.. 96,437, ,242 Schedule
X, of Ratcliffe-on-th the Wreake, son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. 87,643,92 Glass
x, and Alicia Estelle 47,392,641 Form
AL, daughter of Mr.. 92,476,547 and
the Hon. Mrs. 92,476,547, and grand
daughter of the late Earl of 13,"-
or "We regret to announce the death
of Mr.. 1892 File @, which occur
red last night at the residence Of his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. 64,935,271 ditto,
after a brief Illness"
With the adoption of the card in
dex system of registration by number
of every inhabitant of Great Britain,
seriously advocated before the Royal
Statistical Society by Walter HAZEL,
former member of Parliament, such
would become the style of items in the
department of the British press devot-
ed to social and obituary intelligence.
Under Hazell's scheme, which the So
ciety is now giving careful considera-
ton, no one could be born, married,
have children, be divorced or arrested,
go mad, die or be buried without pro-
ducing his. so-called life card and hav-
ing the event duly recorded thereon.
Every card with it's duplicate filed in
Somerset House, London, would bear
cross references giving the names and
numbers Of the holders parents and
children. Aside from the obvious ad-
vantage to the police in identifying
criminals, HAZEL claims that his sys-
tenn would greatly assist in tracing
lost feirs, would facilitate legislation
in regard to estates, would enable 4
woman to ascertain in moment
whether her intended husband has a
wife living, would prevent marriage
under false names, would forestall the
marriage of minors who falsify their
ages, and correct countless other pres
ent day evils. By utilizing the gov
ernment's present organization of
births for the registration of births
marriages and deaths, HAZEL figures
that the entire cost would be not
more than $4,000 year.
Ulster is indulging in a hearty
laugh at the expense of 1t. Gen. Sir
Arthur Paget, ommander-in-chief of
his rnajesty's forces in Ireland, and
Maj. Gen. Sir Cecil Macready, the new
military governor of the district of
Belfast. These eminent warriors were
sent to the Orange capital to prevent
if possible the distribution of arms
among king" Carson's volunteers. AL
though the anti-Home Rulers succeed
ed in landing whole shipload of arms
and ammunition and scattering them
throughout the province between days
while the two generals were on the
job, neither had been able to nose
out single rifle or case of cartridges
until one day Gen. Paget, while golf
ing AZ Newcastle happened to drop into
local shop to buy some golf balls
and surprised the shopkeeper in the act
of fixing brass numbers on half a
dozen rifles.
"What does this mean," inquired the
General, whose identity was unknown
to the shopkeeper. ooh, this is moth
ing a. ALL" was the reply. "You ought
to have been here last week. The shop
was full of 'em then" AS he could
gather no evidence that the guns had
been smuggled, the General was oblig-
ed to let the shopkeeper continue un-
molested with his work.
The same day Gen. Macready, also in
civilian attire, hired motor-car for
tour Of inspection in the country. No
ticing that the interior of the vehicle
was badly scratched and showed other
signs of recent wear and tear, he in
quired the reason of the chauffcr. "Oh,
the rifles did that" was the explana-
ton. 1--WE hauled an unusually big load
of them last night, sir"
The Prince of Wales will be 20
years old on Tuesday, June 90 and a |
year later he will become the richest
heir apparent in Europe, with the pos
sible exception of the Czarevitch-and
he is still unengaged. When he reaches
his majority and comes into full con-
troll of the revenues from real estate
and invested funds which are now
being administered in trust for him,
young Edward will have an annual in
come of more than a million dollars.
A large part of this will be from the
Duchy of Cornwall, which was settled
upon him at the time Of his fathers
Accession. Under the thrifty admins
tration of Lord Revelstoke the rental
of this estate has increased since King
Edwards death from 100000 year
to $1e0,000 and the accumulated rev.
enues that will be turned over to his
Royal Highness next year will be in