The Cambria Daily Leader

I CASTLE C!MEMA (AdjoiniDg Leader O&ce.) Mon., Tues. and Wed., 2JB to 10.30. THE TRAIL OF THE I LONESOME MME. A Thrilling Foui-Pa-rt Lasky Drmna. featuriDg Miss Cltarlctte ami Mr. Theodore Robertt.

ON THE SOMME I BA3 WEATHER H!M8ERS OPERAT!8NS BRITISH IREM RAIDS TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. The following message was issued from British General Headquarters in France at 10.50 a.m.:— Heavy rain continues to fall. There is nothing to report on our front south of the Ancre. During the night we conducted two successful rapids on the enemy trenches west of Wytschate and east of Boesinghe, taking pris- oners and mulcting considerable damage. Enemy work buildings were bombed by us in the neighbourhood of La Bassee Canal, and they suffered many looses.

SENT TO THE PROMT. German War Master to Go to tilie West. ;ay .-An 'oStcial tele- rran) the German Em- Lordinarily sma. ?t? ?? Mhiister, -'?? "'? ? §?" I?hpnh?m, to the command ? &? ? rmy corps in the W<?r? th<'atr<' ot' ? ?r. The commander of the 14 tb. B??rve?' or?, Yji?ut.-&enera.l roti Ste.in, will succ '-z3d him. The reas<Mi given for the change is that it is advie- able that the A-Linist)er wb<) has to decide miUtary m&aMirea at b&ine shoTil<l have 6 thorough expenemcp of the imreasing wants of the armies in the &eld.—Press Assouatio-n War Special.

ITALIAN ADVANCE. Line Moved Forward by 300 Yards. The week-end Italian official reports contain the followmg:— Saturday.—At the south of the depres- sion between Lappio and Mori (Cameras Adige Valley) our infantry entered the village of Sanoa, drove out the enemy, and destroyed their defences. To the south-east of Nova Villa we have advanced our Ime by 300 yards. Sunday.—Artillery duels took place yesterday in the Adige VaUey, in the regÎoJ1. d. IIQmt aDd on the JahaJl fro-nt. Bad weather prevails the of ()fteratioDB.

BRtBERY BILL. Offence Punishable by Penal Servitude. The text of the Goverroaent Bill to pro- vent brl"be,ry by war oolltract,Qrs. was iaau'ed &n Saturday. It a.mend's the Ia.w rela,ting to the pre'von- tKMi of conuptloi), and provides that & person convicted ci' a, migkdeuw&noar nnd'er tite Prey-entioll off Oorrupti<m Act, 1906, cr the .Public Bùdies C'on'npt Ppebctices Act, j889,. ehall, where the tra.n&a.ctton rej'a<te& to a "contract with his ..La.ty or a.ny Gov- ernment Department., or any public body, or a. aut)-Wntraet Wex-aout-0 ajiy work com- prised in such .a. contract." be iKhble to .V,enQ *rvitude not '&xcoeding ctven a,nd eot Leas than thi-oe years. Whre it is proved 141M, a.n ymoney or ot.hcr conaideraAion has beeji paid, it i<s d'eem'sd to have been giYeIl a.nd received corruptly unless the c-on-trary M proved.

MOUMTA!N ADVEMTURE Neath Hauler's Thrilling Might Experience. Much anxiety prevailed at Neath, on Saturday, when it iva-s reported that a haulier emp.Dy,"d by Messrs..Peer's had not returned from his round over the mountain to Tonmawr on the previous evening. Search parties were organised. und wheji they discovered a wrecked and boMcIess van just outride the village, 3da)'m was ju!iiu';xl. SubseqiteTitly the lost haulier fame on the scene, and explained that whilst driv- ing aercwv, the in the dark the wheel of the van jammed (lgain6t the wall. Tbe frightened horse reared and jumped clean over the. parapet of the bridge, and the haulier had to cut away the traces and a] low the horse to fall into the river. With horse was. however, got out RhFhtly in- {ured. The journey home was ahan- fioned. nnt the haulier i. not likely to forget n!S terrihle experienp on tha ,wind-sw,ePt. mountain l'ide at midnight.

AUSTR!A S NEW PREM!ER. -Arm,[.ei-darn, to a t"h: gram from VKnna, the Emperor Francis .Tol)h has ent H¡(> fr.!lo'4ingo 8.\]t.)!,Taph If"ttJ'r t,() Dr. von Kc(>rl)M: "I appoint yon my Primo(' Mini- stfJr, and I aYait, vOllr nomina.t1ons for th3 formation of th<' nw Minlsry.

AKiLLAYM.A. AI!:}()ng the Imt of candidates who gra.dnated M.A. at Oxford last 'w<'ek ap- p(-ti.rs that of the Rev. D. D. Jones, of 34,tic, College Oxford, who M at preset tncha?'gf'of Rt. MartiTl1' Church. Dun- vant. K<!Cfiving Iiiic, education at London and Oxford Umversitios, he graduated from Jus College, Oxford two ycn'rs a?o. and is a;ko a. graduat.e of St. Davld's College. Lampeter. Bcforp taking up duties -n-par Swansea, he was engaged in c¡'ieal work at St. Michael's, near Oxford.

ACCtDENT AT PONTARDAWE. Shortly before iMon on Monday, a seri- nus accident occurred at Gdlygron -Mill, Ponturdawe. resulting in the death of a valuable horae, the property of Mr. Dd. Jones, of Tresgyrch Farm. near Pontar- dawe. Mr..Tones' son, Harry Jones, was, bringmg eleven lam1:)s to PoBtardavc in rt cart. and when on the hill the animal took fright at a passing motor cycle, and boltod down the incline. Mr. Jones tried hard. but in vain, to pull up the infuri- ated animal, which eventually came into violent cont&ct with a wall, and was! k:iJled > j

CREEK COCESSIONS. I M FORCE OF ARMY mSFEm MQM i EPffiUS TESALt I VEtHZELOS' Mtil OF ACTION I Athens, Saturday.—It was officially &a- nouncxxi at 3 o'clock this morning that Hie King, with a vi-cw im'thcr to dispel the distrust of the Entente, had spou- taneously ordered the tra.tisl'ai' to the l'eloponesUt> of the Greek forces in Rpii-us and Thes(,ai.y, leaving thc&e just sutlicient troops tor the maintenance tM' ordfer.— Neuter. RAILWAY STRIKE OVER. Athens, Saturday.—The Cabia&t sat tor ten hou.ni to-day d lsc-uiitiiig the, i-aa,i-ay strike with the directors of the laribsa Railway. Uitiniatciy tite pruicipa.1 de" ma.nd& o? the raiiwaymen were conceded.. Traiiic will be reemned this m<M-nuig.— iueutetE. TRANSPORT SUNK. Ath&ns, Sunday.—The Creek steamer Ajigehki, MHiveying rational Jolunteers to Salonika, has been t orpe4doed at Fiaves (?)—i'rese Association. I TO FtGHT HEREDITARY FOE. .qj.ze i o,,?, a(,- Salonika, Saturday.—M. Venizelos, ac- companied by (jp-nera.1 D&nglis, to-day visited the camps of the Army of Natioj'ai DBfell( and wa.<s (.,nth i-itiia.6tieally received with cries of "ijong live Veo-izolosI" I-ong live Dangrus: Ixmg iive tiM w.ar! H Do-wn with Bulgaria I H The troops, aftr lining up, were re- viewed by M. Venizclos, who delivered 1-he following speech:— Soldi<;ra, I thank y<m for your recep- tion, and aiso for your patrioti&jtn and promptness in replyitig to the appeal fr<Mn the Fatherlajid in the h&ur of dangor by spontaIJ:P¡{jusly joining the Army of National Defence. I am hopeful for your noble action, and your enthusiasm will be shared by the whole of Greece in order that the struggle may be under- taken by the whole Heilenrc peopl-e agaiant our hereditary enemy." The speech wa& greeted with shouts of U We have confidtjic(, in you only." M. Venize" and GeneraJ Danglis sub- eequently vTeited the military ho&pital, addressing words of comfort and en- couragement to the inmates.—Reuteo'. DOWN WtTH GERMANY.-M Atiheits, Sunday (received Monday)-—Ad- miral Fo.umet paid a visit to the Muiu- cipality of .Pirsuus aud received an cnih.Tisi- aatic wcome. The news of the torpedo- ing of the Angoliki arrived during a recep- tion in the town haR, <md eH&ited ories of Down w.rth Gornia.rty!"—Renter.

I :RONY OF FATE. I I U Boat Sunk by Her Vtcitm's I Wreckage. Athens. Get. S6 dci.ayd).-Th "Em- bros reports that recently an Italian transport v4esiRel, -escorted by an Italians destroyer, 'was coastuig' past Himara, in Epir??s. wh?re an Auetri&n strbmar? Q? had Ladd noating mines. The Itaban deistroy?r atruck one of these, and explode. The wreckage of the destroyer fell on the sub-,? marine and destroyed it. Fourteen of the! 16 submariners were saved and brought ashore, where they we-re arrested by the Italians and taken to Va-lona.—Exchange.

VOLUNTEERS AND !NVAStOM. Lord French, speaJdmg at Derby on Smiday, after reviewing the Volunteers, said he was gre&tly impressed with that! great residue of manhood as an aseet of nationa.1 d€.fenoe. Invatrion was D<?t a nMrc supposition but a possibility, Le added, and they must be prepared to meet it.

I KAISER TAKES COUNSEL. Amsterdam, Sunday.—According to the! Cologne Gazette," the Germaji Em- peror yesterday received yield-Marshal von Hin-d.mburg's report in the Bellevae Castle. The FKJd-Ma.rshaFs trife aDd daughter wero afterwards invited to lunchøon at the cattle. On Friday the Emperor received a long from Dr. von B<-th!n<uin-liolhvpg !iii the Neuos Pala.i6.—Renter.

ANTt-M!NE tNVENTtON. I Amsterdam, Siiiiday.-Th,) Flushing correspondent of the Telegraaf de- !scribes Admiral Goedhart's invention for: i the protection 01 agamst Hiin€6 as of a triangular-shal>wl appara-i tllS madf of booms and wires attache to! the stern of the voasal, wiucli c.m be low-j ered sc-vcu ya.rd8 under the water for tho purpttt-.p of picking up minfs. During the f'rst trial on the BatavM-r I\ the apparatus broke after picking up two mines.—lifuter. )

FISH FRIER POSES AS M.P. I Wlion Sir John Dance. M-P. wanted hy the pnliop. in many parts of 1,011 don was charged at Westminster on Saturday, his name was giwn as Charles f)a.Df<e. a .Hsh frier, wl)'o re-fused to g!vc Hf ploadfd gaiMy to thrcfi of fl.ony and fra-tld. and it '?i'a<=; stat<*<i that he on.d(-avoured fo obtain J.1'O&e6f'iou of a motor-car by the false j <.ita.tt'm€nt that he was part proprietor of the Canterbury Musi<' 1fal!. :tbo thd-t h<' u.sffi visiting cards illicrihed Sir John .Dance, MJL\ Sentence of 12 montha' hard i.&bour wan paseod.

FALLEN SOLDtERS. Memorial Service at Sketty Church. A mpmoriaJ service as a tribute to the gallant lad& of SkeMy who lta<l fallen Hi i the war, was held at the Pai ish Church. r hc-re -wa.s a lai-go i 011 Sunday evening. T.herc 'wa.s a large ofmgTcgation, and tiM) servon dcliv-Hred by ttte Vicar (the Rev. H. J. Stewa.rt, B.A.).. wa.s m<Mt imprettsive. A special læson, 1'salm 45, wa.s read by Mr. J. J. Chappell and the" l>ead March in SL).iii" and Cb&pin's Ma-ehL, Fuiiel)re. was ixxr-' fornifd by the organitst, Mr. T. D. Jones.! The \'icar read the following 1 ist of I oames of the lads from the' district A:illed in action:—Ivor Sidney Berry, Harry) R&binson, Colin Wood, Atexandpr Dou<t!d Glascodine. William Gordon. John' Morria. Alfred ghaklford. Thomas Car-! ptnitar. David John AlHs, Harry Isaac, Louis JolnM. Aubrey Smale. Harry Wa; lace, William E-eas, Brinlcy Davids, and John Sergeant. Two buglers sounded the C< Last Poot which wac. followed by two minute sticnt meJitati::m. followed by the rendering oi. the National Anthem. A?fer the servioe the bells ian? ?'? ?jnu?ed peaL j i

THE U-BOAT CAMPAICN. MANY M03E SKAMERS SUliK BY GERMAH SUBMAfiliiES. I HOW MEEK TRANSPORT WAS SUNK Athens, Sunday.—'Hie Captain of the Greek steamer Angeliki, wuich w&s sunk by a German submarine while conveying volunteers to Salonika, gays the ship wan torpedoed towards nine o'clock last .night without warning. She began to sink, but was kept anoat by her pump-s. Great panic prevailed, and many of those on board jumped into the water and w'ere drowned. The vessel carried about 250 volunteers. At about nve </clock in the mM-ning a tug with Iig)iters êl.l'ived on the scene, but was unable to render assistance. At 6 c/clock the steamer L-aristos approached the wreck, and conveyed the survivors to JKerastsini. At ](' o'clock a French tor- petio-ooat came to the and <or'k cu. board the captain and reniainder ol the crew, and brought them to Pil-eBU.s. The ship was abandoned. It is tha 50 lives wore lost, but the exact number ie unknown, a<3 the volunteers were not entered on the passenger lists. This anair ie donbtleos anoi.lf.er case of espionage. OTHER V)CT)MS. Norwegian: Pan (795 tons groas, pre- viously reported suiLk), crew landed, British: Marine Glasgow-, crew landed. BRUTAL METHODS. Copenhagen, Sunday. Every hou" bnnps news of further 'torpedoing of neutral ?hips far a-way from the coast in a.utumn hurricanes and cold. According to the LokaLlnZE'lger," Ger- man subiu<ii'iBcs in the last nine months have sunk ships to an tonnage of ].4.17,379, whieh Bgnro will, it is be- lieved, be at Yeast 2,000,000 when this yeaj- enda-—-Exchange. WEEK-END LOSSES. A conaiderablo number of boats have been sunk during the week- end, and again neutrals are among the prJ-ncipa. &Ti-f- ferers. Lloyds report the foU-owing losses; Nonvegian: Steajner Pan, 795 tons, crew landed; steamer Dan; sailing vessel Koth' <-nKa.; steamer Bygdo, 3,34.5 tons, crew landed; steamer Lysander, crew landed: sailing vessel Retina., crew landcd, Da-nitsh: SclMoneT Vallong, of Sundbong. crew saved. Swedish: SteameT Jonkoping, 197 tons. British: Steamer Spapta, 480 tons, four of crew losL Russian: Sailmg vessel 239 tons.

OFF OXWtCH POmT. fine Light Barque Goes Ashore. A nTie iron barque (Hght), of about 3,000 tons register which has been lying in Porteynon Bay since Saturday night, and which has been in imminent danger of drifting ashore, parted from oor anchors on Monday afternoon, and went ashore on Oxwich Point. The rocket appartus pa-rty v.'erc in attendance, and are making every preparation for bring- ing the crew ashore. VtCTiNtS OF THE STORM. Lloyd's tetegram dated St. Naxairo, Oct. 29th, says the British ste&mer Bornu of Liverpool, foundered 23 miles west of I&han in a heavy gale. All lives were saved. Mcst of the crew and pas- spngerg were picked up by tlle Nor- wegian stean-i-et Rein, and brought into St. Nazaire. [The Boi-nu (British and African S.N. Co., Ltd.) is of 3,259 tons gross.] Steamer Hacumet (2,500 tons) has boon vrocked off Denia. Help has been di&- patched. The Zumaza, of San Sebastian, has been totally lost three miles off Falgora.. Onl? one man was 8ved. AMERICAN TUG'S CREW.. A Radio mes.?agc from the master of the Dutch steamer Rijnbon, via Val<;n.tia, Oct,ob,er 29th. statos tha.t at 7 p.m. in lati- tude 50.30 -north, longitude 12.46 WeÆ>t, rescued 13 men of the crew of an Ameri- can tug Vigilant, tllle m-en staying on board. Th€ tug proceetifd on her voyage.

VtCTOR OF 40 FtGHTS.i Famous German Aviator KiHed. Amsterdam, Sunday.—A Berlin tete- "?r<MU states that during' an air fightyœ -erday, Capbain Boeleko, the noted &er- nMn amtor, came into colligion with .?nMt.bpr aeroplane and was killed in ) land;ing in tho German Hntts. It was oilly on Hie da.y bl-foi-e tbaji Captadn Bf'elcko ah'ot down hia 40th aeroplane.—Pross As-,ociation.

ZEPPEUN CO/S CAP!TAL. I I Zurich, Sunday.-The Zeppelin Airship Coitipany of Fi-i-odi-ieh.bafen J1Sf¡ inewal i (;" ca;Vital from a. nunMn and a half to; three inilH<Mi marks.—Router,

NO CALL TO DR. JOWETT. i)-aiiv News nnd Lon.df.r York porrfspoDdenh, wnHus on Sunday. sa.ys: I ca.llfti upon Dr. Jowot't to-day 1)('- fore 'thp ffervic!'> in FitUi Avenue :rre:sby- tRri&n ('iiurch and asked him what ho thought of thf anxiety in London just nolt- to have him in J:l1g.1.and once more. I hav-f had no Roiumun.ica.t.iMi wha.t- cvfr from the authorities at White- &elds/' he -.aid-

TANK INVENTORS." I hear that mora tham 3,000 perRons have writt'pn to Mijustars and otlipr pe.rsons c-oncorn-ed to claim the credit for the invention of the tanks." Claimants are also circuI.a.rM.ing the humme private M.r. on the subject, say .a the Daily Dispatch London letter writer. A waggish M.P. sngg<>st", that it wili end in the appointment of yet another Royal Commission which may nrd that, like Topsy. tanks ju&t groped."

A SURGtCAL MIRACLE. A clever r,-tirgical feat has been por- fortned at a MaMh<'stor Red Cross Hos- pital on a private in Hie King's Own Royal Lancaster IÜnent. Whil&t iu actior) tli{, juan had a portion of ,hi,; 'lei't jaw shot away. In order to restore him as nq&rly as pos,ible to his norma.1 coidition a piece of rib, about three ilichts long, has bfe'n cut away and grafted on to what rpma.med of the jaw. Th< patient Waf" st&ted last night to be doing vMy w.ell."

LUS!Tm KOTES I a SIARIUtN SIORY OF AtlECEO, PSSISCRiPI I The Washington correspondent of the Morning Post save:— In a political speech earlier in the week Senator .Lodge, of Massachusetts, made the astounding assertion that after the 'second Lusitania Note had been read to, and approved by, the Cabinet, Dr. Wil- son personally added a postscript in- forming the German Government that the Note and the previous one were not to be taken too seriously, and, in that form, acnt the Note to the State Depart- ment to be signed by Mr. Bryan, ag Sec- retary of State, and tran&mitted. Sen- ator Lodge's statement having been denied by members of the Cabinet, and a ehal- lenge having been issued to him to pro- duce his authority, he said in a speech last night th?t the information was 5 municated by Mr. Breckenridge, formerly Assistant Secretary of War, who resigned when hM! Chief, Secretary Garrison, left, the Cabinet <-wing to a di<=<agreement with the President over the military policy of, the Government. Senator Lodge did not; receive his .information from Mr. Brec-' kenridge but through a friend to whom Mr. B reckon ridge communicated it) in the course of carnal conversation. I No explanation is made of how Mr. Breckenridge came to be in poeeea&h&n of i'his secret, nor as to why he has only now divulged it, although Mr. Brecken-! ridge, while still claiming to be a Demo-! I crat. has been bitterly opposing the Pre-! ,,i<ieiit be left the War Department at the beg jn'ling of the year. As Senator Lodge is a candidate for re-election to the Senate, the alleged sensational disclosure is regarded rather as a political dodge than as a valuable contribution to the .secret history of the diplomacy of the Wilson Administration during the war. I

I DEARER FOOD. I II Wages Which Have Not I Risen Proportionately. Mr. W. C. Andersen, JdLP., speakmg at I an emergency conference of t2le aouthern oection of the Cooperative Union at Le.man-6treet, London, on Saturday, eaid the problem of the Mid-eased rise in food pneas—a rise vhich, in his opinion, had not yet reached the topmost height-was due in considerable part to long yoars of Dt3gIect in regard to the organisation of the food supply of the country. The pro- blem was immediate and urgent, and un- k<ae the condition of things were going to be eased by the Government a worse con- dition would arise in the winter. Wages had not risen proportionately to tha cost of living, while food prices had ric,on by 70 per cent. on the pre-war stan- dard. Food that cost 25s. before the war now cost 34.s -E? A TOU DEARER. Sensational rises in the prices of potatoes werp turtjMr marked in the <aRe> of Orm&kirk Market on Saturday. Dealers freely oRered £9 per ton, an advance oi £3 on the week. I<'or th-eir part, Lanca- shire farmers deny that they are holding up supplies to inijate prices. Peter borough registered a &2 xJse.Qn the week, the price being Dmrly JE10 per ton on rail. Market opinion was that growers were holdiilg supplier. At .Nottingham potatoes were 10s. per ton dearer. Here the farmers complained of poor yields and rotting diæase, due to wet weathctT. RECORD FOR WHEAT. I Wheat at Newcastle on Saturday was 2&. to 3&. (id. par quarter dearer on the week. Mai:>e waos 3s. 6d. up, and nour Ss. per eack dearer. Wheat prices at Southampton on Sat- urday showed an advance of 5s. on the week, quotations being 70s. to 71&. per quorter. Flour w<M aloo 3s. to 3a. dearer. The price of wheat beat all records at Peterborough on Saturday, when it was quoted up to 7. per quarter, bein<? au a-dvance of 6s. on the week. In the cor- responding week last year wheat was 54s. At -Heading the advance in wheat was 46. on the \H,,k. at Taunton 4&. to 5& at Worcester 5s., and at Bedford 3)6. 6d.

RUTH LESS-M ETHOOS. I Ce-rman Tyranny in Atsace- I Lorraine. Amsterdam, Sunday .—Fresh excitenMmt was causer in the Reichstag yesterday by the Alsace-Lorraine deputy. Dr. Hans, who said Alsace-Lorraine had become a ctaasi.ca.1 country of preventive arm.. Spea kers of other parties also expressed their ind inflation at the mf.'hlesa m-ethods now in force in AI.sace-Lorra.ine. Dr. Hellfcrich, Minister of the Interior, at- tempted to appease the excited House by promising a floro-Li,-h invesHga.tion of ajl caoos of preventive A Bill to this end was adopted.

NAVAL OFFICERS IN KHAKt. It has hoon decided that khaki urn- form. may be w-om when ordered by the e-e,nior oSoer instead of blue or white uniform by naval ors employed ùuiÚde the United Kingdom. Distmc-t'on niar" will be th« eajnp as on bine liTiiform. except the '?ld lupp is r?pla'cd by plain khaki braid. But- tons will !-e of bronxp' instead of in gilt.

STARUNGS AT LAW? I Every afternoon just now the ordin- arily qui<t precincts of the Temple arc made claTiorong by the chatter of in- nutnera-bl-) starlings. Whenct they come and why 'is a Tetter upon \vhi"h counsers opinion ha)5 been I tak('n wi< hout ea.tijsfactory result. They arrive in a huge and orderly flock, about 4 o'd<x:k, nd. settling in the trees, 'na.ko a chorns which is at times deafening. They f..re gone in the morning Mid there i." r.o renewal of the visit until the following afternoon. Possibly they are on their vay to the reed beds where star- lings gcm-arally spend the autumn and winber. I

THE SPIRIT OF TO-DAY. I The Rev. R. J. Cajn'pbeM, preaching aj: St. P:ml'<s CathroTalon Sunday, said our pyM hav" been open-ed. by the war to the j fact rhut so-called Christian cidlisation imd bee-n living by false id'ea.ls and rush- ing strMght upon cata.trophe. Th-e spirit of self-sacTiuce ajid noble willingness to do and suffer in a ri?htcons cause were n?ver more ntanifest th.in in England and the British Empire to-day. B'ut wh?i on this account people told us .tb?i?e wm no need for a na;tiona.l ]nis<don i for repentance and ?bea-rt-searchLing they ? knew .not what they stud. ?

RUMANIAN RESSVERY. j OVER 2,000 PRISONERS GAPfUREO BY THE ALLiED FOms. The news of the Rumanian campaign is distinctly inspiritutg. On the Northern front our Ally has inaugurated a new oitensive with, so far, very eatiaiacto-ry results. In more than one qujarCef on the MoMavian -frontier ( and on the Ruiuaniau side of tiiA3 Tral.syl- vaninn Alpine 1.>a6S< the enemy has been pm; to nignt. Twenty-i'our ofh-oera and 2.090 men have been taken prisoner, and many guns of v&rious calibres have been taken, including two mountain howitzer batteries, two trench mortars, oeld guns. and thirty rnftchine-gux.. These successes were in the Tolgyes and Bekae regions, in the TrotuB Valley, the Uxul Valley, neaj Drago&- lavele. and in the Jiu Valley. A NOTABLE SUCCESS. I The mo6k notable achievement was that in the Jiu alloy. Here the enemy have been making one 0( their two principal advances through the parses. They had reached the west of Jiuini when. tlicy were vigorously atracked and completely de- feated, re-tu-uig and being pursued in the mountains. Hei'e prisoners were taken to the num- ber of 7iM, according to the Rumanian report, or, as tite R,u&ian communique, which, is proba-bly issued later, puts it, 900. They were Bavarians, probably men of the Alpine reg-iments accustomed to monntain hghting, and the mount-ain b&t- teries which figure in the booty were theirs. Those guns were e&ectively turned against the enemy. Nine hundred men and ten officers were aleo taken prisoner in the Uzul Valley; 300 were aocounted for in the Dragoelaveie region. The Rumanians recapcured a height in the Trotus Valley, where again the enemy ned in disorder.

GERMAN CLAIMS. Two Tanks That Were Mot Tanks." Stmday's German official report says:— Between Goeudeoourt and Lesboeufs, English attacks, which were developing after a strong &re, were a-rrestcd for the greater pa-rt by the eSecta of our artillery 6re. Wherever they were aMe to develop they were repulsed with heavy losses. During the ongn,!Yeni-ents two Panzer- Tn-aftwagen (" ta;cks *') were destroyed by direct hits. Later, tKtst of Le.'?bcBnfs, two enemy companies forced their way into our rront trencbea. At this point the fighting is still proceeding. On the eastern bank of Hie Merrse the ctctio.n was restrK'ted to artillery 6srh'ting, which at timas a-ttained oongid-erablo mtensity.—Wireless Preps. A READY REPLY. A good reply to these claims is to be foTmd in the French expert c<)mmmtatorlii review. He .the S<unme British troops yesterday made iresh progreea north of the Ba.pa.umc-Pepcmne i-oad, taking several important 'trenches north-mst of The enemy commu-nique admits the fact white reporting, acmtding to his uertM.1 ta<?tics, 'that the AHies attempted be- <&wan C,,nk-iideeourt and Leshamfs a vast action, which he reposed gvmerally. The official report al.Fx) ann-niinoe- that two armo-)!red cara were destroyed by GM'' man aheUs. Only this tinie 'there is no question of "tank-R." aa the enemy wonid haw it beMeved. the cars being two ordi- nary with g3tns, which had been l'onderoo 11f;f\}.e,. on the occasion <if previous attacks, ajtd left on the ground by the British-

GERMAN GENERAL K!LLED. Amsterdam, Snnday.—The Krenz. Zfitung" say, that Ma.jor-Ck'Tioral van KirsKhbatun, the commaDck'r of the Sixth Bavarian tnfanh-y Diviswn, who was. killpd at the front on October 2.5. was in command of too troops who captured the fort of Camp dffi Romalns and the town oi St. Mihiel earlier in the war.—Router.

BURNED TO THE GROUND. On Saturday evening, a iwooden hut owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ramey. general dealers, of Rhydyfr<\ caught fire and was burned to the ground. Mr. and Mr6- Rainey and the children were away from home at the time. How the fire originated is not known.

MENAFS STAY-AT HOMES. At the last horse show at Amiwch, in the north of the isJ-arnd of Menad, the crowd cpntAirtpd eBough exempte<I fit yvung men to make two battaHon's for the Army, says the U DaJly Mail/' I

DEJECTED BULGARS. Salonika. Sunday.—A strong cannonade continued throughout the day along the entire Serbian front with local successes. A big batch of Bulgarian prisoners was brought in to Salonika to-day under a Serbian guard. Unlike previous ot.,>, the niert Th?'' were poorly clad, and their boots especi- ally were worn out. They were gener- ally poor specimens of the Bulgarian army. Some were quite young, others < were All looked fa.tij,u?<i itMl exhausted.

10-BAYS W&R RESUME Leader" Office, 4p5° P-m- The British troops on the Somme have. i won ground beyond Lee Bcsufs.' To- dn.y'ô report deals with su<x;essful trench raids. A transport bound for Salonika with 300 Greek volunteers, was torpedoed, and 50 men were drowned. Norway is incensed at the torpedoing of her merchant ships, alld a criBis is sidd to be inuninent. Greece has made fio'ther concessicnf h' rep'y to the A"-i--Fl a.nj foi. 3 hv liter. itüdrawn to the south. A startling allegation has been made by an American Senator to the effect that President Wilson added a postscript to the second Lnsitania note to Germany to the effect .that the notefi were not to be taken too seriously. It is reported that an Italian destroyer struck mines laid by a German sub- marine and blew up, part of her wreck- age destroying the submarine. The Rumanian iorces in Transylvania have scored an excellent success. la all they have taken over 2,000 prisoners in recent engagements.

A TAtBACH "SMOKER." I The employes of Messrs. Vivian and Sons, Ltd., Margam Copper Works, Tai- baeh, held a smoking concert at the Talbot Amis Hotel 'on Saturday evening to make a presentation to Private Will Phillips, Mill-row, Taiba<A, who was wounded in the battle of the Sonune'a.nd the Dardanelles, and Private Joseph Cockiugs, ?, Ffrwdwyllt-street, Taibaeb, who was funded at La Bassee and Neuve Chapelle. Mr. J. Haye.s presided, and a purse of gold each was handed to the re- cipients by Mr. E. Merchant Jenkins. A miscellaneous programme was enjoyed.

KILVEY CHURCH SERVtCES. I Special quarterly eervices were «m- ducted at All Saints' Church, Kilvey, on Sunday. At the morning service the prpacher v.is the Rev. G. C. C. Storres ('('an){\n's In the :ût.ernQon a- special rtiugical service was hold. The f-ollowiug i.rti-nteG <wntributed to a.n ex- eeHent progrmnm-e:Mr. Davjd Ha-rry, R.A .M., Miss Irene SnmmtTK, :\Ii6S Olive Dando, Mies Eva Beynon (violinist), and Messrs. W. Dennis a-od W. Thomas (at the <n-Ka.n). At the evening t<prvJce special music wfts rendered by tJM chair. The solo parts were taken by J. Grif- fith.g and G. Rees. and t:electio.ns were also gi ven by 31iss Summers. The Rev. Percy Mosa Weston preached.

SKETTY MAN'S FATE. Found Dead on the Beach Near BtackptH. On the beach at Blackpill on Sunday a man' 6 body was found, and later it was identified as that of Mr. John Robert Bevan, of Ty Coch-road, Sketty. It ap- pears that Mr. Bevan left home on Saturday evening for Blackpill, where he visited his mother-in-law, Mrs. George, of Clyne Lodge. He stayed the latter's house until 8.45 when be sot out for home. Deceased, who was 29 years of age, was married, and was well- known in the Sketty district. At pro- sent there is no explanation as to how he came by hig death. T]ie deceased was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Bevan, mill superintendent. at the Morfa Worbs, and lived at 130, Treharne-road, Landore. His father is a deacon and treasurer of Hermo'n Deceased was employed as a cit-rL it the Morfa, and leaves a widow with four children, the youngest of whom is only two weeks old. He only finished his holidays on Saturday'. The funeral which is to be a public one, is to take place on Thursday at CwmgeIIy Cemetery, from his parents borne.

TS-MY'S MEWS !M BRIEF I The window of an empty shop in High- street, Swansea, was blown in on Monday. For the building fund of the Welsh National Museum, £W,OOO has been given by Captain W. R. Smith, shipowTMr, Cardiff, and his wife. The Dardanelles Commission met again I on Monday at the House of Lords, when Mr. Lloyd George gave evidence. The I proceedings were private. Speeches were delivered in Engli&h, French, and Flemish, at a meeting in Hyde Park for the enrolment of Bel- gian workers in trade unions. As a war economy the clocks at the London County Council offices are to be wound up by the omcials instead of let- ting out the work by contract. Old gold and silver collected from house to house in Wimbledon realised £1,000 at auction on Saturday for the purchase of a motor hospital boat for Mesopotamia. A woman member of Willesden Board of Guardians objected to smoking by members while dealing with applications for relief, on the ground that it was dis- courteous to the poor. A special number of the Varsity," giving the Oxford University roll of honour, says the killed and mi&sing number about 1,4.00 out of a total of 10,000 to 11,000 engaged in military service. The King has sent a t(,IeFrim ft the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ex- pressing sympathy with relatives of the members of the crew of the Salcombe Lifeboat who perished in last week's disaster. The Middlesey Sessions on Saturday dismissed, with costs, the appeal of Her- bert R. Brown, a builder, against a .S5C nne inflicted at Enfield for spreading re- ports likely to prejudice the training and discipline-of H.M. Forces. The Danish colony in London gave a luncheon, concert, and tea to 200 wounded soldiers at the Cafe Monico on Saturday, and received a telegram from Queen Alexandra wishing them every success and God's blessing." Leading trades will be represented at a conference to-day to consider the best means of checking the increase in Sun- day trading. Christiania, Monday.—Before deciding on the reply to be presented to the Ger- man Note regarding the Norwegian's Government' submarine policy, the Nor- wegian Government will confer with the President of the Storthing and political leaders.—Reuter.

V.T.C. SHOOTING MATCH. I A sbooting mach was held at the Pont- ardawe range on Saturday night between the Pontardawe Co. and the Swansea A" (Rugby) Co. Tast year the Rugby Co. cmue out on top and succeeded in winning the cup. On Saturday, however, they had to acknowledge defeat, the scores being:— Rugby Co.—H. G. Rees 67, G. P. Hazel 70. E. J. Thomas 77, H. J. Williajns 60. W. Morgan 60, ]' E. Carr 60. W. Williams 57. H. Dood 71, E. D. Reen 72. W. 0. Dvson (cartai1¡) 79, E. A. Tyier 58; total 731. Pontardawe.—J. M. Mundy 70, J. R. WilHams 72, Ivor G. Harris 63, F. G. Bloomer 79, J. 1. Williams 71, A. E. Eddl£t,-tcm 70, S. G. Edwards 66. Eran Griffiths 71. J. Brown 52. J. M. Jones 67, F. R. Phillips (c&ptain) 89; total 770.

The interment took place <?n S&htrday at Cwmg-e-lly Cem-etery, ami<ist signs of deep sympathy, of Mrs. Hannah Bees, wii'e of Mr. William Recs, an employe at Messrs. Vivians* 6ilver works. The mourners 'wore: Mr. Rees (hu&ba.nd), Mr. Richards (brother), Mr. Rees Richards (son-in-la.'w), Harold (grandson). Jack I HuxtaMe and Pte. Richards, of Nea-th Hoepital (nephews), and Messrs. Johnny Morgan and John Reos (Garnant). The service w&s conducted by the Rev. Oscar Snelling. Sympathetic references were made at the Albert E&ll on Sunday evening

FIERCE ATTACKS ON FRENCH. La MaisonetteFarm Lo,zt., TO.DAY'S FRENCH OFF!C!AL. To the north cf the Somme cur 1!np': have captured a fystfin of enemy north cf Sailly SaillEeI. Another lna,!y enabled us to progT':s5 towards s. About 60 pri<-on<s remain in urr b: ,d. To the south of the ()111')h' ina:<'5 last night niultipljed a' prN:'{h;d 1): b"m' agaimt 1).").ctiGll frül n: tar as La. n'pcai'fcnj' T ith :.ov< 'J:>:¿, enemy Cnally made an m lC,(,:T); t ¡I( or ou r Sr'-t t! t' the of La :DfaiCon('¿t(. .<: L't gainiog this farm. All efforts of tl.ù Ccrmant. to dri.; from Crest 97 wfro < hat-tercd by our On the right bank of He mt.illery dud continues on the fro"! generally, but is, violent in the region of There has lx'on no infantry ar-tl"1. Elsewhere the night W<l: c;lLu, In conformity with their usua! c' torn, and in order to avenge of thpir df.'t'('at at Verdun, the directed a violet bomnarfnrcr.t en town M RLpjrn". :1nf! ha' Gomc Yjctinis amcDg the i'-p; tion. Army of the East.—In the oi* the Corca, and on our left artiUery duel continues lively to the north of DerisHo. The Serbitms, eup- ported by Frcueh artiUery, engaged m hard. gh'ing with the Germano-BuI- "i.n and ecored acme advMi- ta. The fighting continues with de- termmation on both A German aeroplttne VM brought down in our lin. SWANSEA MAN FtMED £5. At Port Talbot John Daviee, hoTSQ dea-ler, St. Helen'&ro&d. S-ansea. uharged by Q.W.B. with losing indecent language, was nncd ZS. AN UNSUSTAtNEO CHARGE. At Aberavon to-day two scajuen named Charles Dorkley and Wm. Amy wero f harmed with stealing a quantity of pro- visions from a vessel. The Bench dis- missed the oaM, fanding that the pro- visions belonged to the men. FtNES OP 641. Boy Who Left ContraUed Wcrt.i. At Genera.1 MuniHona Tribunal .t ISwansea to-day the oTrnera of Graig Col- liery. Trebanos, weTe charged ,\ith em- ploying a. boy who left a controlled works without a leaving certi&ca.te. The colliery company and he manag-er were 6ncd S5 each. AUSTRALIAN VtStTORS. The Australian Ase-ats-General arrived at STranse at 4 p.m. to-day. Major Robinson was not in the party.