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TWO AMERIC ANS VICTIMS OF LINER TRAGEDY TORPEDOED LAQOHIA There were six American passengers on the torpedo«l Cunard liner Laconia oi whom twu-Mrs. Mary Hey and Mis. P.r,;zal i;Cih Hoy, oi Chicago—are bflicved to ?;,a g,?ir c tD have died in one of the Laconia's boats. fourteen Americans were among the crow The Laoonia, bound from New York, with passengers, and probablv mails, was torpedoed without warning on Sunday night. passengers arc dead Sfcft three missing Six of the erl;,r are missmg, and six «re in hespita!. There wers about 7f or M "passengers, of whom I about one-half were firat-cla.-s, and the crew numbered h01n 2ilO to 220. SURVIVORS LANDED AT BANTRY HEAD Mueenstown, Monday Night.-The pas- sengers, it is reported, numbered 75, 'the rest of the complement of the vessel con- sisting of the crew. The Laconia had ac- commodahoT for upwards of 2.000 pM- Mnger? and 3M crew. Oae batch of ?r- viyors, variously stated at 15 to 5,)' ha IZn ?. n a?ho'-e at Bantrv Head 267 SURVIVORS LANDPn The Exchange states that when the Laeonia was torpedoed on Sundav night she had 75 saloon passengers and'a crew of :!17, out of which 267 have been landed, and two boats with 22 persons on bo.ard have reached Bantry Bay. Eight of the I 22 have died from exhaustion. STRUCK THREE TIMES. I Dr. Ilawke, of San Francisco, stated he was playing bridge ?hen thirst tor- pedo str('k the 6bip. ?e second onea' also hit her on the starboard side j Iterrific lefollowing. The last torpedo struck her. he sa'd m tae engine room, and caused utter darkness on the ehip. The night was moonlight, and gave is light on the ocean, and enabled a rescuing steamer to see and save us." A PROFESSOR'S STORY. I -? ine Kev. Joseph F. Waring, a prof.>  f St: ???h'? Co»^o. Baltimore. I U.S.A., stated in an interview that the crew consisted of 217 ?.u. and there w?rc 75 passengers, saloon and second ca,bin. there being no steerage. The voyage from 7 York was -eventful up to Thursdav la.>t. when the was struck by a heavy while the passengers were dining. The Laconia listed heavily over to the port side, hut no damage was done except the breaking of some ware. There was a sup- pressed feeling of dread among some of the passengers that when we got into the danger zjone we would run a grave risk of boing torpcdo-d; The Rev. Waring added that he was hav in- arhal with. Dr. Kennedy, the ejurger-ri of the S5UP' nt p.in., "heD ouite the, linei- was 'stiijek by a tor, hade. J he shock was not verv Violent, but 't capsized everything in the doctor's room. Dr. Kennedy tcmarked. 1 fear we hare been torpedoed," and went on deck on duty. NO PAABOARD. While tl-,ere excitement, there was certainly tl-&.cP21tic. The pas- sengers were got into the .boats, which c leared a way from, the side of the ship. rir. d were rowed come distance away It was then th?t t:? second torp<? ws discharged. He beloved there ?as an nitervai f) about 20 minutes b?twFCn tbp bring or tho two torjjedoes. The explo- sion was terrific-, a-d the nob!e vessel turned over on her port side and d ic," P- pea red. Ihe. Rev. Waring paid tribute to the admirable conduct cf the women. THE U BOAT'S REQUEST. He had almost forgotten to state that tho German submarine camo up to their boat and requested to be informed of the name of the steamer This was given, and she disappeared, ihe boats, eight in number, he thought, got separated during the night, but liiippil.v «H were picked up when the urder- stood that Capt. Irvine, thp chief officer, the first officer, ihe chief engineer, second engineer, and fourth officer, with the wire- less operators O'Donoran n«d Taylor, were the last to leave the Laconia. As a mat- ter of tact, some of them had to plunge into the but were picked up. He paid :1 high tribute to the captain, officers, and crew for the splendid discipline main- tained. to which he attributed the fact thnf the of life wa.s not much greater Anions* memhe-Tsof the crew in hospital Firnriii David Evans and WilliamI1 Griffiths.
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THE RETREAT, I
THE RETREAT, I Tie Miles From. Bapaume. SWEEPtiS ADVANCE, i The following telegraphic dispatch was deceived on Monday night from General headquarters in France: The movement referred to in the com- muniques of the 21th and 25th iiist. I a-r T> e n Rjair.la.inod during the day on both banks of the Ancre. Our advance now exttndsover a front of about eleven miles from the east of Gueudecourt to the south of Gommeconrt, and has attained a depth of two miles. In addition to the village of Serre. Fe- ported yesterday, we now occupy the Strong point known as the Diit.to de War- Teiicourt nnd the villages of Waxlencourt, Eaucourt, Pys, and Miramnont. We have reached the outskirts of Le Barqiie, Irles and Puisieux-au-Mont. A ho?tjtp attack mado early this morn- j ?g; on on: of our posts south of the Somme Vra,s driven off with loes. We carriod out a successful raid this? doming north of Arras, and captured :!1 ¡ J)risoner6. We also entered the enemy's lines dur- i ing the night west of Monehy-au-Bois and-west of Lens, and brought back a few prisoners. Hostile artillery was more active than! Uslial during the day south oZ the Somme antI also south Of Ypres. We carried out an effective bombard- Inept at a number of points, and caused an explosion in th? enemy's lines. in the course of air fighting yesterday Onp. German aerop!anp was destroyed and sne other hostile machine driven down ianiagcd. NEW GAS SHELLS. Wh the Germans Are Failing Back. Paris correspondent of the Jour- nil" on the Ancre front t:avs: The last defences of Bapaume have fallen without a fight, though that does Hot mean without anyone being killed. To-morrow at the latest there will be astonishment at the figures of the enemy losses. Tii? Germans have fallen back in order not to sutler an overwhelming disaster. The explanation of. the apparent mys- tery is simple. The victory is due par- ticularly to the efficacy of the new gas shells. long delays of winter have i liot been wasted. The new inventions >hav$reached a point at which it is pos- sible to kill at a distance with marvel- lous success. The Germans are retreat- iag, but they have been forced to do so. Tbl period of inaction is over. WHAT IT MEANS. Sir Douglas Haig's communique allows 1.1" to see huw far the German retreat has yone up to Monday evening, It gives sig- nificiint news of the retirement in front of Bapaume. Le Barque, the village whqse outskirts we have reached, is upon a sccoadary road under two miles from Bapaume itself. Irles is to the north of the Albert-Bapaume road, and half a i-aile 3n front of the Miraumonts. Puisieux-au- Mont is the largest village in the district, a mile beyond Serrew Probably the Ger- man rctrsat had its greatest significance iu this neighbourhood. i A little over three miles, east of the vil- luge is Achiet le Grand, which is a very i. important- railway junction. As a matter of fact, the railway line from the north and through Bapaume is now valueless, ffAPAUME TO BE EVACUATED? All indications go to show that the Ger- mans arc contemplating the evacuation of Bapaume itself. It is aid that its under- j fronnd galleries and water stipply have been blown up. It wa-s before Bapaume that the enemy had made his strongest positions. Now that the famous Butte is in our hands, and we arc- working round to the north of it. it is probable that further good news will reach us from this direction. | MANY THEORIES. As to the precise significance of the • "withdrawal there are many theories. One is that Hindenburg is straightening his line with the object of effecting as large a concentration as he can in some other Part, where he means to make his last effort to regain the initiative. Another is that the .withdrar.al is < mainly 1:1 attempt to disconcert our I offensive plans. We have been carried forward to nw ground which will require ) a good deal of time to consolidate and arrange for the p«rpcs&3 of nthek, New ?un positions must be found :md fresh ob- s?rfaticns taken of the line th-e enemy will take up; ruHheads will have to be ad- vanced, water supplies brought up, and a hundred and one other things done which cannot be effected in a (hy. ) THE EVERNARROWING SALIENT. I What, is clear, however, is that ir Douglas Ilaig's strategy had rendered it very costly for the Germans to hold the ever-nar:owing salient created between the Miraumonts Scrre, and that. whatever Oinbenburg's p1,an may be. he has -v by the skin oi his teeth averted a very grave disaster to his army by a rapid retirement. .As the Paris ;¡btilt of Tuesday save, The retreat is the consequence of the pwseviring efforts which the Brit. ish have Umde tor several months on this front." It is indeed the first fruits of the W*B»Uie offensive. FRENCH ATTACKS. M.üllda v night's French official Sayis: We carried out effective destruction firinG on the German organisations Ul a<d}{iuiu 11) the region of the dunes and U. the eait of Maiancourt Wood (west of the Aleuse;. e fiiacie a successful surprise attack os an enemy salient to the north of laiiure, atll brought hack some prisoners. On the rest of the front there is notill,g to report. j
PREMIER'S LETTER BAG. -I
PREMIER'S LETTER BAG. I As an indication of the enormous amount. of \York which falls upon the 'I" secretariat of the Prime Minister it is in- teresting to note that he receives on an average, not less than five hundred letters per day.
10s. FINE INADEQUATE.
10s. FINE INADEQUATE. At Carmarthen on Monday, the Head Constable (.Mr. A. K. Mayall) said he was | ot opinion that the maximum fine of JOs. for drunkenness was quite inadequate as a deterrent. On the proposal of Ald. W. SpllrreE. the bench decided to make repre- sontations to the Home Office, erdorsins the opinion of the Head Constable. I
MORJE U-BOAT OUTRAGES. ¡
MORJE U-BOAT OUTRAGES. Lloyd's report that the crew of the steamer Falcon, previously reported sunk, j have been landed. The British steamer Seagurie, 140 tons ^ro.'is, has been sunk. The steamer Aries has been sunk. Twelve survivors have been landed. The British steamer Headlev was sunk on February ]9th.
-=-I COLONEL A. PEARSON. :
-=- COLONEL A. PEARSON. In the "commendations" now being; made, it is gratifying to find that the mag- nificent services rendered by volunteer officers in finding and training the ney; armies have not been overlooked. Colonel Andrew Pearson, the Senior Inspector oi Mines for the Cardiff District, has been worthily mentioned. He w,ill be remem- bered for his work as military represents-^ tive to the SwRQSpa District Tribunal. U? reF=igm'd )or hcahh rM?cns. his successor being Captain Harold Williams.
I NO OATH —NO SALARY. ;
I NO OATH —NO SALARY. If Count Plqnkett, the Sinn Fein M. P., adheres to his d?c,i:;on that he will not! suhcribe to the Oàtb. ho will receive no Parliamentary salary. j The question had been raised by Major j Newman, and the Speaker gave his rul- i ing on Morday. His decision was that the moment the salary became payable was when a member qualified himself to perform his duties by taking and subscrib- ing tho Oath. He proposed to give in- structions to thht effect to the depart- ment concerned. I
WHV ITALY IS AT WAR. WH? ITALY…
WHV ITALY IS AT WAR. WH? ITALY IS AT WAR.i Lord Bryce, addressing the'members of the British Italian League at Burlington Houee, London, on Monday, said:— Italy came into the war not merely be- cause she bad a dangerous neighbour in Austria, but also because the heart of the Italian pcopte had risen to protest against the flagrant violation of interna- tional law of which the German Govern- ment. had been guilty, and against the gross atrocities committed against Belgium, Poland and Serbia, and ,tacitly sanctioned in the Turkish empire.
COLOSSAL IMPUDENCE
COLOSSAL IMPUDENCE Gsrmar Shippers and Sub. marina Campaign. Copenhagen, Monday.—Several of th, largo Danish firms are receiving letters from German shipping companies sayit^ that they are now making preparations tl take cargoes from Hamburg to varioi' American harbours, and the shipowner request the Danish firms to place thei orders for the transport cf goods as 900 as posf?iblc. ( The Danish merchants were natural somewhat surprised, and expressed dOHJ, fis to tLo tjarty tavroination the vicw of the recent intensification of tlf .-■'ibmarin'e warfare. Th6 Germans in their reply stated th; :ndcubtcdly the. war was now raging tool violently than ever, but as ft result t^cir submarine war the Germans SlI r posedthewnr i wöuld soon be conclude a tut the shtpowivetB were accordingly lni Ii ing preparations for utilising their P' bilities for export purposes. At the ji- elusion of hostilities they were geijiu rc-ady a large number of ships to crosiif Atlantic-.—Exchange. j
POSITION OF THE V. T .I
POSITION OF THE V. T The Secretary to the National Dapartmpnt has notihed the Town trk of Swanapa that a member of the V<C. is not considered to lie engaged or. irk of national importance to the e.\xS>n of sxny other work.
."MOST UNDESIRABLE.
"MOST UNDESIRABLE. During !he hearing of an applieaii'i-y I the Trustees and .the Board of Idallc- ment of the Monmouthshire and Ptli Wales Permanent .Profit Li r!e i.) ,i the. Chancery Division on Tuegdaytr. Kerr said that. W dsh Couilty :irt Judges had long decided against phg out lump sums under- the Works's Conlpensution A(!t. It was an urlir-, Able practice. His Lordsliip Most undesirable.
SOCIETY LIBEL CASE
SOCIETY LIBEL CASE Whor- ihe cas-e, ip which Mt:«. •-t. Clare Novriss was plaintif f.Mid Ladj Je Taylor defendant was called on in o King's Bench on Tuesday, it waS nounced by counsel that a settlement I been arr voci at. The record wbahb withdrawn upon terms endorsed on ca eel's brief, and there would bs a juù; order if liecearary. A libel action whitdi the parties wf-re concerned was j cently heard, when Mrs. Nort^ss obtaii i damages against Ladv Jane an Ca Bel lairs. ■ >; >■
- - . -.- - I DO THEY WANT…
DO THEY WANT TIRPITZ? Amsterdam, Tuesday.—A Berlin t« gram reports that 30 supporters of Gra' Admiral' Von Tirpity. held a mecti ther^p^esterday. The gatlienng was he to discuss a change of offic of the 11 psriaV Chancellor, The invitation to the ni?r-tin;; sai< "The aim of the meeting is to innngura' a great movement, to hold meetings in a tho great towns of Germany, to indm the newspapers to enter into their se vice, and. generally, to procure t1: tneans necessary to carry through change in the office of tluv Imperial ChaJ The Socialist and Liberal papeio rid eule ai..d condemn the movement.
FIGHT ON FROZEN RIVER. !
FIGHT ON FROZEN RIVER. Antsterdam, Tuesday.—An official com- munique issued in Sofia yesterday eavs: On the Macedonian front there has been weak artillery activity on the whole front, and desultory rifle and machine- gun firo between advanced detaelunentt in the region of Monr.ftir and Mdglena. There has been lively aerial activity in the valley of Vardar, and on th* Orfav.o coast a French aeroplane was brought (1Ó:nl in an air: fight couth of Ghfgheli. O"; the Kumanie.n front Pear Mahm'.dia there has b-ien sniping between oulposts. East or Tu!cea a Huccian infantry ('etach- ment under command of two officr--Vs. f»t- teinp'-ed to approach bur outpost? over the frozen river, but was dispersed• In our (ire. One officer was made prisoner. The A'.vhduke Mevimiliun, left laEtTZiglit on his return to N-ienna.- i
r-THE-FISHER AGITATION ] I
r-THE-FISHER AGITATION ] I VIGOROUS ATTACKS OH EX-FIRST SEA lORU A vigorous attack on Lord Fisher tvas made in the HOllSH of Commons on Mun- ) day by Admiral Sir lied worth Meux. who referred to the controversy over the Ba c -11 letters reflecting and reporting on his two oenior officer (Lord Charles Beree- ford and Sir il. Lambton, as he was then); the announcement that he de- ma.nded oi the Admiralty tc be super- soiled unless his honour, whic-h was iui- puglld, wa? publicly cleared; and a state- ment of his annoyance wh?n he found that all that was done was an answer to a j. written question saying he was not an agitator in the service and that he had had a distinguished career. "At the time (19-JU) this answer was i giveu to our commander-in-chief at the China station 1 wrote homo letters to the I Admiralty rather of a violent character j to the First Lord and the Second Sea Lord and one or two members of the Cabinet expressing my disgust at the way things were allowed to be carried on in the Ad- miralty, that espionage should be allowed, and my determination that if the First Sea Lord, then Lord Fisher, did not leave the Admiralty in a short time I should come homo and make it my busi- ness to see that he did go." In a few months Lord Fisher left. THE "HATRED" ALLEGATION. j Continuing his personal explanation, Sir Medworch twitted Mr. Churchill on .Having been more or less in the pocket oi Ivorti Fisher during his administration, :riticised the appointment of Prince Louis u Battenberg, and then oame to tbe barge that lilis speech showed haired ol Fisher. Flo went over-genial con- 'ersataorls and convivialities between hitu- loli and the ex-First Sea Lord in Jui.v, IIB, and after war was declared. The agitation to bring him back to the \dmirauy should stop, for the navy Wh-S leiermined that his regime should never ■>e re-established. When Lord Fisher and Mr. Churchill tell out and honest men came in, did Lord V isher wait to hand over his duties to his successor? No. He deserted like d traitor. (Cries of dissent.) it lie had oeen a soldier or sailor he would have been shot. Mr. Lambert's reply was to charge the gallant admiral witn inconsistency, to thet he was party to any intrigue, and to plead that Lord Fisher was the one man who foresaw the development of the submarine, 11 was the waste of a great tmui not to use Lord Fisher's imagma- tion, vigour, and determination.
FIFTY KILLED.
FIFTY KILLED. Terrible Accident to a Troop Train. Copenhagen, Tuesday.—It is learned from Stockholm tla:?3 HUS{;1a1! who were insane and were placed m the first raMway ?ii?o? jic'lnn?t?eca?jua were JdbtI :n an accident "which occurred last evening between Getie and Soedrrhamn. Of the 2213 soldiers on board the tram nearly 5tJ are supposed to have beeh ill lea.—Exchange. '=.
ITALIAN SUCCESSES,"I
ITALIAN SUCCESSES, "I Airships Drop 2^ Tons of High Explosives. I j .Rom?., Monday.—The usual artillery; j actions yesterday are reported, say3 an j official c-oiimiuiiiquc, particularly, in the Sngana Valley, ill the Plava sector and i oast„ot Gortzia. Some raids attempted by the enemy against our positions on the northern slopes of the Col Uricon (Trav.uigno:o' VaUey). on Navagiust ?tjp?r D?:ino), and on the Hhme (Mount ?pru) were at once rejiulscd 'A-iU) he?y casualti(I"5? !a the area ol1th-ea2t of Corizia, aft,2r a violent bombardment, some enemy de- tachments attacked one of our advanced positions south of Vertoiba. They were driven back and dispersed. Some pri- j! «oner<s were taken. ,I Considerable aerial activity is also re- ported. Our anti-aircraft tMttcncs hit. an enemy aeroplane that fell down near 0 last night. Two of our airships j bombarded the railway station of Hifem- berg, in tho llrr.nizzu alloy (I'rigido), aDd the, aviation ground at Prceessoj uoi ih oi rriestc. On the objectives iiiV tons of high explosives w; re dropjied with effective results. In spite of heavy I fire f^ rom anti-aircraft batteries and of a violent unfavourable wind, the airships returned safely to their bases. !L. ■■
INTERNED AT RUHLEBEN.
INTERNED AT RUHLEBEN. The more I hear of their %uffe»,ni!»-s, the sufferings they have gone through, d ths noble spirit in which they, have Irne tifoni, the prouder I am of our ce," said the 13iiliop ot London, who the Kingsway Hall on blJ- v at a demonstration of relatives and ends of British civilians interned in rmany. They had met, continued Dr. to send a message of hope and "ouragement to their gallant, sons over Ruhleben. and also to urg<' upon the ^emmcnt the desirability of an ex- nge of prisoners on the basis of i.11 jail. lie did nct Fee rliy the Goveryt. i jit should not exchange the 20,000 Ger- I) civilians interned in this country jour 4.01)0 at Huhleben. Tli.. country feeding both lots of prisonervs. bt- i e if it were not for the- parcels sent hose' «t S'uSi'ehen they "would all be j. in three weeks. The meeting was lloing anything unpatriotic in a, i n Government to take etcps to hrino It such an exchange.. "I" j ■i 7
I-,_-;| ST. DAVID'S DAY.
| ST. DAVID'S DAY. i In connpcHon with the address to ? i cliil(lrc,!i ()ri AI(I. '.I. Jor(ltij I ,,ill :uJdre?t:h? children at Brynm?i. an(I Mrs. David Harris fhe girls at th? i CwmbwrJa Schools.
i ANOTHER PEACE KITE.I
ANOTHER PEACE KITE. Buenos Ay res. Monday.—The journal La I'c-Nrt-s that the Argentine Governivient has taken the lead in a move- ment for joint. action by the Latiri-Ameri- can Governments with a view to offering mediation to t!ie belligerents. fhe U nHed States has not been invited to participate on account of the diplo- miotic rupture with Germany. Negotiations between the Republics have, the journal states, already been opened in Buenos Ay res. La acon H declares that the move- men", is inopportune and foredoomed to fail .ire.Re titer.
HOSTAGES ON U-BOATS. I
HOSTAGES ON U-BOATS. I German commanders now have appa- rently orders to take captains of peace- ful ships aboard their submarines. whether the steamers attempt to avoid destruction or not. The latest instance is that of the I steamer lola, l'he lola was torpedoed, causing the death of two members of the crew. The remainder of the crew were now about to row away in the open beats when they were hailed by the German Sj commander, who ordered back the boat I in which was the captain, ,one of the engineers, and two members of t h crew and took four prisoners 'frof U!? crew, numbering 25, ^e evcrttuaHy picb<*d up aftPt t?ei? some hours in the open boats, and safely landed. The object of taking prisoners on board appears to be to cse ,hem ? a spc.-vie.q of tc)tgliere  'anger ,of a Gubjuarine cruie,, tr 'x ? <r ? t ■ j i
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i j RAIDS BYXKS FRENCH, Prisoners Brought Eack From Gsnnsn TO-DA v's FRENCH OFFICIAL. SDuth-eagt of V'aiily we made a raid into uio OvTiuan linos ajid brought back some prisoners. There were patrol encounters in^ the region of Bezonvatix and in OPdc V'oeg^s. The ight T-as evcr.r?vherz eles. TO DAY'S RUSSIAN OFFICIAL, sras attack was delivered 'by the onoruy ia tile regioa of Sinorgon. fiis'it waves were dis- charged during a period of seven hours. Rumanian Front.—Scouting reton- naiFanfefcs ani reciprocal firing ars tak- dr-S pi aoe. Caucasian Front.—Ac attack by th-e T '.i'i AfeaiiiSt our det.-ichmonts situ- ated aorth ofi Bivn&ky hiöh road "was repulsed by ol-Ir fl- and counter- attacks, STREET TRADING IN SWANSEA, The Swansea Watch Conuiiirteo this afteriioori reeeived a deputation with I r&ference toO stri-et trading by juvenilis. Aid. Col will, ,,1: inT-sj- dtioei the depufca-tioii,$uid tho move- lucnt was backed by a sircna ptibiic cpinion, <Ie.teTjnined to b,) Leari in 1 -^tter. lr. 1L 5. L. strong!" d-ej r^a-vd street IraditSf by Juv«ail«* ;■ NOT A U BOAT PESSIMIST, | X^cTvi Sciijoru^ ">■ .I Q, ix t tho  ?' a m j.? at ?a annual meeting oi the Couury C-oun. oils Association, at Westminster to- day, ho was not one of those who regarded the submarine menace with pessimism. He thought Sir Ldv.*ard Carson struck esaetly the rizhtno-te in his speech. He (Lord Selborne) thought wc should bo badly pinched, but. he believed -tho Navy would see us through. (Citecrs.) AMCaSCA S DEAD. I j Victims of fio Licenia. A QiieonstowTi sae.->sa2» sa-s that it. I has now Ijeen. •definitely ascertained that the two American ladies, !lks. and .!is Hoey, o-i, the Laconia, died or osposnre in one of the boats. Four othsr passengers are believed dead, as well as four of the \lí'W 110 wore an. | one boat..
TO-DAYS WAR RESUME
TO-DAYS WAR RESUME Lead!!r" O/Fee. 4,50 p.m. According to the Paris correspondent of the Journal, the iast Bapaume liaN-P. fallen without n figlit. giis slitlls are 1)(?ing ll-w4 by the British. Fha Cunard liner Laconia which was tor- j j pedoed without warning oil Sunday night had It Americans among the orewy and six American passengers, two ol whom were killed. Thf- attitude of America ha? been ex- j plained ov President Wilson. The People of the United States are, he cayaw It friends of peace. flc- has asked («'oji-; gress to grant him sufficient credit td j j enable him to provide, adequate ineenetl of protection. ,gprous attack..upon Lord Fr.her wn-v t Blade in Parliament Oil Monday nl, Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux.
TO - SAY'S >JEWS 1H BRIER…
TO SAY'S >JEWS 1H BRIER ———— ———— Mr. Fred Emney, the comedian, lef# ?5.7'M. i' War biuusos for Dorsetshire teacher. will cost 4.1,368 per. annum. Beer (jottles are said to lie worth mor now than the beer they contain. Queen Alexandra has sent i5<) to thaq Edith Cavell Homes of Rest of Nurses, Nine of the men deported from Ireland^ j last week are now domiciled in Oxiord. j There is no change in the condition o Aid. Evan Lvans, Bercsi'ord Houtie. llw is very weak. 3 A hundred German marks, ordinarily could ho exclianged in Stock-1, holm on Monday tor i3 .3-t- 3d. j Mr. William Church, who has been at*, official in Queen Alexandra's lif)ilselicidi for more than 10 years, died on SundliY i aged 72. f Hi rmingbam sold 309,075,000 cubic feetl of gas in the last week of January. The enormous demand was due to the severe weather. j Epstein's bronze bust of the Welsh pop-t. j W. H. Davies, has been presented by th HQll. Evan Morgan to Air. Davies's native town, Newport. A private ferry for Woolwich Argen4 f workers Jiving north of the'Thames is to1 Lw staried between North Woolwich and; the Arsenal wharves. Sixty varieties of seed potatoes, 300 tons in all, have been aeked for by 6,000 apV plicant.s to the Hertfordshire War Agri- cultural Committee. Mr. C. T. Entiten,of Swansea, thtf newly-appointed Inspector of Governmen. Office Accommodation, has arrived 11( London to begin his duties. Great damage by flood has been caused m the rice-growing regions of Bengal, Bihar apd Orissa, where onevhaif the yield d Brithh Indh j, produced. Mr. Edwin Gould, son of Mr. Edwin Gould, the millionaire, was aecid^.ntlly s'.iot dead on Sunday morning white hunting on the Goorgia coast. For embezzling £ 2,t00, received as iviit from the Cheshire Cuuutv Council small holding tenants, Wm. Lancaster,, laiui, afirenf, was ordered a year's imprisonmenJU An allegation of embezzlement at Swsn. sea Police Court on Tuesday was with- drawn, it being stated that the affair had resolved itself simply into a matter of accounts. The Spanish Parliament has been pro- rogued in order that the whole energy ot the Government can be given to the dOl u.. tion of the submarine crisis as it affects Spanish affairs Mr. C. lVartll, of Lympne (Kent), wh«| was 101 on Monday, attributes' hifs, longevity to his open-air life (he has al ways been engaged in agriculture) and frugal iivin^ he 1, all inveterat e smoker*
GREEKa so eE CLOSED.
GREEKa so eE CLOSED. Cnr^i:rrte::t of Swansea v Bowling Programme..  ce The Swansea Parks Committee met oat Tuesday aftfrnoor? Aid. J. DercBaId pre- siding. The Committee passed the certificate, for 1:171. the amount of the contract for the erection of shops at Victoria Park. It was pointed out that the c,tijtiate'"ivito £OO.. The Sub-Committee recommended th<» closing during the coining season of the bowling greens at Lloweirti, ,Q.¡i"¡¡,,Uy.. Brynmill, a'n d Jersey Marine ParkE. Victoria. Cwmdonkin, Manselton. JIlnd4 Morriston, will he kept open. It.&&& pointed out by the Parks Superintendenft (Mr. Bh,) that, a deputation of bowlcra I had agreed to this course in view of tho exceptional circumstances, and realised: that while the committee was anxious to j continue and encourage isowling, it was j impossible during the present crisis. An I effort would be made, it «ae added, to continue th eLeague in a modified form. rhe action ot the Sub-Committee was upheld.
I LANDORE SEAMAN WOUNDED I…
I LANDORE SEAMAN WOUNDED II Ofikia! news h.is been received by Mf., Nightingale, 4, Grey-strect, l^audorc, tllat j his son. Able Seaman Walter Nightingale, was wonnrled in action on February ]5tk. Previous to joining the Navy. Able Sea- man Nightingale was engaged on the' Mumbles Railway.
AUTOMATIC CLOWN.
AUTOMATIC CLOWN. An autormftic clown was demonstrated in the Appeal Conrt on Monday, when the Appeal of Ernest Albert Peers and Vincent Brown was dismissed. Both had been fined under the Gaming and Betting Arts for al owing a clown automatic machinc to be ns^-d. In the court, demonstration of the machine the clown held out a hat m which the pluyer. after putting a penny iuto the mtehine, had to catch a ball, .vhk,ii he would receive a disc entitling him to sweets of the value of either 2cT. ol id.
COAL CONTROL BOARD.-
COAL CONTROL BOARD. A meeting of the Executive Committed of the Miners'' Federati&i of Great Britain was held in London on Tuesday, among those present being Mabon, M.P., Messrs. VvTirtstiiie, Barker and Hartsliom. Several hours were spent in discussion and later the Executive saw, the President of the Board of Trade and the Coal Controller, and went fully vitbt them into the functions of the newly-con- stituted Coal Control Department, and; rhe representation of miners upon the Ad-; visory Committee now being set up to ad-' vif> the Controller. The proceedipg_ private s ? —— ?-& ??
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SO PER CENT. DIVIDEND. I
SO PER CENT. DIVIDEND. Lord <^alveseii toid the shareholders of the Copper Corn puny at Edin- bu"g,'i oil LI(itidi,v titat the year's profits, ^mounted to L988,225, which enabled them tQ ijay j, dividend equal to 80 per cent, A hat dividend was free of income-tax, and I lt Wa.g cijmvfalcnt to those who paid the tull i'?3iU€-tax to 100 per Mnt. of their caPI ?.- ?.-<- V--
-_._-,._-¡ NO MORE NEW BlEAU.…
-¡ NO MORE NEW BlEAU. .0 NEW REGULATIONS REGARDINC THE LOAF j Important regulations governing the sale of bread como into force on NLarch 12. The chief orders are: No more new bread. Two kinds of loaf only—the cottage and the tin. All bread to be -old by weight. The order statee that "no brearl whidi has not been made at least 12 hours shall j be sold or offered or exposed-for sale." No currants, sultana, or milk bre.a.d may I be made. No sugar may be used in bread-making. No baker shall exchange new bread for old. No loai shall be sold or exposed for sale unless it woisbs lib. or an even number r>fpo>H!rch" Kails may be made, but they must weigh 201,. each. The Food Controller's servants and weight-s and measures inspectors, may at any time within 30 hours of the baking weigh bread exposed for sale in shops or in course of delivery to customers.
CLATTER OF TGNGUESI j I
CLATTER OF TGNGUESI j I Swansea Magistrates and Mr. Harold King. At the Swansea Borough police court on Tuesday morning, when Mr. Harold i King entered court Mr. J-. W. Jones, the presiding magistrate, said:—" I am glad to see you here this morning, and to take the opportunity of stilling the clatter of tongues since last week. In my remarks passed last week there was no refle(-t-lori on you or your honet-ty, integrity or sin- cerity as an advocate in this court." Mr. King thanked Mr. Jones for his ex- planation; and said that he appreciated it. He (Mr. King) did not say anything last Tuesday in view of the special cir- cumstances. This explanation, however, wotit,it remove any feelings he had es- perieneed since last Tuesday. Messrs. Dd. Meager, Aid. Devonakl, and Oakley Waiters, who were on the Bench, associated themselves with the chairman's i remarks. i" 11
LADY SHOT DEAD. I
LADY SHOT DEAD. Q- Youth Charged With Murder. Fredk. Edward Livingstone (aged 16), who is charged with the murder of ,Mi¡;¡;1 Loui-sa Walker by shooting her at Leigh, was brought up at Southend on Tuesday morning. Mr. Ifarker, for the Public, Prosecutor, Eaid Miss Walker was shot whilst returning from a shopping expedi- tion. No witnesses, f actually saw her rjint, but circumstantial evidence and tul- missions made by prisoner left no doubt that there was a prima facie case against { him. ■ "ito ''My* before* tire fcr&yedt y accwsed left his employment on a farm at St. ) Albans. His employer hnd kept a loaded revolver in a locked cupboard, nnd since the lad's departure the revolver had been missing. Evidence would be given that j prisoner stole the revolver, and that it was with that revolver the victim was nhot by prisoner, the motive being rol-)- bery. That a ladv walking in the middle j of the day should he shot, said Mr. Har- J ker, was a shocking and somewhat sensa- tional thin*r. The Bench committed prisoner for trial on the charge of wilful murder.
A GERMAN'S YACHT. I
A GERMAN'S YACHT. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Tuesday morning 'l'er..ervod; judgment in the appeal of Herr Krupp against the decision of the President of the Pri:w Court confiscating th? uppcl- the Cour'c ct,)nlis(.atiiig tll(? npl)c) l- ivl l l kii,)wll )-a,-Iit (?eri-tiaD *.a as it iarrl'ul, prize.
-""-_.....c::. I BRIT!SH INDUSTRIES.…
-c: BRIT!SH INDUSTRIES. Progress made by British manufac- turers in replacing goods formerly J monopolies of Germany and Austria u- j shown at the third British Industries Fair, which was opened on Monday at j the Victoria and Albert Museum, Lon- don. The fair remains open till March a. There are TOO more exhibitors this year. The exhibits of fancy goods, gla-ss. china and earthenware show that Br.ti&!i tirUl, should tit) well able to hold their own in the coming trade war. In several instances, such as toys, art and medical i brushes and lead pencils, the bome' pro. duct is claimcd to bo an improvement on the enemy goods, The Queen spent half an lionr at the fail/ on Monday, and made *ev*-rai pur- I chas&s. including M seubkih novelty bag I made by a workman who hold? a gold medal lor bag-making against the world.
-.- - - _._  £ 1,000,312…
 £ 1,000,312 950 I 8,000,000 SUBSCKRS j TO VICTORY lOAN Mr. Bonar Law stated on Monday that tho full total realised by the War Loan was:— £1,000,312,950. I This figure," declared the Chancellor, amidst loud cheers, a week ago 1 should I' have.considered imj>o<?-sible." He gave the following figures as to the sources of the Loan:— Through Bank of England £ 819,586,000 j Treasury bills ^130,711,950 Through Poet Office = £ 30,751,000 War Savings Certificates ^Sll!\300,000 The total number of subscribers, Mr.. Bonar Laiw twlded, was not lees than 8,000,000. This figure included 5,289,000 subscribers to the actual loan, and those paying in connection with various war savings rckemes. Lonns made through the Bank of Eng- | land numbered 1.030,000, and through tirt> Post Office, 1,000,000. Eighty-seven persons had sent gifts 01 free of interest. Only 22,000,000 represented tax free loan. The cost of raising the loan was only < £ 75,000. TWO LOANS CONTRASTED. One of the most remarkable featuies d i the loan is the contrast with the last I German loan: BRITISH. New iiione Total subscribers 8,000,000 Ixiwest subscription 15/6 GERMAN. New money Tota. '.ubserihar. 3,810,000 The Chancellor paid a special compli -A l. 1 "Y fo- mcnt to Mr. Kennedy Jones, M.P. I Horn spy, for the g;rcat p?Tt be played in ecuri'ng the success cf the loan. I
! THE POTATO PERIL I
THE POTATO PERIL I —————— -3- Without Economy May Be a Shortage. i The public does not yet seem to have been brought to reidize the serious scarcity J of potatoes. The voluntary institution of "'potntoless days is quite as essential as thst of meatless days." If drastic men- j sures are not taken,at once in everv hoin-e hold and public resort, it is possible that be no potatoes at all in the country in May and June. The committee of the Oxford and Cambridge Club decided to give a lead in this matter on Monday, They decided at a special meeting, in order to economise consumption, that no pota toes should be served in the club on Wed- nesaays in future until further notice; and that the portions supplied 011 other days i should be reduced, and served t'ihu: ln+Tshejcl.cv 'any othpr fori^. tljat the cook considers more ecdnowttaf; and ttiat pfe j more than one portion should be supplied to anyone.
LAST CAWNPORE HERO DEAD !
LAST CAWNPORE HERO DEAD The death occurred at Reading on Monday of G-eneral Sir Mowbray Thom- son. who was tlfce last survivor of the Ca wnporo massacre. lIe was in Cawn- pore with his raiment who" news -came of the mascaere at Delhi. Over 1.000 m?n, women.and children were slitin by the mutineers, but Captain Thomson, as he then was, and three other nven es- caped to the territory of a friendly ruler. They had to run the gauntlet of a piti- j less fire from the river banks and were so near death when they reached safety that they wore hardly able to stand.
SATISFIED WITH RESULTS.! ____
SATISFIED WITH RESULTS. Berne. Monday (received Tuesday).— j II?rr Bhiiin. erector of the Hamb?r?- j Amerika LitH>, I in an interview said that Germany would have enough tonnage after the war to increase her exports. | Genhan exchange would recover rapidly the momout war ended, and exports would go up with a bound. Herr Ballin does nut believe that hatred of Germany after the war will paralyse her export trade. The German submarine war was only, he said. to stop traffic to and from England. Germany was satisfied with the resj u ter.
M.P. SHARPLY REPROVED. : I
M.P. SHARPLY REPROVED. A reproof was administered to an M.P. witness in the Prize Court on Monday hv the President. Sir Samuel Evans, during the hearing of a claim by Messrs. M. Samuel and Co., the well-known bankers and merchants, to quantities of sheep- skins. goalakins, wocd, and opium shipped from Bagdad in July and October, 1914; and seized by the Crown in January, 1915. Claimants urged that the goods were their property, ana ought in the ordinary course to have arrived in this country b?- fore tho.outbreak of war with Turkey, Mr Samuel Samuel. '}f,P., in evidence. said, in an answer to his lordship, that i:i» did cut know t.?• details of these par- j ticular transactions. The President-. I really think. Mr. 1 Samuel, that I have a right to complain. Yon ca:io here without any material from which I am to judge. It is r.ot mticii good eomin" here &r.d saying tltat yon ar- in your opinion, virtually the owner vi the goods. Th:- claim was ordered tjj stand over for further evidence. |
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-.=::=.=: -=-==-=- PMEY SENSATION CHILD'S BODY THRùWIt INTO RIVER An 'inquest on the body of the baby girl discovered by the Pembrey police in the River Gwendraeth, was conducted ot Pembrey on Tuesday by Mr. W. W. Brodie. Walter-Elt-n.9, of Pembrey, who, along with his wife Lydia Elms, was t'e; manded in custody at Llanelly on t charge of having caued tllfJ death of t child named Kath-leen, on cr about Jan ?h, wa& present. Was 1)!.C?i' Moo'? gave cvidcnco as t4 IVIi,?ti c. i finding the body in the river near Com inissioner's Bridge, ft was in a In-owi string handbag, and was attired in < white nightgown. There was also a stone 191b. in weight, wrapped in black eerg ooutirig. The bozv was emaciated, anL it appeared to have been in the water f<*¥ tims. He made a search at the spot, in consequence of what Walter Elms hAd told him a couple of days befce^ Elms voluntarily said: SENSATIONAL CONFESSION. I threw it in here botween !) and 0.3Ji 11.¡; It was securely tied in a parcej and weighted with a stone about 101b; I am afraid it is not here now: i".tr..a have been washed out to sea. The Coroner: Did you ask Elms whii lie hnd thrown into the river:' Witness. Yes; and he said a fenaa! child, which had died before he cam home, from work about a month ago. Did h-e say then what the nanie of tb ) child was?—No, sir; but he said it was » bigger than a rabbit. Later that evenii* (continued witness) I asked him the nanp of the child, and he replied, Kathleen Did he tell you whether it was his owl child?—No, sir; but he told P.C. Davits that it was iitit his child. He also said his wife was with him on the main road. where she rennined while the body u as, being thrown into the river. Tho Coroner (to Elms): Is there 4n) question you would like to put to witness Elmos: Xo. sir; all he said is quite true Supt..Samuel Jones said that at Ciio Llanelly Poliet fStation Elmes volun- tarily informed him that deceased was n foster child. The inquest was adjourned for a fort- night.
COAL FOR SWISS BY RH!NE. j…
COAL FOR SWISS BY RH!NE. j 'COAL FOR WfSS BY RHINE. I' After the repeated protests by the Swiss Federal Council" against Germany,'s failure to fulfil her obligations to supply Swiizorlacd with ail the fuel/necessarv for her needs. Germany now j/romises to attempt to make good 'the deficiency by permitting- tho use of the Rhine for trans- port as far as Bale, a motbod which, since the beginning of the war, has been suspended.
,THE FOOD PROFITEERS.
THE FOOD PROFITEERS. Captain Bathurst, fcr the Food Cori- trcjler, stated in Parliament on Monday that there was no justification for any increase in tiio retail price of commodi- ties, of which there were abundant stocks. His attention had been called to caSh in which increases had taken place, Itilfl the 1 ood Controller would not hesi- tate to take severe action in the event of hch increase not being justified by the ;ircuinstances.