The Cambria Daily Leader

FSMAL SWANSEA I MERCANTILE Co. Ltd. of 18, Park Street, Swansea, Make Cash Advances from I ?10 to ?1,000 T0 cmnTialto Gentlemen. Trad m?n. Farmers, and Eespectable. Hoaaeholders OB t?eir own Note of Hand, at a low rate of Interest. Strictly Privato. Confidential. Foi? farther particulars, a,pply- ¡ H. B. JONES, I 18, Park Street, Swansea.

Our Note Book i trbe Dawn of Disestablish- ment.—Looking Backward -Some Who Took Part in tl t 1 P the Struggle.— Penar" en the Bill. Now that Disestablishment is I "nigh even at the doors," it may not be out of place to take advantage cl the present opportunity to say a Few words concerning those who have borne the burden and the heat of the day throughout the struggle for religious equality in Wales. As it has been pointed out over and over again in the Leader." the measure should have become law years and years ago, for l the result of its reiusal—when the tune was ripe for it to be be,stowed-I was that another generation of Welsh- men had to be educated anew with re/' spect to the mejts of 'the measure and its absolute lustice m the case of the ilvelsh people. From this point of view only those who personally went through those thrilling times when Wales from end, to end was a raging sea of reform, can conceive the slightest notion of what the situation then was like. The entire country was in a ferment; all the Tv'elsh members were pledged up to the kilt in the matter, hut in the end in spite of the fact that an overwhelming case for the Bill had been made out, it was refused, and other matters inter- vening Disestablishment drifted into the background from which position it was ably rescued by the deterrmnou efforts of one or two men, and at no little oostto themselves. One of those gentlemen was Mr. Jdlis Griffith, the present Under-Secre- tary of State for the Home Office, who in season and out.of season backed as be was by that tight little island of Anglesey, never for one moment faltered in his adherence to the cause of Disestablishment. And at the time little thanks did he get for what he did. On the contrary he was accused of en- deavouring to spit the party," but his invariable reply to all these criti- cisms was, that if the House of lords intended to persist in the policy of filling up the cup," then Disestablish- ment would have to be one of the in- gredients put into it to make it run over. And the Welsb people—who in such matters can claim to be endowed with no small amount of political imf"nllll,-Sc)on saw that Mr. Griffith was Tight, with the result that new demands arose for this over-due reform, so that in this, tho hour of the Welsh triumph -supported although he has been bv the rank and rile of the party-it must not be forgotten, that almost entirely l' ?'?h is d?e the credit, that, :\hlsh DiscstaMisbment is to?av all 'but an accomplished fact. :if P,)nar.s remarks on Thursday at Tvaiinai-Uw.vdd about the seIII treatment of its great men are bound to go home, and a.re certain to bear iruit. In this respect Wales lias nothing to boast, about, and the case of Daniel Owen, the novelist is a case in I>oint. The writer personally knew Daniel as well as he ever knew anybody. He also had the advantage of reading all his works in the original, and to say that they were stars of the first magni- tude" and" diamonds of the first water is to put the case mildly. For Daniel Owen has thoroughly earned the title of the Welsh Dickens," and ord v those who have read -Rhys Lewis, Enoch Huws and Gwen Thomos, sur- rounded by the associations, the tradi- tions. and the external circumstances, that called them unto being, can ever realise the haunting charm which they for ever afterwards exercise upon the imnds of men. And yet, to only a •>deet few is Daniel Owen known, and the same remark applies to Emrys Ap ftwan, a genius for true scholarship if there ever was one. Such is fame! To day's Gossip. I From our local contemporary:— Coroner: You are now speaking of (Full report next edition). What a funny thing for the Coroner to say! i:- Ten years ago Ca.t. Colquhoun ex- pressed the opinion that there were a. hundred too many licensed houses in Swansea. Eighty-seven have since been done away with. In which Gospel do the words 1 have read to vou appear" asked a teacher at a Welsh School. Please, sir." was the reply of the boy who first managed to get his hand thC, Gospel according to Mr. Luke." A speaker at a. woman's suffrage meeting in Swansea yesterday empha- sised the tact that should women get their rights, the homes will not suffer. The socks would be darned as usual, the child put to bed earlier, in all proba- j bility, the house kept cleaner, etc. One of the most enthusiastic spec- tators at the Vetch Field on 'I burtxuty afternoon was a white terrier dog. FroDl the kick-off he evinced a lively in- terest in the game, and followed the play up and do liD the field. When the "Swans" obtained their first goal his excitement know no bounds. At a recent Territor!al musketry practice there happened to he a. lull in the fi ring. The officer in charge asked what was the reason of the stoppage, I whereupon one of the firing party re- plied, "No cartridges, sir." "Nol c. rt rl dges." Oh. cease tire then," said the officer. Regiment." The w aywardness of tho fair sex as never better illustrated than by the remark of a certain Swansea lady who, speaking with reference to a joint debate held recently, said that what- ever the views of the men were, they all voted for each other. Many of the ladies, however, voted with the men, and thereby enabled them to declare themselves the winners. A most appreciative sketch ap- pears in this week's "T.P.'s Weekly" of Dr. Hyamson, the Acting Chief lhhbi. It is written by "Tny Pay" himself. Dr. Hyaiason is a gentle- man wiio has a. peculiar interest for Swansea, people, as it was here in the aid Jewish Synagogue, fifty years ago, that he delivered his first sermon.*

ALL ABOUT THE WAR. TURKS' MOVE. DARINC RECONNAISSANCE BY GREEK WAf?PLA?E. HAZARDOUS FLICHT. Owiug to the refusal of the partier; (J; cerned to aliow war correspondents to approach the scene of operations, it is exceedingly difficult to obtain informa- tion as to the progress of the war in tbei Near East. So far as may be judged from the re- ports which are allowed to reach this country, the chiet movement seems to be going on in the Gailipoti peninsula. Here are the forts wiucn protect tt,v Dardanelles. The Turkish torces in th» peninsula are said to number between 40,000 and oU.000 men. lhere are also reportii of an imporlb- ant hanking movement by the TurKs on the coast 01 Asia Minor preliminary to an intendedlalluing at Yudra, in the Black Sea, or at iiuciosto, on the Sea of Marmora. This may be the explana- tion of the Bulgarian "retreat. The bombardment of Adrianople was continued on Friday FROM THE AIR. Oaring Reconnaissance by Creek Waterpiane. (Reutcr's Foreign Spccial.) Rome, Friday.—The "Secolo" has re- ceived a telegram of to-day's date irom its correspondent at Lemnos (in the Jjgean) giving an account- of a daring reconnaissance by a Greek waterplane over the Dardanelles. The military airman Michael Mutusis accompanied by an c'ficer named Marai- times, strting from Lemnos, made a successful reconnaissance of the Turkish fleet, passing over the on- trance to the Dardanelles. The airman after the flight reported that they had flown to Nagra- and had reconmoitred the Turki.h lleet. Their route was via Cape Sufla and the peninsula of Galii- poli and over the town of Madilos. They twice traversed the straits and twice circled over Nagara, where thcre- they saw the assembled Turkish fleet. When they were certain that they were over the arsenal they dropped four bombs. The fleet- could be seen with great distinctness. Fired at by Warships. Ou the return journey they observed in the ships small puffs of smoke, and some of the guns hashed. From this they gathered that, the warships were opening tire on them, but they were not struck. They again crossed the pen- insula of Gallipoli, following a zig-zag course and returning by the same route. The peninsula had the appearance of, an enormous military arsenal. Small puffs of smoke along the rout eagain showed that the Turks were firing aL the waterpiane. Leaving the penin- sula behind, they decided to re-enter the Bay of Mudros (at Lemnes), but carburettor trouble brought the trip to an end and they were picked up by a Greek destroyer. During the flight over Nagara, M. Maraitimis examined the Turkish for- tress with glasses. The trip occupied two and a halt hours and 112 miles were covered. ADRIAN OPLE. (Press Association War Special). Sofia, Friday.—Some of the Ministers j of the Great Powers to-day communi- cated to M. Gueshof, the Premier, the request of the Consuls in Adrianople for the establishment of a neutral 'zone in the beleagured city. or for the grant of permission t.o themselves and the foreign residents to leave the town. M. Gueshof replied that there were no precedents for Consuls or other authorised persons leaving the besieged place, and that on the other hand there were weighty reasons why the Bul- garian headquarters could not grant permission to the consuls and foreign residents to leave the town or establish a neutral zone. The bombardment of Adrianople was continued yesterday. According to one report The town can hardly hold out for more than a week. more than a week. I MONTENfCRIN HEADQUARTERS. (Press Association War Special). (Gruda), Friday. King Nicholas to-day received a body of over a thousand Malissori at the army headquarters here. I The tribesmen gave his Majesty an enthusiastic greeting, and expressed through their head man their tee,ings ot loyalty towards Montenegro. 'I hey cleclared that, all the Malissori tribes were ready as soon as the King gave the order to storm Scutari with the ontenegrins, and that the bonds be. tween the Malissori and Montenegro w?uld endure for ever. Over 3.000 Malissori have joined the Montenegrin troops outside Scutari.

I A LUCKY FSND. An employee of the St. Lawrence Paper Company while occupied in sort- iug rags at Milles Roches, Canada, found hidden in a bundle of old cloth- ing a packet containing diamonds valued at

"THE COMPLETE HUSBAND." I Mrs. Peter Huster, of New York obtained a divorce from her husband, who deserted her because of her re- fusal to rise in the morning in time to prepare breakfast, a task which she declared was the duty oi a good hus- band.

"Like Angel-Visits, Few And Far Between! I (II Lcadrr" Cartoon.) Amazement of Mr. JONES, of SWANSEA, on beholding the s'm shining brightly this morning, not having been accustomsd to th!s phenomenon of late. Note.-No i-espoiisibli;ty foi- the weather taken after going to press!]

16 TO 10. I & I GERMANY ACCEPTS BRITISH NAVAL SUPREMACY. I I OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I A remarkable pronouncement was made in the Reichstag yesterday bv I.dmira.l von Tirpitz, ?cretary of the j Adn-iii-a.1 v<)ii Tli- p,Itz, S4-cretary of tlic? Admiral von Tirpitz announced that! the German Admiralty accepted the! standard of supremacy for the British. Navy as outlined by Mr. Winston ¡ Churchill last March. This specified that the British Ad- J miralty was determined to maintain :L 60 per cent. (or a. lü vessels to 10) superiority in Dreadnoughts over Ger- many. The announcement has been received with cordiality in Austria, where it is ¡ believed to pave the way for a complete, • understanding on naval matters. I The explanation advanced by one Lond on journal for this policy is that Germany is contemplating a huge in- crease in her army. Whether this be so or not, the an- nouncement must be received with. satisfaction from the naval point of view.

A YOUNG HERCULES. I An infant of extraordinary physical 4ev-eli)l?ment exciting much interest at .otting;ham.. ¡ The c -ii(l i is the son of Mr. James Wh'ttaker, land?rd of the Dnke of I Clarence Inn at Mapperioy- Although he is not quite nine months old, he weighs ist., and can Fft a lOlbs. weight. I His measurements are: Chest, 26in. thigh, ISins,. knee, 15in call, 9 ins. Ml

I ATTRIBUTED TO REMBRANDT. I An old painkng of a youth in dark greell coat, attributed to Rembrandt, was sold tor 340 guineas at Christie's yesterday. j i

AVIATORS DROWNED. \] Danzig. Friday rule flying in an I aeroplane to-day near Zoppot, a t-own on the Gulf of Danzig, Captain Jenet- zhv nnd a mechanic named Dieckmann fell 'nt.o the an<i were both d row nod. Re u t e r •

BUT DID THEY? A fortnigh" after witing to sis fiancee, If all the devils from the nethermost were to attempt to prevent me, I should still marry you," John Oliver Smith, of Springfield, Massachusetts, married another girl, and has now bePH sued for breach of promise*

NOVEL INCENDIARISIM. From Paris a novel form of incen- diarism is reported. Lnder the street sweeping and watering machines, kept at night behind the Law Courts some straw had been placed and fired, with the result that the largest sweeper was | destroyed

Field-Marshal Evelyn Wood, V.C., Carson, K.C. i'. ?' A RecE'iyin, !er ha;, been made against WiUi:in. H-?'? M?'i't.?lYy-' place, Swansea, iabourt..

THE MISSINC VICAR. I — REMARKABLE ATTACK BY A FORMER CURATE. I "MOST CUNNING MAN IN LEEDS." A remark a ble attack has been made on the Rev. Albert Knight, the missing Vicar of Hunslet, by the Rev. J. J. Turner, who was his curate two years ago. The statement hv Mr. Turner, now Vicar of Northmoor. Oxfordshire, is to I the effect that he, had to leave Hunslet as he found it impossible to work as a curate under Mr. Knight. "1 had not been with him very long," he said, before I saw through his tricks. The choirmaster, the organist, I the caretaker of the schools and the verger all left because of his manner. The reputation he had for his excellent parish work, visiting and his love of children was absolutely without real foundation. He was an exceedingly clever actor and an appalling braggart, and 1 quite believe that Mrs. Knight was terrorised into silence. He was a man of great determina- tion. and had an awful, fiendish power. Indeed, the sick people in the parish fairly dreaded to hear his voice. How anybody could possibly believe in him I cannot make out." According to Mr. Turner, the vicar's treatment of the poorer church officials, and the poor of the district, was dis- gi-,t,(,eful. I wonder what the old care- taker of the schools thonght,. when, after many years' hard toil, he had to give it up, he said, because of Mr. Knight's bullying. [ always regarded him as the most. cunning man in Leeds, and although 1 rejoiced when ] left him, I rejoice more now that his games have been stopped in Leeds, my native city."

MONOTONDUS BANDITS. UTTLE INTEREST IN PAP-IS CASE i JUDGE AND OOdHStL. Thp'r?pr-?tnth?Pa'-fs bandit trial The c?- The long peeches of the prisoners »rr losing I-)eechcs (,, t?,11 the co'?!'? y?i-t?rday wa? ?rpd with con- versation s,? h t. at times It was diffi- cult to hear the evidence. Crozet de Fleury, Deboe. Belonie. Leon Avm.uid, Rodriguez, Jkna.rd and Poyer were examined yesterday. The charges were chielfy of disposing of I stolen property and paper money. The only incident was a breeze he- tween the President and Maitre Bou- cheron (Deboe's counsel) as to whether ( Deboe could give his Vert (it, cf an in- ( eident. The President said he bad no right t-o do so. T hen I take it," retorted Bou- Icheron. l' ,1 1 6" 11 Jhinaiiy i,ne -iii(ig-P ask?" <■ anemin whether he was willing for Deboe to give his explanation with regard to him. At the tinie Callemin was absorbed in an immense manusscript- Hearing his name he gave a slight start, but without lifting his pve: he said, Deboe is quite right," and went on reading.

WITNESSES' WAYS. I People w ho come to f^denco often forget what they come to give eidonee about," sa id Judge llaringtou at Godalming County Court yesterday.

A NELSON RELIC. I Nelson's ord er-book containing in- j .w .!f ;:?tr<<-k on lhni¡::JJ ileet ..it oi v/Op!*[i;,Oi: t- I' under the hammer ai Me sr. Putt k 'j :.nd

TEN LOST. II I QAlE OVERTURNS A HOPPER IN THE MERSEY. I SURVIVOR'S ADVENTURE, i I During the herght of a severe gale which suddenly sprang up around Liver- pool last night., a dock board hopper overturned in the lersey ami ten lives are supposed to have been lost. The only survivor was Alfred Slater, of Bootle, who was rescued two milefc' away from the place of the disaster, having floated up the river on the in- coming tide. He stated that the crew consisted of eleven men, all of whom put on lifebelts, fearing that the hopper would overturn.

I AN EXGELLENT IDEA. I Norham and Islandshire magistrates J have deprived a Berwick labourer named William Lawson of his pony, which he had cruelly dl-treatro This is believed to be the first case on record where the magistrates have exercised such power. Perhaps the Swansea justices will consider this an example worth follow- ing in some of the shocking cases heard locally.

I WORLD'S ALTITUDE RECORD. :\1. Garros, the French aviator, is now at Nice, where he intends to ma&o a.n attempt, to break the world's alt: tude i-e?-,(-,rd f<,r passetiger flights, ii-i t h -N l. record for passenger flight, with M.

I A CARNIVAL TRAGEDY. At a carnival at Tarrasa, n Spam, a m:t.<:ked !:ndÙ-idual whilst firing off con- fetti with a pistol set fire to one of the processiona l cars occupied by a score of children, one of whom was burned to death, nine others being severely in- jured.

i "A COMMITTEE OF ACTION." Lent berg newspapers report that the St. Petersburg police have arrested the memtiers of a committee7 of act;on elected from the Union of fhe Russian People, which had been plan- iiiiig ati attenipti f)n the I fe (,f Hohenlohe. the bearer of the Emperor Francis Joseph's autograph letter to tile (Izar.

MR. AUGUSTUS LEWIS. Mr. Augustus Lewis, Newport, late of Swansea and Llaneib". ex-Chief In- spector of Factories for was taken ill a Newport concert on Thurs- day evening. Dr. S. Hamilton, who attended him at the concert, found that he was suffering from ay apopletic seizure. He was taken home in a cab and has since beer, attended by Dr. Morell Thomas.

A court-naartial on the Imperieuse yesterday sentenced a seaman named MtLoughton to a year's hard labour and to be dismissed his ship for deser- tion and striking his oiffcer. At TVow^J-'dp-e hjrthnlsep of Sir l, i- ,["(< ;¡" TNxms.il lneroor; u<5ing hu., i, 1,110> a .statute in [:.0 cuutre 01 the to a n. j

ANONYMOUS I LETTERS AMAZINC STORY I FURTHER DISCLOSURES EXPECTED I IN VERONAL MYSTERY. SURPRISES COMING. Ptiblic interest in the Hove veronal inquiry has been accentuated by the fact that the Scotland Yard authorities are known to be illi pursuing their iu- vestigations at Swansea. A number of people have been inter- viewed by-thc b;)oll(-e,, and when the court re-assembie.> QP Friday nex: is I more than likely tiiat other witnesses will be called from Swansea, with re- gard to certain matters, in addition to the two witnesses whom it was an- nounced yesterday had refused to at- tend. To the tateinent of one of these the Treasury is understood to attach the greatest importance. I Deceased's Brother in Swansea. I It is stated that in addition to Detec- tive Inspector Ward, of Scotland) arà, who has charge ot the case, and Mr. Hanson, the solicitor to Airs. Trevan- ion, Mr. Claude Trevanion, one of the brothers of the dead man has been m Swansea during the past day or I two. and had interviews with eertain parties, who will, the f,ea(iet- understands, be served with subpoenas to attend the adjourned inquiry next week. This, however, is not the only direc- tion in which increased public interest in the case has been aroused. During the week relatives of Mr. Roe. the Swansea friend and compan- ion of the deceased, to whom the late Mr. Hugh Eric Trevanion bequeathed 'practicaHv the whole of his fortune of over £ 50,000, have been the recipients j of some extraordinary anonYIîJOUS) letters. The Leader," while aware ) or tiie contents or tnese communica- tions, is not in a position to make them I oub-lic. Remarkable Letters. I It may, however, be stated that the I letters, which c<3ntai,i statements of a remarkable character, ha-e been foi-- wrded to Mr. F'reke Palmer, the famous London solicitor, who is acting for Mr. Roe. and it is not improbable hat they wiU form the basis of some I rather interesting intejogations when ♦ he incuest is resumed, if tbev are not- submitted to the coun in their en- tirety. Although Mr. Yere Benson, the East Sussex Coroner, intimated yesterday ) that there was a probability of the 111- vestigation being definitely concluded I on Friday next, when the new witnesses will attend, it is not unlikely that an I application for a further adjournment i will be made. Mr. Roe is still in London, where llP. j will probably reawn until tho inquiry is finished. The "J,cadc'.>t is abJf' to assure its readers that further surprises in un- I' expected directions may he anticipated.

= =c=:-=-=- :c_- REPORT ON MILL EXPLOSION. I We ha ve received a Board of report on the preliminary inquiry, con- ducted in accordance with the Boiler Explosion Act, 1882 to 1890. on an ex- ion ?,n ex- plosion on November 4th last at Messrs. Weaver and Co.'s Swansea. Flour Mills, from a cast iron steam pipe connecting Xo. 2 boiler and );"0, 2 superheated, no persons being injured. The Engineer Surveyor-in-Chief, in his observations, states' that the explo- sion appears to have been the result of water hammer action, brought about by admitting steam to the steam pipe range in which water of condensation had accu- mulated, no provision being maele for draining tho system, and the owners woul d he well advised to rectify the omission.

K ROBBED. At BUston. S..i Pa-yea: !J clerk, ('<l'iJi<c L 1- i. i m- ployccs to 15c. Live Work*, was knocked do v. r rub bvu. SI1T !■ = LIT/r At Kew C; t-a:'ly l;U:. morn- ing, o0 or -l r. iti a:i ercr rd » iiL i*i iuffrosetcs. ABLOTSJ:; RY C ASTLE. Abbotsbury t- I Dorcvc-ter, was pravtic" -r-d to t'v v'-eriul last night THE -CALK. (:hrn!"j,4 l:)(.i bed through rl,n," of house in t'll nd two children ot a groce" wci^^n 'ti in debris. T hd miraculous <?)p<. '"? le;r.g forced through c.-jiaig oi room below. Half-time Score: MONDJJ, .—-N il. J 1-\ .Á. t t 1 1_- vSAVANSKA. ::d; I. Ei TESTER, nil. I L .1. r_- ''c. JJ1j. NEWPORT. v. = ("\HDHT. dil- I NEATH. i. y 0. Misier scored. I Fins.! Sccre: CARDIFF. EWJ'ORT. nil. Bntonferrv, ] -on. goal: Swansea II nil rtcd ge: k 2 tries TRKORKY1 LLANELY—1 cou 6i. 1 try. NORTHAMPT( 'N— Nd. Al11rîj¡¡:ion; i tr"; Amman Timed nil Betting; 8 tu Pc-ireiver. StUeciujau 1. The \\avtsi'ray :j m a n, Tweodieciuxu (01Jd Gael Rbu 3.-111311 | Scor0i PW? Score j SWANSEA—Nil.j LEICESTER —NJ. P

Grand Theatre, I SWANSEA. < ■ NEXT WEEK. MATINEE SATURDAY at 2.30. Mr. George Edwardes Company Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, I The Dollar Princess. Friday & Saturday (.Matinee and Evening), The Merry Widow. I Box Office Now Open at Brader's, 17, Heathifeld Street. ■ k Open at Brader's, 17, Reathfield Street. fa L