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FRENCH SUCCESS.
FRENCH SUCCESS. IMPORTANCE OF THE HILL OF TAHURE. A furious German offensive has been directed against the positions taken by the French at Tahure, in Champagne. The attacks failed, the Germans losing very heavily. The desperate attempt made by the enemy to regain these positions, and especi- ally the Hill of Tahure, is a proof of their importance. The hillock of Tahure (says a "Mornicg Poet" correspondent) lies slightly to the north of the village of that name, and con- stituted a sort of bastion that could enfilade any attacks made on Baraque, that lies to the west, near Somme-Py. The place itself is a natural fortress (192 metres), and it had been strongly defended by the Germans. Its capture brings the French troops consider- ably nearer to the railway that runs be- tween Bazancourt and Challerange, and ia less than two miles distant to the north. A special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says the hill commands the valleys and lower hills for some distance on either side. Whether in an artillery sense it immediately commands the Somme-py-Chal. lerange railway is not quite clear, for thera is a wooded hillside between. But that line so vital for all the supplies and reinforce. ments of the German front in Champagne ia only two miles away, and there is a tunne l at the nearest point, the destruction of which would put it out of action. Armies cannot do without railways nowadays, and the next line, northward means a retreat of :ten miles. With a preoccupation so anxious and with the dire knowledge of 16.000 unwounded men lost as prisoners and several scores of thou- fiands more killed or wounded on this narrow front, we may be sure that the Ger- man commanders would do their very best. If they have been unable, not merely to attempt any serious counter-offensive but to stem the progress of the French assaults, it is assuredly for lack of some or all of the three essentials I have named-men, ma- terial, spirit and skill. GERMAN MISREPRESENTATIONS. The following French official communica- tion has been received for publication by the London Press Bureau: "The mot d'ordre in Germany is decidedly to reduce at all costs the importance of the success attained by the Allies in the North of France and in Champagne. At ono moment German newspapers proclaim that the masses of French troops were broken against the unconquerable resistance of the battalions of the 65th Bavarian Reserve Regiment of the Rhine and the 158th In- fantry Regiment of Westphalia.' At another they speak of a division which was compelled to fall back on its second line in both cases the object is to give the impression that the numbers engaged on the side of the Germans 'Was very small. The puerility of these artifices shows a singular want of moral courage. The prisoners made by us in Artois belong to thirty-six (Ufferent regiments, and those taken in Champagne to fifty-six dif- ferent regiments, making a total of ninety- two regiments of infantry alone, for we do not include in this count prisoners belonging to other arms, such as artillery, pioneers, etc. Whilst the French Press has intention- ally refrained from exaggerating the im- portance of the success gained, the German Press has shown in the last few days how impossible it is for them to get over their misfortune."
- - -10 /' MUNITION WORKERS…
-1 0 MUNITION WORKERS FINED. I Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister of Muni- tions, was complainant in a case heard at a general court of the Metropolitan Muni- tions Tribunal held before Mr. R. Wallace, K.C., at Caxton Hall, Westminster. Mr. Comyns Carr, who appeared for Mr. Lloyd George, said that the charge against the respondents, who numbered ten, was that they went on strike. The men's em- ployers were engineers, and the respondents went on strike on a differance regarding the reinstatement of two men who had been dis- charged by the firm on grounds with which these ten men apparently did not agree. The particular work on which they were en- gaged was the chipping of propellers of various ships of war, and the damage to the work was serious and substantial. The men were out on strike five davs. The men said that they dia not go out on strike. They "ceased work" not for five but for four days. It was pointed out that the men had worked very hard since they went back. Mr. Wallace observed that the right to strike in war time had ceased, and he wfs sure men at such a crisis would not wish to do anything detrimental to the country. It was serious, Phowever, and it must be known that such conduct could not be per- mitted. The court had the power to fine a man £ 5 for each day, but in this case th3 fine would be 20s. in each case.
I .-4 RENDER UNTO CAESAR.*
I -4 RENDER UNTO CAESAR.* Robert Macdonald, an insurance agent, pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff's Court, to having refused to fill up a National Registration form. He said he declined because the war was contrary to the teachings of Christ, and therefore being registered for the purpose of war was also contrary to those teach- ings. in Sheriff Thomson: If Caesar requeets you to sign a declaration sign it and render unto Cseear the things that are Ccesar's. Defendant was fined < £ 5 or 20 days, and was allowed one month in which to pay. Macdonald: I decline to pay. I will gladly go to prison for the Master's sake.
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A pedigree Berkshire boar is being pre- sented by the Reading Corporation to the Committee for the Agricultural Relief of our Allies. -V r. and Ma., Mr. and Mrs. Magenis, of Walworth, {xnidoft. have been congratulated by the -Ning on having seven sons serving in the Army and v --=.J_
THE CENSORSHIP.I THE CESORSHIP.…
THE CENSORSHIP. I THE CESORSHIP. I HOME SECRETARY REPLIES TO CRITICISMS. The Home Secretary has written the | following letter to a correspondent with reference to the Press Censorship;- The terms in which public reference has been made during the last few days to the censoring of Mr John Buchan's contribu- tion to the "Times" describing recent fight- ing on the Western front have created a widespread impression that such contribu- tions are censored by the Press Bureau. This impression is wholly mistaken. The Press Bureau is the target for much criti- cism, and as long as the criticism is con- fined to complaints on matters of detail the directors of the Bureau have accepted these reproaches, even though in most cases they arose out of rules which they do not make and have no authority to alter. But when the allegation is that the Press Bureau deliberately excises references to the bravery of German troops, that it sets itself to exaggerate good news or to conceal dis- agreeable news, it is necessary in the public interest that the real facts should be known. At the express wish of Sir John French everything that is written by accredited newspaper correspondents at the front is submitted to censors appointed by him at General Headquarters in France, and the Press Bureau is instructed to accept their censorship as final. Consequently, what- ever Mr. Buchan wrote was censured by individuals for whom the Press Bureau has no responsibility whatever, and the article handed to the "Times" for publication was in exactly the same form as that in which it reached this country. This is, I think, quite well understood by some of those who complain of the excisions, but it is not in the least understood by the mass of the public, and it is time it is made plain. If there be faults to criticise, and if there be improvements to secure, criticism is idle and improvement is impossible so, long as the Press Bureau is treated as the author of what is constantly complained of. There is a second mistake which is con- stantly made in the public discussion of the censorship. It seems to be supposed that the Press Bureau exercises its own judgment as to the class of news which should be withhheld from publication. The actual facts are completely different. When a newspaper submits copy to the Bureau the copy is examined with a view to seeing whether what it is proposed grto publish offends against any of a. series of prohibi- tions which the War Office, the Admiralty, or other Government Department concerned thinks it important to enforce. The Press Bureau is not the author of any of these prohibitions; it is merely the medium by which they are announced and applied. There is, I believe, only one principle on which the rules laid down by these different departments are framed, viz., that nothing should be published which could assist the enemy. No doubt that principle would be most accurately applied if it was possible for one highly skilled individual to read the whole of the material submitted in a con- tinuous stream night and day by every news- paper office and from correspondents in all parts of the world, and for that one in- dividual then to exercise a personal judg- ment on each separate sentence. That, however, is manifestly impracticable. Con- sequently, the work has to be done by a large staff (most of whom, I may observe in passing, are appointed by the War Office or the Admiralty, who do their best to apply the general rules laid down to the matter submitted. It no doubt happens from time to time that the particular individual who is trying to apply these rules makes a. slip. All that can be said on that head is that the direc- tors of the Press Bureau do their very best to reduce such mistakes to a minimum. It is doubtless an extremely convenient arrangement, when national necessity re- quires that a Press censorship should be set up, to be provided with a whipping boy, particularly if he will stand a good deal of castigation without flinching. The directors of the Press Bureau have cheerfully endured much belabouring which, whether it was deserved or not, was mcst certainly not deserved by them. As the Home Secretary (after consultation with the Press) appointed the directors, lie is rightly expected to take the responsibility for those appointments; but the principle upon which the Bureau is constituted is that in time of war the fighting departments must them- selves decide what censorship is needed if the enemy is not to be assisted And that principle would appear to be unassailable.
A FATHER'S PRIDE. I
A FATHER'S PRIDE. I In acknowledging a letter from the Rev. H. Brierley, minister of Quadrant Congre- gational Church, Highbury, London, the Rev. J. H. Robinson, of St. Paul's Congre- gational Church, Wigan, father of Captain Leonard Robinson, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed at the Dardanelles, writes:— "He was a good boy, honest, fearless, square, and he seemed to have his foot on the bottom rung of the ladder, and was be- ginning to climb. Now he's gone. "Still, I would rather he died a hero's death than live the coward's life. His two other brothers are in it. "I sometimes shrink from the future. I have trodden the lonely way before, and have gone through many a dark night, but the morning has always come. I'm waiting for the morning."
PREMIER'S MESSAGE TO FIFE.…
PREMIER'S MESSAGE TO FIFE. I The following message was received on Saturday from the Prime Minister by the East Fife Liberal delegates at Ladybank: "Had I been able to join you I know that I should have found in Fife the same unity of aim and spirit of steadfastness which animates the country from one end to the other. This spirit of fixed deterlhination, at no matter what sacrifice, to carry the war to a victorious conclusion has never wavered from the first moment we took up arms at the call of duty, and no momentary difficul- ties can for an instant weaken it."
DANGEROUS WAR RELIC.I
DANGEROUS WAR RELIC. William Atkinson, telephone clerk, of Shelley road, Preston, was on Sunday examining the fuse cap of a German shell examining th-e fuee ca E i. m as a curio, w h en which had been given him as a curio, when it fell to the kitchen floor. A violent ex- plosion followed, and Atkinson, his mother, his daughter, and a neighbour were seriously injured. All were taken to hospital. The kitchen windows were blown out, and the walls and ceiling damaged.
INSECTS' APPETITES.I
INSECTS' APPETITES. I If a baby had the appetite of a young potato beetle it would eat from fifty to one hundred pounds of food every twenty-four hours. If a horse ate as much as a cater. pillar, in proportion to its size, it would con- sume a ton of hay every twenty-four hours. A caterpillar eats twice its weight of leaves every day; but a potato beetle devours every day at least five times its weight of foliage, every bit of which represents just so much money to the farmer. The most destructive of all insects, however, is the grasshopper, which, when in good health, consumes in a day ten times its weight .,f vegetation. No wonder that whole districts are devastated by its multitudinous swarms.
DRESS OF THE DAY.!
DRESS OF THE DAY. A SMART USEFUL SKIRT. 'Separate skirts are quite a feature of tho. dress display in most of the big West End shops just now, and most of them are both smart and practical in style. Now a separate skirt is really a necessity for every woman who studies economy. To use the skirt of a costume for morning or after- noon wear in the house is the sheerest ex- travagance, for a very short amount of such wear makes it look shabby and out of shape, when a smart and probably expensive costume is completely ruined for the sake of the few shillings necessary to purchase material for an "odd" skirt to wear with blouses and shirts. Such skirts are quite easy to make, far easier than a blouse, as a matter of fact, so there is no reason* why every woman, however small her dress allowance, should not possess one, for the [Refer to X 639.] I cost of the material is not a serious matter. Our sketch shows one of the newest and most attractive examples of the separate skirt. It may be carried out in serge, tweed, frieze, covert coating, whipcoard, or gabardine. This skirt is made with a small yoke which is shaped and finished to repre- sent a deep band. This yoke is machined all round the edges and ends in a point in front, which is ornamented by a large button and buttonhole. The skirt itself is wide and is gathered on the yoke, the greater part of the fullness being arranged to come over the hips and at the back. This model is cut to clear the ground by six or eight inches, and is a particularly comfortable skirt for walking. EARLY WINTER MATERIALS. I Early winter fashions are rapidly pushing the purely autumn or demi-saison garments aside. The materials used for these new toilettes are simple and practical so far as the plain morning costume is concerned, and are rich and handsome for the after- noon toilette. In the former case blue serge is the first favourite, whilst next in popu- larity come such materials as frieze, tweed, homespun, covert coating, velours cloth, whipcord, and, more occasionally, gabar- dine. A NEAT CAMISOLE. I The complete change that has come over fashions in general during the last twelve months has made it necessary for the would- be smart woman to practise many unusual adventures in re-making and re-modelling. Skirts have suddenly increased in width from a little over a yard to three, four, and even six yards. Bodices have correspond- ingly shrunk, so that the fashionable cor- sage often shows little more than a beli. [Refer to X 640;] I and a couple of shoulder straps oft tho material over a blouse of some gossamer fabric, and this change has affected even our underwear. Our sketch shows a dainty little camisole which has been specially de- signed for woollen fabrics. It is out round at the neck and trimmed1 with lace and feather-elf tching. The elbow sleeves are set in Raglan style, and a small basque adds the finishing touch to this dainty little garment. THE FAVOURITE COLOURS. I The favourite colour schemes of the hour are subdued in tone. Neutral shades are well to the fore, and even when colour is used it is generally deep and quiet. For outdoor wear, more especially where the plain, tailored costume is 'concerned, such shades are used as African brown, the latest development of our old favourite "nigger" brown; a very dark shade of mole colour; navy blue, and crow blue; various deep tones of wine colour; hunter's green, and a new green shade that is almost exactly the colour of some of the Italian uniforms; and Garibaldi red, a peculiarly dark, rich tone. Of course all shades of grey are well to the fore, more especially the charming tone known as oyster grey. Black, n?Ul.? tone say, is much worn, and so, too, are shep- herd's plaid mixtures. In the house one does occasionally see rather brighter colours such as moss green; Saxe and a sort of pea. cock blue; a dull, soft old rose; and two or three tones of rather light brown or tan. On the other hand, touches of bright eoloul are frequently introduced into otherwise sombre toilettes by means of the popular worsted embroidery which is often worked in almost crudely brilliant tones. This em- broidery is generally used in the form of bands or of spare or oblong motifs* Paper patterns can be supplied, price 6Jd. When ordering, please quote number, en- close remittance, and addre-ss to Miss Lisle, -8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.
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A vivid description of the horrors of a locust invasion at Jerusalem is given by the American Consul. The onward march of the devastating insects, he says,, was "more terrible than an army with bannets," As far as the eye could reach the fields were ctfVered by the locusts, and even the street in front of the American Consulate had the appearance, in the movement of the green and black mass, of a flowing river. The orange gardens, vineyards, and orchards suffered most severely.
FALL OF BELGRADE.
FALL OF BELGRADE. SERBIAN CAPITAL OCCUPIED BY GERMAN TROOPS. Belgrade is once mora in the hands of the enemy. German troops are reported to have entered the Serbian capital. after violent fighting in the streets of the city. Belgrade is on the Danube and Save, just opposite Austrian territory, and, being un- fortified, could not have been long held against the Austro-German forces, which are stated to number half a million men. Field. Marshal von Mackensen is in command. I DESPERATE FIGHTING. In a message to the "Daily Telegraph" from Milan, Mr. A. Beaumont says Austro- German troops have taken Belcr-ade in the course of three days' fighting, in which the Serbian resistance was such as to cost the invaders dearly. Even German accounts state that every inch of the ground was hotly disputed, and a handful of Serl-ian heroes who defended the new Konak and citadel, and continued fighting in the streets, as they were driven back by the overwhelming masses, fought with despera- tion. German troops now realise that General Potiorek and his Austrian army, when de- feated last year, were up against an enemy who knows how to fight. Even now that Belgrade has had to be given up, owing to the overwhelming superiority of the enemy's artillery, accord- ing to the latest reports fighting was still going on stubbornly last Saturday in the streets and suburbs south of Belgrade. The main efforts of the Austro-Germame will be directed to opening a passage south. eastward along the valley of the Morava. In the direction of Nish their left wing is commanded by General von Gallwitz, whilst Field-Marshal von Mackensen is commander- in-chief. On the other hand, it is denied that the Tear Ferdinand has nominated ^reneTaj Jekoff as commander of the Bul- farian Army. The chief command, in fact, has again been placed in the hands of Gene- ral Savóff, his obedient instrument in June, 1913, who, it may be hoped, will march to a more utter defeat than he did then. —— —-
THE GREEK POLICY. I
THE GREEK POLICY. I The following French communication has been received by wireless at the Press Bureau:— "M. Athos Romanos, the Greek Minister in Paris, has visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to make a communication in the name of his Government. He has officially declared that the new Cabinet would follow the policy of that which pre- ceded it. "Further, that Greece desired to remain for as long as possible in a state of armed neutrality, but that this neutrality, as re- gards the Quadruple Entente, would be cha- racterised by the most complete and the most sincere benevolence. "A similar demarche hasl been made by the Greek Ministers to the other Powers of the Quadruple Entente. "The Bulgarian Minister has left Paris. On the quay one of his secretaries exclaimed before everybody, It is all over; we are off to this miserable war. GERMAN TREACHERY TO GREECE. I The "Patris" (an Athens journal) has been informed through a diplomatic source that on July 17 an agreement was signed at Sofia between Prince Hohenlohe (for Ger- many) and Bulgaria, in which Germany agreed to award the whole of Albania and Macedonia (both Serbian and Greek) to Belgaria. The British Minister here has information that this German-Bulgar agree- ment satisfies all Bulgarian aspirations. The Minister informed the Greek Govern- ment of the existence of this treaty. This information caused consternation (says the Athens correspondent of the "Daily News") because the local pro-Ger- mans have published a statement that if Greece remains neutral she has nothing to fear either from Germany or Bulgaria.
WOMAN WHO POSED AS "LADY GLYN."!
WOMAN WHO POSED AS "LADY GLYN." Mrs. Mary Genn, a fashionably-dressed young woman who, it was alleged, posed aa a lady of title and forged three cheques, ob- taining goods from West-End firms, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the second division at Marylebone Police- court on Monday. At the previous hearing evidence was called to show that the accused, who was Irrested at Torquay, ordered goods on ap- proval, and gave as an address "Lady Glyn, Majestic Hotel, Harrogate." Her cheque was returned marked "No account." It was stated that her correct name was Mrs. Cook- son, and that her husband was in Africa. Mrs. Georgina Cobell, of Westmoreland- mansions, New Cavendish-street, said she first met the prisoner six months ago in a restaurant, when they lunched together. She invited the prisoner to dinner, and as the 'woman was then staying at Wevbridge, wit- ness invited her to stay the night, as it was getting rather late. Next day witness re- ceived her cheque-book from the bank, and placed i^Jn a bureau drawer. ? Later she found thW it was missing. Detective-Inspector Sanders said that he had found that the prisoner had taken to the morphia, and drug habit. Mr. Pfahl, for the defence, asked the magistrate to deal with the case as one of false pretences. The prisoner's husband was in Central Africa, and a oable had been sent to him asking him to send money to his wife. When the money arrived the prosecutors would be reimbursed. The prisoner had dis- covered the cheque-book among her, things, but had no recollection of taking it. She had given way to drink and the drug habit, and during the week's remand had been kept in the prison infirmary at the doctor's suggestion. The magistrate agreed to deal with the case as one of false pretences, and passed the sentence stated above.
HON. CHAS. MILLS. M.P., KILLED.I
HON. CHAS. MILLS. M.P., KILLED. I The Hop. Charles Mills, M.P. for Ux- bridge, has been killed in action. He is the-sixth member of Parliament who has fallen in the war, the others being Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart, Capt. T. Agar- Robartes, Captain O'Neill, Lieut. Glad- stone, and Captain Cawley. Mr. Mills, who was the eldest son and heir of Lord Hillingdon, was born on March 13, 1887. He was elected representa- tive (Unionist) of. the Uxbridge Division of Middlesex in 1910. He was 'a partner in the banking firm of Glyn, Mills, Currie and Co.
KING AND LIEUT. WARNEFORD'SDEATHI
KING AND LIEUT. WARNEFORD'SDEATH I Mrs. Corkery, the mother of the late $ub-Lieutenant Warneford, V.C., has re- ceived the following letter from the King: Buckingham Palace, Oct. 5, 1915. It is a matter of sincere regret to me that the death of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Alexander John Warneford de- prived me of the pride of personally con- ferring upon him the Victoria Cross, the greatest of all naval distinctions. Ueorge, K.I. I
WOMAN'S REFUSAL TO REGISTER.
WOMAN'S REFUSAL TO REGISTER. Refusal to register under the National Registration Act, followed by an assault upon a police-sergeant who visited her shop to levy a distraint for an unpaid fine, led to the appearance on Tuesday before the Croydon magistrates of Amelia Elizabeth Hewitt, fifty, of Upper Green, Mitcham, a milliner. The officer told the magistrates that the woman flew at him, attempted to kick him, and finally bit his thumb so badly that it had to be cauterised. The Bench im- posed a fine of E5, and ordered the woman to be kept in custody till the money was paid. Her brother sub6equently paid the fine.
AN OLD WOMAN'S SORROW.
AN OLD WOMAN'S SORROW. Ellen Weston, seventy-five, of no home, and looking very feeble and weak, was charged at West London Police-court on Tuesday with begging. She walked with the aid of a stick, and with prreat difficulty climbed into the dock. A policeman said that he ir-rested her becauslfshe asked a lady for a penny to buy food. Prisoner (bursting into tears) I have lost my three boys within the last month- two of them at the front and the other at- sea. I had Is. 7d. in my purse, but I must have lost it; so I sang a little song, and a lady gave me 5d. for a night's lodging. I have been a total abstainer for two years. I fainted on a doorstep, and a lady gave me a drop of brandy. The magistrate asked the court mis- sionary to see what he could do for her.
SOLDIERS FOR FARM WORK.
SOLDIERS FOR FARM WORK. The Board of Agriculture have been in- formed by the Army Council that in view of the possible shortage of agricultural labour for the autumn cultivations, fur- loughs will be given at the discretion of the military authorities, and as circumstances may permit, to a limited number of soldiers of the New Armies and of the Territorial Force who have been accustomed to work farm horses. The furlough granted to each soldier will last only for such number of days, not exceeding four weeks, as he is actually required for the work. Applications from farmers who desire to- employ soldiers must be made as soon as possible to the Board of Trade Labour Ex- changes, when the application will be trans- mitted to the military authorities.
REV. R. J. CAMPBELL'S FUTURE.
REV. R. J. CAMPBELL'S FUTURE. The Rev. R. J. Campbell, the distin. guished preacher of the City Temple, London, took his farewell of the London pulpit on Sunday. Mr. Campbell went to the City Temple some twelve years ago, suc- ceeding to the pastorate on the death of Dr. Parker. He is now re-entering the Church of England. In taking his farewell he said:- "I am going back to the troops and the field hospitals in France for about two- months, and after that I hope to secure a few weeks of quiet and retirement before., entering upon any new duties. "I am about to return to communion with the Church of England, after an interval of twenty years spent in the Nonconformist ministry," continued Mr. Campbell. "A little later I expect to receive ordination at the hands of the Bishop of Birmingham, and to be attached to the cathedral church in that city. "Between the bishop and myself close sympathy exists on meet questions? and in r,ytpathy him I am going to a friend. Into my reasons for taking this step I will not enter now. i "But for the war I should have felt justi- a fied in taking a prolonged rest; as it is, I must not. I feel strongly that at this hour of grave peril to our Motherland, and or universal grief and affliction, every man and woman who can render any service, however small, is morally bound to do it.-
' LONDON LAMPS TO BE BRIGHTER.
LONDON LAMPS TO BE BRIGHTER. The following statement has been issued by the Press Bureau:— As the result of the new lighting order and of the arrangements discussed at a con- ference with the lighting authorities held at the Home Office last week, the private and shop lighting of the London area has been brought generally within the required limits, which must continue to be observed. This, however, has had the effect of marteri&llv reducing the total illumination of the streets, and since the object to be attained by the reduction of lighting is not a near approach to complete darkness, but a uniform degree of subdued illumination throughout the area, it is believed that, in the process of equalisation which is now proceeding, the public lighting of both the main and the side strets may be somewhat increased. Any changes in this direction must, how- ever, be made only on the instructions given by the Commissioners of the Metropolitan .and City Police on the advice of the Anti- Aircraft Department of the Admiralty who have made and will continue to make ob. servations to ascertain what degree of lighting may be permitted. The Commissioner of Police desires to em- phasise the need for caution both by drivers of vehicles and by foot passengers. He has urged the local authorities to assist the trafflo by whitening street refuges and kerbs at street corners, and this course has already been followed by several borough councils with excellent results.
WORRIED OVER REGISTRATION.
WORRIED OVER REGISTRATION. George James Jobbings, an unmarried man, twenty-four years of age, hanged him- self at Reading because he was afraid that he would have to join the Army. He be- came depressed after filling up the National Register form At the inquest a verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned. —————- -——'——'
IMPORTANT GAINS NORTH-EAST…
IMPORTANT GAINS NORTH-EAST OF LOOS. I HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES. The following dispatch, dated 7.20 p.m., October 9, has been received from Field- Marshal Sir John French. It was issued from the Press Bureau late on Saturday night,- 1. Since my communique on October 4 the enemy has constantly shelled our new trenches south of the La Bassee Canal, and has made repeated bombing attacks on the southern portion of the Hohenzollern Re- doubt, which is held by us, These attacks have all been repulsed. 2. In spite of the enemy's artillery fire, we have pushed our trenches steadily forward north-east of Loos, between Hill 70 and Hulluch, and have gained ground varying from 500 to 1,000 yards in depth. 3. Yesterday afternoon the enemy heavily bombarded the whole of the area we have recently won from him, and followed this by an attack in successive waves of infantry on the whole front from the south of Loos to Hohenzollern Redoubt. This attack has been everywhere repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. We gained possession by counter- attack of a German trench 500 yards west of cite St. Elie. 4. Great numbers of the enemy's dead are lying in front of our line, Our losses are comparatively slight.
ATTACKERS MOWN DOWN.
ATTACKERS MOWN DOWN. "VERY SEVERE REVERSE", INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY. On Monday night the Press Bureau issued the following despatch from Sir John French, dated Headquarters, October 11, 7.28 p.m. "Further fnidrmation shows tnst. ine Ger- man attack on our front south of the La Bassee Canal on the 8th was made in great strength. "The main German efforts were directed against the chalk pit north of Hill 70 and between Hulluch and the Hohenzollern Re- doubt. "In the chalk pit attack the enemy assembled behind some woods which lie from 300 to 500 yards off our trenches. Between these woods and our line the attack was mown down by combined rifle, machine-gun, and artillery fire, not a man getting to within forty yards of our trenches. "Further to the north, between Hulluch and the Quarries the attack was similarly beaten off with very heavy loss, and here our troops, following up the beaten enemy, secured a German trench west of Cit6 St. Elie. "The enemy only succeeded in penetrating our front line at one point in the southern communication trench of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, which is still in our hands. Here he was promptly driven out by our bombers. "Our reserves were not required at any part of the front. It is certain that we in- flicted a very severe reverse on the, enemy. "Our own casualties prove to be even less than the first low estimate. "The report in the German communique of the 9th that a strong British attack north- east of VerireIIes failed, with great loss, is entirely false. No attacks were made and no losses were incurred other than those de- scribed above. "Yesterday eleven fights in the air took place, in nine of which our airmen were successful. One hostile aeroplane was driven to the ground in the enemy's iines and was almost certainly destroyed. "This morning another enemy machine was brought down in our lines. We lost one aeroplane." HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES. The furious nature of the German counter- attack upon the British and French fronts before Loos may be judged from the state- ment in the French official communique that the number of enemy dead left on the field in front of the Allied lines was between seven and eight thousand. The force, from three to four divisions strong, whieh carried out the principal assault, was completely re- pulsed and dispersed.
SEAMEN WHO -SHIRKED.I
SEAMEN WHO SHIRKED. I At Greenwich Police-court on Saturday two seamen of the steamship Vancouver, V W. Lock and R. McNeil, were each fined R4 and k3 3s. costs, for refusing to obey the master's command to go aloft and keep a lookout for submarines. McNeil told the magistrate that he did not think it safe to go aloft. "A man might fall asleep and fail off," he said, "if he was there for two hours. A better look- out could be kept from the bridge, because a iaan's attention would not be engaged in holding on." Lock said he refused because, in the event of a submarine attack, the man in the cross- trees would have the poorest chance of saving him?cif. s a v?n Duckworth (prosecuting): Your idea was the safety of your own skin. Did it occur to you that you were sent aloft to help to secure the safety of your mates?— Yes. And practically you said you would not do that because it was a danger to you?— Not at all. I pointed out to the captain a safer and more efficient place for a lookout. The master explained that the crosstreea was a flat plate of iron, 27ft. above the deck. There were no side or back sup- ports. Mr. Symmons, the magistrate, in fining the men, said that the captain's order was a proper one, and that there was no special risk in the ororstrees.
MAID'S BEQUEST TO MISTRESS.…
MAID'S BEQUEST TO MISTRESS. I Miss Mary Watkins, a nonagenarian ser- vant, of Quay-street, Haverfordwest, has just died, leaving the very considerable for- tune of il,700. Of this sum she bequeathed £1,300 to a former mistress, Miss Lewis, Milford Haven, and by a codicil to her will she left .2400 to,the Vicar of St. Mary's, Haverfordwest. At the time of her death X290 wa.s found in gold in a box in the old lady's room. Her friends and neighbours thought Miss Watkins extremely poor. She lived in a most frugal manner denying herself all the luxuries and many of the necessaries of life, and even insisting, at the age of eighty- nine, on doing her own washing-. Miss Watkins spent nearly all her life in domestic service with well-known county families. She appears to have always hoarded gold, and when the war broke out watched more vigilantly than ever a box containing sovereigns. For years she never allowed anyone to disturb her room.
REGISTERED PERSONS MISMN(I.I
REGISTERED PERSONS MISMN(I. I 4&- There has been an extraordinary develop- ment in Birmingham in connection with the national registration certificates. About 10,000 have been returned, the Post Office having been unable to find the addressee at the address given on the enumeration forms. It is supposed that the majority of the people are those who have changed their place of abode since the middle of August, and have not notified the fact. Neglect to do this is a punishable offence. It is also pointed out that' people who are not in possession of a certificate of registration are liable to a heavy penalty.
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Two workmen who stopped work without permission and thereby rendered a hundred workers idle for two hours, have been each. fined £3 at a sitting of the Munitions Tribunal at Glasgow. A Newcaertle-on-Tyne licensee named Robert Watson has been fined Z5 for per- mitting treating. A man who ordered three glasses of beer was fined 20s. and two men who drank with him 10s. each. Trooper Frederick Blane, of the Windsor A" Squadron, Berkshire Yeomanry, who was 6ft. 71in. in height and the tallest man in the regiment, has died of wounds in Alexandria at the age of twenty-five.
SIR OSWALD MOSLEY DEAD.I
SIR OSWALD MOSLEY DEAD. I Sir Oswald Mosley was found dead in bed on Sunday at his Sussex house, Abingworth, Thakeham. Sir Oswald, who was sixty- seven years of age, was a keen agriculturist and a famous breeder of Shire horses, Short- horns, and sheep. He was a regular ex- hibitor at the Smithfield shows, and an ex- lrosidcnt of the Smithfield Club. He was descendant of Sir Nicholas Mosley, who was Lord Mayor" of London in the last year of the sixteenth century, and whose brother laid the foundation of the commercial prosperity of Manchester. Sir Oswald, who was the fourth baronet, bore a remarkable likeness to the traditional figure of John Bull.
SEVENTY-TWO HOURS' AAVAGF.…
SEVENTY-TWO HOURS' AAVAGF. CONFLICT. There is a change in the situation on ther Russian front. In a despatch sent from Petrograd on Monday the Petrograd corre- spondent of the "Morning Post" says that the heavy fighting in the Dvinsk region con- tinues, the Germans daily losing men with- out gaining any compensating advantages. Round the village of Garbunowka, north- west of Dvinsk, an incessant and most savage conflict has been in progress for over seventy-two hours. Positions here have changed hands several times, the Russians, during one of the last attacks capturing 25{). Germans with seven Maxims. On Saturday night, however, the Germans moved up more- artillery and compelled the Russians to evacuate their, positions about this village. A mile or two further west the Russians. checked what looked like a German success, and compelled the enemy to abandon their attack near Poschiline. These places ar&. distant from Dvinsk ten or a dozen miles, and the object of the German attacks here is to secure access to the River Dwina below that town. Several weeks of invaluable time have been lost round Dvinsk. and the German centre, after moving up to line with the wings, has for some ..n days past remained' quiescent. The centre, which a month ago was double the strength of either wing, is being held back until one or both wings force a way forward again, or else the centre has been so weakened by the transfer of the drafts needed to support the wings that it is incapable of further exertion at present. A COSSACK CHARGE. The fighting has again extended into the- Bukowina, where the Cossacks once &:Dte- exhibited the superiority of their peculiar tactics as horsemen. The enemy attacked' the Russians east of Buczacz, when the Cos- sacks delivered one of their characteristic charges, the so-called Lava. No enemy in. this or any other war has ever evolved any satisfactory method of dealing with this peculiar form of cavalry attack. On the. present occasion the enemy broke and fled. Napoleon, in person, to say nothing of his hardy veteran troops, was no match for the Cossack Lava, and barely escaped being- taken prisoner on one occasion when this charge was resorted to. The effect which such an attack has upon Austrian troops may readily be imagined.
AN EXPENSIVE JOKE.
AN EXPENSIVE JOKE. A man named John Blaxill Tonkin, who said he came from Australia to join the' Navy, and obtained a position as canteen manager on board the British cruiser- Aurora, was fined £10 at Harwich Police- court on Tuesday for making statements prejudicial to recruiting. Captain de Crespigny, the assistant pro- vost-maishal of Harwich, told the magis- trates that two soldiers were being arrested on Monday afternoon, and Tonkin, while watching the struggle between military and police, shouted, "That's British! That will teach you to join the Army!" To the women in the crowd he said: "Tell your* brotherg not to join the Army." He said in court that his statements were made as a joke.
MAN'S DEATH IN STRANGER'S…
MAN'S DEATH IN STRANGER'S HOUSE A story of a remarkable nature was told at an inquest on Saturday in the Islington. Coroner's Court of how a doctor's widow on. returning home found a dying man lying on the hearth in her room. t On Tuesday evening Mrs. Rose, the widow of a medical man, living at Hornsey-road, on going into her room found on the hearth in front of the fire a man who appeared to be the worse for drink. She called assist- ance, and as the man was thought to be the husband of one of the lodgers in the house- he was allowed to remain. Later other lodgers came in, and the man being un- known to any of them the police were called, when it was found that he was dead-i He was subsequently identified as Stephen Dormes, eixty-nve, a Kew South Wales- builder, who had been living at Ringcroft- street, Holloway-road. He and his family were on a viait to London when the war broke out, and they were unable to continue the journey. Dr. Michael, of Holloway-road, said that death was due to cerebral hemorrhage, and a verdict, to that effect was returned.
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A scheme is being organised in Washing- ton to send 5,000,000 American apples to th& Allies' roldiets on the western front. When a Glasgow workman who had been idle for three weeks applied to the Munitions Tribunal for his clearance certificate, a. shipbuilding firm said that he could get it at the works. The court described the action as grossly unfair to the man.: