The Cambria Daily Leader

SERVICES AT LAN GLAND BAY I Quite interesting services are held every morning on the Sands at Langland Bay in connection with the children's seaside mission. The children take a keen interest in the competition, for which prizes are given for the best essays, drawings, and snnd texts. An improvised pulpit is built of sand. and decorated with a profusion of flowers, which present quite a pleaeing appearance. The services are conducted by Mr. W. H. Willcocks, B.Sc., assisted by a number of workers. The children met on Friday at Oystermouth Castle, where a very in- teresting mtetiiig was held.

DUMP BLOWS UP Great Damage at Bailleul. BRITISH VICTIMS. LILLE, Friday. An English munition dump near Ba illeul blew up yesterday. A recently reconstructed part of the town has been razed to the ground. Numerous inhabitants have been buried in the debris, and three bodies have been already taken out. There are twenty wounded, including British soldiers.—Exchange.

KNOCKED DOWN. Swansea Traveller Injured at Neath. NEATII, Saturday. Wm. King, aged 65, traveller, residing in Terrace-road, Swansea, was knocked down by a motor cycle on the Neath Abbey road at 10.30 this morning, and sustained severe injuries to the head. He was attended to by Dr. R. Jones, and afterwards conveyed to Swansea Hospital.

AFGHANISTAN. Peace Signed at 11 a.m. on Friday. The India Office issues the following.— The Government of India have informed the Secretary of State that ppace with Afghanistan was signed at 11 a.m. on Fri, day August 8th.

CASSEL CAMP. a- Surrender of Brutal Com- mander Demanded. COPENHAGEN, Friday, Aug. 8. It is reported from Berlin that the, Allies have claimed the first of the energy* prisoners who arc to take their trial for violations cf international law. The one whose surrender is demanded is the German General Kruska, comman- der of the prison camp of C'assel. He is accused of responsibility for epidemic of typhus which caused the death of 3,000 French prisoners of war,— Exchange

PT'f'\OV/£LL, K.S.I. -i DSed/m Way From Salonika: Buried at Sea. If the parents of Pte. Powell, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Cyclist Bat- talion, wish to have any information reo guarding him, and also of his death on April 22nd last, two days after leaving Salonika, and his burial at sea^—his parents reside at Swansea—Mr. E.. H Griffiths, Picton Villa, Sketty, has S message to convey to them it they will communicate with him. Pte. Powell was, before he left Salonika, in K Ward III., 43rd General Hospital, Salonika, with a severe attack of malaria.

BARE LEGS. ■ ■ Paris Fashion Reaches London. Look! cried the girl suddenly. "Where? What?" asked her friend, startled. In front of you. That woman she's got Hare legs II And so she had—shapely, pinkish-white legs and feet slipped into white suede shoes. People coming towards her ap- t)eared to notice nothing unusual in the. appearance of the nicely dressed young woman, but the attention of the girl who followed her was attracted by the sharp- cut look of the- unclothed ankle and the unusual appenranee of the upper part of the heel. It was a hot day, and every woman knows the price of silk stockings is dread. ful. and they wear into holes every min- ute. Still, bare legs-and in London Wall, sarred to business! It was Paris (says the Daily Mail 'hat started the fashion. There, as our Paris correspondent said on Monday, bare legs have been hailed as a sensible protest AfTainst- the excessive cost of living M ngles actresses in New York, by of cf- ipromise. stencil a pattern on

SWANSEA HOUSE SOLD. The freehold house. No. 53, Malvern- terrace, Swansea, has been sold privately by Mr. Astley Samuel, and consequently will not be offered by public Auction on the 16th inst.. as' advertised. The whole of the valuable furniture will still be sold by auction -iF-

PREMIER AND TITLE. It is stated in well-informed circles that had Mr Lloyd George been iso- minded he would have become a Knight of the Garter instead of n member of the, Order of Merit The King. it is said. actiiallv invited him to accept the greater dignity. It was found, how- ever, that no untitled. personage had ever been admitted to the Garter, and the Prime Minister, who has no reai likine for titles, informed his Majesty that lie would Prefer the Order of Merit

TENBY SCENES. Street scenes at Tenby during an clu- tertainment at De Valence Gardens an July 12 resulted in three lads-TIH',s. Richards. Samuel Glanville, and George Rees—being charged at the local court with assaulting the police. Richards and Glanville were each fined 30s., and, together with Rees, were bound over for six months. A charge against William Bentley, R.A.F.. Milt.on Aerodrome, of assaulting the police was dismissed. Ratford Richards, James Wiliiams, and Benjamin Richards, were each fined £ 1 and hound over for six months unon ?similar charg8.

THE PREMIER. ——— .—— May Visit Swansea I in October. No date has yet been fixed for the visit of the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George) to Swansea to receive the freedom of the borough, but the Premier s plans are that he shall pay a series of visits to the provinces during the latter part of September and the early weeks of October, in what will in reality be a triumphant progress through the country. As far as can be gauged at present, and judging from the definite arrangements that have already been made, the chances are that Swansea's visit will come some time in October

PARK INCIDENT. I Morriston Demobbed I Man in Hospital. ¡ A discharged soldier named W. Evans, of Caemawr, Morriston, come in ior some rough handling in the proximity of Park jj Llewelyn on Friday evening. It is said that Evans spoke to two young girls, who accompanied him from I Cwm Level up as far as the lowest en- trance to the park. When they reached this spot the gate was locked, as it was now approaching 10 o'clock. Stae people followed. He was found later with his head and I face badly cut. He was taken to the Swansea Hospital and detained. When spoken to one of the little girls I said that the man did not do anything to them, but gave them a few coppers and sweets.

I CAUGHT BY TRAIN. ) I Uaiui:?3 Signalman's Serious Accident. I An extraordinary accident occurred at the Junction Signal Box, Llandilo, on Friday. Signalman Meshach Jones had left the box and crossed the line to give the staff to what he took for the Carmar- then train. After he had crossed the line he saw that the approaching train was j that for LIanelly. He ruched back, but ? a? caught by the train and received a I terrible fracture of the left leg and severe I injuries to bis head. 'i Pr?<. Ltoyd ?nd Ptimipg ??'re quicMy in j ? | attendance, and tb injured man wtik, re- moved in an unconscious condition to ? j Swansea Hosp<tal.

II TAWE FATi STY. ;I 1 -0. I Coroner Commends Boys' Rescue Ef ?. The Swansea Borough Coroner con- ducted an inquest at the Landore Police Station on Friday with respect to the death, which took place so tragically on Thursday evening, of Wm. Williams (17), of 1, Bantley-terrace, Landore. It appears that while bathing in the River Tawe, near Baldwin's Steelworks. Landore, with two other boys, named Sid- ney Cook, of Argo-terrace, and W Morris. of Pentrechwyth-road, he must have had i cramp, for he suddenly gank. The boyt;, Cook and Morris, made gallant attempts to save him, but without avail. For this they were warmly commended by the Coroner, who returned a verdict of accidentally drowned. I

) STRIKER'S DUTY- I I Ex-Policeman Helps to Effect r Arrest. I Xi though on strike, a prain-olothes j officer helped in the arrest of two women, who, it is alleged, were robbing an Ameri- can mercantile captain. The caee was heard at the Guildhall on Friday, when Sir Alfred Bower, on behalf of the Court, thanked him for his action. I think the public are indebted to you for your smartness," he sa?d. Thank you, &?r," replied the ex- pc?'cc-ni?n, who wore the Un'on badge, it wa& my duty." In evidence, he do- scribed himself as of independent means. ) He s?id that on Wednesday he saw two I "Ollen I in the company of the capta/n, 4pwl o-n account of their strange conduct, "'hs ftept them und?r observation. .?fter having drinks fhe man appeared ov<;«!n? and h" sat inwj ?D i d"t." Fhc ??n?n searched his pockeb and tbeD hurried away. Witness spoke to a I nn,f?rme.1 officer, and the women were de?n&d. They were remanded on a charge of I robbery.

I RETIRE AT 72. I I Lord Chancellor's Bill for County Court Judges. The office of county-court judge shall be vacated at the end of the comnleted year of service in t.he course of which the holder of the office attains the aye of 72." This is the first clause of a Bill intro- duced by the Lord Chancellor and backed by Mr. Baldwin, Joint Financial Secre- tary to the Treasury. A section of t'1r- retirement clause, however, provides that the Lord Chancellor may extend the period to an age not exceeding 75 if he considers the retention of a judge's service desirable in the public interest. I A judge, too, can retire at 65 if he has t completed 15 years' service, or if the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that any occupant of the Bench is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, to discharge his duties." Provision made for a pension varying from two-thirds of the salary (.?.50f?, after the full term of 15 y?ars. to smaller sums in proportion to the length of ser- vice. The Bill does not ;ipl)lv.-iinlo-zs by agree- ment -to anI judge appointed before June this year. f

r COAL STRIKE. i —— Deadlock Worst than Ever. Seen in Leeds to-day by a Press A580-! c.;at.ion Special Correspondent, a repre- sentative of the West Yorkshire Coal-j owners 6taled that the deadlock in the jl Yorkshire coal strike is more marked I than ever. An absolute refusal to the moen's demnd was given yesterday by i-bo Coal Controller, who explained to the men's leaders that if wha! was asked wa-> j conceded, it will, mean a similar requesl or a strikp :n every coalfield throughout the country. I

H.M.S. CHALLENGER] I Likely to be Swansea's Training Ship. | We understand that there is every pro- babiliay that the second class cruiser j Challenger is L'kely to come to Swansea j as theraining ship, for which apIÙca- tion was liade some time ago to the Gov. i ernment. The Mayor (Coun. W. H Miles), with the Director of Education (fr. T. J. Rees), have had the opportunity of inspecting the ship at Portsmouth, the inference being that she 's at the dis- posal of the town, and the r opinion i? that the ship is in ever\- rc-pect suitable for the purpor«e, 'snd will be easily 1 berthed in the Sf.ith Basin, where- j there is n for her. j i

i G J \V s:: R TON..A D V I LATE MRS. ESTHER DAVfES. I -? ;<3ne of cht iai?t pnotos of the l?tt Mf&. Davids, Tygwyn Stores, Gcwerton, I whoee death was the subject Man i uLII 01 Thursday. The debased for some time drove a car under the Ministry of Munitions. IN,. .Unitions.

I r I I 1 l c- French Thrown From Horse I and Hurt. At the march past of 36,000 ex.Servic(À Ulster men at Belfast in to-day's Peace celebrations, the Irish Commander-in | Chief was thrown from his horse, and sus- tained a very slight injury to the base of the skull. He is progressing favourably, j Exchange. ———————————

j STRONG !MD!CTMENT. i ——————  I Select Committee and Air i M" t Ministry. I The Select Committee of the National i Expenditure has published its report, Dealing with the Air Ministry it states: I" Your Committee are of opinion that a r ?cry unqatisfactory state of affairs has been reveal. In their opinion, when cases of negligence or fraud have been discovered, action should be taken against I the offenders regardless of whether they ¡ are officials of the cV^^tment or not. Exchange.

POLICE STRIKE OVER. i Holidays Resumed in Metro-! poiitan Area. t The strike in the Metropolitan Police I Force is definitely regarded in official quarters as at an end. The Commissioner said on Friday that there had been no more, men who had re- fused duty since the previous day. except one wao hns been hesitating for three of four days and has now departed. The Commissioner issued an order on Friday evening announcing that he is now in a position to re-open the annual leave which had been suspended owing to the strike trouble. Resolution have been pour- ing in from divisions, said the Commis- sioner, expressing regret at the action of a small minoritv of the force.

FAILED TO REGISTER. 1 An alien. Erwin Henri Mirzan,(27), de- I scribed as a student, was-fined £ 3 at Swansea on Saturday, being found in the prohibited area of Swansea, and failing to register.

I I. SPELTERWORKER'S DEATH. At the inquest held at Swansea on Fri- day on the body of Rees Rees, 63. of 2, Llanerch-row. a furnaceman at the Dillwyn Spelter Works, who died on Aiig. i: 6th last, it was stated that hr, had been suffering from lead poisoning since Feb. i; 1st last. A post-mortem examination showed t I that death was due to hpart failure, and o!d standing kad poisonin. Verdict ?<?r<iingty. I

I BAKERS WILL GO BACK, A Black Country Decision. I oil'wing protracted negotiations bc'iv.-e.'n master bakers and strikers' committee, men in Bbck Country, according to message irom Dudley, have: decided to return to work, bothi agreeing to accept decision 03 Government on remaining points of difference.—Press Association. TO-DAY'S CRICKET. Surrey: 582 for 9 wkt$. (declared). Notts: 27 for 2 wkts. (declared). Essex: 332 for 6 wkts. G1 oucester: 3-51 for 7 wkt-i. Derby: 33 for o wkts. TO-DAY'S RACING. c, t to c, 02t T i-, 100 to ? Charley's Undo 10 to 1 Daybreak. Troa J 2, 3.4.)-Moy?sr< 1, Troad 2. She rot on 3.—Six van. i • i I

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BAKERS' STRIKE] More Hopeful Out- look To-day. After a oonference lasting for five hours last night between the London master bakers and the men's representatives, it was announced that it tae strikers would accept arbitration oa hours and wages, the employers would meet the men and consider what improvements can be effected in night work. This new offer is to be submitted to the strikers for their approval. In the provinces there was a marked disposition to settle differences in order to obviate any shortage of bread and con- sequent hardship. Local agreements under which the men return to work temporarily were made at the following I centres:— Portsmouth Coalville I Southport Leicester The Potteries Nottingham I In a few cases the men's demands have been conceded pending arbitration. At I Portsmouth the men have gone back on the old terms in anticipation of a general I settlement. A RAY OF HOPE. I A Press Association message leceived this afternoon holds out hopes of an early settlement.

SABOTAGE. -0 Belt Cut in Swansea Bakehouse. Mr. W. H. Palmer, president of the Rational Association, left for London on Tuesday afternoon, and he says that at the corner of Western-street and Argyle- street, he was surrounded by operatives, who adopted a threatening attitude. But the women of the neighbourhood sup- ported him, and he believes they would I lia-re lynched any one who laid hands on 2iim. The feeling against Mr. Palmer found further illicit expression during Tuesday right, for some time during the early Lours someone entered the bakehouse and deliberately cut the belting of the machinery. Whoever it was appears to .have come through the back door of some licensed premises, then climbed over a garden wall, and got through the bake- house window which had been left open for the purpose of ventilation. Mr. Pal- mer believes they were interrupted, for a portion of the belt was found in the, garden of the out-door license pauses, and the proprietor very kindly brought it back. It is presumed that either they must have forgotten to bolt the back door or it was perhaps forced open. TERRORISED. I Jso, baking was done in tins bakehouse I m Wednesday or Thursday. When Mr. palmer returned on Thursday, he says I his foreman told him they had been ter- rorised and did not dare to continue. I On Friday morning, however, they soon got into shape again, and on Saturday morning there was bread galore. Our re- presentative was informed that Mr. Palmer and about half-a-dozen others had been b *y from 3.0 a.m., and expected to continue till 9.0 p.m. OPERATIVES' DENIAL. I Questioned on Saturday about the cut- ting of the belting at Mr. W. H. Palmer's bakehouse on Tuesday night, Air.. James JBvans, secretary of the Operatives' Union, eaid he doubted the report, his reason being that he had a conversation with Mrs. Palmer on Wednesday morning, and she said nothing to him about it. If it did take place," he said, we are absolutely ignorant of it. It was done by someone outside our organisation if it was done at all. The subject was discusser) at oar meeting on Saturday morn in "• Members expresse d their confident belief that no such action had been performed by any one connected with our Union." The position, as regards the operatives, is unchanged. Representations have been received from several local firms that they are willing to grant all the men's demand but no offer of this kind has yet been nc cepted, and the Co-operative bakehouse' remain closed down. Operatives another meeting on Sundav mornin. MASTER BAKERS' VIEW, Questioned on Saturday as to the general position, Mr. W. II. Palmer eaid it wah as you were." The Government says that the question of hours and wages musi ba submitted to arbitrHtib.; the opcr?- tites. refuse unless the night work riusv- tiou is also included. The thing is stupid/' said Mr. Palme It isn't as if we had a fret hr.nd ( bargain; if so, we could have settled the dispute by negotiation long before now Our delivery rounds are being ruined, and we cannot expect to get them back at before; and if not, then we don't want the men. They are only cutting off their ncsc. to spite their faces. They cannot stop u- making bread, and we can keep up the supplies, and oan alitio supply other dis- tricts if they want it. It is hard work, but we can do it." Mr. Palmer draws the line, however, fit visitors taking stocks of bread back to the places from whence they came.

E N GIN E R S' OUTING. I j Jie Graigola engineering department chose Reynoldstone as the venue of their annual outing this year, and on their ar- rival refreshments were partaken of. Some sports followed, the prizes being won by Messrs. B. Baines, E. Dennis, D Wlieeler, W. Reynish, C. Tyrill, E Court. W. Wheeler, G. Turner and Jack !Murphy, the last-named winning the cup. afterwards all sat down to a capital pinner to which everyone did justice Then all paid a visit to King' Arthur's Stone, and got back in time for tea. After tea the prizes were distributed by Mr. F. "W- Jenkins. Mr, J. Gray was called upon on behalf of his fellow workmen to make a presentation of a walking-stick and smoking cabinet to their foreman, Mr. W. If. Baines. Songs followed, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the host and hostess of the King Arthur Hotel for the able manner in which they catered for, all. Credit is also dup to Mr. W. H. Wheeler (treasurer). Mr. F. W. Jenkins (secre- tary), and Mr. D. H. Berry, 1

FELL FROM TRAIN. .———. Swansea Soldier Killed on Way Home. Naturally happy at the thought of soon being home, Sapper W Lewis, of Swan- sea, was the victim of an accident, which proved fatal, whilst actually on his way back to England to be demobilised. Sapper Lewis, a well-known man in Swansea, was the son of Mr. John Lewis and the late Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis, of 50, Brunswick-street. Swansea. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1915, and was shortly afterwards sent to France and subsequently to Italy. After a bard time in the lighting area, he had to go into hospital, having been affected by the in- tenoe heat, and it was on July 5th that his sister, Mrs. G. Lewis, of Brunswick- street, received a letter from him, writ- ten in a very cheerful vein, stating that the following day he was to start for I home to be demobilised. FELL FROM TRAIN. I A short time afterwards, however, a I telegram was received from the War Office stating that Mr. Lewis was killed on the homeward journey. A few days i ago a further communication was received I from the major of the deceased soldier's company, who said that Sapper Lewis fell I from the troop train oja July 7th, just before it entered the famous Mont Oenis Tunnel, which connects Italy with Franca on the railway line. The letter went on to say that the burial took place in the little cemetery at Meana, a small Italian township near the scene of the accident. Another sister of Sapper Lewis is Mrs. C. Hearno, of Ty Coch-road, Sketty.

ASSAULTED POLICE. Two Men Fined for High j Street Scene. At Swansea, on Saturday, Harold McKew (31), horse dealer, was charged with assaulting P.C. (88) Gordge whilst in the execution of his duiy in High-street on August 8th. Hugh William Watkins (S3), was charged with resisting P.C. (88) Gordge and PC. (150) Franklyn whilst in the execution of their duty in High-street on August 8th.—Mr. Rupert Lewis prose- cuted, and Mr. J. Evan Rowlands de- fended. P.C. Gordge said that. whilst walking in High-street McKew approached him, used a foul expression, and then struck him in the face. He closed with defen- dant, and called P.C. Franklyn to his a«-s: stance. They vere then attacked by WaJtkins. After some resistance defen- I dants w?re brought to the Police Station. P.C. FranMyTt corroborated statements of the previous witness, and said thau -when in Orchard-street Iffy- half-a-sovereign to square it. IN. PLAIN CLOTHES. I Mr. Rowlands «id that Watkins did not know the maim (who ware in plain clothes) were police officers, or he would ncc have interfered. He expressed his regret for the occurrence. On behalf of McKew, Mr. Rowlandri pleaded guilty, and staged that the man I had been drinking, and was now sorry for what he had done. Watkins was called into the box, and staged that he did not know the men were police officers. When he interfered it was in innocence. McKew was fined £ 5. and Watkins £ 2 10s. Id.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease has broken out at Kingsbury, North Warwickshire. Several hundred cattle and slipep have been slaughtered and the carcases cremated. Footpaths and fields in the infected area have been I closed to the publip