The Cambria Daily Leader

SWANSEA MERCANTILE Co. Ltd. of tt, Park Street, Swansea, Make Cash Advanoes from £ 10 to £ 1,000 To Ocrxnsnere-ial Qontieme-c. mec. Farmers. (ind Kespectabie Hcotpehoidexs on their own Note of Hand at a low rate of InteT'esrt. Strictly Private. ConMem-tal. For further particulars, apply- H. B. JONES, 1S, park Street, Swansea.

Our Note Bookl I The Insurance Act-Doctors' Re- lease frcm the February Pledge — Die-hard" OpposilionFizzles Out—Children and the Play- grounds— The Discouragement of Reckless Driving—A Word ior the Motor Men. The decision arrived at. by the Re- j Jsr^sent.ativp Body o< the British Medi- cai Association on Saturday to jnembers from the pledge extracted trom them III February :ast was the only alternative to a situation which would have involved the pract ical ex- tinction of the once powerful organisa- tion of the protest ion. The country h jd beon assured by Tory jouruab Siiiati the dot-tors were practically j -onanimous in their antipathy to the A'h, and that few of them wouid bine consented to go on the pane is, fcut for the "coercion" of the Chan- cellor ot the Exchequer. Most people will agree that the ae- ceptance of an assurance of Hils Kind jjinlvos a rather low estimate of the in" telhgence of the profession, who were led into a morass by the stupidity-it can be called nothing else-of those who were, specially appointed to look after their interests. Jt any doubt still exists on the mutter, however, it is only nwessa-ry to point to the over- whelming ma joe.ty by which the resoiu- "tion of liberation wac. adopted-,the figures being: For, 118; a?tDst, 33 1u suggest in the t?ce ot Hns dec?ve vote that the doctors w ere "coerced as our Tory friends who were bent on wrecking tue Act allege, is so utter an absurdity as to be unworthy ot a •moment's serious consideration. er:Ltirw. tllie 6tatemeiit tha-t i-iiiich (If the op- position was ba-sed upon political prejn- dice is evidenced by the majority secured lor the resolution referred tn, and by The action of a few of the Die Hards in fiome parts ot the Metropolis in persisting in their opposition. So far as the latter are concerned, their atti- tude need occa-sion. no uneasiness. The Government have already all the doctors necessary to work the Act and to spare. Those who endeavoured to give effect to Air. Bonar Law's uiitortunate predic- tion that the Act would not come into operation, must, surely now see how ex- tremely unwise they were, and how bad- ly they have been let down. The fad ie tlie doctors who accepted service are already finding the Act a little gold mine. The letter which appeared in the Leader on the question of the ■opening of the playgrounds to children :f)tt-er school hours lias created a good deal of interest, as evidenced, by the number of letters which we have read -ceived. The oendenc-y too often in the ) i-ef'scussion- which have already taken place has been ito indulge in indiscrimin- ate abuse ol motorists as a class, with the j refciilt that the main [Mint—the welfare cf the children—has been overlooked. The raising of the question again at the present juncture invol ves no tie- tcnce ot the Road Hog. Indeed it is no ( exaggeration to say that there g.re few, til any, districts in which local motorists have both individually and through it-heir organisation done so milch to dis- driving as has been done at Swansea. Accidents will, however, occur, no matter how capable and careful a driver may be. In such cases it is not only useless, but somewhat absurd to seek to cast reflections upon the owners and users J ot cars w ho may be entirely blameless. "Whether we like it or not, the motor car is here to stay. The number of owners steadily increases and will con- i tinuc to increase, and with an addition t.. the. nllmpr of cars on the i-otds, one may expect a proportionate, increase in the number of mishaps, unless some practical step is taken such as that we have indica ted. That is the important j fact which has to be recognised. i To-da.),'s Gossip. I A young Xi-erman wrote to a. Swan- sea lady "congratulating" her upon the I death of her husband. His English is I not good: wanted to condole. The office cynic observes that there i" more weeping and wailing and gnash- ing ot teeth over England's win than if the country were invaded and con- quered by the Germans. "Inquirer."—Tt is not true that the vail of the jerry-built house to which you refer was holed by a kick with a pair ot Wellingtons. ll was done by the maid with the guv'nor's slippers. :¡¡-, "We have something to be thank- ful for in Swansea," said a man who had just returned from London and had seen the acres of land under wate, in the low-lying country through which lic- had passed. "Truth without love is either a picture to admire (11' a frowning law which condemns men to death. In I cither case it leaves the life untouched, for it ]'?'k.sth?v<?ry pow<: and medium of application."—Rev. H. C. Mander. U. C'. A Swansea lady who is at present- studying in Germany has written home to say that when she entered the col- • lege the first thing to meet her eyes was an admirable poitra.it of Sir Alfred i Mond, Bart., MP.. surounded by thres ."Welsh Dragon flags. i "If we would do Christ's wort: < amongst our fellow-men we must, have this two-fold equipment: a c?ear Tision of tb? truth and a heart which, through fellowship with the Crucified, has learned the secret of sacrificial love. The truth will save when we speek the truth in love."—Rev. H. C. Mander, at Swan- sea Everyone must admit that dull days and rainy days arc not so olea- sant as those when the sun. shines; brilliantly. Yet, if the public would, but obey the Scriptural injunction to; "Lift up your eyes on high." they I would find, even on a day like this, much te interest them in the changing' cloud fornl. 1

FOOTBALLER IS 1 DEATHs A Fatal Game. A Fatal Game. I i Plasmarl Youth's Accident in a Cup Match CONCUSSION OF THE BRAIN i i  A' painful sensation was caused in the Landore disníct on Saturday night when it became known that what had at tirst bcc]) regarded merely as a some- what serious accident, had developed j Int? a di?tr?sMtig fa?-Hty. ? Tbo facts .U0, bn"Qy. that duriu? a game or io?tb?J! a young lellow naDed Albert Jones, the second son of Mr. f Robert Jones, of 7, CaHands-street, Plosmori, sustained an injury. Irom J the effects ot which he died later in the evening. j The Deceased. I Our Landore representative writes I that Albert J.n?, who w;?. employed j as ?n ellglJlÜ driver at the Manners- mann Tube Works at Landore, was ex- tremely popular amongst a b,rge circle, i oloro especially of those interested in I' football, and had been elected captain of a team kntfwn as the Pla.snxii.rl Excells. A Fatal Came. j T r<. It Fatal Came. I Saturday a rp-ptayoti ¡' cup match had been arranged between the Excel Is and the Mornston II. K.C., a previous game between these sides I having ended in a draw. A good deal j ot local interest ri-afi take if in this second match. which took place on the I ground o) the ExccUs at Mynyddga.rn- Iwyd (Cacrs&lcm). The game was contested, though I k- I1/Y in the best ,?pirit, but d)0!t(y after the commencement of the second half one of those unfortunate acci- dents took place which sometimes occur I even in the most friendly and best- conducted contests. Alb.v," as th{, I<: x eolls captain was popularly ealk.d, who was 011 this occa- "I sion playing at full-back, although he usually figured the th roe-quarto r line. made an attempt to field the bail. hAs head unfortunately came into con- tad with that of another pLiyer, botli j being laid out. i Carried off the Field. I Jones was the more sj^rxjusiy hurt of the two, and had to 11<- carried to a, house in the vicinity, where Dr. Kemp was soon in attendance. The medical j man found that lie was suffering irom oil of the brain. | The unfortunate young man was removed to his father's house ill a taxi- cab, where everything possible was done fo. him, but without avail. He expired about seven o'clock in the I evening, without having regained con- sciousness. Referee Interviewed. I Our representative subsequently j interviewed _1r. Harry Jones (Troboeth) who vefereod the game, who was deeply surprised and to learn that the accident had terminated fatally. He sttod. tnat the game was played throughout in the most sporting spirit by both teams. Both players wc-re stunned by the accident, he explained, and he immediately stopped the game, and had every assistance rendered to them. It was observed that Jones had had the worst of the encounter, and it was thought advisable to have him removed at once, but no one .suspected that his injury was a-s serious a-s it sub- sequently proved b L,. Mr. Jones remarked that had he ha<d any idea of tbe rcai state of affairs., he have at once brought the game: co au end. L You are of opinion, :\1 r, Jones, that the whole tiling was a pure accdeut?" a-kod the Leader'' representati vc Yes, an accident pure aud simple," replied the refeiee, without hesitation. The game proceeded, and ended in f.iveur of Mornston by ten points to nil. An Old Footballer. j Aloert Jones v\as an 01a loot bailer, though young in years. Ho played for, several seasons with the Old ParJ, Llewellyn R.F.C., tins being hi" tirsL season with Plasntarl. He was a great personal friend of FrankWiILalw', tbe All "White's three-quarter. Needless to say. the young man' v-.a father a.nd eight brothers and sisters—are terribly upset at their sudden bereavement, tlis mother died soven years ago. A sswi coincidence Ls that no less than 1 nine members of his family and their immediate relations have all died on a Saturday. j

Leonard Tom linso-n. for many years j master of trood Workhouse, Kent, j died suddenly in his wife's arms at i Blackburn yesterday. During the week-end the Admiralty Commission appointed to considpr t be advisability of alterations to Dover Naval Harhour entrances made an in- spection of the conditions a.nd also of t!te boom defences to be tested this t?u- 1)1)olllto bc, te?,te d this

j "Alas! How Deeply Painful is all Payment (" 1, (a rtnt". ) B.M.A. Bluffer: Um! It's as well to keep up with the times, perhaps—espe'ially whsn there's no help for It!

FIGHT AT SEA. Greeks Claim to Have Dis- organised the Turks HEAVY FIRING (Press Association Foreign Spccial.) The following telegrams have been re- ceived by the Greek Mission in London from Athens:— Admiral Condon riot is to Minister of Marine dated Saturday. 9.50 a.m.— Wireless station at 'l'enedos informs me of sortie of four Turkish ironclads, the cruiser Medjidieh, nine destroyers and four torpedo boats. I am leaving Lem- uos to meet them. Saturday ,4 p.m.—Admiral Condon- rotts to Minister of Marine, ftom noon to 12.20 p.rri.t engaged Turkish fleet, which 1 forced to re-enter the Dardan- elles in great disorder. I am cruising to north of Island of Jenedos. An Eye-witness's Account. A naval officer at Jenedos who fol- lowed the different phases ot the action, telegraphs as follows :— Tho Turkish squadron, after steaming towards Imleros, proceeded towards the south of Lemnos, and hove to twelve miles trom that island. The Greek squadron ,composed of one armoured cruiser, three ironclads of the Psara type and seven destroyers, steamed towards the Turks. At noon the first shots were exchanged at a range of 7.500 yards. Towards 12.20 p.m. the firing became heavy. The Turkish vessels, which were heading to the westward, altered their COUffie and prooeeded towards Tenedos, the Greeks in pursuit. At 1.10 p.m., the Greek vessels increased thoir speed and got within 5,500 yards of the enemy. Firing from the Medjediek and Messudieh ceased at 1.40 p.m.. The belligerents were distant from each other by 40000 metres. Great Disorder. During the pursuitthe lirmg ot the Barbaross and the Torgut slackened. These vessels were enveloped in steam or smoke, and had a list to starboard. The Turkish line of battle was in great disorder the ships were steaming ahead at full speed; tongues of flame were seen shooting from their funnels. It was impossible to estimate the damage done to the enemy's vessels at lhat dis- tance. nL, (' h ase d the et)(,,ai'v Th' Creeks having chased the enemy aimost to within range ol the fons at. the entranoe of the Dardanelles, and having made sure that the Turkish squadron had actually re-entered the Straits, retired to the South and con- tinued the blockade. The report from the officer command- ing Tenedos says that on the Greek side there was 110 one killed one mau was wounded on the AverofF from a. small projectile.

9941 FO R TH E HOSPITAL. Bv tho will of Mrs. Annie Eth.] Perrin, of Bristol, who died 18th Janu- ary, aged 5(5 years, widow of Mrs..Lis. Lawes Perrin, tobacco manufacturer, of Bristol, and a director of Messrs. Franklyn. Davev and Co., Ltd., some L'16.000 l>ecomes available for charities, of which. 1 lie Swansea Hospital gets one seventeenth part, or £ 941 odd. Mr. Perrin, who died on 12th Oct. ieft £ 500 to the Swansea Hospital. j

i" SINKING FAST." I The Message in the Bottle I Found on the Sands. IS IT A HOAX? While a young fellow ns-mod Phillips, who resides at 13, Clarence-terrace, Swansea, was strolling along the sands yesterday, near Vivian's Stream, he found a bottle. 0 Nothing unu sua I in that, you say? No. But there was something unusual in the bottie. It wa-s a small, screw-stoppered bottle made of glass, and bearing the words, Carliek, Kidderminster." Inside was a paper beariug the follow- ing message, scrawled in pencil :— Sinking fast. All htpes lost. I I Goodbye, dear mather. John Westwood, Grimsby. It is, of cour-c, possible that the whole thing is a hoax, bur it seems a somewhat pointless one, and the recent heavy gales have caused only too many a tragedy. I' At any rate, inquiries are being made into the matter.

I MR. A. E. ROE I A Flying Visit to his Relatives at Swansea. I Mr. AlbeH EdAvai-d Bop, the princi- pal benoticiare under the will of his friend, the late Mr. Hugh Eric Tre- vanion, tbe eircurn stances attending A?o.u on, the c-I whose death in a flat at Hove are to form the subject of a second inquest on Friday next, arrived at Swansea ou Saturday evening from Cardiff, whither he had journeyed irom London earlier in the day tu witness the match between Wales and Englaud. Jir. Rowe arrived at High-street Station shortly after eight o'clock, spent the night with relatives, and left again for London by the 3.10 train on Sunday afternoon. A 'Leader" representative who saw him shortly before his departure de- scribes him a-s looking particular!} cheerful. He is apparently little concerned with what is going on, and chatted a.nd joked with the friends who saw him off. Mr. Roe was accompanied by an inti- mate personal friend in the person of I Mr. Andrew Paton, the well-known local I golf and billiard player, w ho will re- j main with him until the completion or the coroner's investigation. *He has appointments with hislpgçl advisers during the next two or three days, after which he m 11 proceed to I Brighton in readiness for the inquiry. J

I PORT TALBOT EXPLOSION. I A piece ot red-hot slag was bring con-, I veyed 1 by a travelling strain crane to the breaking-lip pit at Port Talbot Steel Works on Saturday when the chain ibrole and the metal fell into a pool oj water. There was a terrific explosion, which | was heard many miles away ?nny windows in the houses in the immediate vicinity were broken, and largo build- ings were shaken. No serious damage. J1 however, was dui-ic..

i AGRA HORROR. I AGRA ORROR. I 1 Lieut. Clark, Mrs Fulham and l the Natives Committeda j I í I ANOTHER ARREST. j ( r Re!it,7r' Sfcclal.) Agra, bunuay.—-Lieutenant Clark, j M? Fuiham,?ndthe lour natin's i charged wit-h being concerned in the murder of Mrs. Clark, the wife oi Lieutenant Clark, were yesterday formerly committed for trial. Before the magistrate read the committal J order Lieutenant Cla,rk made a mcnL in which he said that he did not j now dc;.Ùe to call Captain Dunn, R.A.M.C., whom he summoned to see Mr. Fulham on the day ot the latter's death, because the cost of doing so would be very heavy. Both Mrs. Fulham and Lieutenant Clark showed some emotion during the :'ead)n? of the committal order, which j recapitulates Mrs. Fu!h?m'i= xtat?'mem I describing her taiUng in love with him and her amount of his speaking oi doing away with hs wife on several occa- sions Another Arrest. A native named Mohan, who was 1 alleged by the prisoner Budhu to have delivered the blows with a sword that tilled Mrs. Clark, and who has been missing since the murder, was arrostcd this evening near Achneara, where be was in hiding. He was placed in a compound among a number of men, and 1 I was unhesitatingly identified by Bndhu The Previous Charge. I When the case against Lieutenant Clark and Mrs. Fulham is finally tried at Allahabad it will involve not only the charge of murdering Mrs. Clark but also that oi the murder and attempted murder of Mr. Fulham, husband oi Mrs. Fulham. The prisoners were com- [ mitted at the previous hearing on j January 9 on this charge by Mr. Orme- j rod. the joint magistrate. j With regard to the death of Mr. Fnl- ham, alleged to be due to poisoning, it was stated in evidence that powder- had been administered by Mrs. Fulham. and that Lieutenant (Hark had made hypodermfs injections. Both the accu-ed are Eurasians but 1 hey have claimed to be tried a-s I Kiiropean British subjects. Lieutenant I Clark occupied a in the llHial: S?hurdniate -Mecbx'a? Dcpartu?eat. Ah ) Fulham. who l?.ed at IM??t. was an j assistant examiner cf military accounts.

_n A TERRIBLE DEATH. Widow Flings Herself From the i Eitfcl Tower. j ( Rentier 's Fnr'tcn? pccw ) I (Rt:ut.<s :-1"11'1 J7 .,PC('¡O! j I aris, Jira'iy.a, wi-dow, aged about 60, yesterday committed suicide L,y throwing herself from the firs; | platform of the Ediel Tower. When s he had fallen some seventy feet her foot caught in the ironwork of j the structure, and the body hung tiipi- I over an hour before the firemen were able to release it. Death must have been mstantaneou- the spinal column being fractured.

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?BtEP ????SP?N ? &V THE TROUBLE AT THE DOCKS. —— —— ) i To-morrow's Meeting I 1 I — I I Visit of the G. W. Railway s j Visit of the G. W. Railway f, I General Manager. j I I I SOME SUGGESTIONS. I ) The publicity given in the columns of j the "Leader" from time to time to the j grave difficulties which arise owing to ) j congestion of ..traffic at the Swansea ) Docks, has had an important effect. I As already announced, Mr. Frank Potter, the general manager ot the igrca.t, W estern Railway, arrives in ( Swansea to-night, and to-morrow he will meet a repi esentative committee or j the Harbour Trust and the C hamber j of Commerce, when the whole quc?tjon I I is to be discussed. j Below we give a specially-comnbutcd anIde, from the pen or a gentleman j well known in iocai commefcw,l circles, whose knowledge of the ?tate ol affairs I is a ?vc Questiun. (Special to ike Leader} I The visit ot Mr. V Potter, the general manager of the G.W.R., to (meet a representative committee or the Harbour Trust and the Chamber of Commerce might be productive of more good than the mere discussion 01 the causes of the complaints responsible for bringing the parties together would sug- gest. No good can be done by magrdty- ing the dirficulties connected with our work at the docks; the work tells its own tale. Instead of preceding with case and celerity, it halts and occasion- ally ist-ops., and then begins again attei expense ha.s ¡n incurred, time lost and temper ruffled. ?o one individual is responsible for th's; there is no one cause upon which one can place his hager and sav. ?Remedy this and the re?t d's:)pp?ars? There are many causes, and some of long standing, and some of recent growth, but none tco obstinate to be removed if. on the part of the raHwav, 1 rust or trader there i& the gocd?U I \'hi('h will make an honest attempt to face a 11 tlw facts and to employ all the necessary remedies. Port's Capacity. I Wo have a port w modernitv j j is more than equal 10 h.s pre- j sent ?ad'\ Last ear its trade ?..?? 0,300,000 tons. It 1. a | record, but it is not the capacitv cf the port. Bightly handled it is capable of doing very much more than this. | "W ilh a slight add iron to its equip- ments it jvill stand the addition of an- ot her 2,500,000 tons to its record figure, and oven then the strain 011 its resources ought not to be .severe. If t)i, ix.rt in-itli a iriit;- of II capacity in excess of its present equip- ments i;s obtaining a reputation for de- lays in transit and shipments, drastic steps nuisi at once be t-'ken to j-cmov? I the reproach. ?! the dd¡¡ys :lro in old ont-f?-dat? decks no one wouid be surprised, but that they should arise in new, up-to- date. docks is matter not only for sur- prise, hut for iieart searching in more than one official quarter. I Mutual Goodwill. I I lie condition precedent of auv ol- will be iound in mutual gckkd i%- Iit liallwa-v Companies and the Trust. Neither must bargain for an advantage, but all must eo-opcrate for the spetHfic end of the port's welfare. In this, each will get his fair share of tho general prosperity. lu tho welfare of the port all will be sharers, and profit-sharers at that, for. ivitil int?-t?t bv the parDcs mo?t neaily related tn each other—railway, trust, trader. The re- suIts of th? future wiU he much iar<rer than in the past. When the commit- tee meets 011 the 21st inst., many matters of importance will be debated, and it is to be hoped that something more than a very pleasant gathering will be the result. Certainly one hopes that the gathering will be pleasant, but we may add the further hope that it will also be profitable, and that there will flow from it benefits of a tangible character. (Contimied~on Page 87)

5.30 EDITION. FOPGEBY.- At Carmarthen Assizes to-day. Gcn, C: i labourer, wa^ sent to a Borstal Institution for three years for forg- ing bank bills of exchange at Llaii- d- in November^ • 1' M viNW E .^4»i PA 11 Ll A MOT. ? I il ) Melbourne. Monday.—Air. Josepu Cook has been elected leader ol the Opposition 111 tie; Commonweal tii Parliament in —iccession to Air. j):.ki;).—. Pu ss .\ssociation ). (i.W.R. MAN AG ER. Air. F. C. Potter, the general man- ho arrives a. Swansea this evening w ill be ectcr- tuiiied to luncheon at the HoteT Meiropole. after making a tour of the docks with Trust and Chamber Commerce repi\ sentaiives. D"U. F1!A>ER DEAD. Dr. Wm. P.ob,.rt Eraser, Fl'ore.-t- i'ach, died this aiternoon. He h.-d been ill for some t:sie. AGROUND. The s.s. 13)clnll!jd. wliiie proceed- ing out of Port Talbot this aiternoon went aground ii^ar the spot where trie Ethei -stranded seme rime ago. Latest report i- that the crew are standing LEAVE OF APRHAL. At ^wan'ea County "Beaufort Works Morriston. sued Victoria Foundry and Engineering Works, Ltd., Morriston, lor £ 11 13s. >d. damages for non-deli very of goods. Judgment for dcfendajits granted. LOCAC INtjFESTS. tipon body of John Griffiths, epiict of "Found drowned" relumed. At inquest upon body oi Frank Rr<sen, Britoiifcrry, verdict of "Accidental death re- turned. Stated this was first fatal acci dent a.t Briiem'erry Chemical Works for 26 years. w

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