The Cambria Daily Leader

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Our Note Book' Jo-drnallsm: the American Method.— How News-gath-1 ering May be Carried Too; I ly Pro b Far.—-The Piccadilly Prob- lem .-8.A. Efforts.—Mys-1 f "h A'? T i\ tery of the Air ?—Is it Airy or Solid? During the past few days it has come home to the writer witn considerable force that, whether we like it or not, American journalistic methods are gradually, but none the less surely, ttieir way in England, much to the regret of thousands 01 journalists and newspaper readers in general. It is gratifying to he able to add, how- over, that in the person of Mr. McKenna, the present Govjrnment posesses a Home Secretary who does draw the line somewhere, because it does not need a very powerful imagina- tion to depict what would have hap- i pened had the marriage of the girl beymour to the murderer Williams been allowed. # # # and out It would have been out and out only a magnihcient concession 10 the half- penny sensationalism of the day, and The "special correspondents" would have gone mad over the incident, especially if they had been granted permission to be present at the cere- I mony to see "the Bride of Death," as she would have been styled in the head- hues, given into the keepmg of the man who in a few hours after that would have passed to that "bourne from.,which no traveller returns." :11- » As it was, considerable official lati- tude was allowed, and the news- papers were not, slow to take advantage of it, with the result that glaring pictures and descriptions of the baby, which the condemned man was allowed to kiss during his last hours on earth, have appeared, indi- cating in the clearest possible manner the departure which has been taken from the sober paths of the British ¡ journalism ofia. ys gone by, by some of the present-day journals. We believe in smart journalism (a,s our readers know), but it can be carried too far. The quiet efforts of the Salvation Army women among a certain class in Piccadilly may not be regarded as likely to produce much, but how per- sistent these efforts a.re may be judged from the fact that during the last twelve months no less than 3,600 girls was conversed with on the streets. Following these conversations, 480 girls paid visits to the officers' quar- ters in the neighbourhood, for further advice. The permanent value of the, work done may be gauged from the fact that when Mrs. Bramwell Booth ¡ recently invited former inmates of Sal- vation Army Rescue Homes, now "r Service in London, to take t-ea with her and the General at the Congress Hall, Clapton, over one thousand responded. What really do all these reports of mysterious airships, glaring head- lights, whirring noises, and rapidly moving dark objects overhead mean., There is no reason to doubt the honesty of most of the observers. If a man, or a boy, can't believe what they see, what are they to believe ? Quite so; seeing is believing. We can always believe what we see but it's one of the most, elementary of pychoJcgical tenets that we cannot always believe what we think we see. To-day's GossiP. J One speaker at the Good Templar I meeting at. Skefty on Friday, said he had been made a British Vonan. He is one of the finest and most brilliant of Young Liberals in Wales." So Mr. D. West describes Prof. Joseph J ones. :It: Mr. Standford. ex-Mayor of Wrex- ham, says the best audience he ever addressed was composed of one person. She said Yes." The secretary of "Morning Star'' 1.0.GT. Lodge, has had to buy a larger sixe in hats since Friday night. ]a-rgei- i;lze in hits "I At the meeting in Sketty he was asked it he was not on the staff of the 4. Leader." )? ? <= 1 stiig I am "I do sing, but when 1 sing 1 am absoluTply alone, and no one is near to hear me. 1 sometimes sing when I am one of 50, and the other 49 voices are strong enough to overpower me!"— Prof. Joseph Jones at Swansea. The audience at Carmarthen-road Chapel last night listened to some inter- esting remarks from Prof. Joseph Jones. ■" We ought to read the Bible," he said, and we do not do it. Why cannot we read it like we read the "Cambria Daily Leader?" Everybody reads the 41 Leader" in Swansea. The office cynic has broken loose again. A friend of his who is a fishing enthusiast, was telling him of a fish he had nearly landed. "1 don't believe I ever saw such a fish," lie concluded. "No. I don't believe you ever didl" said our humorist. Then the band played Everybody's doing it!" "Will those subscribers to the Magazine who have not yet paid their subscriptions, kindly do so at once as the money has been called in." This, from the Overton and Llan- madoc section of the- Gower Church Magazine," looks a good deal like a tragedy. Mr. Will Ashton Jones, who now occupies a responsible position on the Government railways of Western Aus- tralia, writing to the "Herald of. Wales" anent the poor Welsh spoken by South Walians who emigrate to Australia, states that in his youth he was a fellow- scholar of Mr. Lloyd George at Llanys- tumdwy. ¡ Lent and Easter are upon us very early this year, in fact it is 57 years since the season was so early, and we Eha!l hove to wait till )840 for sheh a early Easter again, if our present calender is not reformed before then-- II it badly needs reformation, as do many thing in our good old Church still tied up, as we are, in the old clothes of J 16(,)2. Gower Church Magazine."

COMMUTATION.  ?WELM BILL DEBATE.I I SIR ALFRED MONO'S SPEECH. I I LUCID EXPOSITION OF FINANCIAL POINTS. As briefly reported in our 6.30' edition, the House of Commons yester- day proceeded w?Ii th& ('obiden1tion of tb* Established Church (Wales) Bill amended in Committee. The Home i Secretary formally moved a new clause providing that, if before or within one month after the date of Disestablish- ment the Representative Body signify by notice in writing to the Welsh Com- missioners that they have adopted the scheme of commutation of life in- terests hereinafter set forth, certain provisions (set out in the clause) shall have effect. Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen (C.) said the proposals set out in the new clause were largely different and were much less favourable to the Church than the pro- posals made when Mr. Gladstone s amendment was discussed, and the Church could not accept the clause in the form moved by the Home Secretary. The terms were such that the Church would undoubtedly be involved in a big loss. The chief point to which they took exception was that the commutation was taken on a 3i per cent. basis nn- j stead of 3 per cent. Mr. Llewelyn Williams. I I Mr. Llewelyn Williams (L.) saia the scheme was optional for the Church, but it was not optional for the people of Wales. He did not believe that the Church would be so blind to its advan- tages as the han. member tried to make cut. The hon. member for Kilmar- nock (Mr. Gladstone) had only inter- vened when money was involved, and the hon. member would go back to Hawarden laden with the spoils of the Welsh people. The right hon. member for Spen Valley (Sir T. P. Whittaker) bad only spoken when it looked as if the Welsh Church was gping to ne turned into a sanctified insur- ance society. (Laughter.) The right hon. gentleman was having his revenge for the occasions three years ago, when he came down to the House to criticise certain proposals in the Budget, and a scorching flash from the eye of the Chancellor sent him totter- ing back into his seat with his unde- j livered masterpiece in his tail pocket. (Loud laughter.) Now it was the Chancellor who was turned into stony silence by the Medusa of Spen Valley. (Laughter.) While he deplored the concessions that had been made. he must not absolve the Welsh Party from a share of the blame he was distribut- ing. They had been scattered, and some were safe on the Treasury Bench. He believed the leader (Sir D. Bryn- mor Jones) would prefer to play the part of a roystering blade below the gang ray, but in untoward fate had wafted him above the gangway. (Loud laughter.) The Home Secretary had had to contend with smooth young men behind the Treasury Bench and flabby sentimentalists—(laughter)—and if tbp right hon. gentleman said he had been compelled to make these concessions, he (Mr. Williams) would have no more to s.ay, but he urged the right hon. gentle nan to make no more concessions. Mr. W .C. C. Cladstone Regrets. I Mr. W. C. G. Gladstne very much regretted that the Home Secretary had not found himself able to put dowrf more satisfactory provisions for carrying out the principles of commutation which he accepted on the Committee stage. The scheme could not be ac- cepted by the Church without risk of loss, and therefore as it stood it was out of reach. If the Government ad- hered to the provisions of the scheme, commutation was dead, and the Gov- ernment would have killed it. (Op- position cheers). He thought the month given to the representative body to signify their acceptance of the scheme should be extended to three months at least. His chief complaint, however, | was the rate of interest for calculating the commutation money. He submitted that the only fair basis of such a scheme was that it should be able to stand by* itself and be financially and actiiiz-lallv, sound, and they were advised by experts thgt the Church would lose upon the scheme if it was obliged to take it up ai the rate of H per cent. Sir Thomas Whittaker (L.) said tie did not intend to follow Mr. Llewellyn Williams in his carefully prepareo gihes. The hon. member might he a good lawyer, but his speech showed that he knew nothing about finance, and as usual in such circumstances, the ignorant man was suspicious. j (Laughter). The Home Secretary's Reply. i Mr McKenna said if the clause which was introduced in order to meet the substance of an amendment proposed by Mr. Gladstone, and seconded by Sir A. Griffith Boscawen. failed so far to satisfy them that they would not allow the Representative Body to have the option of refusing it. he did not think he would be justified in pressing the clause. (Ministerial cheers). He pointed out that this scheme was to be based upon life tables for the clergy, and. calculating the allowances to be made in that regard and in respect of any prospective decrease in the death- rate. he contended that they were fully worth the difference between the rates of 3 and 3f. per cent. He asked the House to look at this question en- tirely as a matter of business and solelv with a desire to do justice. They surely would not desire that the Welsh clergy should be paid less than the full 'value of their life interest. If they wn-e them the full value of their interest it would be manifestly unfair to calculate the rate of interest at less than the rate at which they knew the lepresentative body could invest its money m British securities. His hon. friend Mr. Llew- elyn 'Williams commented on the fact that the scheme gave an option to the Church and not to the County Coun- (Contintied on Page 5.) j

BRIGHTON INQUEST: SOME PICTURES. Above are reproduced sketches of some of the principal people and places connected with the sensational Brigh- ton flat case, which is further dealt with elsewhere.

"GRAFT." I THE, WAYS OF THE POLICE IN DEAR I OLD NEW YORK. I- -(I?eulcr'.s- Foreign Special.) New York, fox, the policeman who has been under fire on the Graft" investigation case, which is being conducted by the Dis- trict Attorney, has pleaded guilty of acting <1, a Graft collector in one precinct of tho city. He threw himself on the Public Pro- secutor's mercy, promising to reveal the f iiarnos of two police officials higher up for whom he had collected.

I SEDGWICK EXECUTED. I THE MURDER OF THE ETCH COLLEGE MAIDSERVANT. Eric James Sedgwick was executed in Reading Jail this morning at eight o'clock, for the murder of his sweet- heart at Eton College. It will bo remembered that Sedgwick made a remarkable outburst when .sen- tenced, alleging that he had never had the least intention of committing the crime.

I FLYING FATALITIES. I REPORT OF WAR OFF-ICE COMMITTEE 11 ON MONOPLANES. The Committee appointed by the Secretary for War last October to in- quire into the causes of the recent accidents to monoplanes of the Royal Flying Corps, taking the fatal accidents in which Captain Hamilton and Lieut. Wyness Stuart were killed at Gravely, near Hitchin, and Lieut. Hotchkiss and Lieut. Bettington, who lost their lives at Wolvercote, near Oxford, last Sep- tember, in their conclusions report that they had no information which would lead them to conclude that the mono- plane was less stable than the biplane, and that the accidents were not due to conditions singular to the monoplane. They found no reason to recommend the prohibition of. the use of mono- planes provded certain precautions, of which are 2-pplicable to both classe.s of aeroplane, were observed.

I "BLACK HAND" BOYS. I The exploits of a Bi?ok Hand" gang composed of bovs of ages ranging from nine to fourteen were investi- gated vesterday ni the Children's Court at West Ham. Nine boys, it was said. met in an empty house jit. Canning Town. They ps-sessed a pack of cards, in which there was one that bore a black hand. Whoever cut this card had to carry out whatever deed the company de- cided on. The boys called them selves the Black Hand Gang. Twelve cases o shopbreaking wore traced to them. The leader cf the gang, wrus sent to a reformatory for five years. Two other lads weve ordered six "lrokes with the birch.

£ 300,000 FIRE. I St)mf- "140t, -1 Some wharves, a nee mill, and other property on the water front at Savannah in the State of Georgia have been de- stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at £30°>°00.

':C- HYDROPHOBIA. I Owing to a. case of hydrophobia hav- ing: occurred at Calais, all dogs found -wandering in that town are being killed, under an official order, and for the next ten weeks any dogsv found astray are to be similarly dealt with.

Amongst other sales during th? month of January, Messrs. Offer and Offer sold No. 33, Eaton-square, the residence of Lord Glantawe. who is leaving Lon- don. The purchasers were the .Misses Milne Wilson, daughters of the late Sir James Milne Wilson, who wa.-o Premier of Tasmania.

THE WAR. HOSTILITIES UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN RESUMED. j 'J ADRIANOPLE QUESTION. I i i At the moment of wr-ting it Í" diffi- cult to say precisely what the position 01 affairs in the Balkans is. A Renter's agencey telegram from Pera, dated yesterday, says:— Ac(,.or d ing to o f-- II Accordmg to official mformatlOn.1 hostilities began punctually at 7 o'clock this eveing, both at Adriaople and Tchataldja. At the former place the bombardment was opened by the Allies, and at the latter an insignificant skn*. j mish took place." I AORIANOPLE. Keuter s agenry is authorised to state that Bulgaria is quite willing to agree to the proposal of the Great' Powers that a representative of the Caliph shall be appointed and installed at Adrianoplp after the cession of the city to the allies. Ports Closed. I Sofia, Monday.—If the Government is not informed by 7 p.m. to-day that Turkej accepts the Note of the Poweit in its entiritvj hostilities will he re- sumed at, once before Adrianople. The ports of Varna and Bourgas are declared closed to navigation, and float- ing mines have been placed in the ap- proaches to both harbours.—Renter. I I Consul's Request. Constantinople, Monday.—Consuls at Adrianople have addressed a request to Ambassadors that, in view of the pro- bable bombardment of the town ar-j rangements shall be made with the Bul- garians to respect the foreign quarter or, as an alternative, that foreigner. shall be allowed pasi-age through Bui-, garian lines. The number of foreigners amounts to some L.0 all eu'er.

DEAD AGAIN A specia. cable to the African World from its resident correspondent at Ad-es Abeba, dated Sunday, states that the Emperor Menolik. ;\PgilS of Abyssinia, died during the week. His successor, Prince Lidji Yiiasson. entered the canital yesterday with great pomp. Jhe Km per or Menelik has been re- ported dead severa ) timer-.

THE JUDCEIS SUGGESTION. To a moneylender's representative \yhh p(,inted out. that certain figuring on the payment, card wa:- not in thér handwriting, Judge Cluer remarked at Clerker.well County Court yesterday: There is no objection to that. The borrower may write, if he chooses, I acknowledge mvelf to have been a -great fool to have gone to moneylenders at

MARKET mishap. I Last night an accident occurred in the vicinity, of the Swansea Middle Market as the result, of an electric light ladder, upon which two men were working- toppling over. One man, H, 0. Da vies, of 4, Beech- wood-read, jumped clear of it. hut the other man, named James Lake, of 4. Albert-row, fell with it;, spraining his left. foot and bruising his both legs. He was later on taken to the Swansea Hospital.

A correspondent from Perth, Wes- tern Australia, writing to the editor of ilig him on the pure Welsh in the paper, states that there is a Cambrian Society in Perth, but that all the business is conducted in English. Yet they are proud of calling themselves Welshmen!

Y.1 5 FOR A HAT. FIGURES THAT MAKE A MERE MAN TREMBLE Sir James W. Ritchie and Mrs. R,itcliie--if, was explained in court that Sir James divorced his wife, who is known on the stage as Mary Grey, be- fore he came into the baronetcy--were cited as defendants in the City of London Court yesterday, when Louise and of Regent-street, sued for to the lady. Mrs. Ritchie, answering counsel, isaid she played in "The "Waltz Drea-in for 2 months, receiving £ 10 a week. Sbe was also in "The Merry Widow," tak- mg: second part and receiving £ 15 a week, while on tour she received £ 1 (J a week. In Ji)09 s ho had ten hats from the plaintiffs; in 1910 thirteen hats and three ret rimmed- Mr. Beaumont Morice (for Mrs. Ritchie) There is nothing unreasonable 111 that. Mr. Cassels ffor Sir James Ritchie) You waiit unti you are married. You will not think so then. 'Laughter.) Cross-examined. Mrs. RitchTe said only one hat had run into double figures --£15 4s. 6d. and s he went to Good- wood in that. Judge Henton), remarking that there, used to be a much better understand- ing between husbands and wives in olden times, said he thought Sir James Ritchie had behaved generously ?a the matter. Judgment must be given for the plaintiffs against Mr». Ritchie only, with costs.

I SWANSEA AVIATOR. CAPTAIN BlTR'S NARROW ESCAPE FiiUfo DEATH. With reference to the reported acci- dent to Captain Bear, the Army aviator, we are pleased to state that his brother, Mr. Beor, of Messrs. Beor and \S ilson, solicitors, Swansea, has received a teie- phone message trom the gallant captain I o the ettect that he is all right, and t.b.-it aithough as one representative stated, he might have been thrown liome yards, he was not in any way seriously in- jured .although, of course, the machine was damaged. The accident occurred at Farnborough on Saturday. Both of the airmen were at,the time piloting biplanes. One was preparing to ascend and the other was in the act of descending after a flight, when a collision occurred, which, as staipd ahove. bad]' damaged the mac- hmes, but d)d not injure either of the |t lilnp, but did not inliire citliei- of the

LOOKINC FOR WORK? Since Saturday last, Charles Jenkins, of 2, Tymawr-street, Swansea, has been missing from his home, which he left with,tlie object of finding work. He is 06 years of age, oft. /in. in height, with a fresh complexion and hazel eyes. He was dressed in a black I suit, brown cap, together with a collar and tie.

THE COMPLETE BURGLAR. A burglar w ho entered a Bath chemist's shop on Sunday shaved and washed himself, cleaned his teeth, ana bandaged a wound caused by broken giass. He left behind him an old razor and numerous finger-prints.

THE IMPORTUNATE SUITOR After one month of married life Mrs. Y. A. Mackie. of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, applied for a divorce from ner husband. She dfctared that in thirty-six days he asked her 100 times to marry him. Then thoroughly w^ary. she consented, j

-=-- Thirty-seven children in Denbighshire have received silver watches from the county authorities for completing seven years' perfect attendance.

NEW WITNESSES -0 SWANSEA PEOPLE SENT FOR. 1 ] THE HOVE FLAT MYSTERY. UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE. I There is an unexpected oe,'E' hpmen t I in the Trevanion inquest, for, instead of the summing-up of the Coroner being delivered first at the opening of the in- quest to-day, it is understood that thp court has decided to call further evi. dence. At the timp of going to press with this page. the inquiry had not recom- menced, but our representatives at Hove will telegraph a full account of the proceedings, pan of which will be I found on another page of this edition, and, as the hearing proceeds, in our .5.30 and 6.30 editions. New Witnesses. The new witnesses already alluded t.o only received their subpoenas late last night, and had to leave Swansea at five o'clock this morning in order to reach Brighton in time for the inquiry, which was timed to commence at -.30 p.m. They are;- Mrs Derrick, of Sketty road. Swan- sea. the widow of a well-known [.(-al tradesman. Mr. Tcm DavieSr Swansea, a local commission agent. Mr. Bert Dunning, Oakwood-road, Swansea. Mrs. Derrick was accompanied by Air. Stobo Andrew, of the firm of Andrew I and Thompson. solicitors. It is possible that other witnesses may also be called, but at the time of writing this is uncertain. For further report see a later page of this edition.

KINC'S LEVEE. HIS MAJESTY" RECEIVES" AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. i His Majesty the King held the first Levee of the season 3t Buckingham Palace to-day. There was a lage attendance, among those present being members of i he Gov eminent and Opposition, including Mr. Asquith, the Marquis of Crewe. Lord Morlevv Mr. McKenna and Mr. Rune-i- man Mr. Balfour. Air. Austen Cham- berlain and Lord Londonderry and re- presentatives of the church, law. oip- lomatic service and various Govern- ment ofifces. The scene was a brilliant j one.

-=: LONDON WELSHMEN. The eleventh tnnual dinner of the Glamorgan Society of London, which will he. held at the Holborn Restaurent. London, will take place on February 20th next, when the guest, of the even- ing will be Lord Justice Vaughan Wil- liams. The artistes will include Air. Ivor Walters and Mr. David Richards, Swan- sea.

East Sussex County Council propose Ii to spent this year £ 18,877 in the tarring of main roads. I Tyne Alariners' Benevolent Institu- tion last year granted f;.S additional ap- plications for pensions, at a cost of £ 579 yer annum.

5.30 EDITION. HOVE INQUEST. Witness gave evidence of all'god conversation frith Dr. Barnes. Sho alleged the doctor Slid he had ar- ranged to take bo-ie charge of de- ceased a.t £ 1,000 a year. She said it was inferred Roe going to bo aiwriod, and shv believed t,;Ù, cause Rots was constantly goi:g to Swansea to 3ms young lady. She added it wa" assumed that he was going to retire now that he Jiad got the money. lle si-ll^gcd Dr. Bainca t-old her his evidence nus a medical man would be Mr. Roc's 1.rump card. Inoiiiry adjourned until noon oii Friday nes.t. ^Setting: 6 to 4 agst Herculean.

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