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IPIIHiiII"I'lllIllllliliU II Hi'iW %\IIIPI  I Is 15/- full change i 1 for -? M. ???????V????JtL?????i?€??? i?? ? j No-and if you eat meat g I without digesting it pro- I ? P??V? you are losing a lot 1 1 of the nourishment of the | S meat. You are getting short; h  I ? c h ange for your money. S S .But if you eat mustard with I jg your meat you digest the meat f 9 instead of wasting it. 1 ¡ o.lmu.a it II I, l D. Mustard I II THE DISH. S.B" # J "1GlDÐ"G!1ÐII8et)OGoJi-
t',''''=...—3 1 -A SHILLING…
t = —3 A SHILLING LOAF. j ONLY A BARE POSSIBILITY. FREIGHTS A GRAVE ELEMENT. i The serious problem of freights has led some people to the belief that the tour- pound loaf may eventually cost 1. In th view jf -Nli-. F. C. Finch, the secretary of the ?La&t?r Bakers' Protection Society, there as only a bare po?iMlity of this cccujTing. Mr. Finch, however, holds that even at 9d. a loaf bread is extremely chea-p. "Ii has not gone up in price anything like: the pro- portion thit other commodities have," lie said yesterday. When Waterloo was be- ing fought wllcat was 126s. a quarter, and at the time of the Crimea it was 76s., \hl00 now it is 60s. And in those time,, the amount of wheat cbtain?d from America and the Argentine was verv sm?Al MDRP:" WHEAT THAN EVER, Mr. Finch pointed out that, taking tne average freight from America (75s. per ton) end the Argentine (150s. per ton), this alone represented 3d. in the present price of Sbread. "The matter b?5 entirely in the hands of the Government," he said. "They anTe taken the ships, and it is a question of getting wheat sent here. There is no shortage of w is as much in the world as ever there was. In fact it has been computed—I don't know whether it is correct—that there are two million quarters of willeat more now than ever before. The whole question is one of freight. There is the greatest trouble in the world to get de- l iveries of' flour, and bakers have- to wait I from day to day for their si: voiles. j Bottled Beer Up in Lonacn. The principal London brewers on .Mon- day informed their customers that tne price of certain bottled beers has now been raised. This will probably mean that, licenses will increase the puce of a penny It on quart bottles, and perhaps 3d. a dozen on pint Lotties. The higher cost of I labour, materials, and transport is among t? reasons given for the enhanced price in II the brewers' cucular. The manager oi ojie of the biggest "Med" houses in the Citv said that tiie mc-reare would eot affect the over the counter trade. but only such beers as were constirned off the premises. The price of bottles has be "a.11(i gone up double and treble," he said, "and in the indoor trade we keep the- bottles, of course. Such beers as Bass and Cruirmess are not yet affected, and I do not think the new prices will make much difference to anyone except the off-li-cense holders. It is what we call the tiagon bottles that are effected."
I MOTHER NATURE '/RESTIVE.I
I MOTHER NATURE RESTIVE. FLOODS AND 'QUAKES. ] The following occurrences have been reported almost simultaneously Earth tremors in thft-31 id lands. Heavy landslide in the Rhymney Vall Flooding or rivers and bursting of Grand Canal banks in Ireland. Floods in Holland. j Mr. J. J. Shaw, who recorded the Mid- land earthquake shock at his West Brom- wich observatory, discussed the possible conneotion between these happenings. He pointed out that there were three earth- quakes recorded on Thursday, the centre of intensity of which he believes was pro- bably in the East Indies. It js auit? possible that the canal burst i? Ireland may be associated with the Midland move- ment, and the South Wales movement ma.y also have some connection. ( It is well known that earthquakes in one part of the world will give rise to others widely distant, owing to a disturb- ance of the world's delicate equilibrium. Repeatedly an earthquake in one con- tinont has been followed by a similar movement in another. This is clearly the direct effect of the strain of gravitaaoll."
."LOT OF RUBBISH."
"LOT OF RUBBISH." Mr. John Redmond and a London ) Canard. I I With reference to a paragraph published I in a. London newspaper that a rumour was current in political circfl.es in Cork that Mr. John Redmond had asked his colleagues to accept his resignation of the lea,dership of the Irish Party, but at the urgent request of his followers he will remain as chief until sfT successor can be chosen, Nir. Redmond, in reply to an enquiry by the Press Association, said "It is a lot of rubbish. There's not a word of truth in it from beginning to end.
YOUNG MUNITION WORKER'S II…
YOUNG MUNITION WORKER'S FRAUD. Joseph Keefe (17), mumtjon worker, was c'harged at Carmarthen Assizes on Tuesday with obtaining, with intent to d-efraud, off Robert JoRa UGddaa-d the sum of J81 3s., at Pembrev. It was stated that accused had aba ed himself from work; there was only 10s. due to him at the end of the week, and in order not to show his mother he had lost any work lie altered the name on the pay ticket to tha.t of Goddard, altering the amount. Accused was bound over in th .t.tim of rP,5 for 12 months.
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[ TAXI JOURNEY WITH I TAXI…
[ TAXI JOURNEY WITH I TAXI JOldR.N.V WITH Fr_ N D A N T. MARRIED WOMAN AND THE?  ALIEN. At Abera-von on Monday, ? married i woman, named Elizabeth Smith, Emroch- trect. Celluloid, Port- Talbot, was sum- moned on two charges under the Aliens Registration Act. 1915, with failing to keep a register of aliens and failing to deliver the necessary form.to the police of an alien who was jodging at her house. j P. C. Bvyce said he called at defendant's house and found a Russian named Selmon lodging in the houso, and asked if the man was registered Defendant replied "You have no right to comc in. You are always trying to interfere with me, and do me harm." Witness replied that he only thought he wafl trying to do her good. Mr. L. -d. Thomas (for defendant) You actually rode up to this woman's house with! her in a taxi? ji Witness Ye?, she asked me. and I went j in with hc! P.S. McGcvarn said that the Ru:Úan ?-elmon reg'st?'-ed himsdt on December 14th but the form was not delivered up by defen- jj cant until January 4th. Defendant pleaded ignorance. | Supt. Evans proved convictions against j defendant at Port Talbot and Newport. She was fined £ 5 for the first- oScj?ce. and 20s. jj fQr t 1w s,>Cond dfcl1èr. 
 M E A N OFFENCE." !
 M E A N OFFENCE. BURRY FORT TRAMMER AND; MATE'S MONEY. j Carmarthen Winter Assizes were held on j Tuesday, Jbeforf Mr, .Justice Aitkin. There were only three causes, and the Judge con- 1 gminiated the court on the light calendar, j William Henry Richards (32), trammer at! the Achddu Colliery, Burry Port, was charged with I to Richard Evan*. a fellow workman. Mr. Marlav Samson prosecuting, said that both men were employed. as trammers, one on the day shift and the other on the nfght shift. It was- the custom for the money earned by the men to bo put in one 'envelope, and the man who received if. was to hand the wages, due to the other man. The sum of £ 2 4s. ld. which was due to Evans was put in the envelope and handed to prisoner, who, however, denied this. Accused said the envelope only contained £1 7s. 5d., which was the money due to him. The jurge characterised the offence as a. mean one, and sentenced prisoner to three calendar months hard labour.
,-I ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER
I ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER NO LONGER A CHILD. PeiImps you have already noticed that. your daughter in her "tns" has de-I velopecl a fitful temper, is restless and excitable, and. often in need of geutle reproof. In that case, remember that the march of years is leading her on to womanhood, and at this time a great responsibility rests upon you as parents. If your daughter is pale, complains of weakness and depression, feels tired-out.j after a little exertion if she tells you of headache or backache, or pain in the side, do not disregard these warnings. Your daughter needs help, for she is most pro- bably a!iwriiic,-ti Iat is. bloodless. Sl-totild you notice any of these disturb- ing signs, lose- no time but procure for her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for her un- healthy girlhood is bound to lead to un- healthy womanhood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People enrich the impoverished blood of girls and women, and by doing so they repair waste and prevent disease. They give to sickly drooping girls health, brightness, and chariii, with colour in the cheeks, spàrk- ling eyes, a. light step and high spirits. Let your daughter begin them to-day any dealer supplies thes(i, pills; but never accept common pink pills; ask for Dr. Williams' FREE.—Of interest to all girls 30<\1 women is the h'ttleJiook, "Plaiu Talks to! Women," offered free to those who .send a postcard for a copy to Hints Dept., 46j1 Holbein Viaduct, London, j
-",,-I YP HE'S REASON FOR…
I YP HE'S REASON FOR THE I REVOLVER. I- Iwo Cmnese sailors, > p He and Chang Tim, were indicted on "Monday at the Old Bailey fur demanding £ 500. with menaces, from Chang Abon, a lodging houso keeper. Counsel said the prisoners went to Chang Alion's private room, and one of them pro- duced a revolver and said to him: "I want C500 from ycu or I will shoot you." The prosecutor took £ 45 from his safe, and Chang Tim took the money whilst the other prisoner covered hirn with the revolver. A few days previously, said counsel, Yp He had asked for the loan of a revolver, as he wanted it to "see a friend." (Laughter.) The jury failed to agree, and the case was, ad- journed untii the next session.
r HIS ANNUAL "JOY DAY."I
HIS ANNUAL "JOY DAY." I At Aberavori County Police (iauet on II Monday Francis Jones. Owmavon, WI summoned for being drunk and disorderly. Supt. Ben Evans said defendant had been before the court 1G times since 190.1, and had kept the offences up annually since then. He was fined
WHALER ON FIRE IN THEI -,.CHANNEL,…
WHALER ON FIRE IN THE I CHANNEL, I Li-e auxiliary 1 eT ¡ Ouud.ee, was observed to be on fire in the finViol Channel on Tuesday morning with I dois" smoke issuing from tho holds. The veree ) wa-s eventually beached near Sully, whovA it is likely to b?com« a wreck.
- - - -GRAVE CHARGES PREFERRED.
GRAVE CHARGES PREFERRED. POSITING" THE GERMAN ARMY. The Berne correspondent of the "Morning | Post" writes — For some time past I have been aware that charges were pending against two high officers oi the Swiss General Staff, but for the sake of Switzerland, and because rumour is apt, to exaggerate such matters, I have refrained from telegraphing on t-ho subject. however, certain facts have come de- finitely to light, and it appears that the two oifiecrs are alleged to have communicated to certain Foreign Legations hi Berne confi- dential information which had come to their knowledge by virtue of their official position. The Legations are those of Germany a.Dd Austria, and the country to whose detriment the confidential information is supposed to have been given is, of course. France. All along the .Swiss frontier within the military zone observation posts a-re placed, whcnco all movements of French troops are noted. This information is sent daily to the Swiss General Staff, and one -of the officers was connected with this department. It is in the Swiss Press that heis a-Uegied to have transmitted every evening bv a military cvclist the Secret information of the Swiss General I Staff I to the (fcrman ami Austrian Military At- taches. The other ofikcr is said, to have caused a document in cipher taken from the Russians by the Germans, which the latter could. licit decipher, to be deciphered by a, skilful cryptographer on the Swiss General t the traii,?i l a,t' 'n I Staff, and then to ha.ve sent tho translation to the German General Staff. One interme- diary is said to be a certain military critic of a paper in tho Swiss capital. Should I these charges be proved, the offence, accord- ing to Swiss Federal military law, -is trea- son. One of the accused officers had influ- ence with the Swiss censorship, which, will perhaps explain the falsification in favour of Germany of some of my telegrams to the "Morning Post." The excitement throughout the country over this affair, involving the honour not only of two highiy-pla-ced Swiss officers out I my long residence in Switzerland I have never known anything approaching it. The Federal Council has had as rtialiv three sittings in a single day to discuss the affair. The inquiry has been proceeding ivith closed doovs and has been conducted hy a special Judge. Efforts are being made in certain quarters to save the two oiffcers by merely dismissing thorn from the Armv, but. as the Honour of Switzerland is involved, there is* a strong leeiuig that the wnole matter should come before a Court-martial d be thoroughly gifted. The feeling among the French-Swiss is so intense that the Governments of tho five French-Swiss cantons, Geneva, Neucha,te1. Vaud. VaJais, and Fribourg, had all sent telegrams to the Federal Council insisting on the enormous excitement caused by this case and demand- ing that the public should be exactly in- formed with the least possible delay a-s to the facts, also that suitable punishment be indicted on the officers should they be proved guilty. As matters now stand, the Swiss Govern- ment has unanimously decided that the scope of the inquiry shall be extended and that the two officers concerned shall hold no military office until the case is concluded. I understand that the Allied Powers have been assured by the Swiss Government that the, officers, if guilty, will be punished. Should the charges be proved against them Only one punishment is possible in circumstances ot such extreme gravity. Sentinels have been stationed before the doors of the lI io-sas occupied by the accused officers, and i-,hiis virtually, though not nominally, they are under arrest.—("Morn- — ^T- f
--,I A DEAD MAJM'S DRIVE.
I A DEAD MAJM'S DRIVE. GRIM SCENE IN LONDON. I An extraordinary story of a dead man's drive through the heart of London related at the Poplar coronor's court. The dead driver was Charles Thornton, J aged sixty. With the reins in his lifeless hands, he drove two horses with a load of timber. They travelled from Blackfriars Wharf to Mile End, but when the death I took place is not known. At fhe inquest another driver explained how the horses kept their right position in the traffic. Richard Dean, who went with Thornton on anothev van, stated that the man was all right when he left. Blackfriars. Thorn- tonw" behind him on the way home, and his horses must have followed those driyen I by witness through crowded streets, in' spite of the fact that the driver was dead, Medical evidence showed that the man's heart weighed 3Goz., as against the normal: weight of 16oz., and that death was due to a, large rupture. Death from natural causes was the ver- dict returned.
KEEP THE GAS FIRES! IBURNING.I
KEEP THE GAS FIRES BURNING. TILL THE SHELLS GO OUT. It will com.e as a surprise to the house- wife and a triumph to the cook to learlJ that it is more patriotic to boil the kettle on the .gos stove than on the kitchen tire; more patriotic to sit in a room with an 111)- ronnntic gas fire than in one hea.ted with glowing 008.1; and that every shovelful of coal means the loss up the chimney of valu- able gases that ought to be used in killing Germans. Toluol and benzol, chemical products used in the manufacture of high explosives, are extracted from coal gas. At the re- quest of the Minister of Munitions the gas i :>rnpan.ies have installed the necessary plant to secure these products. The process may lessen slightly the illuminating power of the gas, but has practically no effect on its I-)ower. Save Your Cca!. I There may also ha-ve been noticed in some cases a tendency to the clogging of the pipes. This is owing to the reduction of the capacity of the gas for retaining certain constituents in gaseous form, such a. naph- thalene. The fault can be rectified when reported. An appeal ha-s been made by the Minister of Munitions to public authorities' not to test too searchinglv the quality of their gas I supply. An appeal is now made to the private consumer to tolerale. small incon- veniences and substitute gas heating for coal heating. With every shovelful of coal that iK loaded on the fire a certain amount of toluol and benzol is irroplaoea-bly lost. But I the more gas that is consumed the greater the amount of toluol and bepzol that is made available. Temporary buildings are everywhere be- ing erected for war purposes in every case gas heating; and gas lighting should be in- z The loss of light applies much more to the antiquated gas jet than to the incandescent mantle, which derives its bril- liance from the' heating as well as 'the light- ing power of the gas.
EXPLOSION AT LLANDOVERYI MINE.
EXPLOSION AT LLANDOVERY I MINE. David James Philiips (lo), employed in! a lead mine at Llandovery, was admitted to the Swansea Hospital on Tuesday after- noon suffering from severe injuries, as frhej result of an explosion. -■
-OH, WHAT A SURPRISE?,1
OH, WHAT A SURPRISE? ,1 One of the last I heard about ific-I Anzacs concerns a lanky Australian whoj caught a Turk sniper nt work between tho lines, and weut chasing him with a. percussion bomb. no use." he kept | shouting, "you've got to go through 11., you And instead of throwing the bomb from a safe distance, he ra.n the Turk to earth and hit him over the bead with it. Of course, both of them \ven? ii,itli? it. Of Coiirsf?, botli (i i t i ](1111
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- ..- - - - -PORT EYNON DIS.…
PORT EYNON DIS. ASTER. REMARKS AT PORTH- 1 CAVVL INQUEST. I At Porthcavvl Police Station on Monday, I Mr. Lewis M. Thomas (district coroner) held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of William Eynon, of Port Eyncn, the second victim of the Port Eynon lifeboat disaster, whose body was pif-ked up near the Ogmore Piver entrance- on Sunday. Captain George Eynon (Port Evnoll) was the first witness called. He said that he had inspected the body lyiug at the mortuary and had identified it by articles of clothing and a belt as that of his brother, Williaiii Eynon. Deceased was 46 years of age and was a. farmer. He wa.s a married man with two children and was a permanent member of the Port Eynon lifeboat crew. Deceased and witness formed part of the crew which went out in the lifeboat on New Year's Day in answer to signals of distress from a vessel in Oxwich Bjv. Witness was not a, member of the Jifeboat crew, but in response to a re- quest by the coxswain—P'Hy Gibbs-he vol- unteered to go out to make up tbe requisite number. The crew consisted of 13. They sailed up to Oxwich Point and then worked round into the bay, where the vessel lay.. They got within hailing distance, but although two men appeared ¡ on board tho vessel, there wa-s no response when asked jf thev required any assistance. When ths Anchor Dragged. 11 I lucre was a høavy sea running, ana tney dropped anchor, but the anchor I They then. set sail and tried to get back to j the vessel, but failed. After this, it was I decided to make for the Mumbles, when a sea came, and, striking the boat on her lar- board quarter, turned her right over. All the crew but one were thrown into the sea, and all, with the exception of Geo. Harrv (whose body was found on Crymlvn Burrows) got back to the boat. As a result of. the capsize the boat's mast and gear were floating about. They searched for the miss- ing man and saw nothing of him. The crew then started rowing for the Mumbles, but hi about 45 minutes another terrific sea- came and upset the boat a second time. and a,H again were thrown out. and they had not sumc-icnt strength left to save themselves, I only by cm another's af.-?stance. They were a.H completely done up through ex- haustion. In this upset deceased and the coxswain were missing, and although :õe,:rch I was made nothing was seen of them. In this of exhaustion, the anchor was thrown out. The Coroner: You rode at anchor, and in your exhausted condition left yourselves to the mercy of the sea? Witness: Yes, sir. ) Witness continuing said, that in the earlv morning they hoisted the anchor and rowed for the tihete at 9.30 a.m. All the men had lifebelts on and were proporly clothed, and the boat was all right. The Foreman Was deceased a good swimmer? Witness: He could swim fairly, hut I dc't't think he was an expert. "CowardtyAct." J the foreman Do you not think it wrong that those on board the vessel did not re- spond to your caLl? Witness: I think it was a cowardly act not to have answered us. The Coroner: This does not affect the I death of deceased who was drowned 45 minutes after leaving tho vessel. A Juror: If the vessel did not want you why were you caned out? vvuness: JLdie question 1s-who fired the signals of (iisti e., is-tlie vessel or the coast- guards? Some one is responsible for this loss of life, and the circumstances should demand a ffoard of Trade inquiry. A Juror I quite agree. Charles 'Henry Elcock (Neath) said that he was down at .N ewton on Sunday, and at 11.20 a.m. found the body on the sands j about a quarter of a mile on the Pont-hca-wl side of the Ogm-cre river. [ Dr. J. D. Alexander (Pcrfhcaw!) spoke to i exammmg the body, and pronounced death clue to The Cor., .:rvV All the facts have been, very clearly given by. Captain Eynon, who as a volunteer acid also the other -members, of the crew had done all it was possible to do, I do not see that the blame can be attached to anyone, and it was clearly a case of accidental drowning. On the proposition of fcha foreman a vote of sympathy was passed with the relatives. The Coroner It is very sad that. Captain Eynon should have lost his brother and brother-in law at the same time. Captain Eynon expressed his tihanks.
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I, PURLOINED PAPERS. I
I, PURLOINED PAPERS. I NEWSAGENT'S CHASE AFTER I BOY. At7Swansea Juvenile Court on Tuesdav a boy age(I 13 years was charged with stealing a number of papers, value 310., from a parcel, the property of Mr. George Williams, whole- sale newsagent, of 69, High-street-, and 2, Ivy-place, on January 12.. Complaina.nt said it was his custom to have all the papers on a trolley outside 2, Ivy-place, in the early hours of the rnornjn«. On the 10th and 16th inst. he missed part of the contents of the parcels each morning. On the morning in question, the 12tah inst., he kept observation, and defendant went up to tho lorry and cut the ropes around the pcr- cel. He picked the papers out, and. was aibcut to carry them away when'witness came out of 'his hiding place*and handed him over to the police. P.S. (2) Williams spoke to ■ arresting the bov, who when chargfd, made no reply, j Defendant was bound over in Uw f<ium d I JS5 to be of giKxi behaviour for 12 months, and placed under the probation officer of I tho court, Mis Featherstone.
ICONSTABLE AND THE ABSENTEE.…
CONSTABLE AND THE ABSENTEE. I SWANSEA OFFICER HAS A I STRUGGLE. At Swansea Police Court on Tuesday, Wm. John Davies, 21st Reserve Welsh Regiment; Harry Lee, 21st Reserve Welsh R-egimcnt, and John Daley, 9th Battalion South Wales Bor- derers, vero charged, with beiug absentees from their respective regiments. In the case against Lee, P.C. (40) Andrews said that at 11.30 on Monday night he visited defendant/ a house, and saw defendant's father, Ho asked him if his son wa$in, and | he replied No." Witness went around the back, end looking through the window saw a Soldier sitting in the kitchen. I lie again went around to tne iront and I knocked ai, the door. He had to wait several minutes l)tlore the door was opened, and during the wait be heard senfflipff going on inside. The door was opeucd^by defendant's rather, who a<?aiii, when asked if Lis son j v;as there, replied No. Witness told him he would seareh the house. but defendant- (:aiae (Iov,-Ti the ltairs. Witness told defendant lie was going to I take him to, the station for being an i absentee, but he refused to go, and he had a, !ot of t?uble with him a,nd had to gpt assist- f:>ne,(', 1 AH the (?'fpnda')? vere rpmnnd?d to n?K't j escorts.. • |
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' | BLUDGEONS FOR ; SOLDIERS.…
BLUDGEONS FOR SOLDIERS. FOR NIGHT TRENCH RAIDS J A RETURN TO THE STONE AGE. i The American united Press publishes the following article written bv its special cor- respondeat at Salonica, Mr. William G. i Shepih'erd — • At last the men in the Great War have j got. down- to using clubs—j ust ordinary clubs for braining purposes. The Austro-: Germain soldiers aae supplied. with blud- j gcoris and on certain parts of. the British j front the soldiers have been furnished with j clubs that are covered with >-pikes. The German clubs were intEnded for uso in en- i tering British' trenches on the sly jii(I --Iziy- ittg noiselessly so that men in other parts of the trenches might not know what is going on. The British, needless to say, haVe pre- pared to 'do the same sort of thing when occasion arises. One of the newest missiles in the Great War is a huge shell which the C-eriaaavs have been tl-ixoi v ill in iieia-dibourhooti of tho 'Dardanelles. Only air guns could-throw the shell witlu)ut exploding it. and these guns must be ten inches in bore and many feet long. One of these shells, which, fell in the British lines unexploded, has been taken apart by experts. It was 10 inches wide and 15 inches long, and made of sheet steel and wooden plugs at ckicli end. It contained 76 pieces of r-crap iron and 251b. of tori-nitre. toluol, and the who!e weighed 511b. T11e', nyii!? of the big shell must have been "touchy" work. Imagine a, fire-cracker 10 inches thick that would blow a bole in the earth 6 veet deep and 10 feet across. Ima- gine yourself facing the duty of lighting the fuse on this 511b. cracker 1md then, while the fuse Wêl"1 spluttering, placing the cracker in the mouth of a gia.nt air-gun aud firing off the gun in time to get the cracker out of your neighbourhood before it went off'
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
THE OLD, OLD STORY. EXPENSIVE HUG AT I SWANSEA. At Swansea on Tuesday Marv LmTKm and Annie Bobbins, both women of a certain class, were charged with stealing and re- ceiving a pur S3 from Phillip Thomas, on tho Strand, on January 15th. I Complainant fiaad that on Saturday" after- nOOíll he left his house with the money to take it to the bank. He, saw Lennon near the mairket and they went and had some drinks together. I.<a.ter on they went down the Strand, and there the other defendant cam;) up to them. Lennon Started hugging and kissing him, I and a little la tor both women r an away m different directions, and lie missed the money. Supt. Baberts applied for a remand for a week, whidl was granted, bail being re- fused.
SHORT RAILWAY STAFFS. I -…
SHORT RAILWAY STAFFS. People Who Took Advantage of .1 Them. At Ammanford Pohce Court on .l\tondy I Wm. James, Bla?nau Lodge, Llandebie, was charged with traveUing without a. ticket between Llandov?ry and Dandebie. He told A. 1. Thomas, who examined tickets on the U.HO train for Shrewsbury, that he had joined the train at (?nrhyd. When informed that the tr/in did not stop at that station ho admitted having come from Daudovery. A ticket receipt for Is. 4d. having been prepared, defen- dant refused to pay, &ayin? it Mas from "Liargadock he canr.e. Witness himself joined the train at LIangadock o,ucl could positively state that defendant did not entrain there. Defendant told the B?nch that ho did come from Lla?ogadoc?, having had a ride! down as far as L-la-uwrda, and having walked down further. i Detective-Inspector A. DarraH said the defendant had admitted to him having! come from Llandovery. That class ot offence was very muèh on the increase, and he was afraid people were taking ad-, vantage of the shortage of staff. Defendant. was fined 20s.
i MARS PERISHING OF THIRST.…
MARS PERISHING OF THIRST. In a recent lecture on tne planets, Irenes-! sor S. L. Boothroyd, of the Department of (ksfcwmojny, in the University of Washing- ton, expressed pity for the fate of those who live in Mars, the planot nearsi., the earth. Mars," he said, is evidently an old planet; water is dmappeamg rapidly, and iL is' .¡yng ,ot thirst. The inhabitants of Mars, cannot count upon the so-called canals, for j they are canals oniv in mime." Professor; p.oothroyd believes that the earth will one day share the same fate; it will die of thirst, its iiavs is dying, because it- is unable t-c- retain its moisture. [
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FORD'S PEAClt CRANKS.
FORD'S PEAClt CRANKS. FLAPPERS AND OBSCURE JOURNALISTS. j For three days the Peace Expedition, as it is officially called, of Mr. Henry FOlxl, of Detroit, Mich., was in this city. The event- has not made Sweden quake, or raised, or even depressed, the prices of belligerent countrrs' rentes. -But it is an event which, however wild from the standpoint of war and poEcy, will live in history as'a manifes- tation of human nature. Disillusioned or exhausted, Mr. Ford has gone back to Amem'a. [Normally, a Iiamiet with the role of Denmark's prince left out is dull. But the flight of Mr. Ford, assuming, as ail his followers assume, that he was siiicere, adds to the comic and to the tragic element. Here, in a. p;trt?',ni;?:[y cyni?:))..incredulous capitni..are dumped down a. Hundred a«id fifty grown-up children. I with i-ome children by age. Tnev are peace I fanatics, with their wtivea; acnis, and | daughters jou,M)',a!lists, mo:tJy of the rawest and most enterprising Anierican type and hangers-on, peace or war, but- have an easily expli-calile ambition I to "see YurT-Up "at an ingenuous million- aire's expense. The Peace Expedition is spread over the 1 three biggest Stockholm hotels. The head- quarters and the most important or most pushful I,t the Grand Hotel. Until tniiS wedfc the Grand Hotel was the seat of a War Exchange," where doubt- ful Germans and Russians foregathered, did dishonest deals, traded with the enemy," and diverted goods sold by England to Russia into German ha.iids. The War Exchange i« entirely pushed into the background by the forceful Americans. In the big entrance hall is heard only the American tongue. In appearance. most re- markable of the Peace expeditioners is undoubtedly the Rev. Jankins Lloyd Jonss, I a wmte-n-Gardect veteran who served under Grant, and now conducts a church which engages the sympathy and co-oneratior of all peoples from Rome to Jerusalem." Physv- ally .Mr Jones obscures all the other male peace delegates. Half the delegate are women mostly young, prepossessing, and extiemely undistinguished, who smoke cigarettes, and aro addii'essed by the familiar journalists as ve child -1 A Fair Enthusiast. Vl younger ladies, the most prominent I 8nd rhetorical is a "MUIS Gibbons, from Pennsylvania, who wa. in Germany and Austria after the war broke out. Miss Gib- bons proclaims that she alone knows how to end the war; explains the secret of the Germau retreat to the Marne "as given to 'me by the highest Staff officers"; and has unimpeachable German authority for the story that the ,I Kaiser sailed over London 1!.1 a Aeppeiui. The youngest peace delegate is a girl of seventeen. dressed in something' like Swedish national costume, with long- fair plaits "a, la Marguerite" down her back. Eight months ago this delegate was a school- girl in Finland; she emigrated to New York, "assimilated" quickly America, became a "peace enthusiast," and joined the expedi- tion. The .-journalists, introducing her as "child," declare that she has one of the sharpest heads in the expedition, and the young Finno-American lady gravely gives her views of peace. 1 be fifty journalists are typical American "newspaper men or "nelvppaper women," about a third being female. Most are ex- tremely sharp and amazingly unlearned abcut Europe s politics. Many important newspapers hnve not sent representatives, but a. doisen obscure newspapers which never before sent correspondents farther than the town limits have correspondents here. There is no correspondent for the New York Sun," but the "Spartanburg Herald" and the "Drake Daily Dephic 11 I are well represented. The journalists make clear to all that though Mr. Ford'a guests, they are not mem- bers of his expedition, and, with few excep- tions, add that they are not neutral, as the expedition is, but heartily hope for the En- tente's success. The only real journalistic personality is Mr. 8. 8. MoClure, new editor of the New York "Evening Mail. McClure counts as ono of the .spoil-sport". He was a ringleader of the group of jour- nalists who refused to sign a petition con- demning President Wilson's armaments pro- posals. Mr. McClure has a sharp head and an institict for the realities of Europe's pre- sent politics; but the official leaders of the expedition, who lack those qualifications, boycott him as a heretic; and Mr. McClure proposes to leave the expedition, and make a European tour of hie own. He assures me rhat he realised from the first the expedi-, tion's hopelessnes. He came with it as stu- dent, not a-s propagandist. 'I
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EXEMPTED FROM COMPULSION BILL, j  Men Married Between August and] Novembe r. An a-meMtM)!L was m.me to the Lorn'jul. sicn B)!}. on Monday excmptHig a],l :n.n malTi"d between the date of the Nc?;on:? Hp?ister, August loth, and the dat\ of Mv j Asquith's pledge, November 2nd. 'I Mr. Walter Long they would have to 1 consider whether the Ihrh, ^testations* I would not ha ve io get t he boivefit >,f -the. » w-raf- conceeaaona.
RELIEF IN LODGING-HOUSES.
RELIEF IN LODGING- HOUSES. WELSH COMMITTEE RECOM- MENDS ABOLITION. The seventh quarterly report of til* Glamorgan, Monmouth and Brecknook Vagrancy Committee was presented at a meeting of the oomm'ttee held at Cardiff on Monday. The number of admissions to casual wards in tho various unions during the quarter ended December 31st, 1915 was 3,928, and the number ior the corresponding? period of the previous year 7,648, a decrease of 3,72.0. In Carclifl the number of admis- sions will.; cilp. against 1,114 in the oorres' ponding quarter of 1914; at Merthyr 129. a 534: at Newport 223, against 543: at PontY¡j "1([d 240. against 503; and at Swansea 548, against- 558. The number of admissions to lodginp- houses in the combined Unions during tho quarter ended December 3lt, 1915, was 507. and the number for the corresponding wriod of 1914 was 2,960. a decrease of 2.455 In view of the marked diminution of casuals the committee again expressed the opinion that the hystem of rolievins in loh-Tinc-houses should now oe abandoned, and recommended those Unions who wsrft :till relieving: in lodgring'-liouses to abandon the sv-ate'Ji. if possible, within the ensuing- three 0, montha. "Unions were urged to detain tj-?mps .for two <tfys i]? th? event their ,? ;I riot boinc ? t?-'?ession. of a Way tiokwi. 'By ?A. :d?ptim ihcr-ie courses h -a- ictt that tue ,Y-; ielt that 4.it,- ",Votllti k)e -still tLItlltr The report was adopted.
THOSE RUMOURS;
THOSE RUMOURS; WHAT REALLY AILS THE KAISER. COPENHAGEN, Monday. I learn from a medical source in Berlin that the Kait-er's Physicians-in-Ordinary three weeks ago called in speciaJists, who examined his throat with a laryngoscope and removed a granule from the vocal chords which caused hoarseness. My informant adds that the circumstanM that the Kaiser has ga,ined weight and it physically stronger than ever may be taken as most reliable proof that the cancer rumouu is incorrect. The normal improvement con- tinues. The Kaiser travelled via Cologne on Sun- day night to visit the Crown Prinoa.—» C Daily Mail.")
TWENTY-SEVEN OUT OF TWENTY-NINE.
TWENTY-SEVEN OUT OF TWENTY-NINE. Landore Ambulance Men's Award. Awards gained by candidates of the Lan- dore (Locomotive Department) Ambulanco Class, G.W.B., were presented by Mr. Christison (divisional locomotive superin- tendent), who occupied the chair. He was supported by Mr. E. T. John (loco. foremaji. Landore), Mr. W. P. Morgan (divisional am- bulance secretary), and Mr. T. Bees (class secretary). Mr. Christison, in presenting the awards, congratulated the class on the satisfactory result of the examination, whereby 27 can- didates out of Z9 passed the respective examinations for 1st. 2nd, 3rd and 4th year courses. He urged upon the members the importance of continuing their studies. The yolden rule of life applied especially in aau- bulance work, where so much could be done to relieve the sufferings of injured persons. He called to mind a remark made some yearn ago by the doctor of the class which he at- tended, when the doctor paraphrased Shakes- peare's words, "A little knowledge is a dark gerous thing," by remarking that "The want of knowledge is a dangerous thing," and thin was very true with ambulance work. The class secretary was presented with a. was Presented with a silver-mounted umbrella in recognition of his services to the class. ¡ The class instructor (Mr. Webber) having joined the colours, it was felt some %rvre- cia-tion should be shown to him of his efforts and the members presented him also with a. framed photograph of the class. A letter Wai) read from Dr. Hubert Thjnnas regretting his unavoida.ble absence froA the meeting. The usual vote of thanks con- cluded the meeting.
I I THE SKIPPER'S SPREU*
I THE SKIPPER'S SPREU* Heavy Weather in Victoria Road. At Swansea Police Court on Wednesday Capt. Jans Albert was charged with being drunk and ilicapable in Victoria-road the previous day.—-Special Constable C. Williams gave evidence, and said he found defendant ou the road.—Defendant waa iined 10s. or æven days. For a. similar offence in High-street, E^ lizabeth Hughes, widow, was also wi( ],oil- IN-as c.'han,;od.—P.C.'(l-lO) Hawkins proved the case.—Defendant promised to go to the Workhouse, find the case was adjourned for a week.
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