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.BRITISH DEMAND TO usseas…
BRITISH DEMAND TO usseas 140- FUTURE OF THE I APPAM. i < Mystery of the Moewe. GERMAN FAILURE AT YPRES. Turks Washed Out at Kute ♦ PRESS BUREAU. Wednesday, 10.30 p.m. The following telegraphic dispatch has received from General Headquarters in February 2nd, 9.28 p.m. Last rtight one of our patrols, after mooting the hostile sentry, threw hand- grenades into a hostile post established at the northern end of Frise. About 11.30 a.m. to-day the enemy attempted a surprise attack against our trenches about the Ypres-Pilkem road. The attack was not preceded by any artillery bombardment, and was easily I driven back by our fire. (Proas Association War Special.) I PARIS, Wednesday, 11 p.m. To-night's official communique says:- In Artois there was rather active mine fighting in the neighbourhood of the Lille road. j An artillery fire caused three explosions in the enemy batteries in the region of Vimy. To the north-west of Berry-au Bac Ger- man troope on the march were surprised by our gun fire. In Champagne we bombarded the works of the enemy to the north of Souain. In the Woevre there Was effective firing against two mine-throwers situated to the north-west of Flirey. In Lorraine, at Hill 423, east of Senones, our batteries demolished an enemy block- house. There waa cannonading on the rest of the front. ) I THE CERMAN REPORT. (Press Association War Special.) AM.STLRL aai, Y\ edntsday. The German official communique issued Jxiay says In some sectors of Champagne and east of Saint Die (Vosges) the enemy artillery developed great activity. Lens was again bombarded by the enemy. A large French aeroplane was caught! by our anti-aircraft guuis and fell down south-west of Chauny. The occupants. who were wounded, were taken prisoners. A SEMI-OFFICIAL DENIAL. I (Press Association War Special.) PARLS, Wednesday, j A semi-official statement says:—Ger- nan telegrams assert that in the region! of NeiiviUe, In Artois, the Germans are holding their positions despite attacks which the French troops are said to have made. The truth is that the French troops have made no attack in this region, 1 but they have successfully repulsed four attacks made by the Germans within the: I"t forty-eight hours. t i
IN HOT PURSUIT. ! i -i
IN HOT PURSUIT. i RUSSIAN ADVANCE I CONTINUED. TURKISH VILLAGE CAPTURED. PETROGRAD, Wednesday. The foUowing oSciaJ communique is is- The fohowing officiad commu-u k4ue is is- Our troops pursuing the Turk, in the Tor- turn region advanced towards the Czarokh riv-r. In the valley of the Upper Passim we fought successful actions against Turkish advance guards and took some prisoners. On the southern short of Lake Van we captured the village of Norkeff after a fight. » In the Kermanshah region we drove back the enemy in the direction of N ekhovend. In their recent official comrnnniqueg the Turks have 8Cught by every means to dimin- ish the suocess of our troops. but the same communiques contain the following admis- sion -The Turks retired to Eraertun after hand-to-hand fighting for eight days against numerically superior enemy forces. At the same ti ne the communiques assert that the Turks succeeded in overcoming the numerical and probably accidental superiority of the Russians. They thus e-onfirm in most ample fashion the success which we gained.
"USE OF FORCES."
"USE OF FORCES." PRESIDENT WILSON'S YAOUE WORDS. (Renter's Foreign Special). TOPEKA, Kansas, Wednesday. President Wilson, in an address here to-day in favour of "preparedness." declared that it might be necessary to use the forces of the United States in order to vindicate the rights of Americans everywhere to enjoy the protection of mtermation&l law. He said that Americans were not going; to submit to habitual or continual neglect j fef those rights.
TWO BOATS LOST.I
TWO BOATS LOST. Lloyd's report the British -turner Belle of Fr&Dce ha* been nnk. European orew and 22 Lasoars landed, and 19 Tjascara missing. The ^plasehili foundered on »uiwy 18th. All hands saved by the F-P,,LiA steajaer IfaradriaUco, of Bilbao.
IAERIAL. I
AERIAL. I 160 VICTIMS. I I WAR OFFICE STATE- MENT. —— I RECENT RAID: 300 BOMBS DROPPED. PRESS BUREAU, Wednesday, 11.25 p.m. The War Office forwards the following for publ.;cation:- The utterly inaccurate report in tbel Berlin official telegram of February 1st. j Surporting to describe the effect. of the German air raid on the night of January 31st, affords another proof of Lhe fact that the raiders were quite j unable to ascertain their position or, shape their oours.e with any degree of oertainty. A number of oases of injury, mostly! slight, have been reported since the; previous figures were issued, and there! have been two or three more deaths. The figures now stand as follows:- Killed. linird. Total. i MEN 33 61 84 WOMEN 20 If's 68 CHILDREN 6 2 8 I TOTALS 59 101 160 One church and a Congregational; chapel were badly damaged, and a parish room wrecked. Fourteen houses were demolished and a great number damaged less seriously bv doors, window frames, etc., being blown out. Some damage, not very serious, was caused to railway property in two places. Only two factories, neither being of military importance, and a brewery were badly damaged, and two or three other factories were damaged slightly. Bombs Dropped. The total number of bombs disrovered up to the present exceeds 300. Many of them fell in rural places whro no damage wa.s caused at all. (Detailed accounts of the results will j be found in another column.) ]" RUINED CENTRES OF INDUSTRY." JOYFUL IMAGININGS OF GERMAN PRESS. (Press Association War Special.) I I, AMSTERDAM, Wednesday, German papers, accepting the German official version of the Zeppelin raid on Eng- land, rejoice over the exploits of their diri- gibles. 'h The H amburgher Nac h richten" gays: "In England the people were living happily and free from care in the midst of war, while labourers were e-aruing good monev. Then the Zeppelins came out of the nigfit and taught the haughty people that the war can overtake them everywhere, and that it is bloody, terrible and serious. tf., a considerable ('s- tent lies in ruins, jviglfmd's own soil bati been plr,il by mighty explosive shells of the German ;rr squadrons. <>ver England there was a fi-erce and hard-fought battle-a devastating air battle j fought on a front of many niiles, and it was won by the German airship?. They returned proud and safe. "England can now contemplate the ruined centres of h<r industry and trade to which she has been brought by tne wicked policy of her statesmen." I I" "BACK LATER." When the Z^pp^lins crossed the East a,.ut one of them dropped a messag e which '•v.s afterwards picked up. On it j w hs '.vritton the words :— WE WILL BE BACK LATER." -h ¡
COMPULSION BILL, I i
COMPULSION BILL, IN OPERATION ON THE j TENTH. The King on Thursday signed a pro- clamation appointing Thursday, the 10th inst., for the Military Service Act to come into operation. Under the Act, single men who have not attested are treated as if they had clone so, and will be called up in their respective age groups. Non-attested, men will class as attested from March 2nd.
I" ARAB ARMY." j
ARAB ARMY." SUGGESTION TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT. (Preps Association War Special.) I ARIS. Thursday. In ihe Figaro. Senator Pierre Baudir, ? speaking of the Arabs of Syria., says :— We can derive immense advantage (rom the moral authority which we exercise over mind and character. "The Arabs would form troops incompar- able in number and value if they were com- manded by ofifcers and nan-commissioned officers, speaking their language, that is to say. bv African officers. After progressive training an army could be formed of 300,000 admirable men, full of dash and well disciplined." M. Baudir concludes We hope that the Government will favourably consider the | proposal." -5-B.
j ONE OF THE ANZAGS: i
j ONE OF THE ANZAGS: NAME NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN AT SWANSEA. Canon J. H. Watkins Jones, in a letter to the ",r"tily Poet," !!18 "Will you please allow me to stat-e that ] the name of the late Corporal J. H. Tnglis, of the Australian contingent, is not to to forgotten, since a citizen of Swansea has die- aided to defray the cost of placing on his grave a memorial. This will take the shape of a reoumbent cross with a suitable in- ■oriwtioD.—I yours sinoereiy, J. It. WATKINS JONES, "Chaplain, Swansea Garrison.
TWO NEW CENERALS.
TWO NEW CENERALS. The London Gazette announces the following promotions:— The undermentioned lieutenant-generals! to be generals:- Sir limes Willcocks, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.S.I., D.S.O. Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. (A full general usually commands ar. army "-that i4, a group odlthree or [more army corps.)
RUSSIA .I
RUSSIA I west of DINSK. • ■ Qiw » GERMAN EFFORT FOILED. EFFECTIVE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY. (Press Association War Special.) PETROGRAD, Wednesday. The official communique issued to-night says; The enemy yesterday opened a violent cannonade in Uxkull district. South of Oglier our artillery successfully interfered with enemy parties constructing earth- works and effectively shelled his machine- gun positions. On the Glaudan Island, below Dvinsk, and in the district of Shishkowo, west of Dvinsk, we repulsed by our fire attempts by the Germans to leave their trenches and ap- proach our positions. South of the Pripet, in the Galonria re- gion, our scouts, who included a number of Czechs, carried out a successful reconnais- sance, in the course of which the Czech, Lieutenant Syrvvoy, particularly distin- guished himself. There is nothing to report in Galicia or Northern Bukowina.
TURKEY I - i
TURKEY I i WASHED m OF KUT. TURKS LEAVE TRENCHES. TWENTY-TWO ROWS ABANDONED. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, j THROUGH BUSSOi„xri. Friday, January 28. The rise of the River Tigris has inun- date:, the Turkish position at Kut. The enemy have evacuated the enLire leogjfcii of trenches on General Townshond's north- west front, falling back some 2,000 yards. eùt-ral Townshend's recommit ring atrol advanced 1,200 yards and filled up tho Turk- ish trenches. The patrol found fifty r;ead in one place, lying with f.x;d bayonets and wearing their knappscks. They ha.d been shelled' by the British guns when they were flooded out of thr tc nearest trenches a few ago. there wpre fully twenty-two rows of rr»ent»2Jy de«*p tiencli^s and miles of commu- nic?ticn trenches honeycom bin? tM whole! po?itM)'. General To'vu&nend's position, being on! higher ground, h? escaped the worst conse- qpence* of (be ?<x?i". Thr" has b?en no ra;-i for i\o dayf-, though it is oold and! cloudy. The river is Ï;¡1!¡ug General To%\n>«hend is in daily eonmuwii- cation by wireless with the [one advancing up the Tigris. All is well m General Town*- hcrtd s cainp. EDMUND CAXDLEJL I I
- -SUICIDE OR - ? | j
SUICIDE OR ? | FATED SULTAN'S HEIR, SWISS RUMOUR OF ASSASSINATION. COPEMHAGEN, Wednepdav. An official message from Constantinople states that the Heir Apparent of Turkey, Prince Yussuf Imeddin committed suicide by opening nu artery this morning, owing to a serious and painful disease. A message flutu Zurich to the Politiken'' says it is .'umoured tliat the Prince was sa.inated in his Pal are. It is well known that he was opposed i:1 policy to Enver I Pa.ha.-(" Daily Telegraph correspondent.) AMSTERD AM. Wednesday. A Constantinople telegram of to da v saate says that the Turkish Heir-Apparent. Prince Vuasuf Tuddin, has committed suicide ow- ing to ilkiese. His Royal Highness cut his arteries at his palace this morning. AMSTERDAM, Wednesday (Later). A telegram from Coustantinpole regarding the suicide of Prince Yussuf Iizeddin, the Ti-i-th Heir-Apparpnt. says: — It appears that, Prince Yussuf took his life at 7.30 yester day morning by opening pome veins in his left arm. The Prince was buried this morning vith the customary cere- monies in the tomb of SlIltAtn Ahmed at St-cnboul. "A formal statement declaring that the deceased met. his death bv suicidc wa? signed by all the principal doctors in Constanti- bv a.11 the rr?ncipa.1 doctors in ( 7,f)nrtanti- .h-
" TOP OF HEAD BLOWN j OFF.",
TOP OF HEAD BLOWN OFF." SWANSEA NAVAL OFFICER'S TRAGIC END. ("Daily Post" Speoial). At the inquest at Torquay on Thursday on the late Lield. Robert Coleman, of Hoakins- plaoe, Swansea, whose tragic death n re corded on our sixth page, deceased's brother. Richard, said that before leaviner Swansea *o command a patrol-boat, deceased bopght a. "Tery savage bulldog." When warned he said he would shoot the dos if it caused trouble. William Graydon, Torquay, a visitor, said that deceased, himself, and a lady friend went aboard the -patrol-boat when the dog attacked the lady. Deceased shot it. He was very concerned and acted like a madman Witness took the revolver from him. De- ceased was ra.tionaJly sober. A doctor said that the top of t.he bead was blown off and the weapon held close.
DUTCH MOTOR VESSEL STOPPED.…
DUTCH MOTOR VESSEL STOPPED. (Press Association War Special.) AMSTERDAM, Thursday. A message from the Hook of Holland states the Dutch motor vessel Artemus has ai-rived there. She report.s having been attacked by a German submarine and having sprung a leak. It is stated the Germans who boarded the vessel de- manded her lights should be extinguished. -°"
IIEPP8 RETURN VISIT AT .SALONIKA.
IEPP8 RETURN VISIT AT SALONIKA. (Press Association War Special.) PARIS, Wednesday. The Salonika correspondent of the Petit Païlslen" says a Zeppelin tncd (to return to Salonika. la.st night, but was st< by the British batteries. It is j belk ved that she was hit,, as she after- lwaa-ds pitched heavily.
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( AMERICA. | I .-=- THE iYSTESMS MOEWL WO HER HIDDEN ARMA- MENT. STATEMENT FROM THE APPAM. Passengers at Liberty I (Press Association War Special.) OLD POINT, NC-ut'OLK (Va.), Thursday. Cheering and sihouts of laughter arose from all parts of the Appam yesterday even- ing when the irnmigra,tion launch containing the British representatives came alongside and announced that the passengers and most ti the captives would sooei receive permission to land. I The Germaii guard vainly attempted to quell the joyousness, and seamen crowded to the rail s Asking for tobacco and news of the war. i Title occupants of the )&)mcn. threw news- papen on board and tied tob?acc-o mid ar- ettes to !\trig8 lowered over th? side. Th launch took &buM-d nine British subjects, Sir E. Merxew ether, Mr. James, and Mr. Puller, ( h.i Commissioner of A&hantL and the captauis of the six sunken steamers, for I a coiiiereiice with the Consul on shore. When they landed they hurried to a<n hotel, where they obtained food more paiat- ;;1;, than they had had for days past. Mr. Fuller said that in addition to the guns on the forecastle the raider was equip- ped with two torpedo tubte. All agieed that they had been treated well. The Mysterious Moewe. I .Sir E. iilere wether declares that the Moewe was a vessed of 5,500 to 4,000 tons, and believed she was originally a fruit- I trader, but did not know hti name. Captured British skippers say she was a converted merchantman named Ponga, and that she was fitted out z-egulai-ly. Mr. James said he was &ure she was not the old navad Moewe, which he knew. Captain Barton, of the Gorbridge, said she was a new boat, with her- decks strengthened in a way which would do credit to a first- class oommerce destroyer. Her hold was fitted for fruit carrying. Four guns were mOluted forward, marked by a cffilapsible steel forecastle, and two aft. He saw the name of Ponga on a plate, and the same name on papers -in the commander's cabin. A I Crew of several hundreds manned the vessel Many were weai-iiig i hatbands marked "Moewe," aiid othtra c, Piuaula." Ail those who 13.1,(1 oonie ashore expatiate on t.he gallantry of the Clan :Vla.cTa.ish'g fight with tbo raider with a six-pounder in her bow. Fifteen of the crew were killed and many wounded before she %gnk, follow- ing two ,i,nt<n?r explo.;q" Sir E. /-icre^ther related how the vel, h?r flag weighted ".nd drooping? .?pprcMh&d the Appam. When she )\"1.5 within two' hundred yards! forward and aft railings, previously 100\ ing solid, <iisappc»red magically in sections 1 coinpose«1 0f Asccrdftn-like sfrips of steel which dvopped into slots on pressure from a I Dutton. 011 the bridge. A squaw »< ructure v, inch h«d i>s(n n)i.s- Itake,ii ini- houses aitfo coliaijAefl and exposed batteries of guns between four and 1 six The gun ?r?'A'? were at t?cir s'?t?'ns ready W being operation*: instantiy tiie guns were unmasked It -a. no use io offer resistance. It is aburd to sav we did. After the prize crew bs>aixh r! us they first, freed the Cerman priso»!s and tlien armed them with rifles to guard us. followed the transfer of the Moewe's captives to the Appam. W hej\ it wis firii«hed we started for a destination un- known vith forty three German- Half of trrsm former pusonrss, over us. The fight with the Clan MacTnvi&h waa. fine if it .> <?ie-si(?. lasting fully hA).f an ho')'. T'i?!'m"c?!)?nnunued to b?k long after the GermaM sh?iLs had set the Clan ?.facT?vjsh on fire in hat? i? dozen i places. j I "A GERMAN PRIZE." j I PROBABLE U. S RULING. I Renter's Foreign I WASHTNGTi i'X, Thursday. Although the status of the Appam is lui- deeddeu. in official. quarters the qphikm i" exprsssed that State Department will hold the ship a prize, and belongs to Ger- many, under the Prussian Am-aru'an Treaty, which is stailil believed to be binding. PeiDiding a decision, the Appam will re- main in the custody of the Customs authori- tieE.
I ———._-__I ONE OF THE EICHTH…
———. I ONE OF THE EICHTH BEDFORDS. I I The late Lance-Corpl. I W. Thomas, of the 8th Bedfords, whose home was at 46, Plymouth-street, Swansea. He suc- cumbed to wounds from which—up to a tew days before his death-he himself thought he would I recover.
I -THE BRUTAL HUN. -I
I THE BRUTAL HUN. I Before the war Germany was the only European country in which an American dentist could practice without taking out a degree of the country in which he practised. The Huns are a brutal people even to them- selves.
IWILL HE EVER GET HIS MONEY!…
I WILL HE EVER GET HIS MONEY! I Horrible thouglht Hindenburg was a customer of, and still owes money to, the man who sells Kitchener Toby jugs in a West End shop..
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It transpires that the captain of the s.s. Farring ford, one of the steamers sumk by the German raider which captured the liner Appam, is an Aberavon gentleman named Mr. Frod Foley, and a brother of Mrfi. T. Nicholas, Victoira-buildings, Port Talbot. CIaptain Foley resided at Grangetown, Car- din, where he recently lost his wife through death. No ttdi have yet been received a.bout him, and it is assumed that he is a prisoner on board the Appam.
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I Seven deaths occurred at the Swansea Tawe Lodge -ast week, according to the report of the Master (Mr. J. Morgan). One of the dccoased inmates bad been a.t the institution for forty years, and was i known by his colleagues as Billy." j
,SHELL IN DUG OUT -0
SHELL IN DUG OUT -0 I "SWANSEA'S OWN." LOSSES. ININE MORE CASUALTIES. News has been received at Swansea from a member of the Swansea Battalion serving in Prance, that five men have oeen killed and four wounded by a shell which lell on a dug- out. Unfortunately the letter, which we re- produce, only gives the names of two of the men who were killed. It waa sent home to a friend at the Swan- sea Fish Wharf. "My dear pal, Billy,—Just a few lines to let you know I am in the pink: I have a bit of bad news for you. Our Jim kpte. Jim Lumedaine, a. relative) and Tom Smitham. Dyfatty-street* were killed last Thurs- day afternoon, when a shell came over in their dug-out and killed five of them. Ginger' Patterson was in the same place, and it wounded four others of our boys. One of them died through wounds, but our Jim (Lumsdaine) lived for an hour afterwards. Poor old Tom got killed outright. It is a, very W3.rm place where we are, but our boys are giving them plenty to Co on with." Both Married Men. Both Lumsdaine and Smitham were em- ployed a.t the Swansea Fish Wharf and were married men. The former joined the Swan- sea Battalion in November, J914. He had two children. Deceased was of exceptionally fine physique, and was a well-known Swansea footballer. Smitham leaves a widow and one child. The names of the other men are not given, it will be seen, and it is left in doubt whe- ther Patterson was wounded. 'J
THE KARA BURNU FO RTS.
THE KARA BURNU FO RTS. ALLIED OCCUPATION AND I ITS CIRCUMSTANCES. NO ALLIED PLEDGE TO I RESPECT THEM. PARIS, Thursday. The special correspondent of the "Matin" telegraphs from Athens under date Feb. 1: The pro-German Press in Athens is en- deavouring to excite public opinion in France by mendacious reports regarding the occupation of Kara Burnu. In order to reply to these untruths it may be stated Kara Burnu was one of th-e points demanded by the Entente, and that it was refused to General Sarrail by Colonel Pallis with indig- Ilation in the course of the comedy of con- ferences between the General Staffs, in the same way, as a matter of fact, as to other demands, such as the handing over of rail- days, oocupatkm of the Vaidar tranches, etc. It is false to declare that the Entente Min- isters and General Sarrail has ple-d.g.e,d them- selves to respect Kara Burma. The truth is, when Colonel Pallis declared in the name of the Kirig of Greece that the Hellenic troops would retire .before the Bul- garians, General San'ail said that in those circumstances he would proceed to fortify Salonika and would blow up all the bridges behind him. Moreover, the written agree- ment between the representati ves of the En- tente aaid the Hellenic Government author- ises the Allies to take every measure neces- sarv to ensure the security of their trails ports. ft I
THE " JONAH MAN."I
THE JONAH MAN." I ESCAPE FROM FOUR SHIP- WRECKS. Pleading gruilty at Liverpool to having failed to join his ship, Charles Dunn. seaman, said he had served in the Titanic, bunk in iceberg cotheiou the Empress of Ireland, lost in col- lision with Storst-ad; the Lusitama and the i' loiH.&ftn, torpedoed. In consequence of these experiences seamen generally were alleged to regard Dunn ss "a Jon.ph." Dunn said the other seamen threatened to throw him orerhoar.) if he dared to make the trip. U'3 Î rcloN joined the Koyal Naval Keeervo, but was discharged later a-a unfit for further service. The qtiociidiary: I think a man who has been through so much deserves some con- sideration. I shall go out of my way, there- fore, to bind you over to be of good be- haviour.
HER HUSBAND IN THE I NAVY.…
HER HUSBAND IN THE I NAVY. CHILDREN LEFT HUNGRY I OHlltDREN LEJ4"T HUN,GRY .AND LONELY. FOUR MONTHS FOR SWANSEA "MOTHER." At Swansea Police Court on Thursday, Annie Leonard was charged with neglecting her five children, Ivor (12), Violet (9),llren6 (7), Arthur (5), and Cyril (3). Defendant did no appear. Mr. Artiiui H. R. Walters prosecuted on behalf of the .S.P.C.C., and applied for a warrant, which was granted. Defendant, however, put in an appearance a little later, and wept throughout the hearing. She denied the offence. Mr. Walters sa.id it was one of the worst cases of wilful and gross neglect that had ever come to hi« tiotice. Defendant not only neglected the children, but left them in two rooms which she occupied from 8 o'clock on the 28th uit. untiil 9.30 on the following evening, when the Inspector called. There I was. no food in the living room, if it cou.id be called a living room. One of the children had gone to school WITHOUT ANY SHOES OR STOCKINGS on, a.nd two were still in the room when the Inspector called. They were given food by the landlady. Defendant's hu-fciand was I m the Navy, and she was in receipt of a j separation allowarce amounting to 26s. a weefk, so it was not a case of dire poverty. Inspector J. S. Jones, N.S.P.C.C., said he visited the house at middav on the 29th ult., and found two children din the room, iiO'l-clad and without food. There was NO FIRE IN THE ROOM, I and the mother had been away from the children since 8 o'clock the previous day. The boy, aged 12, then came in, and said that they had had no breakfast, except what the landlady had given them. He caJled in Sergeant Balsden, and they went through the house. The bedroom was foul ] smelling and contained one bed,-the covering of it consisting of a small piece of blanket, a. couple of old coats, and a piece of carriage rug. He visited the house again twice, but on each occasion defendant had not returned. Witness saw her on Friday morn- ing, and ahe told him that ahe had been to her sifter in Cwmbwrla. Witness had repeatedly warned defendant. Sergeant Balsdeu corroborated the evi- dence of the Inspector, and sadd title children were IN A TERRIBLE STATE. it was one of the worst oases he had ever I seen. Defendant now aike(I the magistrates to give her another chance. She w^uld tiirn over a new leaf, and be a good woman. Whale the magistrates were considering the case, defendant fell to the floor in a faint, but soon recovered. The Chain-man teild defendant her conduct was disgraceful, and very likely drink was i 1 the cause of it. j Defendant was sent to prison for four months with hard labour. I
SWANSEA OFFICER'S' ,, DEATH.
SWANSEA OFFICER'S' DEATH. I TRAGEDY AT TOR- QUAY. STRANGE SEQUEL TO DOG-BITE. A shooting tragedy involving the death of a Swamsea navaJ officeir-lieut. Robert Cole- man, wh.tO.j!Ie home is at No. 8, Hoskins'- 'plaoe, off Oxford-street, Swansea—occurred at Torquay early this week. The facts have been briefly reported, though up to Wed- nesday the fact was not generally known that the officer was a Swansea man. The faefcs briefly are as f :-Lieut. Coleman wa-s at Torquay in command of a patrol boat in harbour. Late la.it week he made the acquaintance of a Tidy and gentle- man Who were visitors to Torquay, and on Monday the three dined together. The lieutenant subsequently suggested that a visit should be paid to the patrol boat, and the party went off to tlie vessel. Whilst on 'board, a bulldog, a pet of the lieutenant, spra-ng at the lady and biit her severely. The Seutettiaint -was greatly upset by the incident, and later, when the guests had left the ship, the report of firearms was Lea.rd, and he was found quite dead, shot through the head. The body now lies in the Torquay mortuary. I More exact details of the tragedy have not transpired—pending the holding of the in- quest, fixed for this (Thursday) morning— but it is believed that after the lady was bit Lieut. Coleman was Endeavouring to shoot the dog —whiciii was purchased at Swansea a weeK ago—-when it turned on him and the acci- dent occurred. The family at Swansea., waited upon by a "Daily Post" representa- tive. are not in possession of any more facts. One of Lieut. Colema,n s brothers and lÙ; sister—who is engaged at Ben E\¡.n'-Jeft Swansea by the 8.55 train on Wednesday night, arriving in Torquay shortly after 4 o'clock this (Thursday morn- ing, to attend the inquest, which was fixed for 11.15 a..m. The body is to be buried at Torquay. The first intimation of the tragedy to the relatives was conveyed by means of a news- paper paragraph wliich was shown to Miss Coleman by another employe. She at once Weint home and broke the news to her widowed mother, who nas lived in Hoskins-place for thirty years, rearing a family of four sons a.nd one daughter, all of whom in their earlier days attended the National Schools. Duriug the Sitme evening a telegram was received from the Admiralty confirming the sad news. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Coleman (hi8 mother) and the other members of the family, who aie well known locally. Both Mrs* Coleman and Miss Coleman told the DaiiTy Post on Wednesday night that thev had their Misgivings about the dog I which Lieutenant Coleman purchased when he v,c;& on leave at Swansea a. little over a week ago. They tri-6d to dissuade him from taking it away with him last Thursday morning on account of its alleged savage instincts which it is stated to have mani- fested previously. Lieutenant Coleman assured them that he could manage it all right and that if it. turned obstreperous He would shoot it. Whatever induced him to buy it, Mrs. Cole- I man does not-know, except that he was fond of dogs and liked a companion. Accord- irig to the family the dog had been in trouble in connection with a boy, though this is not. believed to have been of a eardous character. Miss Oofemaft, too. em- phasised to her "brother that he should not take it with him under the circumstances, but the lieuteruan: intimated that he was fuMy able to deal with it and that it should not master him.. Lieutenant Coleman, who was 33 years of age, and single, hud a I Promising career before him. I He had started at the bottom of the ladder when he first went to ilea and sailed first in railing ship1.f and afterwards under steam. He worked his way up to be mate and then by study and application secured his mas- ter's certificate. He had been all over the world and had served as officer in the Epsom, Richmond, ^ishopsgate, and Towersgate, amongst others. The last ship he was in in the merchant service was the -Anglo-Cali- fornian. but when the war broke out he joined the Government service and has since been engaged in mine sweeping and patrol work. His first work for the Government was on the trawler Auk. and for the greater part of last winter he was engaged in North Sea operations. He was then transferred to Portland and later took charge of the big British trawler Passing. Later he was trans- ferred to the Martin and since leaving Swan- sea a week ago, after his leave, he resumed patrol work, "lid it is understood was at Torquay on the way to his patrol destina- tion. He was one of four brothers, one of whom in a naval engineer now in the Government service, stationed at Swansea, coming here after serving for a time at Milford another is a ship's steward, and the third is serving with the army at Salonika. Their father has been dead for many years. Enquiries a,t Swansea, from where the dog is stated to have been purchased, elicited that it was a bull terrier, a good houso dog, and with whom there had never previously been any troublp Deceased was a former pupil at Captain Dixon's Nautical Academy, High-street, Swansea
LATE MR. SAMUELL.___I
LATE MR. SAMUELL. I LONDON JOURNAL'S STRIKING I TRIBUTE. It is not often that a native of this island oombines the qualities of very great vocal accomplishment with distinct dramatic force (says the Standard.") This fact makes it ail the mor-o sad to have to record the death of Mr. William J. Samuell, who made a brilliant debut in opera just about a year ago at the Shaftesbury Theatre, when he sang the part of Dappertutto in the Venet ian scenes of the Tales of Hoffmann." His vocal as wpll?s dramatic perform- up hwii ;as r?aiiy b?illiant, and he followed up hi? initial triumph in the Offenbach I opera by a superlatively fine rendering of the oharacter of Rigoletto in the great Italian opera. Mr. Samueil was practic- ally at the commencement of his career, for he was only 31 when he died. He was a Welshman by birth, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. It has been said of him that his acting in the part of Scarpia in La Tosca" was sufficiently admirable to place him on a plane with Signor Scotti, who is admittedly the greatest exponent of this role upon the operatic stage.
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The death took place on Friday, Janua.ry1 28th, of Mrs. Maddams, of Blackpill, widow of Mr. (-??rge Mad dams, of Down- ing street, who was for forty year« private messenger to the late Queen Victoria.. Mr?. Madd-am had resided for many years a.t Blackpill, and her kind disposition and sym- pathetic nature 'had won for her The affec- tion of all who knew her. Her death, which came suddenly, WR18 a great shock t., her numerous relatives and friends, and the magnificent and numerous flora1 tribute" to her memory were ample tokEns of the respect and love in which she wa« held by all around. The funeral took place on Wednes- day, at 3 p.m.. at the Mum bles Cemetery, and the service war- conducted by the Rev. —. Davies, Ornate of Oysterniouth.
NEATH COAL MERCHANT
NEATH COAL MERCHANT SUES ISLE OF WIGHT SOCIETY. [ On Wednesday, in a Divisional Court of the King's Bench Division, Justices Sankej, and Low heard the case of Griffiths v. tlit Isle of Wight Small Holders' Society. This wa.< plaintiff's appeal from the decision of Judg-- five at the Newport and Ryd. County Court in favour of the defendant. Mr. Gordon Ho wart, K.C., for the appel- lant. said this. was the appeal of Mr. John Griffiths, a foal merchant, of Neath, against Judge Gye's decision in favour of the defendants. Plaintiff sued the Society for the price of ooal sold aud delivered, £ 61 9. 6d. Plaintiff ha.d asked for Forest of Dean and Monmouthshire coal. There were disputes as to the quality of the coal, ending in the plaintiff suing defendants in the County Court. The case he set up was that the coal was sent and was distributed by defendants to mem bers of the society ail over the Isle of Wight. There might be a question of how much defendants ought to pay. but defeD, dants' case a.t the County Court was that. they ought to pay nothing, and his leaaned friend had persuaded the judge below to agl"ee with that. "ie-w. There was no pay- ment into court and no tender, but five days after t,he judgment respondents tendered 10s 3d. per ton. Plaintiff said the, offer was toe little and was. made too late. Mr. Justice Sankey: They took the or and delivered it, and then said it was not up to quality? Mr. Hewart agreed sund said defendants" contention was that they should pay nothing after all. 31 r. a bc,.tu If respondents sa-id the coal ordered was best house screened coaJ for dome-tic purposes, bnt what was sent was rubbish, they were not bound to take it. The whole of the consignment was proved by evidence to be utterly useless for the purpose for which it was wanted. Mr. Justice Low Do you say, after dis- tributing it in this way to the customers of the Society, you can reject it? Mr. Cabalu said he did, because it was found absolutely useless. None of the CUE- turners to whom it was sent had used it except to try it. and the bulk of the coai was stili in existence. The county court judge held that there was no binding lega acceptance of the coal. Mr. Justice Low Where is your evidenct ,N t r. Just;ce Low 1N,T I of rejection? Mr. Cabaiu said a letter written by defendants, "Pleaw say as to disposal of the duet- on hand, and also with regard to abatement on claim," was really a rejection; Mr. Justice Sankey said Pbere was no evidence of rejection of the coal by defen- dants. The county court judge was wrong, and there must bs a new trial, but he thought the parties would be well advised if they came to some arrangement. The appeal was aillowed with costs.
TINPLATE WORKMEN "RESERVED."
TINPLATE WORKMEN "RESERVED." NEW GRADES ADDED TO LIST. The representations of Mr. John Hodge, M.P., general secretary of the Steel Smelters' Association, in regard to getting osrtain c ias?eg of employe m the gz2 Wales tin-plate trade placed in reserved occupations have proved successful. The Reserve Occupations' Oommittee erf the Board of Trade has informed Mr. Clements (secretary of the Tin and Sheet Mills Manufacturers' Association, Swansea) that the board has decided that the dis- chargers, shippers, barwheelers, rollermen, beJiinders, picklers, annealers, and tinmen are to be placed in the list of reserved occur portions.
DRINKING IN THE HOME.
DRINKING IN THE HOME. EFFECT OF SWANSEA RESTRICTIONS. STATEMENT BY LICENSED VICTUALLERS. The 64th annual general meeting of th« Swansea and District Licensed Victuallers' Association was held on Wednesday at tha Rock and Fountain Hotel, Mr. H. Roger, (president) presiding over a large and repre- sentative attendance. The President congratulated the nieuibera upon a considerable increase in membership and the improved financial position of the Association. The trade as a body were real- ising more and more the necessity, especially in these troublous times, of combining to- gether to safeguard their mutual interests. He emphasised this point strongly and indi- cated the advantages that resulted. The trade, he proceeded, had loyally co-operated with the civil and military authorities in every detail, and this had resulted in their mutual advantage. The curtailment of hours—licensed houses are open at Swansea from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.—was hound to be con- ducive to home and secret drinking, which was not advisable. Nine o'clock at night, he maintained. was too early'an hour to Rend men home, and consequently they had reo course to other facilities which were not under public supervision. It would be far more reasonable, he maintained, to keep the houses open until 10 p.m., when people would go home and get to bed earlier tJbaIJ many did now. (Applause.) v A resolution was passed expressing regret that a communication forwarded from the association was hot read at a recent magis- trates' meeting, and a deputation not re- ceived, thereby giving those who solely con- tributed to the compensation levy an oppor- tunity of pointing out to the magistrates what has been done in other parts of the country. It was stated that in on other part of the country had the compensation levy been raised during the last year. Ab Swansea it was 50 per cent, last year. and it has now been raised to the maximum by one vote. Re-election of President. Mr. rl. Kogers (brewery lap) was re- elected president. several members testifying to the good and effective work he was ac- complishing. Mr. S. Evans (Prince of Wales Hutell was elected vice-president; Messrs. F. Bradford (Waterloo Hotel), D. J. Bassetb ("' Queen's"), and R. Whittaker (" Imperii!") were reiected trustees; C. H. Newcombe, ioll and J. F. I I .LR. solicitor to the association and J. F. &r. vev, auditor. the conunittee was appointed as follo\ Messrs. W. J. Miler (Masons' Arms, Ystrad- gynlaje), R. Nicholls (Old Plough and Har- row, Pentre), T. Rees (Bay View Hotel), R, Jor.es (Rock and Fountain), J. Evans (Nag's Head, Mumbles), W. J. Davies (Morriston), D. J. Jones (Wamiwen), T. Wagataff (Crosi Keys), D. John (Bush Hotel, Loughor), H. Jones (Rose and Crown) and H. Morn. (Kittle).
"DAYIES" OR U DAYIDOY "1.
"DAYIES" OR U DAYIDOY "1. Marine Store Dealer Summoned at Swansea. At Swansea on Thursday, Ohatskel Davidov, marine store dealer, wapi summoned for carry. ing on business as a dealer 'n old met a la at the canal fride, Mornston, and failing to register. Mr. Kammerer (Llanelly) defended. Detective W. Francis said defendant was a. Russian, and resided at Llanelly. The name over the premises was Charles Davies. The stores were full of iron, jars, etc., and defen. dant admitted he had been using the store* frodi the 18th ultimo, but said that the man whom he rented it from had registered it, and that was true. For the defence it wai stated that defendant had carried on a simi- lar business at LIanelly for the past live years, and these regulations were not m foiv-e at lilanelly. The oase waa dimissed on payment oi cost.