The Cambria Daily Leader

A BLACKMAILING ACTION, j i VERDICT IN THE CLAIM AGAINST MR. s G8BF9EV ISAAC. J+iœ Baiihache to-day, in the KirÙ!' Bench, dBlhered judgment in the acta on browht by Mr. Samuel S<?r. a 'R'?t?y Ri..w Pole, ag¡n"'t Mr. Cfxi?rpy 1?'c-, j J managi a?; ,dirrL"tor of t?e Marcel AVilv- !e? T?-1(%?P? Company, cl?An?ug ?.6C<), j alleged iu be under a^rtr-meot. _• His Lordship g ive judgment lor defend- j a-nt, Triihoxiit costs, and found that it was 11 a blackmailing action from first to lust. | He tvaci quite sure Sir'Thomas Berridge (plaintiff's solicitor* Vi<1, not putting 1 ward the claim, so far as he was con- corned. oil either of those two grounds. Sir Thomas watt endeavouring to keep out I Si-, c-r d f- any eloment of blackmail, or any iJD- I proper motive. Nf.-tv everything had quieted down, pro- ceeded his lordship, it was difficult for anyone to believe thai the suggestion luatio with reference to then Attorney- general had any a"tl.

F.A. FOSTER, I I AN APPEAL TO All UNFETTERED | SPORTSMEN TO E I S T. I I The attitude of the Football J tiou towards recruiting is shown in a new poster which will shortly mo.ke its appear-; ante on the football grounds throughout .he country, headed, An Appeal to Good Sportsmen," with Football Players and Spectators," as a. sub-title. It runs:— "The need for more recruits for our ;j Army is very urgent. Appeals should not y necessary. Every man must, know his j, :luty to himself and bis country. There; ire approximately three millions of men j uilh no family responsibility playing in. j and watching, football matches. I ask these to show they ore good sportsmen, i-.n(i to enlist now, and help other good sportsmen who "are so bravely lighting j England's battle against the world's!) ?ni?4r.—J. Stall, secretary Football Association/* I

TRANSVAAL POLITICIAN i Retiter's Cape Town message says:— j The death is reported from Johannes-! burg of Sir Edward Solomon, the weli- 1 known Transvaal politician.

EMPLOYERS' ROll OF HONOUR. i Nearly 1,000 of the staff of the London -,ify and Midland Bank, Limited, have been enrolled in his Majesty's Forces. ) The bank has a i ranged to pay full salary to all during .their absence, and the posi- tions in the bank will be kept open for thrm on their return.

TDNYPANDY RIOTS' CASE. I The action by the Glamorgan Coal Co., '11 Ltd., against the Standing Joint. Com- mittee 01 the Glamorgan County Council arising oat, of the Touyparidy riots was! concluded to-day before Mr. Justice j Bankes, in the King's Bench Division, Plaintiff claimed £ 211 for damage to their property on November 8th and 9th. IfJIO, caused by certain riotous persons. His Lordship held that plaintiffs ought ) to have sued the County Council. I le, therefore, gave judgment for defendai^sJ with costs.

FEEDING OF CONSTABLES The hearing of a claim for .£2,r. brought by the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company (Limited) against the Gla-1 "morgan County Council, the Standing Joint Carnmittee, and Captain Lindsay (Chief Constable, of Glamorgan) in respect of the feeding of police daring the strike! disturbances in the Aberdate -N-alley was continued on Thursday. The hearing having been concluded. Mr. J nstice Bankes. in reserving his judg- j inent, said. U Weil. I will consider my judgment."

LOANS TO COLONIES A Treasury minute was issued as a White Paper to-day, relating to the ad- vances to his Majesty's self-governing! Dominions with a view to avoiding the disadvantages of a r-e- jai-ate flotation by each dominion of the loans required to meet the heavy expenditure entailed by the present crisis. So far as fan be estimated, the am,ounts required are: Dominion of Canada, XJ2,000,000; Commonwealth of Australia, of New Zealand, ?,2M,GO'); In ion ci South Africa, t.7nion ci South A, rl- i a

"CHOCOLATE SOLDiEB" PROFITS. I Profit and loss of certain musical j jomedies of recent date was disclosed; during the public examination of Mr. I Phillip Michael Faraday, formerly lessee' of the Lyric Theatre, at the Bankruptcy! Court yesterday. Mr. Faraday z-ftid that the proceeds j from The Chocolate Soldier were £ 40,0:i0. bringing him a prout of £ 16.500 Over the Nigiitbirds he lost i,cil. i "The Five Fraukforters resuJted in ai loss of £ 11, but (ju-ti)i The Girl in the! he made a profit The examination wag concluded,

THE MERRY MAX. Paris, Thursday, The Petit Paris;pii relates the t'ol- j lowing authentic anecdote :—" Sonjo time after his arrival in Brussels Field Mar- shal von. dor Goltz summoned M. Max, the Burgomaster, and told him that the oity had been ordered to pay a war colt- I tribution, of which it had not yet paid a I oentime. 'I order :you,' said the Field' Msr?baL to pay tho iirst instaIm?Qt of this indemnity, namely, m Ip3"t 6\e mn-I lion francs (i;"100,000.? within ?. hours.' The time ILmit haYIng expired, the Burfa5tel' od Brilds ,alled upon the Field Marshal. Four employes from the! Town Hall followed him, bent beneath1 the weight of enormous parcels. The, Field Marshal tore open the envelope of! one of the parcels and examined it- j What audacity' he exclaimed. 'I asked for gold, and you bring me requim-i-I lion notes of the German Army. You are making fun of me, Monsieur/ | Are not these notes redeemable-' asked M. Max, with his most naive air. Evidently/ replied the Fieid Marshal/ 'But/ said the Burgomaster, < the. officers who signed them told me that they were as good as bullion. I return you this gold/ M. Max afterwards was arrested and pent, to the fortress of Ingoolstadt;" RHYOmNGS C0NX5REGAT1ONAL CHURCH. I Since the .beginning of September, the Ladies' Sewing Class at Ehyddings Con- gregational Church has worked strenu- »us'y and successfully to meet jieeds mused by the war. To the Belgian refugees, over 400 garments, new and )1d, have been forwarded; to the Belgian rounded several boxes of cigars and other comforts; to most of the men connected with the church who have joined the Army, helmets, belts, cuffs, hose, etc. The officers of the class are: Secretary, Mrs. D. Davies, Ceres, Sketty, and Mrs. Arthur ■KitthoiU. Uf" Gwydr-cresceat.

HOWITZERS I CAPTURED. INUNDATIONS TO THE! EAST OF DiXiOOL j YICOROUS ATTACKS REPULSED. 1 Paris. Friday. I To-day's Frendl official communique is | as follows:— ) Yesterday was characterised by the al-j most total absence of infantry attacks by the enemy, and ths artillery attacks; were much less violent than on the j previous day, In the north the weather has been very I bad, and snow has fallen. All the region from the Yser Canal to the east of Dixmude is now inundated. Before Ramschapelle two howitzers of the !I' 16.5 class, which were abandoned by the Germans, were taken out of the water. I Cannonading has been particularly intense to the south of Ypres. In the centre I there is no important fighting to report. In the Argonne three vigorous attacks by the enemy's infantry have been re- pulsed. On our right wing the Germans have re- occupied the destroyed portion of Chau- voncourt. Further eastwards we have made some progress. i

RUFFLED SUSCEPTIBILITIES I MR. W, WHITTAKER'S IMPEACHMENT H I SWAHSEA TOWN The news of Llanelly's application to I the WfJsh League for permission to withdraw from the Welsh League, has caused a mild sensation in local Associa- tion circles. « Rumour had it that the Tinplaters were in financial difficulties, but Mr. Walter Whittaker, in an interview with "Cygnet." stated very emphatically .that it va.s not the caw?. "As a matter of fact. said Mr. Whit- taker, "we are resigning because we don't think we have bsen fairly treated as regards the Welsh League games. When we played Ton Pentre we had no referee. On top of that Swansea Town sent down ten men. That's not good enough for us. The fixtures are so jug'led up that is is impossible to go on uudor th(.- circunastanc?. Th? mauH?c- ment of the Welsh L<??:'? hare so far shown very poor judgment in its work. "Up to the present we have carried out OUT obligations to our players, and we have not had to ask for assiötance from any English club whatever yet. The Llanelly players were the first set of players almost in the British Isles to accept a reduction of wages." JOE FREEMAN TO PLAY AGAIN. I Mr. Waiter Whitiaksr, the -manager of the Llanelly Association Club, has just ■signed on 'i. oe Freeman, one of the be -1 j known centre-forwards playing foolball in the Principality. Freeman has signed Southern and Welsh League forma, and vill turn out to-morrow at Llanelly against Coventry City. Mr. Whittaker is confident of "bagging" a brace of points at the expense of Coventry, and especial interest will be taken in the game in view of the acquisition of Free- man. The Llanelly team will be:— Bailiffe: Blain, James; Gough, Martin, and Morris; Morris, Bell, Freeman, Grif- fiths, and Xeave. Edwards and Levi, who were injured at Stoka last Saturday, are being rested. MR. BARTLETT EXPLAINS, A Misunderstanding with regard to Llanelly Match. Subsequently "Cygnet" had a conver- nation with Mr. Bartleit, the Swansea j Town manager, and that ?antlfman ex- i plained that the fact that oniy ten men I appeared at Lla,neHy was due t" a com? piato misunderstanding. Swarbrick, it was arranged, should be picked up by the Llanelly bus at the Great Western Station, but owing to the greasy state of thf" roads on that day the bus went through Dyfatty-street instead of High- street, and the outside left was left be- hind. It was certainly not done inten- tionally, and no one regretted the un- fortunate happening more that the Swansea Town directors. MORTIMER RE-CALLED, Swansea Town Forward's Withdrawal: A Re-arrangement. I Swansea Town have had another bad ■stroke of fortune. Mortimer, the bril- liant young inside-left, who should have played to-morrow in the Cup match against Newport County, has been rc- called to his regiment, and has left for an unknown destination." As a result the forward line will have to undergo a further change. Wier will play at centre-forward, arid Ben Beyriou will take Mortimer's place at inside-left. SWANS' to LATEST." Perry Jones, the Swansea Town amateur centre-half, will not lake the field with the Welsh League team to-morro-w. In his place the Swansea Town directors have sigrfed on House, a clever young amateur, who has done well with Bristol City Reserves, and he will plai- to-morrow. Billy Ball will play at centre-forward, and Booth at inside-left. >

PEDLAR PALMER KNOCKED OUT. Digger Stanley knocked out Pedlar Palmer at the West London Stadium last i night in the fourth round.

STOLEN PIGEONS. At Neath on Friday, Yorwerth Tre. harne, Sidney Anthony and Emlyn Thomas, three Britonferrv boy?, were sUIIlnwncd tor stealing six live pigeons. value 3s. 6d.. the property of Ivor Collins. Richmond-terrace, Penrhiewtyn, on tho 15th inst. Trebarne and Thomas were fmed 20s. including costs, and Anthony was discharged.

_-uu__n H. C. Higman, F.A.I., at the Hotel M?tropolp, Swam,ea. on TLursd.iy, ?old \n=. 37 k ST5 ,and 370 Pentrcgethin-road ?'l?ns<'h<?d),to?frs. Stdla MuncLMt.?i- t?c-&th)/?or ?89. There is cvury reason to bclieye that a (.British warship will named after the fPrim.-i^alitj' hefojo very lonju i a-l" t et- the

Y.M.C.A. ORGANISER. i MR. T. GWILYM JAMES PASSES AWAY IN II LONDON. HIS CONNECTIONS WITH SWANSEA I We regret to announce the death, which took place in London on Tuesday, of Mr. T. Gwih'm Jam?-9, who was until January last, the organising secretary of the Welsh Young Men's Christian Associa- tion. when he was appointed organising' secretary for the Metropolitan area, still I retaining, however, the honorary secre-; taryship of the Welsh Y.M.C.A. Council.. Mr. James was a native of Cardigan, and died at the early age of 44, a widow and five children. His wife is the daughter of the late Mr. John Crockett. of Pontypridd. In tho capacity of Welsh national secretary of the Y.M.C.A., Mr. James often came into touch with Swansea. lie. was a great organiser of national schemes, which had for their object the welfare of the young men of the country. Be was the organiser of all the Territorial camps throughout Wales, and all Welsh regi- ment* came under his supervision so far as the work of the Young Men's Christian Association was concerned. Two vears, ago. the Y.M.C.A. was represented at the; National Eisteddfod, and was responsible for all tbp catering, aTld it is a note-j worthy fact that owing to Mr. James's! organisation, for the first time in the history of the eisteddfod no intoxicating: iiquors were sold. j Mr. G wih m Jame« will also be remeui- j )pnd in Swansea for the great assistance he gave m connection with the new building scheme, which resulted in the; erection of 4bat fine institution in St. Helen's-roar!. During the progress of that great work, his advice was extremi-ly; valuable. Tbe last work that Mr. James; carried out in connection with his office! was in the Y.M.C.A. camps amongst the in the Y.Y. C A the l Mr. D. H. Mills,, the acting secretary of tho Swansea Y.M.C.A., before on-rning, to Swansea., had the pleasure of working) in Mr. Jame«'s office at Hefpfnrd. I

POUR NOS LECTEURS BELCES- PAS DE CHAmENT DANS LA SITUATION Communique Franpais: Dans le Nord la jcurnee d'hier a ete marquee par une recrudescence d'activite de In. part dei l artillerie eunemie, particulerexnent entre la Mer du Nord et la Lys. 11 n'y a pas eu d'aitaque d'infanterie entre l'Oise et la Lys. Les operations autour de Tracy le Val so sont terminees a notre avantage. Ce i- illag(- ("t6, Pnlev6 a. l'ennemi ili ya quelquefi jours. Avant-hier les Alie- mands ont essaye de la reprendre Après s'et.re empartj de nos premieres trajochees l'ennemi atteignit 10 point de jonction des nrincipales routes dans le village, maw une vigoureuse contre-attaque de nos troilpes Aigeriennes 1?. repoussa. Nos trcupes reconquirent tout le terrain perdu, [ inflige-ant des peTtes considerables a Fennemi, D,-tn- IArgoniie nous avons m-aintenu i no- positions. Sur lp reste du front il n'y a rien a sigr aler. La Campagne Russe. T a, A llemand out repris Inoffensive en Pologne et en En Galicie l'avance des troupes Russes c.t iitinuf. Lr. ville de Cracovie est partiellement investie. Sur Mer. 11 y a d:! tres bonnes nouvelles de la Mer Noire. Hier une escadre Russe a, surpris les Goeben et BTCcS- lau Le premier obus que le navire- ■amiral Russe lana toucha le Goeben H et le mit eil fen. I.'incendie fat cepcndaiit rapidement e-teint. J..e Goeben repondit alors, mais sans ancun resultat. ¡ AprM un duel dc 11 'nucu?s il prit la I fu..it. et di?par?t dans le bro?iHani, aprea a\oir e(e s?ricn?mpnt. r?nd?mmaKe. En Turquic. T.e? trouper A aglo-tndiennes operant dan? If (ioH; Porsique ont defait une | armee Turque forte de 5,000 hommes a j Shatt-pl-Arab. Les Turcs se sont retires abandonnant deux canons et de nombreux prisonnier £ i

I LIPTON, LTD. The Directors of Lipton, Limited, state that while the trade of the company for the past half year has been well main- tained, and tto profits also are satisfac- tory. they have decided after careful consideration, that in coOTequence of the disturbance of the business necessax-ilv caused by the war, it is advisable in tho interests of 'the company to d'er p;Ay- ment of the usual Interim Dividend on the Ordinary shares.

MORRISTON HAIRDRESSER I BEREAVED. rhe, d(Wh occurred, at her residence, 33. WoodMd-?ti-e? Momston, on Th?r?- day ever In g. of Mr?. D J. amuél, wife I of Mr. D. J. Samuel, hairdresser. The drceased, who was wpH known-and highly respected bv the inhabitants, had been ailing for two years, and for th past 11 wefks had bm ('.mnneú to her tx?L Sb? leaves a husband ami three childmi. wHh W'rn t4 &Teu?et sy=L)athy i3 f?L.

.GREATER RISKS. l -■ I WHY SOUTH WALES SEAMEN WANT MeRE I MONEY I POSITION AT SWANSEA. Witli reference to what was describ ed n ¡th rett>rence to what "11,'85 ucscn)(" on Thursday as a serious development threatened in connection with the demand of the seamen of Sopth Wales ports for a dvances in wag?s owing to the ShO tagú I of inen, d?c to the eleanng out ot Rlicna, Mr. G. Gunning (sccrptary of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union) said to a "Leader" representative on f nda;v- that the sea- men of all ports recognise that greater risks now attend their calling, and all sorts of conditions and inereased wages arc being demanded. The seamen's officials that this is bad busi- ness. which will evpntually tend to a great deal of disorder in the ranks. Meetings of officials have been held in various parts of the coun.try in order to devise some ways ajid means of maicing a j level advance, or deriding npnll a national i wage applicable to all the seamen of the! 'kingdom. Cardiff Proposals. The Cardiff officials apprnachen tbe I Cardiff Shipowners' Association with a j view to arranging a. meeting to talk over j the wage question, and with a view of getting, if possible, the whole of the ship-, owners of the United Kingdom to agree j to an iurreas? '?hich would pla"e all sea- j mca on the same footing. Fp to th? pre-i sent ?us action hap faÜed. It was th?? felt. 91 a later meeting of seamen's officials of the Bristol Channel ports that in view of freights being enormously in- j creased to all parts of the.world, seamen were entitled to a share of the prQfit- Last Monday a meeting was held in Car-i diff, at which it was decided that, the wages on all monthly boats should be Ell a month, and on weekly boats 5s. a week irrespective of freight, the increase to: take place as from last Tuesday, t Weekly Boats Meet Demands. Fp to the present no monthly boats! have been signed at Swaiisea,, but with regard to the weekly boats the demand for an increased wage has 4been readily j complied with. Regarding the conditions aed hours, there has been no alteration so far as Swansea is concerned. Swansea jl seamen have during the past nine months! been very careful not to have the hours of i work inserted in the ship's articles, which! in most caces tend to ensure a working! arrangement and less trouble at thrstinle of paying off. 1-

GERMAN VANDALISM I SWANSEA LECTURE ON THE WAR IN RELATION TO ART HISTORY. Particularly interesting, in view of the European crisis, and hardly less important; for being mainly detached from the grue- j some details of the conflict. was a lecture on The present war and its relation to the art-history of Western Europe," which Mr. Maurice W. Brockweli delivered to a good audience at tlie Swansea Free Library on Thursday, evening. Mr. Brockweli i«, of course, a well kr.owtt and travelled ar' critic, and was one of the signatories of the influential protest of art lovers agairst the destructions of th Germans some time since. Some of the ) lecturer's statements ou German "culture" j were striking. Mr. Brockwell's object, as outlined in the introduction, was to show how the war affects the art of the past .500 years I or so, and hew the art history of the last J 500 or LOOO jears applies to the war. Prussia was not even Christianised in the thirteenth century, and so apparently had no chance. It was England who j Christianised her, but apparently would have to do it all over again. The earliest record of Berlin—quite the most horrid I capital in Europe—was, he believed, .1244. Two years earlier was consecrated Rheims tie sculpture of which was 01 its kind. In other words, the Prussian had destroyed something much earlier than themselves. This was the hooligan outlook; the unimaginable thing to do. As to the lecture, first come slides showing in what a wonderfully rich dis- "trict, as far as art, in its broadest sense, is concernec, the fiercest of the present conflict has been, and is, raging. Mr. Brockwell went from an examina- tion of the wonderful early Flemish pic- tures to shov how Napoleon captured art I i-Tagu reg RId bad to return them. If I tho Kaiser did the same thing, he also would have to take them back, so he Imight a.s w!l leave them where they I were (Lau!hter.) I On the m1tion of Mr. Alex. G. Moffat l (who presidedseconded by Dr. Arbour ,'t -)-?I.D., the lecturer was heartily thanked.

I HOME FROM HOME. I SOLDIERS HUB AT THE "ALBERT MINOR I HALL. I I There was a fairly good attendance at the ladies' ueeting at the Albert Minor Hall, Swansea, on Thursday. The meeting was convene1 by Ilre. George Dorrell, In connection vitli the Soldiers' Club, which is being openel in the Albert Minor Hall. It was propoad and seconded that Mrs. Mor- gan Willianfi be chairman of the meeting. Others presmt included, lrs. Richard Mar- tin. Mrs. J'hn Williams (Dnlais House), Miss Harris CClaseinont). Mrs. WiHiam Rosser, Mre. Da vid Lake, the Misses Sydney Da vies. Mrs Crocker, Miss P arrow. Mrs. J. Williams (Vaunwen, Uplands), Mrs. E. T. Ruthcn. Mr,. Samuel Taylor, Mrs. Jenkins, etc. At thouset the object, of the meeting* was explaird by Mrs. Dorrell. First., they I were there o make the necessary arrange- ments for londay evening's meeting as re- garded therefreshments which were to le I ¡ supplied; slso to make some arrangement for ?ho ensUBg week. The club, she tated, would be ojen to all soldiers and sailore who were it the town. Games were to be provided, b«oks, and all newspapers, also writing maWial?. I It, woitld 11 open all. da.,Y, and they wer* going to su/plv refreshments to the men at a very nomna.1 charge. Volnnte-ers were I asked for.ti, be at, the hall on Monday afternoon t) cut and prepare the refresh- ments, andalso to be at the evening meet- ing to waitupon the men. Nearly all those _I' present premised to help. Mi-s. Kojell said that the refreshments on Mondayevening would be .provided freo, and read ,1lt a. list of donations ajul gifts 'I towards eaAe. I.t was d^id'ed that for the enduing weed's tha the lilies of the different wards be I asked1 to t&e their turns in being: on duty at the hail Ewery Wednesday a motioe will ( be printedLu Cambria Bally Leader" and Dmi]: Bost asking t-he ladies of ,iihe waid. for t:e following week to meet at the hall OB thtPriday afternoon to znake their air.margemelts for the wack. M-i-ss Ha.riri (C(mt) offered the eet- vioee of ttt Violet League upon .two nights every wetí On the proposition of Mrs. William IDeoer, it was decided to tell the men that, 'rovided they brought their dean eiotht^ th. that i-h-ey would undertake to darn eoetoonrl <lo the necessary repairs to their clo'i*s every wvk. At the ioee of Ih,) meeting, MJ*. John Williams Pulni* House) proposed a. vote of thanks to he chairman for pre&idipg. i

TURKS FIRST TUSSLE. I BRITISH TROOPS GARRY THEIS BENCHES NEAR PERSIAN GULF. I A COMPLETE VICTORY The Secretary of State for India has received a report from the General in command of the Forccs operating on the Shat-ol-Aab (Persian Gulf) stating that an advance was made on 'November 17th for nine miles on the right bank of the rivpr. Onr troops encountered a force of about of the enemy in a strongly en- trenched position, with 12 guns, and after overcoming a determined resistance and turning his 1.ft flank carried the en- I trenchments. The enemy retired, losing two guns and many prisoners, including three officers. His camp. containing his animal transport and reserve ammunition, was captured. Our Losses. j uur advance over an open level plain, affording no cover, necessarily caused heavy losi;es. Rapil movement of men I and horses was impossible owing to the state of the ground after heavy rain. Our casualties were: Killed—officers, three, rank and file ahout ?; wounded- atlicers about 15. rank and file about :MO. The troops behaved splendidly and are I proud of their success. Medical officers did splendidly under heavy fire. I I

BATTALIONS STRENCTH I AN ADDITION OF NINE tAKES TOTAL TO 916 An addition of nine inpn passed and attested at Mond Buildings yesterday brought the Swansea Battalion total to 916. For other units four men were accepted. The figures are discouraging, but Thurs- day is never a good day for recruiting in Swansea.

PROHIBITED AREA I EFFECT (f HOKE OFFICE INTIMATION I UPON POST TA1B3T j An order has been issued by the Home Office that Aberavon is included in a number of places which are prohibited for the hospitality of Belgian refugees. The reason for this prohibition is not specified. Aberavon would probahly in-I clude the Petty Sessional area of that town I which embraces Port Talbot. Margam. Cwmavon. Bryn. Pontrhydyfen, Cymmer, Abergwynfi, Biaeugvynii. and Glyn- corrwg. where provision has already been Ula de for the reception of over 150 re- fugees, and upwards of is already in hand for hospitality purposes. There are ali-eady 31 refugees avon and Port Talbot, and it is assumed that these, under the new Home Office order. will have to be removed..After all the trouble and expense which has been I taken, this ordpr has given great dis- satisfaction in the district, and tho authorities are plarcd in a quandary as to what; to do with the money in hand and the. numerous ready-furnished houses, as the whole funds have been established specially for the local reception of Bel- gian refugees. I

ARRESTED AS A SPY. I RUDYARD KfPUNC S QUESTION AROUSED l SOLD ER'S SUSPICION. An amusing incident of a march in Kent was related in the following letter l received in Bolton from Cycle-Sergeant F. C. Callis, 5th Loyal North Lancashire Territorials^ in training at Sevonoaks:— Our battalion turned out in full marching order and proceeded to our usual practice ground, Knole Park. The cycle section marched in the rear of the column, and aD. ordinary-looking man came to me and asked me a lot of par- ticulars about the battalion. He told me he had seen a lot of soldiering in his time, and said he must confess that our men struck him as being about the martest, on the march he had ever seen outside Regulars. He asked me for so many particulars about them, and also about their billets, that I thought I should detain him as a sort of spy. I excused myself and rode I off to the head of the column and in- formed one of our majors as to the nature of the conversation, etc., and took' the man later to the major, and then left them and took my section on road- finding. An officer of ours stopped me to-day and laughingly asked me if I knew whom I had tried to put under arrest. I answered in -the negative, and he told I me it was Rudyard Kipling."

WELSH v. DUFFY. I Buffalo, Friday.—Freddy Welsh, the world's light-weight champion, met Jimmy Duffy in a ten-round boxing con- test last night. The result was a draw, after a fast fight. ■

PRESENTATION AT THE COTTAGE I HOMES. I The Ladies visiting Committee met at I the Co tage Homes *bn Thursday evening to mate a presentation to Mrs. Davies, until lately caretaker of the Workhouse. but now at the Cottage Homes. The presentation was preceded by a tea and I record number of committee members were present. Mrs. Jacob Jenkins made the presenta- tion, which consisted of a beautiful silver cake basket suitably inscribed, and a silver cake knife. Airs. Jenkins stated that Mrs. Davies had been caretaker of the Workhouse for a period of 17 tears. Mr. Davies suitably replied. Among the ladies prfjsent were the Mayoress (Mrs. Dl. Jones), Mrs. Robin- son., Mrs. J. Lewis, Mrs. B. Davies. Mrs. Collett. Altrs. Dd. Harris. Miss Emily Williams, Mrs. Thomas,. Mrs. J. Harris, Mr. J. H. Jones, and Miss F. Jonrw. The presentation over, a concert was held in the committee-room. The following well- known artistes contributed to a most en- joyable programme of inueic: Miss A. George, Master J. Beynish, Miss A. Fgglestone,, Mr. B. Davies, A. Williams, j Master Crril Devine, Miss Jennie Davies, Mr. W. Hill, M. RaM. Phylis.Lloyd, and E. Stevens. The programme was &r- j ranged by Mrs. W. J. Harris. I The Mayoress presidep. In a neat little speech she' thanked the coromittea l for their reception, and hoped to be amongt them soipe time again. She said further, that it was the first time that she realised that she was Mayoress in the full sense of the word. A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for send- ing up Queen cakes for the children. Mrs. Ridgcman, of Norton, kindly sent up nuts and sweets for the little chil- dren. Mr?. Watkins, the energetic sec- retary. is to be congratulated upon the way she organised the meeting and pre- sentation. A young Belgian lady, Mi?s ,Augele Bathiel, was present at tlio Graig House concert, aud recited in Flemish.

lOLLED ON TiiE LIKE. j THE FATE OF AN OLD EMPLOYE OF j MUMBLES RAILWAY ca. 1 At the Mumbles I'ol ice Station on Fri- day morning, an inquest, was held by Mr. C. J. C. Wilson, Deputy County Coroner, touching the death oi' Mr. George Mit-1 chell, !>1, Victoria-terrace. Swansea, who was knocked down by a passing train on the London and North Western Railway. and whose body was found early on Thursday morning. j Miss Edith Maud Mitchell, daughter, gave evidence of identification, slating that her father was 57 years of agp. and was a foreman fitter at the depol of tlux j Mumbles Railway Company, where he had been employed for a considerable number of years. He had been ill for! about four years suffering from nervous and general debility, and during the last, | seven weeks had been unable to wcrk. He went to work for four days last week. He had been very depressed owing to h is I illness. She last saw her father alive on Wednesday. He did not get up until t: o'clock in the afternoon. He went Olit for a walk about t) p.m.. but did not re- ■ turn home. It was quite usual for him to go out about that time. He appeared rather brighter than usual when he went j out. Be frequently went for long walks.) H? had never threatened to take his own j] lifo. JamM Jonp?., ?. AEgyle-r'treet, Svan- sea, a (.ub-?nr?er on the London aud j North Western Raihnn", stated that whiI", walking along the line abyut. 7.2.5; on Thursday morning, between Swansea Bay and Mumbles-road Station, he savi-I the IKMIV of the deceased lying face down- wards on the line in the six-foot way.. There" was a gate about 200 yards fr'-m the spot whifdi the public sometimes for the purpose of crossing the line from the sands. The head of deceased was badly injured, and looked as if it had struck with a buffer. No wheels had passed over him. The jury returned a verdict of acci- dental death. Mr. Thomas, station-i master at Mumbles-road, expressed on behalf of th° London aud North Western Company, th.ir deep sympathy with the relatives of the deceased. This was the third inquest to take' place in the Mumbles inside a week.

WELSH: AH ESSEMDAL" i i '— THE MEATH CUARDIANS AND PUBLIC. APPOINTMENTS. To -the Editor. -A. dp!11 of late, been prised on public bodies, because of their neglect of the Welfh language | in their public* appointments. Tlw above Board, however, cannot be blamed upon ■score. I am glad to see. in its advertisement for a lady visitor and attendant relieving j officer, that knowledge of the guage is wanted. This is as it should he. The appointed lady will have to vi<*it) families in the surrounding districts of Neath where Welsh only is spoken, and it would be nothing short of cruelty to send there- a person ignorant of the home language.. Th" Neath Guardians are to be com- merced for their sympathy and loyally. Bu1- I am told that candidates are apply- ing for this post who have on kuowle.dg? or Welsh, and that friends of their? are canvassiu? on their behalf. T shall be very much surprised if they will find the Guardians at their meeting next Tuesday acting inconsistently with the terms of their advertisement. Cnej thing is abundiint.lv clear: • Welsh is | essential in this district.— Y o»'rs. i Xeath. (Rev.) D. W. HOPKINS.

WAR FUNDS WILL W.R.U. ALLOW ABERAVON TO PLAY: FOR THEM ? A mee-tnig of the Aberavon Rugby Foot- ball Committee has considered the ques- Lion of playing matches with Neath and the Canadian contingent for the benefit pf the war funds. j Tho matter, however, has been ad-, journed pending the decision of the WoUh Rugby Union in regard to playing tout-hall during war. The committee's disposition is that no football should be played during the. crisis. I- For the Front. ( liarlie Jones, one of the leading Aber- avon, County and reserve Welsh Interna- t ion a I forwards, has this week volunteered for the front. Assault at Arms. The Aberavon football Committee arf' arranging to hold a first-class assault-at- j arms in aid of the war fund, at the Palace theatre, Aberavon, and among numerous special attractions will lie that miniature world wonder, Jimmy Wilde, j of Tylorstown. Gifts for Soldiers. The Aberavon Rugby Committee had decided to present 28 jerseys of the club colour—red and blfcck—to local "boys" serving with the Colours. Mr. Lewis M. j Thomas, the committee chairman, has also presented the Glamorgan E.H.A. with: a football.

SWANSEA POLICE COURT. Friday,—Before Messrs. H. A. Chapman. David Griffiths, J. Devonald, Dr. Ne.l- < son Jon, and Wm. Liiw. Couldn't Get a Hou-se. John Williams, -It, .tinworker, was charged- with allowing hisfollt children to become chargeable to the common fund of the Swansea Union. The children h-acl been chargeable f?inc« March loth, ln-t. Defendant stated that he had b^en look- ing for a house, but could not find one. fle had been before the court six times i for neglecting hitf children. The case was adjourned till Saturday morning. Unmuzzled Dog. Ca!pbin F. l?ulet was summoned for bavin? au mnnmy?I'-d dog 'm b<Mrd th? ship Professor Salequin. Defendant ad- Tuitted the offence, but declared it to be I oa'-ele-snes-s on the part of the crpw.- |j Fined 20s. Temporary Transfers. Temporary lranter wpr? crranted in 1 the p?c of the Cambrian Hotel from Thom.b Rees ?' Mr. Herbert Wilcox, aHd in the <'?-o of thp Vii, H?fpl frc,n?, th? late tenant, to Mr. Thomas R« es. t ABERAVON FAMILY OF HEROES. I _1 ? t ne iamiiy of Mr. William Gibbon, mason, Llewellyn-pfreet, hns contributed four stalwart roemhersfor active service -one in the Navy and three in the Army. One was already yi the service when the war broke out, and threo have since. volunteered.

MESSRS. EDDERS'HAW AND CO/S ENTERPRISE. To-morrow Messrs. Eddersliaw and Co.. farnihérs, Hi?h-strppt, Swansea, will harp i? use a very <?r'HCtive new arcade window. Necessary in consequence of increased business, the window is of a type new to South Wales, and its advantages over the old style are self evident. Alto- gether it gives 60 feet of show space: the handsome frames are of gun metal, set nn polished black Aberdeen granite, and the c?iling of the lobby is in embellished i plasterwork. With a tasteful display of modern furniture on view, the windows. which, with the lobby are artistically light ad, have a striking appearance. j

TO-DAY'S RACING. 4 DERBY MEETING. | DER BY MEETINPI.ii 12 XA-dkakelow .?VE?U.E SHJ P J1—? ?<JUj?; pL,ATE of 106 on. Seyen ? < long, j S Mr Barton's SLAVE CRAG. 2-10 .1 jp S. DO:XOGH1, I Mr Benson's FI?E BUCK. C-10 Scours^ 8 Mr Hamblin's JABORi?E, 8-7.HMkfor<i B A?o ran: Bandit (Tri £ g>, The B11 1 (Sma?]pipc??. Picatlor (Firth). Ptolemy í ■ lock), ? Simon Queen c (Sa-under?. tco j B Opera.! (Wing), Euueva. (Foy), ??elf 8acirfi j I (Earl). Adesmia (Cha loner). I Off 12.56. Trained by J. Jarvis.l C Betting: 5 to 2 Bandit, 7 to 2 SLAi B CRAG. 3 to 1 The Bu?er. Picaflor, Ptolcol I .and Euneva. 10 to 1 Fine Buck. 1M ?4 B Jaborinc. 100 to 7 others. 1 Won by a ledgth and a half; neck betw i. second and third. j R 1 '?n-B?LLPER SELLING PLATE, a hij | w?<tt handicap of 1M sovs. 1| I Str,a-i.-ht )Iij(,. Mr Thomas's PICTOX LAD. Z 7-6 B OHÅWE¡{ | Mr Chattcrton'? AUDBY. 4 8-8 Clark 8 ?r C?Hnx'a THE YIU?GE nWOlr ■ MASTER, 3 7-2 Collin? A??o ran: P.u?h?u ?n?a??tpcp', (me 3g Frost (Donosbuc?. Courtaf?s lad ( B Smyth). Devil's Dyko (7tprher!). M?ndrae? 1 (W. Huxley'i, Galloping Scot (.?U'M?. I Map (Ledsom. Dick Deadeye (Gardner), Vf I scian (Witg,, Sneeaer (Rob-rtson). Six H 1 (Biillock.i, Endrick (Campion). (Trj??\ Voltaire (Fo,d. F?f-bendoU (Fd I Hobo (Cooper), Anemid 'Prout?. KinKhar? | (Patman), Copcmifns (P. A1hkn1, Vexil)? (TJobbinsi. Succesis (Crickmpre), Ijanky La J Stokes). Craigwater (Dick), Master Mi t douald fSaund'-rs), Beldame I'Mojian). > Off 1..?4. Tramfd '?y Bak?r. B B?ttinK: 4 to t F?hfttde! 7 to Gp?e | Tro.?. 10 to 1 Martindale and ADpro?d. 8 to 8 Paul ha n, Audby. and Dick Dcadp?p. II to 7 PICT^N LAD. 25 to 1 other?. Won by a head; nrok between second i ) third. « ??—FRIARY NURSERY PIATF (fT | t)a dia p) of 200 so?. Five furlø"g Mr Strak?r's CHIRDO? C, 6-(),P. ,TOX¡': I Mr 'Kp)k?a LADY SYM. 6-13 Robertson { Mr Combes SOL A.RE DEAL. 6-U.. Cooper! i Also ran: Hullabaloo (Turner^, Arcb: jj i'Bullocki. Bush Fire (Dir.k\ Elevator (Win! TurnVrry (.Knvanash?. Es?ire Dor (Satj | dprs). Curly Coat (Grant), Mini?trr!!o (C- 1 1'n?). Soi]th Meadow (Fiin). A'f-.hw!?- AUden), Rose of Torrid? (Bicha.rd? ■ Sally Crae (Crjckmere). Tango Lady <S?af Marvel of Peru (Rodeni. J Off 2.10. Trained by Bramley. I Betting: 4 to 1 Archia*. 11 to 2 CIlIRDOi 9 to 1 Curly Coat, 10 to 1 Bush Fire. Kle* for, AreJiway. and Sally Crag, 100 t i Sonare Deal. 100 60 6 others. Won by three-^rt.s of a length: leng and a half between second and third. DERBY CUP, I QA"-DEH3Y CUP 'Mandicnp? ? J j  o -DERBY CUP ,11. -,Idicl.p) rf 150 so, bein? in plate, er t1 í whole in specie, at option of winn One mile and siv furlongs. ? Mr Buchanan's WILLIAM'S PR.IDE, 3 7-4 P. ALLDFX Mr Lnscombe's ARDA, 4 Spfar C01 H. Walker's WHITE LIE. 3 K. Robertson Also ran: Florist (.T. Clark;. Nassau tU sont, Rivoli (W. Huxley). Trinquense IE 10(\1-; 1. Hare Hill (Donoghue'i. The Gulier Herbert). Red Finch iRobbins). Gravelo! iFox\ Farakabad (Moylan). I>e?borou ((',avdner), will (Dick), Solomoi Mine (Cooper). Naughty Girl (Plant). Val dium (Crickmere). Off 2.44. Trained by F. Darling. II Betting: 9 to 2 Woodwild, 6 to 1 Hare H, and WILLIAM'S PRIDE. 6 to 1 Arrla. 1f)¡) 7 Nassau and Farakabad, Ion to 6 Red Fine Nauehty Girl, and White Lie, 20 to 1 Florid. Won by a head; neck between seoond a third. < ? .?-CHADDESDEy PLATE, a H? 8 weight- Handicap of 150 ;>OH. S Nvei-ht lf,%ndicap of 150 soTL-. Mr Cockburn's MURLA. 5 7-6 LEDSON Mr Powell's GEORGETTE. 5 7.7. Wing Mi* Rayner's BED-TIME, 3 7-5 Rohbins Also ran: San Stefano (Earl;, Dolaliel (Donogbue), Vclociter (Clark). Rangi (Saunders*. Heather Moon (Bullock) lri Demon (Spear>, Kyoto (Dick). Abra (Tavlo Ki ska toon (Crickmere). September Morn Allden). Off 3.15. Trained by H. Powney. Betttn?: 5 to 2 Georgette, 4 to 1 Bi-'ri 5 to 1 MURLA. 8 to 1 DoIabeHa ?,d Vei citer, 10 to 1 September Mom. Ran?a? a. San i^tefano. 100 to 7 others. Won by a head; two lengths betw second and third.  <:>)0~"QUAR:SDOX ^MDEN 'Appewi?i 3 PTATE of 106 sovs. Straight mil< 3,rr G. Edwardes's VIDI. 3 74 GIjAVIN Mr Bowen's TOWTN, 4 7-0. Mallon Mr Moore's VINO YERITA. 3 6-8 Davy Also ran: Fargue (Kooth). Trained by P. Hartigan. j Betting: 9 to 4 on VIDI, 5 to 1 Tovryn, to 1 Vino Veritas. 20 to 1 Fargue. Won by six lengths; neck between secol and third.

CARLTON FILM OF LORD ROBERTI FUNERAL: An impressive picture of the scenes ¡ the funeral of the late Lord Roberts due at the Carlton Cinema, Swansea < clay (Friday). It is from the studio the Gaumont Film Co.

GELLYONEN COMMITTEE'S DONt I TION. I íU a meeting ot the Oelh-onen She DAg Trials Committee, Mr. John Jol presiding, it Was decided io send a don hon of £ 2 2s. to the Swansea Hospit, PJl Is. to the ('Ivda(--b and District Nursi) Association, and El If. to the Pontarda* aDd District Nursing Association.

MORRISTON HELP FOR WINY" CAMPAIGN. Horeb Sunday School, Morriston. votn the sum of £ 2 IDs. towards the Y.I-sc winter cumpaign with the. troops, Cl 10s. for King Fund. Mr. John Salmon, the -on of the Het William Salmon, has joined tbe 2F, Welsh Field Ambulance.

CLOSING HOURS IN THE VALLEY, At a private meeting of Pontarda1! Mi?istrat?s this (Friday) morniD?. t)if| pr??nt h?tn? Colonel Gough. Me' ?srf. *1 IE Strick. F. E. PhHlip. H. J. ro? D. T. Williams, and A. H. Thomap. was decided that the hours of publi, houses and duh3 in the district no11!. b? from 9 a-M, to 9 p.m as from Deed'' ber 1st. < i

DE A THS, the 19rh Liwt.. at v.' tcria-terrac«\ George Mitchell, iu hip :Ø year. Public funeral on Tueeda.v. •3 o'clock sharp for Cocke, t tgHt:e only". A

Tl^AXTKD. retractable Middj^aj*T« W'1man cs Hon.-?ktep<- tc Worki^ Man.—pp?.T Jam? Thomas, 76, CyR?' 'c? Yeta.lyfe?, Glain. j,,l"" L

NAMELESS PRISONER. i I REMARKABLE CONDUCT OF MX WHO GAVE i HIM3ELF UP.\ | • I A most remarkable case -was bronght I before the Swansea Bench on.vFriday. The ¡I first intimation 'of the peculiar nature of the cas? was received when two prisoners were brought up from the cells. Then a voung nq,n threw himself en to the floor in the dock and became very violent, with •"he result that Sergt. Balsden and.another officer had to put a police hold on him —a fact which caused him to sh^ut to tbe Bench that he would lie quiet if his hands were let loose After that he was quiet. The prisoner had given no name, so was quite unknown. He was chargc-d with I r4ealinp; and receiving one fovet mad a pound tin of tobacco, the property of somo person or persons at present, unknown. cc- was given by P.C. (fj) Sou)hall, who said that in the early hours of this morning prisoner came up to him. in SI. Helen's-road, with a. bag on his ¡ shoulder, and asked to be directed to the police station. The policeman asked him what he had in the «nek, and he replied, I 1 want to give myself up for fowl- stealing." Dead-But Warm. The officer examined the bag, and found ¡II"I". a dead, but warm. fowl. Prisoner asked where lie got it, from. and re- plied thait was his business. The police- mnnt,r,r.k him to the police station, searched him, and found on him a po?nd tin of fqbgeoo which, he said, he Iblad ?ound. He wa charged, and in reply 6aÍ<L I know the law. Wbc-n a fellow like 'E' is caught .-ou h?vp to send for a doctor to S;? if he is right." ?Ir. Jt-?Mn Jones ?'k?d the pripot?r what h? K?mp was, aud priU"T replic4i,?, It's aU ri,-bt, an,.i Eto?d down. On the application of Sckpt. Roberts, prisoner was remanded for a week.