Abergavenny Chronicle

J Double fiaIt foot is a common ?hnemB   'h(,P -alkers, it was stated &t th? Law :S1et. Tribunal.

I DRUGS AND MURDER. I At the 'Old Bailey, Eva Grace Thompson., aged thirty-three, lately a night nurse at | the Sydenham Infant Welfare Centre, was I, found guilty of the wilful murder of James Matthew Ernest Smith, aged two months, who died from a fractured skull. I The jury accepted the defence that the woman had been addicted to drugs, suffered from epilepsy, and was not reeponsible for her actions. Afr. Justice Darting ordered her detention during the King's pleasure. Chnrges of murdering another child and injuring and neglecting three others were not prooeedfed with.

I G00S&BERRY PROFITEER. I At Nottingham Police court, Charles G regcry, a nurservman, of Chilwell, was fined £ 25, with C2 2e. costs, for selling gooseberries at Is. 2d. per pound, whereaa the price fixed by the Food 4Coiitroller w&s 3d. per pound. Gregory pleaded that he. "had a.cted in ignorance, but the magistrates characterised it as a bad case, saying it was the man's duty, as « wholesaler, to make himself acquainted with the price at which produce shculd be sold.

I MiILK PRICE FIXED. I The Food Controller has fixed the maxi- mum wholesale price for milk from October 1 to April next at 2s. 3d. per gallon. Attention is also called to the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, which pro- vides that local authorities shall, in neces- sitous eases, a-trange for the free supply of millc, or at least, -at cost price, to expectant and nursing mothers. —————.

I I- TRADE IN AUGUST. I 1 The trad^ returns- for August shew that the imports were £ 110,235,141, against i 10'a t?t2,072 f' £ 109,192,072 for Jnly, and the exports am lillt-ed- to < £ 43,{>22,237,> compared with .£4iL!H4,398 in the previous month. Our tf\t:¡j exports were 945,799,572, againet

t BOY STABS BSY. I I At Shoreditch an inquest was .held on i James agêd alb-Ven, o died from blood-poisoning, the result of bein Btatisd in thè, back by Edward Gorrie, aged The evidetwte showetithäi Gorriesaid to the, deceased, "Berhaps your father is a Ger-niaii," and when Lane retorted similarly to Gorrie, the latter seemed to lose his tem- per, and rushed at dc-ceaeed and stabbed him in t4,, back. Gorrie now stated that he merely intended to frighten Lane. A ver- dict of manslaughter was returned against Gorrie.

DEFKiB FOUR TORPEDOES. A ship has been brought safely to port and beached in spite of determined efforts of U-boat pirates to sink her. Five torpe- does were fired at the ship, and of these four got home, tearing great rents in her. Three fremen were killed and a fourth injured. The Admiralty, in notifying the shipowners of the attack, stated: "The fact that the ship was brought into port, after being struck by four torpedoes is evidence of the pluck and determination shown by all j concerned."

FATAL FILM FIRE. An Islington engineer named Dillman was examining a cinematograph film. when I the latter caught fire. Sarah Elizabeth Hawes, aged sixty-five, who lived in t.be same building, cam out of her room, Utd her clothing took fire with fatal resuJ-s. At the inquest the jury condemned the taking of cinematograph films into Te-ivat-L. houses. A .MINOR SUCCESS., Sunday, 7.30 p.m. By a successful minor operation carried out early this morning our troops captured Maisaemy, north-west of S't. Quentin, to- gether with the trench system to the south- east and east of the village. A hundred pri- isomers and a number of machine-guns vere taken by us.. On the remainder of the front a few pri- | soners have been brought in by our patrols in different sectors. Hostile artillery has shown considerable Tictivitv during the day at a number of pointsalong the battle front south of the Arra^-Cambrai Toad. ( o

WIFE SHCOTS HUSBAND. At the Old Bailey, Clemeuce YVohlgemuth, /rty-tseven, a Frenc.hw*oma-n. was found guilty of unlawfully wounding her hn"bml. Adolph 'Wohlgemuth", a nntui"iiscd German doctor of science, at Muswcll-hill, and was sentenced to six months in the seoonfl division. fte1- a quarrel Wohlgemuth was shot in the b.,e1 with a revolver, and the woman Inter said:— lie insulted me because I am Frencti. He is always iilsulting me bec-.mae ayu French. JIp sines and 'lapghs when he heftrs-that, tae Gail1:llsJ are advancing. It is all becaiuc of the other woman that I did it. I love hiia. Dr. Wohlgemuth denied that he had ?x- pLi ?-?d views in favcur of the Germans, and in hiR evidence stated that he was convinccd the shooting was a.n .incident. • HI think she wanted something effective and dramatic to frighten me."

The King's Fund for Disabled Officer: and Men will receive very material aid from the cities, towns, and urban districts of Great Britain. Mayors, provosts, and chairmen of councils are raising subscriptions to enable discharged men to start in business.

NEW BRITISH ADVANCE —— YORKSHIRE DIVISION'S SUCCESS AT HAVRINCOURT. HINDENBUKG LINE DAMAGED. The following reports from Sir Dbuglas Haig have been issued from the War Office:1— Thursday, 11.10 a.m. Yesterday evening our troops captured Attilly, VertmlJld, aud V endlles, and during the night made progress in the we&tern out- skirts of Hoinon Wood. English troops carried out successf ul local operations yesterday afternoon in the Havrin- coiirt and Moeuvres sectors, overcoming con- siderable hostile opposition.. Our troops have crossed the Cafflal duord north-west of Havifincourt, and have estab- lished themselves on the. west bank of the canal east, and north of Moeuvrefe. During the night our troops attacked and captured a strongly fortified position known as the Railway 'Triangle, south-west of "La Baesee, taking a number of prisoners and machine-guns. Thursday, 8.10 p.m. Our operations in the Havrinconrt sector were continued with success this morning, in spite of unfavourable weather. English troope attacked and captured Tree- cauM, and the old British trench lines to the east and. north of it. On their right, New Zealand troops made progress east of "Gouzeaucourt Wood, overcom- ing the obstinate resistance of a German. Ja-egar Division. At Havrinconrt, the 6211d Yorkshire Divi- sion, which carried the village on November 20, 1817, attacked for a second time over the same ground, and with a like success. Other English troops attacked across the Canal du Nord north of Havrincourt. After sharp fighting our troops captured the villages, together with a section of the. Hindenburg Line between the village and the canal. North of the Ba.paume-Cambrai road Lnnc shire troops completed the capture of Moeu- vres, also after sharp fighting. About 1,000 prisoners have been taken by us in. these operations. Oil the northern portion of our Front further progress has been made by us to-day south of the L- Basse Canal and north-west of Armen- tieree. PROGRESS AT LA BASSEIE. Ii Friday, 10.40 a.m. yesterday English troops gained poset-ssion of Holnon Wood, driving the enemy from the localities in which he offered resistance. Further north our line has been advanced to the east of the village of Jeancourt, wkich is in our hands. During the evening strong hostile forces, agisted by a squadron of Itw-flying German aeroplanes, attacked our new positions at Hav- rincourt, and were repulsed wUh great loss. Opposite Moeuvres hostile raBantry assem- bling for counter-attack were observed and subjected to heavy and accurate fire by our artillery. The attack which developed subse- quently was completely unsuccessful, the few Germans who reached our positions being killed or taken prisoners. Progress was made by,oiir troops during the night west of Auchy-lez-La Bassee. I TOWARDS,ST. (JtJENTTN. Friday, 8.10 p.m. In the Vermand and Jeancourt sector, north- west of St. Quentin, our troops have gamed i "ground in -contact ,witk• .tfker enemy's- advance<|| detachments and, have tak,c'n pn80n6. I South-West of La Bassfi^ but progress, has;, continued, in spite of opposition from, hostile; machine-guns. Our troops have gained ptlS- session of. Fosse 8 de Bethune and of the slag-* heap adjoining it. This slagheap, known as "The Dump," forms an important local feature, giving wide ob- servation over the surrounding country. To the north of it our troops hold the. Ger, man trenqh lines immediately west of Auchy) lez-La tp--reO., and are pressing forward into v tíl. village.. We captured a few prisoners, during the night in the neighbourhood ff Zillebeke Lake. I TOWARDS ST. QUENTIN. t Saturday, 11.45 a.m. The number of prisoners captured by ua in the operations carried out by the Third, Army with complete success in the Tres* cault-Havrincourt sector on the 12th inst. exceeds 1,500. As the result of the progress made by, our troops yesterday nprth-we.it of St. Quentin^ our line' has been established east of the villages Qf. Behecourt and Jeancourt. < During. the past twenty-four hour& th enemy has made several determined but nn~ eticx'e-^sful attempts to recover the positions recently captured by us. in the neighbour- hood of Gouzeaucourt and Havrincourt. Yesr terday a strong hostile attack, in* which the enemy employed flammenwerfer, was re- pulsed with heavy loss south of Gougeau- court. We secured several prisoners. At Havrincourt, the enemy attacked yes- ter-day morning in force under cover of a heavy artillery bombardment, and pene- trated the eastern portion of the village'. After hard fighting the attacking German infantry were driven out, and our positions restored. North of Havrincourt we ad- vanced slightly between the village and canal. v In the evening the enemy attacked east of Trescault, and gained a footing in our trenches, but were driven out immediately, leaving a number of dead in front of our line. During the night a strong bombing at- tack, in which liquid fire was employed, was made against our positions north-wevst of Gouzeaucourt. After forcing our advanced posts to withdraw, this attack also was suc- cessfully beaten off. Local fighting tooli place yesterday in the. Moeuvres sector without material change, in the situation. During the night the enemy attacked south of ifoeuvres, and was repulsed- We established new posts during the night along the west bank of the Canal du Nord, in the neighbourhood of Sauchy, Couchy, and opposite Oisy-le-Verger. In the La Basseesector we have occupied Auchy-Iez-La- Bassee. PUSHING FORWARD. I Saturday, 7.35 p.m. A hostile raid was successfully repulsed this morning in the Gouzeaucourt sector. In the Havrincourt sector our troops have pushed forward, and have established new posts in the trench lines east and, north of the Local fighting has taken place on both ,sides of the La Basse Canal. Our ttooýs have made progress, and have taken sorafe prisoners. Hostile artillery has been active vsjith gas-shell in the neighbourhood of Neuije Chapelle. A raid attempted by the enemy last night in this sector \YS driven off. Sunday, 10.25 a.lll. North-west of St. Quentin our troops made further progress yesterday and l&st -night south and north of Hoinon Wood. Local hostile "attacks have "been repulsed in the Trescault and La Bassee sectors. Hostile artillery has been active during the night in the Rosel, Moeuvres, Marquion, and Givenchy sectors, and with gas-shell north-west of Armentieres.

AMERICAN ATTACK. I r' ADVANCE BEGUN ON LORRAINE FRONT. f "CONSIDERABLE GAINS." The First American Army, supported by vFrench divisions, .attacked on Thursday on the ,south and west of the- St. Mihiel salient, near ,the Lorraine border. '.L'heý.o \jroe the enemy's resistance, a dvanced at feome points to a depth, of five miles, and captured 8,000 prisoners. Thiaucouft, Pannes, and Nonsard have been captured. To the north of Nonsard cavalry patrols are moving in the direction of Vig- t.mulles- (half-way across the- salient). .French troops have captured the western outskirts of St. Mihiel. On the western side of the salient the Americans* have taken Combrer,, and are re- ported to have reached the western outskirts 6£- Donimartin-la-Montagne. The direction taken by the attack can hardly hfA. caused much surprise to the Germans, altfirfngh its suddenness, vigour, and success way have fcakeo the eneniy more OT less un- awares. The St. Mihiel salient has existed evèr since the first months of. tji-e war. The enemy wj^s subsequently pushed back a little, but the line has not changed to any material extent sinee the opening of hostilities. The -sl]ient resembles an inverted triangle, with its apex two or three mites beyond the town of St. Mihi<Sl, on the right bank of the RIvBr Mouse, zoine, twenty miles south-south- east-of Verdun. In peace times St. Mihiel a- -Population of nearly 10,000, and. its fortincations formed part of the formidable line of barrier Worfe which follow the iit-use, mainly on the right or eastern bank, from to Toul. On each of its two sides (says the, "Tcle- I graph") the salient measures about twenty miles in length.,aml across its base is a dis- tance -of F--me thirty miles. From the eastern extremity, just north of the town of Pont a i ty McnTFSon, to the City of Mtz, is about fifteen miles, but some of the southern outlying forts of that groat citadel we only about ten away. Not far distant from the base of the salient are fa motif, battlefields of the war of ISfO, such as Gravelotte, Mars-le-Tour, Rczon- ville, and Yionville. Inside the salient the ground is weH wooded aiid very hilly, rising to 1,30eft. or 1,400ft. above tsca-level, in the neighbourhood of Ccsnbres and Yigneulles, and sloping down to the great plain of the Woevrc, to the wf,t arfd south-west of Mctz, which witnessed mileli or the most sanguinary fighting Of the war of 1870. 'There hs. no doubt that the German forces in this salient are in an extremely dilig,TOU-, position, and that unless they re- they risk envelopment and, complete destruction. WHOLE SALIENT CAPTURED. I The flowing American officia statement wa6 issued on Friday g?t' Ip the St. Mihiel sector we have achieved further. successes. The junction of our troops advancing from the south of the sector with those advancing from the west has given us possession of the whote ealient to points twelve miles north- east of St. Mihiel, has resulted in the capture of many prisoners. Forced back by our steady advance, the enemy is retiring, and is destroying large quantities of material as he goes. The'number of prisoners has risen to 13,300. Chir line now includes Herbonville, Tfiijlot, Hattonville, St. Benoit, Xammes, Thiacourt, and Vieville.. GERMAN ■" EXPLANATION." I The German account of the St. Mihiel attack is obviously devised to delude the German public into the belief that the retreat from the salient had been arranged, as usual, "ac- cording to plan." The Berlin report of Friday is > as follows:— Army Group of Von Gallwitz.-Yesterday the French amd Americans, attacked the salient, of St. Mihiel, near the Combres height and south thereof, as well as between, the Cotes Lorraine and the, Moselle. In anticipation of such an attack the evacuation of this salient which was liable to encirclement from both rid&, had been under consideration for years, and was commenced a few days ago. We did not therefore fight out the battte to a finish, but carried out the movements which had been contemplated and which the enemy was unable to prevent. The French, who advanced on the heights to the east of the Meuse, were repulsed. The Combres height, which was lost temporarily, was recaptured by Landwehr troops. To the south thereof, in a strong re- sistance, Austro-Hungarian regiments, to- gether with the troops fighting between the Meuee and tie Moselle, assured the retreat oi the divisions standing at St. Mihiel. Between the CoOOø Lorraine and the Moselle the enemy a,ttuzk-- Thiaoourt gained ground. Reserves intercepted the thrust of the enemy. To the south-est of Thiaueourt and to the west of the Moealie the enemy was repulsed. During the night the evacuation of the salient was completed without interference on the part of the enemy. We are now standing in new lineo which had been prepared. I 15,000 PRISONERS .0 I The Press Bureau issued the tollowing American official communiques — Saturday night. In the St. Mihiel sector our advance units have maintained touch with the enemy's forces, and have repulsed a counter-attack attempted by them in the region of Jaulny". 'We are now able to estimate the bir^-css obtained, during the two previous days. The dash and vigour of our troop- and of the valiant French di-visions which fought shoiu- der to shoulder with them, ilL shown by tn«- taet that the forces attacking on both faces of the salient effected a junction and secured the results d-esired within twenty-seven ho^r. Besides liberating more than 150 square piilct. of territory and taking 15,000 pri- soners, we have captured a miitss of material. Over 100 guns of all calibres, and hun- dreds of machine-guns and trench rnortars have been taken. In spite of the fact'that the enemy during his retreat burned la-ge stoles, a partial examination of the battle- field shows that great quantities of amicu- nition, It-elegrtt),h material, railroad material, rolling, stock, clothing and equipment have be^n abandoned. Further evidence of the haste with which the enemy retreated is found in the unin- jured 'bridges which he left behind. French pursuit, bombing, and reconnais- atWe units, and British and Italian bomb- ing units, divided with our own air seiv?c the control of the air, and contributed materially to the success of the operation. I 200 GUNS CAPTURED. Sunday night. • In. the St". Mihiel sector there was In, creased artillery and ayiation activity. A counter-attack launched by the enemy at daybreak near St. Hilairc .was easily ro- puL~ed, and a number of prisoners taken. On the left bank of the Moselle our lines hevo boou Qfdvaftced one to two miles, lJJd. row include the towns of Vilcey and Xoroy. /fhe normal extension of our. lines beyend Ja,iilny -resulted m the bringing in ot Seventy-two additional gUlíS abandoned by the enemy in hi6 hatty retreat. Tl-ss brings R total, number 'of guns tap lured to date to more than 200.

AGRICULTURAL WAGES IN KIND. I Under th& Corn Production Act, the Agricultural Wages Board, in addition to fixing minimum cash wages for agricultural workers, are empowered to define certain payments in kind which may be reckoned in part payment of such wages. The Board have now made an order defining the par- ticular "benefits and advantages" which may be legally reckoned as part payment of wages, and also determining the method in which their value for this purpose is to be ascertained. The Order lays down that where an employer supplies a worker with milk or potatoes, or provides him with a cottage, or with board and lodging, he may deduct from the minimum wage in respect of these "benefits or advantages" a sum representing their cash value to the worker, as calculated in accordance with the terms of the Order. In respect of a cottage pro- vided by an employer, the Order names the maximum amount (three shillings) which may, under any. circum&tanoes, .be deducted f rbm?tth? cash wage, a^d u'ndcjf ?ettsm con— ditiom ¥saah:r: be reduce? -by the District -Wages eommit?ee ?oi t? ire'r- ■ I, i. ,f f «•

PRISON FOR DENTIST* I At Stratford Police-court on Saturday, John Alfred Ba6tow, aged fifty-three, a dentist, of W illmott-r oad, Ley ton, Was charged with obtaining £ 2. Ms. by false pre- tences from Mrs.. Mabel Layton. It was stated during the hearing of the case that he had been sentenced previously for a similar offence. 0? one ocasion he obtained money from a Mind girl for a gold tooth which he M-?r supplied. A sentence of thr?e month&* haad Isbour was imposed.

I V.C. FOR NAVAL HERO. I For services- in action with enemy sab- marines, the King has- awa-rded'the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant Haipld. Autpn, D.S.C., R.N.R. No details of his heroism are given. For similar services Lieutenant Olive j North, R.N., and Lieutenant G. H. Barnish, | R.N.R., receive the D.S.O., and Lieutenant G. d'Oyly-Hughes a bar to th^ D.S.O. i

I DEARER COAL AND BUTTER. The price of household coal has been in- creased by Is. 6d. a ton in the London divi- sion. This increase is to cover the cus- tomary winter rise. There is not to be. any change in the delivery prices of gas coke or in the trolley prices of coal. Butter and bacon: is 2d. per lb. dearer.

LEGLESS HERO. I Gallantry by a soldier who lost both his I legs in saving a woman's life has been re- warded by the King >Jjestowing on him the { Albert Medal. 10 At a railway station in France, rtates the "Lehdon Gazette," a woman who was cross- ing the line "in front of a troop train to reach a passenger train, was caught by the buffer of the engine. Private George Ben- nett, 12th Lancers, rushed to help her, and pulled her into the six-foot way between the two trains. Unfortunately, a basket which the woman was carrying was struct by the troop train and. knocked. Bennett against: the passenger train, with the result that he was badly in- jured and has suffered the amputation of I both his legs. But for his presence of mind and courage > the woman would probably have been killed; I ————— I

SIR SAMUEL EVANS DEAD. | SIR SAMUEL EVANS DEAD. I' Sir Samuel Evans, the President of the j Divorce Court, and, during the war, of the ) Prize Court, has died at. 11 Brighton. Sir Samuel was taken suddenly ill and j compelled to immediately undergo an opera- j tion. ?ir "Sam," as he was affectionately called, j ?as born at Skewen, near Neath, ?-?ty-nine j Scat's ago. He was first admitted as a ) 1bW.itor and next he went to the Bar, being tiie last barrister to take ",ilk before the death of Queen Victoria. Hia work during the war has bsen ol' a highly importpnt < nature, but that he has done it well is apparent., for not one of his decisions in 4LLie Prize Court has been up^et. —————- —————-

HIID IN MOUNTAINS. Edward Hillier, who was charged before the magistrates t with being a deserter from the Monmouthshire Regiment, was stated to hfiyehiddeu lor the last six months in the Monmouth mountains, where h-e- lived chiefly on wild berries. He lived in the open when the weather vwas fine, and hid in barns and farmhouses in bad weather, moving always from place to place to avoid pursuit. He was handed over to an escort.

I GAS AND OXYGEN. Gas cannot be ignited or exploded until it mixes with oxygen. One volume of gas to thirteen volumes of air is about the mini- mum of gas necessary for an explosion, and one volume of gas to three volumes of air is about the minimum of air necessary for an explosion.

LORD ROBSON DEAD. Lord Ilobsor. of Jesmond, has died at Pelharu Court, Battle, i-u.->-ex. at the ;1 of sixty-six. L:>rd Robson was Recorder of Newcastle from 1895 to 1905 in which y-ear he was knighted and represented Scuth Shields i.i the ilouse of Commons for tome years. He became Solicitor-General in 1906, wss Attorney-General in lUOS, and was made a Lord of Apneal in 1910, but resigned that office in August, 1912. He rendered yalu- able, services in connection with the Noifc.i Atlantic Coast Fighcries arbitration, for which he received the G.C.M.G.

The London County Council have Eiig- gestod that Gotha-street, Hackney, shoiud be renamed Warne f ord-st reet. The Ulster Unionist Labour Association has passed a resolution deploring the de- cision of the Trade Union Congress in favour of Home Rule. George Haveock, a labouring many waa. sentenced itt"Salisbury to twenty-eight davii. for supplying food to a German prisoner of. I war. The Minister of Pensions has been pre- I sented with a straw hat made by discharged r di.8 bled Service men who are being trained in the hat trade at Lnton.

CAPE LINES LOST. GALWAY CASTLE SUNK- WOMEN AND CHILDREN CN BOARD. The Union liner Galway CastJe, returning to- South Africa with about 1,000 people on board, was torpedoed early on Thursday naorsing, with considerable loss of life. Hundreds of survivors of the torpedoed liner are at Plymouth, haying landed after a.n awful experience. .The Gal way Castle was attacked at 7 a.m. on Thursday. The loss of life is uncertain, but first lists give twenty first-clase, ten second, and ninety third-class, w ith thirty- four of the crew missing. Among the saved are the Hon. H. Burton, Minister of Railways (who was on his way to England 011 the- Eenilworth Castle when she was torpedoed in June last), and Mr. C. jhi iCi,a.ppini,- Trade. Commissioner. Br. ng, his/eld«r daughto*, e younger being* sate. • L 1 1 F ?- PATHETIC SCENES. t' Very pathetic scenes marked the ^anaing erf survivors, tittle children ccukl be a crying for parents for whom they looked in 19ait. they having been' lost with the vessel.' So, too, could parents be seen looking in vain. for theyr lost offspring. The liner was torpedoed without warning. The explosion was violent, but not so. violent as might have been expected. It caused the ship to buckle up, and she was. practieally split from keel to top deck. The f&ar was that she would sink ir6ta1)tlv. Boats were at once lowered., but one was swamped by' the high --eac;, another was damaged through the falls foaling, and tne sea smashed a third and drove her on the liner's propeller blades. I FIREMEN'S- THRILLING ESCAPE. A fireman had a particularly thrilling escape. He fell through a hole in the phatea caused by the explosion, and would probably, have fallen through the bottom of the ship and have been drowned, but the inrushing, w.ateT,- washed him up, and he grasped aI ladder. To this he clung. Although batlly, injured about the face, he" saved his life by his own energies. Of the time spent in the. boats survivors speak with a great deal o feeling, as occasionally bodies were passed, and it was quite evident that they were long past human air. One body was that: of a woman who had two children in her, arms. Vessels of the Royal Navy rescued man. AmndrGd?. The Hen. H. Burton -said they Izould Bot have treated the injured more kindly and' tendejiy if ?hose B?it" saih}rs 1'2aU befB wo:nn nurses. I CAPTAIN SAVED. I Captain Dyer and a number ot Yoiuntliil who remained behind to- attempt to naive the steamer have returned to port, their efforts having been in vain. Tie Galway Castle was built at Belfast in! 1911, and registered in the Port of London. Her gross tonnage was 7,988, and her Ilet, tonnage 4,967.

KING TO PRESIDENT WILSON. The following telegram 4ac, bn st-ct from the King to President Wilson;- ) "On behalf of the British Empire I heartily congratulate you on the brilliant achievement of the American and Allied. troops under the leadership cf General i Pershing in the St. Mihiel salient, Tho far- reaching results secured by those succ<^ j I ful intervention of the American Army on a f great scale under its own adminLstraticn, are the happiest augury tor the complcto | and. I liope, not far distant trnunph of tie Allied cause." ►

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BLAMED "THE PICT OSES." I- I At the Old Bailey, Edward Holden, seven- At the Old Bailey, i teen, was sentenced to two years' detention in a Borstal institution for an attack on Muriel Joyce Thompson in a railway cax- riage between Stepney and East- Ham. He 4t! £ ributBd: his, act a»d the use of chloroform to "going to pictures. 'Me Common Sergeant: t thought there would be I something aboiit the pictures. It was stated that a number of "penny dreadfuls" were found at his home. Hol- den, who" asked to be allowed to join the Army when he was eighteen, was i-eferred to the Home Secretary.

I MAJOR COMMITS SUICIDE. The dead body of Major .William Soulden (iakeley, of Overstrand. Mansions, BatterKa Park, was found in a train Which. arrived at Norwich. At a coroner's inquest it was stated that in deceased's possession were, found four packets of salts of lemon and one of oxalic aci jp, and the evidence showed that death was due to irritant poison. Major Oakeley had been ordeved to at- tend an inquiry into the accounts of the company which he had commanded. The veVdict was "Suicide while of 'unsound mind.

l PEER'S SON'S TRAGIC END. J The Hon. Thomas Jolliffe, second eon of Lord Hylton, of Ammerdorn Park, Somer- set, met with "a tragic death on Saturday, while rabbit shooting in company with his sister on the estate, He had got through a hole in a hedge, and his sister was handing him the gun, when it went off. The charge entered his right thigh and he fell dead. Lord Hylton's son was eighteen years of age. His only brother is on active service.

MEAT COUPON VALUE REDUCED. It is announced by the Ministry of Food that, as from Sunday, the S211.d inst., and; until further notice, a meat coupon will be available for the purchase of 4d. worth of butcher's pieat, instead of 3d. worth, as at present. This decision ha,s been icndeiecr neoessarv by the demands made upon t,n- nage by military requirements, especiajy the transport of American troops, which will render it impossible to import any consider- able supplies of frozen meat for civilian con- sumption, so that this country will during the winter and spring be iargaly -deT)cid. ,t on home-killed meat. Bacon end ham, v cooked and uncooked, of which at pi*s-r"t there are ample supplies, will remain UB-. fationed. From the same date beef sausages, as weUn as pork sausages, must be sold against c. rs- • pons, at the Tate of 16oz. to the coupon. It has also been decided that no meat-pies c<n- taining canned jneat ean be sold coupon and that one conjion must be surrendered 'or- each joz. of canned meat ,in the pie.. Thero will be no change in the nmber of coupops available for butcher's ifieat.

¡ Maidstone, with a popnlaticm. of 3.5^0, I has subscribed J61,000,(KKI to Natioi.a War Bonds. Formerly a railway r-i^im n an at. i vant. South Wales, Henry C-owj^^ ¡ 1],'W j Tiiajor.