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Our Note Book. i Great Britain and America-The I Panama Canal Matter-To be 1 Referred to the Hague- President Taft's Announcement I -The Housing Question— More About the Jerry Builder I The anounccment of President Taft j of the intennon of the United States Government to refer the dispute be- tween Great Britain and America in connection with tho Panama Canal to the Hague Tribunal, will no doubt be received with <1. much satisfaction on the I other side of the Atlantic as on this. When the suggestion was made that the terms of the Clayton-Britain Treaty gave America a right to differentiate 'in ) favour of her own shipping using tin 1 canu? and. Mr. Taft ?u?'scn xn-y ??gg?stion, it lked a? though an attempt were being made to take what might, without offence, be I' described, as a mean advantage of this country. The intention of the framers of the I particular clauses in the Treaty relat- Jng to the canal was—it has always been argued on this side—that all vessels 1 making use of the great waterway, the opening of which is being looked for- ward to with grea<t interest, should be dealt with upon the same footing. » There was no exception made, and to argue that America was entitled to take up a preferential position, 1.<; to adopt an ¡' attitude which the greatest authorities upon international law have frankly admitted could not be maintained without causing irreparable injury to the good relations already existing bf- tween the two great nations immedi- ately concerned. "I know we shall lose when the matter monies before the Hague Tribunal," re- marked a well-known lankee politician day or two ago. Mr. Taft is doubt- less himself of the same opinion. Still, the fact that the Americans have agreed after months ot negotiations and repre- sentations to submit the question at issue to an independent tribunal like the Hague Conference, will serve to demonstrate that at heart cousin Jonathan is not the grasping, greedy individual he is sometimes represented. '1' Now that we in Swansea are in the tniddleof the rainy season, the state- ments made some time ago as to jerry- building in the borough are being fur- ther verified. Doors, which during the summer would not shut because they had shrunk, are now too large for the orifice; the wall-paper is peeling off the walls owing to the rain and damp, and In some houses something very like mushrooms can be seen growing on the ca,l'MftR—the salt which exudes trom the .r probably stimulating the growth. When attention was called to the matter some time ago, the Borough Surveyor and his stafi stated that they were un- able to find any trace of jerry buildings. Perhaps a' little further investigation ?- would reveal the undesirable state of! things which certainly do exist, and then,:] on\ might be able to look forward with"; more confidence to a more healthy and sanitary Swansea. j To-day's To- day's Gossip1 Luck to the "theatre Iloyni.11 May it eclipse all the triumphs of the okl "Star." King Nicholas of Montenegro has writccn a play, "The Empress of the Balkans." We have reported the theft of a ton of cheese. There should be a strong scent for the police. t' It is stated that a lady who went to live in the Sandwich Islands "lived on the native dishes.' Sandwiches? One of the greatest tests of faith is afforded nowadays. We are told as a matter of scientific fact that there is a sun. Mempers of the Education Com- mittee were in a talkative mood on Monday. On one or two occasions "the previous question" was mov?d. prevlous quc-,sti(>n'? was mc>vle d The South Africans t-ook very little change out ot Wake. At Swansea they found both mud and gold. It was a record attendance for a Club game, yet they failed to break the record. A beautiful sight wa.s to be seen this morning. Tho sky was lowering and dark, but one portion of it, just over the South Dock. was ablaze with light, where the clouds had parted for a while. # the ?Sketty One of the members of the Sketty Fire Bpgide. ou bein? asked to reply on thMr behalf at the dinner on Mon- day evening, said he was not much of a "spouter," but "begged to second the vote of thanks." A fruitful crop of what was at first taken to be mushrooms was discovered growing on a carpet in a house in the neighbourhood of the Uplands upon the return of the family after Christmas holiday's. They were toadstools. The dark horse In the Presidential election (says a Paris correspondent) is a charming brunette, named Mile. Marie Denizard. The same correspon- dent speaks of the same lady as a "com- petrix." As though for horses that ai-A dark and for 'trix that are vain a Presi- dential election were peculiar.— "Star." Mr. H. S. Smart told at the YM.C.A. about a man who, after he had been married for 18 months, came to the parson and said he wanted to pay his fees. "But you paid me at the time," said the clergyman. Yes. I know, Parson," replied the man. "but I have found her such a good 'un I want to pay again!" # This morning a Swansea gentleman received a oopy of a Welsh periodical which made its appearance in Decem- ber, 1908, and which, strange to say, contained a review of a work executed by the recipient of the journal in ques- tion, who, a* may be imagined, was ex- ceedingly gtad to see t'he estimate of his work, for the first time. Such is fame!

I DEATH. Young Mother Not to Blame. CORONER'S INQUIRY. Girl Did Not Know Her Baby Was Dead. .H j"a- Swansea Workhouse this (t afe'vho Borough Coroner tMr. J. C. Morris) resumed his inquiry into the circumstances atteu<ling the death of Josephine DonaeiJ, the infant child of Maria Dounell, a girl seventeen years of age, who was admitted to tho Work- house in December last. At the previous inquiry it was stated that the child was lout id dead in bed beside its mother, and Dr. J arm's Dunbar (the resident medical officer) said 11, thought the child had been either accidentally or inteu- tionally. Mr. Lawrence Richards, who appeared for the police, asked ursj Ivrana a few questions relative to the mother's con- duct towaids tho child. She colIJd not say whether the mother was kind to it or not. Child Found Dead. Bessie Thoma-Sj another nurse at tho institution, said the child appeared to go on satisfactorily after it was born. W itness went on duty the night previ- ous to its death, wtiieli oceiii-i-ed on Decem ber 21st, and it w;us sleeping m the cot. Afterwards she found the child lying high up on the pillow, away from its mother. Tliat was a natural position for a child after it had been fed by its mother. She was about to remove the child to the cot when she found that it was dead. Tho mother was awake, but witness did not say anything to her because of her condi- tion, and she took the child to N Ui.,) Evans. Witness could .say nothing as to the conduct of the mother towards the child. The Coroner: Do you know when the mother first knew the child was dead Witness: W hen Nurse Evans told her. Did you notice how she appeared to take the news:—No, 1 was not thjre when the nurse told her. But shortly afterwards, did she seem to be upsetl-Wcll, she looked rather surprised, I think. Mother Warned. llIrSe r.vaus, m reply to lklr. Richards, said the mother eemed rather shocked when witness told her the child was dead. Witness had warned her, not to liave the child in tho bed instead of in the cot, as it was against the rules. i Mr. Richards: The mother having the child in the bed wouid show that, she was rather fond of it, would it not? Witness: Yes. Mary Owen Williams, another nurse, stated that the mother and the child were admitted to tho Infirmary on the Uth December, and witness had charge of the wa.rd which they occupied. The mother seemed affectionately disposed towards the child. The Coroner: Do yen t-ii uk her con- duct was such as to lead you to believe she was likely to intentionally suffocate the child ? Witness: No, she seemed very attached to the child. Mr. Richards: Did she seem to handle the child all right?—Yes. From what you know of the mother d(, you think its death was accidental or intentional ?—From what I know of the mother she treated the child all right, and I should think its death was accidental. Cirl in Tears. The mother of the child was the next person to give evidence. She ap- peared to be very dejected, and wept bitterly while she gave her evidence. She said her name was Maria Donnell, and she was a single woman, living at 16, Llangvfelach-street. She took the child from the cot because it was cry- ing, and she remembered Nurse Thomas taking the child away, but she did not I know why. When witness took the child out of the cot she fed it, and she thought it had gone to sleep. She then put it back on the pillow. Had you any particular reason for not putting it back in tha cot?" said the coroner. Witness: No, sir. Aud you were much surprised when it was found to bo dead Yes. By Mr. Laurence R;cbards: She had I her arm round the child, but she did not squeeze it. She was fond of the child. She was seventeen years of age. I The Verdict. The jury found tMlt the eMId was ac- Icidentaily suffocated.

I EIGHT KILLED. (Disastrous Explosion on a French I Battleship. I A Renter message from Paris states. that a terrible explosion occurred on board the French battleship Massena at Toulon yesterday. As the vessel was steaming out of harbour one of her main condensers burst, killing eight men. I The number of injured has not yet been ascertained. I Cruiser In Collision. Kiel, Monday.—About 6 o'clock this evening the cruiser Strassburg came into collision with the Danish steamer Christian IX., opposite Friedrichsort. Two compartments in the fore part of the latter vessel were flooded. One man on board the cruiser was severely injured, and two were slightly hurt. Both ships are now in Kiel Harbour.— (Reuter). i i.

I Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., will j address a pubi? meeting at th? Albrt I Hall, S,a, on February 14th, 

I LAW IN THE LIMELIGHT. I TOO MANY PROMPTERS SPOIL THE TURNI ("Leader" Cartoon.)

MAN AND BOY.! I i Two More Disappearances at 11 Swansea. I UNRAVELLED MYSTERIES i M mtrntf+U Two more mysteries of missing people have been reported to the Swansea police, one being that of a man named W m. Scars Gl) who is missing from his homo at 31, Geraid-street, Halod, Swan- sea, since the 5th inst. He is described as being about 5ft. lOin. iu height of stout build, fair complexion, sandy moustache, and was dressed in a long swallow-tailed coat and vest with a blue serge trouscry and a dark overcoat. Sears is also known by the name or Parker. The second case is that of a boy named Carl Olssen, 15 years of age, living at 26, Rho-ndda-street. His de- scription is as follows :—Fresh com- plexion, light hair, grey eves, dark suit, brown mackintosh coat, cap, and new lace-up boots. Up to the time of writing not a word in any shape or form has been heard of Mr. John Griffiths, of Nicoll-sfcreet, who disappeared so mysteriously about ten days ago under circumstauoes fully set forth at the time in the Leader. Since then all that is hunianly possible to do has been done to probe the uivsterv to ite depths, but without the slightest success.

A DARING LEAP. Prisoner's Attempt to Escape from Express TrahL At Bow-street to-day Richard Henry Barber, 47, of no oc-cupation and fixed abode, was charged with procuring him- self to be registered as a medical prac- titioner by unlawfully and knowingly making and producing false and fraudu- lent representations in writing, and with having, at Treeton, Rotherham, feloniously torged and uttered nine certificates oi death. The accused was arrested in Liverpool some lew weeks ago, and while being brought to London made a desperate attempt to leap from the train which was travelling at ixty miles an hour. He succeeded in opening the door, and the police officers who closed with him found it impossible to retail their hold, and so they lowered him so far as possible to the permanent way before releasing him. Ttie prisoner only sus- tained slight injuries, and he was sub- sequently re-arrested. The prosecuting counsel, in opening the case, said the accused was not brought before any magistrate, being taken instead to Banstead asylum, lie had been under most careful observa- tion, auid Dr. Craig had come to the conclusion he was malingering, and was in a fit condition to go before the magis- trates. The prisoner was charged, counsel proceeded, with procuring tiimself to be registered as a medical man in the name of R. H. Barber, who died some years ago, and with forging certificates of death in the same name. Prisoner pos- sessed no medical qualifications. Dr. Craig gave evidence to the effect that the accused was now perfectly sane. He was remanded.

S.S. INDIA SAFE. A telegram was received at Swansea to-day stating that the Greek steamer India, whose non-arrival at Naples was causing some anxiety, had reached that port al lsafe.

LITTLE OAMACE DONE. JN ot withstanding the boisterous weather which was experienced at Swan- sea on Monday night, no serious damage is reported along the coast or at any of the docks of the port. Beyond the blowing down of a few signs, etc., nothing untoward has re- sulted. f

HUGE WAVES. -0 Swansea Trawler Nearly Sent to the Bottom. SKIPPER'S SKILL. The Swansea steam trawler Xerxes, returned to port yesterday a fie/noon i after being out for IS (b: ana passing through what those on board describe as the most terrible weather ever ex- perienced. Two days before Christmas the vessel was struck by a huge tidal wave and narrowly osca.ped o(,iiig swamped. Mr. Win. Copeley, the steward, who was interviewed after the arrival of the boat, said although he had spent 38 years at sea, he had never passed through such an awful vime. I [ Mountainous Waves." I I was looking out of the galley," he said, when I thought I saw land ahead. Before we had time to realise what was in store for us, two moun- tainous waves hove in sight. The traw- ler shivered from stem to stern, and was &ppa,renHy ttling down aft?r the ) first w?v€, when the second and larger one broke over her. 1 thought &t the time that we were going to the bottom, and that there was no hope of saving tho vessel, nor, in my opinion, would there have been but for the truly magnificent manner in which she was handled at the critical moment by Captain George Mills. I Decks Flooded. I "The decks were all flooded, while some idea of the force of the wave may be gathered when I tell you that the iron plate, along which the wheel chain runs, was wrenched off and torn com- pletely away, screw sand all. We really owe our lives and the safety of the boat to the skipper. I do not think that anyone could possibly have handled the steamer better, if as well, as lie did. We have not been very successful so far as fish is concerned, but for the safety of the boat and the lives of the crew, we have reason to be deeply thankful. It is worth recalling that Captain Mills was the hero of the "Mountain" incident some time ago, when he pulled an open boat upwards of a hundred miles in order to obtain succour for his boat.

POLICE RAID. I Gaming Establishment Yisited and Forty Arrests Affected. This morning a large number of men were brought before the Marlborough- street magistrates. According to the police evidence, 42 arrests were made. When searched, various sums were found on the men, ranging from a few pence to sixteen pounds. Faro was played at the pxace. The hearing of the case against the four principles was adjourned. The others were bouijd over not to frequent similar establishments.

RICH SEAM STRUCK. Boring operations at the Duffryn Rhondda Colliery, Avon Valley, have resulted in the'-discovery of a valuable rich seam of steam coal, 5jft. in tkick- ness, at a depth of enly seventeen vards from the present workings. When the new seam is worked it should considerably increase the out- put, and- consequently, the number of men employed.

King Haakon and Queen Maud of Norway arrived at Christiania at noon yesteroay on their return from Eng- land. The Welsh Whip, Mr. William Jones, pra'ises the whole of the Welsh mem- bers, both for attendance and for their speeches on the Welsh Church Bill.

A BAG OF GOLD. Alleged Theft From Girl at. Swansea. ACCUSED REMANDED. — I Alfred Moorshead (Ifl), a steward, j was charged at the Swansea Pc.ii"» Court this morning with stealing a bag containing about Ll 10s. from Beatrice Coles in Port Tennant-road, at the time using personal violence, on January ô. J The complainant said that last njght I the defendant bad entered the shop in which she was employed at the Beau- fort Arches. In his presence another assistant had handed her two bags of j money. These, witness said, she had j placed in a leather bag, and subse- quently left the shop. The other as- sistant locked up the shop (Messrs. j Cravvcoar, tobacconists), and after- wards joined her, accompanied by the j defendant. Defendant said he wanted to speak to the complainant sen- i ously." Then the other assistant had left. Complainant said she had no de- sire to speak to him, whereupon he snatched the bag containing the money out of her hand, saying ho never wished to meet her again. He ran and she ran after him. but failed to catch him. Later, however, witness again met him. Witness followed him and asked him the time. He made no reply, and complainant- said, "You are the gentle- man who stolo the money." He re- plied, "Not a word!" and putting his hand in his pocket drew out a handful of money and gave it her. Witness j said that what he had given her was not all he had, and he gave her some more. He was then given in charge. Prisoner was remanded until Friday for further enquiries.

— i "I DID IT." i Showman's Labourer Confesses to i Kimberworth Murder Walter Sykes, a, showman's labourep, was charged on remand at Rotherham to-day with the murder of two girls at Kimberworth on Nov. 15th. The Chief Constable stated the Pub- lic Prosecutor instructed1 him to apply for a further adjournment for seven days. The inquiries had not yet been completed, and fully another week would be required to complete the in- vestigations. Chief Inspector Altafts said that when warned of the serious nature of his confession, prisoner replied: "I will tell no lies. I did it." He was remanded.

CIGARS FOR FOUR." Councillors who Will Investigate the Matter. The form which the inquiry regarding what has become known as the "Cigars for Four" matter is to take will, it is expected., be announced at the next meeting of the Swansea Corporation. Each of the three sections on the Council will be represented on the com- mittee, which is to consist of members as little connected personally with the business they axe to investigate as pos- sible. The Progressive representatives willi be Messrs. David Griffiths, J. H. Devon- aid and Richard Buckland, while the Labour Party will be represented by Alderman W. H. Morris, and Messrs. George Coiwill and John Powlesland. The Municipal Reformers have yet to select their representatives.

A girl, aged two years and a half, was watching the killing of a pig at a farmhouse at Little Steeping, Lincoln- shire, when sbe. stepped backward into I a pail of boiling water and died as the I result of her injuries.

IS IT THE ErilP Spelter Dispute Crisis. 1 I I I BALLOT DECLINED. I I I Employers Preparin g to D I I 'mploj'rs Preparing to raw ihfc Fires. t A critical po.,Itlon bas now Å critical position has now been readied in the Swansea spelter dispute. { Indeed, the situation is ?uch that th& gravity cannot be-over-cstimated. j This is the ninth week of the strike, ) and in Ibo opinion oi Those best able to i judgo a settlement is as iar oil as ever. Some days ago, some of the men, who confessed themselves heartily sick and tired of tho strike, urged that the only way of deciding the matter definitely I was by taking a ballot. Tho sugestion I was mentioned in tne "Leader. but it would appear that tho desire, a c ad j events amongst tho Port Tennant sce- j tiou, who belong to the Dockers' nion, is by no meaus as pr £ vaieni> as ifci^iit be supposed. j Abut the SaBot. I i Mr. James Wignali (organiser), when asked by a representative of the i "Ler" t-o-dzy what tho feeling was with regard to tho ballot propositi, iu- piied that it had already been placed beore the men for their consideration, but they manifested no diL-po^ition to fall in with Jt. I att-erdl-d a meeting of our men engaged at the English Crown Works at Port Tennanfc yesterday," he added, "and at the oiuse; 1 asked them whether they wouki like to have a bai- lot. In repiy they asked what was the 1 use of a bailee when. tiieio was no division of opinion—when the voting at each of the meetings that had been held had been unanimous? That is the feeling. 1 have told the ni,ii that if they desire a ballot to bo taken they can have one at any time, and could have had one at the start, if they had so desired." I Fires to be Drawn. I The employers still resolutely decline to meet. the men' s rcprF-seliLaLli-e until the demand for the abolition, of buuuay labour has been withdrawn. The men, on their side, arc equally to meef the men's rep'-eseut^iivp.> until I their >" mand has beer- Cwi.ccu-i-i. J" TQ<-ir communication to the Strike Committee laso week, the masters m!; niate that, unless there were a rcsuinu- tion of work this week arrangements ior drawing the fires would he made. That this decision will be carritXl ouT. there is, unfortunately, only too good reason to believe, lrom information which has reached the "Leader," to the effect- that already arrangements are being m&de by the employers with a view to the disposal of their scovks. The prospect which is thus opened up of an indefinite closing of the spelter works of the district, and the throwing 1 out of employment, possibly for a pro- longed period, of some five hundred men, is; it will thus be seen, a partica- largly gloomy one.

MET DEATH BRAVELY. Little Girl's Murderer Executed: I No Confession. Albert Rumens was executed at Lewes this morning for the murder of a little j girl named Mabel Ann Maryan, at Wad- hurst. The condemned man displayed great fortitude, and walked without assistance to the scaffold. He left no confession, adhering throughout to his statement that he had no recollection of the crime. I

5.30 ——MMwnmni —mi I HIM FOUR CINEMA HALLS. "TY' -r. At Swans<\a tti-tiways v. oirmanv iliis afternoon, plans were sv.bmitnu for the erection ot iour C ineina k¡ij, NFUSING ASSOCIATION. A deputatieu from Swansea Dis- -•:rt NAsf.-x*iatior. wr.lrcd n- Swan-ea Health Committee re tho continuance ot the midwifey dopait- meuc. It was decided to recommend the Council to eomrbute C100 for two years, the arrangement to be terminable by giving 12 months notice at the eno of the tii^t ^^ar. f¡ 1 —————n—^■piiimi in

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