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Our Note Book Mr. Lansburv the Ex-M.P. and Swansea—Our Contemporary and the Irish V ote-M HamletRoberts on his Defeat. Mr. Lansbury, that eccentric and wayward, politician who lost his scat for Bow and Bromley some few months it go, delivered a lecture last week m London, on one of the aspects of the social problem. In the course of his remar ks he thought fit to use the town of Swansea as a good illustration of .sharp contrasts Between wealth and poverty. There Were, said the woman's champion, a lew example? of men doing very well cheek-by-jowl with plenty of examples ot iiieii (i-o* very badiy." A.s a matter of fact there are few towns in the United Kingdom of the population of Swansea that possess such a high average standard of comfort, and many, many towns possessed of a lower standard. Judged by any test Swansea has been peculiarly prosperous the last decade. Good old A bertawe can afford to .smile at such a hilly Socialist slander. Mr. Hamlet Roberts, the Conserva- tive candidate in the Flint düdion accounts for bus defeat in that the dec- tors were misled by the k.od-tax bogey, j In t-be debate on the Third Reading oi the Home Rule BiU. S'r John Simon in the course of his speech pointed out, by a reference to the official [niollist handbook against Home Rule, that Sir Edward Can-on iiad promised that the next Unionist (Jovernment, would secure I tor the Irish farmer a protected market in Great Britain for dairy produce, barley, oats, hops, tobacco, Iveet .sugar and vegetables. That of course means food taxers, as Mr. John Redmond re- marked, although we have beeit awurcfl that food taxes have been, put on the shelf, or thrown into the dust bin. The truth is that the Flint electors were too keen and intelligent to be mis- led by Tory taradiddles. j Our contemporary in its editorial comments upon the result of the Flint election, adopts a most eccentric atti- tude in regard to the value of the poll as an index to popular opinion upon the j Welsh Disestablishment and Disondow- ment Bill. It rather cooily suggests that the Irish vote should be deducted 1 rom the Liberal poll in order to esti- mate the preck-e strength of the vote in favour of the Church B ll. This is a somewhat audacious suggestion to nanate from a political party that not M) very long ago was shouting from the Jiou-se top., tor the adoption of the prin- ciple of the Referendum, and the Flint election was practically a referendum on the Bill. The new Imperialism appears to want to regard lieland as outside the pale of the Empire, and Jriihraen as being barred from he rights of citizenship. The pohcy ot the Tory Party appears to be to make Irishmen political outlanders. To day's Gossip. The driest nock in Swansea—the dock at the police court! # In these days oi wet weather every- thing seems mo st, and even at Neath Post Office there is the ominous notice Wet pa!nt ?\eve had some. Instead of the usual St. I)av?d's Day bait(litel the mighty Cymric host of Allegheny County," in Penn- sylvania, have arranged for a "mam- moth Welsh niirht in the largest avail- abk hall in Pitislm rgh," able ball ill )i All Fforestfach was in mourning yesterday. The inquest on the youth who lost his life in the Cape Colliery i explosion was being held at the sanie time as the funeral of Dr. Frazer. As a medical man and a friend to the pot)j-, the doctor will he sorely missed. ? ? ? Miss Barrow, at the Violet Lea goe last evening, told a good Norfolk eiec- non story. They had gone about twenty miles in a motor-car to fetch a t voter. He had promised to be ready at 10.0 a.m., and at that hour the car drove up. Was he .ready! Oh, yes, (piite ready; but his wife and his three j children were also ready, and waiting. | The vo'.er wouldn't MIllO alone, so they had to take the lot! # I The word "swank" has beeii agitating readers ot the "Daily Mail" htucc the prominence given it in a re- cent lawsuit. One writer says it was the name given in old iniis to the dregs of a tankard of beer, but we have the words of a doctor of divinity that it is "a parvenu with no legitimate re Is,- tiOllS in our language." He says "swank" ib merely a nasalised form of swig" (swak), the old form of J swagger." :if .f Miss Barrow, the secretary of the Swansea. Women's Liberal Asso- ciation, were to turn her attention to he short story, she sliou id do well, -let- word picture at a meeting oi the iTiolet League of the very superior noman," a workman's wife well known to her, who provides for husband, her- self, aud three children on las. a week, was peculiarly vivid. They never taste meat except once a \e;, r--on (",ii-isixiias Day! They have skimmed milk with hrèad:for l;rea.IÜ::Jt. for dinner pota- toes, rice and treacle. A great feature in the coursine line is the "Norfolk dumplings." The wage earner gets the neat; the children have dumplings and • £ ravy. It is rough on the children, says Miss Barrow, but then the wage purner must have nourishment to keep him going. "THE FATHER OF A FAMILY." Take heed all ye Who fain would be The petted "peds" of luxury, For sternly on your track will be "The Father of a Family." It after all exams, ye pass, Which but confirm your igir ranee crass, A life of ease ye'll then compass; ()! think of that last great impasse, The with'ring Pater fam-ili-as(s). Be warned in time, ll but in rhyme Avoid thp pedagogic slime. Be navvy, carter, clerk or mime. And earn the praise of Pa sublime. An Automaton, j

I SECOND INQUEST I OPENED. CORONER'S REMARKS. 1 Experts' Examination of Mr. Trevanion's Body. BIG DOSE OF VERONAL. I SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINCS. Inquest opened at 12.30 by the East Sussex Coroner at Hove Town Hail. Corcncr informed jury that experts' examination after exhumation showed seven grains of veronal in the body, and it was estimated deceasotf must have taken 150 grains. The Coroner described the case as some- what of a mystery, and said that with the knowledge he had he would not care to antioipate the verdict. The inquest regarding the dearn 01 Mr. Hugh Eric Trcyanión, which H" ordered by the High Court at the in- stance of the Director of Public Prose- cutor, was opened to-day at Hove Town Hall by Dr. C. Yore Benson, the Fasti Sussex Collutyecorolle I. At a previous inquest a verdict of "Death by misadventure" was re-j turned. and the extraordinary circuni- | stances oj the case were only made known when the application v. as maoe for a fr(xih inquest. This was conduc- ted to-day before a new iurv. Early 111 the day there was a rush Mr. R. D. M.uir represented rue Attorney-General; Mr. Frederick Pal- mer appeared on behalf of Mr. Albeit Edward Hoe. the deceased's friend and Mrs. Trevanion was by Mr. Oswald Hanson. Oniy two ladies were present at the commencement oi' the proceedings, cue of whom was Mrs. Trevanion, and she wa s accompanied by a brother of the deceased. The First Inquiry. the Coroner, addressing the .H-ty, said the first, inquest was held iz- 1,11, solo authority on Sept. 12th, the death having occurred early in the morning of the 11th, and the verdict of the jury was that death was caused by veronal j poisoning taken by misadventure to in- duce is leep. The evidence to that effect appeared so clear at the time that there did not appear to he any sug- gestion that anything could be gained by a post-mortem examination. Had one been made it would probably have discovered nothing deiinito without an elaborate analysis, such as was sub- serpently nmde. .though Mrs. Trevau.on first asked for an adjournment tor a post-mortem examination, she withdrew the request after consultation with her son. Sub- sequently tJIB relatives put the facts ol tile ca,c before the Director of public prosecutions, and the exhunia- tion of the body which had been ordered was carried out on October 18th. An- alysis of portions of the body was made by two of the most distinguished experts in the Kingdom, who found some seven grains of veronal in the body, and esti- mated tha1 the dead man must have taken something like 150 grains in the hour preceding the moment when he be- came unconscious. An Enormous Dose. That he added, was an astonishing j result, and one never anticipated by himself or anyone of the jury. j Thu question had at once to be asked how such au enormous dose, came to bo taken. The ordinary dose j was from live to ten grains, but de- j ceased used to take veronal in cachets j which contained seven or seven and a halt grains. He took one- or t wo, or mure, as occasion might require. One had to ask il he could have taken 20 cachets by misadventure. i Thy alternative was either suicide, in which case a difficulty arose as to how such an enormous amount had been taken, the deceased know ing the: drug as well as he did, or the possioility that L-L liavu been administered by someone with homicidal intention. One was bound to look round and con- sider it there were any suspicious cir- cum stances. N, iIi case was really somewhat, of a mystery, said the Coroner, unci added: • "It is not explained satisfactorily I)v anything that has been published, and even with the iirrther knowledge I have ¡ of the facts, I should not like to antici- pato wluÜ your H>fï!ict would he." what your j The Evidence Ccor?c Baker, the Br?htou under- ?akcr who conducted the iunerah and IN-b.0 was at tile exhun?atiou, hdontih?d the body, jt was at first ,;ug-I ?.e?tcd that the body should be' ci-em?ed, but the Coroner refused his certificate before the funeral ar- rangements were completed. Mr. Cecil Trevanion told w itness t-o fake no in* I sti notions from anyone but hinr.eli Dr. SpilslmrYJ pathologist at St.. Mury's Hospital, who examined the | body, saki tlie appearances were consis- ton with veronal poisoning. He found an indication on tho body which was j very suggestivo of seme unnatural vice. J)r. W. H. Willeox, a Home Office an- | aiyst. j><rrced with l)r. S/>ilsbury as to the opinion of the sign?hcanco of the condition he described. Witness said that on tili) tight wrist of, the body were a gold and bronze metal banglu On the night-gown iii ii-li Icli the bcdyi was clothed was a curious umbrella- shaped brooch, (Continued on Page 5).

SNOOKERED!" (By arrangement with the Modern Man.") LORD LANSDOWNE (to Mr. Bonar law): Can you do It, Bonar? THE UNIONIST LEADER: Wait and see.

NUNS FIGHT FIRE. Children Rescued from a Burning Convent. Fire broke out just beiore midnight last night at The I'rsuline Convent School at Brentwood, Essex. A num- ber of children who were resident there; were hastily removed in their night at- tire, ;uh! were got salcly away. The nuns, after .seeing to the chil- dren, returned to the burning building to light the flames until the fire brigade arrived and took complete charge. _n.n_ "_n

GALLANT RESCUES. Exciting Scenes at a London Shop Fire. I Exciting scenes and gallant rescues were associated with a hrc in the early hours of this morning on the premises of a riewsvendor in Commercial-road, Whitechapel. The lire brigade were early on the scene, and entrance to the house being I impossible from the front, the hook- laader and escape were used success- fully from the back. Prior to the arrival of the firemen, however, a constable had dashed up- stairs, despite the stifling smoke, aud carried out two unconscious women. Four persons still remained in the burning building, when the firemen ar- rived, aud all were rescued. Two of them, newsboys, were unconscious and badly burned. uricoiis(!l ous tjic t A)t were taken to the London hospital and detained, and later one succumbed. -<

MONEY FOR M. F's. Payments to Legal Members of the House of Commons. Jn a Treasury ret urn published to-j day showing the sums paid to iegal -of the House of Commons tor work done on behalf of the Crown during last year, the payments are set out as iollows :— £ s. d. The Attorney-General (Ill additional to salary) 1,875 3 8 The Solicitor-General (in additional to salary) 764 II 10 Sir W. R. I). Adkins 503 8 6 Mr. A. C. Edwards 17 13 6 Sir Frederick Low, K.C. 104. (j 0 Mr. C. A. M'Curdy 72 8 (j 2 8 (i 1fr. J. ian Macpherson. 42 3 0 Mr. Harold Sillitil 12 3 6 Mr. Abel Thorns, K.C. 52 2 0 Mr. W. Llewlyn Williams 75 10 G F. Paw linson, K.C. 122 18 6 Mr. Abel Thomas died suddenly at Swansea last summer.

GOWER GRIEVANCES. Heavy Eain Causing Trouble for Farmers As has been shown in the Leader" in previous issues, the lot of the farmer in (Sower at the present time is far from being a happy one. To put in mildly, the rain is playing havoc in the Peninsula, and all the low- lying land is continually under water. If this were not enough, there is grave danger of sheep-farmers losing their animals by the drove. The sheep have not h"ûr; dry all the! winter, and when it is stated that wet weather brings on ffuke oi the liver and the dread foot rot, it is no wonder that, as one old farmer told a "Leader" re- t>orior'on Friday, "The sheep arc look- j ing bail." I

BEY'S MESSAGE | Acting Minister's Appeal to the Turkish People, — MARKETS DEMORALISET. (i'ress Association Constantinople, Friday. Talaut Bey, •Icting Minister of Interior, informed the Foreign Embassies last night that the Government had taken all measures necessary to assure the security of the city. He has also addressed a circular to the provincial Valis stating that Kiamd Pasha's Cabinet having agreed to ) abandon Adrianople aud part of the .il,g,can Islands, indignation was aroused which forced it to resign. The circular enjoins the people to lend their nioral and material support to a Government j faced w;th the prospect ot war. Markets Demoralised. I The Stock Markets are quite j demoralised to-day on the serious news from Turkey. Prices have fellen; heavily in all departments; Consols are 3-lGch to i and Turkish Unified have dropped H tower.

SWANSEA MAN HONOURED. Mr. David Lewis to be Chief Accompanist at Pittsburg I.t is interesting to note that Mr. David Lewis, who was formerly organ- ist at the Unitarian Chapel, Swansea, when he resided at Cwmbwrla, and who has now tor less than two years been in the States, has been appointed chief accompanist at the Pittsburg Eistedd- fod, to be held tbis summer.

I NATIVE FILIBUSTERERS il lw- Murder of Two Young British! Engineers in tioiivia. I Following the news of the murder oi the young Welshman, Mr. Joiin Haydn Davies, L'n the South Pacific, which we reported yesterday, comes news of the brutal murder by native iihbusterers 01 two young men attache to an engineer- ing expedition in the .nldest unexplored regions of South America. One of the I victims, Mr, Charles Elliott Radley, wa.s a Cardiff man, and the other, Mr. Arthur J. -11. a Londoner. Complete informatiou has not yeL arrived but it appears that an expedi- tion, with Mr. Itaaley at its head, lett La Pax Bolivia to expiore the district of San Matias. The onlv other wbite man in the expedition was Mr. Brown, and they had to cross rough country In- hibit-el by savage beasts aud hostile tribes. They weic well armed against beasts or aborigines. i From th? me?a?es rccpived there j eems no doubb that they were mur- i dered, and a later cabk' to Mr. Radley's j father states that the BO:1Yian Govern- j ment were sending out a punitjn I e?p. d[t)on t<? Gaibt. i Mr. Radley, who was 28 years of age. gained his first knowledge -of engineering at the Hhymney Raiiway Engineering shops, joiU'.ng Sir John i Jackson iii)-oiit three years ago in the! construction of a line from the Andes S to La, Pax.

j TWENTY-ONE APPLICANTS Candidates for Position of Swansea Chief Constable The list of applications for tflr vacant chief constableship of Swansea closes for tabulation on Saturday, and up to Friday morning, tho number of Although for obvious reasons names are not available, the "Leader" is in a position to state that at least three candidates hail from South Wales. As stated, the applications, with par- ticulars. qualifications, etc., have to be classified before they can be dealt with by tho Watch Committee.

A ST. MARY'S SIDESMAN. Death of a Respected Swansea Tradesman A wide circle will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Archibald Bates, a respected tradesman, who pass<:u ai\ aj. at ins residence in St. tielen s-road, Swansea, alter a short illness, this morning. The deceased, who was in his 60th year, formerly managed an ironmongery estabJishmeni in Lmstie-stre-et, tor the late Mr. Thomas .Paton, but between five and six years ago he acquired the business on the corner of Argyip-streft and St. Helen's^road, formerly carried on by Mr. C. D. Richards. He was oue of the oldest sidesmen at St. Mary's Church, where he acted as ono or the bell-ringers, and, in addition, took a deep interest in the. work ot Christ Church Sunday School. I He was also a well-known figure in local friendly society circles, being a prominent, member or tho Hearts of Uak Society. He leaves a widow and four children.

AN ARMOURED AEROPLANE France's Latest Venture (Renter's Foreign Special.) I Paris, Friday.—The "Journal'' says that France will shortly possess number of diriiole airships of great size, capable of taking the offensive, and fitted with guns suitable for aerial work. Tho Ministry of War has passed plans for an armoured aeroplane of which much is expected, against dirigibles. This aeroplane will be ready before the manoeuvres.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS. Alleged Thefts From Swansea Establishment. A niotljfr and her three daughters stood in the dock at the Swansea Police Court this morning and answered to a eharge of stealing 8 pairs ox slippers, 4 pairs of bouts, 4 pairs of curtains, j and 100 tea cheques the property of John Brown, on Jan. 9. They were Annie Evans (52). Agues Lilian Kvans (15), Bessio Jorms (21). and Mary Johns (lb), step- daughters. Deputy Chief Constable Gill applied that the ca.>e be adjourned for a week for enquiries. His application was granted, and bail themselves and one surety of ,f.J was allowed.

o-U- THE FRANCHISE BILL. The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Times" says it look s as though I the Governmpnt's Franchise Bill would i !>e dead in a few days' time, and adds that a combination of circumstances ha now tipped the balance against Sir Edward Grey's amendment to omit the word "iualf," as a preliminary to the possible introduction of woman suffrage amendments. j

THE FRANCHISE BILL. I CRUCIAL POSITION. I I Premier Calls his Colleagues Together. COMMONS DEBATE. As reported in the Stop Press columns of our sixth edition, the Premier, in view of the Speaker's statement last night, has called his colleagues together. Our Lobby correspondent tele- I phones that it was this afternoon re- garded as extremely probable that the Franchise Bill would be dropped. I IIOISE OF COMMONS. Frida. j Tile Speaker took the chair at 11 II o'clock. Mr. Arnold Ward presented a peti- j LOll signed by 17,881 men and women, resident in all part- of tho country, protesting against the grant of the l'arLauknta I y ::mffrage to women. On the order to go into Committee on the Franchise and Registration Bill j j Mr. (roklman moved an instruction ern- ) powering the Committee to divide the measure into two parts, one relating ) to continuous registration, and the other to Franchise. Mr. Peto seconded the instruction. .Mr. Joseph Pca.»e, the Minister in I charge of tne Hill, opposed it. Mr. Huggo expressed the opinion that they ?cre dissecting a corpse. Mr. Joseph King said that if it was a i j corpse it was a very interesting one. I He believed that "while there's life i there's hope." (Laughter). He did I !UQL believe t-h is corpse was a corpse. (Loud laughter). The instruction was rejected by 276 j votes to 120. Votes for Women, Anot her instruction, proposed by I Lord Hugh Cecil having met with a similar fate, the House went into om-I • mitteo on the Bill. I Mr. Lloyd George at one.. raised a I point 01 order regarding the amend- ments on the paper bearing on ?ie ( res- tiVll of the cnhauchjsbmeut of \\?men. He asked w hat amcadmeuts vere in order, and assuming they were, whether it any one or two of them v.eie cariied. and U other amendments put down in the Government's name vere also carried, the cumulative (ftee, of those amendments would be such as to j constitute a totally new Bill; and I jwnetiier, if. that were the case the | Chairman would rule that ihe commit- j tee should not proceed with the liiil. Tho Chairman said tho oniy th-ng which concerned hun as Chairman was whether each amendment as it came up in turn was within the scope of the Bill, and othrewise in order. He had nothing to do with the question of what the cumulative effect or an amend- ment might have with regard to the future fate of the Bill. He would cer- tainly have no power to stop a Bill in Committee, however many amendments were carried. it each one was in order. The first amendment on the paper, standing in the name of the Foreign Secretary, was in order.. Mr. Lloyd George: Is that amend- ment within the scope of the Bill? The Chairman said that in his view it came within the scope of the Bill to propose that the Franchise should be extended to women. (Cheers). It (Continued on Page 5).

5.30 EDITION, r ..J  I CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. | The follow ing now members were i elected on the Swansea Chamber of ('ommerce :—S. Burgess. J. DeU- hom, Yictor Green. T. A. Griffiths. J. I. Jones. B. J. Mildon. Pai L. P. Player. W. Thomas, V> W.uhins. T. l:, "W'hitakor. and G Williams. Messi-' T. P i ink ;• a Hyam Goldberg wore appointed senior and junior vice- presidents, and JiL'. Goldberg was also re-appointed lion treasurer, "hibt lr, C iias. t laobe was i appointed I'D 1; 1. S. j M A1JC0N I DAMAGES. M Marconi Wire e-- Co. obtained against Messrs. Gouka-ssoii' and TWhenko. two R^ia-d'u geiitlein-n, lo-r Ureach oi confact. 11 HOVE LXQFEST. Jury considered evidence of Dr. Later.—The imp'.iry was adjourned until Monday. MAJOR .MORRISON BELL. Major A. C. Morrison Bell, M.P.. is lying seriously ill in London, after uDdrgoing opera tiUll tor appendicitis CLAN MACKENZIE. European members of crew oi C ian Mackenzie, haund for Calcutta, w recked near Cape on Dec. 30, arrive, dat Plymouth to-day, and proceeded to G lagow. i < .rf

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