The Cambria Daily Leader

TO-DAY'S CONTENTS: j Page 2.-dratitude Week. j j -Billle Carle ton Inquest, j 4.—Sv.ansea of the Future, j New Bocks, I o.—Sixth Welsh in Germany, j Swansea Industrial j Future. u" 6.—New World's Altitude Rrcord. Vow, in 8.—District News. ]

STEPPi?-iG S JV PEI cl I TO Pv- "C C f P r' I 1 Gonfarenoe Preliminaries! DAILY COMMUNIQUES. I PAK IS, Friday. The Journal gays if III-IC. good reason to be lieve that January 13th, the day of II 4he opening of the Peace Conference, will be devoted to a meeting between the representatives of the four great Allies, I who will continue the exchange of views which have been going on tor the last two months, and will decide on the main lines of the preliminary conditions of peace which are to be presented to the enemy delegates; and the second confer- ence of represents tives of the other Allied states will thcu be hpM. and will be con- sulted on these decisions, and will de- liberate on questions which are of par- ticular interest to it. These two preparatory conferences, the Journal adds. will be held in the Quai d'Orsay, after which the Versailles Peace Conference proper will then begin its work. DAILY COMMUNIQUES. The discussions of the comercnce will .ot be made public, but daily commu- niques will be issued by expert adviseis 'with regard to the great questions which will be under discussion. delegates are now at work. The newspaper adds that a Governor- General and an expert adviser m regard to colonies have already prepared data which will enable the French i>lenipoteii- taries to establish their daimslu thia iield. The Petit Journal" notes that in re- spect to questions of a social order, a Minister and Lnuer-Secretary will prob- ably take part in the labours of the con- ference. BELG I U M'S POSITION. I The. same journal remarks 'ciiat Belgi iiia conivis next to the four great Towers, uuii that by reason of her position between Germany and Trance and Great Britain. She i6 entitled to be couauitea as to a great number ox questions of wurlU.-v.ide interest. Serbia also, it maintains, will have a special place in the conference, while Japan's xx»»tlion/will be in keeping Wttii lite u^ctui i ok' which sh« ph:, nr- the Far .East. Portugal will be au I courant.

VON SCHEER RESIGNS. I Copenhagen, Thursday (received Fri. iay).-A riin telegram &ays Admiral Von Seheer, Chief of the Naval &Sttdi, liati resigned at his own wish.—Renter.

JAPAN AMD FOOTBALL. 1 The Fotbdn Assointion have pre- ¡ sented a silver t:ljc' of handsome d(-igii to I lapan to encourage the playing of foot- ball ill that country, The cup is being iorwarded to our Ambassador at Tokiv. iviiu will hanch it to our Ailies. I

A WELCGiVSE TO biti O. HAJG- I The following telegram of congratula- tion was sent by'the Dover and East Kent Scottish Society to Field-Mairihal Sir Douglas Haig: 'Wekorue free Flanders; We ken while we cheer. JU ye hadna been there, Weel we wadna 1n here.

SATURDAY hhhfc. LtuTURES. The Rev. George McLuckfe will next Saturday evening, in the Reference Room at the Central Library, Alexandra-road, Swansea, give his popular lecture on Charles lCingsley." The varies of Ice- tures during January to March will h" held at the Central Library, (he Reference Library having been vacated by the Food Control staff.

BOLSHEVIK DEFEAT. -j Pekin, December 27th (received Friday). —A despatch of y«fcterda.y date from Omsk reports that General Pcpolaiefi', commanding the Siberian troops. !1t\.6 re- captured the town of Omsk. and that warm lighting continues in the district. Tho Siberians took 8,000 prisoners and captured a quantity of yuiu and muni- tions. A big detachments of lied Guards has been cut oft. between Perm and Kungur, and many Red Guards belonging to the beaten Soviet lejjiiaente arc now suffering. —Press. Association War Special.

ROME AND W!L$ON. Rome, Thursday '(received Friday).— Preparations for the reception of Presi- dent Wilson are assuming extraordinary proportions, all parties greeting the visit as one of the greatest events in the history of modern Italy.. Among the function,; will he the (-on- ferring of the membership .t>f the Academy and the degreo of Professor of Rome University.—Renter. Turin. Thursday (recc,,iv(,d Friday).- President Wilson, Mrs. Wiison, and Miss Wilwm left here at 2.50 to-day for Rome.— i Reuter.

'PLANES OVER SWANSEA. What Sightseers Might Have Seen 1 To-day. Swansea nan tiie unusual treat at about 'clock on Friday of seeing two aer4>- 3s parsing over the town from east est. The leading 'plane was at height, a ad two passed over liigh-j to the dehght of a large number ie. ilaneg are rare enough at the but within the next year or so i be a common enough eight, 1ng we shall have a daily service, ill be one of the pastimes of the 'p? th? London air m?U come ?iU be like a icvereton to tho coach dajs. < I ?<<

HEROES OF KUT. p tia r tHOES Dr- KUT,, j NEARLY ALL OUR PRISONERS I BAiiK IN ENGLAND With tho exception of a few hospital canes, there are now no British prisoneit. of war in Turkish hands, the last batch of released men arriving in 'London on morning. Many ot them looked pinched and worn, and they presented a marked contract to. the contingent of re- turned prisoners from Bavtuia, who tra- velled with them. Most of the home- comers from Turkey were Jiut heroes. They had many harrowing tales to tell 01 their march from (jIJO to tfOv miles across the detert. We were on the march for four months, said one oi the party. Un the first day out, for no reason at all that we knew of, one of our sergeants wab btrung up to the neck of a camel and de- liberately strangled." A Press Association representative also ascertained that latterly the Wen had been engaged making railways and roarie and boring tunnels in the heart of Asiatic Turkey.

VICAR OF SWANSEA. I Recognition of Work of Canon I Talbot Rice. [ • The Mayor of Swansea (Mr W. H. Miles) is convening a representative gathering at the GuiluhufT for 8 p.m. on Tuesday to consider and arrange for some tangible recognition of the services rendered to the town during his vicariate by Canon the lwv. the lion. W. Talbot Rice, whom everyone regrets is shortly leaving the town for London.

THE POWDERHALL. I Welsh, Runner Beaten in the Second Round. EDINBURGH, Friday. The great Powderhall sprint, which, as usual, has attracted all the best runners in tho Kingdom, was continued to-day. The only Welshman to survive the first round was 11. Mills, of Barry, who was j on the 11.yards mark. He was in the first tie of the second round, and was the back marker. In th. keat he rose from his mayk mag- I nificeiiljy, and at half distance he was in amongst his men. Cowan, of Coat- bridge, finished with a great burst, and beat Mills on the tape in a fi n finish. Betting, 6 to 4 oh M1l1s; 2 to 1 against Cowan.

4Us~3G&DELG THE STRAND. i Swansea's new schemes include a re-I modelling plan for the Strand, in v, hi eh a number of lodgihg-honses are included. It is estimated that the cost of freeholds alone will be 130,000, and the total cost of I the scheme is put down at six figures.

OUR PRISONERS. I STOCKHOLM, fen. J. Some 1,750 British prisoners war who spent Christmas at Ljungbyiied Cam,p, left last night fo:- England via Copenha- gen. Another batch of 1,500 landed at Flelsingborg this morning. Among the latter are' some men who have suffered severely from cruel treatment in German prison camps.

STANDARD SHIP RECORD. I Messrs. Harland and Wolff. Ltd., the Govan shipbuilding yard, have delivered their eighth standard ship, the War Jasmine, 5,2t>3 tons gross. The total time taken from laying keel until delivery was 20 weeks and one day, a record for the United Kingdom.

AIRMAN V.C.V FUNERAL. I The funeral of Capt. Leif Robinson, V.C. took place at Harrow-Weald, this after- noon. A flight of aroplanes escorted the cortrge to the cemetery. The coffin, borne on an aeroplane trailer, draped with the Union Jack, and on the lid rested a mag- nificent crops of orchids sent by Mrs. I Whipple, the dead airman's fiancee.

STRIKE.ON L. AND Y. LINE. I The service of electric trains on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway be- tween Liverpool and Southport and Liverpool and Ormskirk is entirely sus- pended owing to a strike of en;neers it Formby power station. Their grievance is that they do not come under the 47- hour week award until next month, j, A service of steam trains. is being run to-day, and the company is coping with j the. situation as tvst they can.

11 M.R. J. H; THOMAS'S EYES: I The Press Association states thut Mr. J. it. Thomas, M.P.. is suffering from a recurrence of eye trouble and is under- going treatment by a specialist, lie has had to leave London, and has cancelled all his engagements for the week-end. Mr. Thomas hopes after a few days' rest I to be able to resume his activities.

I lAST ElE'CT10-N RESULT. LAST ELECTION RESULT. II Another Woman Candidate De- I feated at the- Poll. [ IJAMBETH. (KEXINGTON). H. G. P?rcims? (C.L.) 4705 Mrs. Luea. (C.U.) 1578 ? (4., Gioniii-o (Lab.) 2817 This result was not announced until to- day, Mr. Lucas, one of the candidates, having died. Under tlie new Act, this rendered re-nomin.,atioll necessary, and thus delayed the poll. Mr. Lucas's place was taken by hi-; widow.

SWANSEA INQUESTS. At an inquest held at the Coroner's I Court, Swansea. on Friday, on Maria Griffiths (70), Brynsifi-terrace, Swansea, who died on Wednesday last, a verdict of death from asthma and cardia syncope was returned- An inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court, Swansea, on Friday, touching the death of Oliver John Jackson (79), James- street, Swamea, who died suddenly on Wednesday morning last. Deceased was a painter's labourer. Dr. Wood eaid f death ?&s due to h?&it failure, ) .P"?'v,r,,r!I!Ii:¡¡. '\IN!>

NEW "LEADER" I FEATURES. FEATURES. Service Questions I AND ARTICLES BY A I BRILLIANT ECONOMIST I As we have already announced, the "Cambria Daily Leader," recognising the need for authoritative answers to the perplexing problems respecting Pensions, Civil Liabilities, Demobi- lisation, etc., now arising, has arranged to answer all questions upon these matters. An authority who has made a special study of Sailor and Soldier questions has been engugvii, and he will be pre- pared to deal in our columns wItlJ queries forwarded to this olhce upon all service matters. That there is need for fiuch a newspaper department, recent experience mis amply convinced us. IVe hope to mat r this feature one of practical service to dlseliarged-men and to the relatirm-ol those who have fallen. Queries should be addressed to the I L-^itor, the envelope being mnrkeJ I Service Department." A COING SERIES. I We have also arranged with Mr. George W. Gough to contribute specially to the columns of the ""Cambria Dally Leader a series of articles upon polt- tical and economic questions. j, 1 Mr. George W. Gough IS one of the moot interesting and versatile men in the political and literary life of to-day. Born in a Staffordshire cottage, "as big as a box room as he is in the habit of saying, Mr. Gough made his way to Oxford? where he had a brilliant career .at Bulliol, taking a first in History, and special distinctions in Economibs. It was to the latter science that he more particularly devoted himself, and his numerous works on the Fiscal question uecured for him an authoritative plaoe in the company of its loading exposi- tors. Mr. trough's repute ae an economist is, however by no means his only title to tame. He is a novelist with a style of his own, and a book so full of charac- ter and of colour as his "Yeoman Ad- venturer" supports tho view "of weighty critics that the author is not less ex- pert in the art of writing fiction than he is in the exposition of facts. Though a man of the study, Mr. Gough 18 frfe from academic remoteness from the man in the street and the affairs of the day. A thorough-going Radical, he has, in recent years, done no incon- siderable service to Progressive causes, "with which hia sympathy arises not from mere sentiment but from a scien- tific aesurance of their justice, and a lively and informed oonsciousnefA5 of their rectitude and use.

NAVAL MEN DINE. I ——— Swansea Mine Sweepers at | the Festive Board. Another of the series of naval dinners was held at the Exchange Restaurant, Swansea. A largel assembly of all ratinge was present, and the chair was taken by Lieut.-Commanded Buckridge, oi the mine-sweeping flotilla, who spoke of the | success of the strenuous work undertaken by Iks gallant men, who dragged the Uristol Channel for the seeds of destruc- tion sown by the Huns. The evening was an entire success, thanks to the catering of Messrs. R. E. ionft. atid tLi) spleiidid renderings by, the artistes present. Yotes of thanks were accorded to the chairman by Lieutenant Long, and by the chairman to the following artistes, who ?ere received with tremendous enthus- iasm: Misses E. Thomas and Mattie. Mrs. Steer, Mus Mallett, httle Miss- Dando, and Miss Sel Jones; Messrs: David Price, Mr. Geo. Tanner, and Mr. Ben Jones, and the very capable orchestra under Mr. Adlihgton. The restaurant,, by the way, will be closed to habitues to-morrow (Saturday) evening at 6 p.m. for the last of the series of dinners.

I U-BOAT TAKINGS. I I #» The total takings for admission to in- spect the ex-German U.B. 91 submarine now lying at the North Dock Basin, Swansea, up to Thursday, amounted to ,£33 odd I

I HAIR 10s. PER OUNCE. ——— A Gladstone bag and 118 heads of human hair figured in a charge of steal- ing and receiving at Lambeth on Thurs- day. Two men were concerned, George Law- eon and John Spencer, both privates in the Australian Imperial Force. The hair was valued at .£80, and a police witness said tbeyalue per ounce was 10s. Lawson said he knew nothihg of Spencer, or of the bag or it. contents, and he was discharged. Spencer, who 6aid he bought the bag for £ 2 10s., was remanded in oustpdy* :<>i';¡r"'{

FIS.H AT SWANSEA. Keen Competition for 400 I Kit. Swansea was in the happy position on Thursday of being the fish market of the country. Grimsby had been holidaying, and its a result there was a very keen demand for supplies landed at Swansea by two boats—one a Belgian, the other of the Castle line. Altogether there were 40a kit, chiefly hake and bream. I Prices reached the highest possible figures, and would have been still higher but for the control." Hake sold ior .26 13s. per kit, and but for the control would have doubled that figure.

VISIT TO VIENNA. Entente Commission on the I Food Question. (From, the Pre«? Association's Special Correspondent.) VIENNA, Thursday (received Friday). The Entente .Food Commission, under the leadership of Dr. Alonzo Taylor, rep- resenting the United States Food Con- troller (Mr. Hoover), arrived in Vienna to-day. wit] i other members of the Com- mission, including the British representa- it»^>, ->r Wm. 11. Rev-eirulge, K.C.B. Thf- I Cotnmission, which has come to investi- gate the food situation in Geriiian- Auslria, will, after a -far of three days, go on to Budapest, to enquire into the I cond itions in Hungary.-—P.A. War ¡ Special.

ROYAL LANDLORD. j I £ 20 Flats on the Prince of I WalesI Estate. The housing scheme initiated by King II Edward vn. on the Duchy of Cornwall estate in Kennington. is to be continued at once by the Prince of Wales, who is also Duke of Cornwall. A number of empty houses in Kennington-road between l Lower Kennington-lane and Chester- street are to be converted into flats for two families at a rental of X20 a flat. Plans have been prepared for rebuild- ing in other streets and courts where the leases of existing houses fell in before the war, but operations on this larger scheme will be deferred until more build- ing material and labour are available. The chief batch erf leases on the Duchy of Cornwall estate ell, in in 1909, when the council of the Prince of Wales in- itiated a great rehousing scheme and a large number of narrow streets of dilapi- dated houses were converted into a model village. On the north sides of both Uppet and Lower Kennington-lanes up- tc-date dwelling., were erected and let at low ntah. This scheme was completed in 1913.

OUR NATIONAL KITCHENS. -1 Mr. Spencer, head of the JNational Kitchens Department, believes that the kitchens with restaurants attached, which are now established in hundreds of cities and towns, will be permanent in- stitutions, because the working classea want them. The profits of the New Bridge-street restaurant, still exceed £100 a week a proof that it retains popular favour.

I ——————— i ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. I Llandilo Man Sent to Prison tor I I Six Weeks. I At the Carmarthenshire Quarter Ses- sions op Friday, Fred Harris (3g), Llan- dilo, was charged with attempted suicide. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Trevor Hunter (instructed by Mr. T. C. Hurley) prose- cuted. Accused expressed his sorrow for what he had done. No one present inJ eo^trt came forward to answer for his future good conduct, and Harris was sentenced to prison for six weeks without hard labour.

i SWANSEA'S PARKS. I I All Bowling Greens May Be I Opened Soon. The Swansea Parks Committee met on Friday, and Councillor George nemmings I was appointed chairman and Councillor T. Howells vioe-cliairmaii.. ib The Chairman described the annual re- port of Mr. Bliee, the superintendent (already publi&hed) as very satisfactory. The war being over, they hoped for the re-opening of the whole'of the bowling greens. Replying to Mr. Harding, the Superin- tendent said that the lavatory at Victoria ¡ Park was now just self-supporting. Mr. Harding urged that better -and more sanitary accommodation should be t provided at the Cwmdonkin and Bryn- mill Parks. j The Superintendent will report. The annual report was adopted. (proceeding) K. ■ t;

AN ULTIMATUM. ] BRITAIN AND THE BALTIC PMfNCES WHAT GERMANS MUST DO I COPENHAGEN, Thursday (received Friday). According to a Berlin report, the Deutsche Tageszeitung" states from a tellable source that the British who huve landed in the Baltic provinces have pre- sented an ultimatum to the German chief in command demanding that Ger- man troops not only must prevent the Bolshevists' further advance, but also re- take Walk and Wenden. If this order is not carried out, the entente, the report adds, will march into Germany. TOWARDS RIGA. I The Bolshevists are advancing with two armies, one consisting of four divisions, towards Riga, and the other, consisting of three divisions, towards Villi a and Kovno. At the moment the Germans only dispose of three absolutely reliable battalions. The Red Flag" protests angrily against the co-operation of Germans and British in Riga. The same paper pub- lishes a secret document concerning con- versations alleged to have talien place between the Germau Commissary, Win- nig, and the British Government's repre- sentative, Bosiinquet, at the end of December on board the British ship Princess Margaret. THE BURNING WISH." I Herr Wiunig emphatically declared that it was the most burning wish of the Ger- mans to be able to continue the occupa- tion of the Baltic provinces for the pro- tection of the country and its inhabitants of German blood. Meanwhile his endea- vours were restricted by the situation amollf the German troops, the greater part of whom refuse to participate in any more fighting, and demanded their re- turn home

15,000 BRiTISHERS. Of Whom We Have No Trace in German Hands. The London Evening -New,, learns on I high authority that there are in German I hnads 15,000 British ,f wii,-).iii die War Office, ha* no trace. The Prisoners of War Department informed the Evoiiiiig News that it was possible a number of menllot hitherto reported may have lieen temporarily lest in the I lines. Others may have settled down as farm workers and then married German wives. Investigation will, however, be j made by the British authorities.—Press j Association.

DID' THE DOG KNOW? I DID THE DOG Miss Isabel Law's Funny j Story. 11 i Miss Isabel Law. the charming daughter I of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has this in common with Abraham Lincoln, the great President cn the United States -both have tdl(l g)od ?toriea of which people present did not see. the point at the time. President Lincoln told the ginger-bread story, which evervhody knows. Yet all the twenty odd persons in the room failed to smile Miss Law, alt Glasgow—where the Scots audiences usually see the point quickly- told the following story. She said she had been talking to Berry, the knowing messenger and factotum at the Treasury, about the eiiectrion then m progress. Yoa kuow the Government's safe as well as I do, miss,* said Berry, confident of the election result. 1 Apropos of this, Miss Law ,told a I crowded audience one night at Glasgow the following story: An Englfhinan and a Chinaman were approaching a house. A dog set up a ter-. rilic barking. i Don't be frightened," said the Eng- lishman, "don't you know the proverl i that a dog that barks don't bit<?" Me know ploverb and you know plo- verb, but what l in wondering," said the Chinaman, is does dam doggee know ploverb?" Now 1 warn you to vote for my father," said Miss Iaw, with what a Scots paper called charming inconse- quence. The consequence was a 12,000 majority for my father." )

——————— I A DELUGE OF "DOPE." j Theatrically, we are now in for a dope deluge. Already a lady .adver- ti&es a play ttitle fully protected) en- i titled "Dope," whilst a gentleman an- nounces The Dope"; ami now it is up to all the re^t of them to use the idea without any technical infringement oj words or phrases. And some people saj that the stage has no ongmahty

—————_ ( SHIRGAR LICENSING LEVY, j At the Carmarthenshire Quarter I Ses- sions on Friday, the report of the Lioen- sing Compensation Fund was submitted by the clerk (Mr. J, W. Nicholas). Th i: showed there were considerable liabilities.- i outstanding, and that the fund was Xl,¡ÙJ j in debt. j The Bench decided to make the full { levy for the coming year. I

I THE SPEAKER. I Mr. Lowther will be proposed as Speaker I of the new House of Commons. The righ: j hon. gentleman had originally intended j to retire at the end of- the Parliament ¡ which has just terminat?J. but, 'owing tc the war, he cqm'ssed his ?ningneas tc remain' until the actual ccnclusi?n Œ peace and nothing ha& occurred to alter his plall, Mr. Lo?thcr. who is ah'eHdy in re?xt'e?''? ;tt Speakers House, has occu-  pied the Chair ever since 1905. i

PRESIDENT WILSON IN ROME. W, On arrival in Rome to-day, President Wiicon was met at the station by ttle Kinci and Qiipen. Thert, was a huge crovrd, and the utmost'entlrctsiasm pre. vailed.—Renter. GERMANS LEAVE RIGA. Copenhagen, Friday.—A Berlin tele-' gram states that German troops who c were compelled to ev.cr.ate Riga- and leave 1,G00 of their countrymen in the town, have retreated to a commanding e ition a few kilometres from RigD. -P,Puter, per Press Association. TROUBLE IN LOWER AUSTRIA. Copenhagen, Friday.—A • BeTjin *« gram says that at Prcssbji-rgy 54 miles •east of Vienna, and at :Ma Lower Austria, severe fighting has taken place be ween Czechs and Hungarians. Telephonic communica- tion between. Vienna and Budapest ig STOCK EXCHANGE. II The stock markets have shoTvn n gocxl tone with a fair amount of dealing in some stocks. Consols have been quiet, hnt steady around 59.?-16ths, while t'h., War Loan has touched 9.t. In home rails, Great Western, Great Northern, and North-Westerns have been most active around yesterday's closing values. Industrials have shown good tendency, but business was quiet. Rub- bers and oils short; oils good;' mines inactive.

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"SUNSET AIRWAY." Canada's Transcontinental Routes. Ottawa, Thursday.—Canadian aerial organisationb are pressing the Recon- struction Committee of the Federal Cabi- net to appoint forthwith a commission to take charge of the development of aerial activity in the Dominions. Two transcontinental routes have been proposed already. One has been given the name of the Sunset Airway," and it is planned to start at St. John's, New- foundland, and proceed by way of Sydney, Halifax, St. John, Frederic-ton, thence on the River du Loup to Quebec, Three Rivers, Montreal, Cornwall, Proscou, Brockville, Kingston, Belleville, Toronto, Camp Borden, Owen Sound, Port Arthur, Winnipeg, and other stations to the Pacific Coast. Subsidiary routes in this proposal iii- due Ifnes from Toronto to Central lIn- tario, and across to the United States, one from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay, and others from Edmonton to Peace River and from Vancouver to the YukOh. According to the planners of the scheme, Halifax will be a 1-0-hour flight from Vancouver, and it is stated that air- men will make the flight from Montreal to Winnipeg in fifteen hours.—"Canadian Daily Record."

£ 100,000 DEAL. Mr. E. Tereh Hooley, of Bisley, Sail, Derbyshire, on Thursday evening pur- chased by private treaty the remainder of the extensive Hassop estate, near Bake- well. formerly belonging to the Earls of Newburgh. The purchases by Mr. Hooley include a large dairy, ferm, three other farms, and woodlands. The whole of the estate, numbering over one hundred lots, have realised over £100,000. (