The Cambria Daily Leader

CHILDREN'S HOME. Meeting at Swansea Exchange. Prospects Good. A meeting of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund (and Children's Summer Home), was held on Friday evening at the Cham- ber of Commerce, Mr. Stanley L. Cook in the chair. Among those present were Lady Ruthen, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Roseer, Mrs. Jonee, Mrs. A. Lovell, Miss Hughes, Messrs. J. W. Jones, J.P., Richard Lewis, J.P., Wm. Rosser, A. J. Ccoze, G. Dorrell, W. G. Evans, and Edgar Powell. Correspondence showed that Mrs. Stan- ley Jones, Mr. Richard Lewis, Mr. Ed- gar Powell and Mr. G. Dorrell, had con- tented to act on the committee. Re- ference was made to a second donation of tido from another well wisher," and there were comments on the extraordi- nary modcety of donors to the Fund, but as the chairman observed, So long 4s the cheques come in we don't mind." EX-SERVICE MEN REPRESENTED. A letter was read from Mrs. Holland, proposing that if the fund was supported by the women's section of the D. and D.S. and S.F., at least one representative eliould be appointed on the Fund Com- mittee. Mrs. Cunniffe was recomended. Chairman thought such an important body was entitled to a seat on the Com- mittee, and he would welcome Mrs. Cun- niffe. Mr. A. J. Cooze said the old fund at Morriston had come to an end. There was nothing now to prevent them going up to Morriston and collecting, and he had not the slightest doubt but that the Morriston friends would co-operate with them. GOOD START MADE. Chairman said they would have noticed they had made a good start. They had received t262 from tht Red Cross, £100 from Major Harries, an(I 21M from each of two other sources. He thought it was no Use getting out a definite appeal till they had an illustration of the building upon it. Mrs. Jones thought it might be well to indicate the co6t per week or fortnight per child. A plan supplied by Mr. Marshall Jen- kins, which provided for 18 to 20 boys on one eide, 13 to 26 girls on the other, and a main central room, etc., was shown round. ESTIMATED COST. The estimated cost of the building is 1:1,800. It as thought that such a build- ing would be more desirable and con- venient than adapting any huts. Some discussion ensued on the site, the chairman observing that it should not bo too close to Swansea. The difficulty is in securing a site near Swansea, and at which, an adequate supply of water unob- tainable. Chairman said he had a promise from the chairman of the Chamber of Com- merce that he would bring the matter of the Fund before that body at its next meeting. It had the hearty support of Ur. Gilbertson. f Mrs. J. Harris, Bryn-road, secretary of the Ladies' Committee, was invited to be- come a member. Chairman said he proposed to ask the Mumbles people to hold a meeting, and he would go down and address it, with the object of getting Mumbl thoroughly canvassad; also Sketty and Waunar lwydd. COLLECTING BOX SUGGESTED. I Mr. J. W. Gray, newsagent and tobac- conist, Uplands, Swansea, has sent a dona- tion of lCs. to the fund. He saye, I fu;nk I could collect some amount if 11 had a collecting box with the object printed on it to put in thf shop." pl- i ll ed oT We art, plea.e1 to acknowledge from LovcJl's Boys a cheque for ..c.5 5? toward s the funtf. We are asked to appeal to the public of 1 Greater Swansea to forward donations eithcr to- Mr. David Roberts, J.P., Hon. Treasurer, 61. Wind-street. Swansea; or Mr. J. D. Williams, Hon. Sec., "Cambria Daily Leader Office. Swansea. All donations will be promptly acknow- ledged. SUBSCRIPTIONS. I £ s. d. Swansea. Branch of the British X, s. d. I Red Cross Society (per Mrs. C. H. Eden, the Lady Chair- juM; ■ oco in t Well Wisher" ?0 0 t Major G.S. Harris 100 0 0 Another Well Wisher" loo 0 0 JUY. J. B. Edwards, Penailt, Sketty io 10 0 Jyoveil's Boys 5 b o Mr. J. W. Gray, newsagent I and -tobacconist, Uplands. 0 10 0 (But £5,000 is Wanted Before Christmas.)

ALLEGED STABBING. I Matti Emanuel Petersen (24), sailor, 1ta.s remanded in custody for a week at S\II.nsea on Saturday on a charge of un- lallfully stabbing one Walter Morris, ""t," intent to grievous bodily harm, at 6ansea on November 6th. pt. Hayes 6ald the man Morris was at present at the SWa.tl(;N Hospital in a serious condition. was a knife wound in Morris's back, and it was feared that the blade of th. instrument had penetrated the Lua.

ARMISTICE DAY. Swansea Mayor's Appeal. The Mayor of Swansea issues the following appeal:— In accordance with the desire expressed by His Majesty the King that two minutes shall be observed on Tuesday next, llth inst., for the purpose of reverent recollection of the sac- rifice made during the (treat War, I shall be glad if all Church bells can be rung, and if the proprietors of the various works in the district would give a warning signal on their hooters and whistles, at two minutes to, 11 o'clock in the morning to call attention there- to, and thereby remind the pub- lic generally of the King's wish that for two minutes after 11 o'clock all labour should cease and perfect quietness prevail as far as possible. (Signed) W. H. MILES, Mayor. 0 EMPIRE'S SALUTE. Anniversary Celebrations by I Army. The War Office has issued instructions to the forces in Great Britain, Ireland, France and Flanders to the effect that on Tuesday next, at eleven o'clock, local time, all guards will turn out and present arms, and all troops stand at attention for two minutes. The King's message, accompanied by a similar instruction, has been telegraphed to the G.O.C. British Army of the^Rliine, and to all other com- mands abroad.

AMAZING STORY I Allegations of Persona- tion. Described by the police as on ticket, of leave, an elderly well-dressed man, with various aliases, including that of Jatfies Douglas, was at Westminster Police Cmirt to-day (Saturday) charged, on remand, with a remarkable series of cases of false pretences and robbery, involving the per- sonation of baronets, and valuables ob- tained in the name of Royalty and a peeress The charges included the theft of antique silver from Messrs. Mappin and Webb, and an attempt to fraudulently ob- tain from them a pearl necklace, candel- abra, etc., of the value of £ -1,500. It will be remembered that according to previous evidence, accused was arrested at 5, Ennismere Gardens, South Kensing- ton, the furnished residence of Viscount Asseca, now in Portugal, which he stated he was taking. He obtained order to view by representing himself to be Sir Kenneth Douglas, which name he also gave to the police officers. PRESENT TO KING OF PORTUGAL. When challenged as to his credentials and goods ordered at Mappin and Webb, including a silver tankard, which he selected as a presentation to the King of Portugal, prisoner said to the police officers he would tell the truth. He had not got twopence iti the world, and that was why he did it. Further evidence was now given that the prisoner went about in a hired motor car, and imposed on house and estate agents as a person of title. The tankard had been recovered for the tirm. PRESENTS FOR JOCKEYS. Another case was proceeded with in which Barrett and Sons, jewellers and sil- versmiths, of Piccadilly, were prosecutors, it was stated that accused represented himself to be Sir Edward Boyle, liart., who iy*d rented the furnished residence oi the Marchioness of Downshire in Mayfair. The Marchioness, accused taid, required presents for her jockeys at Newmarket, j and he made a selection of gold cigarette I cases and other valuables to be sent to hei house. At the time the house was in the hands of the estate agents, from whoTA the accused obtained an order to view, and he arranged with the jewellers' firm that when the goods were delivered he would be there. Accordingly when the unsus- pecting footman who opened the door was asked for Sir Edward Boyle, he ushered in the assistant. Prisoner, with the greatest nonchalance, inspected the goods, and sent the assistant back. Prisoner was remanded fdr further evidence to be given. I

I ALIEN SEAMAN'S OFFENCE. A Russian Pole named Iguntz Adam- czak (26), described as a lireman, was charged at the Swansea Police Court on Saturday with, being an alien, did re- main ashore from the 6.6. Fairhetiol at Swansea without the permission of the officer, on November 6th. Defendant, pleading guilty, istlid he was the only foreigner on board, and the rest of the crew were continually on to him, calling him a Bolshevik, and telling him to go and fight for his country. He was remanded until Tuesday, so that a ship might be feund for him.

SETTLED. i Sir Alfred Mond's Action. I SENSATIONAL END TO CASE. In the action of Sir Alfred Mood v. South Wales Daily Poet" and Mr. David Davies, Mr. Llewelyn Williams, after Lord Moult-on had left the box, where he had testified to the great assistance ren- dered the Government by the Brun ner Mond Co., said the parties had met, and he was pleased to say Mr. David Davies had expressed his SINCERE REGRET, I and apologised for making the statements, which were without founda- tion, and had agreed to pay ?500 towards the costs. SECOND CASE WITHDRAWN. The case of Mr. Robert L. Mond, v. the South Wales Daily Post was withdrawn, Mr. Llewelyn Williams stating that, like Dr. Brook, Mr. Davies had found that the statements were without foun- dation. PARTIES HAD COME TOGETHER. After Lord Moulton left the box, Mr. Llewelyn Williams rose, and said he was pleased to say that the parties connected with the cases of Sir Alfred Mond and' the, South Wales Daily Post," Mr. Robert Mond and Mr. David Davies had come together, and agreed upon terms. Mr. Davies, for whom he appeared, had lived in Swansea for 30 years, had been a member of the Swansea Corporation and Mayor of the town. Last December he was Conservative candidate for the seat, and he recognised that inthè, excitement of the political contro- versy that he used words and reproduced what he regretted were made at the heat of the moment, and he had instructed him to express his regret publicly. EXPRESSED REGRET. I Mr. Davies wished to express hjs regret for any words of Jlis either in his speeches or his articles in the Post," the gist of which was that Sir Alfred Mond was a German or disloyal. There was no foundation for such a suggestion, and he wished to withdraw unreservedly any al- legation he had made against Sir Alfred Mond as a LOYAL CITIZEN of the country. Sir Edward Carson: This action was brought to vindicate the char- acter of Sir Alfred Mond— NOT TO MONCY- but it would not have been possible for him to disregard the matter, having regard to the statements brought before the jury yesterday, be- cause the charge was such a serious one. Mr. David Davies has now expressed his regret for the use of these WOd he has put on re- cord here that he has withdrawn u.n reseipJPy^|^legations that he may have made against Sir Alfred Mond as a loyal citizen of this country. I only desire to say, in accepting that statement, that Sir Alfred Mond believes it to have boeh seriously given or he would not have accepted it. And he desires to say that these kind of statements are not statements which can be tolerated. In the future any one who tries to make allegations of this kind having regard to yesterday's trial in this court, will be UNHESITATINGLY REPRESSED. I (A full report of to-day s proceedings will be found on Page Five.) I

WOLVES'GROUND TO BE CLOSED. Sequel To Attack on Referee. The Football Association Commission appointed to inquire into the stopping three niiimtos before of the Wolverhamp- j ton Wanderers and Bury match at Wol- j verhampton, on October 18, by the break- ing in of the crowd, sat at Birmingh.am on Friday, rnd decided to close the club's ground for one month. The commission was satisfied that the Wanderers' Club made all necessary arrangements for the proper conduct of the game and that the spectators were re- sponsible for the serious attack on the referee v Complaints were made &A to ROme. of th1 decisions of the referee (Mr. S. lowe, of Liverpool), but thf commission decided I that inefficiency on the part of an official could not be accepted in explanation or extenuation of misconduct on the part of I the spectators, and as the only manner in which unruly spectators can be dealt with, they ordered the Wolverhampton ground to be closed from November 17 to Decem- ber 15, inclusive, and the club to pay the expenses of the inquiry.

PRINCE OF WALES I)OCK (SWAN- I SEA), LIMITED. f An extraordinary general meeting of j the shareholders. of the Prince of Wales II Dry Dock (Swansea), Limited, was held J at Merthyr House, Cardiff, on Friday, ] Mr. A. Morson presiding, when resolutions relating to the increase of the capital to I < £ 100,000, in shares of JEt. and the issue 1 of bonus phaiee were duly confirmed. j

I jPONTARDULAIS J.P. i Death of Mr. Samuel I Williams. I The death took place on Saturday morning of Mr. Samuel Williams, J.P., of Ffosyrefail House, Pontardulais, in In? I S4tli year. He has served on the County Council, District Council, Board of Guardians, Old School Board, and in various other capacities. DEACON AND TREASURER. He was a senior deacon at Hope Con- ) gregational Chapel, and also treasurer of I the church for twenty years.. He was 'j also chairman of the annual meeting of the Congregational Union of Wales at t I. am peter in 1910. 111 his business uk he was eo-fou •• !er t the Pontardu?; Cwli-al W rks, tk largest of its kind in the country, a ( founder of the Dulais Tinplale Works, a director of Messrs. Joseph Bevaii and Sons' Chemical Worb, director of Mor- lais Tinplate Works, and was connected with the Grovesend Steel and Tinplate Company. The funeral lakes place on Wednesday a! Rhydfach Cemetery. —————————

BENEFIT CONCERT. j Family'of Late Councillor W. H. Morris. In aid of -he widow and children of the late Councillor W. H. Morris, a sacred concert is being organised at the Elysium Hall on December 21 jt next, when ar- tistes from the Queen's Hall, London, as well as talented South Wales a are being secured. Mr. Trevor Richards ife the organising secretary, together with Mr. John Clement, K.A.M., and it is j hoped that the public will respond to the j appeal issued on behalf of the dependents i of one who did not spare hiG health in following public work, -ind whose services to the workers cannot be praised too highly. Tickets should be secured early, and the organisers would be glad of the assistance 1 of those who would care to sell tickets or otherwise help. < i

BOY PRINCE. Arabs Visit Gower To-day. The Arabian Prince, Faisul ibn Saud. and his suite, who came to Swansea on Friday, had an insight into the beaut;: of the bays and country-sde of the Gowe; Peninsular on Saturday. The appearance I of a number of motor cars outside flu Cameron Hotel at about 11 o'clock wa I tIIfl signal for a dense crowd to gather, i the hope of catching a glimpse of tl1" young Emir. The programme arranged for the da was a visit to Mumbles, and thence t. Langland Bay. Lunch was to be taken a the Langland Bay Hotel, and afterward the party were to proceed to Penric Castle, where they would be entertaine. to tea. The boy prince and the Mayor (Cour cillor W. H. Miles) occupied the first ca; and in the succeeding cars were the r-. mainder of the Arabian Party, accon panied by Colonel A. Sinclair, the Mayor elect; Mr. W. P. Roderick, Captai I Philby, and Superintendent Roberts.

ROMANTIC CLAIM. Born to Command. Alleged flogging of native women j] Nigeria was the ground of a libel actio: which was continued before Mr. Justic- Bray and a jury in the King Bench Division on Friday. Captain Joseph F J. Fitzpatrick, Roya Societies' Club, St James's street, in th, service of the Nigerian Government claimed damages from Mr. R. Barter, Furnival Press, Furnival-street; Mr. Jdh;: I E. Taylor, Lincoln House, High Holboni. proprietor of The African Telegraph" and the African Co-operation Corporation (Limited), Lincoln House. ? The alleged libel was publish^ iii "Tin African Telegraph" in December laet- j and alleged that the plaintiff, while act- ing as deputy resident magistrate in Negeria had ordered native women to b< imprissoned and stripped and flogged in public. Mr. John Eldred Taylor, editor and pro prietor of The African Telegraph," said that for aome years he had been engaged in rt, cnmpnigTv>o ger, tLe Bdtilb "<JO:" irienfc to t<rop the flOgjrfac of men -uvd women. Counsel remarked that at tbft time whe- Mr. Taylor wrote Captain Fitzpatrick, th, latter was in the Cameroons. CLAIMED ROYAL DESCENT. Mr. Jones read the letter which began- "I have been told by my graudparent that I am descended from a Xigei-i.; Prince of the Blood Royal. I feel that I i am born to command, whether I have a kingdom or not, as a cork must float, and had it not been for the vicissitudes of life f which my race has gone through, c n- sequent upon the slave trade, I should now be sitting on the Nigerian throne ruling jiny own people." i Witness said that information reached him that the Captain's District was one j of the hottest for flogging in Nigeria. j Re-examined, Mr, Taylor said lie knew friends of his, barristers of that court, ) who had bepn stripped and flogged in Nigeria. Mr. De Lancy, a West African mer- chant, said he remembered in 1914 two j women were brought before the Alkali j for being in the Residency Ground. They ? were sentenced to six months" imprison- « ment. A policeman said !lJr. ,l¡'itzpatl'ic¡- sent them and would the Alkali deal with j them next day. The -Ukali ordered tlll women, to be flogged, and they wcr: flogged after being stripped. i After several native v.itnei-se-s had spoken to seeing the women flogged, lli, j lordship, pointing cut that nothing 01 th., alleged incident outside Captain Fitz-, Patrick's bungalow was in the pleadillg., intimated that he would give Mr. Kigby | Swift an opportunity of considering whether he wished to amend the pleadings; or not, and -id.:ourned the hearing until Monday.

ACTRESSES LODGINGS. Alleged Swansea Profiteering, In an interview on the subj(:d of ?actresses pay, Mr. All red Lugg, the gen- ?rat secretary of the Ador' Association. I said he knew of a case where chorus girL I were getting 35s. a week.. One actress, i r he said, was asked to accept an engage- ment and supply 25 dresses on a salary of £ 2 10s. per week. CONDITIONS IN SWANSEA. Spending on the question of 1 dgmg- house charges, Mr. Lugg made a rather striking allegation of the state of affairs ill Swansea. He said the cost of lodgings nowadays was prodigious. At Swansea four girls were cliai-gad C3 56. recently for the use of two dirty bedrooms and ii sitting-room for one week. The pre-war rental of another room in Swansea wa, .£1, aiid C3 5s. is now being charged. Cer- tainly if these allegations are correct it discloses a remarkable state of affairs and points to gross profiteering on the part of certain landladies. SWANSEA MANAGER'S VIEWS, i Mr. T. Byrne; the manager of the Swan- sea Grand Theatre, this morning said on the matter that of course it had to be considered that the cost of things genor- ally had gone up he had drawn j attention to the matter some time ago. It ts,. however, alleged, that a promin-, ent music ball star who is very popular with Swansea audiences. a.nd has severii, times visited the town, stayed at an hotel on her last visit because she did not con- sider, herself justified in paying the price demanded bj- a boardhig-houae keeper.

DESEHT FLIGHT. French aviator Pouiet. Sying' ;Vciy.  Paris to Australia, has f[?iwn desert from Baghdad (o Ba-sb?ra. I I U.S. MINERS' STRIKE. I I There are indications ihafc the I American miners' strike bbingi Bciiied. Government will -'i;:Ll<:1t¡¡. W' injunction forbidding payEest of j btrik. par r,-bcn, men return. j I TO-DAY SRAONG. I Bett'uq;: 100-30 March Along. Dew. 3.30 (Trverpno!): Gripf ait .1, Ken* :3.30 (\ïnd.sor:: TVe!sh Woman 1, Bruco Lodge '2 3.-13 IØ ¡ Betting: (>•;> Gripfast. Batting: -J io I. WeLh Wcmati. 4.0: Roya] Hussar 1, Chasseur 2, yiying Post 3.— Eight ran Half-trme score: SWANSEA—2 trios. j L tM, Half-time Score j SWANSEA TOW'S"—Nil. j POETSIPOFTH-Nil. j 1 l .1 •1 •' i 11 »• 1 I I i • I i -3 < • 1 Ii, > 1

MORRISTON FOOTBALL CHAT Morrison Villa journeyed to BrFcn- ferry last Saturday to play GianB Wharf iu. a league game. The homesters wore a fine combination and also held a ground record. The Villa pressed for the first 15 minutes, but the hoine-sters got nearest to scoring through theb centre-forward, W. Morrie. Later the homesters gaye the Villa do- fence a warin time but for whose fine (te- fence thoJv would have scored. Before tLe interval, however, the Villa netted twice, eaca of the goals falling to opportunities which were presented through mis-kicking by the home backs On resuming th. homesters strove hard to reduce the lead but the Villa's de- fence was eound. As a result of long passing T. Harris again netted for the Villa, but was ad- judged off-side, but I. Davies taking tfbs ball well on -the run succeeded in netting shortly afterwardi The homejiiers despite their 3 goals de- ficit were by no means ant-played and their presietent effoits to score were at iaat rewarded, when W. Morriu found the net with a fine fhot. Iryon John again scored for the Villa whilst towards the end, Giant's Wharf were. awarded a oenaltjr from which tksjr

ALLEGED THEFT. I At the Swansea Police Court on Satur- day Charles Henry Beale (38), described as a blacksmith, was remanded for a week on charges of feloniously stealing a blan- ket overcoat, 1 pair of gloves, value 12, the property of Frank Boon, on September 19th. and being a convict on license, did I leave his address at Swansea, and did fail ft- notify the police of such change of ad- dress. on September 19th.