The Kington Times - December 1918
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Kington Times 21st December 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 21/12/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 21st December 1918 |
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S sold ict to you lty to d . re to meness R ld be gether . dants , of it about as he I seen Martin it as d and ted to 11 the on the o ride buyers e into S was y was down ld the should s dead ieed it He and dness . iption . there on its ewas ake it . on its ght be against id for ? y you rounds war- ser can re has rwards worth orth £ 8 e time at the agree imply Alice 1 Hill , respect fAlice s , who Govern- 6 died . scom- oney rd and e one- ks un- money windfall ain ex- ment of ested in for ex- Higson's ivity in In the 1 three charged THE KINGTON TIMES , DECEMBER 21 , 1918 . Xmas Presents . EAU DE COLOGNE . Bottles and Flasks , 1/4 , 2 / - , 2/6 , 4/6 , 6/6 . ENGLISH LAVENDER WATER , 1 / - , 1/10 , 2/6 , 31- , 4/9 . 6/6 . FANCY SOAPS IN BOXES , from 1/6 . HAIR BRUSHES , Military and Ladies , from 2/6 to 15 / - MUFF WARMERS , 2/6 each . RUBBER HOT WATER BOT- TLES , 4/6 , 6/9 , 7/6 , 9 / - WRITING PAPER , 1/9 per lb. ENVELOPES to match , 1 / - , also complete boxes of Paper and Envelopes , 1 / - each . MANICURE SETS , 5 / - to 10 / 6.4 GROSSMITH PERFUMES : Ellwood Chemists , KINGTON AND DISTRICT " QUR DAY . " The handsome sum of £ 252 6s . 9d . has been , sent up to Hereford and has been very gratefully acknowledged by Mr. H. A. Wadworth ( Treasurer ) . KINGTON RED CROSS HOSPITAL . the The following gifts have been received at Kington Red Cross Hospital during the past week and are very gratefully acknowledged : - Milk and bread , Mr. Turner ; cake , Miss Wattling ; onions , apples , jam , and two papers daily , Mr. Greenly ; vegetables , Mrs. W. Banks ; books , Mrs. Mahir ; " London News , " Sir Elliott Wood ; papers , Mr. Cook , Mr. Chambers and Mr. Dowling . KINGTON LIVE POULTRY MARKET . At the Live Poultry Market on Tuesday last there was a good supply and keen demand . Tur- keys made up to 29 per lb. , geese Is . per lb. , chickens and ducks up to 1s . 6d . per lb. , rab- bits 8d . per lb. , eggs , 5d . each . RETURNED KINGTON PRISONERS . Among local prisoners lately returned from Ger- many are Pte . Cuthbert Flower , Border Regiment , who was previously stud groom for Mr. J. M. Curre , Master of the Radnorshire and West Here- fordshire Hounds at Titley ; Pte . James Ball , South Wales Borderers , of the Shawl , Titley , formerly waggoner for Mr. E. H. Greenly ; and Pte . Wil- fred Turner , East Lancashire Regiment , sou of Mr. J. J. Turner , of Arrow Lodge Mills , Kington . Phul - nana , Shem - el - Nessim , Floro- dora , etc. , etc. , 3/9 per bottle , also 1 / - and 1/6 bottles . HOUSEHOLD RUBBER GLOVES , 2/6 per pair . SAFETY RAZORS , 1/6 , 4/6 , 7/6 , 10/6 , 21 / - ELECTRIC HAND LAMPS 5 / - , 7/6 . OPTICAL DEPARTMENT : SPECTACLES , Rolled - Gold , Rim- less or otherwise , from 12/6 to 18/6 . EYEGLASSES , Butterfly or Astigmatic Clips , from 15 / - to 21 / - RADIUM WATCH COMPAS- SES , 6/6 to 9 / - MAGNIFYING GLASSES , 1/6 to 5 / - & Son , Leominster . OPTICAL DEPARTMENT . We make up all Prescriptions for Glasses from Medical Men or Eye Infirmaries , and Undertake all REPAIRS to SPECTACLES & EYEGLASSES . Ellwood & Son , 25 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . " A WRITER'S RECOLLECTIONS . " 128 . By Mrs. Humphry Ward . Col'ins and Sons 6d . Obtainable at the Leominster Printing Co. Many have Just missed giving to us excellent autobiographies through excessive variety or mod- esty , or lack of event in their lives . But it is not so with this authoress . She is honest with her self and seems chiefly concerned to work into the fabric of her story every fact and feature of her life which may be of interest to the intelligent among the reading public . And certainly her life has enough event and distinction to be a fitting subject for her able pen . For it is something to be a near descendant of Arnold , of Rugby ; to have as uncles Mr. Arnold and Forster of educa- tion fame ; and to have as friends the best in the Lakes society , and later the same at Oxford , and later still the same in London . But apart from the brilliant personages clustering on these pages , Cheney's Eczema Salve and the events and movements here described , she ANTISEPTIC . HEALING . For all kinds of Sores and Irritable Conditions of the Skin . PRICE 1/3 , Postage 3d .; SAMPLE BOX . 9d . , Postage 2d . CHENEY CHEMIST , LEOMINSTER . LORD ROBERTS MEMORIAL FUND FOR WORKSHOPS FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS . has standing to her own credit what would satisfy the most ambitious . Among her varied activities is extensive travel , and at home she has worked with zeal and judg- LEOMINSTER . BOROUGH POLICE COURT . Thursday , before . Mr. A. Duncan and Mr. E. Cole . ALLEGED SHORT WEIGHT BREAD . BAKER PROSECUTED BY MINISTRY OF FOOD . Henry Foster , baker , West Street , Leominster , was summoned for three alleged offences under the Bread Order . The informations , which in each case were laid by Gwyneth Marjory Weldon Thompson , Union Offices , Edmund Street , Birmingham , Assis tant Commissioner of the Ministry of Food , were as follows : ( 1 ) that Defendant on September 27 , 1918 , unlawfully did expose for sale five loaves of bread , each of such loaves not being of an even number of pounds in weight , and could not there- fore be lawfully sold and contrary to the prov sions of the Bread Order , 1918 ; ( 2 ) in respect of Io loaves sold to Elizabeth Wilson , and ( 3 ) in res- pect of 12 loaves sold to Mary Carter . on Mr. R. J. Turner , Birmingham , prosecuted behalf of the Ministry of Food , and Mr. W. P. Levick defended and pleaded not guilty . A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS , I have realized that this year , more Musicwill be sung , played , and listened to than ever before . MY STOCK OF GRAMOPHONES , RECORDS & MUSIC is now complete with the LATEST and BEST .. We shall be pleased for you to call and inspect same . Don't wait until the best are sold out . < LARCOMBE'S Music Stores , Leominster . AGENT FOR " HIS MASTER'S VOICE . " suggested that it was not a matter over which the 66 GREATEST BLUFF OF THE WAR . " baker had any control . This was not the serious . offence that it had been represented to be . The difference between the bread at the shop in West Street and the bread supplied to the other shops was explained by the fact that it was not of the same baking . ant , saktel think w Henry Foster , the defendant , stated that when the Inspector called he weighed the loaves which were on the shelves in the shop . He said he had been to Mrs. Carter's shop and Mrs. Wilson's shop and weighed bread at both places which was of short weight . He ( defendant ) said he believed he delivered some that morning . The Inspector asked him if he was aware it was short in weight , and he replied that he did not . When the bread , was being weighed there was a little difference as to the weight being correct and he sent his assistant to Mr. Rhodes and borrowed some oz . and oz . weights . The Inspector then passed all the loaves except five . He invited the Inspector to go into the bakehouse . He told him that he had sent a pair of scales to be repaired that morning and that he would see if the baker had been using them . He went to the bakehouse and discovered that the scales had been used . The scales had been in order , but the enamel plate had been dropped and was chipped . The loaves in question were not all Mr. Turner stated that two summonses were taken under Clause 8 of the Bread Order , which provided that no loaf of bread shall be sold un less it weighed one pound or an even number of pounds , and the other summons was taken under clause 13 , which provided that bread which may not be lawfully sold shall not be offered or CX- posed for sale . The two summonses were for selling loaves and the other one for exposing loaves for sale in his own premises which were of I short weight . All the offences took place on the same date and were in respect of the same baking of loaves . The Divisional Inspector of the Minis try of Food visited Leominster on the date in question and called on a small dealer's shop kept by Mrs. Wilson in Bridge Street , who obtained her bread from Mr. Foster . " He there weighed 24 loaves , 12 being 2 lb. loaves , which were supplied to Mrs. Wilson by Mr. Foster . Two of the loaves were 2 oz . short , seven were 1 oz . short , one was I oz , short and two were correct , a total of 16 oz . short in 12 loaves . The Inspector next went to a similar shop in Mill Street , kept by Mrs. Carter , Twelve loaves from another baker were weighed and found to be correct . Twelve loaves supplied by Mr. Foster were weighed and were found to be short in weight , as follows : Three were 1 oz . short , two were 2 oz . short , oue was 3 oz . short , two were I oz . short , two were 1 oz . short , two were 1 oz . short , a total shortage of 20 ounces in 12 loaves . From there the In- spector went straight to Mr. Foster's shop in West Street and there loaves were pointed out to him as being of the same baking as were sold to Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Carter . He weighed twelve of these , and five were short in weight , as follows : Two were I oz . short , one was oz . short , twp were oz . short , a total of only three ounces short in 12 loaves . The comment he ( Mr. Turner ) wished to make on these facts was this . These of the same batch . Those in his own shop had people ( Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Carter ) had small businesses in the poorer part of the town . They had to depend on the defendant Foster supplying them with the correct weight and it was a sig nificant fact in that case that in the one case they found Mrs. Carter , being supplied with bread which was 20 ounces short in a dozen loaves al Mrs. Wilson with bread which was 16 ounces short in a dozen loaves and out of the same batch in defendant's shop , where the bread was placel for his own customers , there was only a discrep- ancy of three ounces . It was a fact which re- quired some consideration by the Bench . It was no good a defendant in these days saying he could not get the loaves to weigh right , that theory had been exploded . The order only en- forced what had been the law in this country for Imany years . It was the duty of the baker to get weigh an even two pounds . Defcn- been baked last . It was possible that those sup- plied to Mrs. Carter were 60 hours old . A loaf would shrink in that time to the extent of one or two ounces , especially if it had been over- baked . Some of the bread was baked twenty minutes longer than other bread owing to the time required to place 200 loaves in the oven . It was impossible to keep the loaves at an even num- ber of pounds . He put in 2 lb. 3 oz . of dough per loaf and found that was sufficient . was 4 days old the loaf might not weigh the full two pounds.t After it The Chairman said that was not material . The loaf must be correct weight at the time it was sold . SCALES BLAMED . Cross - examined : is That blame the scales . my defence . I sent the scales away before the In- before the Sydney Lloyd , baker , in the employ of Foster , stated that he weighed the dough , allow- the loaves to dant knew that perfectly well and he did not put spector came . it forward as an excuse in this case . His excuse " My this : at the time to the Inspector was dough which made these loaves was weighed out by my assis- tants . " That was the only excuse he gave , but it struck one as a significant fact that he could get the majority of the loaves in his own shop abso Mr. ing 2 lb. 34 ozs . for a two pound loaf . They had two pairs of scales and he may have used both of scales and he may ha of them . I knew one set Cross - examined by Mr. Turner : I know those scales . of scales was out of order . ment for such excellent things as higher educa - lutely correct in weight , but the bread he sup- were used . We were very busy . I was told not their plied to the small shops was hopelessly wrong in tion for women , votes for women , but not as a militant , and when living at Oxford her aid was nearly every case . He asked the Bench to say that given to such as Jowett and Pattison in stand for the recognition of liberty of thought , especially in theological affairs , and those who feel the force of her most popular novel will appreciate what her aid meant . It is , of course , as a novelist that she is best known , and it is As the readers of the Leominster News are aware , likely that some of her books will be read always as the books are the memorial to the late Field Marshal Lord which treat of deeper things than the passing show of human affairs . Of one Roberts is in the form of workshops for the men or two of her works she perhaps has too much to who have been so badly disabled in the war that to pages devoted they cannot return to their former occupations . say , but not one of the many Any who feel the The men are taught the use of tools and machinery , Robert Elsmere is excessive . and what is more important , provided with per- attraction of literary history will welcome the de- manent employment at good wages . All who are tailed account of the birth and career of a book . in sympathy with this effort to enable those who which as a story ranks high , and as an argument who have served so well and suffered so severely for a high and reasonable principle is a master- Its success has been phenomenal , and the retain their self respect by becoming self piece . supporting citizens , are asked to pass the envelopes Gladstonian attack was as much a tribute as the which will be provided round the table at dinner praises from men able to judge in such matters . time on Christmas Day . The envelopes will be Her amount of literary work has been very con- called for a day or two after Christmas Day . Mrs. siderable , contributions to magazines , articles in Bartlett is organising the collection at Leominster important series , eleven novels and this book , and the list of collections when completed will and yet she has not reached the Psalmist's age- It is hoped there limit . We grant that many have written more , be published in our columns . but the superiority of some of them is in words , not in thoughts and ideas . to will be a good result . SOME PERILS OF VENEREAL DISEASE . And it may be well to remark that she is honest in her treatment of others . There is nothing slip- shod , and we are never left in doubt about her opinions of the persons she takes the trouble to mention , and mention is made of an amazing number . From girlhood she seems to have been the friend of many nobly born , and one with the aristocracy of intellect and art . She links us to the Wordsworths , to Harriet Martineau , and in a delightful manner introduces us to the most con- spicuous in a group , some of which had already won their fame and others to whom fame has later come . She has excellent things to say of the many of them , tells good stories , indicates mental movements of the time , and in it all we Many of those who contract Venereal disease see much of the social life in the colleges and " hope that it is nothing " when they first feel the love shown to the city of culture and detect the symptoms . They determine to conservatism by those who have come under its In London society Mrs. H. Ward figured " see if it gets any worse " before they go to spell . This announcement is issued by the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases , a responsible body recognised by the Govern- ment . President : Rt . Hon . Lord Sydenham . Vice - Presidents : The Bishop of Southwark , Sir Thomas Barlow , Bart . , K.C.V.O. , M.D. , Chair- man of Propaganda , Sir Malcolm Morris , K.C.V.O. , F.R.C.S.E. , General Secretary , Mrs. A. C. Gotto , O.B.E. a doctor . Nothing is more disastrous than just about where she wished to , and it is in her this " wait and see " policy . Those who story of this period that she gives us recollec- still busy in public life . " wait and see " may well see terrible things . tions of many who are Of no one does she speak in kinder and more With every hour that goes by the disease , if respectful terms than of Lord Morley and a sen- untreated , gets firmer grip on the system . If Syphilis is allowed to run its course " . it tence of Daimesteter's about Renan , which she gives , seems near to what most have found Mor- may end in General Paralysis of the Insane , in Death , or at the very best in appalling disaster to health . If Gonorrhoea is neglected it may become permanent , so that the affected person is continuously infective , a misery to self , a danger to others . Those who notice suspicious symptoms should at once go to the doctor . False shame is sheer folly . The doctor is not there to blame but to cure .. Do not be frightened of going to the doctor , be frightened of the dis- ease , because if you put off treatment very grave things will happen . THE DANGER OF INTERRUPTED TREATMENT . ley to be ; " So pliant in appearance , so courteous in manner , he became a bar of iron as soon as one sought to wrest from him an act or word having regard to the extreme importance of the fact that bread of all controlled articles must be closely scrutinised , orders which were made by the Food Controller must be most strictly ob- served and when there was an infringement the penalties must be visited on the guilty party . Otherwise they were opening the door to all kinds of specious defences and explanations , which were swallowed by a gullible Bench , who ought not to listen to such defences . They had no defence in this case which commended itself to the Ministry or the officials responsible . The only explanation was the one he had given . It was the defendant's as business to see that his scales were not out of order and it was his business to see that his people were carrying out the instructions laid down and their learned Clerk would advise them , it was no defence for a master to say that the act of which he was guilty was committed by his servant . It was not a question of proving guilty intent . It was a question of applying an order where the legislature had prescribed penal- ties for any infringement of the order . James INSPECTOR'S EVIDENCE . Wilton Wynne , Divisional Inspector of the Ministry of Food , stated that on the day in question he came to Leominster and amongst other places he visited was a shop kept by Mrs. Wilson in Bridge Street . He there weighed 12 2 lb. loaves which had been supplied by the defendant and he corroborated the solicitor's statement as to the shortage of 16 ounces on the 12 loaves . He then went to Mrs. Carter's shop and weighed 12 loaves , which he found to be 20 ounces short in weight . He then went to the defendant's shop in West Street and weighed 12 loaves there . This bread and also that at Mrs. Wilson's and Mrs. Carter's was all baked the previous day . Defen- dant said that the pair of scales which were used in his bakehouse were out of order . He employed girls and on that day he was away . While he was away these scales were used and when he re- turned and found they were wrong he sent them to be repaired . By the Clerk : I used different scales at each shop . • Cross - examined by Mr. Levick : There might have been 20 loaves in Mr. Foster's shop . He de- nied that at first he said more than five loaves were incorrect and that he afterwards admitted some were correct . Mr. Foster said the scales were out of order . to use them . The story of " the greatest bluff in the war " is told by a war correspondent . When the submarine campaign began in carnest Germany was getting many submarines through the Straits of Dover , despite all that our anti- submarine boats could do against them . A wonderful fixed borrage was then designed , with extraordinary electr al appliances of alarm signals and contact mines and electrified wires . and dozens of new secret devices . By some means these designs fell into the hands of German secret agents . It was even said that Germany paid £ 4,000 for them . The next phase was peace in the Straits of Dover . The new barrage was too formidable and complete for the German submarines in that stage of development . Germany knew when she was beaten , and for over six weeks there was tempt to break through . ugh . weeks there was no at- There was , however , no barrage except in these designs , which had been foisted upon Germany . We had neither the right mines nor the mechanism 3 . USICAL TUITION : Pianoforte , Organ and M Singing . Pupils prepared for the Public Ex- aminations . J. SIMPSON , 5B , Church Street , Leominster . SM WANTED . MALL BUSINESS Wanted , in Herefordshire , pre- ferably a country inn or beerhouse , small in- going . Send full particulars to " R. W. " 25 , Dalton Street , Cardiff . MOLESKIRTS FEATHERS , HAIR , Etc. , Wanted . Send for prices H. STUART & Co. , Albion Buildings , Aldersgate Street , Lon- don , E.C.I. W ANTED , Young GENERAL , for two in family ,. country girl preferred . - Apply , " A. B. " c / o News Office , Leominster . Y YOUNG LADY ( 18 ) seeks post as JUNIOR CLERK , in Leominster , knowledge of typewriting . - Apply . " N.A.T , " c / o News Office , Leominster . WANTED , at once , JOBBING COMPOSITORS . -Apply , THE LEOMINSTER PRINTING Co. , 27 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . YANTED , at once , COOK - GENERAL , wages Bodenham Vicarage . WA ANTED , a good HOUSE - PARLOURMAID , 3 in family ; also CHAUFFEUR , willing to do garden , etc. - Apply , West Lodge , Leominster . YOWMAN and GENERAL FARM HAND required , cottage on work ; required to take charge of gas engine and plant . - Apply , J. B. DOWDING , Leomin- ster . W TANTED respectable YOUNG GIRL , for house work , about 18. - Apply , stating wages re- quired , Mrs. HAINES , 2 , Glen View , Park Terrace , Llan- drindod Wells . WA ANTED , good strong LAD , to assist with farm work , live in , comfortable home . - Apply , ECKLEY , The Pitch Farm , near Monkland , Leominster . WEDE PULLERS Wanted , ( hop - pickers ' ) lodgings if required . Apply , PHIL . S. BACH , Wintercott , Leominster . G OOD GENERAL SERVANT Wanted - Apply . Mrs. CLEE , Court House , Bircher , Leominster . ARROTS Wanted . - Apply , J. B. DOWDING , Leo- minster . FOR SALE . RAZING MEADOWS , near Leominster , known as " The Wegnalls , " 96 % acres , with Fishing Rights in the River Lugg , for Sale either as a whole or in two lots of 594 and 374 acres , with possession on the ready at the time . I do not guarantee this story 25th March next . For particulars and plan apply to ( adds the correspondent ) , but it is not more as- Messrs . STOOKE & SON , Land Agents , etc. , Palace Yard , tonishing than some of the authenticated naval Hereford . legends of the Great War . ANOTHER NAVY SECRET . Soo LIVES LOST WHEN THE VANGUARD BLEW UP . It is now announced that 800 lives were , lost when the Dreadnought Vanguard blew up whilst at anchor as the result of an internal explosion in August , 1917 . FOR NOR Sale , SPANIEL BITCH , 6 months old . - Apply . JOHN RUDDY , The Bridge , Kington . F OR Sale , a few Tons of SWEDES . - Apply , S. GOODWIN , Marlbrook , Leominster . OR Sale , Rhode Island Red and Sussex COCK- FRELS . Apply , BANNISTER , Gate House , Leo- minster . Drawing Room Broadwood , White & Co. , just received from factory , Chippendale style , moderate price . - SIMPSON , 5B , The scene of the disaster was Scapa Flow , one Church Street , Leominster . of the bases of the Grand Fleet . IDER . About an Hogshead of New Cider for Sale . -Apply , BRINDLEY , Rose Villa , Kingsland . 100 GALLONS of good OLD CIDER for Sale.- Apply , STEPHENS , Sunny Bank , Kingsland . FOR Harrison McGregor A relic of the Vanguard has reached Devon in remarkable circumstances . A framed photo , found three miles from the scene of the explosion , had been assumed to be the only relic , and this is in the possession of the Bishop of London , who was on the group photographed . Last week , however , a diary presented by his fiancée to an officer of the Vangurad ( the only son of Mr. Willand a Devon schoolmaster ) , was picked up on of the shores Scapa Bay , and forwarded to the young lady , who RABBIT HUTCHES , prices on application . - DEYKES , gave it to her lover . Presumably the diary has been , since the disaster 18 months ago . TOYS , Mr. Turner : And this is the result of being ALBUMS , busy . This concluded the case and the Bench retired CASES , to consider their decision . THE BENCH'S DECISION . The Chairman afterwards stated that they had satisfied that bread had been sent out under carefully considered the case and they were quite weight and as far as the evidence went , rather considerable extent . Ordinarily the defen- dant would be subject to a very heavy penalty , to a anything up to 100 and six months ' imprisonment . They were satisfied as to the question of the scales . The defendant's man had admitted that the dough was weighed with those scales when they were out of order , and when defendant found that they were out of order he sent them to be repaired . They would give the defendant the bene- fit of any doubt in the case and would only fine him ros . on each of the two summonses . Mr. Turner applied to be allowed the Ministry's plied to be allowed the costs in the case . The Chairman said that if they had imposed a heavier fine they might have considered it , but there was no evidence that it was an intentional offence . full of Choice and OUR Windows are Dainty XMAS PEACE GIFTS . A Present for all . Before Buying ask to see the Article you have chosen from our Window . Note Shop Early to avoid disappointment . the address : THE LEOMINSTER PRINTING CO . , 27 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . PEACE TO BE SIGNED NEXT JUNE . FRENCH FORECAST OF PROBABLE COURSE OF EVENTS . in the water intermediate motion , nearly new . - Apply , EDWARD CAVE , Drum Farm , near Leominster . E GGS FOR CHRISTMAS . Pickled Eggs at cur- rent prices ; also COCKERELS , PULLETS , Terrace , Kington . MISCELLANEOUS . CALENDARS , RATS . MICE , MOLES , COCKROACHES , and AVE You Bought Your XMAS CARDS , XMAS PRESENTS , TOY BOOKS , AUTOGRAPH PHOTO FRAMES , WRITING PRAYER AND HYMN BOOKS , WALLETS , HANDBAGS , TREASURY NOTE CASES , PURSES , BRASS INK - STANDS , and a numerous selection of all Presents from THE and Drapers Lane . LEOMINSTER PRINTING Co. , next Post Office FRENCH PRISONERS SHOT . MURDER OF NINE MEN ON EVE OF RELEASE CONFIRMED . Paris , Dec. 7. - The inhuman brutality which has characterised the Germans ' attitude towards Allied prisoners has received further illustration in the particularly revolting conditions in the camp at Langensalze . According to the first reports received by the Spanish Ambassador in Berlin , nine French pris- oners were shot point blank by the German guards at this camp , and fifteen others severely wounded . Two delegates from the Spanish Em- bassy sent to Langensalze confirmed the report of the abominable crime committed against the un- happy French prisoners , who were impatiently awaiting their forthcoming liberation . The report of the Spanish delegates , Minister at Berne has informed the Spanish French Government , shows that the attitude of as the the prisoners in no way justified such methods of repression . WILHELM'S NARROW ESCAPE . MISSES FRENCH BOMBS BY TEN MINUTES AT ALOST . Amsterdam , December 8.- " William the Last's Flight , from the Papers of a Court Official , " is the heading of a contribution to Thursday's " Vor- waerts . " In it one of the Kaiser's - former servants describes his master's flight and the of Paris , Friday . The " Echo de Paris " states " The preliminary Peace Conference , which has been fixed to meet early in January , will be held Foreign Affairs , and M. at the Ministry for Before that the very Clemenceau will preside . important preliminary conversations between the caped being blown to pieces by French bombs on serve to extent some received of the Allied statesmen will to clear the ground . favourable reports are " Very M. Clemenceau and Marshal conversations which Foch have had with President Wilson . " In all probability peace will be signed at Ver- sailles in June , and the triumphal entry of Mar- The Chairman said there were two questions be - shal Foch and his armies through the Are de as to the scales . contrary to the intimate sense of his conscience . " fore the Court , one as to the weight and the other Triomphe will take place a few days later . " It will surprise a number to read her comments on H. G. Wells , who is to her little more than à clever journalist ; but if it is true that writers can be piqued , maybe she has found herself sketched some of his pages . on com- Objections will be taken to this book ; some are likely to say that it savours too much of placency , even conceit , and that she takes herself too seriously . But we cannot see that there is much in the position ; the book has impressed us as excellent in style , and being of definite value to those who would know one period of our his- tory . We would not say complacency , but , rather Those who have been wise enough to take the justifiable self satisfaction of one who does not immediate medical advice frequently see so fear to be proud of her useful and successful Among the many Recollections of recent rapid a disappearance of their symptoms that career . years it seems to demand place next to Morley's , they no longer bother to go to their doctor or their clinic , They do not wait to be dis- and it has fully met the high expectations raised charged , they discharge themselves . Sooner by the notice of its publication . The GEO . ELLIOT LEE . or later the dread symptoms reappear . patient , therefore , must wait until he gets his discharge from his doctor , but as soon as he does he can feel confident that he is cured . Those who have exposed themselves to the risk of infection , should not wait till symptoms appear , but should at once ( within an hour , if possible ) consult for Early ( pre- sapper , who , wearing the ribbons ( said to be bogus ) ventive ) Treatment.doctor f HAD " THE TIME OF HIS LIFE . " Edmonton is laughing over the doings of a of the V.C. , D.C.M. , and M.M. , the Mons star , Day Those who are in any doubt or difficulty and six wound stripes , had the time of his life in should write for information and free literature the district last week ( says the Exchange ) . after day he would make a round of the public- to N.C.C.V.D. , 81 , Avenue Chambers , South- houses , and , displaying his decorations , declare he ampton Row , London , W.C.1 , marking your was hard up and had lost five brothers in the war . cnvelope " Medical . " This excited the sympathy of the people in the bar , who lavished drinks and cigars upon him . BACON AND EGGS . LARGER IMPORTS EXPECTED SOON . A police - constable , being suspicious , questioned the sapper respecting the decorations , In reply to further questions by Mr. Levick witness said defendant told him he allowed 2 lbs . 3 ounces of dough for a 2 lb. loaf . He ( witness ) . He had said that ought to come out all right . weighed other bread of Mr. Foster's before and it had been all right . Turner , the wit In re - examination by Mr. Turner , the witness produced a statement , signed by Mr. Foster on the date of his visit , in which he stated : During my absence scales which were out of repair were acci- dentally used by my assistants in weighing dough . Immediately into the oven . I discovered these scales had been used I sent them to be repaired . Mrs. Mary Carter , Mill Street , stated that before the Inspector called at the shop Mr. Foster de- livered 12 loaves . When the Inspector came she were supplied by pointed out the loaves which Mr. Foster . The weighing was properly done by the Inspector . were 011 I Cross - examined : The Inspector weighed all the bread in my shop . The loaves were all two pound loaves and two shelves . different should not know if the loaves had been mixed . The other bread was from Mr. Batten and was de- livered first . The Inspector weighed these loaves and found them correct . Mr. Turner stated that his last witness , Mrs. Wilson , was too ill to appear . He submitted that there was prima facie evidence in that case , even without the evidence of Mrs. Wilson . The Clerk ( Mr. C. E. A. Moore ) said he should advise the Bench that the evidence was insuffi- cient in that case . Mr. Turner accordingly withdrew the summons in respect of the bread supplied to Mrs. Wil THE DEFENCE . son . whereupon was for the the Soldier bolted . After a chase the man caught . allowed to elapse before any . notification of the proceedings reached Mr. Foster . Mr. W. P. Levick in stating the case Then , when a crowd collected , he com- All who lament the present dearth of imported menced to address the onlookers , shouting , " This defendant , commented on the extraordinary length bacon , eggs , butter and other dairy produce will is how I'm being treated after having fought for of time that was be interested to learn that it is expected in trade England and won the V.C. ! " The crowd made When the Inspector came to his shop and weighed circles that Denmark , from which country before certain loaves Mr. Foster was dissatisfied with the and only by threatening captor , the war we obtained most of the imported supplies several attempts to drag the soldier away from his manner in which he had weighed them and sent in question , will soon be producing at something truncheon could the policeman get the man to the approaching to her old rate . He is awaiting trial by Court - Martial . It is estimated that already during the months of October , November , and December of this year something like 100 millions of pickled eggs will have been imported at the East Coast ports . station . to use his . LAND GIRLS ' CHRISTMAS LEAVE . If the farmer with whom they are employed grants them a holiday , members of the Women's VOUR PRINTING and STATIONERY for Land Army will be granted free return railway MINSTER PRINTING Co. can supply áll your and conditions as the YOUR PRINTIN looking into . THE LEO- warrants for Christmas leave on the same terms BIG DEMAND FOR TIMBER . 300,000 STANDARDS FOR RECONSTRUCTION REQUIRED FROM THIS COUNTRY . as At the annual meeting of the English Forestry Association on Wednesday night , Major G. L. Courthope , M.P. , said the Timber Supplies Department were anxious to close down their war activities . soon as possible , but the War Cabinet were looking to the department to ensure a considerable quantity of The timber for reconstruction during the next year . Government demand alone was expected to be some- thing like 100,00 standards a month . They were expecting to employ about 16,000 de- mobilised British soldiers who had had experience in the work . This country would be required to find something like 300,000 or 350,000 standards of timber for reconstruction purposes during the next twelve months . Lord Selborne said a landowner had a right to ask if it were going to be a profitable investment to replant felled woods . He himself was much worse off than It was all his grandfather or his great - grandfather . his son would be able to do to live on his estate at all , however careful he was . TWO GIRL FRIENDS FOUND DEAD IN A BEDROOM . Two young women , one of them a V.A.D. nurse , have been found dead in bed at a flat in Grove End- road , St. John's Wood , and the circumstances of their are the few days preceding it . the events The writer says that the ex - Kaiser narrowly es- November 3. at Noord railway station at Alost , in Belgium , which was completely wrecked by six French airmen ten . minutes after the Kaiser's train had left . BEETLES cat greedily HARRISON'S " RELIABLE " RAT POISON . Cats and Doge will not touch it . Vermin dry up and leave no smell . Price 6d . , Is . , 28. 3d . and 38. 8d . Postage 2d.-G. W. Sold by Chemists . HARRISON , Chemist , Reading . Agent for Leominster , J. W. ROWE ( late J. Buckham ) , Chemist , High Street . M ESSRS . J. HARMSWORTH ( Ltd. ) , One of the largest , cheapest , and most reliable financiers in England , GRANT LOANS FREELY , from £ 20 to £ 20,000 , on simple promise to repay , without fuss , bother , or delay , Absolute secrecy guaranteed . NO FEES OF ANY DESCRIPTION . Write or call , Messrs . J. HARMSWORTH ( Ltd. ) , 17 , Charing - cross - road , London . ' Phone 1,354 , Gerrard . AR TO LET . PARTMENTS , with or without board , suitable for lady in business , " comfortable , highly recom- mended . - Apply , " R , " c / o News Office , Leominster . A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NOTE . FOR Sweets and Chocolates , Biscuits , Oranges , Children's Games and Toys , Dolls , TRY WEST END STORES , BARCATES , LEOMINSTER . TEN MILLION POUNDS GRANT FOR ROADS . WORK FOR 100,000 MEN ON 2,500 MILES OF HIGHWAY . To give a stimulus to a great scheme for the repair . of roads and bridges throughout Great Britain , the Government has set aside £ 10,000,000-14 millions from the Road Improvement Fund , the remainder to come from the Treasury . This amount will be used for grants to local authorities . A press representative was informed on Wednesday Describing the passage of the Royal train through Holland to Maarn , he says : - " What we experienced on this journey is sim- that the notable points of the scheme are : -Reconstruc- ply indescribable . Every single station we passed was like a teeming hive of bees . Everyone tried to outdo the others in hooting and whistling , and by putting out their tongues and spitting . " PAPERS ARMY CONTRACT CASE . COURT SEQUEL TO DISCOVERY OF IN DEAD MAN'S DESK . The hearing of the charges against Albert Pen- nington Crisp , formerly employed in the War Con- tracts Office , and Arthur Julian Homewood , of pub- lishing confidential documents relating to army clothing contracts , was further adjourned on Wed- nesday at Westminster . Sir A. Bodkin , prosecuting , said that Homewood was secretary and director of Woodrow and Co. , Ltd. , Prince's - street , Hanover - square ; tailors . Mr. Woodrow's death documents were found desk obviously supplied by Crisp to give informa- tion as to the tenders of other firms . Henry Edward Hardy , of the War Contracts tion of 2,500 miles of road ; Provision of work for 100,000 men ; 200 bridges to be reconstructed ; transfer- ence of plant from France , where it has served for war uses ; Release of pivotal men from the army - in- cluding road surveyors , foremen , engine drivers , chief clerks , lorry drivers , and quarry men . Before the war we expended 18 millions every year on the roads , including three millions for repayment of loans . WHAT BERLIN MISSED . BRITISH BOMBING SQUADRON , READY FOR FLIGHT . Details of the British preparations for the bombing of Berlin , now disclosed , show how narrowly the German capital escaped punishment . It was to of When the German request for an armistice was made A After preparations for the feat were already complete . his squadron of super - bombing planes was ready at a certain point on the East Coast awaiting orders leave . Each machine was loaded with two tons bombs , and crews of men selected from many keenly competitive volunteers were standing by in readiness . to be a purely British attempt from British soil to show what British machines could do . The crews held themselves in readiness to leave during the 72 hours ' grace allowed for the signing of the armistice terms , and had it not been signed the British bombing squadron would have set out that night for Berlin . Aeronautical experts who know what the machines are capable of doing believe they would have accomplished their object . Office said the document produced was confidential . Crisp had no right of access to any documents . Mr. Frampton ( for the defence ) : The only harm that could arise from these documents being pub- lished broadcast would be that contractors would have to tender at lower prices.?--Yes . The lower prices would benefit the State ? -Yes . MURDER OF AMERICAN AIRMAN . SHOT ON ORDER OF SOLDIERS ' COUNCIL , ON DECEMBER 5th . enth , aw at present a mystery eat friends , " were Miss Copenhagen , Wednesday . The Danish paper , the Edith Laurence , a teacher of music , and Miss Olive " Koebenhavn , " publishes the following , on Parry , a nurse . Miss Laurence was the occupier of authority of the English staying here , and states the flat , and Miss Parry had latterly stayed with her that the story is confirmed by three eye - witnesses : " On December 5th , at 7 o'clock in the evening , during visits to town . As they had not been seen came a camp near 1,000 LIVES IN PERIL . FOUR ATTEMPTS TO SET FIRE TO A PICTURE PALACE . Albert Kay Ash , a young assistant cinematograph operator , was charged on Wednesday at Goole with since Friday last a friend living in the flat above be- a young American flying officer , named Coheeny attempted arson . suspicious , and informed the agent for the ( ? ) , 27 years of age , who had been interned for The police were later called in , the door some time as a prisoner of war in Stralsund , went outside the barbed - wire entangle forced , and the two girls found dead in bed . ments for a moment . property . A gas jet was turned on in the bedroom , but the an " The Soldiers ' Council immediately issued atmosphere was not very dense . There was no evi- order to shoot Coheeny for this ' crime , ' although dence of any struggle . to a neighbouring chemist's for and oz . weights . The Inspector then returned him the loaves which were originally said to be wrong . As regards the bread supplied to Mrs. Carter , it was not of the same baking as that which was displayed in the The theory of suicide is discounted by the fact that the armistice had long been signed and Coheeny shop in West Street . Somos of the loaves supplied Miss Laurence on Friday evening made her usual to Mrs. Carter were three days old . Mr. Levick weekly purchases of household goods . She was a was no longer a prisoner of war in the real sense of the word . out and shot , three bullets " He was taken out and shot , three ball went on to speak of the difficulty of getting cach very pleasant girl , but had been much upset by the striking him , and a young British officer was loaf to eigh exactly two pounds and said that death of her mother . Her tenderness in nursing the wounded by one of the bullets . W.A.A.C.s and W.R.N.S. when two loaves which were stuck together were old lady during her long illness had been remarked " Coheeny's shocked comrades sought to carry by the neighbours . away his body , which lay in a pool of blood , but needs . ORDERS for PRINTING EXECUTED Applications should be made to the county secre- broken apart one loaf would rob the other . The police have been unable to trace the relatives this was forbidden by the Germans . " it came to the question of a of an ounce he PROMPTLY and in UP - TO - DATE STYLES . tary of the county in which a girl is working . county of the dead girls . When Superintendent Horton said that on Saturday four attempts were made to set fire to Goole Cinema Picture Palace , and when two of the attempts were made the house was crowded and the lives of 1,000 people were endangered . Ash's arrest followed on the discovery of a letter which he admitted having written , saying : " I shall try again in , a month or two . " . Ash declared that what he had done was part of an arrangement ho had with the son of the proprietor of another picture palace . Ash pleaded guilty , and said he was to receive money , for moving the machines out of focus and firing the These allegations were denied by the people place . implicated , and Ash was fined £ 3 . |