The Kington Times - February 1917
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Kington Times 24th February 1917 - Page 8
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| Date | 24/02/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 24th February 1917 |
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8 LEOMINSTER NOTES . The annual Home Missionary meeting in connection with Leominster Wesleyan Church , was held on Thursday night . In the absence of Alderman James Farr , J.P. , through in- disposition , the chair was taken by the Rev. Geo . Elliot Lee . In his annual report the Chairman said that somehow they associated their Home Mission work with the large mis- sions in the towns , and so they should , and though much of the glamour of those centres of spiritual industry was gone because they were accustomed to these things there was still in all these missions much romance and what was more , much good was still being done . Then the Home Mission Department turned its kind gaze towards the country parts of Methodism and tried to make the weak places strong and without that support and sympathy shown to them in many parts of the country they might almost cease to be . Bear- ing in mind the splendid £ 170,000 raised by the Foreign Mission House , the total of the Home Missions seemed quite small and he hoped the mention of it would make them feel it should be larger . Of the £ 37,000 raised not much was given to the large missions . Most of it went to village Methodism , and rightly so , for in village Methodism they had the best . Last year the Bristol and Bath District con- tributed just short of £ 1,000 . The Hereford- shire Mission sent £ 34 , and of that £ 9 175 . was from Leominster . He asked them to follow the lead taken by other sections in this matter . An address on " The Romance of Modern Methodism " was given by the Superintendent of the Mission , the Rev. W. H. Rolls , of Hereford . After saying that with the decline in membership and congre- gational worship many would think there was 110 romance in modern Methodism , the speaker went on to open the eyes of his audi- ence to some of the romance of Methodism in their own county , and declared that while the spirit shown by those he had mentioned was manifested the romance of Methodism would not be a thing of the past . Mr. Roll's proceeded to tell the romantic story of the Paisley Mission , in the rise of which his own great share was but modestly alluded to . In 1902 it was decided to abandon the attempt to plant Methodism in Paisley , there having been six young ministers there in five years . This was opposed by Mr. Rolls with the sug- gestion that new methods should be tried , the result being that in the end Mr. Rolls was placed in charge . He described his experi- ence there as an eight years ' revival . A hall had been built seating 1,300 people , with a membership of 460 , a class meeting of 100 to 150 , a regular Sunday morning congrega- tion of 500 to 600 , and an evening congrega- tion of 1,250 people . The whole cost to the Home Mission Fund had been £ 150 a year up to within three or four years ago . Mr. Rolls rightly asked if that was not romance . His stories of individual experiences too , were equally impressive and the whole address was a most eloquent though indirect appeal for the Home Mission Fund . There was a large congregation at Leomin- ster . Priory Church on Sunday evening when the Rev. W. Rowlands preached his farewell sermon . Mr. Rowlands took up his new duties as Vicar of Marstow with Pencoyd on Wednesday last . THE KINGTON KINGTON TIMES . FEBRUARY 24 , 1917 . If you want Really SMART BREECHES Go to PREECE & CO . , 5 , BROAD STREET AERODROME MYSTERY . AIRMAN SHOT IN HIS SLEEP . Now Compiling . BY APPO INTMENT . Twelfth Edition . of Kelly's Dictionary Herefordshire & Shropshire ( WITH MAPS ) . Price to Subscribers , 16 / - ; Non - Subscribers , 20 / - The Book will contain a TOPOGRAPHICAL a ccount of every Town , PARISH , VILLAGE , and TOWNSHIP , also the Names of the Nobility , Gentry and Clergy , The Professional , Mercantile & Trading Classes . There will also be full information given as to the COUNTY COUNCILS ; the HUNDREDS , UNIONS and COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS ; the CHURCHES , with the value of the Livings and the names of the Patrons and Incumbents ; the CHIEF LANDOWNERS , with details as to the PRINCIPAL SEATS in the Counties ; the HOSPITALS and CHARITIES , whether general or local ; the ACREAGE , SOILS and CROPS ; the MARKETS and FAIRS , & c . , & c . AGENTS ARE NOW EMPLOYED IN COLLECTING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION . London : KELLY'S DIRECTORIES , Ltd. , 182 , 183 , 184 , High Holborn . W.C. 481 PREMIER AND FOOD . URGENT APPEAL TO FREE CHURCHES . UNITED ACTION . " OUR RESPONSIBILITIES GRAVE BEYOND WORDS . " The Prime Minister has addressed to the President of the National Free Church Coun- cil , the Rev. J. H. Shakespeare , an urgent ap- peal for his help " in securing the fullest possible co - operation of all members of the Free Churches in carrying forward the great national campaign for economy and increased production . " use gardens , allotments , and waste land for in- AN OLD OFFENDER . SOLDIER WHO ESCAPED FROM THE CELLS . watch . HUNTING SUBMARINES . SEA AND AERIAL TRAPS TO DESTROY PIRATES . دو The British have captured an important number of small submarine craft in their nets , " writes M. Raymond Lestonnat , in the " Illustration ( says the Paris correspondent of the London " Express " ) . The writer ex- plains that there are two sorts of nets ; one which is used to bar certain channels , or the entrance to ports , and the other - of lighter fabric is employed by trawlers to drag the bottom of the sea . But the use of nets calls for the employment of a great number of men , many vessels , and , above all , a great deal of time . Despite these drawbacks , the use of nets continues , and their number is increasing . Shells are of no great use , because the sub- marine must be hit within one minute of it be- ing sighted , otherwise the vessel plunges out of sight . Therefore , the greatest use is made of a bomb which can be dropped vertically from an hydroplane , which can hover over places believed to be haunted by submarines , and sight them immediately when the atmos- pheric conditions are favourable . Many sub- marines been sunk by this engine . On board destroyers and patrol boats a powerful grenade is used . The engine of destruction can be controlled to explode at a pre - arranged depth , and it works automatically by the contact of water with the fuse . The grenade has an explosive area of twenty - five yards , suffi- cient to twist the hull plates of the submarine When Furnishing Buy from the Maker . Largest Stocks in North Herefordshire OF Furniture , Bedsteads Carpets , Linoleums AND China . FREE DELIVERY To any part of the Country . SPECIAL TERMS To those Furnishing Throughout John Holmes , Complete House Furnisher , & c . CORN SQUARE , LEOMINSTER . Driver John Wheeldon , A.S.C. , who pleaded guilty before a court - martial at Salisbury on and sink her . Saturday to escaping from the cells by cutting As soon as a patrol boat sights a submarine a hole in the floor , had a bad record . she goes full steam ahead towards her , and Major McManus produced the prisoner's at the same time opens fire with her guns . military record , which stated ninety - six days ' service he had been absent moves along beneath the water , occasionally that during The submarine dives to escape the shells and three times . A record of eleven convictions bringing her periscope to the surface to dis- for civil offences was placed before the court , cover her position . The slight wake caused commencing in 1901 , when he was sentenced by the passage of the periscope through the to three months ' hard labour for stealing a water is the only target the gunners have , and they do not fail to make the most of it . Derby Quarter Sessions and sentenced to eight submarine , and then the gunners begin to In 1904 he was convicted of burglary at The patrol boat endeavours to get above the This was followed in 1905 by three throw out the grenades at twenty - five yards years ' penal servitude for shop - breaking , four intervals . When a stain of oil appears on the years in 1908 for breaking into a country house , surface of the sea there is good reason to be- Sessions to five years ' penal servitude for the captains of the patrol vessels and in 1912 he was sentenced at Derby Quarter lieve that the submarine has been sunk , but housebreaking . LIVED ON BEETROOT AND TURNIPS . tremely reserved , and never claim to have The prisoner had nothing to say in mitiga- sunk a German submarine unless they can TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN SAXONY . tion of sentence , which will be promulgated in give proof . The only knowledge the public has of the Paris , February 21. - The Zurich correspon- gallant exploits of the patrol boats is when Tuesday that seven American Consuls arrived dent of the " Petit Parisien " telegraphs on they read the occasional meagre communiqué Flying Corps , was shot in the thigh and seri- Captain Allen , a young officer of the Royal ously injured while asleep in his bunk at a Lincolnshire aerodrome in the early hours of . " I know , " writes Mr. Lloyd George , " that Friday morning . a great deal has already been done to A searching investigation has failed to reveal any clue to the identity of Captain Allen's assailant . creased production of food in the coming year , When the shot was heard in the camp the but I am months . sure you will agree that we can sentries raised an alarm , make still greater efforts in this direction , and the guard turned out , and a search was made . was it is right that all who have been chosen to Captain Allen , who is only 22 years of age , should direct special thought and effort to mak- fill positions of leadership in our countryside was found with a bullet wound in the thigh , ing the best use of our native resources at the and a broken window pane showed the direc tion whence the bullet had come . Other offi- cers sleeping near Captain Allen were not dis- turbed by the report . There is little doubt that the shot was fired by some one standing in the camp . It would be a simple matter for him to conceal the weapon - probably a revolver - and escape in the darkness . Captain Allen's wound is not considered dangerous . He is under treatment at a mili- tary hospital near the aerodrome , and is re- ported to be progressing satisfactorily . NEVER CREATER IN HISTORY . FRENCH TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN'S MIGHTY WAR LABOURS . Paris , Feb. 18.-M. Philippe Millet , in the England's naval burden as follows : - " Petit Parisien , " concludes an article upon The creation , in the midst of war of a national Army , capable of facing the German hosts and beating them , is in itself notemorthy ; should have been carried out at the very time but that this unprecedented military effort the nation was devoting perhaps a fourth of its energies in completing the conquest of the air is a circumstance which is even still more worthy of respect . Dr. Cressy has kindly consented to give a course of nursing lectures in connection with the St. John Ambulance Association . The lectures will be given on Thursday afternoons at 2.30 , in , the Church Institute , Leominster , commencing next Thursday , March 1st . It Furthermore , Great Britain to - day considers is hoped that many will take the opportunity she has not done enough . After coolly taking of attending these lectures which have proved stock of the new peril threatening her , she of great value in the past . A fee of 3 / - for is organising herself in view of a new effort on the course of five lectures will be charged , to the seas , without ceasing on that account to defray expenses of room , etc. Further in- continually swell her armies . It is for this formation can be obtained from the Hon . reason that those who see her at work behind Secretary , Miss L. Norgrove , Townsend her curtains of haze and mist feel that she House , Leominster . has never been greater in history . Mrs. Lloyd Hall is very grateful for books and magazines for the Herefordshire Company of the Army Service Corps in France , from the following : -Mrs . Urwick , Mrs. Sharpe ( Kings- land ) , Mrs. Scandrett , Mrs , Weaver , Mrs. Bright , Miss Tew and " Anonymous . " * * DAYLIGHT SHOOTING . SOUTHEND WOMAN KILLED ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY . a woman of independent means , was shot on the outskirts of Southend At Leominster Picture Palace on Monday , Louisa Walker , Tuesday and Wednesday next the programme present crisis . THE ENEMY OF WASTE . " Pastors and teachers have a unique op- portunity of rendering national service now . We have to combat in every corner of the land the enemy of waste . We have to see that we are using our spare hours and the spare bits of land that lie around us in the national . service , by producing potatoes and other valu- able foods for the coming year . In this work old and young alike can do their bit , ' and how proud the young children of to - day will be when they look back in after years to this time , and think how they , too , helped their country to win the greatest of crusades in history . " But , as you know , action , to be fully effective , must be not simply individual , but united . England has rightly gloried in her free societies , and this tradition will again serve us well to - day . We must freely organise ourselves for production and distribution . Let the people everywhere , under their leaders , form themselves into groups to help one an- other in the work of production , for if we and manures , we shall make our work both combine our purchases , for example , of seeds easier and more economical women " ORGANISE " THE WATCHWORD . " The central and local authorities also , which are now in a position to give most valu- able help , cannot assist individual men and as they can deal with organised groups . Therefore , one of the first things to be done everywhere is for men and women locally to organise themselves into groups that they may help one another the better , and that they may co - operate with the public authorities . Organise ' must be one of our watchwords , and I ask you to appeal to the clergy and teachers of the Free Churches to take this work up energetically . due course . MAN boat met a FARM MURDER CHARGE . ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED HIS it . " MASTER'S DAUGHTER . At Beverley , on Saturday , John William Thompson , forty - two , a shepherd , was charged with the murder of Lucy Tindale , the daughter of Mr. John Tindale , of Constitution Hill Farm , where the accused worked . He was remanded for a week . Her The father stated that he was called from hts work in the fields because his daughter was missing . He searched the farm buildings and plantation and eventually found her body in a strawyard buried beneath some straw .. throat was cut , and near by was a part of a razor - case , said to belong to the prisoner , upon whom suspicion fell , as he had left his sheep and the farm . The evidence of Police - Sergeant Jackson life . showed that the girl had made a struggle for She was lying on straw saturated with Her body had been mutilated . The prisoner was arrested the same evening in Beverley by Detective Bailey , who said that portions of his clothing were saturated with blood . There was blood on the clay pipe he was smoking and on his hands . When the prisoner's attention was directed to the stains he said " I bled a sheep to - day . " He said he was not guilty . blood . FORTUNE - TELLING . RAID . THREE MONTHS ' IMPRISONMENT FOR GERMAN WOMEN . are ex- UNDERFEEDING OF CERMAN WORKERS . from the Admiralty , which states that a patrol at 10 p.m. from Germany . Amongst them submarine and " probably sank were the Consuls of Hamburg , Hanover , Dres- But the sea jealously guards their dan , and Stuttagrt , with their families , making trophies . forty - six persons in all . Mr. Morgan ( ex - Consul of Hamburg ) de- clared that he and his colleagues were sub- jected at Munich to most vexatious treatment . Despite their protests the police minutely searched all their luggage . For eight days they were without any foreign newspapers . Life at Hamburg , he said , was impossible , and his first wish on arriving in Swiss terri- tory was to eat a cutlet . " I was nearly done for , " said Mr. Morgan , " having recently lived on nothing but beetroot and turnips . " At the frontier station of Lindau the Con- suls had to submit to another visit and minute scrutiny of their passports and all their Mr. Brockhaus , the ex - Consul for Dresden , will contribute more to the decrease of births confirmed the statements as to the bad treat- SENSATIONAL STATEMENT BY SOCIALIST DEPUTY . STATESMEN PROMISE VICTORY BY U BOATS . Amsterdam , Feb. 19. - In the course of a Socialist Deputy , Herr Hoffman , said : - debate in the Prussian Diet on Saturday the " Underfeeding is a pressing danger for papers . health , especially for women . This terrible war than you perhaps imagine . Heavy work has ment by the German authorities , and the ter- mothers . caused serious injury , especially to young rible conditions of life in Saxony . the evening have to toil sufficient nourishment . " For those who from morning to late in must be provided . On Tuesday morning I saw a gathering of 6,000 men who had left munition factories owing to collapse from underfeeding . " COURT HORSES DRAW COAL . THEATRES CLOSED IN VIENNA AND BUDAPEST . Vienna Amsterdam , February 19. According to the theatres , cinemas , concert halls , and clubs there have been closed . correspondent of the " Tyd , " all The Emperor and Empress have given a num- ber of horses from the Court stables for use foodstuffs . At Marylebone , on Saturday , Mr. Denman , the magistrate , held his first sitting to deal with the six defendants who were arrested on palmists in the neighbourhood of the Edgware- road , London . The German papers state that owing to the Divisional Inspector Sanders , of Paddington , who engineered the raid , said that the first scarcity of coal all the Budapest theatres are place he visited was the flat of Mme . Jacques , to be closed from Wednesday . at goa , Portsdown - road . The door was opened by a woman whose manner of speech sounded strongly Teutonic . He asked her who she was and she replied that she was Mme . Jacques's adopted daughter . Finally she ad- mitted that she was born in Hamburg , and she had not registered because she was afraid of being interned . WALKED INTO LAKE IN THE DARKNESS . ARTIST - OFFICER'S TRAGIC HOME- " THE LAST THROW OF THE DICE . " GERMAN SOCIALISTS THREAT OF REVOLUTION . Paris , February 16th . - Most of the American correspondents who accompanied , Mr. Gerard . seem to be of opinion that Germany of to - day . is militarily strong enough to undertake an- other great stroke in the field . Since Hinden- burg has arrived at the position of being the nation's biggest leader everyone in Germany ings undergone , and is now working for one has for the time being forgotten the suffer- object . If the triumph they hope for is not a slash- there can be no doubt that the Socialist party , headed by Scheidemann , who to - day is a much greater power than people outside Germany realise , will impose a peace of some kind or other on the Kaiser and the military caste , " Not very long ago , " said a correspondent , " I heard the Schiedemann had told the powers that be that if the German Govern- ment would not try to make peace he would put himself at the head of a revolutionary This explains the recent peace proposals of Germany . movement . There is no time to Iose ; the spring will soon be upon us , and unless we catch the spring our chance this year has gone . Our responsibilities at this time are grave beyond In broad daylight on Friday afternoon Miss words . No one can say how much the future Friday in the police raid upon clairyoyants and in connection with the transport of coal and ing one , certain to put an end to the war , our efforts during these next few depends on months , and I look to you and your colleagues is headed by a magnificent film version of by a man who is supposed to have got away helping forward in the Free Churches to take a great part in Thomas Hughes ' immortal story this Tom by the 4.25 train to London . work throughout the Brown's Schooldays . " There should be large audiences to witness this grand picture . The tragedy occurred in Eastwood Road , length and breadth of the land . " Also Leigh - on - Sea , when Miss Walker was return- on the programme are " Nancy's Nightmare " ing home from shopping , and it is believed ( comedy ) ; " The Fable of the Willing Col- that robbery was the motive , as a small hand- legian " ( comedy ) , and " Pathe's Gazette . " bag is missing , although a locket and chain On Thursday , Friday and Saturday the special were not taken . attraction is " The Eternal City , " Hall Caine's A resident of the district , who was walking famous story . The splendid selection to be some distance behind the murdered screened also includes " Dreamy Dud Lost at has given an account of the occurrence . Sea " ( comedy cartoon ) , " The Fable of the says he heard a shot , and saw Miss Walker Undecided Brunette " ( comedy ) , and the ninth fall forward in the road . He ran towards episode of " The Red Circle . " The War her , and on reaching her found that she was Office film , showing the Battle of the Ancre still breathing , but she died before he could and the advance of the Tanks will shortly ap- summon assistance . A notice issued by the Chief Constable of A largely attended meeting of the Mothers ' half before the occurrence a youth , described Union was held at the Parish Hall , Leominster , as about 19 , 5ft . 3in . or 4in . in height , dark on Tuesday afternoon . The Vicar presided hair , dark clear complexion , and thin and an admirable address on the subject of features narrowing at the chin , was seen loiter- thrift was given by Mrs. Alfred Butterworth , ing within a short distance of the spot where wife of the Diocesan Missioner . The members the crime took place . He was wearing a dark were afterwards entertained to tea . cloth overcoat and a dark cap . pear . It may not be known to all that Leominster possesses a Company of Girl Guides . how to do it . The duties impressed upon the members are to be prepared to help their country , to be brave and womanly and strong . They are taught to be ready at any moment to face difficulties and even dangers by knowing what to do and The 1st Leominster Company of Girl Guides has secured the services of the Bristol Captain who inaugurated the movement there and successfully organised a Company for over five years . Any girl , therefore , who joins now would have every prospect of becom ing proficient in various branches of useful work . Examinations are frequently held and badges won by those who pass the tests . The meetings are held at the Y.W.C.A. Institute , woman , He Southend is to the effect that an hour and a GREAT STRIKE AT KRUPPS . 17.000 MEN DEMAND MORE FOOD AND WAGES . respondent of the " Telegraaf " learns that for Amsterdam . February 21. - The frontier cor- the past fortnight threre has been a srtike at Krupp's works at Essen , in which 17,000 work- men are involved . food . They are demanding higher wages and more Many of them have been sent to the front . RUNAWAYS ' TAXES . FAMILY POISONED . TWO CHILDREN DEAD AND TWO SERIOUSLY ILL . - Several members of the family of Llewellyn Jones , collier , Park - street , Failsworth , Man- chester , have been stricken with illness caused , it is suspected , by ptomaine poisoning . One of the children , Dora , three , died on Friday , and three others , Harriet ( four ) , Lizzie ( two ) , and an infant of eight months found to be suffering apparently from the same kind of illness were removed to the Manchester Royal Infirmary on Saturday . On Sunday morning Harriet died , and the condition of the other two was reported to be still serious . father , Llewellyn Jones , was also affected , but he is being treated at home . The A post - mortem examination has been made , and the police have taken away the food that remained in the house . SALMON ATTACKED BY EELS . was walking along the banks of a well - known While a " Scotsman press correspondent salmon river in Ross - shire in the month of June , his attention was drawn by the peculiar pool . The fish The woman had nothing more to say in defence , and Mr. Denman sentenced her to three months ' imprisonment , with a recom- mendation for deportation to follow . " Mme . Jacques " pleaded guilty to harbour- ing the woman Ludolph , and admitted that her real name was Annie Sophie Sharp . To the fortune - telling charge she had very little to say , except that she " always tried to be honest . " She was sent to prison for three months on each charge , the sentences to run concurrently . Mme . Zaidia , whose real name is Elizabeth Johnston , and whose " psychic " parlour is at No. 57 , Edgware - road , was also convicted as a rogue and a vagabond and fined £ 20 or three months ' imprisonment . The cases of Mme . Vox ( Agnes Constance Macdonald ) , who was arrested while engaged in reading the hand of a wounded officer ; Mme . Leslie , and Mme . Fieder ( who shed bitter tears in the dock ) were adjourned for a week . SOLDIER'S WIFE FINED . Wife of a soldier now at the front , Beatrice when first observed was splashing among thema Smith , of Adeney - street , Fulham , was West London on Saturday fined £ 10 and 3 behaviour of a salmon in Rainbow Street , on Mondays , from 6.30 until GERMAN HOLD ON CITIZENS WHO WANT eels , about a foot long . The eels kept together op.m. and girls from 12 to 18 may join at any time . Particulars may be obtained by apply- ing to Mrs. Elliot , 19 , Drapers Lane , Leomin- ster . SCIENCE NOTES . SOME MODERN EXPLOSIVES . Writing in " Chambers's Journal " romance of modern explosives , Mr. James H. on the Young says that to Sir Frederick Abel , then Mr. Abel , was due the solution of the prob- stones at the tail of the pool . It then darted back into its prison , where , owing to the shal- lowness and clearness of the water , its move- ments could be followed without much diffi- culty . It was now observed that the fish was being followed or pursued by seven or eight TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY . in a pack , pausing now and again for a Amsterdam , Wednesday . A Berlin telegram shallow water where the salmon rested for a moment beside a submerged stone , or in the states that the Reichstag , in addition to the moment , then setting off again after the fish . Budget for 1917 , will deal with a Supplemen- At last the salmon became exhausted , and tary Budget providing for non - recurring ex- floundered hopelessly at the tail of the pool . traordinary expenditure of fifteen milliards of The eels immediately seized it by the gills and marks € 750,000,000 ) to be covered by credits . the belly , but the writer saved it from the A Bill will also be laid before he Reichstag fate which otherwise would have overtaken it . Tax . adding 20 per cent . , to the extraordinary War 20 per cent . the ext the war taxes by leaving Germany a Bill will In order to prevent persons from evading such persons lem which had so persistently baffled the be introduced requiring from efforts of his predecessors and contemporaries security for future war taxes . that is a process for the purification of gun- cotton . Indeed its utility as a disruptive agent may be said to date from Sir Frederick's discovery in 1865 a discovery by which gun- cotton is thoroughly purified , and the material converted into thoroughly compact , homo- DEATH WITH HER PETS .. WOMAN AND HER DOG AND CATS SUFFOCATED . 35. costs for having pretended to tell fortunes . It was stated that she used a pack of cards , and the defendant , in giving evidence , said that the six of clubs represented a hospital and the ten of spades a sick man . The Magistrate : What about the elderly gentleman ( mentioned to a witness ) ? -That is the king of diamonds . The Magistrate And the fair lady , I sup- pose , will be the queen of hearts ? BULGARIAN ATROCITIES .. PERPETRATED ON RUSSIAN PRISONERS . of Petrograd , Friday . - The hopes of those who believed that the Bulgarians would refuse to fight with their Russian liberators and historic HOW THE RUSSIANS RECAPTURED A benefactors have been refuted by the atroci- TRENCH . Petrograd , Feb. 21. - The details of a big enemy attack on the front near Zlotchew are related by a correspondent of the Nord Sud Agency . Not less than twenty heavy and light German batteries opened an intense fire , which geneous masses . This did not necessarily eli- minate the risks of manufacture - at the Stow- was especially concentrated upon a dominating market factory , in August . 1871. twenty - four vestigated on Wednesday at St. Pancras . A woman's death with her three pets was in - height occupied by the Russians , while other employees were blown to atoms but it cer heavy batteries swept the Russian organisation tainly did a tremendous lot to minimise the soldier at the front , was found on the floor of Matilda Eliza Gastand , 54 , wife of a French in the immediate rear . For some time the perils with which gun - cotton manufacture was her room , which was full of gas . Russian positions were hidden in thick clouds environed . Three taps of smoke pierced by flashes . Then at about CORDITE . of a gas stove had been turned on . Beside five o'clock in the afternoon the fire reached Cordite is much the woman was her favourite dog , and two cats , its maximum of intensity , and after a momen- more powerful than gun- on top of her chest of drawers , the other on tary pause the Germans advanced in serried cotton , and is composed of nitro - glycerine , on the floor , had also been suffcated with the ranks to the attack . gun - cotton , and vaseline , which are dissolved gas . The first ranks were overwhelmed by the terrific artillery and mitrailleuse fire , with which they were met , but fresh human waves by so many parts of acetone . These are mixed A witness said she had seen the cats play together until they form a soft , putty - like with the gas taps and even turn one of them paste . It is then forced through holes in a Mrs. Gastand had been depressed about on . An open verdict was returned . STORY OF AN ADOPTED CHILD . metal plate , and emerges in long strings , the war . whence its name " cordite " comes . A smoke- less powder , cordite is commonly used in firing our big guns . How the , huge shells , weighing in some cases nearly a ton , are thrown dis- tances varying from seven to twenty odd miles is one of the marvels of modern munitions . The shell itself is filled with lyddite - so called because it was first tested at Lydd , a little place in Kent . LYDDITE . ties committed by the Bulgarian soldiers upon Russian prisoners , and by proclamations thrown from aeroplanes stating that from the moment on which Russians came into conflict with Bulgaria every link between Bulgarians and Russians was broken , and for ever . Nevertheless a Bulgarian officer who re- cently surrendered to the Ressians with all his platoon declared that his conscience would not allow him to continue the fratricidal struggle . REMARKABLE STREET EXPLOSION . STONE FLAGS LIFTED TO HOUSETOPS . A terrific explosion on Sunday , tore up over Preston , where gas and electric mains are 50 yards of pavement in Meadow Street , followed , and finally succeeded in entering the with the housetops , and some fragments were side by side . Stone flags were lifted level first - line trenches , which by that time were almost completely destroyed by the bombard - carried over the houses . ment . The Russian artillery immediately con- At one point gas escaping from the main centrated its fire upon the lost trench , while ignited , and for several hours flames several Russian reserve battalions under the leader feet high illuminated the sky . Some damage . was done to property , but no one was injured . ship of the gallant Colonel Siline attacked the enemy on the flank , and , after a short but to their positions . child from another woman outside a London A strange story of a woman who accepted a sharp bayonet fight , hurled the Germans back workhouse and took it home in the hope that it would bring her and her husband closer to- gether was told at the Marylebone Police Court This explosive is largely composed of one of on Wednesday , when Lilian Peggy Machin , a derivatives of coal - tar - namely , picric well - dressed young woman , was charged on re- To convert and develop the explosive mand with neglecting to maintain her daughter properties of this new discovery to the pur- Lilian , aged three months . the acid . POLICEMAN'S DUTY TO LIE . In the hearing at the Old Bailey on Wednes- POLICE INSPECTOR SUMMONSES HIS OWN SERVANT . It was stated that day of the White City recruiting case , Detec- poses of war was only a matter of time and the child belonged to a Scotswoman , who handed tive - Sergeant Sauge admitted telling untruths experiment for the expert chemists . They did the infant over to the prisoner , and she , after to one of the defendants when he was making stabulary , was summoned for having no red not labour in vain , for they found that by taking the infant in the hope that it would investigations melting picric acid crystals until they turned help to a reconciliation with her husband , gave Mr. Vachell : You don't mind telling lies Witness : As a police officer , I carried out Pris- my instructions . It was my duty in this case . The hearing was adjourned . into a fluid of the consistency of cream , and it into the custody of a nurse , who she agreed when it suits your purpose ? then combining this fluid with gun - cotton to pay 7s . a week . The accused did not re- melted in alcohol , they got an explosive more turn , and was ubsequently arrested . terrifying and tremendous in its . destructive oner was discharged . powers than anything else known . What was described as a case of the " biter bit " was heard at Enfield Police Court on Monday , when Alice Herbert , a domestic servant , employed by Inspector Johns , in charge of the Enfield Division Special Con- rear light whilst cycling . said the servant was in a hurry on the night Inspector Johns in question , having been to see a doctor . In imposing a nominal fine of 2s . 6d . , the Chairman expressed sympathy with the In- spector on his hard luck . COMING . The Leeds coroner held an inquest on Mon- day on Major Walter Braithwaite , one of the oldest and best known Territorial officers in the city , who was found dead in a pond at Meanwood . 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