The Kington Times - May 1917
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Kington Times 5th May 1917 - Page 8
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| Date | 05/05/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 5th May 1917 |
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8 LEOMINSTER NOTES . Our readers will be pleased to hear that the Mayor ( Alderman H. Gosling ) is slowly im- proving . His fellow townsmen will join in the wish that his recovery will be a rapid one and that he will be speedily restored to his accustomed health and energy . At a meeting of the managers of the Leo . minster British Schools this week Miss New- man was appointed chairman and Rev. J. C. Elder vice - chairman . The managers have taken the Leominster Town Tennis Courts at Buckfield for the summer months in order that the children may have open - air classes . An appeal will be made to the public of Leominster to - day ( Friday ) on behalf of the Lifeboat Institution . This magnificent work has always been worthy of support but in war time its appeal is stronger than ever , Hun- dreds of men from this district have faced the perils of the sea , and remembering this , there should be a generous contribution from the town for the lifeboats , which have had a record year for life - saving . Many lifeboatmen have given their lives in this noble service , and they have been the means of rescuing thousands of our brave men . We hope that Leominster will show its appreciation by liberally supporting the effort which is being made to - day . • The only business at Leominster Borough Police Court on Thursday morning was the signing of the Leominster Borough Poor Rate . The magistrates in attendance were Mr. R. B. Sandiland and Mr. E. Cole . years . " A summoned meeting of the Loyal Lord Hill Lodge of Oddfellows was held on Monday night at the Oddfellows Hall , Rainbow Street , the principal business being to receive the resignation of Bro . W. G. Beaman , who has held the post of permanent secretary for five Bro . Beaman's retirement was oc- casioned by extra work , he having been ap- pointed by the Surveyor of Taxes to assist Miss Colley , who has succeeded her late brother , There were two candidates for the office , Bro . H. G. Griffiths and Bro . J. W. Price . Both were proposed as permanent secretary of the lodge and neither withdrawing a ballot was taken . The result was the elec- tion of Bro . J. W. Price who received 33 votes , Bro . Griffiths receiving 23. The new per- manent secretary of the Lord Hill Lodge has been a member for 35 years , becoming a juvenile member when he was 10 years of He previously held the office of per- age . manent secretary of the Lodge for five years after the death of his father Mr. William Price , in 1902 . On Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday next the principal attraction at Leominster Picture Another drama THE KINGTON TIMES . MAY 5 , PANIC AT A PICTURE THEATRE . FOUR CHILDREN KILLED AND TWELVE INJURED . A panic , which resulted in the deaths f four children and injuries to twelve others , occured on Saturday at the close of a per- formance at the Electric Picture Palace , High Street . Deptford . The following are the names of the dead : -Mildred Amelia Ryan , 3 years , of 10 , Juncton Road , Deptford ; Sarah Elizabeth Johnstone , 8 years , of 108 , Watergate Street , Deptford ; Edward Turrell , 7 years . of 9 , Berthon Road , Deptford ; Leonard Webster , 7 years , of 7 , Dorking Street , Deptford . The two little boys were taken to a house near by , when it was ascertained that life was extinct , while the two girls died shortly after their admission to the Miller General Hospital in Greenwicn Road . children received treatment for slight injuries . The tragedy occurred shortly after four o'clock , just at the close of a special perfor- mance . Noticing a number of adults prepar- ing to leave the building . several children , it ret out of the picture palace early . is stated , made a rush for the exit , so as to Others following suit , a general stampede ensued . Passers - by in the street came to the conclu- sion that something unusual had taken place . and , unfortunately at this juncture a cry , of " Fire ! " was raised outside in the street . The children , pushing eagerly forward , followed each other to the doors , only to find their es- cape impeded by crowds of people who were trying to get through the exit to ascertain what was occurring . At the same institution twelve other Everything possible was done by the manage- ment to calm the audience , but the rush con- tinued , and numbers of children were knocked down and trampled upon . Meanwhile , con- tingents of fire brigades arrived on the scene in response to the alarm of fire , but only to find that there was no outbreak . The mem- bers of the brigades , however , immediately ap- plied themselves to rescue work . NORWICH EXPRESS MYSTERY . DRIVER AND FIREMAN INJURED BY EXPLOSIVE OBJECT . The driver The Romford ( Essex ) police have been in- formed that while the Norwich express was passing between Hare Hall Lane and Gidea Park Station , on Tuesday . something hit the cab of the engine and exploded . was hit on the right shoulder , his clothes be- ing cut through , and the fireman was severely wounded on the face . Fortunately they were able to continue their duties . The train was travelling at about fifty miles per hour . A small coil of copper wire was afterwards found on the engine . NEW CERMAN PLOT . PLAN TO SEIZE MR . WILSON . The special correspondent of the night- " Daily GOLDINGS Oil Merchants and General Providers House Furnishers and Ironmongers Special Lines in Teapots , Jugs & Toilet Sets Earthenware Pans and Cream Steens WALLPAPERS in Great Variety WEST STREET , LEOMINSTER W. E. RODGERS , Proprietor AVIATOR FALLS ON HIS HOME . MOTHER DISCOVERS HER DYING SON . An accident , attended by pathetic circum- stances , occurred to an airman while ' flying over Streatham on Sunday . As a result of the terrible injuries which he sustained , Lieut . F. N. Clark , of the Royal Flying Corps , died on Sunday . The accident happened in the neighbourhood of Leigham Court Road , within a few yards of the residence of his father , Mr. Edward Clark , of The Knoll , and his parents were among the Mr. Clark first to rush to his assistance . helped to extricate his son from the wreckage and carried him indoors . " It is not your boy , " said a friend to Mrs. Clark as she reached the scene ; but that did not dispel the uncertainty . The injured officer lay entangled amongst the burning debris , and his father heedless of the danger , tackled it at close quarters in a desperate effort to release the sufferer . It was only when the injured man had been brought clear of the flames that his mother , removing his cap , saw it was her son . Palace is a cinema version of " The Harbour News " in New York telegraphed on Friday time of the accident . Lights , " George R. Sims ' famous drama , featuring Gerald Lawrence . which will make a strong appeal is entitled " The Girl of Lower Nine . " A really good comedy is also included in " The Bright Lights , " and the latest news will be found in Max Lynar , a German reservist , has made a sensational confession to Service men . Government Secret ney of 1917 . IMPERSONATED A DEAD MAN . Sheffield magistrates on Saturday sentenced William Garner ( 39 ) to a month's hard labour on a charge of making a false statement in connection with registration . The police said the man was a deserter from the Noltits and Derby Regiment . He came to When Furnishing Buy from the Maker . work in Sheffield after having lived as a lodger Largest Stocks in North Herefordshire with a woman at Matlock whose husband com- mitted suicide at Blackpool last summer . To the Sheffield authorities Garner presented the dead man's national , registration card , and posed as the rightful possesser of it . In this way he managed to cover up his tracks as deserter until enquiries from the Matlock authe orities revealed that the man named in the card had been dead for some time . MASQUERADING AS A MAN . U For two years , it was stated at West Lon- don Police Court on Friday , Margaret Ho ! - land , a young woman of 23 , had been mas- querading as a man . In 1915 , she posed as a Belgian refugee , and was sent to prison at Gateshead for three months for failing to reg- ister as an alien . Later at Newcastle she got a similar sentence for obtaining board and lodging by false pretences . She was now again sent to prison for three months for obtaining board and lodging by representing that she was chauffeur to an officer . ว VICAR KILLED WHILE CYCLING . We regret to announce that the Rev. Walter J. Abbott , vicar of Christ Church , ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS . Penge , was knocked down and , killed by a motor omnibus on Monday afternoon while cycling in Green - lane , Penge . He has laboured with much success during the past 12 years , and has raised large sums of money for parochial work in Penge . Twelve years ago his father , the vicar of St James ' , Pad- dington , died suddenly while preaching in that church . PACIFIST USES HIS FIST . In the course of an argument with a fellow- workman , William Bacon , a conscientious ob jedtor , at Bristol , showed fight . The recruit- ing authorities heard of the incident and called the man before the Bristol Tribunal , where it argued by the military representative on Mon- day that if he could attack another man he could fight the Germans . The man admitted the blow , but pleaded that " We are all in the flesh , and we are all apt to fall . " A His permission to perform the work ct National Service was withdrawn , and he was ordered to join a non - combatant corps . member of the tribunal suggested that the man ought to go into the fighting forces . LOST MAILS . A mail from the Salonica Force , dispatched on April 8 and probably containing five days ' correspondence for the United Kingdom , nas been lost at sea through enemy action ; also mails for the Egyptian Expeditionary Force , containing correspondence ( but not parcels ) for that force which reached London for dispatch on March 31 and April 1 , 7 , and 8 . BIRCH - ROD OF NO AVAIL ... EYE - WITNESS'S STORY . " The aeroplane had been flying very low when its erratic movements suggested that the pilot was in difficulties . " said James Richards , a young man who was in the vicinity at the " Then , so far as I could judge , the aeroplane struck a tree - or if it did not , it must have just brushed it - Four boys , aged from nine to thirteen , were and the next minute it rosed against a chim- charged at Walsall on Monday with breaking a house which stands high in the into the premises of Messrs . D. and W. Jones , gathering in Northern Mexico have been arm - ine was a mass of flame . The machine sim- ing 3s . 7d . The 122,000 German reservists who have been Leigham Court Road , and I saw that the en- corn merchants , Corporation Street , and steal The lads obtained access to the premises by forcing a window , and they d- Acording to Lynar , and the moment for her ply smashed into the garden . " Members of the staff of St. Peter's Nurs : mitted to Detective Bell that they spent the ing despatched to Europe to aid the Allies . attack was to come when the troops were being Home in Leigham Court Road saw the money in " going to the pictures . " One of the aeroplane from their garden . The invaders did not fear much opposition nursing sisters who was in the palm - house in a march from the border to Washington , spoke of the machine travelling beautifully , where it was planned to sack the Treasury course in switch - back and seize Mr. Wilson as a hostage . The Ger- taking an undilating mans hoped to have the support of the bandit style and making big swerves . Villa and his force of some 20,000 men as a Then the machine nosed down , and smoke rearguard . and flames shot up in great volumes . The sister realised that a serious accident was inevitable , and hastened downstairs to see On picture form in the Pathe Gazette . Thursday , Friday and Saturday next Fallen Star " heads the bill . film in which Albert Chevalier fills the leading This stirring role , tells of the ups and downs of an actor's life . Billy Merson , who is described as the prince of comedians , appears in a first rate comedy " The Perils of Pork Pie . " Also on a splendid programme are " His Pride and Shame " ( two - part comedy ) , the fourth episode of " The Laughing Mask , " and Pathe Gazette . For the following week " The Romany Rye , " by George Sims has been secured among other excellent films . als The Matron of Leominster Cottage Hospital acknowledges with thanks the following gifts : potatoes , Lieut . - General Sir Elliott Wood ; eggs , Egg Depot ; eggs , Miss Burlton ; eggs , Miss Wood ; eggs , Boys of the Junior Church of England School ( per Miss Morris ) ; rhubarb , Mrs. Burlton ; vegetables , Mr. Smith ( Barons Cross ) ; vegetables , Mr. Farr . On Thursday morning a pony attached to a trap with Miss Bowen , of Stoke Prior , as the only occupant , ran away owing to the belly- band breaking . The pony bolted into South Street and ineffectual attempts were made to stop it by two men . When near Mr. Hudson's residence , the animal was brought to a stand- still by Nurse Rodneidgh , who displayed great pluck and coolness . We are sorry to hear that Nurse Rodneidgh has sustained a sprained wrist . The perfect spring weather of the past week has enabled arrears of work on the land to be dealt with . The grain was got in practically to time and farmers are now well forward with the root ground . The Corporation allot- ment holders have made splendid progress lately and good results are anticipated . might be well to follow the example of other districts and to offer prizes for the most pro- ductive plots , in order to encourage the holders to still further efforts to get the most out of the land that is possible . DEPLORABLE AIM . " It ing steadily and manufacturing munitions , ac- IN OPEN BOATS . PIRATE CREW STAND WITH FOLDED ARMS LAUGHING AT THEIR VICTIMS . Cadet Ralph Hemmings , of the Alnwick Castle , writing from New York to his relatives at Leicester , states that the vessel was tor- pedoed by a U boat on her fourth day out . The crew immediately took to the boats . Five men Chief Constable Thompson said three of the boys were before the magistrates only on Fri- day last , and were ordered six strokes with the birch - rod each , but they committed this second offence after they had been flogged . These three boys were remanded with a view to their being sent to an industrial School , and the fourth boy was discharged . In a subsequent case , in which four school- boys were charged with breaking into an office , That dressings were prepared in order to meet any emergencies . At the same time some of Alderman the nurses hurried to the scene of the accident . Hardly had the preparations been made at the nursing home than Lieut . Clark , rolled in rugs , was carried in . LYING YOUNG AVIATOR ANXIOUS TO Clarke ( magistrate ) described the thieving by juveniles which was going on in Walsall to be " something awful . " He added : " We are getting into a nice state of things with children . " SPENT MORE THAN HALF HIS LIFE IN GAOL . FIRST IRISHMEN TO VISIT AMERICA . In " The Irish Abroad : A Record of the Achievements of Wanderers from Ireland " . ( Pitman and Sons ) , Mr. Eliot O'Donnell gives an interesting account of their traditional dis- coverty of America : " According to tradition , the first Irishmen to visit America were two sailors , Barind and Mernoc , who landed on the Eastern shores et the Northern Continent about A.D. 500 , and , after penetrating a few miles inland in search of food and water , returned to Ireland . Tue interest and curiosity , St. Brendan , a native news of their discovery exciting the liveliest of Kerry , and an old pupil of Bishop Ere , Brandon , about seven miles from Dingle . He fitted up an expedition , and sailed from Mount had with him a mostly monks for monks in those days could turn their hands to anything and , after a crew of about sixty men , voyage lasting many weeks , reached what some ' affirm to have been the Eastern Coast of North America . They penetrated into the in- terior for fifteen days , and , returning to many animals of a their ship laden with fruit and the flesh of species entirely unknown Their landing - place they had named Hy - Brea- to them , retraced their course to Ireland . sail , and from their description of the interior of the country they had explored - its climate . birds , and animals - it certainly bore a far closer resemblance to the Southern than to the Northern Continent . " WHEN A LOVER WANTS SHAKING . The rhapsodies sung by lover to whomsoever he can find to listen to the impassioned his praises of the beloved one are amusingly derided by Kate Douglas Wiggin in " Pene- lope's Postcripts " ( Hodder and Stoughton ) : - " Is it not strange that a man will talk to one woman about the charms of another for days upon days without ever realising that she than listening to him ? For an hour or two , may possibly be born for some other purpose 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 . YARDE And Co's Gold Medal SEEDS Early PEAS per pint . PILOT , 10d . ( Best Pea in Cultiva- tion , similar to Gradus , but 8 days earlier , and much more hardy ) . LAXTON , 9d .. DAY'S EARLY SUNRISE , 8d . SHERWOOD , 9d DAISY ( new ) 6d . Main Crop Peas . Duke of Albany 9d Enormous cropper , 10 to 12 peas in each pod . Gladstone , 8d AUTOCRAT , 9d Stratagem , 6d Mangel Seed . 1s . per lb. of course , any sympathetic Or generous- minded person can be interested in the confi- BE ABLE TO FLY AGAIN . dences of a lover ; but at the end of weeks or months , during which time he has never once The circumstances under which the young . When a grey - haired man , named Samuel regarded his listener as a human being of the Streatham airman , Flight - Lieut . F. N. Clarke , told at the Carr ( 63 ) , pleaded guilty at the Guildhall ( Lon- no way inferior to his beloved - at the end of feminine gender , with eyes , nose , and hair in met his death on Sunday were The airman's don ) on Monday , to stealing a parcel of rugs that time he should be shaken , smitten , waked EXHIBITION LONG BEAN , 8d . inquest . on Tuesday at Brixton uncle said his nephew , who was only 19 , left from a van in the City , a long list of previous from his dreams , and told in ringing tones school to join the R.F.C. convictions , dating from 1875 , were proved that in a tolerably large universe there are GREEN WINDSOR , An eye - witness of the tragedy said the young against him . His terms of penal servitude for probably two women worth looking at , the one - 6d . airman was flying low . He skimmed the top larceny and horse stealing included three years , about whom he is talking , and the one to . EARLY LONG POD six years , fourteen years , and whom he is talking . " four years . There were a number also of sum- top of a house and tried to rise ; but had left seven years , it too late and struck the chimney . Onions . mary convictions against him . Rousham Park Hero , 10d The " I ran for- " What made us most angry , " he writes , was that the whole crew of the German sub- marine came on deck and stood with their arms folded laughing at us . The submarine was quite close . quickly , but our captain said ' It will be no We sighted another vessel use going to her , ' and sure enough in another five minutes we heard a crash and saw her blown to smithereens . We were 105 hours in an open boat in the Bay of Biscay . went mad through drinking sea water , and all aeroplane fell in flames in the front garden of five died . " a house in Leigham Court - road . ward , " said the witness " and met the father , and we saw the airman amongst the wreckage . His clothing was on fire . " The aviator cried out , " Do cut some of my clothing off ' me ; 1 . so hot . ' He did not speak again . Captain Davis , R.F.C. , said Flight - Lieut . Clarke was a qualified pilot and was ready to . The aeroplane proceed overseas for service . in perfect condition . was tested before it left the aerodrome and was Dr. J. Kirkland said of his body having been burned . the airman died from shock , nearly the whole Before WOMAN WHO FOOLED RICH MEN . STORIES OF BOGUS INCOME AND GREAT PROSPECTS . HER MATRIMONIAL " ADS . " applied by the Official Receiver at Bradford " A danger to society " was the description Hannah M. Donaldson , wife of a master prin- County Court on Friday to a debtor named ter of Haslingden , Lancashire . am he died , " added witness , " he asked me very Extraordinary disclosures were made in the earnestly whether I thought he would be able course of Mrs. Donaldson's examination in to fly again . I knew he would never be able bankruptcy . Her husband had got into diffi- to , but I told him that I hoped so culties through extravagant living due to his A verdict of " Accidental death ' was re- wife's statements about an income under her turned . grandfather's will . It was a bogus income . and the husband had since gone to America . Among debtor's other exploits was the inser- TRAGEDY OF A SOLDIER'S RETURN ON tion of alluring advertisements in the matri- LEAVE . corres- TWELVE TANKS IN A FIGHT . The Clerk : He has spent over 33 years in gaol . Sir John Baddeley sentenced him to one year's hard labour . Accused ( politely ) .- I thank you very much for your kindness . ATTEMPTED MURDER BY GAS . BUTCHER RUNS AMOK . Court on Friday passed sentence of 14 years NUNEHAM PARK Mr. Justice Low at the Central Criminal BROWN GLOBE- 6d per oz . 9d . 10d 1s . penal servitude on Edward Kinshatt , 40 , but- cher , who was found guilty of attempting to AILSA CRAIG , 1/8 murder Henry William Collins by shooting him , wounding Dorothy Collins with a chop INVINCIBLE , per with intent to murder her , shooting at At the Old Bailey on Friday Gerritt Ken- him , and also with attempting to commit sui- William Henry Collins with intent to murder drich Varenhorst , 32 , a Dutch cabinet maker , cide . Prisoner's wife had been granted a sep- ten years penal servitude , aration , and went to live with her parents at was sentenced to and recommended for deportation , for adminis- tering coal gas to Meyer de Leenu and Wil- Acton . Kinshatt went to the house with a re- helmina de Leenu , his wife , with intent volver and chopper with the idea , the Judge murder , them , at Warden - street , Tottenham said , of " wiping out as many members of the family as possible . " to Court - road . The prisoner , it was stated , had an idea that De Leenu had beaten him un- fairly in a business transaction . He had , bored a hole in the door of a bedroom , through which a gaspipe had been placed . The other end was fixed to the main and the gas turned on . Mr. Justice Low said that he did not A wounded officer from the front describes . the taking of a very strong position by infan . Court in pondence with gentlemen all over the country . the taking of a very strong post in was weird novel he had ever heard of a similar case . was Davies , who is employed in Millgate , Man- sums of money on promises of marriage , and several men had been brought to bankruptcy . THE CONFIDENCE TRICK . She had acted as private secretary to Yorkshire gentleman , taken proceedings for one think that outside the pages of a sensational Prisoner's act was ingenious and diabolical . FARMERS ' HELP FOR THE RED CROSS . POTATOES AT 37 PER TON . In a potato prosecution at the Lincoln Lind- sey ( Lincolnshire ) Petty Sessions evidence was given that some seed potatoes , the schedule maximum of which was ten guineas per ton , were sold at auction at Fillingham at prices varying from £ 18 10s . to £ 37 per ton . Mr. Hanson , of Gainsborough , the auction- eer concerned , said when he found that he was wrong he annulled the sale , and tile pota- toes were resold . During last week the British Farmers ' Red Cross Fund paid over to the British Red Cross Society £ 12,500 on account of £ 25,000 promised the vendor and one purchaser £ 1 each . The auctioneer was fined £ 5 and costs , and At the Manchester City Police Court in Wednesday Gunner On the strength of a fictitious private income to see these marvellous great machines roll up Vivien Coryton , of the and prospects , she had borrowed considerable the hill . It looked for all the world as if it Royal Garrison Artillery , whose home is at 151 , Cross Street , Ashton - on - Mersey , was some freak against the laws of gravity . charged with attempting to murder Walter They simply waltzed up the hill and spat out Davies , a traveller , of Cambridge Villas , Cam- showers of lead . It was a splendid sight . " bridge Road , Sale . Another wounded officer tells of captured documents which show that at the first it was and counter - attack depots with the British Army in France . An This counter- agricultural jumble sale at Henley - in - Arden realised £ 65 , bringing the total raised in Warwickshire up to £ 11,070 . Altogether dur- ing the week £ 4,451 was received , making a grand total of £ 570,671 . WIDOW'S chester , said that on the night of April 21 he breach of promise against another , had played the German idea to let the British take two for medical stores and comforts at advance was with Mrs. Coryton and went to her home late at night . Early the next morning the prisoner came into the bedroom and was very angry . Davies hurriedly dressed , but he did not know whether Mrs. Coryton held her hus- band . When going to business the next morning Davies heard four shots fired near Lancaster- Avenue , but he did not think they were in- tended for him . He saw a man dressed in khaki and ran away . Formerly , Davies said , he kept company with Mrs. Coryton , whom he knew about sev- enteen years ago . Three or four years ago de accidentally met her and since then had fre- quently met her . He did not know she was married . George Benson , of Lancaster - avenue , who heard the shots and held Coryton while two other men took an old - fashioned revolver from him , stated that the prisoner said , Don't talk to me ; I have done this after twenty - four nours ' deliberation . " ( The accused made a statement in which he said he returned home from Winchester on Coryton lines of trenches easily the confidence trick on several , and promised heavily from the third line . others great things after marriage . obtained an allowance of £ 150 a year from one kind in concealed dug - outs , who were to come She had attack was to be supported by parties left be- gentleman . and there were piles of letters and correspondence from men to whom debtor out and attack the advancing British from be- had been making love . The Official Receiver said he did not want to read this and let the community know how many fools there were in the world . Some of the debtor's relatives had died in the workhouse , and she had posed as a widow during her husband's absence in America . She had been living on fraud and misrepresen- tation . POPULAR POLICEMAN . £ 25 BREACH OF PROMISE DAMAGES . Described by counsel as a " popular young Woolwich Arsenal Force , was ordered to pay policeman , " Ernest James David Foster , in the Miss Ethel Alfredine Rayner , of Stepney , £ 25 breach of promise damages . hind . con- The scheme failed . It was reckoned on by our staff , and arrangements were made accord- ingly . The men kept so close to our barrage and the waves were so timed that the cealed parties came up cnly to be captured . The Germans who were concentrated in the tillery barrage . third lines were severely punished by the ar- Buried under their battered dug - outs , they too fell an easy prey to the attackers . This officer says that some of the Germans were quite insane and others half - mad from fright . SMOKING MATERIALS IN A FACTORY . THREE CIGARETTES COST £ 10 . Alt a Midland police court on Tuesday there contra- In MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISE- MENT AND WHAT IT LED TO . Alt Reading , on Saturday , Graydon Maynard , a man of good education , was committed to the Assizes on a charge of bigamously marrying a widow and stealing £ 50 from her . The parties met as the result of a matrimonial advertise- ment , and it was alleged that accused subse- quently disappeared with the money . Mrs. Beck , the widow ,, with whom he had gone through a ceremony of marriage , trapped him by means of another matrimonial adver- tisement . Accused arranged a meeting at the post office where , to his surprise , he found Mrs. Beck and a police officer . He was living with his lawful life up to the time of his arrest , and she was totally ignorant of what was going on . Prisoner said at the beginning of the war he lost all his money through a bank smash , and each case it was stated the men were warned he was tempted to do this thing for the sake matches , another one match , another a smail A WOMAN STOWAWAY . The parties became engaged while both were were four cases in which men employed in a leave on April 21st and found his wife and in Lord Newland's service . After he had be- munitions factory were charged with Davies together . " I did what was the natural thing , " said Coryton , " and went for him with come a " popular young policeman " the plain- vening the regulations forbidding smoking the weapon I had in my hands . My wife im- tiff found that he was taking out two other materials being taken upon the premises . mediately put her arms round me to prevent young women . me doing anything to the man . " Miss Rayner , now working on munitions at to leave their smoking materials behind , but of his wife and two children . added that on the following day he took the Woolwich , said that though he wrote that he on being searched one was found to have four " could not get time to walk out with her " revolver , which was always loaded , and went she had seen him walking out with another portion of a cigarette , and the fourth a packet to the address on the business papers left bo- hind by Davies and chased him into Lancaster - girl . avenue . " I fired the four shots with deplor- ably bad marksmanship , and when I got into Fennel - street ( Davies had disappeared . " Coryton was committed for trial at the next assizes . CICARETTES GIVEN FOR STOLEN LOAVES . SHORT ENTRIES IN A BREAD BOOK . At Wolverhampton County Sessions on Mon- day , Elizabeth Jones , wife of a grocer , of Aldersley Road , Tettenhall , was fined £ 10 or two months ' imprisonment on five charges of receiving quartern loaves of bread belonging to Thomas Simcock , baker , Tettenhall , know- ing them to have been stolen . The Defendant : Can you prove that I am courting two other young ladies ? -There was one at the section house ( Laughter ) . Mr. Justice Shearman One is more danger- ous than two ( Laughten ) . containing three cigarettes . Defendants pleaded they had no knowledge that the things were in their pockets , and two of them said they had thoroughly searched their clothing on entering the works . The magistrate fined three of the defendants £ 10 . said The presiding magistrate cases would be more severely dealt The Plaintiff There is one in the tailor's £ 5 , and the one who had three cigarettes was shop . I saw you going out with her ( laughten ) . fined The Defendant : That does not prove I am future counting her . The Plaintiff You would not be going out with her if you were not courting her . ( Laughter ) . with . The defendant said that the engagement An nasty letters . came to an end because the plaintiff wrote him Mr. Justice Shearman : Is it true that you have been walking out with another young lady ? -Only as a casual friend . POLICE - COURT YARN . American named Shirley Richard Baxter , thirty - six , was remanded at Liverpool on Monday on a charge of entering the port without permission and with making false statements to the aliens officer . a Regina Vauderpoel ( 41 ) , Belgian refugee , of North End Road , Fulham , who was charged last week with embarking with- out the necessary permit on a vessel lying off Bermondsey and bound for Holland , was at Tower Bridge , on Saturday , sentenced to six months ' imprisonment in the second division . Defendant was found in the coal bunker of the vessel . Here she was nearly suffocated , and her screams betrayed her . Mr. Gill said that after the refusal of her application for a permit the prisoner had deliberately defied the regulations . TRAP FOR ALLEGED BIGAMIST . good education , was committed at Reading ou Graydon Maynard , described as a man of The defendant said he joined the Irish Saturday to the Assizes on a charge of big- mously marrying a widow and stealing £ 50 Canadian Rangers at Montreal and that they from her . The parties met as the result of a were detained at Halifax owing to the sub- matrimonial advertisement and it was alleged A week ago a sixteen - year - old youth in GERMAN FEARS FOR KARLSRUHE . marine Bremen . When she was sunk by two that Maynard subsequently disappeared with Prosecutor's employ , was charged with the The Exchange Telegraph Company's Laa- Italian submarines- theft of four loaves , but the charge against sanne correspondent says : " A report from the money . Mrs. Beck , the widow with whor him was withdrawn , and he now gave evi- Karlsruhe states that a constant stream of glad to hear it . The Stipendiary Magistrate : Oh , I'm very he had gone through a cermeony of marriage . dence against Jones to the effect that a greater British officers is pouring into the prisoners ' ( Laughter ) . trapped him by means of another matrimonial Describing the tour of the Rangers in Ire- advertisement , which ran : " A young woman , number of loaves were delivered than was camp which the German Government has es- land the defendant said he deserted that with means , desires to meet , etc. " entered in her bread - book . When arrested tablished there as a The man precaution against the regiment and joined the defendant said she did not know that the bombardment of the town by Allied aviators . Fusiliers . Royal Munster arranged to meet her at a post office , where he loaves were stolen , though she admitted hav- Three flying officers captured recently near St. He again deserted and was sent found Mrs. Beck and police officer awaiting back to the Canadian Rangers . After doing him . He was living with his lawful wife up ing given the boy some cigarettes for them . Quentin are amongst the latest arrivals . " twelve days in " clink " he again deserted . to the time of his arrest . P.S. - All Carrots , Parsnips , Beet Root , Cabbage , Broccoli , Sprouts , & c . are practically the same price as last year . Postage Paid on 4 / - Orders . Call and secure a Catalogue , and we shall then secure your Custom . HARRISON TOBACCONIST , ( Sole Agent for Leominster ) , 2 , SOUTH STREET , LEOMINSTER . 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CAPTURED AT LUDI a On Friday Sergeant Teece made ture of a man wanted in the n Parsons for false pretences where he passed as t painter It is st and general contractor . man is also wanted in several H country for various offences about 47 years and it is believed name is Arthur Henry Stone . convicted several times in differ the country under various aliases to have made his appearance in Monday , April 30th , passing as , chant . He took lodgings in Street , paying a deposit and t Shrewsbury . He returned to Lu day by the 11.30 train , and P.S. owed him and followed him to and being satisfied that he was Chudleigh police were in search him . At the police station he ad visited Chudleigh in the name of sons . He was handed over to th Police . COUNTY APPEAL TRIBU On Monday a meeting of the C Tribunal was held at the Po There were present : Mr. S. F. man ) , Mr. T. W. Branley , Mr. W F. Crowte ( Secretary ) , Lieut . A. H tary Appeal representative ) , Mr. ter ( Local Military representative Winder ( Agricultural representativ The Tribunal considered the cas in the empley of Messrs . Faulkne man , timber merchants , Woofferto Mr. F. Malan appeared for t were employed as follows : steam aged 25 ; two circular sawyers , age and the other was a spoke clean Mr. Malan said the men were engag tion work and under the new ord for the appeal to be dismissed for go before the new Committee . Th employed in cutting oak timber for they were bothered now by the Munitions that they didn't deliver Mr. Crowte said all the men can new orders . The Tribunal dismissed the appe to go before the new Committee . A Burford fruiterer , etc .. came fore the Tribunal and said he co taken on as a substitute . The mar ried . He could get work .. but were not inclined to take him , as their own men would be called up The Tribunal dismissed the appe him conditional exemption on condi works 4 days a week , 10 hours pe farmer and said he would have a down the time he worked . A Weston Nash , Tenbury . farm for his brother , aged 31 , single , pas A , who had been given exemption of his brother's illness . The fa acres , 55 acres arable . Mr. T. I appeared for the application . The bunal considered that the two brot not remain on the farm and tha could be released and an efficient could be provided . Mr. Hunter said he could not se plicant had come there for . A sul to be provided and one had not be Conditional exemption was grante tion that a further amount of land up this year . A Whitton wheelwright appealed aged 18 , single . The military aske view in this case , where the man temporary exemption in February la since then another brother who live adjoining and had a small holding passed in Class B 2 , and that as the taking Class B men from agricultur considered that the younger brothe released for the army and the othe who was a wheelwright , could help to carry on the wheelwright busine Applicant said he had a lot of wor for the farmers getting ready for t and work was coming in all the could not carry on without this should have to close down . Mr. Hunter said the other broth excellent man on his small holding son could help his father as he ha and the Tribunal considered the sor a substitute . Dismissed , not to be called up b 14th . A Nash ( lady ) farmer appealed fo aged 18 , passed in Class A , stockman of 143 acres , 30 of which were ara Iccal Tribunal had granted condition tion to an elder brother on the same they considered that the farm , could aged by the eldest son , aged 23. and , aged 18 , could be released for Refused , not to be called up before Bedstone wheelwright , aged 35 2 children , appealed against the decis Local Tribunal . The Local Tribunal had granted exemption until March 31st , 1917 . Mr. Green appealed for condition tion . The man was in a certified had a lot of work in hand . Conditional exemption . f A Bucknell boot and shoe repa 38. married , 1 child , appealed for emption . He was passed Class A. Mr. Crowte said the case had been Tribunal on several occasions . Mr. W. C. Tyrrell appeared for nd said the man was in tion . He was the only one that a reserve COU lied upon to do repairs in his district Mr. Hunter considered that the hoot repairers could do the work . Conditional exemption . A Clee St. Margaret wheelwright appealed for conditional exemption . Class A , single . The Local Tribun the application on April 12th as t another wheelwright two miles away Applicant said he lived with his fa paid 30s . a year for the shop . Mr. Winder said the man travell the farms and did the work at the fa Conditional exemption . The A Westhope farmer appealed for his red 23 , passed in Class A. bunal had refused the application as of the farmer lived in an adjoining had two sons of military age living and they considered these men could the farm with help from his father . Applicant said his father's farm and was 150 acres , 50 acres of arable . his two brothers to help him . Dismissed , not to be called up before A Stoke St. Milborough lady farmer for her son , aged 29 , single , a workin on a farm of 171 acres . The Military representative asked . |