ATLANTIC FLIGHT

FORCED DESCENT OFF ANGLESEY

MAJOR J.C.P. Wood, the pilot of Messrs. Shorts Brothers biplane, left Eastchurch aerodrome at 3.15 on Friday afternoon to fly to Limerick, this being the first stage of his attempt to cross the Atlantic. He was accompanied by Mr Lancaster Parker, the test pilot for Messrs, Short Bros. The weather was ideal when major Wood's machine left, and there was little wind.

Major Wood's mechanic, who was at Limerick, on Friday received a message stating that Major Wood was flying to the Curragh. He was to land there on Friday night, and, if the weather was favourable, would fly on to Limerick on Saturday and leave for the Atlantic flight during the afternoon.

A report, however, reached Limerick on Saturday morning that Major Wood had been forced to come down off Anglesey. Mr Kent, Messrs. Shorts' manager, confirmed the news. He stated that both Major Wood and his machine have been rescued, but it is not clear whether the machine came down in the water. Mr Kent does not anticipate another start for some days.

SUBMARINE CREWS

WASHINGTON, Saturday.– Rear Admiral Sims, Commander of the American Fleet in European waters during the war, referring to the German submarines, said an examination by divers showed that many of the German crews either killed each other or committed suicide after their boats were sent down. The Grand Fleet in the North Sea was surrounded by a screen of destroyers so intimately placed that it would have been suicidal for any submarine to attempt to penetrate it. When such a screen is put out a submarine must go down when she sees it, and stay down on a penalty of being depth-charged. If there is anything a submarine dreads, it is a depth charge.

POLICE ASSAULTED

AT NEWPORT on Saturday, a young foreign seaman, Erling Kristoffersen, was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Alexandra Road, and assaulting PCs Glover and Wickens. The constables stated that the prisoner kicked and hit them, and attempted to bite them. PC Wickens said that the prisoner was like a madman, and kicked him on the ankle, causing great pain for two or three hours. The prisoner had a bottle of methylated spirits, and part of the contents fell out. He produced the bottle. The prisoner please he did not remember what occurred. The bench imposed a fine of 10s. and costs for the drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and 40s. or a month in each case of assault.

RABIES AT CWMBRAN

SUPERINTENDENT J. Barry, in asking the Pontypool Bench, on Saturday, to deal severely with persons summoned for keeping dogs without muzzles, said that a very bad case had been diagnosed at Cwmbran.