The Citizen from Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England • 6

LATEST NEWS. POLICEMAN'S TRAGIC DEATH. Found Shot on Road. Supposed Case of Murder. Search for Motorists.

Loughton, Tuesday. Search is bein-j made through Essex day for some motorists who ere believed to have been concerned in the death of P.C Gutteridge, of Essex Constabulary, who found dead at Passingford Bridge near Longhton last night. It is believed t' the policeman received his injuries attempting to stop the motorists who ignored his signals. Police Consfab'e Gutteridge was fou by driver of a Mail van about 6 o'clock th moi-ning His hplmet and his note book were beside him and apparently he was taking some particulars when he was struck on the head. BULLET WOUND FOUND.

The Press Association says a superficial examination of the body of Constable Gutteridge revealed the fact that he had been shot in the head, apparently with a revolver. SCOTLAND YARD CALLED IN. Scotland Yard has been asked by the Fpping Police to assist them in their efforts to solve the mystery of the constable's death. Local police investigations are now regarded as definitely pointing to the case being one of murder. They are anxious at the moment to trace two men who are believed to have come from Chelmsford and to have travelled along tho road where the body of Guttcridge was found.

Chief Inspector Birrett, who as recently promoted from Divisional Detective Inspector at Brixton to Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard, will proceed to-day to the Ongar district to take charge of the investigations. THREE BULLET WOUNDS IN HEAD. Romford, Tuesday. The constable's body was found on the Bourne-end-road, a few yards from Stapleford Abbotts, near Romford, by the driver of the Romford to Abridge mail van at a.m. to-day.

There was a bullet wound through an eye, another which penetrated the bridge of the nose and a third which had entered at the bad: of the ear. SHOTS HEARD BY LADY DECIES. The scene of the tragedy is a country road with a hedge on either side against ploughed fields. The body was lying ot the bottom oi the hill, about 200 yards from the Royal Oak Inn and The Beresford Tea Gardens. Gertrude Lady Decies, the owner of the Gardens, told a representative of the Press Association that sh3 learned of the tragedy about 9 o'clock.

I was in bed," she said, when about three or four o'clock I hearti what sounded like revolver shots. They woke me up with a start, and then I heard a motor-car dash past." NOTE BOOK BY BODY. I believe," added Lady Decies, that Constable Gutteridge was killed by a gang of men whom he held up, probably because they had no lights on their car. As his note book lay beside the body it is reasonable to assume he taking particulars when he was shot down." KILLED NEAR HOME. The constable, who lived less than 300 yards from the scene of his death, went on duty about three o'clock.

His home is at Townelcy Cottages, Stapleford Abbott. He leaves a widow and two (aged 4) and Muriel (aged 12). Lady Decies rushed to the cottage on learning of the I Constable's death and took charge of the household. The body was removed to the Royal Oak Inn to await an inquest. Mrs.

Drain, wife of the licensee of the inn, told the Press Association reporter that she and her husband knew nothing of the tragedy until about nine o'clock. A number of motor cars drew up, and a police officer told us that Gutteridge had met with an accident. He asked for hot wfter to bathe injured man's head. Later we were told the constable was dead." A TRAIL OF BLOOD. Tho body of P.C.

Gutteridge was discovered by Mr. Ward, a mail carrier, of Brentwood, lie was on his usual round nnd had called at Havering Post Office at 5.50. He gener-' ally called at 5.35 but owing to the fog was delayed. lie found the constable's body ly- ing on its face. There was a large pool of blood round the dead man's head, and a trail of blood stains across the road, indicating that Gutteridge was shot on the opposite side of the road and struggled to the place where bis body was found.

TTIIEVES THEORY DISCARDED. i The police were at first inclined to think that a gang of thieves had been stopped by P.C. Gutteridge, but as no report of a burglary in the district has been made this theory is not now held. P.C. Gutteridge was a middle-aged man.

He was in the Epping Police Division, and was local constable at Stanleford Abbotts. P.C. Taylor, a mpmber of the same division patrolling the Bourne-end-road with Gntteridge between 3.0 and 3.30 a.m. He left Gutteridge at a spot about 500 yards from where his body was later found," and in the direction of Ongar. Street Explosion in Manchester.

SEQUEL TO FIRE IN CABLE CHAMBER, Manchester, Tuesday. An unusual explosion occurred at 2.30 this morning in the heart of Manchester. A fire broke out in an electric cable chamber opposite the Royal Exchange, and a sheet of flame shot up from the pavement, blowing out a patch of the street about four feet in diameter. Shop windows were cracked and the street thrown into darkness. RIVIERA EXPLOSIONS.

Police Action Leads to Arrests. TWENTY ANARCHISTS IN CUSTODY. (Reuters cables.) A message from Antibes states for 1 whig the explosion at Golfe Juan, the police have arreste" 20 anarchists, some Italian and Spanish. SIX DEATHS IN TRAIN DISASTER. Bolzano, people are now believed to have lost lives in the disaster to the train precipitated into the river Isarco yesterday.

Only two workmen escaped. The bodies of the driver and four workmen have been recovered. ANOTHER ATTEM REPORTED. Parir, another attempt at train wrecking is reported vom Lyons. Four detonators attached' to an explosive were discovered near He Barbe Station on the line which overhangs river Saone.

Had the attempt succeeded a train would have been thrown into the river. INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE. Italy Withdraws from British Grand SEQUEL TO SCHNEIDER CUP. London, Tuesday. The three Italian Fiat cars entered for the British Grand Prix Motor Race, which takes place at Brooklands next Saturday, have been withdrawn.

This withdrawal is due to the fact that the mechanics who normally would have been engaged in tuning up the racing cars have devoted their entire attention to the preparation of the aero engines for Italy's Schneider Cup vvaterplanes and that in consequence the Italian cars will not be ready. The American entry was withdrawn owing to the fact that its gear box was unsuited to hack racing. It is expected that nine French cars, including two official teams, will compete, and that Great Britain will be represented by three cars, of which one C. M. Harvey's Alvis is a mystery racer, which is expected to attain a very high speed.

The race is the Inst a series of 3 to decide the World's Motor Racing Championship. The Detage hag nl.eady won this for France but interest International duel between Fiance and Great Britain at Brooklands on Saturday is very pronounced. AUTUMN'S FIRST FOG. London Has a Cold Night. AIR MINISTRY FORECASTS MORE RAIN.

London, Tuesday. For the first time this Autumn fog made its appearance in North-East London and the Western Suburbs this morning, and local trains were delayed in consequence. In the Stratford and Woodford area it was thick and black at 7 o'clock, but nearer London there was not so much, while the City was practically clear. The Finchley area also had fog, but it cleared early. Con ditions in South London were much clearer.

There was a touch cf frost in some suburbs, and Ciapham Common Wimbledon Common, Hampstead Heath, and other open spaces on the outskirts of the Metropolis showed extensive patches of rime. A COLD NIGHT London, in fact, experienced its coldest night since the early months of the year, and the minimum ground temperature marked a drop of 6 degrees compared with Sunday night. At one period the temperature fell to 33 degrees, but at 9 o'clock it had risen to 47 degrees, the figure at which it od at that hour yesterday. At Kew and Crovdon the ground temperature fel: ns low as 29 degrees, and at Shoeburyness it was one de- I gree lower. MORE RAIN COMING.

According to the Air Ministry more rain is coming. Their general inference states that a depression moving in this direction from Iceland will cause rain in the North-West of England by to-night, and that the rain will probably spread to all districts i to morrow. Princes and the Premier. I CANADIAN EXPERIENCES DISCUSSED London, Tuesday. Prince George, who returned from the Continent yesterday, accompanied the Prince of Wales on a visit to Mr.

Baldwin at 10. Down. ing-street to-day. The Princeg were in Canada at the same time as Mr. Baldwin and the object of their visit, which lasted about half an hour, was to discuss their joint experiences in that dominion with him.

The King of Afghanistan. TO VISIT LONDON IN DECEMBER. London, Tuesday. It was stated at the Afghan Legation in London, to-day that no details of the proposed visit of the King of Afghanistan had yet been received but it was known he intended to leave Kabul on Decemer 7th and would probably travel by way of India. The Xi ng will he the first Afghan ruler to visit this country.

While in Europe he will visit Rome, Berlin, Paris, and possibly some of the larger Russian cities. NEW APPOINTMENTS AT ARMSTRONG COLLEGE. Newcastle, Tuesday. Armstrong College Council, Newcastle, have appointed Mr. J.

O. Cooper, of Cambridge, Lecturer in Zoology, and Mr. H. J. Maryon, of Reading, Master of Sculpture in the King Edward VII.

School of Art. The hitter takes the place of Mr. John Roid. recently appointed Master of Design at West Ham School of Art. HOME SECRETARY AND POLICE.

Not Completed Consideration of Recent Anneals. DIFFICULTIES OF CHANGING THE LAW. London, Tuesday. The Press Association was officially informed to-day that the Home Secretary had not yet completed his consideration of the two recent successful by Major Graham Bell Murray and the other by Mr. Francis Henry Baieman Champain, against the decisions of Metropolitan Police Court magistrates.

He had consequently reached no decision as to the appointment of a commission or committee of inquiry into the acceptance of uncorroborated poiice evidence. It is understood that the Home Secretary, as head of the Metropolitan Police, is anxious that he shall not, by too hurried action, do injustice to the police force and therefore proposes to examine not only the report of the two appeals but also a report on them of the Commissioner of Police before taking any action which might reflect on the conduct of the policemen concerned. Sir William Joynson-Hicks has been pressed in certain quarters to appoint a body to inquire into the whole of the law affect ing cases of solicitation and has from time to time received deputations on the subject. To all of them he has poinied out the difficulties of any alteration in the law. It is suggested in well-informed however, that in view of the public interest novv beng taken in these matters, the Home Secretary may eventually decide that the time is suitable for an inquiry.

Sir William is ex pee'ed back at the Home Office next week. Committee to be Set Up. SIR W. JOYNSON-HICKS'S INTENTION. Later.

Information reached the Home Office this afternoon, the Press Association learned, from Sir William Joynson-Hicks. who is on holiday, that on his return from Scotland he proposed to set up the Committee on the question of Solicitation Laws, the establishment of which he promised to consider in the Horse of Commons early in the session At the time of making the announcement the Committee was intended to apply only to the case of women, but it is novv not imnrobable that the terms of reference will be widened so as to embrace some of the problems whi have been discussed in conection with the two recent On this point Sir William is understood to have reserved his decision. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. The Use of Government Dockyards. RESOLUTION AT CHAMBER OF TRADE CONFERENCE.

Tunbridge Wells, Tuesday. Complaint was made by representatives of Dockyard towns at the National Chamber of Trade Conference at Tunbridge Wells to-day of the waste involved in huge expenditures on the construction of naval dockyards then throwing skilled workmen idle by placing naval construction in private yards. Mr. Carlile Davis (Plymouth) said of the total estimated expenditure next year, £4,500,000 vvere for Government dockyards and £8,500,000 to private yards. Mr.

Kates (Chatham) said over 600 men had been discharged from the dockyard there this year. Mr. Beddow (Portsmouth) said the Government, 08 employers, ought not to train men for a particular occupation and then discharge them. A resolution was passed urging the Government to give the largest possible pmount of work to the Royal Dockyards, or let portions of them for commercial purposes. NAVAL Battle Squadron Put to Sea.

EDUCATING THE YOUNG IDEA. Cromarty, Tuesday. The Iron Duke Flagship, the Emperor of India, Benbow and Marlborough, forming the third battle squardron, left Cromarty this morning for the Moray Firth where the preliminary exercises of the autumn manoeuvres are to take place. To-day's preliminaries consisted of more or less technical exercises in inclination and range finding. The third battle squardron, say sn Press special correspondent on board the Iron Duke, is manned chiefly by boys who have never before been in action and the primary purpose of exercises at the moment is educational.

Thp crews realise they have a big task beforj them in meeting ships like the Hood and Renown with experienced crews and superior speed and armaments. Yet all are keen. Attacked by a Bull. FARMER SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES. Rochford Essex, Tuesday.

Joseph Guy, a farmer, of Pagglesham, Essex, died to-day in Rochford Infirmary after being attacked by a bull he was driving from a field. Posed as a Clergyman. AGED MAN SENT TO PRISON. Manchester, Tuesday. For obtaining £3 from the English wife of a Chinese laundry proprietor, William Syers of Moss Side, Manchester, was at Manchester to-day sentenced to four months' imprisonment.

Several previous convictions fo fraud and embezzlement were proved aga nst the prisoner. Mrs. Lee lou, the English wife of a Chinaman said Syers came to her at the laundry dressed in clerical garb. JUMPED FROM RIVER BRIDGE. Stamford Tradesman's Suicide.

WORRIED AT LEAVING THE OLD HOME. Stamford, Tuesday. Worry caused by leaving his old home is thought to have led to the suicide of George Prentice (66), a tobacconist, who jumped from the Town Bridge at Stamford into the River Welland, yesterday. At the inquest at Stamford last night Walter Liddleton, a labourer, suid he met Prentice on the bridge with no hat and wearing slippers Prentice said Good morning, it's and a moment later he saw I rentice's feet disappearing over the parapet. Witness ran for the municipal lifebuoy close by, but it fell to pieces in his hands.

A ladder was pushed into the river from the wharf at the electric power station a hundred yards down stream, and a man named Walpole crept along the ladder and recovered the body. Leonard Smith, a neighbour, said Prentice recently sold his business, and was retiring on Friday next. He had no cause to worry over finance, but he had lived in the shop for 22 years and had said that he hated the thought of leaving the premises where he had spent so many happy hours. When packing his belongings he complained of his head being muddled. Deceased's sister said she saw her brother ten minutes before the tragedy, and he then said I feel bad." INTEREST IN CHURCH AFFAIRS.

Dr. Hutton Attenborough said he had been attending the deceased for neurasthenia and insomnia, which had been accentuated by worry over leaving his old home. Prentice was churchwarden at St. Mary's Church, and took a deep interest in Church matters. He had been careful all his life, and saved enough to retire on, but had recently commented to customers that he was worried over leaving the shop.

A verdict of suicide during temporary insanity was returned. The Town Council last night gave instructions for all lifebuoys to be overhauled. A BRITISH SUBJECT'S COMPLAINT. Alleged Cruel Treatment on Boat. FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS TO WASHINGTON.

London, Tuesday. The Press Association Diplomatic Correspondent writes understand the Foreign Office has telegraphed to Washington asking for full details of the judgment and findings of the Court in the case of Capt. Crowley, who was charged with cruelty to a British ex-officer, Mr. Frederick Thomas. A report reached London to-day that the Federal Grand Jury had refused to indict the captain on the allegations of Mr.

Thomas, who had served as a steward on board the ss. Manatwany, of which Captain Crowley was in command. The case has been the subject of official representation by the British Ambassador to the U.S. Government, and it is understood that the British Government considers the reported findings of the jury are not in accordance with the strong evidence in the possession of Sir Austen Chamberlain. Further steps to obtain compensation for Mr.

Thomas are contemplated. Women and the Legal Profession. WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS." London, Tuesday. We shall welcome those women who join our profession, whether as solicitors or at I the Bar, with what is figuratively described a open arms," said Mr. Cecil Allen Coward, of London, presiding at the 44th annual pro- vincial meeting of the Law Society at Sheffield to-day.

I can assure them that they may with every confidence look forward to enjoy that position which their knowledge, judgment, skill, ability and discretion may properly justify." Former Prize Vessel Commissioned. TRIALS BEFORE RESUMING SERVICE. Chatham, Tuesday. His Majesty's Ship Lucia, which has been refitted at a cost of £65,000 was commissioned i at Chatham to-day for trials before resuming I active service. Her last duty was as depot ship of the second submarine Flotilla.

The Lucia was an English constructed ship, having been built by Messrs. Furness Withy and Ltd. for a German firm, and under the name of Spreewald was captured by the armoured cruiser Berwick in Uhe early stages of the War. She was converted into a submarine depot ship and hoisted the pennant for ser- vice in the British Navy under the name of Lucia on July 27th, 1916. Colliery Company and its Workpeople.

GRANT TOWARDS HOUSE RENT. Atherton, Tuesday. Messrs. Fletcher, Burrows and Company, proprietors of the Atherton Collieries, Lancashire, employing workers, are giving evening class fees and bonuses to their workpeople, and, as some compensation for their workers reverting next Saturday to the Lancashire standard wages, have decided to give in October £2 each per house towards the employees' rent in the case of householders affected by the wages reduction. REUTERS CABLEGRAMS Japanese Delegate and Conference.

BUILDING- COMPETITION EXTREMELY UNLIKELY." I Tokio, on etll from Geneve, Admiral Saito, the Japanese delegate to the Navel eo expressed the belief that the buildniS petition between the Powers was est i unlikely but hoped a parley earlier 1931 conference would be possible. it' tlie British nor the American attitude recent conference was unreasonable. most important requirements a success were a mutual respect of a ll desire for peace Swiss Flood Disasters- SITUATION OF THE GREA'f DESOLATION. Berne, reports s' flood disasters in Switzerland end indicated that a situation of the solation prevails. Vast districts Rr re and whole families have been from the roof tops by soldiers.

0 houses have been carried away and stroyed wholesale. I Bishop of Birmingham Evolution. CATHOLIC PRELATE'S Washington, Tuesday. The Bishop of Cleveland, speaking nef Av day, declared it would be a sorry iLyiy the principles enunciated by the 'i Birmingham were generally cccv those calling themselves Christians- MISSING GERMAN A Basrah, new has ceived yet of Koennecke, the eT man who left Angora Saturday Increasing anxiety is felt. WOMAN'S PROPOSED ATL FLIGHT.

ie A New York, Rt- 1 1 completed preparations for her is flight to Paris. Unfavourable west" peeted however. HEIR TO BIG ESTATE 3(11 New York, fflOl nolds, son of the founder of co one of the heirs to a fifty lar estate has been missing since 16th. LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOLS. Co-ordinate Element Educational THE DANGER OF Edinburgh.

rPA How the work of the libraries that of the schools was Dr. George H. Locke, Librarian ejjj Ho Library, Toronto, at the 3 ubJ 0 i jjrl ence of the Library Britain in Edinburgh, at which Vjd the 800 delegates are women. "To my mind," said Dr. the dangers, not only to our in to the boys and girls themse.ves i nation at large, is the tendency 1 g( li to associate the two aspects in that the public library is nate to the school.

There are Vl ments in the educational tb little or no fear of the man a vP for I know where he is, but 1 sale dread of the unthinking ir smother progressive policies by ence." tot Harben Gold Medal Ronald A RECOGNITION OF EMINEN? The Council of the Royal r. Health is bestowing the Harbe' 1 for 1928 upon Sir Ronald chief of the Ross Institute tropical diseases, Putney 1 of his eminent services to the Hypnotism iv Extraction- A GIRL'S NOVEL Following a 1 by a Keighley man, a local t0 bf other when in a trance state needle without feeling aio he A suaded the hypnotist to ut 1 fA notic state while she has tee stead of having the usual an The hypnotist, Mr. Shackleton, who has been Keighley Gaurdians and oWf ties, said there was no rtaS fl nofic test should not be ptf'Jp'l-i was prepared to take n' fe convinced the girl would that far less harm would jc notism than by an 0J I ism." he said, "is nature ld I if the medical profession matter great use could be 1 Mr. Shackleton claims by hypnotism, which he a The girl will be allowed dentist to undertake I MARKETS- Leeds Corn, 6d. to 10s.

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