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TOtMINO TAKEN? BIG ITALIAN SUCCESS RECORDED. HOW OUR ALLIES ARE ADVANCING ON AUSTRIAN POSITIONS. DOMINATING THE PEAKS A Reuter's Paris message says that the "Petit Journal" learns from Rome that the Italians have occupied Tol- mino, on the Isonzo, after severe fighting. Udinc, Friday.—Despite Austria's ever- increiaeing means of defence, the Italian advance continues, slowly but tenaciously repulsing all tlie a-tfba-cks ot the enemy. Tolmino and Gorizia are being more closely pressed. The solidity of the Italian position on the left side of the Isonzo River is proved by the fact that the Aujttiians, notwithstanding their desperate efforts, have been unble to arreat tie Italian advance or to retake even an inch of the country occupied by the Italian troops. This result is more noteworthy when it is considered that the Italians are obliged to fight in the open field, from exposed -positions, form- ing an easy iargiet for the Austrian batteries, firing from a concealed plat* form from tlietfieiglits above. Dominating the PeaNs. In the extreme western area operations the Italian miners and sappers are so far advanced in their difficult labours in the Mount Tonale region (south of the Swiss frontier) as to make it possible for heavy artillery to open a vigorous bombard- ment on the enemy's forts on Monte Monticello and Saccarana from tie three principal "heights on the opposite side ;Jt I Strina Valley (which the Alpini occupied during the first weeks of the war). What strategical experts thought would be the case about the Monte Croce Pass has been verified. The Austrian Tyro- lose have broken their spell of repose by redoubted efforts to dislodge the Italians from Pal Piooolo and the adjacent peak%. Piercing the night with their brilliant rockets and reflectors, but shrinking c'S usual from bayonet charges, they hurled a, large number of poison-gas bombs against the vigorous Italians without moving them.

CARE OF CANADIAN SUFFERERS. Ottawa. Friday.—The Government has appointed a Hospital Commission to pro- vide for the care of sick and wounded re- turning to Canada during the war.

BUSY MR. CHURCHILL Owing, it is understood, to Cabinet busi- ness, Mr. Winston Churcfcill has po.«*t- potoed for a week his visit to Leicester to address a recruiting meeting, originally fixed for Saturday afternoon.

A NOVELISTS WilL The late Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Maxwell (Miss Bradden, the novelist), of Lichfield House, Richmond, left £ 68,110. All her books and MSS. (but not copyrights) are left to her son, Mr. W. B. Max-well, also A well-known novelist.

O.G.M. FOR FAMOUS SHOT. Territorials will be delighted to read the announcement that Sergeant A. G. Fulton (Queen's Westminsters) bas been awarded the D.C.M. for coubistent good work at the front. Fulton is one of the greatest rifle shots in the world. He won the King's Prize at Bislev two years ago. and just, missed winning it again last year. His father -was King's Prize winner in 1888. Sergt. Fulton has been eight times in the last ten King's finals.

HELIGOLAND. The following German news has been Teceived by the Wireless Prs;- The German papers remember that it is 25 years ago to-day (July 1) that Heli- goland became a German possession. Since then it has been the centre of the development of German naval power, without which the building of a strong fleet was impossible. England at the time absolutely ignored and underrated the strategical and military value of the inland-

THE HELPFUL HUN. Copenhagen. Friday, July 2.—Professor Rohrback, a German politician, stated in an interview granted to a neutral, that if Germany were victorious better con- ditions would prevail for the greatest number of people possible. Poland, Finland, Ireland, Turkey, Persia and China would receive Ger- many's helping hand. The position in Sc-iadinavia would be unaltered, except that it would benefit to a certain extent by the removal of England's tyrannical domination of the ",aters of the world.—Exchange.

GIFT OF £ 1,400,000. The New York newspapers announce {&ays a Reuter telegram) that Mr. Wil- liam Waldorf Astor lias presented real estate of the value of £ 1,400,000 to Cap- tain John Jacob A6tor, who is serving in the 1st Life Guards. The gift was made in London on May 31. Mr. W. Waldorf Astor has made Eng- land his home form any years, and is a large owner of property here. as well as in New York. His English estates in- clude Cliveden, which he bought from the Duke of Westminster. Captain J. J. Astor is his second son, and is 28 years of age. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He joined the Lire Guards in 1908, and went to the front in the early day", of the war. In October he was wounded in action, and was invalided home, but is now quite well again. s Mr. Captain Astor's elder brother is Mr. Wnldorf A..tOT. M.P. for Plymouth.

I THE NAVAL FIGHT. i I l RUSSIA'S OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF A RUNNING BATTLE. I I ENEMY SUFFER SEVERELY. Petrograd, Friday.—An official state- ment issued here says:—This morning, parallel with the Oestergarn Lighthouse on the East Coast of the Island of Goth- land, our cruiser squadron encountered in the fog two of the enemy's light cruisers and some torpedo boats, and en- I gaged in a battle with them.  A' nine o'clof?&.?H'th? mor?in?a. Ger- man cruiser, badly damaged, lowered her tlag and ran ashore. The other cruiser. with the torpedo boats, made off. At ten o'clock in the morning, our squadron encountered the armoured cruiser Roon, a light cruiser, and a tor- pedo boat, and renewed the battle. At 10.30 the enemy began to retire towards the south. During his retreat the enemy, who had been joined by another light cruiser, was attacked by our cruisers and fled. At 11.30 the pursuit ceased. After the battle our squadron was at- tacked by submarines, but without suc- cess. The damage to our cruisers is quite insignificant. A Copenhagen Report. Copenhagen, Friday.—A telegram from the island of Gothland, in the Baltic, says:Heavy gunfire was heard last night off the east coast of the island. At half- past six this morning a naval action took place in sight of Ljugarn. Later the war- ships steamed north, but at ten a.m. four cruisers were seen at grips near the land. I German torpedo-boats with many wounded have arrived at Katthamarsvik, on the ?st coast 4 Gothland.-Pres6 Association War Special. Stockholm, Friday.—A naval action oc- curred this morning off the east coast of the Island of Gothland. The German minelayer Albatross, chased by four Russian cruisers, ran ashore to escape her pursuers. Twenty- on i of her crew were killed and 27 wounded. j Zb Victims buriecl. I Stockholm, Friday.—A telegram from Wi-sby this evening reports that up to 6 o'clock, First-Lieutenant Loguenberg and 26 men of the Albatross were dead and had been buried in the cemetery at Ostergaen. The crew are being watched, part on board the Albatross and part on land. Thirty-three wounded, including two lieutenants and a petty officer have I been taken to the village of Roma, in the middle of the island. The ship's surgeon is dying. The Albatross had a crew of 225. I Sweden's Protest. As a German warship was shelled by Russian war vessels within Swedish ter- ritorial limits, the Swedish Minister in Petrograd has received instructions to protest against violation of Swedish territory and neutrality. Steps have been taken to intern the wrecked German ves- sel, and a division of destroyers have been sent to the spot.

I A ZEPPELSN EXPLODES. I Airship Disaster Repprted at Brussels. I Amsterdam, Friday.-The Echo Beige states that a Zeppelin airship ex- ploded on Wednesday at Brussels, just a.s it was leaving its shed. The cause of the erplosioi and the casualties are ?n- ?kiiown.-E,xel-an,e Telegram. I —

OUR WAR LOAN IN NORWAY. Coppnha?en, July 2.—A leading Nor- wegian bank is advert ising for subocrip- tions to the British War Loan. The Morgenbladet observes that this is inconsistent with neutrality, and calls for Government action.—Exchange.

THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. The Executive Committee of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, arranged to be held at Bangor next month, will meet to-day (Saturday) to consider a recom- mendation from the Finance Committee that in view of the absence of cheap rail- way bookings the five choral competitions, the band contests, and the Saturday con- certs he abaudoned. There is a feeling in favour of abandon- ing the Eisteddfod altogether, but this course would involve considerable loss to the guarantors.

) RAZORS FOR THE TROOPS. I The following are to-day's acknowledge- ments :— Mr H. Davies, Arcade, Ammanford. 10 Mr Henry Morgan, Cwmtwrch. 3 Mr Bert Glbson, Llanelly. i Mr T. D. Phillips, 49, Alltygrug-road, Ystalyfera 4. Mr. C. Gibson. Tregothnan," John- street, Llanelly ] No. 7" 2 Mr J. Marlor 31 I, Mr. T. Morgan, 'Vaunwn-road. l Mr. H. Knight, 38, ColbourB<-t?rrace, Swa^ea 1 3 Mr. T. B. Tustian 3 CRpt. Richards, BrooMandR r£ITac, Swansea 21 Total received to-day 30 Acknowledged already 1,029 Grand total 1,059

IN GALLIPOLI, ■ -■■■ — FINE PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES, FRESH GROUND WON, AND NEW POSITIONS CONSOLIDATED. I I AUSTRALIA'S HELP. I PRESS BUREAU, Friday, 8.15 p.m. Sir Ian Hamilton reports further as follows:- On the afternoon of the 29th hostile columns moving west from the north of Achi Baba and south from Kilid Bahr towards the Turkish right flank indicated that the enemy was preparing for a counter-attack against the position we captured on the previous day. During the evening two mine galleries in front of the right centre were blown in, after which the enemy subjected the trenches for two hours to a heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, with some artillery i fire. Alter a lull and another outburst of fire, a determined attack was made against the left of the position with the bayonet. The attack wa-s repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. Enemy's Heavy Losses. On the southern front the Turks made a ¡ concerted attack along the coast. H.M.S. Wolverine got searchlights and guns on to the main body, and caused heavy losses. The east attack was pressed closer under heavy artillery fire, but was finally- checked about forty yards from our para- pet. Bomb attacks and intermittent shell firing continued, but no further general attack was made. At 0.30 a.m. the French moved out, and by 7.20 had taken a strong system of en- trenchments immediately in front of the left centre of the line called by them the Quadrilateral. A number of Turks were driven o;it of the trenches by the French bombardment, and much execution was done during their retreat. I Subsequently the trenches prolonging the Quadrilateral to the south were cap- tured after more serious fighting, thus completing the capture of all that part of the enemy's line required to round off the gains made by the French on the 21st. The enemy's losses everywhere were very considerable. The captured positions are being consolidated. An Athens Rumour. Athens, Thursday Night.—Messages from Mudros state that since the recent ad- vance the French have been busy con- solidating their positions, and have cap- tured several more trenches and com- munication tunnels. They have suexjess- fully repulsed numerous attacks, in co- j operation with the British forces. Cables from Mitvlene announce that fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula was re- sumed yestcrda-v morning with combined Allied attacks by land and sea. Five Allied battleships fiercely bom- barded the forts from the Dardanelles and three others assisted the attack with con- tinuous high angle fire from the Gulf of Saros. I The Allies captured important Turkish positions, inflicting enormous The capture <yf Krithia is persistently reported, but has not been officially con- firmed. A ustrafi a's Share. Melbourne, Friday. The Common- wealth deficit of nearly £ 15,000,000 is due to war expenditure. Since t.he beginning of operations in the Gallipoli Peninsula nearly 17.000 men have been sent from Nli sti-alia.Reuter. French General Wounded. Paris, Friday.—The Press Association's correspondent learns that General Gour- I and, commander-in-chief of the French forces at the Dardanelles, has been severely wounded in three places, but it is understood that the General's life is not endangered, and that he is unlikely to lose a limb. In fact, in view of the General's robust health it is hoped that his recovery will be rapid. A later Paris report says General Baillound has been appointed to succeed General Gourand. Ground Covered by Dead Turks. J) ]. A ffi" I 1\ t Paris, Friday.—An official Note issuea this evening says:—After the British suc- oees on June 28th the Turks attempted several fierce m.inter-attac" against the captured position, but were repulsed with great losses. On the 30th we cap- tured a .hostile work forming a quadri lateral, comprising six successive lines of tienchew. The ground was covered with dead Turks. We were not counter-at- t.acked.-I).A. War Special.

AEROPLANE SINKS SUBMARINE. RomeX Friday.—An official communique issued to-day, states:—In the Upper Adriatic on Thursday the French aviator, Lieutenant Romillet, dropped two bombs from an altitude of 15 metres on the Aus- trian submarine Ull. The bombs exploded close to the con- ning tower, and the submarine is believed to have sunk.

SAVED BY A WRITING PAD. Corporal O. G. Aviss, of the 4th Bat- talion Suffolk Regiment, owes his life to the fortunate circumstance that he •possessed a writing pad. At the battle of Neuve Chapelle a bullet penetrated his haversack and then pierced every sheet of his writing pad and all the envelopes. By this time the bullet had spent its force. The lucky corporal has sent the pad to a friend at Purlev.

FRANCE HUSBANDING COLD. Paris, Friday.—M. Ribot, Minister of Finance has written to the Governor of the Bank of France a-sking that measures be taken at the bank and its branches for receiving gold brought bifPrivat.e per- sons from patriotic motives. The depositors are to be given the equivalent of their deposits in notes with a special receipt testifying that, instead of hoarding gold, they have spontaneous! y placed it at the disposal of the Govern- ment in the interests of national defence. --1 <m tp.r

FOOTBALL TO GO ON. -0 bMPOmi RESOLUTfOSS PASSED AT BLACKPOOL CONFERENCE. IN NATION'S INTERESTS" A joint conference of the English League, the Scottish League, the Irish League and the Southern League was held in the Board Room of the Winter Gardens at Blackpool, this (Saturday) morning, under the chairmanship of Mr. McKenna, President of the English Football League, when resolutions were passed in favour of a continuation of football on lines to be recommended to the governing bodies in the three countries. Resolutions unanimous ly adopted at the conference were as follows:—■ (1) This conference, having carefully considered all the arguments in favour of and against the game, are saitsfied that the best interests of the nation and those engaged in the war and preparing munitions as well as a considerable num- ber of people who &re by various reasons unavailable for tli3 purposes of the war will be best served by the continuance of the game. (2) Having regard to the varying con- ditions experienced by i h-? Leagues bore represented, tlio Conference is of the opinion hai; each league should be left to carry out such programme as may be thought most advisable in such a way as shall rest recommend itself to the league concerned. All Amateurs Now. (3) This conference considers it desir- able to discontinue the registration of professional players during the ensuing season, and that for such season the amateur players, as in the case of profes- sionals who, having joined the Army or Navy, have thus automatically become amateurs. (4) That in view of the possibility of some Leagues deciding upon a class of football on competitive lines, this confer- ence thereby agrees to treat all players of clubs connected with any leagues other than their own, as unpaid players, and not to sign or attempt to sign any such players without the consent in writing of the club for which such players were registered or listed on the 30th April last. League Games Optional. (5) The question of undertaking league matches be left to the respective leagues concerned to be dealt with. Subsequently the Management Commit- tee of the Football League heid a meeting and liecided that, in view of the present unsettled state of affairs and the present need for recruits and workers capable of engaging in making munitions of war, and in the hope that able-bodied men will find in the service (Jf the nation a higher plane than playing the game of football, the committee recommended that the league competitions for next season be not proceeded with. The meeting shared the view of the con- ference that it is not to the best interests of the country that football should be continued. Topics for Annual Meetings. i nev decided: (1) That the annual meetings of the Football League shall be held on the 19th July at Connaught Rooms, London, at 10 o'clock to transact the follo wing business (2) To select two clubs to replace the two bottom ,-Itibs in the last season's com- petition. (3) To decide whether the usual compe- tion shall be played, or what games shall be substituted, if any. An explanatory statement will be issued to the clubs, along with the notice con- vening the annual meeting. If at such a meeting it is decided to play the game in any way other than that described by the rules of the League, it will be necessary to adopt special rules for such a purpose, and an outline of such rules will accompany the explanatory statement.

£ 500 FOR A ZEPPELIN. Mr. Bow, of Messrs. Bow, McLachlan, and Co. (Limited), engineers and ship- builders, oi Paieley, in a letter to the editor of "Fairplay," offers £.;011 for the I airman who first gets a Zeppelin brought down on British --oil.

POLICE OBJECT TO A WAR FILM. A picture house proprietor named George Smith was summoned at Liverpool yesterday for exhibiting a film entilled H A Patriot of France," to which the police objected on the ground tha-i it ex- hibited too much of the morbid and troubled side of the war. Counsel who defended said it was ab- surd to talk of the morbid 6ide of war after 11 months. The more the British public knew of German methods of war- fare, the better it would be for us. Several independent witnesses said tho picture would stimulate recruiting. The summons was dismissed.

PRINCE LOUIS' LETTER. Prince Louis of Battenberg, who re- signed his post as First Lord of the Ad- miralty early in the war, in a private letter to a New York coin collector, which has been published in that city, wrote:— Dear Sir,—Thank you for your sala lists and the clippings. The former reached me three days ago, and I went carefully through it, but did not find anything I did not possess. I have all those described, by-Lou bat for instance. The United States can be more Itelp- fui to us as a neutral than as an ally. Her diplomats are the only shield in Germany against the cruelty of the Huns.—Yours respectfully, Louis Battenberg.

POOR MR. LLOYD CEORGE Amsterdam, Thursday.—The Gerinan learned world is now occupying itself ex- clusively with the war. Mr. Lloyd George's phrase Silver Bullet" has been subjected to rigorous examination, and it appears that so far from having coined a happy phrase he is a sad plagiarist. The expression is to be found in a small code ( in the Royal Library at Stuttgart, written in 1617 by an ardent Protestant, and is as follows:—" The Papists have been firing vigorously with I silver bullets, in other words, bribing heavily." Mr. Lloyd George is ac- quitted of using the words quite in thiis sense.—Renter •

BOOKS FOR OUR SOLDIERS I AN APPEAL TO "LEADER" READERS I Thanks to the great generosity, of th* people of Swansea and its environs, we have been able to send over a thousand razors to the Master Cutler; as a list in another column shows, razors are still being sent in. But now we wish to appeal in another direction. Sir Edward Ward, chairman of the Depot for the Camps Library, writes us: We are very anxious to spread abroad as much as possible the wants of our soldiers for reading matter iii the trenches and in the camps. We are sending out very large quantities of books to both these destinations, but as our output increases in volume the necessity for further supplies corre- spondingly increases. In opening a list in response to Sir Edward Ward's appeal, it may be as well ito explain the method decided upon. Contributions may be sent to the Leader Office, from whence they will be forwarded by us (free of charge) to the committee's depot. Every gift will be acknowledged in the columns of the Leader," but each parcel should be accompanied by the name and address of the sender (not necessarily for publica- tion), and a card of acknowledgement will be sent by the Hon. Mrs. Anstruther i (honorarv secretary of the central depot) l'ou behalf of Sir Edward Ward and the committee.

I BULGWAYO BANS GERMAN GOODS. Buluwayo, Friday.—An influential move- ment is afoot in Rhodesia and the Union to prevent future trading with enemy subjects. It is proposed to put prohibitive duties on goods from Germany and other enemy countries.

M.P. WOUNDED IN TWO WARS. Finsbury Borough Council has sent a message of sympathy to Major Arc-her- Shee, M.P., for Central Finsbury, who has severely m-ounded at the front. Major Archer-Shee was also wounded in the South Afri-caii War.

THE OTHER KITCHENER. Visiting a function at Ilford, Mrs. Parker, sister of Lord Kitchener, became interested in the twin boy babies of a j soldier's wife. On learning that one o. them was named Kitchener Armstrong. fhe reinai-k-d, I must nurse it now," and to the amusement of the company lr8. Parker nursed the child for some time.

KING AND MERCHANT SEAMEN. i The Ivmg has given >2100 to the fund whieh Lord Devon-port is raising in aid of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, for the sick and inj ured from among the mer- chant seamen of the Empire, who are i doing such admirable work in assisting the Navy." A special appeal is made for further contributions, which may be ad- dressed to Lord Devonport, at 41, Groe- venor-plaee, S. W.

STILL PLUNDERING BEG UM. Amsterdam. Friday, July 2nd.—The Telpgraaf n. learns from Belgium that i the Germans are renewing their requisi- tions, especially for machinery, which is systematically taken away without pay- nient from the manufacturers in the Liege province. The Germane have also notified the (Belgian authorities that they intend to exploit the Ghent-Terneuzen railway, which belongs to a private company.— Exchange.

i THE MATE AND THE CREW. The second mate of the Norwegian barque Abyssinia now at Queenstown, will be brought before the magistrates to-day on a charge of uliooting three mem- bers of the crew named Peter Hunter, Ludwig Jahansein and Henry Waring. The depositions of the injured men were taken on board the vessel before they were removed to hospital. Joitansen is not expected to live. It is alleged that the mate, who is a Russian named Gustaisen, had lidfrp drinking, and that he was angered at a refusal to work on the part of some of the men.

WAR ON GERMAN TRADE. The following is a list of new patents granted to German and Austrian subjects, and under the new rules a license can be obtained for manufacturing such patents by anyone who can show good reason for bame :-4884, B. Stein, hat- boxes 5025, E. Cantor, malt extracts; 5065, J. E. Riedel Akt-Ges, antiseptics; 5291, H. Muller, mechanical toys; 6365, E. Elster, electric meters; 5114, F. Krupp Akt-Ges; electric furnaces; 4,524, H. Mon- taiius, l buttons; 5466, O. E. Trobeck, turn- ing metal, etc. Messrs. Hughes and Young, patent agents, 3, Cherry-street, Birmingham, will be pleased to give any further particulars.

THREE CHILDREN PERISH IN ARE. A pathetic fire tragedy, in which three little children last their lives, occurred yesterday at Varden-street, Commercial- road, London. The victims were Leah i Kolinski, aged four, Jack Kolinski, aged two and a half, and Abraham Kolinski, aged seven months, the children of a waiter. Their mother went out to buy the din- ner, leaving them in an upper bedroom, the dojr of which was secured. During Mrs. Kolinski's ah-ence smoke was noticed coming from the window. The fire bri- gade were called, but by the time an en- trance war. forced and the fire extinguished the children were dead. The baby had been burned to death, and the others were apparently suffocated by the smoke. Unable to escape from the room the two elder children had -sought refuge in the bed: the girl had burrowed underneath the mattress, while the boy ha.d crept beneath the bed iteslf. It is supposed that one of them had been ino- wifh 111"

THEWAR I Resume of To-day's I Messages. Leader Office, 4.30p.m. The British forces have made a fine ad- vance before Achi Baba, inflicting ¡ heavy losses < a the enemy. In Athens it is rumoured that Krithia has fallen. A Russian submarine has gunk three I' enemy traders and supply boats, and lias driven others ashore- The joint conference at Blackpool to-day decided that in the best interests of the nation football should go on. A Rome message, via Paris, states that I the Italian Army has occupied Tolmino, on the Isonzo. ¡  ii the Isonw. A naval engagement has taken place in I the Baltic between Russian and Ger- I man ships, in. which the latter suffered badly. One enemy craft was driven into a neutral port, and will be in- terned. I I It is officially stated that 60,000 skilled engineers have been accepted for muni- tion work. More are still required, and to this end the different bureaux are being kept open. Numerically, Swai>• 6ea heads the fit in the munitions army; fromWale?. I The enemy claim to have captured 194,000 > Russians during June. Markensen's; phalanx is still advancing, but experts' hold that he has made a mistake, which may prove fatal, in bis choice of route.

60,000 VOLUNTEERS. BUT MORE ARE WANTED FOR NATIONAL MUNITION WORKS. BUREAU TO REMAIN OPEN The Press Association is infoimed by Mr. H. E. Morgan, of the Ministry of Munitions, that the scheme proposed by I the National Advisory Committee tor en- rolling war munitio.1 voiuntecM has provec a great success, in a large llH'asure I duo to their untiring eSortf?. The result b to place at th? disposal of the Minister of Munitions 60,000 skilled engineers, ready to go anywhere. The proportion, however, who can be moved from their present employment without stopping other important work is not sufficient to 6aticfy the urgent da mands of the munitions factories The Munition Works Bureaux will re- naill open for another week, during which every skilled man in the engineer- ing and kindred trades not on war work is urged to enrol. The greater the total of enrolments the ess the disturbance to trade and industry. Every man accepted for enrolment will receive a badge proving his offer of national service. When transferred to actual munition work, he will receive another, indicating that he is actually engaged on war work. As will be seen elsewhere, Swansea is in the honourable position of having pro- I vided a larger number of volunteers than any town in Wales.

I HARASSING ENEMY CRAFT [Fine Achievement of a Russian I Submarine. Petrograd, Satu relay.-—An official state- ment reports that a Russian submarine in the Black Sea torpedoed and sank a steam- ) ship of 2,500 tons, and set fire to and sank j a sailing vessel of 1,500 tons, as well as a small steamer of 400 tons. All three were I in the neighbourhood of Kesken and ladpii with coal and foodstuffs. Tho submarine also shelled another steamer moored to the shore. Several coal-laden barges in tow of a tug were driven ashore near the entrance to the Bosphorus. The submarine came into action with a small schooner armed with a gun and rifles. After an exchange of shots from gun, machine gun, and rifle, the schooner fled insliore. Two small vessels of similar type likewise fled to the coast.

I ADVANCE FOR SCOTCH MINERS. Sir George Askwith, as arbiter in the claim of the Scottish miners for an ad- vance in wages, telegraphed his decision last night to the Scottish Coal Owners' Association. His decision advances the wages of the underground workmen six- pence a day.

I THREE BLUCHERS FALL German newspapers mention in the lists of casualties just published the deaths .)f Lieut.-Colonel Heinrich von Blucher, Fi Att-Lieuten-ant Max von Blucher, and Lieut.-Colonel Lebrecht von Blucher, commanding a regiment of Baden Grena- diers on the French front. All three officers were the., direct de- scendants of General Blucher, who one hundred years a&!2 commanded the Prussians at Waterloo.—Exchange.

I NO FODDER FROM ENGLAND. I Copenhagen, Friday, July 2nd.—I understand that England has refused permission for 25,000 tons of fodder to be exported to Denmark, giving as an ex- planation that the prices in England are now so high that England cannot afford to supply other countries. Denmark for the moment has a suffi- cient supply, but it is feared that the in- ability to obtain supplies will raise the prices considerably, thereby increasing j the cost of agricultural products.-Ex-

9 Three Injured in House explosion. An explosion of an alarming character occurred this morning in the Manning- iiam district of Bradford by which a house was wrecked and an invalid woman named Walbourn, the wife of a warehouseman, and her husband and g^rsrsly b-orned. The ex- plosion was caused by Marsh gas, the tiven to firedamp frbm the mines v hlc!; escapes from fissures in the ri wund -i 'i penetrates into Louses, cans- in-" an explosion whera ventilation is iivf-'hcent. The Meat Shortage. The- weekly report from Smithfield Market issued to-day shows a large fall- ing off of supplies compared wicii last -,eragp. The tctal was 6,120 tons, 2,000 decrease on the average of last year, and nearly 1,000 tons loss than the corresponding week last year; 2,°°9 tons approximately represented Britisli- bred meat, the remainder being im- ported from the Colonies and foreign countries. i ) ¡ ♦ i i V 4