The Cambria Daily Leader

,J,t l:.¡ ') 5.30 EDITS. ..1_ i ï' FINANCE AND PARLIAMENT, The "Cambria Daily Leader'" .4ea d er" is the ONLY Paper in South West Wales which gives the Stock Exchange prices for the day, and a report of the day's sitting of Parliament each evening.

Our Note Book' I Our Contemporary and N°-II vember-itis.—Swansea and the Site for Welsh Memorial Offices.—TWTO Raging Epi- demics: Ragtime and Com- Mle an d Com- petitions'.—A Castle Waidj Suggestion. I Our contemporary is apparently vqry ru uci) election prospects -in Morriston next November, nClgmg by the lIberal paragraphing ot gossip connected with. the suburban tmopolis. The truths however, is that it is much more concerned about the possible shaping of eveilts--iu an electoral tasa':oa oi' vv'm*—in one the town wards. The shadows of cow- ing events may easily be discerned Jt the discussions in the Council Chamber and the columns of our contemporary are studier simultaneously. Municipal nerves are being so badly developed that the dread "s tnat Don Qmzote may suffer the same fate as Sancho Panza did in one of the wareu last November. "Cigars for four" is still such an obsesoioB, too, that no opportunely is to be lost oi hi ling the ratepayerseyes v.-ith repeated demonstrations of ad- ministrative economy, with a scare or two thrown 'jn occasion ally as a kind of sensational tilhp. Swansea is by no means a forlorn i hODe in the" battle of sites" in con- J ttection with The Welsh National Memorial offices. When tho question i is d iscussed at Llandrmdod on April S6th. it will be found that Swansea will make a much braver show than is I anticipated in some quarters. The I local representatives on the committee are putting up a iiiia fjht for the claims of their town, and are quite impressing many ot the representa- tives. Cardiff displayed such repug- nantly aggressive tactics in regard to Js'ewtown's position at the. last Shrews- bury meeting that it is quite on the caroet that the North Wales repre- sentatives will very favouiably consider Swansea's claims at the iorthcommg Kneeting. W hat wo suffer locally iroui -&I)d it is most damaging wnen we enter the arena of competition—- is that Harrow parochial spirit wuich is .alien! to the best traditions of Floreat Swan- sea. There appears to be two epidemics raging in this country at the present time, viz., ragtime music and news- t) mo, v i z. paper competitions." Punch last week, in a very cieverlv conceived cartoon, ex- posed tne inanity of the former, and it will not be long before a similar ser- vice will be done for the latter. liun- dreds of thousands of competitors enter these word competitions weekly, aul the air is thick with discussions on the relative value of the winning lines and those sent in by local competitors. It is said that from Swansea alone the Juumbec of coupons connected with foot- ball and ward competitions, sent to various papers every week, would fill a couple ot decent-sized sacks. Napoleon called us "a nation of shopkeepers," but this title will soon have to be changed, to meet modern requirements, into "a Xiation of competitors." x 4e It is said that some Castle Ward en- thusiasts are seriously thinking of ap-, proaching the Council to supply them with that modern municipal appurten- ance, a bowling green. Although the Castle Ward is the microscopic ward of the borough, it is urged that that is no. reason why it should be excluded f"om: the feast of good things now being sup- plied by the. City Fathers. One of tho suggestions is that the Corporation yard should be utilised for a bowling green: a somewhat bold and novel suggestion, it is true—so that the business and working men of the ward could have an opportunity of driving away dull care by a pleasant game of bowls, and also oujoy? & sniff of the briny betimes. The his- toric association would also be qu?,?e aH right for the celebrated game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe was played fcithin ear-shot of the murmuring sea. ■ — i Rook stone, the residence of the late General Booth at Hadiey Wood, Lon- don, is to remain open for visitors until August next. ''Please withdraw my name; I am at large now," Laid the Rev. Evan Da vies, when somebody proposed him OIl the Asylums Committee at Pontar- dawe yesterday. Local "knut" returning from Lon- don: "Awfully joUy fine time, don't you know! Went to Piccadily Circus, paid a shilling, and saw a ripping show. j This beats Sanger's! j w :it, It is suggested that the Swansea lady who won the "John Bull" prize of £ 460 should visit the bazaar at the Albert Hall to-day, where the stall- ho lders will be pleased to see her. In his maiden speech as a council- lor at Pontardawe yesterday, the Rev. Evan Davies said the best committee, in his opinion, was always a committee of three—with two of those absent! (Laughter.) It was noticed in the Plausible Hus- band Competition at the Simple Life Exhibition that nothing new or original was suggested in the modes of placating an angry wife by husbands who arrive home late. We ai'e not surprised; if anything is thoroughly exploited, it is this phase of imaginative mendacity. This morning a woman asked for a lammons at the Swansea Police Court against a woman because "she grinned at me." Further questions were put, and the applicant was told to take the, cath. Said she, "I swear by the Almighty God that I am bodily afraid of her." The summons was granted. # ? # put up vrith Journalists have to put up with 'aa?iy trials. A "Leader" reporter and photographer were in the Mumbles the ?ther day, when an omcious person came up and asked if they were trying to photograph the fort. Just as the in- jured pressmen were recoveriiag, a group Qf holidav-makers came up and asked to have their IIMotoagraphs taken.

BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE. ART TREASURES. DEFFETT FRANmS GALLERY RE- OPENED AT SWANSEA. EXQUISITE WORKS. The Deffett Francis Art Galley at b wan sea was re-opened to-day. Yester- day a private Press view took place. Henceforth the Gallery will be open free of charge on Tuesdays, Wednes- days, Thursdays and Saturdays. On Mondays and Fridays being students' days, a charge of sixpence will be made to visitors. The galiery has been transformed. At the invitation of the Gallery Com- mittee, Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E., selected the 7o2 examples now exhibited out of the entire collection, comprising no less than 2,500 works. Under the able direction oi Mr. Giant Murray, A.R.C.A (Director of Art), the examples now exhibited have been re- mounted and rcframed. It is, we are in a position to state, the intention of the Committee to ex- hibit the entire collect:ou as space and funds permit. The Works. I The works on view include line en- gravings, lithographs, mezzotint and stipple engravings, etchings, soft ground etch ngs, aquatints, coloured en- gravings, woodcuts, water colours, and drawings. For the information of visitors, a description of the various methods of etching, engraving, etc., by Sir Frank Shi,rt, is hung -in the corridor of the gallery. Room No. 1 is devoted to line en- gravings, of which there are 123. There are works by Agostino Carroui, Jakob de Gheyn, Albrech Durer, Jan Sadeler, Bartholomews Dolendo. Valentin de Febre, Benoit Audran, Simon Gribelin, Jacobus NeeS?, Wencestaus Hollar, ';JLa M3:rshall, Janus Rutgers, I Samuel Rawle, Augustm Samt-Aubin, j Denienico Cunego, Henry Singleton, j Luigi Schcavonetti, Sir Robert Strange, ¡ Karl Wilhelm Weissbrod Francesco Bartolozzi, James Basire, Charles Pierre Canot, Rooker, Joullam, etc. These are but names, but to the student I they convey a wealth of information. I The collection i6, in. the opinion,of those competant to judge, one of the finest in the kingdom.. The Bruiser (Charles Churchill) (66) and Strolling i Actresses dressing in a barn," (65) are rare examples of the art of William Hügarth. Wonderfully striking is I Venus et Adonis (74) by Sir Robert Strange. The work is alter Titian, "Tobit and the Fish" (71) is by J. Powell. ,d Dr.. Nathaniel Spens in the unik-rn of a Scottish .Archer" (60) is by Bengo. In Roam No. 2 are sixteen choice i lithographs. Perhaps the most striking is A Church (154) by John Sell Pot- man. There are two tree studies by Delamotte, and Egliae St. Sauveur- Caen" (157) by Bouington is also worthy of mention. Die Sohne Dos P.P. Rubens" (162) by Hanfstangl i interesting, but the works in this room, clever and valuable as they are, are sur- passed by those in Boom No. 3, in which are hung a wonderful collection of Mezzotint engravings. Authorities 6tate that this series compares favour- ably with any similar collection in the world. Enormously Valuable. Quite apart from their artistic value, each work has an historic interest, u.nd an expert who visited the Gallery re- cently informs us that their value is enormous. There are a hundred and four exhibits in this section, and among them one observes works by I Clint, Dixon, Cousins, Ward, HeI:ry I Mayor, Charles Turner. Linnell, ? ?Hodges. John Raphael Smith, Wilham Say, WiUiam Pether) Samuel Wm. Reynolds, Lupton Bromley, ilnd many others. The Stipple engravings are the finest examples of this branch of on- i gravings. Sir Frank Short told the writer that he most admured Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse" (376) by Haward. It is a wonderful work and of great value. There are thirty-nre ex- hibits in this section. Of considerable interest are the etchings, of which there are. aslo thirty- five hung. Artists represented include Cruik&hank, Rajon, Voogd, Sir John Gilbert Cotman. Thomas Landseer, Sal- vabore Rosa. Sherwin, Walther, and Lenhert. There are seven aquatints, including one hy Girtm. The Gate of St Dennis" (503); Six soft-ground etch- ings; twenty-one woodcuts, some 6f which are by John Leech, Blaksf, Dore and three coloured engravings. The water colours are by Hopner, Cotman, Land seer, Etty, Maohi&e, whilst the drawings include originate by Richard Wilson, Salvatore Rosa, and Gains- borcugb.

WELSH BILL. CONCESSION RUMOURS DENIED. Fresh rumours have been current that concessions are to be made on the Welsh Church Bill, but in' well-informed quar- ters these are all discredited.

U JS500 A NIGHT. Caruso, the famous tenor, is stated to have been booked for the Covent Garden opera at £ 500 per night.

LAUNCH AT PEMBROKE. I The light cruiser Nottingham will be launched at Pembroke Dockyard to- morrow, when the christenin,g cere- mony will be performed by Miss Violet Asquith, daughter of the Prime t Minister, and it is probable that the ¡ Premier and Mr. Winston Churchill will also be present. S

April Showers Presage November Clouds II (" Leader" Cartoon.) r At yesterday's meeting of the Swansea Corporation there were numerous April showers" cf rhetoric on subjects I connected with the public weal. One wonders if this had a"-Y reference to future elections?

HOSTILITIES SUSPENDED. I PEACE PRELIMINARIES PURSUING I THEIR mm WAY. (Reuter's Foreign Special.) Constantmople, Wednesday.—It ap- pears practically certain that no armis- tice has been concluded between th?? Turks and Bulgarians, but a suspen- sion of hostilities is mutually agreed upon. Diplomatic circles are of the opinion that th s signature to the preliminaries of peace wiU require more time than is generally believed, as the Allies' reply to the Powers' latest communication may possibly necessitate a further Note from the Powers, after which the latter will have to communicate with the Porte, which, in turn, will require some time ior consideration before formally accepting the proposals contained therein. Consequently, it is doubtful whether the conclusion of preliminaries will fake place before the end of the present month.

SHAVED WHILE SWINCINC. I Tom Burrows, the Australian athlete, who has set himself to swing a pair of Indian clubs for 100 hours without a break for rest or sleep, completed the first half of his task last night. He is taking a. very light diet, consist- ing of tea, eggs, nncly minced meat, t??.91? and butter, toast., and a little fruit. His toilet in, the morning arouses a great deal of interest, the difficulties which have to be faced by those who are instructed with the task of washing and shaving him while he continues to swing causing much merriment.

PERMANENT DECORATIONS. I It was reported at a meetin g of the governors of Nottingham Hospital yes- terday that when Mr. R. M. Knowles, a former high sheriff of the co-untv, was asked to give some evergreens for ward decorations at Christmas he sent instead a cheque for £ 1,000, suggesting that it might be of more permanent use.

RELIGION IN PORTUGAL. I Lisbon, Wednesday.—The authorities to-day closed the workshops of the school of St. Joseph, Lisbon, which had lately recommenced work. The pupils were dismissed. The step was taken under the new Public Worship laws.- Renter.

COFFEE TRUST CASE. I Washington, Wednesday.—The anti- Trust suit against the Brazilian Valori- zation Scheme, the so-called coffee trust, will be dismissed within a few days by Mr. McReynolds, the Attorney- General, as the result of d?inite assur- { ances from Brazil that 900,000 bags of coffee stored in ?ew York have been at?d to bona-?de purchasers Router. ) 1

TO FLY ACROSS THE  ATLANTin 2,258 MILES. DARING GERMAN AVIATOPS. I At the earliest favourable oppor- tunity, probably this morning, the Ger- man airship Suchara II. was to attempt to fly across the Atlantic from the island of Las Palmas (Grand Canary) to the West Indies, or a point on the north-east coast of Brazil. The vessel has been put together on the island, where some 1,300 cylinders of hydrogen arrived las week on a German steamer, and the pilot, Dr. Bruscker, w?h Dr. A if p? the two mechanics, have been working hard ever since. 1 he. distance to be traversed between Las Palmas and the north-east coast of Brazil is some 2,250 miles, and be- tween cue island and the nearest point in the West Indies about 2,400 miles. The intention of Dr. Bruecker is evi- dently to take advantage oi the Iwrth- ea-st trade wmda, which may about this time of the year be relied upon as a constant factor at low altitudes. Everything Raady. I Las Palmar April lfith.—It is offi- cially announced that Captain Bruecker I will leave in the airship Suchard 11. for the West Indies to-morrow morning between 2 and 5 o'clock. All arrange- ments have been compiexed. The weather oonmtions are excellent. The wind is blowing from the north-east. Captain Bruecker will be accompanied by an engineer named Kruger and a mechanic, Peter, both of whom are Germans. They are taking provisions for 25 days. Captain Bruecker is con- vinced that he will make Barbados or Trinidad before April 28—Router.

CHAMPACME RUINED. Four-fifths of the champagne vint- age in the neighbourhood of Reims is declared to be lost for this year owing to LUe cold weather, seven degrees of frost having been registered on two mornings this week.

RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE. I The rapid decrease in the numbers of the natives of the Solomon Islands is attribute dto Dr. W. Thorold Quaife, of Auckland. New Zealand, to the fact that they no longer ergage in tribal warfare which kept them energetic and, vigorous.

"SWEET NELL" I House breakers are at work on the last remains of a house in Pall Mall-place which was once the residence of Nell Gwynne and was the home of the Prince Regent just a century ago, while his ¡ magnificent pal.:e: Cadton House, was being built on the other side of the way.

TRYlr YOURSELF. I NOTHING LIKE NEWSPAPER I ADVERTISING. I In moving the adoption of the report at the annual meeting of the Rhyl Ad- vertising Association, yesterday, Mr. P. -i, y<.?sterd a v -A, ir, P. J. Ashfield referred to the faith which the committee placed in newspaper ad- vertising, and said that associations like that at Rhyl realised with business men that no form of advertising yielded such excellent results as the media of newspapers.

DEMOCRAT ELECTED. I A COOD SIGN IN VIEW OF THE II TARIFF REVISION BILL. (Reuter's Foreign Special.) Washington, Wednesday.—The elec- tion of Mr. John J. Mitchell, a Demo- crat. as member of Congress ror the thirteenth Massachusetts district, suc- ceeding a Republican, has pleased Dr. Wilson, who has wired his oongratula- tions. The party leaders regard the el. tion of a Democrat in what has hither- to been a strong protective district as significant in view of the projected tariff revision programme of the ad- ministration.

THE WOMEN'S BILL. It is understood that the Government mean to devote Monday and Tuesday, May 5th and 6th, to the second reading of the Women's Suffrage Bill. -4

VALUABLE SANDS. One thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight pounds was realised at Blackpool yesterday from the sale of licenses for pitches on the foreshore.

UNKIN3 Edward Delong, of Deventer, Hol- land, in declining to let a field t.o a local football club, ctated that his land was at the disposai of four-footed I cattle only.

tVE ALL KNOW IT I i The Chief Justice of New South Wales, referring to the short toast list I' at the farewell banquet to Lord Cbelmsford at the Sydney Town Hail, expressed gratification at the scarcity I of "that gas, the Ught of which is never seen either on land ipr sea."

ALONG NAP. I Paris. Wedn< so iy.—At Cherbourg there is a young who has been asleep for two months. In February he fell into a cataleptic slumber, from I which it had be'i1 impossible to arouso i him. He is fed on milk and the yolks ¡ of eggs. and after taking this food he half wakes, and can understand what is said to him. He can then eat, but can- not speak or open his eye?. The doctors are unable to say when he I is going to wa.ke up. >

BOTH SAFE AND ALivE. VALLEY DISASTER. I MARVEUOOS ESCAPE AFTER BEING II BURIED FOR HOURS. I RESCUE PARTY'S DARING. I HEath men safe and alivel" This was the news which flashed through the Swansea Valley last night shortly before eight o'clock, when the rescue party. who had been working h2..rd for many hours at Gleision Pit, heard voices. It was found impossible to get at the entombed men through the fall as the earth continued to run all day. Under the circumstances the only chance was to cut along to the side of the fall, and I placing smail timbers on the way. The hole in this case was only big enough to admit one of the rescue party, and it was through this thai, the men were brought out at eight o'clock to the reheî oi hundreds of people. Williams and Lewis had been im- prisoned in a small space only 12 feet long, 8 feet high, and six feet wide, and thLS was full oi gas. I "A Miracle." I "How they are alive is a miracle," said Dr. Dahne, who administered stimulants LO the men underground- Williams had been unconscious on two occasions and Lewis once. They were compelled to koep m a crouching position for the whole time. On each occasion when they became unconscious it was through trying to sit up to try their strength. Both men were very weak, and were taken to tneir homes with orders not to be spoken to by anybody. The only l means of getting air when they were I' entombed was through a small pipe I which had been laid down prior to the fall. Rescue Operation. I Mr. Hedley, the managing owner, had I arrived on the scene just about ire time I of the accident, as he was about -t-o ia- spect the work going on there. He took charge of jiic rescue operations with Mr. J. Standige, the manager; Mr. Evans, under-manager of the Tareni Colliery; and Mr. Lewis, the under- manager of the big vein, and father of one 01 the entombed men. These took charge of a ga.ng of two score volunteers, who displayed the greatest bravery in the carrying out of a very hazarduous duty, which was all the raor. dangerous because of the frequent falls that oc- curred as they were shovelling away the rubbish that separated them from their two fellow men whom they hardly dared to hope would be alive. Rescuers' Courage. I Mr. Hedley speaks in the highest terms of the courage displayed by the rescuers. "At the outsef," he said, "they were driven back by gas, but they nobly per- severed until they were able to attack the large amount of rubbish that had fallen." As an instance of the danger they had encountered, Mr. Hedley said that one could hear the loose debris running from the roof where the men were working, but the rescuers manfully disregarded th3 danger until they had the satisfaction of knowing that their noble efforts had resulted in the saving I of the lives of their fellow workmen. -do. SURVIVORS' STORIES. I TEN HOURS ORD-CAL IN THE PIT I The thrilling experiences of Morris 1 [ Williams an-a Albert Lewis who were entombed ior .n hours in the Gleision Pit, Godre'rgraig, were told to our Val- ley representative, who journeyed to Godre'rgraig on Thursday, and judging by theii-, narratives they must nave shown great courage and fortitude. Lewis was the first to be interviewed. He was in bed, but appeared to be quite bright ajid cheerful, and seemed little the worse for his terrible ordeaL When he heard the crash, he and Lewis attempted to jump forward, but instead of doing so they stepped backward just in time, otherwise they would have been immediately suffocated. They then laid themselves down at the face in a small aperature, which was at their disposal. From the fall to the face was only six feet. The width and the heighth six feet. There they iay until eight o'clock in the evening, when they were pullod out through a small hole by the mem- bers of the rescue party. "How about your lamps ?'' Oh, they went out at once, and we were blocked in by the fall with nothing to eat# or drink. I had had nothing to eat from six o'clock that morning." "Were you conscious?" Yes, as far as I can remember. I know Morris Williams became uncon- scious a couple of times, and I did my utmost, to revive him by rubbing him. I am glad to say I did this success- fully. How about the gas?" Full of Cas. I The place was full of it, and we dare not sit up, and lying for some hours made me quite stiff. That is my only complaint this morning. It was fortunate for us tnat the fall was run- ning towards the other way and not towards us. Otherwise we would have been suffootaed." "Did you gi\e up hope at all ?, Oh, no, I had great faith, and I never think of the wo'st on occasions ot this kind. I am always very cool. Of course I have beeL. in small accidents before, but I have never had the thril- ling experience of yesterday. Could you hear the rescue party at work?—-Yes, and it was then my hopes were raised- Lewis went on to say that the roof appeared quit-e safe in the morning when it was examined. In his opinion, the fall occurred through a "blower" of gas. I (Continued on

( x AViATOR KILLED. Ai livu. Thursday.— T )- J irgviiopcuia has I", u fall, while fiyiiig -it. THE PRINCE. Paris, Thursday.—The !'• r_. < ? -1 1.1 Wal€<s left here to-day Ll L BELGIAN STL IKE. Snivels, Thursday.— MJuaticn unchanged. Thousands of workmou ic Trurn have resolved to è lop work t' morrow aud seek employment, in ?junc.j. A?Autworpcuipit.'yc??pr.- rato firms aro coming out in mereas- ara c-,)iulil., c,?it Haii-time—Swans, 1; *?'r<? 0. —Weir ;,1, i "E OF peN- Par s, ihunday.—Mcssr*. iteths- coild mijI to-morrow ipsue rniLKcr. pounds vrortb. -cf e- Exchequer boftdfc for Japanc. Government. Final Score; .1 SWANSEA POLICE.—J'Ycni. goal. 2 penalty goals. LANPORE MONEY I 1 con. goal, 2 penalty gor Final Score; SWANSEA TOIV.N-11 gc,l. NEWPORT COUNTY—Nil. f ) s

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