The Cambria Daily Leader

SHARP SKIRMISH FIGHTING AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. ITALIANS EASILY SUCCEED IN DEFEATING AUSTRIANS. TYROL NET TIGHTENING Swiss-Italian. Frontier. Thursday.—The fi{>t sharp Austro-Italinn skirmish oc- curred yesterday beyond Tonale Pass, over "1.000 foci -—"half as high ngain as the highest, mountain in Britain. The Ital- ian troops were easily successful. Xight marching, in the Carnic, Alps (north of Venetia: lIdl Valley, Caprile. elf.) 15 specially dangerous owing to Inines and barbed wire toncos. Austrian searchlights sweep the ridges and passes, and guns are concealed De- hind rocks. The Italian soldiers are amid all tIwse difficulties, displaying a great enthusiasm and ardour, and tho net around Trent and Tyrol is hourly tightening. The King's Decision. Before, leaving Borup, for the front King Victor invested the Duke of (leiloa his u nel" with powers practically amount- ing to a Regency- The Duke has been given authority to sign royal documents. It is evident that the King intends to re- main permanently with the troops. He has taken the supremo command and ■will share flie liardsl)i.l)s of his soldiers. The King seemed in high 6pirits when, he left R-OUM with his suite on Wednes- day night. All the railway workers left their work and rushed to cheer the Sovereign tumultously. The King grasped Signor Salandra's hand cordially and affectionately bade good-bye to the Duke of Geooa. rii. Queen is expected to leave for Florence soon eo as to lie nearer the front. The King's message to the people has made .« great, impression. A reference to a probable tenacious resistance by the enemy is construed as intended to pre- pare the nation for no easy campaign. The fact, which has most impressed the Italian public so far is the capture, by the bayonet of the Yal Inferno Pass (in the Carnic Alps) hy the Alpini chasseurs and the various mountain positions at the approaches to the Trent mo. as here the natural position-s are all against, the Jtnliaiis and every post occupied makes the streets of Verona safer. Garibaldi. Joins the Army. The formation of a separate body of "volunteers being disapproved both by the Minister of War and General Üld- orna. Signor Peppino Garibaldi has agreed that, he and his volunteers shall enter the already existing brigade called The Hunters of the Alps." founded in and commanded h. Signor Giuseppe Garibaldi. Practically all who fought "'nth the French in the Argonne will join this their former military posihons as far as possble being recognised. Signor < Uaribaldi becomes' a Colonel in the regular Italian army.—R-euter. Printe as a Volunteer. Turin. Thursday.—Prince Humbert, Count, of f aiemi, eon of Prince Amadeo vDuke of Aosfa) has volunteered for ser- vice. and will have the rank ot a, lieu- tenant in the Catania Cavalry Regiment. The Frinfe is already in camp. lie is 26. and is the only eon of Princess Laetizia Bonaparte.. OFICIAL NEWS. Italian Airship Squadron's Effective Raid. Rome. Thursday.—The, following com- munique was issued here to-day by the Grand Headquarters: On the Tyrol and Trantino frontier. artillery fighting continues between our fortifications and those of the enemy at Ionale and on the Asiago plateau. We have extended northward our occupation of the rpgion beyond the frontier above the entry of the Chiese into Lake Idro. and our occupation of the rugged region between Lake Idro and Lake Garda. Prominent, nipn, of Tezze, in the Val sligarn and other parts occupied by us, presented themselves to our authorities expressing patriotic sentiments and devo- tion on behalf of the inhabitants. ()n the Cainia frontier the engagements of our Alpine troops continue with happy results and the rapture of prisoners. On the Friuli frontier we have occupied Grado. where the inhabitants are enthusi- astic. During the night of May 26th a squadron of our airships effected a raid into the enemy's territory throwing bombs on the Trieste Tabresina line, and causing evident damage and apparently an inter- ruption of the railway communication. Although subjected to violent rifle and artillery fire, the equadron returned un- harmed to our lines. (.Signed) Cadorna.

5AHS8 UP  Belgians and Italians Ordered to the Colours. By an order of the Belgian authorities, male refugees IS to 25 years of ago are required to enroll themselves in the Militia levy They must do 10 before June 30th, or be considered as defaulters. Of thA 350 or so of male Belgian refu- gees in Swansea, anyone from IS to 20 are liable to this service. Those, born before December 1$94, and married before Xov- ember 15th, IfH. are exempt, as also are those physically incapacitated from any cause. Ther* are. boul 250 Italians at Swan- irea. and yesterday steps were taken to call up all classes of men bora between +E\ years 1878 in(I 1F,.91 for military Foer-I ■vices. The official notice appears in our advertising column? to-day.

WAGON WORKS TROUBLE OVER. It has been arranged that the employes of the Gloucester Wagon Co., Port Ten- naT? (ahont 40, indudin? hoys) will rc- fnnn? w'rk a'- onop, thp differences nn wages on which they came out to be sub- mitted to an arbitrator.

THE SACRED IKON. I I STRANGE STORY OF CREEK KINC'S I RECOVERY RELIC TAKEN TO PALACE I Athens, Thursday.—King Constantino's condition has greatly improved since last night, which appears to have been the crisis of the illness, since he had begun toj be delirious I A popular story in Athens is that the effort, of raising himself in bed to kiss the wonder-working ikon (image) which was I brought specially from Tinos yesterday caused the abscess in the lung to burst and led to an improvement. I The Wonder-Working Ikon. Athens is passing through a day of such I religious excitement, one might almost say frejzy, as has not been seen for a lon? time. The aa( '-([)ndpr.{Jr1dng I ikon of the Blessed Virgin, believed to have been painted by St. Luke, was brought on Wednesday from the island shrine at Tinos, near Psyra, to the bed- side of the Ivin-g in the hope that it may effect the cure of his grave attack. The. image was. as the result of a dream, found buried in 1823; and twice a year it is visited by large pilgrimages of the sick, who crawl on hands and knees from tho harbour to its sanctuary. It has never before been brought to a, royal Isiek-bf:>d. and frantic ,cenes of devotioa occurred on its journey through the Piriaii.i to Athens. It was reverently landed from the destroyer which bad fetched it. The holy ikoa. which is covered with embossed silver work to hide the scars caused by the Turks, who our,- tried to burn it. was carried on the knee of the Archbishop in full canonicals, seated in a motor-car along the seven-mile road to Athens. Tha car was surrounded by a dense and frantic crowd, chiefly composed of men. Rush for the Relic. Wb-n this excited throng of fierce, fatigued, and perspiring devotees, thrust- ing back the police, forced their way into the already closely packed square in front of the cathedral a dangerous riot nearly occurred. Finally the Archbishop was lifted off his feet and literally carried into the cathedral. I have never seen so strange a religious spectacl e as at. that moment ('writes' a correspondent). Wotafn and men shrieked with emotion. fell on their knees. crossed themselves re- peatedly, then rose and rushed forward in on attempt to kiss the relic. The police fought vi?orou?y to kp back the wor- I shippers. After great efforts it was pos- sible to carry it into the sanctuary and close the brass gates. Later, when the ex- citement had lessened, the ikon was car- ripd in procession to the palace. The Ministers .were all there awaiting it. The Crown Prince and the higher offi- cials of the court met it at the palace gates. Many of the vast crowd knelt and wept aloud. At last the ikon passed out of sight into the closely guarded palace and the Archbishop held it to the, lips of the sick King.

I ZEPPELIN BREAKS LOOSE. Copenhagen, Thursday.—A Zeppelin airship without a crew has been observed at Odense, Denmark, drifting in a westerly direction. She is the one which broke loose at. Konigsberg.

I GOOD NEWS FOR CLYNE I It has been stated that it was the in- I tention of Messrs. Cammell Laird and Co. to close the Clyne Colliery about next month. It has since transpired, how- ever, that the company will work the colliery for another two years at least, which will be a boon for the district.

I SUNK BY PIRATES' FIRE SMALL CARDIFF STEAMER LOST OFF THE SCILUES PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED. A Penzance telegram to-day pars: When about twenty miles off the Scillie?, the steamer Cadeby (Captain Jones' 676 regis- tered tonnage, bound from Oporto to Car- diff.. with pit-wood. was sunk by gunfire by a hostile submarine. There were 23 aboard, including four passengers, and they saved themselves in lifeboats, and were picked up by a N*wlyn fishing boat, which landed them at .Newlyn early this morning. The passengers were Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Watt-ison, of IIan ley. Staffs., their two- year-old boy, and a Portuguese girl, Theni Ost. All their luggage was lost. Mrs. Wattigon and the Portuguese girl left so hurriedly that they were hatless. It was 3,0 on Thursday after-noon that the submarine was sighted, and she then showed a signal for thcstparner to be abandoned. She immediately opened fire with a gun, hut, according to Ir", Watti- son, they stopped firing wheu the boats were being launched Shots, however, had struck the ship and holed her before they could get the boats out. I Thirty Shots. In an interview. Mr. Wattison said that he and his family were on their way to England from Oporto for a holiday. When the submarine, was sighted, he was on the bridge with the mate, who in- formed the captain. The submarine then opened fire, one shot going acros.i the bows, the second falling short, the third over tho ship, and the fourth penetrating hr-: near the water line. The enemy continued to fire, but ccased when the boat.s were being launched. All got safely into the boats, and when they pulled away from her the submarine re- newed her gunfire at the >'eajner. About thirty shots were fired, when the. C'adeby heeled over and afterwards sank. Mr. Wattison said there was no danger from the gunfire when they were .in the boats, but some of the -shots* went peri- lously near the 'bridge before the boats wer(, got oiif.

FRENCH ESTIMATE OF KITCHENER I Paris. Friday.—In "Homme Euchaine" to-day M. Clemenceau pays a striking I tribute to Lord Kitchener, who, ho says, has done all his great work without noise. The writer also refers to the confidence created by the appointment of a Minister pf M,.yJÚ,ÛQj..

I POPE CONDEMNS CERMAN METHODS. Rome. Thursday.—The war against the Austro-Germans is bound to assume the character of a real crusade, and even the Pope now lifts his voice and publicly condemns the criminal German methods. Writing to the Dean of the Sacred Col- lege, his Holiness says that owing to the war it will not be possible to hold a Con- sistory next month. lIe deplores that his efforts for peace and his appeals to the belligerent Governments t,o end the war have been useless, and significantly add,?, War continues to redden Europe, and offensive means, contrary to humanity and international law, as now used both on land and sea." The Pope clearly alludes to the sinking of the Lusitajiia and the use by (termans of asphyxiating gas.

I THE FALABA'S BOATS The Board of Trade inquiry into the sinking of the Falaba by a German sub- marine off St. Ann's head last March, was resumed in London to-day. Captain George Archibald, Assistant. Marine Superintendent of Elder Dempster and Co., caid that he had examined four j boats of the Falaba washed ashore off the Cornish coast. 1r?tnoss declared that the woodwork was in good order and condi- tion, and there was no sign of rot about them. This concluded the evidence. j I Mr. Holmes, who appeared for the rela- fives of the master, who was drowned, said there had been many complaints by passengers during the course of the in- quiry, but Be submitted that the conduct of the npser left no ground for any com- plaint whatever. He had been in the! service 20 years, fie asked Lord Mersey askcd to safeguard against any reflection beiue ji cast upon. the ma»t.e £

AFTERMATH OF EXPLOSION j Mr. Potter, an electrical fitter, died in hospital at Sheerness to-day from in- juries received through debris from, the Princess Irene 1alling, on him a thousand yards distant. Soon after the Princess Irene ex- plosion in the Medway yesterday, a Tittle girl named Hilda Johnson, aged nine, who was staying on holiday with relatives on tho Isle of Grain, was picked I up dead in a garden, having been struck on the bead by a piece of iron found at the spot. Later a workman named George Bradley (17). was discovered deatl in a potato field on the Isle of Grain. His death is attii- fbu.q\Q. "Q W

Lively Fighting in France. To-day's French official eoriimuiiique is as follows: The enemy's counter-at- tacks against the position occupied by us near Angres continued during the night. We repulsedethem. At Ablain, Sf. Nazaire, our troomcontinued their offensive with entire success. Masters of the cemetery, they took possession at.- the beginning of night of the whole of the neighbouring group o fhouses, notably the presbytery, which the enemy had strongly organised. They afterwards took by assault the German trenches along the road .which goes from Ablain to Moulintalon (south-east of Ablain. Vio- lently counter-attacked dur- in gthe night, they retained all the ground captured, at the Millie time inflicting on the enemy heavy losses. At daybreak they moved east- wards and in the direction of Souchez carried a large German earthwork with fortifications of Quartre Boqueteaux. The fight there was of a lively character and the enemy sustained serious repulses. The number of prisoners taken last evening considerably exceeded 400, anion gwnoin were seven oift- I We took besides a cers. We took besides a dozen machine guns. This morning at the capture of the fortifications we took more prisoners, the number of whom is not exactly yet known, and also captured a I quantity of material. The bombardment reported yes- terday from Ecurie and from Roclincourt by the Germans continued throughout the night, but there was no in- fantry attack. On the out- skirts of Le Bois and Le Preitri we last evening ma de an attack which gained some ground, while we took 60 prisoners, including several officers. There is nothing new on the rest of the front. A Swansea Conscription Resolution. At Swansea Chamber r.f Commerce to- day, the question of recruiting was con- sidered, and a. resolution was passed that the time had now arrived for com- pulsory sen-ice. A resolution 4(vas also passed protesting against the recent, at. tacks made on Lord Kitchener, and ex- pressing entire confidence in him. 4 I ■tew

I CHAPLAIN OF GOLIATH LOST. Among those who lost their lives by the sinking of H.M.S. Goliath on May 13th, in the Dardanelles was the chaplaiu (the Rev. Ivor Morgan Lewis, formerly curate at TJttoxeter. He was the eldest son of the Ecv. David Lewis, Llysfaen Rectory, Colwyn Bay, and a grandson of the late Mr. David Lewis, Pontantown Farm, Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, where he was well known. Deceased, who was 2fl years of age, graduated at Jesus College, Oxford.

THE NEXT SPY TRIAL. As at present arranged, the trial of the two men charged with espionage will begin at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday morning. It was thought that the change in the Attorney-Generalship, consequent upon the appointment of Fir John Simon as Home Secretary, might lead to some alteration in the date, but up to tho present no change has been made. The prosecution will be conducted by Sir Edward Carson, the new Attorney- General. It is understood that the ac- cused men will be defended by Mr. Ceorge, Elliott, K.C., Mr. Sidney Lamb. Mr. Curtis Bennett, and Mr. Eustace Fulton. and that the Julges will be the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Avory, and Mr. Justice Lush.

FATAL MOTOR LAuNCH ACCIDENT. I Hull, Thursday.—Four men were drowned in tho River Humber to-day through a motor launch striking a shoal and overturning. Neither the name of the launch nor of its occupants has yet been established. The accident took place- shortly after eleven o'clock at a point a few miles above Hull, where the river is two miles wide. People at Hessle saw the launch pro- ceeding in mid-stream towards Hull, when suddenly she overturned and the occupants were thrown into the water. Forty men engaged at .1 shipyard at Hessle dragged a boat across the wide ,strel,ch of mud, but by the time it got afloat the struggling men had disappeared I I vnd»3 Water. J

TWO DISASTERS. Auxiliary Ship Blown Up. H.M.S. MAJESTIC SUNK IN I THE DARDANELLES. I Strange Occurrence at Sheerness Dockyard. Te Secretary of the Admiralty made! the following announcement last night:— II.M. Auxiliary Ship Princess Irene was accidentally blown up in Sheerness Harbour this morning. So far as is yet known, only one sur- vivor, Stoker David Wills, was picked up. Wills has sustained burns from the explosion. The following three men belonging to the Princess Irene were not on board at the time of the disaster:—William James i Paice, A.B,; John T. Sutton, signalman;, James Thompson, chief steward. Seventy-ei?ht dockyard workmen are'I- reported to have been on board the Prin-: I h' d ,1 cess Irene this morning, and must have; perished. [ Several men belonging to vessels lying close to the Princess Irene were wounded by falling splinters. I 76 Workmen Killed. The following notice was posted outride 8h?r!i<?a Dockyard last night, signed by RearAdmÜ'al Prendergast, Supcriaten- dent of the doeky-ard:- It is much regretted that 76 workmen, as far as can be ascertained at present, have lost their lives in the. execution of their duty at Sheerness Shipyard. Flames 300 Feet High. How the disaster occurred will probably never be known, as all who were on board the vessel at the time perished (says the "Times" Sheerness correspondent). In addition to the crew, between 70 and 80 workmen belonging to the Chief Con- structors Department, Sheerness Dock- yard, were IÙ; work on board the 6hip, which was undergoing a relit. The force of the explosion, which oc- curred about 11.14 a.m.. was terrific. Windows were-shattered and ceilings fell several miles away. Eye-witnesses state that. flames rose to a height of at least 300ft., there being two pillars of flame with intervals of a few seconds between them, accompanied by dense clouds of white smoke. The smoke hung like a pall for several minutes over the spot where the Princess Irene had been moored, and when it dispersed it wa? 6een that the liner was no more—only ?pitee?s of floating debris remained. Ship's Crane Blown Out. Assistance was immediately rendered from both Sheerness and Chatham Dock- yards, and from vessels in the neigh- bourhood, and several bodies were picked up. In a marsh near by the gold stripes from the sleeve of a lieutenant's jacket had fallen on the body of a seaman. Several men on board vessels moored in the river were injured by the debris. One of the ooaling auxiliaries lost a crane, which was shaken out of its fttl.ings into the sea by the force of the I explosion. Part of a boiler in the liner fell on a vessel half a mile away. There have been distressing scenes out- side the dockyard gates, where relatives gathered to await the list of names of the dockyard employes who were ivorb-ing in the vessel. A Territorial doing duty on land not far away was injured by falling glass in the office in which he was employed. A naval oiffcer likened the spectacle when the explosion occurred to a volcanic eruption, so dense was the volume of flame and smoke. Wreckage Hurled a Mile High. A Times special correspondent at Chatham writes:— I am told that, with the possible excep- tion of two men, the whole of the crew of about 300, in addition to the dockyard workmen on board, were killed by the ex- plosion in the Princess Irene. Places 10 miles to the south-west were covered with falling fragments, and there were indeed tome cases of personal injury in the neighbourhood of Sittingbourne. An officer who was on board a vessel only a few hundred yards from the Prin- cess Irene at the time of the accident gave me a very clear description this evening of what lie paw. He was on the Sheerness side of the vessel, and, as the wind was blowing strongly in the oppo- site direction, he was able to see the great explosion without being involved in it. He tells me that the noise of the explo- sion at close quarters was the most extra- ordinary experience of his life The Prin- cess Irene seamed to be hurled into the air a mile high in 10.000 fragments, and he could distinctly make out the forms of men amidst the flying wreckage and the great cloud of smoke. The end of the vessel was appallingly sudden and com- plete Remains Cast Ten Miles. She did not go down (said- the officer)- she simply went up and distributed her remains over an area of a score of miles. When I came back a little later in my vessel, and sailed near the spot where the explosion had occurred, there was noth- ing, except, a portion of a mast, to mark the place where the Princess Irene had been berthed. I found the Med way, how- ever, spotted with spars and pieces of wreckage and furniture, little bits of human bodies, and other evidences of the completeness of the calamity. The skipper of a passing vessel told me he had two men on board injured and unconscious. Fortunately the Princess Irene was the only vessel of any size involved. Two barges which lay alongside were blown up. The Princess Irene was one of the newest of the Canadian Pacific Compr ay's passenger liners. She was a twia-screw vessel of 6,000 tons, built by W. "Dpnny | and Brothers, of Dumbarton, last, year, was fitted for oil fuel and was driven by four steam turbines. She was registered at Victoria, B.C.. and is believed to have had a speed of 25 knots. I Felt 22 Miles Away. Sittingbourne, Thursday.—The explo- sion on the Princess Irene was felt at Sittingbourne, ten miles away. The wind was blowing from the north-east, and the concussion shook nearly every house in the town. Plate-glass shop-fronts were blown in and ceilings shaken down. In one case a woman fainted from shock- The pupils of the County School for Girls left the building and were paraded for fire drill. The Sittinghourne Fire Brigade were called out in readiness for action. At Upchurch, which overlooks the Medway and is about five miles from the scene of the explosion, the top of the church tower was blown down. Effects of the explosion were felt at Maidstone, 22 miles away. H.M.S. MAJESTIC TORPEDOED. II Sixth Allied Warship Sunk in the Dardanelles. The Secretary of the Admiralty made the following laxt night:— An enemy submarine torpedoed and sank H.M.S. Majestic, Captain H. F. G. Talbot, this morning while supporting the Army on Gallipoli Peninsula. Nearly all the officers ?nd men were saved. I The Sixth Battleship. The Majee;tic is the battleship -lost in the operations in the Dardanelles. The French ship Bouvet and the British chips Ocean and Irresistible were sunk by mines on March 18th. The Goliath was sunk on May 12th by a Turkish de- stroyer under circumstances which have not been fully disclosed. The Triumph was sunk by a German submarine on Tuesday, while supporting the Australian troops against a Turkish attack. In less than a week the German sub- marines in the Mediterranean have ac- counted for two battleships. These sub- marines are obviously of the most power- ful type, as otherwise they could not have made the long voyage from the German coast to Smyrna, where they seem to have established their base. With abundance of fast, email craft against them submarines are robbed of most of their sting, and the entry of Italy into the war will probablv set free a, large number of French torpedo-boats and destroyers which have hitherto been watching the Austrians in the Adriatic. The Majestic was the oldest battleship on the active list but one. She was laid down in February, 1894. and was thus more than 21 years old. She displaced 11,900 tons, mounted 1. 12in. and 12 6in. guns, and cteame(I 171 knots. She carried a crew of 757. Her tide armour was 9in. thick. She was a splendid sea boat and had a line record of service. The business at the Dardanelles con- tinu to take its toll of ships and gallant 6eamen, writes the Xaval correspondent of The Times." On Tuesday it was the Triumph that fell a victim to tjl" submarine; yesterday the Majestic was torpedoed by the same agency. The only satisfaction to be found is in the fact that in both cases the loss of life was comparatively small. I Chief Gunner a Swansea Man. Another Swansea man on the Majestic was P.O. Harry Page, of 53, Carmarthen, road, who held the post of chief gunner. Leaving the Xaw seven years ago with an excellent character, Mr. Page (held in great esteem by all who knew him) was called up on August Bank Holiday, and went to the Majestic at once, for lie had only just previously done some training. Although most of the naval reservists who left the neighbourhood at the same time have been home on leave, Mr. Page has not found it po-ssible to come. His wife, mother (who lives in Baptist Well-street), and sister (Mrs. Thomas. 55, Carmarthen-road) are anxiously awaiting news. There are two children, one born since the father left home. I Mumbles Man Abeard. There was at least one Mumbles man 01 board the Majestic—Chief Petty Officer Ernest Jones. Mr. Jones was it naval reservist, and was called up at the outbreak of war. Prior to rejoining the Fleet, he worked for Mr. Fred Lee, potato merchant. Swansea. His home is in Woodville-road. Mumbles, where his wife and children still reside. They, like others with dear ones on board, will be relieved at the news that nearly all the crew were saved, although some anxiety must needs pre- vail. He was serving in the Navy with the present commander of the Majestic at the time of the Spanish-American war. Bis father, the late Mr. Tom Jones, was a rigger at Swansea Docks, and it will be remembered he died suddenly OIl one of the yachts two years ago. There was a family of twelve children. Chief Petty Officer Jones is a nephew of Mr. Sam Kneath, a low waterman at the North Dock, in the employ of the Swansea Har- bour Trust. Another member of the crew of the Majeetic wa? Seaman W. Fu?c, 2. Bal.t- 'tic was.Seamau, W Fuz#e, 21, J3al;x-

I DRASTIC LICENSING ORDER. A drastic order signed by Brigadier- General Townley, commanding No. 7 Dis- trict. which includes Birmingham, has been issued, ordering all licensed pre- mises, including clijl)s, -to -be closed to all members of his Majesty's- forces except between 12 and 8.30 p.m. The order is causing adverse comment, especially among men holding commissions.

I THE LATEST CASUALTY LISTS. J Casualties affecting 53 ofifcprs and 7M men of the Expeditionary Force werp issued oil Thursday night, classified as under:— Officers. Men. Killed. 9 130 Died of Wounds 3 32 Wpunded 537 Missing :1. 29 I In the Mediterranean- fQrce one cmcer i has been killed and nine wounded.

I LATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY. Steps have been taken by the Middle. sex Hospital for the establishment of a. properly organised electro-cardiograph department, for the scientific investiga-1 tion of diseases of the heart, which arp expected to prove of immense value, Sir Henry Morris told the governors yesterday that the apparatus involved only the application of a. dalnp pad to the wrists or ankles of the patient as hp lay in bed, and the electric currents werri conveyed to instruments in tht basement by conductors, some of which were so fine as to he invisible to the naked eye. Very valuable results were expected,- both in diagnosis and in scientific investigation of diseases of the heart. h

SLOW METHODS I I GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS SUCCEEDING ALLIEO TROOPS DRIVING TURKS FROM STRONG POSITIONS. I SUMMARY OF EVENTS 1 JTbA War Office last night issued a I' sratefhent tc-vhring th" •iterations on the Gallipoli Peninsula from May 6 to May 19. I Th Briiish and French troops have made progress, but. it is admitted that I tho Turks Hold strong positions, and turn- ing them out can only be effected by the slow methods of trench warfare.. .Reference is made to the magnificent courago and dash of. the F rench, and to I tlw brilliauce" of the Australians, and it is clear that the losses on both sides have been heavy. j A summary of the official statement is as follows:— May 6.—Allies advance 1,500 yards. May 7-—29th Division drive Turks almost into Krithia. May S Advance continued in face of very heavy fire. Turkish couuter-attack repulsed with great lost. May ,Australian infantry stormed three lines of trenches and established themselves on Sari Bair. May IO.-Aiistrilians forced back, but, Allies' artillery caused tre- mendous bavoe. May 12.—Gurkhas occupied cleft in front of Allied line. May IS.—Left of the line further advanced- May 17.—Turkish howitzer and wagon I load of ummnnition blown up. General Bridges killed. Divi- sion advanced at night. Six Miles Advance. Athens, Thursday.—The ■Alliefe .opuraL ing in tlif, region of Sodul Bahr have advanced six miles, and hold the fortified line between Krithia and Achi Baba. Allicvi aeroplanes, flying over the neck of the Gallipoli Peninsula, effectively bombarded the Turkish positions.—-Ex- change Special.

NEW FIRST SEA LORD. NEW FIRST SEA LORD. It is announced that the King has ap- proved of the appointment of Admiral Sir 11. B. Jackson to lie t'iist, Sea Lord.

I NO POLITICAL CONTESTS. Inquiries made yesterday elicited the information that in none, of the constitu- encies represented by the new Ministers is there any likelihood of a contest.

DANISH STEAMER MINED Stockholm, T^.rrsduy.The Danish steamer Ely, of Esbj-erg. bound to Sunds- wall from Scotland to-day. struck a mine in the Baltic off ^oederarm. The crew were saved and brought, to Norrtelje.

I FLOWERS ON LUSITANIA'S CRAVE. Beautiful flowers were obtained at tb* gardens of Lord Barrymore at Fota by the Cunard Company and dispatched I Jesterday by the Government steamer Signet to the scene or the Lusitania disaster, where they were distributed ) over the water.

I ABERAVON BEACH MYSTERY. Late last night two privates of the Second 5th Welsh, stationed at the Abpr- avon beach, whilst patrolling, came across tho body of a child wrapped in a parcel lying on the sand. The soldiers conveyed it to thA Port Talbot Police Station, where it was immediately, examined. The body was found to be that of a fully developed female child.

FRENCH SOLDIERS'DAILY PAY. I Paris, Thursday.—M. Durafort, a deputy, to-day submitted to the Chamber a Bill raising the soldiers' rate of pay, which has reniaine(I at a half-penny a day ever since the Revolution. The Bill provides that from June bt. for the duration of the war the pay shall be raised-to 5d., and that- of. corporals and sergeants by 4kl.

NATIONAL MALE REGISTRATION I The question of the national refistra- tion of the whole male population with a view to the effective prosecution of the war will he considered at a national con. ference representative of the Principality, to be held at Cardiff on Wednesday *«.at„ t The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth :B 1 the chairman of the movement.

IF PEOPLE ONLY KNEW I Lady Butler, daughter of the Dean of Hereford, who has been assist-ing the Y.MC..A. work at Dieppe, states that she saw several asphyxiating cases in hos- pital at Dieppe. If only the people of England knew bow they suffer," t-he declares, there would not be a nxan left in this country. They would lie at the front."