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152 ENTOMBED!

Mather Mine. Death Roll

NOW FORTY-SIX.

Little Hope Of Saving 152 Entombed Men.

New York, Yesterday. The death-roll of the Mather Mine is now 46 and there is little hope of saving the 152 men still entombed.

GERMAN ELECTIONS.

Results Up To Expectation,

*** PARTY, POSITIONS,

Socialists Show Impravément At Nationalists' Expense.

Berlin, Yesterday,

The Reichstag results through- out Germany bear out anticipations of 4 swing to the Left. The gen- eral tendency is for the improve. Brownsville, Penn., Yesterday.

ment of the position of the Sacla Hitherto 36 bodies, mostly terists at the expense of the Nation- ribly mutilated, have been re- covered from the mine disaster here. Hope of rescuing the others has almost been given up-Rea- ter's American Service.

POISON GAS.

TOWN'S "TERRIBLE FORETASTE.”

EIGHT PERSONS DEAD.

Hamburg, Yesterday. Hitherto there have been three deaths, and 32 persons have been taken to hospital as a result of the bursting of a number of barrels of phosgene gas, which is used in war time as poison gas. The barrels were stored in a chemical factory near the harbour, appar ently owing to the warm weather. The wind blew the gas in the direction of Wilhelmsburg, where a number of people were affected. The fire brigade tried to fight the gas with water, while gas masks and ammonia were despatched from Berlin.

All residents in the danger zone were removed, the Reichswehr troops assisting in the removal. Later.

The city has had a terrible foretaste of what is likely to hap-j pen to cities in future wars. The phosgene gas poisoned five and seriously injured scores before the danger was realised.

alieta.

CABLE V. BEAM.

Commons Hold A Debate.

INTERESTING STATEMENT.

Sir John Gilmour Explains Why Conference Still Sitting.

· London. Yesterday, In the House of Commons a de- bate took place on Cable and Beam relations.

As the debate was on the Sup- ply Vote it would have restricted. the Opposition in the discussion had not the Government moved Apart from the results in a few an adjournment to enable the smaller districts, which will not freest possible debate.

The Labour member, Mr.. materially change the final out- come of the elections, the Reich-Walter Baker, said the Opposition feared that a provisional decision, stag is now complete. The new

with the acquiescence of the Reichstag is likely to be composed Dominions, had been reached

as follows:

Social Democrats

Communists

Democrats

160

61

25

The Centre party holds 60 seats, Nationalists

Fascists

72

13

German People's Party Bavarian People's Party.. Economic Party

52

16

23

û

Other Parties

Socialists and Communists.

alienating control by the Govern- ment in wireless, He described the Marconi-Eastern merger as a calculated attempt to force the hands of the Government.

Conference's Many Meetings, After a number of speeches, Sir John Gilmour, replying on behalf of the Government, said the Con- ference had held thirty meetings and it was still in being and con- tinued to operate.

Sir John Gilmour, replying as The Socialists and Communists Chairman of the Conference, said: have gained 19 and 6 saate respec- the proposed merger for, which tively, and the Economic Party six, the Government had no responsi- while the German National party,bility, had. to be examined in has lost 39, the Centre 9 and the great detail and had necessarily

Democrats seven.

Out of 31,000,000 voters 9,000,000 voted Socialist 3,080,000 Communist.

been the subject of conver- over sations between Conference dele- and gates and the companies concern- ed. These conversations and communications were still con- tinuing and he was unable to say when they would conclude.

Stresemann's Party. The amended figures show that Dr. Stresemann's Party, the Peo, ple's Party, have only 44 sents in the Reichstag, compared with fifty- one previously.

The Conference's Powers. He pointed out that the Con- ference was only empowered to Dr. Stresemann himself was re-recommend to the Governments elected through the Reichsliste. concerned and was not able itself It is most likely that the Govern-to arrive at an operative conclu- ment will be a coalition between sion. It would be for the British Sociallats, the Centre, the People's Dominions and the Indian Govern- Party and Democrats.

ments to decide what they were going to do on any of the recom- Prussian Elections. Rain helped the fire brigades

mendations of the Conference. to disperse the gas with hoses, but Elections for the Prussian Diet Therefore (concluded Sir John the gas mask from Berlin arrived were held at the same time as the Gilmour) it was impossible to say too late to be of any use...

Reichstag Elections, and also re-jhow soon it might be done, but The question is being asked sulted in the heavy. defeat of the the matter would be brought be why the firm was in possession of German Nationals, who lost 42 fore the House before any definite poison gas, the manufacture of seats out of the 109, they held in action would be taken.-Reuter. which is forbidden to Germany the last Diet. The Socialists were by the Treaty of Versailles. unchanged with 114, the Centre Phosgene is used for the manu-held 59, compared with 51, and the facture of dyes, for which it is Communiste 60 compared with 44. presumed that the firm had it, but it is reported that the barrels were old war stock, bought for export to North America.

People in Panle.

Hamburg, Later. The death-roll is now eight The gas, after escaping from the tanks swept invisibly along the

ground to the canal, where two

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Dr. Stresemann's Position. Dr. Stresemann was unable to obtain sufficient People's Party votes in Upper Bavaria, but as the Party's

GREEK POLITICS.

VETERÁN VENIZELOS AGAIN ON WARPATH.

TO FORM GOVERNMENT.

votes in Upper Bavaria

Athens, Yesterday. will be combined with those. in The political situation has been Lower Bavaria, there is still a pro- clarified to the extent of the spect that he will be elected by Cabinet resigning. Bavaria. His candidacy is' Buy- M. Venizelos, who will be sum-| how safe, as the Foreign Minister moned to form a Government and stands head of the so-called will dissolve Parliament, will ar- anglers suddenly dropped sense- Reichsliste, to which the surplus range for the elections to take votes of the various electoral dis-place in two months. Meantime, Thereafter, it swept toward the tricts are assigned.

he will personally conduct a cam- thickly-populated Wilhelmsburg

paign throughout the country.------ district, where people, awaiting

An Early Forecast.

Reuter. election results, were suddenly: An unofficial forecast gives the taken ill.

following distribution in the new Crowds, in a panic, fled to Ham- Reichstag compared with the res burg, whole streets being evacuat-pective strength of parties in the ed.-Reuter.

old.

4 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 4.30. p.m.

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IN KHARTUM !

Social Democrats Communists

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58 45

5 p.m.

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60 69

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2.30 p.m.

'QUAKE IN PERU.

VILLAGES 'REPORTED

DESTROYED.

LIVES LOST.

Lima, Yesterday. Several places, have been affect- 70 111 ed severely by an earthquake. 16 14

Jane village, in the CajamaTCB department, has been destroyed and a number of the inhabitants buried in the ruins.

Nationalists

Fascists

German People's Party 54

61

Bavarian People's

Party

19

19

Pimpinecos waS razed ond least 25 persons lost their lives.-

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|MR. VAN LEAR BLACK'S FLIGHT

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ABANDONEDD PRO TEM.

Amsterdam, Yesterday.

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EXTINGUISHES FIRE IN RESOURCEFUL MANNER.

{A telegram, dated London, May |14, stated:-The Dutch-American

The Trans-Atlantic plane A tar boller overflowed Fat millionaire Mr. van Lear Black, "Bremen" has been damaged in at- Aberdeen yesterday and the burn- laft Croydon this morning in a bir- tempting to take off from the shore, ing tar, flowing to a barrel of tar ed Dutch Fokker monoplane, with opposite Greenly Island standing nearby, caused it to two pilots, a mechanic and a valet, The Junkers mechanic, Fred Ignita. A motor bus, belonging to on a 40,000 mile flight to Capetown, Melchoir, who made the attempt, the Aberdeen Motor Bus Co, which Tokyo and back.

reports that the plane is "forty happened to be passing at the Dressed in an ordinary lounge per cent demolished."" Melchoir time, was pulled up, and the driver suit and a trilby hat M. van Lear himself was not injured-Reuter's soon extinguished the fire with a Black strolled Into the aerodroma American Service.

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