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J- r r f J: L jL SIXTY SIXTH YEAR .j. ESTABLISHED 1852 SIXTY SIXTH YEAR VOL. LXVI. BARNWELL, S. TIItUDAY, MA J!)17. N T l >. 7. CAME WARDEN’S OFFICE ■ SUBMARINE BLOCKADE IS HELD VACANT' IS CROWING SUCCESS. 7p it nth Sides Appealed. Richardson is Ou\ Decision Says, but Qlbbes’s Title Also Is Oelective. Columbia, April 27.—The office of Fiate game warden >vas declared vacant irf-the Slate supreme court jestelrday. w,hJ*n ivaflirmed the decision of Circuit -Fudge DeVore. Yesterday's opinion was written by Associate Justice Gag&, with Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary and Associate .Justices I). E. Hydrick. Tt. C: Watts And T. B. Fraser concur* — meg Both the alleged-incumbent, A. A.. KiehariUon, and. Gov. .Manning’s '"j'oniMiee".’WmJe Hampton Gibbes, hnil * »; pealed. “We agree with the circuit court,” the opinion sav*'. ‘‘that with when four y-ars elapsed-aftc^dthfc'_appointmeot a tt qualification of Mr. Richardson. — rar ~they did. their his term was ended. Toe statute created the office.and the w orda'of the Statute are, ‘his term of i ice shall be four years.’* Thete is no warrant taadd to or to subtract*, fr bfae words , they speak for them reives.” " We a'so concur . with the'' circuit .• tn that-the plaintiff (Whuc Hamp* ^ Gibbes) has no titleTo the office he ••-ks. He must *ibuw at . best Into Admhted by French and British Missions. Ap peal to America for Aldu „We Must Act Qnlck y. Washmgt uu April 27 —Evidence of gro'wihg success for the ruthless 'Ger man s jbmarine'blohkade has forced the p.r.tbleny, (if supplying the Entente quickly' with.food and other necessities almrply into the forefront of the American government’s war program. Aroused by information brought to this oounlry. byThe British and French war missiofa. President Wilson and bis eabu.et -mT about toda} to launch uq-h its full force as spedily as possj-ble their campaign to break down t\y/ blockade, planned bv the administration as the nation’s first physical stroke ‘against Germany. • The fond problem occupied the eabi- whdiuadinsMiln'iost t > the exclusion of ■X T — SELECTIVE DRAFT RILL PASSED BOTH HOUSES mII the other important war questions Opposition Dw ndlys Away. Oreat Chang a For Af L mils, hoyae Puts it 2l,to , 40, S. nat- 21 to 27.* Washiigt-u April 28.—By an over whelming m*»j irit.y both the senate and house passed late tmfight the ad minis* tration bill to ^raise a war army by selective draft, _ The final roil calls brought iptu linh behind th* 5 bill many senator^ and represent* Liv*»»' who had ugfit for the volunteer system until ^rtmted by the decissive defeat of volun teer ammendments earlier in the day iu both houses. - • — - *.**■■■- - '••As '**»*''-•'-i'l-'f*. - —: • - • 4b- *-.•••; - The senate, which had voted down the volunteer plan, 09 to Its. passed the hill by a vote of si to 8. In the house the vote against the volunteer plan was dlTTfr I by and that by which ilie-btU itself passt-'d wa6 1197 to 2-D As passed by the senate the measure provides fur the draft of men between before the government. Afterward it ^yefts indicated that the recent German l ,u g* t i prove‘tptrTe,..to-wit: the serid- ,i g of his nameTu Lite governor by the , \ idubon antju-ty and the approval o*t 1. * name by the governor, He has not submatjnk Yavageg were* considered so auc.Cessfu^ that the United States must marshall its resources immediately to tun Mure -merchant ships in cuminis- tiju,. to \ help ..’devise some means of fighting submarines and . to insure.a ‘ g’FHtvr'yietd ottnudstnffs to offset - the increAwiuytjiestruction of fi.od cargoes in the war zone. Members of the cabinet took-'to the / Hie first thing^ X ' meeting a gieat quantity of informatiou yihk 4 opinion in full follows: given by the visiting missions, inelud- Tne Taiue-ia-the.XtUe.to the office tW.i jug a pk-u by ?cme members of the game warden Lf the Mate; the } French commission that America must act (puickiy il the world is to be saved fr.uii famine. Recent declarations in the British parliament were revied as supplementing this evidence. There was uo attempt to conceal the impres- skin-that the food problem had taken on an aspect making it v incomparably the most pressing question facing the United States in its effort^ to stem the progress of its enemy. Although detailsjif-the steps to be taken were Hot revealed, there were in dications tonight that more e;ierg-t c measures inight.be expected to speed ; li o .tef game warden of the Mate; the j jr i--ue is not whether the act -if a per s ti exercising, that office is lawful. ih- distinction die twill the two cases is //ell defined and '’manifest. i We agree with the circuit court ;‘:at when 1 four years after the ap- a ..■ointment and qualification of Mr. ]>' ciiardsi u, as they did, then his term wan'ended. The statute 9Xf Altai the TiTilce and the ftordii of the statute are •‘his term of ofiice .-hall be four years.’ There is uo warrant to add tour to sub tract from these words; they speak for themselves . construction is resorted to when an instrument is ambiguous. tv * - 'fVVwi'X ’ * ” wtf I v IMl 1 IllirSUIklLl ' UHat Visv ^ w .v, _ constitutiti n has fixed a policy that officers shall hold until the appoint* msot of their successors. That pre- viSiOtt of the constitution was mani festly made to bridge a pa-sage of officers over from service under the e institution of,INI's to the constitution of lSDii. Th first sentence 61 section 11 makes tha’ plan. “It is f .rthcr suggested by .the de fendant. that the cilice ot tjii! chief game warden is a public trust and a c uirt ‘wiTT i."t all iw a trust to go urn performed . at d a persuasive case.frem Maryland is eit*d, iti supp »rt of • that view. But in the'mstant ca*e ihe ofiice of .ahief game warden need not gu v.icant. At must, it would so go only until the general assembly njiglvlTineel in its next session. Ai d more thai> the ages of 21 and 27 years, while in the house measures Like age limits are fixed at pi and 40. This and lesfter die*, erepancies will be threshed out in eon* fereiitfe early next Week, so tfiat- the bill may be in Hie hands of the j reoi- de.nt as quickly as poe-ible. The wdir uepdrtmeiit already uas cotnpieted pram for fSS'rryTRgTTinto eff< ct. Both senate and house early in the .t WILSON APPROVES THE LOANS TO THE ALLIES To Speed Assistance. Between Two and “ ^ Tbree Hundred Million Dollars Will ‘ Be Advaoccd at Once. ~“ Washington, April 27—President Wilson has approved requests fr m F'r^nce and Italy for immediate fin ate cial aid and from $200,000,000 to $300,* 000,000 will be loauel 'them by the IJnited States within the next few days Ju the-^as4f <rf TtaUy arrangement al ready have been made for the tranker ol the money and the loan majrtie atj- nouneed tomorrow. While the amouirt has not been divulged it is^ understood to be lietweeu $6( i,(h NJ.lNK) and $h «i IMN • OtXi France wi.ll riveive between $!50* 000.t^ni and $2(.N) (f00.00t>, probably the larger amount, Before the end oj the week. t)u‘-lixjm,.Ahoii.ld be iu-A+u+iH-sadOr Jus-erand’s hands. 1 With the completion of-^thesp trans actions the total of the government's ItariH. to' the allie- Will ajitn ximafe $600.(00.(0^., There is every indication APPLICATIONS FOR . COMMISSIONS URCED. Governor Mann og Msk. s T m y Suites . ana to Yoohr Men of South Laro<ina. Issues Spec «1 Addr is Columbia. April 29 'The following address has been indued by Governor Manning: - To the Citizens of South Carolina : An oHioers training cam;* iuemtneeliou with the ofiicer*’ reserveoforpa will be held at Fort ()gfethorpi«, Ga , frrr the States of North Carolina', S uth Caro lina and Tennessee. Men betw&e-U the Hg*-e of twenty >( ars and nine months ai d fuUy.-lour yeare are invited te^-eo- ter this camp for service of three months, beginning May K, and it is necessary that men th> ring to seek '(commissions set ah iut applying im mediately. I “7'*** l Ueaiic emphasize tlie neces-ily for qtuek aetion tn this tnatter, as time is ahi rt. Those wishing to enter the camp should communicate without de loaned the allies before the end of the J j X .j fiscal year.xune .3G, and the amoui I may run to liNi^O 000,000 more, bring ing the gr<iid totaf of America’s loans during the lir-t tfhrexmoufjis of war up to $1,60U,UUt/!U0O ThV admin ’•'tration has definitely deputed toXcuntinue its i loans to entente governinentf pending afternoon \oted apjirutai today of thc i issue of bonds, .the ir.cmKy bring 4 1 that, the statutes now on the books maka possible the appointment of chief game warden today. That officer gets a •• ins nomination from the /concurrent acts and will-of the AuduUwi society a id the governor. The general assem bly is now in recess and the Audubon society may now recommend atjd (the governor may now nominate $ chief game warden to hold until the vacancy he filled iu Gteneidb provided by law, , to wit util tlia^enate shall confirm the nomination. Xjul the jjergon so ) aiamlii will be entitled'to act as chief | game warden. The vactKtcy occurs during the recess, even thougKit was initialed before the recess. “The law, therefore, hair provided Imw tiie office may be occupied . and we are bound’ to assuiot^ that those charged with the execution of'the law wii! hot depart froth it. — „. - ■ "7*. - - - x, “ We L a)so concur with tlie circuit court that‘.he plaintifi has iib title to toe offi ‘.e he seeks. He must show at best two things to prove title, to, wit: Tlie sending of his name to the gov- up the work of relieving the foist situa- tatnt id thtr hyit^viie cnmrf 'I hrsr measures, it was predicted, would be the first to take.form as'a result of the international wkr conferences h-rp -~ T_ ~ >• ■ - —V- Aeceleratioo ot the shipping -board’s program for a great Meet of wooden ships to carry foodstuff; is regarded as certain. ... —X7 r lo increase tne transatlantic xmirage the board is striving to put the Her man and Austrian ship- into service as. quickly as possible and the transfer to foreign trade o.l as many gs_^rant.icnh!e qf the coastwise ami Great Lake steam er- and more energ. tic steps than ever in that direction are-looked for Lar.y action on, food control legislation is ■forecast.. — - What the navy will (lo dirto tly-to combat the eulmariuc menace has not beeii fully developed, hut it- i* known administration’s proposal to rane a great war army on the principle of selective e.inscription, voting down by v/yeTwhetmrng maj irity the' vuin.iie'er army amendments around which op ponents of the administration had cen tered their tight. Tonight the bill was prt ssed for passage in both houses. In the senate the vote on the volun teer amendnieiit was 69 to IS the house it was 279 9X supporters of conscription marshalling a strength raised by the is-uance of tr*'a-.iry\ee'- tificafes of indebtedness. Revised tfiat' to timates.of entente needs indicate tfie aTmui'it they-'w i 1 require prior June hO—the date teutively spt for the receipt of proceed- for the fir>t bond i?sue—will be nearer $1 500.*Mh • than $1,0001*00,000 orriginally estimated. lay wlfFTTapT-J. M. TUraromT,tfol urntnn, TtJapt. K. A. Jopeg/CIeifisotf Col- lege ; l.ieut. E. B. Gary, the Citadel Lieut^G Cfi Bowen, Bailey Military In stitute, Greenwood. 8. C. South Carolina should be the first State in any display of patriotism. Unless men wHq want to serve their country as officers at once take steps to enter this traj.niiig camp they are likely to find that they have'been -shut out of.suck training and the pros pect of the commission sought. The following telegram has been re- iye<i from- tlie headquarters of the EaHern Department of the United Hra ie\a rtn v —‘*AV-heu commanding officers of train ing camp prep ire final list of candi- wlyich- supprised even administraiton leaders. Whether congress finally would ac- cePU the staffs ret o nmeiidations re- gatding the ages between which con- rcriptiou should apply appeared more uncertain.- Iu tlie senate the bill’s stip ulation that men between 19 and 25 -lvouTn be fiable ^to the draft i 1 fianged to make the minimum 21 and the maximum 27. The houie . voted, down alf proprised ctiaiTges including the military committee recommenda tion that tfie limits be fixed at 2T and 40 jea^s. These -and a number of Ie;-er amend ment-: will be considered as speed illy as possible id.confer, nee In the hope tha' the measure mav fie sent In the ' s prrsnl^ntJor his signature by tin* mid- d h.x»f next* week. '. ' ’ j X- Among the nnre important amend ments adopted in the house was one einpovyeriiigthe president to exempt from tin- draft in his di-cretion persona etigageJ - in agricultural work. This was pressed to suvatt;** by Rcpreecnta- 1Ave l.ever-0f Bouth Carolina. Another would require each S ate t > furnish a dates tu be notified to proceed to camp lie will exclude all candidates who re. side Bey olid the diviaiunal area which tfie camp represents, unless the Total number oT reserve ( tficers and caiKUr- Ttair^ who are rrsidenta of the area is less than 2 500, iu wtrich caae he mav To meet these requirements certificates aiid jti|.«f nulcb:elness may.he -issued- by- the treasury department in blocks of $250* ()00(NX) every two weeks instead of every three weeks. ‘The program aiy to this and other details, howeinr. :s still in a tentative stage. Seven nations have applied directly fur loans or-indicated that they would appreciate them—Great Britain, FrancF Italy. Russia, Belgium, Cuba and to the surprise of many administration officials . -til11iiTr-TB.Mltibn, « -|. th«t I, <1|IU (uwitlmtlw.-Mtli Hrar.ll, o..m«mplati.,g *ar v.i.1, Oer- ««»«»»• »>u« DoteholM for U.U serrief RIVERS BRIDGE SURVIVORS MET THURSDAY APRIL 26TH .Hore Thai Iw -.Than and fUrsons aucN Notab e Hvmt lo Bamberx Cn 0 o y. Dr. E. 0. WaNon Speak, r, Bamberg, Apfrt 28 *?*Th» f rty first annual r»-uni i .f ihe Ifivers Bridge Memo!iai Association wag held Thors* day at the ia>h' *us-r>U battleground in Bamberg County. This is considered tfiip most notable g* Piering of each y*ar m thig.countv and is .always at* te nrb*d by H g>eSl-C trrVHl fTSfif tfiTTjtnd ■ -other Counties, 2y^e attend ap tX Tiiur*- day was estimated at more than two thbusaiid. The jiresident of the association, Dr. N. F. Kirk land ^with the assistant}* of Rf9 f | 1 “I'G, principal of the Carlisle . School at BambenhrqrrrsTdpd over the meeting. The orator Of tin- day wftl tlfe Ht-r. L. 0;in Watson. I). I)\ paktor ^ __ubthe Bamberg Afethndi-t Chur. h, who introduced by t*rof~tfTittd8T~' — Dr Watson delivered an interesting and.inspiring address on the conditions exhisting in jhis country in the past and at tlie present time, and said that all Americans must rally, around "O d ( 1 lory ”..„,aud. be prepared to do their duty, whether in the field. Vhimbthe gun or elsewhere. • >. * - After-Dr Watson'# address Capt J, W Jenny assembled the veterans a*d everybody marched to the fiurial ground and surrounded it, While the ladres and tittle gitl, entered the en closure and (Jovered the whole space with beautiful and rare flowers. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the ladies of the neighborhood most c irdially Invited the visitors to partake of a mag lificent dinner to whiclievery- boily-did full-justice. The Rivers Bridge Memorial Associ ation was organized forty-ona yeara »up[*ly the deficiency by selecting cer- tifitd applicants who reside elsewhere.” From toe ny*n trained about 10 000 will be selected to officer the first in crement of 500,000 troops, which - Con- ther conferences witli shipbuilders t i speed tip the construction of destroyers the type of naval vessel generally re garded as most effective against under sea craft; It is known also that Ameri can naval experts in their conferences with the visit’UgcflUvrs of the Britidi and French Navies *.re considering \s- rious proposals for American ep-npor*- tion in devHoping hieaiTs to' light the submarine. tlmt Seeretary"Daniels is plphning fur-* ”* •»«» apimrtloned according to ARMED OIL TftflK STEAMER SENT TO THE BOTTOM _ London, April fit 1 .— 1 The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has fiwsiv sunk, thy captain and part of t»ie crew and ^he naval lieutenant and nine • Ameri can gunners are miss.ing, • The Vacuum was sunk by a German submarine on >atunlay wiiile she was otf the way to the United S/ati*. Th? chief mate and ;7 men, includ ing three of the American naVy gun- tnany, has sounded informally the svutimentr uf otbcaala- wtt4v-a- view to determining whether application fur a loan would .beJavorahly reieiyed in ■i case of war, • Russia’s needs probably w ill i>e tlie next taken up by the administration with a view to advancing such finan cial aid as may be immediately 1 mediately imperative. 'Ihe financial 1 program with respect to Russia, ,how; ; ever, may remain iu tentative form un- i til the American commission soon, go abroad shall have made at least a preliminary reports -to her require ments. In the case of Italy tUo g rvernmrnt is preparing to go further than tojeud money. Italy needs both food and coal urgently, and, just as urgently, needs jships to transport them acro-s the Atlantic. <»tticial- in extending credits to icaJy to purchaie her immed iate requirements here are hopeful of ago and hap held a relinion at the bat tlefield every year since. Some of the most distinguished South Carolinians haw delivered address** on theke oc.- capione, among them Gen. M. C. But- ler, Gen Johnson Hagood and tha Hon D. 8. Henderson. stitut*vfor such service.” ■ym, BARNWELL KNIGHTS PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD. population and Ttiil another provides that no bmnity-ahall be paid to induce any person to enlist “arid that no per son liable to military service shall be permitted or .allowed tn furnish a imb-. Ending means to get sufficient ships lo supply her most pressing wants. WANT PROHIBITION FOR PERIOD OF WAR ernor by the Audub >ti society and the uers, have been landed. .JU>pro.al of his name by the governor, lie has nut shown the first thing “The* suggestion -is made by the plaintiff that The gemwl niseibury"nAval Runners, is musing A boat 'containing-1 lie master of the ship bill the remainder of_-the crew, together with the li«;uteuai^ and pine much e.iijuyixi. Hsrowe \ l.odft No. 16 held M. modal Exer cises Ssoday Afteroeon. Dr. E. 0. • Watson Delivered Men.orial Lddr/ss * * . * -The annual-.-memorial exercises in j* !.. mmnoryd|-the deiiart^d members of hers of Barn will Lo<lge-N+*-. lt» K_- o l I’. were held Sunday after- noqn.x The members of the lodge as- '* * sembled in t heir cast le hall and marched to the different cemeteries where thiw- « rs were laid on the K nigliTgraves From the cemeteries the members marched in a body toTtie Baptistchufpli where Dr K. <-) Wat* ; i)'n t ot Bamberg delive/i a an ••h-quent and seho'ariy memorial-address „ Special music had h en arranged for the occa-ion and was The program was as f could not hatre jntendeded to ebnfer such power on the Audubon society. “There is nothing in these eases (tfttc.d iu.aupport of th“ contention of the procefdh g paragraph) apart from sentence's iii tfieni referable f»!aitily to the facta of them . w hich would warrant ua Ui.read OTit of .section 747 .of the- cr.tntnai code, the explicit direction Details of the sinking of the Vacuum are not ydt available lo-re. nor liAve the na'tnes or the survivors or the missing been received by tju* officials . The survivors are expected; t<> reach lu re tomorrpvs; ' society’s deedmmeudation oTtlie'nomi.- natimi h ‘absurd ;’ fuA ht*‘ tn>u:i(l_to that t*n* guvi*nn.f’s notniii .tioii -*b4b.{^oc; tt de Jthe--Tgetrefnl : n*—mO-y was h i-* D.ie rccouqnen'.’ation of Th- And' |rxV*6is:iTg a plain right, the u i-ilom f Tfbvill SOOIO!v7 - - - - wfiieli fol lows: .. iLixology. Invocation. , Hymn Anthem %hen' ShadcTW D irkly Gather. Wohler . - x ’ <*c r i | it urelteadn.g K preteotatives of Various Political Parti • Have l.iooched MovetUeat H,ll Sie The President Washington. April 29 —A determined effort to bring about national prohibit lion foTThe duration of the war wifi b ■ launched here . tomorrow at a meeting of reprci-entative of \arious political parties anil of farmers’ organizations, including several State Governors, who will seek/" to influence I're-ident Wilson and jnembers tf Congress. Leaders in the movement have sent out word that and interview with 1’res- ldeirt Wilsop <m. tfie question will b*- held tomorrow . hut it was -aui at the White House tonight that np engage mV tit had been made. War time pro hibition has been taken up by members of the Council of National ITefense as a possible way of conserving the gra n 'supply ot the nation, but no c inclusion lia : ’. b‘-**u reached; • - Among tfie men mentioned a-* Deing irt.Eeri s■ etl in the conference tomorrow , arc < I ivern >r liairt*. v! G^tTjJailluit-- j wirl if found fit, be commissioned in the offeers' yeaerve aiur^s for service with later i no rente uti of troops. r ^ The camps will be open to the fal- hityiug classes: Reserve ofticejs of the line (u.faDtry, calvery, field am^cuast Artillery) and engineers ; members of any reserve officers' training corps unit over twenty years and nine motith* and other cadet students of the same age, members of the National Guard when duly authorized ; graduates of mi itary schools ti-tween twenty years and nine mouths aTuTTdny-four years ;and other e tmu.a between twenty years and nine months and forty-four years of age, with dr without previous military ex perience, provided they are otherwise »,u-.li.fi» d 'Men are eligible provided they, are college graduates or undergradutep, or fairly well educated men, and provided tlv*Yv have demonstrated in business, athletics or other activities that they- possess to ah unusual degree tlienbi ity to hai.die men. All applicants must be ettizens of th*- Uuited 8tates, of good moral character and sound physical condition and capable of undergoing theaevere physical work of drihund manoeuver-r wTTtrfull infantry etjuip- ment. ' i * y Transportatipn. clothing and food will be provided ; the matter of pay is now being determined in Washiuton. I ask that the press of South C?iro- ’lina give lnrineijiate healthful publicity to tne.matter of our citizens entering t le training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, and that it emphasize the necessity tor immediate action on the part ot m-n wiio deserve to become officers in this reserve corps. {The battle which these annual meet ings cotnmemorate . was ' fought by 8oulh ‘ Carolinians and Georgians agffinil an advance po'rtion o'f Shermans army, and G *. HarrlsoTf/ of the rinrty-second Georgia Infantry, re port «-d that e|jght men were killed, forty-four wounded and forty-five mis sing, the latter supposed to have b*en captured by the enemy. Tfie association has erected a sub stantial pavilliori on the . battleground, _ the 'structure seating more than one thousand people. Tlie following vet erans. members of the assuci J tio:i T i*s FAMILY REUNION Ot* April 2SHI a family reunion w a- held at Mr C. Black's residence which was his >7th birthday. About 150 of the family and near kin were present, and quite a number who were not re- 1 »teu to him. A bountiful feast was spreadand ail partook. The table, about 1(J0 feet long, heavily iadened with good things to rat had no resemblance of hard time*. Mr Black has already l.ived to be the oldest mart in the community and is stiff in good health fur a man jdxf+s ag- due jv.^sibly .tJ ternjH*ratc- and Ui>Cie'y. ’ , - x *—7,X2icCf Uluu Warrant iiieli was‘for it ami wit for j hc> r TT .1 nr o riT lhat U;t req-jia-rntni of the' Auiulruu i D'uct-*My Faith*Looks I p. lo Thee; Notices - ... . { criiof Capper, of Kan-»e : .Victor Mur*-Hr;. KU Ur habi-N. t ’ Whin s*—k,‘V' F o W-iUu | dick and jflt itbftrn . A Hen White, of, hwe- very nuticableto; Eee the df- K t*:*a- ■ ,D*rFgt- HeTiX«irid-( nf 1>- j :iV-»t : : vqti ‘ r **f his chihfneir." grariiT-eh’ dren Hei-ry at dgrent-gra' d-clftidri?.nr v —-Tfif <*riierrhiuk-i . ur c 'Hutry_W >tl7Li V** bitter off if we had a few more -u:n Alit* ni ”h * II Tw'iJ g‘:t the'cijc_.it court beaifiirmcJ flj II,!!— r i urn- A’ueriyij Rr.;jer,L!.d Rcuffdicitwu,. (aimmiro. < f (iiwi ame-s k 1 ,\ a“rd lb.:s.-eii iHn. ’.nil •r. sc.i’tht.' T .* .til’ll - ( 1 h: yj l * * r k vf GvuSv i niep a: Mr- BUtex . i 11 A still„ v mug: Dr N. F. Kirkland, presi dent;.Capt. J. W Jfiiuy, S. M. Key, Calvin Rent/., D. M. Hpove^lM. A.. Move, D (). iDjiiter, .1. A. Peters, M. M. LighDey. Cupt. Meyers. F. M.Folk, Job;. Miller, dlei.ry Mitchuui," J. H. 8tudenmireyP, Mv Vara and G. II, Kearse. 'Ihe reunion Thursday was made more etrj »yaldc by the tiresefice of the A polo Choral Club of "Bamberg, which delighted the crowd with a number of appropriate selections. SAYS U-BOATS HAVE SUNK 1,600,000 TONS Amsterdam, April 29.—In the flre-% two months of unrestricted rubmarinc warfare shipping to the aniountof more than 1.60(1 U00 tons was sunk by the Germafif, Dr. Karl Held ‘rich. German secretary of the interior, told (he Reichstag main committee yesterday. Asserting that the submarine campaign was proving a success, he continued,: ‘ The.first month’s results excelled the be-' previous results by 25 percent tic* second by 30’ per cent." Exact figures caunfit he given, but in the firei t w i mo:i th* t lie freight tonnage sunk exceeded 1 •-'s.uJ'j'i qf w hich inure than I.OOO.iXNi wa- British, Perception of econrjinie c mditiuns in England is made dillij ilt' by th- Jfaet that the Briti-h Gover- ment, since the begin*- nitig^rirf-nurest ricted submarine warfare has decided ou farreaching statistical quiirraljneiit. hiu>‘glaud could, no lunger afford the publicity of the earlier tfe/iod . > — -a»t — of ihe war. ‘ From orff. figures iim- may eptimate the‘total tmiiagu still available for British trad- at yXW.fltXVii 10.000,4100, D is clear tlie British merchant Meet cannot Jong hear sinkings at the pres* etit rate. Adequate rub-titutiom >by new con-tructiun pre- mpossih.e. a* tfie British fner a-- in -hip* jn l^lri U ot- Withstanding 'V-ry, effort’.' ^oass not -ufijciciit even Vo replace * tlie pprmai dinijnutioii of peace.tiuie. . *A - 77/ . <«■ t .»