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10N\KKTi:i? ( Kl IM It KUON PlllN/. WH.III I M \M HOltS AT nkwpoht nf.ws. Raider Hau BPh Wade of Fnendes* Vom. ?Hj. off Hampton Bonds aiul f litter? ed Harbor for Food Supplies ami Coal?Haider with Four Guns lind Sunk Fourteen Mrivlmni Vessels of Hostile Nations. N'ewport New?, Va.. April 11.- The German converted cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, another of those elusive raiders of commerce in the south ser.s. slipped Into this port today iSd asked for fuel and provisions. Many times reported destroyed, the former North German Lloyd liner eluded the war? ships for eight months while she sent merchantmen to the bottom and her officers say she was forced to steal her way through a fleet of four al? lied cruisers off this coast In order to reach this refuge. We got In without being seen by the enemy and we can get out tho same way," declared her commander. Lieut. Capt. Faul Thierfelder, former? ly navigating officer of the German cruiser Karlsruhe. When she an? chored off old Point the Wilhelm had lese than 25 tons of coal and scant provisions for the crew of 600 men and II prisoners from British mer? chant ships sunk wi the South At? lantic. The drab painted 15,000-ton cruiser came with a record of 15 mer? chant ships captured, 14 of them sunk, nine British, four French, unu cne Norwegian. The British ship Chasehlll. captured, was allowed to proceed taking to shore more than 300 prisoners from previous raids. The values of these ships and their cargoes, officers of the Wilhelm to? night estimated at $7.000,000. 81nce she slipped out of New York harbor August 3, last, as German mer? chant and passenger sailor, the Wil? helm never touched land and took tCO prisoners from various vessels destroyed. The second of the raiders brought as thrilling a story as did her prede? cessor, the Eitel Friedrich. Her rec? ord of destruction, however, was ac? complished with vnly four guns, two taken from the German cruiser Karls? ruhe and two captured from the Brit? ish merchant steamer Lacorentina, sunk o.tober 7, 1914. The most con? nected story of the voyage from New > ork. 250 days In all. during which, th? ship no*. - touched land wai sail tonight i Over Ucut Aib War neke, the Ars? loVer. ''We left N< - Tork. August 1," said Licit. Warne " three days out off the Bermudas we met the German cruiser Karlsruhe. We took from her two three inch guns, which we mounted Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder, navigating officer of tho Karlsruhe took command of our ship. We also took 17 of the Karlsruhe's Junior of? ficers and men. Wo made for the South Atlantic and the tlrst ship we encountered was tho British steamer Indian Prince, which we sunk Sep? tember 4 .1914. 1 want to say that 8ir Edward Grey, the British premier, has been kind to us and that if Great Britain had been organized as well as we were to patrol the South Atlantic we never could have remained alive these many months. Sir Edward Grey sent us those two big guns on our afterdeck. He sent them to us on the British Lacorentina. Tho Lucor- , entina could not uso her guns be? cause she did not have any ammuni? tion. Aft^r k tin guns and what of her cargo we wanted, we put some hombs into her and down she went. "Some of the merchant ships we sunk with our own Runs, some we blew up w ith bombs and in some cases WO were compelled to r un the ships. \\'.? laejg on hoard from enemy's ships during our voyago more than SO.iH'M tons of coal. Wo made tho uniform:; for all our ? i e ! roi;i clorh w hieb w o captured from the French steamship Guada loupe February _' '?. We wanted dark blue, but could only And this gray blue and so you see we r.re strange looking German sailormen today. From the Guadaloupo we also ^ot shoes, leather ami thousands of doh ins North of things which were on their way for the French army." Lieut. Warneke was asked if the Kroiit-rm/ Wilhelm hol BjOJ hoped to get help from the German steamer Odenwald which was held up by the United States at San Juan. P. It.. sev? eral weeks ago. ||e made no dllcet reply to tho question, but declared that the uetlon on the part of the t'nlted States in denying clearance to the Odenwald was 'the worst thing America has done." Why did you Americans not grVSj clearance to the Odenwald"' he ask? ed. "We heard all about It by our wireless. W?? did not nee.I any news? papers. We had gootl wireless ap? paratus aboard nil the time. The <t> m.il of ch irance to the Odenwald was the only bad thing America has done. You simply held that ship Up In Puerto Blco until the British could come and try to catch up." Lieut. Warneke said that most of the 1,000 sailors and passengers taken from British and other alllad ships were sent from time to time by Ger? man ships to Buenos Ayres, Hio do Janeiro, Pernambuco and Santos Three hundred and sixty from tho French steamer Guadaloupe were sent ashore at Pernambuco. Several weeks ago, tho officer said, tho Prinz Wihlelm was getting short of eoal and supplies and some of her crew and prisoners were afllicted wlili ieri-heri, caused by lack of vegetable food. It was hoped to get supplies from the German ship Macedonia which was reported to have escaped from Las Palmas. This vessel, they learned, however, had been captured by British ships. This hope gone, they steamed north and were in touch with events transpiring regarding the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. It was reported tonight that the Wilhelm's original destination v s New Y( rk, but that warnings were given not to attempt to make that port. Although officers would not ad? mit It, tho Wilhelm is declared to have been waiting far out in the ocean off this port until the Eitel Friedrich was interned. As soon as this news reached her, she was or? dered to creep in through the allied ships off the Virginia coast. Allied ships were said to be off this coast last night. The signals from four of them were plainly heard, he declared. A member of the crew of the Prinz Wilhelm, who formerly was in the United States navy, declared the ship witnessed an encounter between the Karlsruhe and the British cruiser Bristol. "When off the Bermudas," ho said, "the British cruisers Bristol, Suffolk and Berwick came up and wo were forced to run. While the Karlsruhe was engaging the Bristol we were steaming straight away. We never heard from the Karlsruhe after that except once. Our last message from her told us that the Bristol had been damaged and was making for some port for repairs. The message said the Karlsruhe h:. been only slightly damaged and that no one had been killed. "On November 21 wo sank the French steamer Inne de Bretagne. On December 12, just as our coal supply again was running short we took possession of the British steamer Bellevue with 4,000 tons of coal. Our next prize was the French steamer Mont Agel. She was empty and after transferring her crew to our ship we sent her to the bottom. On Decem? ber 28 we captured the British et?... .>...,? Hemisphere and from her secured 3.000 tons of coal ' j ' < Mir ne*t captUfa vvas the British steamer Potaro, which we sent down ? n January 1 o. This vessel wqm in ballast. Un January 14 we came up on the British steamer Highland Brae. In addition to a crew of 91, this steamer had aboard 51 passen? gers. Wo took What WS wanted from her, transferred crew and passengers to the Wilhelm and sent tho steamer to the bottom. On tho same day we overhauled tho British sailing ship Wilfred M. Sho was loaded with fish and potatoes and from her wo secured many provisions. "Tho Norwegian sailing ship Se mantha. the only neutral ship we sank, was overhauled on February 3. This ship, we were told, had on board a cargo of wheat consigned to the British army and navy and we sent her down because she was carrying contraband of war. On February 22 we captured tho British steamer rhanthiU. ana! after taking coal and provisions from her we put about 4 00 or 500 prisoners on her and told her captain to take them to tho nearest port. We left her food and coal enough to make port and before put? ting the prisoners aboard fitted up sleeping accommodations for them. She was a freight steamer, but we made a regular passenger liner out of her. "While We were transferring Coal the Guadaloupe with 1*>" men and otli Oers and 11o passengers came up and WC took her in charge. These pas SSIlgen were also placed aboard the Chaaahlll and. alter taking what we wanted from the Frenchman, we sent her down by Opening her sea cocks. "We did not sight any more ship until March 14 when the Royal Mall line steamer Tamar bound from San? tos to Havre was overhauled off the Brazilian CCOSt. We took off the 83 0fAOOrs and men and sent the ship to the bottom. Four days later we cap? tured the steamer Coloby which was bound from Rosarlo to st. Vincent. Tin- Crefl Of the last named two ships we now have aboard here." Describing the dash of the Wilhelm Into Hampton Roads .the officer said: 'After we had arrived off the Vir glnls capes, i little lo the north, i think, we tinned due west and put on ill possible .steam. We started about 7 o'clock Saturday evening. Prom that ||mc until I o'clock this morn? ing we ploughed the sea at a rate variously estimated from 213 lo knots. All lights were out ami it Was mi anxious lime for us. am bands were on deck and the crews at (he guns We hoi notice of the Intern? menl of tin- Prlns Bltel and we Judg? ed thai IhC enemy's ships off the rapes might not he so vlllgant, We heard that some of tho ships ?teamed south, hut as we got nearer tho wireless told us that they were still in this vicinity. The captain, Thierfelder, would not DC interviewed tonight, asserting that he was too busy. He did stop long enough to say that he hoped to bo aide to leave port, but the general belief here is that the Wilhelm will intern. Collector of Customs Norman R, Hamilton reached Newport News from Norfolk early in the day after the Prinz Wilhelm had anchored in the James river in almost the same place taken by the Eitel when she reached here March 10. The col? lector went aboard, instructing the commander that he must leave port within 24 hours unless he needed coal or provisions or time to make repairs. The German commander came ashore with the collector and made a request for immediate coal and supplies. He asked for 300 tons of coal and supplies for three days. Collector Hamilton after consultation with Assistant Sec? retary Peters at Washington allowed him 150 tens of coal, which will be put aboard tomorrow and food supplies for three days. What repairs to the ship are necessary the German com? mander was unable to determine and the United States naval hoard will be asked to make an examination. Formal papers in the case were sent I to Washington tonight, being signed by the German commander late to? day. The collector then took Com? mander Thierfelder back to his ship. As the launch drew along side, there stood on the Wilhelm*! deck Com? mander Thierichens and his staff of the interned Prinz Eitel Friedrich. When Capt. Thierfelder approached the two embraced affectionately and then retired for a consultation. Later Officers of the two German sea raiders dined together. Newspaper men'were permitted aboard the ship but were denied access to the British prisoners, who Will be released tomorrow. One man leaned over the railing as the newspaper boat pulled away. "Have they forced the Dardanelles?' he shouted. Officers of the raider said they escaped detection from British cruisers on several occasions. One showed to the reporter of the Asso? ciated Press a sketch he had made of a scene which the officers witnessed when a German coaling ship which was to bring the Prinz Wilhelm relief was captured by two British cruisers. "We could see them take our coal ship ahd sink her," he said. "But they never saw us." When the Wilhelm arrived off rhimblg shoals early todsy two United stiaes submarines, th<? G-l and D-2, i n ?t her The ap| NUrSnCe of the su marines caused considerable surprise among her crew, but there was no demonstration as the submarines con? voyed the Germain raider to quaran? tine where a United States quarantine officer, boarded her. Commander Thierfelder reported that 6G of the crew and prisoners were ill with beri beri and requested that means be found as soon as possible for taking them to hospitals. This will bo at? tended to tomorrow. In his talk with the quarantine officer the German commander said thaf he narrowly escaped capture by British warships t\m "e, once off the | Canary islands, and again off the A /.ores. When tho German raider was re? leased from quarantine and passed on to this port, she passed through 1*'? American battleshdlpi In Hampton Roads. The Prinz Wilhelm, however, | neither saluted nor dipped her IIa?, a fact which aroused considerable comment among the American sailors. HEARING POSTPONED. LlHsrd Suit Will not Ik* Taken up To? morrow. Columlba. April ii.?j w. Lillard's suit to test the constitutionality of the Rlchland county permanent highways commission act will be heard this week In the Rlchland court of com? mon pleas, Judge John S. Wilson of Manning presiding. Judge Wilson's rule directing the highways commis? sion to show cause before him why they should be permanently enjoined from performing the duties devolved on them by the act was returnable tomorrow, but Judge Wilson yester? day ordered B recess until Tuesday. On ti?e reconvening of the court this week H. X. Edmunds, attorney for Mr. EH Isrd, will ask that a definite time be, set for the hearing. .JITNEY lit S IN COLUMBIA. Many Take Advantage of B Cent Auto Hide. Columbia. April 10.?The iirst jit? ney bus In,Routh Carolin,! made its ap? pearance In Columbia today. The service was put on by Caughmann Bros., and the llrst line was establish ed between the Jefferson Hotel and Itrookland, n suburb of Columbia. Op port unity t" make I he t rip Into t b< citv by utltomohilo at a < ost uf only J cents attracted innnj passengers. Tin jitney bus servier will also be estab llshed between the hotel and the de P"t. THE JAPAN-CHINA MATTER. ENGLISH PRESS CLAIM JAPANESE WOULD TRESPASS ON THEIR RIGHTS. Chinese Attitude Becomes More Sus? tained?Railway Question is One Which i* Causing Trouble at Pres? ent, Peking. April 11 ?Article 5 of group 5 of the .Japanese demand on China?an article which, it is pointed out here, may be regarded by British as transgressing on their railway concessions and railway pledges re? ceived from China?was reached at the conference yesterday between the Japanese minister to China, Mr. Hioki, and Peking government officials. Article ~> of group 6 reads: "China agrees to Japan's right to build a railway connecting WnChang with Klu Kiang and Nan Chang; also a line between Wu Chang and Hang Chow and a line between Nan Chang and Klao Chow." Influential Japanese have been sug? gesting for many months that British capital and Japanese enterprise for railways and other developments for China be combined. British capital? ists, however, so far have failed to respond to the idea. The British press in the Orient is unsparing in its criticism of Japan. The North China Daily News recent? ly styled Japan's demands in China as a "dirty trick.'1 Those foreign adviser* who believe that Japan dare not employ force are prevailing with President Yuan Shi Kai for the time being The stlffer attitude which the! Chinese began to display Thursday was continued at yesterday's meeting. Foreign Minister Lu Chang Hsiang re? fusing to discuss articles 4, 5 and G cf group 5, despite, it is sr.id by Chinese officials definite threats on the part of Japan. Article 4 of group 5 proposes that "China shall purchase from Japan a fixed raitio of the quantity of muni? tions of war?say about 50 per cent.? or Japan" shall establish in China a jointly worked arsenal, Japanese j technical experts to he employed and Japanese material to be- purchased." Foreign Minister Lu Cheng Hsiang again asked that discussion regard? ing the Manchurian group be con? cluded. The Japanee minister replied' that he was without instructions in this regard from Toykc *H to be no doubt now In Chinese and ] foreign circles here that the Japanese are deliberately maintaining the Man churian group open. "In Japanese newspapers published In China und otherwise the Japanese arc striving to impres the Chinese that the tatter's hope in American as? sistance will be unavailing, it being declared that Japan has knowledge dally and in the press that a Chinese Japanese combination, meaning an alliance, will strengthen China. brief items from bishop, villi:. Row Benson Improving?Rev. Mur ctlison Visits Ills Former ilomo? Lecture at Methodist Church. Bishopville, April 10.?Miss Ella Alford of Dillon is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. G. McLeod. Miss Sadie Smith has returned home after spending two weeks in Sumter with friends. Rev. Hugh R. Murchison, of Lan? caster, spent a short time in town last j week. His many friends were indeed glad to see him. Miss Mary Lee DuRant has returned to Rock Hill. The friends of Rev. M. M. Benson are glad to know that he is rapidly recovering from severe injuries re? ceived some time ago. Miss Louise Shirer is at home again, having served several months as assistant teacher in the Rock Hill school. Rev. J. Dean Crane, of Dark Cor? ner, will give a lecture April 13th at tho Methodist church, subject, Men, Mountains and Manness. Mr. J. R. Kirkley of Providence spent Friday in town. The spring session of Harmony Presbytery convened in the Presby? terian church here last Tuesday even? ing. The opening sermon was preach? ed by the retiring Moderator, Rev. J. J. Brown. Several other prominent ministers took part in the exercises each day. The Presbytery adjourned Friday morning. Illiteracy Among Whites. In South Carolina, according to a compilation made by The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh), there are 10 per? sons illiterate, that is unable to read and write, in every 100 of the native whites of native parentage 10 years of age and over. The ratio for the country as a whole is but lour in 100. North Carolina and Louisiana have higher Illiteracy percentages than South Carolina. The Texas ratio is but three in 100. PRESIDENT TO SEE EXPOSITION. Will Mako Trip to San Francisco as Soon as Possible?Not Campaign Tour.. i Washington, April 11.?President Wilson plans to make his delayed trip to the San Francisco exposition as soon as foreign affairs permit. Tho date is still uncertain. The presi? dent's advisers, it became known tonight, are anxious for him to make a number of speeches in different parts of the country before the next congress meets. Friends of the president say the contemplated trip can not be called a "campaign tour" and they are pre* venting as far as possible the forma? tion of "Wilson clubs" to avoid even the appearance of starting a boom. Although political advisers of Mr. Wilson say privately they have no doubt that he will be renominated, It was indicated tonight that there will be no formal launching of his can? didacy as such a step might embar? rass him in carrying out the policies of his administration. ELECTION CONSPIRATORS SEN? TENCED. Officials of Terra Haute Given Prison Terms and Fined. Indianapolis, April 12.?Donn Ro? berts, mayor of Terra Haute, was sentenced today to six years imprison? ment and fined ',2000; Judge Ell Redman and Sheriff Shea, were sen? tenced to five years and fined $1,000 each in federal court. They were con? victed election frauds. Others were taken under advisement. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were overruled. The president of the board of pub? lic works, Montgomery, Police Judge Smith and a member of the publie works, Ehrenhart, were sentenced to three years and fined five hundred dollars. Secretary Vigo of the coun? ty Democratic committee was similar? ly sentenced. Minor city officials were sentenced to serve two years and pay a fine of one hundred dollars. As They Do in China. When a Chinese woman calls up the telephone station for a connection, she says: "My beautiful, sweet-veiced sister will please do me the joy-giving honor of ringing 1245 so a dutiful wife can communicate with her sub? lime husband." A telephone girl says she hopes the Chinese women will send 'ceen thousand missionaries for jw^?rk among American women.?WiU ? mlngton star. This Man Wants to Talk to You! (f To tell you how to make Sumter County a better place in which to live. (| To tell you how to get to? gether in the spirit of joint ef? fort that will increase business and ultimately benefit you as an individual in a practical way. <J Can he do it? (| His name is Ben R. Varda man, of Des Moines, noted lec? turer who has "done it" in a thousand different cities and towns where people have flock? ed to hear him talk of "Community Building." (j| He talks at the Academy of Music, 8.30 Friday night, April 16fh and at Court House, Field Day. Saturday at 12 o'clock. Admission Free