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IBIS BECOME DISHEARTENED. Li HEAT IXXiSEN IN RH? OFFENSIVE v AI sKs DEPRESSION IN GEJIMANY. Internal Condition* Frankly Portray? ed In Article by Capt. von Kalunann In Vosaache Zeitung. London, April 28.?(To Reuters <i(tawa Agency.)?A telegram from Reuter ? correspondent at Amsterdam says: Extraordinary nervousness and depression prevailing In Qermany, owing to losses In the western offen? sive, revealed with remarkable frank neas In an article by Capt. von Sab? inerin In tbe Voasiche Zeltung. In which he endeavors to restore their lost confidence to the Hermans by erophaatalng the capture of Kemme) HHI. "Capt von Ralsmann enumerates h fear of the eertee of rumors current in Germany. All these stories sre pre? faced by the remark 'in the Kelch? stag. It is said.' and go on to say: " 'Our losses have been enormous. The offsneive In tho west has arrived gt a deadlock. The enemy Is much stronger than the supreme command saeumed. We are unable to continue the offensive owing to lack of horses The whole country between oui Amiens front and Paris Is mined and will be blown up.' " "The people," continues Salzmann "have begun to lose their nerve. Re? plying in the Reichstag, the minister of war aald something like this: " 'It goes without saying that there are big losses in such a struggle. Oui looses in one part of the front have been very heavy. Two-thirds of tb company leaders In many reglmenti have fallen.' "It Is said that a certain depu'y thereupon told his electors in a North German town: " The minister of war has openly declared our losaes to be so heav y that the offensive must be abandon? ed.' '? HK*H SCHOOL ATHLETICS. Columbia, April 26.?The Porter ..Military Academy of Charleston, won the High School cup in connection v Ith the athletic events here today. Incident to the two-day meet of the gtate Interecholastlc Oratorical and Athletic Association. Porter received thirty-nine points and every man on the athletic team either won or se? cured place on the various events. The preliminaries were held this morning and the finals were complet? ed shortly before dusk tonight. The winners In each contest were award? ed gold medals; those securing sec? ond place got bronie medals and those third were given ribbons. There were eleven n ujor 'events. Approxi? mately 130 high school boys partici? pated In the various contests. Sumter High School had only three men entered and they all got In the finals, but only one, Denniston, won a place In the finals. The following were the results In the finals: 100-Yard Dash?First. Stackhouse, Clio; second, Earle Laurey, Porter, Charleston; third, William Pools, Greenville. Time, 11 seconda Running Hifh .lump?First, Rich? ards Gibson, Porter; second. William Pools, Greenville, third, Sam Cooper, Ntnsty-Sts. Distance, 5 feet, 6 In? ches. Half Mile Run?First. 8. F. Preston. Porter; second Arthur Hall. Pendle ton; third, Bo ce Lynch. Time 2.16 1-6. Dlscue Throwing?First. Arthur Hall, Pendletor ; second, Hoyd Ten nent. Wlnnsboro; third. Carl Crane, Liberty Hill, and Rtnehart Klnard. Ninety-Six. tied. Distance, 134 8-10 feet. 220-Yard Dash?First, Earle Lau? rey, Porter; second. J. L. Langston, Leurens; third, Dennlston, Sumter. Time, ft 4-10 seconds . Pole Vaulting?First. William Pools. Greenville, second, Wlllium Lake, Laursns; third. Karle (Vane, liberty Hill. Distance, <j feet, N in? ches. 12? Yards. I?ow Hurdle ?First. Richard Gibson, Porter; second. H. F. Allen. Porter; third. W. Ballard. Kock Hill. Time. 16 It-10 seconds. Running Broad Jump?First. Karle Crane, Liberty Hill; second. A. C. Norfleet. Porter; third. Richard iih eon. Porter. Distance, 18 feet. & In? ches). 440.Yard Run?First. Karle Cnne. Liberty Hill; second. S. F. Preston. Porter. Third. Kurle Ijiuiey. Porter Time, 67 2-& seconds. Shot Put?First. II. T Allen For ler. second, Bolce Tennant, Wlnns? boro; third. Kdwln Harper. Klnxstree. Distance. 41 feet. II Inches. One Mile Race- First. Boy Ht\ m. Pendleton; second. Arthur Hall. Fen diet on third. McCoy Corkiil. ches ter /Time. 6 16. LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN. LAST WEEK I OR IX>AN DE .MAM's IIAKI) WORK. om< luls < onitdcnt I hat Minimum of Throe Billion Hollars Will l>c Sub? scribed, but McAdoo Seeks Ooal of Twenty Million Subscriber*?Suc? cess of Recent t?ermnii Sule of Se? curities. Washington, April 28.?Oversub? scription of the $3,000,000 minimum of the third Liberty loan now is look? ed for during the campaign's final week, about to start but treasury offi? cials declared tonight the $5,000,000, 000 needed would be subscribed only If millions of citizens take shares of the loan in the next six days. It la apparent thai with about $2, 000,000,000 definitely pledged, many other subscriptions In the hands of the campaign committees without the in? stallments, and a roll of 9,461,000 in? dividual subscribers, the third war credit is truly a "people's loan." "But only the hardest kind of work in the next six days will make possi blle approach of the 20,000,000 sub? scribers goal asked for by Secretary McAdoo," said the headquarters re? view tonight. When the second loan campaign was three-fourths over, the treasury estimated that possibly $2,250^000,000 had been aubscrlbed although only $1,338,000,000 had been officially re? ported as compared with the $2,200, 000,000 now officially tabulated for the third loan. It is considered certain that reports this week will include a great number of pledges from wealthy men and corporations which hereto ' fore have held off hoping for the gov ? i ?rnment to arrange a system of in "stallment payments for Income and excess profits taxes. Since this hat been definitely refused, they are ox pected to subscribe liberally to Liberty bonds, paying for them on the Install? ment plus. The loan headquarters' statement tonight offered the comment that Germany after three years of war, recently floated a loan which averag? ed one bond to every ten persons in the empire and that It behoves the country to go well above this average. The number of subscribers and dis? tribution of bonds by districts is shown by the following federal re? serve district reports: Chicago 1,900,000; New York, 1, 825,000; Kansas City 822,000; San Francisco 662,187; St. Louis 378.495. Estimates' of other district total? are: Dallas and Cleveland 750,000 ear*; Boston 523,456; Philadelphia and Minneapolis 500,000 each; Kioh mond 400,000, and Atlanta 300,000. More sniaP bonds are being sold in this loan than were sold in the sec? ond. "One of the most potent factors In the success of the third loan to date has been the spl< ndid support given it by the residents of rural communi? ties," said the treasury review. "Their record far surpasses those they made in previous loans and the farming element las set a buying pac > during the preser t campaign that has fairly staggered urbanites who were wont to say that .he cities would have to finance the war. Never before in any of the three Liberty loans have so many solicitors been In the field as will step for.h tomorrow morn? ing. All the regular salesmen, even in the districts that have attained their quotas, have their books open and eagerly soliciting every available dollar in order to put the loan high over the top. This number include* women as well as men. To pick up the stray subscribers there are 4 20, 000 Boy Scout workers in the field." Announcement was made today that the navy's total subscriptions irere In siesta of 11,000,000, ? record ot more than $1.000.000 a day Bincc it entered the campaign. The U. S. B. New Orleans has Just bought $18,001? in bonds by radio. IMON TKAMS WIN BICBATi:. Columbia. April 27.?The Union High School's affirmative and the ' iiion BOgOtlVf team won out In the semifinals of the South Carolina High School Debatte! login held last night in the university chapel. Til MS iwo teeme trill meet In the nneli at lt.lt o'clock this momtni In Ihe uni? versity chipel. The IHbJeOl debet? Od n.is It.solved. That immigra? tion to the United Stabs should be i estt i< ted by a literary test." and was oobottd by six debating I en mi The teams contesting last night wen Mntrlet n<>. i. Union, affirm? ative; Meebetli Wonnen end MIm vyii lie Hawkins. Negative. Pent Kelly and Alleton Moore, Dlotrlel No, Lotto, affirmative. Horry Pollen end Miss Verlle Houknnrht; Morenre. neg? ative. Miss Frond! McCurry and Da? vid Jenkins. Dlotrlel No .:, Hwon? Men, aflirmaflve. Miss Hertha Williams and Miss Mo4q1 Reynolds. IMgelield, negative, Klwln Moore and IMwnrd folk JAPAN TO HOLE CHINA. ?,EW DEMANDS BY MIKADO'S O?V? KHX.MKNT AHE MOHE SE ItlOl'S THAN IN 1015. 1'rovJdt? That Japanese Shall Com? mand All Chinese Expoditionni > Forces and Control All Arsonuls. Shanghai, Wednesday, April 24.? (By the Associated Press.)?The state? ment is made in the first issue of th< Shanghai Gazette, which has made its appearance under the editorship of Eugene Chen, that the Chinese government has agreed to new de? mands made by Japan which are of euch a nature that the country hau virtually been turned over to the Japanese. The Gazette asserts it hau been informed by a high official at Peking that the Japanese demands arc. far more serious than those in group V, of the famous 21 demands made by Japan in 1915. "Notwithstanding the fact that the utmost secrecy is being observed," says the Gazette, "it may be stated that the following is not far from the true terms of the agreement:" "Chinese expeditionary forces sent to Siberia shall be commanded by a Japanese. "Chinese police shall be organized by Japanese officers. i "Japan shall control all of China's arsenals and dock yards. "Japan shall have the privilege ol working mines in all parts of China. "Special privileges shall be granted 1 to Japan In outer and inner Mongolia 1 and the whole of Manchuria. "Other articles include provisions for financial control and educational assistance." A dispatch filed in Peking April 4, said it was reported there that Japan had submitted a new series of de? mands to China, including complete control of China's finances, the pur? chase of fifty per cent of China's am? munition Japan, operation of Chi? nese iron mines and dock yards undei Japanese control. Eugene Chen, an Anglicized China? man, formerly was editor of the Pe? king Gazette, in which he carried on a campaign against Japanese in? fluence in China, denouncing the ! Chinese government on the ground that it was yielding to Japanese in iluence in China, and selling out Chi? na. A dispatch received Saturday from Peking said that for the purpose of ( putting an end to sensc.tiona) specula , tion on the diplomatic situation as between Japan and China the govern? ment had authorized the statement that the negotiations in progress be? tween the Chinese and Japanese gov? ernments were Intended to refer solely to cooperation against the enemy. MOVE IN MOONEY CASE. Charge of Wilful Fraud Against Dis? trict Attorney Me Nut t. San Francisco, April 27.?That the removal of the death sentence impos ed on Thomas J. Mooney, and the complete setting aside of all previous proceedings in his case, and a new trial for him, will be moved in court next Thursday on the ground of wil? ful fraud and malfeasance in office on the part of District Attorney Charles M. Fickert and his assistants, was an? nounced today by Maxwell McNutt, attorney for the condemned man. Washington, April 27.?Special training camps for artillery officers will bo established at Camp Jack? son, Columbia, and Camp Eustis, near Newport News. About four thou? sand field artillery eligibles from the third officers' training camps will be ordered to Camp Jackson. Another Dot From the Dark Corner. DaraTcorner, April 24.?it wag sun cool this morning. Cotton is about all planted, and some farmers have com? menced to harrow and scrap ? but it comes up very slowly and all of it mostly looks yellow after it Kets up several days on account of the cool weather we have been having. Corn la a fairly good stand but also looks; yellow and I have seen where the bud worms have started up theli work. Ganlens art: rather backward. Fotaloes seem to be doiiiK fairly well. Sonn have early peas up. Wheat is looking very well, but 1 have noticed that It has Muckered out very little It has mostly one Straight stalk from each grain. Oats are only so SO, 1 think we will have some fruit this sea? son. Peaches, plums and blackberries. Mm. R, R, ArdlS has been unite sich with chills and fever, but is bet? ter. Mr. U K A\in's baby has been real siek. but it was batter yeeterday, it was my pleaaure to attend church last Sunday In IMnewood and bear In good sermon by Rev, Bowen of Pax ville, on the call of Gideon and the fleece, ate, I will ring off here, Hope to write a long letter in the near future. Hard Times. SOLDIERS OF SEA KILLED IX FRANCE. Hold Important Sector of Rattle Line ?Only One Company Hani Hit. Washington, April 25.?The total losses of the brigade of marines with the American expeditionary force in Fiance so far reported was announc? ed today by Major General Barnett, commandant of the corps, as 278, di? vided as follows: Killed in action 22. died from wounds 10, died from ac? cident 2, wounded in action 214. All the dead are enlisted men, but eight officers, two oaptains and six lieutenants, were among the wound- j ed. Five of the enlisted men were slightly wounded, but General Bar nett's statement did not show wheth? er the officers ami other men were soveYely or slightly hurt. Most of the Casualties were irf one company, which General Barnett said, lost a total of 21 men killed and 140 wounded out of a personnel of 250. The dates on which the" ma? rines were killed and wounded were not made public, nor was it indicated vhat part of the line the "soldiers of the sea" are holding or in what actions they have participated. It is known however, that the ma? rines have been holding a front line - trench sector for several weeks .hav? ing moved up to the battle line after doing police duty along the American lines of communication. I Today's list was the first marine corps casualty list made public, and included all names reported up to i April 23. Since the marines are con I sldered an integral part of the army in France, officials of the corps had expected their casualties to be inelud , ed in those of the army announced by the war department. Inquiry , however, developed that such was not the case and the compiling of a com? plete list was ordered by General Barnett. It was regarded as prob? able that some of the names an? nounced today previously had been issued by the war department in the regular army lists made public to? day. 1 General Barnett's first announce? ment said that the casualties totalled ' 274, wih 34 enlisted men killed and 1 four officers and 236 enlisted men wounded. Later he made public the names of four additional officers and five enlisted men who had been 1 wounded. When the list of names referred to in General Barnett's first ? announcement was Issued, however. 1 it was found that it contained only 271 names with those of two men ! duplicated, leaving a total of 269. To this was added the nine names of men wounded, which were announced later making the total casualties 278. Considering the length of tinfS the marines have been on the fighting lines, the casualties were regarded as comparatively small. THE INTEGRITY OF GREECE. Athens, Thursday, April 25.?The Patris publishes a statement attrib? uted to the Amerlcin minister, Garrett Droppers, to the effect that the gov? ernment and people of the United States are determined that the integ? rity of Greek territory shall be pre? served and that the rights of the na? tion shall be secured in the peace negotiations. This statement has been received with great satisfaction, the more so because of the silence of the Allied governments hitherto on these points This had given rise to rumors that the Allies might seek to conciliate Bulgaria by concessions at the ex? pense of Greece. Wilson's Guarantee. Washington, April 26.?President Wilson has assured the Greek people that the United States is determined to give its fullest measure of support to Greece and that the country's rights shall be presrved in any final peace negotiations. The State depart? ment gave out the text of a statement cabled to Minister Dropper at Ath? ens, which was given out for publi? cation In the Greek capital. London. Aplrl 29.?A party of fifty seven army V. M. C. A. workers, un? der Arthur ES, Hungerford, arrived in London last night. The ship on which they sailed was torpedoed yesterday and sank in twelve minutes. All the pi ssengers and all but three of the crew were saved. Columbia. April 8S.?ViCtOr B. Bee tor, professor agriculture at the Uni? versity of South Carolina, and member of the House of Representatives from Darlington county, today announced bis candidacy for state Ruperlntendeni of Education, to oppose the incum? bent, .lohn ES. Bwearlngen, Tampa. April :H.> Members of the cigar makers strike committee claim that sixty-nine hundred and fifty men went out on strike this morning. DUTCH HIT AMERICA. EMBARGO PLACED ox ARTICLES NEEDED BY I'XITEB STATES. Holland Takes Step to Injure Tills Country by Stopping Exports From I last Indies. Washington, April 2C.?Holland has embargoed the exportation from the Dutch East Indies of tin, tin ores, chinchena bark, quinine, qui? nine salts, kapok, all of which are needed by the United States in large quantities for war purposes. RESERVE BANK SYSTEM. Important Clianges Proposed in Bill Now Pending in Congress. Washington, April 20.?Important changes in the federal reserve bank laws are pending in the house. They deal with election of directors, per? mission lor national banks to act as in fiduciary capacities, authority to issue new denominations of federal reserve notes, reserve requirements and other matters vitally affecting banking operations. All these changes are proposed in a bill based on administration rec? ommendations and have been favor? ably reported from the Hanking and Currency committee by Representa? tive Phclan, of Massachusetts. Un? der the provision of the bill the pres? ent law is to be modified so as to If OVO to the discretion of the Federal Reserve board the grouping of the member banks of each district into three general groups or- divisions without the present requirement that each group shall contain as nearly aa may be one-third of the aggregate number of the banks of the district. The purpose of this modification is to make as secure as possible a fair and equitable representation on the directorate ol* the federal reserv. 1 anks for each group of banks, the large, medium-sized and small banks, It also proposed to replace the present ballot method of electing a district reserve elector, by a provis? ion permitting each member bank, tc authorize its president or other offi? cer to cast its vote in such elections The aim is to obtain wider partici? pation by the banks in the election ol* federal reserve bank directors. National banks now act in fiduciar> capacities when not in contravention of State or local laws. The bill ex? tends these fiduciary capacities so a* to include "guardian of estates, as? signee, receiver, committee of es.ates of lunatics" and other fiduciary ca? pacities permitted to State banks trust companies or other corpora? tions which compete with national banks under the laws of the States in which the particular national bank making application is located. Issue of federal reserve notes in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5, 000 and $10,000 in addition to the de nominations under present law, the largest of which is only $100, is pro? posed by the bill. Hanks are con? stantly seeking notes of larger de? nominations and there are daily with? drawals of gold certificates from th? federal reserve banks. It is asserted that federal reserve notes of large denominations would serve the pur? pose as well as gold certificates and if the larger denominations were is? sued, according to the currency com? mittee, the federal reserve banks can pay out such federal reserve notes and by holding their gold certificates conserve their all-important gold supply. A practice whereby any officer, di? rector, employe or attorney of a bank stipulates for. or receives, a commission or some other taing of value for procuring for someone else a loan or the purchase or discount of paper or similar obligation, is to be prohibited under the bill. The pay? ment of a greater rate of interest to any director, officer, attorney or oth? er employe than to any other deposi? tor, is prohibited. The bill embodies penal sections relating to the overcer tiflcation of checks, embezzlement, abstraction or wilful misapplication of moneys, funds or credits of fed? eral reserve banks by their officers, agents or employes and to false en? tries by them. While this penaliza? tion now exists as to national banks, there arc no present laws covering the subject In federal reserve banks DCTCH-t.EHMAN RELATIONS. No Ultimatum Has Been Sent by tier many. Washington. April 27.?The Ger? man minister t?> Netherlands is still at The Hague as he did not leave for Germany as reported, the Nether? lands legation announced today. The Dutch minister at Berlin returned to The Hague, it was said to discuss With his government the progress of the negotiation! with Qermany. No ultimatum of any kind has been issued io Holland by Qermany, it was assert? ed. COMMANDED OP ZEEBRUGGR DEPRI\ BD OF COMMAND. iwcoraa of British Attack on Subma? rine Rase Indicated by Punishment of (icrmun Admiral. Amsterdam April 26.?Vice Ad? miral Schroe ^r, German commander ai Zeebrutfgr. according- to reports reaching hen will be deprived of his command for being taken by surprise by the British Tuesday. LORD Dl'MNORE TO SPEAK. Distinguished British Officer Will Make Tom of South Carolina. Columbia, \pril 25.?Few British officers are better qualified to speak ort the war tl an Lord Dunmore, who ? will come to South Carolina for a speaking tour of one week under the i.uspices of the State Council of De? fense. The Commi tee on Public Informa ion at Washington has notified the State Council of Defense that in re? sponse to the request of that organ? ization it has happily been made pos? sible to send Ljard Dunmore to South Carolina for the period from May 30 to June 6. At meetings to be held in different parts of the State, the itinerary yet to be arranged by the Defense Council, this fighting British? er, who is rendering the most effec? tive service in this country as a speaker, will be heard. Colonel, the Earle of Dunmore, V. C, M. V. O., D. S. O., is rich in a long experience which enables him to know the present war in practi? cally all its rt-pects. He has fought in every cam lign that it has been possible for him to take part in since he joined the British army as a youth. Born in 1871, his first campaign was in the Soudan in 1896. The follow? ing year he gained the Victoria Cross for saving the life of a comrade un? der fire while serving on the Indian frontier. Twice he was mentioned for military prowess. Then from In? dia he went to South Africa and fought through the Boer War, and was three times mentioned in des? patches, having commanded a col? umn in the Transvaal. A man of peace and a statesman *vell as a soldier, Lord Dunmore retired from the army after the Boer War and taking his seat in the House of Lords, entered active politics. Ho also sat for three years on the Lon? don County Council, the elected body that governs the British capital. When the Germans swept into Belgium and plunged the world into this war, Lord Dunmore rejoined the army and served with great distinc? tion for two years in France. He twice figured in the casualty list, hav? ing been gassed before Ypres In De? cember 1915, and wounded last au? tumn in the battle of Flanders when the famous Pachendaele Ridge was captured. It is to recuperate from this wound that Lord Dunmore is now in the United States. During the present war, Lord Dun? more has been mentioned three times in dispatches and was last year awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Through Lord Dunmoref the peo? ple of South Carolina will be able to gain a more accurate conception of conditions in France. He has been through the great contests on the Somme, and he has seen the war from two viewpoints, because in ad? dition to having served on the firing line he was for a time attached to the staff of one of the divisions, which gave him a broader and more comprehensive view. It Is said, too, that Lord Dunmore can also speak from the American point of view better than the average Englishman. He has, before the war, been a frequent visitor to this coun? try, and is familiar with American institutions and American methods. Lord Dunmore, one of whose an? cestors was governor of Colonial Vir? ginia, la a member of the Victorian Order of Great Britain and of the fa? mous Order of Isabella La Cattolica of Spain. XORTHCLIFFE TO RESIGN. Persuaded to Seme Until Successor is Named. London, April 26.?The Standards says it understands that Lord North el iff e, chairman of the London head? quarters of the British mission to the United States and director of propa? ganda in enemy countries, has ten? dered his resignation on account of ill health, but that at the request of the premier and the cabinet he con? sent ed to continue his duties until a successor can be found. New York, April 27.?The over? night war news was responsible for another big break in cotton prices today. In the first half hour July de? clined six dollars a bale, selling down to 25.20. Later the market rallied over two dollars a bale on covering.