Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1926, Page 19

‘AUGUST 8, 1926—PART MAXWELL FURNITURE CO., 415 7th ST. N.W. THE SUNDAY STAR WHERE THE CRAB WAR MAY RESULT IN FATALITIES FIGHTING CRABBERS CALL SHORT TRUCE: Desperate War Between Men | of Virginia and Maryland~ | Expected to Go On. _I—mnnm ? a i 0 i J ,l"' ] / '#lmu.muullmlww ‘l{u J] v m ,l!. \ i :m “ X I {"i ] (Continued from First Page) ing depends, fs sufficient cause for CanrEmes ] s : > Y T { s | In [ war to death among the fishermen T i b . | | I I f i The outstanding feature of this great event is the style and quality of the merchandise offered. Every piece is our regular stock—priced away below its real value for the August Sale. This means a big saving to you on every purchase. ’ And remember, you don't need all cash, either. Our dignified credit plan provides a convenient way for you to pay for Furniture while enjoying its use. Tangler islanders, armed with Vir- xinia fishing licenses, can hunt crabs #bout where they please. As a mat ter of fact, they seldom go more than 1wo miles off the island, for crab fish ' ing in deep water is not a very profit- #ble occupation. Smiths Ielanders, on the other hand, are restricted ilterally to their i3 own front yards, for the State line ! % cuts across Tylers Creek so that it | He asked me if I could get him a Vir- $ larely nips a bit of marsh off the | zinia license ~ town of Tylerton I certainiy couldn't let you starve, % . 5 hoy,' I told him, and that meant that Maryland Waters Exhausted. T s e ot Nl ea. o The Tyierton people hav: “Now what do I hear. He was just s Maryland licenses. They are over here to find out what was doing. 0 jissing once they cross the line He’s been fishing for months and he’s xinia positively refuses to grant crab- |one of the ringleaders of that crowd Ving licenses to non-residents. iu\'p!‘ there. He'd better not show up The Tylerton people say that the|around here. It's hard to say what Test crabing waters lie just over the | might happen to him. line, that their own waters have been | “Tangier folks don't bother their fished almost to exhaustion, and that | waters. Why should they come into 3t is absolutely necessary for them 1o | ours. It's just a matter of plain law. £o_over the line in order to nmkel 431 Gonss hI thine atises {xonble suffictently large catches (o insure | cery now and then. But we don't # livellhood. What right has Vir-|ften have shooting. This time it ginia, they ask, to draw a line across | jooks serious because I hear one of « part of Chesapeake Bay and forbid | {hair bullets came near hitting one of . trespassing. Tangler Sound. they | capn Tommy's men. m, is nothing move than an arm | “So far's 1 know, there has been ©f the bay and should be open Water. | oniy one man killed, and that was a Put Virginiu's legal rights Un- | g00d many years ago. He was a «uestionable. The line was drawn | {pito AN VRTE TR Bt thats L. boundary commissions of the tWo |y noge' ung’ forgotten now. We did 8 ago, once have another battle when a man ient solemnly ratified was killed, but that between Vir- part of Tangler Sound belongs to Sintansseltogether.” nia. - this Another Side of the Story. The Smiths islanders 2 Jine as if it didn't exist. Alwost their | gmiths Islanders tell a different entire crabbing fleet can be found story from the Virginians regarding the ancient boundary dispute. They | morning bevond the line-that is Capt. Tommy and his patrol boat are | say that 20 of their men have gone o not in sight. Annerton has a lIge [ their deaths from Virginia bullets stretch of coastline to look after. He | gince that ill-fated boundary com- can’t spend all his vlers | promise was reached. Their case is | eek but every now he | resented for them by L. C. Quinn,! drops anchor there just as a warning |editor of the Crisfield Times and can- 1o the Maryland crab hunters alf:te ‘foriState) seniior: " “Until this injustice is corrected,” | i S says Quinn, “until the Old Dominion ! Two weeks ago he appeared sud-| j:pi"the wrong that was done the @enly and drove the fishermen back | DENS the Wropg thal, was done the of the line. Annerton and his crew | ounty, the hoom of musketry, the ,ure armed with rifies. So are the | oaqfu] hum of bullets and the silent B e ik uan messenger of death may be expected S0w kibat. MOSL Of thie crabhe the disturb the public crabbing #need boats which can run aw: grounds of this county. Time after Yhe patrol boat like so many time Marylanders have endured They can dash away f"m"]-!‘:‘l'} eims [Scatching gunfire from Virginia po- Pre. Jun up any of the llttle Inlt=llice boats while working almost through the marshes, and return the | ger the eaves of their own homes. fire = 5 el i . ; an_count 20 Maryland watermen Just who started the shooting i5| vy, have been instantly Kkilled or a controversfal question. The Tyler- | Who have heen s ed. ton fishers say that Annerton opened “A life for a crab seems to be Living Room Outfit Complete Space forbids an adequate description of this marvel ously complete-and luxurious living room outfit. You must see it for yourself to appreciate the wonder value offered 4 ! here. Suffice it to say that the overstuffed setteé and two armchairs in velour, davenport table and end table in ma hogany finish, and also the bridge lamp—are all included. ground the people of Smiths Island | their own, which it is difficult for the have an atmosphere of greater pros- | outsider the appreciate at first. 1 perity than the Tangerians. Their | Crabbing is hard work. It is also | homes are larger, their lawns are | profitable if the fishers have any greener, their flowers are more abun- | luck. The Tangiermen rt from | dant, and they are far less suspicious | thelr wharves at from 2 a.m. to 3| of strangers. m. in order to be on their fishing | unds by daylight and get their | o riming h‘;_:‘lf"\‘:v'lf"‘:“;f:,’(f;fi' Ihat!the creed of the Virginia fisheries Two Autos on Island. atch in before noon. i Ris bulleta and that shots fell actu- | oree. (Vhat o shame, what a dis-| There are two automobiles on the bber gets about 3 cents| | Crabbing shed and boats off | ally in the village of Tylerton. en- [ FRCE (0 & oWllaed age, MAIVIand|ig,nq, aithough there are no roads erabs in the wholesale | o i yjand. These are just beyond | s > | markets of Crisfield. He Virginians “do not hesitate to shed |that deserve the name—only narrow | gliFEES O =Tt the blood of their neighbors in a [paths. But they have more frequent 'tember. Then 7 fl‘uus t{{]\'ur! !ro keep ;d]{ew l\latr.‘“ contacts with the outside world. They | which is e i crabbers from catching a few | on i = B Aoviti. | S o 16 - erabs ‘in| waters dhat rightfully ibe: jor mearer Grisfeld with its moving Sometimes Makes Clean-Up. long to Maryland. picture houses, its high school and its ' gometimes the fisherman will make i earn “to Sep- | the wharves of Tylerton ason, | dangering the lives of their women and children. Annerton, however, contends that he had to fire when he was fired wupon, that he wouldn't willingly harm a halr of anybody’'s head on Smiths Island, that the pr Everybody is a crabber on ent duty et 5 < g hs Island. These girls have Y| “Tech i 2 ¢ hav hostelries. Some of them buy homes b 5 % i oL is the most disagrecabié he has |, crechnienlv, Virsinia may have a | iosielien, Somc of (I Y ealthe | @ clean-up—irom $5.000 to $7,000 in a | just made a good day's catch. ever performed and that with rifles [ U0 (0 D OO & EANDOAL and vil- | from crabs and oysters and spend |Season. Men, women and children are 1. Police Chief T. C. only his task is hopeless. The crab o i in comparative | experts their boats and crabbing | Tangier Island, who ing workmen, = but trouble, serious | luxury on the mainland. Evervwhere | nets. They know every inch of the | flu to keep the peace between State line runs just outside. I The crab fleet at anchor. v from M d the arts the o n more profituble. flrier i & ; | their declining da fishers have only to hide in the|l8e and pour gunfire upon a few | the - marshes, walt until he runs out of |y A Slare the slight, intangible touches ammunition and then dash out again :L"‘fi"‘f{ ‘;r:‘:}':;d h‘:’ o long | hich show that Smiths Isianders ) und laugh at him. = = e % " have more appreciation of present- It is necessary to hire a | He has appealed for either a ma- Wants Boundary Changed. day American life. Tangier or Smiths Island pilot to sail | chine ‘gun or a one-pounder to| Ay Quinn insists that his figure| its boys and glils g0 away to col- | very extensively around the,crabbing |of mount on the patrol bort. Doubtless | tor tha . mumme g et it would be difficult to use either | myje complicated shallows is almost cel where the | the rival crab fishers. n to go t half right in this old-old battle 'yvlers Creel ¢ God, we we will,” ‘e got to fish there | o \6ges. grounds. ¥ ualties 1n the vlerton | | Creek is corvect, although he | This plcture would hardly hold good | It is inevitable that such communi- i without some danger to Tylerton it- | pici't" the names tmocedinto B0 | for Tangler, although It ié inhabited | ties should he ly a law unto|crabber, doubling his fists Bell, and it Is this which has turned |00 Ha has forwarded Apaesls 1y | DY much the same type of people— | thens hould seek to settle | “There’s going to he killing: the' island into a hornet's nest. Gov. Ritehie and. Secrotars Haover, | honest, rugged, laborious fishermen. | their fights in their own way. And | the a 5 dubiol 2 urging that sor SE % | They are hospitable and proud. with | that way Is—a tooth for a tooth the stranger in the midst of his Bloody War Threatened. Chenmie e & ‘,,,"9},](',',_‘",’,‘(,",.? flone 1914 Yigid code of honor and morals all | As in most wars, both sides are at | cient, hard traditions. For a century this line had heen disputed. Then both States appoint- | ed boundary commis Ma 10-Piece Huguenot Walnut-Finish Bedroom Suite " says | "angierman, looking dubiously at | an- They have been very patient, the islanders claim, and hav in defense of their oo e A machine gun or cannon 'yland commission, Quinn claims, acainst them it will mean 3 s . : . ad ne conception ) which only the United States Gov- | ¥ e o o of ithe puoblems ernment can stop The anger of the Smiths nd erab fishers is not directed against «pt. Annerton, commander of the Virginia patrol ‘boat, in_person so « much as against the Tangier Is- landers and the State of Virginia. Tommy, in fact, many Horee.” zood friends among the older Mary- | il i O W landers. He has known most of them | \Virginia, f shildhood. — They are simply | i) uf the he happens to be the man must carry out a hated luw are lots of men they had | through the ther shoot at than the hInff, hone: Thus he w ©rizzled Virginian who understands, | fand ana ns do few others. the hard, colorless |, lves of the crab fishers 1 ngier islanders admit that they c: lham.\.nT don't fish the disputed house, long since cla ers. It is too far away and there ancing water 5 it /7] ar “he_uer rn’hmnc Kroun ~'ngh; St it e S cneior 312 - y each geSture’ the off their own shores. Rut 8 mi-| houndary marker: 3 e te across the sound. Now the| s "“’ S i e Wi balance of- each viand law allows crabs to he irty Work d. A 1 ught which measure anywhere| The Virginians admit that the con A ‘I it pose, there 8 a over three inches. The limit for Vir-|tour of this line, which py through { ns i three and a half inches. | Tylerton’s front vard, is peculiar and balance of health | | Consisting of large dresser, beau- tiful vanity, full sized bow-end bed, $ chifforobe. electric boudoir lamp and shade, two pillows. comfortable spring and mattress. 1hber: {their liv h the greatest u concern of this a bit hazy, YOU ADMIRE | Wlicting The S claim there ibery. Tn those days of the island, known ited to pursue land and | ced g o | » he built a_house on th = | nd below Tylerton, and | - A | | 2 | | arranged it with the comm: the State line pas Danseuse ng the line pon remmants. o (! : Into the poise of i med by the Almo: . is taking an unfair [ needs expl v say ation. But they indig- in i advantage o xh:m and they do the suggestion that any that sustains the | yropose to let the Smiths Isl plaved a part in the St Sy with it It n\;hln-na P original settlement. Doubtless Vir R dancer and elec- their own available crab supply. It | ginia conceded something valuable to : o < q Capt. Tommy can’t handle the situa- | in exchange for this = trifies her audi- tion-—that i<, if he isn't given ap they ¢ ¢ 1im. Just what on w they found in the records at ence. | Ghestnut . Farms ‘Their boats are as speedy as those svertheless, ‘as long a | ©f the Smiths Is the supply | continues as at present it scerns | | 3 N restricted to the | probable there will continue to e aryls rs, and the vengeance | shooting across the Jine. Smiths | ©f Tangler ix traditional s s must live. Théir on ns Many of the people on Loth islands | of living is by catching crabs, T | hey are good friends—especially the |are intensely patriotic, and wonld nqt elders. There have heen some int te to shed their own biood in| marriages. They have hunted crabs|defense of their island wide by side. th Tangler Island propriate arms—they themselves, they say, wili take a hand Consisting of large buffet, exten- sion table, china closet, five .~idc$ chairs, armchair, covered in genuine !cather, nut bowl, two candlesticks mnd polychrome buffet mirror. T his delicious beverage balances 3 It 18 all due to the hot-headedness | Islind are rull o and Smiths ht shooters of vouh. according to Fishing In-| The bovs who went to war have their pector Jesse W. Crockett on Tangier. | Army rifles, or guns on the same 3 veatherheaten veteran of Ches: | model. And they” intend to live and perfectly the aprake storms. who AS grown up | die hunting crabs, ®ith the crabbers and is an influence | In spite of their restricted crabbing pleasure of a re- for peace among them, inspires the |———— . same confidence as Capt. Tommy him- self. i ““We don’'t want any trouble with| S freshing drink ®* FOR SALE and the benefit of Five-Piece Unfinished Breakfast Set S e e " E «Pine Acres” tone to the sys- E 3-Burner ) thing was all settled long ago. It m ¢ Consisting of a substantially Gas Stove Simmons Day-Bed B i i e nere Glendale, Maryland em. || B Greni (i, Gk (o With large oven, which has Complete with all-cotton pad, know the older men feel terribly | . 2 C | well constructed chairs. Spe- white enamel front. A fine cretonne cover, strong, sani- ahout 1t but it up to them 1o not| 5 Price, $16,800 Cash Delivered daily to e P s <pring. Useful and attrac $n their own voungsters 12 ce. ¥ tive, easy to operate. Special “If this thing keeps up. thev're . Beautitul o your door. | LG ; i L geing to Kill Capt. Tommy and Then—" Inspector Crockett didn’t finish the Bentence, but went on to tell of past instances of the vengeances of those men, who vear after vear go out long before dawn in cookleshell craft oo the tossing waters of the sound. Phone POTOMAC 4000 Resent Any Innovations. = E “They resent anything new.,” he \ paid. “My own father was the first| ting: ereti Howers ml S man on Tangier Island to start scrap Tor m the reception hail: carbide ing for crabs. Before that they had Si’i“{::"""hy"‘": ‘."“" 5".":"" alti- s T e—— e 1l been netting. They cut his lines. [Z or Boulevard to s Be: 4 they chopped up his boats. they fence Highway, tom Teft on road Penna. Ave. at 26th St.. i marked threatened him. But he stuck to it| m &nd now everybody s scrapping “Why, there's one young fellow | over there who has been aw ! ay work- ing in Philadelphia. Glad enough he |= Address BERT CHAMPLIN wus to get home, and he came over | here te see me. Said crabbinz wasn't | Box 45, Glendale, Md. o £00d off Smiths Ixland and that he Or Whshington Telephone.. Main 6031 s coming over the Tangler to Live. MMM AGHHTIIMNNINIE “To Bell Station,” cross at Glendale First prop- coming to ull particulars ood-