Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1929, Page 23

OFFICERS NAMED AT EDMONSTON | W. C. Weber Appomted Town | Marshal and Assistants Are Sworn In. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. EDMONSTON., Md., July 27.—The strained relations which have existed between factions in this municipality | for a number of months have apparent- Iy been brushed aside and peace and | harmeny once more prevail. At a meeting of the newly elected | mayor and common council, held in the public school here last night, former Councilman Milton M. Clark, whose friends threatened to contest the CIPC‘! tion of Councilman Charles Martin be- cause the election officials refused to al- | low the name of Clark to appear on the official ballot for not having filed his | petition sufficiently in advance of the election. was appointed assistant town | marshal and announced that he would not take any further action in the mat- ter of a contest. Former Councilman W. C. Weber was named town marshal and he and his as- | sistants, Mr. Clark, George W. Page and George Fenwick. were sworn in by Jus tice of the Peace John A. Downing. C. Eaton was re-elected town clerk Robert McQuin building inspector. Wal do Burnside corporation counsel. Cout cilman Martin U. White road commi tee. Councilman W. W. Lewis finance committee, Councilman W. T. Page lignting committee, Councilman Martin health committee and Councilman White publicity committee. Tt. was decided that all town work costing more than $25 should be done under contract and that all complaints for consideration by the town fathers should be submitted to that bbdy in writing. BURTON'S AIDE SMELLS GAS, CALLS FIRE SQUAD secretary to smelled gas When Ernest Grant, Senator Burton of Ohio, on returning to his home at 1520 Twenty-eighth street southeast last night he did not investigate but put in a call for the fire department, fearful lest, his wife was inside and overcome. The fire rescue squad was dispatched to the address and discovered an in- consequential leak in A gas siove. Mrs. Grant was not at home. The firemen fixed the stove before leaving. Down! " be disarmed within a week. THE SUNDAY NSTAR, |GERMANS HAD HOPED TO KEEP | NAVY AFTER TRUCE. SAILOR SAYS Long Impnsonment Aboard Own Slup Led to Many Quarrels, With Men on Verge of Mutiny at Scapa Flow. would be occupied by the allies and other retaliatory steps taken. “I doubt that we ever worked as in- Correspondence of The Star. BERLIN, July 19.—On June 21, 1919, ‘Admxrnl von Reuter ordered the sink- |ing of the German battleships which | tensely during the World War as ‘n were at Scapa Flow. Richard Stumpt, | those days of November, 1918. Our a sailor, describes in the Vossiche |ships were ready to fight at ®imost a Zfltunk Berlin, this event. moment’s notice; but to demobllur | dn the ‘patriotic courses’ which we | them completely required gigantic had to submit to in the Fall of 1917 wc | efforts. | sailors often discussed what should n November 17, my ship, the Heii- | happen to_the English fleet ‘after our [goland, was completely disarmed. victory.’” Some thought we should use | Thousands of fine yellow bombs lay on the British battleships to increase the |the pier, and our vessel lay fully a yard German navy, while others, the mod- | higher on the water because it had | erates, pleaded for sinking all enemy | bscome so much lighter. ships. Any other possible solution did “The neutrals, with the exception of not_seem to exist. Spain, didn’t seem to want to lodge “Even when the German request for |our vessels. Finally it was said that 2n armistice became known we still rc. | the English insisted our vessels should | mained so incredibly naive. The ensmy | first be searched in one of their war | demanded that our battleships should | harbors and then would be sent o r“e,m-:\ lofikcd“up in neutral hnbo: some ‘prison.’ e thought: “After peace has come the | ships will go home again’ This opti- Gathered for Last Trip. | mism prevailed even after the united| “On November 19, most of the Ger- | man navy, especially all modern bat- allied navies had locked us up in the | Firth of Forth. teships, “gathered for their last trip together ense Autumn fog made | | Ships Were Ready to Fight. navigation difficult and not one of us “A manifesto of the chief of the navy, | was glad that day. No sailors’ band | countersigned by the chiet of the played. There were altogether 32 ships. ‘soldiers’ council.’ decreed on Novem- | The admiral's vessel was the battleship | | ber 18, 1918, that all battleships should | Frederick the Great on which Admiral If th's |von Reyter. upon the wish of the | condition were not fulfilled Heligoland | English, hoisted his admiral's flag YOUR BOY turally Seeks Swimming Holes and Outdoor Activities CAMP LETTS HE WILL FIND Salt Water Swimming—216 acres of Green Grass and Woods—All sorts of Recreational Activities—Good Eats. All Supervised by Trained Leaders at Low Cost Phone for Further Details Y.M.C.A,, 1736 G St. N.W. National 8250 | Down!! Down!!! Extraordinary Further Reductions Now Speed Up Now our stores ! the Clearance “Hahn Specials” .75 at all ANl our $6.50 heantiful white kids—now included in this sale. Also, many additional style s—further reduced—in all colors, em- broidered silks and linens, reptiles, satins and style patents. More than 60 superb novelty s to choose from! Don’t Delay! WASH LG L'V N: D0 WJULYN - 28, 1 Atk 35 "On the morning of November 21, '.he first English vessels ap) and a big cruiser traveled ahead of us to indicate. the route through the ‘prison fronter” We saw Amerlcln battleships and even a French cruiser stationed there. When the fog lifted, we saw an impressive and yet depressing sight. The German navy was surrounded by allled war vessels. Beatty Orders Flag Down. “Around noon, the English chief,| Admiral Beatty, ordered by wireless: “The German flag must be taken down and cannot be hoisted any more with-| out permission.” “Two days later each single German war vessel was examined from top to bottom. The entire German crew had | to go on deck during the time, and all doors had to remain open. Only after this investigation had taken place were we told about our ‘prison ports’ and the lost all hope of being sent to neutral harbors. “Several days passed before every-| thing was arranged. The exceedingly | monotonous service soon resulted in a great deal of homesickness among the German crew. The British under- stood this and therefore reduced the crew from 10 to 20 men, according to the size of the ship. | | 5013 Georgia Ave. N “Men we 'gg hibited to go from one ship to anof and none could go on shore. The fear of bolshevist in- fection must -have been the reason. But later on, our relations grew more friendly. ‘The decree never was re- called. The mail was our only con- nection with home; out it came only wtih great delay, since the British | looked over all letters. Crews Become Restive. “Because of our long lmpmonment] the crews on the various German ships grew very irritated, and there were quarrels between the so-called radical and moderate elements. Admiral von Reuter arranged with the British ad- miral for a signal which would serve to call the British to ald if there should bz any mutiny on a German ship. “When the peace negotiations ap- proached their end we came to know that the allles would not return our vessels to Germany. The English press spoke about sinking them in a solemn ceremony in the presence of all allied navies. “The tension among us grew intol- erable. We all thought that Germany would not accept the peace treaty and that there would be war again on June 21. “It was easy to sink our battleships. —2015-2027 K St. N.W. | British fired. because they were so ex- A single man could do that. He just had to open the valves, turn one cer- tain ‘flood valve,’ and then the water streamed in. In peace time we had practiced that a good many times and had accomplished it in half a minute. “So we hoisted the war flag at noon on June 21, and a few minutes later our ships sank. 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