New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1928, Page 14

mm“ hell ships were run. NES FIRST " ADNIRAL'S STORY German Adventwrer Took an Exciting Part ‘ New Orleans, Oct. 12—It's a long way from the quarter-deck of an ad- miral's flagship to a paint manufac- turing house on Camp street in New Orleans. But Walter Wandell has| riade the trip—and doesn’t mind | telling about it. New Orleans has always been a port for wandering adventurers. | Few of them, however, can tell storles to parallel that of Wandell, | now u peaceful and successtul busi- ness man Waniell was the first admiral of | the Argentine navy—while it lasted And to this day be cherishes th memory of that interlude in his life | —an interlude of excitement, blood, riches and romance, which came withia an inch of ending. forever, before the leveled rifles of a firing squad | Wandell was born in Germany, the son of a Prussian cer, not quite 50 years ago. His father, a political exile, moved to Sweden. At the age of 15 the was appointed a cadet in Bwedish navy. After three y this he got an honorable discharz:| and ran away fo sea, shipping before the mast on the square-rigged ship Armenia, a Nova Scotiaman bhound | for Buenos Aires. Sailed on “Hell Ship" Armenia was what sailors used to call a ship"—bad food, little rest, much hard work and hard-fisted officers alry offi- the | meanwhile, The second mate, however. vow- ed revenge, and whispered to Wan- dell that on the voyage home he would surely kil him. So, in Buenos Aires, Wandell deserted and took refuge in a sailor's boarding house in the Boca section of the river front. Buenos Aires then was known as the world's toughest seaport. and the Boca was the toughest part of Buenos Aires. The noble art of shanghai-ing seamen flourished. Tommy and Billy, two swaggering rogues, were flords of the district. Wandell, in some manner, ingratiat- ed himself with Tommy and escaped being shanghaied—for a while. At last, however, Wandell decided to leave the Boca and seek his for- tune in the pampas. He moved to a good hotel and planned to stop these while looking for openings. And then the unexpected happened Takes Chargé of “Navy” The head of the Argentine secret service called on him with a propo- ition. A revolution was brewing. | The government had bought a war- ship, but there was no sailor in Ar- gentina the government would trust with it. The secret service had heard of the young ex-Swedish naval cadet; would he Locome an admiral in the new Argentine mavy? Wan- dell. quite naturally, agreed Wandell boarded his warship— an antiquated steam-propelled frig- ate, with a broadside of eight muzzle loading guns and a crew of 400 swarthy cut-throats. Wandell or- ganized them and then inquized as to his dut The Boca section was the hotbed of the revolutionary sentiment. At a given signal from ashore he was to sail along the bank firing broad- sides to terrorize the revolutionist ; soldiers would go lean up” Wandel) to fire blank car- only; the government did not through and NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1923, “I'd been doing some beavy thinking,” he explains. *I knew that gang in the Boca, and it took more than blank cartridges to fire them. 8o I made up my mind to use regular canon balls, so th y'd know 1 was shooting for keeps." So Wandell fired solid shot. The buildings of the Boca crumbled rapidly. Back and forth went the warship, firing as fast as the an- cient guns could be loaded. Then Wandell thought of the water-front dives where saflors were drugged and robbed. He decided to get even. “1 spotted a lot of those dumps, and I ghot hell out of 'em,” he re- marks. I never had such a good time in my life. I kept it up from 9 in the morning to ¢ in the after- noon.” The revolution was quelled, and a grateful government made Wandell's job permanent. There followed a couple of,months of the life cf Riley. “1 found T was a hero,"” says Wan- dell. “What did I want? Wine and women? Help myself. 1 was young then. It was great while it lasted.” Escapes Firing Squad But it didn't last. Native poli- ticians decided the admiral’s job was to good to go to a foreigner. 8o, one day, the unsuspecting Wandell was arrested, gold lace and all, and locked up. His guard informed him that he was to be shot. Wandell broke a window and escaped Down the streets of Buenos Aires he fled, the soldiery at his heels, firing at his flceing figure. Wandell headed for the waterfront. There he found a haven on a German ship, the crew of which, learning his nationality, yro- tected him from the mob. A few nights later he was smuggled down the river on a small boat, to em- bark at the river mouth on a thip for Brazil. And that ended Wandell's career | The 'home was removed here {in March, 1806, tine navy. But he &till remembers it. And, if you find him in the right moed, he can spin you an interesting tale. Home for Aged Actors Gift of Edwin Forrest Philadelphia, Oct. 12. UP—Dedica- tion of the Edwin Forrest Home here recalls the famous tragedian's last gift to the stage he loved, a bequest in his will providing for the old age of retired actresses and actors of the American thea- ter. The home, in which eight per- sons now live, was for many ycars at Springbrook, Homesburg, near Philadelphia. Here Forrest left land on which the home waa to be erected with money he provided. the better to carry out the wishes For- rest expressed in his will. Forrest was born in Philadelphia in what was then known as Southwark. He died in 1872, The home has a library of 6,000 volumes and a gallery of busts of Americans famous in the arts. Each of the rooms of the house is named after a famous theatrical personage. EAGER FOR SCHOOL Missouri Youth Walked 48 Miles Daily for Classes Cape Girardeau, Mo, Oct. 12 (UP) —After Ivan Conley, 15, had walked 48 miles to and from school the first two days he was enrolled in the Teachers' College Training School here, authorities investigated and found part-time work and a place for him to room and board near the institution. Instructors noticed the youth ap- peared exhausted on his arrival at school each morring and placed the matter before school authorities. SIND NODELING 1 CHICAGOAN'S HOBBY Plies His Pastime on Begch at Swampscott Swampscott, Mass., Oct. 12.—(P— The night patrol on one of the beaches here sensed another drown- ing tragedy one evening when he glimpsed what appeared to be the prostrate form of a youti on the sand under the cliffs. Before he hurried to the side of the figure, it is sald, he sent a call for an ambulance. Hec was amazed when he knelt beside the figure to see it crumble uncer his touch. The figure was enly sand—an ex- ample of the sand sculpture of O. §. Peabody, a visitor from Chicago. So natural were other sculptures of the Chicagoan that they have been at times reported from the cliff tops as exhausted swimmera asleep on the beach and menaced by the rising tide. For 10 years, Peabody reveals, has toyed with this hobby of fash- ioning models from sand. When word has spread that he was work- ing on the sand, admirers have gathered from points miles distant on the Massachusetts North Shore to follow the evolution of his models from a shapeless mound to amazing- 1y lifelike figures. Hours are required for the crea- tion of a single bit of sand sculpture. Yet the next tide will wash the beach bare of even a trace of his labor without a symptom of regret from the sculptor. “My friends have often tried to he | persuade me fo try something per- | manent,* he says, “but cxccpting plaster bas-relief of my boy, 1 have restricted my sculpture 1o heach sand. Vacation is my only oppor- tunity to play at sand modeling.” Among his souvenirs he still ha: quarter that someone tossed him, mistaking him for a professional. It represents the total of his income from the hobby. Wandering Texas Hat Travels to Far Places Aberdeen, Scotland, Oct. 12 UP—A wandering cowboy hat from Texas has reached Aberdeen, somewhat the worse for wear but still going strong. The 'perambulating hat started on f{ts wanderings from Dallas, Texas more than a year ago, and has journeyed through the United States and Canada and across the Atlantic. Battered and punctured, it is adorned with tags bearing greetings from one town to another, lines of doggerel, and directions to keep the headpiece moving. Wherever the hat goes it must be carried as a personal belonging of the traveler to whom it is entrusted, | and must not be posted. It traveled to Great Britain in the motorship James King James and went north with a woman tourist. LO, POOR PALE FACE Ashland, Wis, Oct. 12. (UP) «— Pale faces no longer can hunt ducks on the Bad River reserva- tion unless they procure a special reservation lic:nse, Odanah Indians have decreed. 8o many ducks have been slaughtered without consent of the red men that they have de- cided to put a halt to the killing. Money derived from the sale of licenses will be divided at the an- nual fall pow-wow which takes place after the termination of the bird season. MARRIED FOR A DAY Then Sofewhat Tactless Remuk Nes Separation y Shanghai, Oct. 12. (UP)—Married after a courtship of 34 years. & { Kramer Coulton and his wife sep- arated after exactly one day of married life. Both say they will file suit for divorce. The coyrtship hegan on the East Side of New York in 18%4. The two were married in Shanghai re- cently and oue the same day Coul- ton was interviewed by a reporter for a local foreign newspaper. The reporter quoted Coulton, who 127 MAIN ST. 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