The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-13
FRYE'S COMMANDER MAKES THE STATEMENT THAT CRUISER
 WILL NOT LEAVE PORT.
FRYE CREW IS PAID OFF
The German Cruiser Did Not Put Into
 Newport News HazardIy-lts Crew Was Kept at the Guns Night and
 Day After Sinking of the WlIerby.

Newport News. va.. March 12 -"I| can say positively that the Prinz| Eitel Friedrich never will leave this port until the end of the European war"
 This declaration was made tonight tp representative of tne Associated Press by Captain H. H. Kiehne. mas tetr of the American sailing ship Will jam ?. Frye, which the German raider destroyed in the South Atlantic ocean January 2S last
 Captain Ktehne had just bade fare. well to Commander Thiercaens of the German cruiser, had paid off his crew and was leaving for Washington to reveal the details of his ships de- suucDon directly to heads of the gov ernment.
 "Why do you make such a positive statemente' the American captain was asked
 That I will not say" he replied
 But l know she has come here to stay unti the war is over"
 Notwithstanding this the com mander of the Eitel Friedrich tonight. reiterated that it is his purpose to leave American waters as soon as. possible
 Regarding the reasons for the sink ing Of the Frye, it was reported to- night that officers ot the converted cruiser reached a decision after find ing in the Frye's papers a record thatI the ship with its cargo Of wheat was bound for 'QueenstC0u or Plymouth for orders Under the British proc lamatiou of contraband, it was point ed out, food -tuffs were classed as conditional contrahand if consigned 10 a fortified port Plymouth is forti- fled port.
 Captain -KieAne also threw addi- tiona. light tonight on the coming ol the Eitel Friedrich to this port and insisted that the German commander did not choose Newport hazardIy as a port Of safety
 After February 20,' said the cap. tain, the Germans entirely changed ther tacucs. Up 10 that tune when ever smoke or smudge was sighted every man was ordered 10 the guns and the ship sailed straight for t.eI smoke. After the sinking of the Nil-I leroy there was change.
 Prom then on the Friedrich ran from everything. On the last thre nights 1 knew that the officers were getting the wireless from British cruisers On the last two night before passing into the Virginia capes theI order to the crew was Every toI the guns; nobody to sleep On theI last night two oi the British cruisers were within ten miles of us.'
 Captain kiehne said that several of the German officers asked him ten O, twelve days ato if he kenwe where they were going to land
 ''I told them knew they were gong 10 Newport News. where they could find a good snip yard said Kiehne
 Then they asked me what 1 con- sidered the best course to follow to| escape detention. told them to hang to the longitude right up and then to| suike due westerly to the coast That is exactly what they did.'
 Two of Captain Kiehnes crew re- fused to accept payment today be- cause of a decision based on statutory law that they were entitled to wages only until January 2S, the day the Frye was sunk. All other members of the crew accepted payment under protest and urged that the German government should pay them tor 43 days spent on board the raider.
 But despite their shortage of pay, the crew of the Frye tonight sent with their compliments" to the Ger man cruiser eight kegs of beer for the crew and cigars for the officers mess.
 Late today a naval board of three. headed by Naval Constructor Dubose inspected the Eitel Friedrich. Regu- lations require that al warships com ing into American ports be examined Naval Constructor Dubose would not discuss his report, which will be for warded to Washington at once for in- l formation in guiding officials with ref l erence to the request of the Fried rich's commander for time to repair l his weasel. other members of the