The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-02
FORMER GERMAN | OFFICERS HAPPY
Held Prisoners During War, W. E. En-
 reIbrecht and E. Fratzscher. at At lanta, Ga, Making Useful Amer
 ican Citizens-Romance, Too.

Atlanta, Ga.,-Atlantans will recall hat. during the war, two German laval ohicers-W. Engelbrecht and E. Fratzscher-gave them quite a thrill by coming within an ace of escaping from an internment camp at Fort dePherson thru a wonderfully exc euted piece of fancy tunneling such IS one rarely meets except in the prison camps recorded in romantic novels.
 Today these two men are peaceful 'ay settled on piece of land near the Federal prison, which they have made Into one of the model farms of this hart of Georgia. Moreover, they Have brought their youthful sweet hearts from Germany, have been married and are devoting their lives to becoming perfect American citi- 'xens. Mighty useful members of the Community they have become, by fheir example of farming skill and Efficiency, models of which are so Skadly needed in the South.
 N Their whole story is one of rare Romance, adventure and efficiency. # It began when Engeibrecht and Fratzscher finished their education in Germany and hardened to the call of <he high seas. The first became cap- lain of a ship of the North German Lloyd line. The other became cap- 'fain of a merchant steamer of the Hamburg-American line. They liked fhe adventure and the tang of the |sea, and the place they attained bears witness that they thrived upon it.
 Sank Their Ship.
 The war came. They were reserve bfiicers in the Imperial German Navy, <o they returned to Germany. Even Before the United States entered the <ar they were captured when they ;xent for food to the Island of Guam. |They were ordered to surrender their |&hip. Instead, they blew it up while Aboard and it sank in six minutes. They were picked up by U. S. Coast Euard Service boats and interned at Ezhe naval base there.
 < We were hrough.. to America and pterned at Fort McPherson," Engel- |brecht said. "They were good to us, Hut they wanted us to be still all the lime. They wouldn't even let us IHalk. We had to do something. We me decided to dig our way to liberty.
 "We dug a tunnel forty-fve feet bng, and so high you could stand up ID 1t. It passed under a new maca- lam street and we had to dig it deep Enough so the heavy trucks wouldn't |&ink in wher they went over the road, Ny partner here had charge of the Bower pots and plants at the fort. INC put the dirt in the flower pots. In A few days the whole place was coy- <red with flower pots. We put out a |ot of new plants and the dirt was piled way up on the pots. After fbout week there was nearly four Feet of dirt piled up on the largest &Icts. Nobody suspected.
 # But they caught us," he went on. #Colonel Benteen called us up to him Ind he asked us why we had done it. Ne told him we had to have some <hing to do. We could not stand still. We were used to industry. So he told &ps he would arrange our release thru Washington if we wanted to rent his Iarge farm in South Boulevard, near fhe Federal penitentiary. So we have rented it for six years. If our busi- hess is successful we will buy it."
 Romance Is Old.
 The romance in the story began nore than ten years ago. The two eouples were engaged before the war *sNhen the two young women arrived Fnxxr C ~Eere married by the German chap. feen and other friends they had not 5een each other in eight years. # The two young ladies, Dorothes eultured. Mrs. Dorothea Engel zbrecht, direct descendant of Bis nnarck, speaks fluently German, Eng hsh, French and Polish. She paints In oils and is quite a student of art.
 Tn Germany" she said, lever one's high school education is moi Considered complete until English anC rench are learned"
 "Engelbrecht and Fratzscher" il {he title on the farm gate in SoutE Boulevard. They make a good bust ness partnership. One is conserva nve, steady, deep thinker, steady worker; the other radiates enthusi Asm
 Within fourteen months they have built one of the most attractive six Loom bungalows in or near Atlanta The interesting art work is worthy fhe most skilled contractor Theil open air chicken houses, in whicl <hey raise thorobred s. c. Rhode Is
 and Reds. are declared by experts tC pe model of industrial efficiency.
 VI ENA TRANSFER FINED FOR "a VIOLATION OF HEALTH RULES td Solomon Ignored Orders for Dis
 posal of Tin Cans-Notice to
 Property Owners.
 The first local teamster to be con Flcted and fined in police court fol
 iolation of the board of health''