Show DECLARES GERMAN WARSHIP WILL NOT LEAVE PORT NEWPORT NEWS " a March 1 I can say pos tively that the Prinz E tel Friedneh never will leave this port until the end of the European war This declaration was made tonight by Captain H. H. Kiehne master of the American sailing ship William P Frye which the German raider destroyed m the South Atlant c ocean January 98 last Captain Kiehne had just lade farewell to Commander Thier chens of the German cruiser He had paid off h s crew and was leaving for Wash ngton to reveal the details of his ship s destruction directly to heads of the gov ernment Why do yoa make such a positive statement? the American skipper was asked That I will not say he repl ed but I know she has come here to stay until the war is over Notwithstanding th s the commander of the Eitel Friedneh tonight reiterated that it is his purpose to leave American waters as soon as posb ble Explains Sinking According to reports here ton ght the German officers in expla mng the sink ing of the Frye w 11 claim that they found m the American vessel s papers a record that the sh p with its cargo of wheat was bound for Queenstown almouth or Plymouth for orders and that 6 nee Plymouth is a fortified port . the wheat was contraband Two of the Frye s crew refused to accept ac-cept payment today beca se of a de c s on based on statutory law that they were ent tied to wages only until Jan uary 28 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 for forty three days spent on board the raider But desp te the r d ssat sfact on over the r pav however the crew of the Frye ton ght sent with compl ments to the German cru ser eight ke-s of beer for the crew and c gars for the of fleers mess Late today a naval board of three under orders of Hear Admiral Beatty nsDected the E tel Fr edr ch It was announced that the E tel Fr edr Ch ha ng been scraped and pa nted below the water 1 ie wo Ud w thdraw from dry dock tomorrow morn n? and move to a Bh pyard p er to awa t vord from Wash ngton on the request for time to make repa rs |