Show I German Statue Meets Bets Cruel rue Fate ate BERLIN May 1 The l.-The The Iron Hindenburg Hindenburg Hin- Hin denburg the gigantic wooden statue into which patriotic Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans hammered nails naUs at so much a anaU nail naU during the raising of w ar funds has has succumbed to an ignoble fate it now develops After the revolution ion the directors of the Tiergarten where the foot statue was erected requested its removal The patriotic society which was responsible was for Its erection erection erection tion was unable to furnish the funds for moving it away and the Tiergarten authorities then offered it to any museum willing to pay the transportation charges but there were no takers A Berlin architect finally bought the statue for one gold old mark sold the body as old wood and removed the head to a storage house Intending intending intending Intend intend- ing to present it later to some public public pub pub- lic He body as a historical relic DurIng During During Dur Dur- ing the Kapp revolt special police guards were stationed around the storage house to protect the head But the architects architect's negotiations with the patriotic societies were dragged out so long that fungus growths destroyed what remained of ot the famous statue |