Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-08-03

newspaper boat. he shouted this infor-
nation to the Deutschland and then
| both vessels put on speed, moving
ahead rapidly
Sailors on the Deutschland paid no
attention to salutes from the news
paper boat. They gazed at her silent
+ " for while and then began putting
on their blue uniform coats
} The Deutschland was displaying red
and green lights set forth on the two
sides of her coming tower. AS she
passed the newspaper boat she put
out these lights. The Timmins then
moved over to the port side of the
channel about $50 feet from the
/ Deutschland and they continued in
these relative positions for a consid-
. cradle distance down the bay.
BY this time the sun was setting
over the water in which the Deutsch-
land stood out clearly. Within a few
minutes after the sun had set. clouds
began to roll up from the horizon.
At mile away it was difficult to
see either the crew in their dark cloth
ing or the vessel. painted to match the
color Of the water The Timmins car
ried her regular running lights and for
the next ten miles the Deutschland
could be located only by her convoy.
on these ten miles, however, the
vessels had a clear path and they
might have burned all their lights
without endangering themselves. only
: one vessel. tramp steamer, passed
them and she was far away. Her at
tempts to signal the Timmins met with
! no response.
As the Cape Henry lightship and the
Virginia and Maryland pilot boats
t came into the view OF the Deutsch
5 land and her CONVOY they began to eX-
o change blinker signals rapidly. The
D submersible had moved over well to-
0 ward the shore and her outlines seldom
could he seen.
p Decreasing her sneed. the Deutsch
= land Rugged the shore line as closely
as was possible while the Timmins
Q passed out Of the capes short dis
\ lance 10 determine whether the allied
i warshins were there to block the sub
marines progress In less than J.
{. minutes. or shortly before . o'clock
n she signaIIed the Deutschland that sh'
had clear path and the underse;
Il freighter quickly FASTENED down tn
: channel and to sea.
= on her way the submarine signalle
!. briefly to the Timmins with her per
: iscope light. The signalling completed
the light disappeared, and with 1t tn
Deutschland.
Another press boat later found tn
: Deutschland and followed her to tn
capes.
Instead Of going to Baltimore a
: she headed after lea-'inE the Duet
- schland the Timmins came in her
J. tonight
u We'll she's off and we'll. on he
II way back to the old country sat
cr Cantain Hingch.
Just as she started out to sea, b
: said Captain Koenig and the GREY
;. Of the DEUTSCHLAND came on deck an
II gave three rousing cheers for Amer
ica and the American people TIL
- sea was rough and the spray wa
a splashing high. but three cheers o
the men Of the Deutschland ran
= clearly over the waves. Captai
Is Koenic yelled something to me i
> farewell hut the submarine was pull
; ing out rapidly and the distance be
tween us was too great for me t
VI hear what he said
n For about a mile the Deutschlan
8 ploughcd boldly through the billow
= of the Atlantic. When about a mil
70 outside the capes we could see he
n lights slowly disappearing as sh
submerged"
The captain declared the sUhmer
, 5ible again will go through the Eng
liSh channel