The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-10

'' VIII Ply iO6uioiiy III VI oiiout- in disposed finally of the re-, rom Emperor William to Presi.
 no foundation for the story. ighter was entered formally at sition.
 chland today is at her dock, ap- 1T 4,OOO mile trip, accomplished rships. Preparations are being n, according to the bill of health Bremen, consists of dyestuffs. on all speed and shot between the Virginia Capes, to be greeted by the tug Timmons. sent there more than a week before to await his coming. CH bCSc1 he submarine are the captain. first and second officers and 26 men. all wearing the regulation uniforms of the German merchant ma rine, with the North German Lloyd insignia upon their capes. The skip per is trim, slightly built man of medium height. around 40 years of age. Two of his seamen are grizzled y parently ranging from IS to 23. l When the vessel was released from quarantine she moved up the river to the pier of the Eastern Forwarding Company. six miles away, to a care- fully guarded waiting berth. On the way up she passed q dozen merchant men lying at anchor. The first, big
 Norwegian freighter. dipped her flag i and her whole ships company lined against the rail and raised three rous- ing cheers which were answered with a will. With another Norwegian and two Dutch ships the submarine ex- changed formal salutes. She moved
 close by number of British tramps in silence. observed with eager interest by the English crews.
 l At the dock the boat had hardly l tied up before an army of newspaper
 men and moving picture photograph CTS stormed the place. They were not
 permitted to get near the Deutschland, protected by a barbed wire stockade
 and numerous guards, but Captain
 Konig soon appeared on shore and
 cheerfully posed before the cameras | Better hurry up. I haven't had my
 breakfast yet and don't look good
 he remarked in excellent English, with only the slightest trace of a Teutonic
 accent. He stood smilingly in the
 rain, wearing blue flannel trousers
 stuffed into leather boots, dark gray leather coat, gauntlets and a jauntily set cap.
 When the photographers gave him
 a rest he held a sort of impromptu
 reception, shaking hands with every
 body and telling how glad he was to
 be in an American port.
 Later he was persuaded to bring out
 his crew. The grinning yoPngstera
 brought with them a large,N green
 board taken from the stern of the
 ship on which was painted in big sil-
 yer letters Deutschland der Bremen"
 Grouped about the board with their
 skipper in the center, the sailors pos
 ed until Captain Konig said 1t was time to eat.
 i A force of longshoremen was ready on the dock to begin unloading the cargo, which is to be shipped as soon
 as possible by the Eastern Forward
 ing Co. to the purchasers. chemical
 companies in the north. Probably
 only a day or two will be required to
 discharge and then the submarine
 will take on the crude rubber and
 nickel consignments already stored in
 the pier warehouse for her return trip.
 When the start back across the Atlantic will be made is, of course fproblematical. An official of the for
 warding company today said it might | be two weeks or it might be a month
 but it was not denied that no advance
 notice would be given and that the | !, ,f tt,. capes whenever and however the op- portunity might offer to elude the
 enemy patrols which undoubtedly will
 be securing the Virginia coast waiting
 for her to appear.
 Captain Konig went about his preparations for entering at the cus- I toms house without hurry CT unusual formality, just as though his boat were an ordinary freiehter. He did not seem to be worried over reports that the American authorities would carefully investigate his case to deter mine whether the Deutschlapd should be rated as an ordinary commerce carrier.
 A story that the Lake Torpedo Boat Go. was preparing to libel the sub marine on the ground that her con- struction infringed upon its patents apparently did not interest him. As described by Dr. John c. Trav- CTS, assistant health officer. who was taken through the boat, the interio, appears to be mainly a mass of ma Ichinery. Dr. Travers descended through the forward hatch where he found the crews quarters. hunks on either side of --~row passageway leading to -,artments occupied by the captain and his two oflcers. Tho captains room is scarcely .six feet (Continued on Page 3l