The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-11
The DEUTSCHLAND now
ON Way TOFATHERLAND
GOES THROUGH LOWER cHEsA.
NEAke BAY TO VIRGINIA cAPgs
AND OUT INTO ATLANTIC
LEAVES AS NIGH! FALLS
only One Allied Warship seea on
euard' and When Last Seen the
Sub Seemed to Have Had a
Clear Ocean Ahead.

Norfolk, Va.-The German subma.
fine merchantmen Deutschland passed
quietly out of the Virginia Canes at
S;6O o'clock Wednesday night on her
homeward voyage, apparently unob-
served by the allied warship patrol
waiting outside the three-mile limit.
She was accompanied to the canes
only by the tug Thomas F.. Timmins
which had conveyed her down the
pay from Baltimore, anG by a news.
paper dispatch boat.
her departure to sea followed an
eighteen-mile dash through the low
er chesapeake Bay After proceed.
ing slowly most of the way down
she increased her power at $50 and
reached the capes just after dusk.
None Of the allied cruisers were WISH
Die as she passed through.
Only one allied warship was seen
of the capes Wednesday. 1t was a
tWo-fmneled cruiser flying the Brit.
ish naval ensign
Bay steamers passing I'D and
Down had their attention attracted to
the submarine by the brilliance of
her lights, especially that on the peri.
scope. They cast rays of their search
lights on the submersible, looking her
over from stem to stern. AS each of
the vessels recognized the submarine
salute of three whistle blasts was
blown The submersible answered
each salute with her own whistle.
In the rays of the searchlights mem
bers of the crew could be plainly seen
walking up and down the after deck.
In the coming tower was Captain
Paul Koenig, master of the vessel
At his side stood the pilot
Whether she submerged before
reaching the three-mile limit is I'M
known. The two accompanying boats
only knew that she disappeared I'M
harmed, and that to all appearances
she had clear field ahead to a point
where she could completely submerge
in safety.
Half an hour after the last light of
the Deutschland had disappeared the
Timmins, seemingly satisfied with her
work, turned back and headed up
Chesapeake Bay in the direction of
Baltimore.
During part of the day the Deutsch.
land had remained hidden at a cove in
Chesapeake Bay. For several hours
before the beginning of her final dash
she lay in a secluded retreat near
Tangier Island, about fifty miles above
Cape Henry.
The tug Thomas F. Timmins, which
accompanied the German submarine
Deutschland down the bay from Bal.
timore, reported to the United States
neutrality squadron outside Hampton
Roads Wednesday night that the
Deutschland had passed out of the
capes at $3.50 p. m.
The Timmins' message was picked
up by the destroyer Sterrett, which
reIayed it to the Norfolk navy yard.
The destroyer then was outside the
taree-mile limit to see that the sub
passage out was not inter
fered with by the allied cruisers off
the capes until she had passed out of
the territorial waters Of the United
States.
The commandant of the Norfolk
yard sent the following to the navy
~. S. S. Sterrett reports: 'Subma-
rine reported by tug Timmins to have
passed out Of the capes at $3.50. Am |
outside three-mile limit.
The Sterrett, with three other de-
stroyers and the armored cruiser
North Carolina, it was pointed out,
we're doing neutrality duty off the |
,apes with a particular view to pre-
venting violation of American terri
.orial water in connection with the
Deutschland's departure.