Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-10
Deutschland First of Fleet
Of Submersibles to Be Sent
Across the Atlantic.
LOOK TO DEFEAT OF
BRITISH BLOCKADE
Giant U Boat Dsfiss Periis Of Seas
and Makes Trip From Bremen to
Norfolk in Fifteen Days-7rinss
Cargo Of Dye etuffs and Envoy Of
Kaiser With Message For President
Wilson.


land. which reached Chesapeake bay
Sunday, Is the first OF feet Of such
craft built to ply regularly In the trans
Atlantic trade was made here today by
Capt Paul Konig. master Of the super
submarine.
This is not the only ono that II COM
ing" said the captain. -Just wait
There will be more here soon and we
are going back for another cargo. We
are going to have regular line"
It was to port officers he talked
as his vessel was getting ready to go
to dock from the harbor where she
dropped anchor at II o'clock last night
at the end of her memorable voyage
across the Atlantic thru lines Of Wig
liant enemy warships. He spoke freely
to the officers and laughed over his
feat. To newspapermen shouting ques-
tions over the ship side he was not so
tAlkative. explaining that . formal
statement would be issued later by the
Representatives Of his owners.
Watch Newspaper Yacht.
" All during the night considerable
part OF the Deutschsland crew had been
astir and a small searchlight played al
most all the time on the newspaper
yacht anchored nearby. The tug
Thomas r. Timmons. conveying the
submarine, also kept the yacht undsr
rclose surveillance. G.sg,,
& ehertly after this morning, when
dwight was breaking thru heavy
clouds, and In steady drizzling rain.
a boat with health and customs officers
aboard put out from the quarantine
station and went alongside the subma-
rine. To the municipal health officer,
Dr.. Thomas L. Richardson, the skipper
presented his bill of health issued to
him by William Thomas Zee. United
States consul at Bremen on June II.
Built For Trans Oceanic Trade.
The document describes the boat as
"a vessel engaged in the freight trade
between Bremen and Boston or other
eastern Atlantic ports" 1t records her
gross tonnage as 791, says she is newly
built" has cargo of dye stuffs and "a
wholesome supply Of water from the
Bremen water works"
1t was learned that she left Bremen
with her load OF about $50 tons of val
liable dye stuffs which her owners hope
to sell here, for fortune At Helgo-
land she waited nine days, leaving there
June 90. Captain Konig intimated that
the purpose Of his long delay there was
to deceive the enemy who undoubtedly
had heard rumors Of the submarine's 8
coming.
On board the submarine are the cap
tain, first and second officers and twen-
ty-six men, all wearing the uniforms Of
the German merchant marine, with the
North German Lloyd insignia upon
their caps. The skipper is a trim,
slightly built man of medium height,
around 40 years Of age. Two of his
seamen are grizzled old tars but the
rest are youths, apparently ranging
from Is to %.
Deutschland Carefully Guarded.
When the boat was released from
quarantine she moved to the pier OF the
Eastern Forwarding Company, six miles
away, to a carefully guarded waiting
berth. On the way up she passed a
dozen merchantmen lying at anchor.
The first, a big Norwegian freighter,
dipped her flag and all the crew lined
against the rail. raised three rousing
cheers which were answered with a
will. With another Norwegian and two
Dutch ships the submarine exchanged
formal salutes. She moved close by a
number OF British tramps in silence
and was observed with eager interest
by the crews.
At the dock the boat hardly was tied
up before an army of newspaper men
and moving picture operators stormed
the dock. They did not get near the
boat, protected by barb wire stockade
and many guards, but Captain KONG
soon came on shore and posed cheer
fully before the cameras
Navy officials, while attracted by the
size of the submarine and her long voy-
: age. consider the fact that she success
fully ran the allied blockade the most
remarkable feature. Some of them
point out that if a successful way of
r,lnning q hlcsiissasaa aae he. hccm perfected
one Of the most potent measures of
warfare. has become thing of the
past.
Description Of Deutschland,
AS described by John c. Travers as
sistant health officer, who was taken
thru the boat by the captain the boats
interior appears to be mainly mass
of machinery. She has but one deck
beloY, and seventeen foot deck for
cargo. DR.. Travers descended thru the
forward passage and found the quar-
ters, hunks on either side Of narrow
spassageway leading to- compartments
oceupied by the captain and his two
officers. The captains room is six
feet square and barely high enough for
man to stand.
4 never saw such mass of>machin-
cry in my life" he said. 1T was an