Evening star., 1916-11-01
Submerged 100 Miles.

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| On her trip of twenty lone days to this
country the Deutschland submerged
only 120 miles near the English coast.
If the crew saw any British or French
warships on her trip Capt. koenig
would not admit it. "At any rate they
didn't see u.s." he is quoted as saying.
The value of the cargo is said to he
| $4,000 900.
Neither Capt. Koenig nor his officers
asked any questions concerning the
submarine Bremen. The officers OF the
Deutschland, it is understood, were
aware of the presence of the armed
German submarine U-53 in American
waters recently. They had not heard.
however, that she had arrived in Ger
many safely and were plainly pleased
at the tidings.
When the submarine poked her nose
into the harbor in a blanket of fog she
did not take a pilot aboard. Capt.
Koenig said the harbor here is espe-
cia1ly adapted for his boat, and he be-
lieved that. if necessary. he could
safely submerge at the dock and leave
the harbor without any one know
ing it.
had docked her crew began pumping
seyenty-fve tons of oil into her hold
from &. large tank at a siding near the
pier.
Inc German SHteiSd luS
lower harbor shortly after midnight,
coming in by the race at the entrance
to Long Island sound. For several
weeks the Eastern Forwarding Co,
agents for her owners, had tug each
night off Montauk point ready to- meet
the Bremen, but the tug was with
drawn some time ago. 1t was evident
that the forwarding company had
some warning of the Deutschland's
arrival, however. for tug was en-
gagged and Capt F. Hinsch of the COM
steam sseamsa out ps'sa e meet Il tss G subrnsrsibi..
The North German Lloyd steamer VIII
lehad, which had 'besn,,a At her dock here
for number Of weeks awaiting the
arrival of German submarine freight
er. let her searchlight play on the
water marking the path by which the
Deutschland travelled to her wharf.
Delayed by an Accident.
Capt. Koenig said that he had ex-
pected to leave Bremen October 1. but
that his boat was injured in a collision
and forced to put back for repairs.
which delayed her sailing for ten days.
The captain and the crew Of twenty
FIVE men were in excellent health and
high spirits over the success of their
second venture. The Deutschland car
ried clearance papers lOr Baltimore or
any Atlantic port.
The boat was no sooner moored than
she was screened from sight by pom
toon carrying a high fence. Her crew
went on board the Willehad, where
quarters were awaiting them.
A score of negro stevedores were
sent aboard. the Wiilehad in readiness
to begin breaking out the cargo OF the
submersible at daylight. or as soon as
James McGovern Of Bridgeport. col
~T
district, had given the necessary per-
mission.
Capt. Hinsch said that later in the
day Capt. Koenig probably would give
out a statement regarding his trip
across the Atlantic
Capt. Koenig said that except for un-
usually rough weather the trip across
had been uneventful. The Deutsch-
lands cargo is said to consist mainly
Of chemicals and medicines.
The Deutschland appeared off East
ern point soon after midnight and an
chored. A heavy fog lay over the har-
Dor. The T. A. Scott Wrecking Com
pany. subagents of the Eastern For
Scott. jr.. which towed the craft to the
special berth at the forwarding COM
pany's wharf, alongside the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Willehad
While no definite announcement of
the Deutschland's leaving Bremen on
second trip was made. reports had per-
sisted during the last few days that
she was again on her way to an Amer
lean port. Several times 1t was rumor-
ed that the Deutschland had either
been sunk or captured.
Return Cargo Is Ready.
A return cargo for the Deutschland,
consisting mainly of crude rubber and
surgical supplies. valued at more than
haa J,-
the Eastern Forwarding Company for
several weeks. This cargo. made up in
small packages, is slowed in a shed Of
corrugated iron. 400 by 25 feet, built at
the waters edge on Of the new
state piers recently completed and
leased by the Eastern Forwarding
Company for am indefinite period
The Deutschland is securely berthed
here. The North German Lloyd steam
ship Willehad is made fast to piline
at a. distance Of about fifty feet from
the pier, with the stern of the ship
hard and fast against the New London
bank of the Thames river and in such
a position that with the ship on one
side, the pier on the >other and the
bank at one end, an open water space
so by 3s5 feet is made, incIosed on
three sides To complete the Enclosure
floating gate. built on pontoons. is
made fast to a piling set at the bow of
the Willehad.
Guards from the crew of the WILLIE
had and private detectives employed
by the company keep all visitors at a
distance. To prevent the submarine
being reached by water from under
the piers. the piling directly around
the reserved space is heavily wired
and the wires electrically connected
with an alarm gong in the Office Of the
company
Worked Night and Day.