Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-10


his crew TO be photographed.
Dfscharging Cargo.
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 company to the purchasers, New
/ York chemical companies. Probably
only day or two will be required to
discharge; then the submarine will
! take on crude rubber and nickel con-
signments already stored in the pier
| warehouse for her return trip.
Return ProblematicaL
When the start back across the At
lantic will be made of course is prob
| lematical An official of the forward
| ing company said today it might be
two weeks or it might be a month.
! Captain Eonig did not seem to be
worried over reports that the Amer
| lean authorities would carefully in
vestigate his case to determine wheth-
er the Deutschland should be rated as
/ an ordinary commerce carrier. The
/ story that the Lake Torpedo Boat com
pany was preparing to libel the sub
marine on the ground that her CON
| struction infringed upon its patents
apparently did not interest him.
Interior a Mass of Machinery.
AS described by DR. John c. Travers,
assistant health officer, who was taken
through the boat by Captain KONG, the
Deutschland interior appears to be
mainly mass of machinery. She has
but one deck below and a IT foot
depth of hold for her cargo. DR..
Travers descended through the for
ward hatch, where he found the
crews quarters, hunks on either side
OF a narrow passageway leading to
compartments occupied by the captain
and his two officers. The captains
room is scarcely six feet square and
barely high enough for a man to
stand.
1t is furnished all in metal with the
exception of a small oak desk. Direct
ly beneath the officers quarters is the
dynamo which stores electrical energy
to drive the vessel when submerged.
Quarters Very Small.
Next DR.. Travers was taken into the
officers mess room, scarcely larger
than the state rooms, with a galley
built with all the economy of space of
a Pullman dining car kitchen. Aft
the mess room, about one-third the
ships length from her stern, is the
submerging machinery and two peri
scopes.
Il never saw such a mass of ma
chinery in my life" said DR.. Travers
1T was an amazing sight and | doubt
If it would mean much except to the
engineer who designed it. There seem
ed to be 5000 different pieces, an mex
plicable tangle of FURNISHED copper
and glStening steel"
Aft of the submerging machinery
were the submarines two powerful
DIESEL oil engines which propeI her on
the surface.
Both in the crews and officers |
quarters were monographs and stocks |
of well used discs.
Captain KONG told the doctor that |
while on the surface the noise of the /
was almost deafening /
When submerged, said the skipper, /
she moves almost silently and then |
We enjoy ourselves"
DR.. Travers was permitted to look /
one of the periscopes and de- |
clared that he could see the surround
ing scenery, greatly magnified with |
clearness.
DR.. Travers emerged through the |
coming tower, holding in his hand |
two loaves of German war bread pre-
sented by the captain as a souvenir.
All OF her 315 feet of greenish-gray
hull was standing well above water as
the Deutschland was towed to her dock.
1t was before o'clock in the morning
and rain was falling steadily but there
was big, eagerly curious crowd
Exterior is Described.
The big craft appeared like some L
giant fish of the deep, with two peri
scopes for eyes. Her main super
structure reached fully fifteen feet
above the water line Amidships the
md above all, lowered the major peri
scope. On the starboard side an 1
periscope was ready in
;ase the other failed
. Three hatchways lead below decks,
,ne forward, one aft and the main
latchway extending through the con {
hing tower amidship
Extraordinary precautions have '
'een taken to protect the Deutschland. I
KS soon as she reached her dock, an
-rmy OF guards drove away all river
raft and hugh chain of logs was |
irawn around her to prevent vessels :
rom approaching with a hundred feet !
f the ship. On the land side of the :
ock a high board fence reaching far :
1to the river had been erected. On =
op of the fence are half a dozen rows :
f heavy barbed wire and curtained =
nth burlap TO shut off all view. No :
ne without a permit was allowed I
ear the entrance TO the docks
Arrival StirS New York. :.
New York, July 10.-The arrival at =
n American port of a German sub
larine and the possibility Of estab- \
shing a carrier service between the | /
nited States and the blockaded leu .
mic nations has aroused particular :.
lterest here among persons who have
Uttered from their inability to send u
} Germany and Austria Hungary =
.oney and legal documents. 1t was -
aid today that if the submarine re- l.
rms home she will carry an impor- -
mt consignment Of bank drafts and NJ
gal papers of various kinds b,
Ordinarily $150,000 900 is sent from
lis country to Austria-Hungary, but =,
18th the war this fell off TO SIS 900 900 -
The settlement of at least a dozen
'tates now in the surrogates court
're has been held up because it was =