The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-03
ELUDED ALL OTHER CRAFT IN TRIP DOWN THE BAY

Jess cameslaSt evening lO cioSeu III uP on the German merchant submarine Deutschland snugly at anchor about ten miles inside Cape Henry, south of Thimble Shoals. and close In to- ward WilIoughby Spit, where no in i truding allied cruiser, should one again wander inside the capes, would be likely to trouble her.
 { The Deutschland had a chance to make her dashsfor open sea unaccom- i jspanied. Capt Koenig shook off all his volunteer escorts on the way down from Baltimore, and it was made Fknown that the tug Timmins, his au- i, thorized convoy, would not accom- pany him even to- the Capes.
 The run down the bay was made 1 at less than ten knots, on the average, I and for several hours the submarine ] lay to without turning her engines. ! None the less, the choppy sea was l sufficient to discourage the various small craft carrying photographers, reporters, moving picture men and 1 merely curious sightseers. Some put 4 in at Annapolis last night, others \ turned back to Baltimore and the last of the smaller boats turned in at Leeds.
 Luck Favored Craft
 Only the Esperanza, one of the largest, fastest and best fspeedboats i on the Chesapeake, carrying a num- i ber of Baltimore newspaper men, stuck to the submarines wake. But ! here fortune was kind to Capt. Koe- mig. On a sudden the Esperanza's s 4 engines went on strike. Some mys- ! terious ailment developed to which ] they succumbed. without struggle The newspapermen signa1led frantic ' ally and imploringly to the Deutsch- land to wait, but Capt. Koenig paid no attention.
 f It was more than an hour before 1 the Esperapxa,s engines returned to duty, and E that 4ime bothSthe Tim mins and the Deutschlana had dis appeared from the view. They pushed their craft at top speed down the bay, but arrived here last evening with ] out catching another glimpse of the boat they had hoped to convoy clear i out to the three-mile limit. | The Deutschland was reported at 1 Tangier Sound, 50 miles up the bay, at yesterday morning, but in the next eight hours, she made barely 20 miles, and 1t was not until last evening she was reported lying in- shore, apparently about to anchor for the night, having passed Thimb1e Shoals Lightship, off Fortress Mon- Iroe, about 4 o'clock. At that time she was heading in toward the en- trance to Hampton Roads. but turn ed south once more and ran in toward Willoughby Spit.
 One report had it that she anchor ed near the Thimble Shoals Lightship, but this is incorrect probably as she could not be seen from Fortress Mon- roe, nor was she picked up by search lights from Hampton Roads.
 Returns Salute.
 In coming down the bay the sub- lmarine was saluted by many steam ships which passed her, going in both
 directions, and she returned every lBalute punctiliousiy with her air whistle. She covered part of the trip with her decks almost awash, appa-
 rently trying her submerging ma chinery. but even in that condition still showed the proper navigational lrunning lights.
 The armored cruiser North Caro- lima. lying off the Capes, will see that the Deutschland is protected inside lfhe three-mile limit. She has aero planes for the purpose, and two of Ifheso were seen several times this afternoon scouting over the lower bay.
 1 The North Carolina, it is under stood. also will hold up any other lcraft. whether small or large, which Iattempt so follow closely after the Deutschland on her way out.
 Allied Warships Sighted.
 Two allied warships were sighted off fhe Capes yesterday. They were vis- hble, standing off and on, until late in khe afternoon. when the larger ship disappeared. The other, a two-fun- |nelled cruiser, apparently converted hiner, stiu was in sight, about eight miles off Cape Henry, at nightfan last night, She showed no lights.
 Passengers on the Old Dominion liner arriving last evening told of sec bng this cruiser and some of them what seemed to be two huge buoys from which small masts projected The talk is that these are patt of the apparatus of the huge nets in which the allies hope to capture the DeutSch- sond as soon as she gets outside Unit cd States territorial waters. The wa ter. for long distance up and down the coast at the three-mile limit, is scarcely more than deep enough to cover the Deutschland submerged. At some points it is less than that and for a considerable distance it would be possible te anchor a net on sea bot som.