The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
DEUTSCHLAND IS NOW
FAR OUT ON OCEAN
slipped Impoverished BY Even United
States Patrol on Virginia
Capea
MUCH MYSTERY AS
TO SUBMARINE BREMEN
Now Thought She VIII Not Enter
Oapee-<scrman Sailors Cheer For
United States and Fatherland Be-
fore SubnncTginG.

/ Norfolk. Va, Aug. 3.-The Ger
man submarine me n a n m a n
( Deutschland is we'll out In the At
lantic tonight. speeding for home with
her precious cargo of gold and nickel
and rubber.
| She submerged last night while
stll a mile within the three mile limit.
and far under the waves, sped be-
meath the belt of aIliea cruisers which
OFF her escape.
II is believed that she Is now well
beyond the cruiser belt Several OF
the v-arships were observed not far
~ sea this afternoon from the capes.
II they know of the escape OF the
Deutschland, II doesn't appear TO
have excited them TO much activity.
1t is just barely possible that they
don't know about IL yet
One other thing became known here
today The Bremen, sister submagine
OF the Deutschland. which had bsen
expected hsre within the next day or
80. is not due for long time-either
that or she isn't coming in through
the Capes This WAS learned when
Captain Htnsch. OF the informed North
German Lloyd liner Neckar. who,
aboard the tug Thomas F. Tsmmins,
had escorted the Deutschland down
Chesapeake Bay. returned to BalH-
more, directing that the Tfmmins
also should so back TO that port.
Not Coming In Capes.
Before leaving Captain Hfnsch
made the statement:
III the Bremen was coming in
wouldn't be going away from here.
Neither would the tug
Captain Hinsch also supplied some
details OF the Deutschland's departure.
At about o'clock Wednesday
morning, he said, the pilot was taken
off the submarine by the Timmtns
Then the Deutschland submerged to
test out her apparatus and equalize
her cargo. Coming again to the sur
face, she went on down the bay, part
OF the time running we'll submerged.
These tests took some time and for
the greater part of the day she kept
well out Of sight, then evening came
Followed by the Timmins she came
down to the capes. A United States
destroyer was on patrol duty. The
submarine passed first, practically un-
der the guns of the warship without
being sighted. The sailors aboard the
man-o'- war followed the Timmins with
their glasses in an effort to locate the
Deutschland but could see nothing
The Deutschland then was only partly
Suplilef RSur nut an HST AZ ttS wei z
doused
Cheer T., &. and Fatherland.
Arriving partly submerged within
a mile OF the three-mile limit the
crew OF the Deutschland formed along
/ the rail and. looking toward the dim
outlines of the coast, gave three cheers
for the United States and three more
for the Fatherland. Then the men
went inside, all was closed for the
night. Captain Koenig gave the signal
to submerge, and the U-boat, diving
walked along the bottom of the sea
out past the war-sharks who were
seeking her as prey and so to the oper
sea
The British and French hadn't q
| chance" was Captain Hinsch's last
word as he set Off for Baltimore
Even the men on the United States
destroyer were surprised when nott.
fed them the deutschland had PASSED
out the capes, They had been looking
for her all night and at Baltimore she
! passed within hundred yards OF
them, and they had not sighted her