The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-10
GERMAN U-B0AT
 FREIGHTER HERE
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| (Continued from Page 1.) | square and barely high enough for a
 man to stand. x It is furnished all in metal with the exception of g. desk. Directly beneath the officers ,qarters is the dynamo | which stores electrical energy to drive | the vessel when submerged. Next Dr. Travers was taken into the officers mess room scarcely larger than the stateroomS, with galley built with all the economy of space of
 Pullman car kitchen. Aft the mess
 room, about one-third the ships
 length from her stern, is the submerg- ing machinery and two periscopes.
 T never saw such mass of ma
 shinery in my life," said Dr. Travers.
 Tt was an amazing sight and I doubt if it would mean much except to the engineer who designed it. There
 seemed to be five thousand different
 pieces, an inexplicable tangle of bur-
 nished copper and glistening steel.' Aft of the submerging machinery were the submarine's two powerful
 Deisel oil engines which propel her
 on the surface.
 Both in the crews and officers quar- ters were photographs and stocks of well used discs. Captain Konig told
 the doctor that while on the, surface
 the noise of the machinery was almost
 deafening. When submerged, said the skipper, "she moves almost si- lently and then we enjoy ourselves pr. Travers was permitted to look through one of the periscopes and declared that he could see surrounding
 scenery. greatly magnified, with amazing clearneSs
 ''The device was adjustable" he
 said, flor both long and short distance observation. It did not seem to me as I looked into it that I was in the submarine at all. I felt as if I were in an aeroplane on a wonderfully clear day"
 Dr. Travers emerged through the coming tower. holding in his hand two loaves of German war bread pre-
 sented by the captain a sa souvenir. Canned meats and fruits were the crews staple food and with the ex- ception of their loss of weight, due, in the opinion of the health officer, to the oily atmosphere, the crew to a man was physically fit.
 f"I never saw better set up men than these" said the doctor. Both health officers congratulated Ethe submarines commander on his feat and remarked that it had been many long months since a ship flying the German merchant flag had arrived in Baltimore. 7q
 All of her 315 feet of greenish gray hull wa standing we'll above water as the Deutschland was lowed to her dock It was before ' o'clock in the morning and rain was falling steadily but there was a big, eagerly curious crowd waiting. Old waterfront salts and landsmen alike gazed with open eyed wonder. The big craft appeared like some giant fish of the deep. with two periscopes for eyes. Her main superstructure reached fully 15 feet above waterlfne Amidships the con- ming tower extended still higher and above all lowered the major peris- cope. On the starboArd side an emergency periscope was ready in case the other failed.
 Three hatchways led below decks, one forward. one. aft and the main hatchway extending through the con- ming tower amidships.
 Extraordinary precautions have been taken to protect the Deutschland As soon as she reached her dock an 
 army of guards drove away all river craft and a huge boom of logs vas drawn around her to prevent vessels coming within hundred feet Of the ship, On the land side of the dock a high board fence reaching far into the river had been erected. On top of the fence are half 2 dozen rows of heavy barbed wire and curtained with burlap to shut off all viey. No one without a permit was allowed near the en- trance to the docks. ,s..My orders are from my home gov ernment," said Captain Konig. "No one can go aboard without authority. I am sorry. I would like the whole world to see."
 Persons who talked with Captain Konig are authority for the statement that the only arms of any description aboard the Deutschland are four auto-. lmatic pistols belonging to the officers and a sportsman's rifle used for firing
 rockets.