The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-03

to the Deutschland, and then both ves- | sells moved ahead rapidly.
 NO ATTENTION TO SALUTES
 Sailors on the Deutschland paid no l attention to salutes from the newspaper boat. They gazed at her silently for | while and then began putting on their | blue uniform coats
 The Deutschland was displaying red and green lights set flush on the two sides of her coming tower. As she passed the newspaper boat she put out these lights.
 | The Timmins then moved over to the port side of the channel about 15o feet from the Deutschland, and they continued in these relative positions for a consid- erable distance down the bay.
 By this time the sun was setting, cast | ing a mellow glow over the water in ! which the Deutschland, resplendent in her new trimmings of green and gray paint
 stood out clearly. Within few minutes
 after the sun had set clouds began to
 roll up from the horizon and at a mile away It was difficult to see either the
 crew, in their dark clothing, or the ves- l sel, painted as she was to match the
 color of the water. The Timmins carried l her regulation running lights and dur
 ing the next 10 miles 1t was possible 10
 locate the Deutschland only by her con-
 voy.
 | During these 10 miles, however the ves-
 sels had clear path and they might
 have burned all their lights without hav-
 ing endangered themselves Only one
 vessel, tramp steamer, passed them,
 and she was far away. Her attempts
 to signal the Timmins met with no re- sponse
 EXCHANGED SIGNALS
 As the Cape Henry lightship and the
 Virginia and Maryland pilot boats came
 into the view of the Deutschland and
 her convoy they began to exchange blink
 CT signals rapidly, the submersibles white
 light in the top of her periscope showing
 for the first time. By the time they were
 Tn two miles of the Cape Henry light
 house the submarine had moved over well toward the shore and her outline seldom could be seen
 Decreasing her speed, the Deutschland hugged the shore line as closely as was possible, while the Timmns passed out of the capes short distance to determine | whether there were any allied warships to block the progress of the subma rine
 In less than b minutes, or shortly before g o'clock, she signaled the Deutschland that she had clear path and the under sea freighter quickly hastened down the channel and to sea.
 | on her way she signaled briefly with
 the light attached to the periscope to the Iimmins. The signalling completed, the l light disappeared and with 1t the Deutsch- | land
 IDEAL CONDITIONS The trip of the submarine and the con- Voylns tug down the bay was started under ideal conditions Not cloud was in | sight as the submersible increased her l speed to l9 knots an hour soon after clearing Baltimore harbor The tug fell | ln behind immediately and by dark was
 50O yards to the stern.
 The tug apparently had great difficulty Tn keeping up with the Deutschland Aft CT dark flames spurted from her tunnels again and again. showing that the stokers | apoard were keeping all the steam DOS l sible in her boilers. Then the wind fresh | ened, dark clouds began to roll in from the horizon. Soon the tug was dipping | up and down and the spray flying back 1 from her bow.
 The submarine ahead, a brilliant light | snlnlng from lamp attached to the top | or her periscope and green and red run nlng lights hanging below on the coming | tower plowed steadily through the sea 6 on an even keel.
 Bay steamers passing up and down cast | their searchlights on the submersible. As each or the vessels recognized the sub- marine salute of three whistle blasts were blown. The submarine answered each salute with her own whistle. CREW IN VIEW In the rays of the searchlights the crew could be plainly seen walking up and down the after-deck. In the coming | tower could be seen the small figure of Capt Paul Koenig, master of the vessel. At his side stood the pilot. soon before midnight the seas became stil heavier. Under the glare of search lights it was seen that waves were break. ing over the bow of the vessel and wash. ing the entire forward part Occasion. ally the coming tower and the light on the periscope would be enveloped in A shower of salt spray
 | At half past one, this morning, whila | passing Solomon's Island, the last of the { vessels with searchlights was passed. Captain Koenig still was in the coming 1 tower.
 In the broad channel, against the seas that were running. the submarine had to increase the speed for her engines to | maintain her pace Occasionally the sharp staccato of her exhaust was blown across the water by the wind and a stream or sparks spurted from her steam with the grayish smoke from the powerful en-