The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-08
JOURNEY UP CHESAPEAKE

tHe LuSDOtI lldC ne mentioned. M edn- While incoming steamers had discovered the strange newcomer and illuminated US continually with their searchlights. Thus our arrival in American waters became fantastic night dance.
 But to find our tugboat was not such an easy matter. We searched for a long time, and at last after two hours we found it. It was the tugboat Timmins Captain Hinsch, belonging to the Nord- deutscher Lloyd.
 Now the joy became immense For ten whole days Captain Hinsch whose steam CT Nockat had been tied up at Baltimore since the beginning of the war; had been waiting for us at the entrance of Ches- apeake bay. Our long delay had caused him great deal of worry. Now he was pleased to find his ward, for which he lad been patiently searching, safely in his care. He first delivered the order to go to Baltimore instead of Newport News, where everything had been made ready for our arrival.
 We therefore left our pleasant pilot and started, accompanied by the Timmns, into Chesapeake bay, after we had hoisted the German flag, which gloriousIy waved over these waters for the first time since the arrival of the Eitel Frederick at Hampton Roads.
 ENTERING THE BAY
 Thus we went at daybreak into the bay. Our journey became gradually a glorious profession, all neutral steamers, Amer fcan and others, greeted us with three sa- lutes, blowing their steam whistles and sirens. Only an English steamer passed us in hateful silence while the German flag broke out in the wind, and we looked at is proudly. As it passed us Captain Hinsch kept careful guard with his tug that fha ErO hxy or;v b;c course could not ram us by mistake D The sturdy Timmins also helped us ir. some other ways We could not reply to the greetings of the steamers with the valuable compressed air in our siren. That pleasure would have cost us little too much And then the Timmins, with her. strong steam whistle, returned the greetings with all the power of her lungs in our stead. The further we proceeded into the bay the noiser became the tur- moil.
 This gave us much joy because we felt through these greetings and this recep- tion the American sympathy for us and our voyage. About o'clock in the aft ernoon the Timmins was able to come be- side us cautiously Then they handed us a cake of ice. A couple of bottles of champagne were quickly handed us and we drank a toast to the happy arrival OI tic DculSCHldIu III A1lGrlCd.
 What pleasure and joy the ice in our first cool drink was to us can only be understood by him who knows what it is to live day by day in temperature of 25 degrees centigrade.
 The news of our arrival must have spread with great rapidity, because, to our great surprise, we are met several hours from Baltimore by boats with newspaper reporters and moving picture photographers on board. Although it was already growing dark, they eagerly took our pictures Undoubtedly we would also have had to meet many questions, interro- cations. and shouted inquiries if the weather in Chesapeake bay had not with the true spirit of a host thought of our rest and thus helped us.
 A violent thunderstorm broke loose all about us and instead of shower of ques- tions, a shower of rain came down on us sunburned seafarers. And soon Deutsch- land was gliding along accompanied and escorted and chaperoned only by her faithful Timmins, again alone and quiet through the early darkness. onward to- ward it's goal.
 At Il o'clock at night we stopped at Baltimore and with groaning and creak- ing of the cable the anchor was thrown down for the first time on the American bottom.