The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-11
BREAK BLOCKADE
With U-BOAT LINER
Submarine Merchant Vessel
Brings Cargo to Baltimore
WILL TAKE BACK LOAD OF MIC
KEEL AND RUBBER.
Passes Through Virginia Capes and,
Taking OIL Pilot, Proceeds to Balti-
more and Anchors in HarbOr.

BALTIMORE, Md.-The worlds
first submarine merchant marine, the
German underwater liner, Deutsch-
land, anchored below Baltimore Sun
day night, after voyaging safely across
the Atlantic, passing the allied block
aiding squadrons and eluding enemy
cruisers watching for her off the
American coast. She carried mail and
a cargo of $50 tons of costly chemi-
Gals and dyestuffs and is to carry back
home a similar amount of nickel and
crude rubber, sorely needed by the
German army.
Sixteen days out from Bremerhaven
to Baltimore, the submarine reached
safety between the Virginia capes at
las o'clock Sunday morning, passing
in on the surface, covered by heavy
pail of darkness which settled over
the entrance of the bay with the set
ting of tell-tale half moon. Once in
side, the visitor threw caution aside
and began shrieking his siren signal
ling a pilot, and at the same time at
tracing the attention of the tug
Thomas F. Timmons, which had been
waiting in the lower bay for nearly
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and convey her into port.
Three hours later, at 4:45 o'clock
Sunday morning, the big submarine
started up the bay with the German
merchant flag flying, under her own
power, piloted by Captain Frederick
D. Cooke of the Virginia Pilots asso-
citation, and conveyed by the Tim
mons She was making more than II
knots an hour and could have docked
in Baltimore Sunday night, but ar
rangements had been made for receiv-
ing her with formal ceremonies Mon
day and her captain was ordered TO
wait in the lower harbor He and his
crew of 29 men remained aboard the
craft
Regarding his vessel as a merchant
man subject to no unusual restrlc-
tions, the skipper, whose name is
said to be Captain Kiairig, went ur
the Chesapeake without waiting to no
tify local customs and quarantine au-
thorities of his presence. He was five
hours away before Norman Hamilton
collector of Norfolk-Newport News
heard the news, and started on his
trail aboard the coast guard cutter
Onondaga. AT last reports Sunday
night the cutter had not approached
the submarine, and it is understood
that she merely was ordered out t(
keep the strange craft under surveil
lance as a neutrality precaution
Quarantine and port regulations viii
be complied with when the vesse
moves up to her dock Monday.
Little was known here Sunday nigh
about what happened during thu
epoch-making cruise across the ocean
which in a small measure at leas
breaks the blockade on German trad
with the rest of the world. None o
the submarines crew had landed ant
the agents of her owners had receiv
ed meager reports. Such information
as was available came indirectly from
the pilot and from Captain Hans. +
Hinsch of the North German-Lloy'
liner Ueckar, laid up here since tn
beginning of the war. Captain Hinscl
boarded the Deutschland from tn
Timmons and made the trip up tn
bay with her
According to the accounts reachin
here, the underwater liners super
structure was standing 10 feet abov
the water when she came in. Unit
daylight she showed no flag but tn
German merchant ensign was raise
at sunup. Stories were circulated tha
British or French cruisers chased he
at sea Thursday, but could not be con
firmed