Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-13
SUBMARINE LINER
CARRIES 2 GUNS
IN COMING TOWER
No Torpedo Tubes Visible-Can
Submerge in Two Minutes
Speed Faster Than Most
Merchantmen.

Norfolk. Va July 9.-Bearing a mes
sage from Emperor William to Prcsl-
dent Wilson, running the gauntlet Of
innumerablc dangers from mines, sea
sweepers and enemy warships and
bringing a cargo of dvcstuffs. chcmi-
calls and mail the German undcrsea
merchantmen, the Deutschland. ouiet q.
~ slipped into Chesapeake bay at 1:45
this morning. 1t was the completion Of
a 1000 mile sea voyage. the longest
and most hazardous ever attempted by
any submarine. Three hours later. led
by the tug, Thomas +. Timmins, the
great submersiblc hogan the last leg
of her voyage up the Chesapeake bay
She is due to arrive at Baltimore carly
in the morning.
ON the heels of the Deutschland.
and following in her wake with all
the speed that can he coaNcd from her
powerful boilers, is the coast guard
cruiser, OnondaCa with Collector Nor
man Hamilton of Norfolk aboard
Whether Mr. Hamilton has orders is
not known. Some believe that the
Onondaga undertook the chase a his
request
The Deutschland carries, mounted In
her coming tower. two small guns of
about three inch Calihrc No torpedo
tubes are visible. She is capable of sub
merging in less than two minutes. on the
surface of the water the submarine has
speed Of from two to three knots an hour
more than the average merchant steamer
According to Captain Frederick Cooke
Norfolk pilot. ana the first American
to board the Deutschland. the crew wore
regulation uniforms of Germanmon sea-
men. No flag was displayed when the
Deutschland first appeared off the cares
Later. when inside the haI. the German
merchantman's ensign was raised
Captain Cooke said the commander of
the Deutschland was extremely frank
in stating his mission to the United
States. that of instituting an andersen
merchantmen export and import bust
ness between the United states and Ger
many. The Deutschland left German
port on June %. and although she en-
countered a number Of merchant ships
and one warship, the commander said he
easily escaped detection by submcrEing
He declared that the entire voyage was
unevenaful
Reaching the vicinity of the Virginia
coast Saturday morning the pcutsch-
land remained far outside, knowing that
the capes We're guarded ny enemy war
ships, and came in last u.hl under
cover of darkness. He declared that at
one time he was within 500 yards of a
French cruiser outside the Capcs but
passed in unohserved.
According to reports brought into
Norfolk and credited to members of
the DoutsChland's crew, tho submcrsi-
BILE arrived off the capos late Thurs
day afternoon. hut was detected by
tho English and French cruisers on
guard and was forced to run. tho
chase lasting until Saturday morning
before the warships gave up the hope
less task and returned to their sta
lions. This report which had not been
confirmed Tonight was to the effect
| that the Deutschland went to sea
nearly 900 miles before she got rid Of
! her pursucrs, that she was fired at
| several times and that the delay
/ prevented her from reaching her
destination on scheduled time. early
Friday morning. Naval officers give
! little credcnCo to the story. declaring
that it would have been no hard mat
ter to submergc and cvade the enemy
ships, with the loss of a few hours at
the outside