Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-07-21
U-b0AT'S CARGO
WORTH MILLIONS
Captain Says the Deutschland
Brought Key to Ocean.
CRAFT is WELL GUARDED
Auents See Her Status Fixed as Mer.
chantman - Washington Officials
viii Investigate.

viii investigate.
ION our flag is the Bremen key
Tia; I.ey is the sign that we nave
| opene,i lie gates which Great Britain
tried TO shut upon us and the trade
OF the word.
Tie gates which we opened with
this key will not be shut again"
This was said in Baltimore by the
man Germany will rank among her
greatest heroes, Captain Paul Koenlg,
commander of the supersubmcrSlb!e
deutschland, pioneer and creator OF a
new epoch in world transportation.
ut was nothing" he said modestly'
your own nation could do it. Why
haven't you?"
koenig brought the qucerest and
most remarkable Of transatlantic
ships ever seen into dock in branch
Of the Patapsco river. A few hours
later she was formally entered at the
prrt of Baltimore as the German mer'
chant vessel Deutschland, unarmed,
hearing a cargo Of dyes for the Unit
cd States, regarieI as immensely val
uaGle, and carrying three officers and
crew OF twenty-SiX men, all of whom
are well.
That formal entry Of the vessel has
settled all doubts regarding the status
of the German supcrsubmarine, her
captain ana agents think, although
Washington says the qeusticn is not
absolutely settled.
Other such vessels will follow Aer
into Atlantic ports of the United
States. Where they will arrive none
may know. The next will be the
Bremen, and she may arrive in eight
weeks, or maybe before. By that time
the Deutschland will have gone out
into the Atlantic once more, carrying
another immensely valuable cargo
from the United States, large guam
tity Of German mail with which 1t Is
not desired the allies shall tamper
and the gcoi wishes and "Codspeed"
of many Americans who, without
prejudice CT nationality, can say,
'Inere go men!
For days, maybe weeks, the Deut
schland viii lie at the pier that was
built to receive her in Baltimore,
guarded as II she were so much gold.
1t is proper this should be so, for
her cargo rivals III value the fabulous
ly valuable treasures of the galleons
Of the Spanish Main.
A million dollars in the value placed
kaDha2ard On the cargo. Manufacture
ers and chemists did not hesitate, to
say that the cargo may be sold in
America fo1 $20,000,0O0, or maybe
more.
Dyes now are quoted at $50 pound,
they say. The Deutschland bears some
thing like 700 tons OF them. Drugs
and medicines are expensive beyond
all estimates. Salversan is $4S an
ounce. Acetanilid is worth about that
much the pound. The Deutschland is
said to have a quantity of both these
drues il her cargo and many others
equally as valuable.
There was no limit to the reckoning
cf value ny those who are especially
interested in the cargo OF the subma
rine. Undoubtedly, she carries, pro-
portcnataiy to her capacity, the most
va'uablc largo ever brought TO the
UritoI States.
Tho boat that brought it here cost
$50H,G00
As she les at her doc': the Deutsch
land is protected on every side. The
pier is gual ded by a score Of Baltimore
police and by horde OF special offic
ers and pier attendants. Size lies
against the pier, and On the outside is
long scDW SO high in the water as
t. a,:n2"4 Lie her. At the bayside
enG d the pier another shorter scow
blrc,:& the way. Around all is prmi
tive barrier of long wooden spars, or
bo1ms, chained tcSe,ho:, so no one
may get beyond them frcm the river.
Around the pier is a high board fence.
On top OF the fence is a high fence of
Esr::cG wire. Sewn to the barbed wire
is bur.ap.
And the curious may not see thing
from the land. II they take boat,
they may sec the vessel, but cannot
come near her.