The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1916-07-13
CRAFT EXPECTED TO RETURN
LADEN WITH WAR SUPPLIES


first submarine merchantmen, the
German under water liner Deutsch-
land, anchored below Baltimore to-
night, after voyaging safely across the
Atlantic, passing the Allied blockading
squadrohs and eluding enemy cruisers
watching for her off the American
coast.
It carries mail and cargo of many
tons of costly chemicals and dye stuffs.
It is to carry back home a similar
amount of nickel and crude rubber,
sorely needed by the Geramn army.
The submarine is said to carry q
personal message from the Emperor
of Germany to President Wilson. This
information, it was represented came
directly from the captain of the SUBJ
marine.
Sixteen days out from Bremerhaven
to Baltimore, the submarine reached
safety betweenSthe Virginia Capes at
1:45 today, passing in on the surface
covered by q heavy pail of darkness
which seteltd over the entrance of the
bay with the setting of tell-tale halt
moon.
Shrieks Siren Boldly, Calling Pilot.
Once inside the visitor threw eau
tion aside and began shrieking its 81
rem, signalling a pilot and at the same
time attracting the attention of the
tug Thomas F. Timmons, which had
been waiting in the lower bay fot
nearly two weeks to greet the
Deutschland and convoy her into port.
Three hours later at 4:45 the big
submarine started up the bay, with the
German Merchant flag flying, under
it's own power, piloted by Captain F.
D. Cooke, Of the Virginia Pilots asso-
citation, and conveyed by the Tim
mon.
It was making more than twelve
knots an hour and could have docked
in Baltimore tonight but arrangements
had been made for receiving it with
formal ceremonies tomorrow and it's
captain was ordered to wait in the
lower harbor. He and his crew of 29
men remain aboard their craft.
Coast Guard Cutter Speeds in Pursuit
Regarding his vessel as q merchant
man, subject to no unusual restrictions
the skipper, whose name is said to be
Captain Karig, went up the Chesa-
peake without waiting to notify local
customs and quarantine authorities of
his presence.
He was five hours away before Nor
man Hamilton, collector of the Nor
folk-New Port News ports, heard of
the submarines presence and started
on his trail aboard the coast guard
cutter Onondaga.
The chase was abandoned after the
submarine had passed the Virginia
line into Maryland waters.
Hamilton said tonight that Captain
Chiswell, of the cutter, undertook the
pursuit at his request, to ascertain if
the Deutschland intended to remain il,
those waters off Chesapeake bay un-
der Hamilton's jurisdiction.
Mystery in Voyage Across Atlantic.
Little was known here tonight about
what happened during the epoch-mak-
ing cruise across the ocean, which in a
small measure at least, breaks the
blockade on German trade with the
rest Of the world. None of the sub
marines crew had landed and the ag-
ents of it's owners had received only
meager reports.
Such information as was available
came directly from the pilot and from
Captain Hans F. Hinsch of the North
German Lloyd liner Neckar, laid up
here since the beginning of the war.
captain Hinsch boarded the Duetsch-
land from the Timmons and made the
trip up the bay with it.
According to the accounts reaching
here tonight, the under water liners
superstructiure was standing fifteen