New Britain herald., 1916-08-24
GERMAN LINER OFF
 FOR CONN. HARBOR
Steamer Quits Boston for Passage
 to New London
CREW CHEERED ON ITS WAY
Flag of Father1and Flies i'm Massachu- setts Bay for First Time Since Out Reason Given.

bfeSdk Of Waf-oaV1nSS HI DoCkaSc,
 Reason Given.
 Boston, Aug. 24.-The North Ger man Lloyd liner WiIlehad, which has been in refuge here since the out break of the war, slipped out of the harbOr early today, presumably for New London, Conn.,, for which port she obtained clearance papers last night. Officials of the line asserted that the change was made to reduce docking charges and denied reports that there was any connection between the Willehads movements and the ex- pected arrival of the German mer- chant submarine Bremen.
 The Willehad went out under the flag of the German marine, the first time it had been carried out of BOS- ton harbor since the war began. She complement in command of Captain Jachens, had been augmented by ad- ditions from several other ships of the line here. The Willehad depart ed in the early hours as cheers rang out from the decks of other refugee vessels.
 Captain J. J. Hartling, the pilot, who took the steamer out of the har- Dor, said she was bound for New London and would make the passage through the Cape Cod Canal Those aboard, he said, acted as If they were on a routine trip, and professed to know of no special service to be rem dered at her destination
 After the pilot left the vessel, Cap- tain Jachens headed the Willehad for the canal. Off Plymouth harbor, she was met by tug which had been waiting there and which accompanied her to the canal entrance at Sagmore At the rate of her progress up to that point, 1t was estimated the steamer would arrive at New London about o'clock this afternoon.
 The Willehad, a cargo steamer of 4,761 tons, was the smallest of the refugee ships at this port She had come out of a dry dock only yester- day and had been supplied with coal, ice and provisions. Notwithstandiny the two years of inactivity since the vessel sought shelter at this port her engines were in fine condition and her crew we'll drilled in their duties. according to Pilot Hartling.
 The Willehad is making the voyage under charter to the Eastern For warding company, American agents of the German company which is opera ting the merchant submarine service begun by the Deutschland. This was the statement today of c. Kuhlewein, local agent of the North German Lloyd line, owner of the Willehad. He said docking arrangements for the steamer had been made at New London.
 Virtually the entire voyage to that city would be within the three mile limit, he said, except for one or two stretches where the distance from shore would not be too great to pre- vent the Willehad reaching the neu- tral line without difficulty in the event that a belligerent war vessel ap- peared outside
 Off the canal entrance the Willehad came to anchor to allow canal officials to consult with Captain Jachens re- garding the passage through the cut. They were to determine whether the steamer should be put through this afternoon or late tonight, when water conditions would be better The fact that the steamer William Chisholm was sunk some weeks ago in the canal made the condition somewhat involved, but was not expected to cause any delay or trouble.
 New London, Aug 24-At the of flee of the Rivers, Harbors and Bridges commission at the state ter m1nal this morning it was said that no dehn1te information in regard to the arrival of the steamer Willehad had been received. It was said that the pier was in readiness to receive the craft whenever she appeared and that no special arrangements for docking here were necessary.
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