Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-08-03

There is no chance that the Brit
ISL cruisers viii find the Deutschland.
he said Confidence was expressed
by the captain that the Bremen
would soon make an American port
Captain Hinsch said that one Unit
cd States destroyer was the only war
ship sighted by the Deutschland be
fore she submerged
Only one allied warship was seen off
the capes today 1t was a twofunnel-
led cruiser flying the British naval en-
sign. Passing vessels reported that
there were two peculiar buoys near
her This gave rise to some specula
ton as to the possibility that d net
had been flung across the channel but
pilots familiar with the waters did not
believe such method of preventing
the egress of the Deutschland would
be attempted.
The trip of the submarine and the
conveying tug down Chesapeake bay
from Baltimore was started under
ideal conditions. Not a cloud was in
sight as the submersible increased her
speed to nineteen knots an hour soon
after clearing Baltimore harbor. The
/ tug fell behind Immediately and by
! dark was 500 yards to the stern.
| The tug apparently had great diff
! Guilty in keeping up with the Deutsch-
| land. Dark flames spurted from her
/ tunnels, showing that the stokers
aboard were keeping all the steam pos
/ sible in her boilers. Then the wind
! freshened and dark clouds began to roll
III from the horizon. Soon the tug was
| pitching and rolling on the choppy sea.
| her running lights dipping up and
down, and the spray flying back from
her bow
The submarine ahead. a brilliant
light shining from lamp attached to
the top of her periscope and green and
red running lights hanging below on
the coming tower, plowed steadily on
through the seas on an even keel.
Bay steamers passing up and down
had their attention attracted to the
submarine by the brilliance of her
lights especially that on the peri
scope They cast rays of their search
lights on the submersible, looking her
over from stem to stern. As each of
the vessels recognized the submarine
a salute Of three whistle blasts was
blown The submarine answered each
salute with her own whistle.
! In the rays Of the searchlight mem
bers Of the crew could be plainly seen
: walking up and down the after deck. In
the coming tower was Captain Paul
p Koenig. master of the vessel. At his
a side stood the pilot
e Shortly before midnight the seas be
came still heavier Under the glare OF
! seaTchlights it was seen that waves
- were breaking over the bow of the
J. vessel and washing the entire forward
e part. Occasionally the coming towel
and the light on the periscope woulC
g be enveloped in a shower of salt spray
e At half past one this morning. while
passing Solomons island the last o.
S the vessels with searchlights wa.
r. passed. BY that time all the member.
9 Of the crew except two had disap
peared from the deck One of thes,
!, men was standing we'll forward. a leaC
line for sounding in his hands, and tn,
other was at the stern. Captain Koeni!
still was in the coming tower
I, In the broad channel, against tn
u ( seas that were running. the submarine
: had to increase the speed of her en-
= gines to maintain her pace. Occasion
ally the sharp staccato of her eXhaus
y was blown across the water by tn
!, wind and stream of sparks spurte'
;, from her stern with the grayish smok
" from the powerful engines. The Tim
Minis fell behind more than once an,
. the submarine had to slow down
trifle to wait for her.
= Those aboard the submarine and tui
:, apparently were worried by the pres
q ence of 2 newspaper yacht, a speed
p craft which kept up with the vessel
o without difficulty. The tug especially
kept close watch on the yacht. and wa
- quick to take up a position between
= and the submarine whenever oppor
| tunity presented itself