The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-24

ldSC week. -Ttfrt-i Definite information was lacking at the offices of the Eastern Forwarding Co. today as to the reported ship ment of gold and it was intimated the clearance papers could be consulted within a reasonable time" There may be s1O0, 900 or $4.000,0o0 in bull lion or not an ounce aboard.
 'It would, not be policy. you kAow,' ran the refusal, ito divulge the cargo list.
 Further, it was said at the For wardfng Co.'S office that the Deutsch- land was running a strictly com mercial'' business. and there was mo apparent reason for giving all he de- tails to the public"
 Part of the cargo of the Deutsch- lahd will be 5000 bottles of Pennsyl- vania beer. It is not intended entirely as an importation, though some of it may survive the trip across.
 Meanwhile expert stevedores under the direction of Captain Koenig and his chief mechanician, continue daily to do some little trimming of the car go Everything is slowed to bal ance the submarine to nicety.
 Report British Subsea Craft Near
 Baltimore shipping men and ma rine and naval experts say that the longer the Deutschland delays start ing, the greater will be the risk as Il 1 is believed the British have couple of big naval submarines on the way across to aid in breaking up the bold German undersea enterprise. It has been learned that the barri- cading of the Deutschland in hel dock is through fear of some attempt to blow up or damage the vessel Every time launch containing news. paper men or curious citizens appear: near, the steamer Neckar or the Deutschland. guards or sailors appear on the Neckar's decks. and keep 2 close watch. At night searchlight. are constantly binding the newspaper men on watch in their launches. l Another conference took place yes terday afternoon on the liner Neckar at which were Captains Koenig ant Hinsch, Paul Hilken, and William Prusse, constructor of the Deutsch land. They would not disclose tn, nature of the conference. but it ap parently concerned the Bremen. 4 friend of MT. Hfiken said he wa 'very anxious about her.
 | Officials of the Eastern Forwarding Company declined today to discus the rumor, but it has been said ol good authority that no means will b, neglected to insure the safety of tn, return voyage of the little merchant man. A rumor that Count vol Bernstorff. the German ambassador would pay another visit to tn Deutschland early this week was de nied today by the submarines agents i It was said there is no reason wh, | Count von Bernstorff should com again to Baltimore, his dispatches t go back on the Deutschland to tn Berlin Foreign Office having beel
 delivered early last week to Captail
 Koenig by member of the embass
 staff.
 Captain Hinsch said the Deutsch
 lands wireless had not been sealed b
 local radio inspectors. Captain Roe
 mig was told when he landed in Bal
 timore that he could not remain i
 port langer than two weeks, with hi
 wireless open. The two weeks limi
 on this will expire today.
 Pastor Julius Hoffmann of tn ; Zion Lutheran Church entertained a
 dinner Captain Koenig, First Office . Krapohl, and Second Officer Syrine . He also conducted religious service for the Deutschland's officers an crew on board the Neckar, and sai before going aboard that he woul p1 each a farewell sermon to them. Pastor Hoffmann's topic was "Sac l rificing Ones Life," and during tn