Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-07-15
Unarmed U-Boat Arrives at BaIti-
more With Cargo of Dye.
WAS CHASED BY WARSHIPS
Mo Passengers on Board Underwater
Craft-Breaks All Records for Sub
mersibee-Beats Blockade
Has Crew of 29 Men.


Long expected, ridiculed, fabulous as
the sea serpent or the Flying Dutch
man, she became a reality to the watch
ers off Cape Henry at exactly 20
Sunday and slowly made her way
through network of nquisitiye ships
and through the maZes of red tape Of
the quarantine and customs officials to
her dock at the pier Of the Eastern
Forwarding company Locust Point,
Baltimore.
She is the largest submarine ahoat.
The largest German war models are
less than 300 feet long But this sub
marine of commerce Is 315 feet long,
exactly one-third the length Of the
largest merchant vessels atloat-the
Vaterland and the Imperator.
Carries Dyestuffs.
The boat carries no passengers, Her
cargo consists entirely of dyestuffs-
4 thousand tons Of them. This keeps
her very low In the water when on the
surface. Her draft, when she was sight
ed, was II feet and 1t was largely be-
cause of her depth that she did not
try to come nearer land when sub
merged.
She is commanded by Captain Ka-
rig and has Il crew of 20 men. Both
captain and crew are drawn from the
German merchant fleet ana not from
the navy The craft is unarmed and
Is being treated by the United States
Ike any other merchant ship.
1t is said that she submerged when
ever she saw any vessel. on the chance
that It might be a warship. The Eng
fish government was not among those
who regarded the transatlantic sub
mersihle IA "A joke, and the report Is
that the Deutschland was chased for
30 hours by English and French war
ships She submerged and euded them
by travelling out of her course 500
miles.
Makes Record Of 4,i60 Miles.
Because she was forced to make this
detour she has the record for subma-
rine distance travel. The longest trip
previously made by any submarine was
the $500 miles. from Klel to CONSTANT
nople, made by the U-boat that sank
the British hattleship Majestic. 1t Is
Faid that the Deutschland travelled t.
$50 miles, 500 miles of this being I'M
der water. The trip was made In 16
days.
She ran through the North sea sub
merged practically all the time She
was forced to suhmerge again for a
time when she got two thirds Of the
way across, when she sighted Dutch
merchant vessel in her path. And,
some GOO miles Off the Virginia coast.
she was frightened out to sea again for
a distance Of some 200 miles by enemy
warSmps. But on her return she was
able 10 come 10 the surface n hundred
miles from land and was not forced TO
submergc again.
Met by Tug of U. s.
The Deutschland was met Off Cane
Henry by the tug Thomas f. Timmons
Of the Eastern Forwarding company.
She had been waiting at the capes for
the past II days. And u couple Of days
ago Capt, Z. HirSeh, the marine super
intendeut of the Ocean TRANSFORMATION
company. rs the new merchant marine
line is called went on board the Tim
mons. He directed the plotting OF the
Deutschland up the bay.
ave have proved" he told members
Of the Virginia Pilots association.
''that the English blockade amounts
to nothing. There will be more sub
marines from Germany. They will be
making regular trips JUST Ike the big
liners from England In a few weeks.
We will have them coming In at New
York and other American ports"
This boat is in excellent condition.
She had only two mishaps and these
delayed her hut slightly. She had
trouble with her motors and her I'M
derwater lights. but she Carried extra
supplies and the trouble was quickly
repaired.
Sighted by Man on Tug.
The man who first sighted tbe
Deutschland on her arrival I'm this
country was James n Fesmlre. who
runs the motor tug Efco or :he ,>orth
German Lloyd. Captain H1sch. want.
ing particularly efficient crew for
the Timmons when he started her ON
her vigil or the capes Is days ago
picked Fesmlre, ana today he has
shown that he doesn't regret Il by
giving Fesmire - bonus fer his good
eyes ght.