Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-10
GREAT U-BOAT LOCKED
IN BALTIMORE DOCK

Figures moving about against the sky were
dlsoernible and the red glows of the cigar
cites moved slowly to and fro. Figures on
the deck of a submarine always stand out
against the sky. There Is nothing else for
them to stand out against
Besides the Deutschland the Tlmmins, the
newspaper boat and the West Indian fruit
steamships Bella, Bilbao and Antares there
were no other boats in that immediate part
of the harbor. II was still very dark the
reflection of Batlmore's lights was
brighter than the East, but the German
officers and men were on deck. There was
case and swing in their walk across the
narrow deck.
Like watchdog dashed to it's master for
the greater safety of both, the little
Timmins and her crew guarded the precious
Deutschland. The newspapers boat Cruised
inquiringly around and the beams of
searchlight glared full in the faces of the
amateur navigators. II followed the little
motorboat entirely around and when It drew
abreast of the cabin of the Timmins. an oil
skin clad seaman stepped to the rail and
shouted
What do you wantT'
He got little in the way of an immediate
answer but grins, and fearing perhaps that
he might be actually told what the vlsi
tors wanted. he rather hastily withdrew
into the cabin. The slow circle around the
U-boat went on then unhindered
SIDES GREEN AS THE SEA.
Her sides are of the green Of the sea
itself. Had there been the hand of a master
painter on the crest of every wave that
has washed her on the long trip, no greater
resemblance to real water could have been
achieved in the Deutschland's coloring. In
the gray murk that hung over the harbor,
she looked grayish green; In q brilliant
sunlight she would undoubtedly look as
brilliant as the ocean,
Her deck is almost level; there is but
M ia
ming tower used for navigation purposes
when she Is not submerged encloses the
way from below, and a strong steel ladder,
up and down which agile chauifeur-like
sailors jumped, leads to the entrance. Two
lofty steel masts. from which the wireless
apparatus spreads appeared to he secured
through the hull. From the how mast flew
the smoky yellow flag of quarantine; from
the mast aft flew a flas very much like the
Stars and Stripes, though with fewer stars.
1t is said to be the flag Of the Ocean Trans
portation Company, and from little mast
in the stern in the morning breeze straight
ened out the red, white and black of Ger
many.
The Timmins searchlight was indie
fatlgable. 1t swept the harbor from side to
side II rested persistently on boats that ap-
preached as though seeking to divine their
mission, It gared brutally into the cameras
lust when dawn was breaking sufficiently TO
permit the photographers 20 get NJ WORK
At eight minutes of o'clock the blast
of n steam whistle came out from the quar-
antIne side of the harbor and little boat
steamed slowly out The yellow nag OF
quarantine flew from her masts, too, IL
was the hospital boat. E. Clay Tlmanus'
with DIR. Thomas l.. Richardson, chlet OF the
quarantine station, and his assistant Dr.
John c. Travers aboard, beside Mrs Rich
ardson and her guest from North Carolina
Miss Mary Elizabeth Monroe, and little
SQUAD of sleepy newspapermen ana photog-
raphers. Behind her came the tug Grey
hound, full from lower deck to the top OF
the pilot house of motion picture cameras,
each manned by man turning crank Tor
dear life"
Crowds OF travellers from Boston, aboard
a Merchants and Miners steamship that
came into the harbor at that point, got
complete view of the whole scene They
crowded against the rail and were per-
fectly silent as the boat steamed by the
waiting submarine, too full of eyes for
words
BY Is minutes after the Tlmanus had
pulled alongside the Deutschland and DOC
tor Richardson and Doctor Travers were
TO enter the U-boat for medical
of the crew-the first invasion
of the history-making craft by Baltimore
ans.
The yellow flag on the submarine went
down when the physicians feet touched the
bridge and the crew lined up on deck for
inspection
Doctor Richardson found every man In
excellent shape, though some OF them were
slightly underweight he said. This ne DE,
claFed, might have been due to the artificial
air they had had to breathe when the BOAT
submerged.
Their bill of health. issued In Bremen,
on June 1a, and signed by William Thomas
Fee. American Consul. gave the captains
name as Paul KOenis, and the number OF
tho crew as 20, including ths commander
kIaS fHaa u N
vessel was 79l, and the net tonnage Ala.
It declared the boat to be engaged in freight
trade between Bremen, Germany, and
Boston, or other East Atlantic ports and
under the heading history of cargo" II was
said 10 be carrying dysstuffs in good cOndi-
tIon. and a water and food supply. The
boat sailed from Bremen on June IA, the
bill of health declared, stopped at Helgo-
land stayed there days, and then set out
for Baltimore.
Doctor Richardson asked captain hoshls
why he had stayed in Helgoland for days
and the submarine captain replied with
mysterious smile
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE"
DR. Richardson's examination was brief,
but thorough, ana during his stay In the
ship he had little time TO look over her
interior. The doctor is no submarine ex-
pert and he knew nothing OF the super
nature Of her equiOmAnt. but the principal
he got. he said. was that she was
"as clean as a whistle" He saw no evil
dsness OF armament nor any means Of FIR
ing toFpedoes. had the boat been equipped
with any Below the water line the in
terror of the vessel went down for depth
of about ~ feet, he said. and comfortable
living quarters took up a great deal Of the
room. The Deutschland had spent most of
her trip on the surface the captain told Dr.
Richardson, though she had submerged at
the slightest suspicion OF a hostile APP
proaeh.
Captain Koenig seemed cheerful and
happy. DR.. Richardson said. He Is a
stoGklly built man Of between 40 and as.
smooth Of face and CHEEKY Of mannaF.
But apparently he and his men have re-
eeiged some frghts on their way across the
sea. They allowed no one except the physi-
clans te set foot on ths boat There is a
little bridge running out from der side aRd
Doctor Richardson asked permission Tor his
wife 70 step upon lt--iust that and no more
TO say that she had heen on the giant
Aubmersible- such permission was hatly
refused. Paul Hilksn, 0f the Eastern For
waFding Company, on the tug Timmins,
wanted 70 come aboard There wasn't a
chance. The little Efeo. a launch of the
EsBtaEn FOFHaTdins Company, steamed
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