The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-01
Undersea Merchantmen, Out.
FL Days From Bremen,
Docks at New London At
ter Uneventful Voyage
Capt. Koenig is Cheered
at Customs House.
Documents For German En-;
bassy Here Are Forward
ed by Messenger to Wash
ington-Cargo of Chemi-.
calls Will Be UnloadedI
Within Few Days.

New London, Conn, Nov. Il
A letter to Count Won Bern
storff, the German ambassador
to this country, was brought.
here by the German underseai
merchant ship Deutschland
which arrived this morn
ing. This was learned from
authoritative sources this af-I
ternoon. The letter, it was un-
derstood, was sent to Washing
ton by special messenger.
On her trip Of l21 days, from
Bremen to this country, the
Deutschland submerged only
120 miles--near the English
coast. If the craft saw any
British or French warslnps on
her trip, CaptainKoega woula
not, admit it.
"At any rate, they didn't see
u.s. he is quoted as saying.
With Paul Hilken, an OFFICIAL
Of the Eastern Forwarding Co.,
Captain Koenig motored to the
customs house at noon and Of,
ficially entered the arrival Of
his craft with James L. McGov-
ern, collector of customs for
this state. A<crowd Of persons,
near the customs house, gave
the captain a rousing cheer,
which he acknowledged by
doffing his hat.s Many persons
grasped his hand with congrat-
lulatory words.
Later, with Mr.. McGovern. he posed
for photographers. Captain Koenig
promised definitely that he would
| meet the newspapermen at local
hotel at o'clock. After his visit to
| the customs house he returned to the
Willehad for dinner.
Within a few days it is expected
| that the Deutschland will officially en-
ter her cargo 1t was learned from
| a reliable authority that the value of
the cargo approximates $2,000,000.
Neither Captain Koenig nor his of
ficers asked any questions concerning
| the submarine Bremen, which 1t is un-
derstood has been given up for lost.
The officers of the Deutschland, it is
understood, were aware of the pres
ence of the armored German subma-
rine U-53 in American waters recently.
| They had not heard, however, that
she had arrived in Germany safely and
they were plainly pleased at the It'd
| ings.
/ When the submersible poked her
nose in the harbor this morning in g.
blanket of fog, she did not have a
pilot aboard, although it is said the
charts of the Deutschland are COM
paratively old.
Captain Koenig said the harbor here
| is especially adapted for his boat and
he believed that If necessary he could
silv submerge at the dock and leave
the harbor without anyone knowing it.
The Deutschland was ready at noon
| to begin the discharged of $50 tons of
dive stuffs, medicines and chemicals.
| A gang of stevedores was prepared to
remove the cargo but permission has
| not yet been granted by the customs
officials.
Neither Captain Koenig nor Captain
r. Hinsch of the Eastern Forwarding
Co. were communicative as to details
of the trip across the Atlantic, but they
| promised a statement later in the afer-
noon. They pleaded that they were too
busy with the details of unloading.
Crowds thronged the dock during
the forenoon in the hope of getting
glimpse Of the craft, but they were
disappointed. The submarine is so
we'll berthed in her pier that not even
her masts show. Policemen and de-
tectives kept the crowds moving.
Under Captain Paul Koenig. who
was in command during her first trip
| to Baltimore, the Deutschland left
Bremen on Oct, 10 and tied UP at a
berth prepared for her here at 2:S5
o'clock this morning.
The German submarine entered the
lower harbor shortly after midnight.
coming in by the Race at the entrance
to Long Island Sound. For several
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