New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-10

a full cargo Of $50 tons The value of
this cannot he ascertained, but II was
learned that about $50 ZOO worth of the
dyestuffs is consigned 10 Futter Co..
dealers IN such materials, near Balti-
more.
81 think" said Mr. Hilken. "the name
Deutschland is most appropriate Tor
the first submarine to cross the Al.
lantic. The German nation has opened
up new avenue Of commerce for the
world. At the same time the success
OF this remarkable venture proves con
clusively that the attempt Of England
to enforce complete blockade OF
Germany is futile
Sailing Date Uncertain.
when dc you expect that the YES
sci will return ," he was asked.
ABBOTT 4 o'clock some morning in
August or September" he replied.
The vessel was built by the Ocean
Rhederei, Of Bremen Cthe Ocean Trans
portation Company. Ltd. All OF the
arrangements for her coming were made
on the other side. We were simply
asked to take her cargo here and dis
pose Of IT, That will be easy. We are
going to prove TO American manufactur-
ers that Germany stands in position
to supply their needs in this most crlu-
cal time.
"Of course. communication with the
other side has been difficult. as you can
imagine. The wireless and cables have
been closely censored by persons only
too eager 20 give away the scheme.
You may say that we kept in touch
with each other by code and also by
wireless but how we did it will remain
a happy secret.
unloading the cargo of the Deutsch-
land will begin at once. We are gong
10 let the merchants Of the United
States who are clamorng for dye
stufrs have them as soon as possible. |
believe the vessel has some medicine
on board. too. We have already Sc
cured n crew Of stevedoros. and they
will be put 10 work day and night un-
loading the submarines cargo onto
our wharf
What will the return cargo be-" he
was asked.
"Baby milk" said he. with pleasant
chuckle. In fact Mr.. Hilken fairly ra-
dated his jocundity.
Mr.. Hilken refused positively TO dis
cuss the report that there was a large
stock of nickel. copper and rubber IN
the hands of his company ready TO be
shipped back to Germany
Worlds Biggest Submarine.
~ don't know" he went on, whether
this is the only submarine that has
been built for commerce. but IT is one
Of the largest, if not the largest under
sea craft that was ever built IL IS
not a war submarine. have heard
that this is the company's only ship.
II is privately owned
But this does not mean, II IS under
stood here, that the vessel and the en-
terprise il represents have not the
complete sanction and approval Of the
German government. The glee that
is manifested tonight in. German
circles here is ample proof of that
fact. They are singing "You Cant
Catch a U-Boat" 70 the tune of Tip
perary" tonight
Mr. Hilken was asked then If he had
any more details about the Deutsch-
land.
How could we" he asked in turn.
with a smile. "All our mail is in a
waste basket in London. don't even
know where she cleared. ! don't be
lieve it was Kiel. But 1t was some
German North Sea port, probably
Bremen. Hamburg or Emden.
1--WE expected her four days ago. She
left on June %. believe, and the Tim
minis has been waiting for her off the
Capes for nearly two weeks. ! have not
heard anything from her since she
passed Cape Henry, early this morn
ing"
Deputy Health Officer Travis expects
10 board the Deutschland about D
o'clock tomorrow morning. Captain
Kairig will report TO the Custom House
in person. Mr.. Hilken said.
II is interesting 10 note that on the
way up the bay the Deutschland passed
Fort McHenry. where fifty years ago
Ross Winans built the first submersible
craft, and II was failure.
Drops Anchor in Storm.
The Deutschland dropped anchor at
Quarantine in a drizzlino rain and cleo
trical storm She had been picked up
down the Bay about seventeen miles
by the newspaper tug, which fell IN
the tugboat Timmins, that
had escorted the undersea craft from
the Virginia Capes. Countless ques-
tons were flashed from the newspaper
Tug 10 kIt 4 llillllillo anu " b4t' ~ NN'N''
land. but the only reply received was;
You'll not get bit Of information
tonight. Not until 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning"
Flashes of lightning intermittently
showed the submarines gray-green out
line against the water as her prov
sliced the water.
Several excursion boats returning
from pleasure places along the Chesa-
peake caught up with the Deutschland
as she neared Quarantine. Their skip
pers played their flashlights upon the
marvel craft and several thousand eX-
cursionsts were the first Of the Baltl-
more population 10 get q look at the
vessel. She was making easily thirteen
knots an hour.
The submarine showed fifteen feet
above the surface. She had keen-cut-
ting stem and a stern that resemble
the elliptical stern of a speed yacht.
Four or five Of the crew paced the deck
and several officers could be discerned
in their white trousers and short blue
jackets.
The vessel has two masts, and con-
trivance resembling a guy rope sup
ported by stanchions extends down her
deck from bow to stern.
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