The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
Under Own Power, Undersea Trader Speeds Down Bay at Night Toward Gordon of Foes Outside Capes-Carries Rub- Der and Nickel.
Hostile Squadron Steams Close to Hatteras and May, Where Submarine Will Face Real Peril = Sirens Sound Fare well to Capt. Koenig.

 !, terday afternoon, homeward bound. ' She was reported passing Annapolis at 6 S.45 last night, making about 12 miles ; an hour. She was accompanied by the tug Timmins and the speed boat been uneventful. Annapolis is about
 8 miles below Baltimore.
 S tThe yacht Valiant carrying photo gfaphers, left the submarine at An ! nxpolis and put into that port, 1oth- i1g exciting having occurred to be re- cerded and the light having failed efg1he reporters are on board the Es- ! neranza. The weather was clear and tie bay smooth. The police boat &nnan and the government tug VItssahickon escorted sthe Submarine &X far as the mouth of the Potomac. f@rning back opposite Fort Carroll.
 u"Homeward Bound; Good Luck'
 uAs the submarine left her slip C3 pt Koenig stood conspicuous in bite uniform on the 'superstructure
 s{rrounded by his officers, while the
 clew was distribNfad about the deck A1t was evidef fHfsfe impressed with the sigS4fi3 Eef' the occasion. They stood tense and rnotionless as if
 posing for the pictures the camera men in the boats had already started
 taking.
 They made no response to the
 cheers and expressions of good wishes ehowered upon. them from the Nee
 kar. Here the officers and sailors and 1 the officials of the Eastern Forward ing Company lined the rails to bid them God speed.
 AS the Deutschland moved slowly out tffe Neckar hoisted signal flags jn the international code reading FfsHomeward Bound; Good Luck" XXI Capt. Koenig had kept his promise \ t0 go out in broad daylight. It was
 really his intention to leave in the
 morning, but the pilot refused to take
 the chances except at high tide. At ' exactly high tide-5: 30-the first command was given to leave the safe berth for a voyage fraught with perils.
 Precautions for the actual depar- |ffure began as early as 6 o'clock this
 morning. The log booms that in closed the Deutschland were removed and the tug Timmins and the launch !, Efco went down the channel with a
 net between them dragging for mines cr any obstruction to safe navigation that chance or any enemy might have
 placed there. This was only one in- cident in remarkable chain of pre-
 cautions. There was British freight Zen anchored nearby and several had come and gone. The oil on the zDeutschland, every drop of it, before Tt had been taken aboard had been
 run through sieve and was then ex-
 anined by a German chemist.
 Last Words of Farewell The final movements toward the {, Getaway began before o'clock At that hour the Wissahicken, Custom House boat detailed to convoy the | submarine to the three-mile limit, was observed making it's way up to the Inner basin. Then the police boat Lannan appeared, and it was realized that actual departure was near. A lew minutes before the Efco lowed away the log boom that had been 1 placed to cut off any approach to the uudersea merchantmen.
 Then came the final handshakes and words of farewell. The Timmins ! pulled slowly and the little Efco clung to the side of the famous undersea merchantman. It was just 5:38 7 when the Deutschland poked her nose i out of the slip. It was noticed that l the steel gray color of the hull had 1 heen changed. She was now painted 1 . dull sea green with smudges of dirty I white about the deck, so that at a dis tance she merges into the color of the 1 water
 At the end of the channel that had ' Been dragged for her especial benefit I from the pier to the rivers channel fthe towing vessels broke away and Az q I under her own power The news paper and camera boats were headed l of and f1anked on either side by the l Wissahicken and the police boat Lan- 1 nan and the trip was started The I, government and city steamers kept up "a footing to warn off the little yachts 1 that furnished persistent. if unwel- l come escort.
 { Early yesterday morning examina ltion of the cargo of gold, nickel and
 rubber were made; the pumps and en- zines on the submarine were tested land everything else was made ready lfor the hazardous journey.
 Try to Head on Newspapers.
 About noon determined attempt was made to prevent the newspaper linen from following the Deutschland. lCustoms officers visited the craft (which had been chartered to follow lthe submarine, and Edward Toulson, Innate and owner of the steam yacht Valiant, was told by Marine Clerk
 Taaiheiiner of the Custom House that ihe could not carry passengers while lthe boat was under charter without ldaving registered at the Customs
 House.
 An Investigation showed that the
 other craft. the speed boat Esperanza, iDr R. T. Scmcrs owner and master. had newspaper men aboard as. ths iGsAs.s of Dr. Somers. But a half
 ecorc of New York and Washington
 ~vriters, as well as moving picture
 men for various syndicates, were
 aboard the Valiant, and it seemed a that they would be marooned, as #
 was then too late o.charter another
 boat.
 MT. Toulson said he had tried sew
 eral years ago to have the Valiant
 reg.stered and was told it was not inccessary. On the strength of this he ihnd advertised the boat for charter. y1ie cornmunieaed with his counsel and the newspaper fflen burned the wires to have the yacht released At last
 Tculson declared he would follow tke Submarine and take all the ncwspa-
 per men who were aboard as his
 guests.