The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-07-14
TESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF OHIO COUNTY
HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY, KY FRIDAY JULY ID, 1916.

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and on the night of the fourth day
we submerged and remained still all
night on the ground, on the bottom
of the channel. There we're lots Of
cruisers near us we knew, and II was
very foggy. SO we thought 1t wise
not to take any chances, and gave
the order to submerge for the night
and until there should be clearer
weather. The next morning all was
we'll and we proceeded through the
channel into the Atlantic Ocean with
out incident.
"Our trip has demonstrated that
the big merchant submarine is prac-
teal and that it has come to stay.
We expect the venture to be a great
financial success. This ship can car
ry a cargo of 1000 tons, and on this
trip carried $50 tons of dyestuffs.
valued at 100000. The charges
for the shipment alone will pay for
the cost of the Deutschland, about
100000. On this trip we carried
no mails. nor did we carry money or
securities Also we came without
insurance, running entirely at our
own risk"
How Delay Occurred.
1t was learned that boat left Bre-
men with her load of about $50 tons
of valuable dyestuffs, which her
owners hope to sell to American man
ufacturers for fortune. At Helgo-
| land she waited nine days, leaving
there June 23 to pillow deep beneath
the surface of the North Sea to es-
cape the watchful eyes of the allied
/ blockaders. Capt. KONG intimated
that the purpose of his long delay at
Helgoiand was to deceive the enemy,
who undoubtedly had heard rumors
of the submarines coming. I'VE
stopped there for very good reasons"
the captain explained with a broad
smile. --f-
This accounted for the belief in the
United States that the vessel was a
week overdue, a misapprehension
that caused German embassy officials
to fear that she had run into allied
warships or fallen victim Of an At
lantic storm.
In Open Sea. .
Once outside the blockading lines
and into the Atlantic, according to
the captains story, he headed
straight across and only deviated
from the course once when he saw
what he took to be enemy craft. Most
of the time he sped along on the sur
face, making around fourteen knots
an hour with his powerful twin Die
sci oil engines. Submerged he could
go at the rate Of seven and a half
knots. ysa
! Path Clear.
Approaching the capes late Sat
urday, Capt. KONG found his path
apparently clear. He laid to with
his decks awash, however, waiting
until darkness fell before nearing
the coast. When the bright half
moon went down, shortly after mid
night, he put on all speed and shot
between the Virginia capes, to be
greeted by the tug Timmons, sent
there more than week before to
await his coming.
Carefully Guarded.
When the vessel was released from
quarantine she moved up the river
to the pier of the Eastern Forward
ing Company, six miles away, to a
carefully guarded waiting berth. On
the way up she passed a dozen mer-
chantmen Lying at anchor. The
first, big Norwegian freighter, Dip
ped her flag and her whole ships
company lined against the rail, rails
ed three rousing cheers, which were
answered with a will With anoth-
er Norwegian and two Dutch ships
the submarine exchanged formal sa-
lutes. She moved close by a num-
Der of British tramps in silence, OBJ
served with eager interest by the
English crews.
At the dock the boat hardly was
tied up before an army of newspa-
per men and moving picture photog-
raphers stormed the place. They
were not permitted to get near the
Deutschland, protected by barbed
wire stockade and numerous guards,
but Capt. KONG soon appeared on
shore and cheerfully posed before
the camera.
MAN CRAZED, OIL BOOM
SAID TO BE THE CAUSE