Evening journal., 1916-07-10


deck. They all looked fine and the
submarine captain reported that all
on board were well and everything
was IN the best of condition.
close on TO 2 o'clock the Virginia
pliot' captain Frederick ID. Cooke
came on board. But he had no bust.
ness on board as we were making
tor Maryland and we got rid OF him
ana TOOK on Captain Coleman. a Bal.
timore pilot, but the man who is real
Drlnging her In is Captain Hinsch
Description Of Boat
NO. he has not got of the Tim
INNS, and the Timmins is not tow
ing the deutschland in either but
Saptsln hinsch is sort OF in charge.
fou know he has a 500-pound bunch"
mere Fesmire smiled, "and he knows
tne pay perfectly, and he's a perfect
seaman. He'll see to Il that no craft
mat mas not any business near the
Deutscnlahd gets anywhere in her
neighborhood."
Her periscope was drawn we'll In
slue long before she sighted land.
nut her mast for lights. which she
carries just behind the superstrnotnre
SUCKS up some Is feet above the level
of the water.
She has a handrail some 21b 10 3
teet nigh above the deck for the pro-
lection Of the crew. This rail. the
| like Of which was never seen on a
warship, runs clear around her. Her
deckhouse, too. does not remind Won
so much OF the deckhouse OF the moni-
tor Of Civil War fame. as is the case
with the German war submarines !,
Is more like The bridge Of an ocean
liner.
From the superstructure to the
bow. distance Of about i50 feet, the
deck slopes down sharply. The bow
Itself Is very sharp. The slope of
the deck toward the stern is much
more gentle. She has a speed of i2
knots and heavily laden as she is
with her 1,OOO-ton cargo. she made
the trip in rs days. having left her
German port on June %.
The most interesting part of the boat
is the periscope. When raised, from it's
top down to the top of the coming tower
Is distance of some 20 feet. That
is the distance this new and defenseless
type of submarine can duck under water
TO avoid its enemies without going to-
tally blind.
Interest in Periscope.
The receiving end' Of the periscope
Is IN the coming tower, which looks
very small from the outside but once
VOL are inside il seems to be large
enough TO hold five men. The eve
pieces themselves, projecting dark and
cleaning from the spotlessly white cyl
inder, look like guns trained TO keep you
out Of this holy Of holies of the sub
marine. Close TO each Of them is the
electric motor used to revolve it-far
himsy as a periscope seems 10 the eve
It IA heavy enough. and tightly fastened
so As TO look unhinchingly in the de-
sired direction.
The room below the coming tower
the navigating room-is quite as full Of
a wilderness of complicated apparatus
as that IN the ordinary German U-boat
except for one thing.
"'Ehe nest is lacking. The "nest~ is |
the cradle in which the torpedoes repose
while waiting TO be sent spinning on
their deadly errand.
This room is where the steering is !
done when the submarine is running
submerged. The room back of the en-
gine-room is larger and more compli-
Gated. Here are two rows of the ia
nous D1esel engines which run the sub
marine on the surface.
Watchdogs FOiled.
Although British and French
cruisers stood guard off the Virginia
Capes to intercept and prevent anv
attempt OF the German submarine to
enter the Chesapeake. the vessel
bobbed up within the three-mile liHlit |
at 1.45 o'clock yesterday morning. |
With the same daring and determna- !
tion that enabled the Germans to |
bring into Norfolk the prize ship
Appam and Frederick der Crosse.
with the cruisers standing guard.
just off the three.mile limit. so was
the giant undersea merchantmen |
brought in early yesterday morning
After having lodged warships. sub |
merged every time a vessel was |
sighted and gone out OF her course |
500 miles TO elude war craft, the |
Minister submersible reached this |
country from Germany in is days. a |
record sea voyage. During that time. |
1000 miles were covered practically |
half above water and half submerged. |
With a speed Of Is knots an hour on
top water and IL knots submerged. !