New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Baltimore German Pastor
Prays for Safety of the
DeutSChland'S Men.
CAPTAIN KOENIG
HAS LITTLE REST
Cargo Loading Suspended, but
Officers Entertain Many
American Visitors.
Try telegraph 20 The Tribune I

lRy Telegraph to The Tribune
Baltimore, July l6.-This was
thanksgiving day for the captain and
crew of the German submarine
Deutschland. They gathered in the
cabin of the interned North German
Lloyd steamer Neckar. lying alongside,
and sang songs and hymns of the
fatherland.
The Rev. Otto Apitz, pastor of the
Seamen's Mission, and once a resident
of Berlin, preached a fervent sermon
on peace and urged his fellow country
men TO show their appreciation of the
neutrality Of America. He urged that
Captain Koeng and his crew do all in
their power to maintain the kindly
feeling shown them since they had
been in the United States, and ex-
pressed the hope that other submarines
of the type of the Deutschland would
soon bring cargoes of drugs and medi-
cines. the lack of which, he said, was
one of the greatest evils of the Euro
pean conflict.
After the ;ermon Mr.. Apitz offered a
fervent prayer for the safety of the
captain and his crew on the return
voyage to Eremen.
Expected to Leave Soon.
81 do not expect to preach to them
again on this trip" said the minister,
indicating that he had been told the
Deutschland would be in Baltimore
waters only a short time longer.
Loading the submarines return
cargo of crude rubber and nickel was
SUSPENDED to-day. it being said unof-
fcially that not quite one-third of the
cargo was in tn hold Nobody at the
pier or in the Offices of the Eastern
Forwarding Company would venture a
guess as to when the submarine would
leave. but she is islexpected 10 sail in
few days.
A close watch is being kept on the
vessel day ar d night by others besides
newspaper men, the "others" presum-
ably being persons working in the in
terest of the English government.
There was little rest for the Deutsch-
lands officers and men to-day, for there
were many visitors, including Senator
and Mrs. Claude A Swanson, of Nir-
ginia; Senator William II. Thompson,
of Kansas; Senator William Allen
Smith. of Michigan, and Representative
Sidney Mudd, of Maryland.
Favors to Legislators.
Another party of Representatives
visited the pier. but its members would
not give their names. They were espe-
cially favored by Captain F. Hinsch, of
the Neckar. "generalissimo" Of the
American end of the Deutschland eX-
pedition. All were given passes 20
board the Neckar, and from these places
view the giant submersible at close
range. Other visitors were kept back
hundreds Of feet from the craft by po-
/ hcemen. who issued orders from behind
f barbed wire entanglements. The Wash
/ ington visitors were entertained by the
/ officers of the Deutschland on the
/ Neckar.
Captain Koeng is beginning to show
anxiety TO start on his return
/ 81 don't know | was to get such a
welcome" the captain said to-day. at
is too much for me. If don't get away
/ soon | shall be no good for my work.
The captain was prevented from max
i ing a business trip TO New York yes
i terday by the visit of Christina Lam
genham to present to him and his crew
| a loving cup, but he may 60 tomorrow.
Captain Koenig intimated that he
would be here when the Bremen, sister
/ ship of the Deutschland, arrived. This
/ submarine is almost half way across
/ the Atlantic, if the report of her sail
/ ing that reached this country Is au-
/ thentic. She is about eight days on
her way. 1t is said that the Bremen
will put in at New York.