The Washington times., 1916-07-10
BIG SUBMARINE LINER
DOCKS At BALTIMORE
Vessel Carefully Guarded as
Cargo Is Taken of Behind
Barbed-Wire Fence.
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Captain koenig seemed cheerful ana
happy, DIR. Richardson said. HE IL n
| stockily built man OF between forty and
forty-hve. smooth OF face. and CHEEKY OF
But apparently he and his men have
received some rights on their way
across the sea- they allowed no one ex-
cept the physicians to as much as set
Refused Permission.
There is a little land bridge running
out from her side, and DIR. Richardson
asked permission for his wife to step
upon it-Just that and no more--to say
| that she had been on the giant subma-
rine. such permission was natly re-
fused.
Az she steamed up the river to Quar-
| antine. putting a little and spreading
an oily smoke behind. the Deutschland
was spoken by newspaper men. 1t was
cold reception. Only monosyllables. and
| terse replies were forthcoming.
There had been no trouble. they were
told. no allied ships sighted. nor any
| chasing by warships
Helgoland WIS named as the point OF
departure. ind June % the date OF leav-
ing.
by searchlights against the drizzllng
dark
Small craft piled near at hand. Few
erish newspnpermen sought the story
sGe .Sn. Journey Past Srkss
running OF blockade that the Eng
lish had boasted could not 90 pierced.
officials Wait Hours.
Not until hours after she arrived at
quarantine did American officials take
any action. Then Customs Collector
Ryan. with doctors and other officials.
boarded the Deutschland. examined her
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fest, and talked time with the blue
Ecoated. white-capped submariners
When the examination was complete
| the Deutschland. now fianked by scows
unprotected wharf OF her consignee. the
Eastern Forwarding Company. Henry
q. Hilken. senior member OF the A.
schumacher Company. Interested In
the North German Lloyd line and the
forwarding concern, boarded her with
his son. Paul @. l.. HIlken. Swedish Vice
consul. and member OF the North Ger
man Lloyd agency. Tears were in the
mems eyes as they embraced the stolid
"Ach. Colt. es list schoen." said the
elder-one OF the dreamers--who dream
ed the Ocean Rhederei c. NJ. Il. H., or
Ocean Navigation Company. Ltd. and
it's progeny. the undersea cargo carrier.
| They then went into secret session.
They must consider what would be the
reception and the procedure with this
should they do about her stay. and was
she entitled to the haven and protection
of the United States as a peaceful mer-
chairman. They thought SO.
| When should she return? They did not
know--or. at least. they weren't telling.
Arrived in the middle branch Of the
| Patapsco river. the Deutschland pulled
alongside the pier OF the Eastern For
| down the stream lay a British mer-
chant ship With the Union Jack stream.
ing from her masts; The mon aboard
the submarine smiled nard smile;
they had fooled and Haunted England
| Work cf discharging the dye-stuffs
and other merchandise. amounting to
| from 500 to 1000 tons started early.
sturdy Germans. with clo"e-cropped Won
| Hindenburg hair. went about their tasks
| icyfully.
| Armed guards stood watch. There
should be no spies. A veritable screen
OF barbed wire thanked the structure.
tance.
No One to Board Here.
Orders went out that no one was to
board the submarine. though there was
prospect that this order would be re-
Taxed later.
The dye-stufrs began to pile up in a
warehouse filled with nickel and sup
plies which the Deutschland plans tn
take back to the Fatherland-if she
can again scof at allied patrols and
skirt the smoky cruisers that seek her
destruction.
Dackers OF the Deutschland project
frankly anticipated trouble temporarily
with the American offic,o!s. Eut they
believed that by tomorrow matters
would be Strengthened and that the
United States would decide to harbor
the vessel as any peaceful merchant
man. Certainly. they said. he was un-
armed IA merchantmen with a legiti-
mate cargo. Customs Collector Ryan
seemed likely TO give the adventurer
the benefit Of all doubts possible.
Deutschland a Pioneer.
Long and lean and sinister, the
observation-disclosures OF a new under.
sea commerce born In the throes of wal
was towed like a dead whale 20
Quarantine off Curtis bay. below the
city. about 1875 last night.
She came. her sides adrip with mois
ture,, through a pea-soup night OF driz
; zlc and fog wisps, shaking her way
past freighter and fruit boat, ant
finally lying to under the lee of q
The thickness OF the night and thu
ease with which any accident might hav,
wrought damage to the submarine
caused her pilots TO counsel agains
docking her when she arrived. even 4
1t had been possible to have had he
passed by Quarantine and customs.
SO "sun-up" found her the center
of nest OF craft. Ahead a huge Nor
wegian tramp reared backward on tn
flood tide at her cables. like a grea
sea horse frightened at the lean sub
, mersible.
Abeam the white hulls of two fruit
steamers showed. All about her passe,
and repassed steamers which did no
have to stop at Quarantine. trailing lonl
plumes Of smoke from their stacks
} which only served to render NOR
Opaque the thick atmosphere--for "sun
} UP" on Curtis bny today was moro o
! less manner of speaking, the night
time drizzle still holding.
No Movement on Bay.
Except for the ghostly passin
, steamers there was no movement o.
the bay and the only lights. save tn
riding and running lanterns OF tn
ships, came from a little shack on tn
= heights above Quarantine wher
, Charles Carr. Baltimores leper. pre-
. pared his carly morning breakfast 1
{ solitude.
: But with the tightening OF the SIX.
the Quarantine tug, with DR.. Thoms
L. Richardson and his deputy. d
0 Travers. aboard. cast OF from It's pie
mile away. and edged over towar
Q the giant submarine.
10 On came the Quarantine tug. shoi
8 steam whistle. Back over the mil
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