Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-14
Captain Koenig Declares
Airship Being Built to
Sail to America.
Won BERNSTORFF
INSPECTS CRAFT
German Ambassador Notifies Skipper
He Will Send to Berlin Foreign
Oiiiee by Submarine Packages Of
Important Papers.

Baltimore, Nd, July 13.-Count Won
Bernstorff. he German ambassador,
spent an hour aboard the German
submarine merchantmen Deutsch-
land. He merely thoroughly inspect
ed the vessel, had the intricate ma
chinery and instruments explained to
him, and personally congratulated
Captain Noenig upon bringing the
craft safely to America through
waters infested with hostile warcraft.
The ambassador informed Captain
Koenig that he would send to him be-
fore the Deutschland starts on her
return voyags, several packages OF
official napers which he desires to
have delivered to the Berlin foreign
office. The ambassador was enthusi-
astic as he emerged from the
Deutschland's coming tower.
Giant zeppelins Coming.
A number of city officials visited
the submarine today.
"To you" Captain Koenig was
quoted as saying. "the trip Of the
Deutschland is "a great achievement
You mustn't be too enthusiastic over
it, for a bigger surprise is coming. A
great Zeppelin. or maybe I should say
airship. is being built in Germany,
and in the not distant future one or
more of them will sail through the
air to the United States. Just as
sure as the Deutschland came to
America, so will the Zeppelins come"
Size Of Boat Exaggerated.
Unloading of the cargo of the Ger
man supersubmarinei Deutschland was
completed early TODAY and the ships
rise revealed that the estimates of
her size have been exaggerated. In
stead of being more than 300 feet long
and 80 feet wide, her length is not
more than $50 feet and her width is
less than 25 feet. Her overall draft,
figured submerged, shows that she
needs at least 80 feet for complete
submergence.
Through all the feverish activity of
the last hours of the unloading, the
tug Thomas F.. Timmons played the
strong beams of powerful search
light all about, sweeping the waters,
the shore lines and the Deutschland's
deck. A small powered searchlight
which had beeen set up on the motor
boat Efco reached the corners that
were beyond the Timmons' light.
The last case of dyestuffs composing
the Deutschland's cargo was lifted out
about a. m. The stevedores at once
set about making the hold ready for
the return cargo of nickel and crude
rubber.
TJ,n ~ hn v4cn
ed to turn over to the Red Cross fund
the $4,000 gift for valor of a New
Yorker.
Regarding reports of the forming of
a company in the United States to
construct merchant submarines. Hen
ry G. Hilken Of the Eastern Forward
ing company, the local agency for the
Deutschland, admitted the project is
under serious consideration.
"The line, if the plan succeeds" Mr..
Hilken said, "will consist of American
built ships, manned by American sea-
men and flying the American flag. 1t.
will ply between Baltimore and Bre-
men,"
Promoters of the enterprise, Mr..
Hilken said. consisted for the present
VI AAihsC1A, HIS oOlI, I dul II. L. HllkeQ,
and Simon Lake. submarine inventor.
The vessels will have a, tonnage of s.
600 and will be five times as large as
the Deutschland, Mr.. Hilken added.
They will be used entirely for COM
mercial purposes.
Announce Status Today.
Washington, July 13-Reports of
customs and navy officers on the
character Of the Germa1 submarine
Deutschland were the subject of
long conference at the state depart
ment today between Acting Secretary
Polk and members of the govern
ment's neutrality board, called to give
formal advice. The departments final
decision on the status of the subma-
rine probably will be announced after
tomorrow's cabinet meeting. The
government officials generally as
serted that no legitimate objection
can be raised against granting all the
privileges of peaceful merchant