Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-03


submarine merchantmen Deutschland
passed quietly out of the Virginia capes
at $3.50 o'clock tonight on her home
ward voyage apparently unob9crvcd
by the allied warship patrol waiting
outside the thrcc-milc limit. She was
accompanied to the capeS only by the
tug Thomas r. Timmins which had con-
voyed her down the bay from Balti-
more and by Il newspaper dispatch
boat.
Her departure to sea followed an 1S-
mile dash through the lower Chesa-
peake bay. After proceeding slowly
most Of the way down. she increased
her power at 6:20 and reached the
capes just after dusk. None of the
allied cruisers was visible as she
passed through.
Whether she submerged before
reaching the thrce-mle limit is un-
known. Tho two accompanying boats
| only know that she disappeared nm
| harmed and that to all appearances
she had clear field ahead to a point
where she would completely submerge
| in safety.
Half an hour after the last light of
the Deutschland had disappeared the
Timmins, seemingly satisfied with her
work, turned back and headed up
| chesapeake bay in the direction of
| Baltimore.
| During part of the day the Dcutsch
land had remained hidden at a cove
! up Chesapeake bay.
! Tho trip of the submarine and the
conveying tug down Chesapeake bay
! from Baltimore was started under
ideal conditions. Not a cloud was in
/ Gip h,
speed to ~ knots an hour soon after
clearing Baltimore harbor. Tho tug
fell in behind Immediately and by dark
was 500 yards to the stern.
The tug apparently had great din
Guilty in keeping up with the Deutsch-
land. Dark flames spurtod from her
| tunnels showing that the stolters
aboard were keeping all the steam
possible in her boilers. Then the wind
| freshened and dark clouds began to
roll in from the horizon. Soon the tug
was pitching and rolling on her choppy
sea, her running lights dipping up and
down and the spray flying back from
her bow.
The submarine ahead, a brilliant
light shining from a lamp attached to
the top of her periscope and green and
red running lights hanging below on
the coming tower. plowcd steadily
through the seas on an even keel
Bay steamers passing up and down
had their attention attracted to the
submarine by the brilliance of her
lights, especially that on tho perlscope,
They cast rays of their searchliEhts on
the submersble. looking her over.
from stem to stern. IA each of the
vessels recognized the submarine a
blown. The submarine answered each
salute with her own whistle.
In the rays of the searchliEhts mem
bers of the crew could be plainly seen
walking up and down the afterdeck.
| In the coming tower was Capt. Paul
koenig. master of tho vessel. At his
side stood the pilot
Soon before midnight the seas became
s,ll heavier Under the glare of search
I,hts it was sccn that waves We're break
over the bow of the vessel and wash
ing the entire forward part Occasionally
the coming tower and the light on the
periscope would he enveioped in a shower
of salt spray.
At l:3o this morning, while passing
Solomons island, the last Of the vessels
with senrchlishts was passed. BY that
two had disappeared from the deck. One
of these men was standing well forward,
n lead line for sounding in his hand, and
the other was at the stern. Captain
Koenig still was in the coming tower,
garbed in sictcrs.
In the broad channel against the seas
that We're running, the submarine had
to increase the speed OF her engines to
| ,,i, tpin Nor n.,nn oil n
sharp staccato of her exhaust was blown
across the water by the wind and RI
stream of sparks spurted from her stern
with the grayfsh smoke from the power
full engines The Tlmmins fell behind
more than once and the submarine had
to slow down trne to wait for her.
Those aboard the submarine and the
tug apparently were worried by the
presence of newspaper yacht. a speedy
craft which kept up with the vessels
without difficulty. The tug especially kept
close watch on the yacht and was quick
to take up position between il ana
the submarine whenver the opportunity
. presented itself
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-The tug Thomas
f. Timmns which accompanied the
|
land down the bay from Baltimore, re-
ported to the United states neutrality
squadron outside Hampton Roads to-
night that the Deutschland had passed
out of the capes ut $50 y, m,
The Timmins' message was picked up
by the destroyer Sterrett, which relayed
it to the Norfolk navy yard. The de
stroyer then was outside the three mile
, limit to see that the submersible' 5
massage out was not interfered with by
the allied cruisers off the capes until she
had passed out of the territorial waters
of the United states.
While the Stcrretts report did not men
| tion the Deutschland by name, navy
officials had no doubt that the reference
was to her. The Sterrett, with three
? other dcstroyers and the armored
cruiser North Carolina, 1t was pointed
, out. were doing neutrality duty off the
capes with particular view to pre-
vomiting violation of American terri torial