The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-03
WAS ACCOMPANIED
BY ONE TUG BOAT
The Newspaper Mems Yacht
Seemed to Give Consider
able Uneasiness to Captain
koenig as 1t Kept Pace
with the Departing Ship
Submersible Was Making
Fast Time

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 3.-Somewhere in
the Atlantic ocean to-day the German
merchantmen submarine Deutschland and
allied warships are believed to be playing
hide and seek as the undersea boat speeds
homeward after passing out of the Vir-
ginia cape last night.
| The final dash to sea was without in
cident. One of the last acts of Captain
Koenig and his crew was to stand on the
deck of the submarine and give three
cheers for America and the American
people. She was accompanied to the
capes by the tug Thomas f. Timmins.
which had conveyed her down the bay
from Baltimore and by a newspaper
boat.
Her departure to sea followed an 49,
mile dash through the lower Chesapeake
bay. After proceeding slowly most of
the way down she increased her power
at $3.50 and reached the capes just after
dusk. None of the allied cruisers was
visible as she passed through.
The trip of the submarine and the con
voying tug down Chesapeake bay from
Baltimore was started under ideal eondi
tions. Not cloud was in sight as the
submarine increased her speed to 10
knots an hour soon after clearing Balti-
more harbor. The tug fell behind imme-
diately and by dark was 500 yards to the
stern.
The tug apparently had great difficulty
in keeping up with the Deutschland.
Dark flames spurted from her tunnels,
howing that the stokers aboard were
boilers. Then the wind freshened and
dark clouds began to roll in from the
horizon. Soon the tug was pitching and
rolling on the choppy sea, her running
lights dipping up and down and the
spray flying back from her bow.
The submarine ahead, brilliant light
shining from a lamp attached to the top
If her periscope and green and red lights
hanging below on the coming tower.
,lowed steadily through the seas on an
wen keel.
Bay steamers passing up and down had
heir attention attracted to the subma
inc by the brilliance of her lights, espe
tally that on the periscope. They cast
avs of their searchlights on the sub
nersible, looking her over from stem to
tern. As each of the vessels recognized
he submarine salute of three whistle
lasts was blown. The submarine an
wered each salute with her own whistle
In the rays of the searchlight members
{ the crew could be plainly seen walk
hn af Iaol- In ho
onning tower was Captain Paul koenig,
ia ster of the vessel. At his side stood
he pilot.
Soon before midnight the seas became
till heavier. Under the glare OF search
ghts it was seen that waves were break
" over the bow of the vessel and wash
~ the entire forward part. Occasional
, the coming tower and the light on the
nriscope would be enveloped in a shower
{ salt spray.
At 80 while passing Solomon's is
nd. the last of the vessels with search
ghts was passed. BY that time all the
embers of the crew except two had dis
lpeared from the deck One of these
en- was standing well forward, a lead
ne for sounding in his hand and the
her was at the stern. Captain Koenig
as in the coming tower, garbed in
ckers.
In the broad channel against the seas
at were running the submarine had to
crease the speed of her engines to
lintain her pace occasionally the sharp
accato of her exhaust was blown across
e water by the wind and stream of
arks spurted from her stern with the
ayish smoke from the powerful en-
nes. The Timmins fell behind more
an once and the submarine had to
Nv down a trifle to wait for her.
Those aboard the submarine and the
2 apparently were worried by the
,sence Of newspaper yacht, a speedy
ut. which kept up with the vessels
thout difficulty. The tug especially
pit close watch on the yacht and was
ick to take up a position between it
the submarine whenever the oppor-
lity presented itself.
Whether she submerged before reach
the three mile limit is unknown. The
D accompanying boats only know that
disappeared unharmed and that to all
1earance she had a clean field ahead