The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-11-07
kYsTERY SURROUNDS NATURE
OF DEUTSCHLANUS GAR6O


large boxes, the contents OF Wnlcn !.
re ambiguously invoked as "enects
kurnish the mystery OF the German
rder-sea merchantmen, the Deutscn-
and, at this particular time.
|R These boxes are supposed to con"
ain articles that make up the greater
art of the valuation Of SlO'oOo'oVo
slaced upon the cargo OF the suoInA' :
ae by Captain Koenig.
What the articles are Is unknown
Bone say precious stones some 10y
securities. They are making great
secret of the matter here To-Day
"A F,oilactor OF Customes James L. NC
I.oyern is in Hartford to confer with
Secretary of the Treasury AcAooo'
and will not be back until tomorrow
NIt is said that the contents OF the mys-
IA Eter4ous boxes were responsible LOT
the conference.
Inspection.
Commander Yates Sterling u ,. ~
is charge Of the American submarine
U hase here and Joseph c. ComstocA'
SaDuty collector of customs, MADE an
insnection OF the Deutschland THIS al
te-noon. This inspection, it was stat-
ed was by way OF additional precau. az
tsor, toward the observance OF lae
neutrality laws.
II was expected Captain koenis
would file his manifest today with the
customs officials. This was not oons'
C,ertain invoices have been RECORD
ad- however, but If ten million DOL
lars, valuation on the cargo is cor
rarA these invoices give no line Oh
the more valuable contents OF one III
tie boat.
seventy-fiye black stevedores were
hroueht here from Baltimore TO-DAY
tn handle the cargo. With rev eA-
ceDtions they are the same men VINO
unloaded and reloaded the Oeu'SoA
land OF Locust Point.
They were brought to New LonooA
il, one bunch, and Immediately he:u-
al into the stockade at the state pier
IN Tho Thames river, where the Leu
+schland lies hidden. There Is only
one entrance to the stockade on the
lsnd side and this IS a smaA e's
which one can enter or ieaVe the
stackade without pass ana al tne
stevedores' passes were taken up aS
sosn as they entered the gate
Stoekade.
rbov will not be permitted to leave
the. enclosure until their "orA 10 LIZ
= ished.
: The sailors from the submarine are
heing given plenty OF shore leaSe
Al almost any hour sore leather
coated member of the crew can De
/ seen wandering about the ssree.s
y some of the sailors speak gooo hn-
gaish and they are all apparently 'asI.
~ pleased over the attention tney arc
receiving.
The people of New London are pre-
nsrine a big banquet to the comman-
dor ard men of the Deutschland II
will he held on November 8. mayor
Ernest E. Rogers, Of New LONDON, ane
-,Urerous oficials and citizens, were
nerrnitted aboard the boat today ou'
newsnaper men are still barred.
The rules against visitors, as LAID
down nv Captain Koenig, and the ON
core Of the Eastern Forwarding Com,
pany. are APPARENTLY very r1gao' Du'
none the less quite crowd saw tne
boat today.
This morning a diver went Qnoet
we+er and inspected the bulkhead OF
the deutschland. There are fourteen
email holes in that section OF the Ooat'
according to the rivers report, PROB
ahIv caused by the anchor swinging
AGAINST the shell OF the little craft
Visitors.
The hole caused some leakage on
4he trim from Bremen and will be re-
naired before the start homeWaro
Cantain Koenig has said that ne does
not expect to be here this time over
a fortnight. :.
DR.. George Ahrens, an attacne o.
the German embassy, was among tne
visitors today. He went ABOARD tne
Tsaa,tschland with Henry G. H1lken'
9,resident of the sastern Forwarding
Comapny, who comes from Baltimore
Yhe New London visitors were recelV-
ed nv Mr.. Hilken, Captain Koenig ano
Gaptain Hinch, and after general IN
aroductions, were permitted to pass
fhrongh the boat in relays OF five.
The whole crowd then passed pc
are a battery Of cameras. popular
rose being Mayor Rogers and Captain
Koenig in the act Of shaking nands.
Big crowds Of people gathered 81
+ha stata nier this morning and this
afternoon, trying to get peek at the
submarine, but the green under-sea
hoat is effectively screened from view