The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-07-11
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WORLDS HISTORY
Undersea Boat Makes Voyage
From German Port to
America.
CARRIES A VAL LUABLE CARGO
British Bockade Runner Given
Great Ovation As She Moves
Up to Guarded Berth-Return
Trip Will Be Made, Says Her
Captain.
CARRIES A VALUABLE CARGO

BALTIMORE, Md, July 10.-The
gigantic German merchant subma-
rine Deutschland ended her voyage
across the Atlantic at GAO this morn
ing when she was docked at the pier
on the outskirts of baltimore.
The submarine left quarantine at
$50 a. M, after the health officers
had boarded the craft and given per-
mission to proceed
1t was announced that statement
would be made regarding the extra
ordinary voyage by officials of the
North German Lloyd company later
today
Announcement that the Deutsch-
land is the first of the fleet OF such
craft built to ply regularly in the
transatlantic trade, was made here
early today by Capt Paul KONG,
master of the super-submarine
Others to Follow.
"This is not the only one that is
coming" said the captain. "Just
wait There will be more here. soon
and we are going back for another
cargo. We are going to have a reg
ular line"
It was to port officials that the
captain talked as his vessel was pre-
pairing to move up to dock. He
spoke freely to the officers and
laughed over his feat. To news
paper men shouting questions over
the ships side, he was not so COM
municative, explaining that formal
statement would be issued later by
representatives of his owners
All during the night a considerable
part of the Deutschlands crew had
been astir and a small searchlight
played almost constantly upon a
newspaper yacht anchored nearby.
The tug Thomas F. Timmins, con-
voying the submarine, kept the yacht
under close surveillance Shortly af-
ter 4 o'clock, when daylight was be-
ginning to show family through
heavy low-lying clouds and a steady
drizzling rain, boat with health and
custom officers aboard went along
side the submarine To the munici%-
al health officer DIR. Thomas L. Rich
ardson, the skipper presented his
bill of health, issued to him by Will
liam Thomas Fee United States con
sui at Bremen. on June IA.
Newly Built.
The document describes the
Deutschland as "vessel engaged in
the freight trade between Rremen
All Boston, or other Eastern Allan
ticS ports" Its records. her gross
tonnage as 791. says she IS newly
built" has a cargo of dyestufs in
good condition. and "a wholesome
supply of water from the Bremen
waterworks"
One thing the boarding officers
noted rticularly-there were no tor
pedoes or guns of any description Wis
ible. They had been told that she
mounted two small calibre rifles fol
defense. but came ashore convinced
that the visitor was unarmed. It was
learned that the boat left Bremen
with her load of about $50 tons Of
valuable dyestuffs At Helgolant
she waited nine days, leaving there
June % to plough deep beneath the
surface of the North Sea to escape
the watchful eyes of the allied block
aders. Captain Konig intimated thai
the promise of his long delay a
Helgoland was to deceive the en-
4 envy. 1--WE stopped there for very
- good reasons" the captain explained
with broad smile.
This accounted for the belief in the
United States that the vessel war
weekover-due. misapprehensior
that caused German embassy officials
TO fear that she had run into alliet
warships or fallen victim to an At