Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
DEUTSCHLAND LEFT
 NEW LONDON AT l.3O
WAS ToWED DOWN NEW LONDON
 HARBOR BY TWO TUGS

New LonoOn, Conn, NOV. H. - The Deutschland, the German submarine which arrived here on Nov. 1, slipped out of the harbor at an early hour to- day, bound for Bremen. She left her pocket at the state pier at 1.30 o'clock and was lowed down the harbor by two tugs.
 Launch With Newspaper Men.
 Captain F. Hinsch and other officials of the Eastern Forwarding Company were on one of the tugs. A launch filled with newspaper men followed the submersible down the Thames River to the mouth of the harbor.
 saluted by Steamers.
 The Deutschland passed the United States cruiser in the lower harbor at 1:45 o'clock. Several steamers and the Columbia turned their searchlights on the boat and blew their whistles.
 Cargo Valued at $2,ooo,oo.
 While the manifest of the Deutsch- lands cargo has not yet been made public, it is estimated that its approx imat value is over S2,O00000. The nickel, zinc and silver bars. She also carries several sack of nail from the German embassy at Washington. Some of the mail was said to bew for the Kaiser.
 Tidal Conditions Good. Tidal conditions were good and the | submarine made rapid progress down ! the harbor. At times her decks were l awash. At 2 o'clock she was nearly | at the entrance of the harbor. One l tug was leading the way and the orher 1 following at close distance.
 Lost Sight of by Shore Observers. Shore observers lost sight of the 1 Deutschland half an hour later. Il was impossible to determine her exact course. She had the choice of going | through Fishers Island sound, which would eventually bring her off Block i Island, or she could sail through the islands in the Race, where United States forts are located. If she chose the latter route she could pass be- | tween Block Island and Montaul | Point.
 | Runors of British Warship. 1 There have been rumors from time l to time of the presence of British war i ships outside the ee-mile limit bu these have not been verified. Captair Koenig also said. soon after his ar | rival that the German war submarin, I U-57 would convoy the underwatel i boat back to Germany. There ha! been no indication of such yesse I off the coast.
 | It was generally believed here tha
 the Deutschland would submerge af ter she passed the three mile limit. l Unusual Activity.
 Unusual activity ct the state pie tonight indicated that the time wa near at hand for the departure of tn German submarine Deutschland. At 1 o'clock lights at the pier were dark ened, there was signalling by mean of red lights, and launch from tn
 North German Lloyd liner Willeha
 went down the harboT. To further ob struct a possible view of the submer sible in her pocket, large sheets o canvas were placed over Warehous windows. Guards kept would-be spec tators moving.
 It was believed these arrangement
 were preliminary to turning tn
 Deutschland around at her pier. Eve since her arrival here on Nov. 1 he bow has pointed toward shore. Durin the night it was thought she would g
 down the Thames a short distance an back into the pocket, so tllat sh
 would be pointed toward the sea. It was reported that shipment c
 gold, expected by express from Ne1
 York, was the only thing now hinder } ing the voyage. The gold was said t
 be valued at S990.000
 Steel Net Pulled Down.
 Shortly before midnight the grea steel net that had guarded the en
 trance to the pocket was pulled upo the pier. A dozen sailors from tn
 Willehad joined the force Of guard
 and all persons were warned to kee , away from the wharf. A plank wa hurled at a newspap 2rman who ven tured too close to the warehouses.
 hose was squirted upon other venture some persons who did not move wine , ordered. The actions of the Unite
 States cruiser Columbia, which ar
 chored off Eastern Point late toda, excited considerable comment tonigh Her searchlights played over the wa tters of the lower Earbor incessantl , during the night. In marine circle
 the theory was advanced that the Co ! lumbia's mission was to see that tf , neutrality laws were observed. :. Rumors of Dynamite. : Some excitement was caused earl ,, in the evening when the report wa |, circulated that man with stick , dynamite had eluded the guards ar ! entered the stockade which surround
 the Deutschland. The police said tf
 incident had not been reported to thel
 and efforts to verify it from officia , of the Eastern Forwarding compar were unavailing.