The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
MERCHANT U-BOAT HERE
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stuffs and medicine consigned to ;
baltimore firm.
The Deutschland is 800 feet long ant
tarries a crew of 80 men.
Was Chased by Warships.
/ It is said that she submerged when
ever she saw any vessel on the chance
that it might be a warship. The Eng
fish government was not among those
who regarded the transatlantic SUD
Emersible as joke, and the report Is
that the Deutschland was chased for 81
hours by French and English warships
She submerged and eluded them by
|ltraveling out of her course 500 miles
| Because she was forced to make TINS
idetour she has the record for submar
Line travel. The longest trip previous
" made by any submarine was the o.
500 miles from Kiel to COnstantlnople
made by the U boat that sank the Bit
IIsh battleship Majestic. 1t Is SAID thd'
the Deutschland travelled ALSO miles
n 800 of this being under water.
She ran through the North Sea SUI
merged practically all the time. She
was forced to submerge again TOT
time when she got two-thlrds Oh the
lway across, when she sighted a Du1cn
merchant vessel in her path. And some
500 miles off the Virginia coast she
was frightened out to sea again ioi
q distance of some 200 miles by enemy
.warships. But on her return she was
able to come to the surface a hundfeu
miles from land and was not forced 10
submerge again.
The Deutschland was met OFF cape
Henry by the tug Thomas F. Ilminoil'
;of the Eastern Forwarding Company
She had been awaiting at the capes
for the past Ii days And a couple Vi
DAYS ago Capt, F. Ilinsch, the marine
SUPERINTENDENT os13dse Ocean Trans
portation Company" as the new mef-
chant submarine line is called, went
ON hoard the Timmons. He is now
directing the plotting OF the Deu's'"'
land up the bay. .
Will Make Regular Trips.
eve have proved" he told memoei9
of tho Virginia pilots Assoclalon'
..bat the English blockade amounts 10
oth;pe There will be more suplliai'
mos from Germany. They will be max
ing regular trips just like the Dig l,n-
ers from England in few weeks We
will have them coming in at Ne" u Il
and other American ports.
This boat is in excellent cohoition
c,,o bod on,v two mishaps, and these
DELAYED her but slightly. She hao ''o"'
,,,o with her motors and underwater
,;u,+s hit she carried extra suppiie'
.na the trouble was quickly repaire"'
rho man who first sighted 'h0
on her arrival In tnlS 0o''"
,rv was James M. Fesmire' VINO r"n'
40 motor tug Eco of the North Ger
man JJoyd. Capt Hinsch, wanting
na rticularly efficient crew for the l.ln
mons when he started her on her Vls'
off the capes Is days ago, pickeu re'
n,;re and today he has shown tha' A0
doesn't regret it by giving Fesm're q
bonus for his COOL eyesight.
Fesmire is a young fellow Is years
old with keen brown eyes and tahheu
skin. nav
1--WE were lying in LynnhaVeh DA'
lac, night. he said. "My friend, freo-
er,ck HAYES. and were keeping wa.cn
IN the Timmons. We were stahuihs
together aft looking out to sea when
, cav some lights. thought o'u'
ANYWAY. but the next minute WASH
e,re had made them out through my
classes which were especially goou'
and 7 said to Hayes, Whats that!
Jiohts Made to Fool.
"Her lights rose up one above 'lie
other. first very bright and then the
next minute they would be dlmmeu'
They are arranged to fool enemy wal
ships. and they certainly do IT, lhes
fooled me so much that at first dlo
not dare report her to Captain Hinsch
for fear of being wrong. thoueh'
she might be a big liner. first got
sight of her at 1920, but II was hdii
an hour later before l told Hinscn.
When he heard about it he was the
happiest man in the world. Full steam
ahead he shouted. And John Selig
that's our engineer-certainly did
steam up. She made straight Tor u.s.
too--recognizing our lights-and IN
two hours she was alongside.
There were six men ! could see,
two forward. two aft and two on the
bridge. They were dressed in the
regular dark blue of the German mer-
chant ships, and the officers had white