The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-10
FIRST SUBMARINE
Liner ARRIVES
At BALTIMORE
Deutschland Crosses Atlantic with
Cargo Of Dyestuff
MADE TRIP IN SIXTEEN DAYS
Undersea Craft viii Return to Ger.
many Loaded With NickIe and
Crude Rubber.

The worlds first submarine mer-
chantman, the German underwater
liner Deutschland, anchored below
Baltimore last night after voyaging
safely across the Atlantic, passing the
allied blockading squadrons and elud-
ing enemy cruisers watching for her
off the American coast. She carries
mail and a cargo OF $50 tons of costly
chemicals and dyestuffs, and Is to
carry back home similar amount of
nickel and crude rubber sorely needed
by the German army.
Sixteen days out from Bremerhaven
to Baltimore, the submarine reached
safety between the Virginia capes at
Las o'clock yesterday morning, pass
ing in on the surface covered by a
heavy pail of darkness which settled
over the entrance of the bay with the
setting of tell-tale haIf-moon. Once
inside, the visitor threw caution aside
and began shrieking her siren signal
ing a pilot and at the same time at
tracing the attention of the tug
Thomas A. Timmons, which had been
waiting in the lower bay for nearly
two weeks to greet the Deutschland
and convoy her into port
Three hours later, at 445 o'clock
yesterday morning, the big submarine
started up the bay under her own pow
er with the German merchant flag fly
ing, piloted by Capt. Frederick d.
Cooke of the Virginia pilots associa-
tion and conveyed by the Timmons.
She was making more than IL knots
and could have docked in Baltimore
last night, but arrangements had been
made for receiving her with formal
ceremonies today and her captain was
ordered to wait in the lower harbor.
He and his crew of 20 men remained
aboard their craft.
The novel project was conceived
about nine months ago, Mr.. Hilken
said, by F. A. Lohmann, head of
Bremen exporting and importing con-
cern, who organized the Ocean navi-
cation company Mr.. Lohmann is the
son of former director-general OF
the North German Lloyd steamship
company, and has several important
German commercial interests associ-
| ated with him.
The undersea liner. Mr.. Hilken un-
derstands, is about 315 feet long and
80 feet beam, and is propelled by two
great Deisel oil engines. She Is as
large, if not larger, than ony of the
| German naval submarines, and car
| ries $50 tons dead weight OF cargo.
| IN 1ntaflc ~ hnr M,.
Hilken said he was lacking in infor-
| nation.
Mr. Hilken is an American and his
firm has been in business at Baltimore
| operating ships under the American
flag since 1924. Carl A. Luederitz, the
| German consul, Is member Of the
firm. When she will return and
whether it is planned to have her
make regular transatlantic trips, Mr..
| tiilken refused to say.
This project was conceived" he
said, "by German commercial in.
teTests, who wanted to reopen trade
with the United States. We need some
of Germanys commodities and Ger
many needs some of ours. 1t is a
purely commercial proposition, and
that is all there is to it. The time has
not yet come when Zeppelins can cross
the ocean, so these Bremen merchants
thought they'd try a submarine. l
have kept the secret, Of course, all
this time to insure the success of the
| project. We expected her several
days ago. Her crew must have en-
dured great hardship. and to them the
credit for the success of the undertake
ing is chiefly due"
If present plans are carried out the
public will not be allowed to inspect
the undersea wonder nor will anybody
except the federal authorities be al
lowed to board her.