The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-02
ALLIES WARSHIPS
ARE WAITING FOR HER
Two AerOplanes Which Are
lowering Over the Scene
Are Supposed to Have
Come from u. S. Cruiser
with Purpose to Observe
Neutrality of Smile Limit

Newport News, Va, Aug. 2.-The
Deutschland was sighted off Tangier
sound this morning. she was still head.
ing toward the lower bay at high rate
of speed.
Two aeroplanes were seen flying over
the lower Chesapeake bay at Hampton
Roads at daybreak. 1t is believed that
they came from the armored cruiser
North Carolina on neutrality patrol
off the Virginia capes.
Passengers on an incoming liner say that
when the ship approached the capes only
one foreign warship was sighted. They
saw an object like a buoy which they
thought supported nets.
No word has been heard from the
Bremen. Word from Baltimore says that
preparations are going on at the pier
just vacated by the Deutschland to re-
ceive another submarine. Agents of the
boats state the company have cargoes
stored in every large port on the At
lantic aboard
Baltimore, Aug. 2.-On the second an
niversary of Germany's declaration OF
war against Russia, the German subma
rne merchantmen Deutschland, set out
from Baltimore on a return voyage to
Germany with declaration of conf |
denee from her commander, Captain Paul |
Koenig, that he would take her home /
in spite of the heavy odds she would
face when the three mile limit in the At |
lantic is reached
The submersible was towed out of the |
slip where she was berthed % days ago
at $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Aft |
er getting into midstream the towline
of the tug Thomas Timmfns was cast |
off and the Deutschland proceeded down
the Patapasco river under her own pow
er.
Captain Koenig and his army Of q
men put to sea with the knowledge that
a man hurried to telephone with a
message to agents for the entente allies
that the Deutschland had started, but
the little captain went out of Baltimore
harbor smiling and waving his cap. His
last words in the harbor were of praise
for America and for his treatment here
by Baltimore customs authorities.
Captain Koenig knew that eight war
ships of the entente allies were waiting
for him at the edge of the three mile
limit, spread out in radius of five
miles. 1--WE shall have to pass unseen
within that radius in order to escape he
said. 'We shall have to make that pas
sage under conditions not entirely ad
to US. Were the water at
that point $50 deep, it would be easier.
We could submerge deeply enough to
pass underneath the warships. But the
water there is not $50 feet deep. We
shall, therefore, have to pass between the
There were not more than hundred !
persons in the vicinity of the pier when
the Deutschland came out from behind !,
the screen of barges, and beside two
newspaper dispatch boats there were
only four launches in the stream. But
the spectators cheered and waved hand
kerchiefs in unison with the cheering and :
waving from the sailors on board the in. :.
Termed North German Lloyd steamer
Neckar. The sun was setting in a clear
western sky and its rays were reflected
rom the still waters as the little craft
started on its way. On the coming tow A
n of the submersible, at the feet of her
there was a huge basket of
USES anu Aillit iONtiss lDt ldRJ RllI OI 1
Baltimore admirer. "
The final movements in connection
With the departure of the Deutschland a. ~
iegan few minutes before o'clock At :,
hat hour unusual activity was noticed
board the Neckar, A little later the
oast guard cutter Wissahekon was OBJ q,
erved making its way into the inner ~
asin. Then the harbor police boat Ian -
an came up to the pier where the sub j.
lersible was berthed. -
At $50 O'Clock the Lannan pulled out
t the slip, the Wissahickon pulled away
nd finally the Timmins backed further
4 to attach her line. At $40 the Tim
lins slowly moved out of the slip and u
hen it was seen that her tow line was
ttached to a seagreen hulk cheer went
p from the watchers. +,
The manifest of the Deutschland's re- -
irn cargo has not been made public. N,
ut in addition to large quantities of III
ude rubber yld nickel it is believed she IA
lrries several hundred thousand dollars nj
gold. III