Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-03
W|NKEO GOODBYE
WITH PER|SCOPE
AND DISAPPEARED
Submersion Was Made About
One Mile Outside Of
the Capes
UP TO WATCHING FLEET
TO CATCH HER If 1T CAN
Last Act Of Captain and Crew
Was "Three Cheers for
America"
BY Carl D. Groat.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Norfolk, Va, Aug. 3.-Somewhere in
the direction of Germany, safely past
the allied warship patrol, the submarine
merchantmen Deutschland is boring her
way through the Atlantic toward her
home port of Bremen. Reports coming
into Hampton Roads indicate the pion.
eer submarine blockade runner has not
poked her periscope above the water
since she submerged near the capes last
night. At that time the nearest British
warship was five miles distant, accord
ing to the tug Thomas F. Timmins,
which accompanied the Deutschland as
far as the capes.
Expectation of thrilling chase and
perhaps some sort of fight in con-
nection with the Deutschland s depar-
ture was disappointed. Folks on shore
saw nothing and sight seers who filled
big and little harbor craft saw little
more.
From Cape Henry came the word long
after sunrise that no sign had been
seen of the Deutschland. A single dis.
appointed British dog of war lay off
Cape Henry light and not arother ves-
sci was IN sight.
Conditions Favored Watchers.
Weather conditions favor the allied
patrol, however, not the Deutschland.
The cape observer reports clear sky
and only slight breeze.
The submarines actual submersion
was witnessed only by her pilot tug, the
Timmins, and those aboard the Timmins
were not close enough to be sure they
had seen the dive made until wave aft
err wave of the heavy sea had come up
and gone down without the submarine 3
light again showing.
The submersion was made about a
mile outside the capes, the Timmins'
crew reported when they put into Nor
folk early today.
Captain Hinsch, of the interned Ger
man liner Neckar, who was aboard the
Timmins, said the last act of Captain
Koenig and his crew before they went
below was to give three cheers for
America and the American people. This
was as they neared the capes. Then
all disappeared from the upper strue-
ture of the submarine, Captain Koenig
Being last to descend, shouting fare.
well to Captain Hinsch as he disap.
peared.
Captain Hinsch said the Deutschland
planned to submerge only during the
day time when well out to sea and in
the day time only when absolutely
necessary.
"She will proceed on the surface like
any other vessel at night as soon as out
of the danger zoDe," he said.
"We expect to hear from her-or
about heretofore she reaches Bre.
men,
"That's the last that will be seen of
her until she bobs up in Bremen" de-
clared Captain Hinsch.
Captain Zach Cullison, of the Tim
Minis, would only say; "I'm glad she IS
gone"
It Is the most worrysome bit of pilot
Captain Zach has had to handle in many
a day.
May Work Along Coast
It has been understood Captain Koe.
mig planned to work his way along
the coast, north or south after submerg-
ing, putting into some port if forced to
do so by the enemy patrol He desired
to dive out into the Atlantic, the mo
ment he was sure the patrol had been
avoided.
The United States cruiser North
Carolina, assigned to neutrality duty,
was ordered in from the capes today,
indicating the belief of government Of
ficials at least, that danger of neutral.
ity violation had passed.
The Deutschland appeared in the bay,
after spending the day in Tangier
Sound, 35 miles up, just about sunset
and was cutting across toward the capes
as darkness began to fall. She was
displaying red and green lights close
to the water, but soon put these out.
Approaching the cape sentry lightship
the submarine moved in close to shore
and held back while the Timmins pro-
ceeded some distance out, presumably
to determine If hostile vessels were in
sight. Presently she signaled and the
Deutschland moved on past the cape.
This was about o o'clock.
The Deutschland drew near enough
to her pilot tug to permit the shouting
Of farewells and the cheering for Amer.
lea and then the rolling water began to
pile up between them. She signaled
briefly with her periscope light. Then
that blinked out and the tug turned
back to Norfolk.