New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
U-Liner's Light
a Beacon to Spies
lFrom star Correspondent Of The TribuneI

tFrom a Star Correspondent of The Tribunal
"On Board Tribune Launch, Patapsco
River, Baltimore, July 25.-If the pur-
pose of the resourceful little captain
Of the Deutschland is TO wear out the
feet of enemy boats that hopes to send
him and his craft to the bottom OF the
Atlantic by an excess of watchful wait
ing il seems that he is in fair way
TO succeed.
Drawn from their several hiding
places about the murky inlets of the
Patapsco River by the sudden move
mcnts aboard the great submarine last
night, scores of eyes tonight are glued
TO the one green light that marks the
position of the undersea boat behind It's
barricade of barges and boxes. The
eyes have watched this spot for more
than twentyfour hours, now, and no
body knows whether the moment for
action will come within half an hour or
week.
II is evident that the crew of the
Deutschland has everything in readi-
ness for the dash TO open waters and
the longed for protection of a smooth
ocean bottom. The tug Thomas Tim
Minis has moved over where il is in
position to carry out the threat TO ram
any craft that gets in the path of lts
charge after that boat gets in motion.
Submarine Ready to Depart.
Smoke from her tunnels and the oc-
casional squirt of blue gray vapor from
the exhausts of the Deutschland prove
that her engineer is keeping a close
watch on the mechanical parts.
All of last night the nose of the sub
marine protruded mockingly from an
opening in the burlap hangings be
tween the barricading barges, and all
night it succeeded in keeping the crews
Of several boats, whose masters are
concealing their identity, in states
verging on nervous prostration.
That the German sailors welcomed
the respite of at least one day-pos-
sibly more-from the task of plunging
into the unknown perils of Chesa-
peake Bay was evident from their re-
marks to-day. Instead of the nervous
irritabiity that was so evident yester-
day, the sailors smiled and seemed al
most cheerful to-day.
"The harbor looks mighty good this
morning even if it is foggy and driz-
cling" said one of the Deutschland's
crew as he gazed al the uninspiring
picture presented by tie Patapsco. 81
had an idea last night that we might
never see IL again, orr
He did not finish the sentence, but 1t
was evident that he referred to the
thought that IS uppermost in the minds
Of all of his associatesZthat the plunge
into the open waters beyond Capes
Henry and Charles may be the last OF
the Deutschland and its daring crew.
Bernstorff Due To-day?
During the afternoon several visit
ors who had been of the fortunate few
now permitted TO go beyond the bar
riers surrounding the submarine casu-
ally announced that Ambassador Won
Bernstorff probably would dine with
Captain Paul Koenig and his officers to-
morrow.
The remarks were so obviously
casual. and bits of information from
the interior of the barrier are so few
and far between, that il is generally be
lieved they must have been let drop for
a purpose. Those who are presumptu-
Gus enough TO endeavor to guess what
is passing in the mind of the resource
full master of the Deutschland assert
that this announcement can serve no
other purpose than to throw watchers
off the trail and cover a sudden de-
parture of the boat tonight.