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THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1916.
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SUBMARINE LINER
PORT WITH DYES
German Reaches Chesapeake
Bay After 4000-Mile Voy
" age Made in 16 Days.
RETURN CARGO EXPECTED
Kaiser Sends Message to President
Wilson and U-Boat Also Has
Tons of Mall Ietour Made
to Avoid ' Enemies.
(Continued From First Page.)
here, the underwater liner's super
structure was standing 15 feet above
the water when she came in. Until
daylight she showed no flag, but the
German merchant ensign was raised
at sunrise. Stories were circulated
that British or French cruisers
chased her at sea Thursday, but
these could not be confirmed.
The boat is consigned to A. Schu
macher & Co., local agents of the North
German IJoyd line, and her cargo to
the Eastern Forwarding- Company, a
concern said to have been organized
within the past few weeks especially
to handle the business of underwater
liners. The latter company has a pier
and warehouse in which are stored the
goods to be loaded on the Deutschland
for her return trip.
in German quarters here the news of
the submarine's arrivel was hailed with
the keenest delight. Those who knew
of her coming had been concealing
alarm for two or three days, as she
was due to arrive about the middle of
last week. It is understood that she
has traveled more than 4000 miles,
,going some 800 miles out of her course
to avoid enemy ships.
Mission Purely Commercial.
The Deutschland is no converted war
craft, but a brand-new commerce car
rier built in Bremen and sent here
on a purely commercial mission, ac
cording to Henry G. Hilken. the senior
member of the Schumacher concern,
tine belongs to the Ozean Ithederei.
Limited (Ocean Navigation Company),
and was launched at Kiel in March.
The novel project was conceived
about nine months ago, Mr. Hilken said,
by F. A. Lohniann, head of a Bremen
export insr Rnd importing concern,, who
organized the Ocean Navigation Company.-
Mr. Lohmann is the son f a
former director-general of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company, and
has tne inupendent uermuii commer
cial interests associated with him.
The undersea liner, Mr. Hilken un
derstands, is about 315 feet long and
SO-feet beam, and is propelled by two
great Diesel oil engines. She is as
large as, if not larger than, any of
the German naval submarines, and car
ries 750 tons dead weight of -cargo.
As to details of her constructi6n, Mr.
Hilken said he was lacking in infor
mation. "Most of the information that was
sent to me," he said, "is probably care
fully tucked away in a pigeon-hole of
the British Admiralty office, but I do
not care now. The Deutschland is here,
nevertheless."
Co ii mil Is Member of Firm.
Mr. Hilken is an American, and his
firm has been in business operating
ships under the American flag since
1824. Carl A. Luederitz, the German
Consul, is a member of the firm.
To whom the Deutschland's cargo Is
consigned, Mr. Hilken said he did not
know, but he believed it was going to
several concerns bacjv in need of dye
stuffs. When she will return and whether
it is planned to have her make regular
trans-Atlantic trips, Mr. Hilken refused
to discuss.
"This project was conceived," he saivi,
"by German commercial Interests who
-wanted to re-open trade with the
United States. We need some of Ger
many's commodities and Germany
needs some of ours. It is a pureny com
mercial proposition.
"The time has not come when Zep
pelins can cross the ocean, so these
Bremen merchants thought they would
try a submarine. I have kept the de
tails secret, of course, all this time to
insure the success of the project. We
expected her several days ago. Her
crew imiht have endured great hard
ships and to them of course the credit
for the success of the -undertaking is
chiefly due."
Pnbllc Will Be Excluded.
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.
The pier of the Eastern Forwarding
Company was boarded up today to shut
out the view of the curious and the
Schumacher firm had arranged to sur
round the pier tomorrow morning with
a cordon of police. Mr. Hilken will
have at the pier a high-powered auto
mobile to rush the Deutschland captain
through the city on his errand to the
consulate and the custom-house.
Among those who met the Deutsch
land down the bay was Captain F.
Hinsch, marine superintendent of the
Ocean Transportation Company. To a
member of the Virginia Pilots' Associa
tion he Is reported as saying:
"We have proved that the English
blockade amounts to nothing. There
will be more submarines from Ger
many. They will be making regular
trips just like the big liners from Eng
land in a few weeks. We shall have
them coming in at New York and other
American ports.
"This boat is in excellent condition.
She had only two mishaps and these
delayed her only slightly. She had
trouble with her motors and her under
water lights, but she carries! extra sup
plies and the trouble was quickly re
paired." Detonr Said to Have Been Made.
The rumor that the Deutchland had
been pursued by allies' warships said
also that she was forced to submerge
and make a detour of 800 miles. Be
cause of this she has the record for
submarine distance travel. The long
est trip previously made by any sub
marine was 8500 miles, from Kiel to
Constantinople, made by the U-boat
that sank the British battleship Ma
jestic. It is said that the Deutschland
traveled 4180 miles.
She ran through the North Sea sub
merged practically all the time, it Is
said. She was forced to submerge
again for a time when she got two
thirds of the way across, when she
sighted a Dutch merchant vessel in
her path. Borne S00 miles of the Vir
ginia coast she was-compelled to go out
to sea again some 200 miles by sight
ing enemy warships. On her return,
she was able to come to the surface
100 miles from land and was not forced
to submerge again.
Reaching the Virginia coast early
this morning, the Deutschland re
mained far outside, knowing the cape
were guarded by enemy warships, and
rame in last night under cover of
darkness. He fleclared at one time he
was within 600 yards of a French
cruiser outside the cape, but passed
in unobserved.
According to reports brought into
Norfolk and credited to members of
the Deutschland's crew, the sub
mersible arrived off the capes late
Thursday, but was detected by the
English and French cruisers on guard
and was forced to run, the chase last
ing until Saturday morning before the
warships gave -up the hopeless task and
returned to their stations. This report,
which had not been confirmed tonight,
was to the effect that the Deutschland
went to sea nearly 300 miles before she
got rid of her pursuers, that she was
fired at several times and that the de
lay prevented her from reaching her
destination on scheduled time, - early
Friday morning.
Naval officers gave little credence to
the story, declaring it would have been
no hard matter to submerge and evade
the enemy ships, with the ss of a
few hours at the outside.
Man on Bridxc 'interviewed.
Off the quarantine station tonight
both the submarine and the tug Tim
mons dropped anchor to wait until
daylight. A yacht with Associated
Press representatives on board met the
Deutschland and her convoy off Sandy
Point about 8 o'clock tonight-and at
tempted to range alongside.
"Hello, Deutschland!" the newspaper
men shouted.
"Hello, what do you want? Who are
you?" came the reply in sharp tones
from the bridge of the submarine.
"Where do you come from and
when?"
"June 23. Helgoland."
"Did you have any accidents coming
over?"
"None." was the reply.
. "Did you see any British or French
ships?"
"None."
"Were you chased by any British or
French vessels near the coast?".
"No," answered the officer with evi
dent impatience. "I said I didn't see
any enemy ships."
Ship's Company on Seek.
At this point the submarine spurted
ahead, cutting short the interview. At
the same time the tug Timmons ap
proached the press boat, and a man on
deck, who said he was an agent of the
North German XJoyd, line, ordered the
newspapermen to keep off, saying there
would be no news until morning. The
yaeht followed until the quarantine
station was reached, but all further
questions were unanswered. The sub
marine was riding high from the water,
and almost the whole ship's company
walked about on the narrow deck.
Most of the men wore oilskins, but
the officer on the bridge stood, regard
less of the storm, in his blue coat and
white trousers.
Apparently the vessel is in perfect
condition after her long voyage. She
came up the bay with six or eight feet
of free board showing, with conning
tower standing high above. ,
On each side of her bow is painted
"Deutschland" and on her stern
"Deutschland-Bremen."
No Armament Is Vlnlble.
No sign of armament of any descrip
tion was visible on the outside.
The Deutschland is the first vessel
under the German merchant flag to
enter an American port since the early
days of the war, when Teutonic craft
raced in to save themselves from the
British warships. There are strong in
timations that she will not be the last.
According to reports another submarine
kelr-ady is on the way across and she
and the Deutschland are members of a
fleet of such vessels built or building
which will be employed regularly in
the trans-Atlantic service as long as
the war lasts.
It Is understood all of the boats
carry two guns of small caliber mount
ed in their superstructure so as to be
readily available for defensive use.
iAke charges infringement
Inventor's Company Expected to File
Libel on Deutschland
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 9. In an
effort to establish the American patents
on his type of submersible, Simon Lake,
treasurer of the Lake Torpedo-Boat
Company, of this city, said tonight that
the company in all probability would
libel the' German submarine Deutsch
land at Baltimore tomorrow.
The allegation, it is understood, that
the construction of the Deutschland in
volves an infringement of the Lake
patents.
The libeling- of the submarine, Mr.
Lake said, would not interfere with
her unloading or future movements, as
a bond probably would be filed to cover
the libel and the boat would be released
under the bona.
Mr. Lake, F. B. Whitney, chief counsel
for the company, and M. D. Blondet,
another lawyer, will . leave for Balti
more tomorrow to ' conduct their in
vestigation and will then decide
whether legal action shall be taken.
The Lake Company, it was said, holds
no patents in Germany, but it is alleged
that all the German submersibles are
built on fundamental principles of even
keel boats.
NEW YORK TO GET SUPPLIES
Hundred Tons of Drugs and Dyes
Consigned to Five Firms.
NEW TORK, July 9. The German
submarine Deutschland, which entered
the Virginia capes today, carries a
cargo of approximately 760 tons, of
which about 100 tons consists or cnem
icials and dyestuffs consigned to five
New York houses, it was rnnounced
here tonight.
Arrival of the undersea craft had
been anxiously awaited by the New
York consignees of her cargo. The
supplies she brought are those most
urgently needed in the drug trade and
to relieve the shortage of dyes. The
houses here to which shipments have
been sent are Radtsehe & Co., Cassels
Color Company, Herman Metz Company,
Berlin Drug Company and the Bayer
Company.
While the New York merci-ints knew
the submarine was on her way, they
had little detailed Information regard
ing the history-making voyage. They
estimated tonight that the submarine
carried 150 tons of mail which the
business men of Germany had been
unable to get past the British censor.
Practical Submarine Long
Ago Depicted by Verne.
Captain Nemo's Nanttlns, Shaped
Like Clarar, Heated, Lighted and
Driven by Electric Power.
THE great imagination of Jules
Verne, the French novelist, depicted
the modern submarine many years be
fore the construction of the first prac
tical under-sea boat.
In his "Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea," published in 1870,
Verne has Captain Nemo thus describe
the submarine Nautilus, which was
heated, lighted and driven by electrical
power:
" . . It is an elongated cylinder
with conical ends. It is very like a
cigar in shape, a shape already adopted
in London in several constructions of
the same sort.
"The length of this cylinder, from
stem to stern, is exactly 232 feet, and
Lit a maximum breadth is 28 feet. It Is
not built exactly like your long-voyage
steamers, but its lines are sufficiently
long, and its curves prolonged enough,
to allow the water to slide off easily
and oppose no obstacle to its pas
sage. . . . When completely im
mersed it displaces 60,000 feet of water,
and weighs 1500 tons.
"The Nautilus Is composed of two
hulls, one Inside, the other outside,
joined by T-shaped irons, which render
it very strong. . .
"The steersman is placed In a glazed
box. that is raised above the hull of
the Nautilus, and furnished with
lenses. ..."
U-LINER IS RATED
AS rtlERGHANTMAN
State Department Bases Pro
gramme on Statement
Vessel Is Not Arrned.
BRITISH TO FILE PROTEST
Allies' Contention Is That Subma
rine Is War Vessel and Could Be
Armed Easily ; Novel Phases
of Law Are Presented.
BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN.
WASHINGTON. July 9. (Special.)
The liner which passed through the
Virginia Capes today will be treated
by the United States Government as a
merchant ship.
The vessel will be permitted to dis
charge her cargo and to take on a
cargo for the return voyage and suffi
cient gasoline and other stores to en
able her to reach home.
This programme of the State Depart
ment is based upon the official report
that the German under-water boat is
not armed with torpedoes and is not
fitted with torpedo tubes. It has been
reported that she has no guns, but even
it sne has. and the claim should be
advanced that they are intended for
defensive purposes only, her status as
a merchant ship will not be changed.
in the view of this Government.
German Embassy Preparing Request.
The German Embassy is understood
to be sending a communication to the
State Department requesting that the
U-boat be treated as ' a merchantman
and setting forth the grounds for such
ction.
The British Embassy is preparing to
demand that the vessel be treated as a
warship and required to leave Ameri
can waters within "4 hours or interned.
The German contention is based on
the unarmed character of the ship and
the fact that she has a cargo r.board.
The British contention proceeds on
the assumption that a. submarine is in
character a . war vessel, and that it
would be an easy matter for such a
craft to equip itself with guns and
torpedoes from -a small vessel awaiting
it at sea.
Novel Problems Presented.
The State Departmt which had re
ceived information indicating, that a
U-boat would visit the United States,
cannot perceive any legal differences
between a surface, a sub-surface or
an under-water vessel.
A novel phase has developed a a
result of the arrival of the U-boat. It
was pointed out tonight that, even
granting that the U-liner row in the
Chesapeake can carry 1000 tons of
wheat, which is doubtful, and that 60
of the type were in operation, still this
supply would not be sufficient to feed
Germany.
It is the view of the naval officers
here that these craft will carry cargoes
of great value and small bulk, bringing
to the Unlfed States dyestuffs and the
like and carrying back tuiuol, rubber
and other raw materials vhich Ger
many must have for the prosecution of
the war.
It is recalled that large purchases of
tuiuol have been made by German
agents, and it was assumed that this
was for the purpose of preventing
American explosive works from execut
ing contracts with the allies.
British Fear Vessel Will Arm.
'The British government fears that
after obtaining supplies the U-boat will
put to sea. receive guns and torpedoes
from a waiting steamer and then start
on a career of commerce destruction.
It Is admitted the vessel did not at
tempt to torpedo any craft coming
across the ocean, and it is urged that
this probably was "because she desired
her merchant status unquestioned upon
her arrival, but it is asserted that this
Government has no guarantee as to her
conduct after her departure from the
Chesapeake. Ghe might sink vessels In
the trans-Atlantic trade and after her
fuel and munitions were exhausted put
into Cuba for a fresh supply of gaso
line and other stores, to which she
would be entitled.
Munitions could be shipped to her at
sea. From Cuba she could start out
on another commerce expedition and
eventually turn up in Venezuelan or
Colombian waters. Then she could re
sume her depredations and reappear in
an "American port.
Commerce Early Held In View.
This Government under international
law would be forced to treat her in such
case as a warship and require her de
parture after providing her with suf
ficient fuel and stores to reach home or
compel her internment.
The contention that a submarine can
be used only for war purposes Is not
regarded seriously by naval officers.
They point out that Simon Lake, an orig
inator of the submarine, developed this
craft for diving purposes, and that Hol
land, another Inventor, had commercial
operations in view in his early work.
The submarine, therefore, developed
from a commercial project Into a war
ship. Germany has reversed the order,
transforming the warship into a cargo
boat.
It is not at all Impossible, If the
United States permits the departure of
the U-liner, that the allies will serve
notice on this Government It will be
held responsible for any depredations
committed by the German craft.
Status Never Determined.
The status of such vessels has never
been passed on by an International law
tribunal. It Is fully expected that be
fore the U-boat leaves. Great Britain
will have a fleet of destroyers around
the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, al
though, of course, outside the three
mile limit, watting for the German
vessel to emerge. If they catch sight
of her, undoubtedly she will be sunk.
Here again a question arises: Shall
the United States insist that the princi
ple of visit and search be 'observed?
It has repeatedly demanded that such
principle be lived up to by the German
government. Now the shoe is on the
other foot.
BRITAIN MAKES CHANGES
Montague Succeeds Lloyd George as
Minister of .Munitions.
LONDON, July 8. Following the ap
pointment last week of David Lloyd
George as Secretary for War, official
announcement was made today of sev
eral other changes In the government.
Edwin Samuel Montague, Financial
Secretary to the Treasury, takes Lloyd
George's place as Minister of Munitions.
Thomas McKinnon Wood, Secretary of
State for bcotiana. becomes Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster and Finan
cial Secretary to the Treasury. Harold
J. Tennant, Parliamentary Under-Secre
tary for War, i- made Secretary of
State for Scotland.
Mr. Asquith has Invited Lord Curzon
to become permanent member of the
war committee.
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For War Estimated.
FIGURES BASED ON CENSUS
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War Figures Compared.
WASHINGTON, July . The Census
Bureau, while unable to answer specif
ically the question how many able
bodied citisens. of military age there
are In the United States, estimates that
the total number of male citizens and
those who have declared their inten
tion to become citisens, who are IS to
45 years old. inclusive, is not far from
21.000.000.
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approximately 10 per cent in the popu
lation of the country since the census
of 1910. When that census was taken
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prospective citisens IS years old and
over but under 48 was 19.1S3.000. Of
this number, 14,224,000 were native
whites, 2.857.000 were foreign-born
whites who had become' naturalised or
had declared their intention of doing
so, 2,053.000 were negroes and 60,000
were Indians.
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the seceding states, was less than one
fourth as great as the present popula
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total number of men serving in the
Federal Armies at one time and an
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617,013 Mississippi...
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143.S95 Utah
274..107'.vevada
879.7301 Washington.
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283.490
607.6S8
177.153
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434.041
414.454
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