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Show AIRFREIGHTERS to st oe THEATLANTIG j Captain Koenig Tells Visi-l Visi-l tors to the Deutschland a Bigger Surprise Is in Store for Them. VON BERNSTORFF SEES SUBMARINE Congratulates Skipper and Shows Enthusiasm; German Ger-man Sailors at the White House. BALTIMORE, July 13. Count von Berustorff, the Gorman embassador, spent an hour aboard the German submarine sub-marine merchantman Deutschland today, to-day, lie inspected the vessel from stem to stern, had the intricate machinery and instruments aboard explained to him and personally congratulated Captain Cap-tain Koenig upon bringing his vessel safely to America through waters infested in-fested with hostile war craft. Two attaches of tho German embassy, embas-sy, tho German consul in Baltimore and Mayor Preston, accompanied the embassador em-bassador on his visit to the submarine. The intense heat inside the hull of the vessel, generated by sun rays beating upon the deck and sides, prevented the party from remaining longer than an hour. The embassador told Captain Koenig that he would send to him before the Deutschland starts on her return voyage voy-age soveral packets of official papers wliich he desires to have delivered intact in-tact to the Berlin foreign office. Some of these documents embassy ofticials have been reluctant to trust in the regular mails because it was considered likelv they would fall into the hands of British censors. Envoy Enthusiastic. The embassador was enthusiastic as he emerged from the conning tower of the Deutschland. "It is a wonderful boat, and. with as courageous a crew as ever sailed the sea, has made a wonderful voyage," said he. "I climbed up and down every hatchway, looked into every compartment compart-ment and had my first experience with a periscope. ''Captain Koenig did not tell me just when he expects to leave for Germany, but I presume it will be soon after he has his return cargo aboard. Ho is in complete charge or the vessel and has his orders from Berlin. His craft is a private one; just as much so as any North German Lloyd liner. My visit wrr entirelv nil official. ' ' The embassador arrived in Baltimore this afternoon from New York. Prior to visiting the submarine he attended a luncheon at the Germania club, given in honor of Captain Koenig. Tonight ho was present at a dinner given by Mayor Preston to the commander of the submarine. He made reservations on a late train for New York. Air Freighters Being Built. City officials who visited the submarine subma-rine today quoted Captain Koenig as saying that Zeppelin airship freighters are being built in Germany for trans-Atlantic trans-Atlantic service. "To you." Captain Koenig was quoted as saying, ' ' the trip of the Deutschland is a great achievement. You mustn't be too enthusiastic over it, for a bigger surprise is coming. A great Zeppelin airship, or maybe I should say airships, are being built in Germany. In the not distant future one or more of them will sail through the United States. Just as sure as the Deutschland came to America so will the Zeppelins come." The Deutschland, having discharged her cargo, is undergoing some minor repairs, which are being made by members mem-bers of the crew. A barge has been moored alongside the vessel and on it a miniature machine shop has been set up. There mechanics from the Deutschland Deutsch-land worked all day. Their task seemed to havo been completed tonight and the work of loading the return cargo, consisting principally of crude rubber and nickel, should begin tomorrow tomor-row or next day. Thousands of persons have visited the dock where the Deutschland lies. Some have viewed the craft from the shore, but almost as many have come as close as possible in launches and yachts. Guards and policemen are maintaining a vigorous watch to prevent visitors from"comiu(r too close. Before the return re-turn cargo is placed aboard the vessel it will be carefully inspected. Smaller Than Reported. itnlnadiner of the cargo of the Ger man supersubmarine Deutschland was completed early today and the ship's rise revealed that the estimates of her size have been exaggerated. Instead of being more than 301) feet loug and thir-tv thir-tv loet wide, her iength is not more than 250 feet and her width is less than twentv live feet. Her over-all draft, lifureil submerged, shows that she needs af least thirty-two feet for complete submergence. Through all the feverish ' activity oi the last hours of the unloading the tug Thomas F. Timniins played the strong beams of a powerful searchlight all about, sweeping the waters, the shore lines and the Deutschland 's deck. A smaller powered searchlight which had been set up on the motorboat Efco reached corners that were beyond the Timmins's light. The crew of the Deutschland decided to turn over to the Red Cross fund the $10,000 gift for valor from a New Yorker. The last case of dyestuffs composing the Deutschland 's cargo was lifted out at 9 a. m. The stevedores at once set about making the hold ready for the return cargo of nickel and crude rubber. rub-ber. Regarding reports of the forming of a company in the United States to con struct merchant submarines, lleury G. Hilkcn of the Eastern Korward'.r.g com-panv, com-panv, the local agency for the Deutsh-iaud. Deutsh-iaud. admitted tnat the project is under un-der serious consideration. "If the plan succeeds," Mr. Ki'.ken said, "the line will consist of Amevi-eun-buiit shins, manned by Au'erican seamen and tivitig the American 1l:lg. It will ply between Baltimore aud Bremen. Bre-men. Promoters of the enterprise, Mr. Hil-ken Hil-ken said, consisted for the present of himself, his son. Paul II. L. Tlilken. and Simon Luke, submarine inventor. The vessels, if the line materializes, will have a tonnage of ;")0O0 and will be five times as large as the Deutschland. Mr. Hilkcn added. Thev will be used en- . tirely for commercial purposes. |