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Deutschland Readies to Sail From Baltimore
In Baltimore on July 21 Captain Paul Koenig and Captain Frederick Hirsch studied river charts as the Deutschland merchant submarine prepared to depart. A duplicate cargo manifest and a report of 4 million dollars in gold circulated, with insurance underwritten in New York. Political figures and German sources predicted Bremen would reach the coast soon.
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Baltimore
Paul Koenig
Ger
Deutschland
Patapsco River
Chesapeake Bay
Frederick Hirsch
Neckar
Koenig
Custom House
New York
Claude Kitchin
House of Representatives
Egan
New Jefey
Liebel
Wenneylvania
Smith
Michigan
Igoe