The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-07-22
hip OF UNDERSEA
CRAFT THRILLING
W Of Voyage Of German U-
,oat Across Ocean Out
rivals Fiction.
rILE SHIPS ARE DODGED
,--,rine, During Hazardous 1900
h, Run. Submerged Many Times
10 Escape Possible Attack
From Enemy.

s,dmore. Md.-Pi"rUreS nf adyrn-
I. 10 less thrilling than rhp~" which
4, pages Of Jules Ncrnr.S Twenty
,,rSnd Leagues Under the Sea" are
] a I'D BY the amazing story Of the
I S the German U-b"at peurSch-
|. ,cross the Atlantic uc"an-a voy-
!. hat has been pronounced the most
sur in the history Of The sea.
Ne story Of the remarkable voyage
y Ay this Submarlne-rhe first to
= the Atlantic Ocran-rhrough "a
D Of hostile warshipS, has been told
issy by Capt. Paul koenig, com
Auter Of the undersea craft.
.lsnig was modest about II all. lie
few words Of praise for his
: and none for himself. When he
Ike Of the fatherland his eyes spar
! and his whole body twitched with
.sness. When he talked OF Just
<ypng down when h. saw n de-
lyer' his voice was calm.
Would He Surrender
st once did he display real emo
j That was when toward the end
he interview this question was
ttisnly shot at him:
suppose on your way back. just
yOO left the Virginia capeS, you saw
lsstrOyer bearing merCileSSly down
Ior you. Suppose there wasn't time
lodge. wasn't time to Submergp.
l,t would you do? Would you sur
Ed1!"
ne underSea shippers face turned
hidden red that looked queer under
thick weather tan. His hands
hched. his eyes flashed. then slowly
7 word painfully thought out. came
answer:
Would surrender? I-Couldn't
sbOut that-pOSitively | can't. |
b knOw-surrender? | think the
lasnt would bring the decision. Yes.
7 moment would carry its own de-
.n"
nat was the spoken reply. but in
y bit OF the mans tone. in every
Inc OF his face could be read the
inSwer-Capt. Paul Koenig has no
1uOn that the Deutschland shall
AL into enemy hands.
Fears No Enemy warship.
10 he has every confidence that
VII take the Deutschland back TO
'sen loaded with the rubber and
~ that the Fatherland 50 Graves
. munitiOn factories.
W ten, dozen. twenty cruisers
fae will not stop US" he exclaimed.
I VIII GO back: we will 60 back
Z And We will come again. and
~ will come and trade will 90
and forth, and the British block
mat will be a thing 10 laugh AT.
'ne future Of the submarine has
Oeen proved 10 be unlimited" he
eted, There is practically no
-mum to their capacity: their
IAnism has been perfected: we
Nown that they do anything any
Nip can do. and more besides.
l'Out that | am positive. The
'ns OF the Deutschland. $500 miles
Auerlca, and her arrival with a
= OF almost ten thousand miles
WIN fuel and water and supplies
eerything for that much travel
a0oaru' shows that you can go
submarine simply where you
p TO 60"
= is a small man. ordinarily
as until he begins TO talk. when
'0'ce and personality become ar
: apparent.
eirst Submarine Trip.
~ d the first questions asked of
Hought one OF the most Surpris-
epnes OF the Interview. Request
N" IN detail of all the submarine
.uVe ne had before being select
I4t: ~ ''0SS'NS' he rep''ed
you see | have nor had any.
% We practicpd after We went
G We practiced a great deal.
\ %uon know. Submarines I.
= = know now. ~
:, as i fun? Sometimes. yes Most
Iun In the English channel.
!, nay ten hours on the bottom
auu Comfortable. Some of us
,Na. u some OF Us read. and most
|, ened H to our graphophone rlav-
Oeautiful song from Peer Cynr~ Sc
aooVe us ragged the destrovars
a. ~sers that would have tb,rcb-
~, .ery choicest ot prey had thev
, n s what lay hidden there no
d M II was not a Ian- ten
|, We drank a little cbomnor,a
h., ''e and attended to the ma
I'VE We didn't submerre hec,rse -
assed." 80 NOT once We're
now They Submerged.
nDIs moe vivid about qdven.
s. suia be drawn from K5en;c ,han
l. nns Of these times we iusr
|, an As far as his words Won, .ha.
k.s. here was to it. A vessel sci ,,-as w"s
The Deutschland was o,,ir,,I,, T
, s she ran along under water
une' and then-she came m
= u OH her hatches for fresh air,
hcers and men went -,
'Aelr rest or their play.