Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-02


NEW LONDON. Nov, ten mil
~ lion dollars worth of dyestuffs
and drugs and. It was said. possibly
stocks, bonds and precious stones"
comprise the cargo of the German
submarine merchantmen Deutschland,
according to a statement tonight by
Capt. Paul ltoenig. commander OF
the craft.
The Deutschland Is IN this port after
having succeeded In making IA second
American coast despite the watchful-
ness OF British and French war
vessels
First of the undersea merchantmen
by use of which Germany hopes to
keep open trade route with the
United States. the Deutschland. ac-
cording to her captain Is at present
the only vessel OF that fleet. The
Bremen, which started a voyage from
the city after which she was named
on August 26, he said. has been given
up ms lost. He thought she must
have struck mine.'' but he added
she has not fallen II victim TO this
almost blockade, ! am sure OF that"
Was no AIncrilsn.
The Amerika, which some reports
have indicated was a merchant sub
marine captured by the British never
existed, Captain Koenig asserted ~
must keep up this traffic alone for the
present. that is the Deutschland
must" he said. "In n fortnight shall
a | IN hAf ha
end Of the year"
1t was possible, the navigator stated.
that other merchant submarines
would be built by that time.
In n summary OF his voyage Just
completed. Captain Koenig. who re-
turned with decorations from German
royalty as marks OF recognition for his
pioneer voyage, said this was "a quiet
trip" Recital of It's Incidents, how
ever developed matters of lively in
terest. The Deutschland did not lie
on the ocean floor this time as in
the voyage which ended at Baltimore
last July. The submarine instead,
varied the 'nonotony of its sailing
under water or on the surface with
occasional lodges beneath vessels
Identified as warships of belligerent
nationality or thought to he. Seven
times Captain Koeng said he maneu-
vered In this way The last time was
off Nantucket yesterday when he
sighted "four-funncled steamer
and dived beneath her. Tho storms
gave us more trouble than this So
called blockade" he continued. 1--WE
were beset by heavy southwest gales
FOR days and they were with us most
ot the way across. Fog also hndered
us. We might as we'll have been sub.
marined the weather was so thick at
tines
Tho superstructure of the Deutsch.
land was dented by the blows of the
seas, but she suffered no severe dam
ages. her commander said
Leaving Bremen on October tho
Deutschland had moved only a short
distance out OF the harbor when she
came In collision with a tug. The
Deutschland was forced to return for
repairs The venture was begun again
on october 10 and the engines after
being started on that day were not
stopped until the Deutschland came
into tho slip here.
Kept Under Surface.
Captain Koenlg said the Deutsch-
land was kept under way on the sur
face during most OF the disturbance,
but at times he had her submerged
and under water she moved up and
down easily with the seas"
So severe was the storm that at
times the submarine made only a mile
an hour headway. In all she was
delayed three days. her captain fig
ured, and fuel was consumed at a
rate far In excess of normal. The
Deutschland was still supplied for
NEARLY thirty days" when she came
In. he said.
During the trip of $500 miles the
Deutschland travelled under water less
than one hundred miles, "95. | should
think" Captain Koenig said
Not Much Blockade.
They call 1t blockadel You can
Judge how much 1t blocks" the skip
per exclaimed
The submarine brought no medi-
cine that might contain relief from
infantile paralysis. There is such
serum in Germany. Captain koenis
said, but its development requires test
through monkeys.
"Thero are no more monkeys In