The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-18

t was very simple.

lt was very simple,
 From the North Sea, we went straight through the English Channel which is alive with warships, and on the night of the fourth day we sub merbed and remained still all night on the ground. on the bottom Of Che channel. There were lots of cruisers near us. we knew, and it was very foggy. So we thought it wise not To take any chances and gave the order to submefge for the night and until there had been clear weather The next morning an was we'll and we proceeded through the channel into the Atlantic ocean without inci- dent
 Before beginning our trip" he said. i've had several weeks of prac tice in our vessel in the Baltic Sea- so that the members of the crew might thoroughly lamiliarize them selves with her We left Bremen without any ceremonies. Of course that was necessary, because the voy- age was to be kept secret Out side of the owners and the admiralty. no one knew where we were going except Mir Fee, the American consul at Bremen, from whom it was nee essary to obtain our bin of health. !, l am sure Mir Fee kept the secret we'll
 "When we got Co Helgoland we de- cided it was best Go stay there a little while. We could not be abso- mtely sure that news of our depart ure might not reach the British ad. miraIty and we thought it prudent to tarry and fool the British ships ! if they were hunting especially for us
 "When we left Bremen we had i 19O tons of fuel oil aboard and there are now 95 tons left In the tanks ! We had twenty tons of water when we started and still have ten left
 our voyage proves that a submar. inc of the Deutschland type can go anywhere in the world She has a cruising radius of 13.000 miles
 Captain Konig was asked to eN- plain what devices the Deutschland | had for finding her way under water and avoiding danger
 "We have two" he said "One is l the microphone and the other sounding appartus With the micro phone you can hear submarine bell buoys six miles away and the propel- | lors of ships still further. By the tone of the noise made by the screw 1 of a vessel you can tell her type. A destrOyer's makes a loud hum; cruisers Is lower
 Sounding Apparatus
 "The sounding apparatus can be worked while we are running sub merged. and is let down through the : bottom of the boat through a tube equipped with valves. In this sub marine we can do everything under the surface that we can do on it. We can drop anchor while submerged cruise below the surface four days if necessary. or lie still on the bot tom until our food and water gives out. And you can believe me that we can carry a large quantity or both"
 Captain Konig was asked how he and his men employed their time while making the voyage.
 well" he said. I've had phono- graphs. They were source Of much entertainment We had about lOO records. There were some American ragtime songs. some marches and some dances. Selections from Peer Gynt are what we played to pass away the time at the bottom Of the English channel No, we didn't have record of 'Tipperary.
 AS described by Dr. John C. IraN' CTS. assistant health officer who was taken through the boat by cap tain Konig. the Deutschlands inter. l for appears to be mainly a mass or machinery She has but one deck below and a seventeen fott depth or hold for her cargo. Dr. Travers des' l cended through the forward hatch l where he found the crews quarters hunks on either side of narrow passageway leading to compartments l occupied by the captain and his two l officers. The captains room IS scarcely six feet square and Darely | high enough for a man to stand
 IL is furnished an in metal with | the exception of a small oak desk | Directly beneath the officers quarters is the dynamo which stores electri' cal energy to drive the vessel when ! submerged.
 Next Dr. Trayers was taken into the officers mess room, scarcely larg | CT than the staterooms, with a galley | built with all the economy of space | of Pullman dining car kitchen. Att | of the mess room, one-third the | ships length from the stern, are the | sabmerglng machinery and two per iscopes.
 Wonderful Machinery
 "I never saw such a mass of ma-I chinery in my life" said Dr. Trayers