The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-02
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CARGO |5 WORTH
OVER S1Q0DQQ00
MADE UP MOSTLY OF
DYES AND CHEMICALS
Capt. Koenig Gives Interesting
Account of His Second
Daring Trip.

NEW LONDON. Conn, Nov. l.
Ten million dollars worth of dyestuffs
and drugs, and, it was said. "poSsibly
stocks. bonds and precious stones,
comprise the cargo of the German sub
marine merchantmen Deutschland. aC-
COrQing to statement Tonight by Cap
tain Paul KOenig. commander 0t the
craft.
The Deutschland l., ~ this port. af-
ter having succeeded in making :, sec
ond voyage from 4 German port 10 the
American coast. despite the WaIchIu.
ness of British and French war YES
sells.
First OF the undersea merchantmen
by use of which Germany hopes TO
keep open 4 trade route with The
United States, the Deutschland, aC-
COrding 10 her captain. Is al present
the only vessel of that fleet The Bre-
men, which started Il voyage from the
city for which she WAS named on Au-
gust 96, has been given up rs lost.
He thought she must have struck a
mine" but he added, she has not
fallen victim 10 this almost block
ade. am sure of that" The Amerl-
ka, which some reports have Indicated
was II merchant submarine captured
by the British. never existed. Captain
koenig asserted. Il must keep up lhlS
traffic alone. that is. the DeutSchland
must" he said. "ln fortnight small
be gone. | hone TO return before tie
end Of the year.
II was possible. the navigator salu
that other merchant submarines WcuId
be built by that time.
In Il summary of his voyage. just
completed, Captain koenig, who re-
turned with decorations from German
royalty and marks of recognition for
his pioneer voyage, said this was Il
quiet trip" Recital of its incidents ae-
ycloped matters of lively interest.
Ducked Under Warships-
The Deutschland did not lie on the
ocean floor this time as in the VOYAGE
which ended al Baltimore last July.
The submarine instead varied me mo-
notony OF its sailing under wafer OF
on the surface with occasional uouReS
beneath vessels idpnuted as warShlpS
Of beligerent nationality. or tnougnt
to he. Seven times. Captain koenlg
said he muneuyered in this Way. The
last time WAS off Nantucket yester,
dav. when he sighted -four lunneled
steamer" and dived beneath her.
'"The storms gave Us more trouble
than this sO-called blockade. he con-
tinued. We were brset by heavy
southwest gales for days, and they
were with us most Of the way across.
Fog also hindered us. We might as
well have been submerged, the Wealh-
er was so thick at times.
The super-structurc Of the DeutSCh-
land was dented by the blows OF the
seas. but she suffered no severe dam-
age her commander Said.
Leaving Bremen on Oci. /, inc
Deutschland had moved only a short
distance out Of the harbor when she
came in collision with d tug WhichI
"was 50 foolish as 10 run INTO Us,
said CAPTAIN Koenig. The Deutsch-
Hand was forced 10 return Tor repairs.
The venture was begun again on Oct;
10, and the engines after being started
that day, were not stopped unlit INC
Deutschland came into the slip pre-
pared for her here.
"A heavy southwest millr was on
when We went through the North sea-
crossing between Scotland ana Lne
! Orkney islands in the Fair channcl.
| | took the shortest course on the chart
for New London.
! THE blockading ships were many,
but we passed them, or rather went
,undar them. The storm followed us
and we we're tossed many hours.
CAPTAIN KoeniG said the Deutsch-
land was kept under way in surface
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