The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-11
Other Big U-BOats Will
 Soon Be Crossing Atlantic
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 | America, said Captain Koenig, the l Deutschland travelled on the surface. | Once she submerged for 10 hours and 1 lay during that time on the bottom of the English channel to escape Brit 1 ish destroyers. Captain Koenig piloted 1 his vessel out of Bremen on June 14. | He went directly to Helgo1and, re- maining there nine days. On June 23 the submarine slipped away from the island fortress and the trip which end ed in Baltimore today was begun. After completing the formalities with the port authorities, Captain Koenig was invited to luncheon as the guest of honor
 of the German club and there delivered to Haniel Won Haimhausen, counsellor of the German embassy the packet of off cial correspondence destined to Count Von Bernstorff The counsellor had jour- neyed here from New York, was a guest with the Deutschland's master at the luncheon and went back to New York to- night
 CAPTAIN CONGRATULATED q have come here" said the embassy representative, ito present the personal compliments of Count Won Bernstorff to Captain koenig and to congratulate him upon his wonderful achievement. The am- bassador has no official interest in the Deutschland. Captain Koenig has turned over to me some correspondence which am taking back to the ambassador, but have no knowledge of its nature" Captain Koenig ate a hearty meal at the luncheon-fresh vegetables and fresh meat-the first he had tasted since his departure from Bremen He then re- turned to the offices of his agents and, meeting newspaper men, furnished them with details of his voyage and the con- struction of the submarine.
 Before beginning our trip,' said Cap tain Koenig, I've had several weeks of practice in our vessel in the Baltic sea, so that the members of the crew might thoroughly familiarize themselves with her. We left Bremen without any cere- monies Of course, that was necessary because the voyage was to be kept secret Outside of the owners and the admiralty no one knew where we were going except MT. Fee, the American consul at Bremen, from whom it was necessary to obtaln our bill of health. l am sure MT. Fee kept the secret well.
 ..When we got to Helgoland we decided that it was best to stay there a little while We could not be absolutely sure that news of our departure might not req oh the British admiralty and we thought it prudent to tarry and to 1ooi the British ships if they were hunting especially for us.
  of Helgo'and we continued our practice and shifted the ballast and cargo to trim her properly for the long voyage. "Coming through the North sea we saw hostile destroyers. cruisers and patrol boats and submerged rye times' do not think the enemy vessels saw us You know in submarine we can see ships a long while before they can see us. Tn the English channel we sub merged six times in all and in the 1 Atlantic four. the last occasion being when we sighted United Fruit com I pany's steamer the day before our ar ] rival at the capes. We passed her about l 30 miles out. I do not believe the ship, | which was flying the American flag, l knew we were in her neighborhood l PLENTY OF FUEL l "When we left Bremen we had 1SO | tons of fuel oil on board and there are now 95 tons left in the tanks. We l had 20 tons of water when we started l and still have 10 left
 l Our voyage proves that sub- l marine of the Deutschland type can go anywhere in the world She has a cruis- l ing radius of 13.000 miles,"
 Captain Koenig was asked to explain what devices the Deutschland had for finding her way under water and avoiding danger.
 "We have two" he said. One is the ls