The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-13
Giant Air Craft to Follow U-Boat
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CAPTAIN TELLS OF JOURNEY
Commander Of the Deutschland De-
eiafes That British Blockade Is
Broken-More Submarines
tf 81. Will Leave Germany.

clusively from an authoritative Ger
man source here. The proposed serv-
ice, it is learned, will be ushered in in
the same manner rs was the prospec-
tive submarine traffic, by the arrival
of the Deutschland at the Virginia
capes Sunday.
The first airship, one of the new
type of superzeppelins, will arrive at
an American port about the middle Of
August If the plans now under cOnsid-
Iteration materialize. Its name will be
~ Deutschland" Upon its trial trip
will depend the formation of the trans
atlantic Service.
Like the U-boat Deutschland, the
Zeppelin of the same name, will carry
n large cargo of dyes, chemicals, mails
and possibly some passengers to the
United States.
.phi Blockade Broken! -
I, Baltimore, Nd, July 11.--Capt. Paul
KOenig of the German submarine mer-
/. chairman Deutschland has broken the
allies blockade of Germany. Direct
communication between Germany and
lished after an interruption of almost
two years, and from now on there will
be regular sailings of submarine liners
between German and American ports.
The mails between Germany and the
United States can once more be trans
ported across the ocean without being
violated by the British censors.
hn1 nf al
Hamhauser, counsellor of the German
o. embassy at Washington. the fact that
the submarine mot only had run the
British blockade with freight, but had
denied the British censorship as well,
was revealed. A large packet of official
papers from German authorities for
Ambassador Won Bernstortf was turned
over to the baron by Captain K0enig
T.. I,cthe submersible,, The baron took
dinner with the captain and then
hastcned back to New York to meet
the ambassador.
Takes Out the Thrills.
Captain Koenig's own story of the
trip from Bremen to Baltimore told to
the newspaper men after his ship had
been accepted as a merchant liner took
great deal of romance out of the
tales told when news first came that
the blockade had been lodged.
The captain laughed at stories OF
narrow escapes from warShips on his
heels. His own story follows:
81 have seen statements that we were
1.-THE ship is much easier to ride in
than Il torpedo boat destroyer; much
steadier. Nothing can happen to her
she is so perfectly built. OF course
she rolls little at times, but that
Is no hardship.
"There is little to tell of the trip
We left HeligOland on June % anC
steamed on the surface into the NOrtl
sea. Before sailing we conducted
trial trips and drills for the crew fol
ten days or two weeks, having pro
ceeded from Bremen to our starting
point. ! had never been on sub
marine voyage, and the training
had was received in the practice trips
on the Deutschland.
Everything went without incident
. the first day, but on the second day
In the North sea we were in the zon'
of the British cruisers and de
stroyers. We sighted their srnok'
frequently but only dived when W.
thought there was danger of our bein;
detected. OF course, we were diff
cult to see because we were runnin;
so low and our ship gave out n,
smoke.
''We did submerge several times il
the North sea, staying under some
times two hours and sometimes less
forced to go hundreds of miles out o
our course in the Atlantic because o
British warShps. That is not SC
Why should we go out of our course
except to submerge? That is the sim
plest and most effective way to &c
out of our course. Besides, 1t is muc
easier to submerge. ......
Took Straightest Course.
awe came to Hampton Roads by tn
straightest course from the Englis
channel We did not come by way q
the Azores. Altogether from HeligC
land to Baltimore we covered $50
HlllpS. vi lHdl ~ We
driven under the surface of the waite
''Throughout the entire trip the o
ficers and crew were in eXcelleI
health and spirits. OF course, whe
we were under water for long spell
the air got very stuffy sometimes an
there was some Inconvenience, but
never was serious. The Deutschlan
is built to stay under water for fol
consecutive days, so you see we new
reached anywhere near our subme
sion limit on this voyage.
Every time we came to the surface.
all looked well. we kept on going. "
saw no British battleships in Il
North sea, only cruisers and d
stroyers, or at least what we toe
to be British naval vessels.
ayVe did not on the entire trip con