The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-07-21

.ng, We had u library Of forty vnl-
nn.cs, A good iaany Of u books
were hy English authors We carried
many 81 Shakespeare plays. Shake
speara yen know. Is he,tey known In
Germany than In Elislaad. We had
Mark TSain's '~lnaoeeats Abroad, some
~ Jacobs stories and many 81 Dick
ems novels"
How about Jules yerne's Twenty
thousand Leagues Under the Scar
"oh, that book Is too rall of I'm
agtnation for us" replied the sturdy
little saiIoEman with a laugh.
Il suppose YOU felt yea were living
10 hctiony' asked someone,
"No II was pretty huRAn." was the
remarkable answer. ave did not have
much time for speculation. We were
divided In feurhoW watch parties und
that kept us husy,"
KEEP, TO Course.
Captain koenig said he had kept IN
the course previously decided upon
without deviation. Asked II the
Deutschland had made Il dc,our Of 40
miles TO avoid enemy warships, as he
ported. nc replied;
No. indeed. You see II was much
simpler To suhmcrgc than 10 dodge
about. Rut o'ir task was rendered much
more simple by the fact that We were
not once sighted by au enemy ship"
Captain hoenlg spent eight years
In the North German lioyd's ASiatic
service, lie WAS once irst officer Of
the Eltei Friedrich. now boxed up IN
Newport News, lie became a captain
Ave years 80, aud Just before the
war was given command Of the pleas.
ure shtn Schcswig. which hc says was
a lne thing for his constitution, as II
took him .o the Mediterranean In win.
ter and TO Norway IN summer.
For many years he has been a cit.
izcn OF Bremen. where his wife, his
fourtrensyear-oid son aud his llttlc
"maedel" 81 six are nj the present mo-
ihFat N'itHAhl1Hk HlN HhtttAA~
Surprised at Reception.
The reception given the Deutsch-
land by Americans came TO Captain
kocnig aud his crew as n complete
surprise. Eager us they had been 10
reach America. great Ms was the en-
thusiasm when Cupc Henry was sight
ca-thcre was not a man on board who
did not feel anxiety over the reception
they might he given when they got
here, And the captnin was the most
anxious Of all. lie admits Il with the
perfect ~frankness which IL one Of his
characteristics.
II the reception had been different,
declares Captain kocnig. he was quito
prepared TO swing his boat around aud
take her back 10 Germany. He could
have done II. he said. WITHOUT taking
on any supplies, whether Of food, wa
ter, oil or anything else. The machin-
cry would bot have needed overhaul.
ing.
"A run OF 1000 miles would give us
no trouble al NIL" he said. "0ur nc
ton rndius In 1900. We have more
than enough oil on board for a return
trip. And as for water. we shall throw
overheard ten tons of fresh water
which IN still in Il tanks. The food
question Ia just as simple. On board
az. llxyn y4h nRif ga o "a klnN-fhaf Ia fn say
on timed things. Even our bread "
timed, la the can II Is good for six
months, nt least. OF course. II must
be eaten ms soon ms the can Is opened
Boat Mass Of Machinery.
As described by Or. John {. Travers.
assistant L. s. health officer. who was
taken .throtgh the. boat by CAPTAIN
koenig, The beutschlhnd's Interior MP
pears 10 he mainly n mass Of machin-
cry. She has but one deck below and
n seyenteen-fo0 depth Of hold for her
cargo. Dr. Trayers descended through
the forward batch, where be found
the crews quarters, hunks on either
NAlf W. u tAilVN lfANHHhfNN Wy lFb'tAA4M
20 compartments occupied by the cap-
tain and his two officers. The cnl-
is scarcely six feet sqnare
and barely high enough for u man
To stand.
II IA furnished all in metal, with
the exception ~ IA small oak desk.
Directly beneath the officers quarters
is the dynamo. which stores electrical
energy 10 drive The vessel when sub
merged.
Next Dr. Trnycrs ans taken Into
the officers messrooIu, scarcely larger
than the starerooips. with a galley
built with all the economy Of spare
Of II / dlman dining car Kitchen. At
the mes ~ro9in, about nne.ttllrd Ia.
l@.g.s from heF stern. IL the
sulfnerging machinery and two peris-
AT of the submsrglng machinery
were the submarines two powerful
Diesel oil engines which IrepeI her
Oh the surface.
Calls II Amazing Sight.
4 never raw such a mass Of ma.
chlnery tn my iifr," satd Dr. Travers.
1T was nm amazing sight and | doubt
II ID would mean much except to the
engineer who designed II. There
TO be 5000 different pieces.
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