The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27
DARING VOYAGE OF SUBMARINE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC DE-
SCRIBED BY COMMANDER.
D0DGED FOE BY sUBMERGlNG
Undersea Craft Dropped to Bottom Of
Ocean at Times to Avoid Possible
Oangers-Threaded Maze Of Hostile
Warships.

because the roof was crowded with
nosey destroyers, and we drank good
french champagne while we sung
we've rings on our fingers and bells
on our toes and presently the destroy
ers gave us room on the roof and we
came up and went on to America. 1t
was all just as simple as that, tell
YOU"
Thus simply did Capt. Paul Koenig,
commander of the German submarine
Deutschland, describe the daring voy-
age OF his undersea craft through the
North sen, which was dotted with ene-
my vessels, and across the Atlantic
ocean to the port Of Baltimore.
what Is there about my voyage to
cause all this commotiOn2" asked the
captain of group Of reporters who
were eagerly questioning him regard
Ing the great game Of hide and seek
which he played with the British navy
on his 4,000-mile dash across the wa
ters. II have done nothing remarkable.
Anybody who has sense enough to
navigate a boat and who builds a boat
like the Deutschland can do equally
well-better, 1 believe"
Captain Koeng will have 1t no other
way than that the British grip on Ger
man commerce is shortly to be broken.
I'VE have proved It," he said, his
eyes aflre with enthusiasm. eve are
building 2,000-ton submarine that
will be able to voyage 10000 miles
without replenshing Oil tanks. And
the British can't catch us. We laugh
at them-lool now at that flag"
He pointed to the house flag Of the
Deutsche Ocean Rhederei, the cor
poration of Bremen which devised the
undersea trading plan.
The Deutschland went from Bremer-
haven out to sea in the light of day on
June ii, went in the early morning as
matter Of factly as scow Of bricks
or lumber from any New York pier
slips out into the harbor and down to
the lower bay. Neither Bremen up the
river, nor Bremerhavcn, gate to the
North sen, sent bands to blare farewell
or crowds to cheer.
koenfg laid course straight to
Germany's north sea Gibraltar, Helgo-
land
"Why did you do that?" he was
asked.
Knew Foe Was Near
"We knew that British warships
were somewhere about" he said. "And
we wanted to lay up ut Helgoland
for some days to fool them. There Is
always chance that spies may reveal
the comings and goings Of our ships,
and 1t WAS wise to mark time for n
little while. In this case only one
alien, so far rs knew, had our secret.
He was the American consul at Bre-
men, Wm. Thomas Fee, whose duty 1t
was to approve our manifect He was
to he trusted, naturally, but we could
take no chances.
"We loafcd pleasantly Off Helgoand
under the shade Of the big guns until
the morning Of June %. The time was
passed usefully In improving the train
Ing of the men.
"Good Follows, My Boys"
about these men, now-say word
for them If you must hold us up to the
worlds eyes. They are good fellows,
my boys, strong fellows. Most Of them
are quite young, though most are mar
ried and are raising rosy checked ba-
bies to grow up for Germany's glory.
They are all fine mechanics and full
of-what do YOU sny-pep that Is it.
"On the morning Of June 90 we
turned westward in the North sea and
headed straight for the British chan
mel. Somebody has said that we went
all the way around Scotland. Nom
sense, why should we? 1t was easy
enough to fool the British and going
through the Channel was child's play"
"What were your best aids to navi-
CATION, captain? How did you figure
out your safe progress under sca?"
Mlcrophone Aided Cruise.
"Thc microphone and our device for
taking soundngs while submerged did
the trick. Everybody understands
these days what the microphone is
an undcrsca telephone, so delicnte TINT
1t catches and records the vibrations
Of any bulk moving upon or,undcr the
waves.
"We have two microphoncs on the
Deutschland, one on the port, one on
the starboard side. One Of us, an off.
Ger If possible, kept an ear always to
the transmitter. When we heard dis.
turbing murmurs through our little
eavesdropper we stopped dead still,
maybe, or went ahead slowly. Some
times we dropped to the sen floor and
kept as still as a mouse until we could
figure out what the menace was. Some.
times we merely dropped fifty feet or
so beneath the surface and anchored
IN that position, suspended between
the surface and the bottom. The micro.
phones warned us Of cruisers and de-
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