The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-20
.U.BOAT DASH EASY,
DECLARES CAPTAIN
DARING VOYAGE OF SUBMARINE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC DE-
SCRi6EO BY COMMANDER.
DODGED FOE BY SUBMEHGENG
Undersea Craft Dropped to Bottom Of
Ocean at Times to Avoid Possible
Dangers-Thrcaded Maze Of Hostile
Warships.

Baltimore. Nd.-"And we sat down
upon the floor Of the british channel
because the roof was crowded with
no>cy d"StroycrS, and We drank good
French champagne while We sang
We've rings ON our fingers and bells
on our toes, and presently the destroy
CrS gave us room on the roof ana We
came up aud went on To America. II
was all just rs simple rs that, tell
YOU"
Thus simply did Capt. Paul koenis,
commander of the German submarine
Deutschland. describe the daring voy-
H"c of his undrrSca craft through the
North sea, which was dotted with enc
my vessels. and across III" Atlantic
ocean to the port OF baltimore.
"What is there about my voyag" to
cause all this commOtiou:" asked the
captain Of II 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 i,0oO-uilc dash across the wa
tiers. Il hav" don" nothing remarkable.
Anybody who has sense enough Il"
navigate boat and who builds n boat
like Ia" Deutschland can do equally
wcll-bcttcr, believe"
Captain kncnig will have il 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 aiire with enthusiasm. I'VE are
building a 2,ooO-ton submarine that
will be able to voyage 1900 miles
without rcplcniShing oil tanks. And
the British can't catch us. We laugh
ut thcm-look now ut that flag"
He pointed 10 the house flag Of the
Deu,Schc Ocean Rhcdcrci the cor
poration of Bremen which devised the
undcrsca trading plan.
The Dcui Schland went from Rrcmcr
haven out to sea in the light Of day on
June Il, went in the early morning as
matter Of factly aS Il scow Of bricks
or lumber from any New York pier
slips out into til" larbor and down to
the lower bay. Neither Bremen up the
river. nor Bremrrlavcn. gate to the
or crowds To cheer.
kocnig laid II course straight 10
Gcrmany'S north sea Gibraltar, IIcIgo.
land.
why did you do that:' he was
asked.
Knew Foe Was Near.
eve knew that British warshlps
were somewhere about" he said. and
we wanted To lay up at Hclgolnnd
for some days Ia fool them. Their" is
always n chance that spies may reveal
the comings ana goings of our ships,
and II WAS wise To mark tim" for Il
little while. In this case only one
alien. So far rs ! knew, had our secret.
He was the American consul NJ Erc.
men, VIM. Thomas Fee. whose duty IL
was to approve our manifrct. He was
to be trusted. naturally, but "" could
tax" no chances.
eve loaf"d pleasantly of li"lgoland
under til" shade Of the big guns until
the morning Of June -. The tim" was
passed uscfully in improving the train
Ing Of the men.
Good Fellows, Ny Boys"
About ih"s" men, now-Say word
for them If You must hold rs up to the
WorIhs "'"S. they are good fellows,
my boys. strong fellows. Most Of them
are quite young. though most ar" mar.
ri"d ana mr" raising rosy checked ha-
hi"s I" grow up for G"rmany'S glory.
1h"N mr." all M" mechanics and iuil
"i-"Ilhi II" You NaN-p"p, that Is II.
I'm III" morning OF Jun" - We
turned westward IN III" North sea and
h"md"d straight Tor Tia" British chan
mel. Somebody has said that "" went
MI III" way around Scotland. Non.
sense, why should WEI II was "usy
enough I" fool tn" British and going
through IN" Channel was child.s rlaN'
what ""r" your best aids to myi.
CATION, cnpininf How did You rgur"
out Your SAT" progress under scar
Mierophore Aided Crui,e
"Thr mlcrnuhnnr and orr d.,ic. for
linking snuudlugg Will. sub,t,.rprd did
the trick. Eycr,bnd, understand,
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