The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-11
SUPER-SUbMARINE.
EASILY fLUDED
ENEMY SHIPS
Craft Travelled on Surface During
Entire !Tin
LANDING S1,OO0,00O CARGO
Capt. koenig Says Another Mercantile
submersibIe Will Arrive in About
Eight Weeks.
LANDING S1,OOO,OOO CARGO

Baltimore, July 1.-THE daring Ger.
man seamen who brought the subma.
rine merchantmen Deutschland across
the Atlantic slept quietly last night,
aboard their vessel, which lay moored
to a carefully screened pier, guarded
by a strong squad of Baltimore police,
Capt. Paul KoeAig, the skipper had
delivered his papers to the North
German Lloyd office, entered his
vessel at the custom-house as Il com
merce carrier, and had presented to
German embassy official packet of
correspondence for Count Won Bern
storli.
Now the submarine is ready to dis
charge her s1,000,000 cargo OF dye
stuffs and take on board for the return
trip to Germany metal and rubber need
cd by the emperor's armies and navy
The return merchandise is waiting on
the wharf and the time Of leaving port
will depend largely upon plans for
eluding vigilant enemy cruisers expect
ed to be waiting outside the entrance
of Chesapeake bay for the reappear-
ance OF the vessel. one of Capt. Koe
nig's first acts after he moved his ship
up the harbor from quarantine early
yesterday was to announce that the
Deutschland was but one OF q fleet OF
mammoth submersibles built or build
ing for regular Transatlantic freight
and mail service He said the next to
come would be the Bremen and that
she might be looked for at some port
along the coast within eight weeks.
Anxious TO establish promptly his
peaceful character and to lorestall in
yestigation sought by diplomatic rep
resentatiyes OF the allied powers, the
German captain submitted his craft to
| a thorough inspection by the surveyor
| OF the port and an agent OF the depart
ment of justice. These officers, as
| well as the customs inspectors and
| quarantine surgeons, agreed that there
| was no sign of armament Of any de
| scription on board and that there was
| no doubt in their minds about the boat
| being entitled to the status of an ordi-
nary merchantmen.
| Later, at the office Of the North
| German-Lloyd, he issued typewriter
| statement telling of the coming of
other boats like the Deutschland, and
| asserting that his voyage had broken
the British control of the seas. At the
same time he submitted to an inter
| view in which he described his $500
miles cruise from Helgoland to Chesa.
poake bay. He denied reports that he
had been chased off his course by enc.
my warships, declaring that so far MS
he knew there was not any allied war
craft in the Atlantic. The Captain as
serted further that his voyage had es
tablished the fact that submarine
of the type of the Deutschland could
travel anywhere that the ordinary
vessel could 20. 1900 miles ii neces
sary. He had no fears, he stated. ol
his ability to elude enemies that might
be waiting for him OF the Virginia
capes when he starts his return trip
|" IL will be able to submerge within the
threemiles limit, and they cannot
catch me after that" he said.
| During nearly the entire voyage tC
| America, said Capt. koenig, tn,
Deutschland travelled on the surface
Once she submerged for 10 hours ant
lay during that time on the bottom
OF the English channel to escape Brit
ish dostroyers. Capt Koenig pilote,
his vessel out of Bremen ON June IA
He went directly to llelgoland, re
naming there nine days. On Jun,
% the submarine slipped away fron
o the island fortress and the trip whicl
ended in Baltimore yesterday was be
gun.
Before beginning our trip" sal,
Capt. kocnig, we had several weeks o
practice in our vessel in the Baltic Sc,
so that the members OF the crew nigh
thoroughly familiari2e themselves wit
her We left Bremen without an
b | ceremonies. or course that wa
necessary because the voyage was {
{ | he kept secret. Outside OF the owl
, ors and the admiralty no one kne,
| where We were going except Mr.. Fec
, the American consul at Bremen. fror
| whom II was necessary TO obtain on
bill of health. am sure MIR. Fec ker
the secret well.
"When we left Bremen we had is
tons Of fuel oil aboard and there no,
, are No tons left in the tanks. w
had % tons of water when we starte
and still have 10 left
Capt Hoenig was asked to explai
what devices the Deutschland had fc
finding her way under water an
layoidng danger. 1--WE had two" h
= , said. "One is the miscriophone. tn
other sounding apparatus. with IN
! miscriophone YOU can hear submarin
sounding bells six miles away and tn
J. propelers of ships still further II
III the tone OF the noise made by IN