The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-11

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and during that time on the bottom
Of the English Channel TO escape Brit
ish deslroyers, Captain koenig plloted
his vessel ont Of Bremen on June IA.
) He went directly TO Helgoland, re-
naming there nine days. On June %
the submarine stepped away from the
island fortress and The trip which end
ed in Baltimore today was begun.
! After completing the formaliues
with the port authorities. Captain
koenig was invited to luncheon as the
guest of honor of the German club and
there delivered TO Hapiel Won Hahn
hansen, counsellor of the German en-
bassy, the packet Of official CORE
spondence destined TO Count Won
Bernstorff. The counsellor had jour
guest with the Deutschland's master
at the luncheon and went back to New
York tonight.
Il have come here" said the en-
bassy representative. "to. present the
personal compliments Of Count Won
Bernstorff TO Captain koenig and to
congratulate him upon his wonderful
achievement. The ambassador has no
official interest in the Deutschland.
Captain Koenig has turned over to me
some correspondence which | am TAX
! ing back to the ambassador. but have
Ino knowledge of its nature
! Captain Koenig ate a hearty meal
at the luncheon-fresh vegetables and
| fresh meat-the first he had tasted
since his departure from Bremen.
CAPTAIN koenig then returned to the
offices of his agents. and meeting
lnewspapermen, furnished them with
details Of his voyage and the construc-
Ition of the submarine.
Weeks of Practice.
Before beginning our trip said
weeks of practice in our vessel In the
Baltic sea so that the members Of the
crew might thoroughly familiarize
themselves with her. We left Bremen
without any ceremonies. OF course
that was necessary because the voy-
age was to be kept secret. Outside OF
the owners and the admiralty no one
knew where we we're going except Mr..
/ Fee. the American consul at Bremen,
| from whom it was necessary to obtain
our bill Of health. | am sure Mr.. Fee
kept the secret well.
when we got to Helgoland we de-
cided that 1t was best to stay there a
! little while. We could not be abso-
lutely sure that news Of our departure
might not reach the British admiralty
and we thought 1t prudent to tarry
and to fool the British ships If they
were hunting especially for us.
During the time we spent in the
waters Of Helgoland we continued our
practice and shifted the ballast and
cargo to trim her properly for the long
Coming through the North Sea we
saw hostile destroyerS, cruisers ana
patrol boats and submerged FIVE times.
II do not think the enemy vessel saw
us You know in submarine We can
see ships a long while before they can
see US. In the English Channel we
submerged six times in all and In the
Atlantic four, the last occasion being
when we sighted United Fruit Com
| pany's steamer the day before our ar
rival at the capes. We passed her
| lieve the ship, which was flying an
American flag. knew we were In her
neighborhood.
Can Go Anywhere.
"Our voyage proves that subma-
rine Of the Deutschland type can go
anywhere in the world. She has a
cruising radius Of $4,000 miles"
Captain Koenig was asked to explain
what devices the Deutschland had for
finding her way under water and avoid
! ing danger.
1--WE have two" he said. Zone Is
the microphone, the other a sounding
apparatus. With the microphone you
can hear submarine bell buoys six
! still further. BY the tone Of the noise
made by the screw of a vessel vou
can tell her type. A destroyer's makes
loud hum, cruisers Is lower
"In the sounding apparatus can be
! worked while we are running sub
merged and Is let down through the
bottom Of the boat through a tube
equipped with valves. In this subma-
rine we can do everything under the
surface that we can do on it. We can
drop anchor while submerged, cruise
below the surface four days If neces-
sary. or lie still on the bottom until
our food and water gives out. And you
can believe me we can carry a large
quality of both"
Captain Koenig was asked how he
and his men employed their tine
while making the voyage.
well" said he, I'VE had phono-
graphs. They were source Of much
entertainment We had about one
hundred records. There were some
American ragtime songs, some march
es and some dances.
Didn't Have Tipperary.
selections from Peergynt Is what
we played to pass the ettme away at
the bottom Of the English Channel.
No we didn't have a record Of TIP
perary."
The Captain seemed to enjoy the ref
erence to the English marching song.
"Of course" he continued "all tho
| men smoked while they were on deck 1t
Is forbidden to smoke below deck In a
Inn