South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-01
Capt. KOenig Who PiIOted Un-
derSea Boat on Her Maid
en- Trip Across Atlantic
is in Charge.
MEMBERS OF CREW
SEASICK ON TRIP
Fierce Storms Are Encounter
ed and Several Narrow
Escapes Are Experienced.
May Depart Soon.
IrternationaI News Service:

International News Service:
NEW LONDON, Conn. Nov. II
Brought safely across the Atlantic
ocean and into an American port.
the second time within four months,
by her doughty skipper Capt Paul
Koenig, the German merchant
supersubmarine Deutschland today
lies in a pocket previously pre-
pared for her here, carefully screen
ed from curious eyes. Armed guards.
barbed wire fences. pontOons and
ships completely hide the submer-
sible from view.
The Deutschland slid into port
here shortly after midnight. She
was q days in crossing from Bre-
men. Her first trip required only
Il DAYS She was al once towed 70
her berth at the new million dollar
state pier
An indication that the underseas
boat expected TO depart almost inn
mediately was given when Capt.
Frederick Hinsch Of the Eastern
Forwarding Co. declined to seal the
wireless outfit on the craft at the
demand OF Lieut. c. r. Briggs Of
the United States navy. The East
ern Forwarding Co. owns the sub
marine. Capt Koenig refused 20
meet reporters this morning. Chief
officer r w Raphol. however. 20
an International News service rep
resentative gave for the first time
the story Of the voyage in which
the submarine Unanswered under
British battleships in the English
channel and was nearly wrecked by
the fierce storms on the Atlantic
hich made every member OF the
crew nearly helpless from seasick-
ness. He said;
Had BAD Weather.
We had very bad weather almost
all the way across. on leaving port
we ran right into a big fleet Of Eng
lish battleships and submarine de-
stroyers. Capt. Koenig maneuvered
right under the bottoms OF some Of
the biggest battleships in the whole
English navy and they never saw u
at all our attempts 10 escape the
battleships caused us much delay in
our voyage. After getting out Of
the English channel we ran into
storm and then IL was a case OF one
storm after another all the way until
about four days ago when we ran
into calm weather.
TT stormed so hard that we had
10 keep submerged almost all the
time 10 keep from being shipwreck-
ed The weather continued this
way for days and the Deutschland
10 - la
the crew became seasick and 10 was
with great difficulty that we man
aged TO keep ahoat as most Of the
crew were hopelessly sick almost all
the time
-Four days ago we ran into a
calm and made rapid progress We
examined our vessel and found that
she was quite badly damaged. but
neverJhe less kept agoing. About
midnight last night we found our
selves or tae New England coast
and we put on fun speed for New
London little while later We
picked up the pilot and heading up
the river we locked in safety after
our long voyage"
New London Ideal Place.
we found NeW LONDON an ldeal
place % get into. II viii also be
an ideal place 20 get out or. as We
can submerge at the dock and make
our way 20 the sea without coming
once 70 the surface. cannot tell
what is in the submarine as 7 am
under srders from Germany not 20
do So
The FIRST clash with the author
tiles came when Lieut. Briggs. ac-
compauied by J. J.. ScheU chief
electrician i'm the United States sni-
marine service. descended on Capt
Hinsch and demanded in the name
Of the United States that he pre-
serve neutrality by allowing his
wireless outfit 20 be sealed Lieut.
Briggs handed Capt. FHusch a paper
on which was written.
II want 20 seal up your wireless"
Capt Hinsch read the paper and
replied.
You cannot do g."
Lieut.. Briggs insisted and Capt.
HsoSch told hif.l ne would have 10