Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-01
SAILOR RELATES
STORY Of TRIP Of
UNDERSEA BOAT
Many Hostile Crafts Seen As
Deutschland Makes Second
Trip Here
FORCED TO SUBMERGE
ONCE FOR TEN HOURS
Loss of Bremen Confirmed
Brings Cargo Of Needed |,
Materials
By Carl D. Groat.

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| New London, Conn, Nov 1.-Plung.
ing and diving-at ties in the teeth of a
storm-the German merchant submarine
Deutschland made her second trip to the
United States through veritable lane
of allied warships.
The Deutschland was safely docked at
her screened pier here this afternoon.
She came out of the darkness and the
waves during the early morning hours.
Nosing her way up the sound, she was
quickly warped in alongside her "moth-
er Ship" the Willehad, and with her
sailors at liberty some of the details
of her second remarkable voyage were
learned.
At one time the submarine freighter
was submerged for 10 hours in mid
ocean. The Deutschland was forced to
spend this time beneath the waves ow-
ing to the presence OF hostile war craft
lurking nearby, one of the crew declar.
ed. Captain Koenig, the smiling com
mander, who brought the Deutschland
on her first voyage, was again in COM
mand, but up to an early hour this aft.
ernoon had been so busily engaged with
officials of the company operating the
merchant submersible he had not been
able to tell his story of the second
trip.
Lots of Hostile Ships.
ave saw lots and lots of hostile
ships" said one of the. Deutschland s
sailors. He was a big six foot German.
Smiling good naturedly he told in Ger
man snatches Of the story of the trip
which brought the Deutschland over and
under the ocean.
"There were many more enemy war
ships out than we saw on the first voy-
age, - he went on. "There seemed to
be regular lane of cruisers and ships
of other types.
81 do not know how much of the trip
was made under water, but the longest
continuous period we were submerged
was 10 hours. This was somewhere in
about mid.ocean. Hostile ships were
sighted and we were forced to drop out
OF sight.
"But it, about the same old story
now. Not much difference between this
trip and the first one except the enemy
ships" the sailor concluded.
Bremen Is Lost.
The Bremen is definitely known to
be lost. This was confirmed from mem.
bers of the Deutschland IS crew. The
submersible which was scheduled to ar
rive here soon after the Deutschland
visited Baltimore, is not believed to
have been captured, however. The Ger
man sailor said it was believed the
Bremen had met with an accident of
some sort to her machinery. This result
ed in her destruction, it is believed.
The Amerika, the third of the mer-
chant submarines to be built for trans
Atlantic service is not yet ready Ia
sail on her maiden voyage, it was stated
in explanation of reports as to the fail,
ure Of this vessel to appear.
The Deutschland carried crew of 90
men on her voyage which ended this
morning-four more than made the trip
to Baltimore. So rough was the weather
for three days during the 81 day trip
that most of the members of the crew
were seasick, Lieutenant Krapohl, the
first officer, said.
During the latter part of the voyage
the weather cleared, however, and as
the submersible drew nearer American
shores, all trouble passed.
Has Valuable Cargo
There was a row during the morning
over the sealing Of the Deutschland s
wireless. An officer from the American
naval station appeared to do this work,
but Captain Hnsch, of the Eastern For
warding company, refused to permit it
until the customs officers had identified
him. 1t was pointed out that when the
reached Baltimore her wire
less was not sealed for 10 days.
Captain Koenig fulfilled all require
ments of q captain of merchant ship.
He filed his manifest and word came
from Washington asking permission to
make it public.
Paul Hilken, president of the For
warding company, arrived from Balti- |
more shortly after noon and lunched
with Koenig on the Willehad. The pier
at which the North German-Lloyd liner
and the submaroine were tied up was
carefully protected by guards.
A few men from the Deutschland
stretched their legs on the deck. A sail
or from the United States submarine
base came over for call and one Of the
Germans and the husky American posed
together for photographs.
In addition to valuable cargo, the
Deutschland brought mail for Ambas-