The Dolores star., 1916-07-28

speare, you know. Is better known in
Germany than in England. We had
Marx Iwaln's 'Innocents Abroad some
Of Jacobs stories and many of Dick
ems novels"
"Ho" about Jules verne's Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Scar"
oh, that book Is too full of i'm
aginafion for u.s." replied the sturdy
little satl"rman with laugh.
suppose you felt you were living
in nction?" asked someone.
No, II was pretty human" was the
remarkable answer. I'VE did not have
much time for speculation. We were
divided In four-hour watch parties, and
that kept us busy"
Kept to Course.
Captain koenig said he had kept ON
the course previously decided upon
without deviation. Asked II the
Deutschland had made detour Of 800
miles to avoid enemy warshlps, as he
ported. he replied:
mo, indeed. You see 1t was much
simpler to submerge than to dodge
about. But our task was rendered much
more simple by the fact that we were
not once sighted by an enemy ship"
Captain Koenig spent eight years
in the North German Lloyds Asintic
service. He was once first officer of
tho Eitel Friedrich, now boxed UP In
Newport News. He became captain
hvs years ago, and Just before the
war was given command Of the pleas
ure ship Scheswig. which he says was
a fine thing for his constitution. as It
took him to the Mediterranean in win
ter and to Norway in summer.
For many years he has been a cit
lien Of Bremen, where his wife, his
fourteen year-Old son and his little
"maedel" Of six are ut the present mo-
ment celebrating his success.
Surprised at Reception.
The reception given the Deutsch-
land by Americans came to Captain
KOenig and his crew as a complete
surprise. Eager as they had been to
reach America. great as was the en-
thusiasm when Cape Henry was sight
ed-there was not a man on board who
did not feel anxiety over the reception
they might be given when they got
"ete anu ,ne captain was 'he most
~. w a'S II wiz. nv
1919. ""." 10 '"e u lie
II the reception had been different,
declares Captain Koenig he was quite
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rs
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m,ntbs ut Ie.st ~ course II must
h. eotor nc COO, no ~. CON to on.nod ~
'~' 's " "~S''
AS described by Or. john Z. Iravers.
assistant U. 5. health ofhcer, who was
taken through the boat by Captain
koenig, the Deutschland's interior ap-
pears to be mainly mass of machin-
cry. She has but one deck below and
seventeen-foot depth Of hold for her
cargo. DIR. Travers descended through
tho $50. -. 49, a,.,'a.
side of a narrow Dassapeway leading
to compartments occupied by the cap
tain and his two officers. The can
tain's room ia scarcely six feet square
and barely high enough for man
TO stand.
# IL furnished all in metal, with
the excention of small oak desk
DjrocfIv hanaotb Tho ofToorc, nuortora