The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-10
RUNS THE
BLOCKADE
of ALLIES

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 10.
Carrying a cargo of dyestuffs,
chemicals and mail, the German
submarine Deutschland, which
completed daredevil 1000
mile trip by appearing in
Chesapeake bay early yester-
day morning, today passed
Quarantine at Baltimore and was
locked at a specially-prepared,
heavily-guarded dock and receiv-
ed by customs officials.
Capt. Paul Koenig is in COM
mand.
The voyage is said to be the
longest and most hazardous ever
attempted by a submarine.
live on Champagne.
Capt. Koenig issued a formal
statement at noon today, declar-
ing that other submersible mer-
chantmen will follow soon. The
first will be the Bremen.
experimenting his written
statement. the captain told how
the vessel lay at the bottom of
the English Channel one whole
night.
The crew played the grama-
phone beneath the waves, he said,
and lived on champagne and the
best foods.
They sailed $500 miles openly,
submerging only a few times.
They did only 80 miles under
the surface during the entire trip.
No Starvation.
THE idea of building these
submarines" the captain said,
"emanated from Alfred Lohmann,
president of the Bremen cham
Der of commerce. A company was
formed to build them.
THE trip across was I'M
eventful. The boat displaces o.
600 tons and has a speed of more
than 16 knots.
Everybody in Germany is con-
WINGED of the full finally victory
for the Central allies. Crops in
Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and
| Turkey are the finest for a CEN
fury. Servia, Montenegro and
part of Albania are in the same
| position.
THE portions of Belgium and
France which We hold are in
flourishing agricultural condition.
There is really not the slight
est anxiety over the British at
tempt to kill by starvation 100,-
100000 German and Austrian
children and women non-combat-
ants"
Capt. Koenig predicted the
end of the British blockade. THE
gates will not be shut again. he
said.
I'VE stayed four days in the
English channel, lying at the bot
tom a whole night because of
foggy weather. Nobody saw us.
I'VE sighted only a few cruis-
ers and destroyers. 1t got rather
close inside during rough wealth
er, but was all right when the,
matches we're off,"
Financial Success.
1.-The Deutschland can sub
merge 800 feet" Captain Koenig
said, land stay there four days II
! necessary. The trip is a practical
demonstration of its ability to
submerge and pass a blockade.
We expect the venture to be lin
ancially successful. We can carry
1000 tons, though we brought
only $50, chiefly dyestuffs worth
100000"
The captain added that the
ships first cargo paid for her
self. He smiled when asked IL ne
would have difficulty in getting
out of the Patapsco river.
mot unless the English violate
the three-mile zone," he said.
"There will undoubtedly be ten
cruisers waiting, but we could
submerge before leaving the riv-
err. The fact that we were an
seen when we came in should
demonstrate our ability to ts-
cape
No Message to Wilson.
Captain Koenig denied that the
vessel carried any message from
the kaiser to President Wilson.
He would not indicate the nature
of the cargo he will take back.
I'VE trust the old friendly rela-
tionship with the United States