The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-07-14

tiiheS In the North sea, six in the Eng
iish channel, and three or four in the
open water.
es," laughing heartily, "yes. each
tiiie there was IA reason.
Ihe longest we actually STAYED un-
uer was that ten hours in the English
enamel, but we could stay four days.
Al the end of that time our batteries
would be exhausted. and we would
nave To rise and recharge them. Dur
ing the entire trip we travelled a total
OF ninety miles under water.
As far rs the physical effect on the
shll company is concerned. we could
remain forever. We can submerge fifty
fathoms-three hundred feet-but as ii
matter of fact We never went nearly
that deep, and probably never shall"
Liked the Submereine.
Those on the Deutschland besides
hlhSelt We're First Mate krapuhl, Sec
ond Mate GNring, Chief Engineer kleis
ana Il crew of - men. kleiS, he said
oNef and over again. was the most i'm
portant of ALL Then he told how the
crew spent the time.
"on board they busted themselves
with the machinery. for practically all
of them are mechanics. They played
cards, and they had their singing and
their sleeping and their sitting about,
and the time passed.
"Be~j of all. they-all of us. in fact
liked the submerging. Unpleasant?
Nv, Il i,,.t H.
sinking into a sort of blue nest. We
open the portfolios, and then through
| the glass we could see the fish and the
formations of the sea, and always we
| listened. listened, listened
How do we listen? There are
aboard two microphones. and with
| them we We're able to hear the whs-
Ting of n buoy six miles off when we
Were under water. And just before we
came up about thirty miles from the
Virginia capes, we We're able to hear
the ringing of bell buoy six miles
| from us
The screw of ship we could hear
| quite plainly while it was yet safe
distance from us. More than hearing
| it, we could tell whether it was a
cruiser or a destroyer. 1t was quite
fascinating to listen so.
Details Of the Trip.
Captain Koenig did not take the
Deutschland around Scotland, as has
been conjectured He came straight
| through the Channel, he said.
"We left Bremerhaven at noon on
June IA. We proceeded quietly to Hell
| goland; there we stayed four days
| There We're three reasons for that: Nc
| ship proceeds all the way after start
| ing. 1t is too easy to calculate wher
| she may be expected at some giver
| place So we lay in wait while
| Then, too, we wanted to train the men
| During those four days we drilled ant
\ taught them hard. and when once more
we proceeded we had capable sub
marine crew.
! again, we had to trim the cargo
| That must always be done after
start is made. We must shift thing
about and stow them away. And every
thing needs to be tested. All worked
nicely.
1--WE carried $50 tons of fuel oil. o.
that we have 95 tons left-more thar
enough to take US back-and we shal
not ship any more here. Then we car
ried many tons of oxygen and twenty
| tons of fresh water, of which we hat
ten left.
"The last time we submerged was
| as we were nearing the Virginia cape'
and we saw an American boat ap
| preaching. We thought it was a frui
boat so we just dipped under for th'
last time. The men We're always glat
when we did that-it made sucf
| smooth travelling. The Deutschland
scarcely rolls at all under water
"And that about completes the story
Of the voyage. We Travelled. we saw
ships and submerged. we Travelled
again on the surface and at last W.
arrived"
The Deutschland built by the KrupI
Germania works. cost S50OOOO. This
voyage will pay for her. he said.
Boat a Mass Of Machinery.
As described by DIR. John c. Travers
assistant U. s. health ofhcer. VINO was
taken through the boat by Captain
Koenig. the Deutschands 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. DR.. Travers descended through
the forward hatch, where he found
the crews quarters, hunks on either
side of narrow passageway leading
to compartments occupied by the cap
tain and his two officers. The cap
tain's room is scarcely six feet square
and barely high enough for man
to stand.
II, is furnished all in metal, with
the exception of small oak desk.
Directly beneath the officers quarters
Is the dynamo. which stores electrical
energy to drive the vessel when SUD-
merged.