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STORY OF COMMERC Oap t. Koenig, of tho Submarine Mei' cliantiiittii Deutschland, Talk? in terestingly of Ilia Trip and ll is ('raft-Sur? of German Trluinpli in Muro|M'uu War. Tho Gorman merchantman subma rino Deutschland was last week en tered formally at the Baltimore cus tom? bouse without opposition, (luv V*. Steele, surveyor ol* the port ol" Haiti more, made his olllcial report to Collector (tyan, advising that the Deutschland wits an unarmed mer chant vessel, entitled to all the privi leges of any other peaceful ship still ing under the flag of a friendly na tion. Submarine ls Unarmed. "The submarine is unarmed." said Mr. Steele. "In my Judgment there ls uo reason why t he should not ho classified tis other merchant vessels. If so, she has the privilege of remain ing in port as long as she wishes, with all the protection given the mer chantmen of tiny nation, lier ?-argo ls made up entirely of dyestuffs and some, iron as ballast." The submarine also was inspected by IO. li, Harris, a special agent of tho bureau ol' Investigation of the Department of Justice. He. too, re ported that no guns "..<> aboard. Upon delivering ti. sh i p's papers to the olflce of the North Herman Lloyd Line, ('apt. Paul Koenig, of the Deutschland, issued a formal state ment declaring his voyage across the Atlantic had broken langland's rule of the seas. .More Submarines to ('onie. The statement, announced that the Deutschland was the first of several submarines built for the trans-Atlan tic trade, and that she would he fol lowed by the Bremen, lt follows: "The submarine Deutschland, which I have the honor to command, is the first of several submarines built to order of the Deutsche Ozoan llhederoi H. M. B. H.. Bremen. She will he followed hy the Bremen shortly. "The idea ol' the building of this submarino emanated of Alfred Loh mann, then president of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce. Ile brought his idea in the fall of last year con fidentially before a small circle of friends, and the idea was taken up at once. A company was formed under the name ol' 'Deutsche Ozean-Rhedo rei G. M. B. ll..' and the Germania werft. Kiel, was entrusted with the building of the submarine. "The board of directors is com posed ol' Alfred Lohmann, president of the board; Philipp Heineken, gen eral manager ol' Hie Xordd Lloyd; Mr Kommerssieurat and I*. M. Ilerr man, manager ol' the Deutsche Bank. Carl Stapelfcldt, manager ol' the Nordd Lloyd, has taken over tie. management ol' the company. "We have brought a most valuable cargo of dyestuffs lo our American trends, dyestuffs which have beet: so much needed in America, and which. Ibo ruler ol' Ibo seas has ll' t allowed I he great American republic to Im port. While longland will liol til ow anybody the same right on the ocean, because she rules the waves, we have hy means of the submarine com menced to break this rule. Trip Was Uneventful. "Great Britain cannot, however, hinder boats such as ours to go and come as we please. Our trip passing Dover across the ocean was an un eventful one. When danger ap proached WO went below Hie surface, and here we are safely In an Ameri can port, ready to return in due course. "I am not in a position to give you lull details regarding our trip across the ocean, in view of our enemies. Our boat has a displacement ol' about 'J,non tons and a speed of more than l l knots. Needless to say that we are unite unarmed and only peace ful merchantmen, "Regarding things in Germany I may mention lhat everybody is con vinced ot Hie full Una) victory of the Herman anns ?md those of our allies. All fuels ol' the last 22 months go to prove that there is no doubt for this. All Boland and Kurland, a country of the size of two-thirds of Germany, are since twelve months under peace ful rule and the entire ton a try has been put under the plow and thou sands of acres will he serving for the next winter's supply of foodstuffs. Hains and warm weather In April and May have brought a crop in view all over Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bul garia and Turkey, finer than since a century. "AH Servia, Montenegro and a great portion of Al?banla are in tho same position. Besides Belgium, one-seventh of France is in German possession and all in a flourishing ag ricultural state. So there is really not the least anxiety for the British attempt of trying to kill by starvation a hundred million German and Aus trian children and women and non ?RMANY'S LAL TRIUMPH combatants, tho most devilish plan ever tried by any nation in the world. U-Bout* to Carry .Mall. "Our boats will carry across the Atlantic the malls and save them from British Interruption. "We trust that the old friendly re lationship with the United .States go ing back to th?! dnv3 of Washington, when it was Prussia who was the H rat to help America in its light for freedom from British rule, will awake afresh in your beautiful and powerful country. "Tim house Hag of the Deutsche Ozoan-KhodeVel is the old Bremen (lag, red and white stripes with the coal-of-arms of thc town, the key in the corner. This key is the sign Huit we hilve opened the gates which Croat Britain tried to shut Upon us and the trade of the world. The gales which we opened with this key will not be shut again. Open door to the trude of the world and freedom of the oceans and equal rights to all nations on the oceans will be guaran teed hy Germany's victory in this struggle for our existence." ('apt. Koenig's own story of the Dcutchlaud's voyage across the ocean was told to newspaper corres pondents soon after he made public his prepared statement. Ile laughed at stories of his being chased far off his course hy enemy vessels, and de clared that during the entire tri]) tho vessel traveled submerged only about '.to milos. "We came to Hampton Hoads hy the straight course from the Kuglish Channel," said the captain. "We did not come by way ol' the Azores. Al together from Helgoland to Balti more we covered 3,800 miles. "Throughout Hie entire trip the of ficers and crew were in excellent health and spirits. When we were under water for long spells the air got very stuffy. The Deutschland is built to stay under water for four consecutive days, so you see we never reached anywhere near our submer sion limit on til i s voyage. "The ship is much easier to ride In than a torpedo boat destroyer; much steadier. Ol" course, she rolls a little at times. "Any nation that can build a ship like the Deutschland can do what we did." Story of the Trip. "There is little lo tell of the trip," he C(%itinued. "We left Helgoland .lune 23 and steamed on the surface Into the North, Sea. Before sailing we conducted trial trips and drills tor the crew for ten days or two weeks. I had never been on a subma rine voyage, and the training 1 had all was received in the practice trips on the Deutschland. 1 everything went without incident the fi rs I day, hut on the second day in the Nert li Sea we were in the zone of the British cruisers and de stroyers. We sighted their smoke I'retiuently, but only dived when we thought there was danger of our be ing detected. "We did not on the entire trip come into close proximity with any man-of-war. We avoided them all. 11 was very simple. "From the North Sea we went straight through the Kuglish chan nel, which is tili ve with warships, and on the night ol' the fourth day we submerged and remained all night on the bottom ol' the channel. There were lots of cruisers near us we knew, ai.d it was very foggy. The next morning all was well and we proceded through Hie channel into the Atlantic ocean without incident. "Our tri)) lias demonstrated tHat the big merchant submarine is practi cal and that it has come to stay. We expect the venture to he a great (luanda! success. This ship can carry a cargo of 1,000 tons and on this trip carried 750 tons of dyestuffs, valued at $1,000,000, The charges for the shipment alone will pay for the cost of the Deutschland -about $500,000. On this trip we carried no mails nor did we carty money or securities. Also we caine without insurance, running entirely al our own risk." Xo .Message from Kaiser. "Did you bring a message from thc Kaiser to President wilson'."' tin captain was asked. "Ne; we did not," Capt. Koenig replied with emphasis. "That is t plain lie." "We will go hack again, carrying whatever cargo there is for us tc take." And we can go without tak lng on any oil here. We have enougl left to take us home. And I want tc say that lt will ho just as easy to gt back ns il was to come over. We wil have no difficulty getting out of th< capes, if British warships clo no break neutrality and come within tin 3-mile limit to attack us. We wil be ready a? soon as we get a cargo.' Capt. Koenig said that the Deutsch land was built for submersion to ? depth of 300 feet. The captain said he had been ii the merchant service for many years and had commanded the Princess Irene and the Schleswig. He paid high tribute to the crew and his fellow-officers. The chief en gineer ls F. Klees; the first officer, F. Krapohof, and the second officer, M. Myling. Capt. Koenig said the greatest credit for the success of the voyage should be given to Engineer Klees. As he ended the interview, the cap tain said he expected the next sub marine merchantman to reach the United States within eight weeks. On hoard the submarine aro the captain, llrst and second officers and 20 men, all wearing thc regulation uniform of the dorman mercantile marine, with the North Germen Lloyd insignia upon their caps. The sk I plier ls a trim, slightly built man of medium height, around forty. Two of his seamen are grizzled old tars, but the others are youths, apparently ranging from 18 to 2*.l. Cheers for the C-1 tout. When the vessel was released from quarantine she moved up the river to the pier of the Eastern Forwarding Company, six miles away, to a care fully guarded waiting berth. On the way np she passed a dozen mer chantmen lying at anchor, '?ie first, a big Norwegian freighter, dipped her Hag and her whole ship's company lined against the rall, raised three rousing cheers, which wero answered with a will With another Norwe gian and two Dutch ships the subma rine exchanged formal salutes. She moved close hy a number of Drills)) tramps in silence, observed with eager interest hy the English crews. At the dock the boat hardly was tied up before an army ol' newspa per men and moving picture photog raphers stormed the place. They were not permitted to get near the Deutschland, protected hy a barbed wire stockade, and numerous guards, hut Capt. Koenig soon appeared on shore, and cheerfully posed before the cameras. "Better hurry up; I haven't had my breakfast yet, and don't look good," he remarked in excellent Eng lish. He stood smilingly in the rain, wearing blue flannel trousers stuffed Into leather sea boots, a dark gray leather coat, gauntlets and a jauntily set cap. When the photographers gave him rest he held a sort of im promptu reception, shaking hands with everybody and telling how glad he was lo be in an American port. Later he was persuaded to bring ont his crew. The grinning youngsters brought with them a large green board taken from the stern of the ship on which was painted in big sil ver letters: "Deutschland-Bremen." Grouped about the board, with their skipper in tho center, the sailors posed until Capt. Koenig said lt was time to eat. When the start back will be made, of course, is problematical. An offi cial ol' the Forwarding company said to-day it might be two weeks, or it might be a month, but it was not de nied that the vessel would make her way out of the capes whenever and however the opportunity might offer to elude the enemy patrols. I'-Hoad a Muss of Machinery, As described by Dr. John C. Trav ers, assistant health officer, who was taken through the boat hy Capt. Koe nig, the Deutschlands Interior ap pears to he mainly a mass of machin ei y She has hut one deck below and a 17-foot depth of hold for her cargo. Dr. Travers descended through the forward hatch, where he found the crew's quarters, bunks on either side of a narrow passageway leading to compartments occupied hy the captain and his two officers. The captain's room is scarcely six feet square and barely high enough for a man to stand, lt is furnished all in metal, with the exception of a small oak desk. Directly beneath the offi cers' quarters is the dynamo which stores electrical energy to drive the vessel when submerged. Next Dr. Travers was taken into the officers' mess room, scarcely lar ger than the stateroom, with a galley built with all the economy of space ol' a Pullman dining car kitchen. Aft the mess room, about one-third the ship's length, from her stern, ls the submerging machinery and two peri scopes. "1 never saw such a mass of ma chinery in my life," said Dr. Travers. "It was an amazing sight and I doubt if it would mean much except to the engineer who designed it. There seemed to be 5,000 different pieces, an inexplicable tangle of bur nished copper and glistening steel." Aft Of the submerging machinery were the submarine's two powerful Deisel oil engines, which proi>eI her on tho surface. Both In the crows' and officers' quarters were phonographs and .stocky of well-used discs. Capt. Koenig told the doctor that while on the surface the noise of the machinery was almost deafening. "When submerged," said tho skipper, "she moves along almost silently and then we enjoy ourselves." Dr. Travors WOB permitted to look through one of the periscopes and de clared that he could see the sur rounding scenery, greatly magnified, with amazing clearness. "The device was adjustable," ho sal<l, "for both long and short dist ance observation. lt did not seem to me as I looked into it that 1 was i in the submarine ut all. 1 felt as if 1 were ii? an aeroplane on a wonder fully clear day." Loaves of Gem?an War Hi end. Dr. Travers emerged through the conning tower, holding in his hand two loaves of German war bread pre sented hy the captain as a souvenir, thinned meats and fruits were the crew's staple food, and with the ex ception of their loss of weight, duo to the oily atmosphere, in the opin ion of tho health oilleers, tho crew to a man was physically fit, "1 never saw better set up men than these," said the doctor. All of her 3 15 feet of greenish gray hull was standing well above the water as the Deutschland was towed to her dock. It was before 7 o'clock in the morning and rain was falling steadily, but there was a big, eagerly curious crowd awaiting. The big craft appeared like some giant tish of the deep, with two periscopes for eyes. lier main superstructure reached full I ,r> feet above the water line. Amidships the conning tower extended still higher, and above all towered the major periscope. On the starboard side an emergency peri scope was ready. Three hatchways lead below decks, one forward, one aft rtnd the main hatchway extend ing through the conning tower amid ships. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to protect the Deutsch land. When she reached her dock an army of guards drove away all river craft and a huge chain of logs was drawn around, her to prevent vessels from approaching within a hundred feet. On + ae land side of the dock a high board fence reaching far into the river had been erected. On top of the fence are half a dozen rows of heavy barbed wire and curtained with burlap to shut off all view. No one without a permit was allowed near the entrance. "My orders are from my home gov ernment," said Capt. Koenig. "No one can go aboard without authority. I am sorry. I would like the whole world to see." Will Sloan's Liniment Relieve Pain? Try it and see. One application j will prove more than a column of j claims. James S. 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All were much inter ested in the war maps showing the positions of the armies in Europe, and they pointed with pride to the names of their home towns in Ger many. At the Navy Department Assistant Secretary Roosevelt received the vis itors and congratulate^ them in Ger man upon their voyage. They in spected historic naval relics in Sec retary Daniel's, office, including the flag of the American submarine FM, which sank near Honolulu with 21 men. Three Children Drown In Ga. River. Valdosta, Ga., July 1.1.-Three children of H. B. Phillips, of Stock ton, Ga.-Henry, aged ll; Elizabeth, 10, nnd a boy 2-were drowned in the Ala palin river there late to-day, according to a message received at this place. Mrs. Phillips, who was with tho children when they waded into what they believed to be a shal low lagoon made by tho river's re cent overflow, nnrrowly escaped death. Parties have gone from Nay lor and Stockton to recover the bodies. Labor I/caders Convicted. , Chicago, July 13.-Thirteen out of seventeen labor loaders, charged with extortion and conspiracy to de stroy property wero convicted in cir cuit court hore to-day. Six were sentenced to prison and seven fined. Some people seok temptation in or der to test their strength. WCFFORD SPARTANBURG, Founded in 1884. A Christi ideals. Located in the. foothills of full and thorough courses. Strong rie? and Library. Next session ope logue and special information addre WOFFORD COLLEG A liigb gi'udo preparatory sch Careful moral training. Expenses 1 20th. For catalogue and special inf Spartanhurg, S. C. For Si Ballerger Hardware ci Senecc MAKES LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT. Process Said to Have Been Discov ered by u Frenchman. Paris, July 14.-The substitution of paper rolls for celluloid films in moving picture machines is made pos sible hy the new "cold" light discov ered by the French engineer, Dus saul, which is described to the Acad emy of Science by Prof. Branley, with whom Dussaul studied. The new light is obtained by automatic sepa ration of heat rays from luminous rays which occur together in all sources of light hitherto known to science. The quest of an absolutely pure light devoid of all heat long has been one of the great problems of modern physics. Tho electric light is the nearest approach to this ideal, but far from it, as it gives off a certain amount of heat. M. Daussaul has been working on this problem for many years. The light obtained by his method is so ' intense that lt is possible to throw images from newspaper illustrations, picture post cards and photographic prints on a screen even in a lighted.' room as clearly and sharply as if they were glass lantern slides. Five Killed, Thirty Hurt. N'ew York, July 13.-Five persons were killed, one missing, and at least 30 hurt, many seriously, by an explosion of an ammonia tank in a Brooklyn butcher shop to-day, which completely wrecked a four-story building. A dozen passengers on a street car wore hurt by falling bricks. Police fear others, passers by, may be buried under the walls which fell on the sidewalk.* A hun dred ll remen and a dozen ambulances are doing rescue work. Do not hide your light under a bushel when a thimble will do. Hamburg, Germany, has an experi mental plant that obtains power from the ebb and (low of North Sea tides. HEAT FLASHES, DIZZY, NERVOUS Mrs. Wynn Tells How Ly ?lia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Her DuringChange of Life. Richmond, Va.- "After taking seven bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham 'a Vegetablo Com pound I feel like a new woman. 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Well equipped Lnbornto ns September r'Oth, 11)16. For eatu HENUY N. SNYDER, President. E FITTIN 3 SCHOOL. ool for boys. Individual attention. OW Next session opens September urination address HEAD MASTER, JL SHINGLES roof to start withT tey last a Jifeijmei* r/eak. are stormproof ?eaufjful. NEVER NEED REPAIRS nd Furniture Company, i, S. C. Announcement Beginning the lust Monday in .Inly, tlie illst, the Kainui (?np Industrial School will Uike about (10 hoys and girls who want n place where they can be in school and pay for their lmard and tuition with their work. The torin of application and terms ol' admission will be furnished on re quest. A. .J. RITCHIE, President, Kainui (?up, (?eorgiu. July 12, 1916. 28-31 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION, In accordance with Section 1742, Civil Code ot South Carolina, 1912, and pursuant to an order of the County Board of Education of Oco nee County, South Carolina, notice is hereby given that a Special Election will be held at the school house, in Boone's Creek School District, No. 38 (42-3), on Saturday. July 22, 1916, for the purpose of voting upon the question i ". levying ?? special tax of two mille tm tl) real and personal property i' said district for ne hool purposes. At said . on oar] . i. cto i:> yer ing the proposed le\> shall cast a ballot containing tho word "Yes" printed or written thereon, and each elector opposed to said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" printed or written thereon. At the said election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation, and who ex hibit their tax receipts and registra tion certificates as required in gene ral elections, s'iall be allowed to vote. Polls will bc opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and will close at 4 o'clock p. m. A. J. HEATON, P. A. STEWART, J. D. BROWN, Trustees of Boone's Creek School District, Managers of Election. July 12, 1916. 27-28 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. tin Court of Common Pleas.) The Union Central Lifo Insurance Company, a ' Corporation Created by and Existing Under the Laws of the State of Ohio, Plaintiff, against Mrs. Helen M. Coleman, as Execu trix of the Last Will and Testa ment of George Y. Coleman, de ceased; Mrs. Ludie M. Coleman, (sometimes called Lu em ma Cole man, and Luemma C. Coleman), Mrs. Laura W. Coleman, Edward M. Coleman, William P. Nimmons, Thomas M. Galphin, Mrs. Pallio Moore and Clarke County Bank, a Corporation Created by and Exist ing Under the Laws ol* the State of Georgia, Defendants. Copy Summons for Relief.- (Com plaint Served.) To the Defendants Above Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the Complaint In this action, of which a copy ls here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the suhsori ber, at his office, on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to tho Court for tho relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated this <?6th day of June, 1916 R. T. JAYNES. Plaintiff's Attorney. To Mrs. Helen M, Coleman, as Exec utrix of tho Last Will and Testa ment of George Y. Coleman, de ceased, Absent Defendant: Please Take Notice, That the Sum mons and Complaint In the abovo en titled action were filed in tho office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County, of tho Stato of South Carolina, on tho 11th day or July, 1916. It. T. 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