HUGE FORTUNE
SQUillNSFi
Divers Search for Alaskan
Gold Believed Lost In
1901 With Ship
By BEN H. CONNER
Associated Press StaK Writer
JLTBAUv Alaska. (AP) A
modern version at "Twenty Thou
sand Leagnee' Under the Sea" la
being enacted - tn treacherous
Alakan waters by a band of men
from Olympic, Wash.
In specially devised deep sea
diving apparatus these adrentar
ers place their Hopes of finding a
fortune In gold- believed to be
somewhere In the sunken, barna
cle-clad hulk ha( one was the
crack Alaskan steamer Islander.
The expedition, undaunted by
severity of weather and danger
ous deeps of the sea, gradually la
nesting the climax ef aa attempt
ty retrieve old dust and ballion
from the sunken amp.
The Islander's sinking near Ju
neau 1a 1901 was a major tragedy
of Alaska's wreck-strewn coast.
Seventy-five lost their lives when
the craft' struck as Iceberg.
Gold tk&t may he worth mil
lions, memkera of the expedition
believe, was lett behind by panic
stricken raisers returning from
claims staked in the heyday of the
Yukon gold rueb.
Carl H. Wiley, a sea-going me
chanic of Olympia, devised the
grotesque, egg-shaped diving bell
that Is used to explore the sunken
ship.
. With him are his father and
brother, E. H. and Elbert Wiley.
Stephen Jackson. Charles Ltndley,
a machinist in whose shop the dlv-
la? bell was built, and Lindley'a
son.
About five years ago Wiley first
considered the project. Inventing
the diving cage, he tested it in
water 500 deep in Puget sound
I proved satisfactory there.
In the fall of 4928 Wiley again
tested the apparatus at the scene
of the wreck. The present .expe
dition left Olympia last fall.
Although tbe treasure hunt is
one incentive, Wiley hopea to
prove that man can descend safe
ty and conduct salvage operations
at depthg heretofore unexplored
His diving bell, large enough to
house only one man. is of ova
sliape to resist pressure of water
at great depths. It is of cast steel,
one cast for the helmet, the oth
er for the body.
The diver looks through a port
hole, below which is a powerful
light. He operates the contrivance
from a sitting position. A tractor
if attached beneath the bell's
body, so the diver, by pedaling a
gear, can propel the apparatus
a;ong the ocean floor.
A mechanical arm, projecting
from the steel body, is constructed
so the diver may use tools to tear
or cut away parts of the ship to
iff . , vrtJ
I IN DESPAIR f
4
,
if
J l 4y i- -Nk y
Eleven-year-old Stanley JTless was
the lone survivor of the fire which
wept his home at Little Keck, L.
L His mother, father, three sla
ters and brother azuf a boarder in
the house were burned to death-
enter cabins or lower decks.
An oxygen tank is carried
the bell, allowing the diver
work more than an bonr at
time.
Letters to relatives indicate that
Carl Wiley has gone down to the
Islander as many as five times
day in recent weeks. Several arti
cles identified as belonging to the
sunken craft have been sent to
Olympia.
BOB
IEDT0
1TBFHIE
BRADLEY. England (AP) A
scarab taken from an ancient
Egyptian tomb wat blamed by
Mrs. John Bertram- Parkea for
seres years of poverty and mis-
cortgne, culminating in widow
hood. So sheb tilled the thing
in the woods near her humble
home here.
Tbe scarab was Inscribed with
part of the 64th chapter ot the
Egyptian Book of the Dead, which
Identified it with the heart of the
deceased person and urged it not
to betray him at the Judgment be
fore Osiris. It was fonnd by
her husband when he was In
Egypt as a colonel in England's
crack Grenadier Guards.
Shortly afterwards, he -was de
mobilized. For m time he worked
first as a coal dealer and later as
a market gardener, toy maker
and firewoci seller. Then tor
seven years he was nnaMe to land
a Job of any sort.
Finally he was forced to build
a two room shack in the woods
his wife and four children. Then
he died, leaving his family destt-
Itute.
Mrs. Parke said Iter hnsband
Mamed all his (misfortunes oa
the scarab.
Mrs. Parkes said her husband
blamed all his mlsfortnne on the
scarab.
"He was too superstitious to
throw It away, but he asked me
to get rid ot it," she explained.
"He felt stire it was a enrse.
"When he fell sick an Ironic
fate sent aim halt a dozen offers
of lucrative employment, But he
was already oa sis death bed."
S. S. Convention
At Aumsville
AUMSVILLE, April 10. The
Santlam district Bible achooi met
htra flnndav with the Christian
Bible school for the quarterly
meeting. The program was: son:
service, devotional by Henry Por
ter, lesson study, round table dis
cussion, basket dinner at noon,
song service, devotional by B. S.
Glllstran of Tamer, specials by
the different school, address by
W. O. Ashur. Bible teaener ana
lecturer of Miles City, Montana.
Discussion and the business meet
here in order to have shelter for ing; followed
MICKEY MOUSE
lAlIICIUiS
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HIES
WASHINGTON (AP) Chap-
erones are still an Institution be
low the equator.
The custom is continued by
South American members ot the
diplomatic set tn Washington. A
roan airl from the Argentine at-
tenaiaa- a dance nere is invari
ably accompanied by her mother
or another mature companion.
The result is a pleasant com
radeship between the two gener
ations.
The roung girls are accom-
olished linguists and dancers.
Most ot them have traveled ex
tensively In Europe.
8enora Carlos F. Grisanti, wife
of the minister from Teneinela.
has a busy time attending with
her four daughters the many so
cial affairs to which they are In
vited. They are an excellent bridge
Dlarers and dancers.
Bridge has been eagerly adopt
ed by the diplomatic set. Mah
moud Samy Pasha, minister from
Egypt, and sis wife are so taken
np with the game they sometimes
hare parties lasting all atternoom
and evening, with an interval for
dinner.
Seaora Eduardo de Medina.
wife of the minister from Bolivia.
has two daughters to chaperotre.
She lived here as a girl when her
father, Senor Gauchalla. was also
minister from Bolivia. Senora de
Medina spends a good deal of her
time painting.
One of the daughters, Maria
Dies de Medina, Is a pronounced
Spanish type. She is often seen
leading a big white wolfhound.
Mrs. Rubens Ferrerla de Meuo.
wife of the second secretary of
the Brazilian embassy, is a popu
lar young matron. Despite her
many social engagements she de
votes much time to her young
son.
MILL! DOLLMS
GUESTS AT -AURORA
AURORA, April 10 MrJ m?d
Mrs. Orvall Widdows, with their
two children. Glen and Grace, of
-Bend, Oregon, are visiting Mr,
Widdows' parents in Barlow, and
while here are guest of Mr. and
Mrs. George Ziegler.
Mies Erma Smith, who has been
working at the local telephone
company's office, has accepted a
position 4n Canby. with the tele
phone company there.
KANSAS CITT (A) The story
of a newsboy who bought a gro
cery store for $150 and enlarged
his holdings to include a million
dollar chain sounds almost fit for
fiction.
That actually happened to Nat
Milgram, Kansas City merchant.
His 35 stores in Kansas City
and suburbs have been merged
with the Kroger Grocery and
Bakery company, one of the
world's largest grocery chains.
Although the Milgram organ!
zation. as such, now loses its
identity. Mr. Milgram at S7 be
comes actively affiliated with the
new corporation.
A few years ago his business
involved only halt a dozen family
stores. At 2 S he bought the first
one for $160. He quit a news
paper route and night school,
where he was studying a pre-med-ieal
course, and went Into business.
A knack for merchandising soon
tores. To make one venter bar
Mr. Milgram learned t apeak iris
Customers' language, for the store
was la a Mexican; eofbny. H even
went to Meztco to buy merchan
dise, that had the tang ot home
land. .
He set np five brothers and five
ot his brothers-in-law as manag
ers ot various stores. His sixth
sister married a lawyer.
All his stores were adapted to
preferences of neighborhood com
munities they served. It custom
ers wanted a self-service system,
Mr. Milgram installed it.
His employes mounted toward
300 as business of 35 stores grew
to almost fMOo.QOO In annual
volume. Just before the merger,
those employes participated In a
gSO.OOe bonus, representing a
profit-sharing "melon" for six
months' business.
FARM IS SOLD
MONMOUTH, April 10. A
farm of lit acres, owned by Koah
Heffly in the Antioch section four
miles southwest of Monmouth,
was purchased this week by Val
entine Mueller of that commun
ity. The transfer was a cash con
sideration and was negotiated by
the Guy H, Doming agency ol
brought more and more Milgram Monmouth.
New P.T.A. Has
Excellent Start
GERVAIS. April 10. The first
monthly meeting of the newly or
ganized Parent-Teachers' associa
tion was held at the school build
Ing In Gervais Monday evening. A
large crowd from the interested
districts wag present. After a fine
program was given with numbers
from each of the districts. Dr.
Russell, county health officer,
gave a very instructive talk, and
the business session followed wiih
Presideut G. J. Moisaa in the
chair.
Miss DeJardln, of the Eldriedge
school, Miss Forcier of the St.
Louis school, and Miss McClough
erty of the Manning school, were
appointed to prepare the program
for the next meeting the first
Monday evening in May and Mrs.
J. D. Brehaut, Mrs. Sumner Stev
ens and Mrs. C. W. Cutsforth are
the committee to arrange for refreshments.
Cross -Word Puzzle
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container.
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