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jl " - "'THE GAT: iSAiO fWBUNB.. SUNDAY MORNfNG-, DECEMBER'S, 35)12, y . ' Br.
I Taking Hints from Motor Cars, 1 J
Aeroplanes and Hydroplanes, a Itl !l iwlptfii
currcnt Snrd, i SFTOgW
German Inventor Makes It Easy 5 "";: HHHf
ocean's bottom by atKJwIjj
azc JVze or Divers to Search the -j: b?al ,h. $pl-j
Ocean's Bottom for Long Lost Wealth bBBSSI
r I 1HE fascinatious of deep-sea
I treasure hunting aro inspir
ing Inventors to make such
explorations tess hazardous and
more profitable than they have
proved heretofore. Aided by the or
dinary diving costume, with its
metal helmet and leaden boots,
searchers for this sort of treasure
have accurately charted scores of
places where the ocean's bottom j'b
strewn with tho precious cargoes of
ships that have been wrecked and
KUnlc all along down the ages of the
Christian era, and even earlier.
Out thoso heavy leaden boots, and
other deflcloncIcH of ordinary diving
apparatus, have interfered with ade
quate succcsb in bringing this,
wealth of gold and silver, precious
stones and objects of antique art
to the surface. "What was needed
was some sort of mechanism where
by the deep-sea explorer could
move about with more freedom, con
tinue at his task for longer periods
and work in co-operation with
power-supplying craft on the sur
face. Chevalier Pinl. the Italian Inven
tor, had some success with a s'ub
marlno wheeled craft moving by its
own power; but the device was not
available below a certain depth, or
whero the bed of tho sea waB very
uneven. It demonstrated the neces
sity of some means of constant co
operation between the diver and
helpers on the surface, which would
mean, also, constant communication
with them.
The latter need was supplied some
time ago by submarine telephone
communication.
Now a German firm Messrs.
Draegerwerk, of Lubeck have prof
ited by hints afforded by the automo
bile, the aeroplane and the hydro
plane to perfect a deep-sea vehicle
for the diver calculated to accom
plish pretty nearly everything re
quired of It
This now device may be described
as a sort of automobile, on runners
Instead of wheels,, and having hydro
plane attachments whereby its equi
librium can be maintained while tho
runners aro off the bottom. The
vobicle has no power of Us own,
being drawn through the water and
along the bottom of tho sea by a
motor boat on the surface to which
it is attached by wire cables, and
with whose driver the diver is in
communication by telephone.
This deep-sea vehicle is equipped
with a "cartridge" which supplies
the diver with pure air for a period
of three hours. There Is a steering
mechanism actuated by compressed
air supplied from a steel cylinder
fixed to each side
of the body of the
machine. At the
back of the diver's
seat instead of in
front, as the wind
guard of an auto
mobile is a pro
tective shell or
hood ' to protect
him from currents
which his motion
sets up.
When the .diver
In his costume
the helmet con
necting his ears
and mouth with
telephone receiver
and transmitter
in seated at the
steering gear of
his machine the
hole Is lowered
over the side of
the power boat
nd proceeds to
sink to the hot
om. ThQ hydro
Plane attachments
enable jMm to 8n
on an even keel
Arrived at the hot
too .If the natural
JIght is too dim
switches on his
current from the
jojer boat above.
"snt, which ho
;fn direct tr0m
a We to side, or up
and down.
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A diver scate'd m the submarine fll'edae? "starting on
hie deep sea voyac Hi helmet contains a telephone
connection with the power boat driven on the surface.
tic dlstlL ern ltnverod at 90mc
en i5!fncofrom the chad unk
t"lenhnnS. re', lD Pons.e to his
"c ''der, tho driver of the
o tnW ? 01? the Hurfacc Proceeds
HtJnn ,h,m rvvard. By manlpu
cm h 6 difforen- hydroplanes he
u fl T irw cosiderablo distance
nn"I rlsht aud crt f tho power
nh2i. course-can even leap over
obfiti notions on the ocean's bottom,
for wider cxourslono he has only to
telephone a new course to the power
boat driver. Thus he can thorough
ly explore, during the threo hours
ot nis pure air supply, quite a large
area of sea bottom.
Having located the ancient wreck,
he can jump out of his machine and
proceed with his work of digging it
out of the sand or mire, which has
so long enveloped it. carrying back
a load on his return to the surface,
in tho meantime he will have di
rected tho placing of a buoy on tho
surface to mark the exact spot undc
which the treasure lies. After that
it is only a question of tools, time
and labor to remove that particular
bit of submarine treasure from thn
plans of other seekers.
Thin new system of dellbcratplv,
saiely and practicably going after
riches dumped on tho sea bottom
was invented and perfected for the
use of an expedition organize! to
further search the ocean's bottom
off tho coaBt of Tunis for prlcelcs
objects of ancient Greek ar t
tbere by the wreck of a ship more
than two thousand yearn ago. with
In the last two years Greek sponge
fishermen m tho comparatively sh-Tl
ow waters three miles from shore
brought up scores of bronze sta 10s
marble busts and columns and other
-rf8lln? a-nd VaIuN object!
which scientists agreed probably
represented loot obtained in .
fcoman raid upon some Greek ton!
Plo or palace. teiu .
The wreck of this ancient gallcv "
lies at a depth of 32f. feet, and Vn
about it lies a mass of marble Co
umns with their bases and capiSs
-treasure too heavy to be brS?
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to the surface by ordinary means at
tho hands of sponge divers:
But if the new apparatus proves
to equal In practise what is expect
ed of it, there will doubtless bo many
more calls upon it. Probably it will
' do seized upon by the Amcrlcau ex
pedition which is propar.ing to try
and recover an item of $7,000,000 iu
gold, silver and precious stones
vhlch has rested on the ocean's bot
tom In the Mona passage between
ncienl GrrlrtT-OC!Cdl 'fk laio3t Schino will .olve the problem of bringinff up tho drao.t priailtV fi,
aacent Greek art objecta lost m the wreck of a Roman galley, off the eoa.t of Tunu 2,000 year. ago. 1
the Islands of Porto Itlco and Santo
Domingo since September '23, 1597.
This was tho value of tho cargo of
the Spanish galleon Santa Marghor-
Sta, which sailed on that date for
Spain from the port of' Santo Do
ningo, and was wrecked;,
Other charted ocean treasures are
almost too numerous to Bftctc
The coast of Ireland la so MBA .
with them that the 'Graoa
been dubbed "Treasure Irelwi"1
now rarisian Modistes Have Drawn FTnnn fkA Kin- u i , i , i . ml
A?-sa?e -a, J2 riPJL1? H oca for the latest Fashot:
I A LL Is grist which comes to the mills
L of fashion. The modistes of "gay
Paree" have already drawn upon the
disastrous conflict now raging in the Bal
kans for their latest creations, using as
models the uniforms worn by the contend
ing soldiers.
How closely they have followed the styles
in question will be seen by examining the
acrnmmnviPr nhotosraphs in connection
'lUe Montenegrin Peasant Soldier and tho Style He la
Responsible For.
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with tho sketches. The Turks, tho Servian
the Bulgarian and the Montenegrin soldier
nave all been used for tho purpose and
French women will bo ablo to show thoir
s '"i- "i me connicimg
The Bulgarian Private's Uniform Was the Source of
the Design Here Shown.
uutitms by wearing a costume correspond
ing to tho uniform worn by its soldiers.
Trousoretles aro a feature of two of tho
designs shown, but a tight skirt answers
tne nurnoso in tho case of the remaining
00m
Wmm m
tvvo.
tvvo.
In adapting the soldier's uniform the mil
itary touch has very cleverly hoen elim
inated, and it is only by actually comparing
npw laclles' costumes with tho uni-
A Servian Officer and the Picturesque Costume Hi
Uniform Suggested.
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form which suggested It that their wfl
mar be recognized. rjE". c
Several of these latest creations
ready made their appearance on tba
boulevards.
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