Evening star. [volume], September 08, 1930, Page A-6, Image 6

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LINED SAFE YIELDS
' BULLION ROOM KEY
Sudden Storm Halts Work
of Divers Salvaging
Treasure Ship.
BY DAVID SCOTT.
BREST, France, September B.—The
captain’s safe, brought up from the
■unken liner Egypt, was opened yes
terday while the salvage ship Artiglio
was lying in port during an Atlantic
atom. The safe contained a key to
the bullion room of the ship, where
$9,000,000 in gold and silver Is hidden:
a separate bunch of keys, unmarked,
and a diplomatic mall bag containing
British foreign office correspondence.
There was nothing else. The ship's
money and the valuables belonging to
passengers are presumably in the pur
ser’s safe in another part of the wreck.
One of the objects of opening the
safe today was to get absolute confir
mation of the identity of the wreck in
the shape of the ship's log or other
papers bearing her* name. Nothing of
the sort was found, and so documentary
evidence of the wreck's identity is still
lacking. This is not very important,
however, since the material evidence
ia conclusive.
Crews Watch Operation.
The safe was opened publicly on the
Artiglio’s cargo hatch while a crowd
of 200 to 300 looked on from above.
The safe was hauled up from the hold
and laid on its tjack. Then an oxy
acetylene blowpipe .was brought to bear
on its bolts and hinges while the crews
of the little salvage fleet crowded
around
The blue flames of the torch popped
and crackled; rivulets of Hquid steel
ran across the rusty plating, and in
a short time the door of the safe was
pried open with crowbars and thrown
aside.
A musty odor of rotting canvas and
wet iron roe© from the dark interior.
Somebody seised the neck of the mail
bag to pull it out and the bag fell to
pieces, leaving a slimy mass behind.
The papers, sodden and stuck together,
were carefully lifted out and put into
a wooden box. From their muddy
black, white and brown a patch of vivid
color stood out from time to time—the
Vermillion seal of the Foreign Office—,
clean and clear.
Contents Listed.
The box was taken down into the
Artiglio's saloon and a list of its con
tents made. It was as follows:
A volume of consular instructions
dated April 27. 1922.
An official letter to the British Con
sul at Tangier, marked in a comer,
"Found at bottom of empty bag: re
turned to Foreign Office March 18,
1922.” So this letter had gone from
London to Tangier and back to Lon
don by mistake and was lost on its
second outward voyage.
A foreign office dispatch of May 17,
1922, to M. A. Robertson, address
Illegible.
A printed book of accounts relating
to trade and navigation.
A series of sealed letters from the
foreign office to British representatives
abroad.
A bag of bill of exchange forms for
use In the consular service in Japan,
Korea and Siam. „
A report on the economic situation
5 Belgium by the British department
overseas trade. , . .
A copy of the Journal of the Parlia
ments of the empire.
A bundle of foreign office reports.
None of these papers was read or
disturbed unnecessarily, although many
at them are still clearly legible. On
was printed the signature of “Cur
nn of Kedleston” (the late Marquess
Curaon of Kedleston, who, in 1922,
when the Egypt sank, was the British
foreign secretary). An envelope marked
"secret” was left -untouched.
Dates Correspond With Wreck.
The interest of these papers lay in
their dates. All were dated April or
May. 1922. which correspond with the
rfnifing of the Egypt. The Inventory
was signed by representatives of the
salvage company and the papers were
packed in a new box for consignment
to the Peninsula * Oriental Shipping
00. in London. The safe remained
aboard and may be exhibited publicly
later.
The Artiglio was driven from her
moorings yesterday by a characteris
tic caprice of the Atlantic. The fine
weather last week changed with strik
ing suddenness. At one moment the
men were working In hot sunshine on
deck; at the next the sky was darkened
(Ooprrlght, 1930, by New York Time*.)
Gayety Show
VfANAGER LAKE has assembled an
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is holding forth.
Featured In this revue are such well
timed headliners as Billy Arlington,
whose antics yesterday fared more than
favorably with his audience; “Smiling’'
Jeanne Williams, whose smile is only
one of the nicest of her charms; Reggie
White and Boots Rush —the latter
pleasantly remembered from the early
Summer.
As a matter of fact, Baltimore's
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had the audience more enthusiastic.
than most of the others —although the
entire cast of feminine "menaces’’ put
their best feet foremost. However,
Reggie, as they say, has that some
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A particularly pleasing feature, Joe
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with the Gayety chorus ladies, more
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MALE HEIR TO BELGIAN THRONE
IS BORN TO CROWN PRINCESS
Barbed Wire Stretched to Hold Back Crowds Cheering
Birth of Royalty.
By the Associated Free*.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September B.
Crown Princess Astrid of Belgium, wife
of Prince Leopold, yesterday gave birth
to a nine-pound son, who become heir
to the Belgian throne in the direct
male line.
The newcomer was baptised last
night with the name Badouin Albert
Axel Marie Gustave—the first, name for
the elder brother of King Albert, who
died in 1891—and this preliminary bap
tismal service will be followed by a
formal ceremony within a month, King
Albert acting as godfather.
as if a giant’s hand had thrown a veil
over the sea.
A gray curtain of rain swept the
horizon of the sea. Out of it came a
deep, vibrating note of warning, and
a minute later we on the Artiglio could
faintly see a great steamer picking her
way toward the land through the mist.
Then the easterly breeze stopped and
a squall from the west sent a multi
tude of foamy ripples splashing against
the Artigllo's sides. In an hour an
angry sea was running and it was clear
that the Artiglio could not stay at her
moorings.
The engine of the motor launch
chose at this moment to break down,
and it was in a small open boat that
& crew of three set out to cast loose
from the buoys. This meant going to
each buoy in turn and untying the lash
ings which held them to the cables,
and each cable was 200 yards long.
Sailors Have Hard Fight.
They went first to the stern buoy and
reached It in quick time, for a strong
tide was running. Then they turned to
row back to the ship and began an un
usual battle with the sea. Sometimes
their boat was lost in a trough. Then
it leaped upward, standing almost on
its stern, and hung for a moment on a
foaming crest before it plunged again.
Soaked to the akin, the three aailors
panted at the oars, fighting vainly
against the current. At last a lifebuoy
with a line attached was thrown over
board. It floated down to them and
their boat was hauled in, only to face
the sea again at once.
Manila hawsers are expensive things,
and there was no time to lose if they
were not to be cut. The second buoy
plunged beneath the surface as the boat
approached, came up under it and near
ly threw the crew Into the water. When
they had been hauled back they were
tired out and could do no more. So
a volunteer crew, led by a young diver
named Bargellini, finished the work.
Thus the Artiglio saved her hawsers In
the nick of time.
(Copyrisht, 1930. by ths New Tork Times.)
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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1930.
The baby was bom at Stuyvenberg
Castle, around which barbed wire had
been stretched to keep back the curious
public. However, when a salute of 101
guns announced the event, a great
crowd surrounded the castle to cheer
the prince and his family.
Princess Astrid, who married the heir
to the Belgian throne November 4,
1928. is 25 years old. She is the first
daughter of Prince Charles of Sweden,
brother of the Bwedish King, and of
Princess Ingeborg.
Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid
have another child. Princess Josephine
Charlotte, who is nearly 3 yean old.
EMPLOYE OF G. P. 0.
DIES AT HER HOME HERE
Mlsb Gertrude M. Stanley Was
Lifelong Resident of Wash 5 - g
ton—Funeral Wednesday.
Miss Gertrude M. Stanley, lifelong
resident of Washington and veteran
employe of the Government Printing
Office, died at her residence, 1800 Law
rence street, yesterday afternoon after
an illness of four months. She was 53
years old.
Miss Stanley had been employed at
the Government Printing Office for the
last 34 years, the last two being
served as sectional chief in the office
of the superintendent of documents.
Surviving are two brothers, Joseph
D. Stanley of this city and Leonard
Stanley of Norfolk, Va.; three sisters,
Mrs. Ella Walters and Mrs. R. Harrison
of this city and Mrs. Thomas Banes
of Fort Pierce, Fla., and her father,
John T. Stanley.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence Wednesday morning at 8:30
o’clock, with mass at St. Francis de
Sales Church at 9 o’clock. Interment
will be In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Ran Car Backward 7,810 Miles
NEW YORK, September 8
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U. S. WAB ACE DIES
IN CRASH OF PLANE
John 0. Donaldson Spins to
Earth at Philadelphia
Legion Air Meet.
By the Associated Pres*.
PHILADELPHIA, September B.—John
O. Donaldson, Newark, N. J., pilot,
plunged to his death at the Municipal
Airport here late yesterday, a short time
1 after the two-day race meet held under
1 the auspices of the American Legion
had come to a close. He died in a
hospital less than an hour after his
plane crashed a short distance from
the field.
Donaldson and several other flyers
went up after the meet had closed
officially - to entertain the crowd of
nearly 100,000 spectators with fancy
flying and stunting. He was flying the
plane of Mrs. Opal Kunz, New York,
and was looping when suddenly it went
into a tail spin.
The plane crashed a half mile from
■ the field. Donaldson was unconscious
when rescuers reached him, and it was
necessary to cut away parts of the
: fuselage to remove him.
WAS WORLD WAR FLYER.
Donaldson Was Personally Decorated
by Prince of Wales.
NEWARK, N. J., September 8 (/P). —
John O. Donaldson, killed in an air
plane crash at Philadelphia yesterday,
served with the United States air forces
In the World War. He attained the
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