Evening star. [volume], September 11, 1930, Page A-12, Image 12

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DIVERS MAY LIFT
SHIP'S GOLD ROOM
100 Per Cent Salvage Pos
sibility Encourages Egypt
Operators.
BY DAVID SCOTT.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BREST, France, September 11.—While
the salvage ship Artiglio lay inactive at
sea all day in the rain. Alberto Giano
and his Italian divers were deep in plans
for salvaging the $5,000,000 treasure of
the Peninsular Oriental liner Egypt. 400
feet beneath the surface of the ocean. I
Already they have devised a scheme
which, if it succeeds, should rank as one
of the most remarkable operations ever
performed in the history of marine sal
vage.
The divers intend, if possible, to cut
Into the Egypt's hull as a surgeon cuts
into a patient's body, to remove the
bullion room as a surgeon might remove
a patient’s appendix and bring it to the
surface without opening it and carry it
bodily to land. In this way they hope
to salvage the whole of ita contents at
one stroke without losing a penny by the
way.
Time Is Important.
The reasons for attempting this
are two. In the first place, there
is the question of time. A whole
season of work will be needed to lay
the bullion room bare. If the room
were opened and its contents scooped
up bit by bit, the work would run
into a third year. The second reason
is that piecemeal salvage would In
volve inevitable and perhaps heavy
loss. Scoop and grappling Irons, no
matter how Ingeniously designed and
cleverly used, cannot go Into the cor
ners and crannies of a rectangular
chamber and pick up the last scraps
of its contents. They can only get
• hold on the more exposed material
and must leave behind something like
30 per cent.
The gold and silver in the Egypt
Is in wooden boxes which certainly
would be rotted after eight years un
der water and would fall to pieces
when disturbed. Very large amounts
in coin would inevitably be scattered
and lost. But If the bullion room it
self can be brought up in one oper
ation 100 per cent of Its contents
should be saved.
Obstacles Not Insuperable.
Difficult though it certainly will be,
the raising of the bullion room need
not present Insuperable obstacles,
though much depends on Its construc
tion. The method proposed is briefly
this: First, the whole of the ship’s
structure above the bullion room must
be cleared away some distance fore and
aft. This would have to be done in any
case, as it would be far too dangerous
to drop a diver into the narrow hole
with its overhanging edges to trap him
or cut his cable. What Is wanted is to
open a crater so wide that the diver
cannot come in contact with its sides.
This attempt to raise the bullion room
will Involve no additional work before
hand.
When the clearance has been finished,
the bullion room, which is a chamber 24
feet long and 6 feet wide by 9 feet high,
will be left isolated, perched on a bulk
head which runs along its length below
mnd supported laterally by the deck on
which it stands. A piece of the deck hull
will be blown away on each side so the
end of the bullion room will stand clear.
Will Lower Stirrups.
Next two slings or stirrups will be
made of heavy steel cross-bars and
strong chains will be lowered from the
surface and slipped over the exposed
ends, an operation well within the pow
er of the divers. A cylindrical caisson,
through which supporting chains will
pass, will next be lowered to within a
few feet of the bullion room, where it
will automatically be locked by a ratchet
gear on chains. Enough air will be
pumped Into the caissons to take the
weight of the bullion room, and the re
maining deck bulkhead will then be
cut away. Finally the caisson and bul
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I lion room together will be gradually
raised to the surface, to be further se
cured and carried or towed to land.
The contents of the bullion room
weigh 48 tons and the structure itself
I perhaps 15 tons. With patience and
| care, there Is no reason why the opera
i tlon should not succeed. The riskiest
part will be bringing the caisson and
its burden to land; but here again noth
ing will be left to chance. The neces
sary gear already is being designed in
detail, and it Is not likely any possible
contingency will be overlooked. Inde
-1 pendent experts already have given
their warm approval of the plan.
The divers estimate they will need
300 working hours to clear away the
bullion room, which is, roughly, equiva
lent to three months under favorable
conditions. Therefore, the salvage op
erations constitute a program for next
year. For the present, the divers will
content themselves with removing the
Egypt’s boat deck and making their
preparations for next year.
(CopTTlsht, 1930, by the New York Tlmei.)
Reason for Optimism.
' NEW YORK, September 11 UP). —If
business conditions were as good In
! England as in the United States Eng
land would feel very optimistic. In the
i opinion of Lord Melchett. mining mag
nate. "I’ll bet.” he added on departure
i for England, "that In another year or
so you will not remember that so many
' of your people were talking about hard
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YHE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1930.
ALBRECHT HAS DOUBTS
ON VALIDITY OF WEDDING
Archduke and Wife Are Living
Apart Until Sanction of Church
Is Obtained.
By the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, September ll.—The
newspaper Ujsag yesterday made public
a declaration by Archduke Albrecht to
the effect that while he adheres to
belief in the validity of his marriage. In
England recently, to the divorced wife
of a Hungarian diplomat, according to
the Hungarian civil law, he is convinced
"as a faithful Catholic, from a human
standpoint and having a regard for his
soul's salvation,” that his marriage was
not fully valid.
For this reason, the statement says,
he has not yet taken up common habita
tion with his bride, who, by her union
with Albrecht became a Hungarian
royal princess. She has moved into a
villa, while Albrecht continues In his
former residence, until the Pope shall
have given the sanction of the church
to the wedding.
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Police officials at Acton. England,
were recently asked by an elderly wom
an to compel a neighbor to stop "put
ting radio waves on through the wall"
making her very ill.
COMMUNISTS CLUBBED
Berlin Demonstrators Defy Police,
Who Arrest Nearly 50.
BERLIN, September 11
munist demonstrations occurred In va
rious parts of Berlin last night and In
one of them, on the historic Wilhelm
strasse, the disturbers defied the police
and were dispersed with gunfire.
The demonstrators marched up to
the presidential palace, where they
were met by the armed guards and
warned to disperse. When they re
fused to do so, the police fired shots
into the air and the Communists took
heed and left. _ . ~
Police used their clubs freely at oth
er points and arrested nearly 50 of the
manifestants.
Hole Halved in One.
WALDRON, Saskatchewan. Septem
ber 11 UP). —R L. Penny's version Is that
imitation is flattery’s sincerest form.
Mrs. R. L. Penny says the affair proves
that, the female of the species Is as
deadly as the male. The Pennys were
playing golf together. Mr. Penny, hav
ing the honor, made a hole in one. His
chest was still expanding when Mrs.
Penny brushed him aside and teed up.
The hole was halved.
INSPECTION OF BANK
IN RUSSIA PROTESTED
Soviet Suffers From Monetary
Panic—Two Dozen Shot for
Hoarding of Silver Coins.
By Radio to The Btar.
TOKIO. Japan, September 11. —The
Bank of Chosen, the only foreign bank
allowed to transact business within
Soviet Russia, has asked the Japanese
foreign office to make a strong protest
at Moscow regarding the “Inspection”
of Its Vladivostok branch during the
past several weeks.
Apparently Russia Is suffering from
a severe monetary panic. Reports
reaching here Indicate that the peas
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Authorities of the Bank of Chosen
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bank, inspected the vaults and probed
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