anaheim-gazette 1930-09-18

RECOVERING GOLD FROM OCEAN New Methods of Salvaging Enable Divers To Bring Treasure Up From Wrecks Modern science and invention has at last found a way to recover much of the treasure which lies under the sea. Divers equipped with modern apparatus only a few days ago found the wreck of the "Egypt," with $5,000,000 in gold on board, in 400 feet of water off the coast of Spain. Recovery of the treasure now only waits upon favorable weather for the operation of opening the sunken ship's strong-room and lifting the gold to the surface. The "Lusitania," sunk by a German submarine in 1915, had $25,000,000 of gold on board. She lies in somewhat less than 400 feet of water, off the south coast of Ireland. It is entirely within the realm of possibility that this treasure may be salvaged within the next few years. Scores of other wrecks of ships known to contain large quantities of gold, silver or other non-perishable valuables lie on the sea bottom in different parts of the world, just out of reach of the old-fashioned diving apparatus, but within range of the modern equipment in which a man can go speedily and safely to a depth of 400 feet and even more. Beyond doubt, the treasures of many of these wrecks will be recovered, richly rewarding the men who finance the treasure-hunt, before very long. Up to now, deep-sea divers have not been able to go down much more than 125 feet, because of the pressure of the water' upon the flexible rubber diving suits. Water pressure increases at a rate of more than two pounds with every foot of depth; at 100 feet the pressure is 200 pounds to the square inch. That means that the diver's body must withstand that enormous pressure while the air pumped into his rigid helmet must equal that pressure also, to keep the water from seeping OUR QUARANTINE LAWS APPROVED Latin American Delegates Endorse California's Stand On Importations California's quarantine policies and methods of excluding plant and animal pests are receiving the approval of several Latin American countries. The latest endorsement was given this week by Alejandro Von der Heyde Garrirog and Julio Cesar Paldao both Hints for th SANDWICH When in doubt about for the summer party wishes—dainty little intrigue the appetite without giving one a fiction. If you serve afternoon usually consists of ice cream—serve dainty litter with crisp lettuce, cucumber pepper and cream cheese you want to provide tired tennis players man sandwiches which will Up to now, deep-sea divers have not been able to go down much more than 125 feet, because of the pressure of the water upon the flexible rubber diving suits. Water pressure increases at a rate of more than two pounds with every foot of depth; at 100 feet the pressure is 200 pounds to the square inch. That means that the diver's body must withstand enormous pressure while the air pumped into his rigid helmet must equal that pressure also, to keep the water from seeping in and drowning him. For many years inventors have been trying to construct rigid metal diving suits which would withstand pressures up to $800 or 1,000 pounds to the square inch, within which a man could descend without subjecting his body and lungs to the pressure. The principal difficulty has been in providing any way in which the diver, once at the bottom of the sea, could see anything, for it was harder to make a glass window that would stand up under pressure, than to make a steel shell which would not be crushed by the weight of water. Dr. William Beebe, the naturalist, recently experimented with a steel sphere having a quartz window nearly a foot thick, in which he descended more than 1,100 feet at the end of a cable, to study deep-sea fish life. But if Dr. Beebe had discovered a wreck full of gold at that depth it wouldn't have done him any good, because there were no arms, grippers or fingers on the outside of his sphere with which to pick up the treasure. That has been another difficulty in treasure-hunting at great depths—the difficulty of operating any sort of grappling device which could be operated from within the apparatus. Just before the war a Cleveland inventor produced a diving suit which he claimed would operate successfully in 300 feet of water. He was going down to the bottom of Lake Huron, where the "Chippewa" has lain for more than 50 years with several thousand tons of copper ingots from the northern Michigan mines in her hold. The value of her cargo, at the present price of copper, is above a million dollars. One or two efforts at dredging have brought up some of the copper, so the location of the wreck is precisely known. But nobody was willing to spend the $100,000 or so that it would have taken to equip a salvage expedition to go after the "Chippewa's" copper. If the Italian engineers who have descended to the wreck of the "Egypt" succeeded in getting the $5,000,000 out of her, there doubtless will be a rush of capital to finance other such expeditions. Under the laws of treasure-trove, property found at the bottom of the sea belongs, in general, to those who find it. Sometimes an insurance company may have a claim against it, if the treasure can be identified, but there is plenty of it lying around under water to which nobody can put forth a valid title. Latin American Delegates Endorse California’s Stand On Importations California's quarantine policies and methods of excluding plant and animal pests are receiving the approval of several Latin American countries. The latest endorsement was given this week by Alejandro Von der Heyde Garrigos and Julio Cesar Paldao, both prominent grape and fruit growers of Mendoza, Argentina, endorsed the California system after a study of several weeks and have informed George H. Hecke, state director of agriculture, of their approval. In a joint statement, they said: "We had the impression that your quarantines were tariffs in disguise; that these quarantines were imposed on other countries as a commercial protection against imports. We believed that quarantine was an obstacle to reciprocal trade and a barrier to trade relations between various countries of Pan-America." "Since our stay in California, we have an entirely different viewpoint of quarantines. We wish to state now that we are in complete accord with the policies of California on quarantines. We know now that these quarantines have no relation at all to tariffs; that they are imposed only for the express purpose of excluding dangerous pe sfs and diseases." "Istead being obstacles to reciprocity, we now believe that quarantines are an aid to reciprocity. We know that there will be a greater exchange of farm commodities between various Pan-American countries when the standardization of those commodities becomes uniform." Paldon, vice president of the National Society of Fruit Culture of Agrentina, and, as in Von der Heyde Garrigos, a representative of the Export Grape Producers Association of Mendoza and San Juan, announced he will return to Argentina to urge his country, and other South American nations, to adopt quarantine policies similar to California's. Both men also suggested trained entomologists, skilled in pest control, be attached to every embassy, so as to keep each country informed of the progress of pest eradication and control. Farm Office Gets Help James Millar of Berkeley has been assigned to work as Itinerant Assistant Farm Advisor in Orange County. He has been detailed by Prof. B. H. Crocheron, Director of Agricultural Extension, University of California, to help W. M. Cory, Acting Farm Advisor and Eric Eastman, Assistant Farm Advisor in carrying on the work in connection with the production cost studies. Mr. If the Italian engineers who have descended to the wreck of the "Egypt" succeed in getting the $5,000,000 out of her, there doubtless will be a rush of capital to finance other such expeditions. Under the laws of treasure-trove, property found at the bottom of the sea belongs, in general, to those who find it. Sometimes an insurance company may have a claim against it, if the treasure can be identified, but there is plenty of it lying around under water to which nobody can put forth a valid title. Off the little harbor of Tobermory, on the coast of Scotland, lies the wreck of the treasure-ship of the Spanish Armada, sunk in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Spanish coins and ingots of gold have been washed ashore by storms for more than 300 years. That is a promising field for treasure-hunting. An English company was formed some twenty years ago to recover the treasure which was being carried around the Peninsula of Jutland, which is Denmark. The ship was wrecked off the Skager-Rack, in comparatively shallow water, but with a shifting sandy bottom, swept by strong currents and exposed to frequent storms. By means of an apparatus similar to a sanducker dredge something like $5,000,000 of gold was recovered from the wreck at an expenditure of less than $1,000,000. The apparatus used by the Italians working on the "Egypt" is simple but extremely effective. The diver is fully protected against pressure, has ample windows through which to observe what there is to be seen, with a powerful reflector throwing an electric light beam through the water, and has hooks which can be operated from within by means of which a chain or cable can be made fast to anything which could be hauled up. At 400 feet, however, objects only a few feet away are practically invisible. The "Egypt" was rammed by the French freighter Steine" on May 20, 1922, in a thick fog. More than 100 passengers and members of the crew were drowned, while 230 were saved. The ship was on the way from London to Bombay. The exact location was, of course, known, and it required only apparatus capable of descending to the depths, to enable the treasure-hunters to reap their reward. Farm Office Gets Help James Millar of Berkeley has been assigned to work as Itinerant Assistant Farm Advisor in Orange County. He has been detailed by Prof. B. H. Crocheron, Director of Agricultural Extension, University of California, to help W. M. Cory, Acting Farm Advisor and Eric Eastman, Assistant Farm Advisor in carrying on the work in connection with the production cost studies. Mr. Millar will first work on the orange, walnuts and avocado reports. This work will probably be completed in a month. 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National Guard Gets Examination Examinations for enlisted men of the California National Guard desiring to enter the United States military academy at West Point will be held November 3 in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Two appointments to the academy will be made. Requirements listed by Ajutant General R. E. Mittelstaedt, commander of the state militia, provide that applicants must be between 19 and 22 years old, unmarried, not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height and have completed at least one year’s service in the national guard by July 1, 1931. Applications to take the preliminary examination must be made through military channels, to the adjutant general not later than October 10 of this year, giving the following information: Name in full, grade, designation of organization, date of current enlistment, prior service, date of birth, permanent post office address and educational qualifications. King's Eyes Bad Hints for the Home SANDWICHES When in doubt about refreshments for the summer party, serve sandwiches—dainty little sandwiches that intrigue the appetite and satisfy it without giving one a feeling of repletion. If you serve afternoon tea—which usually consists of ice drinks in summer—serve dainty little sandwiches with crisp lettuce, cucumber, or green pepper and cream cheese filling. If you want to provide refreshments for tired tennis players make some dainty sandwiches which will prove more ac SPANISH OMELET A well made and well seasoned Spanish omelet is a lunch in itself. Melt a tablespoon of butter in a saucepan, add an onion chopped fine, six mushrooms and one red and one green sweet pepper cut in small pieces, cover and cook slowly for twenty minutes. Make a plain omelet from six eggs, turn it on a hot platter, pour the Spanish sauce around it and send at once to the table. Spanish omelet is sometimes made by American cooks from stiffly beaten eggs, the yolks hardly mixed with the whites even after they are cooked. Grain Growers SANDWICHES When in doubt about refreshments for the summer party, serve sandwiches—dainty little sandwiches that intrigue the appetite and satisfy it without giving one a feeling of repletion. If you serve afternoon tea—which usually consists of leed drinks in summer—serve dainty little sandwiches with crisp lettuce, cucumber, or green pepper and cream cheese filling. If you want to provide refreshments for tired tennis players make some dainty sandwiches which will prove more acceptable than cakes or crackers. For the afternoon or evening bridge party when light refreshments are wanted, serve a fruit salad, with sandwiches, and a choice of hot coffee or leed drinks. For the late supper after dancing a plate of carefully made little sandwiches and glasses of ginger ale provide just the bit of refreshment that most people find most acceptable. Scissors For Lettuce Use a pair of scissors to cut the lettuce leaves before putting them in the sandwiches and to trim off all edges that project beyond the edge of the sandwiches. Have as part of your sandwich-making equipment a small wodden chopping bowl and chopping knife and use this for chopping nuts, green peppers, onions and other ingredients that would be mashed in the meat grinder. Where only small amounts of meat are needed it is easier to chop them in the bowl than to use the grinder. Have a grater at hand to use for grating cheese or apples needed, in making sandwich mixtures. Peach Dumplings These may be made of biscuit dough or of rich piecrust rolled into rounds six inches across. Pinch the edges into cup shape. Arrange in a baking pan and put a peeled peach in the center of each. Sprinkle with sugar and dot with butter, then bake in a hot oven. Grain Growers Hold Convention Grain growers from all the counties South of Santa Barbara will gather in the Farm Advisor's office, Santa Ana, on Tuesday, September 23. This will be the first occasion for a general meeting of the grain growers under the auspices of the Agricultural Extension Service and the Farm Bureau. The local grain department, under the leadership of John Osterman, are responsible for arranging the program and getting the growers together for this big sectional meeting. A general invitation is sent by the grain growers department to all those interested in attending. As several speakers are coming from the Northern part of the state for this meeting, and considerable effort expended in arranging a program of educational value, growers are urged to make every effort to attend. 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