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Show J MMMMIIMMMWIMWIWMI HI MM I ml I HI Ml Mm j jj in inn t ri-"n 1 "J'- ' ' ' " I J I IN THE PUBLIC EYE j I JOHN ARBUCKLE'S NEW FAME I H HI IHIilUffl UIHliUmiiHl T"0 nuw wny ' rn'H'n8 Hhlpa -by compreiod H Ujfoa lljjl nlr which hnrt Its latest Bucccnaful domonatrn- H 1 1 Vfir&&fi ill l! '" rf,C(,nt'y 'mn brought tho nnmo of tho old H ! (jfjy& v, multimillionaire coffee morchant, John Arbuckto, H 11 wWJ 111 i 'nl n(,(5ll,onnl prominence. Tho naval collier .1 llrffli PHn 1 Ncro "truck on n roof whllo going out of Nnrra- H I) (Wf X wll j gatiHott bay, ProfcHBlonnl wrockcrB of long ox- .Hi II ivM Vwdn III porlunco tried to haul the big boat off, but In Lfl II m: "Xrjrf!mi 11 vum 'n,oy cou,(1 not patcl' nor hul1 nnd munp H 11 IMcvifWWi 11 1,, wntor out' which used to bo tho only way bo- fl JyWiWr'i Ji foro Arbucklo cntored tho field of ratelng sub. LH V' TmwBK morgod ship. Finally tho government Bought his LH I V WnIWc aid and agreed to pay hlu price. Tho hull was H L VSi vaPSwx noalod and mndo air tight, oxcopt whoro a great H Xlwllv tfnHli had been torn In her nldo by tho Jugged fl I WWy j rocks of tho roof, nig compressor pumpod In tho H air and' forced tho water out. Hy caroful calcula- H tlon a BUfflclont proBauro of air was maintained to keep tho water from on- H torlng again. Hho llouled, was towod to Newport and Boon will bo repaired H and bo ns Roaworthy as over, B Curiously onough, John Arbucklo does not claim to know anything much H about ralalng nhlps from tho bottom of tho son. Ito leaves that to bis on- H Rlnuora. Ho Is n IiiibImohii man nnd mnkos tho contracts. Thoy do tho loch H nlcal, practical part of tho work. Tint when this now schomo for rosculng H nhlpa whh brought to him for financial backing some tlmo ago ho wns keen H onough to boo Immediately thnl It was practicable and to put It to a thor- H ough test without having any mlRglviugs as to tho result H John Arbucklo Is about 75 years old now. Ho Is ono of tho grcntost cor- H foo merchant In tho world; uIho ho Is a powor In tho sugar trado. Ills nntno H In familiar to as many millions of peoplo almost oh nockofollor's. Yet tho H public knows loss about hs personality than It doon about that of soma J10, B 000-a-ycar man who diligently soaks to got his namo Into print |