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Show XME SALT L'AKE' Magazine Section Magazine Section Sunday,, March 12,. 19 16 J' V (of Kapurthala, Great Qantitj4 of Whose Jetfeb Were ,Xost lk the Sin3ongrof ; thaPcrsia.' W : fs 7 r : : V:; I fe: A :f f hi N v iT', t f " .....-...- . .. u v-- - I it - vVV. ' i , ' '"' V v. - v'. V v. 1 If- ; t yMMf "I J I ' ; - ' ' f , 1 - rj J ;.. . J j ,;X t . '.- - T 'v - v i:A. . ' ' if'J I . '- v , V-- -: .- . Kv 4u:--&U-fflv- 7 itf hi '" . r t 'IS f 4 7 t. Maharajah of Kapurthala, Said to Have Lost $4,000,000 in Jewels by the Sinking of the British Liner Persia. f . j-'"- ' - 4 War's Immense Additions of Jewels, Gold and Silver to the Ocean's Hoard of V y:- .tr Heavy Apparatus for DeepA A; 7 f j if VW-- ' Ward Liiler tin Merida, i The vastness of the amount of wealth represented by the sunken Titanic is indicated by the fact that the claims of the survivors alone totalled $18,000,000. The Lusitanfa is said to represent a loss nearly as great. When the Ward liner Merida sunk off the coast of worth of Virginia she carried down with her In bar silver. valuables and $500,000 Among th(r most recent of inventions for exploring submarine depths Is that of Capt. Charles Williamson of Norfolk. Va.. who has constructed what he calls a It Is claimed that "submarine, flexible this apparatus is sufficiently rigid to withstand terrific water pressure, and makes f ubmarlne explorations easy and comparatively safe. Capt. Williamson's invention Is described as consisting of a collapsible and flexible waterproof tube, having an open air phaft from top to bottom vilch is connected with a floating caisson cn the surface of the water with a heavy caisscn at the end of the tube that is submerced 111-fat- r V , ' s K v. :'T" -- ' f i sf .!. 1- v HF K ii n i. Sunk Off Virginia with Two Millions, in Treasure. i I v .' i i hiii K l I t ... u j v i. lit V J y) l 7S ' II I Alt f'f' ' Stir- m yu - rna x 3 r.? . M r V. U A X l V . j - - v ' - a ) -l'- -r- i, . r ca. ..Nc "r re-- - s 'X--r - A-- ' - J . . m -- CZL-r: , fearswri . . rr--r -- f w TV '' X,J' v'' JTsr, ', irzj ;;V v ' ii.j - .ri,:Xr"jgir.q XX'Xi J - JX"Xv'vw" AX' 'X"vrX'v v 1X i . " ; - " rK" fx ;; - y?s X '4i V2 f ." British Liner Persia, Sank Off the Coast Crete with Over $4,000,000 in Jewels Alone, .A ::w..-;v?w!SsK- ' this connection It is recalled that Thomas Ross Wlnans a cf Baltimore, and son of Ros3 It. Wlnans. who made . mar-first Russia's railroad, threat fortune by building Xlcd Victoria Defcado. a ristcr of the Maharajah's wire. tub-catsson- Kb: V' i.l'f'r-.v- - 'la r ' y?ixVH LA- 4 jfh i S"fasc!nat!n asItobert Louis Stevenson's story of -- Treasure Island" are the accounts of the searches men have made, and today are making. Cf the treasure beds of the seas for billions of dollars ttorth of sunken goli. silver aid Jewels. As fantastic as any dream of Jules Verne are the methods that are bInt: used to make the seas give back this vast wealth. The most notable Individual case of great wealth to fcs claimed by the sea Is thai of Jag-a- t jlt Singh, MahIndia, who 13 arajah of Kapurthala, Punjab province, said to have lost 5 4.000.000 worth of Jewels when the Uritl&h liner Fcrsia wa3 sunkreccntlyoft the coast of Crete. The wealth of the Maharajah is said to represent one of the world's greatest fortunes. Ills Jewels alone have been estimated as belns worth 40.00.000.1ll3 total annual Income is said to be 53.000.000. The Maharajah married Anita Delgado,' a Spanish Cancer and daughter of a Malaga chestnut vendor. In v , ' Sea Diving. Coveted Wealth. jw - Jvf lli hi fc; - ;x.;.- - x ,xX - : , e |