Show cs ft d Q ct ci 0 0 I ID ring Crew E River Of Death I ADVENTURERS I SEEK Likely to Have Hair Raised on Danger Danger- Dangerous Dangerous ous Streams ITO TO LOOK FOR J JOLD GOLD OLD Quarter Quarter Million in Wealth Buried on Island Belief By Dy LEO LIO tN Standard E Special Co Co- Co respondent Copyright 1923 1923 SAN FRANCISCO Oct 13 Eighteen gentlemen sailors sailor who curly carly last s spring sailed out of tl the Golden Gate 9 te for the South Seas aboard the old clipper Narl faIr eina way toward t the thing thin 1 which they set out to leek ceck ad adventure of the hair raising variety with nith death thrown In Tho The Narwhal a and d her lier motley I re made up of almost as man many nationalities as as there are members today Is tom where UI up the Cobra river rl in Bor Borneo r- r lIeo neo SeafarIng men who en- en Into the South Seas Saas declare the river Is as deadly as Its name nama Never before has it been SUt- SUt SU sue explored I jV v white men parties of adventurers rn In Inthe the past 20 years have hava sought t to solve Holve its secrets and bring back bach to the outside world the story sl of the tho Country and th the people In the jun- jun jun jungles pies lles fastness which It penetrates None of ot the tho exploring parties e ever returned Neither have the they eHr eer been heard from again I I TO SOURCE I According to a letter receive I 1 here the tha Narwhal whal started Its ad- ad adventure adventure ad venture cruise up the Cobra more than a month ago The river lot is l navigable for large vessels for hun hun- hun of miles Into the tIle Interior depths ot of o Borneo At the tha last la-it la South Seas port where the tho Ncr Nar Narwhal what whal stopped to take on fresh sup sup- supplies supplies sup supplies plies It was announced that hat all pt her crew cre would attempt the har- har trip Plans Plane n are e for th the Narwhal to proceed up the river riveras riveras as far as It proves for Cor her and then for tor the crew to take small boats and explore the Cobra clear to Its source Should the tha party emerge safe salo sa and sound unlike all others that ave I-ave ventured up the Co Cobra ra th the world promises to ba bo considerably enriched by their journeying Not only are re they carrying along arms and ammunition for fog big lug game hunting and tro l but ut motion picture cameras and thou thou- thou bands finds bonds of feet feat bt of t film are aro part ot of the Narwhals Narwhal's outfit outfit Two mole moie photographers will attempt to s- s s-curc s mire for tor an American film corn corn- company pany pictures of ot the strange and cannibalistic people that are said eald to be found the Cobra In Its far fat Interior reaches the Narwhal also will seth sec Ee l to hack back specimens of rhine rhine- cros elephants oran and species of dealy Snakes CRUISE The cruise of ot the Narwhal h one of ot the most picturesque In modern seafaring history Included Included ed among mong the 18 gentlemen sail sail- sailors sail sailors ors era are a former Russian noble noble- nobleman nan man an two titled Englishmen nil an Arctic explorer two l who have hunted bunted big game In At- At ica Af-ica a I former American v naval commander and two Germans v cho ho once were ivore 1 plantation owners In the Solomon Islands The Narwhal was waa salvaged from froni the mud flats flah of the Oakland s s s and andi Outfitted solely for fop th thu cruise Each crew rew mem mem- member member ber beg contributed oward ward ca- ca ex expenses all aU hay hav hay equal social stand stand- standIng standing ing lug abroad ship even chip even ven with the thor and all will wIn share equally qually In the fruits of her cr ise It If there thero are any Her principal objective Is an Island In the tho Solomon group where here the v t two German Geman s rs formerly lived hived and where whore cc- cc according ac according cording to their claims they were c compelled to bury a quarter of ot it million dollars In gold and gems rit at atthe the outbreak of the World war r Should hould the of ot the Germans prove Tove true and the fortune fortuna be rt- rt recovered re recovered covered half halt of It will be divided up Ul among tho the other 16 crew rn-rn- rn m-m-bers m bers |