Show SEA TREASURE LURE TO DIVERS ingenious mechanisms devised to recover some 0 of I 1 wrecks beneath waves ARMORED SUIT IS DESCRIBED inventor explains explain device which E en bibles abas him to work freely under pound pressure two claim D deep eslo sea record new no york before the germans call A sank a single vessel in n the late war use it we was estimated t that hot the e were strewn upon the floors of the seven saven sees seas g 7 worth of ships and cargo cargoes and records indicated that a large g a port part of these were recoverable recoe air S since a ee the war ar the worn bum of the ocean a bid treasure is practically went local culpable Is 1 naturally Natu nally nathous now vie with one another er for the recovery of choice a morsels a of this treasure ironware t troi r e anti and individual in inventors tors are am de devoting ting go ge and energy to the evolution antum of salving tv n g devices doe er ran dangine ging in sibe from 11 the one a man an III diving ing suit 1 I I 1 to oil ed mechanisms so large that dwarf the seagoing vessels asset a of welch hl h they are am integral parts benjamin j r franklin ill leavitt of jw brooklyn I 1 inventor A vente of a ding suit alt aho vho be ow claims in t the he drep sea lon record t talk I 1 k ed enthusiastically yesterday about what A can be are accomplished A in rem ering aetna the I 1 be all shimmering I 1 ing tra treasures me of t gold gold and silver and precious at stones with which blab old ocean clow g I 1 floor 1 Is Z carpeted mr lie leavitt protests protects most emphatically R aalst amt the assume bee of world record honors bottom tor for one other diving armor than his own ann HI he books backs his protest 1 in theve stations statements 1 I not only hold ill the record for far deep sea dong diving hot but tor for deeplon deep sea I 1 went near do down SRI feet in 1 grand tc tra lerie ler re ie bay michigan and remained minuen down for 41 minutes tile filst faist time and at another time nearly two hours ild this Is the worlds world s record descent capt john morg corsin of the morg a rg in transportation compana pan a colln w A of the late into J P M morgan ga did ill the sound lug ing he took three soundings ull a wire bounder and there la is no post I 1 willy of error 1 twenty six peter witto olad the do descent t this was wag 1 in two claim deep sea R record d 1 I a see by some of the pw aar that B A mr 11 T turner 1 claims chalm the world id record the statement to is made that mr me turner ant cat down see feet 15 allea 11 oft it graves light 11 massachusetts I 1 ook at abi abib chait conceding that i turner went down and ild did everything thi thing he said aid he be did it lou re can find abic a i foot depth anywhere arre 15 auls off graves A I 1 imbt ill eat cut the map up nere flum s 49 40 fathoms 2 feet the deepest water 15 miles off air tile the light corning coming now new to tile the question of ill ills diving suit mr air leavitt said aid that it its principal point of advantage is I 1 in tile the air supply a arrangement arrana ran ement my suit said mid he Is si if cantan ed carr carrying vig enough air for a four won hour submergence bg the I s otteen loo took ong 1 la Is connected with th a reducing eding ed ing valve late which re reduces ducet the pressure from 1800 pounds to 2 pounds to the saam inch and oil sp spraying ling through a R it nitrogen through a caustic boda do cartridge it mixes with the nl and Is discharged over or tile shoulder of the diver from arm a tube the caustic bona it aba b ortos be the prima ma larann ba chodd and moisture to protect ahe man iran from tho t be caustic c soda oil I 1 use As an automatic valve that clones s in ahr three lic se seral seconds ral after the water rotor r it it the me suit itself ieisha 30 pounds bud with ith me in in it belched just mid dounda all it th the suit a lie buo anci how sm ever counteracts pounds of it that 1 at hat Is leaving ing a balance ot of 75 pound t tant I 1 bear on oft the bottom of the sea mr leavatt 11 itt regretted that I 1 he could not A at chow the armor lust lost a us it on when im he an went want down do in 1 grand tra dihe me bay but he be explained he it lind laid made several everal important improvements Improve menta anca I 1 talt descent deacent 1 I learned a lot let he said aid in 1 fact dick I 1 might way say I 1 learned more or fr from my 11 first rid 45 minutes actual experience do down on oil the bottom in my fignor than I 1 learned from form years 0 of theoria ing take the jointed strut red rods down dome the sides aides of the has and hotti both able sides oc f ib ahe ream arms 1 for 11 1 1 instance m ce ahry were added after free my descent leavitte Lea vitta diving ar armor mar hom he be reassembled as nodded the armor to bhoj allow how it w worked corked the legs and alno aims which are very flexible are made in of 1 aided rolled lied copper tubing tab A gas guaranteed raud d to III stand load pounds of pi p e sure to the square inch these hinged strut rods mile down donn but bolh aid bides of tile the firm or said aid al mr LoAl tt take ill tin P 1 in flow bioni the wrist urist to tile shoulder tile the shoulder Is a solid testing of if manganese bronze and he has a ba bull which itch allows the man 1 to anoe Is hs his wrom which ald not be possible without hot or roller bun beanes buntings be anns tings here mr me leavitt whirled the arm limited around freely to te illustrate his polar point at a abr abric gc of feet there them Is A 0 pounds per here he called attention to the fact that the he cable lite attached to the top of the helmet has a guaranteed lifting strength of 20 pounds in the red cen ter of the cable Is the lie telephone wire will connected lin directly with a A corn in plate telephone tolo phone in the th A top I 1 il P of at the w hel 1 at met coet the diver a 9 connected simply w with ila dictaphone ear dieci the hot bia met bisallo la also equipped with gw 1011 are V tp ill and tho top or of mr air leavitt dulk desk boasts a 1 miscellaneous r assortment art of orna acl monti is ha unborn I 1 sa a 1 piece I of hardwood brought ug hii from a wreck tile amid wood had been 5 52 beala be beneath ill late lake hd ran vacti but allows no DO ill effort effect from con its is long As subiner nence nee less LAs aloa pleasant ut it more I 1 Is a strange image old black shoe he wide bm 1 re A ide piece or of the A foot of in be airl who had bad been wearing it surpig cirp out t of f the alioe he aft ftc r woj we d bid h id I 1 it here while said mr air leavitt salving g a 0 copper par cargo Us do wears a lt old ring up due his salvaging operations this was w as found in with the h at 10 tona of topper por went d down 1 in thi 1 in latin lake 1 huion I a in 1865 the copper was sal tr from a dop depoli it of feet bir al L leaful it tod other 11 gilva gore era had tried to em am it and it tailed failed and no an lc lesa the than neveu ill alvera in a rubber suits had lost last their thear bhea in veto vain attempts repts it I 1 ii not lot possible dole his I 1 to do sap aging work in 1 I inter ter except 1 in seth waters ter winter Is the off season said 5 mr r bavitt but next summer logout along about june we a propose to go eo after the merida which went down 52 miles off cape charles she we was 1 earning 1119 11 9 1 in be arr alone silver then was waa worth mill about 49 cents an ounce aud ad it haa he gone up a 4 I 1 lot I 1 since besides that there them Is in an y 1 in tile the sat at in the P purser a a office e it wis so pointed out oat by mr me I 1 leavelt 11 ill that at sterling had already be been ron ed by government divers from the white atar ter dominion I 1 liner iner leum tic ohle w was sunk it I 1 in 1917 off davod light when b Z questioned about the p owl ity of getting good divers mr leavitt replied good men are scarce as you know for diving or anthina an thing else still you yen can ca usually get a em man and ad it I 1 you direct him he be can an do da almost at oat A anything y but usually if thrown A on hla his own on resources clo reas he will be almot almost helpless less W ahen he asked bout about the to possibility of getting the cargo lost w when hen the tur tor primed Lusi Lull taula toula sent w ent d doft n mr life leavitt said it should certainly be P pos this sible 1 in my armor or I 1 can if ne ceary cellary descend 3 ewt lie raid thelmi the lu sidania la is in 28 5 feet beet of water enter A aa to the value of sad salvage sadge ge there is 2000 2 M gold lo in hor her end w worth arta of imperishable freight each as s copper capper brass brams iron iran etc there them are also g worth of leg mib sereal tie ties quite pact apart from croul the libl jewelry jametry slid and cash of passengers lite aliddie iving about miles from ill the luslie lu 1 has 1 i gold in her ter she I 1 Is in A about 1 15 fet of water are mr air I 1 itt old that the position politimi of at III these ships w would old a not at chance percepta id alv as there waa nt at most at a fear ims current at such depths |