Weekly journal-miner., 1910-01-26
EXPEDITION TO SEEK
 MISSING NoBLEMAN

 Lord Osborn Beauclerk of Sussex, Eng, started on its perilous journey down the river today, says the Tue son Citizen. --+--
 The expedition, which left today in a power boat, which had been chartered for that purpose, and which carries auxiliary sails and is 35 feet long. The Margery, a 16- foot power boat, the property of A. Owen Barrett of Yuma, was carried lashed to the deck of the larger boat, the Ruth.
 The smaller boat will be used as a tender, and for Investigating shoals where danger of grounding the Ruth would be great.
 It has been stated that investiga- tions have been under way for nearly a month and that it is finally de- eided by the relatives and friends of the missing men that they have either met with death or serious accident.
 As a consequence, A. GandolfO, well known in Yuma as not only the son of the wealthiest man in Yuma, but as a well known hunter and in- trepid explorer, was selected to lead the water expedition.
 Leaving Yuma, the Ruth will sail down the coast of Lower California, and after touching at La Paz will go directly to Guaymas, where it is hoped that some information of the explorers may be met. Should this plan fail for any reason, they will then proceed to the mouth of the Colorado river, searching diligently meanwhile for any trace of the miss ing men.
 It is understood here that a land party will be sent out from Yuma, and that this land party will be met at the mouth of the river.
 Should neither party find any trace of Lord Beauclerk and his Canadian friend, they will then combine their forces and go direct to Tiburon Island, and search there for news of the missing men, as it is believed that the principal cause of their trip down the river was to explore the mysteries of this ill-famed island.
 "we will find them if they are on top of the earth" !" said Albert Gan dolfo, yesterday. eff they proceeded down the Colorado and arrived safely at the mouth of the river they should not be hard to locate If they were wrecked in a eross-eurrent or on con cealed rocks, as I strongly suspect, then the land party working down from Yuma should find traces of them, for every bit of wreekage run ming down the Colorado lands on the west bank eventually.
 "It would be an achievement for the most experienced person to make a trip down the great river in row boat, without power, from Yuma to the gulf, and there is small doubt in my mind that their boat was wrecked. It is always possible, though, that they may have gotten through in some way, and started to explore Tiburon Island. Now, I am not one not believe that the island contains any danger to human life on that score, but do believe that a major ity of the white men who do go there do not return.
 "We are carrying provisions and l supplies for three months, and can, of course, replenish our stock at La Paz or .Guaymas, on very short mo- tice. We have sufficient funds to re- main away a year if necessary, and I can truthfully say that we will not return until we have definitely estab- lished whether or not Lord Beau clerk and Alberton Pike are dead or alive.
 "There is always the additional possibility that they have landed along the west coast of Sonora and lost their way, as did the Grindell party, which left Bisbee a few years ago, and was later found in a pitiful condition by a searching party. The country where the hunt ing is best is rough, and it is ex- tremely difficult to locate one self there. I have been through that see- ton annually for ten years now, and believe I know every foot of the way.
 "The Bee river and the Rio Hardy both offer temptations to the anna teur hunter, and it is possible we will be compelled to explore both of these streams to their sources before we have established the whereabouts of the missing men,"