The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-11-25
|. c. KELLOGG TO
HUNT TREASURE
Former Wahiawa Manager Refu-
gee from Mexico, to Try Salv-
ing the General Grant.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Novenber IL
Forced TO leave Mexico, State of Cam
peche, when rebels aud federals pressed
about. the great lumber mill and ranch
where he was manager, Leonard q. Kel
lopg, formerly one of the pineapple man
ayers of Wahiawa. lis now in San Fran
CISCO. rreparirC for an adventurous trip
into the South Seas. IT. is associated
with nun.ber of men WHO have bought
II Whaling ship, equipped with auxiliary
power, in which they will sail, some
time in December, for Australia TO
make an attempt TO raise the wreck
of the United American steamship Gen
eral Grant, which went to pieces on the
Australian shore about forty.eig years
ago. In the hull The adventures ex-
rert TO locate several million dollars
worth of bullion and gold in sacks.
Several attempts have been made to
raise thc wreck, but few persons have
even been able to approach the hull,
which went under a shelf of cliff. The
approach is dangerous, and hardy ship
captains who had agreed to take their
vessels TO the treasure ship fatty re-
fused to take their vessels anywhere
near II after viewing the fearful place
under the cliffs where the bones of the
treasure ship lie.
Novel Salvage Method.
"We have a proposition, says Mr..
Kellogg, "by which we will thrust a
cantilevcr ont over the bluff and rig
il so that cage can be lowered. We
expect this method will overcome the
difficulties and that the gold will be
ours. AS understand the history of
the wreck, the Grant met disabled
ship, filed with miners and their accu-
mutations of gold. who were going back
to America and England. NShe took the
men and treasure aboard. Then the
Grant lecame disabled and went ashore,
everything being lost. For half n cen
fury that treasure has tempted ven
turesome people, but none have been
successful
VIII Film the Trip.
g In order to get as much as possible
ont of the whole cruise, we intend to
make motion picture films of the whole
story. We will take practical picture
men with us. We have purchased the
hull OF a vessel already. Our own YES
sci will he used for the prologue, as il
were and we will stage all the preim-
inaries upon its decks. A storm scene
will he awaited, and then we will use
the old hull for the real wreck scene.
Then we VIII picture the survivors on
the island, on which they really lived
for several years. Then will come our
method of trying to get at the wreck
aud it's. treasure. That picture, | be
lieve, will be a money-naker in itself.
My wife is writing the story of the
wreck, which will accompany the films
wherever they are sent.
Captured by Rebels.
Mr. Kellogg states that the capture
of their sawmill was made by the reb-
els, who took all the arms aud several
thousand rounds of ammunition, and
turned loose on the federals in the
vicinity. The slaughter was fearful,
and the federals were cut to pieces.
"We fled with practically only the
clothes we had on, said Mr.. Kellogg,
'and here we are. 1t looks to me as
though intervention is the only way
IN which order can be restored in
Mexico y