Douglas Island news., 1921-04-15
BURGLARS TRIED
 TO SMASH SAFE Dynamite Used on Princess Sophia Safe According, to Diver
 Who Salmged It


 mite .ho aie ot Che steamer Princess sophia. wrecked n Lynn Canal In October. 1918. H Che statement of J. W. CIousc. who waa tho man who nlvarcd Che safe last summer for Che Dca Sea Salvage Company This. as wcu as experiences ol Jack Don- owu ano,hebr Seattle diver who worked for many moths on Che So- wreck. where he almost lost ha uio. is told iu an article m Che Seattle postmtlHscnccr of April 8. as foi- lows.
 Movie fans have witnessed many umos ou Che screen thc deep sea or submarine diver al b.s work. and have watched witch bated breath his ncrIs and mavc'ed at h.s adycu- mrcs To many, perhaps. they have seemed fiction. Che conIurcd dgmcut of Che product ot am imaginative scenario writer OF director and shown ou Che screen to furnish thrills for do.'ar-spoul.ne public How many arc thcrc who know .hat reat hore r Seattle arc number of men who make tbo.r living by dcop-.el diving aud undergo even greater per.s and have had even more thril- ling adventures than those pictured adventures chat bear out Che yoacIy ol Che old saw chat truth is stranger thn fiction.
 Whoever heard ol submarine rob- borse But according to several ot the d,cr. mcre are mon who SO down to tbc bottom ot Che sea and rob Che Iead dynamite and loot Che
 safe. and oven Che trunks lost iu Vre..s According ta u submarine Iyors way ol looking a, thue. ths Is the ouI... ol .-.mo. 10 Is rare. but t aa. occurred
 J. w o'ou... n soatIo diver who grew mp horo and learned h.s proc I.s..ou whom working for Che old satUe Construction Company about nu-.e.u years ago. Is tac man who brought mp Che safe from Che wreck ol tbe Princess souha which auA i'm Lyr. Canal m October l9l>- Hc claim. Hat sometime previous Go che re.rre of Che .a.e .ome one had tried ta drn.mI. The .aIe blowers did uo. a.. mt1 consideration Che depth ol thr water in which che safe laid and dd mot u.c enough powder Go aror.1mc ,ho nro ol water AL bo1eh he ate was badly dcutoI and o,en blown throueh tne floor of m. uHrer room ,o tn. deck below. |. was uot torn open.
 rM, divers arc tcmromuul as Heu a. actors or persons i'm some other professions Us demonstrated ueu ny cIa1se He saws that he u.r.- e0.. down unless te Us loeius in lne b..t 70. h.IlH and spirits. and raa. he never Iets amy man dictate u..n n. shall uhm.eo or when he shah como un Ho says ho usoa hs own Judgment al aI times and thinks n.. Is Che reason ho has never had amy uoH. mHhars.
 .0ae m. bad many ha.ru.s.ue encounter. with o.ionl..s and at um. Ua. had 10 krI. them In order t. .. H.mse'l The o.,opuses arc numerous on tb.s .1as. in Che vateH rmr Vancouver Island and Prince Of Wales lI.rI. AIa..a. C.ouse says. u m. ra.. whu. be was working tlec were .. many of them chat it ua. necessary l1 us. dynamite to be- gin work He saws Cha. while he wa. .t vor. or t.. Princes. Sophia wra.. Che HaIhu. and cod were so
 mru. Hor ohsu.,oI light from above and i. wa. necessary Go push thOm .ut O. thc way In order Go see to Vor. The haHbut were so large Cha. whom he topped on chem thcy would raise him or his ieet An divers ar Hat Hsh pay mo moro at- teruon to a diver than thoy would to a friendly fsh
 Tho temptation Go give out false reports ou wreck where the-o Is money or other wluablos H too great for many young divers Go rc- aat. according Co Clcusc. and soon cause. the.r downfall
 .L.ke any other robbers. they arc anrrohordol sooner or later' ho nys.
 Capt. A.J yorbeek. another soat- ue diver. and who perhaps is ono of Che oldest mon In Che diving proc f.aIon here has had a number O. miraculous esa1Des from death.
 u Juno faG. hc was under ths water for almost sis hours. pinned beneath some iron rails which h, had boon trying Go oztrIcate from loo. ueau .ac smith Cove dock. At cha,