The Polk County post., March 14, 1919, Image 3

BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER
HONORED FORGALLANTRY
Awarded the Distinguished Serv­
ice Medal by President
Wilson.
SAVES 600 YANK SOLDIERS
G oes
to
A ssista n c e
of
T ra n sp o rt
O tran to W h en She W a s S u n k in
C o llisio n O ff Irish C o a st W ith
A m erican T ro o p s on
• Board.
B y E. W . B A R R E T T .
E d ito r B irm in g h a m A ge -H e rald .
I f ever a man were entitled to the
distinguished sendee medal. It was
that young British lieutenant, Fran­
cis W. Craven of the destroyer Moun-
sey.
A dispatch from London announced
that President Wilson had awarded
him this medal and that Maj. Gen. Bid­
dle, commander o f the American
forces in the United Kingdom, had
presented It to him.
The medal was awarded, In the
words o f the London cable, “ to Lieut.
¡Francis W. Cruven, who commanded
the British destroyer Mounsey, which
eaved 000 American soldiers from the
British transport Otranto, when she
was sunk in a collision off the Irish
coast on Oct. C, 1018, with the loss
o f 357 American soldiers.”
Though the British government con­
ferred no honor upon Lieut. Craven for
his work, becuuse it was not an act
o f valor in war combat, no man in any
navy ever showed more courage nor
demonstrated more perfect seaman­
ship than did Lieut. Craven ou this
occasion.
The full story is worth telling, now
that the censorship is off and no fur­
ther obligation rests upon the news­
paper man who was in the oiling, so
to speak, when this horror of the sen
occurred.
bow o f the Kaslimere, another enor­
mous old freighter crowded with
troops.
The Kushmere’s bow cut
through her sides and deep into her
engine room, stopping her engines and
cutting out her lighting system. She
became a broken log and was dashed
upon the ropky cliffs. No other ship
dared attempt assistance. Each was
struggling to save itself.
M o u n se y to the Rescue.
Then came the little destroyer Mouh-
sey, plowing through the waves like a
submarine. She managed to run in
beside the foundering ship. Lifeboats
had been lowered, but were smashed
in, and the little Mounsey was pound­
ing agutast the hull o f the big ship,
first jammed ngainst the side and then
knocked far off.
In the meantime
the soldier boys jumped for their lives
toward the deck o f the little destroyer.
Many would lnnd an'd be rushed into
the hatches. Others would tni^s the
distance, jump and drop into the sea.
Still others would strike each other in
the long Jump from the high deck of
the Otranto to the swasli deck o f the
M ounsey; some would land on the
deck o f the Mounsey with broken
limbs and be washed overboard.
The reports to Gen. Biddle, while
I was In London, told of the horrors
o f the scene.
FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
Swine worth half a million dollars
were raised by Georgia pig club mem­
bers during 1918.
Four years ago
there were no pig clubs in the state,
but under encouragement from the
College of Agriculture and the United
State« department o f agriculture 8,678
boys in Georgia are now enrolled In
these organizations.
Their beneficial
effect on the swine industry o f the
state may be judged from a summary
recently received by the department
from its pig club agent In Georgia.
Outstanding progress is reported as
follow s:
“ The increase in final value o f hogs
raised by pig club boys in 1918 over
those in 1917 was more than 56 per
cent.
P ig club boys won 70 ribbons
nnd $o05 in prizes In the open ring at
two Georgia fairs.
The increase In
nun,her o f pure-bred hogs raised by
pig Club boys in 1918 over 1917 was
more than 306 per cent.
The state
stiss Lillian r . Nielson o f N ew York, champion was the eleven-yeur-old son
a nurse in Dr. Alexis Carrel’s hospi­ o f a one-horse farmer who bought his
tal in France, recently returned with pig at an auction sale fo r $37.50. She
Six pig club
a six-months-old baby, which she says is worth $300 today.
was picked up on a battlefield when boys In one county will start hog
AU o f them began
only nine days old. This Is the first farms this year.
orphan or foundling the French gov­ with one small pig.”
ernment has permitted to leave the
country. Miss Nielson will tuke the Improvements Planned for
baby back with her when she returns
Oldest Canal in China;
to France.
American Will Do the Job
matter with me in London Just after
The Mounsey was veered off several It occurred said few destroyers could
times by powerful blows from the have stood the strain. He could only
steel sides o f the pounding Otranto. account for her standing the pounding
One side near the stern wns battered against the sides o f the Otranto by the
In like an old tin can. Her engineer fact that her hull was cold rive^ d
slgnnled to Lieut. Craven that the de­ and that she bent without the giving
stroyer could stand no m ore; she would away o f the rivet heads.
I saw her afterward tied up in Bel­
go down If another effort was made to
run alongside the big ship. But Craven fast.. She was fearfully bent in, like
took the chances. H e manipulated the a battered tin thing, but not torn open.
little ship with great skill and got The heads o f the rivets held.
It was different with the Knshmere,
another hundred American soldier
boys. In all he saved about GOO, leav­ which I afterward saw in Glasgow.
ing only 357 to perish, and nearly all H er bow was crushed in. The rivet
these were lost in the effort to jump heads had given away rfml the plates
from the big ship to the little de­ opened up. She had been hot riveted.
stroyer.
English naval officers are giving
Craven landed the 000 in Belfast. ■ study to this rivet question, and are
F la g sh ip of Convoy.
It Is true many o f them died there preparing a report to the admiralty
The Otranto, which went down, was from the exposure and wounds, but the fo r future consideration in the build­
the flagship of a convoy o f fourteen GOO were put ashore from the badly ing o f destroyers.
troop laden, influenza infected ships bnttered destroyer.
How he stored
In the menntime all America owes
which sailed from New York on Sept. away the GOO in the little fighting craft j a debt o f gratitude to Lieut. Craven.
2(5 last. She was a British-Australlan is difficult for naval officers to explain, i But for his pluck nnd seamanship not
liner, with something like a thousand but it was done.
a man from the Otranto would have
American soldier boys nboard. On her
A British admiral in discussing the I lived to tell the tale.
sister ship, the Orontes, a nasty old
plague infected refrigerator freighter
with linjited and dirty passenger ac­
commodations, eighteen hundred sol­
dier boys, the writer and about fifty
other passengers were crowded to ­
gether like cattle.
W e were accompanied from New
York by a battleship, u cruiser and a
---
destroyer. The route was to be urouud
the north o f Ireland and down the, American Public Wants No More them,” she wns saying vehemently,
“ you can see as plainly ns I enn that
Irish channel to Liverpool. All sorts
Products From Hands of
they are marked ‘made In Germany.’ ”
o f hard luck hit the convoy and par­
S tu c k to the Job.
Made In Germany
Now Taboo Here
ticularly the Otranto. She first ran
Into a fishing fleet and cut down two
boats, but saved the crews. In doing
so she fell behind, but caught up
when we ran Into a fearful storm and
continued battling against it fo r sev­
eral days.
Scattered In Storm .
Before reaching
British waters
north o f Ireland, the American naval
vessels turned back or were scattered
In the storm. Our old ship was strug­
gling and our captain wns begging ill
wireless messages to Capt. Davidson
[o f the Otranto fo r m ore, sea room.
H e feared going on the rocky shores
o f North Ireland.
Capt. Davidson
made no answer to repeated calls.
.Then our wireless went down,' our
'boats were crushed, the smoking room
doors and ports were smashed In, the
galleys, dining saloon and many state­
rooms were flooded. Only cold foods
were obtainable.
T o make matters
worse, 400 soldier boys were down
with pneumonia.
They were dying
like cattle In the public rooms and
on mattresses strewn about wherever
there was enclosed room. Medicines
were exhausted, and dead and dylhg
were all about.
In the meantime every ship put
about to save Its own, heading into
the storm.
The Otranto and other
ships not heeding our captain's warnL
lngs were almost upon the rocks of
Ireland.
A veritable hurricane was
blowing. Waves broke entirely over
the ships.
The Otranto, in trying to get out of
Its predicament, turned across the
“Baby Killers.”
B o y B u r n s R o c k in g
TRADE MARK IS OFFENSIVE
F rom G e rm an y A m e ric a n s W a n t N o th ­
ing but S o u v e n irs of V ic to r y — G er­
m an T o y s and O ther G erm an
G ood s Doom ed \n U. S.
B y F R E D E R I C J. H A S K I N ,
In C h ic a go D a ily News.
Washington, D. C.— For the first
time in over 50 yenrs, Amerlcnn stores
are practically emptied t of German
toys.
Only a few bisque dolls re­
main, and In most cases these have
been carefully packed away until some
distant day when American toy buy-
,ers shall have become reconciled to
the trade mark “ Made In Germany.”
Today this trade mark Is not only
unpopular— It Is offensive. Americans
will still buy Turkish rugs, Austrian
musical comedies and Bulgarian color
combinations, but from Germuny they
want nothing but souvenirs o f victory.
According to one department store buy­
er, a woman came Into his store not
long ago, in search o f a certain kind
o f gloves which, she said, she had been
unable to obtain In two other cities.
She wns delighted when he finally
brought oflt a pair from some old stock
that met with her requirements. He
wag very much surprised, therefore, to
find her In an argument with one of
the salesgirls the next dny over the
return of her purchase. " I won’t have
Georgia State Champion Pig
Raiser Was 11-Year-Old Boy;
Youngsters Start Hog Farms
Horse.
Tfle oldest canal In the world, datlitg
back nearly 2,500 years, and also the
longest canal, measuring in the main
section nearly 1,000 miles, Is that ex­
tending from Hanchow, south o f
Shanghai, China, to Peking. Most o f
this canal has been filled with mud by
overflows o f the Yellow river, but the
southern portion o f it still constitutes
a very busy waterway.
The canal is now to be rebuilt and
improved,
says
Scientific
Am eri­
can.
The project Is too vast to be
done at a single operation, and the
funds are not at hand.
A t present,
about $6,000,000 are available, and this
sum will be used for the improvement
o f a section about 100 miles in length,
leaving to a later date, when funds can
be accumulated, the reconstruction of
other sections. The work is to be un­
dertaken by American engineers.
$300,000,000 for Highways.
Estimates o f contemplated highway
expenditures in the United States for
the season o f 1919 place the total at
approximately $300,000,000. Because
o f government restrictions the amount
was considerably lower than this in
1918, while 1917 It was placed at $280,-
000 , 000 .
Is there a cross word that tries to be
said?
One mother recently espied ‘■her
Don't let It, my dear, don’t let it.
young son standing In a Nnpoleonlc at­ Just speak two words quick, in its stead,
And that will make you forget It.
titude before a blazing bonfire, in the
M o re Good T h in gs.
midst o f which could be seen the fast
Food is the imperative need o f the
disappearing head o f a white rock­
family three times a day and is the
ing horse.
"W hy, Nathan,” exclnlmed his moth­ important subject fo r all housewives
er in a grieved voice
you used to ! to study.
be so fond of that rocking horse.’
“ Yes’m, but I ’m not any more,” de­
Parch e d R ic e W it h T o m a to Sauce.
clared h<v son emphatically. “ It’s got
Cook three-fourths o f a cupful o f
‘Made In Germany’ on It.”
rice in boiling salted water until the
W e bear much about the necessity of kernels are soft. Drain and pour over
protecting the new American dye in­ cold water, draining through a colan­
dustry from German qpmpetltion now der; let stand until dry. Put two ta­
that the war Is over, but few people blespoonfuls o f butter in a saucepan
know that before the war our Importa­ and when melted add the rice, stirring
tion o f German toys was greater than lightly until browned. Put In a serv­
that o f dyes.
The figures show thaf ing dish and pour over It a hot, highly
$9,084,000 worth o f toys were Import­ seasoned tomato sauce and sprinkle
ed where only $8,400,000 worth o f dyes with one-half cupful o f grated cheese,
were Imported In 1914, the Imports of lifting the rice with a fork so that the
both these lines o f goods from Ger­ sauce may coat each kernel.
many showed such a startling increase
that it Is now believed German dye
C d d Slaw
and toy agents In this country were
Cut cabbage ln
and let
aware that war was approaching.
stand ln cold water to crlsp then dralD)
U. S. T oy B u sin e ss Now Is V ast.
The only difference in the histories
o f these two Industries Is that toys al-
ways had been made to a limited ex-
tent ln the United States, whereas
dyes— at least coal tar dyes— had not
been made here at all. In 1913 there
were already 71 toy establishments,
designing and manufacturing Am eri­
can toys, and doing an annual business
o f $7,521,485. When the German toys
stopped coming this Industry und<--
went an enormous expansion. Today
there are 165 American toy firms, do­
ing an annual business o f $20,500,000.
ABOUT JDUR VEILS
Face Coverings Abandoned by
the Women of Paris.
C u rio u s A rran gem en t, Im itatio n of the
“F lu ” M a sk , Is B e in g W o rn by
A m e ric an W om en.
The story comes from Paris that
women have abandoned the veil. They
are tired o f it. They havg taken to
cartwheel hats and do not wish to de­
stroy the outline o f the brim by the
folds o f u fuce covering.
There are women over here, howev­
er, writes a fashion correspondent,
recently returned from Paris, who are
wearing the most curious veil America
has seen. It Is attached to a turban;
It is ns thick as the heaviest course
net can be woven, and It Is drawn
tight around the eyes nnd the top of
the nose, leaving the neck and lower
part o f the /ace bare. It Is the best
imitation o f n masque that we have
had so far, and It Is Intimated that It
was taken from the Influenza mask
which was worn over the lower part
o f the fuce. One o f our own design­
ers o f eccentricities has produced a
genuine influenza mask o f dyed lace
which Is drawn upward over the chin
nnd nose to the back o f the head. The
French one Is more seductive and co­
quettish.
In America we are addicted to veils.
W e wear them at all seasons, whether
or not w e.know how to adjust them.
The reason fo r their diminished fash­
ion during the last year is due to the
wur activities o f the great mass o f
women. First, a veil takes a long
time to adju st; It should be done well,
or not at a ll; and; secondly, it is not a
good addition to uniform caps. So the
veil dropped out, except among a cer­
tain segment o f fashionables who
would feel ashamed o f their naked­
ness, as they say, If they went with­
out It. The hurry nnd flurry o f life
has not allowed much time fo r leisure­
ly dressing, and although the veil wns
insisted upon by the shops during the
Influenza epidemic, the doctors thought
It was extremely harmful nnd Injuri­
ous. They knew what the shops evi­
dently did not know, that an influenza
mask must be washed every three
hours in a disinfectant.
The ex­
treme dnnger In the veil rested In the
fact that it was not washed fo r days
at a time, if everv
For those who wear the veil, the mil­
liners and jewelers have united ln In­
troducing a trifle which hits gained
much prestige. It is nn arrow, an
nviator’s wings, a dngger or the fleur-
de-lis done In jewels. This catches
the veil at the extreme upper tilt, o f
the hat In front.
It has been the Jewel o f the war.
Women have turned their brooches Into
these veil pins; they have had other
Jewelry reset to possess the luxury o f
the moment, nnd they have bought
them In renl or Imitation stones. In
order to be lu the procession of fash­
ionables.
SASH
IS IN THE LIM ELIG H T
A cc e sso ry Is M o re Sop h istica te d i n d
A llu r in g T h a n W a s It s Prede­
cessor of a Decade Ago.
The sash o f 1919 Is a more sophis­
ticated and alluring accessory than
its predecessor o f a decade ago, and
It Is adjusted to suit the fancy o f the
wearer or the artistic conception o f
the designer. Sometimes the bow Is
directly in the bnck, big nnd broad,
like the obi o f the maid o f old Jnpan.
Again the loops will be placed at the
right or the left side, a perky, jaunty
ATTRACTIVE
EVENING
GOWN
dry and moisten with the following
dressing: M i x one-half tablespoonful
o f salt, one teaspoonful o f mustard,
one and one-fourth tablespoonfuls of
sugar, one egg slightly beaten, two and
one-half tablespoonfuls o f melted but­
ter, three-fourths o f a cupful o f cream
and one-fourth o f a cupful o f vinegar.
Cook over boiling water, stirring con­
stantly until the mixture thickens.
Strain and cool,
F re n ch F rie d Potatoes.
Wash and pare small potatoes; cut
ln eighths lengthwise and soak one
™ Z „ n Z ”
3 IireSent thK,f the honr ln «>M water. Drain and parboil
T i f Z tT J Z
: " 2 7 “ * " S 1 tw° «la u te s in boiling water, again
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P|un^
In Germany. It la
fact that oar Amer-
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lean to,makers have not yet learned \
“ t?w 2,8: Uy ,n deep U t untU
to make bisque dolls or Christmas tree
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8t 8 tlm e:
halls, but most people consider that
f f8t ,\° “ hl* hcr temPernture nn'1
the American dolls are much more f 61" ™ a” the P °tatoes
a ^ y ln g has-
’natural” and abundant Christmas ket to the fa t ; when crisp and brown,
tree balls may be had from Japan. ” I])ri" k_ ^ J vlth 8nlt and keeP warm “ n-
Thus everybody wus prepared fo r p til served.
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peaceful, American toy Christmas thl*
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year, when suddenly a cargo of Ger-
man toys arrived ln the port o f New
Cot three circular pieces o f pnstry ,
York.
In fi-lnch pieces and prick each with a
An earthquake could not have fork and bake. Fut together as a layer
caused greater, consternntion In the ’’“ he with the following cream be-
American toy Industry. Immediately t " e e n : M ix two-thirds o f a cupful of
the press took up the mnttpr with the powdered sugar und one-third o f a cup-
free use o f bitter Invective nnd the ful o f flou r; add the yolks o f three eggs |
vice president o f one o f the firms to and one whole egg, slightly beaten, one-
' whom the toys were consigned Issued fourth o f a teaspoonful o f anlt and one
the follow ing statement:, “ We hnve cupful o f scalded m ilk; cook 15 mln-
refused to accept the shipment of Ger- utes. Add two tablespoonsful o f bllt-
man toys which ca m e *t»iis from Hoi- ter, two tablespoonfuls o f rolled maca-
tand without notice.
Though these' room», vanilla or lemon extract to fla-
H e re la show n a w in so m e evening
goods were bought and paid for before vor.
gow n In tw o (h a d e s of blue chiffon ve l­
Formerly deadly engines o f war, these whippet tanks have been dis­ the war and are our property we will
vet. A n espe cially attra ctive feature
mantled nnd are now being employed in France In useful agricultural work. have no German made goods ln our
of
th is garm en t Is the unique sleeves
stock.”
This one hauls a canal boat loaded with foodstuff* for the Interior.
WHIPPET TANKS USED IN PEACE WORK
m tAM
Lytt
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of jet beads.
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WRAP OF BROCADED SATIN
G old-and-yellow brocaded sa tin Ik
the m ate rial in th is lu x u rio u s evening
w rap. T h e lin es are extrem ely sim ple.
T h e co lla r and cuffs are form e d of
w ide b an ds of sable.
arrangement o f silk or satin, some­
times with one Instead o f two long
ends and fringe edged. Then there is
the brogd girdle, usually o f the mate­
rial, deftly maneuvered with ends
terminating In tassels..
However it is introduced the sash
is a distluctlve feature of frocks. Even
the tailored serge, fashioned severely,
with high collur and long, tight
sleeves, boasts a sash these days, at
least one chic model does, the sash
being o f the material and terminating
ln a wide bow ut the normal ymistllne
In the back. Another use fo r the ma­
terial sash Is on the velvet frock, one
example being un old rose velvet gown
worn by a young girl in one o f the
new plays. It Is a delightfully simple
gown, one-piece, medium width skirt
und wide girdle nnd broad bow o f the
velvet. A narrow hand o f kolinsky
outlines the round neck and edges the
modi fled kimono bleu ves.
The sash, on the order o f the sweat­
er accessory, o f medium width and
finished with halls and tassels o f silk,
Is still In vogue aud It is particularly
adapted to the trim little gown o f trl-
colette or the equully supple wool
scrim.
HAT, COLLARETTE AND MUFF
T hree-Piece S e ts of F u r or F u r and
8 ilk or V e lve t C om bined C om ­
prise A ttra c tiv e Outfit.
What could be more fascinating
thnn some one o f the three-piece sets
— hat, collarette and muff— made of
fu r or fur and silk or velvet com­
bined? They are o f vnried shapes
and ln various color combinations,
these Jaunty little sets.
One set consists o f turban, with
Just the top of the crown o f kolinsky,
while the lower part o f the turban is
swathed with velvet ln a charming old
blue tone, the velvet terminating in a
large loop at the left side toward the
hack. A large crushed band o f the
velvet edged at the top with a narrow
band o f the kolinsky forms the col-
Inrette, which also terminates ln a
lnrge bow at the left side towards the
buck. The muff is mnde of the blue
velvet and kolinsky. A wide bnnd o f
the fur forms the center, while the
fabric forms the sides, one end o f
which is drawn through a band of
the fur.
Another set consists o f a wrap
which after being snugly draped about
the shoulders crosses in front and Is
tied In the back with a velvet ribbon.
The muff would be simple and round,
were It not fo r the velvet bow that
runs through it, with loops o f coquet­
tish twist. The hat Is oddly sbuped
and fits th*e hoad closely; at th5 top
are loops o f the velvet ribbon.
R o se tte s of Velvet.
Largo puffed rosettes o f velvet,
which were very popular as trimmings
In millinery circles late last fall, are
ngnln being seen. On extremely large
hats this trimming Is placed nt the
front, whlje for the smaller shapes It
is used at the side or back.
Often
the rosettes correspond In color with
the fnelng of the hat.
Another fea-
tvte o f the millinery situation Is the
lncr»nslrig call for blue hats.
Sev­
eral shades o f blue are being used in
i.'okint, small velvet hats, Including
elec tric, national, sapphire, Yule und
Fi - nch.
New
N e c k lin e s In N ig h t W ear.
The varied nock line thut Is domi­
nant ln our frocks, has also gained
high vogue ln pajamas, nightgowna
and negligees. In these garments the
square, the deeply oval, the round Una
are all seen. Sometimes there are nqi
collars, and sometimes there are to ff,
wide, caplellke collars.
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