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BRITISH MVAL
OFFKEB HONORED
FOR GAUANTRY
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Awarded the Distinguished Serv¬
I ice Medal by President
Wilson.
SUES MO YANK SOLDIERS
to Assistance of Transport
Otranto When 8he Waa Sunk In
Collision Off Irlah Coast With
American Troop* on
Board.
By R. W. BARRETT.
Editor Birmingham Age-Harald.
If ever a man were entitled to the
distingulfthed service medal, It was
that young British lieutenant Frau¬
ds W. Craven of the destroyer Moun
A dispatch from London announced
that President Wilson had awarded
hinuthis medal and that MaJ. Gen. Bid
idle, commander of the American
forces in the United Kingdom, had
presented It to him.
The medal waa awarded, In. the
words of the London cable, “to Lieut.
Francis W. Craven, who commanded
the British destroyer Mounsey, which
aaved 600 American soldiers from the
British transport Otranto, When she
was sunk In a collision off the Irish
coast on Oct. 6, 1918, with the loss
of 857 American soldiers.”
Though the British government con¬
ferred no honor upon Lieut. Craven for
his work, because It was Dot an act
of valor In war combat, no man in any
navy ever showed more courage nor
demonstrated more perfect seaman¬
ship than did Lieut. Craven on 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 offing, so
to apeak, when this horror of the sea
occurred.
Flagship of Convey.
The Otranto, which went down, was
the flagship of a convoy of fourteen
j troop laden, Influenza Infected ships
{which sailed from New York on Sept.
28 last. She was a Brltish-Australian
liner, With something like a thousand
'American soldier boys nboard. On her
aUter ship, the Orontes, a nasty old
plague infected refrigerator freighter
with limited and dirty passenger ac¬
commodations, eighteen hundred sol¬
dier boys, the writer and about fifty
I other passengers were crowded to¬
gether like cattle.
We were accompanied from New
York by a battleship, a cruiser and a
dietroyer. The route was to be around
,the north of Ireland and down the
Irish channel to Liverpool. All sorts
of hard luck hit the convoy and par¬
ticularly the Otranto. She first ran
Into a fishing fleet and cut down two
boats, but saved the crews. In doing
j»o she fell behind, but caught up
iwhen we ran Into a fearful storm and
Icontlnued battling against it for sev¬
eral days.
Scattered In 8torm.
Before reaching British waters
north of Ireland, the American naval
vessels turned back or were scattered
in the storm. Our old ship was strug¬
gling und our captain was begging in
wireless messages to Capt. Davidson
of the Otranto for more sea room.
He feared going on the f-ocky shores
of 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. To 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 1 enclosed room. Medicines
were exhausted, and dead and dying
were all about.
In the meantime every ship put
about to save Us own, heading into
the storm. The Otranto and other
ships not heeding our captain’s warn¬
ings 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
Us predicament, turned Rcross the
bow of the Kashmere, another enor¬
mous old freighter crowded with
troops. The Kashmere’s how 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 rocky cliffs. No other ship
dared attempt assistance. Each was
struggling to save Itself.
Mounsey to the Rescue.
Then came the little destroyer Moun*
Bey, 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 against the hull of the big ship,
first jammed against the side and then
: knocked far off. In the meantime
the soldier boys Jumped for their lives
toward the deck of the little destroyer.
Many would land and be rushed into
the batches. Others would miss tho
distance, jump and drop into the sea.
Still others would strike each otherain
the long jump from the high deck of
the Otranto to the swash deck o| the
Mouasey; some would land on the
deck of the Mounsey with broken
limbs and be washed overboard.
The reports to Qen. .Biddle, while
I waa In London, told of the honor*
Of the scene.
Stuck to tha Job.
The Mounsey was veered off several
times by powerful blows from the
steel sides of the pounding Otranto.
One aide near the atern waa battered
in like an old tin can. Her engineer
signaled to Lieut. Craven that the de¬
stroyer could stand no more; ahe would
go down tf another effort waa made to
run alongside the big ship. But Craven
took the chances. He manipulated the
little ship with great skill and got
another hundred American soldier
boys. In all he saved about 600, leav¬
ing only 857 to perish, and nearly all
these were lost in the effort to jump
from the big ship to the little de¬
stroyer.
Craven landed the t^n 600 in Belfast
It la true many of died there
from the exposure and wounds, but the
600 were put ashore from the baldly
battered destroyer. How he stored
away the 600 In the little fighting craft
la difficult for naval officers to explain,
but It waa done.
Was Fearfully Battered.
A British admiral in discussing the
matter with rao*ln London just after
It occurred said few destroyers could
have stood the strain. He could only
account for her standing the pounding
against the sides of the Otranto by the
fact that her hull was cold riveted
and tha) she bent without the giving
away,,*® the rivet heads.
I saw her afterward tied up in Bel¬
fast. She was fearfully bent In, like
a battered tin thing, but not torn open.
The heads of the rivets held.
It waa different with the Kashmere,
which I afterward saw in Glasgow.
Her bow was crushed in. The rivet
heads had given away and the plates
opened up. She had been hot riveted.
English naval officers are giving
study to this rivet question, and are
preparing a report to the admiralty
for future consideration In the build¬
ing of destroyers.
In the meantime all America owes
a debt of gratitude to Lieut. Craven.
But for hla pluck and seamanship not
s man from the Otranto would have
lived to tell the tale.
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Miss Lillian P. Nielson of New York,
a nurse In Dr. Alexis Carrel’s hospi¬
tal In France, recently returned with
a six-months-old baby, which she says
was picked up on a battlefield when
only nine days old. Tills Is the first
orphan or foundling the French gov¬
ernment has permitted to leave the
country. Miss Nielson will take the
baby back with her when she returns
to France.
PUN TO BUY BATTLEFIELDS
Member of French Chamber of Depu¬
ties Proposes Avenue of Trees
to Honor Dead.
Paris.—The Rev. Father Lemire,
who sits in the chamber of deputies
from the department of the Nord, 1
moved his fellow members In the cham¬
ber by a speech proposing that an ave¬
nue of trees be planted along the en¬
tire battle front, which would serve
us a place of pilgrimage for those who
do not know where their dead fell.
He asked that the government buy
the battlefields and make a forest from
the North sea to the Vosges moun¬
tains.
Albert Lebrun, minister of the In¬
vaded regions, In replying for the gov¬
ernment, said that every honor would
he done the dead. Cemeteries, he sal(j|,
would be laid out at points where the
fighting was heaviest and entire battle¬
fields would be transformed Into na¬
tional monuments.
OCTOPUS AND WHALE AS FOOD
United States Bureau of Fishers**
Conducts Cookery Demonstrations
on Pacific Coast.
Washington.—The bureau of fisheries
has been conducting fish cookery dem¬
onstrations along the Pacific coast
cities.
The following species have been
used In the demonstrations: Albacore,
barracuda, bocacclo, bonlto, carp, cat¬
fish, flounders, hake, halibut, Ungcod,
chub mackerel, horse mackerel, gray
fish, perch, rockfishes, sable fish, sand
dab, sardine, shad, skates, skipjack,
soupfin shark, tfele, sturgeon, smelt,
yellowtail and salmon heads, milts and
livers, together with squid, octopus
and whale,
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Opportunity to Bo BoIzoC
A porter In London was encaged la
cleaning a luggage van, when the door
swung back, striking him violently on
the head. “Oh 1 Pat,’’ he exclaimed to
an Iriahman standing on the platform,
"I believe I’ve cut open my head.”
“Well, begor, now’s the time to get
something into It,” was Pat’s witty re
ply.
A Cough That Lash
And will not yield special to ordinary rem¬
edies must have treatment.
Hayes’ Honey
Healing
Stops Tha Tickle
Heals The Threat
Cures The Cough
Wonderfully effective In the treatment of
Coughs, but if the Cough is deep-seated
and the Head or Chest is sore, a penetrat¬
ing salve should be applied. in curing This Coughs greatly
helps any cough syrup
and Colds.
A FREE BOX OF
DROVE'S
0-PEH-TRATE SALVE
x Opens the Pore* and Penetrates )
For Chest Colds, Head Colds, aod Croup,
is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES'
HEALING HONEY. This is the only
cough syrup on the market with which
this additional treatment is given. The
Salve is also very valuable as a Germicide
for the Nose and Throat You get both
remedies for the price of one. 35c.
Sold by all Druggists. If y< Druggist
should not have it in stock, he 11 order it
from his nearest Wholesale D
Made, Recommended and Guaranteed to
the Public
by PARIS MEDICINE COMPANY,
manufacturers op
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic
KEEP URIG ACID \
OUT OF JOINTS
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to
Eat Less Meat and Take
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Rheumatism is easier to avoid than
to cure, states a well-known authority. keep
We are advised to dress warmly;
the feet dry; avoid exposure; eat less
meat, but drink plenty direct of good result water. of
Rheumatism is a
eating too much meat and other rich
foods that produce uric acid which is
absorbed into the blood. It is the
function of the kidneys to filter this
acid from the blood and cast it out in
the urine; the pores of the skin are
also a means of freeing the blood of
this impurity. In damp and chilly
cold weather the skin pores are closed
thus forcing the kidneys to do double
work, they become -weak and sluggish acid
and fail to eliminate the uric
which keeps accumulating eventually and circulat¬
ing through joints the system, and muscles causing set¬
tling in the pain called rheu¬
stiffness, soreness and
matism.
At the first twinge of rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about four
ounces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoon- before
ful in a glass of water and drink
breakfast each morning for a week.
This is said to eliminate uric acid by
stimulating action, ridding the kidneys blood to of normal these
thus the
impurities.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless and
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia and
is used with excellent results by thou¬
sands of folks who are subject to rheu¬
effervescent matism. Here you have a pleasant, which
lithia-water drink
helps overcome uric acid and is bene¬
ficial to your kidneys as well.
CALL
For Your
Groceries.
Fancy and
Staple . . .
GROCERIES.
<JllCK DELIVERY.
Sam Fry’s old stand.
Phone 303 and 304.
Women’s Charming Dresses for the New
Spring|Season, Exceptional at $20, $45
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It’s unlike any other spring for the last four years, and Dame Fashion has
decided to make it a very happy season by introducing some lovely creations such
as you will see among the beautifuljdresses now on display.
In keeping with the spirit of the times and anticipating the approach of
Spring, you will here find daringly fashioned SPORTS DRESSES and hand¬
somely trimmed STREET AND AFTERNOON FROCKS. Surely, the Dress you
like best is here though it be a simple Street Model developed in Charmouse or
Taffeta or a handsome dinner frock of Georgette Crepe. Yo’ull be simply de¬
lighted to see them.
A Woman Can Make a *Very
S Smart Appearance in Any of
A It ^
1 These New Spring Capes
I
as 515-00 $50-oo
m a to
H iCr Really, she might choose at random in this splendid
,0» group and be p’eassd with her choice. Each model
I CF seems
to to have caught something of the Spring spirit in its character.
New materials, new styles, new colors—they are all
here the same as you would see them in New York. Capes
of Poplin, Serge, Twilled Tweed, fashioned in the most pop¬ A
ular effects and all displaying good taste in the trimmings
and linings. A
GRIFFIN MERCANTILE COMPANY.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Arrival and Departure of Trains at
— Griffin.”
TRAINS DEPART
For Macon and South—1:25 a. m.,
9:13 a. m., 1:50 p. m., 6:30 p. m.,
10:27 p. m., 11:11 p. m., 12:15 a.-m.
For Atlanta and North—4:15 a. m.,
5:25 a. m., 6:55 a. m., 9:25 a. m. 1:07
p. m„ 2:42 p. m., 7:05 p. m.
For Chattanooga—9:35 a. m. For
Cedartown—5:45 p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE
From Macon and South 4:15 a. m.,
5:25 a. m„ 6:55 a. m., 9:25 a. m„ 1:07
p. m., 2:42 p. m., 7:05 p. m.
From Atlanta and North—1:25 a,
m., 9:13 a. m., 1:50 p. m., 6:30 p. m.,
10:27 p. m., 11:11 p. m., 12.15 a. m.
From Chattanooga—2:35 p., m.
From Cedartown—8:15 a. m.
C. S. WHITE, T. A, Union Depot.
Phone 103.
iberty Bonds
We will accept Liberty
Bonds in payment on
Mules, Horses, Buggies,
Wagons and Harness,
Agood assortment on
hand at all times. Come to
see us for a good trade.
A. S. BLAKE & SONS.
NEW STORE NEW GOODS
ATTRACTIVE PRICES
v JOHN F. GREEN & SON
—have just opened a first class Heavy and Staple
Grocery Store in the Old Blanton Mill Stand, corner of
Eighth and Meriwether streets, where they will be
pleased to receive their friends and the public gener¬
ally. Here we have more room and a much larger
stock of ■ ■ ■■— —-■
GRAIN, HAY, FLOUR, MIXED FEED,
also complete line of
GROCERIES.
Better prices on everything than can be had else¬
where in Griffin. Call to see us and save money.
JOHN F. GREEN & SON.
Wholesale and Retail
Groceries, Feed Stuff and Country Produce.
Blanton’s Old Mill Stand, Meriwether and Eight Sts.
TELEPHONE 360.
CHILDREN WEAR OUT SHOES
I quickly and buying new ones for them
is a continual drain on mother’s al¬
& ' f lowance; so why not have us repair
♦ the shoes before they are worn out
beyond repair? It is real economy
to bring us the children’s shoes ev¬
ery so often and let us put them in
good shape. Thery will last twict as
long.
W. E. POWELL
the Daily News and Sun