Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-30
HOW EGGS BECAME FACTOR
IN NAVAL OPERATION
1utti Fruits Commander Scoopcd
Iortilia's Icn.Eruit Supply to
20. G. P.'s" Chagrin.
ANOTHER SALTWATER STORY
'caco between American and British
NaFics Was Brought About by az
rhty-Fifty Division Of Supply, and
Kupturc OF Relations Was Avcrtcd.
ny CLAIR PRICE.

"ili IliE UNITED STATES NAVY
81 a MED1TERRANEAN BASE. Sep
F'hpcr 2o.--rhc United States Navy
"hh the British Royal Navy are get
uhE along quite happily, thank you.
INC general job of getting on with
INC war. OF course, it cannot be de-
"'eh that there are isolated episodes
men the United States Navy grins and
ins Royal Navy lifts its chin ana passes
~ on the other side, or vice versa
Inasized. the Two navics take their
nl!nES around tho same tables in the
''Gat "cs,vaao,tn lounges on the beach and at the
vuers IRON the same chief OF stan.
"ntt more could you ask?
ms. ms however, in the interests Of
general frankncss. concerns Itself
not with an episode OF international i'm
- ,.n as you might say. although
occurred Tor the time being. II brought
ABOUT certain rupture OF relations.
There sse @a ..h i Ins c OF wa shp for tho
in 0 900 ZIP p, IN GranninE for Gu, cable
So IN, hhea base s sown Of T11 r.
yacht Tutti Fruit ana a British
5 :awicr as as an escort. And las, Tues.
10" yachts captain. OF course. as senior
.scovt officer. JUS: before they left,
ne ,ns 2'icer commanding patrol C;nown
- authorized the trawlcr to put
INTO Tovtiila. whenever she had time
ana he permission of the senior, os-
escort put out OF the dockyard and
d',Wapnearcd around the cape
When tho three Of them reached tho
SPOT Wher" the cable ship was 10 20
70 work they found tho sea too rough
NH, IN" able ship, therefore. had
down. ''''''N
AS. soon as this situation manifested
a xly,T h,,- tn
hccr on the Tu,ti Fruiti', bridge for
PERMISSION 20 put into T3rtllia.
THAWLER HAD TWICE
FOUGHT SUBMARINES
led. was bravo title craft. on two
occasions while fishing. she had fought
mcrfnan summarizes, and tina, state
men in the navy. a trawicr following
the herring Is far away from authority
his nets. there is NOBODY about to
change his mind for him.
fpt hS,hing tTawiers know thu, in all
probaoiliiy " they refrain from bother
Ing Fritz. Fritz VIII refrain from both
ering them. But II you interfere VITA
.iip ~ nc ,ra"lers Skipper says very
We seen him lots or mornings" tho
skippcr says. and he's seen me, but
until shin comes in sight. Then it's
embarrassing. II look Tho other way.
e esn, s,a wl nan ,nG to ne nG, yGm
sunk, while You've got gun on your
own bow.
The mrs, time J in,crfered with
beached me. And the second time nc
uia nc IN completely: had started
Win my gun, crew hitting everything
In the sky and sea cNceT; Witt. Finally
! told them. The. .i>lmiralty amt pay
ing you for shooting up the ARMAMENT
and ! though If couldn', hi. him I'd
better get out OF there. So started
10 turn around. and just then Fritz
aud foated, but then he gave 1t 10 me
again. and the old King Canutc just
melted.
IRONY OF THE DEEP
AS TRAVELLER HECoI MED IT
Those >. us who were still alive
clung to wreckaGc. and Fritz came
through us al full! speed. Going to pick
us up?' asked him. liow's the water
the devil hello for me- lie went back
and forth through US. trying 10 get us
on u, wreeMass WIN ms wMSH lie
with his screw. Finally, he saw smoke
on the horizon. told us we'd breakfast
with the devil. and tore OF after it, He
and IL didn't. W. weren't picked UP
until the next day. one Of my deck
than suffer any longer. bu, | told him
I'd lash him to tho dcckhousc and
burn his feet for hin, ii ne tried 10
drop on"
So that's what the skipper was like.
But when he asked Tor leave 20 put
MO Tortiiia, the Tutti Fruiii told him
that she was about to pat into Tortilla
herself. and that as soon as She return
cd. the trawler vas welcome 10 put
vent. leaving the trawier Standing by
the cable ship in II lumhling sea.
At Tortilla. the Tutti Fruits cap
tai
30 the provision store Of Juan de
Vaveira. All Spanish towns the world
over are much alike. Except that some
smell worse than others.
',Eucnos dias, senor' said naYslrn,
y have them for You M, r9F,y. tw" dozen
rolled out "a red carthen Jar full TO the
top with eggs Nice an fresh. he
added. ''Ner ace
Now fresh eggs arc luxury in the
navy and 4 good egg-town is a secret
TO be safcsuarded as reiisiously as
FOR the navy has many things 10 fret
it, There is the boat schedule, the
press. the time the mail leaves. the
rate of excnange' etc, Never BE be sur sur
incnt OF sailing, suddenly dash out of
the dockyard, seize the nearest hack
qs and n nrys '~a saP@ dap
has told him that they're only paying
Is Pc atas to the pound in Naples
But eggs, The navy no longer frc,s
can't be gotten. Along with fresh
milk, fresh eggs have waned into the
limbo OF luXuries foregonc.
And here were forty-two dozen
them!
The captain paid for them out
his own pocket. had them taken down
10 the landing and out to the Tutti
ISruiti. lying far outside the hari,or
And at once he went back TO the cable
shin took up his station and gave the
ira wIer permission TO proceed TO Tor
tilla.
AND THEN THE WHOLE:
/, EGG STORY CAME OUT
Ii was the next day, When the
trawlcr returned and the cable ship
finally was able to go to work. that
/, became evident something had hap
pened TO dim the trawlcr'S cnrdiaiity.
What il was. didn't become apparent
until to-day, when all three Of them
came back to the base. Then ii be-
came known that Tortii!a was the
the forty-two dozen had been collected