Show COM COMMANDER OF SHIP I I I IS MODEST OD ST HERO r I NEW YORK Jan 31 Tt R. H N. N Stuart V. V C. C and D. D S. S 0 O. first officer ot of the Empress of ot Britain which sailed for tor the West Vest Indies on her first winter cruise Is such a af f modes hero that tha he dodged reporters I and cameramen while in New ew York even even locking himself In his cabin to tov v escape attention He does not even wear w ar the blood red ribbon of the Cross and nd declines to talk about t the te e achievement which won tor Zor 1 m this coveted decoration J Stuart is one of ot officers supplied sup- sup i I plied d to the British navy during the war ware by the Canadian Pacific's merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant fleet While in in command of ot the argust a British mystery ship which was a floating submarine trap I he he permitted the vessel to be torpedoed torpedoed torpedoed tor tor- I ordered his panic party to i the boats in which they escaped and remained concealed aboard until the submarine had completely circled the ship and taken numerous peeps rat It t through the periscope Then L 1 the submarine rose to the surface and r Stuart s sank it 11 a few tew well directed directed di- di r shots from his hidden guns Captain E. E Griffiths commander of the tho Empress of Britain is a fellow fellow- to townsman of ot Lloyd George in Wales During th the war he had a battle with witha a a a submarine ne and Purser W. W N. N Mathison had sev seven n minutes during which to get ot off the Missanabie one of ot of twelve Canadian Pacific ships shies sunk by U U Chief Engineer A. A E. E Philp O. O B. B E. E served on the Empress of ot Britain throughout the war and was under fire tire at Gallipoli The second cruise of ot the Britain I to the West Indies starts from this I port February 21 |