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of Dayton. Ohio. who. in 1895. when
only seventeen wears OF age. and short
ly before her marriage. braNclN saved
two small children from an apartment
house fire in Boston. While the build
ing burning f1ercely she made her
way to tn" roof and thence to tho apart
mont where the children were locked IN
a room. After s"iZin- them she brought
them safely down. through the dense
smoke. TO the street.
Posthumous Decorations.
Two posthumous decorations have re-
Gently been conferred upon heroines by
the commits sion. The first of these was
conferred in memory of Mrs. Sadie l..
Crabbe of Avalon, Va. who. in Fcbru-
airy. 1905. while attempting to pull
colored youth from hole i'm the ice her
self broke through the treacherous crust
and lost her life. The other postum
nous medal has been conferred i'm mem
DRY OF Miss Jewel III. Reed. aged seven
teen years. of St. Louis. Mo. who. in
January, 1906 died while bravery trying
to save two elderly women from burn
ing Through fire and smoke she as
cended a stairway to the second floor
10 reach the two victims. but was cut
off from escape and burned with them.
The most recent decora tionS have gone
TO the Youngest of all these heroines-
two little girls. aged respectively nine
and eleven years. and hailing from diff
Iefent states facn was AWARDED tne
highest honor--the silver medal--by the
commission at its last meeting. few
weeks ago. The first. OF these. Miss
Maree V Trevor of Marion. Ill. on De
cember 80. 1906. when only nine years
OF age. saved a little boy of seven who
had fallen from a bridge crossing n
creek. running high and swift. This
brave little girl. although she could not
swim. jumped from the bridge into the
creek. and after seiZing her imported
playmate. caught hold OF the bridge. ana.
with great danger to herself. held on
until both were lifted out.
The other little heroine decorated this
summer IS Miss Marjorie +. Coast or
Iowa City. who. in June of last year.
when only eleven years of age. saved
from drowning another little girl, aged
ten years. who had fallen into the Iowa
river. Marjorie. also unable to swim.
Jumped from the dock. and after Selling
her helpless companion managed to get
her to floating plank. Then by PAD.
ding she reached it herself.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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distributing leaflets by thousands among
the soldiers pointing out TO them that III
they Join the army they come under
despotic military law. and. il trade union
lists. they are likely TO me called out at
any time To shoot down peaceful citizens.
just as they We're i'm the recent Belfast
strike AT the present time the entire
forces of the country are in the hands OF
the upper classes and these forces can be
used. and are being used. to keep in sub
lection the working classes OF the country.
During the recent railway crisis through
which England passed IL was quite evil
dent that the military would have been
called out against the workers if the inn
pending strike had not been settled peace
fully by Lloyd George.
Tho new bill which tho labor party
proposes 10 introduce will relieve this
country entirely of a regular standing
army II will he brought up in the house
of commons in October. The main fea-
ture of the bill Is To provide for "A compul-
sorry military tralning-not CONSUMPTION
entirely free from military Law and alto
gether under civil control. at present
when young man joins the army he
comes under military law. and, instead OF
being tried by civil tribunal. he Is. In q
measure. out of the pale Of ordinary legal
procedure He may be committed to-
prison or even shot without any judicial
inquiry save court-martial. which oftea
proves to be no better than a farce.
lCanyright by Curtis Brown
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the harbor OF Newport. X. L. where she
was born in 1871. and in early youth she
became skilled swimmer and oarsman.
spending so much of her time in row
boat. the only means of communication
between the lighthouse and shore. that
She was as much at home upon the water
IN storm as in calm. When eighteen she
rescued from the sea four men whose
boat had capsiZed. and since then she
has saved at least nine other lives. in
GLIDING those of TWO soldiers. who broke
through the barber lee. Her father be-
coming paralytic. she was appointed to
succeed him and has since served as
keeper of the lighthouse. and for her
rescues she has received medals also from
the state of Rhode Island, the Massa-
Chusetts Humane Society and the New
York Life Saving Association. In the
Newport customs house, before hundreds
of people. Gen. Grant presented her with
the hfebOat Rescue. as a gift from
the people of Newport. and for this craft
James Fisk, jr.. built her a boath0use
She was given also the Sorosis brooch. in
scribed Ito Ida Lewis. the Heroine" and
the two soldiers whom she rescued from
the ice gave her a gold watch. while
officers and men OF the nearby fort gave
her silver teapot worth $50. Although
still popularly known by her maiden name.
Ida Lewis. she married William H. VIII
son in 1870. A few months ago a new
society composed Of ife-saving medalists
decorated her with the american Cross
of Honor and the board of governors has
announced that in their estimation IdeL
Lewis Wilson has rendered more valiant
service in saving life than has any Ameri-
can of her sex.
Turned Down Silver Medal.
The first American woman to receive
the life-saving medal of honor was Edith
Morgan of Hamlin. Mich, who I'm the
spring of 1878 rescued two fishermen
whose boat had capsized near Grande
Point au Sable, Mich. and who the next
year helped rescue the crew of the wreck
ed steamer City of Toledo. of the same
point. This rescue was made In the great
storm of that year. 1t was showing hard
and the ship was transformed into an ice
berg. Miss Morgan helped convey rope
from shore to the vessel and TO rescue
eighteen men, all on board. Because the
medal awarded her was of silver instead
of gold she refused it. believing that she
deserved that of the higher grade.
The first child heroine decorated by the
government was Marie D. Parsons of
Fireplace Point, Long Island, who in 1888,
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when only ten years old. risked her life
to rescue a man and little girl from
drowning at that point. She was given
a silver medal. One OF gold was present
ed to Edith Clarke, who. three years
later. while a pupil of a convent at Oak
land, Cal, bravely rescued schoolmate
who was drowning in Lake Chabot
Two Charleston girls. Edna Maude King
and Mary Whitley. were together given
the silver medal for rescuing three men
whose yawl was capsized in the harbor
of Charleston. s. c., in 1885, during
great gale Of wind. These two plucky
ing to a wharf and the third hanging to
the upturned yawl. bravely lowered boat
from the wharf and at great risk 10 them
selves rescued all three. A silver medal
was given also to Mabel Mason, who In
1890 at the peril Of her life rescued a man
who by the swash of passing steamer
had been thrown from his boat into the
Detroit river near the Mamajuda light
station.
The next year BERTHE O. Burr OF Lin
coin. Neb., while bathing in Blue river
with two young women rescued them
with heroic bravery and received the
gold medal. which was awarded also to
Mrs. Martha White. who in midwinter
icy breakers and Eat the imminent peril
of her life" as the official report states,
rescued three sailors from the British
bark Fernda1e which had been wrecked
on the coast OF the Stcte VI w toh.
Strange to relate, in spite Of the recent
advent of the athletic girl among us,
no American women have in the past six
teen years displayed sufficient courage in
making rescues from the water 20 war
rant. in the estimation Of the Treasury
authorities. even silver medal OF this
category.
Eighteen Recently Decorated.
But another national heroine was lately
found and given the new medal of honor
which Congress recently authorized as a
reward for the saving of life upon our
railways The recipient of this is Miss
Mary Guinan of Middletown, y. Y. who
recently jumped into a narrow space be-
tween two railway tracks and saved the
life Of an aged man whom. while sharing
his peril she held in safety while two
trains simult aneously whizzed by them.
one on either side, and in opposite direc-
tons President Roosevelt when pro-
posing this new national decoration rec
commended that it be awarded for con-
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is a vast movement in England among the
working class population against joining
the army as at present constituted In
fact, a bill is to be introduced by tine labor
party in the house of commons calling for
compulsory military training in England.
They have very good reasons for TINS
added DIR. Mcguire. significantly. at the
close of the interview.
In order to ascertain why the labor
party and trade unions are advising their
members against joining the army. and
thus, apparently. bringing about the very
CONSUMPTION which everybody seems anN-
ious to avoid. the writer called upon Rob-
ert EdmOnuson. eX-sergeant major in the
British army. who Is one of the main
leaders against the present Haldane vol
unteer system. and who is helping to
direct the labor party anti-army cam
paign. Sergt. Maj. Edmondson, II might
be mentioned. is the author OF A book
which caused a sensation a year or so
ago. 1t was entitled John Bulls Army
from Within and was introduced to the
public by Arnold White. the well known
writer on military matters.
Preventing Enlistments.
Yes. it is quite true admitted Sergt.
Maj. Edmondson, when seen at his home
in the West End of London. Il and my
party are exerting every effort TO prevent
men from joining the army of Great
Britain in present circumstances. We are
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ed $1,000 for educational purposes. is The
reese s. McNally of Waterbury. Conn.
who, in June. 1904. swan thirty feet and
rescued four-year-Old child who was
drowning in eight feet OF water. Only two
years older was Elsie G.. PlontZ of Apple
ton, Wis. when. in January. 1903. she
bravely ventured out upon the thin ice of
Fox river to rescue from drowning two
girls who had fallen in. For this deed
she received the silver medal, as did Mrs.
Mary G. Black Of Marshfield. Ore. who.
in 1904. although incumbered By four
skirts waded into a creek and after pull
ing one child out of a hole eight feet deep
swan into 1t second time and while as
sisting another child became exhausted
BY the aid of her dog. however. who
had followed her in. she succeeded in
completing the rescue.
The heroic rescue Of q child on street
car track in Washington. in July. 1908.
has resulted in the decoration of Miss Jes-
bronze medal. With one foot on the
track. Miss Nelson grasped the child and
threw him over her right shoulder 10 safe
ty. But before she could escape the car
struck her, knocking her from the track
and fracturing her nose
A trick dared by few other than pro-
fessional life savers has brought the silver
medal to Mrs. Rosa p. Schailer OF New
York city. who. when she saw girl of
seventeen drowning off North Beach in
her unconscious after a struggle and
then supported her in the water until
other assistance arrived.
Her brave rescue OF child from n
runaway team has brought the silver
medal also to Mrs. Caroline Stanyon Of
Mount Vernon. n. V. a brigadier in the
Salvation Army. Although rescuing the
little one from the path of the mad
team. she was herself struck and knocked
down, sustaining injuries for the medi-
cal expenses of which the commission
has allowed her $500.
A brave attempt to save a suicide has
brought the silver medal and $1,000 to
Florence Hoose of Chelsea. Mass. The
suicide was a man twenty-four years Of
age delirious from typhoid. and when
she tried to prevent his deed he choked
her and threatened her with death She
then pursued him. and, although he
again molested her, she continued to
follow him through the house and made
heroic but futile effort to prevent his
plunging from a window.
One of two fire heroines recently dec
Grated is Mrs. Thelms McNee Guittand
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student OF Melrose Mass who was given
the silver medal-the higher degree-fOr
saving a coachman from drowning in
Boston harbor in the summer Of 1901.
From a rowboat 200 feet from shore she
Owed under q float where the drowning
man was caught. and brought him safely
to shore. In addition to the medal she
was also given $500 for educational pur-
poses. The following December Lavinia
Steele. catslOguer. of Des MOiHes. was
skating on the Iowa river. when young
law student fell through the ice in the
middle of the stream The ice was thin
and although others of lighter weight re-
fused to venture upon 1t she skated to
the drowning man and with a short pole
pulled him out upon the ice. at great risk
of her own life. She received the bronze
medal.
A sixteen-year-o girl. Maude A. Titus
and she received the silver medal for saw
ing a woman from drowning at Var
mouth. Me. in July. 1904. They had
been thrown from boat into Casco bay.
and instead OF swimming to the over
turned craft. two others did. young
Miss Titus forgot her own safety and in
a choppy sea supported the drowning
woman who could not swim, until both
were rescued. The highest grant yet al
lowed TO heroine by the commission
$500 for educational purposes-was given
to this courageous girl
y bronze medal was soon afterward
granted to Anne NJ. Cunningham. train
ed nurse of Savannah Ga. who. from a
point 125 feet from the shore. swan
twenty-five feet out into the ocean
against the tide in a heroic attempt to
save man drwning off Tybee Island.
Ga. She reached him and assisted in
taking him toward shore. but upon being
carried under water the third time by the
high waves her hold on him was broken
and when they were both pulled ashore
she was exhausted and he was drowned.
\ peculiar deed of courage was that
for which Lucy +. Ernst, a Philadelphia
girl. has been more lately decorated,
When boy was bitten by rattlesnake
at Porter's Lake. Pa. in July, 1905, she.
although having on her lip an open fever
blister into which she might have abb
sorbed the poison. repeatedly sucked this
venom from the lads arm and thus saved
his life.
A Washington Heroine.
A thirteen year heroine, who in addi-
ton to the bronze medal has been award
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oUE honor roll of American wom-
en- and girls. decorated Tor
great deeds Of heroism. steadily
u crows. tho government to date
having thus honored eleven and
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England is bearing away from the snores
of this country young men-at the night
ing age--who have been scared OH oy the
rumors of approaching CONSUMPTION IT
is a significant fact that the steamship
companies report that this year marks a
record in emigration from England.
From an international point of view
Englands present position Is one Whlch
United States 1t Is considered by many
military experts that If England goes IN
for CONSUMPTION America Will nave 10
follow SUIT T. Miller Mcguire, LID,
principal of one of the most important
military colleges in England and recog-
nized expert and lecturer on such SUB
jects. considers the interests OF England
and the United States as practicaily
identical in these matters. In the course
of an interview he pointed out some OF
the dangers which the United states
would have to face IL England failed to
strengthen her military position. Among
other things DIR. Mcguire SAID:
Balance of Power Threatened.
The present unpreparedness of Eng
land Is likely to upset the balance or
power in the world today. and this weak
position on our part is of supreme i'm
portance to the United States Of america.
Capt Mahan has pointed out that 1t is
essential for the preservation OF the peace
OF the world that England should main
tain strong military position; and
prepared England is the only guarantee
Of peace so far as the two great repre-
sentatives of the Anglo-SaXon race-Eng-
land and America-are concerned. This
was amply demonstrated during the Span
ish-American war. The continental pow
ers would gladly have helped Spain. but
the attitude of England, and her power
to enforce neutrality warned off the
other powers
IF the weakness Of England, from-a
military standpoint, enables. frr instance.
the Japanese to obtain foothOld in
Australia, it will tive Japan the very
base she wants for the mastery of the
western Pacific. Already our withdrawal
Of naval forces from the Pacific has left
the open door for the Japs: and our
weak alliance with them has filled their
heads with all sorts Of dreams OF con-
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quest The dangerous position OF Aus
traia in this respect has led to the
adoption by Australia. only within the
last few months. of form of compulsory
military service much akin TO conscrip-
ton. and I am of opinion that not only
England but the United States. will have
to adopt some such system II the Anglo
Saxon race is to be maintained at all in
the face OF the overwhelming hordes of
yellow. brown and black races which are
today forming themselves into tangible
menace which cannot be ignored.
Would Wipe Out Anglo-Saxons.
my personal opinion is that England.
Australia, Canada and the United States
will all have to- adopt compulsory mill
tary service-I do not like to use the word
conscription-and that unless some such
measures are adopted-and that speedily
the Anglo-Saxon race will stand a good
chance of being wiped off the face OF
the earth. This is very strong way OF
putting it. but the danger is so imminent
that it must be recognized. Admiral
Evans Of the United States Navy and
President Roosevelt have fully realized
the situation. 1t does not necessarily fol-
low that these countries will have to
adopt the same brand OF CONSUMPTION as
Is in force IN Germany. but ] do not think
there is the slightest doubt that some
to.
THE present weak position Of England,
l repeat. Is a danger to universal peace.
This is we'll recognized by continental
military authorities, including the distin-
guished French authority, Capt. Soro,
who has even suggested tl.at. as the
army OF England would be no earthly
use to France in case of a threatened war.
France should overthrow the entente
cordiale and seek allies with some
power-eYen. Germany--which would be
useful to France. If England Is to be
thrown over In this manner, her only
natural ally will be America. but even
America would not be inclined to be-
friend England unless. In return. Eng
land had a force that could be made use
full to the United States in case OF war,
say, with the Japanese. The continental
OVERWHELMINGLY the Germans and
AustrianS-hate the United States, and,
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special Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, August 6. 1908.
" NGLAND is about to face grave
military crisis which will affect
n no, only the na,ive-born British
IL ers. but all foreign residents
stopping in the country Inc
question of CONSUMPTION is looming large
on the horizon Many technicai Ihil'ar!
exaerts point 20 this measure as the only
,oss,b,e way of Saving the country and
brinping England up TO the hghtihg lever
~ continental powers; while others scout
~. idea altogether and say that con-
sor,n,ion is entirely contrary TO the whoie
,rana of English thought. The secretar!
az .,ate for war Mr.. Haldane. who mas
b.ar attempting to recast entirely the
p-i,;sb fighting force. promised to have
900 900 volunteers enlisted by June 80
.s matter Of fact he has obtained. so
f.r only q, per cent of this number. As
,I.Id.ne.s measures are recognized. even
nv his onnouents as the last step be
veen the country ana tne hucn-ndten
conservation. the situation Is acShowieos-
Cd TO be serious Hercuiean eHorts are De
,n. m.de ALI over the country, by vari-
Gus county associate ns'-otherwise en-
,ys,n,ent bureaus-to bring the force up 10
tho required standard. Even kng Ed
val himself who has come TO WELD con-
...,,rciy interested in trying to avoid
compulsory military service IN England
Cannot Obtain Recruits.
Despite all these efforts. however. the
returns from the volunteer enlisting posts
point conclusively to the fact that Hal
dane will not obtain his men, The date
set for the fulfllment of the Haidane
vision has come and gone, and still the
number of men has not been made up.
Furthermore. a decided popular feeling
against Joining the army under present
circumstances is manifcsting itself, even
among former officers and men who have
worn his majcsty's uniform. A still more
alarming fact is that every ship leaving
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NUE honor roll of American wom-
en- and girls. decorated ior
great deeds OF heroism. steadily
CROWS tho government to date
having thus honored eleven and
the Carnegie hero fund commission seven
teen Should these national heroihes
unite in a medal OF honor legion all tneir
own. here would he womans society
of distinction its badge standing 1or as
much as any insignia that aoorns the
Yankee maid or matron-
One woman in this list received the
coveted military medal of honor. con-
ferred only for distinguished conduct in
military action. ard this heroine IS none
other than the noted dress reformer and
woman suffragist. DR.. Mary E. Walker
who since her services in the civil war has
persisted in wearing trousers, in which
she did a mans service in the army.
When the civil war broke out she left her
medical practice and went TO the front.
where she often spent her own money In
caring for the wounded and even where
shot and shell were flying thick and fast
upon the battlefield she was seen "a the
side OF the wounded soldiers. She is said
20 have been the first woman in the world
to have done such war service in ca
pacity higher than that of nurse. she hav-
thus engaged she wore an officers uni
form. but after the war continued TO wear
the american reform costume. which she
had adopted some years previously. the
upper part of this costume being feni-
nine in its makeup although supplement-
ed by trousers Eventually, however. she
adopted full male attire, which she has
since worn. Congress voted her the bronze
medal of honor In 1860 and the gold medal
Two years since. She is still living at her
birthplace. Oswego. y. V,
Rescued Thirteen From Drowning.
Our next most noted heroine. wearing
a United States government decoration.
is Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson. who, for res
cuing from drowning at least thirteen per-
sons from time to time. has received the
gold life-saving medal OF honor, long con-
ferred by Secretaries of the Treasury
upon persons who have manifested great
personal courag e in reScuins victims from
the water. Her father was keeper of the
Limo Rock lighthouse upon an island in
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1S1S1S1 w ~ ~ sO- SV' < -
= - REAT Britain Face to
. " Face With CONSUMPTION
G Military Experts Discuss
\: Present Army Crisis-Hal-
) danes Failure to Get 100000
!, Men to Join His New Army
6 -Anglo-Saxon Races Must
q: Adopt Compulsory Military
: :! Training, or Be Wiped OFF
; the Face of the Earth" Says
s T. M. Mcguire. LID, One
(: of Europe's Best Known
I Military Authorities-Labor
; Party and Trade Unionists
s Advise Their Members Not
(: to Join British Army-New
Z! Bill for Army Organization
) to Be Introduced in October
y Object is to Wrest Mill
&. tary Power From Aristocratic
{ Glasses.
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THE List Gr0ws- :,
/ tary Medals of Honor
Worn by One-Life-saving
Medalists-The First Deco
rated Refused Medal Because
It Wasn't Gold-Ida Lewis
Decorations for Saving
Thirteen Lives-First Child
Heroine Only Ten-This
Record Beaten the Other
! Day by Girl of Nine-Re-
cent Decorations Given for
Brave Rescues From Water,
; Ice, Fire, Railroad Trains,
Trolley Cars, Runaway
Horses and Rattlesnakes- i
Two Posthumous Decora-
tions-Child Heroines, Nine
and Eleven, Decorated This
Summer.