Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-31
MILO SHOWS UP
WE'LL IN AWARDS
Of HERO FUND.
Carnegie Commission Makes
Distribution Of Cash and
Medals for Signal Displays
of Courage in Peace,
i, ..a,6,,ed Press Correspondence,

A..a,L,ted Press Correspondence
phtsbnrgh, Pa, on 30.-Ohio has n
H.. ,aeord as mother of heroes, as
~eu as presidents. according to the
a,aras ~ medals made by the Carne-
oie Hero fund commission here today
an sixtv-nine acts Of heroism are
,ocognlsed nineteen to the credit Of
an, men ana boys. This Is more
Ina, twice as many as appear for any
o,her state Michigan having nine, and
IN. others scattered among nineteen
states
March rs and 90. 1913, were the
sreaf making days. twenty-one
NJ the heroic acts In the list given
ant today having been recalled from
,hose DAYS of flood along the Ohio and
is tributaries.
In all fifteen silver medals and fiji
ty.four bronze medals are awarded.
thirteen of the heroes lost their lives,
ana to the dependents OF ten of these
nensions or sums Of money TO be APP
piled subject to the discretion OF the
commission, are granted. In flfty
cases sums aggre2ating over $1,000
are appropriated for education, pur-
ehose Of homes, or other worthy pur-
poses that may be approved by the
commission.
Accidents in the water called forth
by far the largest number OF heroic
acts-fifty-one in all; and students
figure most prominently in the rescue
work. but the occupations given In
the lists show there are heroes in
every walk of life. from clergymen Ia
laborera.
There are six heroinos: Margaret
GUY aged l6, of South Boston, Mass,
who saved a lad three years her senior
from drowning. Mary Allen of Big
Rapids. Mich, who rescued two girls
from drowning in Rose Lake, Leroy,
Mich. Sophia Thomas, of Newry, S.
C.. who rescued a girl from a rabid
dog: Phoebe Briggs, a Nassar college
glrl who saved three college mates
from drowning; Mrs. Lillian NJ. Co
burn who saved two men from burn
ing at Susanville. Cal; and Frances
sparkle, fourteen-year-o girl Of
Hartman, Ark, who lost her own life
in saving another girl from being
killed by a train.
With today's awards there is a list
Of close to a thousand heroes of
peace who have been awarded Car
negie medals since the fund was estah-
llshed ten years ago.
Today's awards follow:
Bronze Medals.
The Rev j. King Gibson, South
Charleston, S. c., saved Charlotte NJ.
larksdale from drowning at Virginia
Beach, Va, August II, 1911.
Margaret f. Guy, 81 II. street,
South Boston, Mass. and T. Henry
Horrigan, II Parsons street, Brighton,
Mass, saved Arthur l.. Powers from
drowning at Wayeland, Mass, August
o, 1912
Charles V. Calkins, sol Third ave
nue., Detroit Mich. saved a party of
four in a runaway accident at Allegan,
Mich, July 2S, 1910.
Hal VI. Souter, deceased, Shelby,
Mich, aud Arthur f. Cook Kendall,
Mich. attempted to save Theresa Mil
Ter from drowning at Harbor Springs,
Mich, August S, 1913
Theodore c. Staffler, PSI Mission
street, Santa Cruz, Cal, saved George
c. Dillon from drowning, August 8,
1913.
Wyndham c. Sparkling. Marietta, o.,
and James c. Sargent, Troy, o., saved
John W. Cain and family from flood
at Columbus, March 25, 1913.
The Rev. Henry G. Geiger, Hick-
man, Ky, and William b. Charlton,
Dover, Tenn. saved a party of four
from drowning In their home at Hick-
man when the Mississippi river levee
broke April /. 1912.
Wilfred H. Short. Embar, Wyo,
saved Mrs. Lille NJ. Edwards, who
had jumped into the Big Horn river,
June IS 1909
John f. Bennett, Hacks Neck Va,
saved Charles L. Bennett and family
from drowning in Chesapeake Bay off
hayford, Va. January 3, 1913.
-Nlcholas Sarre, SkopelOs, greece,
and John H. Paul Borden Flats light
house. Fall River, Mass, saved Au-
gust II. Drummer. Joseph A. Thiele
ana william j. Moffett from drown
ing at Port Jefferson, ~ Y. August
is, 1911.
J Oliver King and William D. Leih
West Liberty, o., saved Philip HEM,
a railroad conductor, from drowning
when thrown into flood waters of Mad
river by the collapse of trestle on
the night of March %, 1913.
Thomas t. McNulty, 107 Danforth
street, Fail River, Mass, saved two
boys from drowning through the ice
at Fan River, January 81, 1912.
Richard A. Norris, 519 Rush street,
chicago, ILL.,, saved an unidentified
woman who had jumped off a dock