New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-31
MANY GIRLS ON
HERO FUND LIST
Carnegie Commission Re
wards Sixty-nine Deeds
of Bravery.

Pittsburgh, Oct 30. Awards were
made By the Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission here to-day for sixty-nlne acts
OF heroism. Nineteen are to the credit
of Ohio men and boys. This is more
than twice as many as appear TOR any
other state. Michigan has nlne.' Inc
other awards are scattered among nine
teen states.
March % and %, 1913, were the
great hero making days, twenty-one OF
the heroic acts in the list given out
to-day having been recalled from those
days of food along the Ohio and ITS
tributaries.
In all. fifteen silver medals and fifty
four bronze medals are awarded. ] mr.
teen of the heroes lost their lives, and
to the dependents of ten OF these PEN
sions or sums of money, to be applied
according to the discretion OF the com
mission, are granted. In nifty cases
sums aggregatlng over $4,000 are APP
Propriated for education, purchase OF
homes. or other purposes that may be
approved by the commission.
Accidents in the water called forth
by far the largest number Of heroic
acts ffty-one In all, and students fig
ult HOSl prominently III Nht iN'N ~
work. but the occupations given in the
lists show there are heroes in every
walk o. life, from clergymen to labor
ors.
There are six heroines Margaret
GUY. aged sixteen, of South Boston,
Mass. who saved lad three years ner
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 girl from
rabid dog: Phebe Briggs, Nassar
College girl. who saved three college
mates from drowning; Mrs Lillian VI.
Coburn. who saved two men from burn
ing at Susanvlie, Cal, and Frances
Spanke, fourteen years old, OF Hart
man. Ark. who lost her life in saving
another girl from being killed by a
train.
With to-day's awards there is list
Of close TO thousand heroes OF
peace" who have won Carnegie medals
since the fund was established, ten
years ago.
The bronze medal was awarded to-
day 10 the following: The Rev. j.
King Gibson. South Charleston, ). G.;
Margaret f. Guy, South Boston, Mass;
I. Henry Horrigan, Brighton, Mass;
Charles Y. Calklns, Detroit; Hal NJ
Souter. deceased, Shelby, Mich; Ar
thur T.. Cook, Kendall, Mich; Vheo-
Gore {. Stadler. Santa Cruz, Cal;
Wyndham (. Spariing, Marietta, ONO;
James {. Sargent, Troy. Ohio; the Rev
Henry G.. Gelger, Hickman, KY; VIII
lam b. Charlton, Dover, Tenn; wired
II. Short, Embar, Wyo.; John +. Ben
nett, Hacks Neck, Va; Nicholas Sarre,
Skopelos. Greece; John II. Paul, Fall
River, Mass; j. Oliver King and William
ID. Leib, West Liberty, Ohio; Thomas +.
McNulty, Fall River, Mass; Richard A.
Morris. Chicago; Harwood s. Flippen,
Richmond. Va; Ivis c. Hornocker, Al
louisville. Ind; Mary Allen, Big
Rapids. Mich; William A. Hol!ey,
Greenville. Tex; George c. Poe, Scots
Vile. Ark; Guy W. McElroy, Berkeley,
Cal: Philips l.. Stickel. Oakland, Cal;
Leo Hamilton and Andrew NJ. Chap
man. Chappells, 5. c.; Samuel NJ.
Spruiell. Hubbard, Tex; Irwin Skid
more. Shandon. Ohio; Clarence o.
White. Piqua, Ohio; Richard &. Bate
man. Piqua, Ohio; Cicero c. Chamber
lain. Richmond Dale, Ohio; Burt W.
Houseman, Indianapolis; Arthur +.
Englash, Delaware, Ohio; Harry ).
Keiser, Delaware, Ohio; T. Melvin Mar
shall and James W. Marshall, Coshoc-
ton, Ohio; Sophia f. Thomas, Newry
S. e.; Charles F. Hull, San ANGELO
Tex; Upton A. Webb, Dublin, Tex;
Joseph f. Campos, jr., Savannah, Ga;
G.. Daniel Landlord, league, Tex;
Walter Schneider, Norwood, ONO; Al
bert T. Oyler, Harrison, Ohio; Arnold
Wiesendanger, deceased; Harry L.
Wyman. deceased; Ferdinand p. Cliff
ford deceased; George {. Dewey
OHvet, Mich, deceased.
The silver medal was awarded to the
following: Phebe Briggs, Nassar Col
lece; Henry r. ODonnell, Revere
Mass: Mrs. Lillian NJ. Coburn, Susan
vile. Cal; J. Buchanan johnson and
Vernon F. Patterson, of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio; Edward Bruce, Pacific, Mo-;
RAYMOND Horrison, Casstown, Ono;
Robert Kenney, deceased; George II. }.
Collins, deceased; Henry West, de-
ceased; Frances Sparkle, deceased ;
John T. Greer, deceased; William A.
Hall. deceased; Patrick Lynch de-