The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-01-22
CARNEGIE HERO
COMMISSION
AWARDS MADE
Medals and Pensions Go to For
ty-Four Persons in Widely
Separated Districts of United
States and Canada for Deeds
of Unusual Her0ism.
Minnesota Not Among the States
Where Heroes and Heroines
Reside Money Grants Made
in Eight Cases Aggregating a
Total Sum of $4,000.
<BY ASSOCIATED PRESS,

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PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 21.-For-
ty-four acts of heroism, largely those
of young men and women in widely
scattered places in the United States
and Canada, were recognized at the
eleventh annual meeting Of tho Car
negie Hero Fund commission here to-
day by the award Of eleven silver
medals, and bronze medals in the
other 33 cases.
Thirteen Of the heroes lost their
lives, and to the dependents of seven
of these, pensions aggregating $4,000
year were granted; to the depend
ents of four of the others who lost
their lives, sums totaling $4,000, to be
applied, subject to the direction Of
the commission, in various ways, were
granted. In addition to these money
grants, in eight cases sums aggre~
eating $4,000 were appropriated for
educational purposes, payments to be
made as needed and approved; and in
% cases awards aggregating $21,615
were made to be applied toward the
purchase Of homes, the liquidation Of
indebtedness, and to other worthy
purposes. Payments in these cases
will not be made until the benefciaries
plans for the use of the awards have
been approved by the commission.
The awards are as follows:
Bronze Medals.
Joseph Sterling, 81 - Oyster r Bay,
N. Y, aged 18, saved Peter Sylak, IS,
from drowning in a skating accident
Jan. rs, 1912.
c. Williams, Jr., Bethany, Mo-, IA,
saved w. Marshall Clifford, 18, from
drowning in a swimming accident at
Carlsbad, N. NJ, April 26, 1912.
Bessie A. Vannah, Winslows Mills,
Me-, 16, attempted to save Frank c.
Delano, II, in a skating accident,
January %, 1913.
Harold Q. Abel, Riley, Kan., 18.
saved Edward ]. Otto, 16, from drown
ing in swimming accident June 4,
1911.
John M. Greenfield, Batesville, Ark,
l8, attempted to save a child in q
runaway accident, March z, 1913.
Guy w. Henson, r. D. s, Joplin, No..
II, attempted to save William P.
Gault, 33, from drowning in a swim
ming accident, July IA, 1912.
Robert Galbraith, Pine Bluff, Ark,
Ia, saved Charles S. Slatten, As, from
drowning in a whirlpool at Noel, NO.,
July Is, 1913.
Florence Murray, Stratford, Ont,
IL, saved six -year-old boy from drown
ing March ID, 1912.
William A. McNight, Niagara Falls,
N. Y, %, saved two boys from run
away horse in New York city, March
Is, 1913.
Edward w. Hays, Berrton, Kan., 81
attempted to save Leroy E. Howey
36, from suffocation in we'll, Sept
18, 1913.
John B. Deever, Topeka, Kan., So
saved Leroy E. Howey. (See case
preceeding.)
Floyd E. Morgan, Bryant Pond, Me.
20, saved Charles A. Jacobs, 56, from
drowning, canoe upset, November 13
1911.
James F. Smith, Annapolis, Nd, "a
attempted to save Blanche C. Cur
rem, %, from drowning in a sailing
accident, August 10, 1918.
Ethyle J. Armstrong, Bracebridge
Ont, 10, saved Gertrude A. Frederick
"a, from drowning in a bathing &C
cident, July 20, 1912.
James Williams, Farmville, Va.
40, saved John D. Jennings, 66, from
being run over by a train, Octobe'
%, 1912.
! Charles H. Low, r. D. 6, Augusta
Me-, 81, attempted to save five-year
old Rupert Tobey from drowning a
Vassalboro, May 10, 1912.
James H. johnson, Roanoke, Va, q
saved two-year-old Henry L. Bake
from being run over by train, Apr
9, 1918.
Jess L. Liston, Burlington, Kan
81, attempted to save Willis Hays, 81
from suffocation in a we'll, August 2:
1907.
F. Marion Mark, r. d. 2, Madison
Kan., az, saved Willis Hays and Jee
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