El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-06
TEN TEXANS IN
THE HERO CLASS
Out of 81 Awards BY Car
negie Hero Fund, Texas
is Given Ten.

Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. Sat the fan
meeting OF the Carnegie Hero Fund
commission held recently. 81 acts
Of heroism were recognized Ten OF
the awards went 70 Texans. Out OF the
total awards. IN five cases silver med
ais were awarded. and In s46 cases
bronze medals were awarded Thir-
teen OF the heroes lost their Mves, and
to the dependents Of three Of these
pensions aggregating $3.50 year
were granted; TO the dependents OF six
others who lost their lives the sum q
$3.50 was granted 20 be applied as the
commission may sanction
One Of the heroes sustained injuries
and he was granted disablement bene-
fits in the sum OF $500 70 reimburse
him for his loss IN addition TO these
money grants. In seven cases $4,000
was appropriated for educational pur-
poses, payments 70 be made as needed
and approveds and in p cases awards
aggregaung S23,50O were made Tor
other worthy purposes. Payments %
the one-sum cases wiz not be made
until the beneficiaries' plans for the
use Of the awards have been approved
By the commission
The Texas awards follow:
Hazel R Ritter. 400 south Walnut
street. Sherman. bronze medal Miss
Ritter. aged 20, saleswomans attempted
70 save Henry G Folsom, aged IA,
schoolboy, from drowning.
Virgil Gilbert OVERLY, 1917 Chandler
street, Waco bronze medal overly
aged Is. schoolbOy. saved Roy T.
Whiteman, aged eight, from drowning.
Gave Life For Another.
Otto Jones Bellamy, deceased (fath-
err, 1910 West Central avenue, Fort
Worth. silver medal TO the father.
Bellsmy. aged "a. schoolboy. died at
tempting TO save J. Robert Speer, aged
II, from drowning.
Robert. while playing at the
bank Of the west fork Of Trinity
river slipped and fell into the riV-
er. He could not swim Bethany
who was dressed, ran GOO feet to
the river, vFuded and swan Is feet
to Robert. Erusped HE arm and
swan eight feet toward the bank
with him Robert then Eruaped
Bellnmy'H hair, and they sank.
They returned to the surface once
and then sank and were drowned.
John h Mueller, deceased (WldoW)s
1922 Main avenue, san Antonio. silver
medal 10 the widow and death oene-
fits at the rate OF SIS a month with
IS a month additional on account Of
her daughter. Mueller, aged 80, real
estate dealer, died attempting 10 save
Willie A H. Schmidt. aged "a. real es-
AeAA1 lELArla Ll4AL AAAHaAA-A-Er near
fredericksburg. Texas
Goes Into Cistern Gas.
VfctorianO II Gomez. box 195. Aba.
Texas, bronze medal Gomez. aged 20.
laborer, attempted to save Joseph and
Vito Domino, aged nine and "a, re-
spectlvely, from suffOcation. Joseph
was overcome by gas in a cistern j
feet deep. His father. Vito, entered
the cistern TO rescue him and was
overcome After one person had re-
fused to 90 10 their rescue Gomez de-
scended a rope into the clstern- He
stopped to lift Joseph but was over
come A man who wore a smoks-heI-
met removed Gomez from the cisteru
IS minutes later and Gomez was Te-
vived with pulmotor. Joseph and his
father could not be revived
Mary e Sears. So Fifth avenue.
Fort Worth, bronze medal Miss Sears
aged "A. student. saved E. Faye FAR
rar, aged Is, from drowning. Handley.
Texas.
Brothers Get Medals.
Archie Ralph Moreland. Cieburue.
Texas. bronze medal Noreland. aged
Is, schooiboy. helped 70 save Maxwell
drowning. CIeburne. Texas.
Robert Lee Loreland, Cleburne. Tex
as bronze medal Moreland, aged TO-
schoolboy. helped his brother 10 save
Anderson.
James c. BeckneIL sos South Beck
ley avenue. Dallas. Texas, bronze
medal Becknell. aged "A. salesman.
saved Ida Mckay, aged ts. from being
run over cv an automobile a. Dallas
Edgar Forman. 27ls STATE street.
I Dallas. bronze medal Forman. aged IS.
engine foreman saved Bessie Z. Belts.
/ gnegress), aged eight, from being
I killed By train al Dallas.