The Washington times., 1920-12-09
TIMES MEDAL
DESIGNS FIXED
Loretto lowsnstsIn and Charles
Dunn Win Prizes Offered
in Contest.

for presentation January 1.
$50 f'RIz1s AWARDED.
Prises of $40 each wsSs awarded
by the Judges Of the designs to Aiss
Lowenstsin, 1870 Eleventh
art departnns Nstion's Business.
Mills Building. whose sketches were
pronounced the best in
The judges were Felix Mahoney.
president and director OF the National
School Of Fine and Applied Arts: II.
X. Bush-Brown, the distinguished
Washington SCULPTOR and George
Julian ZoinAy. PRESIDENT OF. tho wash
inkton Art Club. The judges oon-
sidsred several hundred designs sub
mitted both IN drawing and writing. ID.
Miss Lowenstain's winning design
for the hreman's medal shows = nre-
man mounting to q roof to rsscos Q
mother and babe wrapped In flames.
Of the Capitol with the rising sun be-
hind it. rhs word "vaior" and the
LISTERS d. G. r. ID. appear on the face
Of the mccall. The reverse side II
to b engraved with the name Of the
hertoe hre laddis TO- whom II u award
ed on Dscsmbsr 81; 80
THE rOLlCKaAN's lanDAL.
Artist Dunn's winning design for
the policemAn's decoration shows q
staIwart policeman stAndinG At attsn-
q starred and barred shield. 4 little
boy u leaning sgaIhst the shield and
looking up 1t the policeman a. II
pleading for protection. The dome OF
tho Capitol IL In the background. The
word "vaior" And the letters d. c. p.
d. appear on the facs OF the medal.
The decoration awarded to the most
heroic fireman will Be knows ~ the
Americas N. crippsn Police Hero
Medal The wAShington Timss has
named this medal after PAtrolman
Crippen. ana arranged to keep his
name on the medal for ~ many ysars
a. Il 10 awarded p,
aimee the department was orgsnissd
shows that Pat .olnaa Crippens act
of bravery, which eost him his life.
Wa the meet coaspieuous and In
prsssivs. The washinstou Times
names THE medal after Retrolman
Crtppen becAuas' his csnAuet 10
worthy OF emulation BY every 20
licenaa TO-DAY. patr0lpsan CrfppsAb
and sacriheial nsrform>
Anes Of MIS- duty ID Traditional TO the
police department
STRUGGLED WITH NEGRO.
On the nlRht Of November b. 1SSS
Criuoen dsshed into 4 dark room and
eraopied with George Bush. . negro
who had Just killed another man. Not
withstanding the fact that Crippen
did not have time to draw his revo'.
var and the murderer was nrinS ~
him. the heroic -pAtrolnan continued
TO give battle. One OF the bullets
rom the neRro's revolver hnaliy In
acted A mortal wound upon the pa.
ernlman. As Crippen lay dying on
the Moor he managed to draw ms re-
volver. located the negro in the DARK
,or,rn nv the fash from tho htters
revolver. nred and killed the muir
dersr.
The decoration to b awarded the
most CONTAGIOUS IRE laddic Ia to De
Z novn ~ the Giles-Griniu Ftrsmens
Hero Medal. The names Of George n.
0iles and Thomas A. Griffin are
svnonomous with bravery And heroism
IN the Washington Fire Department
ana II 10 httin1 and proper that .
nreman's hero medal be named AVsr
them.
Both were assistant foremen In the
Fire Department on May IL 1919.
when they responded to the alarm
for the fre In the comnisston house
district. on Louisiana avenue between
Ninth and Tsath stfeets--one OF the
worst fires In the history OF wash
ington. Five Of their companions
were caught under . MAS OF flaming
debYis. Notwithstanding the fact that
flames were raging all about them
and walls were swayins over their
49, aaafaSanf fnYNn
with no thought Of their own safety,
bent their every energy in trying t.
rescue their companions They sue
ceeded In freeing three Of their COM
rsdes from psrii and while working
TO get the other two out were caught
under q naming falling wall and lost
their lives.
MIsTORy OF DEPARTMENT.
In the orne,ai history Of the Fire
Department written by Fire Chief
Joseph PARTS on Juno 20. 1880, the
following reference In made to the
conduct OF Giles and. Griffin:
.Ths highest quality OF herosssp was
d,spiaysd by these unfortunate men.
who, inspired by only one thought
that Of the preservation Of tho prop
erty Of our citissns--facsd death In
It's most terrible form, willing to
sacrines thair lives in the discharge
OF their duty. They died. but their
memory will ever live In tho hearts
OF tho fremen Of the city OF WASH
inGton. a. II has In the hearts Of Its
cisissna"
The policeman and fireman par
forming the most heroic act during
the year 1e2o-from January tn De-
ccmbsr al--wili be named by a COM
uittes OF judges on the last day OF
this year. The Judges Will be Com
Masei Boardmsn, Dr.. Ralph
chairman Of the District Of
Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross.
and w. u. wsstiake. president OF the
Of citizens Associations.
The judges win base their decisions
upon the records Of commsndations
on file In the two departments, and
NU confer with Major Harry I.
0essford and Fire Chief George Wat
son before making the final awards.