The St. Mary banner., 1921-05-07
MEDALS
FOR HEROIC ACTS
Twenty-Three Acts of Hero
ism Recognized by Carne-
gle Hero Commission.


cases silver medals were awarded; III
q cases bronze medals. Five OF the |
heroes lost their lives and TO the de-
pendents OF three of them pensions
aggregating 1920 a year were grant
ed, while to the dependents of one OF |
these and of one other whose life !
was lost the sum of $2500>was granted |
to be applied as the commission may I
sanction.
In addition to these money grants in I
niI,e cases awards aggregating $14,4OO !
were appropriated for educational pur-
poses, and in six cases awards agSre- |
eating $500 were made for other |
worthy purposes.
The five who sacrificed their lives, |
together with the awards, follow:
Miss Elizabeth Ball, aged Il, Buck
ev+toWn, Md Died attempting TO
save another girl from drowning in
the Monocacy river, BuckeystoWn,
July 13, 1920, Silver medal to the
father.
Mrs Mamie p. Crocker, Ponca City,
Okla Drowned in a futile attempt
rescue a child from deep water in
gravel pit at Dillon, Mont, July ?,
1920 Silver medal to the husband.
James W. Mutually, Cambridge,
Mass, crossing watchman. Killed
while attempting to save an aged Wo-
man from being struck by train at
Cambridge, October II, 1920. Bronze
medal to the widow and death bene-
fits to her at the rate of $45 month
/ with a S. month additional on ac-
of nf children
julius Hauck, Garden City, n. Y.
Died attempting TO save man and
woman from drowning at Southamp-
| ton, N. Y, August 19, 1920 Bronze
| medal to the widow and death bene-
| fits to a daughter at the rate of $35
| month.
| Samuel Davis, negro, Aflex. KY
/ Died in an attempt to rescue young
girl from drowning in Tug Fork of the
/ Big Sandy river at Aflex, KY, July II,
1920. Bronze medal to the widow and
death benefits to her at the rate OF
| $50 a month, with S. additional on
account of her daughter.
Bronze medals were awarded to the
following persons:
Eugene Spencer Broks, West 81st
street, New York City, 17-y ar-old stu
dent, rescued fellow 81 Ident from
drowning at Antrim, N. H., July Is,
1917; Arthur Lafayette Kimsey, Mt.
| Airy, Ga, saved a well digger from
suffocation at Mt. Airy, October 13,
1919, by entering a well filled with
gas; Wayne G. Cook, 1901 Kahl build
ing, Davenport, Iowa, rescued man
from the Mississippi river at Buffalo,
Iowa, July 81, 1918; Ella E. Bukosy,
II Carolina avenue, Clifton, n. j.,
helped to save boy from drowning
in Lake Agawam, Southampton, N. j.,
August 10, 1920; William H. Closson,
r. d. /, Three Bridges, n. j., rescued
a boy from South Branch of the Rari-
tan river, F1emington, n. j., August
S, 1918; Mrs. Mary NJ. Young, 202
West Armour boulevard, Kansas City,
Mo, rushed into a burning house and
rescued at child, at Kansas City, Mo,
December 20, 1917; Joseph Wheeler
Gebhardt, now deceased, 2501 8th ave-
nue.. Huntington, w. Va, rescued a
! small boy who was standing in the
middle of track watching the ap-
proach of a train at Huntington, July
10. 1918: George R. Witt, 1705 Black
I u,
inspector. saved a 13-year-old school
boy from drowning in Cedar river at
Waterloo June II, 1919: Mrs. Inza
May Miller, 727 Jefferson street
Waterloo Iowa, hotel housekeeper car
ried a 4-year-old boy from the path OF
a runaway team of horses, but was
injured herself at Waterloo, Septem
ber II, 1918: Robert f. Grant Fore
. man. 321 Starr street, Dallas, Texas
} aged 10 years, saved companion
from drowning at Balboa, Cal, Sep
tember 6. 1918: Julian Langston Lath
rop. box III, Breckenridge, Texas, res
cued two small boys from drowning
in the Charles river at Cambridge
Mass. January Z, 1917; Ernest Simor
Leopold 1928 Bayand street, Pitts
burg. 14-year-old school boy, attempted
to save another school boy from
drowning in the Allegheny river
/ Pittsburg. June II, 1919; William H
| Graves, Jr., 90 Brattle street, Cam
bridge. Mass, saved a man from
drowning in the Annisquam river, An
! nisquam, Mass, July 25. 1918; Ray
mond j. Moore, Gleasondale, Mass
. rescued a boy from a pond at Gleason
dale, January 13, 1919; Arthur Ryan
aged IA, 728 Slade street, Fal River
Mass, saved two boys who brok
through thin ice on Cook pond at Fal
: river, January 19, 1919; Paul Daytol
, Bliss, Corning, Iowa, 14year-ol
/ school boy. saved a companion from
, drowning in the East Nodaway river
at Corning, May 4, 1918; Miss Heller
F. Dodge, 5944 Walton avenue, Phila
| delphia, Pa, aged II years, saved
; little girl from drowning in Tom
: river, at Ocean Gate, n. J., July Il