Show I Ii i AMERICAN AMERICA TOBE TOBE TO TOBE BE HONORED FOR I TOKIO VALOR I SAN FRANCISCO Jan 30 Though fire blown by a sweeping gale was almost upon him Ensign Thomas John Ryan 23 of ot New Orleans knelt by the side of a countrywoman pinned beneath the wreckage of a a. hotel room In Yokohama Yoko Yoko- hama during the Japanese earthquake earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake and vowed he would save her heror heror heror or die Hours later he delivered the injured injured in injured in- in woman to the the doctor aboard the steamship Empress of or Australia Austra Austra- lia ha For this Ryan will be honored by congress and th the navy department when he arrives here In a few days aboard the transport Thomas A medal of or honor for valor will willbe willbe willbe be bestowed upon him by Read Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Simpson commandant of the I Twelfth naval district and a lieutenants lieutenant's lieutenants lieutenant's lieu lIeu- tenants tenant's commission will will will-be be awarded him |