Show Swimmers Swimmer's Battle BattleS S With r 5 Sea Earns Award Carnegie ar legie Hero Hero Fund Commission Recognizes r J Twenty six ix Persons for Valorous I Ir 1 S Saving of Lives Lires I S By United Press PITTSBURG Pa April Avril 26 Twentysix ty six ty-six acts of ot heroism were recognized by the Carnegie hero fund commIssion commission commission commis commIs- sion in spring session here this afternoon after after- noon Five silver slIver medals and twenty twenty- one bronze medals were awarded Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral money awards were made includIng including ing benefits to the dependents of two who lost their lives One of ot the outstanding cases was that of ot Ellwood W W. Schwerin now a sailor on the U. U S S. S S. Schurz When the steamer Hanalei grounded off ft Bolinas Bolinas Bo- Bo linas Cal November 23 23 1914 Schwerin Schwer- Schwer in swam with a yard 2000 rope through high and tr treacherous seas in a brave attempt to save saye two sixty-two p persons from drowning Largely as a a result of ot his efforts all but twenty-three twenty were rescued Schwerin at that time only 21 was a passenger on the Hanalei He w was s awarded a silver medal The Th awards Included Include the following SAVED FROM TRAI TRAIN Benjamin Smith 36 Newport Ky Eav saved B P 32 tr from being l a Cincinnati Oln Ohio Ohio- March 14 1917 Bronze medal Susan Augusta Ga saved sa-ed Margaret OLeary O'Leary from drown- drown ing lag at Augusta on June 20 1916 Bronze medal H. H Bunyan Samuels 18 Augusta Ga saved Peter Bazanos 12 from drowning at Boneville Ga on May 16 1915 Bronze medal Frieda Nahm 23 a teacher o of Maplewood Maplewood Ma- Ma Mo saved Martha K Baskett Bas Baa kett 39 from drowning at Highlands Mo July 13 1914 Bronze medal S SS S M Marcella rcella Morrow 51 Cincinnati Ohio was awarded a bronze medal and disablement benefits of ot and 30 10 a month for tor saying saving Marls Maria Auwbrey 4 and attempting to save L. L Eileen Auwbrey Auwbrey Auwbrey Auw Auw- brey 1 from burning to death at Cincinnati Cin Cia on February 9 1917 BALKED LUNATIC Shirley y Stark Starkey y Ravenswood W. W Va was awarded a silver medal and disablement benefits Miss Starkey Starkey Starkey Star- Star key a student saved saed Lucy B. B McDowell McDowell McDowell Mc Mc- Dowell and Annie McDowell from beIng being being be be- ing shot by a a. lunatic at Huntingdon W W. Va on February 16 1915 The The father tather of Hugh F F. Proctor deceased deceased deceased de- de ceased of ot Colon N N. C. C Was vas awarded a silver medal medal and 1000 His His' I son son lost his life lIte trying to o save Floyd from being killed d by a train at Clifton Va on May Mav 7 7 1917 |