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Show jYOUNG AMERICANS HIGHLYJONORED Radio Electrician Sticks to Post and Goes Down With Ship. BRAVERY COMMENDED London Awards Medal to Grandson of Conkling for Distinguished Service. WASHINGTON, Doc. IS. Secretary Daniels has written to Robert Aus-burne, Aus-burne, commending his brother, C. L. Auaburne, radio olectrlcian on the army transport Antilles, who went down with his shop, torpedoed on October 17 Ausburno, instead of trying try-ing to save his life, stuck to his station sta-tion to give warning signals, shouting "goodbye" to his mates. The officor in charge of the armed guard has commended the conduct of the navy personnel. The two forward for-ward gun crews In charge of LIouL R. D. Tisdale remained clamly at their stations while the ship was sinking and made no move to leave their posts until ordered to save themselves. In connoctlon with the rescue of survivors, an instance of remarkable coolness was cited in the case of a man of the gun crow rescued from tho top of a floating ammunition .box. When he saw a steamer coming to pick him up he signalled the ship by semaphore not to come too close as ! the box he was sitting on contained ammunition. LONDON, Dec. 18. The distinguished distinguish-ed service order has been awarded to Lieutenant Walter G. Oakman, Jr., of Yslip, Long Island, a grandson of 'Roscoe Conkling, for gallantry in the I Cambrai battle where he was wounded for the third time. |