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Show UICXINS0N GETS A f.'EDAl Secretary of W.:r Is Pe.irded for Savinj the L.te of a OsUoit Lawyer. Wnahliuttoti n nlmoat forgotten m-niciii in which rV.ict.irv ol War Jamb M. inrklnaon h.-roi. ally tea ci.cd .lame K loi. a ll.-Uolt Inwier. It. .in the ih-tioil liver M years aim. was recalled whin a lum.Koiue solid I told ll.eo.lt. SMi.pi -tided flotn a MMi.ul hi Id III Hie beak of an At'ictlcall I eSK'e wns presi lilid to Mr III. kln.on i . tl behalf of the l ulled Slates gov-' 1 I'MI Ill-Ill. I 7 lie me.lal. appro! I.y l'reidenl Tilt before his deparluie on his trip st.d coiunicmoraung the courage ol Secretary of War Dickinson. the war secretary In saving the life of a fellow iioiii. was presented by Assistant Hecrctary of tliu Treasury lllllcs. "In testimony of heroic deeds In saving lives" read the Inscription on the medal, which si so bore a Im.rcl held nlotl by a woman. Touched deeply by Ihe unexpected recognition of his act. tbe secretary of war. with characteristic modesty, merely said: "I did not have much time In con shier what was best to be done when Joy fell Into the river and If I had I might have done what Itlp Van Winkle told his wife Gretchen he would do In esse she fell Into the water. wa-ter. 'Go home nnd think It over.'" He added that he did not know he bad done anything remarkable. Dickinson probably owes hit teat In I'resldeiil Tail's cabinet as secro tury of war to the act of heroism. |