The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

names of ten Colorado boys. -Four
are from Denver They are: Roy M
Howe, who is dead of disease; MARX
r. Hart and Henry G. Waldhauser'
wounded severely in action, and Har
old Caldwell, slightly wounded In ac'
ton. Bugler George Klumker, Tono-
paA, is dead of wounds. Among the
wounded, degree undetermined, are
John Frew, Floresta, and Clare V
Parker, Greeley Others slightly
wounded are Elmer Kimport, Vernon;
Herbert L. Albert, Greeley, and Will
liam F. Flick, Otis.
Two separate draft calls, requiring
total of 2,940 men, were received
Provost Marshal Saunders. One call
nstructs the provost marshal to en-
train 1882 men for Camp Pike, Little
Rock, Ark, in the five-day period be.
ginning Nov. II. The second call
asks for 1913 white men and ten ne
groes, to be filled from the registra-
tions of June 5, 1917 and 1918. The
white men will entrain for Camp Pike
and the negroes will be sent to Camp
Funston in the three-day period be-
ginning Nov. 10.
In order that every man in the
United States service may receive
Christmas package on time and un-
der uniform regulations, the officials
Of the war department, postoffice de-
partment and American Red Cross
have worked out a plan to enable the
families of the men to send the pack
ages. These will not be mailed by
individuals, they will not leave the
country nor reach their destination
unless they bear the inspection GER
tificate of the American Red Cross.
THE war will not last long. The
Germans are tired of fighting. They
are surrendering in droves. Most of
the Hun prisoners are mere boys Is
to Is years of age. And the fighting
spirit of the Yanks is to blame for
the downfall of the Prussian military
machine" This is the consensus of
opinion of the first patients who have
seen active service at the front to
arrive at the army's big recuperation
camp near Aurora They are now in
bed, receiving care and treatment
The influenza and pneumonia have
caused a startling increase in Den
vers death list. For the week ending
Oct. the total number of deaths was
43; for the week ending Oct. ~, 109;
week of Oct 10, 203, and the week of
Oct. 26, 217. This makes a total of
572 deaths, and is, it is said by Miss
F. Leach, registrar of vital statistics,
the largest number of deaths of any
one period in the history of the city.
A bronze tablet has been placed on
the grave of Col. William F. Cody on
Lookout Mountain by the city of Den
yer to mark the site until after the
close of the war, when a more worthy
permanent monument will be erected.
The tablet is artistically designed and
recites the dates of the birth and
death of the scout and that he is at
rest at that point by his request
Two pioneers died at Boulder,
neither death being attributable to
the influenza epidemic. George F.
Chase, 81 years old, who went there
in 1859, died during Sunday night. He
is survived by his widow and one son.
Mrs. l. T. McAllister, prominent in
i club and church work, resident since
| 1877, also died.
Four Colorado boys are on the cas-
ualty lists made public by the war de-
partment Oct 2S. They are Theodore
Manias. Trinidad, killed in action;
John H. Buckley, Longmont, died as
result of airplane accident; Perry r.
Barnes, Mesita, and William collar,
3erthoud, wounded, degree undeter-
mined
The people of Colorado Springs
have been reconciled to the influenza
situation as a result of which, physi-
clans state, fear has greatly abated
and the epidemic is dying out 1t is
the belief of the health department
that cold snap will aid in the curb
ing of the disease to the minimum.
The united war work campaign,
which is to be conducted by the seven
leading war work organizations, will
start Monday, Nov. IL, and close Nov.
is. One hundred and seventy million
dollars is to be raised by this cam
paign and Colorado's allotment is
s1,270,000.
Dr. E. E. Kennedy, secretary of the
State Board of Health, stated Mon,
day that the ban against public meet
ngs will be continued until Nov. 4, at
least, as reports show the seriousness
of the influenza epidemic throughout
the state.
Rose NJ. Dean, well known in Den
yer musical circles, died at Greeley of
Spanish influenza, contracted while
serving as a volunteer Red Cross
nurse in the emergency hospital.
| Mrs. Melvin ]. Allen died at Fort