The Elbert County tribune., 1918-09-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Denver boys are missing in action,
They are Mathew l.. Niederkorn and
Walter f. Mcdonald Another Den
yer boy. Richard Delacy. is reported
severely wounded. Samuel N. Wheel
er Jr., of Grand Junction. is on the
list or missing which includes also
Howard F. Barber OF Monte Vista and
Chester Stacy OF Westcliff. In the
wounded list are Paul E Erh. Engle-
wood; Edwin ?. . Fraser, Colorado
Springs; Homer F. Elliott, Eckert;
Andrew S. Kouns, Rocky Ford, and
Manuel Apodaca, Gulnare,
With the approval of the President.
the War Department. realizing the i'm
portance OF highly specialized men as
officers. engineers, doctors. chemists
and executives OF every kind. has es-
tablished students army training
corps and Governor Gunter has Issued
a proclamation to designate Sunday.
Sept. 8. as Decision Day" and re-
quests its observance in all churches
throughout the state; and trusts that
a united ministry will cal! upon the
youh of Colorado to enlist in the Stu
dents. Army Training corps by en-
rolling With the. students war service
committee, room 236, statehouse.
AT the Pueblo meeting, the Colorado
Grand Lodge, Knights OF Pythias
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Grand chancellor.
Omar c. Hickman, Windsor; grand
vice chancellor. w. L. Smith. Brush:
grand prelate, C. S. Reed, Pueblo;
grand keeper OF record and seals, w.
S. O'Brien. Denver; grand master OF
cxchequer. G. H. Winchell, La Junta:
grand master-at-arms, II. C. Morse.
Rocky Ford; grand inner guard. Frank
guard, August Fox, Del Norte;. grand
trustee, Frank Parker, Colorado
Springs.
Nine Coloradoans were named in
Wednesdays casualty list. Henry
Christensen OF Greeley was reported
severely wounded. while eight-Guy
A. Wright, Denver: Ralph A. Kenni-
colt. Boulder: James w. Tomlinson.
Rocky Ford: John p. Day, Bethune,
John B. Howard. Avon; John l.. Bar
Der, Crook; Dock Ford. Yuma. and
Kal,istro Luchini, Al,ison--were listed
as missing in action. y = !
Due to his agitation. begun last
spring, to prevent Colorado eattlemen
from accepting complacently 10 or
20 per cent loss in their herds through
lack of sufficient winter feeding, State
Humane Officer F. b. Fanger has now
been authorized by the government
to investigate state herds, report. and
IL necessary remedy evils tending to
loss among the cattle.
ant city attorney of Denver and at
present assistant general solicitor for
the Colorado & Southern railroad,
withdrew as candidate for the Dem,
ocratic nomination for district Judge, 1
following his appointment as the gov
ernment's legal representative on the
Union Pacific system in Colorado.
C. N. Moran's pane appears in the |
published list of, Canadian casualties,
transmitted through Ottawa, as
wounded. Moran is 30 years old and
prior to his enlistment with the Cana.
dian forces about a year ago he con
Quoted an automobile garage and re-
pair shop in Grand Junction. He has
a wife and baby.
Dave Felt and Jake Trupp. two
Germans, were arrested at Fort Col
Inns by secret service operatives from
Denver, and taken to Denver to await
action by the federal grand jury for
obstructing the harvesting of crops.
The United States Food Administra
ton will prosecute the charge against
them.
George r. Hawkins. "a years old, of
Haxtun, died at ST.. Luke's hospital
in Denver of fracture of the skull
and other injuries suffered Aug. IS.
when au automobile in which he was
riding collided with truck
Glen Eyrie, the beautiful English
style country home of the late Gen.
William ]. Palmer at Colorado
Springs, and the Douglas ranch ad.
joining, comprising 1900 acres, were
sold to Alex Smith Cochran, a mil.
lionaire manufacturer OF Yonkers, N
y, for 100000.
Tony Perino, coal miner at Coke<
dale. nine miles from Trinidad, was
shot three times in the back by two
men and died the following morning.
Mystery surrounds the shooting ana
the authorities believe that the muir
der was the elimination of Black
Hand plot.
Fern Mae Chaplin. 7-year-old daugh-
ter of ranchman living four miles
east OF COLORADO Springs. was crushed
to death when gust. of wind blew
down shed, striking her on the head.
Santa Fe passenger train No. 5.
westbound, collided with the engine of
extra freight train No. 1886 at Man