The Colorado statesman., 1918-12-07
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


Dec lists given out by the War De
partment include six killed in action,
two dead of wounds received in ac-
tion, seven dead of disease, three
wounded severely, four wounded, de-
gree undetermined. and one slightly
wounded. The killed are Lieut.. eileen
X. Spencer, Pueblo; Louis Brier,
Sloss; Frank j. Blakeslee. Confer;
Roy Yarbrough, Amola; Alvin SEVERN,
Colorado Springs. and Wylie Sheets,
Durango. The dead of wounds re-
ceived In action are Andrew NJ. Hrab-
cak. Pueblo, and vern d. Morris. Dove
Creek. The dead of disease are Nurse
Hattie NJ. Raithel, Denver; James K.
Dilley, Gunnison: Paul J. Hammond,
Cripple Creek: Carl L. Jeuel, Hugo;
Leon Jewell, Silver Plume; Andrew
II. Miller, Hotchkiss, and John NJ. Muir
ray, Denver The severely wounded
are Harry Martin Christensen. Den.
yer: Earl o. Cook, Hudson, and Wal
ter F. Allen, Pallsade. The wounded,
degree undetermined. are Lieut.. T.
William Timpson, Denver; Peter A
Jacklitch, Pueblo; Alfred r. Sparks,
Velle Green, and Amarante Lopez
Erie. Among the slightly wounded is
John Altamore, Pueblo.
The fluorspar industry in the
jamestown camp, Boulder county,
which was revived in 1917 by the gov
ernment demand for the fluxing
metal, has grown to the volume OF
fifty tons daily and is still increasing
as rapidly as man power and road con
ditions will permit. Most OF this spar
ore is hauled to Boulder for treatment
and shipment to the east. A small
amount is milled in the little red mill
just at the lower end of the camp.
II. Sandspra. 5s years old, the larg
est man in Denver, died at his resi-
dence, 1861 Stout street. Sandspra
weighed 420 pounds and was six feet
two inches tall. His death was due
to pneumonia, although he had been
i'll several years with Bright's disease.
He was also affected with the sleep
ing sickness" known in the African
jungles and was the only person in
Denver-so far as known-who ever
suffered with this malady.
Disease has caused the death of four
more Colorado boys. according to the
casualty lists made public by the War
Department Nov. 80. This section OF
the list includes Richard Harvey and
George II. Wallwork, Denver, Ray o.
Hall, Fowler, and lotto d. Stoddard,
Cedar Ella Peternka, Fort Morgan.
has been killed in action; Paul p.
Rice, Banning, is missing in action,
and Pascoe Solas, Clark, is wounded,
degree undetermined.
Fewer Colorado registrants were re-
jected in cantonments than those
from many other states, from Feb. 10
to Oct Z of this year. according to a
statement issued by Capt. Horace G.
Wetherill for the information of medi.
cal advisory boards in the state, over
which he has supervision. The per
centage of reflections for the state dur.
ing that period WIS 63 as against 10
for the nation at large.
James Larsen. proprietor of a small
grocery at 3091 West Thirty-eightb
street, Denver, was shot and instant.
ly killed Saturday night by two youth
ful highwaymen who entered his store
wearing flu masks and attempted tc
rob him. After numbering Larsen the
bandits left the store without tamper.
ing with the cash register, and es
capped.
Limitation of the jurisdiction OF the
Juvenile Court in Denver respecting
adults again was pointed out by the
Colorado Supreme Court in giving an
opinion in the habeas corpus case of
arla
ninety-nine years for rape. The trib-
unal ordered Songer's release. He
has been in prison for four years.
With the increased valuation Of
SIT, 500 900, the reduction OF one mill
and a half in the 1918 tax levy for
state, city and county and school pur-
poses will save the people of Denver
and the county $175,000 in taxes the
coming year. The total levy for this
year will be 1871 mills compared to
20 mills in 1917
Collections of state inheritance tax
during the biennial period which
closed Nov. 80 exceeded the estimate
by the twenty-first General Assembly
by 1850, 0,43412, according to the bien-
nial report of the inheritance tax de-
partment. Only once since the estab-
lisbment of the department has this
sum been exceeded. During the two
years of 1915 and 1916 the state col
lected slightly in excess OF S1.O00,O00
These large collections were chiefly
due to the fact that an unusually large
number OF wealthy persons died dur
ing those two years. One estate alone
paid nearly 100000.
That George Eudaley took volun-
tary part in the holdup OF Miss NIL
dred Gates at Dallas, Tex, and w. d.
otter of Chicago, on the night of Sep.
IL and WAS pniltv of the highway rob.