The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-30
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Erwin =. Greenewald, dead OF disease;
William Ernest Henry, missing in ac-
ton; Carlyle Massey. slightly wound
ed. and Sidney Bridgewater. wounded,
degree undetermined. Among the Sc
verely wounded in action are Corp. r.
j. b. Auflick, Ramah; Charles w. Alb
bott, Burlington; Lloyd Dunn. La
Sale. and Paul l.. Kriley, Canon City
The list of wounded, degree undeter
mined. includes Carl Lenhart, Lamar
and George c. Rule, Leadville. Among
the slightly wounded are Corp, August
Aibuer, Walsenburg; Floyd f. Brigen
dine. Sunbeam, and Lieut. Thomas ]
Kennedy, Canon City.
Nine of the thirteen casualties
among Colorado boys, reported in the
lists made public by the War Depart
ment Nov 22, record fatalities. Two
were killed in action. They are John
G. Cooper, Lamar, and William G
Crossley, Deer Trail Two dead OF
wounds received in action are Frank
J. Arndt, Denver, and Bruce d. Brown
Craig. Five dead of disease are:
Lieut.. Raymond L. Peebler, Boulder;
August Kitzmann, Goodrich; James
w. McCrun. Aurora; Byron L. Nc
Gwire, Longmont, and Arthur e
Sellers, Boulder. The list of wounded
degree undetermined, includes Charles
Il. Rice, Steamboat Springs Three
slightly wounded are: Joseph b. Jor-
dan. Denver; Lutte Cordova, Walsen
and James A. burning, Greeley.
With the announcement of General
March in Washington that orders had
been given General Pershing to start
the return to the United States of sol
diers not needed in France, plans fol-
the welcoming of Colorado men now
in khaki suddenly jumped from the
abstract to the concrete AS soon as
the official order designating the Red
Cross as the agency to make arrange.
ments for the welcoming home of the
demoblized troops was received in
Denver a committee to have charge
of all such receptions was appointed.
The Denver health board revoked
the closing order issued Friday, effec
tive Saturday morning, and Saturday
afternoon ordered that all persons rid
ing on street cars, at picture shows
and many other places, must veal
masks TO prevent the flu. Ten deaths
were officially reported Sunday ano
seven unofficially from influenza,
large number of new cases developed
and overcrowded hospitals were re
ported from many quarters.
Considerable interest is evident in
Pueblo in a new song recently re-
| leased by one of the big music pub
| fishing companies in the east, entitled
Don't Think I'll Forget, Beulah
Dear" the words of which were writ
ten by Roy A. Williams, "A Colorado
boy, recently discharged from the
| United States navy due to physical
disability incurred in the line OF duty
after serving one year in the great
world war
With a big meeting at the Audi.
torium on Saturday night, Dec. z, Den
yer will join in the nationwide cele
bration of Britain day" which is be
ing arranged by group of patriotic
American societies to celebrate Great
Britain's part in the war and make
formal acknowledgment of the debt
which America owes for the defense
of civilization.
To Miss Cheta Geary of Denver and
Miss Letitia Curtis of San Francisco
belongs the honor of being the first
American women to enter Germany
since the beginning OF the war. Gable
dispatches from Berne, Switzerland
state that they crossed the Rhine into
Baden at Loerrach, driving a motor
truck filled with supplies for the hun.
dreds of prisoners there.
ID. Bernard of ConeJos county, &C,
cording to word received by the fed
eral food administrator, doesn't need
machinery or men to thresh his beans
He reported that he had threshed his
entire crop of beans with boats and
burros, and added that they did a
fine job.
Why not the 16-ounce of bread foi
the same price as the 12-ounce loaf!
That's the question federal food ad
ministration officers were asking af
ter the announcement that bakers
could now return to the loaves larger
than the 12-6unce, which latter was
put in effect as a conservation meas
ure on flour.
Action to recover 1920 in gold and
diamond ring. valued at $3.50, now
in the hands of the Denver police, was
begun by Mrs. Martha Babb. mother
of Frank Lewis, leader of the Jones
Lewis bandit gang. and of Eva Lewis
queen of the gang, thru her attorney
in the District Court of Colorado
Springs.
When the victorious American con
tingents arrive at New York. they will
find Colorado will have sent wei
come to her boys along with the sol
diers of other states who are like