The Colorado statesman., 1918-12-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

these, three were killed In action; Jo-
seph Pelleter. Denver; Harry Orcine'
Boulder, and Daniel c. Fenton, Pueblo.
Wounds received in action have
caused the death of William c. Schae-
fer, Denver. The wounded severely
In action include Douglas Marlen, Gun
nison; Robert Barnett, Denver; Ken
meth $. Beeler, White Rock; Kristian
4. Anderson. Fort Logan; Turner
Cain. Longmont; Charles Il. Carney,
Kersey; George Riemenschneider
Thurman: Max O'Halle. Walsenburg;
Frank Moffitt, Louisville, and Chesley
f. Frye, Englewood. Among the
wounded. degree undetermined, are
Antonlus G. II. w. Seitner and Ralph
T. Ellis. Denver; Welfort C. Dial, Pu-
eblo: William c. Kasdorf, Boone; Ar
thur McCarty, Lafayette; Jacob j.
Brunmeier. Briggsdale; Harry A.
Schwab, Kremmling; Capt. Lawrence
NJ. Taylor, Denver; Chester William
Dorsey, Cripple Creek; Thomas F.
Walsh, Leadville; James S. Wiley.
Colorado Springs. and James F. Ander-
son, Windsor Four slightly wounded
are Harry W. Fidler, Ordway; Jesse
X. Breson. Longmont; Edward Hiltz,
Milliken, and David C. Leonard, Clyde.
Ernest C. Sexton, Buena Vista. is
among the missing in action.
With the announcement that the
15Sth infantry has been selected as
President Wilson's honorary body
guard while in France comes another
honor to Denver and Colorado, for
many men of the Centennial state are
among the soldiers under the com.
mand of Col f. r Grinstead This
regiment was formerly entirely COM
posed of troops of the Arizona Nation.
al Guard which, with the National
Guard men of Colorado, We're sent to
Camp kearny to train. 1t was during
the training period that many Denver
men were transferred to the Arizona
unit At the signing of the armistice
they were slated for an early return
but these Ilans were changed when
the selection for the Presidents guard
was made.
A parole breaker in Colorado and a
hero in a hospital of France. Warren
Hazlett. % years old, can rise from
his little white bed in that hospital,
look the world in the face and say,
II am an American citizen" for Gov
ernor j. c. Gunter granted him an alb
solute pardon and restored him to full
citizenship. For eighteen long months
of he'll and torment Warren Hazlett,
who broke his parole as convict IN
the state penitentiary at Canon City,
faced the shell, the gas and shot OF
the Hun
Returning to Denver from a two and
one-half months absence in Washing
ton, ID. c., where she was called by
the Army and Navy Commission on
Training Camp Activities, otherwise
known as the Fosdick commission
Mrs. Ida L. Gregory, chief clerk of
the Juvenile Court, declares that
moral conditions among the 10000
extra girl workers in that city are ex-
ceptionally good.
Mrs. Nancy E. Lamb. 81, of Denver.
has answered the call of the Womans
Council of Defense for rag rugs for the
recuperation camp by making and CIV
ing five of them. Aside from knitting
the rugs, Mrs. Lamb has made six
teen pairs of woolen socks for the
Red Cross, and assisted in getting do
nations of clothes for the Belgians.
There is deep mourning among the
sick of Steamboat Springs due to the
blockade of the Moffat road. For
more than week no express has been
carried by the railroad, necessitating
the holding OF 500 gallons of liquor for
medicinal and mechanical purposes in
Denver
Denver men returning from recent
trips to Idaho Springs and Central
City report lot of new mining activ-
ity in that district. particularly in Rus.
sell gulch. situated about half way be.
tween the two camps.
Charges that the Bankers Mortgage
Company. newly created company
with headquarters in Denver. has been
operating Il gigantic fraud upon busi-
ness men, farmers and banks of the
state are contained in a suit filed in
the District Court by the Monument
State bank of FL Paso county. 1t is
stated that at least twenty Colorado
banks and several hundred individuals
are involved,
After sixty-two years separation
Mrs. Aaron Bechtol, of Greeley, and
her brother, Fred Merryhew of Mon.
tana, are enjoying pleasant renewal
of their relationship at the home OF
Mrs. Berchtols daughter, Mrs. d. E.
Wilkenson of Greeley. Mr. Merryhew
is ~ years old, and Mrs Bechtol is &C.
They were seDarated by the death OF
their mother when Mrs. Bechtol was
years old
The State Pardon Board refused to
commute the life sentence of Harold
Il Innwnnd sla uar of Sul,osto,. ,.or,