The Colorado statesman., 1918-10-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

lace Wilmore, Corp. Rexford Bassett
and Andrew A. Colbert, all of Denver;
George BOUCHER. Independence, and
Raymond A. Baker, Canon City. Con
lario Medina of Walsenburg is listed
as missing. The wounded-A. w. Har'
bin. Colorado Springs; Charles w.
Brown, Cortez; Vance B. Bannellsi
Longmont; George w. Hanson, Den
yer; Corp. Herman A. Tabor, Kirk
well; Otho +. Ferris, Arlington; Har
ry Fletcher, La Sale; Hugo Way
Grand Junction; Sergt. Chester A. Ell
liotts, Sterling; Willie w. Bynum
Eagle City; Austin S. Gardner, Colo
RADIO Springs; Dwight II. Philpot, Colo
RADIO Springs; Jesse L. Morris. Mill
ken; William N. Grant, Bland; John
w Hinton, Delta; Elmer L. Mees, Cen
ter, and Charles E. Threewit. Joycoy
The usual December sale of Red
Cross Christmas seals. from which the
National tuberculosis Association has
| been accustomed to raise its annua
| budget, will not be held this year. A
package containing ten of the seals
and literature explaining the treat
vi
will be given by the American Rec
Cross to all who become members OF
the Red Cross during the December
roll call. The Red Cross has agreed
to appropriate $2.5O0,0OO for the use
of the National tuberculosis Associa
ton, and all anti-tuberculosis socie
ties have agreed to cooperate with the
Red Cross in obtaining members fol
the roll call
Eleven Colorado boys are on the cas-
ualty lists of the War Department and
marines made public Oct. 20. Corp
Mancil j. Garrett, Denver, is killed In
action. Charles Thatcher Merriam
Pueblo is dead of wounds. Corp. H
j. Green, Denver is dead of disease
The missing in action include Andrew
A. Ashbaugh and Joseph M. O'Connor
Denver; Sergt. Nicholas C. Robinson
F'ruita. and Corp. Ray w. Lewis, Cor
tez. Maj. Reginald II. Meade. Little
ton, is included in the list of wounded
severely in action, as also are Charlie,
J. Stanley, Canon City; Joe d. Wander
pool, Hatcher, and Clarence l.. Ford
Limon.
Definite instructions for the sending
of Christmas parcels to American sol
diers and sailors abroad have been is
sued by the government through tbs
American Red Cross. Christmas pack
ages for members of the American ex
peditionary forces except those in Si
IBERIA, may be sent only by person.
holding coupons sent by the soldiers
TO whom the parcels are addressed. NJ
parcel will be accepted at the postof
flee without this coupon. If the cou
pom is lost it cannot be duplicated.
There was marked decrease in tn
number of deaths and new cases Of
Spanish influenza reported In Denver
for the period to noon Monday. Their,
was a total of twenty-one deaths Off
cially reported, bringing the total mum
ber of deaths up to 1863. There were
PAL new cases reported, making to
tai of 2,651.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners will sell on Wednesday, Nov
6, at the state house, more than fifty |
tracts of land from forty to 16O acres
in size and situated in various
counties, including Ell Paso, jackson
Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Moffat |
Ouray, Phillips, Rio Grande, Washing |
ton and Weld, half the land being in
the two counties last named.
Miles r. Jain, marine from Boul
der, is among the killed in action re
ported in the casualty lists made pub
lie by the War Department and marine
ArIn it4l, ,nll Trir
idad, and William r. Ross, Lamar, are
among the severely wounded in action
Mary C. c. Bradford. superintendent
of public instruction, announced the
names of several delegates appointed
by her to attend the eighth annual
convention OF the League for Compnl
sorry Education, which is to meet In
ST. Louis Nov 20 to 22
Charging that he "feloniously and
willfully" killed Samuel Goshen when
his touring car struck a machine In
which Goshen was riding on Oct. 8
the district attorneys office at Colo
RADIO Springs has filed direct informa
tion against Paul Padgett, 10 years
old, and the youth is out on $4,000
bond to appear for trial on man
slaughter charge in November.
AS evidence of the revived interest
of Eastern capitalists in Colorado min.
ing, a s2,5OO,000 corporation. to be
known as the Colorado Consolidated
Metals Mining Company, has filed pa.
pers of incorporation with the secre,
tary of state.
After weeks of anxiety regarding
their son, Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ Kenni.
colt of Boulder have been advised by
the Denver Red Cross that their son, |
Ralph Kennicott. was killed in action
on July 30, ten days after he arrived
in that country