The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-06-09
COLORADO SENDS
PLEA FOR HELP
President Harding Also Asks Aid
for Flood Victims.
PLAGUE NOW PERILS PUEBLO
Stricken City Faces Disaster More
Devastating Than the Flood Wa
ters-No Sanitation or Drinking
Water-Flood in Kansas.

Overwhelming disaster has come
upon the people of Pueblo and the
surrounding districts.
"Realization of their suffering now,
and in the days to come, prompts me
to issue an urgent request to all whose
sympathies are awakened to assist the
labors Of the American Red Cross, |
which has quickly organized to deal
with the first great need and Will
stand by until home life can be re-
established.
Contributions may be sent at once !
to the Office Of any chapter or directly |
to Red Cross headquarters at Wash |
ington for use in the stricken terri |
tory"
Pueblo, Colo, June This city is
facing a disaster far more devastating
than flood waters-plague.
Governor Shoup held a conference
with city officials, the military and
chiefs of provisional relief organiza-
tons. Reports from these officials !
showed that the menace of disease is
alarming beyond words and that its
spread threatens to ravish the entire
population.
There is no water, no sewerage sys-
tenn and has been none since Friday
night Sanitary conditions are indie
scribable.
At the conclusion of the conference
Governor Shoup announced that the
problem of relief and sanitation is to
be placed in the hands of the Red
Cross The difficulty Of meeting this
new danger is doubled because hun
dreds of MeXicans and negroes who
survived the rush Of waters have alb
solutely no comprehension of the dan
ger Of disease.
On Verge of Panic.
"The situation has gone beyond the
point of being alarming" the governor
said, lit is on verge of panic"
In consequence of the threat of
plague frantic calls for anti-typhoid
serum and lime have been sent out
and it is understood tonight that these
supplies are being rushed here from
several points.
The governor has appealed for re-
lief of all sorts, asking that the mon
eys be turned over to him at his Den
yer headquarters to be turned over to
the Red Cross.
All Of these funds will go entirely
for relief, nothing for overhead eX-
penditure, which it was explained, is
borne by the Red Cross fund
The American Red Cross officials
on the scene plan a systematic health
survey with the aid of doctors and
nurses.
Need Medical Supplies.
Additional medical help and supplies
are the need right now, not food,
which Coloradoans have amply sup
piled.
Health and sanitation stations will
be established, and serums and pre-
ventiOn to halt a typhoid or fever
scourge will be administered.
This evening rain began to fall
again, adding to the danger.
The failure of the gas company to
begin functoning and the absence of
light and heat are adding to the rap
idly growing danger.
An appeal for more troops and
hospital detachment has been sent to
Fort Logan and the Fitzsimmons Gen
eral hospital in Denver.
Governors Proclamation.
Gov. o. II. Shoup issued a proclama-
tion placing all relief work in charge
of the national Red Cross. He said !
"To the people Of Colorado:
THE havoc wrought by the recent
floods of Colorado is appalling. Many
parts Of the state have been affected,
but the greatest damage apparently !
has been done in the Arkansas valley. |
''The flood probably reached its
largest toll Of human life and destruc- |
tion Of property in and about the sur
roundings Of Pueblo. 1t is impossible
at this time accurately to estimate
the loss Of life and property, but the
toll will be heavy,
knowing that the response will he
prompt and generous, |, as chief
executive Of this state call upon the
people Of Colorado to contribute 70
the relief of Ilood sufferers. Their
distress is great and their needs most
pressing. 1t may require not DAYS
but weeks and perhaps even months
to relieve the situation.
"As governor, | hare, on behalf of
the people Of this state, accepted the
offer of the American Red Cross TO
take general supervision of the relief
work. The officials are now on the
ground and actively undertaking the
Herculean task
"ln cases where local organiza.
tions have been formed and funds
collected l request that the same be
forwarded to the governors office in
Denver, to be at once made available
to the Red Cross.
"All subscriptions directed to the
governors office, whether by organi-
cations or individuals, Will he imme-
Most Valuable Adjunct.