Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-09
PLAGUE is new
PERIL IN PUEBLO
City Faces Disaster More Dew
astating Than the Flood
Waters.
HARDING PLEA FOR VICTIM
President Asks for Contributions to 81
Sent to Any Red Cross Chapter
Governor of Colorado Asks
HeIp-Flood Hits Kansas.

washington, June f.-EreSlueH4
Harding issued this appeal for TIL
flood victims in Colorado:
Overwhelming disaster has com
upon the people of Pueblo and thu
surrounding districts.
"Realization of their suffering now
and in the days to come, prompts md
to issue an urgent request to all whose
sympathies are awakened to assist thu
labors of the American Red Cross
which has quickly organized to dea
with the first great need and viii
stand by until home life can be rel
established
| contributions may be sent at oncdj
to the Office of any chapter or directly
to Red Cross headquarters at Wash
ington for use in the stricken terri
tory" ~ugTtFsrT7Trss'f' 4 ~. lIXrIS
Pueblo, Colo. June 7.-This city Is
facing disaster far more devastating
than flood waters-plague.
Governor Shoup held a conferences
with city officials, the military and
chiefs of provisional relief organiza
lions. Reports from these officials
showed that the menace of disease Is
alarming beyond words and that it's
spread threatens to ravish the entire
population.
There is no water, no sewerage sys-
TEN and has been none since Friday
night. Sanitary conditions are indie.
scrlbable.
At the conclusion of the conferen -
Governor Shoup announced that the
problem of relief and sanitation is tol
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 dam
ger of disease.
| On Verge Of Panic.
''The situation has gone beyond the
point of being alarming" the governor
said, sit 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 ali sorts, asking that the mon
eys be turned over to him at his Dem
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 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 typhoid or fever
scOurge will be administered. 49,
This evening. rain began to fall
again, adding to the danger.
| The failure of the gas company to
| begin functiOning and the absence Of
light and heat are adding to the rap
Idly growing danger.
An appeal for more troops and a
hospital detachment has been sent to
Fort Logan and the Fitzsimmons Cen
eral hospital in Denver.
Governors Proclamation. -
Gov. y. Ill. Shoup issued a proclarna-
ton placing al relief work in charge
of the national Red Cross. He said /
TO the people of Colorado:
THE havoc wrought by the recent
Hoods of Colorado is appalling. Many
parts of the stale have been affected.
but the greatest damage apparently
has been done In the Arkansas valley
"'rhe flood probably reached its
largest toll of human life and destruc.
ton 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 he
people of Colorado to contribute to
the relief of flood sufferers. Their
distress is great and their needs most
pressing. 1t may require not davs
but weeks and perhaps even months
to relieve the situation.
AS governor. | have. on behalf of
the people of this state, accepted the
offer of the American Red Gross 70
take general supervision of the rel;af
work. The officials are now on the
ground and actively undertaking the
Herculean task.
in cases where local organiza.
tons have been formed and funds
collected | request that the same ha
forwarded to the governors Office IN
Denver, to be at once made available
i IN tho Pad CraSsN