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Show Officer Is Victim of Influenza -3 S3 0 Ba fcn' Two UahnsH TpKEE UTAhTyOUTHS in this morning". casualty aam-1 aam-1 Left, Lieutenant Louis II. Hoe, Salt Lake, ded ' ' T , ,, q r Tiif'ht Corporal Allen S. Kemington, mfluenza, at Camp Jackson S. C. Bi during this sea-Tooele, sea-Tooele, wounded in action in France lor the sc"" ' rrjtirav ill of son's campaign. Below, Jess Ore,. Thatcher. Salt Lake, cntwally lU of pneumonia, due to influenza, at Camp Devens, Mass. H K ' - f - IN f . . ws?vS- ON N v N 'J, - -;1 0 I -vf - - I ,1 X x - 1 J S v S " n I x v 1 t I I If Jess Oren Thatcher of Salt Lake Seriously 111 at Camp Devens. s ONE Utah lieutenant dead of pneumonia pneu-monia from influenza, another critically ill of the same disease at an Atlantic coast hospital, and two soldiers severely wounded in action, constitute the casualty reports this morning. While his mother was speeding to his bedside, Lieutenant Louis H. Rowe, son of Mr. and iVlrs. W. T. Rowe of 327 Denver street, died before she could reach him, according to a telegram received re-ceived yesterday by his father from Major Edward McCuen at Camp Jackson, Jack-son, S. (J. His death was due to pneumonia pneu-monia superinduced by Spanish influenza. influ-enza. Lieutenant Rowe was born in Salt Lake twenty-three years ago, and received re-ceived his education in the schools of this city and at the Agricultural college at Logan. While attending college he was editor of the ''Buzzer,'' the school annua!, and also handled the business of the college football team. He was a member of the Phi Beta Phi 'fraternity 'frater-nity and of the Bucno club at Logan. Together with several of his classmates class-mates from Logan, Rowe left here January Jan-uary 1, i01S, for Kelly field, Texas, but .shortly afterwards was transferred to Camp Sheridan, Ala. Three months ago he was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky., and a month later was commissioned a lieutenant in the heavy artillery. Word that he was sick reached his mother last Tuesday, and she took the next train east. She is not duo to arrive at her distination, however, until this morning. In addition to his mother and father, 'Lieutenant Rowe is survived by two brothers, Latimer Rowe, who is a member mem-ber of the engineer corps at Port Logan, Lo-gan, Colo., and William B. Rowe of Bingham. While definite funeral arrangements ar-rangements have not been made, it is thought the body will be brought to Salt Lake for services and interment. Jess Oren Thatcher, former Manhattan Man-hattan club boxer in Salt Lake, now in the motorcycle service of the United States army at Camp Devens. Mass., is seriously ill of Spanish influenza at the hospital of this post, according to wires received by his mother, Mrs. Belle Thatcher, of 468 First avenue, Salt Lake.. He had developed pneumonia pneu-monia and was in a critical condition when last heard from. Utah youths are showing their mettle with the American expeditionary forces by their determination to re-enter battle bat-tle immediately upon their recovery from wounds. The latest- report on a case of this character is that of Corporal Cor-poral Allen S. Remington, son of Judge and Mrs. George A. Remington of Tooele. Corporal Remington . was wounded in the left leg by a machine bullet in the big July drive. News of this injury was sent by First Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Lewis Tillman of Corporal Remington Reming-ton 's company, who stated that the Tooele youth was an excellent non-commissioned officer, and should be able to render valuable service to the army within a short time. This notice was received early in August. yesterday Judge Remington received notice from the war department that his son had re-entered the fighting service serv-ice and this time had been severely wounded in action. He is now in a base hospital. Corporal Remington is a native of Tooele and received his early education there. He was among the first men from Tooele to go to American Lake with the national army. He is 23 years of age, and his present wound was received re-ceived iu his seventh trip over the top and into the maelstrom of action. The official casualty- list todav notes that Peter Caravnglia" of Helper, Utah, with the American expeditionary forces, who was a short time ago reported missing miss-ing in action, has been found. Re is in a base hospital and is severely wounded. |