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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
COLLEGE BAND GOOD.

The Luther College band, an orches-
ira Of students of that college at Decor.
All, Iowa, gave concert at the Opera
House last Thursday evening. The ad.
vance notices had wrought the audi.
ence up To IA high state Of expectation
and they were not disappointed. The
director, Carlo Sperati performed
brilliantly and the boys rendered music
which no one ever expected to hear
from a college orchestra IL was
among the best musical exhibitions
given in the city, The young men
we're entertained during the afternoon
by motor trips and after the concert 10y
a social at the First Norwegian Luth.
eran church hall. The O. Torrison
sons are all alnmni Of the college and
lelped to see TO IL that the visitors had
4 pleasant visit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
REAL ESTATE REPORT

The following Real Estate Report is
furnished 10y the Mantowoc County
Abstract Company, which owns the
only complete Abstract of Manitowoc
county.
Ernest f. Schroeder to Frederick
Fink, 240 sec Il Two Rivers, Sl77O.
August Busse to John Busse Jr., S
a of 81 NE! SW. sec 20 Eaton, ST.
Mary Hartuag to August l.. Gloe, I,
80 #. of n 100 #. Of lot ) blk - Two
Rivers, $3.50
John j. OFT to John a. oct. lot blk
81 Reedsvile, 81,
Charles +. Woiord to Louis Reimer,
ct al lots and in blk. l36 Manitowoc
81.
Herman Dahlman to Henry Dahl
man, l20 sec Is Rocklard, $500
John Frasch to Paul Adamski, n. so
IT, of lots I and s blk 81 Two Rivers,
$1,000.
Henrietta koeue to Louis kriwanek,
40 sec 30 and so a sec II Gibson, 81.
Louis kriwanek to Henry Koene, 40
a sec 30 and so sec 10 Gibson, 81.
Frank Hoffman toGeorge Ladwig, :.
30 #. of lot | and and ). so #. OF T..
10 IT. of lot all in blk $50 Manitowoc,
81.
Mary Wage To Anton Wnuk, lot y
blk 3C6 Manitowoc, 81.
Emma Halverson ct al TO Rosa Paape
lots blk in Teitgen and Meyers subd
OF lot of Hinckley's subd OF sec 81
Manitowoc, 81.
William II. Schroeder TO Henry
Harms, ll9l a sec IA Newton, 81,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
UTILITY REPORTS.

City clerk Reicbert this week finish.
ed making out the annual report of the
ci.y Ha'erutility reqGireG u ae Gied
with the state Railroad Commission.
The report shows a gain of $1,000 in
gross income and net revenues of about
SlS, 200 from which $1,000 will go to
meet funded debt charges leaving sur
plus Of about 900. The plant has
25O more consumers than it had at the
time taken over by the city. The in
stallation Of the lake intake by the
Rahr Sons Codecreased their consumJ,-
tion of city water by Sll00. A consid.
cradle burden upon the utility finances
will be the new rule of the Railroad
Commission requiring the city To buy,
or pay rent for all meters. Expensive
additions at the station are also imper-
ative if adequate fire protection is to
be furnished.
The electric report is not ready al
though the time for filing expired Aug.
lst. 1t is said that the electric utility
will show an even better condition than
the water utility
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
MIMI GOES TO WEST ALLIS.

- Principal Robert MINI has accepted
the principalship OF the school at West
Allls, Wis. and consequently will not
return to the Dsyision street school.
There was some friction between Mr..
Nmz and the school authorities but
his acceptance Of school outside ends
the matter. He was principal of the
Division street school for thirteen
years and gave general satisfaction.
He is regarded as very efficient
teacher.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
BASE BALL

Sheboygan scored its first victory OF
1914 over Manitowoc at Sheboygan last
Sunday. Feeling between fans of the
two cities has become bitter since our
victory of two weeks ago was cancelled
by President klocksin through fear OF
Sheboygan pulling out Of the league.
If Sheboygan can get its future defeats
cancelled by bullying the league it may
contrive to crawl back into pennant
possibility. This is an odd view OF
craftsmanship.
Last Sunday Manitowoc had the
game won to 2 in the Sth inning
Stoney had been pitching grand ball
as had Schulz also.
In that session with two down and
Mason running on first Stoney had two
strikes Oh Dunbar at the bat. 1t look
ed easy but Stoney put one right over
the pan. Dunbar set himself and clout
ed it over the fence making the scor,
to 3 against our boys. The Manito.
woes made rally and only very clos,
decision in their favor on first bast
saved Sheboygan from tie in the
ninth. 1t was hard game to lose
Dunbar deliberately cut third base in
the Sth and riot nearly occurred over
Herzog's protest. There was fn'
chance TO duplicate Liebls nursery tao
tics OF two weeks prior by refusing to
continue but Herzog finished the game
under protest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
NOMINATION PAPERS FILED.

The time for filing nomination papers
expired Saturday evening. The DEM
ocrats have contests for sheriff, district
attorney, clerk OF court and register OF
deeds, while the Republicans have
only one contest-sheritf, and no can
didates for county clerk, treasurer,
clerk of court, state senator and as
semblyman from the second district.
"Shorely" there isn't much hope or
enthusiasm among the Republicans OF
the county.
The following is list of the candi-
dates who have Fl led nomination papers:
DEMOCRAT.
County Clerk-A. J. Auton.
Sheriff .Thos. Brennan, John Engle-
brecht, Louis Meyer, Albert Tomchek
Treasurer-Theo. Anderson.
Register of Deeds-Charles Stretch,
Jos. Zahorik.
Clerk of Court-A. J. Clark, Richard
Burke, Albert Wagenknecht.
District Attorney-John Healv, T..
S. Schmitz.
Louis Falge.
Surveyor--Otto Gass.
Member of Assembly,
First District-Carl Hanson.
Second District Murphy.
REPUBLICAN,.
County Clerk
Sheriff-Geo. Lambries, Chas Cary.
Treasurer ---
Register of Deeds-Gust Eggert.
Clerk of Court --
District Attorney-A. J. Wyseman
Surveyor
Member of Assembly
First District-Francis Taugher
Second "
SOCIAL DEMOCRAT.
County Clerk Henry Bruins.
Sheritf-Gust Aumann.
Register of Deeds --
Treasurer-David Grover.
Clerk OF Court-Henry Wachtel
District Attorney
Coroner-MaX Goeres.
Surveyor -
Member Of Assembly
First ID strict Herman Lorenzen.
Second "
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
WAR ON RUSSIA IS
DECLARED BY KAISER,

War against the land of the czar was
formally declared Saturday by the
German emperor because of Russia 5
activity in the Austro-Servian conflict.
England and France have been drawn
into the struggle and it looks as if the
greatest war in history will result. A
special news article on another page of
this issue gives full and accurate de-
tails of the situation and future issues
will keep readers of the Pilot posted on
the latest news and Developments.
The immediate cause VI the war be-
tween Austria Hungary and the little
kingdom of Servia is the state of poll.
tical feeling which was reflected in the
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
and his wife.
Manitowoc has conside rable num-
Der of veterans of the two Prussian
wars Of forty years ago and still more
who have served in the Kaisers army
in times Of peace. Problematical cam
paigns are being continuously waged
in bar rooms, barber shops and on
street corners, Everyone has suddenly
become an expert in military statis-
tics and strategy. The predominant
local sentiment is pro-German.
No estimate OF military efficiency in
advance of demonstration is OF great
value. The looming fact OF military
history is that conflicts between ma
tions produce surprising results; illus
trating the trite adage that the unex-
pected often happens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
EDUCATIONAL,
(By G. w. Meisnest.)
ILLITEkACY.

There are in the United States approx
imately five and one-halt million men,
women, and children over ten years
old unable to read and write in any
language, something more than seven
per cent of all the population OF this
age. OF these, four and three-quarter
millions are over twenty, more than 8
per cent of the total population over
twenty years old. Fully half of these
young men and women with many
years of life yet before them to be lived
out with the handicap of total illiteracy
unless they are encouraged and assisted
to throw off the burden. With proper
encouragement aud help most or all of
these would learn to read and write
and to do simple practical problems i'll
arithmetic. Many of them would do
much more. They would then be bet
ter citizens and more profitable to them.
selves, to society, and to the industrial
world.
A large part of the illiterates are old
er men and women whose childhood
came at time when opportunities for
education were few and meager. Many
of them were the orphaned children OF
soldiers who fell on the battlefield or
died in camp. Some were themselves
on the firing line. Opportunities denied
them in childhood should be accorded
them all the more willingly now. III
their old age they should at least be en-
abled to read their Bibles aud the daily
newspaper and to write to their distant
relatives and loved ones.
None of the three-quarters of "A mil
lion children over ten years of age but
still unable to read and write should be
permitted to graduate into illiterate cit
izenship. Since they will not under
ordinary conditions avail themselves OF
the opportunities offered by the public
schools, other means of learning to read
and write and something more should
be provided.
Besides the five and one-half million
illerates there are in the United States
fifteen or twenty millions of men and
women who can barely read and write
! and who are for most practical pur-
poses, illiterate. Millions of these
would gladly respond to good and at
tractive opportunities to extend their
meager education.
II. X. Bill 1870, recently introduced
and now pending in the House of Rep
resentatives, requires the United States
Commissioner of Education to devise
methods for teaching illiterates and
men and women of meager education,
and on invitation To cooperate with
state, county, district, and municipal
officers in putting these methods into
operation for the elimination of adult
illiteracy. Should the bill become n
law al the present session of Congress,
illiteracy will be reduced to Il small
portion of one per cent of the total pop
uation by the end of the fiscal year
1928, and that the knowledge and intel
ligence ofmany millions of people will
be much larger than ii otherwise Will
be.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
MARRIED.,

At Park Ridge, H., on Thursday of
asst week, Arthur Barrie, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. G.. Barrie, North Ninth
street in this city, who has been loca-
ted at Green Bay the past few years,
was united in marriage TO Miss Xoa NJ.
Farley OF Green Bay.
The bride was formerly resident OF
Iron Mountain, but has resided in Green
Bay the past few years. The groom
has been employed by the Northwest
ern road on run out Of Green Bay.
The couple will take up their resi-.
denee Ia Green Bay.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

RETURN OF SOLDIERS. During the
past week about fifteen members OF
Company A, Fifth Regiment, have re-
turned home to Manitowoc, having
served their term of three years honor.
ably and faithfully. These boys have
passed through many of the heaviest
battles of the war, and their courage
and bravery has been praised by all OF
their commanders, including General
Mcclellan. Being the first Company
that left our place, of course the re.
turned members meet with more thar
an ordinary welcome from our citizens
The young men will entertain the
veterans at Glover's Hall this Thurs
day evening, and we presume large
number of our ladies and gentlemen
will be present Good music will be
there and happy time is anticipated
The occasion of their return will also
be celebrated at Lauz's Garden on Fri.
day evening. All the "solider boys
expect their friends TO join them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
MILK ROUTE SOLD.

JOS. Brady has purchased the milk
OF the same "Wednesday. The route is
a large one and Mr.. Brady, no doubt,
will make success OF the new under
taking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
SMALL CROWD HEARS Phillip.

Emanuel Pnilipp, Conservative can
didate for the Republican nomination
for Governor spoke at the Orpheum last
Saturday evening. There were less
than 30 people in the hall when the
meeting opened but - or so when it
closed. He was accompanied by f. Y,
Bodden of Milwaukee who will be re-
membered as the man who beat Nc
Govern for the nomination for district
attorney few years ago only to be
defeated by McGovern running inde-
pendent. Judge j. S. Anderson intro
duced Mr.. Philip and dwelt at some
length on political conditions. The
three talks were all on the now famil-
lar anti-high tax arguments buttressed
with an array of figures purporting to
show mismanagement by the Progress
sive Republicans. Bodden was quite
viccus in his attacks on "progressive"
misgovernment. The meeting was dis
couraging from the small attendance
after the thorough publicity given it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENTAL heart
rending accident took place in this vii
lage on Thursday, the 28th ult., 10y the
drowning of Joseph Edwin Weeman, a
smart and intelligent boy nearly thir-
teen years of age, son of X. S. and
Martha j. Weenan. About four
O'Clock on that day, he went into the
river near its mouth, to battle, and
disappeared at once. Alarm was inn
mcdiately given, and search made, but
his body was not recovered until about
dark. His funeral was largely attend.
ed, and his remains were accompanied
TO the grave by the teachers and schol.
ars of the south side school. His fond
parents have the heartfelt sympathy OF
the community in their sorrow.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

Tom Windiate had quite an expert.
ence lately. He drove out to lis farm,
having his lap robe AS usual tucked
under his seat where it would do the
least good. He asserts positively he
did not smoke while on the way,-a
statement which every one will receive
with grain of allowance as there has
been no one born yet who saw Tom
when he wasn't smoking. When he
reached the farm the lap robe was
abla2e and even the buggy was alire,
Had he arrived few minutes earlier
he would not have discovered the fire
and horse and buggy would have been
consumed. Tom looks upon the fire as
4 mystery and has various theories to
account for it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

SUSPENSION OF THE DEMOCRAT.- .-
The Visions n Democrat, a German
Republican paper published here for
many years, terminated its existence
last week the proprietor not deeming
it prudent to continue it longer under
the present high prices for paper, etc.
We believe M. Wallich has acted
wisely in suspending his paper, and
more tlan half of the publishers in
the state would save money 10y follow
ing his example.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

Albert Guttman, G.. Morrssey, Hat
Cie Syms and Fred Christensen attend
I'd the summer school for teachers a,
Madison last month. Mr.. Morrissey
'emained at the close of the school u
Oahe the examination for state certi
icate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jonas OF Chica-
60 are visiting In this city. IL is Ten
years since MIR. Jonas lett here. He
was then a boy ana now when he re-
turns a man, there are fe. who could
recognize him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

TWENTY-FIVE f. YEARS AGO.
The corps of teachers for the north
side school is now completed and is
made up as follows; Principal, f. r.
Smith; Assistant principals, Mary Ian
try, Sue Tullls, Addie Prochazka,
Annie Nagle, Kate Kirwan, lisa O'Con.
ner, Marie Gould, Clara Fllholm, Ma
mie Solberg, Flora Waldo, Martha OF.
son, Mrs. Boughton. Miss Tullis is
from Madison and is a graduate Of the
state university.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

At charivari IN She boygan county
On Monday last, one of lheparty strucb
Ohe newly married man over the heao
With a bell, tracturing his skull so bad.
y that he is sure to die. The person
who committed the deed should bt
lynched and the remainder of the par.
" sent to Waupun
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

The following is the list Of teacher,
Tor the Third Ward school OF this city
a. Guttman, Principal: Max Staehle
Selma Hoek, Ida Mason Blanche Stu
pecky, Marcella Hall.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

Mr.. VIM Frazier and Miss Lizzie
Descher of this city were married Oh
sunday last, the officiating clergyman
oeing Rev. Mr.. Pieper of st. Louis
Mr.. Frazier is one of the rising young
business men of the city. The Pilol
extends congratulations to the young
couple.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06
MANITOWOC'S ASSESSED
VALUATION

The report of the city clerk to the
county clerk and tax commission shows
the assessed valuation of Manitowoc to
be over twelve million dollars an in
crease over 1913 of $4,000. The
items, number and valuation are as
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

Brigadler General Salomon arrived
home on Tuesday. His health is very
much impaired, which is plainly visible
in his countenance. We hope for his
speedy recovery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

Fashion Set by Moors.
The Moors OF Arabia and Spain
we're the first to display colored
globes In chemists windows.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-06

IED.--In the village of Branch, on
the 2lst day of July, 1864, Nancs. wife
of Mr.. Bryan Mason, aged 81 years.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-28

Nome with the opening of navigation They are the people who are alread '~epariug 10 start quartz miniu
 rt alongside Of us here They ar e men who are even now spying O.
 -e land and wondering if there r. d.. something just little bit OFF ''e railroad ,ha, il would pay them to investigate
 There are many people who believe 'i.t 'f"re is as much quartz within
 .3..t d.>'ane. "f Nome as there .t. ~l~re else in Alasfa w. know 'hat there is still plenty of placer gold within easy reach of Nome
 What we want 10 do Is 10 let the man who Is looking for an investment know about these things There Is plenty of money In the United States tfat will not be hard to get if 1t f.. tone after in the right way. The wis, man is not going into any get-rich- qa!ck scheme and we do not want any man 10 be deceived about conditions iere. but we do want every man r. yhe United States who is thinking Of investing in Alaska because he has heard so much about the terri;roy on account of the nation wide promi- renee given 1t through the talk ir ,er gress ,o know that up here or, tlr Seward peninsula is q great big I..h country which is just one lap .l "aj If the railroad and IS therefore 'h- one best bet in the territory. That Tau wants to know now and he is sitting by 'he hreside or at the clup "r in the office at this very minute and ashirg he had someone tu put him wise tp the place in that Alaska that '- has beenl hearing so much abou, N ere he could get in on the ground acor in mining or business of real estate
 1 Who is going to let this man and iIs nam" is legion know all abou, i \, me?
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-28

hardship on people and industries in 1c way 70 blame for the delay
 II is very evid,at that some new method of doing business must be de-
 'anch Too much time is wasted and lco much important business is de. .v,d l,y lh. pr.s,n, unwieldly meht- ,ds
 Pusuess houses ,mplov experts to devise ways and means of faciltat- ing thu. carrying ,n uf their business. There i, a splendid field open for some clever organizer to reform the busi- '.ess methods of congress.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-28
Official Paper
NOME ALASKA. JAN. 2s. 1914.

Forty millions for railroads. Scve. millions for the road commission. For. t|-seven million dollars all of whici will practically be spent in Alaska Of course Alaska is large territory tu' forty millions of dollars is also { ] -ge amount and it is not all goina r. be spent in one place Some of tn, Iorty-seven millions of dollars will vent tally wander into the uttcrmost ;'Irts of the land for man is migrator. and he will collect his pile and nov on to ether ulaccs.
 It is pretty good grubstake tu Lc chucked into the territory of Al nska. Is forty-seven million good goi.l dollars of the United States. But it '7 only the beginning It is the orig i' l registration fee of the claim, that IS 'ii. For | is with the investment "f tl.is amt,n: that forty seven times folty stv"" inn.;Gn of dollars will be
 
 tory. It is just the very beginning ot the development of the land and. while 1t sounds like a large sum of money. Il is in comparison with what it vii cause to be produced the mcrest trifie.
 The forty millions appropriated fol the railroad will immediately attrac many thousands to the part of tn, territory where it Is to be spent Bu that is only the beginning Thousand will rush into the railroad construc. ton centers and there will be an oyer ficw of hundreds who will be throwr out of the vortex of the whiIlwin. and will land beyond the construc. ton camps. And they will not conn Gmpty handed. these people who vii pass by that sectoin of the countr, and seek farther afield for fortune There is money waiting at this min. ute to be invested in Alaska and
 
 and far sighted enough to keep ahead of the column that will push in in the wake of the railroad There are al. ways keen sighted men of affairs wh, can see farther into the future thar the farthest survey of the party run ing the first line.
 These men who will look little beyond the horizon of the ordinar, investor. who will keep ahead of tho push. are not going to stop at ths point whero the present railroad ter minus Is located. They are willing to go bit farther and perhaps waii bit longer in order to make better returns on their investment when tho time comes to cash in and declare dividends.
 Those are the people whose rep resentatives will be slipping into