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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the county clerk the
last week.
Arthur Eichhorst Of Morrison, Brown
county and Alma Knuth OF Coopers-
town; Walter Maurer and Elsie Stock,
both OF Newton; Walter Schunck Of
Morrison, Brown county and Amanda
Becker OF Cooperstowu; Edwin Lehr-
man OF Two Creeks and Irene Gsuthier
OF Two Rivers; Charles Post of Mani
towoc and Regina Gates of Newton;
Anton Thor and Catherine Bollig, both
OF ManItowoc; Michael Lensmeyer OF
Kaukauna and Emily Zshork OF Man.
ltowoc; Edward Krshl OF Vslders and
Rose Glntner OF Reedsville; John A.
Schuette and Gertrude Auman, both
OF Manitowoc; Wm. Scheurell of Man
itowoc and Ervine Simono OF Two
Rivers; Ferdinand Grozelitz and Elda
Haese, both OF Reedsville; Frank Sauer
and Clara Shebests, both Of Franklin;
Otto Dux OF Nielsville. Wis, and
Amanda Bub OF Schleswig; hugo Ger
hsrz and Verona Heinzen, both Of
Manitowoc Rapids; Frank Zich and
Lillian Zolk, both OF Manitowoc; Wa l.
ter Maurer and Elsie Stock, both OF
Newton; Herman Hpldort and Lillian
Groth, both OF Manitowoc; Fred Damn
and Ida Raider, both of Eaton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
EVENING SCHOOL

The public evening schools opened
this week with an enrolment Of over
$50 students evidence of growing pub
lie appreciation of the opportunities
for expert, instruction in many prac-
tical lines
There is popular course on the gas
engine and automobile care and opera
tion in charge Of Mr. II. NJ. Jacklin of
Green Bay. He is an expert on inter
nal combustion engines and automo-
bles.
There is an interesting course on pat
ternmaking, and course in millinery
Fancy needlewOrk is another course
that will attract many. a series on
ciyics will attract the new women yot.
crs. There are other practical courses
The Work began Monday this week
and all classes will be held at the high
school building Monday and Thursday
evenings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
UTILITIES MUST PAY INTEREST

Auditors of the state railroad COM
mission have been auditing the ac-
counts of the two local municipality
owned utility plants, water and elec-
tricity They made the statement that
for the past two years the utility de
parment has not been paying to the
city taxes on the plants or interest on
the utility bonded debt, both of which
they say, the law requires the utilities
to pay.
The constitution of the state re-
quires that when municipal bonds are
issued a direct annual tax must he pro-
vided for to meet all principal and in
terest charges, but the law also pro
vides that the interest on the purchase
price of the utility plants shall be paid
from net earnings of the plants. The
bookkeeping involved in this double
provision for the interest on utility
bonded debt has bothered city clerks.
The commission says that the tax
provision for interest on the debt
is merely a guarantee for the payment
of this bond interest and that the in
terest should actually be paid from
utility earnings, where there are earn
ings. That evidently has not been done
here lately and the council will doubt
less make a claim against the utility
commission for two years taxes and
interest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
HEARING ON CAR FARE DISPUTE

The hearing before an examiner OF
the state railroad commission of the
dispute Mantowoc and Two Rivers on
one side and the street railway com
pany on the other respecting service
and fares was had in this city Monday.
The city attorneys of Manitowoc and
Two Rivers, f.. l.. Kelley and Fred
Dicke and T.. G. Nash for the company
were the attorneys.
Manitowoc demanded extension OF
the lines and both cities demanded bet
ter service and present rates of fare.
The company wants higher fares on
the city lines and denial of the petit
ton for better service. 1t also wants,
or it perhaps would be more exact to
say it asks for, permission to tear out
its tracks, wires and poles on the
Manitowoc city line and permanently
abandon its service there.
o. d. Cheverell, secretary of the
state commission presided,
General Manager Pulliam was the
company's only witness. He submitted
the case on figures showing that dur
ing the four years the company has
owned the line the losses have been
$4,000.
He offered to turn over the lines to
the two cities at any figure fixed by
the commission without fighting or
dickering.
Manitowoc put in evidence the great
growth of the city in the hospital
Riverview district which is totally
without car service. Alderman Drumm
also testified on this.
Two Rivers had eight witnesses who
use the interurban line daily to testify
to poor schedules, unheated cars and
other items of faulty service.
The company claims that the aver
age load per trip on the city lines is
eight passengers, giving a gross reye-
nue. of about half dollar and that it
costs $50 per day to operate a car.
The hearing lasted all day and the
matter was taken under adyisement,
One big problem would appear to be
to decide whether it is right that the
earnings from the interurban traffic, or
more correctly a smaller deficit there,
should work to keep up city service in
Manitowoc where operation is result
ing in big annual deficit That seems
to be the company's view, On the
other hand II would not appear to be
feasible or right to divide the line up
into small local units and attempt to
make each self supporting. 1t is in
evitable that different branches of such
service vary greatly in earnings and
the whole should be considered as a
unit with fares rated according to the
service rendered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
CITY SCHOOL BOARD AFFAIRS

AT the meeting of the board of edu-
cation Saturday, City Atty. T.. l.. Kel-
ley appeared by request and explained
the situation of the law in respect TO
issuing local school bonds. The schoo!
district comprises all the city of Mani
towoc and some outlying territory. The
district is under the statutes joint
school district bonds for which must
be authorized ut the annual meeting of
the electors. There is, of course, no
such annual meeting provided for for
districts made up as this one. 1t is the
general opinion that the people of the
city cannot vote to issue bonds legally
charging the taxpayers in the outlying
territory and there is no provision for
a Joint referendum. In this situation
it appears that no bonds can be issued
until the legislature meets in January.
Any bonds issued under the present
laws would probably not be market
able as investors would not take a
chance on their legality.
Mrs. Berg was appointed to va
cancy in the Garfield school and Miss
Florence Miller as assistant in the
kindergarten at the Cleveland school.
Miss Florine Schroeder was appoint
ed to clerical position in the Office Of
the city superintendent.
The superintendent will be allowed
$50 per month for ten months for his
use of an automobile in school bust
ness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Madison, Wis, oct. 12.-To formu-
late standard grades for American
cheese produced in Wisconsin, where
by the reputation Of this Badger prod
uct may be made more secure on the
world market, committee represent
ing all interests of the cheese industry
was appointed Monday by the Division
of Markets as follows;
Math Michels, Division Of Markets,
chairman.
George J. Weigle, Dairy and Food
commission;
Prof j. l.. Sammis, University of
Wisconsin.
j. 6. Moore, Wisconsin Dairy Pro
tective Association
A. L. Aderhold, Wisconsin Cheese
Producers Federation.
viii Pauly, Pauly < pauly Cheese
Company.
j. H. Wheeler, Plymouth, cheese
buyer.
A. L. Bruhn, Spring Green, cheese
maker.
]. A. Fuhfman, Brillion, cheese
maker.
The work of the committee, in draw
ing standards which will be sufficiently
definite to permit of their enforce
mcnt, is expected to require seyera
weeks
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ERROR IN INDEMNITY

A man docketed under the name of
Henry Ford at police headquarters on
charge of disorderly conduct was in
court last Friday morning. 1t seems
that Henry had in some manner sue
ceeded in evadng the strict provisions
of the Volstead act, an achievement
not entirely unprecedented in our law
abiding community, and not having
enough funds left after this financial
transaction to rent an apartment
wherein to repose his tired limbs, an
almost inevitable result at present
prices of "hooch," he conceived the
idea of taking a quiet snooze in dim
corner of hotel lobby. After two or
three hotel porters had, with force
strategically applied, demurred to
Henry's plans for the night kind
hearted policeman furnished him with
an automobile ride and lodging.
When the case of the state versus
Henry Ford was called there was a
flutter of excitement in court circles
to learn what the fiyyer king had
been up to now. Had he been ar
raigned by the sugar or shoe mag
mates for further reductions in the
price of self-propelling tin cans and
other necessaries? 1t soon developed
that although the frowSy defendant
was a Henry all right, he was not
Henry the Eighth, Henr% of Navarro,
nor Henry of Detroit, but one Henry
Thomas whose nome is the globe.
Five dollars and costs; total, SlO.3s,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

The teachers of Manitowoc county
have recently presented eX-Superin-
tendent j. w. Noboril handsome
reading lamp and wicker chair Mr..
Voboril expresses his appreciation in
the following letter;
10 the Teachers of ManitowOc
County: Your handsome gift came as
a complete surprise, To say that was
pleased and delighted does not nearly
express my appreciation, for the good
will and friendship expressed in your
gift makes il doubly valuable. ! thank
you sincerely j. W. NOBORll"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
DEFENSE LEAGUE SPEECH

William Forkell of New York adj
dressed a meeting at the Opera house
Tuesday evening. He appeaSed under
the auspices Of the Constitutional De
fense League and spoke on Power and
Perils Of America" lie is a good plat
form speaker. The talk was on the
line of the other Defense League
speakers who have. appeared here late
ly, the main point of it being an expos
use of the fallacies of Socialism and a
plea for undluted Americanism. He
made a profound impression and was
frequently upplauded,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
BIG FIRE AT TWO RIVERS

Inc big plant of the Wisconsin Bas-
ket company was completely destroyed
by fire last Thursday night and what
was once an immense plant was in a
few hours reduced to ashes.
The fire was discovered at about 10
O'Clock and an alarm was sent in at
once, but before the department ar
rived the flames had spread and the
building could not be saved The fire
department was delayed by The break
ing of part on the new fire truck
which happened as it was taken from
the fire station. 1t is thought that this
delay gave the flames a chance to
spread, but it is a question whether or
not the building could have been saved,
as it was very dry and there was a
large amount of dry veneer and other
materials where the flames started
When the chemical arrived the flames
had already spread to such extent that
they were beyond control
In only few minutes the big build
ing was a mass of flames and the fire
department with the aid of some Of
our best fire fighters, fought desper-
ately to save the plant of the Metal
Ware corporation and adjoining build
ings, The fire wall saved the. building
of the Metal Ware corporation which
stands directly in front of the plant
which was destroyed.
1t was a most terrible conhagration
and at time many buildings in the
neighborhOOd we're threatened with de
struction and household goods was
moved from some of the homes. At
first the water pressure was not sufii-
cient to furnish streams for the many
lines of hose, hut the big pumps at the
Hamilton and Eggers plants, which are
connected with the city mains, were
started up and the fire was fought with
greater effectiveness. Had ii not been
for this additional pressure, some of
the buildings that stood on the oppo-
site side of the block, would have been
destroyed
At the request of Mayor Currens,
Chief Kraft of Manitowoc brought
some of his apparatus here and his men
gave valuable assistance in keeping the
flames under control.
Sparks from The big fire fell all over
the northern part of the city and many
residents were kept busy pouring wa
ter on the roofs of their buildings, The
flames lighted the skies for many miles
and people from all parts of the county
came here in automobiles to witness
the fire
The origin of the fire is not known,
but it is thought that someone must
have dropped a lighted cigarette or
match on the ground near the factory,
as the fire started on the outside, near
| the tower.
The old building was erected in 1878
| by the Two Rivers Manufacturing
company to replace similar one that
had also been destroyed by fire. 1t was
being remodeled by the Wisconsin Bas-
ket company and was nearly ready for
operation, as all the machinery and
equipment needed had been installed.
A representative of an appraisal com
pany only recently placed the value of
the plant and equipment at 100000
and there was between $4,000 and SlO,-
600 worth OF materials and merchan-
disc in the building, The insurance car
ried on the entire loss was only $4,000.
Two Rivers Chronicle.
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OBITUARY

William Fehring, for many years a
farmer of the town of Kossuth but
since 1913 a resident of this city, died
at his home, Sl2 South Fourteenth
street, Saturday night after an illness
of a few days.
The deceased was born in Brooklyn,
n. Y, June 6, 1853 and came here with
his parents when two years .old. After
retiring from the farm in Kossuth, Mr..
Fehring entered the employ of the
Wisconsin Knitting Mills company, re-
naming there up to the time of his
death. He was married in 1879 to
Louisa Schuette of Kossuth. Mr.. Fehr-
ing is survived by his wife and four
children, Emil Fehring of Chicago,
Mrs. Evelyn OeStreich and Mrs. Olga
Rude of this city and Miss Olivia Fehr-
ing of Milwaukee
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

The ladies' Sociable of the st, James
church, which was to be held at the
residence of Mrs. Jos. w, Thombs, last
Thursday evening, was held at the
residence of Mrs Jones, corner York
and Ninth streets, caused by one of
the members of Mrs. Thombs' family
being taken suddenly i'll. 1t was a
great success, socially and financially,
and passed off with the utmost mirth,
unmarried bs any excess.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
"Cancern In Plants.

Extensive researches by plant pathol-
oglsts OF the agricultural department
on the developments of crown gals
upon plants show that these gals,
which are caused by a bacillus have
many points OF resemblance to human
cancer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
EDUCATIONAL.
(By LILLIAN L. CHLOUPEK)

The annual county school boarC
convention is being held today at thu
Orpheum. A. A, Thompson, state ru
raj school supervisor is here conduct
ing the meeting. The main subject o,
the convention will be upon county
uniformity of text books This sub
iect was taken up last year and it was
then decided to have a vote taken upor
the matter this year, A full account
of the convention will be given in mex
weeks educational column.
A community school fair was held at
Mishicot on Tuesday, Oct. IL, under
the auspices of the Boys and Girls
clubs of that vicinity. Five school dis.
tricts took part They were the Mshi.
cot school, the Saxonburg school, the
Jambo Greek school, the Kettle Range
school and the TiSch Mills school. Each
school had a separate exhibit and much
originality was shown in displaying the
sewing, canning, garden products, and
various school work. The large barn
belonging to the Central hotel was
used for live stock. The stalls were
decorated and creditable showing
was made of pigs, calves, chickens and
rabbits The first prize for the best
pig was received by Clara Skwor OF
the Mshicot High school. Prof. Cooper
of the State Agricultural college OF
Madison judged the live stock and
gave an instructive talk at the stock
barn in the afternoon concerning the
judging of calves, pigs and chickens
Prof. Cooper spoke in the evening on
the value of boys and girls ~ H.
clubs, which teach the training of the
head, heart, hand and health. DR.. Car
ter Alexander, first assistant to State
Supt. Cary, of Madison, gave an adj
dress upon the value of time and edu-
cation to boys and girls. The High
School orchestra rendered several mum
hers and the Girls seXtette entertained
the audience with several club songs
one of which was written especially in
honor of Prof. Cooper, Mishcot has
every reason to be proud of the musi-
cal accomplishments of its High School
pupils.
The fair was a great success, even
though all of the schools of the town
did not take part. The audience filled
the hall to its capacity. Ernest wills
man, president of the Boys and Girls
clubs read the names of the boys and
girls who earned achievement pins in
club work for the past year, and at the
end of the evening, Prof. Cooper
awarded the ribbons which were re
ceived by the various schools for their
exhibits. These were marked on fouI
main points: (D Quality, (2) Guam
tity, (3) Educational Features, d
Attractiveness. Mishicot was awarded
the place of grand championship. OF
the four district schools, Saxonburp
received first and Jambo Creek\sccond
place.
The value of boys and girls club
work can hardly he estimated. Over
and over the writer heard fathers and
mothers express their pleasure in the
work of their girls and boys along this
line. The fair was an inspiration to
every person who was present, an
Prin. Messenger deserves great credit
for his untiring efforts in directing
this work.
The fair was attended by the facslty
and entire student body of the Manito-
woe County Training school as well as
by the county superintendent and the
supervising teachers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Mr. f.. NJ. Platt of this city and Miss
Aida X. Livingston of Centralia were
married at the latter place Oct. l6.
Mr. Platt is one of the best products
of the city of MantOwoc. He has force
of character, industry and business
ability. Though yet young man there
is no person in the city whose counsel
in business or public affairs is better
than his In addition he is Il royal
good fellow, without spark of hy-
pocrisy or deception in him.
His bride will be cordially welcomed
to ManitOwoc, where pleasant home
awaits her
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Fred Schuette has purchased the
yacht Phantom, which was owned by a
Chicago man. This yacht has quite a
record as fast. sailer. She is quite
roomy and is the nobbieSt thing owned
in the city, When the yachting season
opens next year, Manitowoc will be in
n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

County NominatiOnS.-For senator
Carl II. Schmidt; for assembly, Isl
district, Henry Kolway; 2nd district
Michael Fitzgerald; Bird district, JOS
eph Rankin. For sheriff, A. Witten-
berg. For treasurer, John c. Eggers
For clerk of the board, Joseph W
Thombs. For register of deeds, John
Franz. For district attorney, Il. b.
Treat For county surveyor, l.. A.
Heinneman. For coroner, +. Simon.
Second Assembly District Conyen-
tion-At convention of the Democ-
racy of the second assembly district
held at the hotel of Mr.. Kuehn, in said
district, on Saturday, the sth inst, X.
Donovan was chosen chairman and b.
5. LOrigan secretary
On motion the chair appointed the
following committee on credentials: j.
Halloran, NJ. Murphy, p. Hewitt.
On motion the convention proceeded
to a formal ballot for member of as
sembly with the following result; NJ.
Fitzgerald received s votes, and VIM.
Eatough received votes.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was then declared the
nominee of the convention.
The chair appointed the following
district committee: NJ. Murphy, b.
Lorigan, NJ. Mcnamara.
Dn motion, convention adjourned
sine die.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

"a king NesAan, formerly of Cato, and
Miss Minnie Miller of ShawanO were
married Wednesday of last week. Mr..
Weeman has charge of the telegraph
Office at Shawano.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Mrs. Margaret Rand, widow of G. S,
Rand, Mantow0c's pioneer shipbuld-
er, died at the home of her sister, Mrs,
A. j. Packard, North Eighth street,
yesterday morning. Mrs, Rand had
been confined to her bed for three
months and had been ailing for a long
time. Mrs, Rand was born at RoChes-
ter, n. Y, Sept. %, lS43 She was
married in this city to Greenleaf S.
Rand in 1860 and has made her home
here ever since.
Mrs. Rand is survived by three Sis
terS, Mrs. Alphonse Fevrear of St.
Louis, Mrs. Herman Mann of Roches-
ter, n. Y, and Mrs. Packard of this
city The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Quite a disastrous accident occurred
at the test Of the new iron bridge near
Hines Mills on Friday last. The sup
eryisOrs were present, and GundersOn,
who owns a traction engine weighing
six tons was requested to have it on
hand, A hay press and separator max
ing about six tons more were drawn
across the bridge. Not satisfied with
this test the spectators to the number
of forty were invited to stand on the
bridge. Mr.. Ramsay blames himself
for this as il was on his invitation they
took their place on the bridge. The
separator, hay press and people re-
mained on the bridge while the engine
rushed back and forth with all the
speed il could make. The bridge did
not appear to sway bit under this
test and makes nexplicable what fol-
lowed. When the engine hitched on
to the hay press il proceeded up the
hill. When midway on the hill the
coupling broke and-4aown rushed the
hay press on to the bridge crowded
with people When it reached the
bridge, it-stopped and only broke a
nywheel which can be restored for Sl2,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Married, at the city of Manitowoc,
on Oct. II, 1895, by John O'Hara, JUS
tce of the peace, Mr.. Henry Neumann
of the city of Sheboygan and Miss
Annie Woellert of the city of Mani
tOwOc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Supt. A. W. Dassler will hold a
series of school meetings in different
parts of the county. Meetings will be
held at Newtonburg, Osman, st. Ma
zianz, ReedSyilIe, Branch, MShicot,
Larrabee, and kellnersvlle.
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sine die

Died in this city, on last Tuesday,
Carl Joseph, the only child of Maths
and Hannah Kettenhofren, aged II
months.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Mrs. George Barthelme of this city
died at Maple Crest sanitarium Mon
day evening after a lingering illness of
several years, and after having been
cared for at the sanitarium since last
March. The deceased was born at
Iron Mountain, Mich, Feb. 27, 1898,
and was married there six years ago to
George Barthelme, who survives her.
Her remains were taken to Iron Noun
tain Off burial
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Villas, Mr.. and
Mrs. sGeorge Patchen, Miss Platt and
Mr.. Clark were in Centralla yesterday
to be present at the marriage of T.. M,
Platt.