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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
RAN INTO A CULVERT

A car driven by William Geiger and
containing Mrs. Geiger, their child,
and five neighboring children, struck
the concrete side guard of a culvert
two miles this side of Nalders last Fri
day. A rear wheel snapped off and
one side of the sedan body was torn
off Broken glass and the terrific jar
injured Mrs. Geiger and two of the
children quite badly and all were
bruised from the shaking up,
If the car had been going fast at the
time it struck there would doubtless
have been some fatalities. One won
ders how wide calvert crossings would
have to be to prevent this sort of
thing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
MUNICIPAL COURT

Herman MOlle sells, among other
things, "Short turn milk wagons at
kewaunee He must have imagined
himself in one of them when he turned
corner here in a motor car last week.
He was fined by long distance phone
81 and costs and remitted by tele-
graph.
John Joyce, driver of an express
wagon, failed, to hitch old Dobbin
when he went into a store and it being
supper time the critter wended his own
way Stableward Under an ancient or
dinance Joyce paid 81 and costs for
leaving the animal unhtched
Well, look who's here! A cop get
ting a dose of his own medicine. Bert
Kaufman charges Officer Shuflebot-
ham with having threatened to assault
him and menacng him with club.
The policeman pleaded mot guilty.
and gave bail. His trial was set for
today.
+. Butterfeld would not plead guilty
to charge of violating traffic rules
and his trial was set for yesterday.
Louise Fientje, of Two Rivers, had
her husband up in court charged with
"A serious offense against her two
daughters by former marriage.
Fientje pleaded not guilty and his trial
was set for Tuesday, this week.
The husband pleaded guilty to a
minor offense against his two step
daughters and pleaded not guilty to "A
serious felony involving the girl Is
years old.
The sordid mess grew nastier when
the authorities began investigating and
unearthed unspeakablc conditions. A
7-year-old son of the wife pleaded
guilty to a foul crime. lie will prob
ably not be sentenced until after the
step-father has had his hearing on the
more serious charge on July 28
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE

Mrs. Frank Stransky of Francis
Creek when crossing the street at Buff
falo and Eighth streets last Friday was
struck by an automobile and seriously
injured The car was driven by Louis
c. Mandelert of Chippewa Falls He
gave the unfortunate woman all the
aid he could and then reported to the
police The street was crowded with
circus crowds at the hour, shortly aft
er noon, when the accident occurred.
The latest reports are Mrs. Stransky
has a fighting chance for recovery, al
though she had a close call.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
WAR EXILE HOME

Miss Sophia Bressler arrived in the
city Saturday, having spent few
weeks with relatives at Milwaukee on
her way here from Germany.
Miss Bressler was visiting a sister at
Madgeburg when war was declared ana
was unable to leave the country. She
suffered all the hardShips one has read
of and some not recounted. Before
the armistice was signed in November,
1918, the people of her town were
down to one ration a week. She was
under air raid fire at Coblenz and went
through the Spartacan uprising. She
doesn't care to talk of her experiences
outside the family, but says she may
relate details after she gets rested up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
DEMOCRATS GATHER

The unterrifed Democracy of the
night last week and discussed county
candidates and chose delegates to the
state convention which met at Milwau-
kee yesterday. Candidates announced,
A, f. Schulze, county clerk, j, Zahorik,
for register of deeds. These are the
incumbents: Ed kellner will run again
for clerk of court. John Engelbrecht,
former sheriff, will run for the nomi-
nation for county treasurer, and
Treasurer Stretch will doubtless also
be in the field. f.. S. Schmitz, j. j.
Healy and Harry +. Kelley are the
only available Democrats for district
attorney and it is expected that they
will agree among themselves on one to
stand for the office.
The delegates chosen to attend the
state meet were:
S w. Randolph, Fred W. Borchert,
Ed Kellner, A. H.. Schulze, A. j. Clark,
Chas Schmidt, c. W. Nelson, Thomas
McKeough, w. +. Brandt, Thos. Bren-
nan, George Reuther Paul GoSz, Chas.
Kurtz, Frank Tadych, Thos Walsh,
Martin Rappel, John Hynek, James
Carey, John Healy, NJ. II. Murphy, Jos.
eph Connel!, f. w. Mackey, Frank
Hoffman.
Alternates are: Frank BleSch, f..
Yindra, JOS Revolinski, Frank, Snug
gler, Harry Kelley, John Engelbrecht,
Fred PleusS, Thos. Doolan, j. NeSpor,
Chas. Raquet, James Barnes, f.. s.
Schmitz, Frank Waarum, Peter
Barta, Tim Keehan, John Chou
pek, Geo. Meisnest, Noel Nash, Joseph
Noboril, Anton Trochlell.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
BAD HAIL STORM

About midnight Saturday terrific
wind and hail storm broke on this sec
tion. Hail stones over an inch in da-
meter were reported. Not many pco-
pie could recall so violent hail storm
Windows were broken all over the city
and the greenhouses all reported heavy
losses in broken glass, two owners of
them reporting about 400 panes each
broken. The hailstones beat tattoo on
roofs like an army of hammers. Gar.
dens suffered heavily. Sunday morning
there was a carpet of leaves in many
places, being foliage torn off by hail
and six dead birds were counted in one
block. The storm seems to have been
more severe in, and near, the city than
elsewhere.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
PEA LOUISE SHOWS UP

The Gamers were congratulatlng
themselves that the absence of warm
weather had >kept the pea louise down
this year when behold the pest arrived
and began his depredations. A major
part of the pea crop had been canned
and regardless of the ravages of the
pest a bumper pack is assured. Agri-
cultural scientists have been working
on the pea louse problem for years but
no practical method for its extermina-
ton has been evolved. The Wisconsin
company had an estimate of 100000
cases here and 10000 for Sheboygan,
but they probably will not reach these
figures now.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

A car driven by ii. b. Stone of Wan
paca collided with car driven by Ed
ward Eberhardt of Two Rivers Sunday
afternoon, near Cato. The cars were
badly banged up and several persons
were hurt, but no one seriously.
A delivery truck of the o. Torrison
company was struck by car driven by
Edward Braunel at Ninth and York
streets Saturday afternoon, and the
truck got decidedly the worst Of the
encountering but neither driver was
hurt
There were number of other minor
collisions reported Sunday.
A boy named Gorycha, living in the
Seventh ward, was badly bruised by
running into the path of motor car
without warning.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
new ARMORY OPENED

The old courthouse south of the
county jail, altered for the purpose
was opened last night as an armory
for the new, local national guard com
pany
The building has been remodeled to
suit its new purposes and really makes
fine armory. The first floor is occu-
pied by Offices and clut rooms. These
have new, appropriate furnishings. On
the second floor are 1l0 lockers, a gun
room and five showers.
The entire third floor is a drill room
and is large enough for basketball. A
veranda will be built across the front
of the building and the entire exterior
decorated.
The company's new equipment has
been shipped. The company will send
full company to the state encamp-
ment at Camp Douglas, Aug. 10. The
new company has not yet been assigned
or named.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The council voted to accept the
awards the condemnation commission
ers have awarded for the lands wanted
for cemetery purposes The sum OF
S4O,550 was appropriated for the pur-
pose of paying the awards.
The city will probably make trial
of "Taryia X", heavy oil street sur
face material 1t makes a dustless sur
face that will compare favorably with
paving while it lasts. The experiment
will be made on the boulevard.
The city will lay water malT from
Twenty-sixth street to the city limits
and permit the Madison Seed company
to continue at its own expense to It's
greenhouse on condition that they let
any other consumer who desires to do
SO to connect with their main.
There was lot of talk about street
sprinkling due to the fact that the city
cannot get oil and cannot charge for
temporary water sprinkling on streets
on the oiling program. 1t was decided
to go ahead with water sprnkling till
the oil arrives.
An ordinance providing for the or
namental lighting on Eighth street was
introduced and laid over
The matter of the city hall building
committee rejecting bids for altera-
tions in the new city hall and proceed
ing to do the work by day work came
up. Thompson argued that the com
mittee had the authority to do this,
but after the city attorney ruled ad-
versely he introduced a resolution to
ratify the committees actions and it
was adopted to be safe.
There will probably be no division OF
the Third ward into two voting pre-
cincts this year. The pending reSolu-
tions cannot affect the changes sought
and the matter will come up later in a
different form. Wards must have 1000
population and cannot be divided into
two wards unless they have over 800
voters. Election dictricts can be di-
vided into precincts when they have
600 votes.
McMullen & PITT filed a claim for
S3,707.70 for repairing the water main
across the river broken by them in
driving piles for the pontoon bridge at
Ninth street. There is said to be a
chance for lawsuit here. The con-
tractors say they drove piles where the
city representative indicated and the
city denies this. rvs-
A resolution was referred and will
come up later permitting the Ship
building company to maintain its war
time gates at Sixteenth street and keep
the public off Center street which runs
through the shipyard.
The council voted, to 6, to buy th'
fire chassis asked by Fire Chief kratz
which will dispense with the last horses
in the department. The Socialists
voted mo"
The city attorney was asked to file a
written opinion on the power of the
city to compel the street car company
to sprinkle along its track.
The council was in session until ll.3O
O'Clock but did not transact any very
important business. lsselman was the
only absentee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the county clerk the
past week.
Arthur Thielen and Emily Ross, both
OF Manitowoc; Alfred Nineau OF Two
Rivers and Phoebe Newton OF Marin
ette; Carl Carstens and Della Radke,
both OF Manitowoc: George Loessl and
Ida Loos, both OF St. Nszianz; Martin
Niedzwiecki OF Manitowoc Town and
Katherine X. Nespoiohny Of Kossuth;
Hilary Rice and Dorothy Crocker, both
Of Two Rivers; Edward Colanchk and
Selin1e Brucker both OF Two Rivers;
Edward w. Jirikowic and Anna Leary,
both OF Manitowoc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

We have the most reliable assurance
that our railroad matters are now in
such shape, that within two weeks,
work will be commenced at this city
westward, and such force of men and
teams will be put at work, as to insure
the completion of the road from here
to Appleton, during the present year.
1t is expected that the Lake Shore road
will be graded as far as Port Washing
ton this week, $50 men now being at
work at the end. Even now, we imag-
inc we hear the whistle of the "con-
test"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
CIRCUS SMALL

The Walter Main circus that showed
here last Friday was a pretty small
affair, Those who knew the small
towns near by that it was billed in had
their suspicious confirmed by the
street parade. There was no reason for
sharp criticism. II was q regular cir
Gus of the old-faShioned kind without
any glorious Cleopatra on the Nile pa
geants or the like There were a lot
of good ordinary circus acts. Prices
of everything were bit stiff but there
need have been no cry of robbery"
except from those foolish enough to
expect a Ringling Brothers show in
about fifteen ears.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
FIRE AT BReY STORE

Early Tuesday morning there was a
bad fire in the warehouse in the rear
Of the Brey store at Eighth and Chi
cago streets A fire wall between the
Warehouse and store kept the fire con-
fined to the warehouse and prevented
a very much heavier loss.
The loss was estimated at over ST.
900, mostly to stock and is partly COW
cred by insurance.
The fire department only few doors
away reached the scene when flames
were bursting from the windows and
had fight of nearly two hours to get
the fire extinguished
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

laws Of the state or nation which yio-
late the constitutional rights of free
speech, free press and peaceabIe as
semblage; Point out specific instances
ana give the names of the men and
women who were uniustly punished for
exercising the right of free speech, free
press, and free aSsemblage. DO you
mean that Victor Berger was uniustly
convicted under the espionage law, or
that Eugene V. Debs was unjustly pun
ished under this lawg If so kindly
make yourself clear Did you vote 10
cXpel Victor Berger from the house of
representatives on two occasionsY If
so, why, Do you consider the espon-
age law unjust and unconstitutional as
"a violation of the freedom of press,
freedom Of speech and freedom of as
semblage; If you do have you made
any plan to secure its repeal: DO you
advocate the repeal Of all the laws Of
the state and nation against libel and
slander?
II you will kindly answer the ques-
tions asked in this inquiry and give us
your views more fully upon your plat
form as set forth in the advertisement,
YOU will be comforting favor on a
voter of your district who is greatly
interested in the welfare Of his coun-
try and the proper adjustment of all
social and economic questions.
L. L. FOX.
Ch ILL.,. NIin
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

Many farmers in this county have
commenced cutting winter wheat, bar
ley and rye, and those crops are re-
ported good. A few have commenced
haying, and report grass light. The
recent showers retarded harvesting
somewhat
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Lost on last Monday, July IL, Red
Ok, a little white under his belly, white
face, fine thin horns with nobs on
them; had bell on when he left. A
liberal reward will be given for his re-
turn to Frank Herman, Branch Mills,
Manitowoc county.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Miss Laura Seehafer and Walter
Brose were united in marriage Tues
day at the home of the brides parents.
Rev. Machmiller ofhciated. The Misses
Martha Brose and Esther Sampe and
MessrS. Arthur SchIci and Walter
Behnke were the attending couples.
Mr.. and Mrs, Brosc departed on a trip
in the southern part of the state and
upon their return will take up their
home here. Mr.. Brose is a son of Fred
Brose and is employed as a passenger
brakeman on the Northwestern line on
this division. His bride is a daughter
of julius Scehafer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

W. G. Lueps has organized some op-
position to the paving of South Eighth
street and there is a probability of an
injunction being served on the city. He
has employed some Milwaukee lawyers
to fight the case for him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Jerry Tommhey is said to be better
than the weather bureau in forecaSting
the weather. He has a way of his own
for doing these things.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Miss Florence Richter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs, Max Richter and Mr..
Biorn BELGIUM of Green Bay were mar
ricd at Chicago Monday.
The bride, who is graduate of the
local schools, has been engaged in
techng here where Mr. Belgium up to
two years ago was also employed.
Later Mr., Belgium accepted a position
at Green Bay and that city will be the
home of the young couple.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

j. G. Bahr, bridge tender, gives us
the number of vessels that have passed
through the bridge each month of the
first quarter: From April 20 to May
20, 1902; May 20 to June 20, 2O6; June
20 to July 20, l66; total for the quar-
ter ending July 20, 1870, AIS vessels.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

John Dushek of Gibson was killed
on Thursday evening while on his way
home from the city, He had purchased
a load of lumber which he was taking
home. When near the railroad track on
the town line road train passed and
his team became frightened. They
turned around suddenly and he was
thrown from the wagon. One of the
wheels passed over his head and crush
ed his skull
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Died, at Manitowoc, July l3, of
cholera morbus, Allan NJ, only son of
O. r. and Elizabeth S. Bacon, aged 7
years, 10 motnhs and days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

William Rahr is at work on a new
residence which will be in its internal
arrangements, the most convenient in
the city. He is looking for comfort
and not outside ornamentation and he
seems to have discovered how to Sc
cure it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Joseph Guidnger and Jeanie Helen
Foster were married at San Mateo,
Cal, on the lssh. inst .-..-..-.--
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Miss Violet Schwartz, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schwartz, and
Florian Schneider were married yester-
day at st. Boniface church. Rev. VIM.
j. Peil offciated. The attendants were
Misses Clara and Alice Schwartz and
Francis Seitz and Edward Schwartz.
After the ceremony the young couple
left on wedding trip and upon their
return will 90 to housekeeping on So.
Seventeenth street.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

The city of Mantowoc is laid out in
queer fashion There are very few
blocks which have alleys Now that
they are being built up soldly on street
fronts, the question arises what is to
he done in the case of fires breaking
out in one of these blocks? The city
council can now do nothing to remedy
this, but it can refuse to accept future
plating which does not provide for
alleys.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
MARRIED

The marriage of Miss Elsa Stock
meier and Fred Kanter took place at
the Lutheran church Tuesday, the Rev.
Machmiller officiating. A reception and
dinner was held at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Stockmeier, The young people will
make their home in this city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs John Schucttc were in
Chicago last week John was attend
ing a convention Of electricians and he
lost everything which was not buttoned
onto him. 1t is not safe to let him go
away from home alone.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22

The following is a list Of the names
of teachers employed in the First
Ward High school: Principal, c. f..
Patzer, Emily Richter, William SEEKER
d. Laughlin, Lora Clusen, Josephine
Burke, Frieda Krieger.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-01-03
THE EDGE BILL

The President has signed the Edge bill, which authorizes the creation of a corporation for the purpose of 6i- nancing American export trade. The bill was passed just before Congress recessed for the holidays. It provides for the Federal incorporation of one or more concerns to handle the com posite commercial and financial bus mess of the American export trade. The new corporation will not only be able to exercise ordinary banking functions but may advance cash to foreign purchasers of American ex- perts on such security as foreign man. ufacturing plants of suitable collat- eral. Every step of such transactions would be under the supervision of the Federal Reserve Board.
 It is rumored that, under the pro- visions of this act, a giant corpora tion, with a capital of hundreds of millions of dollars, will be organized for the purpose of bringing about a rehabilitation of Europe with the pro- ducts of American mines, factories, and mills. ,.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-01-03

hay, Arizona produced about 17,0OO tons of wild hay. -..
 Pasture-During the past season, range pastures were the best in years, due to the we'll distributed rains. The present outlook is for an abund- ance of spring food on the range.
 Cantaloupes-About 1900 cars were shipped from the State this year, compared with 1,173 cars in 1918; r. 314 cars in 1917; S65 cars in 1918; and 49O cars in 1915. Shipments were greatly curtailed this season by heavy rains at harvest time. For 1920, the acreage will be about 5000 as compared with 4,500 acres the past season, and 2,0O0 acres in 1918.
 Lettuce-About 125 acres were har- vested from the crop planted in the fall of 1916. From the present crop planted in October and November, 1919, it is estimated that about 500 acres will be harvested. About 50 per cent of the acreage was abandon ed this season, due to unfavorable weather conditions which prevented germination of seed; and damage from caterpillars from nearby cotton fields. r-''......-- ...-...-.......
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-01-03
REFUSED PAROLE
 BY PARDON BOARD

Recently a state wide effort was made to secure petitions and letters asking pardon or parole for Louis Victor Eytinge, who is serving life ' sentence in the penitentiary for a murder committed in the Salt River valley many years ago. Eytinge has served fourteen years and believed that he had expiated his crime, but the pardon board. thought otherwise. Eytinge was hunger and it is prob able that he is still suffering from the disease, although it is stated that he has become entirely we'll since his incarceration in the pen, where with a hot climate and regular living he was able to successfully combat the bugs. s
 From Eytinge's statement we take it that he does not deny that he kill ed his tubercular companion, but that he has suffered enough, as there have been men who committed more brutal murders than the one of which he stands convicted, who only dwelt in the dungeon keep for period of five years or less. He believes that should he be set at liberty he would become good member of society and that he is now in way to become self-supporting. The case pf Eytinge is peculiar, and it may be that he is guiltless, although the cir .umstances of the crime point to him ss the mur- derer.