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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-11
ARMY STORE CLOSED

Two women from out of town re-
Gently opened up an "army store" at
Washington and Fourteenth streets
and were doing a rushing business in
clothing and other things purchased
from the government which had mil
lions of dollars invested in supplies
which it could not use because of the
unexpected sudden ending of the war
two years ago.
Last Saturday the store was closed
because an ordinance of the city cxacts
fee of $50 per day from transient
merchants. They must pay the fee or
give a bond that they will remain here
indefinitely. One year was the usual
term of the bond The courts have held
that the fee cannot he so high as to
be prohibitiye but it acts that way as
the merchant cannot usually stay and
fight it out in the courts
This week the proprietors leased the
building for a year and gave a bond to
remain in business here that long and
they were thereupon permitted to con
tinue in business
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ARMISTICE DAY

Today is Armistce day. Two years
ago the country was in a frenzy of JOY
over the cessation of hostilities in
Europe There has been considerable
pressure to make it a holiday and a
half holiday has been proclaimed at
many places. Mayor Schroeder is
quoted as saying that he would not
make any proclamation as business
men of the city did not want holiday
of it here, although the ex-service men
had asked for afternoon observance.
The City Federation of Women's
clubs has some doings in honor of the
occasion at the Presbyterian church to-
day. Theer will be a patriotic address
by Mrs. O. d. Kinsman of Appleton, a
musical program and reception for
the ex-Service men. The city teachers
are also invited to get together and get
acquainted.
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RED CROSS ROLL CALL

The Fourth Annual Roll Call of the
American Red Cross begins on Arms-
ticc day, Nov. IL, to continue to Nov.
20. There is no greater cause in the
world today than that Of the American
Red Cross, and the Roll Call this year
will be test of our loyalty and palrio-
tism. The world has learned to look
to the American Red Cross in all cmcr-
gcncies, in tempest and food, earth
quake and fire, accident and calamity,
and it stands ready to go and minister
to all in the name Of humanity, and
mercy. TO further this noble cause il
becomes the duty of every one who Is
proud of being an American to do
their share in service and giving You
know the old saying, "a chain Is only
as strong as its weakest link" Mani
towoc Chapter must not weaken that
chain, nor shorten it, but must give its
active and financial support to the
limit, we must make the chain longer
and stronger. The American Red Cross
can be of the largest service only when
It has back Of it as members, the great
est number possible Of the citizens of
| every community. "Once a Red Cross
Member, Alks Member" plead
with every citizen of Manitowoc county
70 do their share, and subscribe at once
to the Fourth Roll Call Annual mem
bcrship, Sl.00, Contributing member
ship, $500. Sustaining membership,
$1,000. Subscriptions may be had al
all the drug stores in the city, at Red
Cross headquarters, and at the Ameri.
can Express Office
FRANCIS T.. KEICHER.
chairman Fourth Roll Call A. r. q
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OBITUARY

The Pilot last week contained brief
note of the death of Charles f. Spind-
Ter, news of which came as we were
going to press, Mr.. Spindler had been
in his usual good health up to Tues
day of last week when he suffered an
attack of faintness while at the Elks'
club He appeared to be recovering
Wednesday and was up and around the
house. Wednesday night without warn
ing he collapsed and passed away
peacefully.
Mr. Spindler was born at Eisenberg,
Germany, June %, lS41, and came to
America with his parents at the age of
eight. The family came west and to
Manitowoc county in 1855, settling in
the town of Newton. When a young
man, Mr.. Spindler farmed in Illinois
and work as trainman on the Illinois
Central He enlisted in the First Hi
nois cavalry in July, 1861 and was
taken a prisoner at the battle of Lex
ington after being under fire continu-
ally for fifty-two hours. After some
experience as a prisoner of war he was
paroled and discharged from the serv-
ice. He became an expert machinist
after the war and worked on locOmo-
tive works, but finally went into the
cmploye of type factory at Chicago,
which gradually evolved into the great
type works of Barnhart Brothers &
Spindlcr and here he laid the founda-
tion of his fortune. He has been in
semi-retirement for twenty-five years
but has been on the directorate of
many corporations in which he was in
terested Mr. Spindlcr was considered
for many years to be Manitowoc's
wealthiest citizen and was at his death
probably among the leading half-dozen
in that respect
He is survived by three children, all
residents of this city: Mrs. John c.
Johnson, Edwin c. and Walter f., and
also two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Arnold
of this city and Mrs. Glenn Olson of
Seattle
Although far removed from the ira
ditional good fellow" type Mr. Spind-
Ter was very popular among his asso-
ciates. He was frcquenter of the
Elks' club and no one there was more
generally liked and respected lie was
the soul of his little slsat circle at the
club.
His attanments in the business world
estify to his industry and acmen.
The funeral was held Saturday aft
ernoon with the ceremonies in charge
of the Elks' lodge. The lodge chaplain,
Rev f. p. Keicher and other officers
ohiciated and the members turned out
in a body. Interment was in Ever
green cemetery.
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REAL ESTATE REPORT

List of real estate transfers of Mani
towoc county for week ending Nov. 6,
furnished by Manitowoc County ABB
stract company:
Globe Realty Sales Co. to Victoria
Twardoski, lots in Gardendalc ADD
Two Rivers Consideration, 81; reyc-
nue. stamps, so cents.
Thomas IL. Meany to George Barn
ard, parcel of land in section 2, town
of Rockland. Consideration, 81; reyc-
nue. stamps, 81.
George Bertler to William c,
Schwantes, part of lot 3, Brinkman's
Add, Manitowoc. Consideration, 81;
revenue stamps, 80 cents
Irving j. Kumbalek to Joseph Pei
SAX, west p lot IL, block &C, Two Riy-
ers. Consideration, $4,000.
William Rusbcl to Herman Lorcna,
l2O acres in town of Schleswig Con
sideration, 81; revenue stamps, S..
Edward Schnorr to Edward Bahr,
lot 8, block /, Leitritz Subd., Manito-
woe. Consideration, 81 revenue stamps
50 cents.
Gloe Bros. TO Norman LeClair, part
lot 6, block IL, Two Rivers Consider
alton, 81; revenue stamps, 80 cents.
Gloc Bros. to Emil Kocian, part lot
T. block IA, Two Rivers Considcra-
tion, 81; revenue stamps, 80 cents.
Minnie Torrison to Fred Vettcr Jr,
land in section 4, town of Liberty
Consideration, $4,000.
X. X, Robley to Kari Thon, lot ID
block 3, village of Clark's Mills Con
sideration, 500.
Mrs. Mary Watt ct al to Edward A
Lorrgan, 3 acres in section 10, towr
of Franklin Consideration, 81 500.
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WINS EAGLES PRIZE

George Lambres, who secured
new members for the local
acrie of Eagles was awarded the prize
in the membership contest. He received
a fine prize from the acrie and gold
button put up as a special prize by
Dr. ottoman Becker of Milwaukee,
Other prize winners were Louis Bru-
ebert, Joseph Tcteak, Ole johnson,
Henry Thielen, Judge Schmidt and
William II. Schmidt
Nineteen new members were initiat-
ed last Thursday evening and the de
gree work was followed by n smoker
and an entertainment in which the
vaudeville actors from the Orphcum
lent their aid
The Manitowoc aeric has passed its
goal of 1900 members.
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TELLS OF EUROPEAN MISERY

Mrs Mary Kolar returned this week
from six months trip to her old
home in Austria. She visited in Aus
tra, Bohemia and Jugo-Slavia and EN-
route visited Switzerland, France, Ger
many and Holland.
She tells the now familiar story Of
people living in states of unbelievable
misery and destitution, of people going
about gaunt, half clothed and fighting
in the cutters for pieces of garbage.
She says that in normal times the con-
ditions now prevailing even in Holland
where there is opulence compared to
Austria, would excite pity She brought
from Vienna a sister who joined two
sons at Chicago.
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TWENIY.FlVE YEARS AGO

3. S. Lorigan died at his home in
Franklin on Thursday, oct. 81, at the
age of H. lie was born in Limerick,
ireland, in 1924 and came to his coun-
try with his wife in 1851. lie re
maincd for a year in New York and
then came to Manitowoc where he en-
tered the service of Platt & Villas.
Later he purchased a farm in Franklin
which is today one Of the finest in The
county
When the county board consisted Of
three commissioners Mr. Lorigan was
one Of them and served for some years.
lie was a member of the legiq. ,ture in
1s7i-7J, during the celebrated scna-
torial contest in which Cameron de
fcalcd The gifted Matt Carpenter. Mr..
Iorigan was one of the democrats who
boldly deGcd the bchcsts of the caucus
and cast his vote for Matt Carpenter.
His action was approved by his con
stitucnls He was also the democratic
nominee for sheriff, but was defeated
Mr.. Lorigan was a man Of large ma
tive ability, shrcwd, and farsecing. Ills
was q strong personality which would
have made itself felt in any commun-
itv. lie was kind-hcartcd, withal, and
generous to a fault Until age made
him seek more quiet life he was ac
tive in almost every public enterprise
The funeral was held on Saturday
Services we're conducted by his broth
er, Rev. j.. p. Lorgan Of T.anccx, will
Rev. w. Kramer Of Recdsvillc as dea
con, Father Kobat as subdeacon anC
the pastor, r. I. }. Ryan as master o.
ceremonies.
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STREET WOULDN'T BEHAVE

James Panosh of Mishicot and H.
Parsons of Sheboygan had been at a
wedding Tuesday. They were not in
the degree of exultaton of spirits that
Harry LADDERS friend, Jack McGraw.
was, who knew he had "iust came frae
a wedding or a christening, a funeral
or something of the kind" They knew
they had been at a wedding. Mr.. Pan
osh essayed the task of plotting the car
while his friend knew no better than
to let him assume that responsibility.
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TELLS OF RED CROSS WORK

Milwaukee papers this week carried
long accounts Of the recent career of
Ella McGoyern, former Manitowoc
girl, who has been in Europe in Red
Cross work over three years, the last
year of it in Albania, and who has just
returned. She gives an interesting ac-
count of the work of mercy of the
American Red Cross in the stricken
countries and draws a pitiful picture
of conditions in Albania She tells OF
people living on grasses for long per-
iods without means of cooking it, Of
nearly all children under four years of
age perishng and like narrowing facts.
Miss McGovern has been a graduate
nurse for years.
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MORE JOY RIDER TREFTS

The Kunz Motorcycle shop on Buff
falo street was entered Monday night
and the safe cleaned out. Only a small
amount of cash was secured The
same night the garage of the NJ. & NJ.
Printing Works was broken into and
the car of George McFarlanc, an Odds
mobile, was stolen. The car was found
Tuesday morning abandoned at Frank
lin and Twenty-sixth streets.
Tuesday afternoon Arthur LeClair,
a Is year old boy, was taken into Gus
tody and is said to have confessed that
he did both jobs all alone
Wednesday the lad was committed
by Judge Chloupek to the Northern
Hospital for the Insane at Winnebago
for treatment His family has been
utterly unable to control him and he
appeared to be irresponsible, but the
physicians thought skilled treatment
may bring the boy around to "nor-
malcy."
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CITY SCHOOL MATTERS

The board of education at its meet
ing last week appointed committee
to attend to the matter of securing the
legislation necessary to permit school
bonds to be issued here for the pro-
posed new high school building.
Because of increased enrolment at
the Garfield school it was necessary to
increase the staff and the board ap-
pointed r.. Y. Ihlenfeldt for seventh
and eighth grade work and Miss Alice
Burke for departmental work.
The resignation Of Rose Seitz, sixth
grade teacher at the Lincoln school,
was accepted.
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Marriage Licenses
ITO be continued

The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the county clerk the
last week
Alois Kominski and Frances Kor.
laske, both of Manitowoc; Arthur
Busse and Adelaide Streehert, both OF
Eaion; Walter Ninmer of Schleswig
and Lydia Oemichen OF Kiel; Charles
Behnke and Margaret Boldt. both of
Brlllion; Ed. ]. Fricke Jr. OF Manito.
voc and Rose Allie OF Two Rivers;
Edward Koch OF Two Rivers and Viola
Strodhoil OF Mlshicot; Weneel Frish OF
Franklin and Mary Bouda of Manito-
voc; Elmer Vallesky of Collins and Ida
Rnppenthat of Hilbert
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DOINGS OF THE COUNTY BOARD

The board met Tuesday afternoon
and was called to order by Chairman
Fredrick.
The credentials of John Allie as
supervisor from the First ward of Two
Rivers were read and accepted, Mr.
Allie was appointed in place of his
brother, Eugene, who died recently
The only matter that came up before
adjournment was the opening of bids
from banks for the deposit of county
funds. There were five bids, the three
banks and the new State bank
of this city which will soon be
ready for business, and the bank
at Francis Creek The bids from
the city banks were all alike, 3
per cent, and the Francis Creek bank
bid 3H per cent. The bids were re
ferred to the finance committee.
The board met Wednesday morning
pursuant to adjournment.
A communication from c. p Cary,
state superintendent of schools, urging
the board to increase the salary of the
county superintendent of schools, was
read and on motion referred to the
committee on finance. Mr. Cary said
that the salaries of superintendent
were inadequate in comparison with
salaries of city superintendents, and
that the business of county school edu-
cation was too vital to be treated as
lightly as some county boards were apt
to do
He said that a salary of $4,000 a
year for county superintendent was
not too much, considering the position,
the responsibilities involved and the
general veal of the community.
Manitowoc county pays its superin-
tendent of schools Sl25 a month, which
in the opinion of Supt Cary is too lit
tie.
Supt. Cary said that a salary of
$1,000 per annum for a county super
intendent was wholly inadequate and
that the board must remedy the situa-
ton if it expected to receive state aid.
Reports of the register of deeds,
county judge, clerk of circuit court
and municipal court were read and re-
ferred to the committee on finances.
The report of the Manitowoc County
Fair association was read and showed
profit of S6,2O1.s2 This is a net
gain of $4,000 or double the profits of
last year, which wer, a little over So
900.
The association now has a cash bal
ance on hand of $S,3OS.4S after an ex-
penditure of about $4,000 for improve
mentson fences, roofs and other re-
pairs.
The total receipts for the 1920 fair
were Sl9,0137S. From this sum the
improvements were made and a deduc-
tion of S2,45O.7S Of the balance at the
beginning OF the year; $4,000 appro-
priated by the county; refund of 81
422 to the county for 1919, leaving a
total of SI2,81196. The committees
report was adopted.
Frank Muth handed in his resigna-
tion as highway commissioners The
election of his successor was made a
special order for next Tuesday after
noon There are four candidates in the
field. for the job, namely, JOS. Connen,
Tom Brennan, Emil Schroeder and a
Mr.. Toebe from Two Rivers.
The board adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.
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ANOTHER DAY is COMING

Well, we have been defeated but our
defeat is no disgrace, because we
fought honorably for a just cause We
are down but by no means out, and be-
fore the next presidential election the
Republicans will realize ii.
Let's begin now to get together and
organize our forces and next election
ride triumphantly to victory.
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ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

The Struggle in Europe.-The dogs
Of war let loose are bowling stin de-
spite the friendly efforts to effect ces-
salon Of hostilities The dispatches Of
today inform us that the armistice, on
which were hung SO many hopes, has
fallen through and with it the last hope
of present peace. So the war will be
carried forward to its bitter ends or
until the fun demands of Prussia are
allowed The struggle of France de-
ceived and umadcd against united Ger
many cannot but have a doubtful end
ing. It's best armies are surrendered
it's most brilliant officers are prison
ers, and not even the most frantic eff
forts of despair will avail to do more
than protract the struggle
1t has been with a little surprise that
we have seen this war begun without
reasonable proyocation, continued to
it's present limits without such inter
ference by the great powers as would
have resulted in peace But a glance
at the present aspect Of affairs gives
us clue to the reasons which have in
duccd Russia to mtaintain such CON
tinucd silence, leaving it alone to Eng
land to intcrccde. 1t has long been the
cherished policy of the Russian court
to extend it's borders at the expense of
the Ottoman Empire, and the sick man
of Turkey would long ago have fallen
the victim to Russian avarice had it
not been for the protection afforded
him by the united England and France
1t was to defend him from Russian
cncroachment that the Crimean war
was fought.
That war settled the question for a
time and gave the Sultan another lease
of life. But the Russian Gear, though
baked, was not defeated nor changed
in his desires. For a dozen years he
waited, ready at any instant to spring
upon his victim whenever a favorable
opportunity offered. Such an oppor-
luniDy could hardly occur so long as
the neutral protectors of Turkey, Eng
land and France, retained their pris-
tine power. We can imagine, there
fore that il has been with feelings Of
unqualified satisfaction that Russia has
seen the French empire oycrthrown
and its armies destroyed. We can also
assume with a considerable degree of
reason that the end is not yet, and
that many months will, not iEefsEe
the eyes of the world will be turned
on Turkey as they now are Upon
France. That the Ottoman court un-
dcrslands and fears this we are well
assured, and late adyiccs from Con
stantnopIc represent great alarm and
excitement prevails among all classes.
Itwould not be at all surprising if a
secret treaty had been concluded be
tween Prussia and Russia whereby the
former was to be protected in her de
signs against France, and the latter
was to be allowed to proceed without
molestation in her designs against Tur-
key Should his prove true the fate
Of the MusscImm is sealed, for Aus
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NUMBER 20


led life of genuine kindness and con-
sideration for all whom he honored
with his intimacy. None of
his peculiarities arose from mean or
false qualities. All his eccen-
tricities were excesses of strength. A
high integrity peryaded his whole char
acter."
There is an incident in Judge Slows
life of which little is said, which is
nevertheless of interest. 1t is men
toned in Berryman's history, and JUS
tice Wnslow also alludes to it. 1t is
a notorious fact that many men who
came to the frontier either in govern
ment employ or impelled by love of
adventure formed irregular connec-
tions with the Indian women.
The case of Gen. Sibley, United
States army, who married a Chippewa
woman, and thereafter lived with her
on the frontier till he died; kept there
at his own request, is one of many.
lhere were evidences OF strong infus-
ION OIL Ihu'an blood IN many OF the
I'rSt to'n'l'e' oil the early day III Wis
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temporary in character and broken off
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At the Orpheum Treater on Tuesday
and Wednesday, Nov. 1917
Admission 10 cents including war tax
Seats reserved at c. A. Grofman's.
You can't afford to miss this concert.
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Married, on Thursday, Oct 81, IN
the city Of Manitowoe by Rev. Father
Pcil, Mr.. G A. Drumm Of this city and
Miss Katie Smell OF Liberty.