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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
members of the County Board, accom-
panied by several prominent citizens
and business men of this city, pro-
ceeded to the depot of the A. & y. l..
railway, for the purpose of taking a
ride to the Branch, in acceptance of an
invitation of President Villas.
The locomotive with three cars at
tached was placed at the disposal of
the party, and the trip to the above
named village was quickly and pleas
antly made. The track is in good con
dition( the cars moving smoothly, and
entirely free from the iarring uneven
motion so often experienced on older
roads.
The bridge across the Branch river
is completed, and all were united in
pronouncing it model structure. The
cars passed over it for the first time,
yesterday, and the eXcursionists were
set down at the door of mine host,
Kunz, where sundry refreshments for
the inner man were partaken of. A
large force of men are at work at this
point, engaged in laying the track
westward.
On the return trip the train stopped
at the grounds of the Agricultural
society, and the party visited and in
spected the premises. Here speeches
were made by seeyral individuals, re
presenting the necessity for fostering
and assisting the association, and sub
scriptionS were taken by those inter
ested in the success of the enterprise
Mr.. Villas subscribing 500, Jacob
Grimm $50, and most of the gentle
men composing the County Board Civ
ing material encouragement
All the members of the Board eX-
pressed themselves pleased with the
condition of things on the road, and
with the manner in which the work is
progressing. On returning to this city,
cheers were given for President Villas
and the A. & n. l.. railway. The COM
pany then dispersed, grateful for the
courtesy extended to them, and conf
dent that the completion of our pro-
iected railway lines will greatly tend
to insure the future prosperity of our
whole county
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
UTILITY AUDIT REPORT

The report of the state accountants
who audited the books Of the two city
utilities has been fled It goes back
to the time the two utilities were
taken over, water in 1911 and cleo
tricity in 1912, and il is a yoluminous
and Illuminating document. The oft
repeated assertion that the operation
by the city has been u big success is
fully borne out. Some people would
not admit this until thorough audit
had been made by disinterested ex-
perts.
Ihc accumulated profits of the nine
years operation is S352,265. The cleo
tric department earned S204,52S Of
this and the water department Sl47,-
737. These profits have nearly all
gone back into the plants in retiring
purchase bonds and in enargements
and betterments. The bonded debt of
the plants now is; 'Water $4,000,
electricity S1l3,OOO
A depreciation reserve has been ac-
cumulated by regular charges amount
ing to SIS,l9262 for the water plant
and SS2, ,695,Ot for the electric plant.
The assets of the two utilities are:
Water S5ll, ,S36.5O, electricity Sf03,-
7Ol2l, joint cash Sl3,762.51.
The report says that the accounts
are in good shape and have been well
kept The showing is a source of sat
isfaction to citizens who by large ma
iorites decided to take over the plants
nearly a decade ago
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
ALLEGED F0RGER ARRESTED

Local police have for some time been
looking for Frank Brixius, a former
local resident They wanted him to
explain the circumstance of passing a
worthless check on A. II. Beck, pro-
pretor Of tire shop on jay street
here.
Their perplexity as to his where
abouls was dispelled this week when
they learned that the police at Milwau-
kee have him in custody charged with
putting out three Of his bogus papers
there. The three Milwaukee checks,
totaing $3.50, were drawn on the same
Marinette bank that the scrap of paper
he cashed here was drawn on. Brixius
achieved some newspaper notoriety
here a few years ago over some domes.
tic troubles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
MARRIAGE Licenses

The following marriage Licenses have
been issued by the county clerk the
last week.
VIM. T.. Donohue Of MantowGc and
Cathryn Anita Carey Of Berlin Wis,
Andrew Shlkousky Of Two Rivers and
Lucille Zello OF Glasgow Montana;
Lester Morris OF Mt, Olive, H., and
Anna Espen OF Francis Creek; Arthur
Luedtke and Emma Hardrath, both Of
Manitowoc; James Spetta and Hilda
Grimm, both Of Cato; George Alter
and Elsie Pasewalk, both OF Man.
itowoc; Arnold Tauschek OF Manitoyoc
and Rose Drewek OF Athens, Wis.
Walter Christensen aud Myrtle Berg,
both OF Valders; Edmund Myszewsky
OF Manltowoc and Florence Moscard-
Inc of Chiffon; Louis Kruger Of Rock
land and Freida Reinke OF Reedsvile.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
IN MUNICIPAL COURT

John Markward, Cooperstown far
mer, pleaded guilty last Friday to a
charge of making and selling moon
shine. He was sentenced to pay fine
of $3.50 or spend four months in Jail.
Markwards arrest is said to be due
to his being a competitor of Anton
Jana who was sentenced last week to
pay $3.50 and to spend 30 days in jail
also, for distilling and dispensing They
were operating in the same territory
Markward said in court that he had
understood from a newspaper account
two weeks ago that a person was per-
mitted to make a little stuff for his
own use, but it developed that he has
been Stilling since January and has too
great n respect for the potentialities OF
his own concoction to even taste it.
Deputy Sheriffs on Monday raided
the Frank Hallada farm in Gibson, but
he had loaned his still to neighbor
who had used it and loaned it to an
other neighbor, Anton Schuster, to
make up little supply while he was
not bug 1t is a sort of neighborhood
still that is never still.
Hallada admitted that he has been
stilling as necessity required or con
venence warranted since last December
and paid $3.50 and costs.
John Borelski had plainly got a
quantity of it somewhere. When
pressed he said he bought it at the
saloon of Mrs. Cole on the Lake Shore
road She denied it but the court be
lieyed John and assessed Mrs Cole
$3.50 or three months. She said she
would take the second alternative but
later raised the $3.50 Her husband re
Gently completed three months term
at Milwaukee, given in Federal court
for a like offense
Adolph Boretsky was fined $40 for
driving car when intoxicated. This
offense ought to be punished by year
at hard labor.
Tuesday morning the results of the
social calls made by the sheriff's de
partment on Monday were in court. A
still was taken at the Peter Peterson
home in the town of Rapids and an
other at the John Staudinger home at
Whitelaw
Peterson admitted making moon
shine and also admitted some sales. lie
paid $500 and costs.
George Zipperer, who was up for %
like offense in Federal court at Mil
waukee some time ago and there
e1xca OFF scausc Of largo family
to support pleaded guilty to making,
Transporting and selling whisky and
drew fine of $500 and costs. There
have been rumors that prohibition has
given him considerable competence,
Emil Hummer, who admitted help
ing Staudinger in his stilling opera
tions was put on a suspended sentence
He couldn't remember anything OF
value.
Staudinger's case was not disposed
of with the others.
Anton Wergn, who had pleaded
"not guilty" to a charge of selling
liouor came into court Tuesday
changed his plea to "guilty" and paid
800 and costs. Wergin said that he
had acted as a go-between in the trans
fer Of a single bottle of whiskey.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15

Reedsville is claiming the county
championship and with considerable
merit TO the claim. They performed
the feat last Sunday of winning both
games of a double header each by the
score of l2 to Z. The first game was
one of those burlesque affairs wlth
businessmen trying to appear spry ana
oa;e without much success. In the
game between the regular baseballerS
the Reedsville team demonstrated IT'S
class. Hogge pitched four innings ana
IaFortune the balance with Andrews
catching. Erickson, pitching for Val
ders was hurt base running and Catch
er Schuh had to do the twirling Tor the
rest of the game.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15

Joe Wilson, Manitowoc boy VINO
learned his first baseball on the SAND
lots in the Seventh ward is making
good in everyday league ball over II
Michigan, where he went two weeks
ago. Wilson fort is batting and
week ago he collected four hits IN ily'
fines M. He made two circuit drives
the first week over there, one of then
against Kalamazoo with the score tleo
in the ninth. He is fielding well and il
he can learn a little more about bas'
running than he ever showed at nome
he may get into fast company as h'
surely can rap the pellet
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15

Manitowoc tied Juneau for the
Shore league lead by defeating She.
boygan here Sunday, 5 to 4, Leopold
double in the eighth drove in the win
ming run.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
BASE BALL
SUNDAYS RESULTS.

SUNDAYS RESULTS.
Juneau 10, Red Sox 90 inningS)
Red Sox 8, Cuban Stars e.
Manitowoc 5, Sheboygan 4.
Green Bay 7, Two Rivers o.
rrTIIN Gu,N NnJNGG
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15

We notice that ]. f.. Plat is moving
his immense stock of merchandise
from his old stand into the elegant new
brick block on the corner of York and
Ninth slFects9
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Mrs. Schumacher of Manitowoc
Rapids and Andrew Peterson were
married on Monday last


Rapids and Andrew Peterson were
married on Monday last.
There seems to be no let up to new
contracts for building in this city The
contract iur the elevator is big one.
That for putting in the new docks for
the Madison Seed company, isn't small,
and now Saak * Spindler are about
to build an addition to the store of the
Salak company
Hugo kIngholz Of this city died
yesterday after an illness of about a
year. He was "A man of powerful ply
siquc, but about a year ago his lungs
became affected He spent portion
of the year in Denver but without
benefit, and returned to his home in
this city. He leaves a wife and two
children.
The barns, granary and stable of
Michael Stauber of KosSuth were de
Stroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. All his farm produce, his ma
chinery and some of his horses were
destroyed, The cause of the fire is un-
known. But as "A threshing machine
was at work there during the day
there must he some connection between
it, and the fire.
DR. c. f. White and Miss Emma l..
Feehter, both of this city, were mar
red on Tuesday, Rev Gray officiating.
Oscar Alter has been appointed n
| visitor to the Wisconsin State Uniyer-
sity for the year ending June 30, 1897
A position of this kind is regarded as
quite an honor, 50 that Mr.. Alter is to
he congratulated
Capt. Arthur Dow now owns -four
vessels, the Jessie Martin, Actor, Rest
less, and Agnes lie will yet be the
owner of a steamboat line There is
not an idle spot on him, and he is
shrewd in business. Men like him are
bound TO succeed.
Labor day was observed in this city
only by the banks All the factories
were at work. There was not much
observance throughout the state
Laborers in Manitowoc think work
when il can be head, is more conducive
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15

The Royal League at its meeting
Tuesday night elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
ELECT OFFICERS

AT the annual meeting Monday night
the Catholic Order of Foresters elect
ed the following officers for the en-
suing year;
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15

The knights of Columbus elected
the following officers Tuesday night
for the coming year:
Chag G. SipupcI Cr,,I Iy,i,l,t
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Inactive State Officials Rob Schools

When the failure officials necessary for
Federal officials to liquor awbeakers the the
fines paid upon conviction This is taxpayers who
the salaries OF the officials The Legislature being
appropriate twenty million dollars fund This will
appropriated OF the pockets of aabng
Much the form would be paid school
fund state and county officials would booge instead
OF leaving this work be done by the Federal officials
Why should the pay salaries shefs
and then let the Federal take liquor
fines because the state officials fail to act? Why should the
maintain expensive enforcement machinery and then lose the
that should be brought into the treasury of the through
operation of this machinery?
AS long the Constitution of the United States prohibits the
liquor traffic voator of the law be the
maintains law and enforcement machinery Prohibition
will the Unreasonable benefits of enforced Prohibition
the penalties paid by voators If the
effective laws and if the officials
lax lazy the bound both
Prohibition and the penalties paid by lawbake The
and citizens knowing these facts will hesitate
and against inactive state officials.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Pussyfoot Johnson

article the Saturday Evening Post telling OF the
wonderful work OF Pssyoot Johnson England reprinted in the
section OF this number There things that the dry OF
should with Pusyfoo remarkable Pro-
hbtion One the fact that his work made possible
Without the of the
church people under the leadership the League Pufoo could
have Ingh-speane world
Prohibition Another report about Proibi-
make Pussyoot useful the Pro-
hbtion The foundation Pusyfoot the
cess If had been against
bton Pussyfoot ability and popularity combined could have
helped the Prohibition in England.
The Pussyfoo Iohnsons remarkable
England that the ds OF America support the
organization that through Prohibition
manufacture the facts which alone lead the OF the
world accept Prohibition
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Judge Lands

1t is likely that Judge Lands will have impeachment
proceedings by Congress The Attorney General has ruled that
there is no law against the holding jobs Federal Judge
In the hearing before the judiciary committee OF the House
charges made which the committee likely consider sui
hcien grounds for impeachment 1t is therefore unnecessary de
TEND Judge Lands and his Federal There
however points of interest with the
against Lands Some OF these discussed
account suggested that question
the would
would vote for him. This illustrates the Importance keeping
dry organization defend officials efforts OF the
them from Office Another interesting point the number
the docket Judge Lands
Clyne Congressman Wely that the $500
has not been brought that about thousand these liquor
opposition Lands is based the supposon that he
will not be able the his enough
strange that the should be in favor removing Lands The
whole nation knows how the vets feel about Lands They have
fear that he will be unable them justice and them
promptly They scared that he will give them
and to them quickly The willing
time for their be reached the Lands
Therefore the oppose Lands be because
to be tried quickly 1t is clear that they do Lands
them all Proof OF this found the that
"eiter being tried before liquor
Lands them In plea change
court does appear that they feared that he would be unable
to hear the for lack OF time
10 the situation the liquor
it. about twothrds OF the Lands
the drys willing have Lands them, while
favor OF anything that will keep them from facing Judge Lands
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
American Issue Distinguished Service Record
Public Officials Be Cited for Courageous, Faithful and
Efficient Law Enforcement Work

fight the Eighteenth Amendment requires great
hard work and loyal devotion to duty the OF
enforcement officials. Many Illinois officials making splendid
and order face OF extraordinary difficulties 1t
The honorable mention to
public commissioned by the to enforce
who particularly deserving of public approval for duty
we'll DONE
The readers of The Issue invited to send information rea
officials been making good in their
Has been commercially active
against boogge Has sheriff been particularly alert
aggressive courageous defending the people OF his county
against done his best to keep
your illegal liquor ers Has other official in
the national for Prohibition enforcement earned
the approval of his felow-citizens?
the picture of the official possible
and results achieved
going through of the most important periods OF
countrys history The establishment of Prohibition by self
governing OF law and order opposed
powerful organization of awbakers
formed In the lawyers representing the
popularity referred by the as the mondoar
defense History will whether the servants OF the people
the of the tmped whether the liquor forces
objective Prohibition in five 1t fitting
that the heroes the warfare for the defense the Constitution and
should be mention they deserve in the history of the
Prohibition APPEARS in The American Issue
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25

County supervisors are to great extent the foundation
effective enforcement work States attorneys do effective
work they handicapped by board There
which board quietly controlled by the liquor traffic
block Prohibition enforcement extent One
refuse appropriations for enforcement work The other
the OF only sympahzers the box from which uries
drawn. Without funds for the getting evidence and
prosecuting voator the fearless honest and able
the best results With uries packed adj
with voators will be convicted One trouble
with the dys that they fix their eyes Washington while the
quietly line supervisors at home In the
should that gets the county
who will help enforce the Prohibition law Before voting
supervisor find whether he will stand enforcement
whether he will quietly doubecoss the dr and strike against
the Constitution by helping the wet law-breakers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Are the Bootleggers Taxed?

The Chicago Herald and Examiner recently printed
showing citizen paying his while he watched group
liquor law voaors passing by with their profits big sacks
their backs The citizen complaining that these rich
breakers did pay while he compelled pay That
represented but prevalent idea The
breakers taxed During the first months under the Nosead
penalties reported for against
$2450036 During this period
penalties actually assessed against Prohibition vioatos
amounted approximately million dollars This only
the
reach them voaor everywhere who have been convicted by
local officials will be compelled pay penalty the Fed
Bootggers escaping
with places the local collectors
fault Ii the local officials will do their duty blind pgges
will be taxed OF existence.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Illinois Sherifs Say
Jails Losing Trade"
Prisoners Decrease in All Counties
Reporting Except -Four

The Chicago office OF the Associ-
ated Press recently sent question
naire to all Illinois sheriffs. The re-
plies received showed that with the
exception OF Cook and three other
counties jail populations have de-
creased. The county jails, since the
country went dry, have undergone the
most radical changes in their history.
Falling Off in Numbers Found
The numbers OF prisoners has fallen
off since Jan. |, 1917, TO remarkable
degree, it was found. Twelve sherffs
reported decreases i'll the numbers of
their charges. Three, including Cook
county. showed a remarkable in-
crease, while in one county the fig
ures of Jan. |. 1917, and Jan. /, 1921,
were identical Decreases outside OF
Chicago amounted to AS prisoners, a
decrease OF Is per cent. The increase
in Cook county. according to Sheriff
Charles W. Peters, was 149-from a
total OF 597 in 1ol7 to 74o in 1921. Il
25 per cent increase. Sheriff Peters
said one big factor in the increase
here was the difficulty of enforcing
Prohibition laws. DeKalb and Jas
per counties reported increases. while
Calhoun county reported a stationary
figure. But these figures were not
large There we're only five prison
ers in DeKalb county and three i'll
Jasper, with four in Calhoun, on New
Years day OF this year.
In his reply Sheriff Peters OF Cook
county explained that the number of
federal prisoners in Cook county has
almost doubled due to the increase OF
prosecutions under the National Pro-
hibition Act
According to this report the Chi
cago jails have not been emptied by
Prohibition. but it is step in the
right direction when the men from
behind the saloon bars are put behind
the jail bars, instead OF the victims OF
drink from the other side OF the liquor
bars.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Pennsylvania VETS
Fight For Saloons
Oppose Repeal of the High License
Law

In Pennsylvania the question OF
repeating the state liquor licensing
law came up before the Legislature
at this session. The Philadelphia
North American in commenting on
the situation says:
at is conceded by all liquor men
that no saloon can sell enough beer
Of an alcoholic strength permitted by
the Volstead Act, to pay the wages
of a bartender. Yet these same men
boast that the saloons, which con-
tinue to operate solely by reason of
the sanction of the Brooks law, are
making larger profits than ever be-
FORE"
The National Liberal Journal, OF
Pittsburgh, the official organ of the
liquor traffic recently printed the fol-
lowing appeal: LIQUOR DEAL
ERS, WARNING-Governor Sproul
has a program to repeal the Brooks
law. If Governor Sprouts program
is carried out, this will put you en-
tirely out of business. YOU BET
TER GET BUSY"
There seems to be some difference
Of opinion as to whether Prohibition
enforcement would be helped or him
dered by the repeal of the law. With
out entering into a consideration of
this question the readers of the Issue.
are invited to read carefully the fol-
lowing on this subject from the Feb
ruary number OF the Champion of
Fair Play. 1t is from an article
headed FROM PHILADELPHIA"
"The liquor interests are by no means
dead, and they have been secretly
planning for eventualities. With liq-
uor committees to come up on The
Hill occasionally for a night off and
to make it easy in game of draw
for a few. 1t looks like a silver lin
| ing to a dark cloud, and if somebody
don't kick over the pail of milk, it
looks as If the Brooks high license
law will not be monkeyed with this
session"
Then following some general COM
ments the article continues: 1T
surely looks good for the followers
of Personal Liberty-the pendulum
has started to swing back and we
predict that in year from now we
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25

will have light wines and good beer
on the schedule time we are running
today"
Particular attention is directed to
the reference to "a game of draw" i'll
the above article IRON the organ OF
the vets. Does it mean that the liq-
uor men will go up to the capitol
and lose money in game to members
whose votes are needed
Certainly, the liquor interests are
by no means dead