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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
CATCH YOUTHFUL BURGLARS

Working quietly but effectively the
police uncovered the nest of young
burglars and thieves who have com
mitted many depredations in the city
the past year, and at the right minute
rounded up the gang. A young man
named Lawrence O'Donnell, alleged to
be the leader of the gang decamped
Just in time to escape the round up
early last week. The police, however,
found his trail and traced him to Mar
inette and thence to Milwaukee, where
he was arrested and brought back here
Monday Early this week the police
had six of the young men under ar
rest aGd were sure that two or three
more were implicated Some of those
in custody have police records and
some of them are said to have con-
fessed to their part and told the whole
story.
O'Donnell is a married man. His
wife lately instituted divorce proceed
ings against him. He admitted that he
has not been engaged in honest en-
ployment since last August The police
having a suspicion that he was in on
the series of sugar thefts last summer
had kept an eye on him after the "epi-
demic" of burglaries came this winter.
The gang has made a specially of
raiding Easements and cellars where
they had reason to believe wines or
liquors were stored 1t was rumored
that the leader sold a quantity of Ii
quor for $500 just before his hasty
departure last week and failed to
divide with his confederates.
O'Donnell was arraigned yesterday
on eight counts Several of them be-
ing burglary. He pleaded not guilty
but waived examination and was bound
over for trial with bail fixed at $1,000
He will probably stay in Jail until cir
cult court conyenes in June. His wife
made a demonstration in court yester-
day morning and an investigation into
her sanity was begun.
Three of the gang have pleaded
guilty and may be up any day for dis
poSal of their cases.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
OBITUARY

News was received here Friday of
the death of l.. j. Anderson at Los
Angeles, Colif where be had been since
last fall for the benefit Of ms health.
For seevral years Mr.. Anderson had
ben troubled with asthma and last Sep
tember, following an unusually severe
attack, he decided to seek relief in the
west and accompanied by Mrs. Ander-
son departed for California to spend
the winter, planning to return in the
spring
Mr. Anderson was for years engaged
in the farm machinery business and
was head of the l.. j. Anderson com
pany with warehouses and offices on
Commercial street. Later he estab-
lished the Anderson automobile COM
pany and built a garage just off Eighth
street on Commercial and was asso-
ciated with his sons Leroy and Edgar
in the business
The deceased was born at Rapids
Sept IS, 1865, being sc years of age
at his death. He is survived by his
wife, two sons, Leroy and Edgar and
one daughter, Mrs. w. J. Laney of
Dousman. Two brothers, I. O. Ander-
son and George Anderson of this city
and three sisters, Mrs. Henry Fehrman,
Mrs. Charles Fehrman of Newton and
Mrs. Hans Halverson of Sawyer, also
survive.
His remains were inferred in Cali
fornia but will be brought here later
on.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
NUMBER 35

courts may be raised in a justice court
case and it is some satisfaction to an
attorney to know that the person be-
fore whom he argues the question is
capable of understanding the force of
his argument.
One of the earliest and best of these
was w. II. Hamilton who joined the
bar early in 1855, or the winter of
1854. lie was a practicing lawyer who
came from Racine. He was then a man
of middle age, and being elected JUS
tice of the peace, qualified and soon
was trying the greater part of the
cases brought by the attorneys in the
city. He was well grounded in the
law, eminently fair and just and was
reelected for many years. He also
practiced in the circuit and county
courts very successfully.
In 1855 and 1856 he was district at
torney handling the business of that
Office very satisfactorily. He remained
in Manitowoc until after the Civil war
broke out trying cases as justice and
doing some general practice. When
L. B. Treat first came to this bar he
formed a partnership with Hamilton
and they made a very busy firm, Dur
ing the war many Of the members of
Al
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
CITY POLITICS

Charles Bouril, who has served as
alderman of the Fourth ward the past
six years announced his candidacy for
city treasurer last week. Mr.. Bouril
has had charge of the city's bridges
since William Schroeder left the city
council some years ago, and he has
been as devoted to the city's interests
as if it were his private business He
was a member of the city hall remod-
cling committee and is secretary of
the city's utilities commission.
William Hermann, present city
treasurer, announced his candidacy for
reelection Friday.
Walter Kazda is a candidate for re-
election to the city council in the
Fourth ward
Edward Thorison is a candidate for
alderman in the Second. There was
some talk of inducing him to make the
run for mayor but he would consent
to nothing except a try for his old
seat in the council, which he held for
fourteen years.
1t was definitely announced Monday
that Martin Georgenson will again be
the Socialist candidate for mayor. He
has been their candidate for the past
two elections. He was defeated in 1917
by 63 votes and in 1919 by rs votes.
He is considered the strongest man in
the party locally. There we're some
surmiseS tt IT Alderman Thompson,
Alderman Vogel or School Commits
Sioner Ben Hanson might be their can
didate but they have evidently hit on
GeOrgenson as the most available.
Alderman Isselman will not run
again in the First ward and former
Alderman Ben Nienaber is willing to
come back.
Tuesday, Alderman NJ. j. O'Donnell
| admitted that friends had finally pre-
vailed upon him to make the race for
mayor Mr.. ODonnell has been in the
council since he defeated Thorison,
who was considered to be impregnable
four years ago.
Without this third candidacy the
primary on mayor would have been a
mere formality. Now it is an elimina-
tion contest. The general belief prob
| ably is that the non-socialist strength
being divided between Frazier and
| O'Donnell only one of them will re-
main after the primary to contest with
Georgenson, the law providing that the
two highest at the primary go on the
April ballot as candidates,
Charles Schle will try for the coun-
Gil seat of Frank Drumm, who seeks
reelection in the Fifth ward.
William Schellin, for several terms
alderman from the Third ward, is be-
ing urged to be a candidate for the
place.
Mic Holly has filed papers for re-
election from the Sixth ward and a
contest there is assured
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
MORE CONCRETE HIGHWAY

Steve Zandala Of this city was low
bidder on three and half miles of
concrete construction on the Manto-
woc-Sheboygan road last week His
bid was S22,769, about $1,000 below
his lowest competitor The work be
gins not far south Of the Calumet road
and runs three and a half miles con
tinuously II this contract is let and
the work done, motor drivers will have
another segment Of the Sheboygan
road 70 detour around an next year
and, on this system, after generation
or 50 Of detouring the highway will be
completed, by which time the original
sections ought to be ready for replace
ment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
BURGER YARD BUSY

Many people in the city probably do
not realize what fine thing for the
town we have in the Burger Boat
company yards. The prospects are
now bright there for very busy sea
son with the employment of many high
priced skilled mechanics number of
contracts have Just been closed ncud-
ing a forty foot speed cruiser for Cav
O'lIara Envelope CO., q ~ foot cruiser
for Q. " Wright Of Pittsburgh md d
10 foot sand sucker for Racine people.
The yards when not busy on contracts
work al the companys standardized
gasoline cruisers for stock and they
sell as fast as they are built.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24

August Wage died yesterday morn
ing at his home in this city. He was
born in Germany and was 60 years old.
For more than thirty years he was em-
ployed at the plant of the William
Rahr Sons company, Besides his wife
he Is survived by nine children. They
are William, Max and August in Mil
waukee, Walter in Chicago and Henry,
Carl, Clarence and Rcinhart and Miss
Anna Wage Of this city The funeral
will take place from the late home,
1908 South Eighth street, at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, with interment at
Evergreen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
SOCIALISTS REFUSE DEBATE

There was an anti-Socalist meeting
last Friday evening at the Opera
house under the auspices of the Consti-
tutiOnal Defense league whose slogan
is "When soap box meets soap box"
The hall was filled despite the notices
of Socialists in the local papers stat
ing that there would be no debate and
advising their partisans to stay away.
The speakers were Jack O'Brien and
Harold Lord Varney O'Brien has been
here before and has conducted soap
box meetings on street corners in OPP
position to Socialism and Bolshevism
He read some correspondence with
Leslie Thompson, a local Socialist,
wherein the local man professed un-
bounded joy at the prospect of an OPP
portunity of debating the question of
Socialism. The speaker said that they
couldn't get the reds to agree on terms
and in consequence this meeting had
been called and the Socialists were
now invited to come to the stage, state
their question either affirmatively or
negatively and take half the time. No
body accepted the invitation and Mr..
O'Brien then proceeded to pitch into
Socialism for over half an hour. One
of his main points was that Socialists,
however they attempt to disguise the
fact, do not believe in American gov
ernment by the majority but are all in
favor of altering our form of govern
ment by force and revolutionary pro
cess. He quoted leading red authori-
ties to this effect, even some of the
more conservative Socialist leaders,
In the course of his remarks he said
that the local radical daily had re-
fused to take his advertising and the
editor of the paper arose and engaged
in a colloquy asserting that the adver-
tising was held up until an old bill is
paid.
lie frankly admitted that he is a
"soap boxer" and without schooling,
but he is a tip top public speaker for
the work he is engaged in; full of facts
and fire and quick witted.
Varney who was introduced as an
eX-Socialist was of another type. He
is scholarly, evidently widely read in
economics and sociology, and without
effort he expresses his thought in flu
ent and exact English
He told of his eight years in the
inner circles of the Socialist party and
the l. w. w. and claimed tn have been
at a small meeting in Brooklyn -four
or five years ago at which were present
Trotsky and Bakunin, where the
foundations of the American commun.
ist party were laid He ascribes his
conversion to "Americanism" to the
total failure of the Socialist expert
ment in Russia to which all Socialists
had for many years hoped for to
prove their theory. He developed the
one main theme that there is an un-
bridgable chasm between the theory oI
the American constitution which is
based upon national homeogenity anC
absence Of classes and the Socialist
doctrine based upon the belief in the
class war to which every Socialist must
subscribe. Narney makes an effective
presentation of his subject.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The council met in regular session
Monday evening. The latest sugges-
ton for use of the brick building which
fell to the city when the present city
hall was purchased is that of a day
nursery 1t is estimated that the place
can be fixed up at a cost of about ST.
600. Fifty-one children could be ac-
commodated. A committee composed
of Mrs. Max Staehle, Mrs. Max Rahr
Jr., and City Nurse Dueno will report
on the matter pending which the coun-
Gil deferred action.
The clerk was directed to advertise
for bids for remodeling the old cleo
trio station on Quay street into an in
cinerator. 1t is ESTIMATED" to cost
not over $4,000 complete.
Revision of the city building code to
make it less onerous to owners making
small improvements and alterations
was discussed The mayor will ask two
representatives of each building trade
to act with the city Inspector in franz
ing suggested amendments.
The mayor appointed a committee
composed of O'Donnell, Kazda, Klus-
meyer, Fricke, and Revolinski to act
with the assessor in framing up a plan
for uniformity in assessing automo-
biles The assessor says that the city
is losing $4,000 to $4,000 per year
for lack of such a system.
South Fourteenth street from Wash
ington to Division was put on the 1921
paving program and will be paved
toward the end of the season if the
underground pipes are put in in time
1t needs surfacing badly.
There will be a public hearing Fri
day evening at the city hall on the
question of the site for the public
market The Association of Commerce
has named a committee of nine to
appear.
The Riverview Motor Bus company
had in a communication asking wheth-
er a franchise or permit is necessary
to engage in regular hourly bus serv-
ice. 1t was referred.
A report of the city utilities COM
mission by John j. Kelley, president,
on file, shows that water main eXten-
sions in 1920 cost $4,000 The com
mission. recommends that iron pipe for
mains to be ordered for streets to be
paved be six inch pipe, The council
took steps at once to get iron pipe for
this work as the city's supply is eX-
hauSted.
The city treasurer's report for Janu-
ary showed a balance Jan. 81 of Sl97,-
S91.21. On January l it was S33,-
OASIS. During the month a large part
of the years taxes comes in
The council ordered 10000 gallons
of street oil from the Camden Petro-
leum company. 1t was not the lowest
bid but the street committee consid-
cred it to be much better oil for the
city's purpose than cheaper oils. 1t
contains go to 70 per cent of as
phaltum
City Engineer Alter and Street Com
missioner Vollendorf, who represented
the city at the recent national good
roads convention at Chicago had a
written report on file There were l0,-
600 delegates in attendance. They
came away with many new ideas. One
recommendation of the experts was
that concrete pavement be permitted
to dry out for a month befCre nolh Z
the street.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24

Lawrence Hasenfuse, for many
years resident of the town of Frank
lin, died on Saturday last.
Workmen will soon be at work on
the new Catholic church, at Franklin,
and its cmpletion may be looked for
before long.
Mr.. Douglas, a weaver, died sudden
ly week before last, at Clark's Mills.
He was much thouhgt of by the COM
munity.
The following marriages took place
at the Catholic church, in the town of
Franklin, last Tuesday: Mr. Thomas
Mangin to Miss Nora Mullins, all of
Franklin; Mr. Thomas Connolly of
Maple Grove, to Miss Bridget Haloran
Of Cato.
A Norwegian, by the name OF Mich
clson, came near losing his life last
Saturday evening. He was working
with chisel, when it accidentally
slipped and cut a deep wound in his
abdomen. He is in a fair way to re
covery.
The receipts of the ladies' mite soci-
ETY. of the Episcopal church last
Thursday evening which was held at
the Windiate house, was S37 This
amount more than meets the first pay
mcnt on the organ of that church, and
is the largest mite yet received this
winter. We understand that the mite
will now be suspended for a time
Married, at the Catholic church, in
the city Of Manitowoc on Monday Feb.
20, 1871, by Rev Father Joseph Fess-
Ter, Mr.. Patrick Pcppard of Meeme to
Miss Sarah Conner of Cato
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
Marriage Licenses

The following MARI age licenses have
been issued hv the county clerb the
last week.
George Vassilew aud Ruth Tollefson
both OF Manitowoc; Martin De Gems Of
Shehcygan and Mabel Mundt OF Man
itowoc: Victor Geisler and Emms
Christensen, both OF Mapitowoc; Car
Wernecke and Charlotte Wernecke
10th Of Newton: Erwin Quante o
Weeme and Huda Rosenhauer q
Schleswig.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Mrs William witt OF this city dled
on Monday morning OF tins week aiter
a protracted Illness She was born III
Franklin heWaunee county ID I0oo
and she and William WIT were mar
rled in 1878. Since then qntII the time
OF her death she has ilYe9 ih TINS city
over year ago her heaitp began TO
fan Her husband ana all tRat ahec-
medical ana ana attention PROVED OF no
avail Her funeral TOOK pace on :" ca
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,,orncost died and ,notber bos hocn
hovorirr bot,yocr rfo and deob A
NnwouIce nhvsici,n was called in brt
rot,ro of tbe diso,s. The cbildror ,rc
,ow irnroyinc thonrb very fechlc
from r,cir Iora and severe iuness
ltrs p < O,Conneu of Cato dicd
'n zen l3' d"' Illness was OF orlci
onratloh. 9pe was porn IN C""Sran'7'
rrahNI'n county, New orN' 10 years
ago ana was married 10 III H. D.
y CohheI III 1913 Ihe> came 10 WIS
cohSih tnal year ana TOOK up 'h''r
residence III Cato. TWO poyS were 'he
issue OF the marriage iiehry 10 years
olo ana george To-
Maple Grove, Wis, vas killed by a
falling tree while working in the Ium-
Der woods near Dri.lwood, Mich. His
remains we're brought to Maple Grove
for burial last Saturday
Anthony Clark, who has been in the
employment of the Manitowoc Seating
company, has taken the place of Law
D.. "
-
w. II. Killen, the land agent OF the
Wisconsin Central was in the city ca
Tuesday. Wits appearance is always
the signal for number Of queries as
to what he wants. Ills connection with
the Central naturally acccntuates these
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
PIONEER COURTS AND
LAWYERS OF MANITOWOC co,
Collections and ReCOIeGtiOnS
BY j. s. ANDERSON
'FJrsan ethaec olIm meminiSse juvabit'
NUMBER II
Charles II. Walker
tCOnlinued )

AT the period Of which have been
writing viz; just after the close of the
Civil war, Major Walker was a wild
over. His first wife, whom he had
married about the time he came to
Manitowoc, died just previous to the
outbreak of the war, leayng him with
Ia little girl, who was cared for by his
sisteg During war time he was mar
ricd to Miss lone Carpenter who lived
only about q year thereafter, dying
while Walker was at the front. De
privcd of home life and at the same
time living i'm hotels, Walker spent
many of his evenings in his office read
ing books and magazines of general
literature and some of the younger
men would find their way there and
spend their time both pleasantly and
proGtably About that time my father
died, So that thc old home was broken
mp and like Walker, Greene, Don A.
Shove, J.. j. Nash, and G. A. Forrest,
/ led a bachelor life. This cured itself
for in about two vcgrs the whole
hatch were married When wandcring o.
down town i'm the evening we would
see the Hghts i'm Walkers office and II
seemed the most natural ibinp in life
lo run upslairs where Greene or Wal
kcr. or both. would he found and zen
cral conversation would cnsuc
our talks were not in the least for
mai. but took a wide range Politics.
religion, literature. our law studies.
and occasionally our war service. for
nearly all had been in the civil war.
Major Walker was a communicable
man and looked upon home life as an
essential thing. He married again.
about two years after his return from
the war, a widow lady of Shebovgan
county. The marriage proved n banpv
one. He opened up the home he had
built when he first came, and made it
center of hospitality. For several
years he pursued the work of his pro
fcssion with energy and success. Like
all other men he had his weak points
He was what is called 'high liver
lie was not a habual user of intoxi.
cants and in that respect, especially
after his return from the war, wa,
very temperate, but he was an inordi
nate eater of rich foods In conse.
qucncc he became full-blooded, pie
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

John McKeough, a much respected
citizen of Rockland, this county, died
last Saturday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24
w. II, Hamilton

The bar Of Manitowoc county have
always been fortunate in having some
men hold the office or jurisdiction Of
luslcc of the peace who had good
legal education, and III a number Of
instances were members of the bar
with full legal training II is quite
probable that questions as difficult and
important as those arising in the higher
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-02-24

James O'Ncil, whose home was at
Maple Grove, Wis., vas killed by a
falling tree while working in the lum-
Der woods near Driilwood, Mich. His
remains we're brought to Maple Grove
for burial last SATURDAY,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-21

The native women of Orange Free
State, South Africa, carry their ba-
bies on their heads.
Railroad rails last about 10 years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-21
HIGH SQUAD
FOR BASEBALL
Roland Broadhurst Is
Named Captain; DIN
Perkins, Manager

The Americas High school lads
have started baseball practice and
for the past week the playground dia-
mond has been a scene of activity.
Nearly all the boys in school have
turned out and are trying to make
the team, and out of the lot an eX-
cellent nine should be picked.
Officers for the team were elected
at school, Roland Broadhurst being
picked to captain the team and Olm
Perkins named manager.
Captain Broadhurst states that he
has prospects for a strong infeld,
some of the players out for these
positions being so good that he will
be puzzled as to whom to give reg
ular berths. The pitching staff
looks promising, two or three young
sters showing up with good speed
and curves. The outfield has many
candidates, most of whom are show
ing up we'll, according TO the cap
tain.
Altogether the prospect for a
cracker-jack high school nine for
Americas is good and the Americas
boys say that they are open for
games with any high nine in South
Georgia
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-21
PERCHED ON
AHICH STOOL
IN AN OFFICE
Many a Brain Is Trying to Work
With Weak, Thin Blood
MORE RICH,
RED BLOOD NEEDED
Pepto-Mangan Gives You TIe
Health To Tackle Your Daily
Work With Vigor

If you sit at a desk all day in ar
office, whether you are perched on a
high stool or seated in an upholster-
ed chair, your body is inactive. You
can't get much fresh air and outdoor
exercise. Your blood becomes poor
You look pale and feel weak.
The great tonic, Pepto-M angan, is
what you need for awhile. 1t makes
rich, red blood. 1t restores your vital
energy. Your color comes back.
When your blood is good, full of
red corpuscles, you are better able to
resist disease. You go about YOU
daily work with the optimism Of good
health.
Try Pepto-M angan and notice he,
you improve.
Pepto-Mangan is sold in bot I
Guild and tablet form. Take ci 4
kind you prefer Both have
same medicinal value. But be
you get the genuine Pcpto-MangaI%
Guides" The full name. "Gude'a
Pepto-Mangan" should be on TIL
package. adv