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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
ORPHAN BOYS PICNIC

Last Thursday was the day of the
big annual picnic given by the North
Side Ladies Relief association for the
benefit of the youngsters at the St.
Mary's Orphan Home. The picnic was
held on the playground of the home.
1t will be memorable to the boys from
the fact that there was not only funds
enough for everything that usually
goes with a picnic but the lads were
also the recipients of a lot Of play
ground and athletic equipment; base
balls, bats, indoor balls and bats, has
ketball and volley bali equipment and
other things Each youngster also got
an individual box of candy and the
women staid all day and kept things
moving
The boys were given coaching in the
use of the basketball and volley balls
but they needed no Instructions in
baseball.
The generous donors came away will
that satisfaction that accompanies Civ
ing which the philosophers say fal
transcends the joy of receiving.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
LAUNCHING THIS WEEK

Saturday will be big day at the
ship yards. The biggest ship ever
built at Manitowoc will take the water
that day at some hour to be determined
by the arrival of officials of the Rock
port company, owner of the new ship.
The new boat will be christened
"kling" after John A. King of Cleve-
land, Ohio, an officer of the company.
Peter ReisS of ShebOygan is president
of the company. The boat is 453 feet
long with fifty-four feet beam and a
depth of thirty feet six inches She
will be equipped with unloading ap-
paratus and will he independent of
dock hosts. This idea is spreading
rapidly, especially for boats designed
to carry stone although it is also a
success with coal. They can go to
docks and carry cargoes to docks not
equipped with modern hoists
A large number of men in the yards
were the recipients of ten per cent
increase in wages this week.
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NUMBER 6
THE BIG PICNIC

1t would be impossible to give i'm
words the faintest notion of the great
annual Aluminium Goods picnic that
was held last Saturday. Every other
holiday celebration dwindles into moth
ing when compared with this great
ManitowOc gala occasion. The great
parade was more spectacular than ever.
There were dozens of floats and clown
stunts. There were blocks of pretty
girls in costume; two regular bands
and a clown band; burlesques of cir
Gus parade features and stunts too nu-
merous to mention.
This was the twenty-fourth consecu-
tive year that the picnic has been held.
on the last Saturday in July and it has
never had to he postponed because of
bad weather The day was ideal and
everything moved on schedule. A con-
Servative estimate put the crowd at the
grounds at 10000 Parking of auto
mobiles has become a problem but it
was handled well and not an accident
occurred.
No expenditure of time, money or
thought had been spared to make the
day success and it was one contin-
ual round of gayety at the grounds.
-Four dance floors were going all the
time the crowded condition of which
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
CEREAL PRODUCTS ASSESSMENT

Judge Werner, of ShawanO, sitting
in Manitowoc county circuit court, has
reversed himself and decided against
the city in the matter of the 1920
assessment of the Cereal Products com
pany properties. He has now directed
that the city begin on August lst "A new
assessment and finish it by September
lst.
The change is said to be due to some
recent rulings of the Wisconsin Su-
preme Court i'm "A Northwestern Mutu-
al Life Insurance company tax case.
One of these, it is said, is a ruling that
the court has authority to reduce the
assessment, which authority Judge
Werner in his first decision assumed
the court did not have.
The matter will likely be finally de-
cided by the supreme court, and the
result will doubtless affect the assess
ments of 1927 and 1922 both of which
have the same status as the 1920 as
sessment.
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EDUCATIONAL
By LILLIAN L. CHLoUPEK

Checks have been received in tn,
county superintendent office for the
following teachers under the PAS Dol
lar law. The checks will he distributed
at the institute or they may be called
for.
Edna c. Belitz, SIG; Leora II. Bel
itz, SIG; Elfreda Boeder, SIS; Celia NJ
Cavanaugh, Sls; Mary l.. Cavanaugh
Sl7S2; Catherine Daley, SlS; Claire o.
Fitzgerald, SIS; Emma b. Freimuth
S3t20; Elcanore Freis, S72; Ella
Grady, S3l; Sadie Grady, SlS; Aman-
da II. Heyroth, S36; Florence Johnson
SIS; Erma NJ. Kamman, SlS; Isabe
Kelley, SIS; Olive Kiel, S32; Anna
krainik, SIS; LORNA j. Lorfeld, $50;
Luelah Monk, Sl7I0; Martha Napicin-
ski, SlS; Mollie Novachek, SIS; Loretta
OCOnnell, SIS; Vincent j. O'Grady,
$685. Catherine Doolan Ohm, Sl7IO;
Viola NJ. Ohm, SIS; Mabel b. Peot,
SIS; Anna r. Reedy, $36; Myrtle NJ
Schroeder, 500; LOttie l.. Shehan,
SI7l0; Elsie c. Shimek, S7O.56; Emily
Shimek, $50; Elizabeth Fulton Smith,
SIS; Martha Trossen, SlS; Mary Walsh,
SIS; Rose NJ. Vanish, SlS; Irene II.
Welch, $50; Laura Welch, S35.64; Ed
ma Wentker, SIS; Margaret S. Wiltgen,
$ls; Cecilia Zeiss, SIS; Helen II. Zych,
S6S.+O
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PRIMARY POLITICS

Last week was a big local week in
the state primary campaign. Thursday
evening came Mr.. Garfield, Senator
LaFollette's opponent, two days after
the senator He was on his trail about
the state. It was a warm evening and
a band concert had been advertised
for Washington park as a prelude to
the speeches. There were thousands in
the park DR.. Garfield was introduced
by f. l.. Kelley and spoke from the
band stand His talk was brief but
made distinct impression by his clear
thought, scholarly diction and easy
dignifed manner.
He cannot shake off his class room
style, if he has tried 1t was far above
the customary bombastic buncOmbe of
the stump speaker. He was followed
by Mr. Lyman Wheeler, a Milwaukee
lawyer. The crowd gave DR.. Garfield
a respectful hearing, but it was easy to
perceive that he was in the enemy's
country.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
FIRE AT SOCIAL

The ladies of the German Methodist
church were giving an ice cream social
last week when an oil stove they were
using to heat dish water took a no
ton to stage some excitement 1t went
off with a bang and furnished a fine
blaze. George Pfeffer who was pass
ing rushed to the rescue and attempted
to extinguish the blaze with blanket
The blanket took fire and furnished
clouds of black smoke that added to
the realism Of the picture.
Both fire stations came to the rescu,
and put an end to the excitement
Damage of about fifty dollars wa
done to the building.
The social had not started and th,
fire cast no damper on the subsequen
proceedings.
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HORSE BESTS AUTOMOBILE

That the worm will turn is a well
worn old saw and its truth was demon
strated Sunday wh,N Old Dobbin got
back at the naughty motor car for
once The ancient quadruped hauling
the L. s. mails from the c. 4 y. w.
depot to the poStottce arrived at the
corner of Tenth and Franklin streets
at about the time a Ford sedan at
tempted to 90 across from the north.
The horse evidenced a disinclination to
humble himself and reflect upon the
dignity Of the federal government
which he was then and there represent
ing by admitting the right of prece-
deuce to any upstart automobile; GER
tainly not to a fliyver even though it
boasted plate glass body. Countless
insults patiently borne all came to the
surface. The boy at the reinS tried to
stop the proud beast but it would not
be reasoned with. Like one of the im-
mortal 800 at Balaklava or Mosby in
the van of his intrepid guerilla band it
dashed to the onset There was crash
as the wagon shafts hit the proud win
dows and bent and scratched the var
nished sides. The combatants were fl
nally separated and the glorious war
steed trotted off with its precious mail
sacks, with its tail curved jauntily and
conscious pride in its gait.
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MARRIAGE Licenses

The following is list of the marriage
licenses issued by the county clerk the
past week.
Guildford Berge and Irene Christian
sen, both OF Valders; Christopher Rupp
OF Missouls, Montana, and Bertha Pan
kratz OF Manitowoc; Joseph Grail OF
Town OF Two Rivers and Elma Wimm'
Ter OF Centerville; Leo Collette OF Los
Angeles and Margaret Schultz Of Cen
terville; Fred Gauthier and Margaret
Gagnon, both of Two Rivers; John
Treichel and Mrs. Elsie Engelbrecht,
both OF Reedsville; Lester Lonzo and
Mildred Koeser, both OF Two Rivers
Richard Klingbiel OF Manitowoc ant
Jennie Whiting OF Birnam wood, Wis
Ididor Leicht and Katie Schmidt, both
OF Two Rivers, Arno Stecker Of Calu
met County and Florance Johnson o
Manitowoc.
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COUNTY NURSE QUITS

Miss Viola Nohr, County Nurse, has
resigned to take effect August Is. She
has accepted a position in La Crosse
at an advance in salary, Miss Nohr
was the first Manitowoc County public
nurse. She has performed her duties
with industry and all around efficiency.
She has made lot of friends and if
the county is to have public nurse it
is unfortunate that her services could
not have been retained. County Chair
man Schneider and County Superin-
tendent, Miss Chloupek, members of
the county health committee are to at
tend a conference at Milwaukee next
week and will look into the matter of
a successor to Miss Nohr.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
TRAINING SCHOOL MEETING

The County Training School com.
mittee met Tuesday and conferred
over matters relating to the new school
building approaching completion on
Michigan avenue near 18th street
From a field of eight applicants for the
position of janitor of the new building
the committee selected Charles Selk
Mr.. Selk is an unusually capable man
for applicants for such a position. His
examination standing was 995. The
committee feels that it was lucky tc
get him.
They went over plans and proposals
for furniture and made selections II
appears that the building will be
ready for occupancy when the school
year begins in September.
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INTER-CI1Y KlWANlS MEET

The Kiwanis clubs of Manitowoc
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac fore.
gathered at Elkhart Lake Sunday. The
locals won all the honors. Our bal
team beat Sheboygan to 8. With
fifteen men on each end of the rope
Manitowoc won the tug of war under
the captaincy of Luling Nash. Other
stunt events were won in like fashion
demonstrating the physical advantages
of making ships and aluminium goods
over making chairs.
There was a delightful musical pro.
gram and an after dinner speaking
program in which the local delegation
was represented by II, G. Plumb ant
Dir. G.. NJ. Gleason.
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ADD TO CONVENT

The convent of the st. Francis Alver-
no community at Silver Lake is to have
an addition erected to cost about
$4,000. The main contract was let
yesterday to Hutter Construction com
pany of Fond du Lac, the plumbing to
f. p Houghton & Co., and the heating
to II. G. Rallies.
The addition will be a two story and
basement brick structure south of the
present west wing. Work will be com
menced within two weeks and will be
ready about the first of the year. 1t
will be used mainly for a thirty bed
infrmary but will in addition add a
capacity of about twenty to the capac-
ity of about 500.
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OBITUARY

| Sister Mary Rita O'Shea, superin-
tendent of Mercy hospital since 1917
and nationally known through her
work in Standardization of infrmarieS,
died yesterday afternoon after an ill
ness of more than two years.
Sister Rita as she was known came
to Mercy hospital more than twenty
years ago as a student nurse. Follow
ing her graduation she remained
there; in the course of her period of
nursing and in later years after taking
religious orders she became known to
thousands of Chicagoans.
At the death of Sister Raphael, then
mother superior at the hospital, Sister
Rita became superintendent. For many
years she has been interested in stand
ardzation of hospitals, and during the
war became known as an authority on
the subject.
Since 1920 she has been limited in
her activities by her illness but even
then continued her many charitable ac-
tivities.
"She was a woman of extreme men
tai power" the Rev. Fr c. +. Cava-
naugh, formerly chaplain at the hos
pital, said last night. Besides direct
ing the work at the hospital, she
found countless opportunities of eXer-
cising charity. She was the conf
dante and adviser of many people; the
doctors on the hospital staff especially
had great confidence in her and in her
Judgment. She was known throughout
the country and her death will be felt
as a great loss"
Sister Rita became seriously i'll last
Thursday, physicians at the hospital
said. Every effort known to medical
science was eXerted in her behalf, they
declared
Relatives surviving are two broth
erS, William O'Shea of Minneapolis,
Dr. David O'Shea of the Edgewater
Beach hotel, and three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Ward of Little Falls, Mimi, Mrs.
Ellen Grove, Valders, Wis, and Miss
Lydia O'Shea of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at the
hospital chaptel tomorrow at 10 a. M.
lnterment will follow at Calvary.
The above death notice was taken
from the Chicago Tribune of Monday
Sister Rita (Belle O'Shea) was born
and reared on a farm near St. Nazianz.
She was a daughter of Patrick O'Shea,
prominent resident of this county in
the early days, and sister of Mrs.
Ellen Grove of Liberty. Sister Rita
was woman of great natural ability,
and a close student Her many old
time friends of the southern part of
the county will read with regret of her
untimely death The Pilot extends
sympathy to the bereaved relatives
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
REAL ESTATE REPORT

List of Real Estate Sales for Mani
towoc County for week ending July 20,
furnished by Manitowoc County Alb
stract Co.
John A, Burgard to George Burns,
part lots and s, block 3t, City of
Two Rivers Consd Si75.
Il. c. VanNalkenburg to Albert Rey-
nolds, lot rs, Elmhurst Add, Manto-
woe. Consid SIOO. Rev. ST. soc.
Henry Ingrisch to George August
Tils, lot 7, block 293, City of Manito-
voc. Consid. 500 Rev. St SlOO
Arson J. Rosinsky to Hugo r. I'm
nus, part lot 7, block 357, City Of
Manitowoc. Consid SIOO. Rev. st.
$500.
William Regiment to John Sobie-
sczyk, lot 10, block 3Ol, City of Mani
towoc Consid. SIOO. Rev. St. $500.
William c. Schwantes to Emma Ko-
tick, lot 8, Rcsubd. of Brinkman's Add
Manitowoc Consid Sl,OO. Rev St,
$500.
Clara Schofrland to Lester Mittnacht
lot 3, block 1874, City of Manitowoc.
Consideration Si0O, Rev. ST. soc.
William A. Koepsel to Joseph Grail,
80 acres in Section 90, Town Of Two
Rivers COnsid. S3SOO.
Buchholz- -Schilling to Henry John
son, lot 55, City of Manitowoc. Con-
sideration Sl.0O Rev ST. soc
Mary Meyer to Stephen Vida, part
lot ., block a., City of Manitowoc
Consid 800 Rev. St. $3.50
Thomas Kavanaugh to Patrick j.
Kayanaugh, so acres in Section l3,
Town Of Maple Grove, Consid $4,000.
Ferdinad Ewald and August l..
Schwalbe to Fred Behm, acre in Sec
ton %, Town of Mauitowoc Rapids.
Consideration 800
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IN MUNICIPAL COURT

The city and county officers gath
cred up quite collection of victims
Saturday evening
Edward Ranthum, charged with
driving a car while intoxicated, plead
ed mot guilty" and told them to go
ahead and prove it.
Chester Anderson going through to
Sturgeon Bay from Milwaukee evi-
IDENTIFY thought hick towns had no
speed limits. He left enough to pay
the fine and promised to plead guilty
by phone.
Speed Cop Braun told James Roubal
Saturday on the road to the big picnic
that he had been travelling AZ miles per
and to come into court Monday. Later
at Silver Lake he defed Sheriff Schuet-
tie with some impolte language and
was jerked out of his car so fast he
thought it was an earthquake. He
paid $50 for speeding and 500 for the
drawing room phraseology he had adj
dressed to the sheriff.
Peter Holzer was driving Charles
Rice's car out near the picnic. Charles
having come out second best in fight
with John Barleycorn's second cousin,
Mr.. Moon, was at repose in the rear
when the car smashed into the autOmO-
bile of Fred Granzow, They each got
500 and costs, the maximum. HOl-
zer's charge was reckless driving.
James Mrotek seeking his home Sat
urday evening decided to rest for the
night where he was, as the house seem
ed to have moved. He lay down with
dignity and sought repose on the curb
two blocks from home, S5 and costs.
A stranger in town named August
Anderson lapsed into a state of bliss
full unconcern at the c. & n. w. depot
and woke up in jail, also S. and costs.
There were number of the usual
ordinary traffic cases up Monday.
The week end victims contributed
$3.50 in fines.
After hearing the testimony of two
policemen and another man the court
had no hesitation in deciding that Mr.,
Ranthum was altogether in error in the
belief that he was not drunk No one
other than himself could entertain any
such notion. He paid S25 and costs,
John JagodinSky was Fastening out
to the picnic Saturday. The cop as
serted he was going thirty-eight miles
per hour, The prisoner at the bar
offered to give the officer the Ford if
he could make it go that fast, to which
the policeman made the crushing re-
,ioinder: "G'wan, your wife owns the
fiver."
The court opined that it had been
proved beyond reasonable doubt that
the crime of driving the 1915 Henry
3S miles per hour had been perpetrated
as charged, and instructed Mr.. Jago-
dinsky to slip $50 to the clerk and not
slam the door.
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WHITE SWAN DAMAGED

A squall that came up suddenly
Monday evening caught the new local
motor freighter White Swan in Green
Bay near the head of the bar. In the
blow the little ship got foul of some
pulp wood and the propeller wheel was
broken. The ship spun round and the
steering wheel struck Capt. Williamson
breaking some bones in his right hand
A new propeller was at Green Bay
in few hours and Capt Williamson
reported that if a survey disclosed that
the propeller was the only trouble he
would be out in a day or 50.
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MILLINERY HEAD MOVES

Miss Margaret Dempsey for some
years manager of the millinery depart
ment at Schuette Brothers store has
resigned her position there to accept a
like position at Tcrrison's store where
she got her start in the business Miss
Dempsey is recognized as an expert
buyer in millinery and a manager OF
unusual ability. 1t is given out that
the o. Torrison company has plans to
make this department one of the lead
ing factors in the business and that al
aggressive publicity campaign is plan
ned. Miss Baker who has been in
charge will leave the city.
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Died at Prattsburg New York, on
the morning Of July 20th 1872, Mrs
Elizabeth Waldo, wife of A. G Waldo
in the seth year of her age.
The subject Of the above notice, the
mother of Judge w. W. Waldo, OF this
city, vas, for long period an invalid,
most Of the time confined to her couch.
ard bore her Affections with resigna.
zion. She was devoted to the interests
of her family and friends, and her
advice and counsel rendered her a
valuable and steadfast guide. May she
rest 10 peace.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
CAMP SITE REGISTRANTS

The tourists in thirty-three ears
camped at the local free camp site at
Lincoln park last week Tourists now
have state maps showing all free camp
sites and the patronage of the local
camp is increasing. BY states last
week visitors were: Iowa, Is; Minneso-
Ia, 10; Illinois, II; Ohio, u; Michigan,
4; California, 8; Missouri, / ; Texas, / I;
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MARVELLOUS ESCAPE

We read daily of "miraculous" es-
capes in motor accidents but there was
one that almost deserved that superla-
tive near MiShicot last week.
Four men and a three-year old boy
were travelling toward MiShicot from
the west about 10 o'clock at night The
car hit the truss of the bridge at Sic
boldts mill, 1t climbed up about six
feet, toppled off the bridge and fell
into the creek twelve feet below. The
youngSter was the only one of the five
conscious when help arrived and he
was indicating his location so that there
was no mistaking it. The strange part
of it is not only that they were not
killed but that no one was found to be
hurt after rcsuScitation. They had
only minor scratches and bruises.
The car was a complete wreck The
bridge gave evidence that the ear had
been going pretty fast when it struck
and evidently was out of control of the
driver, Oscar Anberg. The others were
Fred and Charles Waskow and \. Cas-
kiyersky, all of Two Rivers
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The three and after, built by Nessrs.
Hanson & Scove for Captain Jas. l..
Higgie, of Chicago, was launched on
Saturday afternoon, at o'clock. A
large assembIage witnessed her intro
duction to the watery element, and as
she struck the water, the air was rent
with the shouts Of those present. The
name Of this fine vessel is the Mary l.
Higgie, and her commander is Capt
Thomas Moore who is experimenting
her outfit, which will be OF the best
materials and done in the most thor
cugh manner. She IS wire rigged, and
has hesides the regular bilge pumps a
patent double action force pump. She
draws, light feet Of water. Her cost
is about $4,000
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

To-day is the 25th anniversary OF the
ordination Of Rev. w. j. Peil of this
city. 1t is to be observed in n fitting
manner and one well calculated to show
Father Peil the nigh esteem In which
he is held. Archb bishop Katzer of Mil.
waukee will be present and thirty
clergymen from outside Solemn High
Mass will be celebrated at 10 A. M.
In the afternoon a Banquet will be
given the visitors at the parsonage
At +. M, reception will be held Ia
the school hall at which time the mem
bers of St. Boniface church will present
testimonial To Father Peil. This con.
sists OF a beautiful silver and China
service. Another reception will be
held at the same place in the evening
from I to 9. Those present will be
addressed by Hon Theodore Kersten
of Chiffon.
Father Peil has been pastor of the
St. Boniface con gregatlon for l6 years
He came here when quite young man
Everyone was impressed by his SINGER.
ity and his earnestness. He took uE
his work with the zeal Of man an
xious to do good but not ostentatiouSly
1t was soon seen there was an ele.
ment of force in the character OF this
modest man. The splendid church wa,
built under his administration. The
utmost harmony prevails in the congre
CATION and the tribute paid Father Pei
on this interesting occasion shows how
he is loved by his people
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03

There is now in process Of erection,
on Eighth street, between York and
Commercial streets, by Messrs. Zander
Bros, for j. Il. Thornton, a two story
frame building, 2Ox5O feet, designed to
be used as a store. 1t will be occupied
as soon as finished, by Messrs Mende.
hck, Olsen < Thompson, as hard ware
dry goods and paint and oil store. The
probable cost Of the building is about
81, POO, and will be completed in the
course OF three weeks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03

John Hayden purchased the lIaIloran
farm in Cato paying little over ~, 100
for IL.
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Henry Mulholland left on Monday for
South Dakota TO look after some pro.
perty he has in that state.