Hertha Strandt, aged six; and Dorothy Strandt, aged four. Mr. Strandt is a member of the Bethany Lutheran church and is serving on the church board. His entire career has been actuated by devotion to high ideals and to a notable sense of duty and what he has accomplished is the direct result of capability, guided by intelligence and by the highest principles of integrity and honor.

AUGUST FREY.

August Frey, president of the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company of Milwaukee, has held to the highest standards in workmanship and in the matter of service rendered to the public. His ability in this field is pronounced and the business, of which he is one of the proprietors, is now one of gratifying proportions.

Mr. Frey is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. He was born July 22, 1884, of the marriage of Theodore Frey and Marie Kraft, both of whom were natives of Germany. Theodore Frey came to the United States in young manhood and was employed as a salesman in the east, residing in New York for a time before removing to St. Louis. There he made his home until 1889, when he took up his abode permanently in Milwaukee, residing here to the time of his death in 1910.

August Frey pursued his education in the Milwaukee public schools and was graduated from the German-English Academy. He then went to work as a salesman for an engraving company, with which he remained for three or four years and later he opened an art studio in the Pereles building, in which he continued for about a year. In 1900 he became associated with C. T. Fairbanks and opened an art studio in the Sentinel building. After about a year they put in an engraving plant and incorporated their interests under the name of the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company. Mr. Fairbanks retired from the business in 1911 and since that date Mr. Frey has been the president. The company conducts an art and engraving business, doing work of various kinds and displaying at all times high artistic skill. Their patronage largely comes from Milwaukee and near-by towns and their business is one of very gratifying proportions.

On the 7th of December, 1905, Mr. Frey was married to Miss Ella Welky, a daughter of Anton Welky of Milwaukee, who was a native of Bohemia. Mr. Frey maintains an independent course in politics, voting for men and measures rather than party and never seeking nor desiring office. He belongs to the Milwaukee lodge of Elks, also to the Milwaukee Athletic Club and to the Association of Commerce, being in hearty sympathy with all of the plans and purposes of that organization for the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of high municipal standards. He hunts and fishes, being fond of all manly outdoor sports but the demands of his business leave him comparatively little leisure time. He is ever seeking legitimate methods whereby to develop his business and enhance the worth of his work and today the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company is recognized as a leading concern in connection with the engraving business in this state.

JACKSON G. GILMORE.

For only a brief period has Jackson Gardner Gilmore been identified with the business interests of Milwaukee but already he has become established as a progressive and enterprising man and substantial citizen through his connection with the Nokol Company of Wisconsin, of which he is the founder and president. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, September 15, 1890, and represents one of the old families of that state. His paternal grandfather, Judge William J. Gilmore, was a justice of the supreme court of Ohio. He was born at Gilmore Mills, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, and it was in the '50s that he accompanied his parents on their removal to the Buckeye state, where for many years he made his home, winning prominence as an able lawyer and jurist. His son, Clement R. Gilmore, was born in Eaton, Ohio, and was educated in Wooster University, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1882. He then studied law with his father and afterward entered upon active practice in Columbus, while subsequently he removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he served for several terms as prosecuting attorney. He was also treasurer of the Ohio Bar Association from 1900 until his death, which occurred in April, 1919. His long continuance in this office indicates most clearly the esteem and honor accorded him by his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession. He married Ellen Porter Gardner, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of George W. Gardner, of the grain firm of Clark, Gardner & Rockefeller. Mr. Gardner has also figured very prominently in public life, serving as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He is widely known as a yachtsman and was the original promoter of yacht racing on the Great Lakes. He controlled business

interests of great extent and importance, becoming a director of many banks and steamship companies subsequent to his partnership with John D. Rockefeller.

Jackson Gardner Gilmore obtained his early education in the schools of Eaton, Ohio, and later studied in the Steele high school in Dayton, from which he was graduated in 1908. He next matriculated in the Ohio State University, where he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. During his college days he became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was also a member of the junior and senior honorary societies-the Bucket and Dipper and the Sphinx. He was president of the Varsity O Association. When his textbooks were put aside he went into the shops of the United Engineering & Foundry Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he spent nearly a year as a working student. He afterward became a working student with the Oxweld Acetyline Company, the Linde Air Products Company and the Union Carbide Company. His next position was that of assistant to the vice president of the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Company of Chicago. In 1915 he established business on his own account at Columbus, Ohio, representing the Stewart-Warner Company, the Willard Storage Battery Company and the Westinghouse Electric Company as district representative. He sold that business in 1917 and became district salesmanager of the Carbo-Hydrogen Company of Chicago, with which he remained until 1920, when he removed to Milwaukee and organized and incorporated the Nokol Company of Wisconsin. He has since been the president and his territory covers Wisconsin and upper Michigan. He handles the Nokol, a device for automatic oil heating, the only one of the kind that is on the fire underwriters' list of approved appliances. It is manufactured by the Steam Corporation of Chicago. Already Mr. Gilmore has gained many patrons and his thoroughly satisfied customers are an advertisement for the business which is steadily growing.

On the 27th of June, 1913, Mr. Gilmore was married to Miss Harriett Crimmins of New York, a daughter of John D. Crimmins, a teacher and later a successful miner of Alaska, who was born in Maine, in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have become parents of two sons: Clement R., born January 30, 1915; and William Hastings, born February 16, 1920. Mr. Gilmore has usually been an advocate of democratic principles but has never sought nor desired office for himself. He has membership in the Congregational church and he belongs to the University Club and the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He has always enjoyed aquatic sport and he still follows baseball and occasionally plays a game, enjoying all manly outdoor sports. He is a lover of music and art and thus the interests of his life are varied, keeping him in touch with the trend of the world progress along many lines. He has never held to any false ideas concerning the methods of success but by legitimate efforts carefully directed has won a creditable place which he now occupies in the business circles of his adopted city. His training has been thorough and comprehensive in some of the largest establishments in his line in the country and unfaltering industry has constituted the ladder on which he has climbed.

EARL CHARLES JANKE.

Earl Charles Janke, with a tendency to discount his own accomplishments, is nevertheless recognized as a resourceful and capable business man, one who through his own efforts has worked his way steadily upward until he stands today as the president and treasurer of the Janke Shoe Company, one of the important manufacturing interests of the city. His entire life has here been passed, and his record is as an open book which all may read. Diligence and determination have been numbered among his sterling characteristics from early boyhood, and his persistency of purpose and intelligently guided efforts have been the potent forces in the attainment of his present day prosperity.

Mr. Janke was born on the 9th of May, 1875, a son of August and Emilie (Gruenwald) Janke, both of whom were natives of Germany, in which country they were reared and married. They came to the United States in 1874, and the mother passed away in this city in 1912.

Earl C. Janke obtained his early education in the public schools and when still quite young began earning his living as a shoe cutter for the firm of F. T. Neubert & Company, with whom he remained for four years. On the dissolution of that firm he joined Mr. Neubert in a new business enterprise and continued with him for two years as a shoe cutter. He next became identified with the V. Schoenecker Boot & Shoe Company, for whom he worked for seven years, after which he spent a year in the employ of Bradley & Metcalf. This was followed by two years' connection with the Rich Shoe Company, and later he was identified with the Mayer Boot & Shoe Company for a similar period. Removing to Chicago, he there entered the employ of R. P. Smith, with whom he continued for a few months, and then established business on his own account in that city, making burial shoes. At the end of six months he moved his plant to Milwaukee and

in 1911 extended the scope of his business to include the manufacture of a general line of shoes. In 1915 he incorporated his business under the name of the Lange & Janke Shoe Manufacturing Company. In 1918 Mr. Lange withdrew and the name was then changed to the Janke Shoe Company. They engaged in the manufacture of nailed and Goodyear welt shoes for men and boys. The output has increased from about five pair of burial shoes per day until it is now many hundred pairs of men's and boys' shoes. Their market covers the United States. They specialize in high grade work shoes and the hunting boot, which are used by the miners, hunters, lumbermen and railroad employes. They are also putting out a high grade line of men's dress shoes, and the business is growing rapidly. Their course demonstrates the fact that quality pays, and they have ever put forth earnest effort to please their customers, thus building up a business of very substantial and gratifying proportions.

On the 23d of September, 1896, Mr. Janke was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Wrege, of Milwaukee, and they have become parents of a daughter, Mabel, who is now the wife of Fred W. Moritz, vice president of the Janke Shoe Company. Mr. Moritz was born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 9th of May, 1897, and is a son of Charles Moritz, now a resident of Milwaukee, where he is engaged in the stove business. He was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin, and was a son of Jacob Moritz, who came to the United States with Joseph Schlitz. Jacob Moritz founded the first brewery in Port Washington and one of the first in the state of Wisconsin. The family has therefore been connected with the history of the commonwealth since pioneer times. Fred W. Moritz has been actively engaged in the shoe manufacturing business with his father-in-law for about three years and is a progressive and energetic young business man. He married Mabel Janke August 24, 1921, and they reside at No. 823 Fortyfourth street. Mr. Moritz is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

Mr. Janke is also identified with the Knights of Pythias, having membership in Columbia Lodge. He likewise belongs to Milwaukee Lodge, No. 46, B. P. O. E., and to Aurora Lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he is past noble grand. He has membership in the Association of Commerce, and the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his action are further indicated in his connection with the Methodist church. In politics he is an independent republican, voting according to the dictates of his judgment rather than of party ties. He is a devotee of our national game of baseball and is fond of motoring and fishing. His wife possesses an artistic and literary nature, and the daughter, Mrs. Moritz, is a pianist of considerable skill. The family is well known in Milwaukee, the members occupying an enviable position in social circles.

HARRY BANKS MORTIMER.

A representative business man of Milwaukee is Harry Banks Mortimer, vice president of the American Electric Motors, Incorporated. He was born in Milwaukee, on the 24th of January, 1895, a son of Arthur and Rosalind (Kohlman) Mortimer, both natives of this city. The grandfather, Charles Mortimer, was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to the United States with his wife and family in 1850. The Mortimer family were prominent in England for many hundreds of years. Charles Mortimer was a veteran of the Civil war, having served throughout that conflict in the Union army. Mrs. Mortimer was a daughter of Anton Kohlman, a native of Berlin, Germany, who came to the United States about the year 1840. He was for many years captain of a ship plying between New York and Bremen.

Harry Banks Mortimer received his early education in the Milwaukee public schools and after graduating from the East Side high school with the class of 1914 he enrolled in Marquette University and remained a student there for two years. He left the university to enter the army, enlisting on the 31st of May, 1917, before the draft. He was assigned to Base Hospital, No. 22, at Milwaukee, and sent to France after a short period of training at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. He sailed for France on the 2d of June, 1918, on the Baltic and landing at Liverpool, proceeded to La Havre and thence to Bordeaux. He was then assigned to camp headquarters and had charge of the telephone station for about eleven months, or until April, 1919, when he returned to the United States on board the transport, Henderson. From Camp Merritt he was sent to Camp Grant, where he received his honorable discharge. Mr. Mortimer has always been interested in electricity and in 1916 and the early part of 1917 was an employe of the Allen-Bradley Company, receiving training in every department until he was promoted to the position of assistant sales manager. The experience received in that connection and from his previous work well fitted him for the duties given him in the army. Upon his discharge he returned to the Allen-Bradley Company, in the same capacity and remained with them until September, 1919, when he became associated with the Milwaukee Tank Works in a like position. In July, 1920, upon the organization of the American Electric Motors, Incorporated, he resigned that