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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1919)
r i.r 1.- n 6 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 24, 1919. BOILERMAKERS AND HELPERS RETURN TO WORK Men Struck for Higher Wages and Better Conditions 15 Weeks Ago and Had Been Out Since. Terminating the longest labor controversy in the history of Omaha ' by their decision, approximately 85 ,. boilermakers and their helpers, em- ployes of the various contract shops of the city, have agreed to return to work Monday, the majority of ' their demands having been conced- e'd by their employers. The men struck about IS weeks ago to en force their demands for increased i -'T wages and improved working con editions. ' Negotiations culminating in the . settlement of the controversy have been conducted between a commit- tee of the employes and officials of V1 affected companies for the past two weeks. A few differences stood in V,the way of a settlement yesterday, t but these were ironed out 'after a ' lengthy conference. ',' According to W, . V: Ahgell. in , ternati ial organizer for the boiler makers, who has conducted . the strike during the entire period, every - one of the demands originally sub mitted by the men to their employ ers have been granted. Boilermak v ers receive anSncrease of 12)4 cents in hour, bringing their wages up to "80 cents for this period. Helpers, ,by the terms of the new contract, are to receive 60 cents an hour, a 15-cent increase over the former scale. The various working conditions were either compromised or granted. Officials of the Drake-Williams-Mount Co. expressed satisfaction 'with the new scale. Omaha A. C. Wins Water Meet at Scout's "Camp Gifford" The opening of the new swimming pool at Scout Camp Gifford was marked by a meet, which was won by i the Omaha Athletic club team. : The team was composed of Jack 5 Porter, Jack Beacom. Lewis Culkin. .yDick Welpton, Scofield DeLong, V, Bert Garvey, Edward Thormann and Art Klatischia. Fancy diving: The board not beln In .v condition the honorg were divided evenly between Jack Beacom, Jack Sorter, 8co . field DeLong, Ed Thormann and Lewie . Culkin. Y Hundred-yard relay race (two men to a team): Beocom and Culkin, first; Thor- r mann and Klauachla. second. Fifty-yard ilaah: Klauachla, first; Thor nmnn. eecond; Culkin. third, v:- Fifty-yard Junior dash: Welpton. firat; vtt Porter, eecond; Oarvy, third. . Flfty-yard breaat ntroke exhibition awlm: ,.' Wendle, Culkin, Beacom and Porter. The. team and Profeesor Wendle of the ; club cave an exhibition pt life saving and '! other stunts. ; Kidnap Suspect Turned Over to California Authorities . Lawrence Rogers, who has been ' ' held in the county jail for several 'tdaya on a kidnaping charge, was J.".' turned over to California authorities yesterday by Sheriff Clark. '' v It is said Rogers is an escaped -' convict from the western state, hav ' ing gained his freedom by a spec i v tacnlar dash while on his way to the ' . peniicntiary to serve a sentence for robbery. V Rogers was said by officers to '' have aided in the escape of two other prisoners at that time. Pastor Resigns. Announcement was made Sun " , day by the Rev. Charles R. Bair, ' ' Hanscom Park M. E. church, of his resignation, to be effective at the end ' of the current conference year. An '." impending nervous breakdown was was given aa the reason of his resig - nation and refusal to reappointment. Children Mourn Death of Little Victim, of Tragedy Pals of "Sunny" Billings Wonder Where Their Play mate Is antf.Ask Their Mothers Questions That Can't Be Answered "Kid's Corners" Deserted. "Kid's Corners," at Twenty-eighth and Binney streets, was deserted yesterday, "Kiddie carts, "kelly" wagons and tricycles were abandoned. A hush had fallen over the neighbor hood where "Sunny" played and was loved by every other child in the neighborhood. ' "Sunny" is dead. His father snuf fed his life out when life's problem refused to present a solvable angle. "Sunny" was Gage Billings, 5 years old, son of Fred Billings, who Fri day night shot the boy, wounded hi3 wife and then killed himself." "Ith, 'Thunny' dead, mamma?" Freddy Humbert, baby "pal" of the dead child , asked his mother yes terday. No answer. "He thaid he'd be back next week mamma. Won't he come?" Still no answer. "Hith papa didn't have to do that, did he mamma?" The intense affection Billings had for the child makes his act Friday seem inconceivable to those who knew him. And in the apartment house when. Mrs. Billings lived, women were si lent yesterday. They all knew "Sun ny" and loved him. They said he wa: a child that never cried. He wr. given the run of almost every apart mcnt in the block. "He might have spared "Sunny' one of them said yesterday, "foi 'Sunny' was everybody's boy," am: the tears glistened in her eyes a she finished. But "Kid's Corners" is when Gage Billings, child of smiles and sunshine will be missed most, even when "kelly" wagons rattle down the sidewalk again and tricycles t it ammt 4 1 nmmmtmmmmmmuimmmMimumn iiMT tti ihi know once more hands. the grip of baby BUILDING BOOM EVERYWHERE IS SEENBYEXPERT Operations Are in Progress Despite Fact Mills Cannot Supply Demands, He Asserts. W. Boyd Jones, superintendent of construction of Home Builders, is in receipt of direct information from the Pacific coast in regard to lum ber supply and building operations. He said: "One of our representatives now is on the Pacific coast looking into the situation. He reports sawmills cannot supply the demand for lumber, which is very great, yet building operations on an extensive scale seem everywhere to be in progress. "Heavily laden lumber trains are starting east daily, consigned to the larger cities of the country. This curtails the local supply in the coast cities where prices are advancing. Shingles are quoted at $5.60 and flooring at $62.60 per thousand, Other grades of lumber in propor tion. "Our representative says also that the, lumber mills are cnonea wun orders from foreign countries, where the imoorter is offering prices above the quotations the American buyers . tl:. f : are willing to pay. xms tureen demand, the mills think, will be con tinuous, and will of course co-op erate to keep prices high for some time to come. "Our experience is that it is not so much a question of getting lum ber at any price and on any terms. We regret to say that we cannot see any particular hope of reduced prices at the mills. Ex-Soldiers Lead Bible School Cf Third Presbyterian Church John Gunn, Bert Grasborg and Elmer Larson, three former sol diers, who recently returned from overseas, will be leaders of the Bible school of the Third Presby terian church, Twentieth and Leav enworth streets. An enrollment of over 1,000 is expected. BRIDE CHARGES ATTACK BY MAN IN HIS OWN HOME Real Estate Dealer Sued for $50,000 by -18-Year-Old Wife of William E. Walker. J. A. Lovgreni middle-aged real estate dealer, with offices in the Bee building, was made defendant yesterday in a district court action, charging criminal assault, and de manding $50,000 damages. Mrs. Edith Walker, 18 yeara old, wife of William F. Walker,, bride of a, few months and who says she is a second cousin of Lovgrens' dead wife, is the plaintiff. She charges Lovgren repeatedly em braced and kissed her against her will and on July 9, while she was visiting in his home, that he at tacked her there, as a result of which she has suffered "great men tal and physical anguish." Lovgren is an elderly man with two grown daughters. He is a widower. His family and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Docken, parents of 'Mrs. Walker, with whom she and her husband were living, had been close neighbors for a number of years, and, the petition sets forth, it was during one of the Walker girl's frequent visits to' the Lovgren home that the alleged attack occurred. The Docken's live at 636 North Forty-first avenue and Lovgren and his family at 632 North Forty-first avenue. Visited Home Frequently. Mrs. Walker's petition sets forth that she was a frequent visitor at the Lovgren home and that she used to call on Lovgren's daugh ters nearly every day. . On July 9, last, Mrs. Walker as serts in her petition, she went into the Lovgren home and found Mr. Lovgren seated at the telephone. She thereupon, the document sets forth, seated herself near the front door and was soon engaged in con versation with the defendant. In the course of the conversation, the petition states, Lovgren said to her, "come and kiss me." After retreating to the kitchen upon being thus accosted, Mrs. Walker was pursued and subjected to unwelcome advances, according to the petition. Further detailed allegations of the actions of Lovgren follow in the petition which states that Mrs. Walker remonstrated with him to no avail and that she was forced to break from his embrace and run screaming from the house. Givea Her $15. On the following day. the petition says, Mrs. Walker met Lovgren at t Sixteenth and Farnam streets in company with his daughter, at which time he is alleged to have pressed $15 into the bride's palm and pleaded with her not to tell her husband of the affair in return for which he is said by Mrs. Walker to have prom ised to "bo good to her." Later, the petition states, Mrs. Walker concludede to tell her hus band of the affair, which, she says, she did on July 13. On July 19, the document con tinues, Mr. Walker returned the $15 to Lovgren and demanded, an apology, which the defendant is al leged to have refused to make. A blanket denial was issued late yesterday by Lovgren, himself, who charges that "the whole thing is a frameup." Lovgren Says "Conspiracy." "It is plainly a conspiracy," said Mr. Lovgren. "There is not a word of truth in it." Here is Mr. Lovgren's statement: "I have known the Walker girl for about a year. She used to come over to my home almost every day to visit with my daughters. "About a little more than a month ago, her parents, with whom she- and her huband 'lived, went to South Dakota. And then things began to happen. Says Food Supply Low. "Her folks left an ample supply of foodstuffs and I used to go over to the Walker home quite often. In a few days, however, Mrs. Walker told me that the'food was fast van ishing and that she did not have any money. "On one citcasion, Mrs. Walker said to me, 'If I don't get some money somewhere, I will have to borrow $5. "Then she asked me for money." "She later said she would have to go to her uncle and beg him for money." I xv-' i k-m.-i'kiu it sua H l n ifc 1 J !23f I II e Extraordinary Value-Giving Marks the Progress of the August Furniture Salei -e- f1XT 1L. 4! 1 1- - L 1 11.! x. T"1 J V rv j vv cumes me imai weeK in mis great, underselling event. j&veryone;i V knows what a sale at the Union Outfitting Company MEANS. Every-? I one is sure of dependable qualities and worthwhile values. Indeed, furniture of the character that is to be had here, should not be?, I reduced one penny in view of present market conditions. ( As always, you I make your own terms. - J Italian Held in 'Frisco Will Be Brought Here George Ascende, an Italian, has been arrested in San Francisco on a charge of having forged a check which he cashed at the Live Stock National Bank of Omaha for $150. Extradition proceedings will be be gun. A detective will go to the coast to bring Ascende back. News of his capture came yesterday in a telegram from the San Francisco police department. French Airplane Alights After Accident Paris, Aug. 23. The French air plane Goliath has landed north of Baker, with a broken propeller. All on board are safe. ' - Dressers 9 Way Down Great Chair Specials in I in Price the August Sale BUT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY IT You don't . mean to tell me SUCH ; I S for you. CHAIRS CAN BE HAD FOR SO LIT- J Just come and see for yourself. See TLE, is an exclamation often heard, af-" I iiow beautifully finished and how splen- ter a stroll through the immense stocks. . I didly constructed they are. August It does seem almost too good to be true,V J Sale Prices for the sale priceg range from ., . $29.50, $36:50 Up DR. CLARK The Painless DENTIST Experience is what counts in dentistry. No Students. PERSONAL supervision on all work done in my office, is in itself a guarantee that your work will be perfect when com plete. We could slight work in some part if we chose, but we strongly adhere to honest work and moderate prices. COMFORT PLATES are built with a soft cushion that can be made to fit any mouth and with pleasure. GOLD PLATES the most sanitary plate made; never wears out nor breaks. Come and look at them and you will wear no other. Crown and Bridgework will be placed in your mouth by D. Thompson, an expert in this line of work, that looks like your own tcath and a pleasure t6 wear. Teeth extracted absolutely without pain by the use of Vapor Mist, without the least danger of heart trouble or other sickness. Just applied to the gums. I treat Pyorrhea "with success. Have cured hundreds of cases. Testimonials sriven at office. My new location, fifth floor Paxton block, where I have one of the most complete sanitary dental offices in Omaha. Office Fifth Floor Paxton Block. 16th and Farnam Stt. Lady Attendant. . Phone Red 1201.. THE KNABE Style A Grand , is the World's Best Piano Also a FineSelection of, Baby Grands HAYDEN'S ! Style M l i Am m tamina In outstanding grace of line and , luxury of appointments, the Auburn Beauty -SIX marks the ultimate triumph of motor car designing. SMRLM eanSIX And Auburn performance is a perfect com plement of Auburn beauty. In rough going on country roads, at forty or fifty miles an hour on the highway, or crawling along crowded streets, the Beauty -SIX is unsur- J -passed in comfort and ease or control. Five models Five Passenger Sedan, $2375 Four Passenger Coupe, $2375 Five Passenger Touring Car, $1695 Four Passenger Tourster, $1695 Two Passenger Roadster, $1695. Smart color combinations. Demonstra tion on request. De Luxe Catalog now ready. ; AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY AUBURN, INDIANA Automobile Engineer for Nineteen Yearj PETERSON MOTOR COMPANY Distributors. 2427 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 4473. Territory Now Being Allotted. $17.50, $19.75 Up Beautiful Buffets at Ex tremely L oiv Prices The closer you look at these buffets the better you'll like them. The more carefully you examine the workman ship and the finish, the more anxious you'll be to own one of them. At their original low prices they are the best to be had. At their August prices they spell opportunity with a big Library Tables Cut It you are wanting to beautify the; living room you will be interested in the reductions on Library Tables. These are attractive models in wal- nut, oak and mahogany, at a wide range '. i prices $29.50, $36.50 Up $i2.50, $14. 75 Up . . . Dining Tables Priced To Go They are priced to go QUICKLY! We can just imagine the "ah's" and "oh's" of admitation when folks see them and realize how much they have been reduced in price. There are mahogany and oak tables in almost every conceivable design, at Save on Dressing Tables Another big opportunity to save some money an opportunity which you will -not see again for many months. We: couldn't duplicate these at the market : today to sell at anywhere near the prices we're asking for them in this August! Sale $12.95, $19.50 Up $22.50, $29.50 Up 'Freezers Freezes the most delicious sherbets, ices and cream in a few moments ; special at 65c Porch Gates The 5-foot length that will keep baby safe on the porch, is -moderately priced, at $1.25 Bake Sets Thirteen splendid pieces of oven glass ware, including large casserole, the set, at. . $3.69 Sweepers Vacuum Sweepers, with good brush and strong bellows;' an exceptional, aT,ae..;.$3.98- S. E. COR. 16th A JACKSON STS1