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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
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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
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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."
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Extraordinary Value-Giving
Marks the Progress of the August Furniture Salei
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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.
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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
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Am
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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.
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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
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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
