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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1921)
f j i V 16 THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL 2. 1921. Two Men Badly Burned .When Fire Girl Awarded $1,000 In Heart Balm Suit Three Families Made Home less by Blast Lives of Sev eral Persons Are Endangered. . j A jur in District Judge l iUgcr-, I Inof wj-irc lotnYiiil'd' court awarded Alta Gray. 21. iCSirOyS VJUUlei $1,000 yesterday in a suit for $.'5,000 which sac uroiigiu againsi vnancs , E. Joluiion, automobile man. alleg ing that he asked for Iter heart and hand last year, but failed to carry out the agreement which had been sealed with a kiss. Miss Gi-v was cashier at the ' Farnam lunch a year ago when . Johnson happened in one morning for breakfast. lie courted her. and: thev went motoring together. At her j home. J06 South Fourteenth street, she testified, he asked the question 5-Year-0kl Jazz Players Make Hit With Teachers ! which thrills every woman's heart. jjiudsMill i Took His Own Life I' wo men were seriously burned, three families made homeless, sev iral persons' lives endangered, two eiier homes threatened, and six automobiles totally dcstro ed at o yesterday afternoon when fire of un determined origin ravaged the 11am to!i Street garage. Fortieth and Hamilton streets. A gasoline tank which exploded ! i S. Miring the fire threw debris 1J HusbailJ of Woman With Hilll I ouections ana burning Dranus tiying i if. a stiff breeze threatened homes in j 'he neighborhood. 1 Exact cause of I be lire is wide- ', t'Ttiiincd. ! Two Men Burned. LCltucr Yott, mechanician, Charles street, and Joe Stuhldrier, tuol Lafayette street, were ttevcrely burned r.nd cre ruhed to Metho dist hosrital where their burns were treated. I'roft later ten the hospital and returned to the scene or the fire. II. 'Establishes Alibi and Is" Released. coroner's jury decided yester day that Claude Mill. 23. chauffeur, died from- a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Thursdav morning at the home of Mrs. Bessie W'rndt, oOl.s fackson street. . Wilton Wendt. husband ot Mr. Wendt. was released by the oolice, an alibi having been established. rim ' iiirv- Jiad evidence wnicn M.iTered burns about the hands and I tcd ha( Mi anempted his own a!"'a'M, ... , , . J life "last' 'Tulv bv drinking carbolic Mtihldner is siill at the hospital ; . si.iier.HB iron, burns about the legs. 1 , v clldt testified at the inquest .Lick Gilpatrick and Lawrence Friis are proprietor of the garage which was located in a two-story frame building belonging to t'cter krivcr. Women Make Escape. I'pstuirs lived the Gilpatrick fam ily, the family of Police Ollicer Ear! Sherwood, and C. C. Emory. Mrs. Gilpatrick, Mrs. Sherwood, Mrs. Iituory and Edith Sherwood. 12, escaped from the fire when no tified bv Russell Stiygg, grocer ai-ross the street, who ran through the dense smoke to sound the alarm. Croft, mechanician, was working underneath an automobile in the gar age, with a bucket of gasoline near 1y. Suddenly the bucket of gasoline became aflame, possibly from the ex haust of the motor. '-' Dashes for Door. Croft seized the blazing bucket and dashed for the strict to hurl the fierv liquid on to the pavement. The burning gasoline struck Stuhldrier full force and he became a mass of flames. John Popisil, 314 Waohvorth ave nue, at work in the garage grinding Valves, saw Croft flee afire and fol lowed him, smothering the flames on Croft with an overcoats Pedestrians smothered the flames consuming the clothing of Stuhldrier, Across the street was Gilpatrick. As he saw the aarage burst into flame, he called the police and firej icpaumeni, ana ran. to save Ms family. Just at the arrival of the depart ment, a gasoline tank inside the ga rage exploded, hurling burning de bris' in all directions. These, fanned into flames by the strong breeze, threatened the two homes on each side of the garage; that of I.. F. Eden. 3874 Hamilton street, and that of David E. Clarke, 1403 North Fortieth street. From the Eden home, the mother and two children were led to safety as the smoke, flying embers and wat r began to damage the house. Pet Bulldog Killed. , When the fire first star:e.r, "JigRs." pet bulldog of the Sherwood family, which made its home in the' garage building, dashed to safotv with its mistress. Later, it ran back into the build iug, where it was overcome by the smoke and died in the flames. . Its mistress contends the p ip thought some one might vet be in the burning building and sought to warn them of their danger. Six automobiles were consumed by the fire. Three of these belonged to the garage, the others belonged to Homer "White. M. Bangs and the Freeland employment agency. "tomobilc accessories worth $1, ' .v and tools worth $3,000 were de stroyed in the flames, according to Gilpatrick, and with the damage done to the building, the loss will total $73,000. Most of this is covered by insur ance, he said.. " '. - j - .... , i n ' - J that she and JIM qariseiau cuc day night at Thirteenth street and Missouri avenue, and-that she accom rjnicd Mill home under protest, tell ing him that she was through with him and was gom? hack to her hus band. "If you ire really through with me, then here goes." Mills is said to have exclaimed, trying to choke Mrs. Wendt with one hand and shooting himself with a revolver held in the other hand. The funeral of Mill will be held this afternoon from the Crosby mor tuary. Million Dollar Movies Now in Class of Opera Chicago, April L Marcus Lowe, vaudeville and movie kin sr. announced todar that the $1,000,000 "movie production has brought the dress suit and the high hat and also the $6 scat. Mr. Lowe, who owns the Metro Corporation of Los Angeles, is in Chicago to superintend the Metro production of the "Four Horse Men." . The ?6 seats, he said, at his $5, 500.000 house in New York are being sold by speculators. "Of course," he went on, "I can't help what speculators do. But it's ouite a departure from the days when David Warfield and I were in the game together and admission to a picture show1 was a niekle. "We are drawing the best class of people in New York. Regular Broad way crowds. They come in timou sfnes and .wear dress clothes. So you see the movies are almost in a class with opera." War Bride Who Obtained Divorce Destitute Here Officevs of the Young Women's Christian association and the Amer ican Legion are interested in the plight of Charlotte Chesncl dumb, 19, pretty French war bride, . who recently obtained a divorce from her former soldier-lover, who is con fined in the Walter Reed hospital. Washingtonv D. C. She has refused to advise ner widowed mother in France of- tier shattered romance and financial dif ficulties. She has been shunned by the people of her former husband, and her room rent at 1512 South Twenty-ninth street is past due. It is believed that a way will, be found to help her. Open New Movie Pawnee City, Neb.. April I. (Special.) The new Linwood thea ter will give its opening perform ance here Monday night. Blanks showing preference in movie shows will be distributed free and used as tickets. Sous a Has Nothing on Conduc tor of Kindergarteu Orches tra; Members Receive Applause. A kindergarteu orchestra, made up of 20 little folk, none over 5 years of age, was the big hit at the kin dergarten and primary section meet ing of the teachers' convention yes terday, in the First Methodist church. Master Charles Jellinck, clad in a white duck sailor suit, mounted the conductor's stand, a red kinder garten chair, promptly at 2:30. Firt he bowed to the audience, even as the famous Sotv-a, then he nipped smartly with his ruler-baton for the orchestra's attention. Tony Troy a played first violin. Mouth, harps, whistling water birds, bells, clap.s, triangles, cymbals, traps and a toy piano completed the lit of musical instruments. Young Jazz Artists. Jazz fairly bubbled from the "in struments of Jaroslav Rican and Jack . Moticha. m whose motions equalled that of 'any jazz artist in captivity. When the first selection was fin ished and deafening applause rang; through the big church, the little musicians rose and made their bows like old professionals. "Bandmaster" Troya stooped and nonchalantly retied his shoestring, and another wee miss surreptitiously hiked up her garter before the en core proceeded. All the kiddies go to Bancroft school, of which Miss Mary Austin i.-. principal. Miss Vera "Pearson, their teacher, organized the orches tra. The children's band is an exam ple of devices used to motivate study for little children. Prof. Lida B. Earhart of the University of Ne braska. Stimulus to Study. ; "Make believe you're playing ball to stimulate a backward bov's in terest in arithmetic. Throw the ball 10 times and you'll have him all excited. Play, curiosity and activity ire trie teacher's three best adjuncts." Professor Earhart scored the teacher who compels her pupils to sit rigidly in their desks with their hands folded. ''Activity of little children should be cultivated not suppressed,'? she advocated Miss Mary Austin read a paper on "Making the School a Larger Factor in the Child's Life," anjvliss Grace Langdon of Falls City,; one ,n ''Grater Use of Activity, in: the Primary School." - Noon lure Threatens , Lakhoma Club House - Fire fanned by a high wind and believed to be caused bv defective wiring in a cotlage belonging lo the Lakoma club in Ralston threat ened to destroy the Lakoma club house at noon yesterday. The cottage was partiallv de stroyed by the flames which citi zens of Ralston fought with a bucket brigade, aiding the local volunteer fire department, to whom credit for saving the club house is given by . the three hose companies from South Omaha which were called lo aid in combatting the flames. , Damages to the cottage are e.ti- ! mated. at $1,000. SI8.000 Bud-ret For. Bov Scouts, Rotarians' Aim: Three Building Jobs Halted: Over 300 Workers Quit Twenty Per Cent Cut Gen eral When Other Construc tion is Finished, Say Con tractors: Unions Firm. Every Member of Club Ex pected to Raise $90 Money To Pay Salaries and Maintain Camp. A campaign has been inaugurated by the members of the Omaha Ro tary -nb to provide a budget of $18,001 for the Omaha Council ol Boy Scouts for 1921. Every Ro tariau, under a plan drawn up by the board of directors of the Rotary club, is responsible for the raising of $91., which will provide for the sup port of six scouts for the year. The Rotary club is supporting and spon soring the scouts as it has done in the past. Sixty-si troops, numbering 1.472 scouts, are now active in Omaha. Omaha has in Camp Clifford one of the best boys' camps in America. It has been called a great educa tional center for boys. Elementary schooling in first aid, forestry, wood craft, wireless, horsemanship, swim ming, lite-saving, cooking, tracking, signaling and other courses are pro vided. Better citizenship for the country's future men is the chief aim of scout ing, livery religion and creed is rep resented. No color line is diawn. The money to be raised by the Ro tarians will he" expended iu salaries of the executives and other employes who devote their entire time to the Boy Scottts,' and for the maintenance of Camp ' Git'ford, a year-around camp, attracting hundreds of boys daring the winter season. The budget of $18,000 this year represents a big reduction from the budget of last year, which provided for an expenditure of $35,000. Evcrv possible economy has been effected in the estimates, it is said. - Throe large building jobs were stopped entirely and between 300 and 400 building workers quit work'yes tcrday as the result of 20 per cent wage reductions by contractors, ac cording to estimates of union offi cials and contractors. ' Construction of the new building at Crcighton university, in charge of Calvin Zcigler, was suspended yes terday afternoon, according to F. W. Currcy, chairman of the contractors' wage coiftinittcc. Work on the First Congregational church and an ad dition to the Hotel Rome was also stopped when contractors insisted on the 20 per cent cut, Mr. Currcy said. A 10 per cent reduction was made in wages of the workers on the Bur-gcss-Nash building and work was not interrupted, it was said. ,No re duction has been made in pay to workers on the Brandcii store addi tion and work continues there, ac cording to Mr. Currey. i "When one or two jobs Hearing completion are finished, all contrac tors will be united on the 20 per cent rut proposition," said Mr. Cur rcy. "The men know it will be neces sary for them to take the ' reduc tion.". t , John M. Gil'b. secretary of the Building Trades council, declared contractors were not united on the 20 per cent proposition, and that "the whole thing has blown up.',' He said most of the men who had quit work were electricians and iron workers, although some carpenters also had quit when contractors had insisted on reducing their wages 20 per cent. Gas Rates Reduced Slightly; Service Charge is Dropped The new gas rate schedule recent ly adopted by the Metropolitan Water hoard went into effect yes terday. The old service charge of SO cents to $6.50 a month, accord ing to size of meter, has been abol ished. Under the new schedule con sumers will pay a minimum charge, of 75 cents for any amount per month tip to 500 cubic feet; $1.4o for the next 2,000 feet; $1.40 for the next 3,000 feet and a further decreasing rate for larger amounts. The effect of the new rates is that slight reductions will be made to small consumers. - ' Head of Auto Factory Has Optimistic View , John N. Willys, head of the Over land automobile factory, brought a note of optimism to Omaha yester day. Nearly 100 distributors" and dealers met Mr. Willys at the Van Brunt Automobile company's rooms. George Van Brunt acted as toastmas ter at a noonday function given in honor of the visitor. - Mr. Willys stated that people are setting down to hard work again, down to real business, and his ob servations have led him to believe that business generally is returning to normal conditions. "This new spirit 1 have observed everywhere in my swing around the , circle." he said. Tolf Hounds Being Used To Combat Many Coyotes Pawnee' City, Neb.. April 1. (Specials Gill North and "Wilson Stulo. farmers, own full-blooded wolf hounds with which they have been fighting the coyotes this winter. Thus far the dogs have not started x chase and failed to get a coyote. The dogs captured the largest "wolf ' of the season. -Bowen '$ POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS, Be Sure and Vote for HARRY B. Z-l-rM-A-H That's the way to spell it, He has a record. This Beautiful Model Eldredge Two Spool Electic Sewing Machine . Serves as a handsome Con sole Table when closed and a modem sewing machine 'when open. Cabinet is of beautiful genuine American Walnut of Tudor period. Eight handaomt model to ehooM (rem, priced from $22.50 t0 $98.00 And ai usual you mak. your own term.. See These Modern Machines Demonstrated enren (b Howard St., Betwt.n 15th 16th. 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Give,us the chanc6 to explain to you the fairest offer ever made And DO IT NOW before you have a chance to forget ! ' M1CKEUS "The House of Pleasant Dealings" 1 5th and Harney Sts., Omaha Phone DOUGLAS 1-9-7-3 Vv 0 j V V I I I i I I .0 Woman Featured in Sensational Divorce Taken in Hotel Raid Chicago, April I. "It was ex tremely unfortunate," was the mild explanation given today by Mrs. Charlotte Gilchrist, who was arrest ed at midnight in a room in the Hoard of Trade hotel in company with Charles Willis, 50. Mrs. Gilchrist is better renu-n-bered by her startling disclosures in the way of art photographs, which recently illustrated the hectic, hear ing of Laurence Gilchrist's divorce McCaU't Patterns Magazines Style Books case. There wer,c many of these photographs in the nude, but Mrs. Gilchrist and the photographer in sisted they were works of art. The jury refused to grant Gil christ or his wife a divorce. Mrs. Gilchrist and Gilchrist had a sharp setto in court today. The at torney had ordered her to decline to talk, but Gilchrist interposed.' "Let her talk if ehe wants to," he insisted. "Who are your" demanded the at torney. "Only her husband." said Gil christ. "Go ahead and talk," he lontinurJ, turning to his wiie. ''She'll do as 1 say." shouted her I attorney as he bundled her out of court. The April 22. case will be heard If- . ' " n McCair. TRY FIRST w Business Men's Body at Nebraska City Changes Nwc Nebraska City. April 1. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the Busi ness Men's association the following directors were elected for terms of two years: Paul Jessen, Frank Schwake, Harry Rasmusscn, Li Y. Rodenbrock and V. Sargeant. An amendment, to the bylaws adopted changing the name of the association to that of the Chamber ,.f fnmmcrrf. to conform to the .Mate and national organizations. Special Agents for Binner Corsets II I I I I I IT I. It I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I f I I I I I I I I 'I I I II I I Kt : jS Great Sale of i Leather Goods Ladies' fine Hand Bags in Plain Seal Grain, Novelty Ostrich, Persian Lamb, Imitation Alligator and fine Tooled Leathers. ' -Lj Colors Black, Brown, Gray. Tan. Mole and Navv. All new stvles. silk : tted with mirrors. At Regular Price. All new goods. . lined and fitted i $ 2.00 Values at I $ 3.00 Values at $ 5.00 Values at . 98 $1.98 $2.48 $ 7.00 Values at . . $10.00 Values at . . $14.00 Values at . . . $3.48 i . . . $4.98 I $6.98 i I Come Early Saturday. Sale Opens at 9 O'clock III Hill III I I I I I I I I I I Mill I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I II l II II I I l ft .!i;,;f : Something ft Boys 1 The Famous Woolly Boy Suits with 2 pan of Trousers, in all wool and all sizes, 7 to 17 years. Both sinede and double breas'ed models at the low Cash Price X i if i w a j f. ! 4i r $12 and $15 Boys' complete lime of Wash Suits at- S1.95, $2.95 rid 83.93 All sizes. 2 to 8 jgj years old, all col- I .- r ' i , - ors m jMiqay and Oliver Twist models. . " - 1 We show a complete line of Boys' Hats and Caps at $1.00 to $2.50 Boys' Blouses and Shirts in all sizes, in madras and percales. Blouses, 5 to 16 years. Shirts, neckband, 12 to 14. inches. All colors. On sale at $1,00 to $2.50. BOYS' DEPARTMENT THIRD FLOOR Sale of Men's i Underwear arid Furnishings For Saturday ' Men's Nainsook, Athletic, solid ma- ' terials, tailored by Chalmers Mills, : all sizes, 34 to 44. ! Men. short sleeve, ankle length, I white combed j'arn, Cooper rib, ' sizes 34 to 50, values to $2.00. ! Saturday ....$1.19 ! 2,500 Men's Dress Shirts Latest j: patterns in best madras and silk ' finish shirtings. .All sizes. Sat- ; .urday .$1.98 !; 300 dozen Men's Pure Thread Silk :! Hose, irregulars, all sizes,' all colors. Saturday, per pair. .-19 A Remarkable Sale Saturday of htJlv 5 Suits and Coats $j3 325 Suits and Coats selected from our enormous stock, grouped to sell at one price Saturday The Suits Your choice Saturday of Misses' and Women's Tricotine Suits, Poirct Twill Suits and elegant Serge Suits. Made up in th season's many styles that were made to sell at a great deal more. Saturday $35.00 The Coats Elegant Coats and Wraps made in the season's many stylee. The materials are Bolivias, Velours, Fortvtnas, Coverts and Tricotines in all the wanted shades. Sizes for misses, ladies and stouts. Special $35.00 Sweaters at $5.95 100 All-wool and Slipon Coat Sweaters in all shrdes. Worth $10.00. Sat urday at $5.95 Plaid Skirts at $8.95 Elegant Wool Plaid Skirt. made up in the new pleated styles. Large range of col ors. Special, at.. $8.95 I! I tuff i mi ! rii i V Saturday in the Children's Department Little Tots' Spring Coats for ages 2 to 6; worth '$5.00 and $6.00. Saturday, n sale, at $3.95 Girls' Spring Coats, sizes 6 to 14, that were made to sell up to $25.00. Saturday, on sale, at .$10.00 Girls' Colored and White Chiffon Taffeta and Crepe Dresses. Beautiful stvles, Sat urday, at ...$19,50 Girls' W hite Lawn and Voile Dresses, worth $10.00 to $12.50. Saturday, on sale, at $5.00 r Toilet Goods Specials for Saturday $1.00 Krank's Lemon Cream 79 30c Djer Kiss Talcum Powder 17 6Cc Danderine 47 10c Peet's Glycerine Tar Soap, 4 for 25 50c Pompcian Night Cream 3T' 50c Smelling Salts 29c 60c Phillip's Milk of Magnesia 39 35c Energine '.250 50c Whisk Brooms 39 75c Whisk Brooms .63 $1.00 Hair Brush 69 Baldwin's Prfumi an SpciI Sal Regu lar 75c quality. 1 Ten different odors. Sale price Saturday, per oz 59 BOe Pebeeo Tooth Paste TJ3 25c Woodbury's Facial Soap 17? I. It It Pays TRY HAYDEN'S FIRST-It Pay: JS L 4 I v, l
