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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919. . " ... " ," ' ." ; f ...... ... ..... - , us TRIANGLE FAR FROM SOLUTION BY LOVERS HERE This Is Story of 'Tea for Three" On Stage and as Enacted In Real f Life. White Norman Hackett in "Tea for Three' was explaining to the elite of Omaha Monday night at the Boyd theater how it is really pos sible to solve the world-old trian gle" without resort to divorce or bloodshed two young lovers, torn by the tempest of the primal emo tions, sat, clasped in each others arms in a home at 837 South Twenty-fourth street and, v with the gas turned on, waited for death. This is the report of the police, who hurried to 1618 California street Monday night to investigate. The triangle in this case consists of Mrs. Bonnie Chapman, 17 years old, Carl Chapman, 22 years old, her former sweetheart," and Walter Chapman, her husband. Walter and Carl are brothers. Young Chapman's Statement. ' Young Carl Chapman, the youth ful lover, declared to The Bee last night that he discovered his sweet heart in the gas-filled room and rescued and revived her. "Last Friday I told Bonnie I was going back to the navy," said Carl. "She and I were engaged to be mar ried. She told my brother, Walter, and he suggested that they get mar ried. She decided to do that to spite me. They were married last Satur day, but she didn't live with him, though she stayed at my mother's k home, 1618 1-2 California street. "I went down there to her sis ter's home on South Twenty-fourth street Sunday night and, found her in the room filled with gas. She was almost dead and I revived her. The gas that I inhaled while getting Bonnie out made me sick." V Carl declared that he and Bonnie are going to get married after she lias secured a divorce. ? Fourth Case Recently. This is the fourth case of the eter nal "triangle" which has resulted seriously enough in Omaha' in the last 10 days to demand the attention of the police. In the other three the triangle was broken by the self-inflicted death of one wf the members. A young wom an learned that her "friend" had transferred his affections to another. She turned on the gas in her room, and was found dead, leaving an af fectionate note to the young man. , . Early last week a youth told a ' young girl who was living at his home with him and his father that he was going to his uncle's place in Kansas and intimated that his affec tions might be cast upon another. He taid when her fair form lay dead that he was only teasing her. But in her young heart the terrific emotions made life without him seem not worth the living. She fled into a bedroom and swallowed poi son, v And Yer Another. Last Friday, a married youth found his attentions spurned by a chorus girl and he ended his life in its springtime. In the present instance the arrival of Louvan Stanley, 14-year-bld sis ter of Mrs. Bonnie Chapman, at the home on South Twenty-fourth street saved the lives of the two young lovers whose road to happiness was barred by marriage f the girl to the brother of her lover, according to the story told by Louvan to the po lice. ' - . ,.-:' T didn't know that Carl and Bon nie were in that gas-filled room," Louvan said. "I detected the smell of gas in the house and then I found Bonnie suffering from it. She told me that Carl had just left. A little later Mrs. Bonnie Chap man was able to go to the Chapman home, 1618J4 California street, whre she became violently ill from the effects of the gas. The police sur geon was called and then the police investigation started. She was taken by her sister to Shenandoah, la., Monday night Husband it Silent. Walter Chapman, the husband in this "triangle," would say but little, -except to answer the questions of the detectives. Young Louvan Stanley told of what she knew about the turbulent passion that is shaking the soul of the girl wife. "Bonnie told me Sunday night that she married Carl's brother to spite Carl because he joked her about going to Kansas City to marry anothei girt They first met in Shenandoah, la. Carl is a danc ing instructor and they seemed to , be sweethearts right from the start. When Carl joined the navy Bonnie promised to marry him as soon as he returned. - "Sunday night Bonnie cried over The Bee's Free Shoe Fund CHRISTMAS! Think of a CHILD who hopes SANTA will bring tier SHOES! She or he will be happy, with SHOES. So many little ones are cold. There it a waiting list, waiting for the shoes that your money is needed to buy. Prevtomly vknowledcrd . ...1S4M.40 Thank offerinf for safe return of toTCd ene from armca I.M E. W., Clark. Neb S.00 Omaha ElcmanUrr Schools (addi tional) . . .W Mr. C. B. B , .O0 S. U Perkins, Mitchell, Neb.: S.00 Total .SSS4.1S Do 'something NOW to make a child happy on CHRISTMAS. Send a contribution to the Free Shoe Fund, care of The Bee. The little WAIFS are WAITING for the prized shoes that YOUR MONEY will buy them. INSPECTION OF AIR MAIL HANGAR NOW BEING MADE Colonel Jordan Arrives for Final Look Before Landing of First Plane On January 8. Col. John A. Jordan, in charge of maintenance ana extension or aenai mail service in the United States, arrived in Omaha yesterday to make a final inspection of the aerial mail hangar which is being jcompleted at the Ak-Sar-Ben landing field. Colonel Jordan gave assurance that every effort would be made to have the first great mail plane ar rive here from Chicago on January 8. Six new Martin planes have been completed and are ready for serv ice on the Chicago-Omaha branch, he said. These planes are the larg est in mail service, have never be fore been used, and should give Omaha the best service of any line, They are two-engine planes, cap able of carrying 1,500 pounds of mail, or approximately ou.uuo letters. It is probable that branch lines will be started from Omaha to Kan sas City and Minneapolis, Colonel Jordan said, and Omaha as a result will become a great areiai man ter minal, furnishing work for a large number of skilled mechanics and hundreds of other people who will distribute and sort mail. Colonel Jordan also stated that service will be extended to the west coast in the spring. He was en thusiastic when told of the plans for General Pershing to christen the hanffar durinor his visit here on Tan- uary 8, he day on which the first piane is to arrive, ana promised to be present at the ceremonies. New Policeman Reported Playing Cards On Duty Walter C Peterson, recently ap pointed to the police department, was reported to Chief , Eberstein yesterday as having . been discov ered playing cards in a pool hall Monday night while on duty. J. M. Kirk and Raymond Jandro have resigned from the police de partment, stating to Chief Eber stein that they wished to enter other lines of business. They were among the new squad of policemen recent ly appointed. ' Leader of Police Raiding Squad Suspended by Chief - ' Robert Samardick Exceeded .Authority Invading Fox Home,. Says Eberstein To Face Commission Sutton and Stolly to Have Hearing Before Com- mission December 30 on Similar, Charge. Robert Samardick, "rough rider" leader of the police raiding squad, who with three policemen and with out provocation, invaded the home of Bert Fox, 1903 Emmet street, Sat urday night, insulted Mr. and Mrs. Fox and subjected their company, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Green, to indig nities - and humiliation, yesterday was suspended from the force by Chief Eberstein. The 'chief announced that Samar dick had exceeded his authority at the Fox home and the case would be heard later by the city commis sion. ' - Samardick is alleged to have used vile language in the presence of the women while he searched the house for whisky. He also is accused of knocking Mr.. Fox down with his fist when he was asked to produce a warrant. The policemen searched the house from roof to cellar and found no liquor. Other policenif who accompa nied Samardick on the raid, declared there was no evidence found to in dicate that the place was a disor derly house. Despite this, Mr. and Mrs. Fox and Mr. and Mrs. Green were arrested i. id taken to jail. Testimony in police court Mon day developed that Mr. and Mrs. Green were seated at the piano and Mr. and Mrs. Fox occupied chairs in the same room when Samardick smashed through the back door. Paul Sutton and L. H. Stolley, city detectives who staged a raid similiar to the Fox affair several weeks azo on N. A. Nehleen's home. 3223 Patrick avenue, will be tried be fore the city commission December 30, according to the announcement of the chief of police. Sutton and Stolley are charged with in competency and conduct unoecom incr officers. Sutton is said to have been in charge of the squad which, without warrant or excuse, torcea an- en trance into the Nehleen home, burst ing into the room where Mrs. Neh- . . . t i l : leen was taxing a oatn, destroying foodstuffs and subjecting the mem bers of the household to numerous indignities and embarrassment. Mr. Nehleen recently filed charges with the chief of police, who in turn, after investigating the affair sus pended the detectives and filed K ... . i . iormal cnarges wun we city com mission. . Carl. "She said she would never be happy in the world with anybody except Larl. The sick young wfe who had been so near the gates of death where surcease from the tempest of baffled love is believed to lie, wept when the police surgeon attended he Mon day night- "I'll never be happy until I have my buddy back" with me again," she cried, the police surgeon said. Carl sat by her bedside. He had come as soon as he learned she was ill. And so wags the world.- Men put the "triangle" into entertaining plays and books. Those who do not feel the anguish of the triangle can laugh and get amusement from the relation of it. But in Omaha cemeteries three young forms have been laid in the last 10 days, forms which but a few short weeks ago were beautiful, liv ing, throbbing wit,h love and pas sion, which now are cold in death. Life itself with the long, good years stretching before was as nota ing compared with the loss of the one in all the world whom they de sired and adored. Regrettable and awful as these pitiful tragedies are; horrible as it is to think of the fair youne lives snuffed out of their bloom, there is not lacking entirely a thrill at the majesty and strength of the great self-sacrificing Amotion of which man and woman are capable with regard each to the other. Merry Xmas t AND V 4. Happy New Year W.R.NICHOLSi Motor Uo. r - . . . T1 ANNUAL RUSH TO CUPID'S COUNTER FOR CHRISTMAS . i Marriage Licenses Almost Doubled In 1919 Yuletide Rush Over Same Time Last Year. Many a noble "lovey" is going to give himself to his sweet vdovey" for a Christmas present this year. Twenty-five marriage licenses were issued Monday by Marriage License Clerk Stubbendorf in the countv iudee's office. Thus is the perennial question "what to give for Christmas?" solved and the wedding bells are ringing one continuous peal these days while Harry and Harriett vow eterinal devot.on to each other. , "This is the annual Christmas rush," said Mr. Stubbendorf. .. "We advise people to do their Christmas marrying early but it dois no good and they come rushing in here at the last minute to look over our assortment of licenses and wedding certificates. ' , "Fortunately we don't have a large variety to select from and no bookkeeping to do, as ours is a strictly cash business. Our adver tising costs us nothing and we don't have to advise people to bee stub bendorf First," as we have no com petition in this county. "Our delivery charges are also nothing, as we have the cash and carry system." ' On the corresponding day last year the office issued 15 licenses. Mr. stubbendorf looks for a still bigger rush at the bargain counter today. - Moon Theater Will Give , 'Special Xmas Overture v Following a short run of special Christmas film, managers of the Moon theater have planned a spe cial overture bv the orchestra of the theater as a Christmas feature. The overture comes as the culmination of a conference between Manager Ballantyne, Orchestral Director Robert Cuscaden and Edwin Stev ens, Omaha's premier organist. The overture itself is written by Mr. Cus caden and Mr. Stevens. Leland Wooters, former prominent newspaperman in Des Moines, and now publicity manager for the Sun, Moon and Muse theaters, is highly enthusiastic over the musical pro duction. "If any member of the audience does not admit that the overture it self is worth the price of admission, I will refund the money to him out of my own pocket," declares Mr. Wooters, who has always been known to make good on his prom ises. .--.. Sidney Valentine Dead. London. Dec. 23. Sidney Valen tine, the actor, is dead. He was president of the Actors' association, Under French auspices. Tunisia will greatly increase its production of flax for linen manufacture.! MINERS IN WEST MAKE BIG MONEY, OMAHAN WRITES Says Poorest Paid Laborers, Under 14 Per Cent In crease, Receive Good . Wages. Mrs. J. N. Wise, 1307 South Thirty-fourth street, received some in teresting information on the coal sit uation from her son, Willard, a "tip ple boss" in the coal mines at Peer less, Utah. , . In speaking of the strike, he says that it seems like an abstract propo sition to the miners, all 'of whom are working and apparently content ed. Miners, he states, are making from $250 to $400 a month, and the poorest paid laborer, under the 14 per cent increase, makes $5.18 for an eight-hour day, with an opportunity to work overtime, with extra pay, nearly every day. The six-mile canyon in which the mine employing him is located has five other mines, and all work seven days a week. , Every 24 hours this canyon produces 150 carloads of coal. In the county there are 16 other mines, several of them larger than the one in which he is employ ed, and the total output is 500 cars a day. All of the coal from these mines is sent to the west and northwest. None of the coal is sent east The waste around the mine is enormous, according to Mr. Wise. On the tramway leading from the mine to the tipple, hej says, about 100 tons of coal is scattered and not. thought worth picking up. On the picking table of the tipple over which he presides, he says, 10 tons of coal is culled and thrown away because of a two or three-inch streak of "boney, ' or incomplete coal, running through it This coal is hauled away and burned in great piles because customers complain of I ?i r.t J. ti , it. wnn.a goo a arait, ne says, tne boney will burn as good as coal. Buy Candy Today In Boxes and in Bulk at any one of Five Sherman & McConnell . Drug Stores Liggett' Johnston's Gordon' ; Guth's Woodward's Merry Xmas ..AND 3 ' . p Happy New Year PETERSON Motor Co. fir Spot! Spot! Who's Got The Sun Spots? Puzzle To Omaha Scientist Lost Several spots on the sun caused by planets of the universe crashing into itv Several severe storms, also due to the acrobatics of the planets, have failed to mate rialize. PROFESSOR PORTA. ratner Kigge, astronomer at Creighton university, has spent sev eral restless days waiting for the sun to show its bright and smiling face in order that he could assist the California scientist (?) in his search. ' When Old Sol's bright rays first appeared yesterday the Creighton scientist hurried to his telescope in an endeavor to find spots, after sev eral days careful scanning of news paper reports in an endeavor to find where the promised storms had struck. -Searching for sun spots was as hopeless as his search for storms, Father Rigge is now makinsr an other search which promises to be equally fruitless. An investigation of the rolls of the leading scientific organizations so tar has failed to record the name ot Frotessor Porta . vrw- - k 4$- MERRY XMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR Standard Motor Car Company Merry Xmas AND Happy New Year SPRAGUE TIRE & Rubber Co. ate MERRY XMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR Wenger Motor Company ' I V I. .... t Merry Christmas " and Happy New Year GUY L SMITH MERRY XMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR Wait for our New Models N. r Bixby Motor Company ri3 - 3 3Jf , .: To all those , W who have been patient g t with us when the going was strenuous Merry Christmas Omaha Cold Storage Co. and Employes T Merry Xmas AND V Happy New Year NEBRASKA W1U&111UU11C vu. 1 w 4 'The wish is old but still rings true. A Merry Christmas v to You Nebraska Power Co. 111
