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I 4 . THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. MARCH 23. 1920. UDGES OUST IDREASEN FROM FFICIAL POST MX Probation Officer Dis missed Because of Securing Pardon for Omaha Convict. Adult Probation Officer M. An easen was dismissed from his po- lon yesterday by court order jrnea by the district judges because I his activities in securing a pardon jr James C. Donaghue, convicted in Etrict court of assault and battery Marie Honach, 19 years old, at rentieth and Center streets the ht of August 17, 1919. fThe district judges held a special feeting Saturday noon on the An- easen case, but did not announce y decision. Mr. Andreasen spoke Sunday ght at Trinity Methodist church ,d is reported to have said: "I am ping through with this. I'm not brried s bout my job. I won't lose When the news of his dismissal as given him yesterday morning Seemed surprised. Back to the Ministry. "Well. I'm throuch." he said as he alked rapidly away. What are you going to do now? i was asked. "I can go back into the ministry," said. The order made by the judges fol- ws: "It appearing to the court that, ring to certain recent activities of orris Andreasen as adult proba in officer, the value of his services this court have been greatly im- irea, ana nis further connection erewith is undesirable, it is there re ! "Ordered, that said Morris An easen be, and he hereby is. dis- ISSed forthwith from said nftire id his services therein permanently Bcontinued. Omaha Women Responsible. Dismissal of Andreasen was really ought about by action of ISO wo- en who met last Tuesday in the M. C. A. and signed a petition the judges, asking for Andrea- ni removal for his activities in curing a pardon for Donaghue. Uiscovery that Governor McKel- had pardoned Donaghue on arch 4 was not made until March L and then only through a chance mark that Chief Deputy County (ttorney Coffey overhead on the reet Neither Mr. Coffey who pro cuted Donaghue nor Judge Troup hft presided at the trial, nod Eu- ne U aulhvan who derended Don hue, knew of his release. Andreasen had recommended the Lrdon in a letter written to Gov- nor McKelvie stating that lonaghue was found guilty in po- e court and sentenced to 60 days jail and had served about 30 days the sentence. No Successor Named.. Judge Troup reprimanded An- easen sharply tollowing the reve tibn'of his action in securing Don ahues bardon and later the seven strict JudgeS 'united in a letter of Iproval. ' following receipt of this letter. ndreasen declared, "I won't resign 1 they fire me. No successor to Andreasen has en appointed. The position pays 25 a month. Defends Parole System. - Archie Crawford, sentenced to a irm of one to seven years in the :nitentiary February 7, 1917, tor the eft of an automobile from the buth Omaha Stock exchange and voted by Judge Kedick, is a nrm iliever- in the parole system and ok occasion to defend it today fol- Iwmg the dismissal of Andreason. "Andreasen may have used bad idgment in paroling Donaghue, Jd Crawford, "but the parole sys 1m itself is a good one and should bt be dropped if the morals of the ty are to be preserved and bet- ured. Young men are likely to Jake mistakes, as I did. If we are I have a parole officer who can see chance for good in these fellows ley may be sent to prison and jarked for life. Since being paroled (have been employed in a respon se position, handling thousands of hilars. Each month I have report- to Mr. Andreasen. The parole stem has been a good thing for BODY FORCED INTO FURNACE AFTER KILLING Criminologist Asserts He Has Evidence That Will Convict Woman's Murderer. ommerce High Graduates Will Hold Banquet Tonight Commencement exercises for the larch graduates of the High School f Commerce will be held 1 hursday !ght . at the Central high school ttditorium. Dr. C. A. Fulmer of incoln, Neb., will deliver the com- encement address. Rev. Charles E. Cobbey, pastor the First Christian church, will liver the invocation. W. E. Reed, f the Board of Education, will pre :nt diplomas to the graduates. Ar mr M. Wells of the Board of Edu Jtion will present military certifi ites to the commissioned officers the cadet battalion, bupenntend- t of Schools J. H. Beveridge will eside. Twenty-one students will be aduated Thursday night. Eleven f the graduates are boys and 10 !irls. The graduates will hold their anquet at the Loyal Hotel tonight. I . ' V mi i v. .: i oman rcameu on uivn ; Service Board by Wilson Washington, March 22. Helen ameron Gardener of this city, idow of Col. S. A. Day and author nd lecturer, was nominated today y President Wilson to be a mem- er ot tne civil service commission, he will succeed Charles M. Gallo Vay of Columbia'a, S. C, who was -ousted" from the commission last fear after the president . had de- ermtned to reorganize u. Dr. Secor. Dentist 1st Nat Bk. 31d. Adv. Denver, Colo., March 22. The death of Mrs. Hilda Neimi of Lead, S. D., was. caused from a cerebral hemorrhage and the body was forced into the furnace of her apart ment after she had died, according to Dr. A. L. Bennett, criminologist, who had completed an examination of portions of the body sent to him. 1 have evidence in my posses sion which I believe will establish the identity of the murderer," Dr. Bennett declared. Case Called for Wednesday. Deadwood, S. D., March 22. The case of Mr. and Mrs. George Searles, charged with the murder of Mrs. Searles' mother, Mrs. Hilda Neimi of Lead, will be called on Wednesday. The woman's charred body was found in the furnace of her apartment December 7 last by her dauguhter. Whether Mrs. Neimi ended her own life by crawling into a burning turnace m the basement of the Neimi apartments, whether she was murdered by unknown persons and her body afterward placed in the furnace, or whether she came to her death at the hands of her daughter and son-in-law are questions which Dr. A. L. Bennett, criminologist, at tached to the office of District At torney William W. Foley of Den ver, is expected to answer when he appears as a witness. Cuticura Soap Is Ideal for The Complexion No Man Has a Right To Refuse Presidency, Pershing's Attitude (Continued From First Page.) tions to which they are appointed; in short, what the country demands, in order to meet national after-war exigencies, is not only a man big in every way himself, but one sufficiently broad to bring into his councils the ablest men obtainable for the particular job to which they are called. Pershing's Strength. A soldier who has more than made good in every duty assigned him, whose participation in the world war won for him the sincere plaudits of high and low alike in every civil ized nation, Pershing's fitness for the presidency is not alone based on his military achievements. He is universally acknowledged to be the one military figure of commanding importance who still retains the civilian viewpoint. Growing up on a Missouri farm and with the usual experience of the average American boy, Pershing's character was de veloped in the school of American experience. He had come to years of maturity and his views of life were fixed before he came in con tact with the military angle. While serving as instructor at the Univer sity ot Nebraska Pershing added to his store of knowledge by taking a course i Jaw, thus still further fix ing and broadening his civilian view point. Those who know Pershing best realize the broad character of his viewpoint He talks little "shop," is thoroughly conversant with matters of public interest and men and women in tne public eye; his re rent public utterances, covering the many and varied angles ot civil duty, have clearly demonstrated his broadmmdedness and familiarity with general conditions. As was well said of him by one of his inti mates, Pershing the civilian, plain, ordinary, average American of great capacity, upon whose civilian char acter was superimposed a military education and training, presents the most completely rounded out. satis factory example of the civilian-sol dier and soldier-civilian that Amer ica has produced. BENSON AUTHOR OF ANTI-BRITISH WAR DIRECTION Admiral Sims Testifies "Wool" Statement Was Made to Him in Presence of Other Officers. Prices of Standard Shoes To Be Lower This Summer New York, March 22. Prices of standard shoes will be reduced dur ing the spring and summer, John J. Slater, 'president of the Retail Shoe Dealers' association, announced in a communication to Arthur Williams, federal food administrator. Retail ers at a recent meeting decided to be content with a smaller margin of profit, Mr. Slater said. Reduc tions, however, will not apply to "all kinds of fancy and ultra-fashionable footwear." The action of the retail shoe deal ers, Mr. Williams said, probably presaged the beginning of a general narrowing of profit margins in wearing apparel. Motorcycle Rider Hurt In Collision With Auto William Sutcliff, 3715 Leavenworth street, was knocked from a motor cycle at Twenty-first and Farnam streets yesterday when he collided with an automobile. Sutcliff and Ray Palmer, 2301 South Thirty-first street, were to gether on the motorcycle, and had turned to avoid striking a street car when the collision occurred. Sutcliff suffered cuts and bruises about the head and face and a wrenched knee. Palmer escaped without injury. Washington, March 22. Rear Ad miral Sims told the senate investi gating committee today that Rear Admiral Benson, chief of naval op erations during the war and now chairman of the shipping board, was the officer who told him "not to let the British pull the wool over your eyes; we would as soon fight them as the Germans." This was not a formal instruction, the admiral said, "but was told to him before other naval officers after Secretary Daniels had given him. final instrmuctions previous to his departure overseas, where he became commander of American naval forces. It was repeated the following day he declared and six months later when Admiral Benson visited Paris. Admiral Sims was reluctant to re veal the name of the officer making the statement, but Chairman Hale insisted. Admits to Indiscretion. Cross-examination by Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, de veloped that Admiral Sims had shown his. letters criticising the Navy department's conduet of the war to Henrv P. Davison, of New York, about January 15. Admiral Sims conceded this was "an indiscretion." Senator Pittman said he had reason to believe a copy of the let ter had reached a Washington news paper correspondent, who probably would be called later. Explaining his interpretation of what Admiral Benson said, the wit ness said he had not given the state ment serious consideration then be cause he had assumed it resulted from what he described as an in tensely anti-British feeling enter tained by Admiral Benson. He add ed that Admiral Benson was an "up standing and honest man." Commenting briefly on Secretary Daniels statements before the com mittee Admiral Sims said that "in his testimony on awards, the secre tary stated he had reminded me of the indiscretion in a speech I made at Guild hal!." Asserts He Is Mistaken. "The secretary's recollection is thoroughly mistaken," the witness ad,ded, "no reference was made to that occasion." In reply to questions by Senator rittman, calculated to bring out that he made public his letter re garding naval decorations before ccrtary Daniels received it. Ad- mi'al Sims declared neither he nor any of his staff had given the mat ter and publicity. "I am no spring chicken." he said, and am not putting my head into a noose unnecessarily, i even car ried the only copy around in my pocket so I would know it did not get out prematurely. Senator Cummins Is To Be Opposed by Labor In Coming Campaign Washington, March 22. Senator Cummins, republican, Iowa, is one of the members of congress organ ized labor will attempt to defeat in November according to L. E. Shep pard, acting president of the Order of Railway Conductors, who is in Washington today attending the railroad wage conference. Senator Cummins was the author of the anti-strike provision of the railroad bill which was thrown out in conference. Mr. Sheppard indi cated that union officials were care f.illy studying the record of every member of congress with respect to his star.d on this provision and other labor matters with a view to oppos ing in the elections those regarded as inimicable to organized labor. Pioneer Nebraska Woman Dies at Home of Daughter Mrs. Mary A. Small, widow of James W. Small, well known busi ness man in southeastern Nebraska in early days, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Munnell, 3519 Sherman avenue. She was born in Geneva, 111., in 1844 and received her education in Wheaton college. She was married in 1869 and moved immediately afterward to Red Oak. Ia., later movinsr to Fair field, Neb. She is survived bv her six children, Mrs. Edith Sims, Grand Junction, Colo.; Mrs. Alice Snively, Greencastle, Pa.; Mrs. Myra Mcintosh. Dunlac. Ia.: Warren Small. Mrs. Elma Munnell and Er nest Sm'ill of Omaha. Brief funeral services will be con ducted by Rev. Mr. Reese of the United Brethren church at the N. P. Swanson chapel Wednesday. Funeral servic;s and burial will be in York, Neb., the following day. Three Cars Stolen With sunny weather in full blast Sunday) automobile joyriders stole three cars. Victims were Tohn Hoppe, 4123 Douglas street; William stein, Millard. Neb., and Sam Finkenstein. 2527 Blondo street. $1.50 for Every Day in Service Is Request of Legioners to Congress Washington, March 22. The ex ecutive committee of the American Legion has put up to congress the proposal to pay adjusted compensa tion tof ormer service .men and women at $1.50 for every day in service. This action reversed a previous vote by the committee, which re corded 37 state representatives for the legislative committee's plan for cash relief at $1 a day, adopted as a substitute for the original pro posal of $50 a month. The com mittee's determination to boost re lief followed a general review of a composite bill which the legion will present to the house ways and means committee Wednesday, in cluding privileged land settlement, home building aid, and extension of vocational trainig. General Wood Under Attack of Both Sides Continued From First rase.) the alarm that has spread to the democratic camp by the prospect of the republicans nominating "the man the democrats know they can not beat." "The expenses of the Wood cam paign are audited monthly by pub lic auditors," said Senator Moses, and the books are open to anyone, including the World, for inspec tion." Borah Comes to Bat. Senator Borah, one of the leaders in the campaign for the licmination of Senator Johnson, immediately came to bat with a challenge to General Wood to name the men financing his candidacy and their contributions and asserting that "men who put up vast sums of money for a candidate are believed by the public to have an ulterior, selfish motive." William J. Bryan fears that "a soldier president" would bring about a reign of militarism, such militarism, he says, as caused the British General Dyer to cause Hin doos to be shot down in cold blood. All of which indicates that the campaign has reached the stage of acrimination and recrimination promising plenty of fireworks be fore the conventions assemble. Proctor Says All Legal. Chicago, March 22. That no money had been expended except within the strictest limits of state and national law to advance the candidacy of Major General Leon ard Wood for president was the statement made tonight by William C. Proctor, chairman of the Wood national committee, in regard to Senator Borah's query in a state ment today asking about campaign funds. Chairman Proctor's state ment follows: "General Wood is the candidate of the people and not of the politicians. His candidacy has been fought by political combinations and senatorial groups from the beginning. His cam paign is being conducted by men who are not politicians. Convinced as they are that General Wood is the man needed to head the govern ment during the four fateful years ahead of us and believing that such is the sentiment of the county, his campaign has been conducted solely on the lines of presenting the man, his character and his record to the people. No money has been ex pended except within the strictest limits of the state and national law and solely for the purposes stated. Manufacture of Brushes Explained at C. of C. Meeting The manufacture of brushes was explained by A. R. Wiens at the weekly meeting of the good fellow ship committee of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday Mr. Wiens explained that each kind of brush requires a particular kind of bristle and told of the different animal and vegetable bristles selected. The at tendance prize of the meeting was $50 in tree surgery or landscape gardening, the gift of the Page Tree Service Co. It was won by E. H. Dalbey. 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"Mrs. his own way entirely .at either the j Welch has paid no dues for two years, Airs. iaiuas explained. republican or the democratic county conventions which wi'l be held on May 11. There is no telling how W. J. Rryan will reach Nebraska many women wiii do fleeted to ncxi rriday, to oegin ms western seats in the republics:! convention i speaking tour. He will speak New York, March 22. --Negotiations for a new wage agreement for anthracite coal miners were virtually at a standstill Monday pending de cision Tuesday by the workers' gen eral scale committee as to whether there is to be a suspension of work April 1, when the agreement ex-nires. Sentiment of the miners, as inter preted by union leaders, is' unani mously in favor of a walkout unless mine operators agree 10 nidKc a wage increase retroactive from April 1. The operators are reported opl posed to such an agreement. Hope of speeding up the negotia tions and reaching a definite under standing on the miners' demands by April 1 has been virtually aban doned. Members of the subcommit tee of miners and operators declare their deliberations probably will ex tend well into April. Because of the delay in reaching a decision in the bituminous situation, the subcommittee has clowed up with the hope that an award will be made to the soft coal workers which can be uced as a basis for an an thracite agreement. Automobile Mechanic Swallows Poison by Mistake Harry Nclsen, 805 South Twenty third street, proprietor of a radiator repair shop, swallowed hydro chloric acid yesterday afternoon while at work in his shop. The water in the shop had been turned off and the men had been drinking water from a bottle. Nel sen took a drink from a bottle on the shelf, believing it the water bottle, and before he discovered his mistake had swallowed a quantity of acid. He was taken to the Swedish Mission hispital, where physicians said his condition was serious. and it will not b know.-, rntil alter the primary vot?, April 20. The various precincts of the county nre entitled to 207 seats in the cojiiiy convention. In many instances of precincts being entitled to cn'y one seat each, several car.ilid-t-i !mo filed. This presents some amusing situations. For instances, Harry S. Byrne, member of the executive committee of the republican state central comirfittce, wants to attend the county convention as delegate from the Fifth precinct of the Third ward. He now finds that Luella P. Jackson also wants to be the delegate, so the voters of this pre cinct will decide the question. In the Fifth of the Fourth Louis 1'. Sike will be opposed by Mrs. H. C. Sumney for the one seat to which this precinct is entitled. Mrs. Sum- i ney is a real .campaigner and Mr. j Sike's friends already are be- j ginning to extend their condolences. In the Seventh of the Eighth, W. L. Byrne will make the race with Mrs. Del C. Easterly for a seat in the county convention. In the Thir teenth of the Ninth there are five aspirants for one seat, Mrs. F. V). Wead being opposed by John N. Baldwin, G. W. Pratt, A. B. Lind quist and W. H. Smails. Lir.coin, Friday night, under the eis!ices of the Women's Demo cratic league. On Saturday night he will speak in the Omaha Audi torium. .Mr. Bryan will proceed frnm Omaha to Los Angeles next week, having a speaking date for April 2, at a meeting of western governors in the California city. He will return to Nebraska for a 10- day tour before the primary, April To Exchange Temporary Liberty Bonds for Permanent Washington, March 22. The treasury has completed arrange ments for the exchange of tempor ary Liberty bonds fdr bonds of permanent form with interest cou pons to maturity attached, Secre tary Houston announces. Frank A Shotwell, admitting that he is the engineer who is promt ting the gubernatorial elimination festi val which was started in Loncoln last F'riday, yesterday stated that the republican entrants who agree to have their names scratched from the starting list, will do so because of party loyalty. "They are all able candidates and it is understood and agreed that those who withdraw will give their hearty support to the candidate that is selected at this conference," Mr. Shotwell stated. He explained that each candidate, except Governor McKelvie, will be represented Wednesday afternoon by three members of tiie conference. The 18 conferees will retire and decide which candidate of the following six shall enter the race as the sole opponent to Governor McKelvie: Adam McMullcn. H. J. McLaugh lin, Thomas L. Hall, E. M. Pollard, George ' D. Matthewson and John H. Bachelor. There docs not appear to be much of a secret about Ralph Clark of Stella being lined up with tiie Hitchcock forces in his race for the democratic gubernatorial nomi nation.' Mr. Clar was an eleventh hour candidate. He lives in Rich ardson county, the stamping ground of John H. Morehead, former gov ernor, who declined to accept sev eral recent filings made in hi be half. Mr. Morehead was in Omaha I r.,. .. .,i. ...i,.. u ..t ...:.v. 1,131 tviv wiau lie luiuiiicu Willi Arthur Mullen, national committee man, and other democratic no tables. Mr. Mullet and several of the Hitchcock advisors did not look kindly upon a tie-up with More head, because of real imaginary antagonism which Morehead be quethed upon democrats in Doug las county. It is further under stood that Morehead would have entered the race if he could have obtained the endorsement of the democratic machine. Mrs. Jennie Callfas. president of the Omaha Woman's Christian Temperance L'nion, and member of the campaign committee of the "dry" democratic wing, yesterday issued a statement in which she de nied that Mrs. J. W. Welch, chair man of the women's division of the regular democratic committee, is a Ethel Barker, executive secretary of the republican women's commit tee, wishes that the women of Omaha would understand that if they registered last year for the school bond election it will not be necessary for them to register again unless they have changed their ad dress or have since married. John Shannon and John F. Moriarty, who filed the petition at Lincoln last Saturday, for the sub mission of Governor Edwards' name at the democratic presidential preferential primary next mo::th, contend that the name of Edwards must go on the ballots whether the governor accepts or declines. They insist that the petitioners have prior rights in this matter. A re cent message from the New Jersey governor indicated that he did not wish to contest the Nebraska pre ferential vote with Senator Hitchcock. City Council Votes for $250,000 In Library Bonds A. public library bond issue of ?250,000 was approved yesterday by WIFE OF PAXTON HOTEL MAN SUES HIM FOR DIVORCE Romance of High School Days In Omaha Ends In Court Action to Be Un contested. Richard T. Kitchen, vice president of Kitchen Bros.' Hotel Co., owners of the Paxton hotel, was sued for di uvorce in district court yesterday by his wife, Roberta Kitchen- on grounds of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Kitchen alleges that "Dick" has property worth $600,000 and at income of $3,000 a month. She ask. for custody of their adopted child 4 years old, and for alimony. Tin suit was filed by the law firm o Baker & Ready. Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen lived ii apartments at the Paxton hotel unti three tin -nt lis ago, when Mrs. Kitch en returned to the home of her fath er, George B Eddy, 517 Soutl 1 wenty-fifih avenue. "Die1-" Kitchen and Roberta Eddj were Central High school studet.t. in 1908, when they ran away tt Blair one day and were married. "I shan't contest the suit," saio. Richard Kitchen yesterday at the Paxton hotel. "The trouble waj just incompatibility. We couldn't get alone;." Will you let your wife ha custody of the child, too?" "Yes, I think I shall, though 1 love the child and so do my par ents." "Your wife's petition says yoii have an income of $5,000 a month? "Well, if she says that, she's con siderably mistaken," said Mr Kitchen. Mrs. Kitchen, at her home, de clared she had nothing to say. Richard Kitchen is a son ol Ralph Kitchen, president of Kitchen F5rothers Hotel company, operating the Paxton hotel for many years. He is one of the best known hotel men in the west. 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