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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL fll-NO. 231. Reavis Is App roved fo Probe r Criticism of Attorney Crnrnl for Failure lit 1'rotet-utc War Profiteer Halted hy Au poiiituientt.fNt-Iirakan. k Experienced in Work By GEORGE FTauTHIER. Wtahlnilua urf r,.iUi-n llHtalut H. Whiiigton, May 26 lpcrUl Telegram.) Appointment tt Repre sentative C. Frank Kiavi. a chief insint.int prosecutor of war fraud by Attorney General Daughcrty, hat apparently Kjiikrd the kuii ol tlie who have been atuti.ptititf to put the attorney general iu the liKltt of fail jug to protevute the war grafter. Til ft. at it 111 t until Uair.inii l iltl'it Keavin and his previous altitude on the subject of war fraud, know he will never atop until he has run them t. earth, if it ,s poilile. Any attack upon the attorney general now will he interpreted by Representative Keavis' frirnds at an attack upon the Mncerity of the chief assistant in vef'tigaUir. Repreentalives Woodruff and Johnson had not given up their pHins of toriiup tlie resolution investigat ing the Department of Justice for alleged UixncM in prosecuting; war frauds from Representative Camp bell's committee on rules today. Ren . resentative Woodruff appealed from a ruling of the chair to the effect that the committee on rules was not com pelled to report the resolution of in vestigation. In spite of spirited fight by Representatives Woodruff and Johnson of South Dakota, Speaker (ilett m:;s sustained by a vote of 148 to 114. Firbt Test of Strength. ThU was the first test of strenpth. foilnviujj Mr. Reavis appointment, snd it snowed the house believes his appointment is a fair test of the at- fnnifr (rnfrul' cinrritv atirt that ll.it Ai.inl li'je tn..j.4 . 3 tt t i am cl 1 ! and not with laxness. Representative Reavis held a re ception in his offiice all day today, Representative Woodruff being one of those who congratulated him on the appointment. ' During his seven years in congress, Representative Reavis has won the reputation of benig the best cross examiner in the house and has torn the testimony of many witnesses to pieces. Among those who have felt the power f this talent is Governor W. G. Harding, of the federal re serve board. It is this talent which is believed .to qualify him especially for his present job. He shares with Rodenburg of Illinois the distinction of being one of the best orators in I the house. He has been a member of a number of social committees, although the judiciary committee has been his chief committee assignment. As a member of the judiciar.y co mittce he was a strong opponent of the anli-lynching law, alleging it was unconstitutional, although approving of it in spirit. His view has been sustained by the senate committee. Boys in Service. , Mr. Reavis' interest in war frauds is not one of the passing moment. He had two boys in the flying ser vice, one in the navy and one in the army. He went to France in 1918 and aw the American doughboys "take off" at Chateau Thierry ana ci-me b'ack with the expressed deter mination that if he ever got a chance to put the war grafters in jail he would do so. He was largely instrumental m forcing Secretary of War Baker to put the surplus army food stocks on the market, thus breaking the back Of the higl) cost of living. He was instrumental, also, in compelling the Baker-ruled War department to care for the surplus army automobiles which were allowed to rust in the open throughout the country and forced their distribution among the state highway commissions. Father Was Judge. Ir." Reavis is the son of the late Judge Isham Reavis, who studied law with Abraham Lincoln at Springfield and was named federal judge of Ari zona by President Grant. He started his law-practice at Falls City, later moving to Lincoln, where he has formed a law partnership-with Max Beghtol, where the firm name will be Reavis & Beghtol. His resigna tion on June 4 merely anticipates the determination to retire at the end of his term. .There have been rumors that Mr. Reavis is planning to contest the re publican nomination for senator with Senator Norris. His friends say his present object is to acquire a com petence, that he is 54 and his salary in congress has not been sufficient for him to lay aside a cent. Experience in Work. His experience in having headed the subcommittee which investigated the expenditures in the, quartermas ter's department will stand him in good stead now. It is in this depart- ' (Tarn to Pajre Two. Column Our.) Dearborn Men to Urge Ford to R&a for President Detroit, May 26. A committee of several prominent Dearborn men, neighbors of Henry Ford, will call upon Mr. Ford early next week, it was announced today, and urge the motor manufacturer to be a candi date for the pr Ndency of the United States in 1924. The announcement was made by William T. Kronberg, editor of the Dearborn newspaper, who was instrumental in "ailing the recett mass mating of Dearborn vot ers tJat organized a "Henry Ford for President" club. Wentz Enters Prison Lincoln. May 26. (Special Tele gram.) Charles VY Wentz. Aurora banker, entered the state penitentiary here tonight to serve 1 to 10 years for falsifying bank records ri"-' f4- m. m m Nebraskan Trapped as Blackmailing Gang Head Eugene Bryant, ton of Judge Bryant of JlarUngton, Neb., who u held by Chicago poUca aa "head of the gold coast gang of blackmailer after he was trapped trying to collect $750 from Mrs. A. II. Shdtwell. to whom he wrote many "poison pen" letters and tent numerous threaten ing telephone calls. He served in the i nut infantty, 33d diviaion. over-1 ' teas, wat wounded and gassed, and ! j went to Chicago to itudy art after! being dlacharged from the army. j I ' rl ll.f,t nr I lnil It J III till Ui UK. illll Sent Woman in 'Poison Pen' Case Warning Hecfived by Mrs. Shotwell Because of Arrest of Fugene Bryant Father in Chicago. Chicago. May 26. A new element of mystery was injected into the in vestigation of the "poison pen" let ters sent to Mrs. A. II. Shot well. 22.5 Delaware place, when another mes sage was received today by Mr. Shotwcll threatening her with death for the arrest of Eugene Byrant, con fessed author of the previous letters. Capt. Morgan Collins scoffed at the idea that the threat against Mrs. Shotwell was from blackmailers, and declared that it was probably the work of a "bug." While the police were investigating this angle of the mystery, a gray haired man sat in the dingy waiting room of the East Chicago avenue station trying patiently to make the officers understand that "his boy couldn't have had anything to do with this affair." He is Judge William F. Bryant, father of the boy who has already confessed writing ilaekdnvil threats to several prominent Chicagoans, and who is suspected by the police to be the author of many more. Judge Bryant, former district at torney and member of the Nebraska supreme court commission, was noti fied of his son's arrest Thursday and started immediately for C hicago, al though he is 71 years old and was hardly able to stand the journey. He has not eaten since Thursday noon, but he refused to move from his seat in the police station for fear that he might lose- a chance of "doing something for his boy." "If he did do these things I would attribute it to postwar psychosis," he said. "He was wounded in the war and his jaw fractured, during the battle of the Argonne. Later he drank water containing mustard gas j and almost died." 5 of U. S. Submarine , Crew Hurt in Explosion Los Angeles, May 26. Five sea men were injured in an explosion aboard the submarine H-3 yesterday while the craft was on patrol duty off the Coronado islands, forty miles from San Diego, it was announced when the vessel returned to her base here last night. The explosion occurred in an en gine compartment, among the storage batteries of the submarine, which is propelled by electric motors when submerged. Lieut. Theodore W. Waldschmidt, in command, immediately radioed for help. Capt. W. F. Miller, com manding at the submarine base here, dispatched the sub-chaser 306 to the scene with instructions to stand by. Meantime the H-3 started to Los Angeles. "They received burns in fighting a small fire which followed the ex plosion, but were not seriously in jured," Captain Miller stated. Ten Persons Dead, 60 Injured in Ammunition Explosion Vienna, May 26. (By A. P.) Ten persons are known to have been killed and at least 60 injured in an explo sion in an ammunition' factory at Blumau. near Vienna yesterday. The force of the explosion destroyed or damaged all the houses' in the town. BEE "Want" Ads Point the Way to Economical Buying If you want to buy a piece of furnitsire, a farm, a home, an, automobile, or to hire any kind of work done, find what you need in BEE "WANT" ADS. "BEE "WANT ADS ARE REASONABLE" AT lantic 1000 The Omaha Bee !C,,1 aC T i v I tU C & 1 " A riu v u u tl i c u b v G ' tfA Uvijis'U , , ... ?trl Macule iJrt ljrr's Mrtlt .. . ... . ., on rirri, rumui i ranic- alilt? in OthfT Count rifs Wotlltl Drop IiU'Uiue Tax. S i , n J J aVS INabOn DUrdened ' New Voik. Ut Jt,-rreidenti"tf om iniprony Harding denied any intention of med dling in the steel buiue tat week, when he aked 4u repicentative leaders in that industry to investigate the practicability of eliminating the 12-hour day. Judge Gilbert II. Gary ait today in prefacing his annual addiet a president of the American Iron and Steel lntitute. ! He iiniied the White Home con- , fereme at length. ayiug that the ''",rnt , ,tly,na. "i V . l'f"lw''? " "' ',c. "?- 1 nm,t wrktu hour whuli public , ""' iww to demand, Mr. (..try aid he Ihot.Kht a torn. mittec of nine appointed bv the in- stitute to iiivotigatc the inciuiry, with a view to readjusting working hours would be iicceary in order to clearly represent every phae of the industry iiihtead of the committee of live previously suggested. "Tariff Out of Politics." Mr, Gary advocated that congress' take the tariff out ot politics; mat it play no favorites in its tendency to regulate thvigs; that it substitute a sales tax for the income tax and that it forget the soldier bonus until the nation is less severely burdened financially. As for the business future of America, Mr. Gary declared himself as "still an optimist." In the iron and steel industry, he said, "the profits are not satisfactory, but few, if any, ought to be doing business at a loss." "Pity the blind, deaf and foolish pessimist of the I'nited States." he adjured members of the institution. Spirit of Patience. "We are carrying hitherto unheard of financial burdens. To bear them gracefully and contentedly there must be not only forbearance, encourage ment and assistance from every lC' partment of government tip to the limit of propriety and justice, but there must also be entertained con stantly by every individual a spirit of patience, pluck, energy, generosity, loyalty and charity, fully up to his or her intelligence." Summarizing his remarks on the tariff question. Judge Gary said: "As between parties, the main dif ference, as I see.it, is that the repub lican party has stood for a 'protective tariff and the democratic party for a 'tariff for revenue.' The settlement for this controversy should include both." . In a plea for impartial government control, where it is undertaken he insisted that "all lines and depart ments of economic activity of similar importance should be subjected to the same treatment." There has been n disposition iu recent years, he de clared, to "pass laws which measur ably exempt labor organizations, and, recently, tanner associations, from governmental investigation, super vision and control against wrong. Fling at Investigation. To permit ,stich organizations to do, as the result of combination, "things that are claimed to be bene ficial to them which are denied to others is to create classes, to favor some and to injure the whole body politic," the steel magnate declared. "This is not equal obligation and opportunity," he --charged. In this connection, Judge Gary took a fling at "investigation and publication when carried to excess." "Burglar Maid" Sought in $15,000 Gem Theft Chicago, May 26. Mrs. Etta Perry Heil, known to police in Chicago and on the Pacific coast as "the burglar maid," is being sought in connection with the disappearance of the new maid and $15,000 worth of jewelry and clothing from the home of Owen W. Brewer, Wednesday. Mrs. Brew er unhesitatingly selected Mrs. Heil's photograph as that of the maid she hired three days before the robbery. Mrs. Heil, former wife of a wealthy Chicago broker, startled society here a year ago by admitting she robbed homes of prominent Chicagoans while in their employ as a maid. She was released on parole and a short time later her husband obtained a divorce. She then went to Los An geles, and in December was arrested on a charge of robbing at least two prominent Californians while serving as a maid. The day of the robbery the maid put in a telephone call for Roy Neff, in Milwaukee. He is being sought. Two Suspects Arrested for Central City Robbery Central City, Neb., May 26. (Special.) Dick Marsh and Charles Morgensen -were arrested at Ogallala by Sheriff George M. Heiser of Keith county and brought to Central City to face the charge of breaking and entering the Farmers Union ex change at this place and securing $168.08. John Morgensen, brother of Charles, was arrested early in the week after a finger print expert had found his prints tallied exactly with those found on the door through which the men entered. He was led to believe that his companions had been apprehended by the officers and had equealed so he made a confes sion, involving the other two. Vandals Destroy Plants Friend, Neb., May 26. (Special.) Vandals entered the city library and destroyed the foliage plants in the corridor of the buildip" OMAHA. SATURDAY, ' rar Divorce Case ' ! Postponed by Judge j 'i . '' w...t Hint. ..tl i ai fit tliimrfft tun el Kt'i rMm t-arrar, opera w Tellrgen. actor. ..vt ' ..rr cUmi (or a n. ration delayed for about eiicht nioiuh longer, wnli. the pMir j to have the ra bean by a Utkrre. 1 Ju.tite Winner granted an appli- ,..,., e n.un.ei for Teliesen to; 'r'ke the ea from the general caN j i U wcup'rd a o.ition that might have I rrulted m a triul before the adjourn- . I ,ne 'r,ll 'rr'" Jun' un , el for Tellrgen contended the eae had been on the itenrral calendar of French Foreign Office Not Told of Crane Sentence iroritKT U. S. Amhassador Confident Report of Action iy French Military Court in Syria I an Error. Washington, May 26. A resolu tion directing Secretary Hughes to make immediate inquiry of the French government as to the correct nes of reports concerning impost lion of a 20-year sentence upon Charles R. Crane by a French Mili tary court at Damascus was intro duced today by Representative Sa- bath. democrat, Illinois. Taris. May 26 -(By A. l'.)-Thc French foreign office has no knowl edge of the reported conviction of Charles R. Crane, former American minister to China, by a French mili tary court in Damascus on a charge of inciting a riot, as reported in press dispatches, it was stated to day. Troubles in Syria were provoked by-"injudicious talk" hy Mr. Crane, foreign officers said, but up to the present they had no information re cardimr formal condemnation. Mr. Crane said he was confident the report of his conviction was an error. In explaining his visit to Syria Mr. Crane said: Stronger Than Ever. . "My reception by the people of Damascus was entirely friendly. They asked why their wishes made known to the .common mandates in Turkey three years never had been heard from) They said that since that time, on account cf severe French censorship, they had not been able to make their voice heard by the outside World. "Whatever demonstration they made was to make me understand that their feelings against the French mandate were stronger than ever. They hoped I could get their message out. Fol lowing a street demonstration, Mr. Crane said, "the French chief of po lice, a native, who has been terror izing Damascus ever since the French occupied it, used machine guns on un armed people, and some of the lead ing men of Damascus were sent to prison for long terms without trial. Injustice Alleged. "All these incidents were foreseen and indicated in the report on man dates, and great injustice has been done both to the Syrians and to con servative French people, as well as to our own missionaries and educators, by the suppression of that report by our State department. Mr. Crane appears recently to have expressed himself very plainly to the mandate commission of the league of nations regarding the dis turbed situation in Syria. The sub stance of his declaration was that the Syrians wanted, first of ail, com plete independence and failing that preferred that the United States take the mandate over. If the Americans were unwilling, he said, the Syrians preferred Great Britain, but under no circumstances wished to be under the French mandate. Mr. Crane points out that he was iu Syria solely as a private citizen. He admits that in the agitated at mosphere prevalent there may have been some feeling against him, al though he declares that in neither Syria nor France has he met with anything but courtesy from the 1'rench. He declares he has no intention of taking the matter up with the French foreign office. "The Dyke Grange Mystery " In which Paul Harley, the great detective, grapples. successfully with an Egyptian mystery. If yon enjoy the thrills, suspense and action of a good detective story, you'll want to read this Blue Ribbon tale by Sax Rohmer in next Sunday's Bee. Look for it in the Magazine Section. Ak-Sar-Ben's opening race meet for 1922 starts next week. The Bee Rotogravure Section for Sunday offers a full page of pictures of horses, trainers and jockeys who will be in the limelight during the racing from June 3d to 17th. A second page illustrates the monumental work being done by Gutzon Borglum, former Omaha sculptor, in the execution of two mas sive war memorials. For variety, interest, illustration and general ex cellence the Sports aid Women's Sections and other departments of The Sunday Bee always satisfy. "Happyland" for the children. The Bee THE FAMILY'S SUNDAY PAPER MAY 27, W22. Premier Lloyd George Ought to Write a Book on Subject, "Crises I Have Met" Ralston-Frosh Trio on The Bee Radio Program Variety of Violin, Cello and Piano Music Broadcast From Grain Exchange Station. Radio carried a variety of violin, cello and piano music through the air to thousands of fans throughout the middle west last night when The Bee offered another program from the Omaha Grain exchange station, WAAW. The Ralston-Frosh entertainers, and Miss Fannie Fish, pupil of Prof. Frank Mack, made up last night's program. The concert consisted of a reper toire of classical and old southern melodies that the Ralston-Frosh trio will play on its vaudeville tour throughout this country during the next six months. Miss Kathryn Ral ston played the piano, Miss Eliza beth Ralston the cello and Miss Miriam Frosh the violin. Here's the program: "Hungarian Dance" Brahmin By the Ralston-Frosh trio. "Ecstasy" Oanne By the Ralston-Frosh trio. "Maiurlta de Concert" Violin solo by -Miss Fannie Fish, accom panied by Mrs. Francis Potter. "Joy ot Spring" Suns; hy Mlsa Kathryn Ralston, accom panied by Miss Elizabeth Ralston. "Sonflr of India" Violin olo by Miss Miriam Frosh. "Annie Laurie" Violin solo by Miss Miriam' Frosh. - Carry Me Back to Ole vfrginny". . , . . . Suns by Miss Kathryn Ralston. Berger to Run Again Milwauke, Wis., May 26. Victor L. Berger, twice refused a, seat in the national house of representatives be cause he was convicted of violating the wartime espionage act, will be the socialist candidate for congress in the Fifth Wisconsin district, follow ing a referendum to select candidates for the approaching election. The Bee t ll II tvH BuU NHu H MUm. (IW ' t M . PeW Mw M tl ff Oftf SM . fit wit, M Attacker of Girl Slain by Father Captive Shot Seven Times After Being Identified by Victim. Waco, Tex., May 26. A 23-ycar-old "negro tvs""fciflcd here at 5:30 this afternoon by Sam Harris, the father of Mrs. Margaret Hayes, vic tim of aft attack Thursday night, after she identified the man as the one who attacked her. Seven shots were fired into the man at the home of the girl's father. The man was apprehended on the public square this afternoon by E. L. McClure, a telegraph operator, who, with his wife, took the man to the home of the girl. When the prisoner entered the room the girf threw up her hands and screamed that it was the one who had attacked her. The father then grabbed a pistol and beean firing. A crowd estimated at 6,000 stormed the undcrtaking'par- lor where the body was taken, dragged the corpse behind a truck through the streets and burned it on the public square. Rangers Called Out. ' Austin, Tex., May 26. A detach ment of state rangers was ordered to entrain for Waco this afternoon in response to a request from County Attorney Frank Tiery of McLennan county, who said he needed assist ance in controlling the situation there. The rangers, carried two ma chine guns and other firearms. Cloudburst Floods Burlington Streets Burlington, la., May 26. A cloud burst at 2 this afternoon flooded Burlington's manufacturing and job bing district, washing out sewers, tearing up paving and causing dam age amounting to hundreds of thou sands of dollars. Old Hawkeye creek, long covered over with busi ness streets and used as a sewer, went on a rampage such as has not been known in many years, tearing out retaining walls and flooding cel lars. Candidate for Senate Opposes High Tariff Alliance, Neb., May 26. (Special Telegram.) Frank John, republican candidate for United States senator, discussed the tariff question here in an after-dinner address, startling the advocates of a high protective tariff by declaring that there was no justi fication for a so-called protective tariff on anything anytime, unless the commodity being protected in volved elements of public health or national defense. , He said that it was a duty to make conditions favorable to the develop ing of sufficient industries which manufacture commodities essential t6 public health and national defense, thereby eliminating, any danger to public welfare by sudden disturbance of foreign imports of these commod ities, otherwise a protective tariff acted only as an agency for the col lecting of revenue from one class and giving it to another. Arms Conference Cost U. S. Approximately $252,002 Washington, May 26. The arma ment limitation conference cost the American government $252,002, mi- ! mis an estimated unexpended balance ! of $350.92, according to a statement of expenses transmitted yesterday by President Harding to the senate. Item for "entertainment" was $9,- Packers to Pay Overtime Only After 10 Hours Officials Deny Move Is One to Restore Longer Work ing Day Three Plants Affected. By The Anaoctated Pre. Chicago, May 26. A readjustment of working hours which results in overtime being paid employes after 10 hous work a day, or54 hours a week instead of at the rate of eight hours a day or 48 hours a week, has been put into effect in the past two weeks at the three larg est packing plants in Chicago Ar mour & Co., Swift & Co., and Mor ris & Co. Officials of the three organizations denied that the plan in any way tbolished the eight-hour day in favor of a 10-hour day. explaining that the arrangement had been made with the approval of the employes them selves in order to increase the earn ings of the men through equalization of the amount of labor done from day to day by evening up the rush and slack periods. Each of the three plants recently estiblished an employes' representa tion system whereby the workers have a voice in the company's work ing conditions and the shift to the 10-hour basis was passed by the council boards made up jointly of representatives of employes and em ployers. ft is not known whether the Wil son and Cudahv companies the other members of the "big five" will adopt a similar policy. Officials of the Omaha plants of Swift & Co., Armour & Co. and Mor ris & Co. stated when interviewed last night that no change in the working schedule was contemplated here. O. V. Lcchliter. branch manager of Morris & Co., Supt. J. E. Stotler of Armour & Co., as well as W. E. L. Phipps, superintendent of Swift & Co., declared they had heard of no advances being made by workers in the local plants for the change in overtime rates. "The system permits the earning of more money and was put into ef fect by Chicago plants through the initiative of employes," one officer of a local plant declared. ' Military Board to Probe Explosion of Projectile Fayettesville, N. C, May 26. A board of officers has been appointed by Brig. Gen. S. A. Bowley, com manding Camp Bragg, to institute a thorough inquiry into the death there y esterday of three enlisted men and the wounding of three men and an officer as the result of the accidental explosion of a projectile during military practice. The Weather Forecast. Saturday Mostly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures: . m (it i i p, 7.H 74 75 75 7. 72 70 .64 D. 7 a. m a. m 9 . m 10 a. m 11 it. m It noon 04 5 7 ? m ; S l. m... 4 y. m... 5 . m . . . 9 p. m . . . ? p. m . . , S p. m . . , Highest Friday. Chrynn W Davenport 74 rnvr 14 r Moliira 70 rnd rilv .... art Pueblo sit Rapid City to Suit I.ke M Sheridan . 7 Sioux City 7 Valentin. . ,...? TWO CENTS Colorado Slayer Is Pa rdoned HaroM Frank JlrimiMnl, Coo. 'n til f Murder of Urorpe CiiieliiuI of Cripple Crrrk C ranted Freedom. Must Stay Out of Denver I Inner. May -II at old Frank HeilwiHnl. MTUUK 4 Ine riltr;ue in ihc I'ohnadu U!- pi'ililriitiaf y (or the mui di-r ol tirottfe I opeUnd. pioiniiu nt Cripple t ink munitir man, was pardoned today by Governor Olivrr II. Mioup, I'npiland a nhnt to dr. nil in the barroom ol a Ilenver Imtrl on the night d May 24. 1911. ekeci'tive .rdir addfced to Wardc.'i l oin Tynan of ibe tatc rn herniary at Ciimii City, wa mailed today. It opriilio lh.it llrnwooil wa to he reli a-d on Niint.iy on one condi tionthai he khall not return to Denver. Ili'imood' pardon it the re-ult of a peroii.d appeal to the itovcrnor hy John W. Springer. htnbaud of the late .lr. Springer, named the woman respoiiibie for the liooting ifray in which Copeland. an inno cent hyotandcr, was struik by a bul let intended for S. I.. (Tony) Von I'hul of St. I.ouii, with whom Hen wood had quarreled over Mrs. Springer. i Von Phul Also Killd. You I'hul also i kiUd and James W. Atkinson of Colorado Springs, like Copeland, an innocent bystander, was .struck by a bullet and made a cripple for life. The II an wood trial was one of the most sensational iu the (history of . Denver. The principals were promi nent socially and the eyes of society were focused on the event. Mr. Springer, the cause of the miarrel between Henwood and Von Fhul, was a woman of extraordinary beauty. She was subsequently di vorced from her husband and died a pauper several years ago in a hos pital on Blackwells island. Von Fhul was a prominent resident of St. Louis and an amateur aviator of in ternational repute. The bar room of the Denver hotel was crowded at the time of the shooting. According to the story told on the witness stand by Hen wood. Von Fhul had been harassing Mrs. Springer by threatening to pub lish certain letters written by her prior to and after her manage- to Spinger. One bullet fired by Hen wood killed Von Phul, a second fa tally wounded Copeland and a third struck Atkinson. Had Been Close Friends. Von Phul and Henwood had been close friends for many years, but had quarreled on the afternoon of the day the shooting took place. Torn fragments of photographs of Hen wood, said to have been taken from the Springer apartment, were found in Von l'hul's pocket. Henwood was charged with the murder of Von Phul and the murder of Copeland under two different in formations. He was found guilty of the latter charge , and was never ' tried on the Von I'hul charge. He was sentenced to death, but the sen tence was commute to life impris onment on the recommendation of the state board of pardons. In presenting his plea for the par don Springer told Governor Shoup he was convinced that Henwood had been actuated by noble motives and was protecting Mrs. Springer when he became involved in the quarrel with Von Phul. Widow of Slain Man Takes Witness Stand Dallas, Tex., May 25. Mrs. J. S. Powers, widow of J. S. Powers, killed by Dave E. Soderman, went on the witness stand as a state witness this afternoon. She was called in rebuttal of testimony offered by the defense. Other witnesses -called to refute testimony in behalf of Soderman testified that so far as they had ob served the actions of Powers toward Mrs. Soderman, always were correct, that Soderman drank to excess at times and that Soderman had-stated "Powers and Hilton" had "beat him out" of the Terminal hotel in Ft. Worth. Both sides rested and it was said efforts will be made to. submit the case to the jury tomorrow morning. Commons Supports Policy of Lloyd George London, May 26. Premier Lloyd Georee receiver! in the hnno n( mm- mons last night what is equivalent to another vote of confidence on hit Genoa policy, when the house by an overwneimmg majority ot ZJ5 to 26. reiecterl an amendment was moved for the purpose of ex pressing the dissatisfaction of the house with the premier's exposition. ' Schoolmaster Must Pay $o72 for Shooting Youth Lincoln. Mav 2f 1 a . jury in Lancaster county district court today awarded Russell Aker of Harvard $572 damages against Her bert S. Harris, former superinten dent of schools at Harvard. Aker sued for $10,072. Aker charged that Harris shot him twice while ririinrr in Al-r'. mobile. May 8, 1920. Harris claimed he shot merely to frighten Aker, Harris served 13 months in the state penitentiary and is now out on pa role. Democrat for Senator Lincoln, May 26.-(Spccial.)The first democratic candidate to file for Lmted States senator was Anthony I Lander , Omaha. )