; _ Sunday Bee VOL. 52—NO. 42._Sir p. ^8o!0nunrAV, X'Z *&£ -_ OMAHA, SUNDAY ILL Vet Bureau Is Problem for Harding Probe of Soldiers’ Relief Agency Holds Balance of Public’s Faith in Presi dent, Says Sullivan. Appointments Personal By MARK SllWjVAN. President Hording, whtn he returns lo Washington, will bo free from the! presence of congress. To that extent | ho will bo relieved from tho strain which has developed in tho relations ! between him and tho senate and i house. To that extent also he w ill j have an opportunity to make his ow n : personal impression on the country, i not obscured by the impression that congress makes. For eight months Harding will be the whole republican ! f party so far as the country goes it in office. President Harding's friends count a 1 good deal on this condition. They i think that when the public gets a 1 clear picture of Harding and his ad- ( ministration—when all the news that1 comes out of Washington deals with his administration only and is not obscured or confused by the news of 1 what congress is doing—tin* public ■ ‘'will then think more favorably of Harding, his cabinet and tho work they do. I'nilie Findings Arouse Interest. There may be a good deal In this At the same time, when Harding re turns, while he will be free from con gress, he will nevertheless have to face a world of difficulties and em- ! barrassments. Not only are there | ahead of him many complex public uuestions for decision; in addition , .there are to be several Investigations i conducted by committees of congress or otherwise the outcome of which ; may \itally affect the public's judg ment about the success of the ad- , ministration. Of these investigations 1 he one that just notv is most dis- ' Hissed in Washington is that which proposes to go with exceptional tlior- ! oughneis into Uie management of the war veterans' bureau. If a frac- 1 lion of the rumors and allegations concerning the war veterans' bureau (hat float about Washington turn ortt to be well founded then it will fol low that the public knowledge of the : facts will have an unhappy effect on the public confidence In Harding's ad ministrative ability and his Judgment of men. The men whom Harding chose to manage the war veterans' bureau were, in a peculiar and inti mate sense, personal appointments. If the coming Investigation shows that these men have failed to do well it must he a cause not only of grief and humiliation to Harding himself^ hut will also furnish material for acute , iticism of his administration. If ould he made clt#tr, of course, that these allegations are as yet wholly ; in the field «.f ex parte charges. Also i- is among the possibilities that the investigation may place the blatne in • tlier i|uarfers than on the men whom Harding appointed personally. Iliireau Is Hig Item. The war veterans' bureau is an lm . • en.se Institution. Omitting the treas my itself, it pays out more money -him any other one government In itut ion. When .Harding came info • fflce there vfns already much com plaint of lick of efficiency in it. That • arly talk, it should he said, went no further then to suv that the manage ment was slow and cumbersome. This , was no serious reflection on any, be cause the institution was then in its beginning. Some hundreds of thou sands of cases had piled up, on which the bureau ought to have taken ac tion. but had not yet found time. The .-leaning up of these delayed cases uas very much on Harding s mind. • The veterans were muttering about them, with just cause. When Harding came Into office aud mad.- his new appointments to man age the bureau he thought he vas do* j, well. There was freguent evidence f a kind of naive confidence that the management of the war veterans' bureau was going to be <>ne °* ,hr outstanding triumphs of His* admin Let ration. He used to tell with s dis faction bow fast the delayed cases were being of an<1 more-lnaii . ne of his messages to congress re ,T.,n. to fan. “•■*<•" ' """’O' "l,r'■’ (.asoline Production Sets New High Record Washington, Murrh *1 —Gasoline production in the lotted States at tained n new high record In January, then «23.M*,33l gallons were pro duced, the Interior department an nounced this afternoon. Reserve „,ocks on February 1 In 301 reftnerle* were estimated at 1,002,357.272 gallons increase or 119.000.000 gallons over January 1. The January production was c per cent lighter than that in December* 1022. Highlit Death ill Rig 4 Wreck. Columbus, O., March 31 The death here this morning of William I., Set liert Cincinnati, raised the total num ber of dead 10 eight In she wreck of t he Southwestern I.Imlted, fast Hlg Four trnin, which was derailed after it struck an automobile here yester day. A N«-tv Name fur Parliament. 1,011 don, March St.—Jack Jones, the "stormy petrel” of ifie house of com 110ms, denis with but collegiies In no kid-glove fashimi, but ha caused something of h sensation when he jfcsr.ed to pail lament as "a profiteers' •o\ 1st '* t Premier Lenine Near Death, Latest Report Nicolai J-ienine. II.v Internal ionjll Nrn s Hmirr, liOiitlon, March 31.—Nicolai re nine's condition is steadily becoming worse and it is believed that death cannot lx* held more than a few days longer, said a ( cmrai News Dispatch from Stockholm today quoting advices received there from Moscow. A telegram direct from Moscow said that l.enlne’a temperature had risen ! to !*!) and that this increase had ex erted a weakening effect upon his general condition. There is much political activity at Moscow and I’ctrograd. According to advices from Copenhagen, quoting the Danish newspaper Polltiken, steps al ready have been taken by I,eon Trot7 ky, commissar for war, to establish a military dictatorship in the event of l.enine’s death. Moscow, March 31.—The bulletin Issued last evening by the physicians in attendance upon Nicolai famine, tile premier, said the patient yester day had shown h certain amount of general weakness. Defense Lawyers w Move to Reverse Bunco Verdict Complete Transcript of K\i ilcnco to Cost $1,000 Grand Jury to Resume Inquiry Monday. Denver, March 31.—While the Den ver ■ county grand jury, investigat ing alleged attempts to bribe the Jure which convicted 20 members of a nation-wide confidence band here last Wednesday, remained adjourned to day until Monday, attorneys for tn: convicted men made their It: -c def inite move. s Bon ora, Uni., March 31. — I tern a Fox, said to have been the oldest odd Fellow In the United States. died here, age 103 years. He was born In Di istol counts*. Mas aftchusetts, and Joined Friendship Indg* No. 10 in Richmond, V«r, in J847. lie came around Cape H'-rn tn\ tCalifornia in 1840. l ife at Itnllin" Field. Washington, March 31 The photo graphic laboratory. « hangar and two airplanes were destroyed In a fire to day at Rolling field. Damage to war contract records stored In the burned structure ha* not tarn ascertained. None nf th« personnel was sern>usl> I injured* I Wilson to Take Hand in( Campaign Former President Makes Mi raculous^strides Toward Re covery of Health; Rumors He Will Be Candidate. Expected to Take Stump Copyright, 1 ll'.’.'t, hy I III rrnal lonal Nchh >ervicfw‘ Washington, March 31.—Woodrow Wilson, whom the world has consid ered a hopeless invalid for the last four years, lias made such miraculous strides toward recovery of his healtli ■•is to insure his active participation in the 1024 presidential campaign, the International News Service learned tonight. The former president has so far re gained his health-as to lie available not only ns :m advisory leader to t^e democratic forces, but he may even take tlic pint form for public speeches during the campaign. National lenders of the democratic party are known to be couating upon the former president to make a num ber of public appearances if no un foreseen circumstances intervene. The prospects were brightened consider ably when hi* physician recently de cided tlie former president was rug ged enough to undertake the speefch making task, and would not object to it if Mr. Wilson so inclined. May He Candidate. The remarkable improvement, in Mr. Wilson's condition has even created talk in the party’s "innermost circles’’ that the former president may be a candidate again. It was,said that If Mr. Wilson can demonstrate to the public his physical ability to undergo the arduous duties of a presidential campaign ami to carry out the func tions of the office, his nomination would he assured. His closest advis ers, fur this reason, hope to persuade him to make a series of public ap pearantes long before the campaign begin*. , Tlie former president's chief afflic tion at present is a partial paralysis ”f his b.-ft leg. which prudu-j-.s a slight limp and interferes with his walk. 1 lecture of his improvement in the last si* TiWmth*. his physicians are even hopeful this defect may be en tirely eliminated. It is said to be caused by a slight blood clot and nature Itself may eliminate It at any • Kkperts Complete Recovery. Mr. Wilson himself Is known to earnestly believe he can completely recover his health and because of his optimism his friends have not given up hope. The former president's “troy metidous pill to get well" is said to Is- as much responsible for his im provement as medical treatments. “At thn rate of Improvement shown by Mr. Wilson Jfor the last si* months, no man can say he will not com pletely recover.” a nationally known democratic spokesman and friend of the former president said tonight. "His voice is much stronger than on his last public apix-arance. Armistice day, last year. He is nble to walk about, his home unaided and to step In and out of his automobile without bel|i. lie lias almost discarded his ratio except as a protection against f dls Ills general physical condition !» splendid anil he Is evidencing a tre mendous will to get well. "Mr. Wilson right now Is rugged enough pti\sir-ally to make public ap pearances and speeches. His phyal < inns have evi'n agreed to let him hi leak and It twill depend on Mr. Wil sons Inclination tit the time whether he viill appear publicly during the campaign. We are hoping he will. WHERE TO FIND THE BIG FEATURES OF THE SUN DA Y BEE I’ART OMR. Page I—"An Original Fueler Form.'* I»y .IiiIiii It. N rlhardt. Page I—Mark Sullivan'* Weekly I’nlitlrnl Knlru * Page (I—Fill tor In I I’ngr, I* ik** H—Hlufthluar lit Itle I* T hing of Pant, Hti) * I 1111111. Page M>—Stephen IftittM k lluinoront Iv Tell* nf I net Opporlunit|e«. Page |0—The Omaha lleo Informa lion lloreuu. I’ART TWO. Page* I mnl The Ileal Spurt Page* In Oinnlia. Page 4—Automobile New* , Page ti—Former Omahiin Hnthra on llrarli W here I <>lumhu« l.aritlnl In 1104. Page 6— Market* Page* 7, It. 0. HI. 11 —W nut \d*. Page li—Mi-sonrl Klver Ire Oorgr Move* I lla a Olarler. PART Til K F.F. Page* I to II, InrliiaHe—Tlir Ileal Hiwlety Fnge* In OiiiuIim. Page 7—Shopping With Folly. Page* 10 nml II — Inmler Programs In the I ll life he*. I*a»;eft H, 1H anil 14*—Theater* ami Marla*. % Page IH—Helen anti Warren. FART Hll 1C. I our I’ageH of the Heat C omit • In Omaha. KOTOOKAY! RK M l I ION. Page I—The New« In Flrluree. I'age 'I—-Iniul* 1C. ItoatHlrk Marl* a 1 Merle* cm Our Neighbor* of the i aiTtthean Page :t—Fief lire* From I he Movie Studio*. M \l* A/IN I. HF.I TION. I’m * e 1—Priori*** Aolamla of Italy I tef if* Prtmtl Family'* Tradition* by (living Heart to Hashing Cutalrv Offleer. Page 2 — Short Mtory by F.lUabeth .Ionian Page* 4 anti .V- llappy land for lltr \ oiing*|er». Page d—The Altar I hat t laimnl IttiMiftandft nf Human AhTlm*. Page i .h o Mtlnlyve Itetral* Stnny (M'lifli uf I be Comic c arCooni*t*. y -_____ Once more the Ancient Wonder s Brings back the goose and crane, Prophetic Sons of Thunder, Apostles of the Rain. In many a'battling river 7 he broken gorges boom. Behold, the Mighty Giver Emerges from the tomb! \ Now robins chant the story Of how the wintry sward Is litten with the gL>ry \ Of the Angel of me Lord. i His countenance is lightning. And still his robe is snow, As when the dawn was brightening 7 Wo thousand years ago. O who can be a stranger ' , 7 o what has come to pass? 7 he Pity of the Manger Is mighty in the grass! Undaunted by Decembers, ^ 7 lie sap is faithful yet. 7 he giving Earth remembers And only men forget! 5 t States and Colleges Make Rival Claims for Neihardt Nebraska’s Poet Laurehte, by His Great Epic Genius, Has Won Widest, Recognition Institutions of Learning Offer Him Salary W ilhout Duties, I Three states are fighting to claim John CJ. Neihardt, poet laureate of Nebraska, as their own. Two great colleges are hoping to induce him to accept a resident fellowship at a salary but with no duties, merely to attach himself to the faculty and lend the intellectual influence of his name. These 'Three atatea are Nebraska, Minnesota and Missouri. The two colleges seeking hint are t’arleton college of Northfleld. Minn., and the I'niverslty of Nebraska. , Meantime Neihardt remains a quiet citizen of Missouri. He has a home in tho Ozark a at Branson, Mo., whero he jjursues his writing evfry fore I noon and looks after th- jp.;.* of his little four ai r*- farm everj uft» r noon, milking his Jersey cow "Bes sie." stacking alfalfa for her, or I chasing down opossurrf in the timber. Foreign Recognition Virst. A great awakening has taken place in' the middle-west as regards the poet. Nelhardt. Reared a Ne braska. he wrote lyrics f£ r 2t> years, and, although s* me. of them w* re translated into five languages and have gone round the world, his home people in Nebraska did not realise who *wnlked in their midst until be began to pour forth his ep.es, de veloping in imperishable verse the tTurn to I*use Knur, * elm mi nn* War Referendum Resolution Killed \utllor of Kill Kefu-' - In ( .oin init Self mi Stand During World War. H|>e,'lal Il |p Tile Omshlt lies. I.lnroln, March 31.—Seven demo crats In the lower house, who i * pressed the licllef that nn nlflrmutlio vote would he a slap at Woodrow Wil son, joined republicans In killing • hill ill which congress Is lneniorlallcrd t<\ pass a law calling for a referendum on declarations of war. The vote wa* 40 to 21 to (postpone Indefinitely. •facoby of Lancaster, author of the hilt, declared the world war w.i* ■ war of profiteers. 11• i < Hnldrlce of Omaha arose. I want you to answer a i|U''stion yes or no." Baldrlge asked. "If you had been asked to vote yes or gin on the last war how would you have voted?" Jacoby refused to answer. Those voting against the bill were: Allan, Amsppker. Halley, HnMrige, Harbour. Beldlng, ftcuahausen, ColUits, (i. I! : Davis of t'ns«. Donnelly. Dyhall, Uvsart, Oallagher, Oarbi*r. Orcen, Hall. Harrington, Hughes. K< < k. Kelfer. Kendall, laimb l.undy M« fain, .Mini i North. I’ollard. Reece. Koifiin, flourke. Thatcher, Thomsen, Ward, Whitehead, Wilson of Hawes, Wilson of Lancaster, Wlngett. \S . p Wood, Yochutn of Saunders Tim e M eaMires Pastil on 'I'llir«l Reading l»\ Home Mpeelel IMiputeh to Tin* Oinnhii Her. Lincoln, March 31 The following hill* were imaged on third reading by the lower holier: Ifotiae i oil 37; cutting department of agriculture Itinpectom to one for each congrcftsionftt dletrlct Hotiaeroll 233; lidding $1,800 to tux roll of TioiigIun coQnty by giving Sheriff Mike Kndrca authority to em ploy four more deputies at annual wtlarlfH of $1,730. Ilouee roll 271; exempting Boy Scent marine from damage nuit* growing nut of ACfitiente which I • fait the NOOtlt* HamliO Seize Kattaae «*lt>\ March 31 Two o«*v of bandit** obtained ffl.Mci n « a*h in l wo holdup* of Ijiink v hi the Artitoutaliilf dletiht tedu>, and ticR|>t(l with the mope), * Bn an Refuse Butler Request Deputizing of Onulia Polirc H' Stale \g<‘llts Not Deemed Ncee"ar\ li\ ♦Governor. >l»rrlnl l>i«|»atrli to Mi# Omah;t Itrr. I' • • ' - "'HT ) ‘ in I ‘.title; chile | «.;» t: \ . -air t*lt tries \V. Bryan and asked the tat ter to deputize certain Omaha police officer* as state Mterlffa. *‘I atn agkiijg tins of the governor, hocaus-* 1 believe that officers' working under jurisdiction «*f state laws will have ,t wider latitude in searching in their raids and may, if it is necessary, go outside up city limits " (’ommlfusiouer Butler >aid. After emerging from th«* c ven a s office, nutlet had nothing to mv The talking was done hy Governor llrynn. "It i* ray understanding that it i« not iHrt'SSiii v for mo to give On. a ha police officers tire power Ck>ramb»gioner Butler i^vrr.c that thi • m l . i\*n them hy Sheriff 1 r-dr* . ’ the governor said. "However. I will look into the maltei* t horotighly." A similar re«iu«-*f was made of the governor hy f«*inv*r Polk'6 Commit* winner llem >■ \V. Burn. The or* in* t»r al^olutdlv ref i » d •" d* 1* *• * t*• this power to tbinn Kg>|*tian Nationalist n\tlort with fir* government, Z »g!.‘o|; was arrested at Cairo in Dtewnbrb 1921, and take1* to Ceyy»n. Hotpe month* later he ts m removed to Gibraltar. Sglmol Bill I \dvamv I to llunl Bratlin^, in House ^lift »l Igsputeh t«» Tits Oiti.tli* lire, Idncolii MiUrli r» 1 * Met a* • file 4 extending th<> term of county nuperin t««tidetit* to four year*, wuh advatn *n| lo third randliK in the kmu*e. •lie origin*) bill g uipted « it' vt«i* from imliciputin in the election of •minty Mipoi iniendonl* Tin a purl of ithe bill wax killed itt the a* *mt» « t A _ • Bloc Plans to Increase Ex pense£ Group in Leeit^ature Organize in Effort lo Put Through Special Appropria tion Hills. Would Aid Institutions 11} P. < . I'OW I.I.I., Staff formy'ntijfnt The Omaha life. I.lncoln, March 31.-—A new bloc— an appropriations bloc— is in process of formation in the legislature. This bloc lias one object in view. It is to inr-rease the blanket appropria tion Mil introduced in the lower house Thursday by Itepresentative* Grant Mean, its members include, in most instances, members representing dis tricts in which state institutions are located an*! members with pet bills who arc willing to trade votes on ap propriations ior votes on their bills. The bloc so far is working two Iin*s of strategy. One is to get the state institutions committee to introduce in dependent appropriation bills for cer tain expenditures after attempts to g't such appropriations in the-blan ket bill fall. , ' Tins has Imen tried in four specific .nstanc'-s. Early in the session a sepa rate appropriation bill for *300.000 for i radication of bovine tuberculosis was fought over for two weeks. Finally, it was killed. %M**cial ( ar Chartered. A lore than a month ago the city of Beatrice c hartered a sp« rial car and took the entire legislature, including employes and newspapermen, to the rity. Arriving there the visitors were dined and motored and shown the state institution for f*-*>bl* xninch d. ! wo weeks later arv appropriation bill calling for 43*000 for purchase of :dditionnl land for this institution made its appearance in the lower house. % It was done absolutely in dependent of the house finance com mitfee, which is expected to make such tecorr.mc ndalions. Kour days ago this MU was ad vanced to third reading in tfio lower in* * * . No on* dnubUtl that the P*nd k.as heeded. The opposition was based on the f„gt that a business was refused to expand during times of financial stress and public busin*-*® i.ould be conducfed in the same man ner. t About the same time two other hills, one calling for 430,409 f..r al ditlonal land for the state asylum at Norfolk and th** other demanding 400,000 fo build a pew home for «!• rend* * children < t I.in< <»ln. made their appearance. Neither of these bills was recommended by the finance committee and t*>re signatures of members yf the committee on state institutions. Both Governor Bryan and formey Governor McKelvie re fused to recommend there expendi lures in thtur budget estimates. Hie Surprise. Y* sferduy. tlii** two bib* were ad ' ancod to third reading. One favorite explanation made by members in voting to advance the twm measures was the fact that if Beatrice was to g*t jtH appropriation. th*n Norfolk am! Lincoln's home for depc rwhnt children should receive consideration. Tqday, then* w.u* a big surprise. The -Bi'.oAO appropriating bin f.«r the Beatrice institution came up fi r third ivndftig As this appropriation. Ilk* the Norfolk and Lincoln appropria tions. was Aot included in the gov ernof s budget, it required two thirds vote of the house membership, f>9, to pi s It. . • AJemlKre il ‘Appeared when the h.U came up. like flics l^furc the onslaught of .an angered housewife. I *. ‘ niemlters who sfo»>d by tjieir guns demanded a call of th* house. This means the *oTgeants ot arms must ro out and bring back all absent ipembf rs to vote. The call was maintained fur *rtn hour. At the etui of that time there still were 10 menders missing. The call was raised. The vote was 4s to 42, 12 below t be requifod number UtHfwwxy. # Tiie sudden change of front on. the Ilea trice bill was accepted by leaders of the appropriations bloc to ring death knelt of the Xorf dk a rad Lin coln bills when they raiiie up for third reading However, the other so.Heme move Is at the loo's comm.aid. Tilts is to attempt to inseit these appropriations in the Idnitket npprotniatlcn bill at the nier time Meantime there i* much '’foot wc»k" going on ns u Is ■udmittr.ftv a tight to the finish. The hhiui et n^ipioprlation bill now In the hands of the printer. It prob ably will tie roi.sklsred in the bouse no*! weeV Em h Item will t>e con rhlered *i pnrnteh If the bhie falls in the house, tt will retreat to the senate If iuran mu* ter suttli lent votes in ti e senate to raise ami inset^ appropriation* In the bill there, then the bill must go to' a conference , oniinittro of both hrn nebes. The result of these conferences Is usually n eonipromlse. Tire result* ir» teferred t„ tliiytui. Ju.aflches far eonfmnalhm or rejection !f rejected new ri nimUlee* are appointed ami thi» continues until nn agreement ts l I'fU beil, Ml during this tune the . After many re organizations. it emerged as the One Hundred Twenty seventh Field artil lery’ and was gent overseas. At the close rif the war. Colonel Crosby re turned to Omaha. . Brit i sli Official % at Naples Slain by l nidentified Man Robert G. Goldie and ^ ife V'-ai!ed by 1 nidentified Man ^ bile Mi Grotto Near Ht Aw.M-l.tfd I'ffi*. I.- ruion, 'March 31—Robert G Hoi die. British vi -e ci nsul *t Naples, died today rtf injuries inflicted by a man who attacked the official while he was visiting a grotto near the city in company with his wife, ao c id.ug to a Central News dispatch from Naples When Mr and Mrs. Goldie wero nearing th» grotto, a- - -rding to the dispatch, a man leaped at them from the roadside and "truck the vice con sul's wife, whereupon the official seised the man by the throat and a desperate struggle h«-gnn. The as sailant sui ceded in freeing himself from the K.ngiishman's grip and slashed him with a knife. Then he fled, leaving the couple lying in the road Help quickly arrived and both were Liken to Napits, but Mr. Goldie soon succumbed to his Injuries. Mrs Ool die was severely injured. Blair Bank Case Hear in" Mon-i*c for ‘too atnte. 1 fowa'll. Smith a S- hall will act ' nttort ' for Mr » ran- Le .lnd£*> J. Ri tig* raid, "ill pre*,de Maryland Snminor Ke*orl I' I liroatrned l»y Flame* ' * ! V M ► Kantied by a high w mi fro rhesa penke hay, lire i t under-• ,tuned or igin threaten* 1 destruction of the summer resort heir. The Hel vetic re hotel \v »s completely destro y • ’•i. with ai' eatlma.r-d loss of several thousand dollars. the flumes spread Ing rapidly to other biuhllngw. Call$ have been made to \\ ashingtou, 30 miles front l>e|'e( f»>t- fir* lighting ap paratus. Ham Iter Hunted In Peatli. Honhlsbmg. (\»l , Maivh 31.—burns received when be attempted to start the kitchen fire with distillate twused the death tvdav of l*cou long, well known Pcvddsburg rancher. The Weather SuinU' partly «»,' w.nni*r Hourly ToMipomlurv 6 m. m % 17 * *- m is 7 * it* il In n* IV * * **% m l«l *, m *i 11 *. h» Vt II book .. tj | 1 t* It* ?* t I*. H» tV * i*. m S? • *••*» U i |» n» I N *i p. w* 1 i*. m..%1 1 French Fire ! on Crowd; 37 Injured Soldier- Torn Guns on Mol» at Krupp W orks After Troops Occupy Motor Gara fie. New Outbreaks Feared * _ lit Intf-rnational Nput Vrticf K.^-en March 31 —Tension in ti e Huhr was at fevei pitch tonight. fol lowing an attack by French soldicn upon a group of Krupp workers, re- , suiting jn the death of lo Germans, the fatal wounding of three other* and Injuries of 37 others. * There «ire jn French casualties. French troops, supported by a mi chine gun, trad occupied the Krupp motor lorry garage. 11 the worker* quit and gathered about the building, hooting, jeering and shaking them fista. Twenty French soldiers sallied forth. Angered by the threatening attitude of the Germans, the French uniimbered the machipe gun. Wit ness's claim tha* about five of lbs soldiers opened tire with r.fles, but International News Service was un able to confirm officially just what weapons were employed. As the gup fire swept the crowd tha Germans began to run, some of them dropping beneath the storm of bullets. The French troop detail that opened fire was commanded "by a young ?bmm!ssloned officer. Frenchmen Beaten. In one ward of the Krupiy piant hoepital this afternoon doctors treated two French engineers and a French ' chaffeur who had been dragged from their motor car an hour after the shooting and beaten by a German crowd. Their injuries were not seri ous. and they were able to uo to their quarters, after getting first aid. .Ail were in civilian clothing. - Home of the wounded were bay onet ted by the French. The Inter national News Service correspondent -aw one man w :.oso h« i had been completely transfixed by a bayou*-;. vie which entered the right ten po und emerg'd from the right side of the throat. The youngest victim was a boy • ' 23. who was shot in the stomach. It was e-tunated that about 5 WO workers qu.t when the French enter ed the garage. .For a time they were orderly. Two representatives of the workers council repeatedly attempted to approach the garage, asking the French to take down the machine gun uhich had been mounted at the main doorway. They offered the soldier* a safe conduct through the crowd. But ;he French threatened to shoot U.e Corn. - it ' .-y did r.«t fill ba ’ Many German* Trampled. The French opened fire methodical ly. Tire terrific havoc wrought by the bullets showed that careful aim had been taken. A wave of panto followed. Many Germans fell in their flight ard were trampled under foot. The French claimed the Germ*! s directed streams of hot w»*er against tit# French and i*elted them with I ri< * and sticks. This was the first time the French i ad actually* invaded the sacred pre cincts" of tiie great Krupp plant. Hitherto they had contented theni selvea with post Wig military guanla around the plant. A« - .- th# shooting vms over Bertha Krupp, chief owner of the plant, hurried to tiie hospital, w hne «he assisted In caring for the w our.ded. . The directorate of Krupps held a r-..'etiri t. . fieri , and made fv - ms I protest to the French. The 1V—• n commandant made a re port on the affray to headquarter* of General lVegnutte at Pusseldorf. wiiO. i.i tun communicated a report to tie French war office in Part* Fear* wore felt that the excitement i .1 r- sentment that have followed the . ttaek will give way to disorder* en Sunday It - believed the French will send additional troops into Kss-n tonight^ Dope P lends Stealing Drugs of Physicians Sk. *1 lUtetldi irt The Omaha IW Beatrice. Neb . March SI —That dope fu nds ate operating in lteatriee at vt xn ,s the t ettef txf the oCflcer* as 1 number txf physicians’ office* h*r a been robbed of the narcotic drug th* ixast foxy xxeck« Dr 1 t Noble of HolmravUle » the latest \ictim.' H,s office Wa» «j|f tci.il last p -iht, 400 morphine tablet* and a supply ,vf cocaine being cartic-4 txx.t' several physi.nans report th t their ntexlhtac casee have been taker out of their automobiles and titled of morphing. 2 Ctillt'cr Souths Motoring Homo for Faster Killotl l-anoastrr. Pa March Si—Tw*» I vtinaylvaula state >i llete student* wee* Willed and tw.x other* were eeirtxuslv Mjurwl last right w hefx « tb.tr motor car crashed turn a t'hrls (lelphut and Heading tram t'h. e were returning home for I _t*t.r \ a . lUm. ( onprt 'stn.ui hips. rTrarhxUe. Mt. March ' ■ nan J M v. cuii;th, of the vntrxi Michigan duuict, tfjed here it#\ night, I