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i i VOL. LXI NO. 19,14G Entered at Portland (Oregon i Powtofflce a-s Fco-nri-ciass Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS BANNER BUSINESS FORD RAILWAY LOSES $331,000 IN MONTH fJURSE'STHREATS TO KILL ADMITTED GOTHAM NEWSPAPER MASTER ANARCHIST RECANTS ANARCHISM INVESTORS IN BONDS AVID FOR OFFERINGS FEDERAL SHAKE-UP HELD UP BY BANDITS YEAR IS ASSURED BOOSTERS OF FAIR TWO CLERKS ARE INJURED AS DR. MAX COHEN PLEADS GUILTY, IS PAROLED. CONDITION SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS. INTERFERENCE IS OFFERED CHARMS BEGUN BY HAROfNC I Big Total in Building Op erations Certain. 130,000,000 MARK IN SIGHT iDrnnrocc in Cither I JnPS Rp- f ported Encouraging. I .. Lumber trade is better traffic Development in Chief In dustry of Xorthwest Reflected in Other Interests. Portland is hitting a stride ih build fins operations that Indicates a uau- ;er year, with a strong pQssiDimy 01 eaching the $30,000,000 mark. Public utilities corporations report corre snondinlv erratif yingr service addi tions, as well as sales of equipment Y,rl onnlianr OS. Retail OUSllleS3 IS better than a year ago. So many new homes, apartments and other struc tures are ...tting the city's 66 square miles of territory that the bureau of water works has installed 724 con nections the first three. months of this vear as asrainst 310 for the same t teriod in 1921. An .tctanin. BVolnniDPnt flf VaSt nas-nitude and tremendous Impor ance with relation to the general mproved tone of business here is the nci-ease in lumber shipments to Japan md to the Atlantic seaboard. A con Lservative estimate, made yesterday by 1,ne of the largest mill managers In "ie northwest, places this volume at 50,000,000.000 feet for 1922 more nan enough, he said, to offset the ump in middle-western territory aused by what operators contend is n unfair rate tariff in favor of com etitors elsewhere. Lumber Trade Significant. The lumber business is the largest ndustry in the northwest, and when . t is good other lines are eorrespond- ngly active. Hence it will be seen hat this new market trade has a big significance in its relation to the ocal situation. Add to this the fact that there is a fairly good condition existing as to the more immediate domestic demand, caused In part by ixceptionally live building operations, and it is easy to understand why there is a better feeling in this re spect. J, Lumber exports for the first quar ter of 1922 were valued at J2,188,156 and total exports from this port, in cluding wheat and flour, for that period aggregated $10,078,023, as fcgainst $9,199,725- for the same quar ter of 1921. This shows a substantial gain, despite the fact that many ports are showing losses these times, -and proves that Portland's shipping j is healthy and prosperous. Business in Portland is steadily f an the upgrade and people are spend ling lots of money, not only for new homes and commercial buildings, but Ion modern appurtenances tucli as Irras and electrical equipment fea tures they were not so heavily in stalling some months ago. Utility concerns report substantial increases In service connections and a marked gain in general sales, particularly Within the last two or three weeks. More Homes Are Needed. The housing situation of the city lakes necessary a large number of ew homes ani apartments and ex ianding business requires additional tructures. With these go hand in and the equipment, which starts a ng line of activity and a continual iw of money in the channels of ide. The reflection in this con duction work is seen everywhere nd merchants and tradesmen enjoy ts benefits. Portland's banner building year vas 1310, when the tigures ran up o $20,856,000. A. G. Johnson, assist ant commissioner of public works, aid yesterday there was every rea on to believe that 1922 would reach 30,000,000. Here is the way the figures reveal he lead of this year's first quar er over the last: Permits issued, 921, 917; value $3,508,585; permits ssued, 1922, 3200; value $5,930,855. "There is." said H. B.- Plummer, :hief of the bureau of buildings, "a olume of work passing through our ffice that is highly gratifying. Along vith the tremendous activity in con duction proper, goes a correspond ngly large line of service installa ions, plumbing, electrical connec lons, etc.. . making a very large ag--regate of, business in addition to he sums stated in permit figures." Department Is Hampered. On account of conditions over which ne city administration had no control. he department of public works had "cut its garment according to the J. oth" this year and as a result the nprovement programme will include ontracts up to a total of $1,600,000 t would have run to $4,000,000 had here been surncienr. funds at hand (,r adequate inspection. A. L. Bar- r, commissioner, points out that his feature, indicates the feeling of roperty owners who filed petitions or betterments and proves thejr will ngness to have this expense levied pon them, showing that there is ioney for such extensions and that tc people are in a more optimistic (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) DECEMBER DEFICIT IS FIRST rXDEK NEW MANAGEMENT. Road's Return for Year, However, Has Revenue of $13,000 ' Above AH Expenses. "WASHINGTON, D. C, March 31. Earnings statements filed with the interstate commerce commission to day by the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton show that for Its December opera tions it had incurred a deficit in op erating expenses over revenues of $331,000. This was the first month since its purchase by Henry Ford in which it has not shown a profit, al though its previous career was marked by heavy losses. Previous monthly earnings, how ever, brought the road's return for the year under the Ford management into the profit class and for the en tire year 1921 its revenues above ex penses were fixed at $43,000. Interest on bonded indebtedness is not classed as an operating expense by the com mission and consequently is not re ported. Mr.. Ford's attempts to reduce rates on the line, whifch have been under the commission's examination fre quently, received another rebuff to day. An order was issued suspending a freight tariff which the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton proposed to make effective April 1, and by which the coal rates in the Ironton district would have been cut 10 cents a ton until July 30. The usual investigation to determine whether the cut consti tuted a discrimination against the other producing territory will be. in stituted. BUGGY FOUND AT LAST Central Point, Or., Store Supplies Order After Vain Hunt Elsewhere. MEDFORD, Or., March 31. (Spe cial.) Central Point, Or., is the only town in this state where one can buy an old-fashioned buggy, according to Ashbury Beall of that town who cites the following proof. A man at Condon, Or., wanted to purchase a buggy and cent his order to a Portland firm." The company re ported back that it had none in stock. He was insistent, however, and wrote the company to get him one if pos sible. A search of Portland imple ment houses was made unsuccessfully and then inquiries were sent in vain to Salem, Eugene, Pendleton, this city and other points. Finally a traveling salesman remembered having seen a buggy at a store in Central Point. It was purchased and sent to the Con don man last Wednesday. ' BANK ROBBERS CAPTURED Two Slen Reported Taken After Battle Near Quilcene, Wash. PORT TOWNS END, Wash.; March 31. A report has been received here that two of the robbers Wanted in connection with the robbery of the State Bank of Sequim have been cap tured in a battle near Quitcene, Wash., and that one of them was wounded. The capture was made at the big river bridge on the Pacific highway near Quilcene, by Sheriff Phillip Chase of Jefferson county and a posse that has been maintaining guard at the bridge since the rob bery. The captured men were said to have had in their possession dia monds and money corresponding to that taken from the vaults of the bank. EPIDEMIC CAUSES ALARM Russian Relief Authorities Tele graph for Big Order of Serums. PARIS, March 31. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Smallpox, cholera, diphtheria and typhoid are spreading with such an alarming rate in Russia that the American relief administra- ion today telegraphed to the Paris headquarters of the American Red Cross to rush to Moscow immediately special courier with 2.000,000 dose3 of anti-toxin. This Is said to be the largest single order for serums ever placed in France, exceeding even the war-time equirements of the French army. Six million doses of vaccines al ready have been sent to Moscow from Paris for the relief administration. TURKS ACCEPT PRINCIPLE Government Acts on Allied Propo sal to Establish Peace. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 30. (By the Associated Press.) The Turkish government at Constantinople has ac. cepted in principle the suggestions transmitted last week by the allied foreign ministers looking toward peace between the Greeks and Turk ish nationalists in Asia Minor. The Constantinople government, however, makes certain reservations with re spect to Thrace. The allied high commissioners have been informed of this decision and a committee of experts is preparing counter proposals. . . EX-EMPEROR KARL WORSE Weakness and Delirium Result From Ravages of Pneumonia. FUNCHAL, March 31. (By the As sociated Press.) The Condition of ex Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary, who is suffering from pneumonia, to day took a turn for the worse. Although his fever diminished dur- Iing the night, the ex-emperor re mained today in a serious condition. The ex-ruler is in a weakened stats . from the ravages of the disease and J was delirious from time to time. Miss Stone Tells of Intent to Force Lawyer to Wed. ACCUSED PROTESTS LETTER "Your Days Are Numbered," Quoted by Prosecutor. TEAR DROPS IDENTIFIED Defendant in Murder Case, Asked if She AYas Ever Insane, Re plies, "No, Just Raving." NEW YORK, March 31. After ad mitting authorship of letters tfn whlcl: threats were made to kill Ellis Guy Kinkead, former corporation counsel of Cincinnati, for whose murder she is on trial, Miss Olivia M. P. Stone today told a supreme court jury that her sole Intent was to scare the lawyer into leading her to the altar for a ceremonial mariage. It has been her contention that Kinkead refused to go throuf i the ceremony with her after their alleged common law mariage almost four years ago. From time to time, he promised to, she said, but put off the day and finally he abandoned het and married another woman, Marie Louise Gormley. "No matter what extravagant lan guage you used, your only intention was to make him right that wrong, wasn't it?" she. was asked by her lawyer. Nurse Is In Tear. "Iti, I swear by all' that is good and holy that that is the truth," she said, raising her right arm above her head. "God knows it is true," she added, but her answer was stricken out, save for the mere "yes." All day the trained nurse was on the stand, weak, distressed and al most constantly In tears. Her attorney brought out that she went to several Cincinnati lawyers with her troubles, that she took them to the dean of the Cincinnati law school, where Kinkead was an in structor and that he subsequently lost his position. Because of Kinkead's standing in the profession, she said, she got little encouragement from the lawyers. 'Simply Raving,' She Says. Questioned concerning a letter she had written Kinkead telling him sev eral lawyers knew she would shoot him when she found him, Miss Stone, when asked who the lawyers were, replied: "Why, I was simply raving." Asked if she ever had been adjuged (Concluded on Page 3, Column 3.) r. ................................... ! i. CHEER UP! I (C? we Out TH'E- Woe. fNCi ' t lawn mowew - eer oot t T ' Jv,s I f"" mii wwl s ul&W'J M VCilr- III l . ...f ... ft ...s Three Men Escape With $1000 From Office of New York Tribune at 10:30 P. M. NEW YORK. March 31. Three bandits walked into the accountin room of the New York Tribune In Park Row, across the street from City Hall police station. at 10:30 o'clock tonight and held up two clerks and a watchman. They escaped with' $1000. The clerks and the watchman were alone in the room, which Is on the third floor, one above the editorial rooms. The pair were engrossed In preparation of the mechanical depart ment payroll when the bandits en tered. Robert O'Toole, one of the clerks, attempted to close the safe door and was felled by a gun butt, Charles Lee, the watchman, was beat en to the floor and badly injured when he offered resistance.' The other clerk, nis arms pinioned Denind nim, was held In a corner. Snatching on drawer of pay en velopes from the safe, the men fled through the rear of the building which stands at the junction of Park Row, Nassau and Spruce streets, one of the busiest corners in Lower Man hattan at night. O Toole went in pursuit, then noti fied police headquarters. Lee was taken to a hospital. three men held up employes in the Bronx distributing station of R. H. Macy & Co., late tonight, shot and seriously wounded the manager, Charles de Lorme, and fled without making an attempt to take a. bag containing about $9000, the day's re ceipts. Several men, including De Lorm-i, were at work in the office of the station when the bandits ordered all hands up. The employes complied, but one of the men, apparently un nerved, started firing. The manager was struck twice, one bullet entering .his neck and the other his right arm. He staggered outside the office and fell, while the bandits ran to a wait ing automobile. De Lorme was taken to a hospital. LINER SAVED FROM FIRE Flames, Raging in Hold of Iowan for Two Days, Arc Put Out. NEW YORK, March 31. The Amer ican-Hawaiian liner Iowan has been saved from a fire which raged in her holds for two days, officials of the ine were advised today in a wireless message from her captain. The Iowan, bound from San Pedro to the Panama Canal zone, with cargo but no passengers, was due to reach port late today. - ORDER IN FIU ME WANTED Jugo-Slavia Asks . France and Great Britain to Act. PARIS, March 31. The French for eign office today received a note from the government of Jugo-Slavia-sug gesting that France and Great Brit ain co-operate in re-establishing order in Fiume and in assuring the execution of the treaty of Rapallo. Such action was regarded in French official circles as improbable. if NEW" YORK," March 31. Dr. Max Cohen, known to the police as the "'master anarchist" and sought on an indictment for criminal anarchy, sur rendered in supreme court today, re canted anarchism, offered a plea of guilty to the charge against him and was placed on probation for five years under . a suspended sentence. Dr. Cohen, formerly secretary of the Left wing communist party, was indicted with James Larkin, Irish agitator; Isaac Ferguson, a Chicago lawyer; Charles B. Ruthenberg, for mer . socialist leader, and Benjamin Gitlow, former socialist assemblyman from New York, in November, 1919. The other four were convicted and now are serving terms in Sing Sing prison. Dr. Cohen fled to Mexico whence he went to. Russia and other European countries. . He told Justice Wasservogel .he was "tired of wandering like a hunted beast over the face of the earth," and that he was through with the doctrines cf anarchism. He had become thoroughly con vinced, he said, that the anarchistic theories if put into practice, would 'swing the world back to savagery." His greatest desire, he said, was to be allowed publicly to renounce an archism, to become a law-abiding citizen, and to return to his wife and son in Queensborough. j Justice Wasservogel, in suspending sentence, warned Dr. Cohen that the slightest violation of his parole would mean a lone term In Sing Sing. He left assuring the justice that' court rooms would know him no more. MEAT TARIFF IS OPPOSED Argentine Wants Ban Lifted; In dustry Hard Bit. BUENOS AIRES, March 31. (By the Associated Press.) On account of depression in the Argentie meat In dustry, the Argentine government has instructed Thomas A. Le Breton, the ambassador at Washington, to make representations to the United States government with a view of obtaining suppression of the American tariff on Argentine meal and hides, it was an nounced today. The object of these negotiations is to facilitate the exportation of these products to the United States, where. t is understood, prices rule higher than in other foreign markets. BELGIANS ADD TO FORCE Murder Results In Troops in Ger many Being Reiiiforced. BRUSSELS, March 31. As a result of the mufder of the Belgian army officer. Lieutenant Graff, near Dues seldorf, in the Belgian zone of occu pied Germany, last week, the gov ernment has decided to reinforce the Belgian troops of occupation. Germany's official apologies in con nection with the killing of Lieutenant Graff have been transmitted to the Belgian government. Fugitive Declares. Principles, Put in Practice, Would - Bring Savagery Back. Varied Scenes of Isles En thrall Visitors. SWIMMERS DIVE FOR COINS Kanakas Surround Steamer to? Exhibit Skill. SHARKS' TEETH IGNORED Boys Declared Like Tawny Frogs as Dives Are Taken Into Water of Limpid Bay. BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN. ON BOARD S. S. TAIYO MARU. March 10. (Special.) The softness that is summer, whatever the calen dar may call it, is gradually outdis tanced as the voyage draws near to Japan. There was a snow storm in Yokohama just a day or so ago, the wireless said a flurry that wrapped the port in winter. At the same hour beside this ship odd gray birds rose in coveys as quail rise from the fields. Such they seemed until they plunged again into the sea, quite fearlessly, where the crests were an elfin green, They took the plunge as blithely as any grebe, for they were flying fish. Winter was far and far away. Off to port the porpoise played, leaping in long indolent curves, a school of 20 out for recess. If the porpoise is half as happy as he ap pears neither land nor ocean knows a more comfortable, joyous fellow. He dines well, for sailors vow that his speed enables him to nab the tail of any fleeing prize, and having dined, he exercises. Pacific Cold and Barren. Flying fish and porpoise and Mother Carey's chickens, those wee white birds that were like spindrift in the distance, have tarried near Hawaii. The Pacific is cold again and barren, and roughened to sport .by a west w ind. f ' "-' All we have left to remind us of the south, of the islands and opal escent mist that clothed the hills of Oahu, is the plump presence of Jutita the hula girl, who goes to dance al the Tokio exposition. Julita is no flying fish, nor has she the daintiness of sea birds, and romance will not cling to her. She is rounded and slangy and frizzled of hair, and naughty as to the eyes. To say that she is plump Is to pay ner a most considerate compliment. Clearly it was error to transplant Julita to an alien environment, with never a scarlet bougainvillea bloom to tuck behind an ear, and never long twilight to saunter through. As a memory of the islands the hula girl reproaches those who led her away. She is of Oahu and not else where. Islands Charm Visitor. , Though this letter, will reach Ore gon long after we have traveled through Japan when there are white and purple trilliums by the" Willam ette and cherry blossoms about Kobe it must hark back to Hawaii for the few hours it may claim. In charm and color and magic the islands tran-sc-. ttcir fair repute; for the rea son, doubtless, that those who dwell there have dulled the edge of appreci ation, and those who visit lack phrases that are adequate. To have glimpsed the loveliness of their volcanic sisterhood, from cloud like distance to the nearness of tropi cal verdure and the warm hues of tumbled mountains. Is to feel that perhaps O'Brien was wise with an elder wisdom when he preferred the pleasant idleness of the south seas to cold and commerce and bustle, i rom desolate seas long wont to roam," such a land as Hawaii might well call any wanderer. Rain J""nlln Languidly. Rain was falling languidly over Oahu. when the Taiyo Maru picked her way through the fishing boats, wherein brown anglers tended their lines. The green shore, the whit6 beach, were limned with rainbow hues where land met Water. A shin ing unforgettable treachery of mother of pearl was Inlaid along the coast. Folk say that the islands are fair est in sunlight. But this could not well be. The sadness of clouds be comes them like a mood. Out from the harbor to meet the crawling ship, and beg for silver, swam the Kanaka boys whose home is the sea. Of a clear day, it is said, the harbor is a transparency into, which one peers for varl-colored fishes, strange of form and hue, and shells that match this wild extrava gance. Yet the low visibility that at tends wet weather, murking the bright depths to smoky emerald. bothered the gleaners not at all. Divers Look Like Frogs. Were they to miss even an occa sional coin in their diving the har bor floor would be paved with sraai: change. Only a nimble dime and a far-flung can escape them. Poised like tawny frogs in the water. It is but a stroke and plunge to the pur suit a flurry of feet, a dim picture of sprawling bodies deep in the eddy of the dive. Somewhere In mid-descent the coin is captured. The swim- ICoucluded on Page 2, Column 3.) rirst Quarter of Calendar Year Reflects Betterment Both Fi nancially and Industrially. NEW YORK, March 31. Business on the New York Stock Exchange for the first quarter of the calendar year reflects gradual improvement in financial, Industrial and general eco. nomic conditions from the acute de pression of 1921. Sales of stocks in the three months ended today, -mostly at substantially higher quotations, amounted roughly to 65,000.000 shares, against 43,000,000 shares in the corresponding quarter of last year. There were also marked gains in sales of "odd lots" and In private dealings. The turnover in bonds on the stock exchange was proportionately much larger. The par value of such securities was approximately $1,240,000,000, as compared with $760,000,000 in 1921. To this impressive total It was esti mated, the liberty group, mainly the 4 ',4 per cent series, contributed almost 40 per cent. The entire list of United States war flotations has displayed unprecedented strength recently. To. day's maximum figures are showing gains of $1.60 to almost $3.50 over lowest quotations of last January. To the enormous dealings In bonds on the stock exchange should be added the many new underwritings placed here since the beginning of the year. These comprehended weekly offerings ranging from $25,000,000 to almost $150,000,000 and included nu merous foreign national and munic ipal Issues, practically all of which were avidly taken by investors. RAIN ENDS PERFECT DAY Thousands of Persons Are Caught in Choice Little Shower. The end of a perfect day yesterday was a choice little "April" shower and thousand3 of persons who took it for granted there would be sunshine until sundown and left their homes sans umbrellas and rubbers in the morning, learned once more that it sometimes rains in Oregon. It was one of the balmiest days of the spring and, had it continued dry and as f.ur throughout the entire afternoon, very probably there would have been a good man)' backyard gar dens in course of construction, but just about the time Mary and John felt the annual urge to get out the shovel, raise and hoe, they were es topped by the gentle shower, which, however, did not last long. The maximum temperature was 63. LANDSLIDE DERAILS TRAIN Four Passenger Coaches anu en gine Upset, but o One Hurt. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 31. A 100 foot landslide derailed train No. 2 of the Missouri Pacific at Bolts, about 7:10 o'clock, causing the engine to overturn. Four'of the eight passenger cars left the rails, although , remaining upright. No passengers were injured. The train was en route to St. Louis from Kansas City. Reports from Washington, which is about five miles from Boles, said that approximately 300 feet of track was torn up Heavy raintau auring me week is said to have caused the land slide. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS N The Weather. IESTBRDaY'S Maximum temperature, 63 degrees; minimum temperature, 42 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; westerly winds. Foreign. , France answers U. S. claims note. re 2. Free state bill now on aiaim. f age a. National. Ford's railway loses in December. Paget. United States Bureau cnieis ouaitu uy president, ran Domestic. Rlckarfl blickmall charge declared frame- ud. Page 3. Master anarchist recanta anarchism. Page 1. k admits threa's on lawyer's lire. Paga 1 r.ol production In 0 states halted by strike, rage o. Iceberg zone to be watched. Page 8. Second expedition exploring Amazon for Michigan university. Paga 8. Investors in bonds avid for offerings. Page 1. Cannibalism rife In soviet Russia. Paga 8. New York newspaper held up by bandits. Page 1- Sports. Home lot finally provided for OaK. Pag 16. Beaver regulars defeated by yannlgans, 8 to 4. Page 18 Nine fine horses expected by local buyers tomorrow. Paga 17. Multnomah Anglers' club refuses to afflll- 1 ate with Oregon Sportsmen's assocla tlon. Page 17. Multnomah takes three coast boxing title, t Page 16. j Commercial and Marine. , Coffee prices advancing with other co ,i i modlties. Page 22. j Chicago wheat market depressed by bear. eh ciop estimates. Page 23. Advance In Liberty bond prices Is resuri I. Page 23. Lumber exports In March set new ra' . Page 22. Dredging project for fall outlined by . manager. Page 14. New York stocks on bull market. Pa New Orleans' pride is 80-year-old d . mem BW- -e- Portland nod Vicinity. German mark investors to lose, si Moody. Page 7. Hyman Cohen indicted for eight,-- Pago 5. Hawaii charms boosters for fair. J' Sp.'ing vegetables arrive In market. , Building activity in Portland glv: ise of Improvement generally, r Throat epidemic fatal to thr Page 4. Battle of church militant one t 1 ends, says evangelist. Page 1 Head of Portland bond house gor - I New span proposed for Ford stree . r Weather report, data and forecas . . M- President Ousts Chiefs of Printing Bureau. DIRECTOR LOSES POSITION James L. Wilmeth Discharged for "Good of Service." SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED I.ouls A. Hill Takes (Tiurse of Bis V. S. Of flies Emplojing About 6000 Person. WASHINGTON. D. C. March 31 James t. Wilmeth. director of the bu reau of engraving and printing, and a lumber of other executives in the bureau were removed "for the good of the service" tonight by President Harding through an executive order. Louis A. Hill, assitant chief of ths division of engraving, was named as the new director of the bureau and all other vacancies were also filled. The executive order affected execu tive heads of every division In the bureau and the action was taken. It was explained, as the result of an extended Investigation and in con nection with the complete readjust ment of the bureau to peace-time con ditions. Mr. Hill was sworn In Im mediately and went to the bureau and took charge. The new executive per sonnel will be In complete charge to morrow. Some Are Kedrrd. The only exceptions to dismissal In the executive order were In cases of persons eligible for retirement for age, all of whom were retired as of this date. Mr. Wilmeth for years wag chief clerk for the treasury and ahnut four years ago was appointed chief of the bureau by President Wilson, suc ceeding Joseph A. ICalph. The bureau Is one of the largest in point of per sonnel in the executive Branch of th government, employing about 6000 persons. It operates tho greatest en graving plant In the world, making all the paper money, bonds, certifi cates and securities of the govern ment, as well as the postage stamps. These dismissed said the order had come without any warning1 and was a completo surprise to them. .Mr. Wllmrlh Surprised. Mr. Wilmeth said he received ths order upon its being promulgated by the president and that was the first intimation he had of his dismissal. Mr. Hill, who assumed his duties at once at the bureau, said that no statement could be made other than that contained In the White House announcement, but added that there would be considerable work to do in reorganizing the bureau on a peace time basis. Officials of the treasury department fulled to throw anv llff-ht nti thA rilw. ) missal order. The changes, however, . in bureau circles were regarded as sweeping and meant, it was declared, the complete elimination of thore who formerly had directed its operations. PORTLANDJIIER KILLED Hay ICouudlrec Succumbs to Hunt i In Airplane Accident. MACON. On., M-irch 31. J. J. Conta' of Anthony, Kan., and Bay Itountttrpn of Portland, Or., wcre'fatally Injured.? and W. Ij. Fisher of Mack, (la., re ceived Injury from which he Is not expected to recover when their air plane late today crashed Into a 60 foot smokestack at the Macon, Dub lin & Savannah railroad chops, caught fire and fell to the ground. The accident occurred Just after the airplane had hopped off for a flight to Atlanta and thence to Texas. The three occupants of the ninchlno were severely burned and Costa died at a hospital late tonight. Koundtrr succumbed to his injuries shortly after midnight. He is known in .II1- rbile racing circles as Jules friends of Hay lot be located here not known to local thought he took up Ing Portland. Ha Is .ewton W. Itouutree. tate dealer. : .'. t. I i:!..,.' 1 Ar.30P, 4Y- PLANS. UP ;-. f Call Attention to Ne- 1. ' iho Began ( ulnni, V . - ON. r. C. March II. i -nt. i of the country will be , ' .1 50th anniversary of Ar- , rll 22, In a proclamation f - dent Harding has proin . , a delegation of Nebraska I, headed by ItrprcHenta- ; :s said today on leaving I House after a conference resident, i -r 'lamation, they said, wou'd i'-;ntlon to the founding of m 50 years ago in Nebraska ; i ling Morion, who sol ved a.- iates senator and later as of agriculture. GlU 1 OS.2 1