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TTH7RSDAY, 1911. i . m nan it, ilia 1 1 K t H h H A M Hflo WQOD-AINSWORTH FIGHT-IS BITTER Differences of Long Standing Grow Out of Ambition of Both Generals. TAFT IS FOR PRESENT HEAD AUjoiant-forral of Array, How. nrr. Pin Faith to Prospect of Democrat Wlanlnj it Election. FY IUR1T J. MP1TX. OREOOXIAN NEWS BCREAU, Wuhlnitno. Mr IL-WIim Msjor t;trsl Wood, chief of staff, with tha approval and consent of President Taft and the Secretary of War. clipped Uia official w1c( of si aJor-Gormi Alns worth. Adjutant-General of tbe Arar. h started a war la military circle thai will continue until Wood or Alna worth eliminated from tha active Hat of tho Army. Tha Wood-Alnaworth fsud I not of rvornt orla-ln: It atartod porno yesrs as: wbia General Wood apranc to tho front, and threatened to bl out Oeneral Alnawortlt. who has lone had his heart et on becoming; head of tho Vnlted States Arm-. But the feud u eurP"4 until re cently, when General Wood boramo tha ireuor, and mada hla Junior officer feel tho weight of hla superior In fluence. The American Army has never known a more ambitious officer than General Alnsworth and. until recently. It had never known a better politician, But General Wood baa come to the front, and shown bis old time rival that be himself la not only a good soldier, but an expert at tbe cam of politics, and moreover when the Alnsworth brand of politics was placed alongside the Wood variety. It dwindled Into Insignificance. ' Alnsworth I Ambition. General Alnaworth will never be happy until he gets It. the "It" belns; the office of chief of staff. Oeneral Wood, on tho other hand. Is determined to prevent Alnaworth becoming chief of stsff. If he can possibly do It. and as ln as President Tsft remains In the White lt'ue. there Is no doubt about General Wood's success. If the next administration should bo Democratic however. General Alnaworth may achieve the distinction be has lone soucht. for Alnsworth Is a Democrat, and has strong Democrat lo support la Congress. Ity strange coincidence, both General TVood and General Alnsworth beran their careers as army doctors; both en tered tbe service through the Medical rnrra. Oeneral Wood, however, was early transferred to the lino, and from that day to this has bad very wide field service. not only In the United Hates, but In Cuba and the Philippines. General Alnsworth. on the other hand, left the medical corps to become an "office man." and has never bad field training. As General Wood became profi.-ient In the field. so Oeneral Alnsworth became proflclont In tbe War Wpartment: the former Is today perhaps the best posted and most prac tical field officer In tbe Army, and the entire Government service knows no b'tter office man thsn General Alns vorth. General Wood specialised on army organization, getting his know Ixtse and experience among the troops: General Alnsworth gathered bis Information from tbe records. Two Ideas Clash. Naturally the Ideas of the two of ficers clashed; they could not work la harmony, and plans favored by Alns worth mere overturned by the ehlef of taff. while plans of tha chief of staff were hampered by the Adjutant-General. An1 Alnaworth. while only Ad-Jtitant-Gcneral. proved a powerful ad versary, for as the War lepartment bee recently been organized, all busi ness transacted between the various bureaus and the general staff baa passed through Alnaworth's hands, and be has thus hsd an opportunity to make changes to suit his own Ideas. There was no particular reason why these matters should have passed throurh the Adjutant-General's office, for his Is a record office, and not an office upp-sed -rlglnata policies. Mnswi. u. howevet. , In his ambi tion." wrote into the An.ny regulations a provision requiring thl very proce dure, and no other chief , of staff ever took exception. ' Wood Defeat This Plaa. General Wood cmiH see no reason why all business of he bureaus with the general staff etuuid pass through tie bands of the AJJutant-General be for reaching the staff: he held that the reorganlistion act did not contemplate such a course: he maintained that such course only tended to delsy and to complications, and moreover be felt that the Adjutant-General ahould con fine hlmse'f to those duties which Con gress prescribed he should perform. Therefore he drafted an order doing away with the Alnsworth method, and stipulator that the bureaus should communicate direct with the general staff The President and Secretary of War concurred In this Idea, and now General Alnsworth gets no papers until they hivs been acted upon by the gen eral stsff. Hence his peevishness. As stated above. General Alnsworth has never cared for General Wood since me latter became clilef of stsff. he stants to be chief of ataff himself. General Wood Is a serious obstacle. So be has set sbout legislating himself Into office, and to that end submitted a reorganization bill to Congress, said bill cvntalnlng a little Joker which provfcirs that the Adjutant-General and the inspector-General of the Army shall be permanent members of the general stsff. all other members to be jeiailed by the President. His bill further requires that the chief of staff shail be selected from one of these two bureaus or divisions. It Is readily seen that snrh a bill would legislate Gen rrs Wood out of office, and as Alns worth overshadows the Inspector-General It would legislate General Alns worth Into the office now held by Gen aral Wood. Wood Has Another Scheme. General Wood, seslrg through the Alnsworth scheme, appeared before the House military committee, pointed out lis defects, showed that It would mate rially Increase the cost of tbe Army, and then left a bill of his own which 'will preserve the present organization, and In t;me reduce the number of gen eral officers, and correspondingly re dice the cost of the Array. The com mittee bed been Inclined to favor the Alnsworth bill, but when Oeneral Wood Minted out the economy of his bill, sod the axtravacsnca of tha other, the committee paused, and It la still paua tng. Incidentally, the Wood bill seeks to make the commanders of the various military departments responsible for tbe discipline and training of the soldiers of their departments ; It seeks to relieve them of all office and cleri cal work, and requires them to devote their entire time to military duty. This Is Oeneral Wood's Idea of Increasing tbe efficiency of the Army; to convert commanding officers into true com manders and Instructors, and to re lieve them of being clerks, as many of them have been heretofore. Both Hare strong; Support. Naturally this proposition has aroused those officers who arefer clerical and office work to field work with the troops, and such officers hsve been bringing pressure to bear on Con gress. But the President la standing by Oeneral Wood, and when the fight la forced Into tha open. Congress will probably pass tha Wood bill, or no bill at alt. The chanre In Secretaries of War will be helpful, rather than harmful to Oeneral Wood, for Secretary Stlmson Is a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and Roosevelt Is Wood's best friend. Incidentally. Oeneral Wood Is the go between between President Taft and his predecessor. Therefore It Is safe to predict that Oeneral Wood will remain as chief of staff as long as President Taft remains In the White House, and General Ainsworth's only hope Is In seeing a Democratic administration come In before he retires. Meantime, CAMPAIGN VEW Attorney-General Prepares to Prosecute Trust Offi cials Criminally. . NONE WILL GET IMMUNITY i He Admits Haying: Been Legal Ad viser of Trust, but Now He Pros ecutes Them Cotton Pool and Sugar Trust in Peril. WASHINGTON. May II. No sooner had the House committee 01 expendi tures In the Depsrtment of Justice ob- A&MY'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND OFFICER WHOSE WINGS HE HAS CUPPED. irr"w " ., .- I I p- - - ty - 1 1 General Leonard Wo. General P. C. Alasrrrorta. the Wood -Alnsworth fight will con tinue, for Alnsworth never surrenders. WEDNESDAY WARM DAY MEBCTRT RISES CXTIIi IT REACHES 84 DEGREES. Extreme Heat Following Cold Weather Severely Felt by Pedes trians Roses Thrive. This Is considered by the weather bureau aa exceedingly warm weather for this season of tbe year, although a year ago today tha temperature was degrees, and a year ago yesterday it wsa degrees. During the afternoon yesterday the mercury registered aa follows: It o'clock. 7t degrees; 1 o'clock, tl de grees: t o'clock. SI degrees: o'clock. M degTeea; o'clock. M degrees; t o'clock, tl degrees. Coming as It does on the heels of the cold weather, tbe hot wave la being felt In Portland, especially by pedes trlsns on the streets. However, the. warm weather Is timely as It Is open ing up thousands of rose buds which will contribute to the rose festival. Had the cold weather continued the little buds would have remained closed for some time yet and the supply of roses for the festival would have been vsry limited, UNIFORMS TO BE BETTER Oregon Company to Furnish Snlta for Streetfar Men. Conductors and motnnoen employed by tbe Portland Railway. Light Power Company beginning today will buy their uniforms under the terms of a contract entered Into a few months sgo with the Salem Woolen Mills. The con tract goes Into effect this morning. in choosing their uniforms the com pany permits tha men themselves to decide what Arm shall have the con tract, the question being submitted to a vote. While the new clothing will be patterned after that now worn, the quality of material used will be su- "The" company yesterday requested the men to attire themselves In their -best uniforms during Rose Festival week. Some of them eonstsntly have two sultg on hand, one better than tha other. The new contract does not mean that all employes will be required to pur chase new suits. It requires only that when any of the men need clothing in the future they will buy It from tha Palera Woolen Mills. As the men wear the same weight of gsrments In i the Summer as in the Winter, there will be no need for extra purchases at this time. NURSES ARE GRADUATED Claa of at Good Samaritan to Receive Diplomas). Graduating exercises will ba held at the Good Samaritan Hospital tonight, when diplomas will be awarded S nurses. Addresses will be delivered by T.ev Charles W Robinson and Dr. Rob ert J Mareh, and diplomas will ba presented by Bishop Scaddlng. The ex ercises will be held In the chspel. fol lowed by a reception to the graduates at the nurses' home. Following are the graduatee: Mary Moffett. May Shaver. Verna Farreil. Kva Sinclair. Mlnta Melcum. Ellen Nolan. Alma Jellison, Edna McLough 11 n, Laura Lenhart. Jeannette Styles. Bessie Lathrop. Marguerite Thomas, Fernsndlna Kllnger. Lepha Hawley. Mvrtle Stevens. Cora Dunlap. Ola Miller. Amelia Fltchner. Ivs. Cooper. Jennie Whltcomb. Alice Joseph. Arixona Eng land, Marie Klnnel. Ullle Jenkins. Jane Tenbaum and Lillian Pellette. Gilbert' Death Due to Heroism. IjONDON. May XL An Inquest Into tha sudden and tragic death, on May . of 8lr William S. Gilbert, the famous Eng lish dramatic author and librettist, was held here todsy. The Coronet s Jury rendered a verdict that death as due to ayncooe. brought sbout by Sir William exerting himself while attempting to rescue one of the women of his bathing party at Harrow, who had got beyond her depth. talned from Attorney-General Wicker sham admissions that ha had shared In fees paid by the sugar trust to his law firm and that bs had advised the steel trust aa an attorney than It drew from him tha statement that criminal prose cutions would be begun against trust organisers. He made It clear that the Government has been awaiting deci sions against tha Standard OH Company and tho Tobacco Company and now la ready to proceed. Mr. Wlckersham was questioned mostly by Chairman Beall, of Texas, wbo also sought much Information about action against tha cotton pool, Sngar Trust Feea Shared. Mr. Wlckersham testified that during his connection with the Arm of Strong Cadwallader ha had received his share of tha fee turned Into the firm for services to the American Sugar Re fining Company, personally attended to by Henry W. Taft. brother of the Pres ident. Mr. Wlckersham said his share waa about $2,000. Mr. Wlckersham said that after ha became Attorney General John Henry Hammond represented Strong Cad wallader as counsel for the so-called Sugar Trust In the purchase of the friar lands. He added that at the time he gave his opinion permitting the sale of these lands he did not know Ham mond represented the president of tha American Sugar Refining Company. Mr. Havemeyer. When asked about the connection of the firm with Steel affairs. Mr. Wlcker sham said: "I personally have advised the United States Steel Corporation In one or two matters." "Did Strong Cadwmllader ever rep resent the New York Cotton Ex changer asked Chairman Beall. "lea, Henry W. Taft was counsel for tha Exchange." Mr. Wlckersham re plied, "and I think he still continues In that capacity." Sugar Trust Not Tet Out of Danger. The chairman sought particularly to learn of the Attorney-General why the Department of Justice and Treasury Department accepted a $1,000,000 set tlement from the American Sugar Re fining Company as restitution for undervaluations at the port of New York rather than enforce the severe penalty provided for by law. Mr. Wlckersham replied that the de partment felt the evidence at hand was not sufficient to support a claim for penalties, though It wss his belief that restitution was msde because the cor poration feared penalties would be Im posed. Then It was your Judgment." sug gested Mr. Beall. "that notwithstanding the Government had access to a memo randum book showing the real weight of sugar Imported and to books show ing fraudulent weights. If the Govern ment had attempted to collect the pen alties there waa strong probability of failure." "Yes." Mr. Wlckersham answered. "I think the $2,000,000 settlement was the best possible arrangement." ' Tbe Attorney General denied that there was any agreement preventing criminal prosecution. "That right." he said, "was specially reserved to tha Government." Criminal Prosecutions Near. Mr. Wlckersham was asked why the Government thus far had failed to lodge any "trust magnate" In prison. "We have done the best we could. ha said, "but there has been an unwilling ness on the part of the Juries and courts to sentence men to prison under the anti-trust law. Until the Supreme Court laid down Its definite construction in the two cases Just decided, their reluct ance was well understood, for the law has always been open to question, and has been construed In different ways by different courts. Juries arj becoming more willing now. however, to convict, and Judges wbo have been reluctant to Impose prison penalties now have the Supreme Court decision to sustain them." Mr. Wlckersham said ha believed prison .sentences would be the most effective means of enforcing respect for the anti-trust laws. Criminal prosecutions against the meat-packers, mllk-dealera, grocers, the naval stores and window glass combination and al leged violators of the anti-trust law, be said, would be augmented by other prosecutions. On this subject the Gov ernment had definite plans. Chairman Beall asked why there hsd been no criminal proceedings against the heads of the Standard Oil and To bacco corporations. "In view of the fact that we have secured decisions in these cases only within tha last two wests, it seems to ROSE FESTIVAI THE CROWNING EVENT OF THE YEAR , Every man or young man should be dressed at his best. He should wear Chesterfield Clothes the finest apparel made. Gar ments that are cut and tailored by experts; styles and fabrics that please the most exacting. Any man that has tested Chesterfield Clothes will wear no other make. Chesterfield Clothes $25 to $50 Other Good Makes $20 to $25 v Let us show you these clothes R. M.GRAY 273-275 Morrison at Fourth me that question answers itself," said Mr. Wlckersham. "Now. however, we have an Interpre tation of the anti-trust law on which wa can proceed." Cotton Pool May Be Attacked. The Attorney-General was closely questioned by Mr. Beall as to the cot ton cases In New York, but he refused to disclose the Government's future action. Asked why actions were brought against those seeking to ele vate the price of raw cotton rather than against the spinners and the "bears" who were trying to depress it, Mr. Wlckersham said the Government had believed It much easier to reach the seven men controlling tho raw cot ton pool, against whom it had exact information. "The statute of limitations has not run against the others." he added. 'If the Government Is sustained In this first cotton case, the other combinations mav be attacked." "Has there been any Investigation of the attempt of bears to depress cotton prices In New York and New Orleansr Chairman Beall asked. ,.,. "No: I have never had any facts brought to ray attention that emed to show a violation of tha anU-trust law In such matters." ,, . Mr. Wlckersham wss questioned Roots Barks, Herbs That have great medicinal power, are raised to their highest efficiency, for purifying and enriching the blood, as they are combined In Hood s Sarsapa rllla, which is Peculiar tt Itself. 40,t testlmonisls received by ac tual count In two years a record un paralleled In the history of medicine. Be euro to take Hood's Sarsaparllla this spring. "I was badly used up. so tired and weak It was hard for me to be about. I took Hood's Sarsaparllla. and it gave me an appetite and improved my whole evstem." Frank Carlson. Box 10. Stark. Minn. There Is no real substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla Get H today In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called garaataba. Our Building Department Will Point the Way to an Attractive Beach Home AT Gearhart Park B7 THE SEA. Ready for this season. Call or write for details. RUTH TRUST COMPANY 235 Stark St., Corner Second. EMMA GOLDMAN, SS?". WILL, LECTl'RB TONIGHT AT LABOR TEMPLE 2TH Aider Street. SUBJECT: -THE GUERL STRIKE" ILABOB'S MOST FOWfRFlb WEAPO.V). chiefly by Representative Beall, of Texas, concerning the sale by the Gov ernment of friar lands in the Philip pines to the American Sugar Company. He said that at one time Henry W. Taft had appeared as a witness for the "lic orice ' trust, a pan mo b&cco Company. TEETH INSPECTION IS ON 100 Dentists Kxamlnlng Molars of Chicago School Children. ' fmr'Arm. 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