Tilt, MOTTXT' oi?T!noTrArv. nTmxT:sTA a rim, 10. 1012. REPORT DEFENDS AINSWDRTH'S ACTS Insubordinate General Finds Upholders n Democrats - . of House Committee. " BAD. MOTIVE IS ALLEGED I'luirKC of Secretary of. .War Tc -l;irrd in Have Boon . rWndcd ' . .n Ielre to Irle Orfl ' rrr lYora Service. WASHINGTON. April 9. President T-ift ' and s-Vcrctary Stimson are ar raipned !..-vcrely In a sensational re rrt on the Ainsworth case presented toI.iy to the House by the military af fairs 'rommittee. .Wrt-tary Stimson In charged with having committed a "great and Ir repurable wrong" and a "flagrant mis u. e of official authority" when last hVbruar)- he suspended General Ains worth from Ms duties as Adjutant-Gen era, of thn.Armvan-1 chared him witn Insubordination. Jt Is charged that the ITeMnr and Secretary Stlmson rjreluriticd the case: that the accusa tions atrainst the General were based upon pr-jndl.-. and that the Secretary of War has an "erroneous Klea" of his relation to Congress. These are other rniu'lualiiii reached bv a majority of the committee, of which Representative Mar. of VirKlnla. Is chairman. . I.oaa Vervlee Reea-aalsed. - Kollowrng General Alnsworth's relief from dutv. and when a court-martial termed probable, the ITesident pM mltted Mm o retire from the Army Tje- auae of . his long; service. The report follows an Investigation of Alnsworth's relief from duty. v I'rrtidslng the relief of General Ains worth. the report declares: "The worst feature of It was that this officer of Ion and, distinguished service had no tribunal to which he could appeal with any hope of Justh e or fair treatment." The majority of the committee con cluded that General Ainsworth had been jt'illtjn of no act which Justified t;ne Irtt of . suspension from Ktimson and -thai the charters had origin In a determination to drive General Ainsworth- from active service and have not tnn to support them but bare as ertton. coupled with misrepresenta tion arrd soppresslon of Hie truth." - rommittee Aresnei Mlmaoa. The report then (joes on to say that it Is incredible of belief that Secretary trmon Relieved General Ainsworth gcullty of the Tharges. and adds: " "Some other reason must have actuated the Secretary of War. and that rea.on Is not hard to ind- Your committee, being; familiar with all the Thases f the legislative features In the Army appropriation bill, can readily account for this violent assault on Gen eral AlnawortU.-" j It Is pointed out that General Aln- wortb fa-ord the five-year enlistment plans In the Array bill, which waa op posed by other officers of the ireneral staff, and that Secretary Sttmson's let ter of suspension to the General "was sent on the day that this feature of the riU was being dlsctnrsnd the Mouse. MrtttaK Ite OeTeailra, Secretary 4'tlmon'' comment -to, the House, when he sent the pupers In the tase to the effect that- bia. actron waa not to be construed' "is a recoKnllion of th authority, of the lituse or any of its commltteea to require of the Chief Executive a statement of reasona lor his official action." Is criticised se verely. General Alnsworth's stand on a cer tain letter to the Secretary of War. upon which much of the charges was ba--ei. is defended. fc or Clackamas Rivers as arainst tha sovereign, power .of. the jjta.teof Oregon, to reculate. control, or reduce ita charges for furnishing; light and power from such sources. J he waters or mi ru-ers of Oregon are not as tn England whM-e our correspondent hafls from, at the .absolute .disposal of -the Kin who litcs" In past times made 'the jtrfts of NStwre the- laW -water. - came, tish. everything "but the aire the subject of his hountv'to . roval favorites, from whlch'no British subject -dare appeal.. The question is now bofure the people, and will be decided at the next election, whether any public service corporation can say to its patrons, "'take this at our price, or not at all." The people ha now. In their power to Initiate lcglsla- tion. irot the nower to Ret behind tha record. tif.tlctltlous stock capltalUation, corrupt construction contracts and paa- ded payrolls, and find, out what pul.llc service, utilities cost and fix rates ac cordingly. And let no man deceive himself, for sooner-or later this Invcs ligation will be madiv JOSKPII GASTON". DIPPEL ASKS BIG FUND ssf.ooo c;r.n.XTi:K aviiat EftA MAX AG lift WANTS. OP- N II fad of Chicago Gptntl Oora Com pany TrIN r Plans for Visit to This City. In talking; about tha season of grand opera which he proposes, to inaugurate at the IlelHit .Theater In this city March 31-ApriI 2. 1913, Andreas IHppel. gen eral manager of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Is not content to talk of .lallara only, but of .H.00 as a guarantee fund that must be sub scribed In advance before he will con sent to the opera company, visiting Portland. 1: .--Copyright by A. Dupont Aadreaa Dlpael. Geaeral Mai. aaer 4'Meair Grass .Opera t'ampaay. PEOPLE HAVE POWER JIUMr.nV POR CORPOR-VTF. COX TKOIi POINTED OCT, Jo-eph (.a-ton Saj Question Will tVe Put Br fore Voter to Pe---ride at Next Election. , PORTLAND. Or.. April 8. (To the Editor.) George T.' Murton contributes an Interesting letter on the pending discussion of street railway, electric light and power franchises, which la valuable as giving a. phase of the ques tion which the electric power monop oly will not care to JJave considered. Stripped of all 1 Is verbiage, the posi tion of Mr. Murton la that It makes no difference to the people of Portland how much, or how little, the electric light company has Invested in ita plant, or how much it charges for Its aerrlces to the people who hare granted to It the franchises, without which all Its property would be practically worthless: because, says our correspondent, "the public went to sleep, slept on its rights while the corporation filed on the water power, and has now got tha water pow er": and what are you going to do about it. - - - - This position rf Mr. Murton reminds me of three diatlniruished men In Amer ican affairs. - One-of them, known In American history as "Koas Tweed." hav ing by divers and sundry schemes stolen I tuO.OCu.OOO from the municipality of New York City, coolly remarked, when brought to book about his plcadr.loes: "What are you rolng to do about llT" Another of the distinguished trio. Colls . Huntington. 1n discussing transpor tation rates, remarked that about the right thing for a fair rate would be "all the traffic would bear." The thlrdman was a man after Mr. Mutton's own rart and taste as a public franchise operator. When Marvin Ilughitt, the great railroad manager . of ' Chicago. ujt. years ago suggested to' W. X. Van tlerbl't t!:at his ideas and rates In op erating railroads would arouse public opposition. Vanderbllt abruptly ter m inatJ the conversation by . saying. "T'-e public he damned." Hut since these ethics of monopolistic IJ-as and morals were announced soma progress has been made. An Interstate t'ommerce Commission has been or vantzed and empowered to Inquire into t.:e cost of transportation: and has not hesitated to override all the rules and remes of transportation corporations -..-1 compel them to respect the rights t -e people to f.Ttr"and Impartial rates M itrnns even to ver.j great reduc er j-sriMlshed rates. Public Perv ; ni-pijstons have been organized w in most of the states empow- i t lr-'iulre Into the Justice and - tonahlene4 of rates and rules, and ' amend or abolish them. They have I ne ti at even In Oregon, and with the .ri'.ind r.ailwav. Ught Power Co. Titis corporation cannot hold ary mo- ..poiv on tue water power of the Sandy Mr. Uippel paid one of his hurricane. lightning-dispatch visits to this city- yesterday, accompanied- by his secre tary, Howard Shelley, and one of lit first business acts was to appoint Lois Steers-Wynn Coman to manage the en tire Pacific Northwest tour of the opera company. - -"si guarant'"r'jni vt 'il.')08 t.gtrc esary tu "insure ' us ufratust (busi-ues "loss" in..' tUis ofty.'T i,irf-lr-r, lippfl! That. such .a. fund ls.hn.e,-'liry ..is easily mlerMooU viu-n It is Ki.(to, jh.at the Atitraev Grand- Opera -t'hrripany . num ber's over 3i pebplcl.irirrutling a com-plote-orchestra. ctmriu. ballet and prin cipal artists to the number of 50. The entire organization will be transported to the Pacific Coast In three special trains, as well as the entire working, force used tn the product'on of the operas. This In Itself Is a monumental undertaking and will be tne largest operatic company ever brought to this part of the country. It will also place Portland on. the same musical equality wit.. New York. Philadelphia and Chi cago, where the performances are given by our company during the season. The company also will give performances n Voa Angeles. San Francisco, San Diego. Santa Barbara and Seattle. In this city our vocal stars will be I. ulna Tetraxzlnl. r Mary Garden,-. Saltzman Stevens. Charles- Pulmoresvand Hector Dufranne.. with Cleofonte Campanlnl. one of the most celebrated niusical di rectors, . and Slgorlna lloxlna Galll. a young dancer, who will appear In an. international ballet dtverriscmeht. "The four operas selected are Mas senet's Thais' On French"). "In which Miss Mary Garden will .sing, the title role and which la universally -conceded to be- her masterpiece; .- Donizetti's 'I.iK'ia dl Ijmmermoor' tin Italian!, with Madame, Tetrazzini as Lucia; Kit hard Wagner'a great music dramas, i Tristan und Isolde' (In German . which has n?ver been sung here and which will be presented with Madame Salts-man-Stevrns as American prima donna, and Charles Dalmores, one of the world's leading tenors, and a grand triple bill consisting of Wolf-Ferrari's 'Secret of Suzanne' (in Italian): Hum perdinck's "Hansel and Gretel' (In Eng lish), and tha ballet dlvertisement. Other artists who will' be heard with our company are Mabel Rlegelman. a California girl, who will sing the role of Gretel: Miss Marie Cavan. another American soprano, who will be heard aa nanscl: Giovanni Polesse. an Italian baritone of assured artistry: Clarenca Whitehlll and Henri Scott, two Amerl- -sin slnirera who have won fame-on the' European operatic stage.; aa, well as In their .native land: ArniamP ("rabbe. a French baritone, and Maria Wlttkow ska, a contralto. "I have no doubt that Portland will raise the necessary guarantee. I have Just received a telegram Jrom San Francisco stating that 3U private boxes bad each been (old for f 100. all In one day." . ...... Mr. Dlppel will leave today for Denver. A Thoughtful Mood. John Galsworthy, In the Atlantic. A quiet-owl stole by In the field be low, and vanished into tne heart of a tree. And. suddenly, above the moor llne I saw the large moon rising. Cinnamon-colored, It made all things swim, made me uncertain of my thoughts. vague with, maxy feeling. - Shapes seemed but. drifts of moon-dust and .true eallty nothing save a sort of stlil listening to the wind. And for a long time I sat. Just watching the moon creep up. and. hearing the thin, dry rustle of the leaves along the holly hedge. And there came to me this thought: What is this universe that never had beginning and will never have an end but a myriad striving to perfect pictures never the same, so blending and fading one Into another, that all form one, great perfected pic ture? And what -are we rlpplen on the tides of a blrthless. deathless, equlposed creative purpose butllttle works of art? . ijiKt 3rmr the rtnaumptlnn of eonl fn this emimrv u .v2.ooo,ii inns nearly, and la Osrma.-iy about iOv.l-v'.-.sX) tona You get more ser vice and all-around satisfaction when you buy Oregon made goods. ' ' '4mH Brownsville suits are made from cloth woven right here in Oregon from Oregon wool. H Here?s a Straight Talk For the Man About to Buy $ 15or$20or$25 Pi Pi ,Pr PI w1 a Suit at ' fl 1 1 n 1 1 atl ,ol, I: II m our E'VE made a lot of noise about the quality, lit and general superiority of our all-wj made-in-Oregon Brownsville suits at fifteen, twentv and twenty-five dollars. We're going to make more noise too, but it's the substantial kind, backed by a sincere faith in , clothing and forty years of successful merchandising in Portland. Brownsville suits may be had in every desirable and popular pattern or coloring for men of every age and walk of life at an established standard of quality for the price you pay. Try a Brownsville suit wear it thirty dayscompare it with any other suit at a similar price you ever had show it to your friends and if the verdict is other than featis- fortnrr hrind Jf Kiaelr nnrl vnnf monev will he refunded without auestion or comDlaint. You are to be the judge. That's fair, isn't it?. - The Best; Wool Cloth hi America Is Woven in Oregon The Best Oregon Cloth Is Selected for Brownsville Suits si Tiki,. HI STANLEY HATS for Style $0 and Satisfaction . . . ... . . O "OREGON BUCKSKIN" SUITS for $ Boys Wear Like Iron ' - i Brownsville Woolen Mill Store PHI : Third and Stark, Portland'- FOUR STORES Third and Morrison, Portland TSi ty U Eugene, Oregon ' ' Marshf ield, Oregon FAST TAKES FLESH Dr. Hazzard Loses 19 Pounds , in Two Weeks. PRISONER SHOWS NERVE Successful Kndlngr of Two-Week Period Celebrated With Rally. Dr. Tanner One of Speaker. -Water Onlj- XoarlKhment. SKATTLE, April 9. (Special.) Dr. Linda Burfleld H&zxard at noon" today completed successfully the first 14 days of her proposed 30 days' fast. This marks tha end of the period beyond which, according to certain theories, a person cannot abstain from food and remain alive. Dr. Hazzard has lost 19 pounds during- the fast and her pulse shows be tween 4 and i. During; the entire two weeks her nourishment consisted of only nine pints of water. Tonight she held a rally In Arcade Hall to celebrate the finish of the two weeks' fast. Dr. Tanner, of Los An ireles. "faOirr" of the fast theory, was one of the speakers. The favt has unmistakably, left Its lmpressin on Dr. Hazzard, fo far as physical appearances show. She is de cidedly thinner and paler. "Vow must remember." Dr. Hazzard aid this mornins, "that I lost about 15 pounds before I started the fast. I have been preparing- for the fast and have been dieting, you know, so that altogether I weigh about 3 pounds today less than my normal weight." This afternoon Dr. Hazzard's guards prepared affidavits that the fast spe cialist took no food whatsoever while they were on watch. They are Mrs, Ollle Dagner Worden, lln. M. C. Mc Donald. Mrs. M. H. Evans, Miss Jeanne Cakes. Mrs. C. A. Wells. Mrs. C. E. Dunbar, Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. J. A. Ford, all residents of Seattle. STRIKE STOPS WOOL SALE Industrial Disturbances Affect March Auctions in London. WASHINGTON. April 9. Almost without precedent, and for the second time only in the history of that Insti tution, the London March wool sale was postponed until April 11 on account of the British coal strike. Ko other course' was open In this instance, as the wool after mirchase might have remained 4 indefinitely in London. The brokers' selling committee now announce that the April sale will not receive entries above 250,000 bales. - The date of the third series of wool sales has also been changed from April 30 to June 11. the quantity limit. If any. to be fixed later. It is probable the changed dates will occur through the year. The coal strike has not apparently affected the wool market, prices remaining firm and the demand 'strong. LAND-HUNGRY LINE CAMPS Men and Women Brave -Gales to Ob tain Homesteads in Canada. WINNIPEG. Manitoba. April 9. Fifty-one men and women are In line before the Lethbridge, Alberta, Land Office, where they will camp until the homesteads are thrown open May 1. The first In line is Carl Jones, of Phil adelphia. Pa. The campers have to withstand rain and snowstorms and one of the three women campers has a baby In her arms. "Just let us get Jim Hill to build a railway through the country we are after," said one of the men In line, "and we will be millionaires some day." During the night blankets are fas tened to the sidewalks and fences, forming a sort of camp. The City Council of Lethbridge is objecting to the sanitary conditions of the locality and may disperse the line-up. Congressional Pocketbooks Probed, j -WASHINGTON, April 9. A charge that Wall street and the big corpora tions are controlling the House "money trust" inquiry was made today by Rep resentative Lindbergh, of Minnesota, Republican, in a resolution which would compel every member to disclose his business and corporation affilia tions. Each member of the House would have to file his own bank hold ings and those of his family. Names of members who failed to do so would be published in a Congressional Record "blacklist." Robert C. Emerson, of the wholesale commission house, of C. C. Emerson & Crmpany. St. Paul. Minn., is passing the week In Portland. : v 0 Cold SEAt Special Vrj- Pleasure for the Whke Family Father's favorites played in father's way are pleas ures plus to every member of the household. After the cares and anxieties cf the day an hour with the THB PIANO FOR THE HOMiJ is real relaxation .to player and listeners alike. Whether he knows a sharp from a flai or not, every' movement is individualized and the rare beauty of thi Packard tone developed to the fnnest, so close is the onion betwee player and piano. Changed in a second to play by hand. Come in andkearit. The Wiley B: Allen Co. Morrison at Seventh '