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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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