Show If ENTERS FIGHT FORA WAR CABINET a uP SLOGAN lOGAN Of G. G O. O P. P lEA LEADER U E R Fowler Former President Advocates Changes in War Methods Proposed in Bills Bill s Which the President I Is s Fighting n TAKES NO NOTICE OF STONES STONE'S TIRADE Test of f Strength Expected in i 1 Senate Tomorrow When Senator Chamberlain Will Reply to Wilsons Wilson's Attack BY STANLEY M. M REYNOLDS International News Service Staff Correspondent Jan Jm 22 Colonel Colonel W v Y Roosevelt is the central figure tonight in the liveliest li partisan turmoil turmoil turmoil tur tur- moil that has existed in Washington s since nce America went to war He arrived here today to find th the national capital seething with excitement excite mont moat over o the sensational sensational split between between between be be- tween President Wilson and Senator Chamberlain of Oregon over tho the proposed proposed pro pro- posed posen war cabinet and munitions director director di di- rector legislation Plunging immediately into the midst of or things he lie Issued a statement defending de defending fending Senator Chamberlain and expressing ex expressing ex- ex pressing astonishment that the tho President President dent ent should have accused the Oregon senator of oC a distortion of ot the truth Senator Chamberlain was In conference conference confer confer- ence once with wills Colonel noo Roosevelt this evenIng evening even- even Ing but neither disclosed what hat trans trans- It Is understood that the primary primary mal mary object of ot the conference from Senator Chamberlains Chamberlain's viewpoint was wn to discuss the tho subject of universal mW- mW tar tary training Incidentally Incidental however however the clash between the Oregon senator and the President over the war cabinet proposal is said ald to have ha been discussed leeks k to Control Caucus Meanwhile Colonel Roosevelt glye every ory appearance of ot being determined to control the Republican caucus to b b. b held heM tomorrow night There wai waa a constant stream of or Republican senators and con congressmen all all da day passing to from the home homo of or Representative Nicholas Longworth fonsworth where tho the colonel is 13 stopping Members of ot the executive committee of or the time Republican national committee In session eslon here herc on the eve of ot the caucus cau CUI- cus arc are watching the colonel closely The Impression prevails among the politicians that he means also If It possible pos pos- sible sibie to control the proceedings of ot the national committee meeting to be bo hold held holdin in iii St St. Louis next month to elect a successor successor suc sue cessor to William R R. Willcox as lS national nation nation- al chairman and Cornelius Cornellus Bliss as treasurer That the Republican louse House caucus tomorrow night will declare for tor tho the Ch Chamberlain war cabinet bill seems likely Before the National Press PIe club Thursday Thurs Thurs- Roosevelt oll e means menns lla day dav afternoon Colonel Roo to sound time the rally call can of ot the malcontents malcontents malcontents malcon malcon- administrations administration's tents a against the methods in conducting the time war In the meantime the lid probably will have hn been becu pried loose III in the Senate again Come Comae Tomorrow Ter lest t to On that day n It la 11 probable Senator Chamberlain will formally test teat his hili strength with the President The status nf of hl his war cabinet bill about which Is that It all the controversy contrO rages lies on the table In iu the Senate Senale awaiting awaiting await awalt- ing lug a decision by the chair as to wh urI ur- ur the military affairs to er ci I It II shall go o co of ot h Senator Chamberlain Chamber Chambor- lain alit Is or whether thelier it shall shallo naval I affairs committee committed of ot I so go o to the Continued on Page 2 SPEED UP URGES COL ROOSEVELT I Continued from Page PIle 1 which Senator Swanson o of West cst Virginia Vir VIr- glum ginia an administration whip is chairman chair clinic man That the thc sympathies of or a n majority In the lie mill military tar affairs committee Is with Senator Chamberlain was Indicated Indi hidi- sated coated toda today when In face of the lie Presler Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's er seething denunciation of or the congressional war probes the committee committee com corn voted to go o on with Its Inquiry Into the lie affairs aerah's of ot the tho war ar Surgeon General Gorgas Gors-as was summoned sum sum- summoned mOiled to take talce the tho stand Saturday y and ami show cause Ca wh why there should bo ho so 90 much pneumonia and measles In th the he arm army cantonments and training camps I Declares Opposition to All Inefficient Officials n Rf fly- International News t 1 Service Washington Jan 22 l 2 I am hero helO lo to loI help hell e cr every man milan who sincerely desires to speed up arid and make mako more effective I our part In iii the war var to stand h by fr C every everyman man mali who Is efficient and against every elY Inefficient man No Xo man mali is Intelligently Intelli gently loyal unless h he takes both the time affirmative c and negative position Co Col Theodore Roosevelt arriving In Washington ton tod today tOlaY refused to describe his mission in iii other than the tore foregoing terms The universal al military service campaign n and the tue Chamberlain fight tight for a war cabinet he ho admitted received most of or his attention Colonel Roosevelt elt held conferences during the afternoon with S Senators I lira in Johnson of or California Hale Kale of Maine and Chamberlain Ch of or Oregon and Representatives Jimmie an of or Massachusetts an and Lenroot of oC Wiscon Wiscon- sin Tonight ho he was honor guest at ata ata a n dinner given I b by Representative II Nicholas R Longworth his son law Attending I this dinner were several I leaders of or Congress as ns Mr Ir Longworth I 1 put u t ft it I I s C 1 3 3 I I I Colonel Roosevelt Hoose sal said tonight ht he expeels expects ex- ex peels to confer al also o with Senators V Wadsworth of or New ew York and Curtis of or Kansas and Representatives cs Bacr Bael of or North Dakota Madden of or Illinois and Kahn of or California lie Ho further ex 1 to tu meet any number of oC con con- gressmen All AlJ time the men named are arc HeI Republicans Re Re- publicans except Senator Chamberlain jand and Baer Partisan non a leaguer ea uel I t 1 with to talk over o farming fanning matters with Baer Haer the lie colonel said and I wish to learn from Senator Jain whether I can be o of any assistance assist t mince ance to him in his efforts to help holp tho lie war program A I He Ife refused to discuss the lie a administrations administration's tion's I policy olic to for l' l publication nor would he lie make e an any reply whatever er to the at attacks attacks at- at tacks taek mo made e on him yesterday b by Senator Sena Sena- tor tOl or Stone Stono of Missouri Asked whether he lie would appear pl car before before before be be- fore the time Senate military affairs committee com corn In jn support of the lie Chamberlain I war bills or the universal service campaign campaign cam cam- Colonel Roosevelt said ho lie had heard of or his possible appearance only as a Senate rumor Ho He refused to fin say whether he lie would appear If IC Invited Why hy should Colonel Roosevelt be asked to testify demanded Senator tol Fletcher of ot Florida one ono member of or the committee I cant can't ant see any point In I having ha him before us lb Ho lie Is In no rio position tion Ho give gl us facts on the operation of or tho the w war r department or on the conduct conduct con duct o of or tho the war Certainly he cannot add anything to the tho testimony of or the officers who h have he e appeared As forgiving for tor forgiving giving ins him a chance to argue on an any point in question I dont don't see the tho use of at It I see how it would woul a add d anything to our records at all Urges Co Colonel Roosevelt noose talk talked cd for some sometime sometime sometime time with newspaper men tonight but refused to add anything for publication publication publication tion to the tho statement he lie gave to the International News Service earlier inthe Inthe In Inthe the d day This stat statement ment follows My I purpose In coming to Washington Washing Washing- ton n is to do all I c can n to help speed up I me ule war so as to maKe mac our operation co-operation In It as efficient as possible at the earliest ear car liest hiest possible moment and In the second second sec see ond place to give all m my support to the bill championed b by Senator lain and anti Representative Kahn for In Introducing Introducing In- In introducing at nt once as our OUI permanent policy the system of or universal obligatory obliga atory a- a tory military training for tor all of our young oun men Our most pressing need Is th the spee speeding speeding speed speed- ing up of or the war ar and this means native nat tat we ive must back up ever every official measure mea inca sure for tor that purpose wholly without regard to part party and ever every man Insofar as he hc efficiently does his dut duty It It means Just that Without rc regard for party part we as American patriots must set our faces like flint against hief- hief Inefficiency and dela delay and hol hold these officials officials of- of of 0 responsible to strict account One dut duty Is as Important as the lie other for forthe forthe 01 the two go hand in iii hand It Is tie lIle mark of or pro and the mark of or the furtive trait traitor r to I America either cither to oppose what is dune done to make our part in Sn the time war moro more speedy and efficient or to defend and to assail those who expose such of- of ef cr- and The national motto should be Tell the people I Unity by Stones Stone's Attack Says Seri Sell Set Harding Columbus 0 O. Jan 22 Tho Tho violent partisan attack rends that unit unity which has mado possible everything the Pros Pres ident has asked It will not be so from now on declared United States Senator Sena Sena- tor or Warren G. G Harding referring to Senator Stones Stone's political speech ester yester day ilay In p. p statement given sI out here today to to- to I day at a II meeting of oC the tho Republican state central and advisory advIsor committees I believe Republicans hereafter will dC devoutly support all an war var measures necessary but hut question further extra extra- ordinary and unprecedented grants of oC power PO he asserted There Thero will vIli be criticism not partisan but patriotic Inefficiency and uld Incapacity will be hc pointed out and corrections sought No o public official will wili dwell Well In sanctity hereafter because he lie is a part of or the lie administration ad ma in Is t ra t I o n Con Country Countr n t r fi first s i-s t Win tin t in th the war Save Sa the republic Referring to tIme the split b between t een Senator Sen Son ator Chamberlain find and na the ho President ent Senator Harding said said- Senator Chamberlain has boon been the lie stalwart spokesman of the Lion tion with which he lie has 1 cal been leen in and arid patriotic sympathy He lie corn corn- IlIan mands H hl highest leHt esteem on un both buth sides shIes of or the Senate If It I were Wele bearing load a hen heavy of ot responsibility I should want ant his ordinal co support Ho lie Is a patriot and an able senator and is strong to swing rather rathel than lisa to weaken efforts of oC offense and defense Clearl Clearly we have ha had the lie way opened to tu reveal recal our J. J Let t us hope hO the revolution will wiil eliminate them and antI make us Irresistibly l strong About Senator Stone Ills Is worse than a tactical blunder ii He opposed REined armed shipping le legislation and was ivas hardly In position to raise a a. L question I of opposition From a n partisan viewpoint viewpoint viewpoint view view- point I welcome the assault He lie has hal S I uttered his alleged ed indictment Nobody V can cnn lien den deny the Republicans a a. se Up to Monday Republicans In the fion- fion ate Indeed in hi both hoth branches ave a submerged partisan views and anu rf-cn- rf cn- cn dered w well ll cherished Ideals of ot n sla- sla tion to support the administration ii In III m order to most fully ruBy support the tIme nation The violent partisan attack rends that tim t unity which has made possible every thing the Pi has has asked It I t will not be so 80 from this time Lime on RepUblicans Republicans Re Re- publicans will consecrate themselves h to such a public service and criticize oppose op op- pose 1050 or support as their patriotic pati convictions convictions convictions con con- impel This Is not miot a one part party or a a. one ono man war This Is la the supreme trial of American people h bj- bj Senator Kenyan Ottumwa Iowa Jan Senator 22 Senator W y S S. S In lit an address toda today criticised the speech of or Senator Stone for tom injecting politics Into the time Senate for forthe forthe the first time during he the war It Is comedy to think of oC old oM Bit Bill I Stono Stone accusing Theodore Roosevelt o ci of 1 not miot being patriotic when the tho lie colonel 1 has three boys bos end already across the lie water and on one In service on this side he h I declared I Shanks Released After Federal Investigation In III 1 1St St St. Louis Louis Jan 22 Senator Stone Stono i In m his speech on partisanship In iii the time war referred to the time arrest of QC a Mr Ir Shanks Shanks' at St St. Louis for fOl a remark criticising I the lie war war administration and Senator Stono cited this arrest In comparison I with the tho from arrest enjoyed II I b by former President Roosevelt who had hat i criticised the war var administration Inquiry to today a developed eloped that thal John D D- Shanks al after atti- I his rest arrest on the tIle arrival al of or a suburban train at nt union station was turned over o to the he federal tic ties On January Januar 9 a preliminary hearing hearIng hear bear ing lug was hel held and Mr Ir Shanks was released re re- re leased |