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Show PRESIDENT IS CRITICISED. Committee Severely Arraigns Secretary Secre-tary 6timson and President Taft in Alnsworth Case. Washington. President Tart and Secretary Stlmnon Hre arraigned severely se-verely In a sensational report on the Alnsworth case presented to the house on Tuesday by the military affairs committee. Secretary Stimson Is charged with jiving committed a "great and Irreparable Irre-parable wrong" and a "flagrant misuse of official authority" when, last February, Feb-ruary, he ausiwnried General Alnsworth Alns-worth from his duties ns adjutant general gen-eral of the army and charged him wltn Insubordination. That the prevl-lent and Secretary Stimson prejudged the rase, that the a-.cusatona against tiif teneral were based . upon prejudice nd that the secretary of war has an erroneous Idea" of his relation to con-rress. con-rress. are some of the conclusions reached by a majority of the commlt-ee, commlt-ee, of which Hepiesentatlve Hay of Virginia Is chairman. |