The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-24
COMPLETE RESUME
OF CAPITAL NEWS
House Committee BaIkS on
Raising Rank of Five
BrigadierS.
LIABILITY ACT AGAIN
PER CENT OF LEGAL RESERVE
HELD BY NATIONAL BANKS.

Washington, Feb. 23.-The Shirly bill
for a bankruptcy law was passed by
the House today.
The Senate heard an extended 'argu-
meut by Senator Brown in favor Of an
income tax. Senator Beverage ex-
planned the nature of bills he had intro
duced relating to Alaskan coal deposits
He predicted that these deposits would
in time, be needed by the entire coun-
try. He estimated the total coal ton
mage of Alaska at fifteen billion tons.
The Senate was in session two hours,
the House adjOuTning after a session Of
seven and a half hours. Both houses
viii be in session tomorrow.
The conference committee on the
army bin today failed to agree on the
Senate amendment retiring as major
generals five Of the present brigadier
generals. Representative SUlzer of the
House COnferees voted TO approve the
amendment, but Representatives Hull
and Prince. the other House COnferees,
voted to disagree and to submit tho
. amendment to d vote of the House.
Army Officers Affected.
The five brigadier generals affected
are. William l.. Marshal, chief Of the
corps of engineers, now on duty at
Washington; Charles l.. Martin, COM
manding the department of Missouri;
Earl Thomas, commanding the depart
ment of Colorado; Charles L. Hodges,
con handing the department of the Da-
kOtaS. and Daniel II. Brush. command
ing the department of the Philippines.
All the officers entered the army in
the civil war as priyateS and were mus
tered out as officers. All were young
enough TO enter West Point after the
war.
Approximately 44626 acres of land
near Green River. Colo, have been
found by the interior department TO be
adapted to water power purposes, and
today Secretary Baliinger placed the
tract within temporary power site
withdrawal.
This area formed part OF a tract
Withdrawn some time ago under the
reclamation act from all forms of en-
try on the theory that il contained
power possibilities.
Lands embraced in the original with
drawaL and which have been found to
cover no value for the conservation Of
water power, will be restored TO entry.
The VreeIand Bill.
The Vreelaud bill equalizing the tax
alton of government bonds vas acted
on favorably today by a subcommittee
of the House committee on banking and
currency.
1t is designed TO protect from depre-
citation the SIX or seven hundred mil
lions of . per cent government bonds
now held by national banks as the
basis of their circulation when the
Panama bonds bearing , per cent in
terest are put on the market.
Representative Gillespie of Texas will
submit a minority report.
The Sterling bill to amend the en-
ployers' liability act was passed by the
House today. The bin will permit aC-
ton to be brought in a federal circuit
court Consurrently with the statee
courts and would give right Of action
10 survivors or next of kin of the in
jured employe.
stephen S. Gregory, a lawyer of Chi
CagO, has been named as the third ar
bTtratOT on the controversy between the
members of the SWitChmen's Union of
North America and certain railroads
operating out of Chicago.
The percentage of legal reserve of de-
posts held by national banks on jan
Unary 81 last was 21.47, according to re-
ports made to the comptroller of the
currency. Loans and discounts amount
ed to S5,229, 5O3,415 an increase since