The Irish standard., 1912-03-09
READY FOR MONEY
TRUST INQUIRY
ALpRlcH CURRENCY PLAN WILL
ALSO BE Neutrality-suspicious..
MITTEEs ARE NAMED.
PUJo & GLASS IN CHARGE
First Witnesses to Be Called by Prob
ers Will Be Government Off
cia!s.-Other News of
Congress.

Washington. March Cit is the plan
of the banking and currency commit
cation of the money trust immedl-
ately.
The details have not been worked
out but the inquiry has been divided.
One is to be an inquiry into the
money trust" and the other consid-
Grafton CT the Aldrich currency plan.
This latte committee will also sum-
mon witnesses, but it's work will be
more along the line Of constructive
legislation than those of investigation.
The subcommittee to investigate
the money trust" will consist of Rep.
resentative JULIO of Louisiana, chair
man; Representative Brown Of West
Virginia. Stephens of Mississippi,
Doughton of North Carolina. Dougher-
ty of Missouri, Byrnes OF South Caro-
lima, and Nicely of Kansas, Democrats
and four Republican members who
will be designated by Representative
Vreeland of New York, the senior Re-
publican on the committee.
The committee which will take up
the Aldrich plan, will consist of Rep
resentative Glass of Virginia, chair.
man; Talbert, Maryland; Taylor. Ala
bama; Horribly, Indiana; Moore, Texas;
Bulkeley. Ohio, and Kindred. New
York, Democrats and three Republi-
cans. MIR. Vreeland also will select
these committee appointments.
The first witness to be heard by
the committee on the money trust"
will be government officials, who will
describe banking and currency condi-
tons and trace, as far as possible, the
other and with industrial and other
institutions.
Congress passed the bill authorizing
| that commission of ensign be given
to midshipmen upon graduation from
| the naval academy. The senate agreed
to the house amendments to the SEN
ate measure for that purpose.
Changes Are Made in Army.
Carrying out the theory upon which
1t was founded that the general staff
of the army should be kept supplied
| with new blood by continually displac-
ing the officers who have seen eour
years service by men called in from
the field, nearly two dozen changes in
that body were announced. Four lieu.
tenant colonies were added as follows:
i Chas. R. Moves, Twenty-frst infan-
try; Harry c. Benson, Fifth cavalry;
William G. Ham, coast artillery and
Frederick S. Feltz, cavalry.
| Four majors were added as follows:
Daniel w. Ketcham, coast artillery;
Frank E. Harris, coast artillery; Ar
thur 8. Conklin, coast artillery and
Benjamin A. Poore, Twenty-second in.
fantry.
| Twelve captains were added:
William Mitchell, signal corps; S. ].
Bayard, Schindel, Sixth infantry;
James T. Moore, Twenty-seventh in.
fantry; William T. Merry, Ninth in
fantry; Halstead Dorey, Fourth infan.
try; John w. Wright, Seventeenth in.
fantry; Melvin w. Rowell Eleventh
cavalry; Harrison Hall, ]. B. Robinson
lery.
Lest duty interfere with the details
of some of these captains, three alter.
mates are provided as follows:
Frederick S. Young, Twenty-third
infantry; Samuel G. Jones, Eleventh
infantry; and Gordon Robinson, coast
artillery.
Asks Relief For Indians.
Washington.-Chairm Graham of
the White Earth investigating com.
mittee, introduced a bill providing an
appropriation of $4,000 for the i'm.
mediate relief of diseased and indi.
gent members Of the White Earth In.
dian tribe. The proposed fund is to
be taken from the White Earth money
now in the federal treasury and is to
be handled by the Red Cros society,
through whom clothing, medicine, at.
tention and other care will be distrib.
uted among the sufferers.
Report on Red River Log Jam.
Washington.-Brigade General Blk.
by, chief of the army engineers, sub
mitted to Senator McCumber his re
port on the Red River situation in
| which he says that in the opinion
both of himself and Major Skunk nc
log jam exists in that river, or in Red
River lake. which calls for action by
the government. The real cause Of
the trouble there, the report says, is
the unusual dearth of water, and that
the logs complained of are merely
stranded through this cause. The re
port finds no ground for institutine
proceedings against the lumber com
pany owning the logs.