The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
Investigation Of -Four Years
Ago, May be Re-opened by
Committee Appointed
by Congress.
TO-DAY IN WASHINGTON
House Ways and Mean0 COMMITTEES
to Raise Needed Revenues by
Additional Inheritance
Tax

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Reopen-
ing OF the money trust Investigation
Of 1912 was demanded in resolution
introduced today by Representative
Llndbergh, Minnesota He charged
the money system OF the United
States is being used as literal gam.
bling hell"
The federal reserve board, he said,
sis entering into further entangling
alliances with the bankrupt countries
of Europe"
Lindbergh mentioned the boards
appointment OF the Bank nf Enk1And
% its foreign representatives o feat
son for the investigation ana claimed
further that twenty five billion dollars
Of investments in the United States
are being loaned to stock spectators.
He demanded appointment OF an in
vestigating committee Of i've, to re-
port If possible during the present
congress, and If not, to report before
December !.
The committee, Lindberg said,
should have power to subpoena books
and papers. He mentioned as q rea-
son for this request, President Taft's
refusal to permit the committee
through the comptroller OF the cur
rency, to obtain certain banking in
formation during the last money probe
Investigation
immigration Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-The house
today adopted a conference report on
the immigration bill, incorporating the
''gentlemen's agreement" provision by
which Japan restricts immigration
from her islands to the United States.
The bill also includes the literacy
test which caused the president to
veto the bill once. 1t will be effective
May 1.
To Raise Revenues.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.--Reve-
nues, including bond issues, totaling
$525,O0O,O00 will be raised by means
of an additional inheritance tax, an
excess profits tax of eight percent
on corporations and co-partnerships,
and by bonds, democrats of the
house ways and means committee
decided today.
The decision has the approval of
the president and Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo.
Chairman Kitchin was authorized
to draft a bill incorporating the de-
cision.
Railroad Program.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Chair-
man Adamson of the house inter
state commerce commission today !!
told President Wilson his railroad
program will pass the house this ses-
sion.
The real difficulty, Adamson be-
!: ewes, lies in the senate.
Appointed by President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16- The
president today nominated John L.
Erwin, Phoenix, Afiz., to be register
Of the land Office at Phoenix.
Amendment Killed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 The
house today, on point of order,
killed the Randall amendment to the
postoffice appropriation bill which
would have denied the use of the
mails for liquor advertising.
Bill Passes House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Shorn
of a provision for an increase in
second class mail rates, and an
amendment prohibiting the use of
the mail for liquor advertising, the
postoffice appropriation bill passed
the house today without roll call.
Pneumatic Tube Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 The
house today voted to retain the
tube service in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and st.
Louis. An appropriation Of $1,060.-