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Show COAJGRESS ADJOURNS OVER TIMIlfS House Passes Five Supply Measures, One of Which Gets Through Senate. WASHINGTON. Den. 22. Congress adjourned ad-journed today for the Christmas holidays, to reconvene January 2. In the three weeks of the session the house passed five government supply measures the urgent ur-gent deflciejicy. legislative. Indian. District Dis-trict of Columbia, and diplomatic and consular appropriation bills more than ever were passed before In the brief period pending a holiday recess. One of these bills, the urgent deficiency, has passed the senate. Railroad legislation failed to get much attention in either branch. The house commerce committee decided to await Initiative action in the senate where, beginning be-ginning January 2, the senate commerce committee will hold hearings on the proposed pro-posed railroad arbitration measure and the bill authorizing the president to take over the railroad, telephone and telegraph lines in case of military necessity. At the conclusion ot the hearings the. railroad measures in some form will be pressed as amendments to the pending bill to enlarge the interstate commerce commission. com-mission. Efforts to extend for one year the lite of the joint commission investi-gatina investi-gatina railroad problems were checked In the house, to be renewed immediately after the holidays. The senate passed the Immigration bill with Its literacy lest provision and it now is in conference. The senate also began consideration of the District of Columbia Co-lumbia prohibition bill and fixed January 3 for a vote. The national prohibition constitutional amendment was reported favorably from the judiciary committee in each house House committees also reported the Borland food investigation, witli a favorable favor-able resolution, and the Susan B Anthony An-thony constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, without recommendation Neither resolution advanced to consideration consid-eration In Hie house. |