Show CONGRESS CLOSES REGULAR SESSION AFTER NINE MONTHS OF WORK MEMBERS GIVEN VACATION UNTIL DECEMBER many important measures ad adapted apted at closing session including emergency revenue bill and the corrupt practices bill washington congress adjourned september 8 after nine months de voted to legislation both houses held protracted sessions thursday night to end their affairs by approving the conference agreement on the emergency revenue bill to raise approximately desired by the administration to meet the extraordinary appropriations tor for national defense and the mexican emergency only the physical impossibility of engrossing the revenue measure in time tor for the presidents approvals approval 1 before friday morning prevented final adjournment thursday night despite the waning protests of members of both houses who threatened but did not execute the threats to prolong the session by demanding action on other measures which were forced over until december r tho the aa last t appropriation measure the general deficiency bill was adopted by both houses while waiting for the conference report on the revenue bill and the danish treaty to provide tor for purchase of the danish west indies for was ratified the cor rupt bupt practices bill to limit campaign expenditures and the immigration bill which president wilson allson ed he would veto it if passed were put aside and will be taken up in the december session the revenue bill as jt went to the president contains drastic provisions empowering the president to retaliate against foreign interference with american commerce creates a nonpartisan tariff commission increases the duties on dyestuffs dye stuffs to encourage their manufacture in the united states provides means to prevent dumping of cheap foreign made goods into american markets after the war and provides for income inheritance munitions corporation stock liquor and miscellaneous internal revenue taxes democratic leaders are claiming that the first session of the sixty fourth congress has established a record for industry approximately bills have been enacted into law it is conceded generally that the national defense measures providing to strengthen the array army and the navy are the most vital of all passed the regular army is virtually doubled doua in size a new army reserve is a established and the militia of 0 the states is federalized provisions for increasing the navy call tor for twenty one new warships including ten first class battleships eleven battle cruisers an and d ten scout cruisers eight pt f dimmest which are to be constructed immediately the number of cadets cabets who may be appointed to west point and the number ber of midshipmen at annapolis are doubled |