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SSUM y OF WORI Of 64TH CONGRESt RECORD OF CONSTRUCTIVE LEG ISLATION BY CONGRESS IS GREATEST IN HISTORY.' MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES Total of Appropriations $1,626,439,20i With Additional Contracts Amount Ing to $231,945,275.-items Are Eneumerated.-Some Big Bills. Washington, D. C.-A record of con structive legislation, improving the advantages of the people all along the line is that. of the 64th Congress which has just ended. The total of the appropriations. specifically made, is $1,626,439,209.63. In addition to this congress has au thorized contracts to be entered into obligating appropriations in the fu ture of $231,945,275.20. These con tracts include $225,266,325.20 for na val and covst defense purposes, while the remainder, $6,678,950 is for or dinary objects of Government. The appropriations for military and naval purposes and for additional sea coast defenses alone amount to $685,. 709,823.09. This sum, with the con tracts authorized, brings the total for preparedness to $910,976,148.29. How ever, there is still more to be added to tihe preparedness. Congress has authorized 90 additional war vessels to be constructed in the next three years, which will cost $295,000,000 ad ditional when they are completed and in commission. This brings the grand total for the preparedness legislation of this congress to $1,205.976.1418.29 The appropriat ions are distributed as follows for preparedness: Army appropriation act, $267,596,. 530.10. Naval appropr!ution act, $313,300, 555.84. Fortiflcation appropriation act, $25,. 747,550. Military Academy act, $1,225,043.57. Sundry civil appropriation act: Armories and arsenals, $4,683,495; military posts, $1,616,000; military surveys, $35,000; Panama Canal for. tifIcations, $41,535,100. Deliciency appropriations, military and naval establishments .$46,770.. 648.68; National Guard camps, $200,. 000; nitrate plant, $200,000,000. Investigations have been started to ascertain where the nitrate plants are to be located. The plan contemplated when this provision was acepted by eOngress was to pIlce the plants at convenient sections of the country where they WoIdIC supply the needs ol agriculture with fertilizer, easily dis tributed, and also be ready for uuse in time of wor in 'the manufacture o munitions. One of the pfants will bc in the south. New government activities will b( looked upon in the future among th( notable achievements of the fines session of- the sixty-fourth congress For these a total of $73,719,700 11 appropriated, to be usedl as follows To encourage, develop and creati a naval auxiliary and naval reservi and a merchant marine, $50,100,000 federal aid in the construction a good roads, $6,000,000; establishmer of federal farm loan banks, $6,200 000; federal employes' compensatlo commission, $560,000; tariff commii sioun, $a00,000; construction of rai reads in Alaska to develop its com fields, $8,247,620; expenses of colleotin the income tax, $1,828.000; federi trade commission, $444,080; eighi hour day commission, $50,000. Included in the legiu'lation of tli session just closed are the followin items: Reorganization of the army. Vast increases in the navy and to tifications. A government controlled merchai marine, Exclusion of products of child I her "'*I interstate commerco. A em of rural cretlits, assnrit Ii or of his ability to borro Itai :poni his asset at 6 per cent ALate componsati-on for waor at-n ;urod in governmeont emnpie A l'aller measure of indlependnt for ih Philippines. An hn:ht-hour day on the railroad Fm -five million dollars for go ron.l I'eulished official grain standlar< applie:n:'e to grain shipped in inte state '..v foreign commerce. A inmform1 system of bills of ladin Ami'uded the federal reserve act maei. more generally applicale. A tniti commission. L evi's upon dyestuffs. R Lution for unfair trade met Ads by foreign countries, Go> vernmento armor plate plaid. ncrae in terest-boaring accoun ,in postal savings banks from $54 C'cded a sub-committee of tI comminerce committees to inves tiga1 railway pzroblems. Some important measures failed1 yarss. 'Thy will be disposed of at ti nost. nssson, Among them are ti Goneervation -bills,,e including theE ielating ' to- oil lands, water powe Ade coal tand8. ~ :.4Womem. suffrage. prpipto in the Dfstrict of C IHASTEN .FOR HOME ANXIOUS FOR REST OR PART IN THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN WORK. PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT Gives Notice Remainder of Railroad Program Will Be Pressed Next See sIon.-Three Other Important Meas ures Go Over. W-ashington.-Adjournment of Con gress was quickly followed bX a gen eral exodus of members hastening homewerd for rest or the national political campaign. While the closing saw the adminie tration legislative program mainly completed some things wait to be continued at the winter. session notably the remainder of the president's pro. gram of railroad legislation which was partially enacted to prevent the threat ened strike. In a formal statement President Wilson speaking of the work of Congress, gave notice .that the re mainder of the railroad program would be pressed at the new session. The president's statement was as follows: "A very remarkable session of Con gress has just closed, full, as all re cent sessions of the Congress have heen of helpful and humane legislation which constitutes contributions of cap ital importance to the defense, the eco nomic progress and the wholesome life of the country. "It is to be regretted -that the ses sion could not have continued long enough to complete the program re eently projected with regard to the ac commilod(ltion of labor disputes be tween the railways and the employee, but it was not feasible in (the circum stances to continue the session any longer and therefore only the most im mediately pressing .parts of the pro gram could be completed. "The rest, it is agreed, has merely been postponed until it can be more maturely deliberated and perfected. I have every reason to believe that It is the purpose of the leaders of the two houses immediately upon the re assembling of Congress to undertake this additional legislation. It is evi dent that the country should be re lieved of t'he anxiety which must have been created by recent events with re gard to the future accommodation of such disputes." The immigration bill, the corrupt practices bill and the bill to permit combinations of American exporters to meet foreign com'petition abroad went over. The closing hours of "Congress were remarkably quiet. Only the presence of the president in his room, near the Senate chamber, served to attract in terest -to what otherwise would have been an uneventful ending of an event -fuil Congras. RUSSO-RUMANIAN FORCES 3 ' IN GREAT BATTLE WITH FOE SLatest Country to Enter European Wai f Scene of ChIef ConflIct Now Raging. 't London-Rumania , which entere( t'he European war less than two weeks S ago, now is the scene of a great bat - tle between Rlusso-Rbumanian forcei I- and armies of 'the Central Powers. Thi .1 eoutron part of Dobrudja or enaterr 0 Rumania, has become a figh-ting ground LI and 'the opuosing armies are enigaged t- from the Black Sea to the Danub4 along a front of about 70 miles. e Bulgarian and Turkish iroops ar g riving along the Black Sea coast have occupied Baltik and two other sea ports, Sofia reports, and the fortress r. otflDobritch or Bazardik. 50 mile! southeast of Bucharest. han been taker it by a combined Blulgar-Glerman force The Runmanians continue Iheir of a- fensive in eastem Transyivania and also have occupied the importani ig town of Or-sova on the D~anube. abov4 wv the Tron Gate. Adynning from Calk .Szer-eda in Thansvlvania north of kc- Kronstadlt. -the Rlumanians are driy y- lng wvestward andl Vienna admits 'the withdrnwal of Austrian forces befor( te attacks against Ilrrgitta. s. BAKERS WOULD QUIT dMAKING 6-CENT LOAF is Ohcg.Rcomnain to all r- bakers of the United Stattes that the 5-cent loaf of bred be abandoned and ~. the 10-cent loaf standardized, were o made after considerable discussion ai the .closing sessin of the executive committee of the National Associatior of Master Bakers. They urged that the - recommendations he pnt into effect in. mediately. Economic waste incideni to the manuf'acture of the 5-cent ical a was emph-asized as a reason. MINORITY LEADER MANN ePAYS TRIBUTE TO KITCHIN Washington,--With~ the close of t'he a first session of the Sixty-fourth Con e gress Representative Kitchin round ,e ed out his first experience as floor lead, er. IHe was complimented by Minori. '0 tv Leader Mann in a speech. "It was r, natural," said Mr. Mann, "to see the Majibity Leader develop and grow in his position." Mr. Kitchin immediate. .ly after adjournment stepped across the aisle and grasped the hand of Mr. -Ianni. .60 ; At 4:4 Copyrig ht. FRENCH MAKE BIG GAINS I DRIVE MEN FURTHER INTO GER- A MAN LINE ALONG SOMME RIVER. Berlin Admits Loss of Ciery-in Gaila- ' cia Russians Have Taken About 6,000 Prisonersa.-Fighting Near Lem. berg. L6ndon.-While -their compatriots were busy north of the Somme ward- r ing off German counter-attacks or en- 0 gaged in artillery duels, the French, t south of the River, drove their men I farther into the German lines for note- a woithy gains. p In stubborn fighting over a front I of four miles below Vermandovillers f and Chilly -the Germans have been a forced to give up the northern portion t of Vermandovillers; while the French A have occupied the outskirts of the t railway junction town of Chaulnes to v Roye, between Chaulnes and Chilly. S To the north, operations of the 14 French with Barleux, and ultimately b Peronne as their objective, also met with success. Southeast of Belloy, en-Santerre further German trenches a were captured and most of the village c to Berny-en-Santerre fell into French - hands. Paris says the number of -t prisoners taken apparently was large, c Berlin admits the loss of Clery n which lies a short distance northwest V of Peronne. In Galicia on the front of the Zlota t Lipa and 'Dniester Rivers the Rus sians have driven the Teutonic Allies from fortified positions and have tak en 4,500 prisoners, among them about', 2,000 Germans. Berlin concedes a vic tory to the Russians in this region. Violent fighting continues around Brzeany, southeast of Lemberg, but here Berlin says the Russians have suffered heavy losses and have made no advarice. Russian attackes near Sborow, northern Galicia, and in Vol hynia, also failed, according to Berlin. SUFFRAGE BODY WILL CONTINUE DUAL CAMPAIGN Vote Support In SeekIng Both National and State Legislation. Atlantic City, N. J.-The National Woman Suffrage Association by an overwhelming vote decided to con tinue its present policy of working for equal rights through both National Iand State legislation, The vote was taken after a long debate and no soon-1 or had the applause that greeted the announcement of the action taken consed than a resolution was presen-t ed which threatens to open again the whole question. I Virtually all the speakers declared for strict neutrality in the presidential camp~aign and to continue the non partisan efforts of the association to bring ab~out equal suffrage throughout the United States. Women from every state in the Union are attending the forty-eighth~ annual convention of the association wvhich was called two months in ad-1 vance of its regular meeting because of the national political campaign. COFFIN GIVES CLUE TO WRECKED ZEPPELIN London.-The number of the Zoppe lin wrecked in the recent aerial at tack on London was disclosedl for the first time at the funeral of the victim in the inscription on the coffin contain-1 ing the body of the commander. The airship was the L-21. The onely coffin marked was that of the commnnder and it bore thee words: 'An unkno-wn German officer1 killed while commanding the L-21, I Sept4'mber 2, 1916." MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMISSIONE RS ,MEET. New York.--The formal opening of the discussion of the relations be- I tween Mexico and the United States by commissioners appointed by each Government, brought an exchange of credentials, a general talk over the a situation and a recess until Friday to permit Luis Cabrera,' head of the Mexican party, to attend to personal( business in Boston, Secretary Lane was hqst to the party aboard thej presidential yacht. WIT. 1IG REVENUE'BILL PASSES iDMINISTRATION MEASURE DE SIGNED TO RAISE $205,000,000 ANNUALLY. axes Inheritances and War Muni tions, Creates Tariff Commission, Puts Protective Duty on Dyestuff. Vote in Senate Was 42 to 16. Washington. - The Administratiopi evenue bill, designed to raise $205, 00,000 annually from taxes on inheri ances and war munitions and from lcreases in the income tax, creating tariff commission; establishing a rotective tariff on dyestuffs; provid ig for protection of American firms rom "dumping" at the end of the war nd giving the President authority to ike drastic retaliatory steps against .lied interference with American -ade, was passed by the Senate. The ote was 42 to 16. Five Republican enators, Cummings, Kenyon, LaFol 'te, Norris and Clapp voted for the lil. Fights Tariff Commission. The Senate was in session until rter midnight. It practically had )mpleted the bill earlier but toward kidnight Senator Underwood moved ) strike out the section which would reate a tariff commission and .began last fight against this provision rhich already had been agred to. By a vote of 55 to 5 the Senate re ected Setntator Underwood's motion, hus retaiiing the tariff commission ection o. the bill. Senators who oted to eliminate it were Bankhead. Tardwick, Shields, Underwood and rardaman. A motion by Senator Penrose to end the bill back to the Finance ,ommittee with instructions that it eport a measure 1o raise revenues by protective tariff and with special rovisions for industrial defense was ejected by a vote of 39 to 21. Sen Ltor LaFollette was the only Repub ican to vote no. To increase Government revenue ~he bill pr'ovides for doubling the ormal tax and increasing the sur axes on incomes; aw Inneritance tax; i. net profit tax on manufacturers of nunitions of war, a license tax on stock of corporations caluitalized at n~ore than $99,000; excise tax on seer, wines and liquors and mriscel aneous stamp taxes. The bill also creates a United States ariff commission of six members vrhose salaries shall be $7,500 a year lespite an effort made to increase *lem to $10,000; provides for increas md tariff duties on dyestuffs to en sourage their manufacture in this ~ountry and makes provision to safe ~uard against dumping of foreign nade goods after the European war nto American markets. Webb's Bill at issue. Drastic amendments to the bill striking at the Allied blacklisting of E merican merchants, discrimination igainst American commerce, interfer mee with Amorican mails and em >argoes on American trade ivere in torporated in the bill to arm the 'resident with retaliatory weapons. rhese amendments have created con ternation among diplomatic repres utatives of the Allied Powers in Vashington who assert that if finally macted as now seems certain, they v'ould constitute a non-intorcouse act. When Senator Lewis of Illinois, ubmitted the bill as an amendment to was promptly assur'ed by Senator ,aFollette that it wvould provike pro onged discussion, if pressed. Sena :or Lewis thereupon withdrew the tmondment, announcing that it would ie pressed as a separate measure, iaving already passed the house early n the December session. Retaliation Against Britain. Amendments designed to provid6 neans of retaliation against Great 3ritain for' embargoes on American ~oods, the trade blacklist and inter erence with the mails, werpe agreed o without roll calls and were unop osed in debate. The bill creates a tariff commis ion, recommende~d by President Wit on to consist of six members, not adre than three of whom shall be of no political party, the first members b be appointed -for terms of 2, 4, 6, 0 and 12 years, respectively, to be ies'nted by the Presdnt, EMERGENCY W5V5j6 UE BILL CONFERENCE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED. OWEN BILL IS SET ASIDE Purchase of Danish West Indies For $2,000,000 Was Ratified by Senate -Both Houses Hold Protracted Night Session. Washington-Congress adjourned Friday morning at 10 o'cl6ck. After nine months devoted to legislation both houses held protrated sessions Thursday night to wind up their of fairs by approving the conference agreement on the emergency revenue bill to raise approximately $200,000, 000, desired by the Administration to meet the extraordinary appropria tions for national defense and the Mexican emergency. The last apropriation measure, the general deficiency bill, was adopted by both houses while waiting for the conference report on the revenue bill, and the senate ratified the Danish treaty to provide for purchase of the Danish West Indies for $25,000,000. The Owen corrupt practices bill to limit campaign expenditures and the immigration bill which President Wil sin had announced he would veto if passed, were put aside and will bbe taken up and pressed to a vote early in the December session. The revenue bill as it went to Pres ident Wilson for approval contained drastic provisions empowering the President to retaliate against foreign interference with American com merce, creates a non-partisan tariff commission, increases the duties on iyestuffs to encourage their manu racture in the United States, provides means to prevent dumping of cheap ,oreign-made goods into American markets after the war and provides or income, inheritance, - munitions, :orporation stock, liquor and miscel aneous internal revenue taxes. OMPERS AND BURLESON ATTACKED BY SHERMAN. Senator in Bitter Partisan Speech Wages Political War on Labor Chief and Postmaster General. Washington.-Senator Sherman re newed his attack on President Sam uel Gompers of the American Feder ation of Labor, during debate on the Owen j.rrupt practice bill in the senate, declaring the labor leader and Postmaster General Burleson were the two most prominent figures on the Democratic side of the Presiden tial campaign. Mr. Gompers, he said, was to deliver the 2,000,000 labor votes to the Democrats while Mr. Burleson used the postmasters of the country "to fry fat" for it. Senator Sherman quoted from a Texas newspaper of 1909 to show that Mr. Burleson then was part owner of a ranch where hundreds of convict laborers were emp'loyed, In 1911, he said, the foreman of the ranch was tried for causing the death of a negro convict who had been whipped, but was acquitted and in 1913 was appointed postmaster at Longview, Texas. "If," continued Senator Sherman, "there is any tainted money in this country as Mr. Bryan has hinted, it certainly is to be found in the posses sion of the Postmaster General of the present Administration." AUSTRiANS, MENACED BY RUMANIANS, WiTHDRAW. Vienna, via London. -- Austrian troops have withdrawn before .threat. ening Rumanian envelopment to the heights west of Olah Toplitza, south of Dorna Watra arid 20 miles west of the Rumanian border, says the off I cial statement issued at the Austro Hungarian headquarters. On the Russian front, the Austrian troops be tween the Ziota Lipa and the Dnister River also have been withdrawn. HENRY FORD SUES PAPER FO R $1,000,000 DA MAGE S. Chi-nago.-Suit for $1,000,000 was filed by Henry Ford, the Detroit man ufacturer, against The Chicago Trib une in United States District Court bere. Mr. Ford asks for personal damages as compensation for an edi torial in The Tribune, which, it is clhargedI calledl Ford an "anarchist." The bill charges that The Tribune "sought to bring the plaintiff into public hatred, contempt, ridicule anzd financial injury," by the editorial, FARMERS WIN FIGHT ON SECRET 'FERTILIZER TRADE, Washington.-"Independent". firms in the fertilizer industry, actually op. olrated by larger concerns, or the so. called "fertilizer trust," will hereafter be fuilly identified with the parent in terests, according to a report made public by the Federal Trade Comimis. sion, which has been investigating the fertilizer situation. The report says the cbmpanies concerned ha,,. agreed to show their vai'ious reja. tionships on tkire c.ontainets. TE O".. ICG. A 'LIEs. TAKEFORTRESS* BULGARIAN ANq GER.AN FORCES CAPTURE. OLD. TQAg RKO6 4I1 ISTRAI ON DANUB . RUSSIANS SUFFER BIG LOSS Rumanians Advance A himst At:*. trians-Rusesians Fall it Akttmprt to Break Through Austrli Lines Southeast of Lemburg. London.-Continuing their advance In Western Dobrudja, the German and Bulgarian forces have captured the old Bulgarian fortress of Silietral, which lies on the Eastern bank of the Dan. ube about 25 miles east of Bucharest, the capital of Rumania and about an equal distance south of Constanza. Bucharest railway line. The capture of the fortress is, announced by the Berlin war office which asserts that the Rumanians and Russians fighting in Dobrudja apparently have suffered very considerable losses during the last few days. In the Banat.North of Orsova, however, the Rumanians advanced against the Austrians conpelled the Austrian right wing after it had push. ed them back two and a half miles, to withdraw to its former position under a strong counter-attack. Attempts by the Rumanians to advance against heiglhts West of Osik Szereda were re pulsed. In Southern , Bukowina near the junction of the Hungarian and Ru manlan borders the Germans are in contact with the Rumanians. Atitemipts by the Russians to brdak through th6 Austrian lines Southeast of Lemberg, near Halicza, failed ac cording to Vienna with heavy losses. The Vienna statement mentions the gallantry of the Turkish forces fight. ing with the Austrians in this region. GEN. BLISS TO ASSIST BORDER COMMISSIQN Secretary Baker Grants Request to Permit Army Officers to Explain Military Conditions. Wash in gton-Secreta-ry Baker grant ed the request of the American-Me6i. can comission to have Maj. Gen. Task. er H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff, go to New London, Conn., to give the commissioners information that lie has gathered first-hand concerning the military situation along the Interna tional border. The general is regarded as one of the army's most competent authorities on Mexican questions. ' As assi'tant chief of staff lie has more to do with the administration of militaiy opera 'tions along the border than any other officer except Major General Funeton and recently he completed a personal ,inspection of all the hm- - --- - l4tia camp. Pressure from po' quartcrs is being bre Secretary Baker a' officials generally *o windraw Na .tional Guard organizations from the border. Members of Congress, busi ness houses and friends and relatives of guardsmen have deluged the de partment 'the last few days with re quests for the release of the militia. GERMAN CASUALTIES T HUS FA R 3,37,000 London..-Germ~an casualties in the war during the month of August ac cording to a compilation here from the German casualty lists, totaled 240.900. This brings the German 'tota sinice the beginning of The war, as cnpH' from the same sources to 3,3 00' These figures include atll the Ger nationalities, but do 'n'ot include naval and1 colonial casua tieg,. - The detailed figures for the mo h of August follows: Killed, 42,100; prisoners, 1,s missing, 42,900; wounded, 153,500ko tal 240,000. Detailed figures for the period a the war to the end of August, 1918: Killed 832,000; prisoners, 106.000: missing, 234,000; Wounded, 2,144,000. Total 3,375,000. BRiTISH TROOPS ENGAGED IN HEAVIEST OF FIGHTiNG London.-British troops have beein engaged in the heaviest kind of finght Ing along a 3 1-2 mile front ,on the .Sonmme, extending from High wood to Leuze wood and have captured Ginehy,. which lies almost directly no"'th 'of Combles. and all the ground between Gtinchy and Leuze wood. On a f'ront of more 'than a quarter mile the lBrit Ish gained 200 yards east of High wood and northeast of Posieres captured 000 yards of German trenches. FARMERS ARE URGRD TO HOLD TH EifR COTTON Ft. Worth, Tes .-enry N. 'Pope, hieadl of the Association of Farinets' Union presidents, Issued a tee 1"ing all farmers to holid their dotton for twenty cents, declaring that this price would be reaciw1 befo- 't*. v-A ent crop is picked, li a gneri holc;ing plan ig piltt III prai b4( , Sn1't r' recent 9re3O i'#Ort4 sting lh- t' A rasociation l*d L2 ges por pound a the. ininnuni tee 0 40in.