Show I WESTERN COAST IS ISI I AIDED BY BYNA BYi i NA V BILL BILLI I Big Construction Yard I Ion on Puget Sound Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Especially Equipped Equipped Equip Equip- ped for MEASURE IS READY I Appropriation of Half Million for Submarine Base on the Columbia River Is Stricken Out WASHINGTON Aug 17 As the naval bill finally was perfected perfected perfected per per- today the Pacific coast I won its fight for a big battleship construction yard at Puget Sound but lost the appropriation for a a. submarine submarine sub sub- marine and torpedo boat base on the Columbia river This action provides for the equipment equipment equip equip- ment of th the yards r ds at t J uge 1 L oun I Philadelphia Norfolk New York Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton Portsmouth Charleston and New Orleans for the construction of ships and to specially equip the Puget sound Philadelphia Norfolk and Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton yards for the construction of the largest and battle cruisers Items Items' of for a Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co lumbia- lumbia river submarine and torpedo boat base were stricken out of the bill hill The latter was vas dropped out pending pend I ing lug the report of a commission Battleship Battleship Bat Bat- construction yards were Bat I also provided for tor Boston Philadelphia and Norfolk The item for deepening the channel to the New York navy yard so as to float the greatest warships at any tide was dropped out of the bill despite urgent requests by President President dent Wilson that it be retained All the disputed items now are cleared up and the bill with the big building program the greatest in the history of the United States already perfected is ready for the presidents president's signature |