S OF OP BOYS f S House Provides PrO That Hereafter r Cert Cert Certificate t of or A Age c Must be Given 1 t Washington May 10 The Tho Tho house housew housep w p toda today made little progress with theS the tho fJ S naval appropriation bill only two 4 items being considered The measure S-I S t I is dragging ragging along so o slowly that it Sr seems likely that It ma may not bo be concluded concluded con con- eluded by tho the ending of or Satur Saturdays Saturday's as asse S se session lon S S One proposition that carried was b by Mr 11 Dem Dom Mass and It provides that no recruiting officer can enlist boys s In tho the service unless they bring written proof as to their age ago The adoption of this amendment amendmentS S 5 brought blought about a repetition of the de debate dej deI de- de j I bate of several days daN ago in which S the tho naval recruiting officers were S severely criticised and the members S S told of heart broken mothers whose boys bos were kept from them thom even oven event t though they are un under cr a age e after they theyS S have once enlisted S It was decided that after Jul July 1 1 S I 1907 the lie manufacture of chains anchors anchors an an- 1 and cordage in the government governmentS S yar yards shall cease and their purchase be made mado in the open market The secretary of the navy nay was also directed to purchase ordnance supplies supplies sup sup- plies projectiles shells and reserve pow powder er in tho the open market by calling callingS S for forbids bids S