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Show FIGHT OVER NAVAL BILL GROWS WARM Storm Centers Encountered and Measure Meas-ure May Be Recommitted Senate-Discusses Senate-Discusses Agriculture WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Two storm centers were encountered In consideration considera-tion of the naval appropriation bill in the Houbc today. First the great lakes training station went out of the bill on a port of order, after a wordy battle. The building programme proposed in the bill then met criticism and blocked further progress of the measure for the day. Mr. Burton of Ohio, the echoes of whose sensational speech for peace on Monday had hardly died out, moved to strike out the provision for the single battleship authorized. This motion is now pending and it t?erved as a text, after Mr. Burton had supplemented his Monday's speech with figures showing that the United States was building more naval vessels than any otner iiiuropean country except. Great Britain, for several Republican speeches In which Mr. Burton was declared de-clared not to be in line with his party. fn tho event of the defeat of this motion mo-tion and the acceptance of tho whole building programme a motion is to bo made tomorrow by Representative Meyer of Louisiana to have the bill re-commitcd re-commitcd to the Naval committee with the following Infractions: First, to provide for a coaling station and dock at Olongapo, P, I., Instead of a navaj station. Second, to eliminate the provision for two armored cruisers, and the armor thereof costing $1C,000,000. Third, to place a limit of $338 per ton as a maximum price for armor plate, with the provision for an armor plate factory to cost not over 54,000,000, if the armor cannot be produced within the limit prescribed. Fourth, thnt all vessels herein pro-vlded pro-vlded for under the head of ' Increase of the Navy," except the battleship, be constructed in Government navy yards. |