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Show Philippine "Palaces" Start Battle Royal in Congress - ' '"r -- i ' -- v - . r"; ' ' ' -1 T- II- t i x-jr-. . i x v Ax - " , , Tx v y x X f j , ? ( (( ( i , 5 If f f ' fx - , . xr x " rrrivr k;rirj!,'!?hv .,"'1 ' ss!x3wy'iwx , xr xTiSxs1?;!? F?Tx-x . A $ i50,000 appropriation for a new winter "palace" and one for the. summer, to be occupied by the High Commissioner to the Philippines, Philip-pines, aroused a storm of protest in Washington and was denounced as "lavish extravagance" by Rep. Albert Engel, of Michigan. The winter "palace," sketched above, was described by him as being 33 feet longer than the White House and 49 feet wider. Its 76 rooms on three floors include 19 lounges and lobbies, 18 baths, a two-story ballroom 40 by G5 feet and a two-story banquet hall 20 by 40 feet, P W , my coftn,, |