Show battleships arc are expensive voy voys the bursting of the big gun on the iowa loun involved a deplorable sacrifice of life for which there la Is no repair it 1 Is no now declared arcil that the cost of putting the steel monster again in acht ing trim will bo be involving six months stay in BOLT sovia ship hospital this does not cover the whole loss the great gun which exploded with such frightful consequences cannot bo be replaced without heavy additional expenditure pend iture the report that the fa oregon haa has been so wrenched and disabled in her lato late tussle with a pt typhoon as to mako make her unsen worthy affords still further proof of the costliness of at the game in which battleships and cruisers are the pawns when neptune takes a hand in the performance philadelphia record |