Elevation of Big Guns, on Bat- Senators Locked Out with Eight Thousand Tons of Petrol] Appointment Approved: Com-]No Wholesale Utilization to tle ships: A Huge Bill Machine-Gun and Soldiers Loose on the River posed of Experts Seen in Near Future Washington, Dec. 9.
'The House of Representatives to-ay voted in favour of the proposal to elevate big' guns on certain battleships, provided the President is at the opinion that it will not Violate the Washington" Naval Limitation Treaty.
Tt will be recalled that the Ap-Propriations Committee of _the House resolved on December 6 to Ask the House to decide on the advisability or otherwise of authorize ing the elevation -of big guns on American battleships.
The House to-day also passed $20,000,000 First Deficiency. including, after a spirited fight, pro-Vision for $940,000 for elevating] the guns of the battleships Oki toma and Nevada.
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