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SCHEME IS ECONOMICAL
Entire System Would Cost Only
$50,006,000, and Only
Fifth Is Asked Now.
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Congressman Capstlck's bill Intro
duced in the House Saturday, calling
for ' 150,000,000 with which to construct
a mobile artillery system of coast de
fense, attracted widespread attention at
the Capitol'. Advocates of preparedness
and their opponents as well manifested
a keen Interest In the terms of the bill
becauso of the unique features of econ
omy and efficacy in It.
In a nutshell, the scheme calls for
the construction of armored railroad
cars, mounting giant mortars or guns,
which can be switched from any sec
tlrn of the coast to another on short
notice and which, on arrival at ajiy
strategic point, will ba automatically
locked on previously constructed con
crete foundations, ready for Instant
operation. It Is proposed. In the bill
that an appropriation of $10,000,000 be
made within a short time to be utilized
In the manufacture of guns and mor
tars with their supporting cars and
for the purchase and preparation of a
sufficients, number of concrete founda
tion sites to test the system In any
area which may be designated by the
Secretary of War.
150 Gun Foundations,
The bill provides for the construction
of 150 foundations along the Atlantic or
Pacific coast and the manufacture Ot
tlfty cars mounted with mortars and
ten with , 14-Inch rifles. Provision Is
made in the bill for the selection of tno
foundation sites or Mrlng points by a
board of officers, which shall consist
of three from tho army, three from tno
navy and three from the railroad wnose
tracks will be used by tho mobile ar
tillery and along which the tiring points
will be established.
The plan calls for the shifting of the
armored railroad flat cars from one
foundation to another as necessity de
mands. The cars can be hauled as
easily as any other loaded railroad, car,
nccordlng to Lawrence. Luellen, of Mew
York, who, together with Cecil F. Daw
son, Invented th6 transportation and
other features of the new coast detense
system.
"The two questions most frequently
asked about tilts system," aald Air.
i.uellen today, "are: 'Will ordinary rail
road ties and rails support the wclgnt
of these cars and gunsV and 'Will the
concrete foundations be able to stand
the shock of tho recoil ?' The answer
to both of these questions is 'Yes,' De
cause we have gone thoroughly into
both of these matters and have tnc as
surances of many experts Intho War
Department that the system is entirely
feasible and practical.
Support More Weight.
The "weight of a car equipped with
a 14-lnch rifle would be 370,000 pounds,
270.000 for the gun and carriage, and
300,000 for tho car. This would" place
a weight of 15,000 on each wheel. The
cars would ho sixty-seven feet long.
Railroad ties and rails are today up
porting more than this weight In cars
and cargoes."
Mr. Luelten then exhibited letters
from three railroad presidents, each of
whom heartily indorsed his invention
and assured him their lines would bq
glad to co-operate with him and the
Government They also declared the
weights of the cars mentioned wero
.such as to make transportation as easy
and simple as the handling of freight.
"The concrete foundations into which
the movable cars will be locked will bo
of such size and substantial nature
I hat they cannot be damaged by the
concussion caused by the discharge of
the gun. By ascertaining the weight of
the projectile and the muzzle velocity
we can determine what the recoil will
be and construct the concrete founda
tions large enough to take this recoil
without damage. The sides of the car
win slide into the stationary founda
tions and be locked there so securely as
(o make the car and 'foundation like
one continuous piece of concrete and
metal. Even admitting that the foun
dations would be damaged, thev could
oe repaired with a special concrete
preparation which will harden In a few
hours. This cement was used by the
Germans In mounting their big guns
in a nurry. '
Many Advantages.
Mr. J,uellen said tho mobile artil
lery system had many advantages over
in attacking fleet, heavy guns mount
ed on caterpillar treads, like the forty-two-centimctcr
guns, and over other
tested forms of heavy gun armament.
Summarizing these advantages as he
sees them after many months of per
sonal study and conference with gen
erals in tho War Department, Mr. Luel
len said:
"The objective point of attack of an
enemy's navy desirous of making land
ing parties is a suitable location upon
land for a base from which to operate
an army. Our navy may be overpowered
or evaded until such base Is obtained
by the enemy. Under present conditions
we would. In all probability, be power
less to then attack such base after a
large force was put ashore. The I.u-ellen-Dawson
mobile armament system,
however, could be used not only against
the enemy's fleet but also against Iond
'ng parties, and later against the
enemy's base should they bb powerful
enough to establish on
"Gun fire nshorc. when fired from a
Kolld foundation, li more accurate than
gun fire afloat. Our system, thcrofore,
bu greater accuracy of fire.
Battleship Big Target.
"A modern battleship offers an expen
sive and comparatively large target as
Compared to the mobllo armament car
of the Lucllen-Dawson defense system
type. Oho shot well placed on a bat
tleship will cause Its- destruction to
gether with all Its men and larre num
ber of guns, while one hit scored against
the I.uellcn-Dawson mobile armament
car loses only one or two guns and
comparatively fow men.
"An attacking navy offeis a target
witnin sight nnd tne possibility of ob
i.ervlng where the shots fall for re
calculation on the next shot, while tho
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Luellen-Dawaon mobllo armament ar
may be fired from a secluded spot, be
hind hills or in deep railroad cuts,
where tho enemy cannot so readily ob
serve a,nd direct tho fire, or often where
the direct fire of tho fleet's guns can
not possibly reach. No mortars are
mounted on battleships. Tho fleet's
guns have little or no clianco of being
used, to advantage against land opera
tions, while our systom can be used ef
fectively on the coast waters and on
land.
"Aeroplane scouts have a better op
portunity of seeking out and locating
an enemy's fleet than the-' have of. lo
cating tho Lucllcn-Dawson mobile
armament cars.
Cars Have Advantage.
"Faint attacks by the fleet may be
used to advantage against a s'.ow mov
ing army or guns mounted on caterpil
lar treads or movable platforms, but not
so with our cars, as they can be brought
Into Action as quickly, and moved more
rapidly on land, than the battleship can
move through the water.
"Fixed fortification? In the United
States are really used for harl.or de
fenses; our extensive coasts limit their
use as coast defenses. Our system can
be used more effectively ns coast, har
bor and city defenses than fixed fortifi
cations because it ha Juf.t as accurate
fire and gives added strategic value to
heavy guns.
"Fixed fortifications are helpless whn
the enemy s guns have a longer range or
have succeeded in locating the guns In
the fort. OUr system may shift Its
guns to points of advantage or to se
cluded spots out of range of the enemv.
"Guns and equipments In fixed fortifi
cations can bo used" only within the
range of that fort. Guns of our system
can be quickly mobilized and used wher
ever an attack is threatened or actually
uciux uiaue.
Can Be Remodeled.
"A fixed fortification can be easily
remodeled and ue,d against us by the
enemy when captured unless It is en
tirely destroyed before falling Into its
hands. The Luellcn-Dawson mobllo ar
mament system can. retire or retreat,
Giving ground without risking capture
of the heavy guns kept miles behind
the firing lino during an engagement
"Permanent formications offer a suro
target to the enemy after their location
is discovered by the enemy's aviators or
through their own lire. Our svstcm
offers a very snull target and could be
quickly moved after being sighted by
an aviator or after firing.
"Tho number of guns of a permanent
fortification are fixed, nnd cannot be
quickly Increased to repulse a mote
powerful fnemy. Our system can br.ng
any desired number of guns Into tho
engagement within u comparatively
short time.
"In a fixed fortification the number
and location of tho guns are usually
knesvn to the enemv picvlous to the
engagement, while with our system the
size and number of the guns wou'.d not
bo known and could be changod at will.
Can't Be Fired Landward.
"In present United States fortlflcayons
the large-callbercd disappearing rifles
cannot be fired landward. In our sys
tem such rifles can bo fired In anv
direction from the car. and the car can
be moved to any desired foundation.
"Fixed fortifications are so expensive
that they arc only used for harbor de
fenses, and could not be desirable or
adequate as coast defenses.
"Our system, it a reasonable ex
pense to the Government, could be used
not only for hurbor defense purposes,
but also to defend our coasts and In
terior, should the latter becomo neces
sary. "Large callbcred guns on caterpillar
treads or a portable Dlatform are cum
bersome and unwieldy. They may be
transported and brought Into action
after great difficulty, against fixed
fortifications or army bases, or even
slow-moving armies, but against an
attacking fleet, whose guns aro ready
for action. In and out of range In a
few minutes, thev would bo almost
harmless. Monster coast defense guns,
under our system, can bo mounted and
brought into action in a very few
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Above, left General view of rail
road, showing number of artilleiy
cars in action.
Above, right Close view showing
mobile artillery car locked to a
concrete foundation and in action.
Below LAWRENCE LUELLEN,
inventor.
minutes, where they can be repeatedly
fired accurately about once a minute.
"To direct tho lire of a second shot
quickly and accurately from where the
first shot struck, the axis of gun eleva
tion must remain horizontal after the
first shot is fired. If the shot is fired at
a moving target, the axis must bo
shifted in a horizontal piano to ac
curately gauge the second Bhot There
fore, your foundation must remain level
to get the greatest efficiency out of the
weaoon. If tho baso or support of the
weapon shifts when fired. It requires
vuuBiuuruuie nine 10 re-ievei or re-piacc
tho gun for a second shot. This dura
tion of time, therefore, becomes very
Important and would probably nrovo
to be a fatal defect at a critical mo
ment as tho cssel might change Its
speed or course during that time. Our
system Includes lovel embedded concrete
foundations that will not shift when
heavy guns aro fired therefrom.
"Caterpillar treads or moving bases
on soft- untried ground might be
used with somo effect against a flxed
target, but cannot bo used efficiently
against a moving target such as is of
fered bv an attacking fleet. Our system
is designed especially to be used quickly
and effectively against moving targets,
such as ships.
"An attack from a fleet for making
landing parties should be met In a mat
ter of minutes and not hours, and the
bill asking for tho appropriation to in
stall the I.ucllen-Dawson svstem or any
other equally promising mobile arma
ment specifics 'That railway artillery
can laces shall bo capable of entering
upon and Interlocking with the founda
tion in not less than live minutes.' "
YES-IT IS POSSIBLE
TO STOP RHEUMATISM
Rheumatism is a tormenting and
stubborn malady. In some cases it
yields- to treatment which is without
avail in other cases.
The darting pains, lame muscles or
stiffened joints only disappear by grad
ually expelling the uric acid, and so
many thousands have been relieved by
the blood-enriching oil-food in Scott's,
Emulsion that you should give it a
faithful trial. Scott's Emulsion acts as
a powerful blood-purifier by increasing
the red corpuscles and it strengthens
the organs to carry off the acids which
cause the trouble.
Try Scott's Bmulsion. It can not harm.
It has helped thousands and may be ex
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TODAY'S AID TO BEAUTY
An especially fine shampoo for
this weather can be easily rqade at
trifling expense by simply dissolv
ing a tcaspoonful of canthrox in a
cup of hot water. Pour slowly on
scalp and massage ltriskly. This
creates a soothine, cooling lather
that dissolves and removes all daml-'
ruff, excess oil and curt. Rinsing
leaves the scalp spotlessly clean,
soft and pliant, while the hair takes
on a glossy richness of natural col
or, also a fluffiness which makes it
seem very much heavier than it is.
After a canthrox shampoo arrang
ing the hair is pleasure. Advt,
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
E COLD
Instantly Relieves Swollen, Inflamed
Nose, Head, Throat You Breathe
Freely Dull Headache Goes
Nasty Discharge Stops.
Try "Ely'B Cream Balm."
Get a small bottle anyway, Just to
try it apply a little In the nostrils
and Instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages of the head
will open'.i you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. By
morning! the catarrh, cold-ln-head
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get tho small
bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
" Daddy, just because we dorifc
know what we Ve missm is no
sign -we're not fbolin' ourselves
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Remember tKe new rate
for two-party line service-
7c a day.
TKis rate becomes effective April 1st, 1916.
All contracts, taKen now at the old rate auto
matically chang'e to tKe new rate otk above
date.
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All of Contingent Fund
Department of Labor
Already Exhausted.
For
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Emoloyes of the Department of Iabor
are facing a long drought, due to a
shrinking of the contingent fund of tho
department
Employes aro being Informed that,
owing to lack of funds, the department
has found it necessary to forego pur
chases of Ice, and that ice water will
not be furnished In tho future. There
Is no relief In sight as Uie urgent de
ficiency measure now under considera
tion In the House makes nb addition to
tho contingent fund or provision for
Ice or ice water.
Some weeks ago, the department
heads wero confronted with tho alterna
tive of banking the furnace fires, and
letting employes shiver In the wintry
temperature, or of foregoing tho Joys of
Ice water In the hot days to come. H
was decided to take care of the pres
ent and hope for the future. Conse
quently the Ice water funds have been
burned up In coal. The department will
continue to have plenty of water, but
it will not have the refreshing coolness
drug store. This sweet, fragrant
balm dissolves by the heat of the
nostrils; penetrates and heals the In
flamed, swollen membrane which lines
the nose, head and throat; clears the
air passages; stops nasty discharges
and a feeling of cleansing, soothing
relief comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nos"
trlls closed, hawking and blowing.
Catarrh or a cold, with Its running
nose, foul raucous dropping Into the
throat, and raw dryness is distressing
but truly needless.
Put your" faith Just once In "Ely's
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear. Advt.
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worth doirf without
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ask Main
9000
of tho water usually furnished to Uncle
Barn's workers.
Hearing of -tho sad plight of their
co-workers. Department of Commerce
officials lir.ve Invited the Labor Depart
ment employes to visit tho Commerce
building, and partake of a cooling
draught of the water furnished from
that department's refrigerating system.
Says Business Men Are
For Tariff Commission
Tho business men of the United Slates
will welcome the appointment of a non
partisan tariff commission In the oplnldn
of John H. Fahey, president of tho
Chamber of Commerce of tho United
States.
Discussing the announcement In Presi
dent Wilson's letter to Congressman
Kltchln, he said:
"Tho sentiment of business men In
favor of such a commission has been
almost unanimous for many years be
cause of the general disturbance of busi
ness wmen has usually attended tho
making of our tariffs under the system
which has prevailed until now."
To Put On Flesh
and Increase Weight
ood Ad Ice To Tbln IVopIc
"I'd certainly glvo most anything to
be able to gain a few pounds and .itay
that way," declare many thin men und
women. Such a result is usually not
impossible despite past failures. Stost
thin people aro victims of mal-nutrl-tlon,
a condition which prevents tho
fatty elements of food from being taken
up by the blood as they aro when the
powers of nutiltlon aro normaC In
btcad of getting into the blood much
of the fat and llesh producing elements
stay In the Intestines until they pass
Irom the body as waste.
To correct this condition and to pro
ouce a healthy, normal amount of fat
the flesh making, food elements must
bo jso prepared In the digestive pro
cesses that the blood will accept and
distribute them throughout the body.
There is a preparation called Sargol.
which works on this basis and which Is
Bum uy nearly every druggist on a
positive guarantee ot weight increase
or money back. Hundreds have testi
fied to weight incveasc from its ua.
Sargol does not of itself make fat
nut is simply a combination of ingre
dients of acknowledged merit that,
taken with meals seems to better en
able tho digestive organs to separate
the fattening elements of tho food and
to prepare them in a form which tho
blood can readily absorb. Sargoi comes
m taDici lorni, is pleasant and cosy
to take and its action Is perfectly nat
ural and harmless. Sargol is sold by
James O'DonnelPs Drug Stores and
druggists everywhere who are author
ized" to refund the full purchase prlco
If weight Inciease is not obtained.
NOTE: Sargol Is recommended only
as a flesh builder and while It has Pro
duced excellent results in cases of ner
vous Indigestion and general stomach
disorders enre should be taken by those
using it who do not want to increase
weight Advt
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Kidneys and ends Blad
der irritation.
iTrlo acid In meat excites the kidneys,
Ihey becomo overworked: get sluggish,
ache, and feel like lumps of lead. The
urlno becomes cloudy; tho bladder is
Irritated, and you may be obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
tliu night When tno kidneys clog ou
miist help them flush off the body s
urinous wasto or you'll bj a .real sick
pei son shortly. At first you fctl a dull
mlfccry In the kidney region, you suffer
from backache, sick headache, dizzi
ness, stomach gets sour, tongue coated
and you feel rheumatic twinges when
tho weather Is bad,
Eat Vss meat, drink lot of water:
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoon
ful In a glass of water before break
fast for"n few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous salts Is
rnndp from the acid of grapes and lrm
on Juice, combined with Uthla. and has
been used for generations to clean clog
ged kldnevs and stimulate them to nor
mal activity, also to neutralize the acids
In urine, so It no longer Is n source of
Irritation, thus, ending bladder weak
ness. .Tad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure, mokes a delightful effervescent
llthla-water drink which everyone
rhould tako now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here inv thev sH lots of Jad Salts to
folk who believe in overcoming kidney
trouble while It Is only trouble. Advt
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