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will be strategically located. mus one
of them might be at Trenton IN. J),
where mobile artillery would be avail
able for the suO cor of either New ork
or Philadelphia. 1t would be simply
matter of getting up steam, and the
guns could travel at sixty miles an
hour.
A Train For One Gun
The War Department has already
built number of guns, some of them
Of 16-inch caliber. for just this kind
of service. A 16-inch weapon de-
signed for such use is not a breech-
loading rifle of the fortress type, but a
howitzer for long-range, high-angle
firing. With a range of over twenty
miles, it throws a 2.400-pound projec-
tile that carries 400 pounds of high
explosive.
Such gun requires an entire train.
One car. of great length and built of
steel, carries the monster howitzer,
furnishing a platform from which 1t
can be fired. There are ammunition
cars, a crane car. a kitchen car, a
fuel car. a berth car, staff radio car,
and a car that is a complete machine
shop equipped with forge. lathes, etc.
The gun car and ammunition cars are
heavily armored.
Here, then, we have travelling fort
| Several such guns, accompanied by
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wounding many. A mere hole in the
landscape. artfully camoufaged, and
containing one or two guns, is best.
The big breech-loading rifles in our
coast-defense strongholds are so en-
placed that they are fixtures. In case
of attack from the rear they would be
of no use. because they could not be
turned around. This mistake is to be
avoided in the reconstruction of the
fortresses, every gun being mounted
In such wise that 1t can point its
muzzle at any point of the compass.
During the last four years the army
engineers have been busy with the
construction of new and formidable
works of the improved kind here de-
scribed at the mouth of Chesapeake
Bay, which has hitherto had no de-
Tense. The situation in this regard
was absurd enough, inasmuch as the
entrance to the Chesapeake may be
regarded as the solar plexus of the
United States, in a strategic sense
If an enemy, having beaten our fleet
were to gain a hold in that quarter
he could well-ntgh strangle US; for he
could cut the railroads and separate
the North from the South.
When 1t comes to consideration o.
our insular possessions, we have in thu
Philippines some very formidable
| Notifications. Manila Bay is defended
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ring vehicle, "Her Own Money" Miss
Clayton Is seen as a stenographer who
marries an extravagant real estate
agent, and as his wife makes personal
sacrifices and practices the strictest
economy in order to balance his indis-
cretions as a spender. By the most
rigid saving, she manages TO save two
thousand dollars from her household
allowances; intending to buy little
home. But the time comes when her
husband must have some money and,
knowing he will not consider it an
obligation if she gives her savings to
him direct, she makes it appear that
friend Is loaning 1t to him. In time
this arrangement Is revealed by the
| jealous wife of the friend and the hus-
band quarrels with his wife and in a
rage leaves her. After some dramatic
| complications all ends happily.
Shattered Idols"
David Hurst is the son of an English
captain in the India service, who died
shortly before he was born. Growing
to young manhood David visits q
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others of less caliber, compose a tre-
mendously formidable battery on
wheels. It may be supplemented and
strengthened by lighter weapons
mounted on specially = constructed
motor trucks. Mobility!-that Is the
latest word in warfare, where artillery
is concerned.
Where a railroad runs along the
coast, a spur track can be run down
to the very beach in case of emer-
gency, or to a bluff overlooking the
sea. With large numbers of men
available, such work can be done with
great rapidity. What chance would
an enemy have to disembark a force
from transports under such condi-
lions? 1t may, by the way, be deemed
expedient to build concrete emplace-
ments at many points along our coasts,
on which big guns Of the mobile ar
tillery could be quickly mounted If
wanted: but, as already explained,
their wheeled mounts will serve.
Earth Better Than Concrete
Our coast forts are provided with
massive parapets OF concrete for the
protection of the guns and the mer
serving them. This is a feature now
deemed highly undesirable, because g
weu-aimed explosive shell might
smash the parapet and throw frag.
ments of the concrete in all directions
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Hindu temple and sees a beautiful
child, Earasvati. destined to become
the bride of the idol silva, the De-
stroyer. After getting his education in
England, David returns to India Just
in time to save the garrison from an
Inhalation. At the same time he wins
Sarasvati for his bride. He falls heir
to baronetcy and takes his bride to
England, but she IS not suited to the
part Of Lady Hurst and they drift
apart. Rama Pal. a native, persuades
Lady Hurst to leave her husband, re-
turn to India and lead a new revolt
against the British. David follows
and stems the revolution. but his wife
is killed in shielding him.
James Morrison takes the part OF
David, and Marguerite De La Note,
that of Sarasvati.
"RoIling Stones
To the question What is easier tc
dodge than bill collector" Lloyd
Hamilton would answer 1.-TWO bill col.
lectors!" In fact. Lloyd, with the as
sistance of his little orphan brother
| (Bobby DeVilbiss). eludes a whole
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army of collectors by way OF taking
his morning exercise.
The only friend the orphans have in
the world is a pretty young girl
Qrene Dalton), who gets a job on
commission in a hat store. The two
brothers set out to send her some Gus
toners. The little lad knocks OF the
hats OF the passersby, and before they
can catch them, the big brother fat
tens them with a steam roller. Be-
fore long the stores stock Of hats is
exhausted
Little Bobby's hard work has given
him an appetite. and although nickel
is all that Lloyd can raise. the child
must eat somehow. Hiding the lad
under his overcoat, Lloyd enters a
cafeteria, and while he Is making up
hts mind to order a cup OF coffes
Bobby reaches out his hand and takes
what he wants from the counter,
dishes and all. Lloyd hangs up the
coat with the boy inside. and goes to
table. All is well until the boy
drops the dishes. and the manages
| throws them ONT
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mouths and seaportS. But this is now
deemed a mistake. They should be
as far out toward the sea as possible,
or even on the sea, where islands are
available for the purpose.
Most important, however, as an ele-
| ment of a properly organized coast
defense system, is mobile artillery
|. e., batteries of heavy guns mounted
on specially designed cars, from which
| they can be fired, and by which they
can be transported over strategic rail-
roads to any point that may be threat
| ened. Here, in fact, is the solution
of a problem hitherto deemed almost
hopelessly puzzling-the problem Of
defending adequately a coast line so
enormously long as that of the United
States.
Along our coasts for long distances
railroads run close to the seashore
This IS true of much of the coast of
! Maine, and Of a considerable stretch
of the maritime littoral Of Massa-
chusetts. The same may be said of
much of the coast-line of California
as, for instance, from San Diego to
Los Angeles and thence northward.
Some day we shall have, for strategic
| uses, a continuous line of railroad all
around the seaboard Of the United
| States.
| OF fortresses there can never be
more than few. widely scattered. But
suppose ono Of them to be attacked.
| The news will be at once telegraphed
| to the War Department at Washing
| ton, and thence orders will be wired
| to points where gun batteries and gun
trains are kept always in readiness
| for such emergencies. These points
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self, but succeeded only in getting both
legs broken. The wealthy girl to
whose home she was taken, and her
guest, Westerner, decided to try let
ting little sunshine and sympathy
into Idalenes life and to teach her
how to dress and to walk. Idalene,
the wall flower, blossomed into
charming and beautiful girl under this
treatment and won the love Of the
doctor. It's a story of everyday life,
told truthfully, humorously and SYM
pathetically.
Colleen Moore is the star.
1.-THE Ruse OF The Rather
The Rattlesnake," they called him,
because, like the reptile, he never
struck before rafting a warning.
However, also like the reptile, you had
little chance after that warning! He
was bad man, but he played fair,
and when he was commissioned" by
Henry Morgan (who never did any
dirty work he could hire the other fell
low to do to turn the Sandersons out
of their home, he resigned on the job.
The reason was that he had looked
deep into the beautiful eyes Of Helen
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RecentImprovementsin theArt rHaveRendered
Our Formidable Seacoast Fortresses Obsolete and
the Whole Outfit Must Be Revolutionized
BY WILL OGDEN

the landward side. Such a thing
might conceivably happen; for, in a
military sense, we are, and presum-
ably always will be, unprepared for
war. Another disadvantage of our
great defensive works is that they are
too much exposed to attack from the
air.
Because obvious necessity compels,
the whole system is to be revolution
lied; and. with this idea in view, the
War Department has already prepared
comprehensive plans. Luckily, to carry
them out will not be a very costly
business, relatively speaking.
The recent war in Europe gave
striking proof of the usefulness of
hiding. Armored turrets and masses
Of concrete are readily destroyed by
high explosives. Concealment, under
ground when possible. affords the only
effective protection. Our reconstruct
ed coast defenses will be built with
this idea primarily in view.
Huge structures of concrete and
steel cost a lot of money. Dirt is
cheap, and digging is not expensive.
Hence the economy of the fortresses
now planned. which will be subter-
ranean, the very location of the gun
emplacements being concealed from
an enemy. True, he might secure a
plan of the works by help of spies;
but that would not do him much good
because the guns will be in pits scat
tered over a wide extent of landscape,
and, though two or three might be
put out of business, the others would
keep on shooting.
Pushing The Forts Seward
It is the opinion of army engineers
that grave fault is to be found with
the location OF many of our coast
forts. They are situated commonly on
rivers and in harbors, to protect river
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by forts on the mainland and also by
big guns on Corregidor Island, which
lies in the mouth of the bay. These
defenses are supplemented by "stone
battleship." which is a rock of the
shape and size of ship, equipped
with big naval rifles.
Easy Prey For The Japs
To strengthen these fortihcations
further would be of little use, for. If
war were to arrive between Japan and
this country, we could not use our
fleet to protect the Philippines, and
the Japanese would quickly grab the
archipelago.
Guam could not long escape cap
ture, even if it was strongly fortified
Hawaii, however is in an altogether
| different case. There is the strategic
key of the Pacific, protecting both our
Pacific coast and the Panama Canal;
/ for no enemy fleet would dare to leave
in its rear. uncaptured. the great forti-
| fed naval station and base on the is
| land of Oahu.
The Notifications on Oahu extend
from Pearl Harbor Cwhere the naval
station is located. a distance of fifteen
miles to Diamond Head-an extinct
volcano, in the crater of which is hid
den a battery of 12-inch mortars. 1t
has been planned TO make the island
an impregnable mid-ocean fortress;
but, unfortunately. it is at the present
time provided with no weapons more
powerful than 14-inch rifles.
Mobile Defense For Hawaii
1t is obviously necessary that the Oahu
forts shall be equipped with 16-inch
guns; and further defensive expedi-
ent demanded is the building of a sys-
tenn of works along the mountain
range on the landward side of the
coast forts, to protect the latter from
possible attack in the rear.
The plan. as made by the War De-
partment, will further require the
building of a railroad. for strategic
use, all around the island-to carry
guns, that is to say, as well as soldiers.
It is but an application on a small
, scale of the idea that is to be utilized
, for the mobile auxiliary defense of the
continental United States.
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Sanderson. and read there such cour-
age, determination and truth that all
his brute strength was powerless be-
fore her challenge. From that mo-
ment some divine intuition told the
girl that he was her champion. though
this was often hard for her to believe.
That was because 1.-The Rattlesnake'
had a double game to play until he
could come out in the open.
The Ruse Of 1.-THE Rather" presents
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- HE Arms Limitation Conference
~ brought up for consideration,
~ where Japan and the United
~ States are concerned, the ques-
ton OF putting stop to further forti-
fication of Pacific islands. Apparent
ly. as the result of bargain, we shall
not fortify Guam or add to the
strength of our defensive works in the
Philippines. What will eventually be
done in regard to Hawaii remains to
be seen.
There is to be no restriction as
regards the mainland of either Japan
or this country; and just now is an
appropriate time to say something
about the seacoast defenses of the
continental United States.
They are obsolete. Recent ad-
them SO. Our whole coast defense
system. designed to protect our har-
bors and principal seaboard cities, is
Today a back number. Hundreds of
millions of dollars have been spent on
it during the last thirty years, yet, to a
great extent, it must be ''scrapped."
In the immediate vicinity of New
York City are six fortresses. Phila-
delphia is defended by three, Balti-
more by five. and Washington by two
forts. At or near the narrow en-
trance of Long Island Sound are four;
Narragansett Bay is guarded by five.
In all the Atlantic shore-line has
forty-six fortresses; that of the Gulf,
twelve, and the Pacific coast thirteen.
Weak In The Back
The principal trouble with these
coast strongholds, so recently called
thoroughly modern" is that any one
of them could easily be captured by a
strong enemy force landed from ships
at a point some distance away and
marched to attack it in the rear, from
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]. P. MCGOWAN in what is said to be
his best Western thriller. Lillian Rich
plays the part of Helen.
"Her Own Money"
Ethel Clayton, who recently has
been seen in several society dramas in
which she wore some of the most gor-
geous creations in feminine wearing
apparel ever designed, plays the neatly
tailored Office girl and later the eco
nomiSal housewife. in her latest star
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Peacock Alley" ACROSS
theDeadLine''" -TheWall
Flower" - "The Ruse of
the Rather" - Shattered
Idols" "HerO wnMoney"
Rolling Stones.

TN Peacock Alley" with its story
dealing with the bright lights of
Paris and New York, Miss Murray
y displays many gorgeous costumes,
which contribute much toward maxi
ing her latest release one Of the most
elaborate productions on the screen.
Peacock Alley is by Edmund Gould
ing, based on a story by Ouida Ber-
gere. Miss Murray is shown in one
of the artistic poses which won the
admiration of Howard Chandler
Christy.
"Across The Dead Line
Gilead, northern lumber town, has
a line through its center. On one side
lives Enoch Kidder, his son John
Crank Mayo, and the rest of his
puritanical family. On the other are
Aaron Kidder, Enoch's vengeful
brother. and his followers in pleas
ure and lust. An old feud eliminates
when Aaron tries to lure John, a clean
cut youth, over into the bad side of
Town, to revenge himself on Enoch. A
strange girl, who has lost her memory
furnishes the excuse for leading John
into the dance halls and saloons. She
Is kidnapped and held by Aaron, and
John, determined to- protect her, fol-
lows. What happens afterward brings
the old family feud to an end by the
only method possible, the death of
one of the brothers, while John COM
pletes his attempt to bring the girls
lost memory back to her.
"The Wall Flower
Idalene Nobbin had been so re-
pressed by her mother and her broth
ers and was dressed so queerly that
she seemed to herself and everybody
else an ugly duckling. At dances she
was left sitting against the wall. She
had a false attitude towards life and
towards herself. She tried to kill her
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-30
One Week Only
SalessStartS Friday, Dec. lst

Michigans Largest and Greatest Music House finds it.
self with stock of Pianos and PlayerPanos far above
normal shipments for the Holidays the wayne
going to STIMULATE buying RIGHT NOW-going
to this surplus stock into music loving homes I'M
MEDIATELY. We have brought big assortmnt of ex-
changed shopworn rental and new instruments to Alma
Mich-a sweeping, whrlwind clearance is our aim;
and you've only to look this to know
that made prices that will surely this stock
from our floors Within One Weeks Time Don't Make
the Mistake of Watng-make your selection have a
handsome sweet-toned Piano Player in YOUR home,
the Very First Day of this Sale.
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Beautiful 8S-note eX-
changed player guar
anteed exactly as re-
presented; full sized
Floor Lamp with "a
in. Silk Shade; Music
Roll Cabinet and a
Combination Bench
to match; also selec-
ton of Music Rolls.
This is positively the
most sensational Of
fer ever put before
the music loving pub
lie of Alma, Mich.
There will be many
of these outfits put in
the homes of this city
before
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in your home. We
want each and every
one to feel they posi-
lively have the big
gest value i n the
world, and if at any
time within 80 days
you are not complete
ly satisfied, you may
trade your instru-
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ing one penny.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-05-23
ANOTHER MT.
STERLING CASE.
II Proves That There's a Way Out
for Many Suffering Mt. Sterling
Folks

Just another report of a case in
Mt. Sterling. Another typical case.
Kidney Ailments relieved in Mt. Ster-
ling with Doan's Kidney Pills.
w. H. Hall. "a N. Queen St., Mt.
Sterling, says: Last fall was feel
ing all in and my kidneys showed
they were out of order. My kidneys
hurt and backache almost put me
past going. was so dizzy at times
couldn't stoop or straighten up. My
head ached terribly. l had no ambi-
ton to do anything in the way Of
work. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised led me to go to White &
Co.'s Drug Store and get two boxes.
After using them, the trouble left me
entirely"
soc at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-05-23
THE FARM BOY

There is a saying that the cities
are run by the sons Of farmers and
we believe it is largely true. We are
also of the opinion that farm life is
the greatest training school a man
can attend. To a youngster who has
handled a pillow, MIXED cows, made
hay, threshed wheat and broken ice
in order to get painful of water, the
average city job is nothing more than
play.
The boy reared on the farm or in
towns like Russellville bucks uI
against nature and his problem is one
of conquering natural forces. The
city man bucks up against other hui
man beings, and the prizes go most.
ly to those who are able to organize
men to a common purpose. You
can fool people, but you can't foo
nature. Yes, and the country boy
learns early the habit of work, and
the habit remains with him after he
has adopted city life. We remember
reading once these words: ANY city
job seems easy. after you have work
ed on a farm"
1t has been said that every honest
man in a city has at some time had
level, a square or a plumb-bob in
his tool kit. There's something to it
too, for a man who is in the habit Of
making things square, plumb and
level usually thinks straight. There
ought to be some manual training in
every city boys education. That's
the best way to teach him the neec
of accuracy. And it would also be
fine thing if every city boy, ant
every town boy, too, could spend al
least a year on a farm. We believe
he could easily sacrifice a year in
school for this experience.-Russell
vile News-Democrat.
Something to worrq about: BorneC
is out midway by the equator.
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Produce Review

Every day is swat the rooster"
day on the farm now, causing a free
marketing of old ROSTERS. This will
probably continue for a period Of
from two to four weeks. The mar
keting of old hens is also increasing,
du eto the fact that in most sections
the flush egg production is over.
There is a good demand for all
dressed poultry, which should keep
the market on firm basis for some
time.
Production of butterfat is now in
creasing rapidly. and as a result
there has been a freer movement Of
creamery butter ii the large markets,
causing prices to react to a lower
basis. The production should show
a further increase weekly for some
time, and this should have a tenden-
cy to cause somewhat lower price
levels.
The warm weather in egg produc.
ing sections in the past few days
has caused better demand for more
eggs from northerly sections and less
inquiry for the eggs from the south
ern states. 1t is estimated the re-
serve stocks in storage at present
are somewhat heavier than year
ago, and with the general quality now
showing the effects of warmer wea-
Their, the tendency of the market may
be lower
1t is important that producers gath.
er eggs daily, keep them in a cool
place, and market them frequently.
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HONEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922

All the radicals, kickers, general
objectionists and faultfinders shrek
out loud when somebody says work
is the foundation of happiness and
contentment. Just a scheme Of the
rich to keep the poor at the grind
they say. Maybe. But why not
fool EN-? Work amt work when a
fellows doing what he likes to do.
and everybody likes to be a leader in
his line. so If we can't do what we
want to do. what we have to do bet.
ter than the other fellow and lead
the procession.