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he Omaha Daily Bee WHOSE BIRTHDAY TODAY? Look at The Bee birthday book on the editorial nage of each imie. It is mire to interest you. WEATHER FORECAST. l'nr Nrhrimkn Snow. For low a, Snow. Tor weather n port bow rage 1. VOI NO. J4.-). OMAHA, MONDAY MOUNIXU, DKCHMBKIt .r, 1!)10 TEN PACKS. SINGLE COPV TWO CENTS. MAIti MKEli EDDY DIES ATKEK HOME Ihyii:ian Summoned After Death Amrti "Katural Causei"' Were Responsible for Demise. PNEUMONIA MORE DIRECT CAUSE Noted Woman Passes Away at 1:45 Saturrlav NiaVit. ' j - o it END COMES IN QUIET Continued Daily Afternoon Until Two Days Before GoinfcVr FUNERAL WELL BE SIMPLE C Onljr Relatives, lf nibf r of House hold and Officials of (bnrch Are ICsperted la Attend the Services. HUSTON", Per. 4. -Mrs. 'M.iry Baker Glover Kddy, the "dlscov erer and founder of Christian Science," la dead. Announot ment of the passing away of tho venerable leader, which orcurred late last night at her home at Chestnut hill, was made at the morning service of the niotner church In this city today. ".Natural causes" explain the death, ac cording to Dr. George 1 West, a district medical examiner, who waa summoned a few hours after Mra. Eddy passed away. Later Pr. Went added that the more Im mediate cause waa probably pneumonia. The news of rM. Eddy's death ws made known simultaneously ly Judge Clifford 1'. Smith, the first reader of the mother church, at the clone of the mornlnc service and by Alfred Farlow of the Christian Sci ence publication committee, In a statement to the presa. According to Mr. Farlow, Mra. F.ddy passed away at 10:46 o'clock last night. Indisposed for Kin Days. "She had been yidispoced for about nine days," uld Mr. Karolw, "but had been up and dressed, and as late as Thursday transacted some business with one of the official of tha church. She took her dally afternoon-drive until two days before her going. 'Saturday night she fell quietly asleep and those around her could at first hardly realize that she had Rone. Her thought was clear until the last and aim lift no final message. ".No physician was In attendance, but she had the assistance of the students who comprised her 'household. "Willi hir at th time of her departure were Mi. Calvin A. Krye, Mra. Laura K. Hargeiit. Mra. Ella S. Kathvon, Kev. Irving C. Tomllnson. her corresponding secretary. William . II. Ruth on, and her secretary, Adam If. Dickey. o Funeral Arrangruieati. "No arrangementa regarding tho time or the pla'-B of hr burial have been decided ;im,' ft '! VclLk" to her homebold. , that she believed In aimpliclty on such oc casions and In compliance with thla knowl edge It Is expected the service will be pri vate and of ti simple nature, probably con sisting of prayer and readings from the Hible. with some brief selections from the Christian Science text book. Only her relatives, her household and tha officials pf the church are expected to be. present. "There havlm; been no physicians In at tendance, lr. George I.. West of Newton Center, medical examiner for the district, was called early Sunday morning. Pr. est. after investigation, pronounced the death due to natural causes' end issued the customary certificate. "A telegram was sent to her son, George W. lover of Lead. P., apprising him of hia mother'a demise, and requesting In fotmatlon as to his attendance and that of his family." There were few of the congregation at the morning services of the mother church today who Knew of Mrs. Kddy'a death. The her v ire waa as usual and the two readers, Judge Smith and Mrs. Iceland T. Powers, suaaciiled the senium of the day. Asuouneruirut at Church. The routine service, which closes with a hymn, the reading of the "scientific state ment of being," and the benediction, was strictly followed at the mother church to day, but Just before the benediction Judge Smith changed the usual form by faying: "I shall now read part of a letter written by our revered leader and reprinted on page 1:3 of 'Miscellaneous Writings:' " 'My beloved stndeitis: Vou may be .coking to see me In, my accustomed place with you, but this you must no longer ex pect. When 1 retired rum the field of labor it was a departure, socially, publicly and finally, from the routine and from turn material modes as society, and our societies' demand. Humors are rumors, nothing more. I am still with you on the field of battle, taking forward marches, broader and higher views, and with the hope tha tyou will follow. ' 'All our thoughts should he given to the absolute demonstration of Christian Science. Vou can ' well afford to give me i.p. since you have In my last revised rotionof 'Science and Health,' your teacher and guide.' "Although these lines," said JuaVe Smith, "wire written years ago, they are Hue today and will continue to he true. Hut it becomes my duty to announce that Mrs. K.idy passed from our sight last night at 10:45 o'clock at her home on Chest nut hill." t Words of Morrow. r.ly those who sat through the service with the knowledge of (the momentous iv. 'in of a few hours before heard the benediction. Then the greater part of the congiegatlon left their seata In alienee. Theie nt tin words of sorrow, although many a t ar was shed. The strains of the recessional on the great organ acre as .io uus as ever. As the churchgoers scattered after the services, the question of future leadership vmis n fcrred to with great reserve. Those who exincsscd a Mew said there would bo no i-haiir'K in the methods of carrying on the work; that Mrs. Kiddy 'a teachings i. d ir.atructlon uould l Implicitly fol lowed and the church that she founded would continue to grow in the future as it had In the at. It was pointed out that, with tha excep tion of a few routine matters, the actual ulrcttion of the church work was relln t.uished to a great degree by Mrs. F-ddy cine rar rrrevlous to hrr death, al though she continued to keep In close touch with those to whom the had en trusted the work and had a clear under standing of how it was being performed. Tha notice, read at the morning service f the mother church, was repeated at the (Continued uu coud Pagt.) South Dakota Commission Fixes Hearings Grain Dealers' Case Comes Up at Huron December 15 Other Cases at Aberdeen and Rapid City. PIKKltK. S. !.. I'ec. 4. (Special) The State Hallway commission at Its last meeting fixed Huron as the place and De cember 15 a the date of hearing on the protest of the South Pakota Grain Dealers' association against any Increase of grain rates in this state. They Bet hearings at Lemon. Pecember 20, Aberdeen, Pecember 21, and Rapid ity, December 22, as dates and places of earing on protests against the freight tes charged west of the Missouri river, "he Minneapolis ft St. Louis notified n of the Installation of an agent at -.ldall. A connecting track waa ordered In at Vienna, between the Milwaukee and Great Northern roads. A hearing waa set for Pecember 78 at Canova on complaint as to stock yards facilities. An order was Issued for a connecting track at Lennox, between the Milwaukee and Great Northern roads. The Northwestern company agreed to lo tato an agent at Oral, In Fall River county, after May 1 next. The limit of express free delivery at Aberdeen were ordered ester. led to In clude the Northern Normal school. The American Hxpress company ha agreed to put in a down town business office at Sturgis without further order from the commission. The Pakota Central Telephone company asked permission to Increase Its rental charges at Watiba-, Summit and Tyndall. on which applications hearings will be held at dates to be fixed. The Rockham Telephone company was given permission to Increase Ha rental charges. SOUTH DAKOTA FAGIN ESCAPES Man Who feed Bora to Aid Him In "teallna- Stock Gets Away from Deputy Sheriff. PIKRFK. P. P., Pec. 4. (Special.) The man M. M. Fdwards, who Is wanted in Stanley county on a charge of "rustling" and who escaped from the Hrule county deputy who had hlm In charge, la shown by the circumstances In the case to have been a regular Fagin In his work. Two sons of Mrs. Nellie Merrlfleld, a home steader, were the victims he picked for carrying on his work, the oldest boy being 15 and the other 13 years old. Edwards was teaching school some distance from the Merrlfleld home and one of the boya was stopping with tha Edwarda family and attending school. He first atole a cow and Bent the boys north to aell the animal, they disposing of It for S2o and turning over 110 to Edwarda. Next he took them to the ranch of Gilbert Pock and had the boys stand guard while he stole 'a., mare and .call... ' lf . armexJ Ilia boya and lnatructed them to' shoot If any one allowed up. Ha wnt the boya away with the animals, and tha owner, discov ering hla loss, started to follow, but lost trace of the animals near Cottonwood, but later learned that they were In the pos session of the Merrlfleld boys and secured possession. The boys were arrested and Edwards, learning of thla, made a quick getaway, leaving hla wife with several small children on the homestead. The Stanley county officials are offering a re ward of for the apprehension of Ed wards, but. as it has been learned since tho arriHt of the boya that It is not hla first experience, hla capture la very uncer tain. DAKOTA WOMEN PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR SUFFRAGE Mrs. John 1.. of Hnron Will Take (hare of Work Befor tne legislature. Hi: RON. 8. P.. Pec. 4. (Special Tele r.m T-rier the leadership of Mrs. John i. ivi nf this citv. chairman of the state executive committee, the South Pakota equal suffragists will rally tneir torces aim Inaugurate a campaign mora thorough and ..md than the one that closed in Novem ber. Work will be carried on through tounty central committeea. Mrs. Johnson, retlrin president, declared no rest will be taken until the womea of South Pakota are enfranchised, and to thla end a strong representation will ba aant to I'lerre during tha legislative session. BAT NELSON CHANGES HIS MIND PaKlllst Sara Ho Haa Abandoned the Idea ot tiolnar After Ad Wolff st. BAN FRANCISCO. Peo. 4 (Special Tele gram.) Before leaving here for his O-Bar ranch In New Mexico, Battling Nelson de clared he had abandoned hit determination to Insist on a first rhance at Ad Wolgrat. and will go after tho second and thlrd ratera after his real. In some elimination bouts to prove to himself and the public that he Is as good as ever. "I want to get tha right kind of work and build myself up," said Nelson, outlln Inng bis plans. "After that I will take on a bout with aomeono that I ought to beat If 1 am !5 per cent of myself. If I can knock that sort of a fellow out quickly, I will know that I am rounding Into form. "If the public ain't saUi-fled, I will take on any one the people want me to. If I win then 1 have a light to go after Wol g,ist. K I lose; well. It s good night to the l-oxlng game. I still think I can come back and Must I W ba able to convince my f i tends of this." Inherits Fortune, but Loves His Old Turnip Patch NEW YORK, Pec. 4.-(Special Telegram.) John M. McClufkey of Ireland and Scot land arrived here today to take possession of the Sl.WO.ftO estates which his brother, Jamee J. McCluskey. of thla city, left liiiii. John McClukey was not at all excited about taking over $l,0i).O. even though ho was found a. Icing turnlpi as a farm hand III Scotland by Andrew Wilson, the jawyrr, who seaivhed two Inlands for him. When they told John about his fortune, he replied that he would have to go back to the turnip silting, which the lawyers lnterruited. f'lwxibly John McCluskey haa a very clear vtiion of what U will mean to relinquish J tha calm, quiet, healthy life of a Scolluh ENGLAND STARTS BATTLEOP VOTES First Day's Balloting- is Something; of a Disappointment to the Unionists. MADE GAIN OF ONLY SEVEN SEATS Liberals Pull Through, Gathering in One Member. HAD EXPECTED TO LOSE FIVE Little Change is Noted in the Big Boroughs of Country. VOTE IS CLOSE IN MANY PLACES Already the Talk, of a Recount la Ilelnir Heard In Localities Where the Majorities Were Small. LONDON. Deo. 4. (Special Cablegram.) The first day's polling in Hie British par liamentary elections greatly disappointed the unionists. Returns from sixty-four constituencies aliow that they gained only sever seats, while the liberals gained three. The unionists had confidently counted on ' making a net gain of twenty seats. The I feature of the day s results that gave the liberals most cause for rejoicing is that in stead ot losing five seats in Iiondon, as they feared they would do, they gained one. In Perkham a liberal Is elected for the first time. v There haa been no change in the big bor oughs. The failure of Bonar I .aw, the ablest platform speaker on the unionist aide, to win Northwest Manchester, is a sad b?jw to the hopes of hla party. It will greatly Influence the contests for the remaining seats In Lancashire, which, evidently. Is determined to have no deal ing with the unionists as long aa protec tion remains on their program. Almerlc Paget, who married Pauline Whitney of New York, succeeded In hold lnd Cambridge for the conservatives. Irish Secretary Blrrell retained East Bristol. Two seats. West Bromwlch and Glouces ter, are held by the unionists by a bare majority of five and four votes, respec tlvely. In each case there will doubtless be a recount. On the whole, there la an extraordinary similarity In the majorities as compared with the election In January, although fewer persons voted. Result of the Vote. At the close of the polling the standing standing of a , art.es is Government C'oaiH'.Jn Liberals, M ; labor, 7: Irlsh-natlom'.lafs, C. Total. 63. Opposition Un'onUra, v. The unionists gained seven sesw, six from the liberals, .Sal'ord i south!, Afh-ton-UnderTyne, Wsrrlnxtan, Partington; King's Lynn and Orlmrby, and one from the laborltes (Wlgan). The liberals won four aeat.i from, the unionists, Manchester (southwest), Koch ester and the Peckham division of Cam berwell and Exeter, ao that the net Rain of the unionists Is three seati. of the parties Is as follows: The unionists reported the return of a majority of unionist free traders, of which there are many In Manchester, to the unionist party, but from the result of Mr. I -aw's attempt to capture the northwest district of the city the free traders seem to be keeping ahy of the party whose chief plank they so greatly opposed. In London the liberals held their own and a little more. Peckham, which left the party In a great bye-election In the controversy over the licensing law, has been regathered into the fold. Helped to Win Peckham. Captain Norton, Dr. T. J. MacXamara and C. V. G. Masterman, Junior mem bers of the government, all hold their seats and helped to win Peckham. In addition, the liberals held Haggerston, which many believed ' Rupert Gutnness would succeed In winning over to union ism. Augustln Blrrell, chief secretary for Ireland, and C. K. llobhouse, financial I secretary to the treasury, maintained their own position In Bristol, but were unable to Improve conditions for liberal ism. Two Canadians Sir Gllbert'Parker, as old member of the British Parliament, and W. M. Altken, a younger man from the Dominion take aeats In Westmln ater to represent Gravenaend and Ash-ton-Under-Tyne. respectively. Both are unionists, and Altken. for a nevlce, accomplished the unuaual. Dur ing the election he had to contend against the cry that he made hla fortune In cor nering cotton, having spent the greater part of hla life In tha southern United States, Cuba and Porto Rico. Another unionist gain must be credited to Sir G. Poughty who won back Grimsby, lost last January, gome of the stlffest fighting In the campaign took place in this constituency. Mr. Balfour personally took part In the speaking In behalf of the unionists candidate, while home secretary Churchill went down to help the liberal candidate. Talk of m Hffoml. Two aeats. West Bromwlch and Glou cester, are held by the unionists, by a bare majority of five and four votes re spectively. In each care there will doubt less be a recount. Many voters had moved to new districts (Continued on Fourth Page.) farm hand for the more feverish existence of a millionaire, weighted down with des Ilid American dollars. lie is not going to marry. He U not going to buy the old home In Ireland. lie Is m t golm; to remain here and be come a niulti-milllonalre. In fact, John McCluekey Is a most disap pointing new millionaire. He Is 'Z years old and has worked hard all hU life. Ills only concession to hla new financial station Is the wearing of an emerald gTeen velvet hat. A slight man. a hit gray In hair and mus tache, he gazed today at the city which gave him hi wealth with a calm, ulslnter eted eye. 7 wc N From the Washington Star. APPOINTMENTSJY ALDRICH " Something About the Men Who Get the First Plums. HTJSENETER WON - HIS POSITION 1'kalmajr ,( er-Wf- .n.Iljrbiya. Committee Grta Heward for Serv ices I)nrlaar the t'ampala-it Jaiat Closed. In his early selection of a portion of the men who will occupy official positions !n Nebraska for the coming two years Gov-frnor-Elect Chester If. Aldrlch has re warded first of all some of the men who directly had charge of his campaign. His announcement Saturday at David City 'n cludea at the head of I ho list WllMum Husenetter for oil Inspector, who waa chairman of the republican state commit tee and had direct oversight of the recent contest In Nebraska. Mr. Huasnetter'e home Is at Llnwood, in Butler, the home county of the new executive, who chose him aa campaign manager because he wua a personal friend In whose direction he reposed full confidence. Mr. Husenetter will fill the place vacated by Arthur Mul len, who Is now filling for a few brief mo ments the position of attorney general, following the resignation of W. T. Thomp son to assume a sollcitorshlp at Wahhlng ton. Hie oil Inspectorship carries a salary over the 12.000 mark, and there la a deputy for each congressional district. - , i i . Of theae deputies Will S. Jay of Lincoln will test o.l for the rirBt congressional district. Mr. Jay la un old newspaper man, lor many years on the business and edi torial staffs of the Lincoln Journal and the Lincoln Kvenmg News. Mr. Jay for merly lived In Pakota county. More recently he haa been on the editorial staff of the Newa. The selection of Charles A. Randall of Newman Grove to be chief deputy fire commissioner will give a position to one of Madison county's ex-senatora. Senator ltandall la a banker and aerved In the senate when the new governor was In that body. The aecretary of the fire commission la Miss Manite Muldoon of Omaua, who now holds that place. C. B. Manuel, present head of the Kear ney Industrial school, has been assured ot his reappointment. Mr. Manuel was tor merly eaitor of the tit. 1'aul fnonograpn, but he has achieveu prominence .n -Nebraska as chairman ol tne popuilst slate committee, which place lie now noma, in thla connection, it Will not be forgotten, the populists, or ul least mat poiuon which lollowed the advice ol mi: .uanuci in adher.ng to the ouiae of county opt. on, were dnecieu to tne ..yioii ot Air. miicn and against ins opponent in me lasi elec tion. I'arlarr for Frlvat serretar). (Jotinoi Aiunchs accieiary will ue L. 1J. fuller ol uauu Cuy, a member ol the law llrm of lAiuricli r'uuer ul J'a.iu L.ty. lu Hie caiiipajfcii Mi: fuimi cull uucted one ot uu bureaus at 1-iiicoiu, uatiu tho direction oi paKna. 1 lie rucuru cier in u: eoteiiior's ollice a C. C. lluated, who haa been in in. poamon since the iiicumbeiicy ui io-u..'. Mickey. H '.m from Otoe county and lias the dctulls of the office so th-irougnly in hand that ecii Incoming executlxe has ap preciated the fact with an appointment. Jamea Ixlchanty of Chiy Center, new warden of '.h? state's prison, for nine years wua depu'y warden of the I enltenliary, nnd only n year ago pave nay to the selec tion of Governor Shallenberger. For chief deputy labor commissioner an Omaha nan has ben picked in the person of Loula V. Guye, who haa been promi nently connected with organised labor In this city for many years. He la the editor of the Labor Advocate and had the sup port of the Central Labor unlun fur the yoalUoo. All Have Their Troubles mHt- Fit! Child, Supposed Dead, Oiii r n trim TVTrvl-i rvm nnrl yjl iUO AUi "iw!'" uu Hnrm. is Hrp.vp.nt.p.ri Bis V4 dk W Jk atki A W V V A V V aa, Three-Ytar-Old Girl Sits Upright in WjjiJiufj.Shfet When. Under-,,., taker Touches Her. . NEW YORK, Pec. 4. Just as the un dertaker put out his hands to lift the body of the 3-year-old Lilian Vian today to prepare her for burial, the child t-at bolt upright In her winding alieet, opened her eyes and cried "Mamma! I want my mamma, l'tr cold." A doctor was brought and said he be lieved the child's recovery would be per manent. The little girl had been 111 for five days with convulsions. This afternoon riie stiffened, her eyes glazed and none of the familiar tests showed any signs of life. SHERIFF SHOOTS SERGEANT Palnskl County. III., Official Spirited Away from Mob Which Kpruia to venae Dead Man. CAIRO. 111., Pec. 4. Night Sergeant of Police Wilford French was shot and killed at police hcadquartera tonight by Sheriff A. H. Kankston of Pulaski county. Hunks ton lives at Mound City and recently was arrested here by French, who retained Bankston's revolver. Bankston went to the police headquarters today and asked French about the pistol. French started to walk away and the sheriff fired three bullets Into the police sergeant. Kankston was overpowered by policemen and placed In the county Jull. Late tonight Sheriff liankston waa taken out of the rear entrance of the Jail by a deputy sheriff and then to Cairo Junction in a buggy, where he was placed on an Illinois Central train going north. At the time liankston was being spirited out' of the city mobs were being formed with the intention of avenging the killing of French. CLARK OPPOSES AUTOMOBILE Street Car Good Rnonah for House Member from Stale ot M Isaourl. WASHINGTON. Pre. 4. Hoth Champ Clark and Vice President Sherman were White House callers yesterday. The prospec tive speaker wns anked about his position In regard to ttie government appropriation for an automobile for the sp'aker and the vice-president. Mr. Clark opposed It last ear. "My position." said Mr. Clark, "Is the sunie as last year." "What would you do, then, rid In a street car?" "Well," said Mr Sherman, when he heard what Mr. Clark bad said. "I gueis I'd better get in training now." And he started walking away at a rapid pare. Figure of Brigham Young on Battleship's Silver WArilllNGToN. Pec. 4. ( r.pe hil Tele gtam )-Tliat the figure on the design for the. silver service for the new battleship, I'tah, It that of lirlgham YounK, the Mor mon upoMle, Is the assertion made In pro tests of piple i f I'tah that are poi.rlng Into Washington. It is charged that the declnn for the rer vicu was made by a Mormon alt I ot and that the committee, a majority of whom were Mormons, accepted the creation In a secret meeting. The Ctah is tne newest and one of the must powerful dreadnoughts of the Ameri can fleet. The people, who are protesting, a.-cit It will ! a national sh.ime to liive the figure of a man who for years prac :7i. nu-.v-.::.-if - ELKS REVERENCE THEIR DEAD Lodge Holds Services in Memory of .Departed Members. . ADDRESS BY JAMES E. KELBY aellaloaa aiantflennee nf Order la DIM- 'eassed ' by Upeakrr Hongi by Soloists and Quartet Large Gathering Present. With solemn ceremonials, reverentlnl words and tender music the Omaha Klks yesterday honored the memory of their de Parted brothers. The annual memorial services were held at the Orpheum theater, beginning at 10:30 o'clock. James E. Kelby made the principal nd-dre-s. Mr. Kelby discussed the principles of the order and Its religious alms In the course of his address. He' said In part: "Impelled by devotion, we meet aaln, as we have oft met before, to do reverence to" the memories of the absent onen, those members of this lodge whoBe names have been transferred from Its active rolls to the memorial tablets of the absent ones. Not only those who have passed since laB we met, but those also gone before. "This Is filling place and moment for this sacrament. Music, flowers a'.id adora tlcn lure spirits from the ne'.hT plane. Music, heaven born and pure as when the first chord was struck In past eternity, is the mystic languuge through which the Infinite speaks to us. It has a soul Its own. It has kept company with rogue and mint and sanctified tho one and elevated the other. Its mission Is to bless. It la pure aa GoS la pure, and while la-has gone Into temple of sin and den of innuity It has emerged without taint or Impurity and left beh'nd a benediction. Like the dews of heaven It falls on all alike, It Is the sesame to heaven and the byway by which departed spirits revisit earth. It Is the key bv which the door of memory Is un locked. It brings to uh Images of the beautiful, the good and the true. It starts as well as stops the tear. Its mission la to purify and enoble. It Is ihe cord which extends from our hearts to the shore be yond. Duty for All Times. "We are admonished to cherish will reverence the memory of those who have passed. Tills Injunction presses down upen each waking moment. Hut wo publicly exemplify and give expression to it once a year. To do full reverence and to yield proper homage we must think and feel. It is well to search our hearts If only once each year. Self-introspection Is the Initial Impulse of the soul toward redemption. To know one's self Is to chart one's tmpcrfec- j tlons and frailties and thereby to escupo I them. In this way and at this time we j scrutinize our own hearts and bare them , before deity. In this way we emphasize amw our belief in a conscious Individual ized existence after death. Continued on Second Page.) ticed poljawnv lit open defiance of federal laws on each piece of the rervire of this m!g;.ty battleship. The protests are com ing from man) poople of the state who coiitilhutcd to the fund for the service. The design shows the Mile, of a htill.llni resembling the Mi.rmon temple to the left, a clump of trees retenil.ling a ark to the rlirlit, and In the plaza In the center, a monument surmounted by the figure of a man apparently M years old. dressed as a M'i inon. The poise of the head is erect with the led hand ouut retched, while the light, banging by the side, holds In the band a scroll. The hair la thin above the fore head, and tha face Is adorned with whUUeis that reach t tha tup button of the Vwst- ' MEl'EK SUGGESTS NAVAhJlEFOKllS Secretary Recommends Abolishment of Light Stations as of Little Practical Value. MAINTENANCE COST VERY HEAVY Expenditure of Million and Half in Five Years. COMPARISON WITH GREAT BRITAIN United States Has Twice as Many Yards Now. MARE ISLAND IS ACCESSIBLE n Battleship Injured In Action onld Be Taken to station lre Ions IIlK Kxprndltnrea Compel Retention. WASHINGTON. lec. 5.-The results of a careful, personal investigation by Secre tary George von. I.. Meyer of many of tha navy yards and naval stations are appar ent In certain sweeping recommendations for the abolition of some of these and the development of others, ns set out In the secretary' annual report Jnt made pub lic. Secretary Meyer recommends giving up and dlsHslng of the naval stations at New Orleans, Pensacola, San Juan, Port Kojal, New London. Snckett's. Harbor, Clilehra, and Cavlte. He finds that the average yearly cost of maintaining thee stations for the last five years has been 11,672,675. while very little useful work has been ier fornied therein. ' In making those recommendations tha secretary says he Is following directly along the progressive plans which hava been adopted In our great commercial and manufacturing consolidations In thla coun try, that Is of dismantling unneccessary and antiquated plants and discontinuing their existence where It has been demon-" pirated that It Is unprofitable to continue them al a cost not commensurate wltn their product. The secretary discusses the strong points and shortcomings of the various yards at length and Incidentally he points out that the I'nlted States has twice as many navy yards as Great liritiiln with a navy nt least double the slse of ours. Touching the New Orleans yard, It Is said that Its po sition, 100 miles up the Mississippi river, Is such that in time of war no large ves sels should be sent there on account of tha danger of the passes being blocked. Tin Pensacola navy yard Is condemned as Im possible of fortification and aa strategetlu ally unnecessary. Uuantananio and Key Writ. The secretary thinks that the fcitlf and South Atlantic coaats ran best be de fended by an effective naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, where, tho emergency docking and r.'TjrfaelllHwjs'anotrtrt be pro. vided at an expense or about fcWO.COO Of IkO.OOO. This would involve the transfer to Guantanamo of the New Orleans floating dock and machine tools from the Algiers yard and from Pensacola. Key West alone of the gulf naval stations should ba maintained; not as a first class station but for the supply and quick repair of sitiall gun boats and torpedo craft operating in the Carrlbeun sea. The secretary predicts that In time of war the cities of the gulf coaat will be. from their natural security, the chief sources tif supplies and material and tho probable points from which our troops will embark either for the Isthmus of Panama for further transit, or for aer vlce in the Carribean, as may he required. Because the Portsmouth, Hoston, New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk yards have accessible dry docks, of which wa have too few, It Is found Impossible to give up any of them. Port Hoyal has a dry dock unapproachable for battleships or even cruisers, and the Charleston dock Is likewise useless, as the channel fills In at the rate of from three to four feet a yenr. On the Pacific coast Secretary Meyer finds the Uremeibin yatd at a disadvan tage through Its lack of railroad com munication and Its distance from any large supply of labor. Hut Its further da- t velopment Is regarded as a necessity In view of tho fact that the fleet at some time after the opening of the Panama cunal may be based In the Pacific ocean. Mare Islnnd of Little Value. The Mare Island navy yard Is very se verely criticised for Its Inaccessibility, both on account of its great distance from Ban Francisco and the shallowness of the channel. The muddy water of the San Putlo bay Is alao said to work havoc with the condensers of the warships. No bat tleship Injured In action could be taken to Mare Island, even fur temporary re pairs, nor could the yard be reached by a number of the heavy battleships or heavy cruisers, even when uninjured. But an 114,000,000 already has been spent on this yard, the secretary thinks that In order to avoid a total loss It would he wise to utilize It for such vessels as can reach It and also for miiiiiifarturlnif and repair work for the larger vessels as can readily be sent to the na.vy yard and returned to the vessels ling In Han Francisco bay. Looking to the future, be says that It will be necessary to establish a docking and repair station for battleships on Han Fran cisco hay In some locality yet to be se lected, and meanwhile the fleet must de pend upon Puget sound, although tliera should be more tlimi one yard available If the battleship fleet is to be based In tha Pacific ocean. Pearl Harbor will be made the principal Insular d fense base In the Pacific ocean. Olcngapo. In the Phil pplncs. Is to he a small re pair station, and tha. "tatlon at I'avile Is to be i1hibp,I of. Its tools belus; transHrted to.Olongnpo. Wauls 'hia Unities I pe. Following the established pol cy In tha mattir of annual riave.I construct on, the secretary recommends the authorization of two hattUshlls, one collier, one gunboat, one river gunboat, two sea, going toss, two submarines and one siihmnrUit tender. He Ltrongly deprera'ej ar.y hreAk In tiis established policy l enure of its vil effrct on the shipyards of the country, upon whose nia ntenance the navy limit depend 111 time of car. The suiiill crnl-ers and gunboats are becoming um lea through a si and while the d' l ul l in. nt desires to mini mize expenditures un such vessels of al vht military value, a certain number are abso lutely n'-cessary for pol.ee d.U. survevinir and other work IncMnital to times of j.ertCe. 'i'enity eua id about the eff,. tne !!?