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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. '
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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
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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.
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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 !!?
