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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
DATE SET FOR LAND
TAX BILL HEARING
Measure to Encourage Building
on Lots Will Come Up
February 81.

ALBANY. Feb. 4-The Senate and AZ,
sembly cities Committees have fixed uron
February "a AS the date for a hearing on
the land tax bill backed by the New York
Congestion Committee, which has been in.
troduced In the Legislature by Senator
waiter Herrick Democrat, and Assembly
man Michael Schaap. Progressive leader
The committees feel that the sentiment IN
favor of the bill. which has been INTRO
duced for the last three years without any
active effort TO get it passed. is increasing
as shown by Senator Herricks willing
ness to introduce It.
The blu. as explained tonight by Pr
Rressive Leader Schaap. IL aimed to ais.
courage the holding OF land for spccula;.y.
purposes and to encourage the use Of land
for building purposes. j. supporters seek
To- accomplish this by reduction IN IN,
tax on improvements and a CORE pouI.nE
increase IN the tax on vacant land.
The bill provides for "A referendum 90 m.
question to the people Of New York .'.N
MIR. Schaap said Tonight that he hc',roI
the bill would be overwhelmingly approved
If the people should get a chance & o..
prove IL.
AT present" said Mr. Schaap. " nis
and buildings are assessed SEPARATED an
then taxed at exactly the sam" rate. II
this hili is passed and approved a." 'N
on the building Will he decreased o. p".
cent. for each year until the tax wi b
AT the rate OF on"-half OF the ttN m
posed on the land Itself. The ttN r
unmproycd land will, Of course nc As
corresaond!ugly.
we feel that tn" man who owns %,
of land IN the city and builds co.
home for himself should not be- p,r 7.i
for doing. Every house built iucr -rs
the value of the unimproved land .'..
by. The average Improvement or ..;.
To fu-n mr. three b, HtI tI
the land. and the result is that th' uHf
who makes use of his land pays tho. o
four times the amount of tax that .s '..I
by the man who holds his land cor %,
dog IN the manager policy not u~!.g
himself and preventing any one els rom
using l.. lie holds II for the pu.r1, Cd.
taking advantage of the Use l. 'f,1.
watch comes naturally As the popI, t,lon
Of the section increases.
Most o. the Older large fortu'.-
this country We're based on ,NA,tI. ~ 10
principle and to-day acres OF land VII"
the city limits are held 10y large estate
which refuse 20 sell them and rcfUs" 60
use them. AS a consequence" the o.
=, st,d parts OF the city become morr .un
gcsted. Congestion breeds disease. nh.
air and sunlight Couutcrayt I'. j. IS
hoped by this bill t. gr, Tia mta 10
small means a chance To hu.ld houl
where he and his family can a., tud
develop property and Hdiurd.l.
such u law has been enforced tor s't1"
years and has given great satisfaction IN
Vancouver and other Canadian cites
and in Houston, Ten, II has re,r.H,
leen adopted in number Of cities
Pennsylvania ana in Pueblo N.1
The bill has been defeated in New l.rF
state for the last three wears thruuEt
the efforts of real estate spectators. v..
would be hard hit by it, but has 60.
cred strength each year and now hj.
fair to go through"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
INQUIRY TO HAVE VIDE SCOPE
Assembly Votes Monday Night on
liberalization nv Com N, ittec

ALBANY. Feb 4-Cnder a special order
che Assembly next Monday night will
take up and Is expected to pass the reso-
luton PROVIDING fog a highway investiga-
ton and such other Investigations as the
public interest may require" by an As
sembly committee of eight. According to
the present plans the committee will delve
into highway matters, barge canal con-
tracts, the Department Of Public Works
and other branches of the State govern
ment.
The Assembly Ways and Means Com
mittee at a special meeting to-day voted
to report favorably the resolution agroed
upon at the Republican conference Tues
day which gives the investigating COM
mittee virtually unlimited powers.
The chairman of the investigating COM
mittee has not been selected according
20 Speaker Sweet, who has the appoint
ment of the committed
He will name five Republicans, two
Democrats and one Progressive, and there
Ss much speculation as to whether Mr.
Sulzer will land on the committee. He
introduced resolution demanding a
statewide investigation OF the charges
which have been flying about
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
SAYS T. R. WON'T Be
G. 0. P. CANDIDATE
Bird Sure Roosevelt Will Not
Run for Governor on
That Ticket.

Theodore Roosevelt will not be- can
didatc for Governor on the Republican
ticket says Francis w. Bird. County
Chairman of the Progressive party. Mr..
Bird says that this IL merely his own
opinion and that he has no knowledge OF
Col Roosevelt's intentions.
ANY notion that Col Roosevelt will
he a candidate for Governor of this State
on the Republican ticket IN. l believe,
utter folly" says Mr.. Bird. such reports
to this effect as have been circulated
during the past month have emanated
from Republican sources, who have hoped
in this fashion to stimulate the interest
Of their Republican followers.
personally ] have no knowledge or
information as to Col. Roosevelt's inten-
tons this year. but do not believe that
he has considered being a candidate Of
any party in the Fall campaign. and l
am confident that he will not run upon
the Republican ticket In any capacity.
II hope that the Progressive ticket
will come out strongly for the construc-
ton OF highways and canals by the State
itself rather than through the contract
system which has resulted In such gross
frauds. Furthermore that ticket will come
into the feld believe. upon a con-
Structive programme ~ governmental
and social reform.
1.-THE characterization OF the State gov
eminent by the election OF Governor in
whose hands should be centred the entire
executive power of the State and Lieu
tenant-GovernOr for term OF four or
even six years subject to recall tho cleo
ton OF single chamber Legislature for a
period OF two or four years, subject to re-
call the initiative and referendum unter
proper restrictions and application Of the
preferential vote to primaries and cleo
tons SO as to secure tho election OF a
majority candidate-these should be the
fundamental planks In the Progressive
campaign.
"The minimum wage for women and
children, the eight hour day In continuous
Industries, insurance against sickness, old
age and unemployment are among cardi-
nal features OF the social reform planks
OF any Progressive platform"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
AIRMAN IN FLYING BOAT
ALIGHTS ON OCEAN SURF
Palm Beach Aviation Record
BrOken-CirOve Dance
Draws a Thousand.

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. 1.-THE new
dancing floor in the cOcoanut grove has
made the afternoon teas there "A feature
and this afternoon more than "A thousand
people attended. In one Of the parties
Clarence Jones had as his guests MIR and
Mrs. Sherwood Aldrich. Mr. and Mrs
James Macdonald. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll and Or. owen kenan.
Mr.. and Mrs, Il. II, Filter, who have
3ust arrived from Philadelphia for the
balance or the season, entertained at tea
Mrs. Milton c. Work and Mrs. II. w.
Dupuy. Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing Hill. Jr.,
gave tango tea party for Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold G. Richards. Eugene A. Perry and
Harry Hoy.
In another party were Col and Mrs
Willis 5. Paine, Mr., and Mrs. William
Lawrence Green and Mr.. and Mrs War
rem f. Dennis. all members of the Tuxedo
set. Miss Alice Corners gave a tea. at
which were Miss Frederick Hoyt, Miss
Eleanor Head, Horace Charters, r. T..
Barnes George Wheat and the Misses
Doris and Christine Br!den.
In four years history of aviation in
Palm Beach the first descent into the surf
was made this morning by $. MacGordon
or New York, carrying as passenger
Wilnot II. Smith of the same city Frank
Cofyn, with Lieut.. Ellington, who was
later killed while flying. fell into the
ocean two miles out. but aside from this
landing there has been none in the sea
here until to-day. MacGordon used a
Curtis Tying boat He did some fancy
ry'ng above the bathing crowd. and then
uiighted among them.
Bywater Lodge, the home of the late
George II. Cluctt and one OF the hand.
soonest villas in Palm Beach, will be
tenantcd this winter by Mrs. William
Stone Smith OF Troy. who arrived to-day
win her daughter, Miss Dorothy Smith :
MI and Mrs. Ashton Henry and Miss
Madeline Henry, all of whom were In
Palm Beach for the season two winters
ttso.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Trmh,e OF Rayshore
arrived to-day on board their yacht Evira
with Miss Trmhle, their daughter. They
nrr going in few days to Fort Lauder
dale aud Fort Meyer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
HOW FOREMEN ROSE
TO INSPECTORS JOBS
Road Investigation Reveals
Easy Way TO Evade Civil
Service Law.
HENNESSY MEN TESTIFY
How Mr.. Law Secured n Con.
tract, Sold 1t, and Didn't
Get the Price.
HENNESSY MEN TESTIFY

ALBANY. Feb l--James w osborne
said to-day that since District Attorney
Alexander Of Albany had intimated tina,
he could see no moral turpitude In the ap.
proval OF the S1s Foley good roads re-
pair contracts in 1912 by Bensel, PcciS
and Reel, the State Highway Commits
soners ut that time. he had brought on,
testimony that would warrant grand
5uries in Columbia, Rens selaer. Mont
gomery and Warren counties In invest.
eating work done under these contracts,
and that the end was not yet
1t was brought out to-day that candi.
dates for appointment MS foremen of la
borers in the state Highway Department
receiving from $50 to $3.50 a day who
told the state Highway Civil Service
Commissioner that they had experience In
road construction work had their names
placed on the civil service list without
passing examinations and without verif.
cation Of their statements that they were
familiar with road work. once they were
on this list these men were eligible to
appointment as highway inspectors with.
out further examination.
Commissioner Osborne announced that
he would take up each of the sixteen
roads which the Hennessy investigators
examined. and he asked Joseph J. Curren
one of the IIennessy men, TO have his ex.
hibits ready tomorrow.
Mr.. Curren and Henry i. Morrison. an.
other Hennessy investigator. testified that
the $4,000 spent in resurfac!ng the road
between Glens Falls and Lake George
In 1912 was lost tn the State, as soft sand
stone was used and in less quantity than
binder was useless because it WAS to,
thin. They declared that II there had
been proper inspection of this road Il
could not have been built or accepted and
paid for.
William j. Law. Republican. repre-
sentng the Newport CONSTRUCTION Com
pany. contributed 5000 to Norman r.
Mack In 1911. In the same year he re-
ceived several highway contracts--one for
for $4,000. He said ne had been asked
over the telephone by Everett Fowler to
contribute to the Democratic fund
When Commissioner Osborne asked him
why he. "A Republican. should contribute to
Democratic fund. he replied. That's a
hard question. whereupon ne was ex-
cused from answering. lie testified that
after receiving "A contract for a road in
Herkimer county under "A bid of $4,000
his company sold the contract to another
firm for $4,000.
THAT firm he added has not yet paid
us the money for this contract. and II you
can jog them little / shall feel Indebted
to you"
Commissioner Osborne told him he had
nothing to do with this end of the trans
action.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
SUFFRAGE KNIFE OUT
FOR FOES IN SENATE
Mrs. Blatch Threatens Defeat
by Women for Demo-
cratic Members.

The refusal Of Democratic Congress
men 10 concern themselves with suffrage
has sounded the knel Of the Democratic
Senators from the suffrage states. ac-
cording to Mrs. Harriet stanton Rlatch.
The Democratic Senators from suffrage
states must CO. she said yesterday,
"rhey occupy a strategic position and the
defeat of very few will give control OF
the senate to the Republican party, Then
we shall see what the House can do.
"Many OF the Democratic Senators are
our friends, but the Republicans who take
their places will he no less willing to
opinion after all We do not care what
a few Congressman think about suffrage.
We want Congress to refer this matter
TO the State Legislatures And We pro-
pose TO have them do II.
Congress cannot say things are this
or that. They have To meet political is
sues. and suffrage is one of them. We
have the direct election of Senators now
and we shall see what the women In the
suffrage states will do with it.
1.-THE Republican party has taken one
stand at least that will help us, n repre-
s,.ntatlon based not on population but on
votes. II that rule We're general we should
have suffrage in "A hurry. The East
would not see the balance of power swing
to the West
Am a Republican? Ny father was
Democratic Senator"
II have known even Democratic eau
cuses to he broken" said Miss Mary
Carrot, Hay, chairman of the Woman
Suffrage party. II broke one once my
self IN Arizona, We shall see what we
shall see"
1.-THE National Association will work
against all opponents of suffrage. but not
as Democrats, We need Democratic
votes to pass our suffrage amendments
In Missouri and Nebraska" said Or Anna
Howard Shaw. president of the National
Suffrage Association.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
PLANS FOR STATE CAMPAIGN
Young Mems Progressive RcpuhIi-
can club Talks Candidntr.

Plans for the next State caupatGu vera
discussed yesterday NJ a luncheon .. %"
executive committee Of the Young ~
progrcss,v" Republican club iu 'na ,.
headquarters, Gl5 West l3G'h .'...
District Attorney Whitman, N,,r. ..
Stimson, Job Hedges and sheriff G.
hagen were named as the lktl.">' '.. .'.
Material candidates 10 haN" IN, ..
support in the next campaign
The Young Mems club wants W".tu
Barnes, Jr,, removed from tn, $780,.
Craftsmanship and favors ogden l.. Sc
Herbert Parsons or Henry l.. -
FOR the place
The Young Mems Progressive l...
can club was n l'ull Moose uig,'. .
until last year, when il switched ..
Republican party There ulc $500
hers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS's VISIT
Comes Here In the Interest Of Irish
National Theatre Movement

William Butler Yeats, the Irish artist
author poet playwright. is passenger
on the Lusitania, due tomorrow. Il has
been many years snse he visited this
country. He IL coming now At the invita-
ton of his friends. who have taken great
interest in his Irish national theatre
movement. and while here he will deliver
lectures on the subject.
The first luncheon here in Mr., Yeats's
honor will be given by the Poetry Society
on Tuesday In the rooms of the National
Arts Society. His first lecture will be
given at IL O'Clock on Wednesday morn
ing under the direction OF the League for
Political Education at the Berkeley Thea
tire. West Forty fourth street. Mr.
Yeats's subject will be THE Theatre and
Beauty"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05

clared TO be antagonistic to the Assoc.
ated Press, under any contract aer,.
ment or understanding with such u.,
son or association In relation to or N
connection with his or it's business Of fur
nishing news"
BY order of the board OF director.
MELVILLE r. STONE, General Manager
Please acknowledge receipt Of this not,ca
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
SINGER SUED FOR $4,000.
Mrs. OPP de- Beck Says Mime. Mau.
bOurg stole Husbnnd's Love,

Nine. Jeanne Maubourg. contralto with
the Metropolitan Opera Company, who re-
Gently obtained separation from Paul
Bede. "A singer at the Opera Comique in
Paris was sued In the Supreme Court
YESTERDAY for s5o.0oO damages by Mrs
Emile NJ. OPP de Beck.
The plaintiff alleges that tho singer
slienated the affections OF her husband
Ferdinand Op dc Beck, and Sought to
persuade him by offers of money and other
wise to leave the plaintiff and go with
the d, PENDANT to reside"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05

uting news in the United States and had
n virtual monopoly thereof. which II has
ever since attempted to maintain" is the
way THE SUMS complaint characterizcs
the situation.
The methods by which the Associa ted
Press gathers and distributes news are
described. In the year 1899 1t spent over
s1,750,00o. OF which over $2Ss.000 was
for foreign news: the cable tolls alone
of the account of the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet In said Spanish American war
were over $4,000. and the total expendi.
lures for reporting the war exceeded
100000"
Four news agencies practically divide
the world among them. Reuters gathers
and distributes news in the British En-
pre. China, japan and Egypt the Volt
of Berlin "covers' the Teuton!c, Slav and
scandinavian countries; the Agence
Havas of Paris Is the great collector OF
the news OF Latin nations and the Asso-
ciated Press has for Its province the
United States and its colonies. the West
Indies and Central America. These great
agencies have many tributaries; in Italy.
for example. the Stefani Agency with
headquarters at Rome handles the news
of all Italy and possesses an immeasur-
able advantage over all competitors in
that 1t IL the official agency. To 1t and
to 1t only the authorities give all Gov
ernmental Information. The Stefaai
Agency Is In part owned by the Agence
Havas and works In close alliance with
the Paris organization.
The enormous and unfair handicap
which has been imposed upon THE SuN
by the methods OF the Associated Press
is described as follows:
since the disruption and disarmament
OF the United Press. as aforesaid. there
have been and still exist In the United
states several news bureaus. most of
winch collected news OF a special char
acter or upon "A small scale by reason of
the immense difficulty of the task and
tho great expense required.
In addition to these smaller concerns
the undersigned has maintained large
and efficient news bureau called the Sun
News Bureau. which has been an active
competitor Of the said Associated Press
Association and whose news facilities and
service have justly acquired an extended
reputation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05

WAsHiNGToN. Feb. 1.-THE Senate in
executive session this afternoon confirmed
the nomination OF Col. George w. Goeth-
als to be Governor OF the Panama Canal
The nomination was sent to q committee
and reported back favorably and took tho
usual course
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
NEW HAVEN TRAIN HITS PRIESTS
Two Other Men Killed when Engine
strikes Automobile.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Feb, two men
were killed and others. both priests, Were
badly hurt to-day when New Haven
train struck their automobile at a grade
crossing near the East Blackstone sta
ton.
The dead are J. r. Arthur Robeg OF
Woonsocket and Arveste Leoni, chauffeur
The injured are the Ruv. II. j. Gaudet,
cnrate OF Sa. AIMS Church. Woonsocket
and the Rev. George Trottier Of Gardi-
ner Mass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05

Five boys escaped from the Hudson
County Catholic Protectory early yester-
day by knotting sheets together and slid
ing from the third hoor. Three of tho
boys ran into "A policeman and were
ought back The two Others are MAS
ing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05
Great Cost Of Gathering News.

IL would, however, be impossible even
for tho undersigned. although published
m the largest city of the country and
with large financial resources, to continue
Its work II II only collected the news for
lts own columns and IL was unable To
sell the news to other newspapers. In
other words. the collection and dlstribu-
ton OF the news of the world require
such great facilities and entail So great
an expense that 1t Is impossible for any
ono newspaper to present to it's readers
Inc news OF the world unless Il can share
tnr expense with other newspapers nv
fese!ling the news thus collected to other
newspapers
The Associated Press corporation. we'll
knowing this fact and desiring to destroy
an competition in this branch OF com
merce. has for some years declared All
competing news organizations. and .spe-
ciaIly It's most formidable competitor the
sun News Bureau, antaeonistic to said
corporation, whereby in accordance with
inc provisions OF the bylaws Of said cor.
poratiOn and by thair respective con-
tracts all the members OF the Associated
= I'ss' comprising large variety OF tho
Ieau'hs newspapers Of the United States
"''" prohibited from buying news from
any OF the said Independent news agencies
ana especially the Sun News Bureau
ABOUT March. 1900. said declaration v,s
J." FORM r.scinded. but meanwhile said
corporation had succeeded In ,normousi,
uniting tn" number OF patrons q, s,,o
uther news vending concerns a. v.o a.
me income derived by them respectively.
rom inc vending OF news: by means
WHEREOF the smaller Independent concerns
were derived of tho capacity and ability
10 gamer and vend news for the ms. ~
:. "spapors outside OF the CITY Of Na,y
Urn except OF very limited charac,,r
rs compared with the comprchensiyruess
" thr information and news gathered ana
80" ny said corporation: and tho sun
vows bureau could only efYectu,lly cow.
,'te NJ "A great and almost in,oIcrahla
that newspapers during all q.
-, r,rlHI last mentioned were prac,i-
NV uhdo!" 10 procure much of tho In
i"rm't.on and news gathered ~. . ~,
,"'Potati"n for timely publication .xcen,
'N obtaining tho news reports OF sa,d
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-05

'"hpialnt next recites the decision,
'"o supreme Court of Illinois IN tho
,t -. 'ne 'hlcago Inter ocean against
IA" Associated Press This fatnn,,s -,
yea the Associated Press I'm lis ,nxi.,, -,
keep us monopoly unweaken.d =, -,
"Nci"s from Illinois and reappesr ns
'''o'atioh under the laws of New yo,L
miracle or legal prestidigitation
p rtHE inc Illinois supreme COM, a.
'eu 'hat me business of IN. Associo,aJ
F'ss had become SO impressed win,
'uu'' interest mat 1T must submit to ho
,.o,,, :, ''er oS the public for the common
GOOD The court also said: The sol,
purpose for which news was xa,h.rn1
was that the same should he sold ara 81,
newspaper publishers desiring to purcbaso
suci' news Tor publication are entitled ,o
purchase the same without discripina,,o,,
against them"
me Associated Press Stockholders u-a,.
'o'u frankly AT their next annual meetIpr
" 'N'S No. l'Vo' by their directors tina,
'"tH must chanCe their bylaws
cutting out the monopolistic features nr
give up their Illinois charter. The stool.
h"'deiS wouldn't abandon the mononnI,.
nc i"ea and preparations were irnmcdi.
a'ely begun To duplicate the associatIo,,
under the New York laws.
Inc mighty difficult task OF reore,ni,i,,
IN New YORK was successfully accom-,
pushed, ad' ana at midnight on September 30
l""u' practically every member NJ ,h.
Associated Press of Illinois beca,,. '''o
member or the Associated Press az Now
YORK. The sending of thousands OF vords
over thousands OF miles of leased ri,o,
never ceased for Il second and cyerythi,,.
went on with almost AS complete serenity
~ p'iore the decision OF the Illinois cour,
mere We're ON" or two points. however. I'm
Ml,'h II had been found impracticable t.
n..l Ia lot -