9 TIIE. MORNING OREGON! AN,, SAT.UEDAT, JANUARY 24, 1914. SINGLE TAXERS TO LIMIT ENDEAVORS Campaign to Be Confined to States in Which Leaders' Hopes Are Highest. AID PROMISED IN OREGON Amendment Similar to One Recently Repealed in This State Will Be Pressed in California, Pro viding Home Rale. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan.. 23. The campaign for the adoption of the single tax will bo car ried forward gradually, and for the present In those states only where sen timent Is most favorable, according: to the decision of the Joseph Fela Fund Commission at its recent annual meeting- In Washington. There Is to be no nation-wide campaign at this time. Two reasons are assigned for this policy; one, the lack of finances suf ficient to conduct a campaign over the entire United States, and second, the lack of favorable sentiment in many states. While Joseph Fels still stands ready to contribute dollar for dollar to a single tax fund, local contributions have not been as large as the leaders of the movement had hoped and Mr. Fels has not reached a point where he is willing- to contribute annually an amount ample to carry on a widespread campaign. Oregon Not Represented. Notwithstanding the Interest of many citizens in Oregon in the cause of single tax, no delegate from Oregon attended the recent single tax confer ence in this city. Thomas Davles, port warden at Seattle, was the only rep resentative of the Pacific Northwest. Reports from W. S. U'Ren and other advocates of the single tax in Oregon were in the hands of the commission, but owing to lack of time, these re ports were not read. The conference, which preceded the annual meeting- of the Fels fund commission, discussed the work in various states during the past year, and many appeals were made for support of campaigns in different states. -. ' Those speakers who addressed the conference, and alluded to the single tax fight which was made and lost In Oregon last year, expressed confidence that the fight, to be renewed this year, will prove successful. It was charged that the single tax amendment was defeated largely through misrepresen tation, and with the funds that are to be made available by the Fels com mission, this year, it is proposed to carry on a campaign to disprove the assertion that the single tax would be inimical to the interest of the farmer and small home owner. Outside Aid to Be Given. The members of the commission are satisfied that the single tax cause In Oregon is being managed by the right men. but it is admitted that outside assistance is needed to overcome oppo sition, and thl3 will be furnished not only In cash but in literature and in speakers. The discussions and the decision of the Fels fund commission favored con centration of effort to bring about adoption of single tax in Colorado cities under a home rule amendment now in force. In California an amend ment to. the state constitution similar to that recently repealed in Oregon is being pressed by the single taxers, and though it was defeated last year, re newed efforts will be made this year to force the adoption of the amend ment, so that those cities which so de sire can swing- to a single tax basis. California speakers in the conference gave assurance that single tax senti ment in California was strong and with the right kind of campaign, aided by money from the Fels fund, it was pre dicted that the home rule amendment would carry this Fall. Lincoln Stef fens, who was present, assured the delegates that the "labor ranks in Cal ifornia are full of single tax senti ment." Daniel Klefer Review Work. . The single tax conference was opened by Daniel Klefer, of Cincinnati, chair man of the Joseph Fels fund commis sion, the man who raised the "dollar-for-dollar" fund for William J. Bryan in 1S96, and who is the chief lieuten ant of Joseph Fels in promoting the single tax cause. Mr. Kiefer reviewed the accomplishments of the past year, and spoke In hopeful tones of the out look for the future. It was he who voiced the sentiment that the single taxers, for the present at least, must concentrate their efforts in states where there is the brightest prospect of success. As to Oregon Mr. Kiefer said: In Oregon. In spite of the fact that the Legislature is reaction, popular dissatis faction with the tax system compelled the submission of an amendment, which. It adopted, will allow classification of property for taxation at different rates. For doing this the members deserve credit regardless ef whether they understood or not, while doing- it. that they were clearing the way lor a future single tax legislature. Our friends In this state will make a campaign for an amendment of their own, so drawn as to make evident the hypocrlsv of the opposition which claimed, in the campaign oi iia io nave only tne interest of the Zarmer ana small homeowner at heart. A. paper which received extended consideration and led to much debate was read by C. B. Fillebrown. in which he made the assertion that the peril of the single tax today in England, just aa in Ireland, lay in trying prema turely to make it a political issue in stead of letting it win its own way, There was some sentiment in favor of using the Fels fund for propaganda work and utilizing the money available in conducting a campaign over the en tire United States, but the remarks of Mr. Fillebrown and those of other leaders resulted finally in a unanimous vote in favor of the present plan of concentrating effort In those states which show the greatest interest in the cause; in other words, letting the move ment, grow gradually and develop with time, rather than undertake to build tap an enormous and costly machine In the old political sense. Education, said Mr. Fillebrown, was the proper meth od of promoting single tax sentiment rather than any attempt at organlza tion In a political way. Amos Finchot's talk was along gen eral lines, but it was noised about the convention that hia brother, Gifford intends to run for the United States Senate as the Progressive party can didate and on a platform advocating both single tax and Government own ershlp. One resolution adopted by the con ference advocated the adoption of an amendment to the Federal Constltu tion. to read as follows: "Congress shall hav. power to lay and collect a direct tax on land values without apportionment to the several states and without regard to any cen us or enumeration." A third resolution adopted by the conference read: "Whereas state control of public utll lties Is wholly undemocratic, "Resolved, that this conference urges all supporters of the" 'democratic move ment to oppose actively the creation of state-wide commissions that in any wise infringe on the fundamental dem ocratic right of home rule and local self-government." An effort was made to commit the conference to a definite policy with re gard to forested lands, and a resolu tion outlining such a policy was of fered, but was sidestepped and re ferred to a committee for further con sideration. There was a suspicion that the forestry resolution might be "load ed," and the single-taxers did not care to take a position from which they might be obliged later to recede. The resolution referred to reads as follows: Whereas, 'conservation of our forests Is vital to the prosperity of every citizen and every Industry, . and the continued welfare of the Union; Whereas, the taxing annually as a land value the value of standing timber Is un just and encourages the premature cutting of the forests and discourages the practice of forestry by which a new forest crop may most surely be secured; Whereas, the single tax movement stands for conservation in Its most fundamental and comprehensive form; be It Resolved, That it Is the sense of this con ference that the single tax, as applied to forest lands, should provide for: An annual tax on the value of the bare land for that purpose to which, it is best adapted by its location and physical charac ter. A "cutting" and yield tax on all lumber material in the virgin forests, such tax to be based on the stumpage value of the tim ber when cut. - An exemption from taxation of all planted or other forms of second-growth forests growing mature under man's supervision. LIIJO CONFERRING f WITH CRISIS IN VIEW RADIUM MINER ACCUSES BALTIMORE PHVSICIAS CHARGED WITH ULTERIOR MOTIVE. Danger of Monopolization of Radium Ores Declared Groundless Chem ical Company Bays Claims. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Hearings before the House mines committee on bills proposing the withdrawal of radium-bearing public lands were con tinued today. Joseph Flannery, of the Standard Chemical Company, admitted that his company yesterday closed a deal for five additional land claims in Colorado. He denied, however, that his agents were under orders to buy all the radium claims they could "lay their hands on," and said his company now had all the claims it needed. Charges that Dr. Howard Kelly, of Baltimore, had inspired the eilort to withdraw radium lands "to divert at- ention from himself" were made bv O. Barlow Wlllmarth, head of two radium mining companies of Colorado. Fears of monopolization of radium ores. Willmarth said, were groundless. Thomas Curran, who said his family owned and operated 70 claims in Colo rado, told the committee that doubt as to IJr. Kelly's humane motives was not possible. Chairman Foster announced that the contract with Dr. Kelly for experiments to discover process for reducing radium would be put in evidence later. HUNTINGTONS REACH COAST Retinue in Second Private Car Taken to Oak. Knoli Home. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 23 (Special.) H. E. Huntington and his bride, for merly Mrs. Collls P. Huntington, ar rived in Pasadena today in the Hunt- ngton private car. The car was switched to the Oak Knoll branch of the Southern Pacific, and a few mo ments later Mr. and Mrs. Huntington were at the Huntington home, where preparations for their return have been going on for several months. Ten ser vants also arrived, occupying a second private car. Mr. and Mrs. Huntington will pass several months in Pasadena and Los Angeles before returning to New York. Much interest centers around the presence of Mr. Huntington in Los An geles. It is expected he will renla.ee W. E. Dunn, who is said to be acting only temporarily as president of the Los Angeles Railway, which was in corporated a month ago and represents the merger of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation and the City Railway Company. UNION EJECTED AS SPY Mlneworkers Vote Pocahontas Local Is Made Cp of Detectives. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23. On charges that it was an organization maintained by a detective agency for the purpose oi getting a spy into the convention, local union 979 of Pocahontas, W. Vs., was expelled by the convention of United Mlneworkers of America todav. M. D. Whitesell, the delegate accredited to the union, was not present when the action was taken. The attack on the union was started by A. R. Watkins. of Yorkville. O.. an international board member, who as neriea mat it was dangerous for a union miner to appear in the neighbor hood of Pocahontas. "Show the spy to us and we'll care for him," shouted Thomas Cairns, of Charleston, W. Va., president of the district in which Pocahontas is located. xne resolution to expel the union from the organization was adopted unani mously amid cheers. Huerta's Downfall Believed Near and De La Earra May Be Successor. HARMONY TO BE SOUGHT P0ST0FF1CE "RIDER" LOST Assistant 'Postmasters Will Not Be Exempt From Civil Service. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. A point of order late today struck out of the an nuai fostofrice appropriation bill the rider" to exempt all of the country's 2400 assistant postmasters from the civil service law. Advocates of this provision, which had drawn emphatic disapproval from President Wilson, made an ineffectual attempt to have reported a special rule to head off the point of order. . vv nn a roiicau in prospect, a pro vision to autnoriza a workmen's com pensation scheme in the Postoffice De partment caused the House to adjourn tonight without final action on the bill. The measures probably will be passed tomorrow. VESSEL LOSES PROPELLER (Continued From First page.) President's Envoy Believed to Be Surveying Situation to Deter mine How Events Will Turn When Change Befalls. ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Conviction in Administration circles that the Huerta regime in Mexico is rapidly ap proaching a collapse has led to much discussion here of the nature of John Lind's frequent conferences with Mex ican leaders. Belief is expressed that President Wilson's representative is surveying the situation to determine how events will shape themselves when the Huerta structure falls. Mr. Lind's latest conference with Jesus Flores Magon and other Mexican statesmen have interested members of the diplomatic corps, who pointed out tonight that in view of President Wil son's reiterated statements that he would not recognize Huerta nor any of the things for which he stands, the American envoy might naturally be in duced to throw out hints as to whet type of man would meet with approval of the White House. . De In Bsrra'i Standing; High. They thought that Mexicans would in all likelihood embrace an opportuni ty to sound Mr. Lind informally as to the acceptability of various leaders who might arise when the crisis is reached. So far as officials here are advised. the vicissitudes which preceded the Madero revolt and followed the down fall of that leader's stormy incumbency of the presidency have not detracted from the high standing 'which Fran cisco de la Barra. at present Minister to France, attained as the man of the hour when General Diaz was forced to abdicate. Factions May Unite. Senor De la Barra was brought for ward as the leader who as provisional president would placate factions pend ing a new election. Some of the dip lomats believe that De la Barra could again compose the situation in Mexico so as to permit of the choice of a suc cessor. They regard him as the man under whose leadership all factions would be most likely to shift their ac tivities from the battlefield to the bal lot box. Some uneasiness was occasioned at tne War Department today by the ap pearance of smallpox among the Fed eral soldiers and refugees near El Paso Tex., and instructionse went forward to Brigadier-General Bliss to proceed at once with the vaccination of the sev eral thousand soldiers, as well as the women and children who crossed over ir :o Texas after the fall of Ojinaga. Forced Loans Burdensome The general condition of financial affairs in Mexico was summarized in this .statement from the State Depart ment today: Americans are findinir the forced loans levied upon them a great b. rden." -me Kbano oil district in San Luis Potosi Is reported to be fully con trolled by the Mexican federal govern ment, so that oils be furnished to the railroad with little interruption. secretar, Daniels sent this messaere to Rear-Admiral W. C. Cowles. com manding the squadron in Mexican Pa cific waters: "Upon the occasion of your detach ment from recent duties the Depart ment wishes to assure you of its annre- ciation of your able and discreet man agement of affairs of the West Coast of Mexico." strong nwval power, thereby placing that power in a position where it would have practically undisputed con trol of the trade routes, he would be so near as to place our trade in jeop ardy, and would virtually put him in a position of potency right off our coast on islands sufficiently fertile and large to maintain his force and to give him a splendid harbor as a place for supply and refuge for his fleet." Private Purchases Limited. The committee included In the bill a limitation providing that not more than 10 per cent of any appropriation Included in the bill shall be used to purchase from private manufacturers articles which can be manufactured in the Government arsenals, when con tract prices exceed Government costs of manufacture. , "The policy of practically complete arsenal manufacture of mobile artil lery ammunition in place of divided arsenal manufacture and purchase." said Representative Sherley's report, "means an ultimate saving of $3,000, 000 to the Government." NATIONAL BANKING REVOLT IS QUELLED National City Bank, Prospec tive Insurgent, Decides to Enter New System. PABLIAMENT IN UPROAR ARMED GUARDS EJECT MEMBERS OF HUNGARIAN BOUSE. Debate Over Press Reform BUI, Which Prohibits Attacks on Government, Results in Duel Challenge. BUDAPEST, Hungary. Jan. 23. Armed guards bad to be called into the lower nouse of the Hungarian Parlia ment today to eject unruly members of the Opposition in the course of a de bate on the press reform law. Ex-Premier Count Julius Andrassy, Count Aia dar St. Zlchy and a dozen other Depu ties were thrown out of the building after defying a ruling by the President. The uproar was so great that it was impossible to conduct business until the wearied members of the opposition had quit the house in a body. As the result of Insults bandied across the floor of the House, Deputy Desy challenged Count Stephen Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, to fight a duel. The press reform law was carried after the tumult had subsided. The bill is designed to protect the government against attacks by the press, but the opposition insists it imperils the free dom of the Hungarian people. MARINE CAPTAIN INDICTED Charge of Assaulting Stepmother-in- Law Is Made. ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 23. Indictments charging Captain Ernest E. West. Unit ed States Marine Co.-ps, -wit'- breaking into the house of Mrs. John E.- Jones, -of Atlanta, and assaulting her, with intention' to kill her, were returned by a grand Jury here today. Mrs. Jones. who is Mrs. West's stepmother, told the jury that the officer attacked her on December 2 last. Captain West is at liberty on bonds pf J1000, required in Recorder's Court, where he was arraigned on Mrs. Jones' charges of assault and battery. Ac cording to the testimony. Captain West came tp Atlanta from his station at Puget Sound to defend a suit for divorce filed by his wife. Mrs. West had custody of their child, a boy. Captain West testified that he went to the Jones residence merely to see the child. He denied he attacked Mrs. Jones, but said he "pushed her out of the way." COOK SH00TS DIPLOMAT France's Agent at Tangier Killed in Presence of Guests. "TANGIER, Morocco, Jan. 23. Paul Chevandier De Valdrome, the French diplomatic agent here, was shot and killed today by his cook, a man named Sure, in the presence of guests who had been invited to attend an official dinner in the legation. All the guests had assembled but the cook refused to serve the dinner and M. De Valdrome, after vainly expostu lating with him, ordered him out of the house. The cook, drawing a revolver, shot the diplomatic agent twice, one bullet lodging In his back and the other in the neck. M. De valdrome staggered into the salon and fell dying into the arms of a high official. The murderer was arrested. The tragedy has created a painful im pression, as M. De Valdrome was popu lar here. As soon as his death became known all the diplomats and nobility in Tangier called at the legation and expressed their condolence. , FLAMES DELAYING RESCUE Helmet Men's Search for Mine Vie tlmcs at Bingham Blocked. . BINGHAM. Utah, Jan. 23. So dense was the smoke in the Boston mine of the Utah Copper Company today that search for the two miners who were cut off from escape Wednesday was brought almost to a standstill. Atten tion was directed to getting the flames In the shaft under control. Water in great quantities was pumped into the lower levels of the mine through air pipes, but because several cave-ins broke the pipes on the upper level, the fire continued to- burn fiercely above. Attempts at rescue ;.. far have cost three lives, and company officials have taken precautions to prevent further loss of life. The helmet men were tied together when they entered the mine. sky and a steadily rising wind. The position of the Elizabeth is be tween Duxbury Reef and Point Bonlta, a dangerous stretch of the coast. The Elizabeth is the property of K. T. Kruse. She has a net tonnage of 2S4 tons, is 142 feet long, 35 feet wide and had a horsepower' of 350. She is in command of Captain Olson and carried lumber and passengers between this port and Coquille River. Steel Trolley Cars Opposed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Arguments against Including electrlo trolley lines in legislation to enforce the use of steel cars was made today before the House commerce committee by Arthur W. Brady, president of the Union Traction Lines of Indiana. Use of metal cars In electric service. Brady told the com mittee, would increase the danger of electrocution of passengers in wrecks. CALIFORNIA FEELS QUIVER Windows Rattle in San. Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. The seis mograph at Chabot observatory. Oak land, showed a slight vibration travel ing from East to West at 7:33 o'clock tonight. Windows rattled in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. No damage wa reported. PLANS TO FORTIFY MADE (Continued From First Pa ge. ) but the defense of the Pacific Coast Is also a reason; I thick the fundamental reason. If we do not hold securely these Islands, capable of sustaining a population of 500,000 people, and if lht:y should fall into the hands of PRISONER DUPES CAPTORS & . Deputy Marshal Dined, Eluded and Left to Pay Bill. NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 23. Jack Wil son, prisoner on a charge of stealing arms and ammunition from the camp of the Fifth United States Cavalry last May, treated his captor. United States Deputy Marshal Price, of Phoenix, to a dinner here tonight. When the two finished eating. Wilson dodged out the back door of the restaurant and ran across the international boundary, 200 feet away. Price was left to pay the bill and motirn the sad ending of his first arrest. Wilson is a bartender. He, City Mar shal Wright, of Nogales, and A. C. Villasenor, prefect of Nogales, Sonora, were indicted by the Federal grand Jury on charges of stealing the arms for sale to Mexican constitutionalists. MANN ACT GETS PARSON Minister Arrested for Alleged Ad venture With Neighbor's Wife. ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 23. Rev. B. F. Landis, a minister of Prices Fork, Va., was arreBted today on a warrant charg ing him with violation of the white slave act. The minister was arraigned before a Federal Commissioner at Floyd, Va. and his case was set for February 10. Mr. Landis, the warrant charges, paid the transportation from Price's Fork to Bluefield, Va.. of the wife of a neigh bor named Jones. They registered at a Bluefield hotel as brother and sister, remaining several days. It is further charged that Landis asserted his "sis ter" was subjecjt to epilepsy and re quired constant watching. HAWLEY PROPOSAL LOSES Amendment, to Increase Rural Car riers' Pay Falls Technically. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 23. Representative Haw ley today offered an amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill increasing the pay of rural carriers from $1100 to $1200. with $50 a year expenses, bu the amendment was defeated on point of order. Mr. Hawley proposed the Increase to compensate rural carriers for the ex pense of keeping teams, for which they now receive no allowance. APPOINTMENTS GIVEN OUT Oregon and Washington Postmaster Selections Are Made. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 23. Fourth-class postmas ters have been appointed as follows: Oregon Edward A. Barthrop, Dolph, vice M. A. Meador; Harvey L. Chase, Fife, vice M. Scoggins, resigned; Era- mett Brown, Waterman, vice G. McKay Grace Harrj Watkins, vice L. Harr Minnie Southworth, Seneca, reap pointed. Washington Annie L. Wills, Fort Canby, new office. St. Louis Vice District to Close. ST. LOTJIS. Jan. 23. The EegrefcatKi vice district of St. Louis will be closed for all time on March 1, 1914, by an order of the Board of Police Commis sioners issued tonight. The order the result of a crusade waged by the Committee of One Hundred for the sup pression of commercialized vice. It means the elimination of about 70 re sorts and about S0O inmates. EW LEFT TO HEAR FROM Opposition to Currency Bill on Part of Biggest Institution in Country Had Led to Belief vIt Would Stay Out. NEW YORK. Jan. 23. The National City Bank, the largest institution of its kind in the country, will in all prob ability enter the Federal reserve sys tem to be created by the new cur rency law, it was learned from offi cials of the bank today. This put at rest rumors recently current to the effect that the National City Bank con templated surrendering its Federal charter and merging with the Corn Exchange Bank, the largest state in stitution. Such an institution would create a state bank whose combined resources probably would overshadow any regional reserve bank which might be established at this center. It is probable no official statement will be made until the return of Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank, who is now in Paris conferring with James Stillman, tne chairman of tne board of directors. . Financiers Show Surprise. Financiers not affiliated with the National City Bank expressed surprise when informed of its intention, chiefly Decause of the opposition to the cur rency bill maintained by some of its leading officers. Moreover, the mis understanding said to exist between the bank and the Treasury Department at Washington gave rise to the belief that the bank was seriously consider ing the organization of an institution which would enable it to become formidable competitor of the new re serve system. The difference between the National City Bank and the Treasury Depart ment oegan with the expulsion from the Department of a woman employe of the bank who for years gathered statistical material in the Department tor tne city Bank. It was the opinion of other bankers today that the attitude of the National city Bank assured the entrance of virtually all other National banks of importance in this section of the coun try whose opposition to the law has been pronounced. Talk of a revolt from the National system by reason of the enactment of the new law has converged largely around the City Bank and other banks with which it was known to possess influence through stock ownership by omciais or tne Dank and interlocking directorates. Some of the largest .National DariKs of this city have al ready applied for membership in the new system, including the Chase National, the Park National, the Fourth National and the National Bank of Commerce. This leaves few banks of the first rank yet to be heard from One of the chief causes of opposition on the part of the New York banks to the new Federal system has been the belief that they would be deprived of the power of keeping funds of out- of-town institutions, which aggregate nunureas oi millions or dollars, and tne handling of which has been ex vemeiy profitable. KAXSAS CITY SUBMITS CLAIM Bankers Have Support of Oklahoma, but St. Joseph Opposes. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 23. Governor Hodges, of Kansas, and ex-Governor btubbs appeared today before the com mittee for the organization of the new Federal reserve bank system and urged the establishment of a reserve bank at Kansas City. Governor Hodges told Secretary of tne -.treasury jvicasoo and Secretarv of Agriculture Houston that if there were any delinquency in the state lawn of Kansas which would prevent "state banks from coming into the reserve system the next Legislature would remedy it. He said Kansas had shown a normal crop increase last year of f 240,uiiu,U0l, and that most of this busl ness had been done through Kansas City. Ex-Governor Stubbs told the com mittee that the Southwest looked to Kansas City for its financial needs and the financial needs of Kansas would not be served by a bank west of Kan sas city. Several Oklahoma bankers asserted they favored the establishment of a reserve bank at Kansas City and that most of the banking business of their state was done a.t that point. They said a bank should be established at either Dallas or Fort Worth, Tex., and said they would favor the Texas points as second choice to Kansas City. The Oklahoma men protested against being assigned to either New Orleans or Denver territory. J. O. Schindler, representing the St. Joseph Clearing-House. Association, made a vigorous protest against plac ing St. Joseph in Kansas City terri tory. "St. Joseph belongs to the Chicago reserve district and we want it to be placed there," he said. "The natural trend of our trade is eastward." J. F. McAllister Indorsed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- 1 Op en Letter to subscribers 6F the METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE and the Postmaster General Your copy of the February METRO POLITAN will be a "few days late. The. Postmaster of New, York held up our early mail, explaining that in his jug- ment, the -reproduction in this number ' of sculptures by Paul Man ship, who won the. first prize in the present exhibition of the National Academy of Design; was unmailable. On an appeal to Washington the magazine was finally released. ..We tegret the delay resulting from this pre posterous action, and we sincerely protest against what-we believe was an unwar ' i ranted and arbitrary exercise of power on the part of the New York Postmaster. Bewildered and pained, we are at a loss to explain how any representative of the American people could see the slightest Teason for closing the mails to our beauti ful reproduction by Rotogravure of Paul Manship's creations, to which the greatest art authorities in the country awarded first honors. In our enthusiasm we be lieved .our reproduction of art subjects by the new rotogravure process the first time in . a big magazine was a master "Stroke of publishing enterprise,' and we still believe that the American people the progressive men and women of the country to whom the METROPOLITAN appeals will agree with us. The, action of the New York Postmaster seems to us the more blind and pernicious because he has singled out for his attack one of the very 'few magazines which does, not admit to its pages so-called "sex" fiction and objectionable advertisements. We beg of our readers that they will carefully examine the rotogravure section in the February METROPOLITAN and tell us whether, in their judgment, the action of the Postmaster is not a serious menace to .the liberty of the citizen and the free dom of the press ? H. J. WHIGHAM, Publisher 432 Fdurth Avenue; N. Y. January 20, 1914 Our sale is drawing to a close All Fall and "Winter Shoes are greatly reduced, including the celebrated Hanan, Boyden and Lairti-Schober Shoes f A) Vy7 1 129 lOth Street, Between Washington and Alder ington, Jan. 23. Senator Chamberlain has received and submitted to the Inter state Commerce Commission a large number of indorsements for J. F. Mc Allister, of Portland, for appointment as. Assistant Chief Inspector of Loco motive boilers. It is believed the ap pointment will be given to A. G. Pack, of West Virginia. The Xizam of Hyderabad la reputed to be the wealthiest Individual in India and one of the wealthiest persons In the world, with a personal income said "to amount to fz. 501). 000 a year. I iirta nZi"'"" v w rail It AMf TTKe crenuirPLC BakerS Cocoa and ESTABLISHED I7SO aker's Chocolate have this trade-mark on every package, WALTER BAKER SCO. LTD. DORCHESTER. MASS. i