New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1916, Page 5

SECOND CLASS MAI 1S NOW UNDER FIRE Newspapers Are Discriminated Aginst, Is Basis of Objection Washington, July 12.—There is evi- dence of a the leaders congress to enact legislation creating a zone system of rates for second-class mail mater. The existing rates, it is de- clared, are not equitable but discrim- inate in favor of the big magazines against the newspapers which only circulate locally, and the patrons of the first class service. It seems that for many vears rep- resentatives in congress feared tack- ling this problem because of threats of political annihilation. Now 'a sit- uation seems to have developed where the newspaper publishers feel they should not be required to pay as much for sending their papers through the mails as do the nation- al magazines. They base their claim on the fact that the average newspa- per circulates almost entirely with- in a radius of two or three hundred miles of its seat of publication while | the national magazines are circulated more generally throughout the coun- try. determination of among Situation Aggravated. The fight made in the senate re- cently by the magazine publishers against the “Blue Tag” system of the government shipping various maga- zines by freight has only helped to aggravate the situation. During the debate at that time several of the members suggested that a zone sys- tem of rates should be made applic- able to second class matter. Recently Representative Randall, of California, a member of the House | Postal committee, introduced a bill proposing the establishment of a zone | system of rates for all second class matter. The bill has created more than the usual amount of interest among members of congress and its author has received many letters of indorsement from publishers in vari- ous parts of the country. The mem- bers of the Postal committees in both the senate and the house seem to be taking a keen interest in the matter. On the house side it is re- ported as almost a certainty that the committee will include a zone rate provision in the next regular postal appropriation bill along the line of the provisions contained in the Randall bill. Commenting on his bill Mr. Ran- dall today, said: “My bill is de- signed to remove several gross evils or abuses from which the American people suffer in the administration of the postal affairs of the country, which are: $80,000,000 Annual Loss. “An annual net loss of more than eighty million dollars is occasioned by the one cent per pound rate on week- ly and monthly publications of the magazine class. 2. “One cent drop letter postage in every town and city, and ultimate uni- versal one-cent letter postage cannot be enjoyed by the people until this | great loss in the carriage of one class of mail at the expense of those who pay letter postage is stopped. During the calendar year 1915 the post office department issued two-cent stamps and two-cent stamped envelopes to the value of $159,395,250.76. During the same year, according to the offi- cial estimate of the postmaster gen- eral, its lpss exceeded $80,000,000 on the carriage of second class mail at one cent per pound. This is an as- tonishing revelation! As a matter of | fact, one-half of the postage paid on every letter bearing a two-cent stamp went to make up the deficiency caused by the insufficient newspaper and magazine postage. Daily Newspapers Suffer. 3. “Publishers of local newspapers, daily and weekly, * suffer enormous losses in advertising revenues by dis- crimination in postal rates in favor of publications of national character, lo- cated many hundred miles from the local fleld, but enjoying the same postal rate which the local papers pay in their restricted flelds. “The time has come when the postal service must be put on a busi- ness basis. Discriminations against the man who buys the two-cent stamp and against the publisher of the news- paper in the local field, must cease. The postal rate of one cent per! pound which is granted as a virtual | subsidy to the national papers of the magazine class has resulted in' fabu- lons fortunes for private interests, and | to which the postal department is giv- ing a plain contribution of more than eighty million dollars annually. “To make this more definite in the minds of the public, let me startling illustration of the working of this mail subsidy feature as ap- plied to one magazine published in Philadelphia. This is regarded as one of the highest class women’s publica- tions in America, and has more than a million subscribers, receiving more than $5,000 per page per issue for the advertising which appears in its columns. The June issue of this magazine contained forty-two pages of advertising for which the publisher received in excess of $210,000. Each copy of that issue weighed one and one-quarter pounds, and the department received 11-4 delivering each copy, whether subscriber lived in Maine or nia. The total amount received by government for delivering one million copies of the June issue was $12,500, while the publishers gathered in $210,000 for the advertising alone, to #ay nothing of subscription money. **The profit of this magazine from one month's transaction with the gov- ernment amounted to the difference between $12,500 and $216,500, or $197.500. “On the other hand the government suffered a net ioss on the handling of this mazezine estimated at five cents for each pound, not including the give a | postal | cents for | the | Califor- | the | work of delivery by carriers at desti- nation. Therefore the loss to the gov- ernment on account of the June issue was §62,500, while the publisher's profit was $197,500. During one vear's time the profit of this publica- tion, by reason of Uncle Sam's ex- treme liberality, amounts to $2,370,- 000, while the government pockets a loss of §750,000 on account of its friendship. “Thi the application of our mail subsidy to only one publication. The same abnormal policy is pursued with thousands of like publications, until today, as has been said, the net loss to postal revenues is in excess of eighty million dollars annuall “Can it be said that these publica- ' tions would be destroved by a differ- ent and more business-like policy? Here again in this illustration is the proof of the falsity of that claim. Out of the net advertising revenues an- nually of $2,370,000, could not this publication pay its postage bill of $750,000, and still be in a fairly pros- perous condition ? Rates Suggested. “The bill which I have offered to correct these abuses, namely, to elimi- nate the losses on second-class, or newspaper and magazine postage, to destroy the present discrimination against the lotal daily and weekly newspapers, and to make possible at once one-cent drop letter postage and ultimate universal one-cent letter bostage, reads as follows: “Sec. 1. That all newspapers, mag- azines and other publications regu- larly admitted to the mails as matter of the second class shall hereafter be subject to the following rates of post- age, the zone system now applying to parcel post matter to be adapted also to second class matter: “Local, first, second and third zone (under 300 miles) 1 cent pound. “Fourth zone (600 to 1,000 miles) 3 cents per pound. ixth zone (1,000 to 1,400 miles) 4 cents per pound. “Seventh zone (1,400 miles) 5 cents per pound. “Eighth zone (over 1,800 miles) 6 cents per pound; “Provided, that free-in-county ecir- culation provided by law. shall con- tinue as at present; and provided, fur- ther, that no discrimination in rates of postage on account of frequency of is- sue shall be permitted in the city or town where a publication is mailed or otherwise.” BACK BEHIND BARS Prisoner Who Mysteriously Escaped to 1,800 From Sing Sing Returns When Guanrds Fire at Him in Hudson. New York, July 12.—When noses were counted in Sing Sing prison last Friday night William Armstrong, thirty-five, a negro, was missing. There was the usual excitement and many believed he had escaped. Kut Warden Kirchwey and the keepers were certain that the man was only hiding, waiting a chance to escape. Armstrong was therefore classed for the time as a “stowaway.” This opinion was confirmed night when about 11:30 o'clock strong crawled from under a pile lumber in the northeast corner the yard, near the old power hou He got over a high picket lence and into the river before he was de- tected. . Two guards then fired at him and the negro came back to the pris- on. Warden Kirchwey questioned him but he was uncommunicative. The warden said that judging from the man's emaciated appearance, Tis friends among the prisoners had failed to get any nourishment to him during his four days’ conflnement. Armstrong is serving a term for burglary. last Arm- of of CLEARY MUST SERVE TERM. Court of Apncals Refuses to Reverse His Sentence. Albany, July 12.—William A\ Cleary, former democratic boss of Haverstraw, who after his acquittal of the murder of his sonin-law, Eu- gene M. Newman, was convicted cf forgery, must serve his three years and six months' sentence in Sing Sing, the court of appeals has decid- ed. He is now in Sing Sing. This decision upsets the claims of Cleary that the atmosphere of the trial ‘‘was surcharged with murder” and that his conviction was punitive and prompt- ed by a desire to avenge the killing of Newman. Deputy Attorney General Chamtbers, who prosecuted Cleary on the forgery indictment, said last night he would call to trial the indictments against Cleary for misapplication of Haver- straw’s poor moneys at the fall term. He said: “The affirmance of Cleary’s con- viction removes all doubt cast by Cleary upon the motive of his prose- cution. Tt is a step in the direction of clean government in Rockland coun- ACH! THEY VILL TOOT NO MORE! Pittsburgh's little German band is no more. When the war broke out its eight members joined the German navy and seven have been killed in action. The sole survivor, Koedel, a member of the German merchant submarine Deutschland's crew, has just written to his old friend, Captain Oliver Archibald Mc- Keel, telling of the deaths - of his seven comrades. Help Digestion To keep your digestive organs in good working or- der—tostimulate your liver, tone your stomach and regulate your bowels, take— CH BESLLSTS Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World. Sold everywhere. In boxes. 10e.. 25¢c. Herman | MUSEUM VISITED BY 8709 IN JUNE Many Rare Specimens Being Giy- en New Britain Institute Although the Museum of Natrual History and Art which opened to the public on‘the upper floor of the New Britain Institute on May 31 last is not as large as some other cities can | boast of, nevertheless New Britain | can take pride in the fact that it has | as well an arranged museum as the best. Also it can be said that the museum is larger than many institu- tions of like character in much larger cities. But—watch the museum grow! In the short time it has been open numerous gifts have been received. Almost daily specimens in natural history are brought to the museum to be added to the collections. Boys and girls as well as adults have donated many interesting things. A High school girl foun¢ a star-nosed mole, another girl a royal walnut moth, and £till others various interesting and some really rare specimens which they | took to the museum. Perhaps a total cf half. a hundred specimens in natural history have been added to the collections through gifts from boys and girls. Benjamin H. and Dwight J. Smith of Shuttle Meadow avenue have taken a very keen interest in the museum | and have donated some very interest- ing and rare specimens. They live in | a section where creatures of the wild | dwell in goodly numbers and as they | are natural out-of-doors men they | know just where to look for the in-| habitants of field and wood. The| museum is very fortunate in having | such men working In its behalf. Another person who has supplied the museum with a number of specimens is Augustus A. Bennett, a local taxidermist. In his field excur- sions he has found many things of un- vsual interest, chief among which was | a family of baby muskrats and chip- | munks and a set of box turtle egg: Many other specimens have been | given to the museum by Mr. Bennett. An unusually splendid and timely gift to the museum is a set of over | 100 original photographs of Mexico presented by James Shepard. In 1888 Mr. Shepard, in company’ with rx‘ srecial party made a visit to Mexico, which extended over six weeks. While there Mr. Shepard used his| camera to good advantage and | secured numerous splendid pictures. | Many of the photographs illustrate how the different classes of Mexicans | live, and show their typical dwelling | places. The views of cities and towns and country are the very best that a camera can produce, and Mr. Shepard can well be proud of the results he obtained. The fact that the soldier boys are in Mexico will cause people | to view these pictures with -unusual | interest. The photographs willl be placed on exhibition within a few | days. During the month of June 8,709 persons visited the museum, and from | present indications it is believed the rnumber of visitors in July will surpass | that of the opening month. | | | i WELSH BOX LEONARD? Not in Colorado Springs for $17,500, Says Pollok. New York, July 12.—Harry Pollok, returned safely to these shores from the distant port of Denver, Col., finds his homecoming somewhat embittered by stories preceding him to effect that Freddie Welsh, the lightweight cham- plon boxer, had agreed to box any | lightweight in the world for the title at Colorado Springs on Labor Da These tales first met Pollok at Chi- cago, and they ruffled him sadly. Re- iterations at Cleveland and Buffalo made him boil, and here in New York they drove him frantic. For “any lightweight” includes Benny Leonard and Willie Ritchie, and Pol- lok avers that it was not so nomi- nated in the bond. What! Box | Benny Leonard for a palty $17,500 out in the mountains when such a match near New York “is worth $50,000 to | Welsh?” Gentlemen, would it be fair? Would it be seemly? And as for Ritchie he received $25,- | 000 when he lost his title to Welsh in London. Shall Frederick the Great | recelve less to do battel again with Willlam the Defeated? Nay, nay, not by Pollok’'s halidom. Therefore, the promoters of the Hundred Million Dollar club in Col- | orado Springs are placed by Pollok in the far-too-previous class. They have the $17,500 and they have ‘Welsh, but they cannot rove the world blindly for an opponent. Pollok's duty to Welsh’s pocketbook forbids. GATE TENDER ASLEEP. Police Find Park Street Drunk, They Say At 10:20 o’clock last night Superw numerary Officer Nicholas Nesta re- vorted to police headquarters that the gate tender at the Park street railroad was drunk and unable to take care of his job. The man was “dead to the world” when the police took him in tow, they say. Railroad officials were notified. This is the second time within a month that a gateman at this cross- ing has neglected his duty A couple of weeks ago an accident was nar- rowly averted there in the afternoon | when the gate tender was asleep and failed to lower the gates. ‘Guardian VERMONT CELEBRATES. Montpelier, July 12.—Men of na- tional prominence and many former residents joined with citizens of Vermont today in ‘celebrating the 125th anniversary of the admission of the Green Mountain state into the union and to make plans for its v | and commercial developmest, | collector requested { be provided | condition GOST OF INSURANCE Chief Expense Is For Marketing Which Draws Companies Back Over | $100,000,000 a Year, Says Salesman Detroit, July 12.—Today’s sessions of the World's Salesmanship congress were devoted to departmental meet- ings, separate gatherings being held by lumber salesmen, insurance sal men, real estate men, automobile men, salesmanagers and others. Many of the best known lumber men of the country attended the meeting of the Ilumber salesmen, { which was presided over by R. H Downman of New Orleans, president of the National Lumber Manufactur- ers’ association. Addressing insurance salesmen, Edward A. Woods, of Pitts- burgh, declared: “The chief expense in life insurance is for marketing, not producing it, and the expense runs between $100,- 000,000 and $125,000,000.” He esti- mated 60,000 persons annually pass out of the life insurance business and that the cost of engaging, equipping, training and finally cancelling their contracts was $60,000,000. “In return for all the cost, benefit does life insurance get? benefit is very small.”” he said. what The HEALTH COM. SEEKS A MEAT INSPECTOR Committee Appointed to Interview Candidate and Report Back At its monthly meeting yesterday afternoon the health board again took up the question of meat inspection, a matter which has been under discus- sion since early last spring and on motion of Dr. G. H. Bodley a commit- tee of four was chosen to meet the candidates and report at a later meeting, recommending an applicant. The committee chosen is: Dr. G. H. Bodley, Dr. T. H. Bray, M. W. Daven- port, Dr. Arvid Anderson and Superin- tendent T. E. Reeks. The question of garbage collection was given some consideration. The that a larger box for his wagon as collec- tions these hot days are extra heavy. It was voted to provide the box for the wagon. Owing to the scarcity of labor cities all over the state are un- der a handicap in collecting garbage. Here the collector is working short handed and permission has been given some farmers to make collections. The board summoned a milk dealer to explain the condition of his dairy. Inspector Radcliffe explained that the man had been warned several times because of the unsanitary condition of his dairy. Dr. Radcliffe complained that the dealer is personally untidy and apparently is unable or unwilling to remedy conditions. In his own de- fense the dealer maintained that the farmers were to blame for the dirty of his milk. He was given to understand that the board would take no such excuse and will not al- low the sale of impure or dirty mil Superintendent Reeks reported that | ninemilk dealers are operating without licnses although the board advertised that licenses coul® be obtained. On motion of Dr. Bray it was voted to notify the dealers they will be prose- | cuted unless licenses are obtained be- | fore July 20. | ing committee The plumbers’ examin- reported that Frank Quinlivan and George Fogerty have been granted licenses, having passed the necessary examinations. A report on the condition of Cambridge street was made and the board voted to pe- tition the common council to have the street sewered. Dr. Reeks reported on the preven- tative measures that the board is tak- ing against the spread of infantile paralysis. All trains are met at Berlin and the names and addresses of peo- ple bringing small children here from New York obtained. In this way the board has secured track of twenty- seven people who are under supervis- jon and not allowed to mingle with other children. DIES AT AGE OF 103. Swampscott Man Thought Oldest Resident in New England. Boston, July 12.—One hundred end five vears old, and believed to be the oldest resident of New England, Thomas Upham of No. 332 Common- wealth avenue, died in hls summer home in Swampscott vesterday. Only | two months ago he underwent a ma- jor surgical operation at his homo here, from which he had recovered. He made the journey to Swampscott in an automobile on June 20. Until his illness in May, Mr. Up- ham had been in the habit of walk- ing downtown, a distance of fully two miles, every day to visit banks and brokers' offices to attend to his business affairs. He enjoved perfect health, was able to eat anything and everything, and played an excellent game of bridge. He was born in Wes- ton in 1811, and was the proprietor of a grocery store at Boylston and ‘Washington streets for many years. In_his later years he travelled much. City Advertisement Sealed proposals tion of a concrete Railroad tracks at Fairview cemetery will be received at the office of the secretary of the Cemetery Committee, 242 Main street, until 12 o'clock noon, July 17, 19 . All proposals shall be made out on blank forms, and accompanied by a certified check for $1,000 Plans and specifications for the construc- bridge TUnder the may be seen and proposal blanks obtained at the office of the City Engineer. The party to whom the contract is awarded, will be required to furnish a surety bond in the sum of $10,000. The Cemetery Committee reserves the right to reject any or all hids W. SCHULTZ, Becretary of Cemetery Committee ‘ WAR AFFECTS ATHLETES Men That Yale Believe Activities | Would Come to Standstill If War | Crops Out. | New Haven, July 12.—Some of the ressimistic Yale athletes who have left this city to go eventually to the | Mexican border as members of the Yale Artillery Battalion believe that, if actual war crops out with the Mex ican soldiers, collego athletics will be at a standstill, at least after the close of the football season. One Yale athletic captain said be- fore the members of the battalion: “If hostilities continue for a period of months, as many people fear, I do not believe that American college teams will arrange winter and spring athletic schedules. The football sched- ules have been arranged and I be- lieve that most of the games will be played, although in case border warfare or an invasion of Mexico dis- tracts the attention of the American sportloving public, the attendance at the gridiron games next fall will be small and the interest in them will be light.” Fewer members of the Yale football squad have been enrolled in the Yale Battery than members of any other of the Yale athletic teams. Only two who would probably be regulars next fall, are members of the Yale bat- tery, Charlie Sheldon and Jim Bra- den. J P. Walden and R. J. Farrar, guards for two seasons, C. H. Rob- erts, halfback, and end for two years and A. C Leisenring, substitute cen- ter, are members of the Battery, but all except Leisenring received a Yale diploma in June. Leisenring is a mem- ber of the class of 1917. He is the best hurdler on the Yale track team, as well as a promising football re- serve player. The Yale track team has lost Cap- tain Johnny Overton. Wesley Oler, captain of the Yale track team last vear, and Keith Potter, a prominent hurdler, are both enrolled in the Yale Artillery Battalion. Although a large number of the Yale crew have heen enrolled nearly all were members of the Class of 1916, Including Captain Seth Low, Bob Gil- fillan, Allen McLane, R G. Coombe, E S. James and §. Y. Galllard. One of the recent recruits is Ray Watrous, the varsity pitcher. The fate of the Yale Pageant which it was expected, would fill the foot- ball bowl with 68,000 people next fall, is as conjectural among the men as that of college athletics the coming year Although some of the athletes are pessimistic most of the members of the Battery were hopeful when they left here for the federal military camp at Tobyhanna, Pa., that the beginning of the fall term would see the close of hostilities and the dawn of peace between this country and Mexico, and all the athletes and other graduates back in the negligee garb of college undergraduates. Lush Disappears and Bridgeport Club Interest Is Turned Over to Ameri- can Chain People. Bridgeport, July change in the ownership = of the Bridgeport club was made terday, when it was announced that the Am- erican Chain .athletic association of this city had purchased a half-inter- est in the franchise from Owner *Ia ry Cornen. This is the interest Billy Lush was supposed to have bought. He withdrew Monday afternoon and American Chain people took his in- terest. Lush had already handed his check to Cornen to complete the transacticn, but he asked to have the check re- turned, so he could change an indorse- ment. He then disappeared and later sent Cornen a note saying that he had decided for business reasons not to go through with the pur 12.—Another PAY BONUS MONTHLY. Bearing Co. Changes Method of Rewarding Employes. Fafnir Bearing company has change in the way be paid the pro- The Fafnir decided upon a that bonuses will ductive employes. Up to the present time the company has had the men on an honer system that they would work the full length of time that their contract called for. At the end of every three months the day shift were given 10 per cent of the total earnings for that length of time and the night force 20 per cent. Starting this week the bonuses will be paid every month on the old scale and the signing of contracts will still be continued. Under the new plan if an employee is late or absent he loses the bonus for the week in which the absence or tardiness occurs, while {he old way it was given regardl of conditions The non-productive men, including officers and other men of that class, do not come urider the new system and will receive their honuses every three months. mads miserable Ty kidney Timer's Swamp-Root, the BLAME. ol aney remedy. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. You may receive a sample size bottle by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telling about it. Ad- dress Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. ¥., and enclose ten cents, also mention the New Britain Herald. PRINTING In Many Different Languages, BY SKILLED UNION MEN Moderate Prices. LINOTYPE COMPOSITION. Office Hours: 8 a. m. fo 6:15 p. m. Mondays and Wednesdays to 8 p. m. Tel Mgr’s Res, 179-5. Foreman 339.12 THE WHO IS BETTER TOBACCO The American one of Bridgeport tions, and the club is plenty of financial backing the factory owners is said lent backer. The athletic has been conducting a team cal Industrial league. M who is the factory director letics, will act as the temporary ager of the Bridgeport club somebody else is secured. Neal will probably remain as fleld captain Books are bein printed to cover re- maining games, and these will be sold in all local factori Plans are ) being made for a ‘boosters’ « which may be held August Portland as the attraction Bridgeport chamber of commerce Will take charge of the arrangements. Th new owners will start at once to strengthen their club Chain is bi company gest corpora- to have One of ) be ssoci in thc Healey, of ath- man until sure The Prepares for ch With the West. 12.—The Ea ke part in ver: Committee » ern the West decided at Side Tennis club at Forest , on August 4 and 5, will be selected by a committee camposed of Julian 8. Myrick of New Yor Edwin heafe of Boston, and Craig Biddle of Philadelphia Preparations for the New rlayvers second tennis team the West Hills, L, T York, July who will t annual match, to be EASTERN PRINTING CO,, TEL. 634 MGR. 53 CHURCH STREET, C. EBBESEN, raatches now undeér wa Harry Parker, who had charge of the distri- bution of tickets for the Davis Cup are 1| Tennis | | matehes of 1913 | the national ct | will act in the s | coming matches { office ¥ I ¢ d 1914, & nmpionships in me capacity f§ He has ope Forty-second pplications for ticke st In the event that the openinj schedules for Friday Is t will be played on not on the following Saf Western players have not named f the 1 indicatians ar Coast will be represen 1 as 'W. M. Johnston Griffin, Willie Davis, Ward Roland Roberts and Johns. NUNAMAKER SUSPENDH] Ne Y Catch New Yo vesterda of the been sul langua hlin during a § rikes in the sis game betwee ‘leveland on ha his he for ng of York and | = | OHIO RIFLEM Washington, July Rifle and Revolver Kings Mills, Ohio, the National association announced yesterad leading the small bore outdoor: 1<] oot at the end the fifth of a series of ten. Tts score i Auburn, N, Y., is second, with associatig