The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1913, Page 5

r DRDER SMASHING TRUST WILL AD IN FIGHT HERE FOR GHEAPER PHONE RATES Public Service Commission Will Give Another Hearing on Demand for 5-Cent Basis Throughout the Greater City. Reduce telephone rate to as five-cent basis, Abolish the telepho toll charges between horoughs. If the Publie Service Commission won't do it NOW, make your Senators and Assemblymen do ft at Albany, ‘The United States Government has' Of interborough toll charges, Among disciplined the Telephone Trust and checked {ts policy of monopoly. ‘This action will prove of direct valuc to the people of New York City and Greatly assist Tho Evening World's campaign for cheaper telephone rates in this city. Following the lead of the National Government, New York can now dis- cipline its local telephone company and put an end to its policy of ex- tortion in rates and interborough oll charges. The Telephone Trust promises the ernment that neither the parent ny nor any of its subsidiaries, this includes the New York Tele- ione Company, will buy up any more telephone companies. The New York Telephone Company jas deen milking millions of dollars out New York City patrons in order to ¥ up all the telephone companies In peven Eastern States. This policy must now cease, There is no longer any ex ouse for the extortionate rates inflicted on New Yorkers. RATES MUST BE BASED ON COST OF SERVICE. Telephone rates in New York City must come down. New York will pay suMictent rates to give itself good ser- vice, but New York need not pay any Jonger extortionate rates to perpetuate the company’s policy of monopoly and aggrandiszement in seven States, New York's rates must be bascd on cost of service in New York City alone. Open the books and see how the city has been milked. After a month of postponement the up-State Public Service Cominission will give another hearing on New York's de- mand for cheaper telephone rates on Monday, at 10 o'clock A M., in the! Assembly Hall of the Metropolitan Lito Building, Madison Square. Chairman M. B®. Decker will preside. 4. H. Winkler, of No. % Wall wwtreet, will demand that action be taken jon bis petition that now has been pend- ing for sey val months, Memorials, reso- Jutions and petitions by the score have ‘deen poured in on the commission dur- ing the last month, urging prompt re Met. Large numbers of civic associa- thong have appointed representatives to tend the hearing and support the de- mand. The New York Telephone Company was ordered by the commission to sub-| mit at this hearing a statement of Its) efraings, expenses and ment in New York Cit figures have been carefully concealed to prevent the public from knowing how Vast are the profits from the extortion- ate rates to subscribers and the extra tells charged for messages between bor- ital inves- oughs. Rates charged in New York are the Biggest in the country, despite the fact that the business here 1s twice that of Fale is, “The more subscribers you et, the more you charge them.” ‘Sew York is the only city in the ‘United Mates which stands for ad- Gitional toll charges within the city ‘Limits, ‘The Telephone Company seeks to per- petuate its present extortions, Its latest acheme is to assert that no reductions in rates can be made until a complete appraisal of its physical property is made by experts to be used au a basis for a revised schedule of rates, | This appraisal will take at least one year, more probably two years. It will cont $100,000, which the tele- |phone company asserts the people muat pay if they want revised rates, ‘The telephone company makes the bluff that If its rates are reduced by order of the commission or by act of the Lesisiature it will appeal to the courts and delay proceedings for years, The Public service Commission ts clined to approve of the valuation scheme, regardless of the years of time | necessary, | ‘Fhe Public Service Commission says it has no money to employ experts and that the Board of Aldermen must appropriate §100,- 000 of the people's money, in order to regulate this greedy monopoly that is extorting millions = year ent of the public pockets. From the large number of communti- ations and resolutions received by The Evening World from telephone sub- scribers it te apparent that if the Public Service Commission at its meoting M day does not grant relief from the tel Phone extortion, the Legislature will do it over tho commission's head RESOLUTIONS BY CIVIC BOARDS AND OTHERS, Civic assocations, boards of trade, tax- Payers’ alliances, trade unions and also individual telephone subscribers have been signing petitions and writing to the Public Service Commission, Many of them have addrossed The Evening World indorsing its efforts to bring @bout reductions ia rates and abolition —_ Bervice, net? | of trade in our borough to further t the formal resolutions forwarded to Th Evening World are the followti HIGHBRIDGE TAXPAYERS’ ALA. Willlam J, Flynn, President; Harold H. Harding, Secretary— The Highbridge Taxpayers’ Altance, representing 10,00 inhabMants in the ity embracing that portion of x lying between Was! on the north, Macomb’ Bridzo on the east and Yariem River on the west, heartily indo! vuniver= sal telephone rate of five cents through+ out Greater New York and requests you to #0 express thelr view through your paper, and we truat that your efforts iI] he successful forthe neces- needful change. TY-EIGHTH WARD TAX- “IVE ASSOCIA. TION OF BROOKLYN, Jared J, Cham- vers, President; J. A. Eatrup, Secre tary— Whereas, The New York Telephone Company is charging exorbitant mtes for its service, and New York City tele- rates are the highest throughout ountry; and Whereas, There should be @ uniform ve-cent rate throughout Greater New York, with no extra toll charges; and Whereas, Steps have been taken to lay the question of cheaper telephone rates for New York City before the new Legislature when it convenes, Jan. 7, 1914; Therefore, Bo {tt resolved that we urge Senators Fellx J, Sauer, H. A, Torbvers and Assemblymen-elect Edward R. W. Karutz and August C, Flammen to do all in their power to bring about cheaper telephone rates, Be it further resolved that the Twen- ty-elghth Ward Taxpayers’ Association appreciates the relentless fight The Evening World and Attorney M. 1. Winkler are waging to bring about lower rates and that coples of these resolutions be forwarded to the above mentioned. WYCKOFF HBIGHTS TAXPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION, Brooklyn, Charles Muellor, President— As President, I beg to inform you that our association has forwanied to the Public Service Commission a letter regarding telephone rates and abolition of ail toll charges within the city mits, basing our stand on ground similar to yours, The Allied Board of Trade and Tax- Payers’ Aasociation of Brooklyn, of which I am secretary, has taken similar steps, Following your editions daily, I am greatly interested and gratified at ¢! 001 Work being done in the inte! of the public by your valuable paper. Any assistance that can be exerted among our fellow taxpayers and boards 00d work will be advocated by me and my associates, GREATER NHW YORK MASTER BARBERS' ASSOCIATION, J. Lanza, President; Benj. Milone, Secretary— At u special meeting of the Greater New York Master Barbers’ Association ® resolution was unanimously passed that this association be represented by Joseph Schneps of No. 37% Broadway, New York, at the hearing before the Public Service Commission for @ reduc- tion of telephone rates which The Eve- ning World advocates, UNITED MASTER BUTCHERS’ A8- SOCIATION OF AMERICA, Brooklyn Branch, Charles Griamer, presidept; Willam C, Holling, Secretary— The Master Butchers’ Association of Brooklyn, in meeting assembled, hi adopted résolutions calling for the re: duction of telephone rates to a basis of five cents per call for the entire city of New York and the abolition of all toll charges within the city limita, The above resolutions are to be mailed to every State Senator and Assembly- man-elect of Kings County, who will be asked to see ¢hat the public gets relict from this extortio: UNITED MASTER BUTCHERS’ A8- SOCIATION OF AMERICA, Bronx Branch, Philip Storminger, president; John Schulz, Secretary— I beg to inform you that the following resolution was unantmously adopted by the Master Butehers' Association, Bronx Branch: Whereas, the telephone rates charged by the New York Telephone C in New York City are exces unjust and more than {8 necessary to earn for the said company a fair and reasonable income on its investment, Whereas, it Is charged and we belteve It to be a fact that t phone Company uses a large percentage of its profits, unjustly taken from New York City subscribers, in meeting and stifling competition {n other elties, and, Whereas, we belleve that the said New York Telephone Company is now foeking to perpetuate and continue said practice of collecting an unjust and ex- rate from its subsertbers in New York City for the unjust and un- lawful purposes aforesaid; therefore, be t Resolved by the Master Butchers’ Ai Jation, Bronx Branch, that we heart- fly recommend to the Public Service Commission and to our Senators and Ttepresentatives in Albany the enact- ment of laws that will immediately re- duce the telephone rate in New York {ow to five ceni@ per call within the| New York Tele-| ity and the abolition of all toll charges within the city limits. TAXPAYERS OF THE BRONX DE- MAND A REDUCTION. TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, George M. Schulta, Presidont; Philip J. McKin-| Jey, Recretary:— Whereas an application ta pending be- ission tion fore the Public Service Comi (Case 372) for a revision and rei of message rates charged by the ork Telephone Company to Its sub- seribers in the mtrouoplitan district of New York City, Resolvet, That the Taxpayers’ Alliance of the Borough of the Bronx recommend to wald Public Service Commission that & grant the prayer of sald petition and that this organization joins in the prayer of sald petition te the end that all rates between subscribers in ti boroughs of Manhattan, Hronx, Broo! lyn and Queens (except as to exchanges known as Hammels, Far Rockaway, Springfield, Hollis and Bayside) be eliminated and that a uniform char; not to exceel five cents for each telo- phone message or telephone call of five minutes’ duration or less be fixed as the maximum to be charged. Resolved, That this organization ap- point Harry Robitsek, its chairman of committee on Legisiation, and Philip J. McKinley, its Secretary, to attend the | hearing before the Public Service Com- mission in said beh>I¢, ALDERMAN-ELECT HARRY RO- BITZEK-I beg to inform you that I have been co-operating with Mr. M. H. Winkler, petitioner, who has Dresented an application to the Public Service Commission of the Second District tor revision and reduction of message Fates charged to subscribers in the met- ropolitan district by the New York Telephone Company and that at the Jast meeting of the Taxpayers’ Alliance of the Bronx suitable resolutions were adopted, Not only as First Vice-President ot the Taxpapers’ Alliance will I take atfirma- tive action to carry out the recommenda- tions of the resolutions, but as Alder- Man-elect for the Thirty-eighth Alder- manic District I will do all in my power in the Aldermanic Chamber to bring about @ reduction of the telephone mes- “age rates when I take office on the first of January next. JAMAICA CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION, John J. Bliss, President; D. Nelson Ray- nor, Secretary The Janiaich Citizens’ Association at its regular meeting passed a resolution indoraing your campaign against the Present telephone rates in the city of New York, and decided to assist in every way possible in securing the much-needed reductions. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS JOIN THE MOVEMENT. UNITED REALTY GROCERS’ ASSO- CIATION, Henry Lohman, Secretary: At tho last regular meeting of the ELOPING DOCTOR EXILED TO C: MISS ADA, RNSHAW WEEPS. Dr.G.W.M*SDOUGALL Dr. Geoffrey Wextropp Macdougal of Noy 41 Washington Square, South, whose father was at time Governor of Manitoba, Canada, and Miss Marion . Earnshaw, the elgh ar-old daugh- ter of Elmer E. Earnshaw of No. 374 Wadsworth avenue, were arraigned be- fore Magistrate Krotel in Harlem Court yesterday. Dr. Macdougal was charged with abducting Miss Earnshaw, who was alno held on @ charge of being Incor- rigible, ‘They were arrested after they had on United Retail Grocers’ Association reso- lutions were unanimously passed in- the movement for the reduction phone rates in Greater New York, We would be pleased to go on record for this section, WEST END CITIZENS' LEAGUE OF 3 BOROUGH, Ernest Buckland, Secretary: At @ recent meeting of the executive League of Queens Borough, the vigor. ous campaign waged by The Evening World for lower telephone rai City of New York was highly cot mended. The subject being one which at various times has engaged the atten- tion of our members, | was instructed to inform you that this league had con- sidered the toll charges exacted by the New York Telephone Company and be- Neved thom unreasonable and excessive, At our regular monthly meeting in November a resolution was passed ap- Proving the proposition to abolish the system of toll charges and favoring a uniform charge of five cents per call throughout the entire city. Some two or three years ago the Pub- Ho Service Commission conducted an inquiry and ordered certain modifica: tions in charges of the New York Tele- phone Company. 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She wept when she learned Dr. Macdougal had been exiled. “We have no Intention of marrying, jut I do not see why he has to go back Ba STEPHENSON DENIES CLAIM. Senator Says He Did Who § Not Hire Man 2 for 810,000, WASITINGTON, Dec. 2%, — Senator Stephenson entered a general dental in the District Courts here to-day to the $10,09 claim of Rodney Sacket, a ar HE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1018, PAUL KELLY GUNMEN GUILTY OF KILLINGS: BOTH T0 SING SING White Slaver Murdered Rival While His Pal Shot Smug. gler for Opium. of No. 8 Went One Hundred and Sixth Atreet, indicted for killing Jerry Mader In front of Paul Kelly's garage in Weat Forty-first street, between Seventh and Highth avenues, on the morning of April %, waa convicted before Judge Rowalaky of manslaughter in the first degree. The killing was the reault of A& fight between two gangs as to the territory In which their “white slaves” were to mum penalty ts twenty years onment Im Sing Sing. In the Criminal Term af the Supreme Court, before Justice Davia, a jury con- vieted Alexander Demeo, twenty-three years old, of No. 305 East One Hundred Impriae and Fourteenth treet, an ex-convict, ony fm the second degree, De- map a8 one of « gang who lured Kd- ‘Tivo youns members of the Paul Key | Ward Hobson, a sallor on the #team- gang were convicted to<dlay. tried for murder in the first degree and Sixteenth street, April 16, fants Barbara, twert; Both were hip Anton of the Paname Ling to a tenement at No. 424 Rast One Hundred and fe years olf, there killed him to gain possession of former Executive Clerk of the Sen: who alleges the Senator owed him that much for services in his last elec- tion and for compromising claims aris- ing out of the primary. Senator Stephenson says he never em- ployed Sacket; that the services were voluntary, and that Sacket w at the time receiving a salary from the United States as a Senate clerk. a Stock of and Velvets de Novelties of this season IFT De Luxe !—the Gillette Spe- a nine caren of opium which Hobson smuggled into New York, The other alayers have not been arrested, Demeo Will aleo be sentenced Jan, 5, The minimum penalty te twenty years. The maximum is —e RAISES PAY AS XMAS GIFT. et-Cae ven in Mersey Get tne i, Adding £200,000 to Pay ro! No, Dee. Peeatt weatlon t na ximiny CAMDEN, MeCarter, of the Part 1 8 conte 10. ingtorden amt conde ployed throw Now Jer Increase ts 20 por cont and w crease the company'® payroll $20, xtra men get a fat . $10 to $12 & week, wo hot, and fare rated a aa inners. They © $12 at the abo IMOSHIER CHILO HURT BY FALL FROM AUTO wd son of Mra. 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