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which the zones are drawn. The
rates of postage are fixed from the
unit in which the sending postotice is
situated, but the price to every place
in any zone is just the same. To il
lustrate, it will cost exactly the same
amount to send a parcel from Wash
ington to Erie, Pa, that it costs to
send it to Atlanta, Ga, because Erie.
and Atlanta with reference to Wash
ington are situated in the fourth
zone. The rates therefore are fixed
from the unit in which the postoffice
is located. but they are the same
from that office to any point in any
one zone.
It will be seen by reference to the
table Of rates Of postage that it will
cost more per pound to send a pack
age long distance than it does to
send it a short distance. The rate in
creases for a package weighing one
pound at the rate Of one cent for
each zone. No package weighing.
more than II pounds can be sent IN
der the new parcel post law. 1t
should be said right here that on the
long hauls the parcel post may not
be able to compete with the express
companies, but that on shorter hauls
1t can so compete. It was the ex-
pressed desire of the legislators and
of the postofice officials that the par
Gel post system should be made Of
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to- transmit to
customers. It is probable that pro-
age and the convenience Of trans
initial and compare them with the
cost and convenience under present
methods before individually man can
determine whether he is to profit or
not by the change. Then there is an
other thing to be considered and
which only can be known definitely
when fuller regulations have been
made to specify exactly what kind Of
things can be sent by parcel post It
can be said in general way that any
| thing can be sent which is properly
wrapped and which will not injure
other mail matter with which it may
come in contact.
Copy Foreign Countries. s
It is probable that the government
will adopt a means Of transportation
for certain kinds Of its merchandise
much like those which have been
adopted In parcel post countries
abroad. What the English call ham
pers, basket-like arrangements, prob
ably will be adopted, and as these can
be kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter It is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will al
| low the sclding of eggs, butter, dress
ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit,
and other products Of the country:
The 11-pound limit for a single pack
age may work at first against any
very extended use Of the parcel post
/ for some Of the articles which have
been named. or course, more weight
can be sent if 1t is sent in different
parcels, but the cost in that case
would be heavier because the In
crease per pound on a single package
is not great up to IL pounds, and
probably it would increase at no great
er rate If the government were to
raise the limit OF weight which is now
fixed. To make it simpler it will
cost more to send two packages Of 11
pounds than it would to send one
package Of 20 pounds if the govern
ment eventually should allow heavi-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

er single package to be carried and
should charge in proportion just what
it does now for one package Of IL
pounds weight.
Every postmaster in the United
States will have parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines will be
shown with the unit of his postofice
as a center. All that postmaster
will have to do when a parcel is pre-
out in what zone the destination of
the package lies. His table will show
him instantly the rate. per pound from
the unit in which his postofice lies
to the zone of the packages destina-
tions, the price as has been explained
before, to every postofice in any one
zone being the same. The parcel post
will take nothing but fourth-class mat
ter. Printed matter is still in the
third-class designation Therefore
books cannot be sent by the. parcel
post system This the postofice au-
thorities seem to think is in a way
unjust and may work a hardship It
may be that in the future the law will
be changed so as to include all print
ed matter 1t seems to be certain that
an attempt will be made to bring
about this change as speedily as pos.
sible.
Must Bes-: Stamp.
hoc
ordered that postmasters be advised
that parcel post packages cannot be
accepted for mailing unless they bear
a distinctive parcel post stamp and
have attached to them the return card
of the sender. "A series Of distinctive
stamps is now in course of prepare
ton for this class of mail as required
by the law creating the parcel post
system Consignments Of these
stamps will be ready for shipment to
all postofices in ample time for the
ablishment Of the new system on
New Years day
The postofice department has given
instruction to every postmaster in the
country to enlighten his patrons as
much as possible on the general sub
ject of the parcel post and especially
on the use Of the special stamps and
the necessary attachment Of the re-
turn card The law requires that all
fourth-class matter mailed . Ter Jan.
uary 1, 1918, without parcel post
stamps attached shall be treated as
Held for postage matter. Parcel
post packages will be mailable only
AT postofices, branch postofices, let
tered and local named stations, and
such numbered stations as may be
designated by the postmasters.
1T has been announced by Postmas.
ter General Hitchcock that nearly TO-
900 scales will be required for use in
the parcel post system which is to go
into effect January 1st.s He has ac-
cordingly authorized the issuance OF
bids for that number. Two hundred
Of the largest postofices and their
branches will be supplied with auto
matte springless scales. The next
class Of Offices, numbering about TO-
600, will be given high grade beam
scale, while the four class offices,
numbering about s., 900, will be fur
nished with the best spring balances
obtainable, each having 4 capacity for
twenty pounds. These scales will be
used by postmasters to determine the
amount Of postage required on parcel
post packages. The fact that many
faof the postofaces 81 the country are
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
BY EDWARD a. CLARK.

~ = .
With the coming of the New Year
ter into new field of enterprise
the transmittal of merchandise by
what is known as the parcel post.
For years there has been demand
for such a system of inexpensive
4 transmittal of packages. The camps
4 of favor and disfavor of the parcel
post scheme have been about equally
divided. Finally at the last session
of congress bill was passed which
will put the plan into operation, but
only it must be said in little more
than an experimental way.
E 1t is the intention of Uncle Sam to
move rather slowly in the parcel post
matter. He wants to find how popu-
lar it will be, how much it VIII cost
the government, and whether there is
4 to be a profit or los; at the end Of
each year. If it is found that the
plan is successful from the point of
view Of the people, which means the
government also, the parcel post will
be extended until finally it reaches
the proportions which it's proponents
SAY they believe it is destined to as
pune.
8# Zone System Explained.
1t is no exaggeration to say that
thousands upon thousands of inquir-
y les have been made Of the postmaster
general as to just what the parcel
post will mean to the people. It was
i the law of congress establishing the
II system which made provision for q
division Of the country into zones
and into $4,000 units which are to be
used as centers in describing the cir
cles which mark the boundaries of
the zones. There has been no clear
L understanding, apparently, of this
zone system. but really it is a very
I simple matter. ~
The accompanying map s.lSws the
country divided into zones from the
unit in which Washington is sit
nated, as the center. Accompanying
& the map is a table showing the rate
of postage per pound for parcels from
washington to places within all the
zones. I'll
Isl Each unit contains an area thirty
: miles square Now each unit is a
center from which the zones are
II drawn and SO every INIT in the coun-
! try no matter where 1t is situated will
have zones drawn from it just exactly
Y as washington has them drawn from
Il 1t. For instance, take Keokuk, Ia,
which is in a unit in the fifth 2one.
I From that will be drawn circ!as e1-
Rctly as they are drawn from wash
Ington and they will be numbered from
Keokuk as number one, just IS theT
are numbered from Washington dc
4 number one Of course, howsve1.,
Y Zone Six will have a different geo
graphical position as related to Keo-
Il kuk than it has as related to Wash
1 ington, but as the radius Of the circles
drawn from Keokuk is the same
length as the radius Of the circles
/ drawn from Washington, Keokuk's
Zone Six will be just as far from it's
center as Washington's Zone Six is
& How Rates Are Fixed.
1T can be seen from this readily
( enough that the postal rates from
Washington to it's particular zone will
be the same as the postal rates from
i Keokuk to its particular zones. Each
unit being about thirty miles square
will Of course contain in most cases a
number Of postofices, but each Office
iii the same unit is considered as be-
Ing the center Of the circles from
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Give Him Time.

4 s You're pretty old man to be beg
GIN said the lady to the man at the
back door. 535s
Yes. ma am I replied the man with
his hat Ia his hand. ssaE
& Have you been begging all your
life q 81. 81
Not yit, ma'am. =
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
FOR RENT

improved farm OF 100 acres, IS
acres fall ploWed. Will rent for cash
CT on shares o none to three. years
time. Farm is located near Radium
and and has good buildings. Owner Lives
in Minneapolis. Call on or address L.
J. HILL Radium, Mimi, for further
particulars.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
FIXING RATES
UNDER PARCEL
POST SYSTEM
Government Goes Into Business
Of Transmitting Merchandise
Through the Mails.
new LAW FULLY EXPLAINED

Country Divided Into Zones and
Units for Purpose of Fixing Charges
for Carriage -No Package Weigh
ing More Than Eleven Pounds is
Notwithstanding Properly Wrap.
ped Which Will Not lnjure Other
Mail May Be Sent.
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FOR SALEBarred p. Rock Cock
serels from the Famous Hawkins Roy
al Blue strain. Ed. Quistgard 12-12p

FOR SALE Barred P. Rock Cock
erels from the Famous Hawkins Roy
al Blue strain Ed Quistgard. 12-12p
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RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing four less aHabe at the rate
cent for each fraction of ounce regardless
distance. Parcels weighing than four maiable
the pound rate shown by the following table, and when mailed
at this rate any fraction Of pound considered full pound
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

OFFICIAL PARCEL POST MAP.
This map is for use only in unit NO.
1071, In which the city Of Washington
Is located.
Numbered squares represent units
OF area; circles Indicate boundaries Of
zones.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
Nine Injured in
Elevated Crash
Rear=End Collision Throws Pass
sengers Into Panic.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Nine persons
were injured and traffic was held I'M
for nearly an hour on the Third ave.
nue. elevated line last night when A
Second avenue train crashed into the
rear of a Third avenue train while the
Third avenue train was dischargine
passengers at the 166th street station.
An e~ight-car Third avenue train.
north bound. was standing at the 16Oth
street station, in charge of Joseph Me.
Donald, motorman, of 491 East 18th
street, and Fred Abrahams. conductor,
OF 1883 Bronx boulevard. The second
train. north bound also, was in charge
OF William De Faber. motorman. of 341
East l3Sth street, and Louis Meyer. Of
S41 East 13sth street.
De Faber said that he saw the train
standing at the station and attempted
to slow up, but for some reason the
brakes did not work. His train crashed
into the rear of the first train with
sufficient force to put out the lights on
both trains. Immediately a panic on
both trains followed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
FIRST REGIMENT WILL
BE INSPECTED TONIGHT.
Troops Will Carry Full Field
Equipment.

The Federal and State inspection OF
the First Regiment. under the COM
mand of John y, Frazer. will be held
in the Sussex avenue armory tomor-
row night. Major Evan NJ. Johnson,
ir.. of the United States army, in
structor-genera of the infantry or
ganization of this State. will act for
the war department. n Lieutenant
Colonel Robert l.. Patterson, of the
inspeetor-generars department, for the
state.
Tomorrow night Colonel John ID.
Frazer and his staff, the regimental
band and Companies l, l., G and X will
be mustered. Thursday night Com
panies D.. b, a and G will be mus
tered and on Friday night Companies
e. g, H and M. Friday night there will
also be an inspection of the First
brigade staff, Brigadier-Genera Ed
win w. Hine commanding. Everything
is in readiness. the men have received
their instruction and it is expected
that d good showing will be made.
For the first time in the history OF
the regiment it will be equipped for
the inspection with all the a%ccoutre-
ments that would be necessary for a
regiment to have if it were suddenly
called to the field for action.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
Gas Kills One,
Overcomes Two
Carelessness Alleged Cause in
Both Cases.

Carelessness in turning out lighted
gas-jets resulted in the death of Ed
ward C. Reith, 81 years old, of 939
South Nineteenth street, and the near
~asphyxiation of Cesaero Di Larenzo, "a
years old, and his brother, Giuseppe. 10
years old, of % Cutler street, yester-
day.
Emma, the daughter of edward
Reith, was alarmed when her father
did not come. to breakfast. She had not
heard him come home, and was fright
ened. Going to his room and knocking,
she received no reply. She found the
door unlocked and detected a strong
odor of illuminating gas. Opening the
door, the fumes were so strong that
she was compelled to leave, Summon
ing aid, she entered the room, and
found her father dead An examina-
ton by the police found that the man
in turning out the gas-jet gave an
extra twist, which allowed the gas to
pour into the room from the partially
opened pipe.
The two brothers were discovered,
accidentally, by their landlady, who
was passing their door. h detected
the odor of the gas. and went to he
rear of the house and broke a pane OF
glass. In the meantime the police were
notified. They found the men uncon-
scious, and hurried them to the City
Hospital. After several hours they
were able to leave for home
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
BUSINESS MEN SPEAK AT
TRAFFIC CLUBS BANQUET.

The Traflc ClnD celebrated its third
annual banquet at the Washington
Saturday night. A. Preston Jump, of
the Carnegie Steel Company, of this
city, was postmaster. The list of
speakers was:
Charles fl. Wilson, general manager
of Thomas a. Edison. incorporates;
Frank Il. somnler, general counsel of
the Public Utilities Commission
Judge simon Hahn, A. G. Warfeld,
vlce-president and general manager of
the Seaboard and Gu.f Steamship
Company; acting Mayor John H. Dom
RELY. Mart King was there and proved
q merry entertainer. Most of tho
speeches dealt with traffic problems.
The guests were: d. l., Gray. assist
ant freight agent for the Erie Rail-
road; Maj Duke, general freight agent
for the Iackawanna Railroad; John I.
Rogers, manager of the Edison Com
rany: a. @. Warfield and Charles A.
Snope. general Eastern agent for the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad in
New York city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
s|LzER LEADS FOR
STATE SECRETARY
Believed to Have Inside Track
on David Crater in
Race.

TRENTON. Feb. 26.-The political
gossip anent the appointment of a
clerk of he Supreme Court to succeed
William Riker, whose term expires in
The fail, has 1t thai the naming of the
man viii depend upon who wins the
office of Secretary of State, which be-
comes vacant with the expiration oil
the term of Samuel ]. Dickinson on
April /.
Two of the candidates for the place
of Secretary of state are said to have
the inside track. They are Surrogate
David Crater. of Monmouth, AID Sen
ator George Silzer. of Middlesex. There
is another candidate, Colonel Alfred T.
Holley, of Bergen. Senator silzer has
put all his political eggs into the one
basket. He has let it be known that
he would be Secretary of State or moth
ing, and thai he would not be salts
fed with the Supreme Court clerkship,
which Governor Wilson apparently in
tends TO use to placate the one he fails
10 name for Secretary of state.
Senator Silzer's friends have placed
this situation before the Governor in
UGH a way that IT is regarded as prae-
tically certain that the Miadlesex man
will land as secretary of state.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
ILLNESS FATAL
TO YOUNG NEWSPAPER MAN.
Carroll F. Sooy, Of the STAR,
Dies of Pneumonia.

Carroll F Sooy. z years old, OF As
bury Park, a member of the Morning
Star staff. died at the Essex County
Homeopathic Hospital. 1873 Littletoh
avenue. today. His parents, who had
been summoned from their home. We're
at the bedside of the young man when
he died. Ten days ago Mr.. .sooy was
taken i'll, and eVeral days later was
removed to the hospital suffering fror,.
pneumonia. Typhoid fever developed,
which made him delirious, and he died
while unconscious
Mr.. Sooy. though but a short time in
this city, demonstrated marked ability
as a ne Nspaper man and made "A host
of friends. The news of his death
comes as a great shock to his asso-
eiates. as he was held in highest es-
TEEN by all
His career in the newspaper field be-
gan on the Asbury Park Journalfi Of
which he ultimately became city editor.
He was later with the Perth Amboy
News. and finally on the editorial forcs
o. the STAR,
The parents have made arrangements
for the remova of the body to Asbury
Park, where interment win take place.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
TO HOLD EXAMINATION
FOR $4,000 COUNTY JOB.

Examinations for civil service APP
pointments during the first week of
March will be as follows: Friday,
March Assistant county engineer,
Essex County only, salary $4,000 per
annum; Monday; March 4-Electricsl
inspector, Department of Labor. State.
salary 1900 per annum; civil engineer,
structural, State service, salary s1sb
per month; Wednesday, March 6--Ma-
chinist, State institutions, SALARY 5000
to 81, 900 per annum; electrician, State
institutions, Salary $500 TO $1,000 per ans
rum; Thursday, Marcel Telephone
operator (male n female) State ssr-
vice, salary (about) $40 per month; pa
trolman, police department, Jersey city,
written test,) salary $500 per annum;
superintendent of fish hatchery, State
service, salary 5000 per annum and
house: superintendent. of game farm.
State service. salary, $500 per annum
and house. i
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
IN INSANE ASYLUM
BELIEVES ANGELS FEED HER.

Anna Geshell an inmate OF the State
Hospital for the Insane at Morris
believing hat she is being fed
by angels that will eventually turn her
one without the process OF death,
is causing the physicians at the in
.stitution great alarm. The woman Is
growing feeble n thin and is gradu-
ally working herself into "a worse stage
OF insanity. For a time She deceived
her caretakers by accepting food from
fellow patients. Now the Woman ac-
cepts no food at all. Miss Geshell
was brought TO the hospital from Pat
erson.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
Boy Dies Calling
in Vain for Mama
A Martyr TO Chum's Importantly
to Play.

Friends of ~10-year-old Charles Sisco,
of Is Ferry street, are today collecting
pennies with which to buy flowers
because In his anxiousness to please,
little Charles had given his life.
Charles, with several of his compan-
ions. were playing on the porch of his
home with a rubber ball yesterday
afternoon. 1t was almost dinner time
when Mrs. Sisco called to Charles to
get his dinner and make ready for
Sunday school.
''Oh. just one more minute. cried
several of the boys to Charles as he
prepared to go. Charles stayed, and
when the ball bounded over the rail-
ing he jumped after it. Running
toward the rolling ball. little Charles
made an attempt to reach it, when he
lost his balance and fell to the yard
below. His shrieks attracted Mrs.
Louisa Hilton. While the ambulance
was being summoned the little fellow
kept calling for his mother. Seven
hours after being admitted to the City
Hospital the little lad died without
having his wish gratified.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
SPECIAL SERVICES HONOR
WEDDING FETE OF PASTOR.

Rev. Dr.. and Mrs. George Walton
King were honored at the services of
the Central Presbyterian Church with
a special musical program in honor of
their fifth wedding anniversary last
night.
Grenville Commoss. the organist, rem
dered the bridal procession ''Lohen-
grim by Wagner; 20 Promise Me-" by
DeKoven. and the Wedding March,"
by Mendelssohn The s~oloists were
Miss Minna Steiner, violinist, who
played Mendelssohn's Spring Song;"
Mrs. Marie Haas Arlt, who sang BE
Thou With Me-" and Edwin W. owen
rendered 20 Eyes That Are Weary
DR.. King delivered a ermon on 'The
Secret of q Happy Life At the close
of the service DR.. and Mrs. King ex-
tended q greeting to the members OF
the congregation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
HELD FOR CUTTING M
IN FIGHT WITH THREE MEN.
Prisoner Says He Was Attacked
and Defended Self.

AS a result of a street row.. in which
two men were badly beaten and one
woman was severely cut with a PEN
knife, John Robinson, of 80 Johnson
street, was held in the sum of $500 for
the grand jury by Judge Hahn. in the
Third precinct today.
Robinson was arrested Saturday night
following a fight on Ferry street. He
claimed, that he was attacked by three
men and hat he simply defended him
self against their assault. The woman,
Henrietta Stevenson, of 261 Railroad
avenue, received a cut from a pen
knife, which. she said, was in the
hands of Robinson when she attempted
to aid her brother. who was one of the
men in the fight. Robinson claimed
that the wound was accidental, but he
was held by Judge Hahn. None
of the other men in the row We're APP
pretended.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
MISSIONARIES CAUSE
OF CHINESE REPUBLIC.

The City's Challenge to the Church
was the subject of a lecture given in
the First Presbyterian Church yes
terday afternoon by Rev. Herman s..
Swartz, secretary of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society. A
mass-meeting was held at the church
under the auspices of the men n
religion forward movement committee
on missions. Curtis r. Burnett, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade. presided.
The other important address was de-
livered by e Homer G. STUNT, OF the
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions.
He spoke of Foreign Missions" and
forcefully declared that the change in
government recently made in China
was largely due to the teachings OF
the missionaries in that country.