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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27
PARCEL POST Rates REGULATED
THROUGH SYSTEM OF zones
Uncle Sans New Enterprise Clearly ExpainedHow Charges Are
Fixed and What Class of Merchandise May Be Carried
Through the Mails Under the New Law

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 its
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 its particular zone will
be the same as the postal rates from
Keokuk to its particular zones. Each
unit being about thirty miles square
will of course contain in most cases
in the same unit is considered as be-
ing the center of the circles from
which the zones are drawn The
rates of postage are fixed from the
unit in which the sending postoflce 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.
1t will be seen by reference to the
table of rates of postage that it will
cost more per pound to send a pack
age a 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 IL pounds can be sent I'M
der the new parcel post law. 1t
should be said right here that on the
long hauls the Narcel post may not
be able to compete with the express
companies. but that on shorter hauJs
it can so compete. 1t was the ex-
pressed desire of the legislators and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
just approved the regulations which
cover in detail the articles which may
or may mot be sent by parcel post.
The rules as to what can be sent
and what cannot be sent and the IN
structons for the preparation OF mall
able articles with other official ad-
vice" are given here as they have just
been prepared by the postotiice de-
partment in Washington.
The minimum rate will be five cents
for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound to any point not
exceeding fifty miles from the Office OF
mailing; the local rate, which is fVe
cents for the first pound and one cent
for additional pound, applies to all
parcels the delivery of which does not
involve their transportation on rail-
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one of the eight zones,
the maximum rate being twelve cents
a pound. which will carry parcel
across the continent or to any of our
possessions. Parcels will be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and six
feet in length and girth combined.
MailabIe PerishabIe Articles.
Butter lard and perishable articles
such as fish fresh meats, dressed
fowls. vegetables, fruits. berries and
articles of similar nature that decay
quickly, when so packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local de-
livery either at the Office of mailing or
on any rural route starting therefiem.
When inclosed in an inner cover and
a strong outer cover of wood met
al heavy corrugated pasteboard or
other suitable material and wrapped
SO that nothing can escape from the
package. they will be accepted for
mailing to any offices within the first
zone or within a radius of 80 miles,
Butter. lard, or any greasy or oily sub
stance intended for delivery at offices
beyond the first zone must be suitably
hacked Vegetables and fruit that do
not decay quickly will be accepted for
mailing to any zone if packed so as
to prevent damage to other mail mat
ter. Eggs will be accepted for local
delivery when securely packed in
basket or other container Eggs will
be accepted for mailing regardless Of
distance when each egg is wrapped
separately and packed in a container.
There is no restriction on sailed,
dried smoked or cured meats and
other meat products. but fresh meat
in any form will be transported only
within the'first zone
Parcels containing perishable arti-
cles must be marked "PERISHABLE.
and articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
narration and delivery will not be &C
cepted for mailing
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
70 transmit articles in considerable
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27

found in the mails, shall be withdrawn
and sent to the division of dead let
ters
lntoxicants, Poisons and Inflammable
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, matted, ferment-
ed, or other intoxicating liquors or any
kind; poisons of every kind, and artl-
Giles and compositions containing pol
sons, poisonous animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives of every kind; In
inflammable material (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene OIL gas
cline, naphtha, benzine, turgentine, de-
natured alcohol, etc., Internal ma
chimes, and mechanical chemical or
other devices or copAositions which
may ignite or explG; disease germs
or scabs, and oths natural or artih-
cial articles, compositions or mate
rails of whatever kind which may
kill or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property
Postmasters willy refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in
dorsed or packed for safe shipment
Pistols, Animals and Blros.
Pistols or revolvers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise; i've or
dead land not stuffed) animals, birds,
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro-
vi led, raw hides or pelts, guano, or
any article having a bad odor Will
not be admitted to the mails.
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
hostage is fully prepaid may be In
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to it's actual value, but not to
exceed $50, on payment OF a fee OF
ten cents in parcel post stamps, sucn
stamps to be affixed.
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment of additional
hostage at the rate which would De
chargeable if they were originally
mailed at the forwarding office, in
which case the necessary stamps Will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas-
ter Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Maps and Guides.
Parcel post maps, with accompany
ing guides, are to be sold to the pub
lie at their cost, rs cents, through the
chief clerk of the post Office depart
ment. In ordering maps care should
he taken to specify the post office
from which the postage rates are to
be determined.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27
RULES GOVERNING MAILING OF
PACKAGES UNDER new system
After Jan One May Mail Anything Weighing Not More Than II
Pounds by Parcel PoSt-PerishabIe Articles May Be
Sent Under Specific Restrictions.

quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval a specimen
parcel showing the manner of pack
ing.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees. live insects, and dried
with the regulations that now apply to
other classes of mail.
Seeds Of fruit nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con-
ditions
Confectionery and Soap.
Candies confectionery, yeast cakes,
soap IN hard cakes, etc, must be in
closed in boxes and so wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mail mat.
ter.
Sealed original packages of propri-
etary articles. such as soaps. tobacco
pills, tablets, ETC., put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not in themselves unavailable, will
be accepted for mailing when proper
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery
toys, musical instruments, ETC., and ar
ticles consisting wholly or in part of
glass, or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
Unavailable Matter.
The following matter is declared un.
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd, or
lascivious; articles intended for pre-
venting conception; articles intended
for indecent or immoral purposes; all
matters otherwise mailable by law, the
outside cover or wrapper CT which
bears any delineation or language of
libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited in a post office or
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27

OF the pOStOnlce O1nClalS tnat tne par
eel post system should be made OF
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to transmit TO
customers. 1t can be said In general
way that anything can be sent which
is properly wrapped and which VIII
not injure other mail matter with
which it may come in contact.
Copy Foreign Countries.
1t 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 sending OF eggs, butter, dress
ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit
and other products of the country.
The 11-pound limit for 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. OF course, more weight
can be sent If it is sent in different
parcels. but the cost in that case
would be heavier, because the IN
crease per pound on single package
is not great up to II 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.
Every postmaster in the United
States will have a parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines Will be
shown with the unit of his postofiice
as a center. All that postmaster
will have to do when percel is pre-,
sented for transportation is to find out
in what zone the destination Of the
nackage dies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound
from the unit in which his postofiice
lies to the zone of the packages des-
tination, the price, as has been ex-
planned before. to every postoffice In
any one zone being the same The
parcel post will take nothing bus
fourth-class matter. Printed matter
is still in the third-class designation.
Therefore books cannot be sent by the
parcel post system.
Rate on Seeds Not Affected.
1t should be said that the act of
congress which puts a parcel post
plan into operation does not in any
way affect the postage rate on seeds,
cuttings, bulbs. roots, scions and
plants as fixed by section 4S2 of the
postal laws and regulations.
The classification of articles mail
able as well as the weight limit, the
rates of postage. zone or zones and
other conditions of AVAILABILITY under
the act OF congress, if the postmaster
general shall find on experience that
they or any of them are such as to
prevent the shipment of articles de-
sirable. or shall permanently render
the cost OF the service greater than.
the receipts of the revenue therefrom.
he is hereby authorized. subject to
the consent of the interstate COM
merce commission after investigation.
to return from time to time such
classification. weight limit. rates. zone
or zones or conditions. in or,lr to pro
mote the service to the public or to
insure the receipt Of revenue from
such service adequate to pay the cost
thereof"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27
FACTS ABOUT THE NEW PARCEL POST

The parcel operation January l. 1918
Only mail included in fourth class or merehands VIII
handled
fruits berries and dressed
fowls distances
Eggs for local delivery packed containers may be sent When
separately distance
Fresh be only in the first zone $50 miles,
fish,
Millinery breakabIe
mus e marked fragile"
following Intoxicating liquors, poisons
matt and live poultry.
included In third class
The weight limit will be eleven pounds.
find the
once completely parcel top
Of
carriers will deliver
mailed the postofHee special
am used
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27
RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing maabe the rate OF one
fraction regardless OF distance P
maiabIe the
following mailed at this rate any traction
of is a
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27
OFFICIAL
PARCEL POST MAP
OF THE UNITED STATES.

This map only in Unit No. 1877, which
city of Washington is located
Numbered squares represent
,cndaries of
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-12-27

full explanation OF the rates OF Postage the First Zone see
the Parcel Guide
The evening world., 1912-04-01
KILLS BABY
NIECE WITH GUN,
DESPITE WARNING
Told to Put Down UNLOAD
ed' Weapon, Horace Buff
fordi Pulled Trigger.

r...
"o""'a-""'r-year-o'u ammo Russo
dressed IN her prettiest white Sunday
frock. sat In a chair In the kitchen of
Mrs. Rosa Adellltta on the fourth Hoor
OF tho tenement, No. 201s First avenue.
about 0 O'Clock yesterday morning.
patiently waiting Tor her f-ourteen-y~r.
old uncle. Horace Bunardi. 10 escort
her to church.
Horace had just returned from an ar
rand which his slater. Mrs. Adsljtta.
ssnt him ON. xhsn he mat ut,is
Ami. in On. soorv.v. n. ,o,a h.. a.
90 ,r.,.,r. -,.s 49,.
VIZ" M" VIM no osuvsreo
tne package 70 hn s'sssr n men no
would 80 TO church with her.
Mrs. Adslitta left the two children
in the kitchen tosotber. and Horace.
pohins around IN ths mart room. srs,nd
an on.n ,r,nk Mir .,n.,. h.rrs,,.d
The evening world., 1912-04-01
widow Of Darwin n. Jane. Dead

After an iiiness nj more than three
years. Mrs Mary Ellen James, widow
OF former Congressman Darwin II.
James and mother OF Darwin Il. James
r.. president Of the Brooklyn Young
Republican Club. died yesterday At her
home. No. as Gates avenue. Brooklyn.
In her se%venty-ninth yea Mrs. James
was president of the Presbyterian
women's Board OF Home Missions for
twenty-six years and for many years
also OF women's National Sabbath AL
lance. and the women's Branch OF the
City Mission Society. She organised
tho INSTRUMENTATION Society OF
Women for Patriotic and Religious
Work.
The evening world., 1912-04-01
- Wants the Woman to
Ct Half Of the Wages Her
Old Man Receives.
NEEDS IT FOR r
There's a Fair Divide, the
Nlissus viii Not Have
TO- Rifle Pockets.

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The evening world., 1912-04-01

half Of Ne nse sasniuSu. We
GAou1A have rules On the STATUTES
- ssGulHts ME eoAaisasn. n all
aea TsspseteA ana ehsr1shsA tAs
e9ogts d thelS wives laws would
noe ~ needed Ter aaythiAS q this
had. Das thle ~ not ne eass.
SeaAy msa takS tAingU for granted,
aAA h = eaiy fes saSA lsglstat1en -
ast1Aajy nseloA 70 eenpsl then -
realise ne jWsensss a. sseb msss.
MIRA Harvey wiley even goss . step
further In The idss. To quote her."
Datd Lady Cook. ~ belisve In husband
end wife shasang equally. providing
that the WIFE u unable either through
lAnOs a. lack OF ability 10 sasu her
ewn way IN thio world. u 70 the duty
- evsry woman 70 learn . profession
- traAs. 20 that she WIN not b ~
psndsn& uwon her hunsbaud. If childrsu
arrive. the woman's place y In the
homo, and then she should be entitled
70 . soodiy percentage Of her mates
saiasv.
The evening world., 1912-04-01
FIRST GIRL STAGE DRIVER.
begins To-day Taking Passengers
ana Mail over Dangerous Route.

MEEkER. Col. April i.-Miss May
Robertson. twenty-ons years old. said
TO be the first girl stage driver In the
United States, to-day begansh her daily
run between Meeker and Buford. a dis
lance VI thirty miles.
She has signed a years contract to
operate the stage line between Meeker
and Buford. which will take her over
an extremely dangerous and lonesome
mountain road. The stage Will carry
passengers and mall.
The evening world., 1912-04-01

eif feth year At the residence Of her
stLp-daughter. Miss Margaret Clcveriey,
the pianist. No. 4G West Tw~cnty-ninth
street. For Hf,y.four years Mrs. Clever
ley taught Sunday school at ne Col.
leslate Church. and only gave up her
class last fall. When she completed her
fifticth year Of teaching q public re-
ceptlon was given 10 her. and many men
and women with their children and
grandchildren. all Of whom had been in
her class, attended.
The evening world., 1912-04-01

Matilda Ludwig. forty-nvs. in Amer
tea for six months - an employee OF
Dr.. Arnold Reich OF No. ~ West Twen.
ty-fourth street. 10 recovering In New
York Hospital after an alleged at
tempted suicide by gas. DR.. Reich dis
covered her unconscious early to-day.
She was homesiok. and had written two
letters 10 The other side. one inciosinS
80. The lsttsrs we're turned ovss 70 tbs
The evening world., 1912-04-01

with equal determination preserve. and
can only .ulnl my sovereign duties BY
carrying out with equal fairness these
duties"
The evening world., 1912-04-01

Mrs. Martha j. C~IcVerIeV Oend.
Funeral services will be held this eve-
ming In tho West Thirty-fourth Street
Collegiate Church for Mrs. Martha Jane
Cieverley, a markable figure In the
religious iifo Of the old Chelsea section
Of the city. who died yesterday In her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
DROPS FROM A PLANE R. WILLING TO TALK
Long Standing Embargo of Silence
Has Been Raised.

oyster Bay, N. Y, March 2.-The
siege of Sycamore Hill began when
Colonel Roosevelt made his first APP
pearance in his home town since his de-
claration of Willingness to accept the
presidential nomination. A full fedged
battalion of correspondents and tele-
graph operators came down from New
York with the colonel, ready for the
campaign from now until the Republic
can national convention meets.
For months the colonel has declined
to be interviewed while at Sycamore
Hill. but today he signalized his en-
trance into the campaign by lifting the
embargo. He was willing to talk, but
said there was not a thing to say just
now. The impression gathered was that
he would do some plain talking before
the fight ends.
Colonel Roosevelt was pressed for an
explanation of opinion concerning the
statement given out by Senator Dixon,
his campaign manager. in which Presi-
dent Tafts administration was criti-
cized sharply. He said he had not read
the senator's statement and was not
qualified to express an opinion. He had
heard, however. that coercion of fed
eral officeholders in the south was
charged and said when he was presi
dent he had never used his influence
with officeholders for his own advant-
age.
The impression was general that the
AliGS VI OtlLl0 NOulO ne OEdWn more
sharply as a result of the Droadside
fired by the Roosevelt forces at Presi-
dent Taft Colonel Roosevelt made it
clear, however, that he intended to do
everything in his power to avoid the
appearance of attacking the president
and to prevent the issue from becoming
a personal one.
Colonel Roosevelt said he expected TO
spend the next fortnight largely at Sag
amore Hill. His movements after that
Will depend on how the campaign
shapes itself. 1t is Colonel RooseveIt's
desire to avoid long speaking trips, #
possible. but he intends to make short
trips for single speeches from time TO
time He is being deluged with re-
quests to visit the West before the Re
publican national convention and may
decide to do so.
Several of the coloners old friends
came down from New York with him 10
spend the night at Sycamore Hill. In
the party were William Allen White
the Kansas editor; Regis H. Post, for
mer governor of Porto Rico: Judge
Leonard Hand. of New York, and John
Bass, brother of the governor of New
Hampshire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
CLARK WILL WORK ON
The Speaker Refuses Invitations to
Go Out and Speak.

Washington, March 2.-While the
Taft headquarters We're announcing
the approaching speaking tour of Vice
President Sherman in Oklahoma and
the southwest, Speaker Champ Clark s
managers were issuing an emphatic
statement that Mr.. Clark would not
accept outside speaking engagements
because he did not believe a presid-
ing officer should leave congress
while it was in session.
The refusal of the speaker to &C
cept invitations from Boston and else
where to make political speeches was
made the basis for a statement from
Mr. Clark about "absenteeism."
THE vice of congress is absentee
ISM said the speaker. 81 am trying
my everlasting best to keep a quorum
here for the transaction of public
business and I cannot, with a straight
face and clear conscience, insist up
on other members staying here unless
1 set them a good example"
The speakers only public appear
ances outside of Washington before
the adjournme nt of congress will be
before the Maryland legislature at
Annapolis on March Z. The Maryland
capital will be the scene of a presi-
Dental "free-fOr-alP' next week. Gov
ernor Harmon is scheduled to speak
before the legislature on Wednesday,
March 6. and Governor Wilson will
appear during the week.
The projected campaign trip of
Vice President Sherman into the
southwest is made in response to re-
quests from various organizations
there. Dates for his speeches in Ok
lahoma have not been fixed, but he
will go before congress adjourns. He
expects to visit Guthrie, the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations, McAlester
and Muskogee.
The national Taft headquarters
claims many former supporters of
Governor Johnson. in California, have
turned toward the Taft camp. Tele-
grams received indicated that mem
bers of the state central committee
were organizing Taft campaign or
CARNATIONS in the state that promises
to be an early battle ground for the
Renublican campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
Farmers Daughter WedS While
Visiting With Sister.
Takes on Husband Well Expert
enced in MatrimOny.
GIVES GIRLS AGE FALSELY
Dora Murty Only Is, Angry
Parent Declares.
He VIII Take Daughter Home
If He Finds Her.

According to her father, a prosperous
farmer residing near Usage City, Dora
Murty, pretty and aged 16 years, was
| care free, unkissed, whole hearted and
unloved by man when she left her
home two weeks ago to come to To-
peka for a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Golf, who resides on East Sixth ave-
nue.. She hadn't been here long until
she met Antony Ernest. And shortly
afterward Murty had son-in-law.
Murty lived along in blissful ignor-
ance of the new member of the family
for some time But the girl and her
husband didn't stay with Mrs. Golf and
at last word reached Usage City that
Dora was a now lawfully welded wife,
having married a man who had made
two. perhaps three trips of adventure
into matrimony, and who had, for some
time, it is declared, done little else.
From a quiet homestead the Murty
farm was changed into a rather lively
locality for some time. Murty has all
the temper that goes with the name
and it works on a hair trigger. He
came to Topeka Friday and the warrant
for the arrest of his son-in-law was
the result. Murty charges that Ernest
swore the girl was IS years of age, thus
advancing the family records by a cou-
pie of years. The angry father an
nounced that he would take hissdaugh-
ter home with him. But he will find
her first. This mas not yet been ac-
cOnDliShed