South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-14
JOHN HENRY ZUVER
ESTABLISHES STAR
KALAMAZOO, MICH.
News-Times Editor Heads New
Publishing Company Sew
ers Relations Here.


Incorporation OF the Kalamazoo
Star. Inc. with an authorized capt
u Of 100000. was announced here
to-day by clyde W Ketchem. attOr-
ney. John Henry Zuver. editor OF
tho South Bend News-Tlmes Ralph
W Hewson. a South Bend business
man. Mary Q. Zuver and Clara r.
Hewson, OF South Bend. and Ed
ward n. Lucas. or Lansing Mich.
are ths incOrpOrators. The an
nouncement heralded a new daily
and sunday newspaper for Kalama-
zoo 20 begin publication about
oct 1.
The plant OF the Kalamazoo Star
A. already IN Kalamazoo. being the
complete plant OF me New London,
Conn. Telegraph. purchased by
Zuver and Hewson when that news
paper was absorbed by the New
London Day. last June. Announce
ments were made at that time that
the plant was TO go 90 Michigan
CRY. Ind NIr. Zuver stated today
that such announcements had been
without their sanction. that Michf-
gan city had only been considered
b. them on the basis OF purchas-
ing one OF the existing papers there,
ard that had proven impossible.
~Ecslanazoos" nc said. els a city OF
10000 with only one daily newspa-
Per, whine Michigan City has only
10000 population with SONS 1900
OK then inmates OF the Indiana
psut1enti ar,y and Il already has two
dafly newspapers That IS the an
sws-. MICHIGAN City has az many
newspapers as Il needs. Kalamazoo
hasn't
Lzrnsfng Editor Interested
Mr.. Zuver Is president OF the cor
poration. and 8fr. Hewson secretary
and treasurer. Mr.. Lucas Is vice
president ard all the fncorp orators
IRE named as directors. It IS I'M
dsrstooa that several outside parties
ere interested though no Night could
be Obtained on that point today. Mr..
Lsucas S. editor OF the Lansing Capt
Ia News. OF Lansing. Mich, in
which Mr.. Zuver, It is said. also IS
interested. Lucas. associated with
III. r. Francis Of Grand Rapids.
launched the Capital News IN Lans-
ing last May. IN competition with
the Lansing State Journal.
The Kalamazoo Gazette has had a
monopoly OF the field here since
1917 when It absorbed the Tele-
graph. sold out by former Sen.
william Alden Smith after Kalama-
zoo county had gone against him
for Henry Ford in the presidential
primary in 1918. The Gazette had
previously been a morning paper
but following the consolidation
shifted 10 the evening field though
retaining the SUNDAY morning edi-
ton. The Star also enters the even
ing field with Sunday morning edi-
ton. 4 policy Of newspaper monop-
Giles has been pursued IN various
aIichigan cities BY the Booth syndt-
cate for several years tho principal
towns affected having been Flint
Lansing. Saginaw. Port Huron. Bay
CITY. Muskegon and Jackson. While
Kalamazoo does not belong 70 the
Booth group the result has been
much the same. Jackson and Lans-
ing have been broken into with
+. success.
Better TOT TIC Euulit.
eft is not a question Of putting the
Gazette out OF business. ." said Mr..
Zuver when seen at his Office in the
Peck bldg. temporary headquarters
OF The Star. THE people OF Micht-
gan and OF Kalamazoo along with
them, have grown weary OF mOnOp-
olized dissemination q public IN
T formation and - ought leadership.
Newberry has been one Of the fruits
OF such monopoly. 10 IS difference
& OF opinion that keeps the country
from going the bow vows. Even the
& news n not wholly given when given
+ from but one viewpoint. Accordingly
there Is a field here for two newspa-
pers ard public welfare demands Il
The Gazette win become a better
nswspaper for our coming and its
presence viii make the Star a better
j and more servtceable paper than Il
rnfgnt De n there was no competi-
hon. with TWO papers IN The field
tie public VIII be better safeguard
{ Cd and better represented. That is
al there - 20 It. There is no more
reason why there should he one
rswypaper IN a city the size Of Kala-
raazoo than there IS that there
should be but one bank. one shoe
store. one drug store. dry goods en-
porium. or soda fountain. Why nC'
only one church ."
Mr.. Zuvor stated that his associ-
asfon with the South Bend News
Times would end Sunday: that this
has been understood between him
belf and the publisher for two
months. but no announcement up tr
THIS time has been REGARDED as nee
essay.