The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-09-25


During the Spanish American war at
the time when patriotic enthusiasm was
at its highest pitch and when the people
were IN a fever OF excitement, one of the
biggest newspaper scoops in the his
tory of American Journalism was made
by the New York Journal on the New
York World
The World had been for years the
leading big newspaper in New York, and
was prominently noted for its hustling
and progressive efforts to secure all of
the important news events at the high
est risks and at enormous expenditures
Of money.
But when William Il. Hearst, OF Call
) ifcfnia, purchased the New York Jour
nal, then smaller satellite in newspaper
realms of the big city, the World found
10 its utter consternation that it had
rival that babe fair to Guido the big
newspaper of New York city. Hearst
was brainy young fellow with unlim-
tied means, and he set about to make
newspaper out of the New York Journal
that wculd outshine the World in get.
ting the news.
When the Spanish-American war broke
out Hearst bad 30 far perfected his jour
nalistie system, that the World found
out that they were being beaten. The
Journal had complete and thorough &c
count Of all of the incident of the war,
Sand got 1t into print several hours be-
fore the Worlds dispatches came into
It's office.
The World. IN order to keep up with
the times, had to resort to desperate
means to get the news of the war. and,
as last resort, they began to flake"
news dispatches from the editions OF the
Journal, The Journal became aware of
The fact and planned to scheme to trap
the World IN its thievcry of the news.
The Journal one day printed @false'
dispatch from San Diego de Cuba, in
which the heroic deeds of s'Col. Rcflipe
". Thenews,r were exploited. The World
stole the story, and its thievery was
shown up to the people by an expose of
the whole scheme. By spelling the
colonies first name backwards, and con-
meeting It with the surname the .falSe"
told that I'VE Pilfer the News" and
the New York Journal caught the New
York World In one of the biggest news
5 paper scoops" or beats" rs they are
called in journalistic parlaee, in the his
tory OF newspaperdom.
The ClarlSsburg Daily Telegram, on ac-
count Of due modesty, does not like
to compare itself with such great
newspaper as the New York World, or
the New York Journal, but when the
! editorial department of the former pa
per became aware that the Ciarksburg
Daily News, In a last desperate effort
70 get out some kind OF newspaper,
had been systematically stealing news
{ stories from the columns of the Daily
Telegram, \ plan 70 catch the Daily
News In its hefarious work was outlined,
similar to the one by which the World
was caught.
Thursday evening the Daily Telegram
printed @faicer story about the shoot
ing Of a -aiejk Swenekafew," near Co
lnmhia mines, by fellow workman. The
sferyswas a afaike." pure and ample, and
was manufactured IN the ctiice of the
Daily Telegram for the purpose of catch
ING the Daily News IN its pilfering.
BY spelling Mex swene1rafew's name
Backwards We get the words: WE
FAKE NEWS"
The Daily News stole that -nswss
item from the columns Of the Daily Tel
EXAM ana n The next days Issue print
"a fs-hashed article Of The shopting.
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