New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
ASSOCIATED PRESS WORK
Hoso Nesss of Notable EOe''ts Is
Secured Told by General Manager.

SecuTe0 Il OtU OY Iofeof" "' Az
T, the Julv issue of 1.-THE Century Magazine
Melville E. stone manager of The Associated fIes
o,Tinnes his articles the work of the orsafiza
tion of which he is the head. Oh ene sci 0''A'
which that work receives he Wrltes'
seven hundred newspapers. representing every
ooneejyabe view of every public question, snt s.s ~
udgneas upon the o eaeR o these papers
Vote In the election of the managemena; .bs e
nort II must be obvious that serious depsItuse
RON an honest and impartial serv5ce any
administration
OF the adverse criticism received Ar. stone Say
When we reported the death Of the late Pope IN IN
manner betting his ae sTaed assepte that was
Catholic or controlled by Vatican influences, , al
/, and obn my Weseg meeF on ahs the
bsns o5 5o one Since when the Press
reported the arquise des Monstierss renunGia6on
Sex Shs into rage and asserted that an anti
The more frequent criticisms. however. result
from want of knowledge of the true misson OF tle
esod Mak mistake Special As
sociaed Press service and hota US having 20 a a&es
to grind and quite willing to pay for the grnatnss grim me-
d + dSS % mo- 20 grndns but by the very
of methods such grinding Is made ess f
boonng his project would be throwing s win ssd hls
ANY in tHs servoe TIC the be hpsst hue
enpIoy shoad attemps to boom s5g pTo5Gst ss
missed.
Mr. Stones article also tells how the account OF
the assassination of President Mckinley was Sc
cured under his direction:
On the afternoon of September s. 1901. worn out out
by long period of exacting labor set out for foT
With the gg5pOss Of sRsndbns 1ba roa asw
days at AanS IN the Quaker st city was Startled By
numseE Of policemen eEynE my pov nas s m gen1
mp SO for me- se
shot a Buffalo and my presence vas required bsd al
been sent to me at trenton, but my train had left
the y bSsgge to hoe q
jumped into cab and dashed away to our once. once
ing gbe oDeniDs pages of the story of the assassna
ton were badly written and ordered substitute
rgaEed An ri nee a Ite9a @ B
When Sh95i czolgoss fred the fatal shot He seized
neighboring telephone and notified our Buffalo cor
to render the telephone wreck, SO that II was q
full half hour before any additional details couia
I ordered competent men and expert telegraph @
Boston TO hurry TO Buffalo by the fastest trains
Al that night the Bufai5 once was Pouring t0ph
of the tragedy, and by daybreak relief force was
9n he fse ge p life hung in @
incident was tuthfuly and graphically reported In
Of the Presidents death were circulated for the
fonperac} q then Secretary Corteyou wrote fire.
quent signed statements, giving the facts to The
Associated Press.
preparations had been made. Mr.. Stone writes
The Illness and death of the late Pope constituted
another event which called for newsgathering
ability o0 0 IA aSano ag9 oedec ef h %
the italian officials and with the authorities at the
tions of such intimacy as to guarantee us the
We had been notified by the Italian Minister
tons existing between his government ana the @
any kilograms announcing the Pope's death for
two hours after the fatal moment. in order that
representatives in foreign countries. This was
dene as @ een 9t ee e coe
sage to be sent by all cable lines. which should be
general manager in person. and should read Mum,
This bore on It's face no referenee to the Death Of
| the Pontif, and would be transmitted. The blank
Pope's Seath' reversed That IS if he died at 95s
the message would read; ''NLslstone, New-York;
The object Of reversing the figures was of course
! der to convey the news If the hour had been
/ properly written they might have suspected the
When, finally. The Pope died. although his bed
/ room and CALLED for a candle to pass before the
breafhed This Ws the signal for 'GaIi another at
tache, who stepped to the telephone and announced
pope was dad Gnfortsnateiy. the hour Of his
death was minutes Pdsf SO that Whichever S
Me-. Ne,yeEtheess the figures were inserted in the
was filed with the telegraph company and it came
| through to New-York in exactly nine minutes from
the moment of death. It was reiaysd at Havre
and again at the terminal of the French Gable
fee or short wire. The receiving operator there
shoutat the news to the entire operating OF
The Associated Press. and every man on every key
. nounceuIent that the Pope had died at minutes
! past 4, 50 that the fact was known in San Fran
The Reuter-. Hayas. and wolff agents located ir
our office in New-York retransrtted the announce
nent to Loadon. Paris and Berlin, giving those
cities the first news of the event A comparison OF
the report of 1.-The London Times with that of any
morning paper in the United States the day fol
/ lowing the death of the Pope would show that
both to quantity and quality. report was
vastly superior.
How the details of the choice of the Pope
| were secured follows:
Then came the conclave for the election of a new
I Pope. 1t to be secret, and every effort was
made TO prevent its proceedings from becoming
! public A brick wall was constructed about the
hall TO prevent having access to 1t. But, Il
| the amaZement OF every one, The Associated Pres:
| members Of the Noble Guard was an Associated
Press man. Knowing the devotion or the average
clave chamber his pet dove, Walch was hcmint
| pigeon trained to go to our office But Cardina
Rampolla could not be deceived he ordered tn
pigeon killed. Other plans, however were more
successful. Laundry lists sent out with the soilet
linen OF a cardinal and a PHYSICIANS prescriptions
which deciphered in our office We were en-
abied not only TO give complete and accurate
story of the happenings within the cOnclaye cham
Der, but announced the election of the nev
Pope. which occurred about II g. M in Rome. 81
cisco OF that day. We Were also enabled TO sen'
the announcement back to Europe before 1t wa
that printed in ali the European capitals III
Italian authorities did not interfere with these mes
sages.
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