Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-18
RUnORS APPEAR
TO Be PHANT0M VI
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Likely Advent Of a Hearst Paper
Here is Discussed on
The Street.
DISCLAIMERS FROM MANY.
a. N. Mckay Says He is Out of News
paper Business to stay---Found
ed on Telegram to Yellow Journalist

L y. a
There lisa persistent rumor going the
rounds to the effect that w II. Hearst
IS to start a paper in this city, called
the Salt Lake Examiner, with the !" yell
low Kids, Happy Hooiigan's, hatzen-
q hammers" and wireless scoops ana
sensational matter for which some OF
his papers are noted, 1t is also re-.
ported that the former Herald staff'
almost to O. man, received advice 70
remain in Salt Lake City for at least
two weeks. and not accept permanent
positions. also thatSA. N. Mckay, form l.l1.
erly managing editor of the Herald.
would be managing editor of the new
paper and that Eugene Palmer, form
erly city editor of the Herald, woulo
& be Mr.. SMctay's first lieutenant.
This all seems reasonable and logical
4 enough In some respects--to some pep-
I ple--but several lines We're carefully
followed by the News today with tie
result that absolutely nothing OF q tan
gible nature, so far as this ru Juno Is
concerned, could be obtained.
The regent newspaper shakeup, m
cident 10 the consolidation OF the Her If'1
aid and inter- Mountain Republican,
has given rise to many stories or the Efl
kind indicated, one OF them being that
col. z. a. Wall had an option on the
evening echo Of the Tribune. Col Wall
was seen this morning by a News e''
& representative and said:
There is absolutely nothing IN that
low
& gram or any other paper here. 1 don Z
want 1t. BY saying that | do not mean
Z to be offensive. Some of my friends
81 expressed the thought that, as my
friend Jackling has a newspaper, 1
should have one But, there Is nothing
in6the report
& WIRED TO HEARST.
AS to the story Of a Hearst paper
being started here, 1t was no doubt
started from the fact that Sam King,
a few days ago, wired to New I OH, 4
expecting to find Mr.. Hearst there and
possibly induce him to start u Demo-
cratic paper here. but the answer came
back that Hearst was In Europe and
would be gone for some time. That
ended the matter, at least until MI.
Z Hearst returns and local Democrats
decide what, II anything, they propose
TO do to secure an organ for their party
When "A. N !. Mckay was spoken to 4
about the matter this afternoon. he
er1iphatically denied any knowledge of
steps to start n Hearst paper here, and
was equally emphatic in the statement
that he is out of the newspaper busi-
ness. $3
s.I am out Of the newspaper bust
ness said Mr.. Mckay, and am not
on gagged by Mr.. Hearst nor anyone
else to act as managing editor. AS l
ea{3 r o,, sp,,tl Of nd don n
propose to go back.
whenever here Is a consolidation of
papers there Is usually a follow story
10 the effect that Hearst will start one
In the city where the consolidation
takes place, but do not believe he
Will start q paper here
Mr. Palmer, who Is now In the real
estate and insurance business, laughed
a real, great big, hearty laugh when
asked IL he were to be first lieutenant
under Mr.. Mckay on a Hearst saffron
uued sheet.
PALMER WOULD NOT DO TT. n
IF l can't be a captain | won't be
anything" laughed MI. Palmer. $50
Tar as / am concerned there Is nothine
TO it. Why, my payroll amounts to
more than the Inter-Mountain and Her
aid combined and do you suppose I am
going back to the business and work
for a salary? He was Informed that
ais Interviewer did not think so unless
Mr.. Palmer should have an attack Of
paress or something akin thereto.
The story that Col Wall had an OPP
ton on the Telegram probably had It's
source from the fact that nunioer of
prominent Democrats met recently and
discussed the possibilities of securing
that publication for their party organ.
1t is said that Thomas kearns was
asked for his price for the sheet but the
figure he named almost gave the pros
pective buyers heart failure--and the
s paper was not sold. m
There had also been some talk of
starting another paper here and secur-
ing the Hearst telegraphic news serv-
ice. but that is.not likely to be done, at
least not for si1: months or more. Tho
contract with the Hearst service and
the Inter-Mountain Republican is still
In force and does not expire FOR six
months. That the service will then be
discontinued, seems most likely. as the
hyphenated paper has the Associnted
3 Press service and it seems unreason-
able thatit will continue to pay s2los i er
week for the Hearst wire In addition to
the cost of the A. p. report.