Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-19

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try, the world series Of baseball games
was In progress, Q critical condition II
China existed. and there was an acute
political situation In Nexico. All these
things crowded our ono wire runnine
from San Francisco to Kansas CITY
and ! suppose our Denver Office wa'
forced to abbreviate your statement.
am writing our chief there regarding
the matter; but can well anticipate
| that this - what he will say.
| Il fancy the matter will come up be-
fore congress and then trust we shal
be able to give you az good hearing
a. those who are contending on the
other side.
Sincerely yours.
i "N0LVJLLE =. STONE"
| Il did not know Mr. Hamltn." add
cd Mr.. Stone. The statement that ne
] was q member Of the Associated PFesi
IL true. but In meeting the 500 mem
| bers Of the Associated Press did MOI
happen to remember him. and have
never met him but once In my life.
would not know him II he were IN tins
room at this moment.
Correspondence Exceeded Authority.
1.-THE statement In respect to the To-
cal correspondent Of tho Associated
Press at Colorado Springs having
agreed to send for the Associated
Press $50 words. should explain IN
this way. The local correspondent nas
no power whatever to commit the AS
ISOLATED Press to any policy or to any
agreement Of that sort. His entire duty
and his entire responsibility and aoin-
ty in respect to the matter was to send
any dispatch he might have to our
Denver office, something like forty OF
nifty miles away. and there It would
fall into the hands or salaried cor
respondent and he would determine
how much should be used.
"The local correspondent had no au-
thority to commit 1t, and indeed, tho
don't know who he was. he may have
been an employ Of Mr. Hamlin's own
paper"
Mr.. Stone gave the committee a
copy Of the letter he write to G. ID.
Hagerty. in charge Of the Denver Of
fice Of the Associated Press. Oct. %. II
asked for information az to the hand
ling Of the HamIin statement and con-
Guided:
Personally am inclined to discour-
age carrying long statements Of con-
troversal nature but inasmuch as we
carried Mr. Arhuckle's statement rather
fully. my judgment - sthat we migh1
have handled . little moro Of Mr. Ham
Inns provided twas prepared AZ brief
ly ~ our story hero indicates"
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A reply from Mr.. Hagerty stated that
500 words Of the Hamlin statement had
come to the Denver office. but that
owing to the crowded conditions Of the
Associated Press wires only 200 had
been sent east and sixty-one words
were cut out Of the dispatch at relay
points before It reached New York.
Mr.. Hamlin then wrote Mr.. Stone,
Oct. ~. 1911.
Permit mo to thank you for your
kind favor Of the 23d inst. and to ex-
press my appreciation of your position
In the matter. can readily UNDER
stand how the situation arose and of
course know the Associated Press de-
sires to do full Justice to all interested
with entire impartiality. There is to
be . meeting Of the beet sugar inter-
ests in Chicago on Nov. Is. at which
time . statement probably will be
issued concerning this industry and the
sugar. trust It will be such a one as
your association will be able to handle. /"
Mr.. Stones reply to that, dated Oct.
80, 1911:
II have yours Of the 9th. I am
notifying our Chicago Office that If the
statement to be issued on Nov. Is,
comes at all within the scope of work
to handle It,"
Mr.. Stone at the same time wrote to
John p. Gavit. then superintendent Of
tho central division Of the Associated
Press at Chicago:
There ts, to be a meeting Of the
beet sugar interests in Chicago on Nov.
155, at which time statement prob-
ably will be issued concerning the in
dustry and the reasons given for the
present high price Of sugar. On Oct.
15 we carried from New York state
ment from John Arbuckle on this sub
5ect and I suppose that the one from
Chicago will be in some sense an an
swer which I think in Justice we ought
to carry. personally did not know
anything about carrying Mr.. Ar
buckles statement nor was familiar
with the beet interests and the cane
sugar interests.
Please use your Judgment respect
Ing the beet sugar statement and
handle 1t upon tis hews merits"
"Expsrt Evidence in Statement.
Mr.. Hamlin's reply to Mr.. Stones
brief letter of Oct 80. was dated Nov.
8. 1911. Hamlin wrote he proposed to
submit any statement prepared in
Chicago to the Associated Press Of
hcials and expressed the opinion be-
cause much Of Its was in the nature Of
expert evidence" that It might be Of q
character that might not be admiss-
able before tho sIIartwick committee
In WashinEton.
Ccpiee Of all the dispatches carried
from Chicago BY the Associated Press
at the time Of the conference Of the
beet sugar interests. were also fur
nished 20 tho 5committco BY Nj. Stone.
with letter from Mr. Hamlin thank
Ing him for accuracy Of tho Asscciated
Press report.
STANTON ELECTED MAYOR.
Miller and okanbesy .eveeesssuI can-
didateo tee csmmisslonees.
Mason City, June 1e-John Stanton
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