The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-04
STEALING THE Assoe,.~
PRESS sERVlcE-kN
ARREST FOLLOWS

story may be q interest 70 Ass,.....,
Press readers:
II. /. Linder. q teiegrsph ose,....
In the employ OF the Postal Tslesm..
Company. and attached % ths -.
OF the New York Globe. was arr....s
last Friday. charged with fio,,l...
section $50 Of the penal lau. Is -
he revealed the contents 81 -.
graphic message sent cut b - 4.
tscciated Press.
For long time Il has been eris...
that dispatches OF the Assoe,.s.s
Press were being systematlcally ~
en-. and were re-distrlbuted By am.
Der of smaller agencies. A ear.s.s
watch was set upon the business "a,
suspi ion pointed 70 a man empio,.,
in the Office Of the Globe. q Neu Y,..
ev ng paper. The case was e..
sidered with the executive comma.
tee OF the Associated Press dlree,an
at a recent meeting. and a plan s
detect the culprits and bring then !.
justice was adopted.
For the purpose OF TRANSMITTING Il.
more important news In hulletlas
wires connect the central Office "A u
organization az 81 Chambers sifea
with the editorial rooms Of. the -
rious members in New Yosk. N Ia
Office OF the Globe these hullsllas
were copied SURF ptitlously b. Ina
er and repeated 10 the New Yea
News Bureau a Wall Street ennoern
Frequently. within two or three M.
utes after their rec.ipt IN ths ore
Of the Globe. they appeared On lhe
News Bureaus ticker and in enc ~
ports OF the Intel national News Sec
vice. the Central News a. AmerrA
az. other minor organizations.
For the purpose q trapping ~
wire tappers. the following dls1ala
was prepared;
''Petrograd. Nov. 2T.-The Russn
dreadnaught Fiiba. formerly the s
mail. striking a mine IN ne GaH &
Finland. Is a complete loss. vita ~
lives.
Less Of Tllba
The Ismail vas one ~ the CO
Baltic dreadnauehts laid doea a ns
Kronstadt yards IN 1919 she hss
displacement % 2s.0oo tons and -
ried nine ii-inch and tuenty 80
guns"
The short bulletin wire a ne Glo1&
Office was deta he'd from TIE eiffs
which included the can Nes Nul
evening newspapers. memaefs 81 Ns
Associated Pres 40 the .ssssam
would Sd 10 the Globe alans A -
iiclpated. the dispatch Instantly t
peared pom the tieke end 80 -
after was printed Ia TIE papes go
ed ~ other nsws aFsncies il tsw
ent parts 81 the coanfry. A aaa s.
this vas done. and before q a1p<At
ed In any issue % ne ca -. : na'
90 "kill" vas seat ort aaa she -
gram therefore at ne time feaeaea af
public a. from the Asacelafe4 ffe4
The word "Fllhar vas err So
stituting tor me initial cansaaani -
conaouant folloNine Il g. tas s
bee. and Tor the tso vessels 90 =
els foiiowing "a the alphabet -
became "Ulob TIE isie9Eam -
Identified beyond quesiion ant
source made plain. The teieE
operator was arrested. ana see
fall confession. lie Was affalE
before MAGISTRATE q az ffaass q.
held II 5000 bali for q heanas =
December q.
IN order % observe ths meisa'iE
the New YoFf NeNa nuFesa q -
"a detective waa employed aaf -
lished himseif a. AZ inFesimeat -
er. "Mr a. ~ smith" 81 a. ss
Ma. 3ss Broadway Sc nftef hIs -
carefully with q safe sad app1sf
furniture aHd Installed ane
New fork Neaa bareaa tiekefA
plogea % the Associated Press
assigned 60 Wafeh fhs flekef
gFsai care and % lns oslh tlsfs
During the period coferns -
weeks. q Waa observes faal -
patches ~ fhe Asseeialfa FEess
constantly repeaied upan &C.
withln nfe ~ ten miuafes efief
we're Sent out ~ ths $50
Press. The New Vera Nses -
H. noi q member 81 fhe Asse
Press and a noi esiiiiea o. ~