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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

Don e. ScitZ. hu..I'ss manager OK INC
Vu.ld. vac asked 10 tell N genera
way what the Services Of Mr. Pulitzer
Ve-r 20 mis- newspaper. lie said
NJ. pulitzer was the universal pro-
,.i3n, You know a, was blind, and thu:
narrowed hts intorests very much and he
.naccutrA ed IN tn paper. The papet
was the one ;hing. IFs ate, slept ana
lived pape,. ard paid an enormous
amount Of attention to r. He aid not
dictate tho onsln.-s policy OF the "orid
II. rarely Interviewed 81 taH business s.de'
HIS great services wer" "1th' u" Drains
H.. rad a -coru for the business eide.
TcsGfy..y concerning tho Pulitzer b.
nusc- Nj Scitz said he had - stem
81 moderate salaries and liberal bonuses
Y the years achievements came up Ia
.Npert4t.ous. lie mad agreements "7th
.,.tA'u men 80 pa" them double rates
FOR work they MAO done, ana ayr ener =
with SUNDAY editors that Y the circuIa-
tiyu reached a certain point they were
to receive a liberal allowance.
"Nou say -hcr" are only thrc" news
pap,r, earning a profit In New York and
tho mon who invest their money IN these
otl.- papers-aro they willing 20 have
their capital lie die without returning a
prun'?' Nj. Seitz VAS asked.
81 know ;hey do ~
In giving a history OF the world from
Mr. sitiiz s,id
Tn 1875 NJ. Hearst came and began
an aggressive attack against the W0rld
and red away the best people IN our
editorial. mechanical and business de-
partm-nts IN tsY5 the price o. th'
morning World was cut TO cent, ard
vas violently opposed 20 It, In 1900
there WAS a dry goods strike that tool
$500. U00 year out of the business. There
rod he
lI. p.per Il - one OF the profile
~, doi't know what to do with. 90 TEL.
the honest truth. TIL profit OF the Press
Publishing company comes from lis eve
Mag and sunday editions and two econom
Jos. from our syndicate department am
cutting OF tn rcturus. The latter affect
,b. earning capacity about sl5o,0"0 d
year a.I the eyudIcat" earns SEQ, 900.
Mr.. Sgit2 said that on March IS. 1911?
there was q strike ~ tho ncvsdealer9 Over
,hc returns and tho circulation OF th'
SUNDAY PAPER was cit $1,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
NEW ATTACK ON WHITMAN.
Wedges shy. lie should Tell How
GrRnd jury secrets Leaked out.

Job ledge, made uinr canpaig :
speeches last night and took a fling at
District Attorney Whitman by declaring
thar n Whitman Is the candidate for
Governor h' viii haN" to tel tho people
how Grand Jury secrets have leaked out
through lis Office. lie made the direct
chirg. that Mr. Whitman had used his
office for political advancement
Hedges reiterated his former state
mcnts that I.emucl Ely Quigg Is Whit
mans political adviser and had talk ID
with Ruoscyelt about Whi;man's political
future Ito said ne mad learned in
pu'gEs house tlat QuigE had AID he
would max" Whitman Governor llsidc Of
two years,
The first speech vas made In Man
haitian a. the Benjamin T. FOX CLUB at
rNcuty-third stree and Eighth avenue
Then n" won't tn Hrnokku ana mao
eight more ,p.ccl.s from hay Uldg- tn
Richmond Hill Tho Italics were al SIM
mar iu tone aud iu Az of the meetings hs
was greeted with Applause.
Just b'for, col TinoscVeli sailed sl~
South America said Hedges 'hr SUM
moned QulGE to Prog ress!Vc headquarters.
His excuse for thc conference was that
They were discussing q proposed regiment
of National Guard On Long Island. llcallr.
n that talk Qu.gg suggested Whitman
as tho candidate for Governor. advanr' ~
the a~guul"ut thi,t - Nc should he elected
"A would pave the way for tho candidacy
OF col Ro-osevcI' ipr President IN 1916"
Mr Hedges. sad that T. he was In error
nn thl, statement he would apologize with
thr same publicity With "nIrh he made
the charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

A thur Brisbane said in answer to

Arthur Brisbane said In answer to
various questions:
Tho true ne; profi; oc a uowspap-r
rs The amount OF money left In the treas
ury ~ the end Of the year. after you have
paid full valu, for the services Of all those
who contributed 10 the newspaper. have
allowed a reasonable SUM for deprecia o.
ton, have treated your Labor generously.
30 ns not 80 entail the danger 81 future
~trlkrS. and kept M the value OF the paper
hy not offending public sentiment either
In pursuit Of profit or personal aims"
Mr. Brsban" said that the World de
pended more on NJ, ruilt2or than on tho
entire staff combined "iIc made Il from
no'hing." said NJ brisbane. Tho ma
chinory was bought and the building
erected with Joseph Pulltz"r's braius. lie
made u as much as a carpenter makes
house Any owner Of newspaper
would gladly have paid a man OF half
his ability $4,000 "A year for attending
to ono newspaper. and for two HE ser
vices would b" cheap al $3.50. 900
- think such large sum has neve-
been paid lay a newspaper. hut I snow that
approximately $4,000 Is nov paid by a
re"spaper. Mr.. Hearst would give q
man ~ NJ. Pult1er's ability $4,000 q
year and more. Mr.. pu'tzer's news
paper organization is one Of the mos.
porishabl" and least 20 De relied upon
tsScts that he left behind him"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
BETTING ODDS ON PRIMARIES.

Fred Scnumm announced the following
odds yesterday IN the betting on the re-
suits OF the primaries:
iubernatorial rae" Whitman. | 10 . 4:
Glynn. to 8 ; Iienncssy, . to 4; FIuman.
to . Davenport, TO :, and Sulzcr, : TO
|.
United States senator Calder. to j.
n the face Of William Rarncs's action
,ndorsing Wadsworth There il plenty Of
Calder money In sight Wadsworth. , to
T.
one 10 two Is Offered that Whitman
Will be nominated and elected ANA even
money on 'iiyuu. There il even money
that the n"Xt Governor VIII hc a Demo
rrat,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
Henry WRtterson xs EXPERT.

Counsel FOR the state Comp'rolle- and
the attorneys for the Vuiitzcr cstat,
called many witnesses for expert ."sti-
mOuy, tho chief quostjnaS being he value
OF Mr.. rulitzer's services 20 h's papers.
tho value Of tho Associated Prose fran
chise and the value or tho good will OF
the papers
Henry Watterson testified that hc had
been connected with III" Louisville Cour-
'"r-Journdi for forty-ivc years. lie said
tina; his ncNs9apcr rs ~" principal on" In
Kentucky and when asked II u wasn't
we'll known throughout N" country h" re
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

Rrcord for rs franchise in the Western
Associated Press"
no YOU not believe membership In h."
Associated Press gives great value to a
newspaper
"Parsonally I have always doubted Il.
We use only about - per cent. ~ IN"
matter that comes into our office over the
Associated Press wires. " We furnish
anything averse 10 tho Associated Press
We can be expelled, The New Work
Am"r'cdr and the Hcrnld both had very
close calls recently"
in explaining his valuation of s",0o0o
FOR each OF the three Associated Pres
franchises held by the l'uNt2cv news
papers. Appraiser Kerry said:
~ treat the appraised good viii value
OF each Associated Pres membership as
capital invested. which mcmb"cruips. IN
my opinion, are in tine uatu'" Of fran
chises coupled with "A protos' voting
power, which practically enables the
holders Of these memberships to prevent
the admission % any newspaper IN eitho-
New York city o. -. Louis seeking an
original membership In the association
from becoming II member thereof aud thus
securing tho advantage Of purchasing
the news gathered by the association at a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

Edisons latest invention. the trleecribc.
which records both sides of telephone
conversation. was exhibited yesterday af-
ternpou at the rooms Of the Secly Office
Appliance Company. 10 Liberty street.
Tn" machine Is simple The desk tele-
phone is equipped win two transmitters
and tNo receivers The talkcr uses one
set and the other ~. is h,tch"1 to a
phonograph record which takes down
every sound GA tho wire Tho phono-
graph Is started recording and stopped At
will by pressing buttons.
But though IN" machine &C. simpl. and
easily Understandable. ike other Edison
Inventions, II represents wears OF expert
rlcu' II wa pointed out Yesterday that
though Mr. Edison said Of the rhono-
graph IN 1879 tho phonograph viii per
feet the telephone neither b." nor any
one else perfected mechanism To- re ord
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
PRESIDENT VOTES IN PRINCETON
Casts PaIiot. Visits ola Home and
Returns 10 Washington.

PrrNcHro". y j, sept % Preeidcn;
Wilson came 90 Princeton to-day to cas-:
his primary ballot,
The President. with Prof stockton Az
son. arrived uuheralded a, 1@:2o o'clocl,
this afternoon. They walked at once to
Mercer Engiu" Company 80 .. where tho
hresd"n, east Dcmocratic ballot No.
~. supposedly ne voted for the r"unmna-
zion Of Allen walsh for Congress
After shaking hands with sever
friends outside the polling place the Pres.
dent. with only PROT Arson and N" secret
service men, walked out rast his Old
homo and then to the new Palmer sta
dium. The President and hls parry lrt.
for Washington Is, % o'clock,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
WHITMAN HAS BUSY NIGHT
I loses Campaign In This Fart Of
state by wbirIvind Tour.

N--ITICl NIoIUo' Whitman ~ y
finished MS campaign Tor ihr E.puh'irl'.
nomination for q vernon ir IN nsr, -
tuo stat" by whirlNiui Spending ,uu.
10 E.oohlyn, e dash out :, G..puor1
Hill, Queens. and q visit To- tu, rtf'Cor'H
Assembly Distric' Republican club 7
nhattan. In Brooklyn he received
rous'ng welcome from the T"rrty-'-s'
Fourth, Twcnty-'hird and TNcut s-,,.- ~
Assembly district Republican clubs
More than a0o mon crowded Ir'p ~.
Richmond I'M Republican club vh.'
Hinman smoke last Friday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

telephone conversations IN tho tNIit,.,.t
years following his prophecy until tho .o'
learIncc of she t.'rs,-I be.
An important difficulty was mo V.a,.
ness Of tn. voice at the furthcr end q,
tho telephone wire. THIS WAS overcome
10y putting one receiver against q, 3c0Is.
ticon. which sur riontly nagulr,d N.
sound to permit the phonocrauh - 70 I.
II down Clearly.
!; was said yesterday that 8" p.r ,..'
Of all communication In this cuu..rt .g.
day is over the telephone. III, 40 :
value of the telescrlbe is expected t. -
IN fixing exactly What wa agreed 20 y
phone IN business Transaction one 's'e.
scribe viii serve FOR an the bu..f,ee. -
frnL n can Ice AFFIXED 10 t1, ~ .'.
board and used In recording any cor, ...
satlon wished Tn" prlcc Of tho ...' ..
Wrnt has not yet been settled
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
BRYAN AND DAHLMAN AGREE.
The, Rur, the Untrh-t rnd Mayor
II TO Get - Job.

LfHcoI~. N'n., Sept 20. Secretary
Bryan ana Mayor Jim pahlman Of Omaha
have buried Tn" hatchot. NJ Bryan is
to get for pahlnau the .utcrual revenue
ool'-ctorshp IN Nebraska. NJ. Dahlmau
II 20 forgive and forget Mr.. Rryan's
ropudiatluu Of MN WHEN n" va the
Democratic uom'ne" Tor 'iuNerpor In 1912.
Previous to that Dahluan had been q
faithful Lieutenant. Duhinan supported
Brya.'s oaudl lat" for state chairman
The reconciliation Is calculated To en-
harrass senator Hitchcock. VINO has been
close personal and political friend OF
pahlman for years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
44,3O2 FAULTS IN VOTERS LIST
Police FIND Great Number Of An
parent IrreguIariti.s

The police investigation Of the primary
registration lists about two-thrds COM
plrtc, reveals apparently t4,302 rrcgu-
laritieS, but most OF these consist ~ re-,
NOV ALI or deaths one copy Of the re.
port has been Med u; Police Headuuar-
tiers, the other with the bureau OF Elec-
ions.
commissioner Woods INSTRUCTED his cap
trius and inspectors yesterday IN police
uui'es at the primaries. Two men viii
Oc AZ each polling placcc ana detectives
Wlll look for repnatcrs.
Tamniany Hall election district leaders
are making a canvass to check up thu
police lists, In tho belief that many regu.
lar enrolments have been recorded AS
irregular
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

Wien asked II IN. death OF Mr.. Hears;
would AFFECT the value OF the good will of
his newspapers Nr, brisbane said
VERY seriously. The effect Of his
death In half II doz.n cities az once would
p" much greater than IN only two cities"
Testifylug cou'er.Ng the board OF
trustees created hy MI Pulitzer for his
newspapers Mr. Brisbanc said
81 think II was a wise act inasmuch as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
Value of Joseph Pulitzer Estate
SqvenS $I,83O,869 on Reappraisal

, and If IT is maintained SUCCESSFULLY IL
must BE- done by Il single individual. II
must proceed from the foresight. Juds-
mcnt and Intelligent character OF the one
dominating mind covering tho total out,
put There are many types OF successful
journalists. and tile shades OF difference
between successful newspaper men arc
sometimes very slight. 4 newspaper Is
sometimes popular by reason OF the per-
sonal character OF it's editor. rs in the
case Of Mr.. Greeley. and sometimes 1t sue
cceds through the news gathering energy
ana force of some one man. In the
anguish ~ physical suffering MIR. Pulitzer
vas obsessed with the world. know that
NJ. Bennett keeps a vigorous hold on
S% s M'r SnG Is , KEEP, death of of
MIR. Bennett rs almost destructive 10 that
paper The value OF Mr.. Pulitizers serv-
ices To- the World would not be too htgh
at 100000 n year"
Ills views ON Yellow Press.
Eeplylng - question concerning
yellow Journalism Mr.. Wattcrson said
There is much confusion In the public
mind about what Is known as yellow
journalism There have been SEE raj Pc
RODS of II IN New York James Gordon
bennett was the first yellow Journalist
and Charles A. Dana was the second Mr..
Mr. Hearst came along he was tho fourth,
and, think. he quite nlled the field or
yellow Journalism. A. Mr.. Pennett De-
came more respectable and Mr.. Dana
more fixed In his efforts they Tere raiseh
i'm tn. public estimation. so was VT
Pulitzer. So. I think. the field OF yellow
journalism II SO illled by the Hears,
rcvspapers that they no more compete
with the World than with the Herald OF
TIE Sun
nep,ylrs TO othe- questions Mr.. Waiter
son said: ,.
"Tuc average newspaper retrencnhen'
tas preceded death Whenever YOU nesIn
TO notice any publication evidently econ
om',iug YOU can make mp your in,nd 'llst
u viii eventually he destroyed. WouIu
no, nc willing 80 take the neTspapers
'of, nv Nj. Pulitzer under tP conditions
named In his will at any price. Ihere
is no business In tn" world aosolu'eI!
recurring autocracy rs murh-ss the news
p,n,r II must be an auto'racy have
a very minute 'dea ~ what enters INTO
,o-mn~row's Newspaper. bnt have very
u.,la knowledge Of the concrete things OF
,,. business md ~ II
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

reduced cost at which this association
'urnis hes It's news 20 its members While
"umproh"uded I'm the good will oc each
newspaper as an element Of economy IN
tin" cost OF obtaining ncws. and to some
extent reelected IN the earnings IL repre-
s"nts, in my opinion, a valuation which
might b" realized On sale of tho pub
lioatson possessing such membership even
though no profits were earned
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
seldom Good Investment.

"A man who vans a new spapcg wants
4 for some special reason said NJ
Gunu.son. "a man doesn't buy news
paper for Investment dou't believe -
the Sew York World had boon sold in tho
open market at tho time Of Nj pulltzcr's
dedth T. would have brought more 'hau
100000 The circulation o' "A news
paper a!of certain po'u; Is An actual
detr!ment - the papcr IN Wow Of the IN
creased COS: Of white paper. dom be-
l!evo there & q penny newspaper IN New
York to-day that pays for It's white paper
Increased circulation Va NO criterion by
which to Judge Increased profit"
Louis \. Leonard. a newspaper broker.
said that before M Pulitzer bought the
World he looked over The propcrt, Cor
Charles =. Taft. lie figured ;he good
Wll at Mr.. Iul.izer's death a. from $500
900 10 81 .Onc, 00o.
"r am not great believer IN IN"
future continued prosperity of the world
under the conditions under which Mr.
Pulitzer tory ~ I don't believe any TVr
mon have ability to run such business.
although any one OF them might
Tn" witness said hc weighed up tn"
World for two months before he tcsti-
iied and found that the newspaper made
a profit OF about ono cent on twelve nr
hftcen papers. He said that at the time
ne sold the Daily NcWs FOR he Wood .s-
tate 20 Frank r. Munsey nc asked
tho late Mr.. Iaifan about IT, and
Mr.. I.aftan said that If Mr. Wood
could get f"50O0 TOY Il to "haNe her
grab II quicH." The papsr Vas sold for
$3.50. 0Oo. T. mad" $50. 00o in the last
year Of Mr.. Woods life. tH3 o0n tho r"Nt
year "and during the iirst wear under the
new management IL lost enough 10 pretty
rearly put II IN bankruptcy"
charles NJ Palmer also a neNspapcr
broker said that there is no market Tor
newspaper securities. but that papers
are bought be"auS" the buyer thinks I've
can improve a situation, or for politics,
or a desire To enter the Journalistic d"ld.
lie said that on the day Of Mr. pulltHer's
death tho World had special value II
about s5,0oO,00O, but at a hurriel sale
Il would not have brought over $1,000
600.
II think | can say that tho tendencies
Of newspapers. like men. are 10 become
conservative with age. and when conser-
vatism reaches certain point a new .-
supplantsd by other newspapers livellcr
optimistic about tho future or the news
paper business. II is a. good as a"v
business know Of. ldv.rtlsing rates
can be raised and are becoming con-
stautly higher"
Mr.. Palmer sad II was common no
mark when Mr. Muusey bought IN, DaVy
NetCs that he said ne wanted to "cba rye
I; from Sixth avenue - Fifth avenue"
lie said that the price At which ID was
sold was low enough.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

Newspaper Values Raised.
Tho !.creass IN tn" value Of tn. estate
is duo chiefly to N" changes in me APP
praisal of tn" value OF the Sew YORK
and st Louis newspapers. In tho fiat
report Appraiser Berry estimated thc 81.
Louis Post Dtspdtch 81, tj0o0u0 ard tho
two New York newspapers at 81 600. ooo
The report filed yesterday fixes IA, value
OF the two New York papers AZ tSiI.SO2,
exclusive OF tn" Associated Press fran
ch'Ses, which are valued separately at
'24o,O"o each making the total value
of III" good Will of the New York papers
t.29l.S09
Tie value OF III" Po,'-D snatch il in
creased from Sju0."N0 20 Siq64Iln.
which with the Associated Press fran.
chs" appraised a. s2iOuoc makes a total
value ot k2.2"i. lie fp~ tile good will of
IA" Pos'-DiSpofrh. The ,alue OF q.t6t
shares ia the newspaper corporate. IL
iNel n '2.6,7.262.
Appraiser R"rry based his estimate %
the value OF thu good vii Of "a. u.-,..
papers on th"ir earnings co. four Years
prior 20 Mr.. rulitze-'s death In ,xp.uI:.-
TX his method OF computation he vlid:
"b, taking TIC average annua, earn
iugS OF cdcn % said corporations :nr
four years preceding NJ Pulitzer
death az basis to- Capitalization. ard
N view Of the fact that these corporations
earnings are s"t 'u-''l Advantageous con
tracts f"r tho purola.- g" whit. papcr az
ngurc far below tn" market value ~
sucl paper during those years. and the
further fact thu; IA" contracts for the
supply OF said paper wero about to ter'i.i-
hat' "a f'w months subsequent - the
Gcdtn OF The t"stator. and that new con
tracts t"r such paper at the Increased cost
had been made before dsredeut's death.
] have deducted from n. average annual
earnings so pr cent. Of tho dlff .cuc, h .
tween III" market value oF tho sad white
pape" and rs actua. cost under the eNp.r-
nag contracts"
Mr. Berry also d-iuc.S from thn earn.
Ing "thc valu. u' tho s--V.y-S rendered,
t. each corporation hv tn. testaton an
extraordinary newspaper geulu.. whose
services. In my opinion wore reasonable
worth the sums OF tiuu. Goa a ,ea- t1
each corporation ana a further sum ,u'l.,,
To per cent. OF the capital invested"
The appraiser also dedvc's ~ an on
pend!tu re bonuses amounting 10 slguuUo
paid ny Mr.. Pulitzer 20 h,s emn'nyces dur.
reaches tho final ngur- for IA. valu. OF
the good VIII by capi'aliZlug fNc average
net earnings AZ 10 per cent. "h"rauso %.
the hazardous nature or these news.
paper enterprises" ~ believe that tho
value Of IA" stock of 'he Pres. put'ish,ng
Company IL decreased Of. por c,'t hr
IN. provision ~ the VII prohibiting the
board of trustees from selling -. tucl,
I lie deducts -. per cont moro baraus-
NJ. Pul!tzer's act IN putting his rops-
, papers In the hands Of a board Of trustee,
depre"lates the value ~ tho stock tina,
amount.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23

bon e S"i'@. business manager OF tn.
h'rH' "n'l' questioned as 70 tho value
OF q franchise was asked what Mr. pnl.
'tarr paid for membership In the Asso.
ciated Press.
Mr, Pulitzer mover paid anything. :"
saId the witness The I'ress PublishIng
COMPANY loaned tine Associated Press
5000 and took two bonds for tha,
snnunt" "
The Assoc,n e. Press is q corpor.-
tlon?' po'"-
The Associated Press Is a nsh and
game club. That Is, II is organized under
the law providing tov the organization OF
Ill ana game clubs"
Whcn asked If Il newspaper could do
without franchise Nj Snltz sald
The Fren'nG journal has no Assoc
lated Press franchise and has tho largest
circulation In New York. I don't helieyo
'ack of membership In the Associated
Press Is drtrinent To Tia. New Y0th Sus
any way Tho failure % the Daily
"ttOs was not due to the fact that II had
no Associated Press franchise. Mr..
Hearst paid $4,000 or s24b,ooo for the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
FRANK S. Subway
No. s on the Republican
Primary Ballot.

MIR Subway Vas born in Buffalo, De-
ccmber 18th, 1869 He was educated in the
public and private schools of Buffalo. AZ
Phillips Exeter Academy. Harvard Uni
versty and the Buffalo Law school He
was the President IF hi class when he
was graduptcd from the Law School in
1891 He Also stabbed law in the offices of
Lewis Moot h Lewis anG Sprlguc Moot,
Spragle and Iirowueil Mr. Adelbert
Moot, u member of the Board Of Regents
OF the State of New York, and II former
President oi the New FORK State Bar hsso-
citation was IA member of bot h of these
iirInr
Mr. Sidway was admitted 10 the Bar in
October ls9i His practice consists prin-
cipally Of the care OF estates and particu-
larly of the care of real estate.
Buffalo. y. Y. September -. 1914.
THE Subway CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
Hangs Uims-Ir In For-., Park.

william Ncuman. 80. hookke epp r.
uf toaa Jefferson avenue. brooklyn. com
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by
hanging himself TO n tree In Forest Park
Queens Borough.
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$4,000. 900. says Mun.~y.

When Mr.. Muusev was examined he
was asked this question:
What consideration % YOU give 10
membership In the Associated Press IN
regard 20 tho publication OF newspaper
in New York."
That Is A vcrv easy question u
ansver.' replied Mr. Munsey The As
ISOLATED Press morning service Is very
valuable. To tho publisher WAC under
takes the job Of getting out a newspaper
In New York I should say that II would
be worth $1,000. O0o as compared to get
ting out a newspaper without one. That
sum represents 800. 00o a year q. . psr
cent, which cannot possibly make up for
the absence Of Associated Press news. In
tho first place II is utterly Impossible 10
get good news outside of the Associated
fress, and IN the second place the near
est approach possible TO Associated Press
neWs would cost more than 81 1000, 900 II
"a cheap at 100000
IF you ask my idea Of the value Of
an Associated Press franchs. in New
York ] would fix 1t at $1,000, 600. Til.
afternoon service II not so valuable The
only thing that cuts any figure at all Is
the Associated Press IN the morning.
would value the Ercnthg World franchise
at $4,000"
"Would you characterize il as part Of
the good wlll?"
Decidedly not. II is a possession"