The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-25
FL Paso. Texas,
May 2, 1916.

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Two punches of publicity makers
are very active down here just now
the movie men and the writing men.
/ | have found or have formed some
good friends among both sets and am
having some fun watching the game
from behind the scenes.
The movie men represent all the
big concerns that supply the country
with weekly picture news services.
These include the Universal Films Co.,
Pathe, Hearst-Vitagraph, Selig-Tribune
and Gaumont.
The men are alive and always on
the job. Their machines set around
in easy places ready for action. The
game is to get every picture of which
news is made. Obregon is in the
headlines these days and a special
he appears you see six or eight movie
machines and many photographers.
Yesterday the boys /made an en-
gagement to take Gen. Obregon at
his private car in Juarez. We went
over in three automobiles. But the
general was busy and suggested that
we come back today at twelve O'Clock
when he would have his whole staff
ready to pose.
Today at 1880 a. M, we started
again, party filing three cars. But
near the bridee we met Gen. Obregon
in his automobile followed by three
other cars coming over to FL Paso.
We turned around and Joined the
procession.
J Gen. obregon drove up to the Paso
Del Norte Hotel and went in. The
movie men soon had their machines
planted all around his car, prepared
to take few yards of negatives
when he came out.
That was at 11:45 a. M, and he
hasn't come out yet-at this writing
and it is 1890 p. NJ. now.
The movie men stood by their ma
chimes all afternoon. until the sun
went down. then they folded up their
tripods and came in doors-rather dis
gusted.
| Twelve or fifteen picture men have
worked hard all day. went without
lunch, spent a lot of money and didn't
get a picture. But late tonight the
report came that the country club
was burning and on they went in
automobiles to see what they could
get there, and they got some good
pictures of the club, which burned
down.
Anything with an Ell Paso date line
on it makes news these days, and pic
ture news as well.
The writer's are more fortunate.
They can write a story whether any
thing happens or not. They have to
send in something every day.
| All the leading news agencies are
represented here and 20 or 80 of the
leading papers from New York to Los
Angeles have special men on the
ground, who send in special stories in
addition to what the newspapers get
from the A. p. or the United Press.
The Daily Record gets the United
Press service. have just received
copy OF The Daily Record of Sat
urday. April 29th, and have read the
story of the days doIngs here. 1t
is very good. 1t tells all the details
exactly as it happened. was here
and saw the whole show The Record
report was complete and accurate
The conference ended here at about
1880 a. M. and the Record had the
report at 1870 p. m.
The big papers of the country car
ried three or four column reports
of that meeting between Scott and
Funston with Obregon and his men.
but didn't tell one essential fact, not
carried in the United Press report in
The Record.
These special writer's for the big
papers are experts. They can make
three columns of news grow where
no fact existed before they arrived on
the scene. A clever chap from a
big city paper will go around and
call on Gen. Funston who will have
nothing to say" then he sends his
assistant over to Juarez, who finds
Gen. Obregon taking his siesta and