The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-09
Charges Bribing and Corrupt
ing of News Employees.
Makes Up Its Report From
News Gathered by "a. p"
PETITIONS FOR INJUNCTION
Charge System Is Followed in
Many Large Cities.
''Attempt to Destroy Chief Ri
VAL" Is Hearst's Reply.

New York, Jan. 9.-Charging that
Hearst's International News Service
gets the news which makes up its
daily reports and especially important
foreign news, in large part by bribing
and corrupting employees" of its mem
berS, the Associated Press has filed
suit in the United States district court
here, asking for permanent injunc-
ton against the International News
Service to prevent such practices.
In his affidavit Melville E. Stone,
general manager of the Associated
Press, says:
1T appears from the affidavit of F. w.
rangement has continued at least from
January, 1914, to the present time, and
u i u important news gatherea by me
appropriated by the defendant and sold
by it at great profit as if properly gath
cred by itself from original sources of in
formation, with all the labor and expense
involved, when in fact the same was OBJ
tanned at the trifling cost of $40 pes week.
paid to employees of the Cleveland News
for betraying the interests of their en-
pIoyers and of the Associated Press
The court issued an order instruct
ing the International News Service to
appear tomorrow morning to show
cause why the injunction should not
be issued. This order has been served
on Solomon S. Carvalho, president of
the organization.
lSakdSc Oh NEWS.
The complaint comprises affidavits
by Stone; Fred w. Agnew. former
manager and telegraph operator of
the International News Service at
Cleveland and by three local employees
of the Associated Press.
Referring to the practices alleged
in his affidavit, Stone says:
This has been done, as the deponent is
informed and believes, in the city of New
York, in Detroit, San Francisco, Los
Angeles Cleveland
where; but for some time, as the deponent
is informed and believes the principal and
rangement and principal source of such
leakage of news, has been thru
the International News Service and en-
ployes of the Cleveland News which re-
ceives the service of the Associated Press
For a. considerable time heretofore, the
Cleveland office of the international News
Service has had arrangement with tele
graph editors of the Cleveland News by
which for a consideration regularly paid
such telegraph editors have telephoned or
otherwise communicated to such Cleveland
offices of the defendant, important news
received by the Cleveland News from the
Associated Press, promptly as the same
an arrangement clearly shown by the fol
lowing letter dated November II, 1916,
from Barry Fairs, the day manager of the
New York to +. Ii. Ward. manager of the
Cleveland office international News Ser
Gable address"
- 'Hearstite-
- November 21, 1916.
Z" Mr.. L. H. Ward.
- .720 The Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Dear Mr.. Ward:
How Tips Were Made.
"'Agnew had an arrangement some
where in Cleveland office whereby he could
| tip off on big news stories that the A. p.
| was carrying, l wish you would find out
| from him just what this connection was
and if you cannot make use of it. 1t
proves very valuable to receive a tip that
the A. Z. is carrying as soon as it puts
| it out the wire. Don't mention the A
| 2. in any messages of that kind but simply
say: .Ansonia carrying fifty dead, Penn
| sylvania wreck, Pittsburg, or wherever it
1 may be. l like the way you takin &
| hold of Cleveland very much. 1 notice
a big Improvement in the way stories are
written. Keep it up
| With best regards.
- am sincerely yours,
| (Signed) BARRY FARIS.' :"
! In the affidavit by Agnew numer-
Gus messages exchanged between Faris
and Ward relative to what the A. P.
was carrying are quoted. Following is
an example taken from the text of the
complaint:
Tips Off Lloyd George Resignation.
| ION December 9Th, at 2:27 p. m, the
| following message was sent to DIR, the
| Cleveland office of the International News
| Service by the New York office:
| "'DR-has Lloyd-George resigned war
! secretaryship ?-BF, New York.
..At II 80 p. M, the following message