Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-26
STORY OF news STORY
United Press Explains About the
ArmIStICe Word
HOW The Big MISTAKE WAS MADE

of Public Interest About what
Would Have Been a Remarkable
News Beat. Except for Cireumstan-
ees That Conspired TO Make u an
Historic FIuke.
The Yorkvile Enquirer. discussing that pre-
,,s,ure mace story with which the country was
fooled last week. says There WAS no s""u ca
euse for no, believing it because It was gwen
ou, nm the authority Of the two great press as
xnc;a,ions. the United Press and the Associa1u
Press, that are almost universally reSatueu I'D -"
infalIible" The Enquirer has been se.'ouS'y
,,;si,forncJ The Associated Press did not
end gu, the premature dispatch, nor o'u II
mick the story up. AZ another news ' 90,
ton did Furthermore. The Enquirer WI" ..'u
if !, investigates. tina, while the AsSocia,Td
-, h.. ,.ver made any pretense at Inialii-
biIi,v il is the only news association III ','o
,,n,-v ,ha, has ever enjoyed reputation LOT
ocur.rv because il is the only association 'i"'
10. ,,,,.r earned such a reputation. anu
Courier. ., my
we did not intend TO get into any
ounrrel about this thing ana we a'e
M, going TO. We got our Impressions
that both associations we're respo"S'O'e
from the New York World. which 'aA''
tho service Of both, and the alterhoo"
edition OF which helped TO spreau '"e
,,Ioe news, The World seemed to treat
tho affair as If one association WAS do
much TO blame as the other Dul may
he that was Il way 1t took OF deiehoi'e
its own reliability. While we 10 iio'
suhscr,be for the service OF either as
sociation we do not hesitate 10 say u'"'
~ we were going to take one vi III.
other we would take the Associa'eu
Press rather than the United Press uu'
because Of it's greater prestige ra'he'
chan hecause Of it's greater reiiaDllilS'
II Is a fact that the United PRESS 'ie
ouently carries important news "h''o
of the Associated Press. ana the Assn
c;a+ad Press frequently carries hhpoi
,ant news ahead Of the United fress'
Somatimes. too, when the Assocla'eu
Press is scooped by the United fFesS'
the Associated Press ignores the news
involved on the very correct 'he0i'
that hundreds of thousands OF peopie
,,,,, discount it as untrue or uniinpor-
t,nt because IL Is not confirmed py inc
Associated Press. But speaking oi '"e
"infallibility" Of the Associated fresS'
which the News and Courier does not
UNFOLD. we remember how on one oc-
casIon our contemporary had 10 pay
damages because Of the publication VI
a libelous story 1t published on the au-
thority of the Associated Press "oou'
one Annie Oakley. OF course the irs'
story of the signing OF the armistiee
,yos q mistake; and the mistake ought
not TO have been made; but reaiiy anu
tr,Iv we do not sec any good grounu
for the Growing Of competing news as
sociations. All Of them make mis'"kes
ond when they denounce the other TOT
sncakinr .'falsehood" for making
mistake they are only denouneihs
themselves But in further support OF
What we said originally we beg to SUD-
mi, the following on the authority Oh
tho International News Service Oh Ne"
York: .. :,
New York, November s.--four a'tent'oh :"
herpby called TO mlslehuiHS =.
nsc,ion with the negotiations for an armisues !,
which have been sent out by the AsSoS'a'eu
prcss That organization has carried tne w.
,,or, thu, an order TO cease firing was issueu
,'os,ordsy afternoon and that hostilities ceased
=, o,cIock. That statement was not true
rhoro IL not a single word TO indicate that any
ordor 70 cease firing was issued. Paris as
na,chcx carried by the International News SER
yica say that orders TO cease hrinS were 'SSueu
by the Germans in the sector where their pen
;no,entiaries were scheduled TO cross the Frehch
Inc. The armis,ice is not signed. terms oy
,ho Allies have not been accepted by Germany
and tho war is not over. The intimation tha'
,ho Allies have 30 far accepted Germanys posi-
,ion as TO cease firing is calculated to deicat
the pressurc of the United States and its asso-
ciated nations. This is called TO your attention
because II Is believed important.
The Associated Press yesterday at l.SS p n'''
sent out the following bulletin:
New York. Novemcr New YORK news
bureau. which is affiliated with the Central
News. sent out dispatch on It's financial tlck-
er this afternoon under London date line
reading rs follows:
".At $50 O'Clock this afternoon the foreign
Office announced that II had no confirmation OF
the report that Germany had accepted the ar
mstice conditions
This cablegram the property OF the In
ternational News Service. II was the first Of
hcial statement that no armistice had been
signed which was received in New York from
abroad. and Il was hours ahead of any other
dispatch to that effect.