The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-27
across the continent. to go to France,
where he now is.

across the continent, to go to France,
where he now is.
While the Associated Press is the
great news gathering organization in
this country, there are two other Or
ganizations of a similar character that
are entitled to consideration and are
factors in the service to the daily
newspapers.
The first of these is the new United
Press, known as the United Press AS
sociations. 1t is a service particular
ly and expressly for afternoon papers.
1t serves no morning papers. except
ing in a number of cases there is a
Saturday night service for Sunday
morning papers. The State Journal is
the only paper in Kansas which re-
ceives both the Associated Press and
the United Press. requiring the entire
time, for the entire day, of two oper-
ators, for the State journal gets the
full day and night reports of the A. P.
and the full report of the U. P. as
taken over leased wires used exclu-
sively all the time for, those purposes.
The United Press is organized on en-
tirely different lines from the Asso-
ciated Press. the latter being a mu-
tual organization for the sole purpose
of serving news, without profit. to
members, and only to members; the
United Press is organized not only to
serve newspapers but for profit: it is
stock company. In taking the
United Press as I have since the
breaking out of the war. first brief
telephone report but now the COM
plete leased wire service, 1 look upon
it as an additional reporter. Its serv-
ice gives to US valuable news that is
not received by any other daily paper
in Kansas, in connection with the As
ISOLATED Press.
There are some papers in this state
that receive the full Associated Press
report, and some smaller papers re-
ceive an abbreviated, or pony" re-
port of the news. AS an example,
from the office of the State Journal
there is distributed to other papers in
Kansas smaller report made out
from our full report. The Emponia
Gazette. William Allen Whites paper,
for instance, receives it's report of
some 5000 words daily out of our
probably 10000. 1t gets the cream
of the news. While the Gazette and
other papers in Kansas, like the Sa-
lima paper and some of the others, re-
ceive the abbreviated report, yet there
is no big piece of news which they do
not receive. but items which we may
print in full they would have in bulle-
tin form.
The United Press serves in this
country about 500 evening papers. 1t
is an excellent service, but not in my
Judgment as a comprehensive in
ISOLATED Press. The United Press
is branching out and has impor-
tant agencies at Rio Janeiro and other
world cities. 1t has intrepid, alert
paid correspondents ON the battle
fronts Very many of our important
Press correspo1 dents at the various
fronts in Italy, in France, in Mesopo-
tamia and in Russia.
There is one other news agency
known as the International News
service. My paper also receives part
OF Its service, and it's value to us is
largely in its excellent reports OF
sports and in specially written stories.
we DO not depend upon 1t for news
put only as supplementary report.
a Few years ago this International
news service, which is called the
Hearst service, had the services of no
less distinguished man than Rud-
yard kipling, and you may remember
reading in the State Journal several
years ago reports of the war written
by his inimitable pen.
Inc hearst service is an organiza-
tlon created by William Randolph
Hearst, who has very important news
papers at San Francisco, Los Angeles,
New York City, Boston, Chicago and
Atlanta. Those connections alone
would enable the International. or
Hearst service, to obtain at times news
OF very great value, just as one more
good reporter out of two or four or
five Or ten as the State Journal has
10 cover local news, would secure news
that none of the other reporters of
local or world news might happen
to get.
The Hearst service, 1 might saw. has
unfortunately
credited at times. Not long ago it was
deprived of news from London and
from Paris and it resulted in methods
of more or less question to obtain
news not obtainable from original
sources.
The Associated Press charged tina,
the International stole important
news thru disloyal men in Associated
Press offices paid by the international
and who betrayed the Associated Press
which had obtained the news at great
expense and enterprise and delivered
the news to the rival organization.
This was proven in the courts and the
delinquent reporter who stole the news
was discharged. The Associated Press
won in the legal battle in which it con-
tended it had a property right for its
own members in the news it collected
not contending that news can be
copyrighted, but that its report of the
news may be and should be protected
The case has been appealed by the In
ternational to the supreme court and
is now pending.
Mr.. Hearst was until a month ago
without an Associated Press member
ship for his Chicago morning papers
He publishes both morning and even
ing papers in some cities. About
thirty days ago Mr. Hearst purchased
the Chicago Herald. which has beer
running at an enormous loss, ano
thereby acquired the Associated Press
membership of the Chicago Herald. sc
that now he is really not dependent
upon his own service at any of his
principal points where he has morn.
ing papers, but can use, with the Other
morning papers, the Associated Press
service. 1t is matter of conjecture
that Mr.. Hearst may decide to aban-
don his night service SO far as the
selling of news to clients or Other
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