South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-25
w ar News That is
Real War News on
Window or Street

PRINTING THE WAR NEWS:
Satuid day night two women
stood i'm front Of The News
Times office reading the bulle-
tins anent the British retreat
ON the western war front and
the Smelling of Paris.
Its all lies" said one OF
them. They just give out
that stan to scare people into
subscribing To the war chest
and To buy Liberty bonds"
The women were "clackers''
-traitOrs-Of the prO-German
propagandist school. but. very
well, let the people be scared
into subscribing to- the ''war
chest. and buying Liberty
bonds Il they must be.
\ scare for "cynics." for
"clackeIs" and disloyal men and
women who enjoy our Ameri-
can privileges. opportunities
and freedom. while directing
their allegiance into favor with
our national army-dcserve a
scare.
Ii would do them good TO
have that long range gun that
has been Smelling Paris drop Il
bomb or their traitOrOus heads.
BULLETINS AND EXTRAS:
When The News-Timcs posts
bulletin or publishes an cX-
ira. the purpose is To give the
public the latest possible. and
most truthful information
available at the moment.
We do not manufacture news
i'm The News-Times Office, nor
post bulletins, nor print extras,
for the mere sake of the thing.
The purpose i always to keep
the public appraised of things
extraordinary that are going on:
things that they might want TO
know without waiting for the
regular issues of the paper.
There il no JOY in il for Us;
only expense which the returns
very seldom pay.
Local news is gathered on the
street; state, national, and
WAR NEWS, by leased wires
two of them: the Associated
Press and International News
a.
tend to doctor or color the news
that they bring US.
Bear this i'm mind. \ News
Times bulletin on its window,
or n News-Timcs extra ON the
street. mean that something has
actually happened which i'm our
judgment is worth while for the
public 10 know i'm advance of
publication OF our regular is
sues.
IL Is presented, i'm substance,
at least, as we get it. We take
pride in being truthful.
KILLING THE EXTRAS:
Any other mode of operation
ought to be suicidal. You
have heard the fable of the boy
who cried wolf. wolf" when
there was no wolf: OF the liar
who could not be believed when
he spoke the truth.
Well. that is exactly what in
consequential bulletins or eX-
tras: or worse still, prevaricat-
ing bulletins or extras, soon
would, and ought to make Of
newspaper.
We have never been guilty.
We never shall be. We may
get a "bum steer" aS IL is call
ed in newspaper parlance, but
we won't lie intentionally, nor
seek to- senSatiOnaliZe the in
consequential. whether to effect
n scare" to appear enterpris-
ing. or To rake i'm a few extra
pennieS-at n loss.
True, our Saturday extra said
the Germans had taken 100000
British prisoners; later reduced
10 $4,000 and then expanded TO
10000. Every newspaper in the
country got the same story, and
by all rews agencies. 1t is eX-
planned that the extra 'cypher'
was picked up somewhere on
the cables. Were sorry. but
couldn't help it.
We did not, however. on SUN
day publish any extras assert
ing the loss of 100000 Huns"
for there were no messages TO
Justify IL received in the city.
IL would have been fabrication
II have published such II state
ment.
WILL PRINT THE NEWS:
On a basis of tT'uthfulnesS-
sticking 90 the facts "a we get
them, without color or eXag-
geratiOn-Thc News Times will
print the war news, in regular
editions always. and bulletins
will he posted, and extras pub
lished - importance justifies.
III it is an extra News