Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-05
NEWS CONTROL
CHANGE NEAR
fContlnued From Page one.l

CONTINUED From rage Ono.I
swore to the false statement of owner
ship of the paper for Delavan Smith, will
be placed in complete charge of 1t as
publisher This report however, does
not agree with the one generally accepted
that Warren Fairbanks will return to
indianapolis and become the active, pub
Usher. 1t may be the outgrowth Of an
understanding between Fairbanks and
Brown that the reorganization Of the
paper will not affect his present stu
alton, which many expected him to re-
sign when he pleaded that he had not
been informed of the Fairbanks owner
shin of the News when he took oath that
'Delavan Smith was the sole owner.
BROWN PLACED
IN BAD LIGHT.
Brown has been placed In an unenviable
light by the court disclosures. When It
became known that Fairbanks was a
three fourths owner Of the News Brown
was compelled either to admit that he
had falsely and knowingly taken oath
that Smith was the owner or that as
general manager of the property he had
never been taken into the condolences OF
the publisher or owners to the extent of
being told for whom he was really work
ing Brown elected to- declare that he
had been deceived for many years by
the man for whom he worked and for
whom he has continued to work without
any apparent resentment over the alleged
deception.
Developments in the News situation
are awaited with great interest by the
republican politicians Of the state who
hope to have the support Of that paper
In the coming campaign. It is gener-
ally believed that when the control rs
shifted Joe KeaRing will put the paper
squarely behind the Watson interests in
Indiana, owing to Kea1ing's close con-
nection with Boise Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania, who Is the very great friend of
jim Watson and the manager from whom
the Watson element takes its orders.
Such an action will leave Jim Goodrich
and his crowd out in the wet as far as
political organs are concerned, and an
ticipation Of 1t is said to be prompting
known efforts on the part of Goodrich
and his friends to obtain interests In
republican papers in various parts Of
the state. One of the recent manifesto
tons Of this was the purchase of the
Evansville Journal Gazette by Goodrich
interests. Another is the confession of
Jim Goodrich that he personally held
an interest in a democratic paper in
city farther north, which has recently
been reOrganized.
In the meanwhile, the policy of the
News appears to be interfered with con-
sfderably by uncertainty as to its fu-
ture ownership. Never has the paper
been as "wobbly" as at present. polih-
cally, and IL is noticeable that those
things which 1t was generally in the
habit Of giving strong support are now
being approached with considerable
care. For example. the Goodrich scheme
to limit the special session of the legis-
latuare to ratification Of the suffrage
amendment was not, ag Helen Benridge
said, received enthusiastically"
Joe Healing is playing a consistent
game with the News. He is the type OF
politician who is generally compared
with the "surt-thing" poker player, and
it is evident from the way J6eis fritter-
ing away his chips in the jack-pots thct
he is not vet ready to shove in his stack
and show his hand.-Copyright 1920, In
diana Publicity Bureau.