The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
EMPEROR PAID HEAVILY
Immense Sum in Cash Turn
ed Over to German Publish
ers for World Rights
TWO SYNDICATES IN RACE
Mcclure Company Wins Me-
\ moirs When Nearest Rival
, Fails to Utilize Airplane

Overcoming active competition by
all the newspapers in this territory.
y'ihe option OF The World for the
publication Of the Kaiser's Memoirs
has been recognized by the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate, successful bid
der for the world rights and on
sunday September "a, the first
chapter of this interesting interna-
tional story by the leading figure in
European politics and the World
war will appear.
Before entering competitive bid Z
for the serial publication OF the
kalsers book, the American syndi-
cate OF newspapers assured itself
that the book did not contain Ger
man propaganda. but was interest
ing history OF European politics and
world-known individuals by the pen
OF one of the central figures.
To show the efforts made by the
many bidders for publication righ's
The World reproduces the follow
Ing special cable TO the New York
Times. a member OF the American
syndicate. under date OF June Ii:
Special Cable to The New York
Times.
BERLIN. June 11.-Berlin .and
Leipsic have been the scenes dur
ing the last four weeks of the most
extraordinary competition of groups
OF newspaper and book publishers
that ever has occurred. These
groups included, directly and indi-
rectly, practically every important
newspaper in the world and many
leading book publishers. The object
Of the competition was to secure
the serial rights and the book rights
70 the personal memoirs OF the
former German kaiser. which have
long been In preparation and were
declared ready to be offered for
publication early In May.
In a private sitting room in the
Hotel Adlon at midnight last night
the competition came to end with
the payment of the highest cash fig
ure in the whole history of litera-
ture and publication TO the Lepsic
publishing house. which is the FORM
er kaisers agent. For this large
sum the Leipsic house sold the
Worldwide rights. excluding Ger
man language rights, TO Wilhelm
lis memoirs, covering his entire
career from kaiser to ex-kaiser, to
an organization Of newspapers head
ed by the New York Times aE5 :he
Mcclure Newspaper syndicate. and
20 the New York publishing house
of Harper & Brothers.
Those Who Get the Memoirs.
Included among the newspapers In
the successful group Of competitors
are:
The New York Times, The Chica-
90 Daily News, The st. Louis Globe
Democrat, The Cleveland Plain Deal
sr. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times,
The Boston Post, The Detroit News,
The San Francisco Bulletin, The Log
Angeles NTimes. The Seattle Times,
The Kansas City Journal-Post, The
Denver Post, The Spokane Spokes-
man Review. The Atlanta Constitu-
tlon. The Omaha News, La Nacion
OF Buenos Aires, The Mexico City
Excelsior. The Havana El Mundo.
The London Sunday Times.
Harper a. Brothers will have the
American and Canad an book rights,
CaSsell & Co. OF London the English
and Colonial book rights. Leading
newspapers and publishing houses
all over the rest OF the world will !
also publish the work.
What the Ex-kaiser Tells.
Expert readers for the rival bid !
ders have made enthusiastic reports
about the serial feature value as
Wen as the permanent historical |
value OF the work as a source book. |
The fifteen chapter headings are:
First, Bismarck; second. Caprivi; |
third, Hohenlohe; fourth, Bue- /
low; fifth, Bethmann-Hollweg; |
sixth, My Assistants and Our
Successes with Regard to Public |
Administration; seventh, Science and
Art; eighth, My Relations with Re-
lgious Denominations; ninth, Army
and Navy; tenth, The Outbreak OF
the War; eleventh, The Pope and
Peace: twelfth, The End OF the War
and My Abd!cation; thirteenth, Up
70 the Bar of a Neutral Tripunal?;
fourteenth, The Question Of Gult;
Iltteenth, The Revolution and the
'uture of Germany
The memoirs are summarizable as
an intensely personal, vivid, detailed
narrative, all in the first person
iolding attention from start TO fin
sn' with just one climax after an
other.
A Dramatic Contest.
AS the record-breaking duplicate
contracts, written on one small sheer
Ot Motel stationery, we're signed
sealed and mutually delivered In the
AaIon at midnight Saturday a strug
sIe ended that involved among 9th
er dramatic features race againsl
ume ecrcs the Atlantic by the prin-
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