Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1926, Page 13

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In liguid or tablet form at PEOPLES and all |drug stores.—Advertisement. Severe tests in cases of long m—bdflpdgx'fl or any case of Itching, Blind, | Press’ the Associated Preas [‘ ing certain ethical standards and ex- | English pending millions of dollars annually to gather the news, you may think OUTLINED ON RADID Executives of Vast News Or- ganization Describe Pro- fession’s Methods. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 9.—The man- ner in which current history all over the world 1s gathered, written and distributed to daily newspapers by %0000 men and women of the Asso- ciated Press was explained last night from broadeasting sations through- out the country by executives and editors of the co-operative news or- ganization. The talks were broadcast from di- visiona! headquarters by WJZ, New York: WMAQ, Chicago; WSB, Atlanta; KOA, Denver: WDAF, Kansas City, and KPO. San Francisco. In each division other talks were broadcast rous local stations. “A very requested the Associated Press to send out a story asking newspaper readers to give him advice as to how he could give away several million dollars. He was told that we would be delighted to send his glad tidings around the world and felt sure that we could guarantee him prompt re- turns. Returns in Few Hours. “That night the story was put on our wires at New York and so de- livered into every nook and corner of the United States, into Canada, Mexico and Cuba. The cables hur- ried it to our member newspapers in Central and South America. At our San Francisco office the message was relayed by wireless to Alaska and overseas to our papers in Hawaii and the Philippines. At the same time the representatives in our office of the 83 foreign news agencies with which we maintain reciprocal rela- tions forwarded it across the At- lantic, releasing it to the press of Europe. Asia and Africa, where we have no member newspapers. “The response was as generous as the invitation. When I arrived al my office the next morning I found on my desk a telegram from an ‘early bird’" milkman in the Middle West who wanted a more definite address for the philanthropist and also & new milk wagon. Then the deluge. “Advice to the wouid-be giver of millions came to his office from every State and Territory in the Union, from the deepest recesses of China, from the banks of the Nile, from a farmer in South America, a sergeant in the (zechoslovakian army and from a goatherder in Judea who wished a chance to study law. Advice came by telegraph, telephone, cable, wireless and through the mails. When his clerical staff had given up trying to sort and catalogue the communications there had been eceived, I believe, about 183,000 re- li The last T knew of the matter nswers were still arriving at the rate of 5.000 a day and the philan- thropist. on the verge of a nervous hreakdown, had sought seclusion in his country home, from which he ment us a second request. It was that send out one more story for him saying that he did not want any more advice! Cost Ts $47.50 a Minute. “I assume that most of you have seen the line ‘By the Associated or the abbreviation ‘AP’ at the head of news stories. Back of | that line is = silent army of 80,000 men and women. contributing anony- mously to the daily news report; a telegraph system that, extended in a single circuit, would reach almost five times around the earth at its eir- cumference; the use, under lease, of telephone wires that if joined would stretch, say. from New York across the United States, across the Pacific, across Siberia and to Leningrad and part way back again, and an ex- penditure estimated at $47.50 a min- :te. day, night, Sundays and holi- “The Associated Press is not a money-making institution. Under its charter it cannot sell news nor make a profit. It is a co-operative organi- zation operated much lke a club. Membership is by election. There are more than 1,200 members repre- senting the ownership of an equal number of daily newspapers. “The purpose of the association is to exchange news among the met bers and to gather jointly such news as the members cannot gather to ad- vantage individuslly, as, for example, foreign news. Of course, the mem- bers have their own local stafts and special correspondents at strategic centers to meet their particular re- quirements, but for their news from distant points the meml depend largely upon the common report of the association. To this report each member contributes such of his local news as may be of interest to the other members. In districts where there are no member hewspapers th organization has its own representa- *ives. It operates on a cost basis, the members being assessed propor tionately to meet the expense. Reports Non-Partisan. “The membership represents all shades of opinion—religious, political and social—and so of necessity the news report must be neutral. Aoc- cordingly, the Associated Press has no politics, never expresses an opin- fon, nor comments on the news. “Now you will readily understand that an attempt to exchange mews among 1,200 newspapers would end in chaos unless there were & medium. This medium is the staff of the As- When you think of standing have proved that PAZO absolute certainty o Stop Protruding Piles. Recommended by Physicians end Druggists in United States end Foreign Countries. PAZO OINTMENT in tubes with Pile Pipe Attachment, T8¢ and in tin boxes, 60c. The circular enclosed with each tube and ‘box eontains facts about Piles which everybody should know. 'PARIS MEDICINE OO., Berumont snd Pine Sirestn, 6t. Renia Ms. as maintain- of the 1200 news] r members. When you think o!p. e Assoclated Press as reporting the settlement of the coal strille, the international ten- nis match fn France, the rescue of the crew of the Antinoe by the Roosevelt, or the appearance of a new star at the Metropolitan, you may think of the working staff, sep- arately organized as a distinct body, with its general manager, other exec- utlv editors, operators and re- porters. “It would be impossible in the few minutes avallable to give you more than a very general idea of the elab- orate and delicately adjusted system, mechanical and human, that has been worked out in order to make it pos- sible to gather, sort, revise and dis- tribute hundreds of thousands of words with almost incredible swift- ness. The editors read and edit more news matter in seven.hours than you read perhaps in two: weéks. They are trained to quick -decisions and never to become excited no matter how exciting the news. The oper- ators are highly skilled experts who in sending use a code that frequent- 1y expresses five words in one. The recelving operators, however, must copy the matter on their typewriters in plain language as it ‘appears in the newspapers. They are capable of sending or receviing has high as 20,000 words as a day's wogk. Our Morse or manually operated circuits are, in many cases, paralleled by au- tomatic printer circults equipped with machines that copy the report at a rate of 60 words a minute. Accuracy and Speed. “What is involved in the quick handling of news may be suggested if I tell you that on the night of & presidential election we gather and tabulate the returns, representing at the last election 30,000,000 votes, in a few hours. During these hours we employ an election staff of 50,000 men and spend a quarter of a mil- lion dollars. But in order to give you the result in your morning paper or before, that the Government will announce formally four months later, we have to spend one whole year in preparation—in setting up and shak- ing down the election machine that 80 far never failed to function 100 per cent. You may recall that it was once widely heralded that Mr. Hughes had been elected President. The A. P. election machine never said so and its figures never indi- cated that result. “The Assoclated Press staff is housed in all the great cities of the world. In the United States there are 76 such offices connected with each other and with the member newspapers by the system of wires to which I have referred. There are bureaus in the foreign capitals manned by Americans. In some cases foreigners are employed as re- porters, and to these we are occa- sionally indebted for one of the laughs that make life worth living. I must tell you one more story. 'When the late President Roosevelt was coming out of Africa, after his famous hunting trip, he was given a recepflon by the American colony at Khartum, where we were rep- resented by a newly engaged English newspaper man. He was instructed to report the reception. It seems that when Mr. Roosevelt arrived the Americans greeted him with the then popular American cry: ‘What's the matter with Teddy? He's all right.’ This was music to the ears of the 0 make it » women colonel, but it was all Greek to the correspondent. However, he determined to report the incident, but in a dignified manner and in good King's English. Accordingly he ca- bled us as follows: ‘As Col. Roose- velt approached the members of tHe American colony, as with one accord, litted their hats and exclaimed: ‘Is there anything wrong with Col. Roosevelt? No, he is in good health.” 165 Separate Circuits. “Qur wire system that spreads like a net over the country is divided into 165 distinct circuits in order to meet regional news requirements. For each wire there is an editor who controls the news on that ecircuit. But there is one word that has right of way over all circuits. It is the yword ‘flash.’ Ordinarily the news copy, typewritten, passes from one wire to another to be resent, but when at any point an editor cries ‘flash’ every editor within hearing stops what he is sending and quickly transmits this word. The receivin operator in the next office hears th warning that momentous news hi: broken and in turn calls out ‘flash’ to the other operators in thes room, who relay it on their circuits. Then for a fraction of a second the wires are stilled as the operators listen for the next brief verbal message to be similarly picked up and hurried along. ‘And, no matter what the shock, the operators must hear and send steady as a clock. “Do you recall that tragic day, May 7, 19167 In the news rooms of the Associated Press can be heard the click, click of the telegraph in- struments—Wall street’s prices, base ball scores, another story from the battle front. Suddenly there is a cry of ‘flash!’ Instantly it occuples the wires. A breathless pause. And again the voice: ‘Lusitania sunk! The fingers of the operators tighten CO-OPERATIVE B0DY HAS RS0 Qe v 3 X IR RBRBIAH IS $750,000 FOR DIVIDENDS 40 Per Cent May Be Salvaged by Contract Holders in Defunct Concern,' Referee Believes. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 9.— More than $760,000 has been salvaged from the financial wreck of the Co- operative League of America, one of the companies controlled by the de- funct Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland, Ind., it was indicated yes. terday at a meeting of creditors. Div- idends which eventually may total 40 per cent of the amounts paid in by contract holders will be paid creditors, Carl Wilde, referee in bankruptcy, be- lieves, Th Morton purchusing the Co-operative League when the former organization became involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Hawkins and 13 officers of the mort- gage company and affillated concerns were convicted in Federal court here several months ago on charges of using the mails to defraud. Hawkins Company, of which on their keys, but they give no othé: sign as they speed on its way the grim message of death—forerunner of war. Then again the click, click of the telegraph instruments—Wall street’s prices, base ball scores, an- other story from the battle front. For while the rest of the world ‘halts in horror the Associated Press must go on with the unending tale of history in the making." Bubbling instant lather even where water ishard o5 \ATL L v ey .y ” Q pleaclecl “We must have a toilet soap as exquisite for personal use as French soaps,” they said —*“but oh, not so costly!” ‘As emooth, firm and lasting as imported” soaps,” they de- manded, “with that soft delicious lather that caresses your skin. And fragrant—delicately, exquisitely so. We know you can _ make jt—you made miraculous Lux. Please!™ Delightful, imperious asked for. Made Lux Toilet Form. Made it just as you wanted it—like French scap. Made it by the very method Prance uses for her finest toilet scap. 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