Show FOOLING THE TIlE NEWSPAPERS VS Probably there thero l la Is no wa way to insure against tho the activities of or the superlative tire tive knave the man or woman omon who fools tho the newspapers with a n story tor which I IP Ia not true Representative o Holman Introduced a bill to that sort ort of ot amusement a n misdemeanor de meanor audi and tho the h measure has hns been J killed Legislators are not convinced that tho the plan ia 15 effective And maybe marbo It I Is not But nut It IB is unfortunate that something can not be he lone done with them lt E Every little while some ono reports report 4 a a. we wedding or a n birth or a Q death tho the departure of or u a citizen or tho the engagement engage engage- ment of or two young people Tho The numo name of or ft n dependable author Is given n Of or course effort I is always made modo to verify verIty ho time stor story because ulc experience teaches I olty lt editors that the tho genus knave o re regard regards re- re gards gard It Jt IB is a n Fr great t jol Joke c to 0 o have published pub pub- lI hell an account of a wedding that n vcr never ver occurred or of a n. birth which involves involve embarrassment Sometimes the trick rick I H ii detected But nut as man many telephone messages come comae every e da day and as ninety nine per pr cent of ot them arc are genuine It is possible for tho exception ex ex- to got get ot through And then thon m n local story etol is printed which Is utterly untrue ti utterly unwarranted and usually exceedingly hurtful And which the tho editors could not have prevented pro pre vented by b any known means And tho they never no can t H who is bt tho culprit If rr the they could tho the papers laporS could tal take e caro care of or him And a little punishment would make mako the g game U unpopular popular fl Maybe Mr Holmans bill i is not strong enough Ho asked only that the he work of ot fooling tho the newspapers bo be m made dc a n. ml misdemeanor It should bo ho a Celon felony |