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Show Fooling the Public II j On September 15 at 2 p. m., news was received by the Standard that the small British st.ea.mcrn' . H tie had been sunk with a small loss of life. After 11 o'clock that evening and until 1 o clock the next mormpg j. an Examiner extra flooded the town. The Examiner delayed publication of this "bunk" extra for nine hours to catch the after-theater icrowds. . . I Last Saturday night at 9 o'clock the Examiner announced to all the theaters In Ogclen that Gany naa H unconditionally accepted President Wilson's fourteen peace terms. The war was over! Whoop la, i a" of people besieged the newspaper offices. The Standard bulletined the crowds that the nem was uncon H firmed; that Germany vas still unconquered, and that the Associated. Press had sent special word tha t the news was too Indefinite to warrant an extra. Knowing all these facts the Examiner .n its mad rUGn f0 c'rc" H j and dollars pushed another "bunk" extra upon the credulous and ver-hopeful populace, who were worKea up S a frenzy by the Examiner bulletins announcing the complete downfall of Germany. j jH j Not responsible in any manner for these violations of newspaper ethics, the Standard asks the public to K S investigate the source of news before becoming unduly exuberant over reported victories or too depressed ov j s the sinking of a third class steamship. j Ask, "Is it a Standard extra?" j |