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Show W .MONEY TALKS, BUT f SEE WHAT EFFECT IT'S SQUEAL HAS . BY HARRY BAGLEY H Don't write tbt story nd 1 LI maL H it worth fOflOT whllf," Ik a common IH EtatmMit Lrard by iK-vrnpap'-r It 1 !!' portors throurhout thr land. KH It'i quite an experience, too. A j ,1 Bio f.ii .i - '".-p and rrrecn. jM r--aks forcible lancuapp when en- I B drrJ by n man who is In bad ' H Ma; be the ma has merely leu ' H arretted on a drunk charge an 1 H would part wiili thr- J."." 'h.iu H ' his tender tpoue, when he reads of H his inlamy in tbo r-cnlng ecream. H Rut another to.ee. .-mall, but pow- ' H in Hfl , "" ol thr biun'ant l (Pardon tbl insert, bu two fond H fathers Just dropped in to ee that H their aon's names wen. kept out ol H ihf pn.p. i. I b- bojri had stolen an HH .iulnmohl!o hut wars invention nd LBB tbeir name were withheld for that jH reason ) -jH But rafardtng that fifty It un't H insmined DOOMty alone that keep J the poor newshounds irom milting H Some !!. will p.-l tlio HH now can't be uppraatad if it Is of Hwfl much Importance, :ind such practices kY aV are not tolerated by editors, anyway. ABOUT ELOPEMENTS FH M i be .-ome on hai eloped. If re- KfftH porters were allowed to accept H bnle, for withholding elopment M Hlorles, they could all ride around H their ''Leaf In high powered autonio- H The police court is one of the rlch- H est theei ondei eloped fields of H Ulutt-d rer.Qiii . Maybe a man, or a H v.oQian foi that matter, has been V arrested at a nttorious hotel. Before ; K i ring a lawj jl the reporter, Does the tepoiter re-m re-m . i ii l)' As u reporter, one aoqulrea con- IBfl 9 alderaUa iklll in the gentle art of1 ffll: paolns the buck "I'm so sorry, but ; Hl 1 havnl the authi ii to suy whether or not this story ran be suppressed; I'll havi to i ui II In to I HT; "Perhaps you could se him aud make . (mnwmMti'." So the publicity dod rent aeek the editor. I'r jluir quirk of Lunan n.i;r. are raid.- apparent by 'ho cor.imon delre to hury unwelcome publicity. Scores of persons, implicated In ' ooot' crime, or eandal. or SOUtC oth- r offense apaln.t oc,ety, have Im-n:edlately Im-n:edlately hied themselves to the news offices to have the tory suppress! sup-press! d. In many instances their I tor) ha acted as a direct "tip" to the H'ory nd their efforts he re Uted in their being plastered vritli additional publicity. Thcrr 's only one sure way to beat I the jtum1? and there are even exceptions ex-ceptions to tint. The secret is thb : Remain younger ih-.n 1 years oi age. SOME EXCEPTIONS Jureallt who playtully pour in: pontine ; nl eoal oil on a cat and i then touch a match to the feline I1UV hp rf raritwl a a rrrnllr,ne t I the practice of withholding names of minors. i Recently a fond brother phoned the ' editorial rooms at the Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner :nd a on rr-ation, some ; thing like thi took place; ' Hello, is this the c!tv editor?" I Yea." "Well, Ihifl is Mr. So and-.--o and i I've been I uuhacriber to our pup. i for tho lart fifteen years. Last night my youncer r.ister wus Jo;, riding I'h those two fellows who were arrested ar-rested for speeding those two who smashed Into ibe hjr:-e and wagon. tnberT" The city editor had not yet heard of the Incident, which hnppened fome distance cut oi the cii YViihln a rnlnuto and ;i half, howeer. report pTS i-i'mt-J ai'h the InforniH' ion gnen 'by he lond brother, wero covering tho Ktory and secured it in detail. Tunny, hut the minor crimes and misdemeanor:- s r m to be more keen II ilian i he more serious ones, and people :er'm more anxious to have slot I- s of this fort suppre. .-td. A lejlcv,- offeied 0-1OQ or,. tj (-t n comparatively small l'em from the paper He had bee narrcated for having iicptor in his poaseaslon, R if I rt memhei (cm . i.. houf the tt r.nn- in. i'', murii- r s;i. eoiuiit . -o I II eras pver a year nc--. and the pax- I er.tt; of the p-rsen who committed I he murder offered ?5 if the. story j be v. 1 1 1; Ik I i i I There's a p I Utile ija that many j I folks tntertain that b. in;; bard boiled j 3 to a reperter frightens him into the i tuition o( moderating a story. Many ! I ill absolute refuse Information to H reporters, but there are ways to 'a even circumvent this. W Reporters havi eren i-A' sa known m to take institutioDs in hand that re- H , mscd tbem news. n L'pon one occasion, in a i it not j H tar distant from upiien. the hospitals .3 i ntt red ir,:o blttn- strife With the H papcnC W GOT ACTION Tbe boapllal rcfuEed aews oa t.heB grounds iha its ratu-nts nl-J.-iiiil 1o H the publii Ity So -the newspapers A started their work of changing this attitude and the efforts were eon I ducted in this manner j ijoj n . i ii. 'i, i hman 1 rfi -.- ei todi by an engine while work- I ir in the yard: He was taken to g jii emergency hospital and given 1 lirst aid treatment. . Lat-rr he wa removed to the XXX hospital. Although Al-though the pitienl seemingly waa not fatally injured, he died a short tin after being lak.-n to the XXX hot pital Thi;. )j U;e liflh death al the ' XXX hospital this week." ; It wasut long before tho hospital authoritlea saw the light. This all goes to show that news Is a hard thing to cover up. Vvaan'l the-re a mythological i ;np. I who had a secret which bo had to I keen iu llblself', And didn't be dig l B holi the earth and climb in it I to relieve H'.e horrible presf.ure of Becrecy bs uttering tho wprda he wai f forbidden to dlaclose? And didn't a M i p.-ir ot ... ,-ars rov.- on Ihe kins. 'when tbe reed3 that grew over the j large hole which ho dug, started ;B "vhtspering his secret'' If there isn'i B a ravUi of this sort, there should be, for "human nature was the same in B those days as it is now. (3 And, remember it isn't entlrt politic to tell reporters you'll make j I ii worth their whib- to suppress a M i'eppy yarn, n . oo r |