18 August 4, 1917 THE FOURTH ESTATE A aiiWArii ro> tii> unitiit or mwirArtM ma imtnoa tm iLOVtxnuna. tutmit n Kctind cIim matter in lk« N«« Y<rit PMI Oflcc. Hvck tt, IMt. FnJikrt mni Semlarr. Ut WnH IMb Binct. Hnr Talk CSr. Srt«CtH><i«n: TWO DOLLARS ■ T«r. IVMtaffe frfe in thr t^Tii»r»J Stales, Btimti, P- rtM kt«i. the rhilipt^ne* and ll«iM. roitaic? «xtr» !o r»ii»-f«. 52r t4 olhrr co'siiiUtri in Pnxuil Unic>n, $1.04. SnMcfi^iff* thiKiM h*v« their copirj ot Tiir ForiTii E«T«Tt aililrrwril la ihfif Imbim. to at tn aroid chajic« of in the man of «achanrr» fsrcAnd and '.^i.ri claaa mailer) which r.ic^ tn all oflic*» Slnule copi-?. TFN CKNTS 'lU..;.' Special F..|iil<.ni. TWEN'TV FIVK CENTS ) Back NrTnhera— teM 1h»l» t noniha old. >.t cenit; morr than S oMnthi otd, SI each. OmCES AND rRINTIKO BOOSE Broadway and 59th Street MbSa'a^i.**' NEW YORK Tdeptiooea, 7740. TT4I, Via (MambutL Tbe adrcrtiaUi^ foma eloae os Thura dar, AJwrt in i fU iboaM be r«c«i«d a« tsrij Jo ■ l^ini TBI Wmc Gmnro Avovtr 4, MlT. CENSORSHIP MUDDLE HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH. Ib hli 9Ut«n«iit innoundne the nrw war flrwn rent^rship rri7ii1.Tir'n» Dirrctor Crec! of the B-.irenu of Pub- lic Inormrtli'^n ihnt "rci^PMlrd .-Mid s^rii'ii* vinl.ttiom of the volnnt.iry cenfr-rnhip have heen nttemptrd In be excoard on the acnre o( mK'.m'rr- ((andintr," »nd that a "rc^t i|. i-n r' is made with the idea thai hTf.^f:er liKre tball be no room (or doubt aa I* the eommhtcc'* dctbe*. The iostaBees la which the moot Wrioui chnrirei nf vintafion have been tnade. hnwrvrr. hnve not re- ' tulted from tn;i inikrstail<I:ng <if the comniiire'i rnV«. but from follow- in? theni implicLrly. These initancea have involved p«H- lieatioB of dispalchct p.^ued by the Eumpean censor*. annmincinR the arrival of American military units in Europe. On this subject the eommirtee'ii only stanrlini? Title, rao'iineil in the irrneral list T>'"omnlK:i!cd May :itld never replaced 'ir revnkcd until July .10. w.xs at follows! "All mettaoft rterittt fnm abrtfcd by table or nirftfts art cen- sored at the point nf dispttlch t*r recripi end are free for pvhUcatiem, «ntess some l'<^.•^■^'u( , iV.-ui»nru«r« tfM^w.iri thi' fu^f^ii'ion i^f th,' edit'-r." How. under these circiirrst^ncca. the newRp^kpers can be blanted for pritiiinil matter that came to them ac- cordini to rates seems beyond juat The Bix-up «UA resulted from tk« Bmnt qwlMB wm ania cmpha- •isM M Jnir tt wlMn Aspatdies an- nouneliur the arrival of more Iroons in France p.^trie thrnn^h bv r.iMe and were published jittt ai if the Hnrrau of Public !nf irtiiatinn dul ir-t eTt^t. Just how this happened nrbndy seems tn know. Tb* War Denarlment at^ntutely re- ~ M fMICtton the p-iMii atlon of , aMlourh as a result of ar- .la nnde by Bureau Pircctor Crcd fallawiBC the first instance <4 this Hnd It was suptKied that any <neh news that came by cable bad l>cen pr<ii>erly p.iimed bv an American cen»t>r and cfnild be printed. After the piihlicalinn of the news nn July 2S al! o%-er the country the Conimittee on Public Information bc- ■aa ila caMoanry attaant to prc- ia ttoni* e-erywhcrc. ct>mplicated the miid'ile The A^fioci-ited Press refu^rd to accept the Public Information Bu- reaus rulinv Ibat the cable story should be "lolled" even if ft bid al- ready been printed, Hscitiai that there was d» pnhiUlcd lafbmation in the story. Individual newspaper* were told they rau-it not prin! the alorv'. but
- hiy were unable to find out if the
Mnie rtilinir had been given to nrhrr ncwsp.^pers and presa associ.itir.ns that had not asked for informati^m. Also the tnnible hss not been al- toirether in Director Creel's bureau. Saturday evening Secretary Dan- iels ruled that the news that the Va- tcrland had been commissioned mu»i nnt Im* printed, althoup-h he h.id j;irii tt i-til in the af-emnon. The lUireaii of Public Information sent nut word tn this effect. At D oVI'^ck Mr. Daniels, however, decided tn rcv'ikc his earlier rulini;. but it was II o'clock before word of this wax sent to the ncwatiapers. Explanation of the information bureau was that it was neccsaary first to close the outgoing cables in New York to the news before tiviaa out Mr, Daniels' rdeaaa afder, ana thto consumed two hours. Secretary Baker was anirry over the fact that the news of trnnp ar- rivals had not been suppressed, as he had every reason to suppose h would be. When the mix-up occurred over the publication of the announcement that the first transport continRenta n( the Pershinff expedition had arrived. Sec- retary Baker told Director Creel that the Army's tnteresis were bcins jenp.irdired. and the latter prnmised it wmild not happen again — that a saI:sf.nclory cenaorahip of military mnv eiiicnls would be immediately B rkeil nut between the United Slatcj, French and British authori- ties Thai the self same trouble has de- veloped ag-ain only shows the Gov- ernment to be at fault. The newspapers can do no more th.nn abide by the rules— which the jreat majority have faithfully done — and those thai have not should be sinillrd I 'lt for appropriate punish- ment— in»lp.id rif their names beinir withheld ami the "scoldinft" meted out to the press Rcncrilly. Matters cannot continue i^ucb lenpcT ia tMf preacat aiwddlad way. It (rai a aiiflMv t» mAf mm aMa ADVERTISING RATES. Ttainiritl. £0 trrit* a line; aeale meaa. -.ire (14 linea to the inch] 140 tines to i)it colunn; (M IIms Io tb* p*a*)- Oat page. <tH; Pront pace. t4oe. Diteounts for consecutive inscrtioaa; One Bionih, 10 per ceat; two nMBihs, 10
- >er crm; three raontba, SO per oenti six
month* 40 per cent; one year, fiO per csnl, Diaeounia tafed upon advance payment. Small advertiseroenta under ckaasiAsd h^adinir*. r.ich aa Help Watiini. For Sale, To Let, Initmction, Writer*. C.-irr«*;MjTid- riti*. Office Neceiallie*. 25 cent* a line lal)oui T wiirda) each tnsenion. without discutint. SxliaWSW Wanted 10 cents a liae net. AdvctliseiaenlS fal^Mdsi poahissi foot than ia Itaaa in dspn af 4 I'lc nation's pnhlicily agent and al ihf mtn* time tin nation's censor. 1 his, apparently, is now realised by Mr. Creel himself, who has recotn- ntended to President Wilson that the Bureau of PuMic Information be re- lieved of the duty of pasxiiut on newsiiajxr di.ipatcbc3. and instead put tnc »h de 'hirg up to the news jinnrrs to v-Tl mtarily abide by the rules. No mailer whether the President il willing to da j«M dist or not. it is a CcrtaMT that tdtSaiately the war news ccManUft mat be tahtn out of the haada «l Aa iafonaatioB h<f rcau. There ia nr) iU<:'M 'hat the news- papers would vvrl i,;iir advire on wh.'it they should .^nd shoiilrl not print, and it seems that a burca-.t or- ganized by the War Department or the Navy Deparuneat, or both, with adirlaers. ICC ■cwsMjper would eomnumd gretl than the preacat ptaa. If the Govemmeat iriU properly take care of its outgoing cable and wirelr** censorship, there will not he one bit of h.Titi in news nf anv kind bciriR p.-iitted in the l.'itrd States. When :he (ioverrmcnt tl'.ic^ that there will he need of rules or any- thing else to govern oar borne ncw^p HOW MUCH LONGBK WIU. PEOPLE STAND IT? The cartoon on the opposite paae of Tiir. Fovam Estat«, entitled "rio Prepared. If You Wish to Enjoy the SceneTy,7 hardly acedt aay w«rd of exptanation- The folks who own autontubiles and the folks who do not — in fact cver.vbody who is robbed of the priv ilcKc ni enjnvinir nature's iceaety by thi- liilll>ard .advcrtis;mcnta — know hn« true th-.- picture is of life today. ]'. :■> ii M.li ianttcr are the people « inx I -l.ind ic: this trespass? This condition of affairs is fmag to last until peofile arc roiMcd Up tO de- mand their rights. And that time would not be long coming if the newspapers would ear- nestly set about to educate the public In resent the bilUKiards' intrusion. If e;ery citizen who i« l>einK robbed of his riRht} to nature's beauties would decide he wouldn't patronise .•<ny product advertised on a acenerv- dcstroyinc: K::.ard, the intruders would soon ct'T-.u- In terms. GENERAl. OTIS' DEATH A DEEP FELT LOSS. Ia tta death of General Harrison Orey Otis, proprietor of the Los Angeles Times, .merican journalism and tJic nation loses itnc of its most noted figures, lie was one of the la«t of the old-time lighliog editors that have made ever^lastiaa laiuc for themaelvei, in year* gone by, in the annals of American newspaper his- tory. flenrv Watterson. editor of the I.ouis iMe r<nirier-J"urnal. is now abi'Ut the only one left 1 ireral Otis' career brought him « i-ll rnrnrd hinors as • warrior for his counirv and f4w hit 4Mre Ideals of the rignl. Ilia tutirit as a fighter was well exemplified in his editorial work. He was never known to give up in any task he undertook, and his life lnng, un>'icldtng war on labor uni<>nism is prol>a1>ly wilHnut an ei]ual in the his- tory of the I'liitcd S' .tes. For years he was marked for re- venge, the climax of which came in 1910, when the Los Angeles Times Building was Mown up with terrible Insa of life and injury to the em- ployes. The life of General Otis was mir,acu1ously spared and he had the satisfaction of fastening the crime to labor union perpetrators and se- coriaf their «oatHcu«Mk B*aa that his crusade. He kept it up until the day he died- Some years before the actual 4iyaa- raltiaf occurred, when threats w«f« made oa the General's life aad friends sought to get him to flee for safety, he refused to leave hit dealt ulicrc he w.iH turning out aditoriala on the sirnation, saying: ".^Iv htTiTl is here; ny w^rk lure. It ItiLV rnu^t dynatr.'r t.'ir building, I do nut know what belter grave I could have than under these stones." That was typical of the man. He would not quit at anything. Oncral Otis and the Timet were potent fact".rs in the vrowth of Lm Ani!<-!es from a .11 io.>n lo the foremtist rity of .S,iii:hrrn Califtimia. They were leaders in every move- iiu'itt fur Ihc city's Bood T'ne loss of General Otis leaves a niLiie in the mtioa'e civil and ««»•■ I i|jir life that srtn not be easy to fill.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Farmer's Guide, HunliagMtt. Ind, through its house organ, Btlii- neas Chat, has Started > diacoaaioa along interestlnf I|ac^ oame^. how the sin^ll town retail merehaBt can retain trade of the surrounding rural district lie is advise:! in the July issue to adujU the progressive tactics nf the merchant in the ntiithborini,' liTk'c city who nnw gets the rural tr;tde, anrl to advertise in the local press. Further articles will be de voted to the part played by the local licinker and the local publisher in Ir.lililtnit business.
The Chicago Tribune on July 51» printed the adaiOBitioa Consult your conscience before you claim excmptjoa" ia Ihc "aats" oa the front
- of each accttaa.
The. Paper v dccl.ir-s thai il has locateil a n. ^^jjere nc-As print paper is b^ne made without sulphite at the rate of MO feet a minatc on a flat wire, producing dai^ M tons of paper out of 100 per eeat ground wood and thereby saving IS tons of sulphite daily, lie name of the invrn*or and the locSltilMi of the ■I n .'Tc nnw secret, but wffl be dis- closed later, it is said.
Six Toronto newspapers will pay $SB,BIS more in wages next year to the 4.'>.'i employes, in additMn to greatly increased expenses fcr faal^ metal, news print, etc.
John Welsh, manager of a paper comfsny at Green Bav, Wis., has in* vented a n raesas of ne^aWng pa-et. which he believes will partlaltv solve ihe ni-wi print shortage. The finished produci nf the Welsh formula is a h!ui«h-|pr;ty Paper said to possess irri.Tt s-irri-h. Gfcen Bay jraUish- ers h.ave a>cady UlCd aaote Of tho Mew pt'iduct.
Willi.ira Hale Thomtuion. mayor of Chicago, whose anti-American viesra have made him the target of much adverse critirism, now asserts that the prelndrrr nrainst him 'S due It, his brink' ;i i- juotcd repeatedly by tho Chicago newspapers. All the Chi- cago papers. Bowerer. Im*c printed the same hind of materhl regafdiiw His Honor.
"Read the adveniRcmcnis in a pa- per flrsi." was the advice given hy Profcaiof Fred C. Ayer of the University of Washington education department in a rer^nt r'yblic Irrture He told h-s andicnrr that itKTital journeys among advertisements would add greatly to (heir education and happiness.
J. W. Alexander. r:l:t:ir and "Wni r of the Waynesboro (Miss.) Ncws- BeaMa, has sold, the paper to Ernest C Watataua of RuaSaivilla. Ala.
