■ U.ME L1
Isissippi Overruns More
fcwns And Inundates More
land On Wild Dash To Sea
tei '
IpiUO IS AREA
■
L. Miss., and Ar
■ fjtv and Marked
■ Ark..' l atest Town
■ Visited by Floods.
■ rising
It SOME POINTS
■ t Flood Is Moving
Lard and Much of
■and Below New Or
■ fe Under Water.
■ vpr'l - Follow
■iiar frKikish courses, flood
■ m t i, o ..Mississippi anil its
■ ( , V rrr:in more towns today
and Arkansas,
■additional thousands home-
to the already stag-
K of property damage.
■ a! sports of deaths filter
■ f,om the vast inundated
■but careful checks of the
■ the known dead at a little
■ pHlwas the estimated death
■a. in Mississippi, and Ar
■ and Mark Tree in Arkan
■thu latest towns to be visit-
H waters. Tiwir combined
■ is about 0.000. but each
■e quota of refugees and the
■rat of the flood waters had
■serioii' situation for the
■orities to combat.
■iissipp' town which is about!
Hau ,»f (ireenville. was over-|
■diNtd waters rushing down
■annini: crevasse in the levee
■ handing, which caused the
H the rich delta land*.
■l water is moving on to
■ar a rapid rate, and the
today that it was
■g Helling Fork, 43 miles
■hrwiville. A number of
■ and villages were flooded
■ but it was assumed that
Hants bad heeded the urgent
Hrnt them yesterday by of-
Htv the levees.
■ ft-etn the U : g Lake district
Hading upon Marked Tree,
Hlarm was felt there, as ob-
Hd the flood would not become
Hh to step automobile traffic.
H New Orleans a vast terri-
Heing flooded by waters rush-
Hh a break in the levee at
Hntation, caused by the
Hspeotoi- ramming the dyke.
H> of a section about 30
Hps was under way.
Hers in northern Louisiana
■ spreading, forcing many of
Htants of that section to
Hid. or nearby cities and
Hrh it appeared would be
■ the floods.
■along the Mississippi were -
Hll today except that weak
H developed around Helena,
■ above Vicksburg. Large
Hneu were at work ctrength-
H- ami the engineers were
Hat they would hold.
Hjrse reports of new and po
■aster areas were coming to
H*“i' office here, rapid steps
H taken for extending the
■ throughout the more than
Hare miles of flooded terri-i
Hh *
H j ierp from Washington asj
■ representative of Presi-
H' Secretary Hoover and
■rwral Jadwin. chief of the
■ro-is, went into conference
m M. Raker, director of Red
■,‘. to outline a pro
• loiter, the Commerce
Ht " U Jadwin and dames L.
■! !l * Chairman of
■rosS’ left for Vicksburg on
hr ( hisoa, to make a per-1
H Py of ,lIP situation in that
■ 1 f J IP d ° 0( l was moving
■ n the river today from i
■ lp weather bureau an-
Hfm th r riv,T above this
■ . indefinitely with slow
■>ll> K 't Ul<> * )V Wednesday, i
■ll T‘ r will ri « p . the
Hr r n ' a{ '* l ' n s a stage
Hk ii! f, T r * >v Wednesday
B record, high ’
H mem was also made that
K- fwJ H ’ atM ‘, ns of a sta «e
Hsuaee , "'j 1 1 1P Francis
Hi tv Ul< to 21 feet at
Kim v the middle
■fiflnvs *' Thpse lo ° wou,d ,
H tr Hcaehps Memphis.
Hos(v nn " April 25 (A>)—
H h ;;; m r: ( :.n-tbert hoo V .
Hnt ri, ,llis morning
■j n , s Personal rep-
Lflocf < l . rf “ f ' , i , m of relief
■ s ' ll '"'ken Mississippi
H - accompanied by
■ino- r< a,,Win - ehief 0 f the.
H** ■?* mM L
■t.W s 11,11 ' bairumn of
B*:th r'e!'! npJ to 20 in to con-
H' * f , r!( ■ Pnr r, ffii'ial« and
un. t-" arran ke a pro-
I" '<iw tw , pel ..
THE CONCORD TIMES
J.‘B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
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FLOOD FUND.
j ,
I he local chapter of the Red Cross is collecting a fund
to be forwarded to be used in the aid of the Hood victims in
to be used for the aid of the flood victims in the Mississippi
; Valley and anyone desiring to contribute to the fund may
, send it to L 1). Coltrane.'Sr.. at the Concord National
! Bank*.
The National Chapter of Red Cross has stated that
the quota for Cabarrus County is SI,OOO, and the contri
bytions received will he acknowledged through The Con
cord Times.
The following had been received up to noon today:
Cabarrus County Chapter of Red Cross $150.00
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Jones ? 5.00
R. E. Jones 1 5.00
L. T. Hartsell 10.00
G. B. Lewis 10.00 *
J. A. Kennett 5.00
\Y. L. Burns 5.00
•C. \V. Swink • 10.00
Mrs. C. A. Cannon 50.00
C. A. Cannon 50.00
Mrs. J. P. Allison 10.00
Total $310.00
sonal survey of the flooded areas. The
trip would be made by boat down
the Mississippi. The secretary would
be accompanied by General Jadwin
and probably Mr. Fieser.
A. P. MEETING
Voting Privileges to Be Investigated
by Special Committee Named at the
Meeting.
Neew York, April 25.— UP) —Mem-
bers of the Associated Press at their
annual meeting today uuauimously
! adopted a resolution for appointment
jof a special committee of, six tnein
! bers to investigate and report on the
situation in regard to outstanding
bond® of the Associated Press carry
ing voting privileges, and to review
the subject of protest rights.
The committe is to report to the
board of directors not later than the
next annual meeting.
The resolution wus drafted after a
conference of a committee of the board
and the proxy committee, and was
presented by J. R- Knowland. of Oak
land. Calif., representing the board,
and was seconded by John Francis
Hey la h, of San Francisco, represent
ing proxy committee, both of whom
spoke for the adoption of the resolu
tion.
A unanimous vote carried the reso
lution and Frank B. Noyes, president
of the Associated Press, appointed the
following as members of the special
committee to consider in all its as
pects the bond and proxy questions:
Robert Ewing, New Orleans. State;
Robert McLean. Philadelphia. Pa.,
Bulletin; John Francis San
Francisco, Calif.; Frank B. Noyes,
Washington Star; Adolph S. Ochs,
New York Times; Arthur H. Vander
berg. Grand Rapids, Mich., Herald,
i
Winston-Salem Girl Sets Jumping Re
cord.
Winston-Salem, April 22.—Clara
Styer, 13-year-old freshman of the
Richard J. Reynolds high school, broke
the American collegiate record for the
standing broad jump when she jumped
eight feet, five inches, bettering the
record held by the New' Jersey Nor
mal school by 1 1-4 inches. The re
cord is not official, however, as it
was done in an inter-class meet. She
is said to have broken the record
a number of times in practices. *
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner A Beans
(Quotations at 1:45 P. M.)
Atchison 7/
American Tobacco B-
American Smelting in
American Locomotive J lO
Atlantic Coast Line 1»1
AHied Chemical
American Tel. & Tel. 163%
American Can
Allis Chalmers I^%
Baldwin Locomotive I®*
Baltimore & Ohio 11|
1 Bethlehem Steel .T; ' 4
Chesapeake & I Ohio
Coca-Cola £.l*,
DuPont
Dodge Bros.
Frisco - 113^
General Motors *»%
General Electric
Great Northern
Gulf State Steel
, Gold Dust 53%
Int. Tel.
Kennecott Copper
Liggett & Myers B 160^
Mack Truck
Mo. -Pacific
Norfolk & Western
New York Central 147%
Pan. American Pet. B. 57%
Rock Island
R. J. Reynolds 121
Stand. Oil of N. J.
Southern Railway 124%
Studebaker
Tobacco Products - 98%
U. S. Steel 1™
U. S. Steel. New 122%
Yiek Chemical
Westinghouse 73%
Western Maryland 36%
!; Chrysler -—.—--—— 42
ERNEST WALKER, NEGRO,
ELECTRO CI TED AT PRISON
Paid With Life For Killing Joseph
Cassidy, Also Colored, of Durham.
Raleigh. April 22.—04*)—Ernest
Walker, Durham negro, was electro
cuted at state prison this morning for
the murder of Joseph Cassidy, negro.
The electrocution was the second of
the year, and the 80th since the in
stallation of the death chair in 1910.
Two shocks of 3 minutes 39 sec
onds duration were required before
Dr. Norman, prison warded, pro
nounced the victim dead.
Walker was charged with three
capital crimes, murder, criminal at
tack and first degree' burglary, but
he was never tried for the latter two.
Evidence brought out in the trial
showed he broke into the Cassidy
home and attacked the wife of the
man he murdered.
Pardon Commissioner Hoyle Sink
investigated the. case, but did not rec
ommend clemency.
FOREST CITY DRUGGIST
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Joe J. Rhinehardt Found Dead From
Knife Stabs at His Sister’s Home.
Rutherfordton, April 23 —.Joe J.
Rhinehardt, prominent druggist and
senior member of the Rhinehardt Drug
company, of Forest City, was found
dead at his home this morning at 7
o’clock by his sister. B. H. Ixmg.
who went to call him to breakfast.
A bloody knife wafi lying my his side.
There were three wounds in his left
breast near his heart and a slight
wound on his neck. It was a clear
case of suicide and it was thought un
necessary to hold an inquest. Physi
cians thought he had been dead about
one hour when found.
11l health and despondency are the
ouly known causes of Mr. Rhinehardt’s
act. He had been in ill health for
more than a year.
Davidson Student Council Chosen.
Davidson, Aril 22. —Davidson Col
lege students have completed tlieir
selection of the 1927-1928 student
council of that institution, the four
teen members honored with election
being formally installed Thursday
morning. The body for next year
will be composed of H. M. Ar
rowood. Shelby; F. C. Withers,
Columbia. S. C-; P. J. Garrison,
Covington, On.; J. L. Robinson, Jr..
Gastonia; B. F. Martin, Atlanta,
Ga.; W. R. Grey. Jr., Davidson. N.
C.; W. C. Nisbet, Jr-, of Charlotte;
M. M.’King, Bristol, Va.; W. M.
Powell, Little Rock, Ark.; F. A.
Ibatchford, Gastonia; J. W. Melton,
Decatur. Ga.; C. R Pritchett, lteids
ville; G. P. Henderson, Gastonia,
and A. M. Frew, Charleston, IV.
Va.
At Age of Ninety-One He Is A
Bridegroom.
Danville, April 23.—A message re
ceived today from Stuart, Patrick
county, told of the marriage of A. J.
Willard, aged 91, to Mrs. Mary Tuggle
the ceremony taking place in the office
of the Clark county clerk who issued
the license. Eledr S. A. Thompson
wed the pair. Mrs. Tuggle gave her
age as 67. Mr. Willard well preserved
for his age, is a Civil War veteran.
He entered the ranks in July. 1861, as
a private in Company “H,” 51st Vir
ginia regiment. After the marriage
they left for Peter’s Creek where they
will live.
Heavy Damage Is Done By Flames
In Wake Forest.
Wake Forest, April 23.—Fire of
undetermined origin this morning
completely gutted Wake Forest’s two
cases and the Gem theater, the only
motion picture house in town.
Two of the three frame buildings
that were wrecked by the flames were
the property of H. E. Joyner, of this
place, while the third was the property
of T. E. Holdin, local banker and
druggist.
An official estimate of the damage
caused by the fire was not to be
had late today.
The smallest estimate of the num
ber of people who play lawn tennis
l in Great Britain is 2,500.000, and
[this number in rapidly increasing.
CONCORD, N. C., JWONDAY, APRIL
» These women and children, victims es the disastrous Mississippi floods, are dependent upon the generosity of
fellow Americans for food and housing. Red Cross is aiding them with funds sent from over the country. YOU
can help. 'Photo at left shows persons living in a box-car at Laconia Circle. Ark., right, women and children hov
ering around a relief truck at Hickman. Ky. Send your contributions to L. D. Coltrane, at National Bank.
Will State Health Board Be
Satisfied Without Real Inquiry?
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, April 25. —Is the State
board of health really going to be
l investigated as a result of graft
charges brought against it. or is it
going to be satisfied with the thin
(•oat of whitewash applied when the
attorney general recently reported thnt
there was nothing upon which an in
vestigation could be based?
If the board of health, the State
Medical Society and many laymen
who feel .that the board should either
be given a clean bill of health or that
the charges should be substantiated
have anything to say about it. a
thorough investigation will be con
ducted and carried through to the bit
ter end, letting the chips fall where
they may. This was indicated when
the house of delegates of the State
Medical Society, meeting in Durham
this week, almost unanimously adopt
ed a resolution presented by Dr. W.
S. Rankin, former state health officer
and until this week a member of the
State board of health, insisting that
an investigation be made, since until
the charges made are either proved or
disproved, the board of health will re
main under a cloud of doubt in the
minds of many people.
In fact, the fact that this resolu
tion. coming from a man who has been
closely identified with the work of
the State board of health for sixteen
years and who until this week has
been an integral part in all its ac
tivities, received such whole-hearted
endorsement from the Medical Society,
would indicate that in its collective
capacity it felt that only a fainting
and gasping effort had been made to
find the "basis’ for an investigation"
and that the report of the attorney
general to the governor to this effect
was little more than a thinly veiled
attempt to refrain from stepping on
some one’s toes.
That this same position has been
held continuously and consistently by
Dr. C. O’H. Lauglnnghouse, state
health officer, is well known. Ever
since the charges of graft were voiced
in the legislature in its closing days
THE STOCK MARKET
Highly Irregular Price Movements
Ushered m the New Week.
New York, April 25. —OP)—Highly
irregular price movements ushered in
the new week in the stock market,
with industrials tending downward
and rails pointing upward. Initial
losses of* a point or so were recorded
by General Electric, Baldwin, Inter
national Nickel, New York Central
and Pathe with Maryland Oil and
Phillips Petrol sinking to new low rec
ords. Delaware and Hudson opened
1% higher at 207%, the highest price
since, 1907. and Union Pacific, Frisco
common, Chesapeake & Ohio anil sev
eral others improved fractionally.
With Our Advertisers.
Marvel Paint and Rug Cleaner for
house cleaning saves labor because it
cleans with little rubbing. Sold by
the Ritchie Hardware Co.
Kitchen cabinets save steps for the
housekeeper. They are convenient,
clean and roomy. Latest models sold
by the Bell-Harris Furniture Co.
Efird’s is offering unusual bargains
in the Wash Goods Department. Read
new ad. today for price particulars.
Special prices on coats and dresses
at the Gray Shop. Dresses at $lO
for special sale.
Juniors’ modish frocks at $14.75 at
the J. C. Penny Cb. Lates in design
and colors. Bolero effects, jacket es- ;
feet's and two-piece styles.
—*
by Senator Rivers Johnson and Dr.
J. B. Wright, who incidentally is a
member of the board of health, the
State health officer has iterated and
rfiterated that in his opinion the men
Who made the charges of graft against
the board should submit these charges,
under oath, in a formal investigation,
hy the attorney general and substan
tiate tJgui under oath, or else admit
that they »re unable ..to
soTwtnnLial? their “charges and sfAfci.
that what they had said had been
based on nothing more than idle gos
sip. In other words, tt is felt that
those who made the charges should
either prove them conclusively or pub
licly admit that they had been mis
taken.
And so far this has not been done.
True, the attorney general reported
to the governor that neither Senator
Johnson nor Dr. Wright had volun
teered to give him any of the 'charges
made of* any proof of the charges.
But neither have either of these men
in any public manner volunteered the
information that they were mistaken.
Thus the board of health and the State
Medical Society feel that the necessary
steps should be taken to adduce these
facts by means of a formal investiga
tion.
Hence it is that pressure is being
brought to bear from almost every side
so that matters will not be left as
they are, and to the end that the in
vestigation. already directed by the'
governor, be carried through to its
ultimate conclusion. The sentiment
that this be done is all the more in
sisteht because of the fact that Dr.:
Wright is a member of the board of!
health, and that because of this the j
assumption is that since dirty linen is
usually washed in its own household
before being hung up in a public place, i
that the board consequently had de
clined to undertake an investigation
within itself before Dr. Wright made
his charges before the legislature.
Thus it is that those who have
been following the inner trend of the
situation are eagerly watching to see
what the next move, which is now up
to the attorney general, will be.
CHARLOTTE VOTERS TO
NAME OFFICERS TODAY
Will Nominate Candidates to Partici-1
pate in General Election May 3rd.
Charlotte, April 25. — UP) —Charlotte
voters today went to the polls to decide
which of fourteen candidates for city
offices should be ballotteij. for in the
city election on May 3rd. They today
were selecting on a non-partisan basis
the twq candidates most favored for
each office, and who will battle it
out in the next two weeks.
Miss Julia Alexander and F. M.
Redd are certain to be candidates for
mayor, as there are only the two of
fering for this place. There are five
candidates for commissioner of pub
lic safety, and three for commissioner
of public works. There are only four
candidates for two places on the school
board, and all will be on the ticket
May 3rd.
Bealle Will Start Paper at Charlotte.
Washington, April 21.—Morris A.
Bealle, former Washington newspaper
man, has gone to Charlotte, where
he expects to establish a ‘‘sime-labor
paper "to cover both Carolinas," he
stated here before his departure. The
first issue is expected to appear April
29th, he said.
Jesse Sweetser, who won the
British amateur golf championship
last year, has announced thnt he
; will not return to England tLies sum
mer to defeud his title.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at Advance of 18 to 21
( Points. All Months Making Big Ad
vances.
New York, April 25.— (A*) —The cot
ton market opened firm today at an
advance of 18 to 21 points, all months
making new high ground for the move
ment. The demand was promoted by
a sharp advance in Liverpool which
some of the local traders considered
an indication that Europe was becom
ing alarmed over the Mississippi val
ley situation. Trading was very active
during the first hour. July sold up
The price of March went through
the 16-cent level advancing to 16.12.
The higher price® attracted a great
deal of realizing, but uervousuess oyer
the coming crop outlook seemed to
bring in a broadening demand from
commission house sources and prices
held within 2 of 3 points of the best
in the early trading. Private* cables
reported trade calling and general buy
ing on the flood news.i
Cotton future® operted firm: May
15.15; July 15.38; Oct. 15.67; Dec.
15.88; Jan. 15.93.
LUTHER LEAGUE WILL
MEET AT SALISBURY
National Organization Will Hold Con
vention In That City July 2-5.
Hickory, April 23. —Preliminary
plans for the 17tli biennial convention
of the Luther League of America,
which meets in Salisbury July 2-5,
were announced as virtually complete
here today by Miss Rose Sox, chair
man of the convention arrangements
committee for North Carolina/
Hotel reservations for the national
meeting of the Lutheran young peole’s
: society have 'been coming in since
! December, it was said, and officials
iare predicting at least 1.000 out of
state visitors. A special train has
been chartered to bring delegates from
j the north, while many are expected
from as far west as California and
Nebraska. A post convention expedi
tion to Mt. Mitchell has been planned
and will attract as number to see
the ‘‘famous top of Easter America,"
according to Miss Sox.
An leaborate exhibit showing the
scope of-foreign mission activities and
lectures by prominent, church leaders
will feature the program of the con
vention proper, it was announced. Rev,
A. J. Traver, Rev. R. J. Wolf, and
Miss Brenda Lehlhouse, all of Phila
delphia, will be among the oustanding
speakers. All sessions of the national
• meeting will be held in the new St.
John’s Lutheran church in Salisbury,
recently completed at at cost of $250,-
000.
J. L. Norris, of Boone, and Miss
Aibbie Peeler, of Salisbury are assist
ing Miss Sox, of Hickory, in arrang
ing for the entertainment of the
visitors by the North Carolina Lu
ther leagues. The coming meeting
is said to be the first national con
vention of the Luther league ever
held in the South.
Heavy Frost Visits Rutherford
County.
Rutherfordton, April 23 —A heavy
frost did much damage to gardens
and truck crop® last night in Ruther
ford county, especially the western
part. A prominent Chimney Rock
farmer was in town early this morn
ing and stated that he came to town
for more seed beans as he had a
half acred killed by the frost. Fruit,
strawberries,etc., suffered much datn
ngP-
It was the largest frost for the
time of year known in this section in
many years. 'The thermometer was
around 35 degrees early this morn
ing. Ice was reported in some places-
It is said to be practically im
possible for anyone to play golf
regularly in England for less than
SIOO a year, but in Scotland the
cost of the game is much less.
V S'
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
PRESIDENT WILL
ADDRESS EDI TO*'
NEW
Washing*-' -v*>>—
President'' ’ . .<# • today
for New \\ he will deliv
er an addres; ~ight before a meet
ing of the l‘nited Press Associa
tions.
The Presidential party included
Mrs. Coolidge. Edward T. Clark,
personal secretary of the Presi
dent: Col. S. A. Cheney, and Capt.
Wilson Brown, military and naval
l aides, and Major James F. Coupal.
the president’s physician.
10 to 25 CALLS DAILY GRIST
ON NEW YORK-LONDON LINE
Trans-Oceanic Telephone Service Set
tles Down to Normal Basis.
By JAMES L. KILOALI.EX
(International News Service Staff
Correspondent)
New York. April 25. —Trans-oceanic
telephone service has settled down to
a normal, routine basis which is grad
ually being developed, an official of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company said today.
New York to London call* are be
ing made at the rate of from ten to
twenty-five each day.
Other zone points, such as Kansas
City, New Orleans. Minneapolis, San
Francisco and Cleveland are doing a
“normal” although not heavy busi
ness.
No longer are “curiosity calls” be
ing put through. The calls now be
ing made have to do with actual busi
ness or arc social in nature.
A daily business between cotton ex
changee in New Orleans and Birming
ham, Eng., is being done in “satis
factory volume.”
The telephone people are striving
to eliminate static and report progress
in this direction. Os course a great
deal depends upon the atmospheric
conditions on the day the call is put
in.
Officials of the company were re
luctant to discuss the i»ossibility of
any immediate decrease in rates, say
ing they are concentrating their at
tention on improving the service. The
present rate from New York to Lon
don is .$75 for three minutes ami $25 j
for each additional minute. West
ward in the United States the price j
mounts in $3 steps until the Pacific
Coast is reached where the rate is
SB7 for the first three minutes and
s2l) for each additional minute.
With the spring travef season on
there has been a noticeable increase
in calls from this country to ports
such as Southampton and Liverpool.
The service was inaugurated on
reached a
stable bnsis about the first of April.
Recently one hour was added to the
daily service period between New
York and London. Heretofore calls
between New York and London had
been made between B:3© a. m. and 1
p. m. On April 10th the service
was started at 7:3(), closing at 1
o’clock.
The telephone company is also
working hard to develop commercial
possibilities for Television, “seeing
over the telephone,” a demonstration
of which was made not long ago
when persons in New York saw nni
talked with persons in Washington.
Officials of the company say that
the first, commercial use to which
Television will be put probably will,
be the broadcasting of prize fights.
It is belioxl that some time in the
future it will be practical to exhibit,
for example, in a Chicago or San
Francisco theatre or hall, a champion
ship fight as it takes place in New
York.
There is, however, the possibility
that inauguration of such a service
might result in legal difficulties as in
some cases transmission of the fight
pictures over the telephone might vio
late interstate laws with reference to
the traffic in fight films.
The work of development of Tele
vision is largely under the direction
of Dr. Herbert E. Ives. There is
some talk of the company ultimately
establishing “television stations” in
a few leading cities of the country,
and gradually extending the list. Dr.
Ives said the company thought there
must be “plenty of people willing to
pay for the privilege of seeing the
person they talk to,” and that the
general reason behind the television
research now under way was the cor
poration’s policy “of doing everything
possible to further communication be
tween the people.”
WAKEN SCHNEIDER IS
FIRST WITNESS CALLED
First to Take Stand in the Snyder—
Gray Murder Trial.
New York, April 25.—UP)—War
ren Schneider, ‘brother of the Queens
Village art director for whose murder
Mix. Ruth- Snyder and Henry Judd
Gray are on trial, was called as the
first witness today. His ap]>earance
on the stand followed a half hour
oipening statement by the state, and
after defense counsel had waived
right to opening statements at the
time.
Schneider, who has retained the
original spelling of the family name,
established the fact of his brother’s
death, a necessary legal preliminary
to the trial. He said he had indenti
fied the body in the presence of a
county medical examiner.
Dr. H. W. Neail, medical examiner,
also established the corpus delicti.
Dr. Neail described the Snyder home
in detail as he found it on March
20th, after the murder was discovered.
J. A. Goodman has returned
from Atlanta, where he attended a
meeting of the Southern Gas Associa
tion.
The earliest woman's newspaper was
“The Ladies’ Mercury,” published in
England in 1093.
PRESIDENT NOYES
DESCRIBES HSUS
OF NEWS AGENCY
Tells Members of the Asso
ciated Press Something
of Early Struggles of the
Now Famous Agency.
NO PROFFTIS
MADE BY A. P*
This Was Thing Founders
Had to Fight Hardest
But Plan Won and Age**
cy Has Had Big Growth*
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New York. April 25.— UP)— Frank
11. Noyes, president of the Associate*!
Press, whs the principal speaker at
the annual luncheon of its member#
today. His address dealt with tftn
history of the great effort to establish
a nation-wide cooperative news gather-*
fug organization operating without
profit, its early struggles, its ultimate
triumph, and the ideals and principle#
that dominate it today.
Beginning with the first attempt*
in 1850. the s]>eakor traced the his
tory of cooperative news gathering
down to 181)3 when the final break
took place betweeen a former eaatero
organization, then called The United
Press, which was proprietary and com
mercial in character, and the old west
ern Associated Press which was mu
tual and not profit making, and which
that year was reorganized under tfie
present name of The Associated Pres#
with Melville E. Stone as general
manager. In speaking of the des- •
perate struggle that followed between
the two organizations, Mr. Stone said t
“The issue was this: shall the news-
I pa pel's of the United States be at the
i mercy of a privately owned new* eol
j lecfing and distributing organization—*
! at its mercy not only as concerns a
j money tribute but, of much more im
portance, at its mercy as to the new#
received—whether it should be honest
or perverted, impartial or biased, ",
whether it should be influenced by the
interests and the opinion* of its pw*k-'#
ei's, and the pres* of f hr'UiflYtxl Statea '
and the people of the United States,
be subject to the unrestrained will of
individuals, or an individual, so far
Jjew* was i
rented. ’
This was a thrilling battle cry, said
Mr. Noyes, and shortly the newspaper
world resounded with it. The Asso
ciated Press took the aggressive and
enlarged its field, inviting newspaper#
from the whole United States to join
in the effort to establish the mtrfhai
organization.
“Do not understand that this ereed
obtained instant acceptance.” said Mr.
Noyes. “Indeed even today there kt
! distinct dissent both in principle and
practice and within a few years tike
head of what is generally regarded
as the leading privately owned rtevr#
distributing organization, in a con
sidered public address, said; ‘Genef
, ally speaking, the point of view of
the reporters is only the < point of
View of the paper.’ 'Elaborating thin,
the speaker dwelt on the inevitablity
and desirability of a reporter writing
•of the day’s happenings with a ‘point
of view.’ instancing that one news
paper with capitalistic leaning# and
another in sympathy with the rank,
and file must, and should, represent
these sympathies in their news treat
ment* of events. This- speaker went'
on to say: 'And how does this apply
to the press association business? Jn*f
as any other strictly newspaper pmp*
osition applies to the press associa
tion business —the same—only mote
so’.”
Mr. Noyes here interjected that the
Associated Press is founded on a fa
tally different basis. Fortunately, ike
said, no reporter of the Aeseeiated
Press can write to suit the point of
view of that organization, “for it ha#
no point of view of its owp and fto
intelligence could define a composite
point of view of its members.”
In considerable detail Dr. Noyes de
scribed the activities of Mr. Stone in
building up an independent service of
world-wide news, including the mak
ing of contract* with the leading world
agencies. He described also methods
of financing the new organization
through a guaranty fund and an as
sessment plan.
Next the fight was carried to the
East and Mr. Noyes told of the cru
sading done by his associates,and him
self at a time when there was great
intensity of feeling in newspnperdoaa.
Victor F. Lawson, of Chicago, and Mr.
Stone devoted all of their time to mak
ing new converts to the cause of eo
o|>erative news gathering, working,
said Mr. Noyes, as they never would
have worked for any private interest
of their own. Continuing, Mr. Noyes
said:
“Each new convert secured became
in turn a crusader himself and it wa#
no uncommon occurrence for twelve
or fifteen bu*y newspapermen to lay
aside their work th try mass persua
sion on some other newspaper man
who had not yet decided in our favor.
Day by day. month by month, year by
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