ASSOCIATED
PRESS s
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Mississippi Overruns More
Towns And Inundates More
Land On Wild Dash To Sea
MORE DEATHS ABE
REPORTED IN AREA
Indianola, Miss., and Ar
kansas City and Marked
Tree, Ark., Latest Town
to Be Visited by Floods.
RIVER RISING
AT SOME POINTS
Crest of Flood Is Moving
Southward and Much of
the Land Below New Or
leans is Under Water.
Memphis, April 25.—OP)—Follow
ing somewhnt freakish courses, flood
waters from the Mississippi and its
tributaries overran more towns today
in both Mississippi and Arkansas,
rendering additional thousands home
less. and adding to the already stag
gering total of property damage.
Oceasional reports of deaths filter
ed through from the vast inundated
territory, but careful cheeks of the
list placed the known dead at a little
more than 100 was the estimated death
toll of approximately 300.
Tndianola, in Mississippi, and Ar
kansas City and Mark Tree in Arkan
sas. were the latest towns to be visit
ed by the waters. Their combined
population is about 0,000. but eaeh
had a large quota of refugees and the
encroachment of the flood waters had
created a serious situation for the
relief authorities to combat.
The Mississippi town which is about
25 miles east of Greenville. was over-1
run with flood waters rushing down
from the yawning crevasse in the levee
at Spotts Landing, which caused the
flooding of the rich delta lands.
The flood water is moving on to
Vicksburg at a rapid rate, and tb«
engineers reporting today that it was
approaching Rolling Fork, 43 miles
mmtk of Green vide. A number of
plantations and villages were flooded
overnight, but it was assumed that
the inhabitants had beetled the urgent
warning sent them yesterday by of
ficials to flee the levees.
Waters from the Rig Lake district
were descending upon Marked Tree,
but little alarm was felt there, as ob
servers said the flood would not become
deep enough to stop automobile traffic. I
South of Now Orleans a vast terri
tory was being flooded by waters rush-'
ing through a break in the levee at
Junior Plantation, caused by the
steamer Inspector ramming the dyke.
Evacuation of a section about 30
square miles was under way.
Backwaters in northern Louisiana
also were spreading, forcing malty of
the inhabitants of that section to
high ground, or nearby cities and
towns which it appeared would be
safe from the floods. . j
Levees along the Mississippi were
holding well today except that weak
spots were developed around Helena,
Ark., and abdve Vicksburg. Large
forces of men were at work strength
ening them, and the engineers were
hopeful that they would hold.
While these reports of new and po
tential disaster areas were coming to
the engineers’ office here, rapid steps
were being taken for extending the
relief work throughout the more than
9.000 square miles of flooded terri
tory.
Arriving here from Washington as
the personal representative of Presi-!
dent Coolidge Secretary Hoover and
Major General Jadwin, chief of the
army engineers, went Into conference
with Henry M. Baker, director-of Red
Crofts flood relief, to outline a pro
gram of relief. Later, the Commerce
Secretary, Gen. Jadwin and James L.
Pieser, acting National Chairman of
the Red Cross, left for Vicksburg on
the steamer Er Chisca, so make a per
sonal survey of (he situation in that
area.
The crest of the flood was moving
slowly down the river today from
Memphis, the weather bureau an
nouncing that the river above this
city would fall indefinitely trith slow
ly falliug stages here by Wednesday, j
At Helena the river will rise, the
weather bureau said, reaching a stage
of 50.8 feet to 57 feet by Wednesday
if the levees hold. This is the high-*
est stage on record. _ •!
Announcement was also made that,
there were indications of a stage!
of 31 to 32 feet on the St. Francis
lake lock guage, and 20 to 21 feet at
the Marked Tree guage by the middle
or end of the week. These too would
he record figures.
Hoover Reaches Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., April 25. —(A 1 )—
Secretary Commerce Herbert Hoov
er arrived here at 7:35 this morning
as President Coolidge's personal rep
resentative in the direction of relief
work for the flood stricken Mississippi
valley.
The secretary was accompanied by
Major General Jadwin, chief of the
army engineers corps, and James L.
Fieser, acting national chairman of
the Red Cross.
Mr. Hoover planned to go into con
ference with representatives of the
Red Cross, government officials and
local relief workers, to nrrange a pro
gram for relief work.
Tentative plans called for a per-
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina*s Leading Small City Daily
flood fund:
The local chapter 6f the Red Cross is collecting a fund
to be forwarded to be used in the aid of the flood victims in
to he used for the aid of the flood victims in the Mississippi
Valley and anyone desifiqg to contribute to the fund may
send it to L. D. Colttane, 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 Daily Tribune.
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 - 5,00
L. T. Hartsell 10.00
G. B. Lewis 10.00
J. A. Kennett 5.00
W. L. Burns 5.00
C. W. Swink 10,00
Mrs. C. A. Cannon 50.00
C. A. Cannon 50.00
Mrs. J. P. Allison 10.00
Total $310.00
Minn I 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 Re Investigated
by Special Committee Named at the
Meeting.
Neew York, April 25. —(A*)—Mem-
bers of the Associated Press at their
annual meeting today unanimously
! adopted a resolution for appointment
of a special committee of six mem
bers to investigate and reporl on the
situation in regard to outstanding
bonds of the Associated Press carry
ing voting privileges, and to review
the subject of protest rigbtN.
The committe is to report to the
board of directors not later than the
next annual meeting.
-Tbe resolution was drafted after a
eonfereuce of a committee of the board
and the proxy committee, and wns
presented by J. R. Knowland, of Oak
land, Calif., representing the board,
and was seconded by John Francis
Heylan, of San Francisco, represent
ing proxy committee, both of whom
spoke for the adoption of the resolu-
I 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 Neylen, San
Francisco. Calif-' Frank B. Noyes,
Wmishingtou Star; Adolph S. Ochs,
Ne.w York Times; Arthur H. Vander
berg. Grand Rapids. Mich., Herald.
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 sett, five inches, bettering the
record held 'by the New Jersey Nor
mal school by 1 1-t 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 nnmiber of times in .practices.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Deans
.(Quotations at 1:45 P. M.)
Atchison 181
American Tobacco B. 125%
American 147%
American Locomotive , 110
Atlantic Coast Line lBl
ARied Chemical 130%
American Tel. & Tel. 163%
American Can 45%
Aliia Chalmers 102%
Baldwin Locomotive 183%
Baltimore & Ohio 117
Bangor 71
Bethlehem Steel 50%
Chesapeake A lOhio 168
Onca-Cola 107
DuPont 238%
Dodge Bros. 18%
Erie 53%
1 Frisco - - 113%
General Motors 2 180%
General Electric 05%
Great Northern 87%
Gulf State Steel 52%
Gold Dust 53%
Hudson 1 73
Int. Tel 135%
Kennecott Copper 64%
Liggett & Myers B ... 100%
Mack Truck lOB%
Mo.-Paeifie - 50
Norfolk & Western 180
New York Central 147%
Pan. American Pet. B. 57%
Rock Island 06%
R. J. Reynolds l2l
Stand. Oil of N. J. -2 36%
Southern Railway 124%
Studebaker 53%
Tobacco Products 'OB%
U. S. Steel ITO
U. S. Steel, New 122%
Vick Chemical 54%
Weatilnghouse 73%
Western Maryland 36%
Chrysler ™_' 42
CHARLOTTE VOTERS TO
NAME OFFICERS TODAY
Will Nominate Candidates to Partici
pate in General Election May 3rd.
Charlotte, April 25. —<A>)—Charlotte
voters today went to the polls to decide
which of fourteen candidates for, city
offices should be ballotted for in the
city election on May 3rd. They today
were selecting on a non-partisan basis
the two 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 he 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.
• y"' ■ ■ n’Q' ■». isAWfL
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.
Snappy styles in Spring Oxfords
and Pumps at the Richmond-Flowe
Co. New styles coming in daily.
You will be at the head of the
style ladder if you get your hats at
Hoover’s Light weight felts $5 to
$8: straws $2.50 to $7.
Boyd W. Cox is attending photog
raphers convention so studio will be
closed until Thursday.
Good fortune becomes a fact when
you open a bank account and start
regular deposits at the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company.
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.
Wrorough iron fern stands for $1.85
at the H. B. Wilkinson store Wednes
day. These stands are 42 inches high
with 11-inch copper basin. Only five
of the stands to be sold.
Special (prices on coats and dresses
at the Gray Shop. Dresses at $lO
for special sale.
No. 3 can Red Rilpe Tomatoes for
14 cents at the J. & H. Cash Store.
Don't forget Mother’s Day. You
can find appropriate cards at the
Kidd-Frix Co. Also appropriate
graduation cards.
Juniors’ modish frocks at $14.75 at
the J. C. Penny Co. Lates in design
and colors. Bolero effects, jacket ef
fects and two-piece styles.
Mrs. Me Vickers' Estate Sues South
ern For $30,000.
Charlotte, April 23. —A civil ac
tion for $30,000 for the death or
Mrs. Lillian McVioker* at, a grade
crossing on the Charlotte-Concord
road last October has beeu started
against the iSouthern railroad by the
administrator of Mrs. McVickers es
tnte. The suit alleges that the young
woman was killed as a result' of
negligence on the part of the rail
road. Robert Fesperman, Charlotte
fireman, driver of the ear, also was
killed when the machine crashed into
a standing freight train. The road
is being sued for $50,000 for his
death.
Heavy' Frost Visits Rutherford
County.
Rutherfordton, April 23—A heavy
frost did much damage to gardens
and truck crops 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 enme to town
for more seed beans as he had a
half acred killed by the frost. Frnit,
strawberries,etc., suffered much dam
age.
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
$lO6 a year, hnt in Scotland i the
| vest of the game is much leas.
CONCORD, N. C p MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1927
These women nnd children, vi« ims of the disastrous Mississippi floods, are dependent upon the generosity ol
fellow Americans for food and hoi sing. Red Cross is aiding them with funds sent from over the country. YOl
can help. Photo at left shows pert ans living in a box-car at Laconia Circle. Ark., right, women and children hov
ering around a relief truck at Hicjfnan, Ky. Send your contributions to L. I). Coltrane, at National Bank.
Will State Health Board Be
Satisfied Without Real Inquiry?
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BAKKERVILL
Raleigh. April 2q.—ls the State
board of health really going to bt
investigated as a result of graft
charges brought against it, or is if
going to be satisfied • with the thill
coat of whitewash applied when tlif
attorney general receutly reported that
there was nothing upon which an iu
teagslZnc~***i.*i
If the board of health, the State
Medical Society and many laymen
who fed that the.hoard should either
be given n dean bill of health or that
the charges should be substantiated
have anything to say about it. a
titorough investigation will be con
ducted and carried through to the bit
ter end, letting the chips fall where 1
they may. This wns indicated when
the house of delegntes of the State
Medical Society, meeting in Durham
this week, almost unanimously adopt
ed a resolution presented by I)r. 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 n thinly veiled
attempt to refrain from stepping on
some one’s toes.
That this same position has been
held continuously nnd consistently by
Dr. C. O’H. Laughinghouse, state
henltli 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 in the New Week.
New York, April 25.— <A>) —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
R. C. LEE’S
3 VP-TO-DATE RIDING Q
DECIDES
FOR WHITE PEOPLE ONLY
Opening Tuesday, April 26th
CONCORD, N. C.
AUSPICES AMERICAN LEGION
\ •
Clean Outdoor Amusement That You Will' Enjoy.
Remember, We Will Take Care of the Kidies
ENOUGH SAID
by Senator Rivers Johnson and Dr.
J. It. Wright, who incidentally is a
member of the board of health, the
State health officer has iterated and
reiterated 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
by the attorney general and substan
tiate them under oath, or else admit
under oath that they are unable to
sqtwtautuua their charges , and ..suitv,
that wlmt they had said had been
based on nothing more than idle gos
sip. in other words, it 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 or 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.
» i
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
sistent because of the fact that Dr.
Wright is a member of the board of
health, and that because of this the
assumption is that since dirty linen is
Usually washed in its own household
before being hung up in a public place,
that the board consequently had de
clined to undertake an investigation
within itself before Dr. Wright made
his charges before the legislature.
Thus it i« that those who have
been following the inner trend of the
situation are. eagerly watching to sec
w T hat the next move, which is now up
to the attorney general, will be.
Phillips Petrol sinking to new low rec
ords. Delaware and Hudson opened
1% higher at 207%, the highest price
since, 1!M)7. and Union Pacific, Frisco
common. Chesapeake & Ohio and sev
eral others improved fractionally.
Jesse Sweet ser, who won the
British amateur golf championship
last year, has announced that he
will not return to England this sum
mer to defend 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 1 )—The cot
ton market opened firm today at an
advance of IS to 21 points, all months
making now high ground for the move
ment. Tlie 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
to 15.42 and December to 15.01, net
The price of March went through
the 16-cent level advancing to 1(!.12.
The higher prices attracted a great
deal of realizing, but nervousness over
the coming crop outlook seemed to
bring in a broadening demand from
commission house sources and prices
held within 2 or 3 points of the best
in the early trading. Private cables
reported trade calling and general buy
ing on the flood news.
Cotton futures opened 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 17th 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 iieole’s
society have 'been coining in since
December, it was said, and officials
are predicting at least l.tKKi out of
state visitors. A special train has
been chartered to 'bring delegates from
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 lenders
will feature the program of the con
vention proper, it was announced. Rev,
A. .T. 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.
The smallest estimate of the num
ber of people who p’.ay lawn tennis
in Great Britain is 22500,000. and
this number is rapidly increasing.
City Tax Notice
All property on which 1026 Taxes
have- not been paid will be advertised
and sold after May Ist, 1927. Also
all 1917 street asessments that expired
December let, 1926, on the following
Rtreets: South Union, East Corbin,
North Church, Franklin Avenue,
North and South Spring, Buffalo, Mc-
Gill and North Kerr.
CHAS. N. FIELD.
City Tax Collector.
PRESIDENT WILL
ADDRESS EDITORS IN
new york nr*
Washington. April 2,5
President Coolidge lefj,-'
for New York, whey'
er an address to**'' j#ot
ing of the Unt\ associa
tions.
The Presidentia party included
Mrs. Coolidge, Edward T. Clark,
personal secretary of the Presi
dent: Col. S. A. Cheney, and Caps.
Wilson Brown, m-ilitar.v and naval
aides, and Major James F. Coupal,
the president’s physician.
10 to 25 CALLS DAILY GRIST
ON NEW YORK-LONDON LINE
Trans-Oreanlc Telephone Service Set
tles Down to Normal Basis.
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
(International News Service Staff
Correspondent)
New York, April 25.—Trans-oeeanic
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 calls 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 are social in nature.
A daily business between cotton ex
changes in New Orleans and Birming
ham, Eng., is being done in "satis
factory volume.”
The telephoue 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 possibility of
any immediate decrease iu 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 and $25
for each additional minute. West
ward in the United States the price
mounts in $3 steps until the Pacific
Coast is reached where tiie rate is
SB7 for the first three minutes and
$29 for each additional minute.
With the spring travel 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
January XIU, tips year, aptj. egaphed.
stable basis about the first of April.
Recently one hour was added to the
daily service period between New
Y'ork and London. Heretofore calls
between New Y’ork and London had
been made between 8:30 a. m. and 1
p. m. On April 10th the service
was started at. 7:30. closing at 1
o’clock.
The 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 an
talked with persons in Washington.
Officials of tiie company say that
the first commercial use to which
Television will be put probably will
be the broadcasting of prize fights.
It is believed that some time in the
future it will be practical to exhibit,
for example, in a Chicago or Ban
Francisco theatre or hall, a champion
ship fight as it takes place in New
Y’ork.
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 I)r. 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 pedple 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."
WAREN 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 <jueens
Village art director for whose murder
Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd
Gray are on trial, was called ns the
first witness today. His appearance
on the stand followed a half hour
opening statement by the state, and
after defense counsel had waived
right to opening statements at the
time.
Schneider, who Ims retained the
original spelling of the family name,
established the fact, of his brother’s
death, a necessary legal ln-eliminary
to the trial. He said he had indent!-
fied the body in the presence of a
county medical examiner.
Dr. H. W. Neail. medical examiner,
also established the , corpus delicti.
I>r. Neail described the Snyder home
in detail as he found it on March
20th, after the murder was discovered.
•T. A. Goodman has returned
from Atlanta, where he attended a
meetiag of the Southern Gas Associa
tion.
The earliest woman’s newspaper was
“The Ladies’ Mercury,” published in
England in 1693.
——
THE TRIBUNE J
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TOD/tH
NO. 9Q||
RESIDENT NOYESI
SCRIBES rail
OF NEWS AGENCY
Tells Members of the Ayauj
ciated Press Somethin
of Early Struggles ofnft
Now Famous Agencj^H
NO PROFIT IS j
MADE BY A, fl
This Was Thing Fouiultijjfl
Had to Fight Harafl
But Plan Won and Aafl
cy Has Had Big Gr<j|HH
New Y’ork. April 25.— (JP)~ FrmAg.1
B. Noyes, president of the Assoelatttfjj
l’ress. was the principal -.pen
the animal luncheon of its "““IWB
today. His address dealt with Ihm
history of tiie great effort to
a nation-wide cooperative news gathbssc
ing organization operating
profit. its early struggles, its
triumph, and the ideals and
that dominate it today. >
Beginning with the first -’tnWfO
in 1850. thti speaker traced
tory of cooperative news
down to 1893 when the final
took place betweeen a former eawtCfft
organization, then called The J
Dress, which was proprietary and
meroial in character, mid the old weals '
ern Associated Dress whieh ytyjgjN
tual and not profit making, nnd YfoMtij
that year was reorganized un<leiyHH9
present name of The Associated fwH|
with Melville E. Stone as geuefhl
manager. In speaking of thw afiEl
perafe struggle that followed befWMN
the two organizations, Mr. ffillMlßwl
“The issue was this: shall the#e?ggafl|
papers of the United States be St
mercy of a privately owned newg'cwhp
looting and distributing organizaUwhtnSsJ
at its mercy not only ns concssflSSH
money tribute but. of much more
portauce. at its inerty as to the new#
received—whether it should be hone##*|
or perverted, impartial or biHsedtjJ
whether it should be influenced by th»||
interests and the opinions of its Owns s
ers, and the press of the United Sttim
and the people of the United States, !
be subject to the unrestrained will jtH
individuals, or an individual, so fat? |
pis press association newnvMisgßgrj
Tills was a thrilling battle cry, sajjjra|
Mr. Noyes, and shortly the newatfapeM
world resounded with it. The AfINWH
ciated Dress took the aggressive atid|
enlarged its field, inviting newsfwpeiaiig
from the whole United States to joig'J
in tiie effort to establish the mutnaf§i
organization. c
"Do not understand that this
obtained instant acceptance,” Said Jlti; |
Noyes. "Indeed even today there ig|l
distinct dissent both in principle and (
practice and within a few year*-Hie |
head of what is generally reg#Kled|fi
as the leading privately owned new*!
distributing organization, in a eosilg
sidered public address, said : 'Genetpjf
ally speaking, the point of view #■§
tiie reporters is only the point e#l
view of the paper.’ Elaborating thieli
the speaker dwelt on the inevi)t#Ml)j( j
and desirability of a reporter
of the day’s happenings with a
of view.’ instancing that one
paper with capitalistic leanings aajffl
another in sympathy with the rawEi
and file must, and should,
these sympathies in their news -rrf jffll
mente of events. This s|>eaker wgjgH
on to say : 'And how does this apptijfij
to the press association business? JmEI
as any other strictly newspaper
motion applies to the press asseftfl
tion business—the same—only tmgSH
so’.” ’l||
Mr. Noyes here interjected
Associated Dress is founded on a
tally different basis. Fortunat«dj®M'
said, no reporter of the A«sociat#H
Dress can write to suit the' poiftt
view of that organization, “for 'it
no point of view of its owtv-au# fjSjl
intelligence could define a eomfMfeMH
point of view of its members.”,
In oousiderable detail Dr. Noye*
scribed the activities of Mr. Stow*
building up an independent
world wide news, including the
ing of contracts with the leading Worij|l
agencies. He described also luettKHnS
of financing the new orgaotalnfH
through a guaranty fund and *Jc#ii|i
sessment plan.
Next the fight was carried tO'lflH
East and Mr. Noyes told of the
sading ilone by his associates and JlfttMl
self at a time when there was greattej
intensity of feeling in uew*pap«i|iflH
Victor F. Lawson, of Chicago, and MW
Stone devoted all of their time to jejiflW
ing new converts to the cause
operative news gathering, worki#®!
said Mr. Noyes, as they never woalfl
have worked for any private interest
of their own. Continuing, Mr. NoyeSi
said:
“Each new convert secured
in turn a crusader himself and it:tw
no uncommon oecurrenee fdr twet#H
or fifteen busy newspapermen.
aside their work to try mass
sion on some other newspaper .uitoß
who had not yet decided in our fa von
Day by day. month by month, verngibSi
-
Please Turn to rage Thrdi'j|
I «fw I r\ I I - I: 1§
Fair tonight. Tuesday lurreitjflH
cloudiness, rising temperature.