| Show C ASOCIATEDPRESS C 54t5 Annual Meeting end Election of Officers Chicago May 19Time annual meeting meet-ing of the Associated Press was held at the Auditorium today The attendance I at-tendance was very large President Lawson congratulated the members on the outcome of the contest with the I United Press saying they should continue con-tinue to demonstrate by their wisdom that they were worthy of the higffes tate to which they had come The hoard of directors In their report re-port stated that a year ago they declared de-clared the Associated Press had made great progress towards the accomplishment accomplish-ment of its original and proper purpose pur-pose the control and administration of news gathering and distributing the business of the country by the I newspapers of the country I j It was their privilege and pleasure now to announce the Idea has been ac I I complished the Associated Press in I eluding in its loyal membership all the C established newspapers of the country I with comparatively few exceptions It was a matter for mutual ccncratula I tion that the contest which had for nearly four years divided the press of I the country had been brought to a con elusion which commanded general acceptance ac-ceptance as permanently assuring the best interests of the whole American press The Associated Press met its enlarged en-larged responsibility with a membership member-ship of 681 yearly income about SI 700000 leased wire system 23231 miles and daily receipt and delIvery at each of the more important offices of over 50000 words The following directors were unani imously I reelected C Clayton MeMichael Philadelphia North American Frhnk B Noses Washington Star Frederick Driscoll St Paul Pioneer Press John Norris Ney York World I The following advisory boards were elected Eastern Division S Seymour New York Evening Post M P Jangtry Springfield Union Charles Emory Smith Philadelphia Press F B Whitney Whit-ney Boston Transcriot P T Bolye Oil City Derrick Central Division George Thompson St Paul Disnatch D M Houser St Louis GlobeDemocrat S H Wilder Cincinnati Commercial Tribune H S New Indianapolis Journal E Rosewater Rose-water Omaha Bee John Hicks Osh kosh Northwestern Western Division James D Hodge Seattle PostIntelligencer R G Campbell Camp-bell Denver Rocky Mountain News W H Mills Sacramento Record I Union H Wi Scott Portland Ore I gonlan Hugh Hume San Francisco I Post Southern Division H H Cabannis Atlanta Journal A R Pickett Memphis Mem-phis Scimitar A S Ochs Chattanooga Times G H Baskette Nashville Banner Ban-ner and Page M Baker New Orleans I TimesDemocrat iOn i-On motion it was declared the sense of the gathering that the board of di I I rectors see if a remedy cannot be found 1 I to prevent the Western Union Tee I graph company from furnishing news I bulletins to saloons and individUals who do not publish a newspaper or if they do get no regular telegraphic news service The association then adjourned |
