Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-15
MAKERS VI PAPERS
Annual Meeting Of the Associated
Press.
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE COMBINED
Satisfactory Financial Statement Of
tho President.
LAST NIGHTS BANQUET

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The annual meeting
of the Associated Press was held at the Au-
ditorium Recital Hall yesterday. The occa-
sion was notable in this, that it served to call
together for the first time in the American
newspaper history a representative Of near
ly every leading newspaper in the United
States in the national assembly. At the pre-
ceding meeting of the Associated Press in
October. 1893, the decision was reached to
make the organization national in Its scope.
celebrating sectional lines. AS conse-
quence of the accession of the leading news
papers Of the east, which had formerly
been allied with the New York Associated
Press. or with .he United Press and which
had severed their relations with those or
CARNATIONS to Join the Associated Press.
the session yesterday became entirely ma
tional in its scope.
The following newspapers were repre-
sented: San Francisco Chronicle, Denver
Republican, Denver Times, Denver Rocky
Mountain News. Washington Evening Star,
Chicago Daily News Chicago Evening Jour-
nal. Chicago Staatz Zeitung, Chicago Freie
Presse. Chicago Record Chicago Daily
Tribune, Chicago Herald Chicago Inter-
Ocean, Chicago Evening Post, Evansville
Daily Journal. Indianapolis Journal. Indian
apolis News, Indianapolis Sentinel, Terre
Haute Gazette, Terre Haute Express. Topeka
Capital, Topeka State Journal. Louisville
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vile Courier-Journal, Baltimore American.
Baltimore Evening News, Baltimore Sun,
Boston Traveller, Springfield Union, Detroit
Evening News, Detroit Free Press. Detroit
Tribune, Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis
Tribune. St. Paul Dispatch. st. Paul Globe,
st. Paul Pioneer Press, Kansas City Jour-
nal, Kansas City Times, st. Louis America,
st. Louis Anzeiger des Westerns, st. Louis
Westliche Post, st. Louis Globe Democrat,
st. Louis Post-Dispatch. Omaha Bee.
Concord Monitor. Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
Buffalo Commercial Buffalo Evening News,
Buffalo Express. New York World, New
tung, New York Commercial Advertiser,
Rochester Post-Express, Syracuse Herald,
Cleveland Leader. Cleveland Plain-Dealer,
Cincinnati Volksblatt, Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette, Cincinnati Times-Star. Cincin-
natl Enquirer. Columbus (Ohio) State Jour
nal, Columbus Evening Despatch. Dayton
(Ohio) Journal, Sandusky Register. Toledo
Blade Toledo Commercial, Portland (Ore.)
Oregonian, Portland Derrick, Philadelphia
North American. Philadelphia Bulletin,
Philadelphia German Democrat, Philadel-
phia Enquirer. Philadelphia Press. Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph. Pittsburg Com
burg Post. Memphis Appeal. Memphis Ava
lanche Nashville American, Dallas News,
Galveston Daily News. San Antonio Ex-
press Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Milwaukee
Milwaukee Herald, Wheeling Daily Intelli-
gencer, Wheeling Register.
The Presidents Address.
President William Penn Nixon called the
meeting to order and, in short address,
congratulated the members upon the great
progress which has been made in carrying
out the purpose to make the association, to
widen its scope and it was today the great
est news organization in the world.
Mr. Victor Lawson, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee submitted a report, de-
taiI{ Ian tha tia la
proceeded with the United Press, looking
to a protection of the interests of the news
papers of the country by a peaceful ADJUST
ment of the contest between the two Or
Plantations, the rejection of all fair pro-
posals by the United Press, and the precipi-
tation of the struggle that has been going
on for the past five months and which was
practically brought to a close at this time,
as was fully evidenced from the fact of the
presence of almost all of the daily papers
of the country.
A series of amendments to the bylaws
were submitted and, after discussion adopt
ed. These provided for an increase in the
number of the board of directors.
A committee. with Mr.. Charles p. Taft Of
Cincinnati as chairman, was appointed.
and submitted a list of five directors to be
voted upon to fill vacancies and expired
terms. The gentlemen recommended were
elected unanimously. The board now con-
sists Of:
Victor F. Lawson of Chicago Record and
Daily News; s. S. Carvalho of New York
World: NJ. H. DE Young, San Francisco
Chronicle; Clayton McMichael, Philadelphia
North American; Col. Frederick Driscoll,
st. Paul Pioneer-Press; F. b. Noyes, WASH
ington Star; Charles w. Knapp. st. Louis
Republic; e. II. Perdue. Cleveland Leader;
A j. Barr. Pittsburg Post: James E. Scrip,
Detroit Tribune and News; S. II. Butler,
Buffalo News.
Financial Statement.
Mr.. Melville E. Stone submitted salts
factory statement of the finances Of the
organization. Although it was deemed I'M
necessary for the purposes of the contest,
a number Of gentlemen who were not pres
ent at the former meeting when $4,000
was subscribed to a guarantee fund to carry
on the fight asked to be included in the
list, and the following subscriptions were
made, bringing the guarantee fund I'D to u
total of $5l5,OOO:
view world. W.. OOO
Buffalo Express. ........................ Is, 700
The Washington Star................... 2O,OOO
Philadelphia Inquirer. 10000
philadelphia North American. 5000
Philadelphia Press. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Cincinnati Enquirer. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Baltimore American. INSTRUMENTATION. 10000
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette... ... 10000
Louisville COurier-Journal.. ....... 1O,WU
Chicago Tribune, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
Baltimore News...... 10000
New York Evening Post. 10000
Brooklyn Eagle. ..........-..............1O,U 900
Buffalo News. 5HD