Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
OTHER BILLE'rS GIVEN
TRANSFER OF TWO WELL-KNoWN
ASSOCIATED PRESS MEN.

Two transfers among the European bu-
reaus Of the Associated Press have Just
been announced, Both AFFECT well-known
Washington men. Charles T. Thompson,
who for the past four years has been In
charge OF the Paris office Of the Associated
Press. has been removed to London, where
he will have charge of that Office. He Is
succeeded in Paris by Howard N. Thomp-
son. who has been in charge OF the st.
Petersburg bureau since the outbreak of
the Russo-Japanese war.
Both Of these correspondents have been
well known In Washington for years.
ed to diplomatic work during his long
term here and was not only we'll known
among the legations and embassies. but
enjoyed the personal friendship of Am
bassador Cambon when the latter was sta
toned in Washington. Mr.. Thompson was
closely associated with the final peace ne
gotiations at the close of the Spanish
American war and was decorated by the
French Academy for his services. He was
sent to Buffalo with Howard Thompson
upon the assassination Of President Nc
Kinley and was one OF the efficient corps
Of Associated Press men who watched
the fortnight's illness of the President.
He was very i'll after that experience.
and it was partly as a reward for this and
other important work that he was sent
abroad. Paris was particularly con
interested in French politics, and went
there under fine auspices and with the best
of fntroductions. He was assigned to Rome
on the death of Pope Leo XIII and was
there until after the election of Pope Piux
X He was also in charge of the work at
the Algeciras conference and covered a
number of other important European as
Howard Thompson is also an old Wash
ingtonian. coming here originally from
Ohio He was one OF the best Of the po-
litical men in the service of the Associated
Press and has covered the successive ma
tional conventions for years past.
He was also at Buffalo on the death Of
Mckinley. and organized the news service
there He was sent to Cuba at the out
break of the Spanish-American war; and
the stories from the front He was all
through the fight at Santiago, and was at
San Juan Hill when that place was cap
tured. When Havana was evacuated by
the American forces, he was sent there
especially to cover the event, and his story
Of the American evacuation of the island
was recognized as classic In newspaper
work. He was also sent to New York to
home coming. and the great naval parade
in New York harbor. story that was used
by some of the New York papers ahead Of
their own special descriptions.
Howard Thompson was sent to Russia
just before the outbreak Of the war with
Japan. He was for short time In Lon
dom and arrived in St. Petersburg some
weeks before the declaration of hostilitles.
This was also before the abolition of the
censorship on outgoing kilograms. and the
result was that newspaper work was then
almost impossible. He worked under great
difficulties up to the removal of the censor
ship, and after that made the Russian
news service one of the features Of the
long war. He was sent to Portsmouth to
the peace conference. and after that re-
turned to Russia, where he has been in