The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
Melville E. Stone and Charles 5. Diehl, Man 
 agers of Associated Press in the Party to Advise About lmprov- ing News Service.
Visitors Come From Many Cities to Discuss Newspaper Max ng-Convention Will Be Held at Comwercial Club Entertainment Will Include Auto Ride and a Banquet.

The meeting of the Southern divis- lon of the Associated Press which will be held in the rooms of the Com mercial Club beginning at noon today brought to Montgomery last night party of distinguished newspaper men and many more will arrive today. -
 Foremost in the party which arrived last night are Melville E. Stone, of New York, general manager, and Charles S. Dieh1. of Chicago, assistant general manager of the Associated Press. They were accompanied by Clark Howell, Editor of The Atlanta Constitution; James R Gray, Publisher and Jack Cohen, Managing Editor of The Atlanta Journal, and Howard W. Blakeslee, correspondent in Atlanta for the Associated Press.
 Those who arrived earlier in the evening to attend the meeting today were Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes. Editor. and Victor H. Hanson. General Man ager of The Birmingham News.
 Visiting Newspapers Men.
 Other important men in the news-- paper profession of the South who will arrive today are: Dan D. Moore, Man. aging Editor of The New Orleans Times-Democrat; w ID, Robinson, Managing Editor of The New Orleans Picayune; Col. Robert Ewing, Publish CT of The New Orleans States: James Thompson and Fred Thompson, Pub fishers of The New Orleans Item. and Richard F. Beirne. correspondent for the Associated Press in New Orleans; Paul Rapier, Publisher, and Frank .Craighead. Managing Editor of The Mobile Register: John F. Cothran and N. s. Richards, Publishers, and George, J. Flournoy. Managing Editor pf The Mobile Item: E. W. Barrett, Publisher. and Cassius M. Stasley, Managing Editor of The Birmingham Age-Herald: c. P. J.. Mooney. Man. s,gfng Editor. ~Hud -w21J. Crawford. Publisher of the Memphis Commeroial-. Appeal; w M. Clemens. Managing Ed- ltor of The Memphis News -Scimitar. and T. c. Ashcroft. correspondent for the Associated Press in Memphis; J. H. Smythe. correspondent for the As- sociated Press in Louisville; Graham Vreeland. Managing Editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal. and B. G. Boyle, Managing Editor of The Louis- vile Post; Wiley L. Morgan, Managing Editor of The Knoxville Sentinel; M B. Morton, Managing Editor of The Nashville Banner. and H. c. Adler, Publisher of The Chattanooga Times.
 Purpose of Meeting.
 The purpose of the Associated Press meeting is to improve the Southern service of the great news agency. This may mean the leasing of more wires, the employment of additional report CTS and other things deemed necessary. These things will be discussed, and de- cided upon at the meeting to be held today. ' James R, Gray, Publisher of The At ianta Journal, is chairman of the body of newspaper men and Frank F. Glass, General Manager of The Advertiser, Is the secretary.
 The entertainment of the visitors will be in charge of the Entertainment Committee of the Commercial Club supplemented by Mir. Glass of The Ad- vertiser and F. H. Miller. General Manager of The Montgomery Journal.
 This afternoon the visitors will be driven over the city in automobiles. They will be guests of honor at ban- quet tonight at which Major w. W. Screws will preside.
 TO newspaper men of Montgomery especially, the visit of MT. Stone of the Associated Press is notable oc- casion. He is regarded throughout the world as the foremost newspaper man of America. After many years as pub fisher of one of the leading newspapers of Chicago Mir. Stone took charge of the Associated Press. This was num- Der of years ago. At that time it was un1mpOrLant neWbBdIHcTlnB agency. Under his direction 1t has grown to be the recognized leader in the dissemi- . nation of news for the entire world.
 This great association of the news papers of America keeps its own cor respondents in every capital of Europe and sends trained newspaper writers to every quarter of the globe to gather the important matters Of interest to readers of newspapers. Mr. Stone S grasp on every detail of his great newsgathering agency has been the marvel of all good newspapermen.
 Mir. Stone and the News.
 Perhaps the greatest achievement of MT. Stone was his personal visit to the Czar of Russia to remove the bar against the news of Russia.
 Recently Harpers Weekly, In an in- teresting article on the personality of MT. Stone, written by William Inglis. said this of his St. Petersburg experi- ence:
 Melville E. Stone. the magician who transformed the Associated Press from a national news agency to a world-girdling institution has been for years so absorbed in the task that his home-life has dwindled almost to the vanishing point.
 For years he has spent all of his time In the office at l95 Broadway or at the end of a telephone wire that keeps him in touch, through that once with every development of the day's newa This program. was of course broken in upon by his trips to Europe for the purpose of establishing the As sociated Press offices there. In these journeys he personally interviewed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French republic. the King of Italy, the Pope. the Emperor of Germany, and the Czar of Russia.
 The most astounding effect of MT Stone.s diplomacy was the removal of the censorship over news dispatches from Russia. This method of delay or suppression had existed from time i'm memorial.
 "'The censorship is valueless, Mir Stone told the Car, because it has sSilt a wall around your country, Men iN Vienna, Berlin and London make a -, Nving by peddling false and harmful. news about Russia. If you let us send