Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-02
A Distinguished Visitor,

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A Distinguishes Visitor.
Fred A. Emery, on the editorial STAFF of
the Washington bureau of the Associated
Press, was the guest last Thursday and
Friday of his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alonzo Emery. He has been tour
ing the White and Green mountains this
summer and left here Saturday to climb
Cancels Hump. After spending Sunday
on that eminence, he was to be joined by
his sister, Miss Ina c. Emery OF Wash
ington, in trip to the top of Mount
Mansfield.
In his excursion through the state, be
went down to Montpelier recently and
fell among the light-penciled newspaper
gang of the capital, who deity filched
from him these interesting facts al
biography
Though not q native of Vermont, Mr.
Emery claims connection with the state
through his mother, Mis-. Abbie Emery,
who was born in Tunbridge, where she
has been visiting lately, and who stopped
/ in Randolph last Thursday en- route to
Barre. This connection served to make
him vice president of the Vermont ssso-
citation of the District of Columbia. He
/ is also member of the National Press
\ club and one of the original members. OF
/ the Washington Chamber of Commerce.
He began his career with check for
4 five dollars from the New York World
" hen he was q thirteen-year-old lad and
at sixteen he was representing the Asso-
ciated Press, the Washington News and
the Portland Oregonian. For seven years
he has been a member OF the editorial
staff OF the Associated Press, including
three years of service as night manager
of the Washington Bureau, which was
the headquarters of the Southern Division
! with territory stretching from Washing
ton to Texas, several years --as night
southern editor and several years al
assistant and acting dsy manager. Mr.
Emery has served in practically every
position in the Washington Bureau
which is one of the largest offices in the
great Associated Press system, and re
Gently, at his own request, has been tbs
Treasury Department and Department o.
Justice representative Of that organize
ton.
Mr.. Emery, though only thirty-foul
years old, is an old magazine writer and
for several years conducted the "BehinC
the Scenes in Washington" department
of Golfers Weekly, besides contributing
frequent sketches, political and other
wise, to that magazine. He has writer
sketches for other magazines and for 1
considerable period contributed . serie
of thrice week letters to the New Yorl
Tribune, made up OF personal stories
about publis men.
The Associated Press has the who'll
country divided for news purposes int
four sections the eastern section will
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section with headquarters at Chicago, tn
southern section with headquarters at At
lanta, and the western section with head
quarters at San Francisco. Washington
is in the southern section and until yer,
recently has been the headquarters o
that section.
The reportoriaI force of the Washing
ton Office musters about 20 men and thes
men have the work Of reporting all tn
national events which take place at tn
capital.
The news collected by the various re
porters is sent into the office in the Sta
building by means of telephone messen
gers, and in the case Of the Capitol build
ing, by private telegraph wire direc
from the Capitol to the Office. Here it i
/ edited and sent out again to the 50
newspapers al over the country whicl
are supplied with news by the Associates
Press.
In the case of special events, such as 81
Inauguration or a great convention, tn
entire work is mapped out weeks befor
, the event comes of, and each man is in
structed as to his exact duties in regarl
to it. This explains how it is possibI
for four or five page story to be written
covering q wide range of features, AM
still have the whole as perfectly coheren
as fhouVh one man had written IT,