The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-29
R|OTOUS T|MEAT
 EDITORS BANQUET
Mayor Gaynor Almost Precipi-
 tates a Riot
OIL THROWN ON WATER
pr. Hillis of Brooklyn Finally Brings Quiet By Making Witty Speech and the Diners Then Forget
 the Incident

New York, April 2S.-The annual join dinner of the Associated Press and tn American Newspaper Publishers asso citation was thrown into riotous and pro onged disorder tonight when Thomas T. Williams. business manager for W R. Hearst, was refused permission t speak as he rose to reply to biting criti cisms Mayor Gaynor had just made O MT. Hearst's part in journalism.
 For twenty-five minutes the uproal continued, while men stood in thei chairs and women craned from the bal comics of the banquet hall.
 ''Mr Hearst is not here. I am his friend and have a right to be heard shouted Mir Williams. climbing upon tht speakers table and shaking his fist lr the face of the mayor.
 Put him out" shut up ''fres speech,' came from all parts of the hall
 Postmaster N. c. Wright, of the Cleveland Leader, hammered in vain for order, while MT. Williams stood impas- sive but obstinate and waited to be heard.
 I0lS lS q ulSB luN0 lb 1AAt hA NH" N- Nf limited States, it must end. shouted Adolph S. Ochs, proprietor of the New York Times, as he stood on his chair behind the toastmaster and begged for a word.
 MT. Williams, I promise you, has less than 40 words to speak, let me say them for him.
 1,alIad 10 diners.
 MT. Williams says" began MT Ochs. No, mo-" broke in the thoroughly an- eered diners, with added insistence
 Mr Ochs sat down, while the orches tra thundered Dixie" but MT. Williams still kept his feet and a semblance Of calm was not restored until the Rev. Newell D. Hills of Brooklyn with a witty and felicitous speech brought laughter that drove out anger.
 The diners, executive members of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers association heads had assembled at their annual joint ban ouet at the Waldorf-Astoria to forget for awhile that there are aeroplane flights to follow. mine disasters, murders and divorce trials, legislative inquiries tsrlH discussions and race suicide, and to sihA for the moment their whole family rival rias and join in a realiza iion of their cooperative mutual benefits derived Seven hundred sat down to the tables and after coffee had been brought Tn the hosts began to hear things about them- selves from the guests.
 Mayor Gaynor, the guest of honor, LOOK for his subject: "The Press in It's Rela- ticns to Public Officials An interesting feature of the banquet was the receipt in the banquet room at the Waldorf Astoria during the progress of the dinner of some p or 20 cablegrams of congratulation from all parts or the world. These messages were sent by crowned heads, presidents of republics, prime ministers and prominent statesmen from the four corners of the globe, and expressed the senders' views of the Amer ican Press. They were obtained by the correspondents of the Associated Press in various capitals, cabled to New York today and copied in the banquet room from a telegraph wire looped up with the main submarine cables reaching the city. They were read ss fast as received by the toastmaster, and then displayed to the assembled diners on cardboard sheets
  side of the hall. The following are sam ples:
 London, April 2S-To the American Press: T desire to send my felicitations to the annual meeting of the Associated Press Every good cause is indebted to it, and the cause of Irish liberty perhaps more than any. The chief enemies of Ire land are ignorant and misrepresentation By letting the truth be known about the f,1, oI ment the Associated Press is doing great service to justice and freedom.
 JOHN REDMOND" Mexico City, April 2s.-To the Publish CTS of America: Mexicos greeting. The Associated Press is a benefaction to na- tions and govergpents. It is the instan- taneous challenge to the transgressions which one or the other may commit by an authorized witness of their acts.
 "PORFIRIO DIAZ,
 ''President of Mexico Manila, April 2S-The American Press: Cordial Philippine greetings. We appre- ciate the good work done by home news papers and the powerful influence of your organization. We invite your closest scrutiny to administration of the islands believing ourselves gathers from better public knowledge.
 'W. CAMERON FORBES, "GoVernor General or the Philippines.
 "Constantinople April 2S.-To the Pub fishers of America: The press, a machine to mold and enlighten public opinion. can, if 1t will, obscure public opinion. hope America's press will always remain faithful to its real purpose, avoiding all temptations impelling it to mislead the public. HAKI<I BEY,
 Grand Vizier of Turkey"
 Paris, April 2S.-To the American Press: I extend to entire America press expression of my cordial sympathy and best wishes for it's prosperity 1 thank it for working for maintenance of the cordial relation which have existed for for more than a century between France and the United States and for realizing that the goal of the two greatest repub- lies in the world in their material and moral growth is developing an idea of justice and liberty. PINCHON,
 Foreign Minister French Republic"
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