Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-27
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VOTE IS UNANIMOUS
Officers Elected by Associated
Press Directors.
FRANK B. MOVES PRESIDENT
Members of Executive Committee
Chosen-Seven Vacancies in
the Board Selected.

NEW YORK. April 27-At a meeting
of the board of directors of the Asso-
ciated Press held in this city today the
board elected Frank B. Noyes Of the
Washington Cd. c. Star as president
r. M. Johnston of the Houston (Texas)
Post as first vice president and Frank
P. MacLennan of the Topeka (Kansas)
State Journal as second vice president
The board also elected Melville f. Stone
as secretary, Charles S. Diehl as assist
ant secretary and J. r. Youatt as treas
urer.
The board also elected the following
members of the board Of directors as
members of the executive committee:
Victor F. Lawson Of the Chicago Daily
News. Frank B. Noyes of The Washing
ton Star. Charles w. Knapp of the St
Louis Republic, Adolph s. Ochs of the
New York Times and Gen. Charles H.
Taylor of the Boston Globe.
All the elections were made by unan-
imous vote.
Election of Seven Directors.
Members of the Associated Press met
yesterday for the eleventh annual
meeting. The attendance in point Of num-
bers was the largest ever gathered at a
similar meeting.
After the reading of the various commit
tee reports elections were held to fill
seven vacancies in the board of directors.
The voting resulted in the election Of the
following:
Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution;
Charles w. Knapp, st. Louis Republic; v.
S. McClatchy. Sacramento Bee; Albert j.
Barr. Pfttsburg Post; Charles Hopkins
Clark, Hartford Courant; Frank b. Noyes.
Washington Star; A. c. Weiss, Duluth
Herald.
The two last named were elected to fill
the vacancies created by the death of Ru-
fus N. Rhodes of the Birmingham News
and by the resignation of Charles II.
Grasty Of the Baltimore Sun.
Advisory Board Named.
In addition the following were elected
as members Of the advisory board of the
four divisions OF the Associated Press:
Eastern division-Don c. Seitz. New
York World. chairman; Barclay H. War
burton, Philadelphia Telegraph; Patrick
c. Boyle. Oil City Derrick; John H. Fahey,
Boston Traveller; Otto A. Meyer. Utica
Press, secretary.
Members nominating committee-Fred-
erick R. Martin. Providence Journal and
Cdiluei STRAUSS, new 1Ork GlODo.
Central division-Charles A. OTIS jr,
Cleveland News, chairman: H. H. Pin
dell. Peoria Journal, secretary; John C.
Eastman, Chicago Journal; Gardner
Cowles, Des Moines Register and Leader
Frank e. MacLennan, Topeka State
Journal. Members nominating commit
tee Arthur Capper. Topeka Capital. and
Edward L. Proetorius, St. Louis West
liche Post.
Southern division-E. B. Stahlman
Nashville Banner, chairman; James r.
Gray. Atlanta Journal. secretary: F. p.
Glass, Montgomery Advertiser; John r..
Ross. Charlotte Evening Chronicle; Rob-
ert Ewing, New Orleans States. Mem
bers nominating committee: W. J. Craw-
ford. Memphis Commercial Appeal, and
P. A Stovall, Savannah Press
Western division - w. H. Cowles,
Spokane Spokesman Review, chairman;
r. A. Crothers, San Francisco Bulletin.
secretary; /. N. Stevens, Pueblo Chieftain !;
f. T. Earl. Los Angeles Express, and w.
w. Chaplin. Seattle Post-Intellingencer
Members nominating committee. Charles
w. Hornick. San Francisco Call, and AL
den j. Blethen, Seattle Times.