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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

Associated Press. has been most strik-
ingly exhibited. Just prior to the Russo
japanese war Mr.. Stone secured from
the Car of Russia the abolition of the
censorship. and newspaper men still re-
member the remarkable frankness with
which the Russian government gave out
the news of Russa's reverses in that
conflict.
Orders expediting the messages of the
Associated Press were issued at his in
stance by the German. French, Italian
and Russian governments, and as re-
suit 1t has come TO be common Tor
European capitals to get the first news
of continental events through Associated
Press reports cabled back from New
York
One beneficial result coming from this
more direct relationship is to be found
i'm the minimizing of the i'll effect of the
SEASONAL outbreak of some utterly IN
consequential German. French English
or japanese yellow sporadically abus-
ing the United States and its people
widespread hostility was attached to
such outpourings. With the closer I'M
Outstanding that comes from more init
mate knowledge. we now understand the
relative Importance of the newspapers OF
other countries as we are able 10 weigh
and grade our own.
The disadvantage of lack of news touch
is strikingly apparent in the relations
of the United States with the Central
and South American nations. These
countries secure their news of the United
States by way of Europe. and it consists
mainly of murders. lynchings and en-
bezzements. The antipathy to the Unit
ed States by the people OF these countries
is undoubtedly largely due to the false
perspective given by their newspapers
If in truth we We're the kind of people
they are led to believe we are they would
be fully justified in their attitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Cooperation Plan Explained.

1t does not seem possible to hold fairly
that a newspaper in New York may not
join with one in Chicago and one IN
Philadelphia TO maintain a common CORE
spondent in Washington without making 1T
obligatory on these three newspapers to
share the fruits of their enterprise with
other New York. Chicago and Philadel-
phia newspapers.
| If in addition they arrange that each
shall supply the others with the news
of its home city. is 1t within the bounds
Of reason that they are required to fur
nish to competitors the same facilities?
I give this illustration because that IS
exactly the relation of the newspapers
composing the Associated Press, the scale
only being enlarged.
The obligations of common carrier
are, however in no wise dependent on
the magnitude of it's transactions. The
ferry sculled across a stream is just as
much impressed with a public use as is
the Pennsylvania railroad. Each is a
common carrier. 1t is the nature of the
transaction and not it's size that deter
mines its obligations. AS respects the
question of common carriership. what is
right for three to do is proper for Soo or
for 500 to do. q"
To compel the Associated Press to as
sumo an entity of it's own and to serve
all corners would, in my Judgment bring
about condition fraught with the grav-
est dangers to the freedom of the press
and in turn to the freedom of the people.
At present about one-third of the daily
newspapers of the country are represent
ed by membership in the Associated
Press
There are a number of concerns engag-
ed in the collection and sale of general
news to non-members of the Associated
Press, and in one way or another they
supply their customers with what are
declared to be satisfactory services.
In no wise desiring to become anything
approaching monopoly, the Associated
Press has avoided even the appearance
of any competitive price rivalry, admit
ting additional members solely on the
ground of common benefit to the MEM
bers of a cooperative institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Tribute to General Manager.

IL is probable that in the foreign news
field the extraordinary genius OF Melville
T.. Stone, the general manager of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Functions of Cooperative
Agency Outlined by Presi-
dent Frank B. Noyes.
AIMS TO MAKE NO PROFITS,
DECLARES NO DIVIDENDS
Servant of Its Members, Pledged to
Common Good-Its Twentieth
Anniversary.
EY FRANK b NOYES

PRESIDENT oF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
On May Issue of the North American
Review
Probably no institution is more widely
known by name than the Associated
Press and. ON the other hand. more
vaguely understood by the public gener-
ally as TO its organization and its func-
tons For whatever cause this may be.
that IL is fact is daily apparent
The Associated Press is an association
OF something over $50 newspapers, OPP
Grating under a charter OF the state OF
New York as a mutual and cooperative
organization for the interchange and col
lection of news. Under the terms of Its
charter. 1.-THE corporation is not to make
q profit nor to make or declare divi-
dends and is not to engage in the bust
ness of selling intelligence nor traffic in
The same"
In other words. the Associated Press
is simply a common agent of its men,
bers by which they arrange an inter-
change of the news that each collects.
and is bound by its membership obliSa-
tior to contribute for the common use OF
It's fellow members and also as the
agency through which reports of foreign
and certain classes of domestic happen
ings are collected and distributed to the
newspapers served by the organization
The fact that in the present year We
celebrate the twentieth anniversary of
the first nationwide cooperative and
non-profit-making newsgathering organ
ization in the world seems to make the
publication of something respecting it
timely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Dry Air Cold Storage.

Fur Garments Wraps Wearing Appers
o summer W shu be 81 cole
Let Is Send for Your Furs To-day.
Telephone Main $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

IL you want work read the want coli
umns Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
OUR Finest COrsets Reduced.

unprecedented choosing of Fine and Exclusive
spring numbers have become depleted earlier than
broken which permitted
regular Thus remedy forced offer the
models which affected in this great reductions
from former prices
all the desirable styles for figures Of various
proportions included limited size
The materials
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Corsets. Corsets $3.50
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Elenthst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Dangers Pointed Out.

If by some occult reasoning the As
ISOLATED Press could be held as common
carrier, these news-selling organizations
would be wiped out and the Associated
Press would. if the end sought for was
accomplished, become a real monopoly.
ard the incentive for cooperation no
longer existing. it would naturally drift
into concern for pecuniary profit, In
private ownership and subject to private
control.
No more dangerous situation can well
be imagined than the passing OF the
control of the greatest news-gatherlng
and news disseminating agency of the
world from the hands of cooperating
newspapers to the control or some mol
yiduaI intcre sted in manipulating the
news-the master and not the servant OF
the newspapers.
Because this danger would be so grave
it will not come. but for another reason
also, a very basic reason.
There can be no monopoly IN news
The day that it becomes apparent that
monopoly in collecting and distributing
news exists, that day, in some way, by
some method individual newspapers OF
groups of newspapers Will take up the
work of establishing a service for them
selves, independent of outside control:
The news of the world Is open to him
who will go for it. Any one Wiling 10
money to approach it may dip from the
we'll of truth.
The news service of the Associated
Press does not consist Of its leased wires
or it's offices. Its soul is in the personal
service of human men, of men with eyes
to see, with ears TO hear, with hands TO
write and with brains to understand, OF
men who are proud when they succeed,
Inundated when they fail and resentful
when maligned The telegraph wires are
but the blind instruments of this service,
though the wire has brought the utter
most parts of the world marvelously
close These human entities are ranging
the world to send word of its dOingS, OF
its rejoicings and it's Borrowings to
satisfy the thirst of the people for intel
Iigence of the march of events.
Real News and Personal Service.
The news service of the Associated
Press of the horror of Martinique was
not the event itself. 1t was the personal
service of a man who at the first hint of
the disaster that had wiped out popula-
ton took his orders, chartered a boat,
and went to Martinique, where no cor
respondent still lived, and sent a story,
his story of the great tragedy, wreck
ing his health by the effort required.
To get this report, this news" was
open to any one.
To get it cost the members of the AS
ISOLATED Press more than $4,000 in addi-
ton to the human wastage and pro-
digious effort.
1t was a part of the days work.
And as today devoted men labor and
die in order that the members OF the
Associated Press. an organization that
neither owns nor prints a newspaper.
may lay before their readers a fair pic
ture of the worlds happenings. so al
WAYS will these and other men serve
nobly and die bravely that the world
may have tidings of sport and festival,
of birth and death, of congress and par,
lament, of Hague conference and
pogrom, of battle and plague, of ship
wreck and rescue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
All Shades of Belief Represented.

It's members are scattered from the At
lantic to the Pacific. from Canada to the
gulf. and represent every possible shade
OF political belief, religious faith and
economic sympathy. 1t is obvious that
the Associated Press can have no parti-
san nor fractional bias. no religious affilia-
ton. no capitalistic nor pro-labor trend.
Its function is simply to furnish its
members with truthful, clean. cOmpre-
hensive, non-partisan-and this in its
broadcast sense-report of the news of the
world as eXpeditiously as is compatible
with accuracy and as economically as
possible.
To do this the newspapers composing
its membership contribute first the news
of their localities and second weekly as
sesSments of money aggregating about
S,UOOVO0 per annum, with which an ex-
fensfve system of leased wires is main
tanned C22co miles of wire In the day
time and $500 miles of wire at night
bureaus IN the principal American cities
supplementing and collating the news OF
local newspapers and bureaus for the
original collection of news throughout the
world.
The volume of the news report to mem
bers varies greatly. ranging from JO(
words daily by telegraph or telephone to
papers able to utilize but a small amount
OF general news matter, to more than
$1,000 words daily or thirty-five news
paper columns in the more important
cities
The method OF collecting foreign news
has been greatly changed in recent years
Formerly the Associated Press collected
its foreign service in London, receiving
the news there of the Reuter- Company
of the Wolff Agency of Germany and o,
the Havas Agency of France with small
er affiliated agencies in Italy and Spain.
The objection TO this method was thai
the news as received in London was
alleged 10 be impressed with an English
basin any event il was concededly no
collected from an American viewpoint
To meet this criticism the Associated
Press has established regular bureaus O
its own in all the great news centers
and now maintains offices and STATS in
London. Paris. Berlin. Rome. St Peters
burg. Vienna. Toxic. Picking, Mexic,
city and Havana. in addition to hun
dreds of individual correspondents scat
tered through the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Thousands of Miles of Wire.

The Associated Press leases wires
many. thousands of miles Of them, from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Servant of It's Membership.

timely.
Servant of It's Membership.
The Associated Press is in no wise the
master of the newspapers constituting
Its membership; it is distinctly their
servant.
Its board of directors is composed of
active newspaper men chosen at annual
meetings by the membership and. in an
experience running through twenty years
of intimate connection with the present
organization and also that of the older
Illinois corporation. | have never known
an instance in all the changing personnel
of boards of directors when there was
any departure from the most rigid OBJ
servance of the highest obligations OF
trusteeshp and DISREGARD of private and
selfish interests. The president, vice
presidents and members OF the BOARD OF
directors serve without salaries
The Associated Press OF today is the
outcome of a many-year struggle between
two opposing systems. One, that OF
newsgathering concerns with private or
limited ownership which dealt at arm s
length with newspapers to which they
sold news at such profit as might be
secured, and over which the newspapers
who bought from them had no more con-
troll than over the paper mill supplying
them with print paper.
The other system is based on the theory
that a powerful. privately owned and
controlled newsgathering agency Is a
menace to the press and people.
Determined to establish an agency sub
ject only to the control of the newspapers
for whom it acted, in 1898 a group of
western men composing the Western As
ISOLATED Press began a fight to attain this
end, and since that time a contest be-
tween these two opposing principles has
been waged. In asserting that the As
ISOLATED Press as today constituted. is
the servant and agent only of the news
papers for which it acts, / have no
thought OF minimizing the tremendous
importance of the work it does as such
an agent, but wish simply to emphasize
the thought that. properly speaking. ii has
no entity of its own, no mission save to
serve its members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Mistakes Comparatively Few.

1t is not, naturally, to be claimed that
no mistakes are made. They are made
and will be made. But in the very ma
ture of the business. with the heart so
worn upon the sleeve. detection very
swiftly follows. and the mistakes are
few and far between.
The desire to enlist the Associated
Press in propaganda or advocacy is usu-
ally to be found at the bottom of criti-
cisms of it's service. Added to this often
is misinformatiOn as to the real facts
and sometimes, though happily rarely
actual malice.
The service from Russia, for example
has been harshly criticised by some who
thought that the province of the AS
ISOLATED Press was to undertake a cru
SADIE against the Russian government
because OF its anti-Semtic attitude
Our theory Of our obligations is that We
should report the facts as they occur
without fear or favor, but that it is
no part of our duty to draw indict-
ments save as the facts alone are
damning.
The case Of the Koreans charged with a
plot to assassinate Governor General
Terauchi has recently been much dis
cussed.
These Koreans were almost all convert
ed Christians and the American mission
aries in Korea were naturally intensely
interested in the matter.
1t was freely alleged that the Associ-
ated Press. unduly influenced by the Jap
anese government. had suppressed the
fact that these Koreans had made CON
LESSONS, duplicating American mission
aries as accessories to the plot, and had
subsequently, retracted these confessions
asserting that they had been extorted by
atrocious torture inflicted by the Japanese
police. the intimation being also that the
missionaries were In peril by reason OF
the repudiated confessions.
Based on this, some Of the missionary
authorities here became much perturbed
and. indeed, one of the great New York
papers printed news and editorial articles
criticising the Associated Press for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Care in Selecting Representatives.

IL has been the aim of those intrusted
with the management of the Associated
Press to secure as it's representatives
both at home and abroad men OF high
character and attachments, and 1t may
/ think, be fairly assumed that the repu'
tation for accuracy and fairness that Its
service enjoys is largely to be attributed
to an unusual measure of success In this
endeavOr.
While the Associated Press is generally
held in good esteem, l would not be un-
derstood as indicating that it has been
exempt from criticism and attack.
If in a campaign all the candidates. OF
accuse the Associated Press of the gross
est partisanship as against the particular
candidacy in Which they were interested
those bearing the responsibilities of the
service would feel convinced that some
thing was radically wrong and would
look with suspicion on the report them
selves.
This is but human nature. During the
last campaign for the presidential nOmi-
nations every candidate either in person
or by proxy expressed his conviction that
the Associated Press was favorable to
somebody else.
Mr. Wilson's press agent asserted that
our service was prO-Clark, and in the
opinion of Speaker Clark we had sold out
to The Wilson people. Mr. Tafts man
ayers felt that he was not being given a
fair show and Mr.. Roosevelt was firm in
his conviction that the avenues of in
formation had been choked to his dis
advantage.
OF course. later we know that Mr.. Will
son does not share the only-for-publica-
ton views of his press agent and Speaker
Clark is as emphatic in his withdrawal
as in his hasty charges. Mr.. Taft's
managers realize that the Associated
Press cannot report speeches that he does
not make, and Mr. Roosevelt must see a
humorous side to the suggestion that any
one has interfered with his getting a
fairly adequate representation on the first
page.
With all this. however. goes funda-
mental misunderstanding of the func-
lions of the Associated Press. The in
dividual correspondent or reporter for
a given newspaper or small group of
newspapers having a common bias may
be permitted to indulge in partisanship
or in prOpa ganda.
This Is absolutely not to be permitted
in the Associated Press. No bias of
any sort can be allowed. Our function
is to supply our members with news,
not as we may want 1t to happen. In
tensely as it's management may sympa-
thize with any movement. no propa-
ganda in it's behalf can be tolerated
Very jealousy indeed does the member
ship guard against their agency going
outside its allotted duties and argus
eyed is the censorship of every handler
of our copy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04

- TEW YORK, \. Y April Way
M out in Minnesota Willie Richie
- and his manager are listening
to the rumbling here created by the
arrival Of Freddie welsh, the English
lightweight champion
The wearer Of the British crown
struck town feeling very wei, thank
YOU, and with a new bunch Of photo
araDbs. It might be inserted that IL
fighting was stopped many phOtOgra-
pliers would die Of starvation. for il
there is one thing a battler loves, its
having his map developed
There is one thing we can. tell you,
cross our hearts. If Freddie Welsh
desires battle with Willie Richie all
he has to do is to wire Billy Nolan. st
Paul. Mimi, and the ursr step to ciuch
a muss for the worlds title viii be
taken. A short communication received
from Billy Nolan cinches the bet
Ed CJirIey New York:
If Welsh thinks he's better than
Richie we are ready-tO make arrange
ments for a battle 10 settle argument.
Richie gave him great fight at a min
uIe's notice. VIII reverse verdict in
another meeting.
Billy Nolan.
When Richie was here about a
month ago he mentioned that Freddie
Welsh was one boy he wanted to meet
again. Our champion must be given
credit for his showing with Welsh IN
Los Angeles, for any one who can so
on and lose by a shade to boy who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04
WOMEN CLAIM ATTENTION
FROM FEAR NEAR AND DEAR

Chicago. III. April 4.-George Fear,
an inventor. 65 years old, claimed Dy
Mrs. Josephine Fear as her husband and
the father of her 10 children, became
conspicuous in complaints made by Mrs
Fear. Mrs Near and Mrs. Dear 10 the
county court here
Mrs. Fear complained that her hus-
band did not support her and remained
away from home at night. Fear eN-
planned TO the county court inves tiga-
tor that his inventions kept him out
nights.
After he left, AIRS. Josephine Near
came in to complain that her husband,
George Near. was neglecdng her for q
widow Of the name of Fear, who had
many children.
Mrs. Mary Dear came in at the end Of
the day TO complain that George Dear,
her husband, was giving his time TO a
Mrs. Near. a widow with two children.
Descriptions of Near and Dear CORES
pond with that Of Fear.
The county court officers will make
an effort to get the women in court
together to meet Fear.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04
Rule That Works Alone
A Woman May Excuse FaithIess
Husband. but n Man Never For
gives a Maynard " oman.
d Ill. MI-E-nnnnr NL-sInn-
By Ella Wheeler Wileo,

w THT does a man who has been
Nv betrayed by woman always
want to take vengeance on
the woman
Why does not the betrayed woman
man forgive the man and avenge her
self on the WOman2
Why does-nOt the betrayed wOmdn
hate the man who has deceived her, in
stead Of hating the woman VINO mas
come between 2-EXchange
In the first place il is not wholly
true. Men kill their rivals more ire
quently than they do their faithless
wives or sWeethearts Only the other
day Il husband killed mis- wife's para
mOur and dragged his wife in her com
promising costume TO the Justices
court, where he gave himself into Gus
tOdy. This is one Of many cases.
But il is true that men rarely forgive
a faithless woman, while women are
forever fOrgiving faithless men and
blaming the other woman"
That is easy enough to understand If
we take into consideration the cen
turtles Of education both sexes have re-
ceived on this subject
Men are educated in the belief that
woman has no passions to contend
excuse for a fall from virtues ways.
save weakness or deliberate WantOn-
ness.
They are taught to believe also that
boys must be boys and men must be
men. Women are taught the same les
sons, and grow M trying to believe
these statements about themselves and
about men.
Wh/l they know better they dare not
utter the truth to themselves or to
anyone else.
So. OF course when her lover or hus-
band falls from grace she finds an eN-
cuse for him in the old theory that
boys viii be BOYS" and that they have
fn a a
woman has" and she blames the WICK
ed rival who set about working his
ruin with malice aforethOught.
The man whose wife or sweetheart
IS led astray finds no such excuse for
her He has been reared to think Of
her as an angel being, quite free from
human emotions, save as he may awak-
en- them in her
ing from his neglect, Indifference or
cruelty. exhibit human qualities and
frailties toward another strikes him as
mOnstrous and unna tural
From regarding her as a sort Of
seraph he condemns her as a demon
He cannot believe that she has had any
temptations from within and he blames
her for allowing those from without to
approach her.
Being naturally a well-behaved, moral
and passionless creature, he sees no
reason why she should permit herself
to be compromised
t7llt bcCpLllt5 an unnatural anu FAC4OuS
creature in his eyes by her fall
be has no pity or pardon for her.
Even when he kills her paramOur, he
does il more as a punishment for her
than for the man.
When a woman kills her rival, she
does it because she thinks such a ter
rible being ought not to live upon the
earth to tempt poor man.
And so, from each side woman gets
the maximum OF censure and the min
imum Of pity. because the world has
educated civilized humanity to believe
two modes Of conduct and two modes
OF morals were natural and right for
the seNes-COpyriEht 1913. by the
star Publishing Company.