The Washington herald., 1914-04-20
NEWSPAPERARMY
INVADES GOTHAM
Advance Guard of American
Publishers Arrive for
Annual Sessions.
WORK AND FUN PLANNED
This Week in New York Will Witness
Big Gathering of the
Fourth Estate.

SPECIAL To me washington herald-
New York, April 1sL-one drop Of
printers ink makes a whole world think.
and this week will show how enormous
the facilities have grown for putting
that drop on paper.
II will be a veritable convocation Of
the press which will assemble. an
apotheosis of the fourth estate.
The annual meeting of the Associated
Press at the Waldorf-Astoria on Tues
day will be followed next day by the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation. The Graphic Arts Exposition,
showing all kinds OF processes of pub
licity, opened yesterday. and the public
certainly will have the opportunity Of
seeing some remarkable devices for
rapid and excellent printing.
The vanguard of the publishers Is al
ready arriving In the city. and today and
tomorrow will see hundreds in the cor
ridoTs of the hotels Many reservations
have been made for the Waldorf-Astoria.
which will be the official headquarters,
and the hotels in the vicinity are also
favored with many advance bookings.
Clinton T. Brainard, publisher and edi-
tor OF The Washington Herald, is at the
Holland House. F. /. Thompson, pub
Usher OF the Mobile Register. Is at the
Vanderbilt Hotel. Other well known pub
fishers who have reached New York are
II. S. Thalheimer. OF the Toledo Blade;
F. W. r. HInman. OF the Jacksonville
Times-Union. and A. G. Newmyer. OF the
New Orleans Item. who are at the Hol-
land House.
Among those who are expected tomor-
row morning are J. L. Sturtevant. Of the
Waukesha. Wis.. Record Herald. who will
be at the Imperial: Frank Grandin, Of the
Battle Creek Inquirer. who is expected
at the Biltmore Hotel; r. s. Jones, of the
AsheviIle Citizen, who has reservations
at the McAlpin. and c. G. Marquis. who
has engaged rooms at the Vanderbilt A.
II. Butler. of the Buffalo News. is to be
at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Two newspaper men who are also the
heads of Commonwealths are TO speak
at the dinner. They are Gov. Martin II.
Glynn, proprietoS of the Albany Times
Union. and James NJ. Cox. who owns
papers in both Dayton and Springfield,
Ohio. Among the other speakers at the
banquet will be Job E Hedges. Rev. DIR.
s. Parkes Cadman, and S. Irving Fletch-
er, OF Saks & Co.
They Collect the News.
But first of all come the men who see TO
the collection OF news and bring it from
all parts of the world. The annual meet
ing of the Associated Press will be de-
voted principally to the election of off,
GERS. As there are S05 members OF the
organization, representing that many
newspapers. the counting OF the ballots
and the consideration of proxies and all
those details will consume much time
Hence the determination to partake of a
luncheon and oratory while the teIlers are
determining who has been elected.
This luncheon will be an innovation.
Formerly it was the custom of the News
paper Publishers and the Associated Press
to dine together, and there were usually
nearly 1000 OF them. This year the AS
ISOLATED Press has its luncheon all by
itself
The president of the Associated Press
is Frank B. Noyes. of the Washington
Star: the first vice president. Charles II.
Taylor. OF the Boston Globe. and the sec
retary. Melville E. Stone. The assistant
secretary is Frederick Roy Martin. and
the treasurer. ]. r. Youatt. The direct
ors whose TENS OF Office expire this year
are Mr.. Noyes, w. L. Mclean, of the
Philadelphia Bulletin: W. r. Nelson, Of
the Kansas City Star: Adolph s. Ochs,
of the New York Times, and A. c. Weiss
Of the Duluth Herald.
The American Newspaper Publishers
Association has to do with the business
problems of journalism. The publisher
these days makes contracts for paper,
coAdpilshtS duNtIlISlIAS argues win
the Postoffice Department, and generally
oversees the business OF which sends the
news of the day on its morning or even
ing walks on paper. Before such an or
ganiZation will naturally come many i'm
portant questions regarding the cost OF
the relations of the publisher
10 labor. the price to be charged for the
finished product and how to wrestle with
the press agent and how to best serve I
the public. There are 800 members of
the association.
Reception and Dinner.
On Wednesday evening OF this week 4
there will be a reception at the Waldorf I
Astoria, followed at. o'clock by the |
annual dinner The publishers will have
many interesting discussions on prob
ems which are common to the news
paper everywhere. and there will be
many a foregathering of old friends. Ell :
bert II. Baker is president Of the asso-
ciation.
1t is expected that the editors who are
attending the meeting of the Associated /
Press and the publishers as well will be .
deeply interested in the new contrivances +
which are TO be shown at the Grand Gen.
trail Palacesin the Printing. Lithograph-
ng, Paper, Advertising. Publishing and !
Allied Trades Exposition known for
short as the Graphic Arts This the sec
1nd display. is twice as large as the first
The exposition includes many machines