Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-21
ASS0C|ATEDPRESS
IN ANNUAL SESSION
Rescinds Power of Board Over
Service to Members by Com
peting Associations.
FIVE DIRECTORS CHOSEN
|. FOR TERM OF THREE YEARS
Members of the Advisory Boards
Also Elected-Address by Fred
erick w. Lehman.

NEW YORK. April Il Al the annual
meeting here yesterda, of the Asso-
ciated Press the following publishers
were elected as directors for q term of
three years: Victor F. Lawson. Chi
caso News: W. II. Cowles. Spokane
Spok esma n Review: d. T.. Town. Louis
vile Herald: r. NJ. Johnston. Houston
Post: Herman Ridder New York city
Stats Zeitung.
The members OF the association
unanimously voted to rescind the by
law giving the board of directors the
power to order a member to discontinue
the service of a competing association.
Advisory Boards Named.
Members of the advisory boards for
the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows:
Eastern Division.-J. d. Plummer,
Springfield Union: d. A. Miller. Allen
town (PaD Cab; James W. Greene. Buff
falo Express: l. Z. Hirsch, Pittsburgh
volksblatt: Van Lear Black. Baltimore
Knox , Manchester q. h Morning
Union. e A1ditin @gorn com Raeard
Southern Division-.Iames r. Gray,
Atlanta journal: Frank T. Glass. Mont
gomery tAla.) Advertiser: Robert
Ewing, New Orleans States: H. c. Ad-
Ter. Chattanooga Times; Bruce Halde-
man, Louisville CourierJournal. Nom
mating committee-W. J. Crawford.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: George
b. Dealey. Dallas News. Auditing COM
mittee-Frederick I. Thompson, Mobile
Register.
Central Division f. Burton. Jop-
lin tMo) News Herald: E. r. Adler.
Davenport tlowa, Times: J. L. Sturte-
want. Wausau tWis) Record Herald:
Press; Thomas Rees. Springfield GuD
State Register. Nominating commit
tee-Thomas Rees. Springfield Un)
State Register: James Kelley, Chicago
Brandenburg. Madison CWis.) Demo-
crat.
Western Division-M. Fl. de Young,
San Francisco Chronicle: S. A. Perkins,
Tacoma Legend; a: J. Blethen, Seattle
Times: A n Mckay; Salt Lake
tain. Nominating committee. F.
Corners, Oakland Tribune: S. G. Bone.
Seattle Post Jntelligencer. Auditing
conmittee-John +. Carroll, Portland
Telegraph.
Address by Frederick W. lehman.
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the United States. Mr.. Lehman, in his
address. said:
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