New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-21
Old Board ChOsen-D. t.
Town Replaces Late
Samuel BOWleS.
MEMBERS MAY BUY
NEWS FROM OTHERS
Amendment to Bylaw Ratiiied-
Publication Hours Discussed
at Annual Meeting.

All the directors Of The Associated
Press we're reelected yesterday, ana
now one was chosen to fill the vacancy
Ieft nv the death o. Samuel Bowles. or
"Tbe Springfield Republican" The an
nual meeting was held in the morning
at the Waldorf Astoria and continued
n fter the luncheon. at which President
Wilson spoke.
D. f. Town, OF ".The Louisville Her
aid" WIS the director chosen to fill Mr.
Rowles's place. The other directors
who will continue in office. are lctQf
! +. lawson, Chicago Daily News W.
H. Cowles, SPOKANE Spokesman Re.
view; x. ". Johnston. Houston POST
and Herman Rdder. "Staats Ieitung.
At the morning session the members
ratified the resolution adopted on De-
cember 10. 1914. by the board OF al,
rectors which unanimously amended
the bylaws by striking out Section :
of Article VIII. In a notice TO the
members signed by Melville +. Stone
secretary, it was stated that this sec
ton in question had never been en-
! forced.
Section : provided that since the
purchase Of news by members OF ne
Associated Press from other associa-
tions might be seriously prejudicial
10 the interests and welfare OF this
corporation and it's members, the board
of directors may. in their discretion,
forbid the members TO purchase intelll-
gence from any other such assocla-
ton"
Time of Publication.
The afternoon session was devoted
10 discussing the proposed amendment
of Section 6. Article VII Of the bylaws
and the members decision will be
reached at this mornings session. me
present bylaw fixes the time limits Tor
the receipt and the publication OF news
by members.
The proposed amendment reads:
"The time limits for the receipt and
publication of news by members shall
be standard time in all cases at the
place Of publication as follows:
Morning papers 70 receive not later
than a. m. and to publish not earlier
than 9 D. M. except that for editions
to be circulated only outside OF the
city OF publication not earlier than the
following morning morning papers
may publish not earlier than p. m.
and that Sunday editions so published
NAV be circulated in the city of publ
cation after D. m. Saturday; alter
noon papers to receive not later than
6 y. m. and 10 publish not earlier than
a. m. The service to afternoon pa
pers between p. m. and 6 p. m. TO be
Of bulletin character; provided. that
the board Of directors may authorize
that upon extraordinary occasions The
Associated Press dispatches may be
used in extra editions or for bulletins
outside of the hours named
Members of the advisory board
chosen at the afternoon session were
as follows:
Eastern division John d. Plummer,
"Springfield Union; u. A. Miller, Al
lentown Calf; James W. Green, "Buf-
falo Express; |. Il. Hirsh, Pittsburgh
Volksblatt." and Van Lear Black, BAL
timore Sun"
Southern division Il. Gray,
atlanta Journal; Frank P. Glass.
montgomery Advertiser; Robert Ew-
ing, New Orleans States; H. c. Ad-
Ter. chattanooga Times" and Bruce
Haldeman, Louisville Courier-Jour-
Lal."
Western division VI. II. de Young,
"San Francisco Chronicle; s. A. Per-
kins. Tacoma Ledger; A. J. Blethen.
Ctdllle lllltH a. ~ NNhNgf h'dAl
Lake Tribune and /. y. Stevens,
Pueblo Chief"
Other Members Chosen.
Central division p. +. Burton. "Jop-
lin MOI News; p p. Adler, "Daven-
port Times; J. S. Sturtevant. "Wau-
sau Wis., Record Herald; +. W.
Booth. Grand Rapids Press" and
Thomas Rees. illinois State Register"
The nominating committee for the
1916 meeting consists of ". J. Craw-
ford. "Memphis Commercial-Appeal";
G. b. Dcaley. Dallas News; Frank
Knox, Manchester Union; Thomas
Rees. illinois State Register; James
Kelley. Chicago Herald; J. F. Con-
nors. Oakland Tribune" and s. c.
Bone. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The auditing committee elected was
Frederick |. Thompson, Mobile Rec
ord; +. f. Smith. "Meriden Record;
o. d. Brandenburg. Madison Demo
GRAFT" and John F. Carroll, Portland
tOreD Herald"
Another meeting will be held at 10
o'clock this morning, and the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
convention will be opened. The annual
dinner of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association will be held to-
morrow evening