The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-29
PUBLISHERS ELECT
OFFICERS AND QUIT
Rogers Of Chicago Succeeds
'Bridgman Of Brooklyn as
Associate President.
KNOCKS FOR PRESS AGENT


HHocr 'h''e u'!s !" serious "'s'"s9'"'
about the trials aud rihuiaiions of the
new spaper publishing business The mem
hsr. ~ ,ho >,ro,ica, xovs,,,o- pub.
-, ,
iishers Assoc'atioh !'s'er"aF a"Jo"rneu
their thirticth annual convention at the
Waidorf-Astori, 10 return to their native
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concluded yesterday before the adjourn
ment was the election of new officers.
Hopewell l.. Rogers. business manager
Of the Chicago Daily Ncrs. was elected
president, to succeed Herbert Il. Brids-
man Of the Brooklyn Sfoiddrd Uni0n:
Frank Z. Glass Of the Montgomery. Ala.
Advertiser and the birmingham Nens.
vice-presldent J. T.. Bryan of the Rich
mond Netcs Lcndcr, secretary. and Ed
ward Payson Call OF the New York
Journal Of Commerce was reelected
treasurer.
The following directors were elected /:
Charles II. Taylor, Jr.. OF the Boston
Globe, Harry Chandler OF the Los Ange-
les Times, j. J.. Mackay OF the Toronto
Globe. Daniel u. Moore of the New Or
leans Timcs-Picdptac. Herbert l.. Br!dg
man. Hilton L. Brown of the ~lndianapo-
lis News. Ebert II. Baker OF the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer and Jason Rogers or
the New York Globe.
After Hopewe ell Rogers had been elected
president OF the association one might
have supposed that Victor r. Lawson.
his boss. would have been eased dow
into a louuacious humor about politics,
or white paper, or business. or some
ehing or other.
Going After Lawson.
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80 tne reporters prepared 20 'n,er.'e"
~. Lawson oy n'r,ns oOut.0 49,,
CAPS ana as many aetectlves u aiu .neni
N the pursuit and by laying in a supply
Of persuasi'e cisars. easy IAN wv osne'
tnings OF Naiue "heh sucn oos,'ia,e pi,
as newspaper proprietors anu
Col. House are ABOUT 10 De approaeheo'
Tney sa! that MT Lawson 10 D".c
Oy birth. one or the reporters 'reo 10
confirm this report at headquarters pu,
that Is ne'her mere nor there' me iac.
OF the matter Is ME- lawson mas peen
reading interviews printed In his own
paper for 50 MANY years that one must
conclude he has learned the errors OF
irdulging himself In that form or amuse-
ment. II would appear after three Gays
Of the A. y. p. a. that most newspaper
owners have learned the same lesson.
Anyway. the story runs In this way.
Ar a s%trapplng young fellow Lawson
went down to Chicago from Canada.
where h" had not found things TO his
liking. and pounced upon the Chicago
Neus. Al that time the Ncrs was more
Oi "A burden than a pleasure to its owner
and he was glad Mr.. Lawson came 10
town. The plant was bought for "A song.
with something knocked on for bad Will.
AMI Mr.. Lawson proceeded TO make II
what 1t is generally supposed to be to-
day the best paying newspaper plant IN
the country They say II prouuces
81, 900, 600 "a year. but maybe It's $1,000
900.
TAX Il all In all the convention con-
cluded yesterday was generally regarded
o. the most successful In the history OF
The association, which is now just In its
prime at thirty years. Yesterday. before
the election Of officers. there was some