Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-26

Il IAN OAVNm1
New York. April 2s.-The report OF
the board Of directors Of tho Assoti-
fated Press this. year is considered Of,
such unusual interest as to warrant
publication. 1t. refers among other
things to the experiences of some As-
sociated Press men ssine,s the foreign
service. and in making this ,paAt, pub
lie the board authorized. the insertion.
In: r:parenthesis Of the nams of the man
concerned. (! ~ I.
The report follows: .a So .sss
To, the members Of D the Associated
! In earlier reports We have .endsav-
ored to summarize briefly the fmost.
important news events Of the year.
'WeAmake no.such attempt this year.
There have been months during
which more epoch making news has
developed than during some previous
ysars and all newspaper men >must
wonder whether We shall ever return
to former standards Of news values.
Ner do we enlarge In this report up,
on the news-sAthefing achievements
OF the sorganization. with those
achievemetits have come. many In
evitable disappointmerits. Overtaxed
cables, muddled censorships and sim.
ff4rS exlEencies of war often have up
set,o plans and frequently neutral
Yet. we have .incomparablyt the most
,ccmRrehensive iachiiiery for collect
ingsand distributineSnews that the
world has ever, known. ~. Va; .s
!. ,.s. .s>, Men. Are Alert. g.. ~ . Is
~ Off, our men aboard, we gratefully
acknowledge our appreciatfon T6r-
pedoes and mines at sea- and shot and
shell ons land have held no fearss for
them. ~ Fl Their escapes amid dangers
have been. .eountleas. One Drank M.
America was knocked down by, q
Zeppelih bornbstn London but worked
az. that night as :nsual--merely an in-
building which has itself been hit by
such Shells; another !, Robert -.
Smalll fell into. the Icy Spnn1e but
rode thirty Ave miles to cable tho
story of the first r. American iii
Peronnes another Charles =. 'Thomp-
hon) was ON the highest rampant of
the Castle Of GorisiA when . shell
on that afterno on he. wrote. "a 1 story
which. thrilleds the preek Of Europe as
we'll aA OF the United, states, 4 another
(Waiter' whinenD wassahot Sins the
kneeMon .Ruasiens observAtloi posti
another: ChArleAs smits1)' s1ter 81
hAyonet and III siencounter at NarbdA
escaped Eith pe.nfp, VII, lscerati
explosion. sbuts :befors . sddrass!ts kis
vtdNhds was resoufc fcefii1 q eSofgh. t6
find in e. n dem liehed Y building !. the
1s5mtnus Sna'H! snS IS ths rs WsSs..
ind Havana TO NAM York the first di-
sect messages outs of Halifax. Such
Incidents are not, unusual in the serv-
ce Of your Forgani9atton. 7
.. .Acuratcness.Aini.
Thro,,sh ~ 80. ~ - .soo;.+.d
pra.. has ~. :, =; 80 - q, ts. ;ts
arasn ercurat., IS ,n.,t:,. -r.ser..eI
shs hes. 10 dit1eI YoF 4a,,.s. ss .i...'s NJ
rnod zoo pns nsns ~ thau ~ agar ssar,a+aI pra.s M
nenfdencs s set ~ nnr ne pupas as
steadily grown. .unttr millions 81 read :
ers now, hesitate to rive credence to
many published rsnorts until assured
tioi1. The senaational Zimfnerman
noteswith its report Of diplon1atic. in
trtgue in Mexico was uniyersally ac-
cepted as genuine because the Asso.
ciated Press said It was. The bonn
bardinent Of. Pari. at io,,r range wa.
ridiculed By other press .associations
and by ordnance experts. but the
which. fer two days afone reported
this startIinr develoument Of the war
Il. American, readers, convinced the
skeptical quite an thoroughly "a did
the onicial confirmation 6f its report
Whe9 the goyernmentss action IN
taking over the Dutch ships IN Amer
lean 3narDors was reported IN Europe