Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
NEWS MEN FACtD
DEATH TO REPORT
WORLDS BIG WAR
Associated Press Pays Tribute to
the Bravery and Fidelity ot
Its Staff.
BIG RECORD OF THE YEAR

New York. April 27.-Thc report Of
the board of directors OF The Associated
Press this wear is considered OF such
unusual interest rs 10 warrant publica-
ton. Il refers among other things 10
the experiences of some Associated
Press men IN the foreign service and IN
making this part public the hoard ai-
thorizcd the insertion IN parcnthcsis ot the
name Of the man concerned. The report
follows
To the members OF The Associated
Press:
I'm earlier reports wc have CndCaNorcd
to summarize briefly the most important
news events OF the year We make u"
such attempt this year There have been
months during which more cpoch-making
news has developed than during some
previous entire wears and all newspaper
men must wonder whether We shall ever
return To former standards ol news
values Nor do We enlarge IN this report
upon the news gathering achievements
of the organization. With those achieve
mcnts have come MANY inevitable dis
amendments OVcrtaNcd cables, mud
died censorshIps and slmllar CNlgcnclcS
Of var often have upset oar plans and lrr-
ottcnfIv ncurahlcd the rcsourcctuIncss
nj nur staff Vet we have mcomparahlv
the most comprehensive machinery Tor
collecting and distributing news that
the world has ever known
FAcrp NJ >Tu oN pVrY.
Of onr mon abroad We gratefully
acknowledge our appreciation Iorpcdocs
and mines III ~ca and shot and she'll on
land have hold no fears for them Ihcr
ESCAPES amd danger have hccn count
les ono Frank NJ Nmcuca was
knocked down h> i zeppelin bomb IN
London. but worked aIl night as usual
merck nm incident 81 the day work II
an o'hcc huldug which ha~ uSot hcCr
hlt IN such SHELLS another Rohcr Y
Smaln fell into tho icv Nommc hut rode
- miles to cable thr story 81 Tho trst
American III Pcrnnuc another harlCs 7
THOMPSON was on The highest rampant
al the Castle ot Ciouzia WHOM she'll hurIcc
If and h,m under Garth. Tut on thai
afternoon hc wrote 2 story which thrIic,
the press Of Europe as VOL as 81 th'
United States another Matter N hltien
was shot IN the knee on q Russian rh
scrvation ro~t another harlrs ;
smith after bavnnct an3 tl-t rnrountr
n Havhin escaped with pantui laccra
fionS another James IIlchcN was hinWl
through 4 glass door bv thc HamaN r\
rloscn. hut before dressing iiiS wounds
was rCS0BrtCtui enough tp tNI ln
demolished hu5jiug the terminus % th'
Cable 10 the West Indies and -cnt rs wa,
of Bermuda and Havana e Now orh
tho first direct mos SagcS o.t q Ha!'iAN
such incidents arc no' Unusual p IN,
service Of your organization
STANDS FOR ACCURACY
Through the years The Associated Pres
hiss by maintaining It's Standards q
accurate reporting preserved tho I've
traditions ot journalism Tho good nam
of The Associated Press ha> not htt.
impaired The public confidence ~ ou
dispatches steadily haS grown. ant;
millions of readers now hesitate 10 glv
crcdencc IL many Published reports unt
assured thai thoy were carried hy aI
aSS0Cj3t i0u
The sensational zimmerman note Wt
its report 81 diplomatic .ltrtGt.c lu AlcNic,
was 1nvcr~altV accepted a~ gruUinc hc
cause The A>~aeAttl 'rrS~ sand Il Wa>
The bouh1rlmeut o PARIS ~ ipn
range was uItelfcd i'N other press -
socIatIors and b1 ordnance experts, b-
the Paris burs4u ~ lh" Associated Press
which tuF TWO da2~ atone reported jh
star,Ing development 81 lnc war
American readers. #lI2tn.ei the 9bcpfIca
qultc aS thoroughly IL tad the 0ti.la
confirmation d. I'> report
Nhcn The government action !.
taking over titc Dach Ships y \Dau.a
harhor~ WAS reported IN tlropo ssVCra
chanceliorcs !upurcd ln lropcan cap
tals whether ht Associated Press I
nountcd his ta~f iG~ reputation r.
telling he trash ~ the pat' IF Ihc s.
soc1ated Pres ) recognized uaU oI.tn
generally throughout dlIuu:f.c En-
journalistic circles abroad II t Is .u ti
nltcd Stafc~ suJ i : tu asset 81 m,i
'orshp n tn.~ = e.su3z;.rfon tha' l~
he utmost value
MANY A. r Mn rs war ~CFsI4r
Daring tns ia- Year 't" 49, H4