Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-16

I an editor has to do is to sit at his
desk and prepare the copy that comes
to his desk without any thought
! about where it is to come or how it
is to be secured, but this is far from
being true, Cowles averred. "Only
propaganda of politicians or that of
publicity seekers is secured in that
manner, real news is as Elusive as a
wild animal in forest and only af-
ter persistent effort is it trapped.
The western division superintendent
who has charge of the gathering and
dissemination of news by his organ
ization in the western states, Hawaii
the Philippines and the Orient, then
related how carefully worked out
plan the A. p. had in handling the
news of the disaster of the flight of
Lieutenant Commander Rogers and his
PN-9 No. j tight over the Pacific,
explaining that his organization had
several "alert and keen young men"
stationed on different islands in Fla
waii to give to the world at the ear
liest possible moment the news that
the naval commander had been found
alive or dead.
Some 20 newspaper men, represen-
tatives OF the Associated Press and
visiting publishers and editors from
various parts of the state, in Bisbee
for q conference of the Arizona
Newspaper association, and the south
western division of the Associated
Press were present at the special
luncheon given in their honor by the
Rotarians.
Ralph e. Ellinwooc, of Tucson, edi-
tor of the Arizona Daily Star, was
elected president of the Southwest
members of the Associated Press, and
was also chosen as O member of the
regional advisory board Of The AS
sociated Press, at the closing session
of the conference of southwest daily
newspaper publishers in BisDee.
During the session., the publishers
gave extensive discussion to propos-
ais seeking Improvement of state
service and other functions of the
Associated Press. Following adjourn
ment the publishers and Associated
officials were taken on a tour Of the
mining industry in Bisbee. 1t was
voted to hold the next meeting of the
association in El Paso, Texas.
The members discussed the advisa~
bility of routing the wire service out
Of El Paso or Los Angeles, but voiced
almost unanimous approval Of the
present report as served out of Den
yer and opposed any change at this
time.
President Ellinwood was authorized
to name committee of four members
to arrange for the handling of cleo
tion returns at the primary and gen
eral elections this year. EllinWood
appointed oliver Jaynes of the Tue
son Citizen, Ed. Harrington of the
Arizona epublican, w. p. Stuart of
the Prescott Courier and Folsom
Moore of the Bisbee Review as mem
bers of the committee. The commit
tee will make a survey of the state
and arrange comprehensive pro
gram for collecting and distributing
election returns to the Associated
Press.
Among those attending the various
meetings were: Kent Cooper, gen
eral manager, Associated Press, New
York; l.. C. Probert, director, Wash
ington bureau of Associated Press, !
Washington, D. c.; Paul CoWles,, SUI
perintendent of the western division,
Associated Press, San Francisco,
Calf.
j. t. McConvery, Santa Fe New
Mexican, Santa Fe, N. M; c. p.
Mason, Roswell News, Roswell, N. M;
H. D. Slater, Ell Paso Herald, Ell
Paso, Texas; Charles A. Stauffer,
Arizona Republican, Phoenix; Ed Har-
rington, Arizona Republican, Phoenix;
Bryan Akers, Arizona Gazette, Phoe-
nix; D. I. Hill, Arizona Gazette,
Phoenix; J. H. White, Arizona Ca
zette, Phoenix; oliver B. Jaynes, Tue
son Citizen, Tucson; r. e. Ellin-
wood, Tucson Star, Tucson; w. R.
Mathews, Tucson STAR Tucson; Tai
bot Smith, Tucson Star, Tucson; H.