Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
Rx the Associated Press.

men high In the affairs of State today
expressed their sorrow at the passing OF
Melville E. Stone, general manager OF
the Associated Press for more than q
quarter of century.
After an illness of several months
Mr.. Stone died at his home last night
in his eighty-first year. Funeral serv-
ices will be held ct o'clock Monday at
the Park Avenue Baptist Church, with
the Rev. DR. Harry Emerson FoSdick
officiating. Burial will be private.
Among the noted world figures who
paid tribute to Mr.. Stone were Herbert
Hoover, Georges Clemenceau, wartime
premier of France: Gen. John j. PERISH
ing. T. P. O'Connor. father OF the
House of Commons; Count Renee CAL
lenga, a member Of the Italian govern
ment during the war; Chief Justice Will
liam Howard Taft, Secretary of State
Frank B. Kellogg, Masanao Haniharar
former Japanese Ambassador at wash
ington; David Lloyd George. former
premier of Great Britain, and scores OF
others.
Praised for Raising Standards.
Publishers of many of the worlds
great newspapers and news agencies
added their mede of praise and sorrow.
In the constantly increasing number
of kilograms Mr.. Stone was called the
grand old man of American journalism
and was praised on all sides for his
part in raising the ethics OF his pro-
feSsion.
Among the many messages of sor-
row received today we're kilograms and
cahlegramS from men in Associated
Press Offices all over the world.
The pail bearers, announced by the
family tonight, are those most closely
associated with Mr.. Stone during the
| years he was active as general man
ager of the Associated Press. Most
of them still are connected with the
organization. They are j. e. Youatt
| Joseph j. Jones, NJ F. Moran, Arthur
erick Roy Martin, Charles H. Boynton,
| Charles Stephenson Smith, w. j. Nc
Cambridge, Byron Peice, DR.. o. S. Wat
son and j. A. Bates.
Frank B. Moves, president of the Asso-
ciated Press, is In Florida with Mrs.
| Noyes, who is i'll, and will be unable to
attend the funeral. Kent Cooper, gen.
eral manager, also is away on a business
trip and will be unable to be present.
Coolidge Pays Tribute.
Among the kilograms OF sympathy
and tributes were the following:
IT have learned with deep regret of
the passing of your distinguished hus-
band, who was for so long the head OF
the Associated Press. We largely owe
to his genius and enterprise our modern
methods of collecting and distributing
news. This quick interchange Of news
has been Of the greatest value In bring
ing the various nations Of the world into
closer and more harmonious relations.
Mrs. Coolidge joins me in sympathy for
you and the members Of your family"
President-elect Herbert Hoover:
1.-THE passing of Melville E, Stone
| subtracts from American life great
citizen and great public servant. NO
one has made greater contribution TO
the best of American journalism than
he. No one has been q more constant
or more able friend OF every good pur-
pose in American life. Thousands have
enjoyed his personal friendship and
known his helpfulness. deeply grieve
his loss"
Chief Justice william Howard Taft:
at am very sorry to hear of the death
of Melville E. Stone. knew him Tor
a great many years and valued MS
| friendship Without knowing the NIL
nutia of the improvements he made IN
| the Associated Press know enough
| to know that the newspaper fraternity
and the public owe much to MIN lot
what he did to promote the spread OF
reliable news"
Frank b. Noyes, president Of the AS
ISOLATED Press and president Of the
| Washington Evening Star Newspaper
| Co., paid tribute to Mr.. Stone in an
address before the luncheon OF the AS
sociated Dailies of Florida as follows:
Last night the soul OF one OF the
| worlds truly great men passed on, and
Melville z. Stone went to his rest.
This is not the moment TO pay ade-
uuate tribute to his great accomplish
ments or his noble services to the press
of this country and, indeed, of the world,
and especially to those Of us who make
up the Associated Press. Our debt to
him cannot be appraised in few words,
nor, indeed, expressed In words at all.
Il can today only mourn the loss OF
dear friend, q comrade ana trusted
leader of many years.
II ask you to stand in loving and af-
| fectionate tribute to the memory Of
Melville E. Stone"
The company arose with bowed heads,
standing for a minute before proceed
| ing with the luncheon.
Ogden Reid, editor Of the New York
Herald Tribune:
Having known Mr.. Stone for over
| 80 years, my first feeling on hearing OF
+, his death was one of personal grief at
| the loss Of friend and delightful COM
panion. Combining high character with
| great ability he was an outstanding
figure in the history Of Journalism. His
work in organizing and gathering and
distribution of news for the Associated
4 I..k ,NN @ary
realizes that he was a pioneer In obtain
! ing accurate information and stating it
| in impartial terms. Nothing could
swerve him from his principles, and the
| integrity of the Associated Press today
| Is probably the finest monument to his
memory that ne could have desired"
Andre Tardieu, French minister Of the
interior, said:
81 deplore the death of Mr.. Stone.
| knew his great character and have an
imperishable remembrance of him as a
man of the highest intelligence and a
great friend of France"
Sir Eric Drummond, secretary gen
eraI of the League Of Nations:
"All who, like myself, had the honor
of knowing Melville E. Stone must feel
that by his death the world loses a
great personality. The Associated Press
VIII remain as proved tribute to his
genius"
Georges CIemenceau, Frances war
time premier:
Il am deeply moved by news OF the
death OF the grand old man of the
press He conferred great distinction
on his profession. He was an honor to
his country"
Gen. John ]. Pershing: ut is with
great regret that learn Of the death
of Melville Stone. He was one of the
great men Of our time. remember
him especially when he visited Ameri-
can heaquarters during the war and
rendered the services of the Associated
Press to the cause of the allies, espe-
cially to America. He set a fine exam
pie to the press at large as q man of
| nafrintin ideals NV deenesf suYnnafhu