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BY A P. PRESIDENT -Frank B. Noyes, Presiding at . Luncheon, Also Praises Hoover and Career. By the Associated Press. .« NEW YORK, April' 22—Frank B. “"Noyes of The Washington Star, presi- dent of the Associated Press, in pre- & as toastmaster at the annual {3 luncheon of the association today, paid moving tribute to the memory of the late Melville E. Stone before introduc- }n: President Hoover. His address fol- lows: In our meeting just held we have adopted resolutions evidencing the re- “spect, the admiration, the affection in ** which we hold the memory of Melville »~+E. Stone, the great soul who has passed ,Since our last meeting. This is as it . ‘should be, for we cannot too often give , testimony of his great services to us .and of our debt to him. Stone Honored While Alive, I greatly rejoice, however, that we ~did not wait until this day to unburden "“our hearts, but that more than 10 years ago made occasion t, one of our an- ““nual lunches to make known to him “"by spoken and printed word the esteem <»and love in which we held him. '"* His remaining years were, I know, made happier by that manifestation ~of our regard and his knowledge of the pinnacle on which he stood sowith us. -2 I would not, in justice to him and w to ourselves, In any way indicate that ¥ our feeling toward him is that of & + memory of chill perfection, of a superb mind functioning flawlessly. Rather, we loved him the more because of failings and frailties that, in them- selved, are lovable and never mean “or sordid. You will not expect me today to re- view this man’s accomplishments or his great qualities. I may, nevertheless, refer to an outstanding evidence of largeness of mind and heart which we found in his full recognition of his duty to find and trcin another genius who could take up and carry the great burden of responsibility that law upon the general manager of the Associated ess. How well he performed that duty is !l sknown to each of you and today, un- der the direction of his successor, our “organization is meeting the needs of the membership more efficiently, more comprehensively, than ever before and no one rejoiced more that this was so » than Melville E. Stone. Toast for Hoover. The ashes of our friend now lie in honored sepulture in the noble cathe- | dral rising on Mount St. Albans, over- looking Washington, destined to be our “~American Westminster Abbey. God rest his gentle soul! It is our custom on these annual occasions to drink but one toast. I ask you to drink to_the health of the President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, and to that of the gracious lady of the White House. Most _of our Presidents have become world figures only when they became Presidents. With the present incum- bent of that great office this is not the case, but years ago his name was a familiar and a loved one in every house- hold throughout the civilized world, as a great humm;lllsflzn l;xll.s% l'-‘s)rln ex- traordinarily able admi rator. We are greatly honored that he has come to us today. It is hardly neces- sary for me to explain to you, Mr. Pres- jdent, that the Associated Press is & co-operative, non-profit-making organ- szation of more than 1,250 newspapers whose function is to gather and dis- tribute to its members an gnblnscd. non-partisan and comprehensive news report of the world’s happenings. Frankness Urged to President. We are gathered here today for our annual meg:ing and you are thus of- fered the oppojtunity of looking care- fully over that emtity so mysterious to many—the Associated Press. You will note that it is very human— just plain men and women—the women, of course, not so plain: Democrats and Republicans; Protestants, Catholics and Jews; every varlety of economic theory known to man; wets and drys and hyphenates; all having in their particl- pating in this mutual effort one com- mon deurmlmnon—;rthac ot‘;ir :ews rvice shall be as fair, as unbiased, as :;up as is humanly possible and that it shall be subject to no control but our own. When inviting the President to ad- dress us, I assured him of your desire that he should speak with ~utmost nkness, and if today you receive. con- ’r % to your usual practice, instead of © puiration saluf.ilrv admonition, the re- sponsibility is mine. It gives me great pleasure and satis- faction to present to you the President of the United States—Herbert Hoover. HARDY IMPEACHMENT HEARING GOES OVER: Prosecution and Defense Given Until Tuesday to Prepare for Final Stages. ! By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 22— ’ %:Jnummem until* Tuesday of the peachment Court trying Superior ¢ Judge Carlos S. Hardy has given de- \ fense and prosecution forces an oppor- tunity to prepare for the final stages of "' the case. W _ Several witnesses on’ the defense list ¢ had not been called when the court ad- ! journed for the week end. Whether i Asa Keyes, former district attorney of 1 Los Angeles County and now under sen- ! tence on a bribery conviction, would ' be called here to take the stand was raised just before adjournment. The defense obtained permission to read Keyes' testimony. before a legis- i lative committee which investigal Julxe Hardy’s connection with the legal affairs of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, ob]encgt'ion of prosecuting officials, who ! hinted that Keyes might be called be- u fore the txmpe:chmmt Court as a re- | buttal witness. I} Keves tesitfied at the legislative hear- u ing that Judge Hardy had not influenced # him during the district attorney's inves- !l tigation of Mrs. McPherson’s kidnaping » story. The testimony was read into the | Impeachment Court record. The im- \ peachment case was the outgrowth of o legislative hearing,’Judge Harding having been charged with misconduct in accep! $2,500 from the evangelist about the time her story was being in- vestigated. A BALLSTON BOY FACES MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL :l&orwoad Estes Is'Charged With Causing Death of Woman ‘With Auto. ‘This was granted over the | Ha; FRANK B. NOYES, President of the Associated Press, who introduced President Hoover at the an- By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 22—Here are some pungent expressions used by Presi- dent Hoover in his law enforcement ad- dress today at the annual luncheon of the Associated Press: If a law iIs wrong, its rigid enforce- ment is the surest guaranty of its re- peal. If a law is right, its enforce- ment is the quickest method for com- pelling respect for it. No individual’ has the right to de- termine what law shall be obeyed and what law shall be enforced. Respect for law and obedience to law does not distinguish between Federal and State laws—it is a common con- science. In our desire to be merciful the pen- dulum has swung in favor of the pris- oner and far away from the protection of society. ‘The sympathetic mind of the Ameri- ¢an people in its overconcern about those who are in difficulties has swung too far from the family of the mur- dered to the family of the murderer. If, instead of the glamour of romance and heroism which our American imag- inative minds too frequently throw around those who break the law, we would invest with a little romance and heroism those thousands of officers who are endeavoring to enforce the law it would Mgelf decrease crime. If law can be upheld only by enforce- ment officers, then our scheme of gov- ernment is at an end. I am ‘wondering whether the time has not come to realize * * * that we are not suffering’ from an ephemeral crime wave, but from a subsidence of our foundations. 1t is unnecessary for me to argue the fact that the very essence of freedom is obedience to law; that liberty itself has IIzut one foundation, and that is in the aw, A surprising number of our people, otherwise of responsibility in the com- munity, have drifted into the extraor- dinary notion that laws are made for those who choose to obey them. Our law-enforcement machinery is suffering from many infirmities arising out of its technicalities, its circumlo- cutions, its involved procedures, and, too often, I regret, from inefficient and delinquent officials. ‘Twenty times as many people in pro- portion to population are lawlessly killed in the United States ag in Great Britain. e In many of our great cities murder |pp?trenuy can be committed with im- punity. ‘What we are facing today is the pos- sibility that respect for law as law is del.nx from the sensibilities of our peo- ple. [ The duty to enforce the law rests upon every public official and the duty to obey it rests upon every citizen. After all, the processes of criminal law enforcement are simply methods of instilling respect and fear into the minds of those who have not the intel- ligence and moral instinct to obey the law as a matter of consclence. ‘The real problem is to awaken this consciousness, this moral sense, and if HOOVERADDRESSES ASSOCITED RESS Hundreds of U. S. Publishers Attend Annual Meeting of News Organization. (Continued From First Page.) only by enforcement officers, then our scheme of Government is at an end.” Frank B. Noyes of The Washington Star, president of the Associated Press, introduced Mr. Hoover. The speeches were broadcast by a Nation-wide hook- up of National Broadcasting Co. sta- tions. The luncheon began at 1 pm., broadcasting at 1:55 p.m, the country were here for the twenty- ninth annual meeting of the Associated Press today and tomorrow and for the annual meeting of the American News- g;per Publishers’ Assoclation beginning ‘ednesday. g Directors {o Be Elected. ‘This is the last time the two orgarfi- zations meet in the Waldorf. The his- toric hotel, which has housed the As. sociated Press gatherings for 27 yea is to be razed to make way for a skyscraper. Five directors will be elected at the annual meeting of the Associated Press and the question of radiocasting of news lell be considered with other matters. The annual report of Kent Cooper, general manager, says that during 1928 the organization experienced satisfac- 1ory progress, News Storles Are Better. An important step was the complete nationalization of the administration, 38 bureaus being made strategic centers with the correspondents directly re- sponsible to the general manager and having jurisdiction over the service in their assigned territory. News stories have been better in quality. Efforts were made to cover stories of outstanding importance in a larger, more comprehensive fashion, More than 160,000 miles of wire are required to deliver the camgleu service. ‘Tremendous growth of public interest, especially in financial news, has com- pelled an increase in wire facllities. ‘There has been more and better news of sports. The feature service has ex- panded. The news photo service has been develobed on a world-wide basis, “There never was such a tremen- dous hunger for news as there is today,” said Mr, Cooper, Broadcasting Due for Study. At the executive business session of the Associated Press it is expected the Qquestion of broadcasting news dispatches will be considered. The question is Whether news collecied by the associa- tion and broadcast by member news- papers over their own stations or the supplying of such dispatches for broad- casting over local stations should be continued. Five directors, from a list of 10 candi- dates named last February, will be elected to fill vacancies left by expira- tion of the terms of four directors and the death of a fifth. The directors Whose terms expire are Frank B. Noyes, Washington Star; Adolph S. Ochs, New York Times; B. H. Anthony, New Bed- ford, Mass.,, Standard; Robert B, Mc- Lean, Philadelphia Bulletin, and H. V. Jones, Minneapolis Journal (deceased). Those four directors, who have served for many years, have been renominated, together with John Steward Bryan, Richmond (Va.) News-Leader; Cowles, Des Molnes Register and Tribune Capital; Frank E. Gannett, Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle; E. B. Jeffress, Greens- boro (N. C.) News; Prederick E. Murphy, Minneapolis Tribune, and John L. Stew- art, Washington (Pa.) Observer. - hofi’fllr t)}alunchfion the members will 2n afternoon session and on Tu day the board of directors will me Coopey's Report. The ‘board of directors \transinitt to the membership and made & p:r‘z of the record a report of Kent Cooper, the general manager, on the activities of the past year. { The Assoclated Press during 1928,” sald Mr. Cooper, “experfenced satis- factory progress.’ important ste) nationalization or' t%e'“ i ?&':’Jfiff an_executive staff in charge. Thirty- eight bureaus were made strategic cen- ters, with the correspondents directly Tesponsible to the general manager, and having jurisdiction over the service in their assigned territory. These corre- spondents assumed duties previously de- volving on four superintendents, and at the same time all financial disburse- necessary to segregate such degenerate :;lnru where they can do no future rm. Such a commission (on law enforce- ment) can perform the greatest service to our generation. NEW ORGAN DEDICATED BY CUMBERLAND CHURCH Bishop Hamilton Officiates at Cere- mony Reopening Methodist Episcopal Auditorium. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 22— Bishop John W. Hamilton officiated yesterday at the reopening of the audi- torium and the dedication of the new $10,000 organ at Center Street Method- ist Episcopal Church, marking the culmination of a $125,000 building pro- gram. In January, Bishop William F. Me- Dowell of Washington dedicated the new church school building, which ad- joins the church. Bishop Hamilton preached ‘at both the morning and eve- ning service. The organ was dedicated at the morning service. ‘The Methodist congregation here is 140 years old and an anniversary week service starts tomorrow night, when Rev. J. Luther Neff of Frostburg, late of Winchester, will preach. During the week preachers will be Revs. Edward Benjamin W. Meeks and J. C. ments and accountings were centralized in the treasurer’s office at New York.” Mr. Cooper announced that a year's trial of the new plan has been com- DPletely satisfactory. There has been a closer contact established between the staff and the members, and a prompter and better collection ‘and distribution of the news. There also was an inspira- fit:‘!‘! for bettfir work on the part of the s through e ement of their o] portuhities. i 7 Political Achievements Listed. “Our news stories during the year have been better in guality,” said Mr. Cooper, “and there have been efforts to cover stories of outstanding import- ance in a larger, more comprehensive fashion. The presidential campaign gave us an opportunity. At the national conventions of the major parties at Kansas City and Houston. every State was represented on our staff, which numbered 75. In this way we were able eral story, but also that of the activi- tles of their State delegation. “Several woman writers were assigned to give the feminine point of view, in- asmuch as woman's participation in the campaign -m&red to be an important factor. For same reason a woman pal I believe, ever so assigned by a press association. ir work was uniformly excellent, a “The tremendous growth of public in- terest in financial news has made it nex for us, in many cases, to dou- ble and triple our wire facilities to meet the demand for complete reports of the yes, Nicholson, former pastors; Rev. O. Olson, pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church, Baltimore, and Rev. E. T. Mow- bray, district superintendent. The choirs of the First Presbyterian, St. Paul's Lutheran, St. Luke’s Lutheran and Emmanuel Episcopal Churches wiil assist with services. Wednesda; ning Ingham and Lord will give an KEmp Burss, soprano, of Brostpire. The emp , S0prano, of . e church improvements were started by the ntelv. Dr. Hnu'and m’ho?lx;'m ‘who recently accepted a at Newburg, N. Y., and has been succeeded as pastor here by the Rev. Harry Evaul. RISt SR A ) MILITIA CONGRATULATED. T. | New York Stock, Bond and Curb Ex- changes. Notwithstanding the unpar- alleled activity of the market, often in- volving the priee fange of 2,000 or more stocks and bonds daily, our wire facili- ties and improved method of operation of " automat printers enables us to cr;seh all parts ctot the c&u.nn-yh:%hh:he 0sing prices not more than a ur after the close of the market. Speed of Printers Invaluable. “More than 160,000 miles of wire now are required to deliver the complete nts:ware. 1 mot So the goeate hfii uate were for greater :bmmbln h the use of the auto- matic printer, “ which Associated introduced Silver Spring Unit Commended for whic Showing at Annual Inspection. Special Dispatch to The Star. 228 E i 5 E f 7 ] g I § 3 B § g % it g & Hundreds of publishers from all over | John | the work being departmentalized with | PATt to give our members not only the gen- |} ., TEXT OF HOOVER'S ADDRE President Says Obedience of Law ‘hy Individual h " Essence of Freedom. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, A 22.—, the annual lmhmwox the m Press here todnx President Hoover said: Meinbers and Priends of the Asso- clated Press: I have accepted this occasion for a frank statement of what I consider the dominant issue before the American people, 1Its solution is more vital to the preservation of our institutions than any other question before us. That is the enforcement and obedience to the laws of the United States, both Federal and State, 3 I ask only that-you weigh this for yourselves, and if my position is right, that you support it—not to support me but to suj precious—the one force that holds our civilization together—law. And I wish discuss it as law, not as to the merits or demerits of a particular law, but all law, Federal and State, for ours is a ‘Government of laws made by the people themselves. Reap Harvest of Defects. A surprising number of our people, otherwise of responsibility in the com- munity, have drifted into, the extraordi- aary notion that laws are made for those who choose to ebey them, And in addi- tion, our law-enforcement machinery is suffering from many infirmities arising out of its technicalities, its circumlocu- tions, its involved procedures, and too often, I regret, from inefficient and de- linquent officials. We are reaping the harvest of these defects. More than 9,000 human beings are lawlessly, killed every year in the United States. Little more than half as many arrests follow. Less than one- sixth of these slayers are convicted, and but a scandalously small percentage are adequately punished. Twenty times as many people in proportion to population are lawlessly killed in the United States as in Great Britain. In many of our great cities murder can apparently be commitfed with impunity. At least 50 times as many robberies in proportion to population are committed in the United States as in Great Britain, and three uimes as many burglaries. Even in such premeditated crimes as embezzlement and forgery our record stands no comparison with stable na- tions. No f-n of the country, rural or urban, is immune. Life and property are relatively more unsafe than in any other civilized country in the world. In spite of all this we have reason to pride ourselves on our institutions and the high moral instincts of the great ma- Jority of our people. No one will as- sert that such crimes would be com- mitted if we had even a normal respect for law and if the laws of our country ‘were properly enforced. Face Greater Problem. In order to dispel certain illusions in the public mind on this subject, let me say at once that while violations of law have been increased by inclusion of crimes under the eighteenth amend- nd by the vast sums that are poured into the hands of the criminal classes by the patronage of illicit liquor | is by otherwise responsible citizens, yet this is but one segment of our problem. I have purposely cited the extent of murder, burglary, robbery, forgery and embezzlement, for but a small percent- age of these can be attributed to the eighteenth amendment. In fact, of the total number of convictions for felony last year, less than 8 per cent came from that source. It is therefore but a sector of the invasion of lawlessness. What we are facing today is some- thing far larger and more fundamental —the possibility that respect for law as law is fading from the sensibilities of our people. Whatever the value of any law may be, the enforcement of that law written in plain terms upon our statute books is not, in my mind, a de- batable question. Law should be ob- served and must be enforced until it is repealed by the proper processes of our democracy. The duty to enforce the laws rests upon every public official and the duty to obey it rests upon every citizen, No individual has the right to de- fermine what law shall be obeyed and what law shall not be enforced. If a law is wrong, its rigid enforcement is the surest guaranty of its repeal. If it is right, its enforcement is the ?uldmt method of compelling respect or it.. I have seen statements pub- lished within a few days encouraging citizens to defy a law because that eular journal did not approve of the law itself. I leave comment on such an attitude to any citizen with a sense of responsibility to his country. President Cannot Favor Violations. In my position, with my obligations, there can be no argument on these points. There is no citizen who would approve of the President of the United States assuming any other attitude. It may be sald by some that the larger responsibility for the enforcement of law against crime rests with State and local authorities-and it does not con- cern the Federal Government. But it does concern the President of the United States, both as a citizen and as the one upon whom rests the primary responsibility of leadership for the es- tablishment of standards of law en- forcement in this country. t for law and obedience to law does not dis- tinguish between Federal ‘Ignd State laws— it is a common conscience. After all, the processes of criminal law enforcement are simply methods of instilling respect and fear into the minds of those who have not the in- telligence and moral instinct to obey the law as a matter of conscience. The real - problem is to awaken this con- sclousness, this moral sense. and if necessary to gate such degenerate minds where they can do no future rm. ‘We have two immediate problems be- portant additions are about to be made. The women’s department, including the Paris fashions, has been particularly recommended. s New Photo Service Developed. “A serfous beginning was made' dur- ing the year in the development of the news photo service. The board.of di- rectors having unanimously pletures as news and having sanctioned their collection and distribution as a proper function of the the mm:emtant o something infinitely more the. fore us in Government: To our existing agercles of and to reorganize our system forcement in such manner as to elim- inate its weaknesses, It is the purpose of the Federal administration syste- matically to strengthen its law-enforce- ment agencies week by week, month by month, year by year, not by dramatic displays and violent attacks in order to make headlines, not by violating the }u“' 1':0]! mrm:.[l;‘l%o! the law in enforcement, but ady pressure, steady weeding out of all incapable and negligent, officials, no matter what their status; by encouragement, promotion and recognition for those who do their duty, and by the most rigid scrutiny of records and attitudes of all suggested for appointment to official posts in our entire law-enforcement machinery. Favors Elimination of Defects. ‘That is administration for which my colleagues and I are as fully respon- sible as the human material which can be assembled for the task. Furthermore, I wish to determine and, as far as possible, remove the sources of inherent defects in.our present sys- tem that defeat the most devoted officials. Every student of our law-enforcement mechanism knows full well that it is in need of vigorous reorganization, that its procedure unduly favors the al, that our judiciary needs to be strength- ened, that the method of assembling our juries needs revision, that justice must be more swift and sure. In our desire to be merciful the pendulum has swung in favor of the prisoner and far away from the protection of society. The sympathetic mind of the American people in its overconcern about those who are in difficulties has swung too far from the family of the murdered to the family of the murderer, With & view to enlisting public un- derstanding, public support, accurate de- :fi:flnnk{n cg thexh;u and construc- conclusions, ave Dproj - to 2stablish a national eommhalonmdmdy and report upon the whole of our prob- lems involved in criminal-law enforce- ment. That proposal has met with grati- fying support, and I am sure it will have the co-operation of the.bar asso- ciations and crime commissions in our variqus States in the widespread effort now being made by them. I do mnot propose to be hasty in the selection of this commission. I want time and ad- vice, in order that I may select high- minded men, impartial in their judg- ment, skilled in the sclence of the law and our judicial system, clear in their conception of our institutions. Such a commission can perform the greatest of service to our generation. Press Plays Vital Part, There is another and vastly wider fleld than the nature of laws and the method of their enforcement. This is the basic question of the understand- ing, the ideals, the relationship of the lndilgld';lhl tcl’gw :'l:: law ".sfll. It t press plays a dominant part. It is almost final in its potency to arouse the interest and con- sclousness of our people, It can destroy their finer sensibilities or it can invig- orate them. I am well aware that the zruht d::u):fltg. of our important jour- nals, day by day, give support to these high ideals. . 1 wonder, sometimes, however, if per- haps a little more support to our laws could not be given in one direction. It, instead of the glamour of romance and heroism, which our American imag- inative minds too frequently throw around those who break the law, we |} would invest with a little romance and heroism those thousands of our officers who are endeavaring to enforce the law it would itself decrease crime. Praise and respect for those who properly en- force the laws would help. Perhaps & little better proportioned balance of news concern those criminals who are convicted and punished would serve to_instill the fear of the law. I need not repeat that absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is & foundation stone of American liberty. I put the question, however, to every individual conscience, whether flippance is a useful or even legitimate device in such discussions. I do not believe it is. Its effect is as misleading and as distorting of public conscience as deliberate misrepresenta- tion. Not clarification, but confusion of issues arises from it. Our people for many years have been intensely absorbed in business, in the S ul?bmldltnl of a w:nen coun- try, we have attempted special ize in our occupations, to strive to achieve in our own specialties and to tency of others in theirs. we have carried this psy- chology into our state of mind toward government. We tend to regard the making of laws and their administra- tion as a function of a group of special- ists in government whom we hired for this purpose and whom we call public servants. After hiring them it is our purpose casually to review their actions, to accept those which we approve, and to Eejeet the rest. Cites Individual's Dutles. ‘This attitude of mind is destructive of self-government, for self-government is predicated upon the fact that every resporsible citizen will take his part in the creation of law, the obedience to law and the selection of officials and methods for its enforcement. Finally, I wish to again reiterate that the problem of law enforcement is not alone a fun or business of gov- ernment. If law can be upheld only by enforcement officers, . then our scheme of government is at an -end. citizen has a personal duty in it—the duty to order his own actions, to 80 weight the effect of his example that his conduct shall be a positive force in his community with respect to the law. I have no criticism® to make. of the erit press. I greatly admire its independence and its 1 some=- times feel that D:'t.r:eoum 'mthm“el em- phasis to one or another of our national problems, but I' realize the difficulties under which it operates. I am wondering whether the time has not come, however, to realize that we are confronted with a national neces- sity of the first degree, that we are not lering from: an ephemeral crime wave ant from & subsidence of our f lons, Possibly the time is at hand for the press to systematically demand and sup- mfl. the r ization of our law-en- ent w;:':gllnnm—redeql, State and local—so that crime may be re- duced, and on the other hand to de- mand that our citizens shall awake to the fundamental consciousness of , Which is that the laws are theirs and that every responsible mem- ber of a democracy has the primary duty to obey the law. Obedience Is Essence of Freedom. - It is unnnecessary for me to argue the fact that the very essence of free- dom' is obedience to law; that liberty itself has but one foundation, and that is in the la . C0-WORKERS HONOR MELVILLE E. STONE x| Associated Press Members Pledge Themselves to Con- tinue His Great Work. By the Associated Press. ‘NEW YORK, April 22.—The Asso- clated Press ai its annual meeting to- day, paid tribute to Melville E. Stone, for many years general manager and counselor of the organization, who died on February 15. Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, offered a mol:l.uanl.’ ‘:mh ‘was unanimously adopted, wi e praised Mr. Stone’s services and genfus. It was resolved to send a steel engrav- ing of Mr. Stone to all members of the association and to place & marble or bronze bust of him in the executive offices in this city. Career Painted in Resolution, ‘The resolution adopted follows: The members of the Assoclated Press, in condvlenuon assembled, p;“uu. 1'1‘1, thé:; proceedings, pay te memory of one whose name and service as the general manager and beloved counselor of the assoclation since its foundation, will ever be identified with the history of the organization, Melville ' Elijah Stone, who died on February 15, 1929, in the eighty-first year of his life, more than 35 years of which were devoted with self sacrifice and pre-eminent ability to the interests of this association. He was born on August 22, 1848, at Hudson, IIl, the son of an ftinerant Methodist preacher, whose pulpit was @ covered wagon. At the age of 9, he learned to set type, and constantly progressing, he harged with dis- tinction the responsibility of every phase of newspaper endeavor. His father settled in Chicago when Melville Stone was 12 years old, and he became a carrier boy for the Chicago Tribune. He advanced to higher positions on the staffs of various Chicago newspa- pers, and in 1875 founded the Chicago Daily News. In this enterprise he later assoclated Victor F. Lawson, to whom he sold the entire interest in 1888. ‘When the Associated Press of Illinols was incorporated in 1892, he became its general manager, having been persuaded to withdraw from a bank presidency, and for five years led the historic con- fiict with the United Press and the New York association, which terminated in| the complete surrrender of these pri- vately owned news agencies. General Manager 21 Years. In 1900, when the dissolution of the Dllinois Associated Press was followed by the ition of the present Asso- ciated Press under the laws of the State of New York, Melville E. Stone became its general manager and continued in that capacity until 1921, when his fail- ing health caused him to retire from its strenuous activities, and he became counselor. Thus to the last he gave the Associated Press the benefit of his knowledge and experience and wise counsel, During his active life the world made its greatest progress in science and.the practical arts. Electric light and power, wood pulp news print, the superspeed Web presses, stereotyping, photo-en- graving, typesetting machines, the tele- graph, the wireless and the radio so facilitated and expedited the dissemi- nation of news that millions instead of undreds read newspapers, thus making the newspapers the universal source of information and the molders of public opinion. Melville E. Stone comprehend- ed and carried on with the progress of his time. Realizing the ever increasing responsibility of the press to the public, he made it his supreme concern to keep pure and undefiled the fountain of news. Under Melville E. Stone’s able and indefatigable management, the Associ- ated Press became the most remarkable and outstanding co-operative institution in the world dedicated to public service; the citadel safeguarding the freedom and independence of the press, and in- suring the news against being corrupted :y bias, - partisanship or sinister in- uence. 1,250 Newspapers Are Members. ‘The membership of the - Associated Press now embraces 1,250 newspapers, representing every shade of political and economic point of view—that of the newspapers of the great cities as well as those of the smaller communities of the country—a triumph in the science of self-government, demonstrating sue- cessfully that men can live and work together in unity, though entertaining nmng ldgo’:ctmg ‘ilvera:lnt and diversi- opinions as religion and social programs. e For the attainment of this noble pur- Pose and its practical and enduring ap- Plication, Melville E. Stone gave himself unsparingly in effecting the organiza- tion as an incomparable newsgatherer and distributor, dedicated not only to the principle of truth-in the news, but to the belief that those who toil and incur expenditures to'secure that news create thereby a propety right in the fruits of their vision and labo; ‘The . Associated ewspapers. 40 A o n;:: . 40 years to be 'n'u'fd !m:n ne:rxecxmhzd“:mups 'mm great financial resources, gain. n in the news for financial n‘hwu ng‘nn‘euy task. It e spi of a crusader, militant yet persuasive, with capacity for leadership and organization. In every emergency a man arises as if by the grace of Providence, to meet the | need.’, Thus & Washington, a Lincoln and- other great leaders; and thus a Melville E. Stone—to take the gather- Ing of news from privately owned organ- izations and place it in the absolute con- trol of the newmg:u served. He took up the battle of t| ress, and unself- ishly devoted his life and his fine abilities to a public service. Aim Was to Serve Profession. . Imbued with high ideals and rugged honesty of purpose, he disregarded many opportunities to enrich himself in other. flelds of endeavor. sion and the public interest. bined the rare qualities essential for dealing ‘with this blem and with the complexities of human nature, He had the simplicity of gentus; found common sense; a brilliant, well trained and scholarly mind; readiness of wit; f | fixedness yet pliancy; enthusiasm and unflagging zeal: No barrier discouraged no , however mu; or the sought and highly respected. All e gfl: witht “inspiring fervor to cread and management of the As- ‘won for it complete e sur- ADOLPH 8. OCHS, Publisher of the New York Times, who introduced the resolution paying tribute to the late counselor of the Associated Press. HAMMOND APPEALS IN BEHALF OF BOYS Noted Engineer Broadcasts Address Urging Aid for Un- derprivileged Class. An appeal for the “underprivileged boys” of the country was made by John Hays Hammond, noted engineer and adventurer, in & radio talk last night broadcast over station WRC. His talk was made in connection with the work of the boys’ clubs throughout the coun- try, in which Mr. Hammond is deeply interested and to which he has con- tributed much time. During half of a boy's adolescent years he has the opportunity to “go bad,” Mr. Hammond said, “but it re- quires five years to develop him into | a eriminal.” In the category of the “underpriv- ileged,” he declared, “are the boys who are deprived of proper parental super- on. It constitutes about two-thirds of the entire boy population of this country and particularly those boys! whose parents are aliens, with no ade- quate conception of the political and social institutions of our Nation.” Need of Recreation Cited. ‘Owing to the congested condition of their homes, underprivileged boys’ must find recreation in their hours of leisure upon the streets of the com- munity in which they live. The hours | of leisure, which'are nearly one-half | of the hours of early adolescence, is | the dangerous period in the boy’s life. “The boy in the street is detached and unless some other motive, such as a boys' club, prevails, the gang gets | him and he is exposed to the evil in- fluence of gang leaders, usually older and of the %ronounced criminal type, who divert his youthful energy and love of adventure to pranks that soon lead to misdemeanors. Manhattan Conditions Outlined. “In the borough of Manhattan there | are 320,000 boys whose average age is 10 years. The boys that go wrong will not all become criminals in a day but a a five-year period. As the tend. ency toward crime develops in boys of the underprivileged class, at least one- | half of that number will have been | registered in police blotters for some offense against law and order.” SHIP LIQUOR SALE CURBIS DENANDED La Guardia Writes Mellon Vessels Should Be Made to Observe Law. Represenfative La Guardia. Repub- lican, of New York. an ardent wet, has called on Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to stop the announced sale of | liquor on the Leviathan. The ship, re- | cently sold by the Government to pri- | vate interests, is now en route from Prance to New York. “Under the law,” Representative La Guardia wrote, “the department, of which you are the head. is intrusted with the enforcement of the prohibi- tion -laws. The ‘prohibition laws are national* in‘ their scope and purpose. ‘While a great many of us are con- vinced that this is & law for the poor, but_not for the ‘rich ‘and affiuent, yet as long as it remains on the statute books it is a law, and some of us who are opposed to the law demand its en- forcement. i 3 “Prohibition has cost legitimate in- dustry in this country, to date, hun- dreds of millions of dollars. It has cost the people of the United States, since its enactment, over $1,000,000,000. Let it continue on its destructive course and enforce it on these American ships even though it may put their operators in the bankruptcy court. “The Government cannot disclaim knowledge of the possission, use and | sale of liquor on these ships. The Gov- ernment holds a mortgage of over 75 per cent of the value of every one of these ships. The Government is ex- actly in the same position as the owner of a building, who knowingly permits the violation of the prohibition law by one of his tenants and indirectly par- ticipates in the proceeds of the boot- business by receiving and ac- cepting the rent therefor. “If the possession. use and sale of liquor on the Leviathan is justified as a business necessity, then I submit that the same reasoning- should hold for the operation of a large hotel in any city in the country. Woman Is Sentenced. PINSKI IS HONORED * AT JEWISH CENTER Hebrew Playwright’s Work Is Acted by Members of Dramatic Group. David Pinski, noted Jewish dramatist, was the guest of honor last night at an “open house” at the Jewish Com- munity Center. Mr. Pinski's play, “For- gotten Souls,” was acted by members of the center's dramatic group, and the playwright read from two of his works in conjunction with a talk on “The Jew in Drama.” Ranked as one of the most con- spicuous figures in the modern Jewish drama movement, Pinski was born in Russia and came to this eountry in 1899, prior to which he had made an intensive study of German literature. Among his best known works are: “The Treasure,” “King David and His Wives,” -l:‘:l\e Last Jew” and “The Dumb Mes- siah.” Dividing the treatment of his subject shto the main headings of the Jew as a protagonist of drama, the Jew as a playwright and plays by Jews for Jews, Mr. Pinski outlined the development of Hebrew drama from ancient times to the present. From the time when the Jews had no stage and no drama, lacking dramatic impulse and the prosperity to support drama, the speaker led up to the co- temporary scene, where Jewish play- wrignts were found active in many na- tions in the treatment of life and ideas from the viewpoint of the stage, not alone of Hebrew life and ideas, but of Christian as well. The preponderant feeling in the evo~ lution of drama in the Jewish con- sciousness was in regard to its educa- tional value, Mr. Pinski said. With the coming of the first actual Yiddish stags in Russia the function of theater be- came one of amusement, with the in- clusion of music and the spirit of humor. Prom that phase Yiddish playwrights progressed to a serious and intellectual dramatic reflection of life, the lecturer said, more liberal in its scope and less racial. Some of his own works, Mr. Pin- ski said, concerned Christian and Greek life and themes. The speaker’s first reading was from a play of his published in 1917, concern~ ing the search for a new God, in con- nection with which he cited Eugene O'Neill's play “Dynamo,” dealing with the same philosophical theme. The sec- ond reading was from the manuscript of a work in preparation. Both recita=~ tions were delivered in Yiddish. ‘The players in “Forgotten Souls” were Helen C. Perle, Esther Bates and Irve ing Hochman. COMMITTEE REPORTS PASTOR’S EXPULSION Heresy Charges on Which Minister ‘Was Deposed Outlined to Cen- tral Texas Presbytery. By the Associated Press. CAMERON, Tex., April 22—A de- tailed report of heresy charges on which their pastor, Rev. H. D. Kenney, was expelled last Thursday by the Central Texas Presbytery will be made to mem- bers of Cameron Presbyterian Church this afternoon. Mr. Kennedy was notified of the gov- erning board's action by letter Saturday and his pulpit was occupied yesterday by Dr. W. S. Red of Austin. Mr. Ken- ney made no statement other than an announcement that he would not be willing to resume his pastorate here. ‘The charges against Mr. Kenney have resulted jn a division of the church. Memb@s of the choir and the organ- ist did n@t attend services yesterday and no one gosponded when Dr. Red ap- pealed to members of the congregation to take their places. Mr. Kenney was called to the Cameron Church about four years ago from West Virginia after he had been recommended by John W. Davis, a former Democratic presidential candi- date. He had been pastor of the church to which Mr. Davis belonged. Mr. Kenney is married and’ has two children, il PRI POLICE CH IEF SHOT. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., April 22.-W. R. Bennett, chief of police of South Bos- ton near here, had a narrow escape Saturday night when a_bullet from.a revolver wielded by Bab Jordon, colored, while engaged in a pistol duel- with Elisha Jones, struck sidewalk and glanced upward. ‘The missile made no more .than-a bruise about the abdomen and was found half flattened in his. clething. The two men made their escape in the ensuing excitement, but warrants have been issued for them. B . :Birt; and Death Outlawed; There is an island known as Miya- jima, located in the Inland .Sea of Japan and which is regarded as sacred, dedicated to three goddesses. of - the Shinto religion. The island is in the charge of priests of that faith and on its soil human beings are forbidden to be born or to die. e | Concrete Delivered —in our TRANSIT MIXER TRUCKS—speeds up your work and saves you all your mixer troubles. A Better Conerete for Less Money Maloney Paving Co., Inc. Phone West 1330 3117 K St. N.W. It is not necessary to have had an Ac- g:;:nt at this Bank to FREDERICK, Md, “April 22 (Spe- cial) —Ollie Kinna, 25, long sought by Frederick police on charge of selling liquor, was convicted before Justice Al- ton Y. Bennett and sentenced to serve nine months in the Maryland House of Correction. The woman was caught hiding in a taxicab as she made an at- tempt to avold officers. m%dmmumh end . & | Resolved that we express our sym- pathy and condolence to his life com- his wido