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Hugh Baillie Is ElectedUnited Press PresidentupbwhstPSucceeds Karl A. Bickel, Head of Great News-GatheringOrganization Since Jan. 1, 1923.By United Pres$NEW YORK, April 9.—Election of Hugh Baillie as president of the United Press was announced today.Mr. Baillie succeeds Karl A. Bickel, who has been president since Jan. 1, 1923. Mr. Bickel will continue as a director of the United Press, and as a member of the executive committee.Announcement of Mr. Baillie'sBtlt;$1osiappointment followed a special meeting of the board of directors in New York, at which Mr. Bickel*s resignation as active head of the press association was tendered. In so doing, Mr. Bickel proposed Mr. Baillie as his successor, and this was ratified by the directors. The change is effective immediately.Mr. Baillie has been executive vice president of the United Press during the last four years.During Mr. Bickers incumbency, the United Press has grown froman organization of 867 clients to one cf more than 1300. Its service has been extended into many additional foreign countries, so that now it operates in 49 countries and its news dispatches are translated daily into 21 different languages. Its bureaus throughout the world have been increased from 50 to 81; its leased wire structure in the United States tripled, and its staff personnel has been increased proportionately.Mr. Baillie joined the United Press in California in 1915, after sixyears preliminary work on Los Angeles newspapers.Early in 1917 he moved to Chicago, and then to New York, where he became manager of the New York Bureau. In 1919 he was named manager of the Washington Bureau, and he held that assignment during the closing days of the Wilson regime.siHighlights in Todthe Why!Colossus of the ColoradoThe entrancing story behind ing feat . . . Boulder Dam. interesting articles is . . .The Story of Easter!Twelve beautifully illustrate and beautiful story of the c is• •Is Tony Hinkle LeavingAn exclusive story discloses eastern college to secure the
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