Background
Copp, Arthur Woodward was born on July 26, 1868 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Ezra Putnam and Josephine Rachel (Woodward) Copp.
Copp, Arthur Woodward was born on July 26, 1868 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Ezra Putnam and Josephine Rachel (Woodward) Copp.
Public school education. Unmarried. Telegraph operator for various railroads in Middle West and on Pacific Coast, also for Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. Began as writer sporting news for United Press, San Francisco, 1893.
Reporter Associated Press, Chicago, 1895-1901.
Correspondent same, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1901-1905, Denver, 1908-1911, also at Chicago and Atlanta, Georgia. Service in Cuban Campaign before Santiago, July 1898, and at Juarez, Mexican revolution, May 1911.
Superintendent Western Division Associate Press, September 10, since 1911.
Public school education.