Background
Bouton, Stephen Miles was born on September 24, 1876 in Blockville, Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Son of Harry B. and Almina M. (Lewis) Bouton.
Bouton, Stephen Miles was born on September 24, 1876 in Blockville, Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Son of Harry B. and Almina M. (Lewis) Bouton.
Graduate Eastern High School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1894. Graduate work, same, 1894-1895. Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School, 1899.
Special studies University of Berlin, 1911-1912, 1925-1927.
Admitted to New York bar, 1899, and practiced at Jamestown. On staff Meadville (Pennsylvania) Star, 1903-1904, Oil City Times, 1904-1905, Buffalo Express, 1905-1909. With Associated Press, 1909-1919.
At New York office, 1909-1911.
Transferred to Berlin, Germany, 1911. With German armies on various fronts as war correspondent, 1914-1916.
In charge Associated Press bureau at Stockholm, Sweden, 1916-1919. In Petrograd summer of 1917.
First enemy correspondent to enter German after armistice.
Berlin correspondent, New York World, New York Times and Baltimore Sun, 1920-1934. Ordered by the Hitler government to leave Germany in June 1934.
Member Jamestown (New York) Bar Association. Clubs: Norden (Jamestown, New York).
Married Frieda Dorothea Kleinsang, November 11, 1903. Children: South. Miles, Noel Lewis.