The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-23
II. II. Rogers Makes Desperate
Effort 10 Foil Lawson
SOARING ADVERTISERS
TO iNTIMlDATE THE
AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY
INTO REFUSING TO GIRO
uLATE EVERYBODY'S

f
charged that II H. Rogers, through
his counsel. hal tried 10 intimidate
! he American News company into re.
fusing 10 circulate Eyerybody's mag
azlne in which have been appearing
/ his articles en- "Frenzied Finance"
/ The telegram containing the accus.
alton and sent by Lawson TO every
newspaper in this city, read as fol.
lows:
j AT last Standard Oil strikes. At
last the issue IS clincher. and the
American pc pie viii know the ruth.
The American News company and
its officers who act as distributing
agents for Eyerybody's magazine in
every mock ANA corner of the United
states have beJa formally notified
this morning by A t0rneyl Inter
myer and Beck, representing Henry
H. Roberts and others, hat they will
be held for criminal libel ii they dis
tribute the January issue of Every
bodys without eliminating my story,
I Fren2ied Finance. the Crime OF Am
algamatcd and he American News
company have notified the publishers
Of EYerybojy's Magazine, and the
publishers Of Everybody magazine
have notified me.
Il repeat lis now up to the Amer
lean people-the people against the
System, or to be technically correct
The Sysem against the American
people.
las | said to Col Greene at our
meeting the other day. AS he very
lir is full Of fournotched guns, it
behooves sensible men to get out their
antidote for rattlers
THOMAS w. LAWSON
When The di. patch was shown to
Samuel Undermeyer, counsel for n.
H. Rogers win James NJ Beck, he
said:
we have called the attention of
he AmericaR News company to the
character of literature that is being
Fed to the credulous public through
he medium of a sensational maya.
zine We consider that the American
News company Is a respectable and
responsible medium for the distribu.
ton of magazines and that IL will no;
care to be engaged in that sort of
business when It's attention Is direct.
ed 20 the character Of the literature.
John W. Rhoads, assistant manag,
er Of the American News company
was seen in regard to the Lawson
statement. but he said mat he pre-
ferred TO say nothing, and referred
inquirers to the Ridgeway-Th
company publishers of Eyerybody's
magazine
Are you going to circulate and
handle the magazine, asked the re.
porter.
III you want any copies. replied
Mr.. Rhoads. come down in che morn
ng and get them"
A reporter then called on Mr.
| 3idgeway who said that his company
had received a communication from
he American News company. nclos
ng a letter Of which the following is
I copy:
The American News Company
Gentlemen: We are instructed by
)ur client, Mr. Heary II. Rogers, 10
advise you that information has come
0 him to the effect that in the forth
coming issue of Everybody's maya
line January numter) is included an
4 rticle by Thomas w. Lawson emit.
/ led Frenzied Finance containing
Tossly libelous atements concern
ng Mr. Rogers, amount ng, as we
are adyi ed criminal libel We
/ Deg herewith 20 direct your attention
70 this article and respectfully to
notify you on behalf Of Mr.. Rogers
hat your company and officers viii
I be held liable for The circulation OF
4 he magazine containing the offend
ing article. Yours very truly,
SAMUEL UNTENMYER.
JAMES NJ. BECK.
Mr. Ridgeway. when asked what he
was going to do about this letter, said
that his company won go ahead and
get out the magazine as usual and
hat. so far as he knew, L would be
handled as u nal by The American
News company.
WY is it," Mr. Ridpeway was
asked. that if Mr. Rogers charges
that you have or are about to Grimm
ally libel him he proceeds against
You through the American News
company instead of through the lega
channel of the district attorneys Of
fice9"
THAT is something you will have t.
ak Mr.. Rogers" he replied
Mr. Ridgeway was asked concerning
the advertisement which Mir Lawson
is publishing this morning to the eff
feet tina; the system" is a tacklns
aim and Everybody's magazine indi
reetly by inducing advertisers to with
draw their support from the publica
ton. He said that this was true, bu
tina. he did not care to go into details
as 10 how successful they had beer
in hurting the magazine in TIA way
He also $ ated that it was true tina
the IGice OF the magazine would b.
raised frcm 10 % IS cents with .hiI
issue.
AS to how the oppoaenta of Mr.
7 arreon cotsfd have caeural a conv "a