New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-02
cALLSLEHERSFO RCER|ES
"ColIier's" Attacks Oil Core.
Spondence Published by Hearst.
TYPEWRITER PROOF GIVEN
Representative of Magazine Ad.
mits Facsimiles Are Copies
Photographs Blurred.

| Sewell Haggard, managing editor Of
'Hearst's Magazine" was ready 20 admit
yesterday afternoon the statement made
In Golfers Weekly" that Ave Of the
| so-called facsimiles Of Standard Oil let
tiers printed In the magazine we're not
only written on the same typewriter. but
were written on a machine which was
not made until several years after the
letters were alleged to have been written
There is no mystery about that" said
Mr.. Haggard. Il never saw the originals
| Of the letters which we used In the maya
zine, but only Photographic copies. These
photographs In many cases were so dim
| and blurred that they were unfit for re-
production. We therefore copied them of
on an office machine--so as to get
| clearer reproduction. Some OF the photo
graphs were clear, and those were used
directly. This, OF course. explains tho
/ charge that the letterhead on the Gros.
venor letter was pasted on. 1t was taken
from the original photograph and put Oh
the copy. There is nothing unusual In all
this. Anybody who knows anything about
magazines knows that such things are Of
common occurrence"
Mr.. Haggard was not so sure about the
! signatures, but he said II was possible
that all the signatures had been made
from one photograph, as the signature In
| many OF the letters was dim .., q,
II want to make 1t clear" he added.
| BOD bar t,t,s ka
for the articles and the photographs of
the letters. / never saw the originals"
/ He said he did not know who was the
author of the articles. Mr. Hearst has
been Informed by cable OF Golfers"
charges, Mr.. Haggard said, and he. ex-
pected that the absent editor would make
O statement as soon as the message
reached him.
Mark Sullivan, associate editor Of Col.
iier's." when asked whether the explana~
ton Of the Hearst editor cleared up the
charges said he regarded the explanation
as absolutely inadequate.
Such a proceeding as you say the
editor Of 'Hearst's Magazine told you
took place in regard to copying the let
ters is most unusual" he tod Tribune
reporter.
Mr.. Sullivan said ne thought Golfers
had made out a case, but he intimated
that there might be more said on the
subject. The article In Golfers" which
Is written by Arthur II. Gleason, asserts
that the letters as printed are torgeries.
The ground which Is presented as basis
OF the charge Is an affidavit made by W.
L. Smith, president Of the L. c. Smith
Bros Typewriter Company TO whom the
facsmiles In "Hearsts Magazine" were
submitted. Mr.. Smiths affidavit is as fol-
lows:
These letters. namely, letter alleged to
have been written by Mr. John d. Arch
bold to Hon. NJ. S. Quay. February Is
1900.
Letter alleged to have been written by
General ca osvenor to Mr.. Archbold, Sep
TENDER q, 1894.
Letter alleged to have been written by
Mr. Archbold to Senator Quay, July Is
1898.
Letter alleged TO have been written by
Mr.. Archbod to Senator Hanna on jan
uary 10, 1850.
Letter alleged to have been written by
Mr. Archbold to Senator Penrose, Octo-
ter 49, 1904, are all Of them unmista kably
written on the l.. c. Smith & BROS. ype-
writer, containing elite type, or known
to us as No. type. No single machine
equipped with elite. or No. g. type was
placed upon the market or manufactured
earlier than June 10, 1876. x-,,
l.. c. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER
W. L. SMITH. President.
After establishing the fact that the fac
SMILES in the magazine were written on
a typewriter of later date than that OF the
letters themselves the article in "CollierS
goes on TO say that the letters as printed
were written on one machine. The let
tiers were reproduced In the magazine ~
different sized type and the Impression Oh
the type varies.
On the ground that Mr.. Hearst In Ma
Introduction to the series of letters saysl
"a President Of the United States once
said to me-" following with a quotation
and that five months later the writer
OF the series says: "A President OF tns
United States once said 10 the writer.
and gives almost the same quotation,
.,Collier'." comes TO the decision that Mr..
Hearst himself is the author OF the series
Among the correspondence which Col
Hers" charges is spurious as printed is ths
famous letter which Mr. Hearst declared
was written by John d. Archbold to Sen
ator Boies Penrose.
The letter as printed in "Hearsts Masa-
zine" follows:
No. as Broadway. New York. Oct 13, 1904
| PerSonaL)
My Dear Senator In fuflment OF our
understanding. It gives me great pleasure
10 hand you herewith certiht ate OF de-
uosit ~ your favor OF $4,000. and with
good wishes, am, yours truly,
e0ON JNO. D.. ARCHBOLD.
Hon. Boes Penrose, 1881 Spruce street
philadelphia. Penn.