New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Patriotic Philadelphia Citi-
zen. Send SIS for Fight
Against Hearst
Trickery Is Used to
Impose on Blind Man
Bogus Federal Agents Try
to Have Vendors Display
Official" Placards

From fifteen fathers who have sons
on the firing line"
With this note to Lemuel Ely Quigg.
counsel for the newsboys in their fight
to escape from the tyrannous methods
of William r. Hearst, came a money
order for $15 for the fund to pay legal
expenses. The money was contributed
through Mark A. kenney, of the Hotel
Bingham, Philadelphia.
From the same source came money
order for s5 for Mrs. Fanny Armstrong
who conducts 100 per cent American
newsstand at Flatbush Avenue and Full
ton Street, Brooklyn.
Unable to show their appreciation of
the fight she is making by patronizing
her stand, these patriotic Philade lphians
selected this method of helping her.
Williamson Declined Medal
1t was the first idea of the soldiers
parents to give the SIS as a nucleus
for fund to buy a medal for John
Williamson, the Borough Hall news
dealer whose license has twice been
revoked because of his refusal, on
patriotic grounds, to handle Hearst
papers, and who is now operating under
the protection of the Supreme Court
OF the State of New York. On William
sons declinaton to allow money to be
used for such purpose. the donors
agreed that the money could be used
t. more practical advantage in the fund
being raised to pay the necessary ox-
renses of the Williamson suit and
other suits now in preparation.
New Tactics Employed
Unable to make headway against
dealers who have all their faculties,
Hearst agents arc now resortng to
attempts to scare dealers VINO have
lost their sight or are so nearly blind
they cannot read. Marx Moscowitz,
president of the Harlem Newsdealers'
Association, yesterday reported the
case of blind man in that section who
had been forced to place Hearst signs
or his stand under threat that unless
he permitted their display, he would
be "in bad with the government" The
their nature. Then they were removed.
The signs were those made up 10
resemble an official proclamation which
declares The Tribune disloyal. These
placards have been scattered broadcast
by Hearst agents in an effort to dis
tract the attention of the public from
the fight that loyal newsdealers snd
the reading public arc making on
Hearst publications.
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. also being exploited by these fellows.
One such dealer in Division Avenue,
Brooklyn, in whose store one of the
signs was displayed, said il was posted
by man pretending to be an agent
II the government.
Pose as Government Agents
II He said that anybody who removed
It would be sent to jail for a long
term said the dealer, when a patriotic
customer asked him why it was dis
played.
lty?" the customer asked.
No said the dealer, "but he said
he would be back and make trouble for
any one who disturbed it,
Morris Friedman, whose stand Is st
the northeast corner of Lenox Avenue
and 116th Street. one Of the afflicted
dealers whom Hearst agents have ap-
preached. has been prominent in the
tight on Hearst papers.
can't sec well enough to read.''
said Friedman. II guess the Hearst
man picked me out for that reason
He came to my place Friday and said.
Here. these arc orders from the gov
eminent. Put them upon your stand
and see that nobody takes them down
Before had chance to ask him what
it was he went away
shortly afterward a friend asked
why displayed a placard which was
plainly Hearst trick. / explained
couldn't read it and told how it came
to be there. He informed me of it's
contents snd Immediately reAoved it.
II guess it's only us blind men they
can fool. But how do they dare say
they are government agents? It's q
wonder to me that the people at
Washington don't do something to
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