Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-11
MADELINE CARY
STORY WORK OF
CHEAP FAKIR
Newspapers Victimizcd BY
Boston "AlmOn" Who
Sought a Few Dollars

\ cheap fakir by the name Of al
mon" who does business through
poStofIicc address in Boston and who
is undoubtedly some hangcr-on
around the waste baskets of some
boston newspaper Offices has made
Smith College, Governor Coolidge,
the Calcdonian-Rccoiu, and Miss
Madeline J. Cary of st. Johnsbury, a
Student at Smith College, the medi-
wns of scheme to grab Off Il few
dollars from this newspaper The
"cntch-pcnny" hangcrs-on of Il city
newspaper Offices who, by their lying
and taking put themselves outside the
pale Of the newspaper profession, arc
d scourgc to honest newspapers. That
our readers may understand how we
were victimized in this matter VIC
give all accounting of the facts.
On Feb. Cd VIC received the follow
ing inquiry from Boston by Western
Union:
Caledonian, st. JohnsbuYy. VT
Madeline J. Cary. prominent St.
Johnsbury girl, staltles sLaid town.
College president, governor defends
and highly commcnds action. 200
words (Signcd) AlmoH.
As We did not know Simon VIC ask
cd the Western Union for further
address. They gave he address AL
mon Hayward News Co., Boston,
Mass, and we ordered the story. The
story was published on Feb. 2 and
another story two days later from tho
same source. The fact that the mat
ter bore evidence of being propa-
ganda to aid the 81 ,00O, 900 Smith col
lcge drive caused The Calcdonian-
Record to give the stories special
prominence as we believed the facts
to be correct and Offering q medium
to aid SO great and worthy an cduca-
tional institution as Smith College.
Great wa, our surprise Il few days
later when Mrs. George Cary came
into our office with a letter from her
daughter, Miss Madeline, which stat
ed that the stories were "a pack OF
lies" that she had never taken part
in any Of the alleged "stunts" and
hat there was great Indignation in
the college where over 100 girls had
been made the "hcro;rcs" Of the
*amc or similar stories in over 10O
different cities throughout the coun-
try. She said tho college authorities
wctc investigating the matter.
| Saturday we received the following
letter. from President Nelson OF
S~,fh College.
The CALIFORNIAN,
st. Johnsbury, Vt.
Dear Sir:
My attention has been drawn
to IL dispatch published in your
issue dealing with alleged cam
wasting by members Of Smith
College in guisc of street
pcddlcrs, mentioning a student
from st. Johnsbury as prominent
among those taking part. |
should be glad if you would give
publicity to the fact that the dis
patch is without foundation from
beginning to end. No such cam
vass has taken place in the towns
mentioned, no + have Undergrad
yates been engaged in anything
of the kind. Neither Governor
Coolidge nor could have been
called upon to defend methods
which have not been employed.
] regret that 4 number of news
papers have been viltimizcd by
some news agency seeking to
make business without regard to
truth.
Sincerely your,
(Signcd) w. A. NELSON,
President
The letter was carbon copy one
in which st. Johnsbulv had been in7
serted showing that this letter had
been sent to other newspapers which
had been the sane subjects of the
same fakes. Among the other Yer
mont papers which were victimized
was the Burlington News which
printed the same stories as furnish
cd the Caledonian with the name of d
Burlington Smith College girl featur-
cd.
To add to the insult which the BoS-
ton fakirs are trying TO impose upon
Us we received today the following
letter from S. A. Almon:
St. Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN
st. Johnsbury, Vt.
Dear Sir:
note on your Geographic or
dcrs of February End and 18th,
ordering on my Cary feature
from quilics of those dates, that
YOU address my order, care Hay
ward Boston News Service, Bos-
ton, Mass.
have absolutely no connection
whatever with either The Hay
ward Boston News Company or
with Sam Hayward of Meredith,
N. r., and I prefer that the mat
ter be corrected immediately. I
have never been connected with
either in any way, shape or man
ncr and know nothing whatever
about them except by reputation
they bear and would dislike to
learn that the name 'Almon' was
in any way being associated with
them.
l.. l.,