Down from his California mountain last week went William Randolph Hearst to cross the Rocky Mountains for the first time in nearly two years. With his bulbous Son George and his keen-eyed Editor Arthur Brisbane he swept into Chicago for a preview of the Century of Progress. At luncheon there General Charles Gates Dawes revealed something that not even wise old Reporter Brisbane knew before: Publisher Hearst had underwritten last year's Fair to the tune of $500,000. twice as much as any other individual.
From Chicago, Publisher Hearst went on to Washington for his...
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