 He was involved in at least one "scoop" for which Hearst papers became notorious, delivering the first newspaper copy of the 20th century to President McKinley.According to historian W. Joseph Campbell,

In the early years of the century he wrote for the "New York Evening World" as a featured writer, identified by his byline.Judging from the articles he published, he seems to have begun as a featured sports writer, with such articles as "Cock Fight Draws Out Millionaires"  Beginning about 1904 his byline begins to appear frequently in the "Sunday World" and "Sunday World Magazine" on investigative articles such as "New York's Smiling Army of Factory Girls", "A Night With a Tenderloin 'Cop'", "A Day in the Hotel Astor Kitchen".