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New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR OCTOBER 81 1909

not fill the four pages in one DAYS work when along
came William with his leader which about Hlg-
qnS and of course insisted setting 1t up TOR the
first issue That settled it the paper could not be
completed until the following day-not unless we
published it after dark.
When we came to the make up next day we found
that Williams leader rather Cramped our space and
we experienced little jealousy when he lifted out
few of choicest bits OF news, but we dared make
no vigorous complaint lest he should his custom
airy threat end the whole thing then and there.
Anyway we had most of the paper.
So while William putting his leader IN Its
place in the second page we set up ne at his drec-
ton announcing him e,iitOr-n-chief, Arthur
assistant and me manager. Another stated the
price of the paper to be five cents and its motto,
Let the Chips Fall Where They May.
Locking up the forms " was the most difficult
task for then all our shortcomings in the matter Of
spacing and such things became apparent; but
finally it done. and, William had plenty of
paper hand. began the glorious task of print
ing our Palladium. Oh the Joy OF seeing what YOU
have written coming into real life the black type
strikes the pure paper and leaves its imprint for the
world at large read As each page lay before
gloated and could scarcely wait for the whole edition
to he printed before Arthur and |. with 1t folded
under arms, started out to sell the fifty
copies which we had struck off William did not
company us. He thought it would be beneath the
dignity of editOr-ir-Chie of great metropolitan
journal TO hawk it the streets Besides he wished
where Arthur had inadvertently laid the n,y roller
before his mother should return home. \ deep
thinker was William.
The first man | met was DR.. Snodgrass. He was
coming out of BrighamS $ and when | asked him 70
buy paper he sand
Why bless me- | didn't know Longlale could
support paper. Let me have II, quick. He took
It and sad he would pay me when he called at the
hOuSe-he didn't have the change with him lust
then And III be regular subscriber if YOU print
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

good woman, worthy of her mother and If her
home no saw in him the r..- gold Of
character and truly loved him. He became tarhe-
and a grandfather He was sent 70 Congress. He
grew in fame. He grew rich and prosr r-1us- He
even became Speaker of the House a-t WAS for
Years OF the foremost men OF The Republic.
Moreover. he lived 10 a green old age. blessed with
health and strength To- the very last he
blessed with the love of wife children. and
children: as well Is with the atrnira,,c- 4- ec'
OF nel2hhOrs and friends.
She went her way. She loved no ----. a- he
attracted many men, deliberately a-t
She sought fame on the stage. and -ur-- Ter
name became a household word thrOU1r .- --e .-.-
Thousands and tens OF thousands of .c-e
poured into her Golfers by an adrnI~Ir- -- With
her beauty and talents, what a ua9r.roe-- ~re
might have been for the noble man. u She b. cen
blessed with a tIthe OF nobility IN place Of he-
pertidy'
But she had no sheet anchor. She had nun. -.-S
lovers; but never one loving heart 10 care fl her
and for her health and happiness. Her none en-
as last Is II came. spent IN rlotous living uc-
from bad 10 worse finally appearing IN - He-
classes or thoaterS and dance halls. Her .-..- lI
face vanished with the beauty OF ch4-.c--. -er
form became cumbersome, even diSIu~- t-e-
lapSeS into liquor InCapaCitated her for --,
engagements. even the lower halls ---
Tor the vicious and criminal She jic-
an outcaSt, homeless, loveleSS. and IN
ton.
During the last days She often -,as ..- ...f
eyes the newspaper accounts conoe-.--
est, homely young man who had --.-
honored her with offer OF home a-l --e-- ...,-
With rlbald Jest she Sneered AT m anil Ter
companions IN degradation how hi h-. .-.- -r
feet
At last the wheel of fortune SLOW " t...r. -.
day, and she realized how he had risen s.. "-
then when she cOmprehendei how ~h, -."e
down on the other side of the whec, ,nt. r a>- st
1n1re and CRIME OF crime she sent for hu - some ,
extend To her a helping hand
loo late! What bitter. all .yEe"~
words they are. He could and y,uu,: .e-
the helping hand, for he was the ~r' --rc-- -'-y
and gentleneSS; but before the w., .,.'n'+H ~
reached him She had drawn her las, breath on e--tH
and the tragedy of her life was Finished.
When the statesman heard of her death ne
1t she had called for help AZ any time .urnS 81 e
years of her downward career. She could have ..t
IT, She had a good father and a sooj a.ttncr
She should have been a good GIRL. Poor -vu..,
happy. beautiful little girl | Was --v.>-
her always sorry for her
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to time to turn out some fairish looking hand bills
and cards not much smudged. and almost leglb!e
This journalistic enterprise OF ours had been IN the
air for long time, too, awaiting only RAINY day
such as this was for its fruitOn.
So Arthur and l. each with stick such as com
poSitors use and the copy of William s father
newspaper on the type between us, prepared 70
fill the columns of the first number of The lntel1-
eencer' with the choicest items according to our
reckonng) from the morning paper.
"Oh i said to Arthur, as placed a s1ntdg flnger
on the printed page this is fine for us 1t about
a divorce case.
I'm setting up a fire said he. Does Piggy
Johnson father spell his name with a + IN PhU1p:
don't know | replied deep in my own task OF
transplanting the paragraph concerning divorce IN
New York our little town and having some trouble
dec.iing whose names | should substitute tor the
originals Finally | settled on Mrs Draper, our
neighbOr whom happened to hear, at this moment,
calling her son Fred who should have been home
from the store where he had gone errand.
OCCASIONALLY we set up item about some
~ thing or somebody in the town that had some
truth as for instance. when informed busy world
that Fatty Brooks. the policeman, coudn catch a
flea. But such paragraphs grew fewer as we pro
cecled. for by borrowing news from William
fathers paper and merely changing names
saved the mental strain attendant upon reCOllecting
actual occurrences Besides they seemed so much
more exciting than any happenings that within
our ken. LOngdale a quiet and ar1StOCratlC
suburb. Nothing ever happened there!
But went along, filling the four small pages
G. The IntelligenCer. things happened. We made
them happen. Exciting things The most exciting
We could Gull from a large and rather sensational
daily newspaper We had faring type with which
could fn1 and the paragraphs looked quite attrac-
tive. We thought
But we Wee not the expert printers we thought
ourselves, and 1t soon became apparent that could
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

anything about m" " SAID he. " Is there any ~
tO-'lays ISSUE about me
There was: but it suddenly occurred o. --e that
possibly he might not like what had seecr-l as the
bit Of news TO which his name attached. ] gave
him the paper however and ran down the -t-4et
because / saw another man / knew. But -.o.gh
ran fast so as not 70 let the other man get ..yav
did not make speed enough % escape the -ads If
Snodgrass. and knew that he must have cred
the news about him 1t was Ike this
MUST PAY ALINONY
Before Judge Stone in the police ..--- this
morning. DR.. SnOdgraSs ordered o. -..r his
former wife three months arrears in the r-orv
granted when she obtained a divorce .-alrl-
him. or 90 TO lail. The doctor declare that
owing 70 the nOtorety attending the divorce his
practice had so fallen of that he was --a1l- %
meet the payments, but the court gave him no
alternative but the cooler. and he ---l I'D
though unwillingly.
| remember that at the time / had 81. .- -ia-a-
graph up 1t had seemed rather startling o. Tie for
did not know that Dr. SnOdgraSS had been .-cei
But in the original news as | read II IN Williams
SnOdgraSs was the only man bearing the ---lc that
could think of | had been rather forced To- Use
him leave the item out. which did -.- 1.e q, I1
as the word cooler at the end of It a-roa el -o nv
fancy as a neat bit OF writing.
Now. however | realized that perhaps : had teen
inJudiciOuS and the man | was -ari. i. .-r-oach
ing with the idea OF selling pape- % r larrrreI
10 be Colonel Walton, a neighho- -- ou-- . hos.
name had used IN another parag-- -~.-.e- --..
about counterfeiting. | thinl, It aas-I .. -.
around him without stopping, anl 1eW Gaar The
street.
70 begin selling my papers again. M l concluded
that II would he better 10 dispose o them % IeopIe
who were not So prominently ment- --t OF course.
Confined l-5s p
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
By Smith D. Fry

alton. and asked him to wait a few
days. She was younger in years than
he, but worldly wise. She saw that the
young man did not see nor know of his
own knowledge that ne was fascinated
and ready TO fall in love with her. if he
had not really done so at sight. She
kept him waiting for more than a week.
She sang for him and played for him.
and toyed with him daily, and finally
declined the position.
BY that time he knew what she had
known all along. that he was desper-
ately IN love with her. Having been
diligently engaged in work and study.
she was the first attractive woman TO
whom he had paid court; for that was
really the result of his daily associa-
tion with her. When she refused the
position. he offered her another. asked
her to 90 TO his growing city and share
with him, as his Wife. the house and
home he was able 10 provide.
That was what the beautiful and
talented young Coquette had been
leading him up to, and She Immediately
laughed at him right merrilv. She told
him that she had ambitions for a career
on the stage, that she already had
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

opportunities and that She fores- for herself Great
career IN opera She would not sacrifice herself and
her talents for the duties and drudgerv of wfehood
Tor any man. Nay, she went further and told him
th"t he was ungracetu homeIy. unattractive and
ITeSumptuouS; JuSt the of man she could never
love, not for minute
with smiles laughter, and apparent delight she
abused the Young man; the intensity of her brutality
seeming TO be the greater pleasure to her as she saw
ms suffering. The young man dazed. His first
loNe was ms st insight INTO the possibilities of ferni-
nlne SaVa&ery. His honest heart beat rapidly his
honest eyes stared at the shocking revelation of the
heart OF the serpent His honest brain rapidly taught
nm the logical lesson that she was in no sense the
woman Tor wife. But 1t hurt Just the same When
ne was mature man he told of it. and said thar i,
a.; an ms NE ne mad never suffered such agony as he
dd when, sitting there he slowly realized yyb.t
ne mad escaped. He suffered because of deep down
relSlouS erNor OF sorrow for the career that he al
most calrN0yantly toreSW for her He left her with
d sadness that she wholly misinterpreted He was
doubly sad, because he looked upon her as a LOST
soul 80 . ''''
lie returned to his home and digged dee1 into his
work. lie rose and continued to rise lie found
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lie was an awkward young man. wholly deserving
the description of homely, left handed Toe" But
those who knew him always added that Gescrip-
ton, "a model young man He was poor in this
worlds goods but self reliant. BY toll he gave him
self good education, and finally became a promising
lawyer Soon he was one Of the foremost men of the
little western town in which he lived. With its
growth he grew.
Enterprising citizens established seminary in the
Ihtle city Within couple of Years prosperity war
ranted and patronage demanded the emplovrnent of
a music teacher The young LAWYER was selected
by ms fellow citizens to find such teacher He ac-
cePted the unprohtabe commission. As in every
thing else, he determined to do his best He heard
OF teacher in Nmcennes Indiana and thither he
travelled.
The teacher proved to be all that had been said of
her by admiring friends and much more The vouno
envoy saw her, heard her sing. and heard her PLAY
hStrumentaI music He was pleased and hopeful
In frank manner he narrated his mission told her
the compensation that would be given gave her
glowing account OF the growing little citv including
stories OF the delightful social atmosphere of The
place and earnestly solicited her to accept
She promised TO take the proposal under consider
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
T HE W HEEL OF FORTUN NE

jN.llS is the true story of brilliant
L woman who trampled upon pure
gold, snecred at refined silver,
scorned a diamond in the rough.
laughed at the breaking of a human
heart, danced upon the likelihood OF
ruin. and gaily sang as a carefree
bird over the criminal pleasure of
WreakinG misery upon good man,
but who lived to see the wheel OF
fortune turn entirely over. as it al
ways loeS turn. lived To see the pure
60 ! of the honest young man gilt
tering before the world, lived TO see
the rough diamond polished and
scintillating in the zenith of affairs -
while she Went lower and lower with
the turning of the wheel, until it
ground her into the Dust of poverty.
crime, infamy. and deSolate death.
She was beautiful almost hevond
description. She was unusually tai
ented, and had the blessing of glori-
Gus motherhood. She was given a
superior education Gifted with
musical ability. a marvellous voice
which had been sbilfullydeveloped to
the full of its possibilities. and with
graceful body, the face of an angel.
eyes like luminous worlds of intelli-
genCe. and every charm of Young
WomanhOod, sheWaS petted. courted
s-.,,.rb+ 1,,.J 1l,-,l
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
PERRY CELEBRATES
OPENING or STRIP
Towns in Former Cherokee Outlet
Commemorate the Day With
Programs Fitting Occasion.

Perry. Okla. Sept. 1.-THE opening
Of the Cherokee strip to white settle
ment, sixteen years ago. was cele-
brated yesterday by Perry, Enid,
Blackwell, Cherokee. Alva and other
Of the larger towns in the strip. Re
productions of the historic run" /"
for claims were featured in most OF
the celebrations. with speechmaking
and athletic sports OCCUPYING a prom
inent place on the program
Probably the most elaborate of the
strip celebrations was the one here
In which the progress made in chang
ing the land from the raw prairie in
1893 to the beautiful farm lands Of
today was strongly exemplified A
novel feature of the floral parade.
which was one OF the attractions was
the Sunset Coach" in which rode
four Of the oldest ladies' in the town,
none Of them less than IS years old
The venerable group was chaperoned
by Grandma Van Pelt who is 95.
She is Of Quaker parentage and has
retained throughout her long life the
dignity characteristic of that class.
Mrs. Van Pelt personally directed
and assisted her granddaughter, Miss
Anna Jelly. in placing the decora-
tions on their carriage, which was
designed to represent the setting sun,
in honor of the Sunset Club. an or
ganization to which Mrs. Van Pelt
belonged at Seneca, Kansas. twenty
years ago. AT its organization there
we're twenty members but only three
are now living.
Another carriage appropriately dec
grated carried four old gentlemen
whose ages range from so to ST.
These venerable pioneers aided in
paving the way and developing the
country in more than a half dozen
on the middle western states and are
now cheerfully doing their part to
the opening and settle
ment of one of the most fertile and
populous portions Of the newest state.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
Bankers Are Silent On
DepositOrs Guaranty Law

hep that savings banks could be TO
depositors by advising them and ex-
tending 10 them sympathy and en-
couragemenf.
President Reynolds in his remarks
also prophesied that within a year
there would be such revision Of the
national banking laws as would per-
nit national banks to accept savings
deposits.
At the conclusion Of the session Of
the savings banks section officers for
the section for the coming year we're
elected as follows.
President William r. Creerce, Sec
retary or the Cleveland Savings &
Loan company.
Vice presidents-Edward L. Robin
son. vice president Of the Eutaw Saw
ings bank Of Baltimore; and Henry
S. Henschen. Chicago; H. L. Remmell,
Little Rock, Ark. and R. c. Stephen
son. South Ben, Ind. members Of the
executive committee.
Without a dissenting voice the nom
mating committee Of the association
named for president Of the association
Lewis E. Pierson, president of the
Irving National Exchange bank Of
new York; for vice president. F. o.
Watts, president Of the First National
bank OF Nashville, Tenn. William
Livingstone Of Detroit. it is expected,
will be chairman of the executive
council.
At the meeting of the secretaries
of the state bank associations, w. F.
Keyser of sedalia, Mo-, was re-elect-
ed president: N. p Gatling Of Lynch
burg, Va, was elected first vice pregi-
dent and w. B. Hughes Of Nebraska
was elected second vice president.
The following members of the
board of control were also elected:
Andrew Smith, Indiana; J. NJ. Din
widdie. Iowa; W. w. Bowman, Kan
sas; W. C. MacFadden, North Dakota
w. J. Henry. New York.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17

Chicago. Sept. 17.-Not a voice was
raised yesterday in defense Of the
postal savings bank plan In the ses-
sEons OF the American Bankers Asso-
citation convention. nor was there 2
word uttered in favor Of guaranty de-
posit state or national banks.
In formal reports. in speeches and
in impromptu remarks both ideas
were repeatedly scorsed BY the assem-
bled bankers. who we're apparently Of
one mind in opposing the two rene
dies offered for the relief OF financial
conditions.
Comment was made by several OF
the bankers on the bank guaranty
law and its effect in Oklahoma, in d.
rect contradiction to the praise Of
State Supervisor Young Of Oklahoma
at the meeting OF the bank supervis-
ors earlier in the week.
The morning session Of the savings
bank section opened with an address
Of welcome BY Henry s. Henschen Of
Chicago. who led the attack on the
postal savings bank BY declaring that
II the good OF the country demanded,
that the experience Of trusted and in
telligent men as custodians OF the peo-
pIe's savings be disregarded, and the
custodianship turned over to- third
and fourth class postmasters. the
bankers would acquiesce. but that IF
the welfare Of the country did not de-
mand such action the bankers would
protest IN no uncertain tones.
The president Of the section, John
H. Johnson Of Detroit, in his annual
report argued against postal savings
banks and insisted that the savings
deposits be safeguarded against all
possibility Of loss.
President George NJ. Reynolds, the
head Of the Bankers association. con-
graduated the savings bank section
on it's steady opposition to the postal
savings bank idea.
A new note was injected into the
proceedings by e. l.. Robinson OF Bal
timore, who in remarks on the de
partment Of mercy" emphasized the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17

Spokane. Wash, Sept. Shippers
In Spokane and throughout the inland
empire, where enormous tonnage in
grains. fruits. timber and minerals Is
offered to railroads. believe that the
action Of the state railroad commits
sion Of Washington in ordering the
Northern Pacific Railway company
forthwith 70 reduce its freight rates
on grain to 81 ~ per cent OF the
tariff published on June 30. 1909, will
have salutary effect all over the
Northwest Though the cut Of u ~
cents applies only on the Northern
Pacific main line in the state. II viii
save the shippers from one to one and
half cents a bushel OF between $780,
900 and 100000 a year
The reduction. based on the finding
that the eompany's profits are more
than 81 10000 a year exclusively on
state business over a Z per cent an.
nual revenue on the investment is
taken to mean that inquiry may be
made into other tonnage, the carrier
charges on which are declared TO be
unreasonable. excessive and exorbit-
ant. The significant portion Of the.
commissions findings is best told in
It's own words. in part as follows:
we have found the value Of the
Northern Pacific Railway company's
property IN the state used for the pub
lie to be sii .37f.950, divided: s45.7os,-
73O for state use and s65.67l2is for
interstatc use.
I'VE have found as facts that the
netearnlngs OF the company from
state business we're s4.976.273 for
1905. s5.174.0f7 for 1906. S5.600.s72 for
1907. and $6.22S,sSi for 1905
"The earnings OF the Washington
g. Columbia River branch are not
included in the earnings for is05-e-7.
so the value OF the property used
would be correspondingly reduced The
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
Northwest is Pleased
With Government Order

value Of It's property used for state
business during isO5.e-7 would not ex-
ceed s42.5Oo.Ooo.
The estimated net earns Of the
company from state business for 1908
exceeds ss,450.OO0. thus showing a net
return from state business for the
five years under consideration Of III
percent, l217 per cent. 1917 pr cent
1852 per cent and 1881 per cent. re-
spectively That this return. with the
percentage increasing yearly. is ex-
cessive is clearly evident"
The finding shows that grain
amounted to 1857 per cent OF the to-
tai state tonnage carried by the com
pany over its lines in Washington
and to 45.07 per cent Of the total ten
miles. and furnished 1899 per cent
OF the total revenue received by the
company in 1908. Sixteen million
bushels Of grain was carried by the
company. The cast OF movement. ex.
elusive of taxes. interest or dividends.
was approximately s.966S a ton. while
the average receipt per ton was ap-
proximately s3o2, the moving cost
being approximately 1901 per cent
OF tie gross earnings. the operating
expenses Of the road on an its busi-
ness being 54il per cent Of the gross
receipts.
Carload merchandise constituted
1884 per cent Of the state tonnage
and i4S4 per cent Of the ton miles.
while It contributed 1916 per cent
OF the total state earnings. and the
cost Of moving was only 1888 per
cent Of the gross earnings. Less than
carload merchandise constituted s.S3
per cent of the tonnage. 3.54 per cent.
Of The ton miles. and contributed 1896
per cent Of the total state earnings.
the cost Of moving being 5lg3 per
cent Of the gross earning there from.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
SECOND STRIKE At
M'KEES ROCK ENDS


BY Associated Press.
McKee's Rocks, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE
second strike Of the workmen Of the
Pressed Steel Car company. ended
abruptly today. when two thousand
American workmen carrying the
stars and stripes at their head march
ed in a body to the plant and went to
work. On the way they were joined
by two thousand Italians. When the
gates were reached the one thousand
Russians and Poles, who had threaten
ed trouble in the event any men at
tempted to enter the works were en-
countered, but they too fell into line
and entered the plant.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
DECLINES OPINION
ON THE TAYLOR Lam

Guthrie. Okla. Sept. l7.-Attorney
General Charles West in a comns-a.r-
alton to Governor Haskell declines 70
give an opinion on the Taylor election
Law, either as to whether it is now in
effect. OF as to the merits Of the case
He states that the people Of the state
may soon be given an opportunity 10
pass upon the merits Of the law and
for that reason declines to discuss
that feature, while the other question
is now before the supreme court and
that until decision is rendered he
would not venture an opinion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17

Al louisville

PACKARD ana Hug1es' McIIynn
Doughersy and Moran.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
lsecond Cameo

Groom, Slattery and Street; Gilli-
gan and Smith.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-17
At clncInnatI.

Ewing. Cantwell and Roth; Adams,
Camnitz and Gibson.