The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-26
REMARKABLE FEAT
OF CHICAGO PAPER
It Establishes Temporary Of
flee at st. Louis and
Publishes There.
SENDS A SPECIAL STAFF
REPORTERS, ARTISTS, PREssMEN,
PRINTERS, ETC., DISPATCHED
TO GET OUT A WATERWAYS
CONVENTION EDITION..

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 26.-In the Chi
cago Tribune offices the decision was
reached definitely Friday night to pub.
lish q deep waterways edition in st,
Louis during the mobilization of the
river voyagers. Sunday morning the
special staff chosen to carry out the
program had assembled in st. Louis.
1t consisted OF editors, reporters, me-
chanical and circulation experts.
The following day o miles from
the home office" over $1,000 words OF
copy were ground out" heads writ
ten, numerous pictures etched, and six
editions sent to press.
Nearly 5000 copies Of the final edi-
ton, printed In the st. Louis Star Of
flee, were e aboard the Taft river
fleet and distributed to cities and
towns along the line of travel In order
to aid in the publicity campaign
launched by the deep waterway cham
pions. The work of assignment was
directed from the Tribune bureau in
the Planters Hotel.
Similar to Denver Feat.
The project was similar to that I'M
dertaken by The Tribune a year ago.
when 1t undertook to publish an edi-
ton In Denver to give a complete
news service of the events Of the DEM
ocratic national convention.
Away from home, unfamiliar with
another city, but with a general grasp
OF the main events of the occasion, the
Tribune's staff undertook to give the
most important news of the day to the
members OF the fleet. In every way
possible the edition vas made up in
exact conformity with the standard Of
the Tribune. The type which was set
in the headlines was carried from the
Chicago office. The cartoons were
prepared at the home office" and for
warded in time to be embodied in the
st. Louis edition, and yet epitomize the
important news OF the day.
With its little staff the Tribune SET
OUT to cover" st. Louis, and to break
even with the most extensive facilities
of the local newspapers. The result
was an edition which brought praise
from many observers.
Picture Of Nations Leaders.
At East st. Louis the Tribune staff
had made arrangements for quick SER
vice between the big doings and the
Tribune's temporary st. Louis office.
President Taft arrived at the speakers
stand at 4 o'clock. Through h cour-
tesy of Congressman R~odenberg, the
chairman of the day, the Tribune's
staff photographer was on the stand,
and when the assemblage of the coun-
try's greatest notables had settled
down, a remarkable photograph was
taken, showing the president. the vice
president, the speaker of the house,
Gov. Deneen and a dozen other Of the
most prominent citizens having a good
old fashioned, heart to heart talk.
Fifteen minutes later the negative
was being developed in st. Louis, and
exactly fifty-five minutes after the
presidential party had arrived in East
st. Louis. the Tribune's waterway edi-
ton was on the streets OF st. Louis
with a five column photograph of the
East st. Louis aggregation.
On the Frisco's fast mail train the
complete edition Of the Tribune was on
its way to meet the presidential fleet
at Cape Girardeau, Mo-, and before
President Taft is up the Tribune will
be aboard the Oleander awaiting him.
Papers enough to meet the demands
Of the 5000 statesmen who are aboard
the fleet will be distributed to each of
the steamers.