Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-07-15

guns were spiked. He had no other local means
of attacking the franchise or the cardinal ana
any way the deed done. All wondered what
he would do.
They didn't wonder long. AS fast as rail-
road king can get over the rails. Joe Dale came
to Iacedaemon He almost literally threw the
Daily Planet out Of Its office windows, murdered II
and jumped on its corpse. He fired Pat y bilen
from the presidency with force and arms 1t would
have been tragic If everybody had not been grim
ming at Dale's futile wrath AS 1t was, the only
satisfaction the irate railroad king got out OF II
was to tell few party leaders VINO pesougnt
him to continue the paper or sell, that ne Would
let the Western Associated press franchise ex-
pire rather than another FOOL paper ike
that in Lacedaemon. Even this small satisfac-
ton was lessened when Pollock insisted on his
salary being continued to the end of an iron-clad
four-year contract. Mr.. Dale went back to New
York with new ideas about city bosses and their
ways.
The episode, for it only an episode In the
life of busy Lacedaemon, was soon almost forgot
ten The cardinal had shown Joe Dale that he
was boss of the town. Joe Dale had chopped on
the cardinals presidential head in retaliation
John Dale continued his business friend and GUS
toner, and the whole affair was dismissed from
the cardinals busy mind as closed, with honors
even.
But Joe Dale not through with Pat
o'Brien 1t is railroad kings prerogative to
punish as we'll as to reward, and for the punish
ment of O'Brien, Dale laid trap the effective
ness of which lay entirely in its simplicity.
Came John Dale day to the cardinal and
said: Pat, l have private tip that big kill
ing is coming off in Nipper stock. Buy me ten
thousand at the market and hold on until l
tell you to let CO."
"All right" said the cardinal, and bought an
other ten thousand as well for his own account
Nipper advanced point. He called In few
chosen friends who formed pool and invested
heavily Nipper advanced two points, hve points.
Pat bought more; he would pull out when John
Dale did and retire from active business with his
profits.
John Dale himself had gone to New York on
the day he gave his order to O'Brien. Within a
day Nipper began to sag. Then 1t dropped below
the buying point. The pool put up more mar
gins. The stock still dropped, swiftly now. and
the other members of the pool became alarmed
Pat reassured them. They're shaking out the
small blocks of stock" he said, Then you'll see
her sky-rocket."
Nipper continued to toboggan. Pats friends
were seriously concerned They talked OF sell
ing and pocketing their losses, but he showed
them his hand Look here" he said, John Dale
is in this thing up to his neck and we know where
he gets his private tips. Here's what he
has on my books alone. AS long as he holds or
and keeps up his margins, I'm satisfied His
friends knew the cardinal; they knew he, too
was up to his neck" they held on.
blizzard weather. The friends were wildly
alarmed They insisted that John Dale was giyint
Dick the double cross" Though he did not be
lieve it, he wired to New York for special ant
private investigation of John Dales movement
there. And after little delay tdings came tina
made the pool-sharers very sick men. John Dali
had gone to New York. had short talk with hi
father, then gone straightway to his broker ant
sold short ten thousand Nipper at the market Th
profits on the sale as the stock went down woult
pay his losses on the Lacedaemon purchase
Meanwhile Joe Dale would see to 1t that Nippe
did go down until Pat OBrien was utter.
swamped.
OF course the pool made haste to sell out Johl
Dale's private tip had been a prophecy. killin
had been made and O'Brien and his friends wer
the slaughtered ones When the debris was lna
ly swept up the cardinal who had plunged fercs
ly on his own private account, found himself pool
er by some $750.00O. 1t had cost him that muc
to disobey the mandate OF railroad king. Blu
he still owns Lacedaemon.