The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-07-21

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yOO BLOCK CtaAr FRANCHISE
OF YOU WONT &c PRESIDENT
Oe IKE 0ANer COMPANY tONG"
guns were spiked. He had no other local means
Of attacking the franchise or the cardinal ana
any way the deed was done All wondered Wnat
he would do.
They didn't wonder long. AS fast as rail-
road king can get over the rails, Joe Dale cams
to Lacedaemon. He almost literally threw inc
Daily Planet out Of its office windows murdered II
and Jumped on its corpse. He fred Pat OBr1en
from the presidency with force and arms 1t wQula
have been tragic If everybody had not been grin
ming at Dale's futile wrath. AS it was. the only
satisfaction the irate railroad king got out OF II
was to tell a few party leaders who besougnt
him to continue the paper or sell, that he would
let the Western Associated press franchise e1
nire rather than see another fool paper ike
that in Lacedaemon. Even this small saI1hac
ton was lessened when Pollock insisted Qn n's
salary being continued to the end OF an ron'claa
fOIIrYear contract. MT Dalo Welt UoSn W ANV" |
York with new ideas about city bosses and their |
ways
The enisode for it was only episode In the
life of busy Lacedaemon was soon almost forgot
ten The cardinal had shown Joe Dale that ne
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 dismissed from
the cardinals busy mind as closed, with honors
even.
But Joe Dale was not through with Pat
O'Brien. It is a railroad kings prerogative to
punish. as well as to reward, and for the punish
ment of OBrien, Dale laid a trap the effective
ness of which lay entirely In Its simplicity.
Came John Dale one day to the cardinal and
said: "Pat, 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 well for his own account
Nipper advanced point. He called IN rev
chosen friends who formed pool and invested
heavily. Nipper advanced two points. five 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'Br1en. Within
day Nipper began to sag Then It 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 treasured 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
we're 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 ne
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
Suddenly Nipper went down like mercury IL
blizzard weather The friends were Wild!
alarmed They insisted that John Dale was giving
Dick the double cross" Though he did not be
lieve it. he wired to New York for special ant
private investigation of John Dale's movement
there And after little delay tdtngs came tina
made the poolsharers very sick men. John Dial
had gone to New York, had short talk with BY
father then gone straightway to his broker an
sold short ten thousand Nipper at the market. tn
Profits on the sale as the stock went down Wo4l
pay his losses on the Lacedaemon purchase
Meanwhile Joe Dale would see to it that Nippe
did 70 down until Pat O'Brien was utterl
swamped.s
OF course the pool made haste to sell out job
Dales private tip had been prophecy. k1l1n I'D
had been made and O'Brien and his friends wer
the slaughtered ones. When the debris Wa4 ma
II swept up the cardinal. who had plunged A4ff!
II On his own private account found h1n1elf 4qal
e. By Soma &76o.00o Il had cost hint tn4$ s@9h
to disobey the mandate of railroad 6n1E IN
he stu owns Laoedaaunn