this proved to be none other than the newspapers treasurer who rob paterson's, one of the former editors at the tribune. sure who plays with his nephew. in february 1909 as joseph but those old -- during which would cut its of world's greatest newspaper, joe patterson now beginning to outgrow his more extreme views have been avidly welcomed back into the tribune fold as secretary. in march 1911, competition between them a local morning papers it falls into into bloody skirmishes in the streets of chicago. the tribune's board of directors named joe patterson as chairman and per mccormick acting president and chief executive officer. in 1914 and the cousins became the papers joint publishers, codifying the shared responsibly for the tribune with a written so-called ironbound agreement lasting until we are both dead. this almost unprecedented personal and journalistic collaboration between a passion and a mccormick would prove to be surprisingly harmonious for a decade and a half. it's inventive genius is hereditary, bird mccormick would later reflect, i got it from the mccormick site. none