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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1912
Page
6
A man with multiple parole violations and prior thefts was brought before Common Pleas Court. He had been in trouble eight times since his release, with a repeated pattern of stealing bicycles and repainting them. The case outlines his ongoing criminal behavior and the court’s disposition options.
Parole officer John Thephield of Lancaster took Guy Booman to Lancaster after Booman violated parole. Booman has a long juvenile court record including horse and bicycle thefts and repainting stolen items. He was returned to the institution after a judge denied further chances.
A bright blaze erupted in a tree near John Kilduff’s Kasi Gam Dior residence shortly after midnight Thursday. Firemen found a wire contact with a limb caused a small luminous fire. the limb burned off but property damage was minimal and no injuries were reported.
A son was born Friday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frye of Pleasant township. The family stated both mother and baby are doing well.
Grand jury in Mt Vernon returned 18 indictments against druggists connected to a government raid. Three cases remain secret. Indicted defendants include Harold Hickinbottam of Mt Vernon and William Ward who attended his aunt Mary J. Ward's funeral in Toledo, Ohio.
Mr H B Madson an expert pipe organ tuner arrived in the city to finish tuning the Presbyterian organ ahead of its dedication on Sunday December 16. The organ is described as one of Central Ohio’s choicest with a 41 ft 9 in wide case 25 ft 5 in high and 10 ft deep weighing eight tons excluding the blower. It contains 1341 pipes up to nineteen feet long plus thirty two steps and twenty tubular bells. The kinetic blower provides wind while modern conveniences mark the instrument as state of the art. Professor Hermann Ebeling of Columbus calls it a marvelous instrument among the best he has played with chimes noted for rich melody.
George E Englehart died at 12 o clock Thursday night at his Brink Haven home, of Brights disease after a long illness. He was 70 and survived by Ebenezer, Sidney Englehart, and several daughters. Funeral at 9:30 Saturday at Brink Haven, then at Valley church Monroe Township, with Rev. J M Helm officiating. Interment in Wallor Cemetery. Mrs Samuel E Barr dies in Canton at 52 after paralysis and a long illness. maiden name Phonie Sperry. former resident near Mt Vernon. funeral in Canton after moving from Vernon, details given.
John F. Stone, night watchman at Mt Vernon Bridge Works, suffered severe facial and hand burns after an engine room gas explosion at 4 AM Friday. He had opened a valve to light a fire under the boiler while a gas valve remained on, causing gas to escape and ignite. Stone was knocked by the blast, but survived and was attended at home by a physician. A separate line notes a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Loveridge undergoing surgery for appendicitis Friday morning.
Mar tha Ball of Cambridge, held on horse stealing charges since November, was released from Knox county jail after Prosecuting Attorney Cromley found no convicting evidence. Ball claimed mis identity. Cromley traced him to Cambridge and Barn eaville on the date in question and concluded Ball could not be proven guilty beyond a doubt. Ball vowed to pursue the matter with his attorney, while his accusers faced possible consequences for the blunder. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Leonard Bishop of Los Angeles visited Went High street then planned a trip to New York City before continuing. A separate parliamentary session discussed tariff reform with no action taken amid sharp attacks on Taft’s civil service policies.
The New York Democrats in the house support Representative Jefferson M. Levy in opposing a resolution to have the government buy Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia estate now owned by Levy. The measure has passed the senate and awaits action in the house with a favorable committee report.
Washington reports conferences among Provident Taft Secretary Hillen and J. Van Vechten Olcott of New York on a January 4 banquet at the Astor hotel in New York City. Olcott was to copy the congressional directory and send invitations to Republicans listed as such in the volume.
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