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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented notice discusses the Kilpatrick and Smith one percent tax limitations, arguing the Kilpatrick law saves the provision while blood money donors seek signatures for a referendum. It mentions labor rates, publication costs, and the issue of excessive taxation on farmers. The piece cites the Attorney General and criticizes blood money interests.
Ohio Democratic chair W L Finley defends the party against claims of paying petition signatures for a referendum on the Workmen’s Compensation act. He says the Equity Association offered pay, but signers acted from conviction, while industry groups push the Wanner and Kilpatrick tax bills through allied campaigns. The piece notes reformers, farmers, and chambers of commerce pivoting to support the law, amid accusations of bribery and political manipulation.
Ohio publications The National Stockman and Farmer and the Ohio Farmer publish strong editorials in the June 14 issue favoring the Cunningham Agricultural commission bill. They criticize the referendum idea as a costly error while urging agriculture groups to support the measure and avoid premature challenges.
The Lipworth League of Mansfeld district in the Northeast Ohio conference opens at First Methodist church with 8% delegates registered. Home Guards escort delegates to venues, Hoy Scouts guide to entertainment. officers include Rev L B Bush president and Helen Quilitana fourth vice president. Bishop Antwevno's Thursday address is highlighted as a key event, with delegates planning reformatory visits after the conclave.
Distinguished engineer Frank Shuman heads to Egypt to install a solar power irrigation system near Cairo. He argues sunlight offers cheap, perpetual fuel, with a 100 horsepower plant capable of pumping 13,000 gallons per minute to irrigate 1,000 acres. He notes tropical coal costs and envisions solar plants for the tropics and southern Europe, using reinforced concrete and glass for long life.
Edward Dunn, twenty eight, a native of Armstrongdale Missouri, from Kangas City was pronounced the greatest man in the world by a court in Kan and sentenced to years in the works. Dunn bore his trial with support from his mother and aunt, a ragpicker.
Senator Lee G. Overman of North Carolina, aged fifty nine, appointed to investigate President Wilson’s charge of a powerful lobby hampering tariff legislation. Wilson warned Washington was full of special interests and “brick couldn’t be thrown” without striking one. Overman, veteran senator and Rules Committee chair, hails from North Carolina and has long served in state and federal government. The piece also notes a West Virginia coal strike probe led by Senator Claude A. Swanson and a broader inquiry into peonage and constitutional failures as part of ongoing congressional investigations.
A night journey along the coast ends with a fateful encounter with a wrecked ship, The Mary Barton. A mysterious woman warns of the disaster and asks for shelter before vanishing into the Dana night. The narrator searches for survivors but finds only corpses washed ashore while the girl vanishes and becomes a lone memory.
Ohio report states Osborn village bank in Greene county failed due to bad paper. Bank assets and losses estimated between sixty thousand dollars. State Banking Superintendent Lattamer and assistant J A Holmen oversee reconstruction as Dayton State hospital probe leads to H A Haber exoneration and Koch dismissal.
A Horton family near a residence faces daily snake incursions from blue racer varieties two to four feet long. They fear bites as reptiles enter the house and well water is used for drinking. Despite daily slaughter, the problem remains hopeless. children stay out of the yard. In another note Washington calls for a Democratic caucus tomorrow to discuss the task bill amid unsettled political tension.
Irene Burnes of Billiyard has spent seven and a half months at Gecred Heart hospital due to a serious case of ter ia that left her unable to speak except briefly after rest. Doctors expect she may leave in about a month, though speech remains limited. Barnes, visiting from her home, reports improvement and daily walks with a nurse.
Pittsburgh. James Barns of Homestead, aged 60, was jailed for thirty days by Magistrate Justus Schroede for vagrancy. A fellow prisoner cracked his leg, but Burne repaired the wooden limb in the cell to send him to the workhouse.
A 2002 Kansas City market incident reports a broken jug spilling liquor onto a dozen chickens. The birds drank from the coop troughs causing drunken behavior before the event truncated. A separate Aurora, Alabama note recalls Charles Tae fee’s 29 year old safety deposit box and a will leaving everything to his widow who died in March.
Philadelphia reports an official of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey died in Jefferson Hospital. Two wives mourn him, one in Philadelphia and one in Camden, each claiming the body. Authorities refused both requests to determine the rightful survivor.
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