The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-02
Company Formed to Take
Over the Press Post.
PROMINENT PARTY LEADERS
List of Corporations Includes
Well Known Men.
New Publication Which will be
Known as the Columbus News
will be Issued Each Day.

Incorporation of the Columbus
News company yesterday is the first
step in the publication OF q new even-
Ding and Sunday newspaper here as
the official local and state Democrat
ic organ. The physical property OF
The Press-Post probably will be pur-
chased and the Press-Post retired.
Stock in the new company will be
sold to prominent Demo rats through
out the state.
Joseph j. Hamper, editor of the
Ohio Satte Register, at Washington
Q. H., is president Of the company
and will move TO Columbus to be-
come active in the management Of the
new paper, probably as editor.
Clinton G. Hollealbeck, now business
manager of The Press-Post, is the
secretary and treasurer.
Among the 2S incorporators are
representative of the various local
, elements OF Democracy. ALI not res
idents of Columbus are identified
with the present state organization
headed by National Committeeman,
H. G.. Gaitber and State Chairman
w. i. Finley. CARRIER Is not an in
coiporator, but Finley is a director,
with the two Officers and Newton l..
Bunnell, of Waynesville, Warren
county, former candidate for state
dairy and food commissioner. and
John A. Kidwell, of Columbus, at
one time head of the National Asso-
ciation of Railway Mail Clerks and
prominent lin the Jefferson-Jackson-
ldncoln league. The organization
was effected yesterday afternoon in
Mr.. Finley's office.
1T is expected that Governor Har-
mon will be among the stockhold-
ers. He is represented in the incor-
poration by George S. Long, of Troy,
his secretary; C.. G.. Weybrecht, Of
Alliance, his adjutant general ana
I. H. b. Jones, of Ironton, his seldc-
tion for penltennary warden.
Columbus incorporators include
John j. Lentz, former congressman:
James Ross, local party leader; II.
Il. Chapman, coal operator, once
candidate for governor; Il. @. AL
'brecht, 159 South Ogden avenue;
Jesse w. Snider, once candidate be-
fore the primaries for a legislative
nomination.; +. X. Vance, member
of the olty board of review: NJ. l..
Boyd, president of the jefferson club;
John y. Karns, LentZs law partner;
John M'Namara, former chairman OF
;he county central committee; H.
Sage Valentine, president or the East
Side Democratic clu9; II. j. Heer,
fcr several years treasurer OF the
state committee; DR.. 4. j. Mizier,
recently resigned as day penitentiary
physician; County Commissioner
Henry A. Mason, and Probate Judge
Samuel l.. Black.
The incorporators outside of Co
lumbus are: s. A. Hoskins, of Wa
pakoneEa, candidate for secretary of
state three years ago. Charles A.
Kloeb, state examiner and chairman
of the state central committee;
Lewis b. Houck, OF Mt. ernon, Sec
retary to Governor Pattison; b. s.
Bartlow, of Hamilton, sergeant at
arms of the last State senate;
Charles G.. Marshall, of Sidney, Gar
ber's secretary as congressman, Sec
retary of state executive committee;
James IL. Campbell, former governor.
The company was incorporated with
Secretary of State c. A. Thompson
| for 10 600. III is tho Intention to In