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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1923
Page
1
A photo shows the ground the Van Camp vehicle skidded over before tipping the car into the retaining wall. The image centers on the victim’s portrait as investigators note the tarvia pavement on My lersville road was slick.
Revelry swept Indianapolis as the old year ended and the new year began. Hotels clubs and private groups hosted large celebrations with jazz bands noise makers and generous decorations. The Sahara Grotto and Athenaeum party stood out while mild winter weather greeted dawn.
France summarily rejects Germany s proposal for a European peace pact to bar war without a people referendum. Berlin s chancellor Cuno unveiled the plan in Hamburg as a 30 year pact among Britain France Germany and Italy. The United States appeared to accept it but Paris insisted no such referendum was provided for.
On year end a couple in a high powered car spots a five dollar bill blowing on Meridian Street near the Twenty Fifth Street bridge. They pick it up but find no more money during the day as two young men at a nearby filling station chuckle at the odd luck.
The latest forecast reports fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness Tuesday. Rain or snow is possible by afternoon or night with little temperature change. Temperature readings include early morning around 27 degrees.
New York on December 31 faces a crackdown by dry agents and police as Broadway and the duck of Greenwich Village feel the austerity. Delmonico Tales show reservations down fifty percent with business dipping elsewhere. Gunfire and fires in tenement districts bring injuries including a one year old girl as the year breaks.
Seventy five thousand people filled Chicago's loop entering the new year in orderly celebration. Prohibition raiding squads found few visible targets as cafes and restaurants served liquor openly. Bootleggers claim Chicago's stock of liquor Saturday was the largest since prohibition began. Few incidents of crime were reported.
In Saint Louis at the Chase Hotel ten minutes after the new year, John Pardera 28 and George H. Bode Jr. were shot and Mrs. W. H. Robins injured as guests hurled chairs glassware and cutlery at Federal prohibition agents and plainclothes police during a raid for liquor. Officers quelled the disturbance with reinforcements rushed to the scene.
Early New Year morning three squirrels balanced on a telephone wire across Twenty-First Street between Central and New Jersey Streets. They inched across the street high above ground as residents headed home. Mayor Shank had ordered a dry New Year, though the weather was fine.
Investigators in Mer Rouge La seek HH L Teegeston a key witness who vanished the night of December 29. Teegeston was to refute alibi claims by T J Burnett, one of two men said to have helped murder Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards. Fear grows over possible kidnapping.
London January 1 dispatch reports a British air plane pilot and observer were killed when a bomb dropped from their plane struck a second aircraft in Massace country India.
Police investigate a week end spree of thirty robberies including three hold ups with one victim bound and gagged. An arrest led to recovered watches and clothing. Night watchman Jacob Blacker was assaulted at Polar Tea and Fuel Co. as three men stole from a safe. Other incidents include a grocery hold up, a short change scam at a filling station, and two men held for questioning in the case.
The Times seeks the first Marion County baby born in 1923 with a prize silver cup. The Roberson family of Rockville Gardens reported their newborn at 2 30 am, while Ernest Sanders family of 2179 Fountain Ave. claimed a 12 01 am birth. Entries require birth certificates or physician verification. contest closes Wednesday noon.
Zachariah T. Dungan of Huntington Indiana elected clerk of the State Supreme Court on the Democratic ticket today took the oath of office and assumed control of the court records. He announced his staff of deputies: Joel A. Baker Indianapolis chief Eugene H. Yergin Newcastle file clerk Anderson record clerk and Miss Josephine Livengood Covington copy clerk.
William Lohr of Columbus Ohio collided at Virginia Ave and South St with Frank Rehm of 1530 Linden St The collision caused flying glass to injure Mrs Lohr who was riding with Lohr She was taken to the home of her parents I M Smith 632 Be McCarty St for treatment
Members of six local divisions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and auxiliaries held an oyster supper and watch party in Odd Fellow Hall at W Washington and Addison Streets. National officials spoke during the evening to about 250 attendees.
Turkish Nationalists mobilize forces to attack Constantinople and other key targets as Greek allies demand a quick peace. Reports say Kemalist units move toward Syizamart and Adabazar while another column advances toward the Tigris and Bosphorus region.
British leaders Premier Bonar Law and Lord Curzon plan a noon conference on the Lausanne deadlock amid renewed Turkish hostility. French Premier Poincare is expected to join an afternoon meeting on the Near East and reparations questions.
Grain dealers of the state will convene at the Board of Trade building in Indianapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday January 16 and 17. The Indiana Grain Dealers Association announced the gathering which precedes the lumber dealers meeting due to overlapping memberships.
Indianapolis youngsters return to public schools after Christmas break with the next semester expected to bring the greatest high school enrollment in the city’s history, according to Superintendent E U Graff.
Cortland Van Camp III, 19, died when his Cadillac plunged into Fair Creek near Stoughton Avenue estate on Millersville Road. Police and coroner ruled drowning with no companion deaths suspected after the car was recovered. witnesses saw the car skid, broke windows, and stop at 1:19 am. He was a Yale freshman visiting Indianapolis friends before Christmas. Funeral set at 2:30 pm Tuesday at the family residence with Crown Hill burial.
A desolate tally lists dozen fatalities from crashes in multiple cities including Indianapolis Gor Camp Ill, New Richmon d, Baltimore, Seattle and Springfield Ohio. The record notes cars plunging into creeks and into telegraph poles, a bus accident, and injuries among youths and adults amid scattered national highway incidents.
An interurban plowed into a parked car on the Westville street center, hurling Iliss Hail about twenty feet into a ditch with slight injuries. Wickett was thrown clear while others were mangled in the wreckage. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fulle of 516 S. E. St are the parents of the two killed.
A Black man unlawfully entered the home of W J Thienes at 1709 N Illinois St and assaulted maid Mise Lillian Hinton who slept there. He seized her by the throat, fled through a bedroom window, and a neighbor believed to have recognized him. Police report details unclear about the suspect’s identity.
In Westville near Richmond, Indiana, a head on crash between a car and an interurban car killed Herbert Pelle, 29, and Helen Fulle, 19, who were siblings. George Wickett, 18, and Beatrice Hall, 18, were injured and expected to recover. all victims were Richmond residents.
Police arrested thirteen Greeks and others for gambling related offenses at a location on Liberty Street. Suspects were charged with vagrancy and keeping a gambling house. one man, Polus, held on related counts.
An early 20th century account notes the Legion and Bureau opening in Indiana to aid veterans. The Red Cross will offer financial assistance as needed, with the new office housed in state American War departments.
A warrant was issued following a collision on Verte Street near West involving a driver identified as Prant wine 22. The crash left the other vehicle badly damaged and the investigation traced the car to Obedr Knnséte r Harcison.
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