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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
1
The Times photo shows boys cooling off in Eagle creek at a local swimming spot. Edward E. McBride, director of recreation, urges children to use Riverside beach and municipal pools where lifeguards are on duty for safer swimming.
The city endures a severe heat wave with temperatures near 96 degrees, higher than the year’s previous record. Forecaster JH Harrington offers only cautious optimism for a cooler spell and possible showers late Saturday as street temps push toward 100.
Report from Marion County courts where several judges and participants react to courtroom attire. Some judges remain clothed while a few experimented with coatless looks before switching back. Juvenile court in the basement stays cool and prompted no change.
Mrs Rosilie Woollen of 1655 N Alabama St urges drinking hot coffee to feel how hot the day could be. Her husband William Wesley Woollen Jr favors iced drinks. The union station is noted as the town’s coolest spot.
A reminiscence about cooling days with fans and mint julep memories. Notes the idea of sipping icy drinks through straws and suggests iced tea lemonade or orange drinks as alternatives.
Monon announces a new sleeper service for Chicago bound travelers at Maple Rd station on the north side. Passengers board at 9 p.m. and the car joins the midnight Chicago train. Police Lieut. Louis Johnson and Sgt. L. V. Forsythe test winter uniforms on the third floor headquarters, the building’s hottest spot.
In Washington on June 22 the Weather Bureau forecast no further relief from the heat today and tomorrow, indicating continued hot conditions for the capital. The report notes persistent high temperatures with no immediate cooling expected.
Four more deaths from the heat wave were reported overnight in Chicago, raising this week’s total to nineteen. The Weather Bureau forecast continued high temperatures.
New York records 75 degrees at 8 a m with a light breeze easing the searing heat. Six more deaths from heat yesterday and several prostrations are reported. Two fatalities from heat prostration occur in Brooklyn early today.
Elisha M. C. Hobbs of 2432 Park Ave. is hospitalized with three broken ribs a hip cut and possible internal injuries after a Rockville Crawfordsville bus was struck by a Big Four train. Miss F Hodgkins and Rev B Johnson sustain internal injuries, while Gladys Evans and Richard Glave are discharged. Coroner investigates. Ragland's Wholesale Millinery House to open July 1 at 16 20 Jackson Pl with E M Ragland James Miller and Horace G Casady as officers.
Catherine Mausser a 30 year old stenographer in the office of Divisional Prohibition Chief A R Harris was arrested in Chicago on charges of conspiring to steal government bonds and for allegedly passing information to bootlegger Harry Nadl. Nadl is sought by police and the case ties to a druggist George Zindt. Mausser, from a prominent Frankfort Indiana family, denied the charge and said graft exists in the prohibition office. She previously worked in Indianapolis and here in 1922. bond set at 2500 dollars.
President Harding on a Kansas City bound train argues for U S world court membership and reservations to win Senate support. He accepts any terms aiding membership while challenging irreconcilables and Lodge Watson in a forceful St. Louis address before 10 000. The speech aims to reveal who supports or opposes the plan.
President Harding received a rousing welcome in Kansas City as thousands cheered him on arrival from St. Louis. Decorated boulevards filled with spectators during the president’s tour of the city.
A fire at the William Williamson farm in eastern Hamilton County Indiana killed six horses and damaged a large barn and grain. Estimated damage amounts to 12000 dollars.
Police Chief Rikhoff warned officers at roll calls that any officer leaving the city must obtain permission and disclose destination and location. The rule, often violated, will trigger drastic measures for future breaches.
C. V. Brooks, Mohawk State Bank cashier, sent $100 to the local police pension fund after three young men robbed the Mohawk Indiana bank Tuesday and were captured within 24 hours. Officials commended the rapid action, swift capture, recovered funds, and resulting confessions.
Kiwanis Club members and families are invited to spend Kiwanis Day at the Boy Scouts reservation near Ft. Benjamin Harrison. A formal presentation of the new shower building will be made at 5 p m.
The mayor announced lighter summer attire for traffic officers, replacing coats with shirts and white rubber gear. Traffic Captain Glenn plans 15 to 20 minute shifts due to staff shortages while considering board approval. Colleague Kingston questioned the current wool uniform’s coolness amid the heat. A separate notice states Perry W. Smith has been missing since June 11, 37 with blue eyes and light hair.
New York June 22 District Attorney Banton announced plans to bring Wall Street brokerage houses under state Banking Company supervision issuing licenses and placing them under state control. He blamed the New York Stock Exchange for current instability citing bankrupt Zimmerman & Forshay and widespread broker failures.
Miss Maxine C. Dalton 26 of Kokomo Indiana collapsed from heat while shopping at Illinois and Market Streets. She regained consciousness at the city hospital. She was the third heat victim in two days. An Indianapolis sky writing pilot later inscribed Lucky Strike in the sky.
Two large British liners the Baltic and the Berengaria brought hundreds of gallons of liquor into U S territorial waters and docked for inspection under the Volstead act. Health and customs officials examined sealed storerooms while ships rested at quarantine. British authorities acknowledged U S authority to seize excess liquor once ships leave the three mile limit.
London report says eight large British liners besides the Olympic will carry liquor to the United States to test customs seizure. U S officials expect a busy time if they seize all liquor stocks from relays of ocean liners.
Three Indianapolis boys, Richard N. Farrell, Alexander Stewart Jr., and Jamison Pierce all aged 11, will leave Indianapolis around July 7 for Camp Roosevelt near La Porte Indiana. The camp opens July 9. Farrell will join the camp section for Boy Scout tests, Stewart enters the summer school division, and Pierce will spend the summer in camp with his parents listed at 1650 College Ave 1602 N Meridian St and 1645 N Talbott Ave respectively.
In Huntington a funeral is planned Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Dungan who died by suicide after a long illness. Officials at the Statehouse contributed to a fund for flowers, with the death reported in the office of Zachariah T. Dungan, clerk of the State Supreme and Appellate Courts.
Judge Care of the Superior Court in South Bend upheld Indiana's gasoline tax law 2 cents per gallon. Bruce Gafill of Gafill Oil challenged the levy but the state has collected the tax since June 1 with U S Lesh as state attorney general presenting the case.
The Merchants' Heat and Light Company and the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company told Superior Court they would amend their complaint to resume the suit against the public service commission and the T. H. I. & E. Traction Company. They seek to block a $7,000,000 power plant in Indianapolis intended to compete in the electric field. Special Judge Fred C. Gause of New Castle had sustained a demurrer, temporarily closing the case.
Members of the State commission for removal of the blind school discussed six potential locations for its reestablishment after vacating the present site. The sites include areas south of the Speedway and Thirtieth Street on Myers Road, north of White River facing Michigan Road, Fifty Ninth Street and Keystone Avenue, Twenty First Street and Arlington Avenue, and East Washington Street opposite Memorial Park Cemetery.
Consulting engineer Edward Bemis and utility accountant Benjamin Berk inspected Indianapolis Water Company property with city and civic club officials. Bemis’ partial report urged abandoning costly projects and warned against charging consumer bought mains, as Berk will review years of PSC water rate figures.
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