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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1923
Page
9
A Wednesday night entertainment titled At the Conservatory of Music features pianists from the Colored School of Classical Music at Phillips Memorial Temple. The audience will vote for the best performer, with proceeds funding equipment for talented colored children.
At midnight and again at 2 30 a m today two garage blazes damaged several vehicles. Arthur Vehling’s car and a Wehling garage were destroyed totaling about 4000 in losses. Robert Coffin suffered severe burns while aiding his fire damaged auto. Authorities cite a smoking pipe as a probable cause.
ILL Fellows J Martin Antrim and Tom Oddy head a new independent ticket for president and officers of the Indianapolis Board of Trade. The regular ticket nominees were announced by secretary William H. Howard. The election is set for June 11 with governors named as Harvey Mullins retiring as president and a slate including William C. Haueisen Albert E. Metzger William H. Morrison Jr Lowell H. Wilson John P. Frenzel Jr Fermont S. Cannon E H Hervey Newton Todd Joseph E. Reagan and Joseph V. Stout.
Ed Daugherty of 428 North Illinois Street appeared before Judge Delbert O Wilmeth to answer charges of stealing a watch from Earl Dunn of 412 East 29th Street. Dunn was in the Y M C A lobby May 2 when he fainted and Daugherty allegedly took the watch while Dunn was unconscious.
Charles Gallo, 42, a Chicago commission merchant, was shot ten times near his home in the Italian district in a Mafia style killing. In Birmingham, Charles Graffeo, an Italian grocer, was found murdered in his store as the twelfth victim of an ax murderer in a Latin colony with a bloody ax nearby. The American Legion denounces calls to release war prisoners as unpatriotic amid a public appeal to President Harding.
A hold-up man earned 50 cents after robbing C. M. Brown on Ritter Avenue near Lowell Avenue Monday night. Brown was confronted by a man with a revolver.
The Rev. Frank E. Davison of Englewood Christian Church clashes with members over a Thursday night meeting. W. T. Quillin of Englewood Hustling Hundred denies a Ku Klux Klan link and keeps details vague while Davison notes no board plans.
The Rev. Edwin Cunningham to conduct funeral services for Theodore Rubush of 5014 Orion Ave. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery planned. Survived by wife Dorothy and parents W. M. and Mrs. Rubush, two brothers Richard and Jack and sister Ada, all of Indianapolis. Also Thomas Wade of 1332 Lee St. reported his watch valued at 40 dollars stolen today.
Accompanied by delegations from Indiana and Illinois, a group spent the night in camp here and proceeded through the state under escort.
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