Anti-Klan Ticket Elected by Union

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, August 14, 1923: At a meeting last night, delegates of the Central Labor Union overwhelming elected the American Federation of Labor slate, an exclusively anti-Ku Klux Klan ticket, whose handbills bore the motto “Keep Religious and Race Prejudice Out of the Labor Movement.” John Smith, candidate for president, defeated his opponent Louis Schwartz, 83 to 13. Other anti-Klan candidates for office defeated their opponents by similar margins. Although rumblings of a Klan fight within the Union had been heard for some time, it was a resolution introduced by the agent of the Motion Picture Operators disapproving of the Klan and calling it an un-American organization that brought matters out into the open. After the vote, the Electrotypers Union No. 30 withdrew from the central organization joining six other unions that had previously withdrawn their delegates.

“Anti-Klan Ticket Elected by Union,” The Indianapolis Star, 14 August 1923, p. 1:6

Guns at Fort Ben Boom in Salute

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, August 4, 1923: Thirteen guns at Ft. Benjamin Harrison boomed at sunrise today in honor of President Warren G. Harding who died two days ago. Throughout the day a gun fired at half hour intervals in salute to the dead President and at sunset tonight the highest military salute, that of the Union, will be given when forty-eight guns are fired. Tomorrow, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts will hold memorial services at the Soldier and Sailors Monument and all Indianapolis civic clubs are asked to hold services. The flag at the Boy Scout camp was lowered to half-staff and tonight’s concluding events of the French fete sponsored by the Irvington American Legion Post were canceled. Local organizations at regular or special sessions adopted resolutions expressing sorrow over the nation’s chief executive’s death.

“Guns at Fort Ben Boom in Salute,” The Indianapolis Times, 4 August 1923, p. 1:3

East Side Enjoys 'Red Letter Day'

One Hundred Years Ago – From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, June 28, 1923: Yesterday’s “Red Letter Day,” sponsored by the East Side Commercial Association, was a great success. Businesses in the area bounded by Emerson Av, Michigan St, Sixteenth St, and the Monon tracks were closed while proprietors gave support to the celebration’s events. Front porches along Parker Av were decked with flags and the street and sidewalks were a boiling mass of humanity of all ages with all eyes on the pushmobile, bicycle, roller skate, and wheelbarrow races. Other events included the girls’ tug of war, the girls’ nail driving contest, and a baby contest. In place of a cancelled balloon ascension, high-dive performer Capt. Wanamaker ascended a ninety-foot ladder and made a death-defying dive into a net. The festivities ended with dancing in Parker Av to the music of the Blue Devils Orchestra.

“East Side Enjoys ‘Red Letter Day’,” The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 1923, p. 3:3