New Athletic Club Opened; Monument to Vision and Work

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 20, 1924:  The official opening of the new Indianapolis Athletic Club was celebrated last night when more than 1,000 men attended the membership banquet in the club’s magnificent main dining room.  Hundreds of members inspected the building before the evening festivities and proclaimed it surpassed the most ardent expectations, and it was one of the finest athletic clubs in the country.  Governor Warren McCray congratulated the members declaring, “The opening of this club marks a new epoch in the social and commercial life of our great city.  It will be the center of business conferences, the scene of happy family gatherings, and the center of brilliant social events.”  Architect Robert Frost Daggett stated the building was a true product of Indiana with all material in the structure being designed or produced in the state.   

  “New Athletic Club Opened; Monument to Vision and Work,” The Indianapolis Star, 20 January 1924, p. 1:6

Special Warning Signs Placed Near Portable School Building

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, January 12, 1924:  “SCHOOL ZONE – DON’T KILL A CHILD” proclaims special warning signs placed by the Hoosier Motor Club safety department in the vicinity of the portable public school building at Emerson and English Avenues.  The signs are intended to protect children who attend the school and are compelled to walk to and from their homes along paved roads because there are no sidewalks.  The standard “School – Slow” signs had been previously erected by the safety department along roads in the vicinity of the school, but the signage seemed to have little effect on the motor traffic.  The area is sparsely built up and motorists travel at full highway speed on English Av and Brookville Rd, so it is hoped that the special signs reading

“Special Warning Signs Placed Near Portable School Building,” The Indianapolis News, 12 January 1924, p. 13:1

No Room for Klan in U.S., Says Judge

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, January 10, 1923:  “I don’t think there’s a place in the American republic for such organizations as this,” District Judge Albert Anderson said in federal court yesterday in ruling on the case of six South Bend citizens who asked for an injunction restraining the Ku Klux Klan from keeping their names on the membership rosters.  Judge Anderson sustained Klan counsel L. Ert Slack’s motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds the law did not permit six plaintiffs to bring joint action in such a case, and granted Indianapolis attorney Joseph Roach, appearing for the plaintiffs, fifteen days to file an amended complaint, striking out five of the plaintiffs and leaving only Benjamin Dubois as plaintiff.  The complaint also asked for a receiver to be appointed to take over Klan records of Indiana realm members.

“No Room for Klan in U.S., Says Judge,” The Indianapolis Star, 10 January 1924, p. 10:4