| Show SOlDIERS RIOT IN DRINKING RESORTS Assert High C Cost st of Beer Savored Savored Sav Say ored of Discrimination Ag Against Uniform COMPLAINING ING that the cost of or beer CO to them had been unjustly Increased in increased increased in- in creased with consent of ot the police pollee soldiers soldiers sol aol diers diem from Fort Douglas went on a rampage in the gloaming yesterday evening e Simultaneous rough houses occurred In several parts of tho the city No arrests were made though blows were delivered some blood was spilled but nobody was seriously injured As if It some sonic unseen hand had touched a starting gong song at 8 15 an epidemic of ot fights began in man many mans downtown re re- re sorts Police headquarters were kept bus busy sending wagons and patrolmen to the centers centera of oC disturbance When they arrived the fights tights had ended and the contestants had scattered I In one of or the melees in Fritz Spring Spring- mans man's saloon State near Second South W lv E. E Heath an innocent bystander re received received received re- re a bad cut cut- cutIn in the lip Up and was sent to his home by the police Heath said a drunken soldier struck him with witha a bottle bottlo I at tho the bar did not wear uniforms unifOrms' arid and d unrecognized by the white dispenser of ot that which cheers were getting s their beer for tor the time standard consideration of five cents I Iwas It was wag evident to those who vho wore the blue that hat they would become broke ten times quicker than their comrades In civilian clothes Their indignation go gothe got the better of or them Too Much Pay Day Police Inspector Carl A. A Carlson at attributes attributes attributes at- at tributes the tho disturbance to the fact fac that hat the soldiers have just received receive three months' months pa pay Soldiers say the proprietor of ot the Schlitz SchUtz and other re resorts resorts resorts re- re sorts made the price of or beer fifty cents cent per ier glass SlaBs for tor every man i in uniform man said he raised the price because because because be be- cause he did lId not caro for tho the arm army trade Furnishings in the thc man establishment establishment were bad badly I damaged Several chairs were broken bro sent In Inan Inan inan an alarm to the police and Inspector Carlson Carison appeared with a squad of paI pa pa- Later tho inspector stationed I a patrolman in front of ot tho place fo forthe for tor the night Inspector Carlson Canaan said If It the saloon keeper desires to raise rals his ils price to keep the soldiers out out hi he may nay The soldiers have been Jeen doing al all sorts of or things since they got their pa pay and the saloon keepers are beginning to shut down on them B. B A A. A Hayward and C C. W. W Higgins o otho of oC tho Twentieth infantry band had dif dlf- lerent forent ideas on the subject They were in the place several se hours before th time the disturbance with three uniformed members mem of oC the time band Hayward Haward ant and HIs HIs- Higgins were not in uniform Hay n. n The They gave avo us a drink at tho the regular regular regu regu- lar rates the they said but when they the came caine to serve ser our comrades In uniform uni- uni urmi- urmi form tho they boosted the price of oC beer U to fIt fifty cents It is unfair to the time man li In Un uniform 1 form When he ho heard of the disturbance Colonel James A A. Irons commander a at Fort Douglas Doulas said the tho soldiers ha had never before been discriminated against in the matter mattel of alcoholic quo lIe He refused to give an opinion before the matter Is Investigated but said he ho hoped the police would be bo able to handle handlo the situation Word ord reached the tue police last night nis-ht that a coterie of soldiers was preparIng preparing ing lug to clean up the Palm Garden which was also charged with discrimInation discrimination in time the price of ot alcoholic bever er ages The police on nearby beats were warned to keep u. u sharp lookout According Ac Ac- cording to Police Captain J. J J. J Roberts Rob Rob- erts several warriors involved in the Schlitz saloon affair threatened to de descend de- de on th tho place with reinforcements tonight and put the kibosh on It it In Indications Indications Indications In- In are however that in the calm afterthought subsequent to the brief eventful campaign there will wiH be no nomal mal maze moie t blood shed aimed |
