Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-02
PANIC NARROWLY AvERTEO.
When Fooled in Gaining Admit
lance at Grand Some
Idiot Yelled Fire"
r.Flc, Faintcd-Stcps Taken @ Give
Hoodlums a Warm Reception Should
They Repeat Oncnscs.

ogden and Salt Lake High School
t.o.5ru teams meet I'm this city 'o-
al, no advertise the game the salt
1ate High school students plann''
, march through the main SUBJECTS
yesterday afternoon. This was aoh'
aud so far au was we'll Last even
t,s meeting WIS held on the scho"l
..,,,nds and after speoch-making am
.,,or march wac planned So TAR a"
. sim well. The invasion OF lh'
5oon-town district began. lneh '''
.,i1ar,ic OF brain-storm sN1p'
,,,,,,eb the ranks. every one Of the zOo
...l.- faced youngsters fell TO the
ldsgue and chaos prevailed. Here end
sl Inc appreciation Of the public ne
i,is CANNED an attack upon 'he inca
,... M the city. As the plan worked
...lf ont with startling swiftness' as
4..uish schemes do. every sense OF
to.or decoucy and respect went TO lhe
,,5nds Before the rioters were nhal-
d. ouolled "a number Of panios had oeeh
.ss,tcd and the theator going puD"o
.,1 tbeater management Of the city
were thoroughly disguested ana hisn'S
indignant.
COLLEGE SPIRIT" QUENCHED.
THE first attack was a dismal, wet
damn failure. After hanging banners
,,op the statue OF President Brigham
Young the boys stampeded east ON
First south and made rush on the
front doors OF the salt Lake theater'
They tried to swing the inner doors op-
en and force an entrance inside, put
failing On this turned their attention 10
an, east stago-entrance As they rushed
down on This stream or water met
me leaders sauarely. Carl Reynolds
the property man. and number OF as
sistants. had anticipated the rush upon
the rear portion Of the theater. and
standing Ia "a window just above the
entrance waited with a huge ire hose.
The water had an enormous pressure
and when the stream struck the front
line ID doubled-up. wavered and then
fed. Once started the retreat was more
rapid than glorious
MIR. PYPER's VERDICT
George j. Pyper. manager Of the salt
lake theater in discussing last nights
disgraceful affair, had this TO say: Il
was NOT down here last evening, but
from what the attaches 81 the house
tell me. ! am surprised that students,
boys OF good families should act like
sayares We are willing TO let the boys
have ain the clean fun they want, but
vandalism we cannot-will not stand
for minute. This is our property and
We are going 10 protect H. ] hardly
think it win happen again The boys
were initiating the university boys IN
D. al. IA. IN Ham a
en- know what happens to an ugly In
ORPHEUM LOCKED.
From the sait Lake thcatcr the mob.
NOW augmented by numbers of the ever
present street roWdy. scuIried down ~
the Orpheum. Like the residents Of the
cyclnne-swept middle west who get into
their cellar when they see whirling
cloud coming the Orpheum people had
their doors locked by the time the hu-
man whrlNind struck the house. The
boys kicked on the doors and surRed
into the lobby. but after making a lot
OF vain noise lcft the State street house
TO hurry TO the Grand
PANIC AT GRAND.
As the vandal-band grew In num-
bers 10 grew in rccklessness and disre-
gard fur the most common rule Of de-
cent citizenship a rush upon tn
lobby entrance az the Grand came so
suddenly that the attendants barely
had time 90 barricade the doors The
ticket -tnker on the parquct entrance
waded into the crowd and sending out
three good shoulder swings sent as
many rah-rah boys 90 the floor They
Drawlcd back into the ranks The front
lines saw they were uu against a half
dozen determined men Ia the door
tenders; office man and ushers 20 tried
gao hold back the excited children 10
fhD rear. The vanguard kept crowding
iu and "a miN-up occurred. Persons M
Side the sh0W-h0use heard the stamp
Ing ~ many feet and became alarmed.
Their fears were being subduod by in
. sido attendants when some idiot out ln
tha rush howled "Flrci' This was the
last straw on the camel6 back, women
in the audience became excited, many
leaving their seats. Two women tainted
uld were revived with difficulty When
tho students saw they could not break
through the 'front.' doors ihey returned
'1 she street
HAVE HAD ENOUGH
Mr Anderson, tho b1yotnco man. took
au active part in calling the youngsters
nln "It is an outrage" Dee said this
morning why should boys, Old enough
to know hntfor. b. permitted 90 DO thia
kind OF Worl9 Mr Cox. the manager
of the house. was not hero. IN every
tnIltte tnHn-anu HIIi Lake ls a t"ll'h'
inhn-fhe boys age aided in every way
ir advertise thclI games ana schemes
] would not he surprised n hey would
hf permitted m enter "a treaier in thls
cii} between acts to give their yen
DDS would work no harm upon anyone
They have destroyed public sentiment
1ni WIN end public support Win snen
Affairs as that of last night II Wai
coWardy trick 10 yell nrc' ae on'
h.ihering numhsklll dld whom he real.
Pred hls gang was whipped We Intend
go io any measure necessary 10 pro.
ltct ourselves and our property upon al
leilre occasions. We have had enough
W ihis rough stun
SCENES Ar THE LYRIC.
won Inc Grand the mob rushed
N.Nh io fhc Lyric on south Main street
we hey were confronted with ior'
ahnlo array Of attaches Tho stu.
lla piled nell-noll into the lobby and
snn fmasnlns The framed signs on
fhe lobby rsnks They started tearing