Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-17
STUDENTS RAISE
SMALL RIOT, But
ARE LET co FREE
Columbia "sophs" Break Up
"Freshies'" Dinner at
AchteI-Stetter's.
GENERAL FIGHT ENsUEs;
DAMAGE SET AT s4oo
Police Arrest Fourteen, Whom
Judge Grice Discharges.
mo Complaint"

Fourteen students of the sopho-
more class of Columbia University,
New York, were arrested here last
night for creating a small-sized riot
in their efforts to break up the an
nuaI freshmen class dinner being
given in Achtel-Stetter's. When ar
| raigned before Judge Grice in the
First Precinct Court today they were
discharged with a reprimand after
no one made g. formal complaint
against them. The s400 damage In
Cured by the fracas was guaranteed
| by the freshmen, 1t is said, which
accounted for the Ieniency of the
restaurant, 1t Is believed. No reason
| Is assigned for the leniency of the
| police.
The ''sophs''s not only succeeded in
delaying the dinner for some time,
but broke nearly all of the furniture
on the second fioor of the restaurant.
put clubs through the big plate-glass
windows, smashed right and left until
the fraeas resembled an old-time
"free-for-all"
The men arrested last night were
booked at the First precinct station
house. Lieutenant Opel was in
charge of the desk and showed every
courtesy to the prisoners. They made
light of their arrests and started to
sing. A committee called Judge Grice
on the phone and asked him to sit
last night. This he refused to do.
The prisoners asked that bail be
taken. but when told the amount they
decided that they would remain az
guests OF the city for the night.
City Counsel Spaulding Frazer and
Police Commissioner John L. Reid
heard of the trouble and went to the
station house. The students prom
ised that there would be no more
rioting tactics, and on this promise
Commissioner Reid had them re-
leased In his custody until today.
Regard Court Proceedings as Joke.
The fourteen. spic and span and
showing outs and bruises as memen-
| tos OF the fracas, appeared la court
ltbdsy. Judge Crrioes called Anthony
| r. StaubwasseFs manager of the res
taurant, and asked him II he would
press a complaint. His reply was
mo- The police were also lenleni
and refused to make complaint
Judge Grice then let the ..sophs'' 60
after reprimanding them. "Gee. we
have big cops here in Newark" said
Glass President Schultz, who Is a
Newarker, as he left the court room.
! Schultz Is graduate of Barringer
High School, and while there played
| baseball and was a high jumper.
When arrested he gave a New York
Those arrested were: Lyman Brad
| ley. twenty, 1859 Elm avenue, Mt. Ver-
non, N. Y; Robert Friend. twenty,
b96 Riverside drive, New York;
Thomas Bentley. nineteen, $50 West
One Hundred and Thirteenth street,
New York; Malcolm Walsh, nineteen
New Brighton, Staten Island: Joseph
Langavva, twenty, 318 East One Hum
dred and Sixteenth street. New York;
Joseph Bryan, nineteen, 634 One Hun
dred and Thirteenth street, New York:
Kenneth w. Todd twenty, Dobbs
Ferry, New York: Frederick Wurzy-
bach, eighteen, East One Hundred
and Sixteenth street, New York;
Ramshoff. nineteen, GIG West One
Hundred and Fourth street, New
York; Kenyon Chamberlain, twenty.
431 West One Hundred and Seven
teentn street, New York; David
Cochran, nineteen, 481 West One Hun
dred and Seventeenth street, New
York; Thomas McCauley, twenty, 16l
East Eighty-seventh street, New
York.
The hight .freshies" outnumbered
the "sophs'' last night. and SO fierce
was the fighting that Stetter's Ger
man army of walters and cooks en-
until the arrival of the reserves
from the First precinct and num-
ber of men from headquarters.
Even Trolley Service stopped.
Trolley service was stopped and
Broad street blocked for nearly half
an hour. Although the "freshies"
scented trouble. they did not expect
It until about midnight. The arrests
were made at 7:10 o'clock. About this
time q squad of freshmen were on
their way to the restaurant. When
they arrived at the -Four Corners"
they met one of the sopllornores and
were inforRed that there was some-
thing doing.
The "freshies" then broke into
run and met the 'sophs" trying to
get into the restaurant Hats were
tossed high in the air, the class song
given and then fists swung hard and
wide. For twenty minutes the fra
cas- continued. DLtthb Ailu StOIiCes To-
gether with clubs, were used to ad-
vantage.
address,
AS soon as the fracas was over a
truce was made and a committee
from the ..sophs'' was admitted to
the dining room. The management
of the restaurant places the dam
age at $400. This the freshmen prom
ised to make good.
"The bigger the damage the more
the fun" said one of the 'sophs."
'It is q standing rule that the fresh
men must pay everything. Last year
we were dining at Bustanoby's, in
New York. The ssophs Jumped US.
and q free-for-all fight followed. Be-
fore we got through the place was
wrecked, and it cost us about $l,500."
The freshmen arrived here in
SQUADS. The first to enter the res
taurant took their places around 5
o'clock. Trouble was scented even
at this early hour. At and o'clock
the SQUADS entering the city were
escorted by policemen from the sta
ton to the banquet hall.
How the Rush Started.
1t was 6:45 o'clock when there was
a crash of glass from broken win
dows. This was the signal for the
attack on both the front and side en-
frances to the restaurant. AS II by
magic the '.sophs' came from all
sides.
Twenty Of the bravest of the So
phomores rushed the front entrance