The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-09
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HOTEL COMPANyFOR
BARRING UNIFORMS
Plaintiff Claims Refused Dance
Privileges Because Husband
1Ey> Was In Uniform
THREE oTHERtSUITS, ARE ..
A PROMISED THIS MORNING
Others Have Complained of Pol
Icy Pursued BY Management
OF the Young Roof Garden

ror dieBcu dissemination against
the uniform of enlisted men of the
United States Navy in ordering two
sailors In uniform, accompanied by two
ladies, to cease dancing on the plat
form Of the Young Hotel roof garden,
IN action for $4,000 damages was
brought yesterday by Mrs. Emma +.
Camper against the Territorial Hotel
Company. Her attorneys, Andrews &
Pitman, said yesterday that three other
actions, each IN the same amount,
would be commenced this morning by
the filing of complaints.
The events which led to the bringing
of the suit, and upon which will be
based the other actions, were told in
The Advertiser directly after the oc-
currence early in August.
Refused Dancing Privileges
According to the complaint, on the
evening of Saturday, August 4, Mrs.
Camper, Harry l.. Camper, her husband,
Miss Eva Martin, their ward, and Otto
Fisher went to the Young Hotel roof
garden. The two men were in the uni.
form of enlisted men of the United
states Navy. 1t is alleged that Harry
II. Stinson, manager of the hotel, or
dered Mr.. and Mrs. Camper off the
dancing floor and prohibited them from
further dancing on the dance floor. ~
When the affair was detailed to The
Advertiser after its occurrence il was
said that the same or similar orders
were given and treatment accorded to
Otto Fisher and the young lady whose
escort he was, Miss Martin. ..".
1t is further alleged that Manager
Stinson, or his agents or representa-
tives, gave no other reason for the ac-
ton taken against the party than that
the men were attired in the uniform of
enlisted men in the navy.
Not Only Complaint
This is by no means the only Occas.
ion that assertions of discrimination
against the uniform of the enlisted
men in the war services of the United
States have been made. One which was
at the time fully authenticated by The
Advertiser may be cited. 1t occurred
before the prohibition of sale of liquor
to men in the United States uniform
had been put into effect.
Service Refused Thrice
A man named Glauser, now cleo
/ trician aboard the Schurz, went to the
Young Hotel roof garden and ordered
a glass of beer. Service was refused to
him, he said. Next day he went to the
Young Hotel roof garden again and
this time ordered a lemonade. Again
he was refused, he said, and he came
to the Office of The Advertiser and re.
ported the occurrence. A reporter went
to the roof garden with ,Glauser and
they seated themselves at adjacent
tables. The sailor again ordered lem,
Onade and a waiter went out with the
order. Seeing this the reporter went
over and inquired of Manager Stinson
as to why Glauser had not been served
on the previous occasions. Stinson
then told the reporter that 1T was the
policy Of the hotel not to serve enlist d
men in uniform because officers were in
attendance and made up a large part
of the patronage of the roof garden.
When the reporter turned from Man
ager Stinson he found Glauser more an.
CRY than before. He had again been
refused service. The reporter asked
the waiter who had taken the sailor 5
order why he had not served the lem
onade. The reply was, "Ask the head
waiter" but on insistence he was told
the head waiter had given the waiter
orders not to serve the sailor in uni
form. -.
Fines Are Not Feared
Glauser reported that he had inquired
of Stinson If he did not know it was an
offense against the federal laws to dis.
criminate against the uniform of the
United States, that rsStinson replied he
knew it, hut it made no difference, for
if prosecuted under the law small
fine would be the worst that the hotel
management could expect.
Not Directors Policy NH",.
The Advertiser took this incident up
with @. q. ven Hamm rot the Territorial
Hotel Company, seeking information as
to whether Manager StiRsen was acting
under orders of the responsible direc-
tors of the company. Mr. Won Hamm as.
sured The Advertiser that it was no,
the policy. of the company to refuse
service to enlisted men, and that Man.
ager Stinson had received no instruc
tions to put any such policy. into force
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