The Washington times., 1917-04-02
BALTIMORE RIOT
BOOSTS RECRUITING
. Police Reserves Beat Men Who
Broke Up Anti-War
Meeting.

BALTIMORE, April 2-Following last
nights riot at the Academy Of Music,
when a pacifst mass meeting. addressed
by DR.. David Starr Jordan, was broken
up by patriotic crowd which forced
its way into the building, singing ma
tional airs, Baltimore this morning is
getting its first real taste Of war.
Early morning found long lines Of
candidates before the recruiting stations
and enlistments took a long leap toward
record marks.
Last nights demonstration at the
Ac4demy was led by half a dozen young
men, prominent members of Maryland
families. They were arrested and later
released for trial.
Several Badly Beaten.
were called out and broke up the crowd
with their clubs. beating several young
men numerically and arresting two
wagon loads.
Among those arrested were:
Carter G. Osburn. jr.. Allison Muir.
William Upton. Douglas -Ober. jr,
Leonard Ober. and Louis Merryman.
Douglas Ober, jr., was taken to
Maryland General Hospital with a
severely cut head, and Merryman, Os-
burn, and c. Harry Reeves, jr, also
were severely beaten. Osburn, who
carried a flag, was rendered uncon-
sctous, but revived.
The scene of the police charge was
almost unparalleled in the history Of
the city. About forty policemen
swept toward the crowd, using their
clubs Unfortunately, whether or
not resistance was offered.
Three patrolmen seized Douglas
Ober, jr., and beat him into an un-
conscious condition. With one man
holding each arm, the third played a
tattoo on Ihis head, continuing even
after he Sad been carried to the pave
ment.. kpS other groups the same
scene was. being repeated and in two
minutes the street was cleared, leav-
ing the police in possession of the
field.
The affair. began when the doors
of the Academy were locked by the
police after the building was packed
to the roof. The meeting, at which
DR.. David Starr Jordan, president of
Leland Stanford University, and
other prominent pacifists were to
speak, had been well advertised, and
as soon as the doors were closed the
late arrivals began to clamor for ad-
mission.
Marshal Orders Them On.
The rapidly growing crowd out.
side was decidedly anti-pacifc. When
about 500 persons had gathered they
were told to move on by Marshal
Carter. The gathering shifted slowly,
and only for a few yards. They be-
gan to sing The Star-SpangIed
Banner" and My Country 'Tis of
Thee" Additional arrivals kept com
ing and the size of the crowd sweIled
every minute.
Then a flag appeared. 1t was ifted
above the heads of the>assemblage
by c. Harry Reeves, jr., and a pro-
cession marched back and forth be-
fore the Academy singing ITO h
to h with Billy Bryan" and the
same refrain with DR.. Jordan's name
1on the end of it.
Representative Men There.
The crowd was led by representa-
tives Of many OF the best-known fam
flies and institutions in the city. They
were of all ages. It was not an as
semblage of irresponsible boys look
ing for excitement.
In the front ranks were Prof. Rob
ert W. Wood, OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity; Prof. John H. Latane, OF
Johns Hopkins: Douglas Ober and
Gustavus Ober. jr., DR.. ]. H. Mason
Knox, Jacob France, jr., Bartlett S.
Johnston, r. LANCASTER Williams, of
Middendorf, Williams & Co.; Major
Adams! J. S. Crawford Frost, and
other business men and members of
the faculties of Hspkins, University
of Maryland. City College, Baltimore