Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-12
POLICE REINFORCED
TO CURB H|LAR|TY
Officer Tells House Probers of
Scenes Witnessed at
Ebbitt House.
0RUNKS THROWN OUT
BY B0UNcER, HE SAYS
Many Women in Revelry After vir-
ginia-Georgetown Game, Wit
nesses Declare.

spencer Roberts, a policeman told the
special excise law investigating COMMITTEES
OF the House today that the hlarity al
the Ebbitt House was 50 great following
| the Georgetown Virginia foot ball gam.
! that reinfcrcements OF police had TO 1.
sent there. Policeman Roberts. principal
witness before the Caraway committee.
| told story corroborating in many details
| the newspaper articles published the
| morning after the game
lie also told OF arrests. feyelry and
/ fights. and said that he knew Of women
| from questionable resorts being in one
| of the cafes with college boys on the
| night of November Is.
The committee. ssmposed OF Repre-
sentatives Caraway Prouty, Thomson o.
Oklahoma and L'Engle Of Florida. started
the hearing in the House District CON-
mittee room this morning
Harrison's Testimony.
Lieut. Harrison of the first precinct said
he was near the Ebbitt House on the
night following the Georgctown-yirginia
foot ball game
I was In supervisory charge OF the pve-
| cinct and was near or 1t the Ebbtt
House three or four times during th,.
| evening. At O'Clock there was a crowd
there. Later. about O'Clock [ was ther..
and found the crowd had increased 1
drew two men from other details TO keep
the sidewalks clear. I was there between
10 and IL O'Clock and got more men To
keep order
/ THE crowd found there was foot bali
players and their friends. They had CEN
tralixed there. The crowd was immense
| l was not in the bar, but il was packed
full l was In the lobbies: they were
packed with young men and young girls
| when l looked In the barroom I saw
no violation of the law. There was great
confusion. but no general disorder. Sew
eraI individuals were disorderly and were
arrested. Several were arrested for in
toxication. but none was under twenty
one. saw no women or girls intoxi-
Gated"
1 Flow of Liquor Rapid.
Lieut. Harrison said every oae who
could get to the bar was drinking as
fast as possible. and that the flow of
Hauor was extremely rapid.
Representative Walters asked Il the
police had anticipated disorder:
| Yes"
Was that from past experience?"
I Yes
Lieut. Harrison said that special i'm
structions had been given by Capt. Ro-
linberger. who had men posted about
| the precinct. He had warned the men TO
see that the excise law was not violated.
| But he said discretion must be used
| on account of the occasion
| Am / correct said Representative
| Walters. 'in assuming that most Of the
men in the bar were not college stu
dentse"
| Representative Thompson Of Oklahoma
asked whether ten arrests in the vicinity
| OF the Ebbitt House was not unusual
Lieut. Harrison sad IL was.
He presented a memorandum showing
that forty-two arrests were made i'm Inc
precinct: twelve of which We're students.
Would Go Back of November IS.
A. +. Shoemaker. attorney for the Anti
Saloon League. asked permission o. 20
back Of November 15.
II am in favor of finding out all we
can about violations Of the aw?" said
Representative Thompson. Mr.. Shoe
maker began to question Lieut.. Harrison.
Conditions were bad at the Eobitt
House. said Mr.. Shoemaker "and yoa
had to place extra men there.
The police lieutenant told about the
swaying masses which collected around
the Ebbitt corner.
And they gave no attention 10 ihc m
side OF the cslfey' was the question
"Tney took care of the police duty
Lieut.. Harrison described the downstairs
cafes of the Ebbitt.
Did you see women III the cafes
Yes The two front rooms We're iiliei.
Probably one-third or one-half we're
women. They were drinking.
He said he was not inside the cafes.
but there was noise.
did you see any girls VINO hooih sA-
cite suspicion as TO age?
In response to questions. Lieut.. ifar-
rison said he told George schutt. pre-
prietor, that the place was gettins
crowded and that Mr.. Schutt expressed
the fear that he might have I" close
up the barroom. Lieut.. Harrison said
that Capt Hollinberger had instructed
his men to make special preparation.
because of previous foot BAH ceiebfa-
ffons centering there. Lieut.. Harrison
persisted that there were no girls under
fwenfy-one wears old drinking there.
Ladies were drinking. but no sirts
Opinion as to Hotel.
Mr.. Shoemaker asked the policeman
whether tine Ebbitt House is good or
bad
He hesitated.
Answer in your judgment, said
Chairman carraway.
Not bad" said Harrison. Some OF
the best people go tHeFe
Don't the worst of the female ele-
ment go there?"
Yves, I have seen thenl-but not 50
much now as formerly"
Isn't it notorious for women of that
kindy" continued Mr.. Shoemaker.
II don't think So.
Commissioner Siddohs introduced
conia. of letters from Mai. Sylvester
to various college officials. cheer Lead
ers. etc. warning them that previous
had centered police atten-
tion TO the students. and warning them
to be on good behavior. he also pre-
sented statement from Capt. Hollin-
berger of the first precinct, the general
OF which was to discredit
the newspaper articles alleging noise
and disorder.
precinct Detective Simpson, detailed
RI the Ebbitt bar told OF two arrests
SIMPSONS testimony was repetition
Of that given in the Police Court in
the excise law violation matter.
Rioters Not Collegians.
REPRESENTATIVE Walters established
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