The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-03
STUDENTS GIVEN
FULL ACQU|TTAL
Not Drunken or Boisterous Fol
lowing Virginia-Georgetown
Football Game.
REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE
II There Was Disturbance, 1t
Was Caused by Overenthu-
siastic Friends.
REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE
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Washington, D. c., February 2.-The
students Of the University of Virginia
and Georgetown University were ex-
onerated to-day at the hands or tho
subcommittee OF tho District OF Column
bia Committee of tho House Of Repro
sentativeB. which made a thorough In
vestigation Of tho published reports
and charges made upon the floor OF tho
House that the students were intoxi-
Gated and boisterous about the streets
OF Washington on the night of the an
nual football game between the two
universities, November 15. Tho COM
mittee found. In fact that the reports
OF the celebration Of the annual event,
which marks the climax In the football
schedules of the two rival universities.
were greatly exaggerated.
Testimony at the hearing before the
committee tended to show that the
majority of the Virginia students and
football players attended a perform
ance at the Columbia Theatre and
maintained an excellent demeanor. that
tho students of Georgetown were gen
orally we'll behaved, and that whatever
excess Of disturbance there was. was
created by over enthusiastic friends OF
both teams mostly very young men.
The report. which Is n compilation
as we'll as compromise of the opin-
ionI Of Representatives Caraway,
Thompson, LFnglc, Prouty and wal
ters. makes no concentration. Mem
bers Of the committee differed widely
in their individual opinions. at least
one OF them going so far to draft
report calling for immediate action by
the excise board.
The compiling OF the report was
fraught with difficulties. Members
were sought by friends and foes of
the Ebbitt House. temperance people
endeavored to have the committee sit
as police juries on individual cases OF
drunkenness. and one OF the undercur-
rents which sought to draw the com
mittee into further controversy car
ried with II the charge that the whole
Ebbitt House investigation was the
result OF conspiracy on the part OF
other hotels.
The port states In part.
Ebbitt House Headquarters.
The students of the University of
Virginia came to Washington to attend
football game with tho Georgetown
University. and secured rooms and
made their headquarters at the Ebbitt
House. corner Il and Fourteenth Streets
The reservations were made some DAYS
In advance. The proprietor and man
ager OF the Ebbltt House anticipating
that the headquarters being at his
house would draw large patronage for
that evening. took special precautions
to care for the crowd by calling out
the full force of bartenders, and en-
Raging extra men to act as bouncere.
II seems that tho duty OF the bouncers
was TO throw out on the barroom all
those who had become too boisterous
or too intoxicated. On the evening
In question very large crowd gath
cred at the Ebbit House, many OF
whom became somewhat intoxicated
and boisterous. and the streets and
sidewalks In front of said house be-
came congested. and eight or ten po-
lice officers from other precincts OF
sidewalks and maintain order.
The evidence falls 10 show. however,
20 our satisfaction that any of the pa
irons so intoxicated were students OF
either the University of Virginia or
Georgetown University.
The evidence further discloses that
the articles appearing In the newspa
pers, which constitute the basis of this
inquiry. were very much exaggerated.
and reflect unjustly and unfairly upon
the student body of these institutions.
Praise for Police Force.
I'm the conduct OF the police force
upon this occasion we find but little to
criticize. We And that the captain of
the precinct, anticipating tho large
crowd that would gather on that oc-
casion. took special precautions to pre-
serve order and prevent the violation
OF the excise law. In carrying out his
purpose no assigned two plainolothes