Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
Magistrate Joyce of Mount
Rainier Threatens Those Mis-
representing Their Ages.
INNKEEPERS ACQUITTED
OF SELLING TO MINORS
No Case Made Against Rams Horn
Inn Proprietor or Bladensburg
Man Last Night.

Girls who misrepresent their ages In
an effort to obtain intoxicating liquors
at places in Prince Georges county. Md.
Will In the future run a big chance Of
being severely dealt with II Magis-
trate Robert Joyce of Mount Rainier
carries out threats made last night
at the trials Of ]. B. Allison. proprie-
tor OF Rams Horn Inn. and P. ]. Stueb-
ner. proprietor of an establishment at
Bladensburg. The trials were held In
Potts Hall at Mount Rainier. Md. and
the place was packed to the doors
The roadhouse proprietors were
tried and acquitted Of charges Of fur
nishing intoxicating liquor to a minor
girl. It was following the trials that
Magistrate Joyce warned Marie Smith,
Ethel Hines and Hazel Knauss, three
young Washington girls. against visit
Ing the places. He declared that If he
again found the girls visiting the
places he would send them to the
house of correction.
It was charged that Allison Furnished
intoxicants to the girls last Saturday
night. Hazel Knauss testified she was
served with a creme de menthe.
Admits Taking Hickey.
Ethel Hines. another witness, testi-
fed to having been served with a sloe
gin rickey.
She was cross-examined by Allison
who endeavored to bring out that the
witness with another girl and a male
companion had visited the place more
than month ago. and then declared
she was married and OF age. The wit
ness declared she was not the person
referred to.
Allison took the stand in his own de-
Tense and testified that Ethel Hines
with another girl and a man had Wis
tied the inn more than a month ago
and that two Manhattan cocktails and
two bottles of beer had been ordered
told the bartender to hold up the
order until I could investigate" the
witness testified. II talked with Ethel
Hines then. and she said 1t was a pity
a married woman could not go out with
her husband and have something to
drink without being questioned. She
SAID she was twenty-one years old"
Magistrate Joyce announced the case
closed and called P. ]. Etuebner to trial
Was Too Young Looking.
Hazel Knauss testified she went to
Stuebner's road house Saturday night
but declared she did not get anything
to drink. When I went into the place
Mr.. Stuebner was standing at the bar
room door and he said to me, You are
TOO young looking. You can't get any
thing here"
Magistrate Joyce said he would dis
miss the charge against Stuebner or
the testimony of the witness that she
had not been served with anything al
the place and would also dismiss the
other case on the testimony presented
He informed the girls that If they
again visited the places he would deal
severely with them. The road houss
proprietors were told by Magistrate
Joyce that If at any other time young
girls visited their places and caused
any trouble to send for him. II will
deal with them in a way they won't
like" he said.
The charges against the road house
proprietors grew out Of the alleged Joy
ride Of a party Of six Saturday night
whose arrest followed in Baltimore
after Mrs. Helen Stewart complained
she had been robbed of $1,000 while ir
Rams Horn Inn. Ethel Hines, one OF
the members of the party, later ad.
mitted to a magistrate. 1t is alleged
that she took the money.