A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31180 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Ebbitts House Ruckus Page 4 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Ebbitts House Ruckus Page 4 SENATOR HITS ELEVATOR BOY. Mr. Smith, of Arizona, Annoyed When Car Is Not Stopped Annoyed because the operator would not stop an elevator in the New Ebbitt house at his command Marcus A. SMITH, newly elected senator from Arizona, struck George SMITH, a young negro, in the face Saturday night. Senator SMITH confirmed the story, declaring that the boy was impudent to him and that he had slapped his face. Fellow employes of the elevator man say that the senator from Arizona struck the negro boy a hard blow, knocking his hand from the controller of the car. Col. G. F. SCHUTT, proprietor of the Ebbitt house, said the affair was a regrettable one, but was not of a serious nature. He said that Senator SMITH was waiting on the third floor to descend when the elevator carrying the operator and a passenger passed the floor on its way upward. The senator signaled for the car to stop, but the elevator boy continued on his way, calling to Senator SMITH that he would return presently. When Senator SMITH boarded the elevator he demanded of the boy why he had refused to stop at the third floor. It is said that the operator explained that it was his duty to take his passenger to an upper floor before allowing passengers going down to enter, but this did not appease the senator. Young Smith was not discharged. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com