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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

Walter Scott Penfield, distinguished
international lawyer, died of heart dis
ease yesterday afternoon at his resi-
dence at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed up to a late hour last night.
Mr.. Penheld, who was So, retired from
the practice of law in December, 1929,
because of i'll health His condition
became serious about 10 days ago.
Born in Auburn, Ind, he was edu-
Gated at Howe Military School, the Uni
versity of Michigan and George WASH
ington University. He had long and
distinguished career in international
law, and represented the Government
in several important cases.
Mr.. Penf1eld was an attorney in the
State Department from 1901 to 1904,
and during this period was assistant
to United States counsel and American
secretary Of The Hague Court in arbi-
tration of the Pious fund case between
Mexico and the United States.
Later he was professor of interna-
tional law at Washington College of
Law, and in 1912 was appointed attor-
ney for the Panama Legation. He was
United States delegate to the Pan
American Financial Congress in 1915,
and during the same year served as
delegate to the International Peace
Congress at San Francisco.
He was appointed in 1919 to be a
member Of the permanent committee
for Panama.
He was member of the Institute of
Politics, Williamstown, Mass, and as
sistant secretary of the disappointment
tary Union, Bern and Geneva. He
also was q member of the Academy of
International Law, The Hague; a MEM
~ DaJo
tons; of the international Law Asso-
citation and American Society of In
ternational Law.
He was former vice president of the
American Bar Association. Among his
clubs were the Metropolitan. Chevy
Chase, Lawyers, Racquet, National
Press and Zeta Psi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
WHO Baked
HUSBANDS SUICIDE
HANGS HERSELF
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husband and three children to return
to China, Mrs. Moy killed herself while
visiting In the Massachusetts, city.
Moy, a 26-year-old graduate OF the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
attempted to end his life in a similar
manner at his apartment, 2431 E street,
on November IS, but his attempt was
frustrated by his wife.
Mrs. Moy awoke shortly before mid
night and found her husband hanging
by his necktie from a bedpost in their
bedroom. She ran to the kitchen, got a
knife, cut him down and called police
for aid.
The engineer was rushed to Emergency
Hospital and later was admitted to Gal
linger Municipal Hospital for further
attention. He steadfastly refused to as
sign any reason for his act after his
recovery several days later.
1t was learned here that Moy had
been exerting every effort to secure an
adjustment of his wife's status so that
she might not be taken from him, but
his labors apparently bore little fruit.
Mrs. Moy, a graduate of a Boston
business college. was married to Moy
in China in 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

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from prospective immigrants who are
considered likely to become public
charges.
BY roundup and deportation of
aliens. unable to prove their right to be
in the United States.
BY searching out deserters from
foreign ships. recently declared by the
Supreme Court to be liable to deporta-
ton regardless Of the statute of limi-
tations.
by transporting destitute aliens
who volunteer.
The difference between the second
and the third classes, it is explained,
lies in the fact that an alien who can
show he has been in the country more
than five years is immune from de-
portation by virtue of the statute of
limitations, whereas deserters from for
eign ships are. not.
Government officials estimate that
the sensational reduction in consular
visas issued has kept approximately
100000 alien laborers out of the
country. The number of ship de-
serters in the country is put roughly
at 100000. Most of these would be IN
the 100000 count. How many more
aliens might be sent abroad by the
voluntary arrangement will depend
somewhat on the policy sought to be
promulgated by tomorrow's conference
at the Labor Department.
In addition TO all these groups, the
Labor Department, cooperating with
local charity organizations in cities
along the Mexican border, especially in
the Los Angeles area, has helped to
return large numbers of destitute Mex
leans to their homes
The Labor Department has $4,000, 900
at its disposal for this work of reducing
the alien population The latest Off
cial table Of immigrants made public
shows only 3,147 alien admittances in
February, as against 1885 in the cor
responding month last year and 1884
in the previous February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

was the old Central guardhouse and
police headquarters" The theater was
convenient for the "toughs" of the
neighborhood. Ford's Opera House
went out during the eighties. The
name was changed to Bijou-for some
reason or other stock name for
American theaters.
Then came the days Of cheap melo-
drama, which continued almost to the
days when burlesque was becoming
popular. Naturally the character Of
the audiences changed in accordance
with the style of entertainment and
more in keeping with the character of
the neighborhood. Streets of New
York." Darkest Russia Lights Of
London and all the rest Of the hair
raising, tear-releasing melodramas of
the nineties were presented. There
were tough audiences, especially the
gallery crowds. At one time, it is re-
corded, the manager stretched a net
across the front Of the stage to protect
his scenery and the actors from the
showers Of eggs and decayed vegetables
brought in from the nearby markets.
Starts Sunday Theatricals.
The Bijou broke the ice for Sunday
theatricals in Washington. Presumably,
there was no law prohibiting theaters
from remaining open on the Sabbath,
but during the COS it simply wasn't
being done. The very idea was 50 hor-
rtble that everybody thought it must be
illegal and the Bijou management went
about the innovation cautiously by adj
vertising sacred concertS"-still the
usual stratagen in cities with rigid Sab
bath laws. The current performance
was made sacred" by the singing of a
hymn or playing Of religio6 piece by
the orchestra.
These sacred concerts" proved popu-
lar, nobody interferred because nobody
had any authority to interfere, and
eventually the sacred" part was
dropped altogether Other theaters
took advantage Of the precedent set by
the Bijou.
But the old theater, surrounded by
markets, was coming rapidly upon evil
days. There was frequent changes of
management and occasional flush sea-
sons, interspersed with seasons when
there was hardly any patronage Bur-
lesque came in. The Bijou began to go
out Of the Washington theatrical pic
ture.
1t started as q carriage factory. It
ended its days as an interstate bus
terminal and with market stalls on the
ground floor. Upstairs some of the
theatrical fittings still remained. Now
everybody has moved out and the gray
old building, placarded with removal
signs, is lifeless shell-already half a
ruin.
The curtain has rung down on the
melodrama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

TINE Oldest Of Washington theaters
will be a pile Of dusty bricks
in a few weeks.
i The Bijou at Ninth street
and Louisiana avenue, a site
soon to be cleared in accordance with
the Federal building program, hardly
has entered the picture of theatrical
washington for 20 years-but In the
day Of its glory 1t boasted a presiden-
tial box and some of the most cele-
brated of American actors and actresses
trod its boards.
Few theaters, old newspaper accounts
reveal, have known more varied his
tory. The Bijou has known the highest
and lowest of the American stage, from
Shakespearian repertoires to the depths
Of melodrama and burlesque. It's au-
diences have been made up at one time
Of the most cultured of Washington
society and at another of the dregs
The building was erected in 1850 as
a carriage factory and shortly after
ward was used as an auction room.
During the Civil War, when the popu-
lation of Washington was greatly in
creased by the soldiers billeted here
and there was a demand for light en-
tertainment, 1t was first fitted up as a
variety house by William L. Wall. It
continued as Walls Opera House" until
1871 when it was leased by another
proprietor. Then 1t was badly damaged
by fire and, when restored, was leased
by John Ford, who had been pro-
prietor of the ill-famed Fords Theater
on Tenth street where Abraham Lin
coin was assassinated.
Had Many Best Plays.
The days of its greatest success fol-
lowed. Many of the best plays which
came to Washington were presented
there. Among the noted folk of the
stage who appeared in the old build
ing were Charlotte Cushman and Joseph
Jefferson. The corner became a focus
of Washington theatergoers. The
Btjou was patronized by President
Chester A. Arthur
During this stage Of its career, In
1887, the manager invited the WASH
ington presto quote newspaper ac-
count Of the time-"to see the new
mechanical moving roof, the only one
OF its kind in the United States. All the
audience has to do Is to gaze upward
and the starry heavens are at once
visible. The roof is operated from the
stage. While the press was inspecting
the new and handsome chairs Prof.
Plstor1os band diScoursed beautiful
music. A bountiful repast provided by
Manager Haynes was partaken of by
the guests"
But these high-hat days were short
for the Bijou. 1t appears to have been
badly located, in the midst of saloon
and market district. Across the street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN MEET.
National Law Enforcement League to
Convene Tomorrow.

The National Woman's Democratic
Law Enforcement League will hold an
all-day session at the Shoreham Hotel
tomorrow, when officers will be elected
and reports of officers received.
At noon the delegates will go to the
White House to pay their respects to
President and Mrs. Hoover.
A pipe organ concert by Miss Irene
June will launch the meeting at O'Clock,
and the business session will be held
until noon. After the White House visit,
the delegates will return to the Shore
ham for lunch.
The afternoon will be given over to
addresses by Mrs. Edward Thurman
Smith Mrs. Henry w. Peabody, Mrs. H.
H Hendrick and former Senator Robert
L. owen of Oklahoma. Allen A. Potter
will sing.
In the evening, at 7:30 o'clock, Prof.
r. Dean Shure and a chorus of so
voices will give a concert, and there will
be speeches by Mrs. Clement L. Shaver,
DR.. Jennie Callfss, Mrs Jennifer Broad
dus, Miss Maude Saunders, Mrs. j. @.
Ross, Daniel c. Roper and Miss Edna
Barnett.
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, the presi-
dent will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
MURDER CHARGED
TO WIDOW AND SON
Viruinia Pair Linked to Death
of Dairyman at Amelia by
SIayer's Story.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMELIA, Va, April 1l-A grand
jury today returned murder indict-
ments against Mrs. Jeston A. Jones and
Oscar Jones, widow and son OF j. VIII
Jones, prominent Amelia County dairy
man, for whose death last January
Richard Lee, colored farm hand, was
convicted of murder yesterday.
The indictments, returned by spe-
cisI grand jury summoned Immediately
after the conviction of Lee, contained
four counts charging murder, procuring
murder, melting to murder and aiding
and abetting in the commission OF
murder.
Trial for Mrs. Jones was set by Judge
Edwin P. Cox for June %. No date
was named for the trial Of oscar Jones.
Bond for each was fixed at $4,000.
Hunter Watson of Crewe, attorney for
Mrs. Jones and her son, said bond
would be made for his clients.
Slayer duplicates Pair.
Lee, convicted of first-degree murder
and sentenced to 20 years in the peni-
Tertiary, testified at his trial that both
Mrs. Jones and oscar Jones had offered
him $25 to commit the crime. Lee was
one Of the witnesses called before the
grand jury today
$25 offer was made to him, although
he repudiated the truth of a confession
made to officers that he did the killing.
Jones was found dead in bed on the
morning of January with a shotgun
wound in the head The defense in the
trial OF Lee sought to establish that 1t
was case of suicide.
S. G. Jones, brother Of the slain man,
said today that Mrs. Jones had been
married twice, her first husband being
Hampton McCraw Of Carroll County.
McCraw was killed in 1900 by James
Quinn, colored, after an alteration in
store at Sylvatus, where McCraw
clerked for Mrs. Jones father. Mrs.
Jones, before her marriage, the brother
said, was Miss Jeston Allen Of Carroll
County daughter of Jack Allen and a
niece Of Floyd Allen, the latter one of
the central figures in the Hillsville
tragedy in 1912. when three court off,
Gals, including the judge, were shot
to death, a juror was fatally wounded
and several other persons we're injured.
Mrs. Jones father, Jack Allen, was
not a participant in the shooting.
Uncle EIectrocuted.
The shooting in the Hillsville case
started after Floyd Allen had been SEN
fenced to jail for interfering with an
officer. The Aliens were held respon-
sible, but died firing the first shot.
Floyd and Claude Allen were later
electrocuted. They denied there was
any conspiracy among members of the
family and laid the blame for the shoot
ing on bitter political factionalism
that had grown up in the county.
PardonS were granted to several
members of the Allen family who were
sentenced to the penitentiary in con-
nection with the case. The last of
these pardons was granted in 1926.
Mrs. Jones was summoned as a wit
ness in the trial yesterday, but refused
to testify on advice from counsel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
THREE HURT IN CRASH

Three persons we're hurt when the
automobile in which they were riding
crashed into a telephone pole on Rhode
Island avenue northeast near the Dis
trict line last night.
Clarence Bache. 1000 Twenty second
street, suffered a. broken leg and minor
cuts to his body; George Gray, 1915
Window place, received slight lacera-
lions to the body and Clayton Abel,
14l3 Wisconsin avenue, suffered a
broken wrist and shock
According to police Bache, who was
driving the car, collided with the pole
when he swerved to avoid striking a
pedestrian. The injured persons were
treated at Sibley Memorial Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
MAN 'BURIES" SELF AS POLICE
SEIZE FOUR, STILL AND LIQUOR
Suspect Covers Body With Earth as Another Hides in
Bath Tub to Escape Raiders.

house. Policemen were about to give
up the hunt when they happened to
look in a bath tub-there doubled into
an intricate knot was Butler. They
placed him under arrest and continued
the search.
almost, but not completely, buried in a
a big pile Of dirt. They disinterred him.
All four men were charged with
manufacture and possession Of liquor
and possession of equipment for the
manufacture of liqyJr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
CORRECTION.
Mrs. Hacker, Who Died Yesterday,
Was Not Mr.. Clark Grifath's
Mother-in-Law,

In a special dispatch to The Star
yesterday from Danville, ILL.,, reporting
the death of Mrs. Emma Hacker, %
years old, it was stated that Mrs. Hacker
was 1.-The mother Of tina late Mrs. Min
ME Griffith, wife of CLARK Griff1th, presi-
dent of the Washington base ball club"
Mrs. Hacker was the mother-in-law
of Mr.. Griffith's sister Minnie, who
died In 1922. Mrs. Grifith, who Is in
good health, y no relation OF Mrs,
Hacker. The Or regrets the error
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
BISHOP GAMBLER RAPS
BIRTH CONTROL ACTION
By the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, April 11.-Bishop Warren
A. Chandler, in a letter today to the
Atlanta Constitution, said the position
taken in a recent action of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in Amer
lea in regard to birth control did not
represent the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.
1.-The Federal Council of Churches"
the bishop wrote, "is composed of mem
bers appointed by several Of the Protes-
tant churches and it is designed to rep
resent these churches within proper
limits
Its deliverance on the matter of
birth control has no authorization from
any churches supporting it, and what
IL has said regard as most unfortunate,
not to use any stronger words"
The council recently sanctioned the
principle of birth control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

John Walker and Theodore Butler
found novel places to hide.
1t all happened when the vice squad
raided premises in the $500 block of
Foote street northeast and arrested four
men and seized 250-gallon still, 48
half gallons of liquor and so barrels OF
mash.
In the front room of the dwelling
police arrested Reuben Dorsey, "A, and
Thomas Farrell, 35. both OF the 700
block of third street.
Then they began search OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
DRIVE AGAINST ALCOHOL
Woodcock Says Investigation Has Been
on for Some Time

Woo0cOck Says Investigation Has Been
on for Some Time.
Prohibition Director woodcock an
nounced last night the seizure of a
radio station and the arrest of eight
persons in New Orleans was the be-
ginning Of operations against "a con-
sistent attempt to smuggle alcohol into
the United States from the Gulf Of
Mexico"
Woodcock said the arrests were the
outcome Of an investigation by Federal
officials that has been under way for
some time"
Informed of the arrests st'his home
in Salisbury, Md, Woodcock said the
trail had been opened by the seizure OF
similar alcohol first at New Orleans and
later in the interior of Indiana.
May Come From Cuba.
This would indicate" Woodcock
said, operations extending over a con-
siderable territory. and the investiga-
ton OF the ramiflcation of these ac-
tivities was begun more than month
ago.
1T is by no means improbable that
this alcohol has been coming in from
Cuba, but nothing has been definitely
established along this line 1t is a
fact, however, that very little illegal
liquor has been coming in from Canada
since the passage Of their law limiting
the shipments of liquor, save for a
small quantity known to be trickling
into Detroit. 1t is possible that smug-
Cling activities have been concentrated.
because Of this law, along the Gulf
OF Mexico, particularly at New Orleans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
MARYLAND u. JOINS UNIT
OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Class A Rating and Faculty Stand
ards Admit School to
Association.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
COLLEGE PARK, Md, April Ii
Word was received here tonight from
Miss Adele Stamp, dean of women of
the University of Maryland, that the
local institution had been admitted to
the American Association of University
Women. The organization is holding its
f1ftieth anniversary celebration IN
Boston.
The main requirement for admission
is that an institution must be of class
A rating. Other requirements are that
the faculty must exceed a certain num-
Der, with stipulated number holding
PHI. D. degrees, and that the facilities
of all kinds must be adequate to handle
the enrolment of goods.
Maryland is a member of the associ-
alton of American Universities, symbolic
Of class A rating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
WIFE CHARGES ATTACK
WITH AK BY HUSBAND
Charlotte Knitting Firm Head
Sued for Divorce-Pistol Threat
Also Is Alleged.
BY the Associated press.

BY the ASSOClhLeu FItsba
CHARLOTTE, N. c., April Ii
Charges that William Nobel, head of
the Nobel Knitting Co.. had attacked
her with an ex were made by his wife,
Mrs Bertha Nobel, in affidavits sub
mitted today to Judge w. H. Harding,
before whom she brought suit for sep
arate support Of herself and two chill
dren. Judge Harding reserved de-
cision.
Nobel, formerly of Newark, N. j.,
submitted numerous dispositions deny
ing his wife's allegations. Another
charge preferred by Mrs. Nobel was
the allegation that her husband had
been guilty of improper conduct with
women guests in their home.
Mrs. Nobel asserted that her hus-
band, while intoxicated, threatened
her with a pistol, and then, after she
had taken refuge in a locked room,
with an ak after he had used the
latter to break down the door. On an
other occasion, she alleged, he threw
a fork at her at a dinner party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
MACHADO'S FOES STATE
BASIS FOR OPPOSITION
Cuban Nationalists Demand Res
toration of 1901 Constitution
on New Elections.
BY the Associated Press.

HAVANA, April 1l.-Cuban National
lists, among them former President
Menocal. today formulated a platform
on which they base their opposition to
President Machado.
The platform makes these demands
on the Machado government: Revision
Of the constitution, restoring that of
1901: Reorganization of existing political
parties and formation of new ones;
convocation of general election in the
immediate future and provision for a
new electoral census.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
March Circulation
Daily. ..115,726
Sunday, 1921

District Of Columbia, SIS:
FLEMING NEWBOLD Business Manager
of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR,
does solemnly swear that the actual number
of copies of the paper named sold and dis
trtbuted during the month of March, AID.
1884, was as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
UNKNOWN IN CHICAGO.
officials Unable to Identify Trio Taken
in New Orleans.

CHICAGO, April IL [P.-Govern-
ment prohibition agents here were UNI
able to identify three men arrested in
dry raids at New Orleans today who
said they were from Chicago. The three
gave their names as Hahn, Hart and
Miller. United States District Attorney
George E. @. johnson said the New
Orleans syndicate had no local con-
nection so far as he knew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
GIANT RUM RING
DEALT DEATH BLOW
IN NEW ORLEANS

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fixed at $4,000. The prisoners viii be
arraigned Monday afternoon.
The agents said they had learned the
radio station was used to direct the rum
ships in slipping between Coast Guard
craft as they approached the Gulf
Coast Of Mississippi.
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ALIEN DEPARTURES
FROM U. S. SURPASS
NUMBER ADMITTED

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