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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
T|RANA GIVES zOGU
ALBANIAN CONTROL
Fan NoIi. Deposed Premier,
Reported in Flight by Ship
From Durazzo.
Er Tie Associated Press

BY tie Associated Press
BELGRADE, December o7.-With
his occupation of Tirana Ex-Premier
Ahmed Zogu, leader of the Albanian
insurrectionists, has become master
Of the situation in the entire country
and has summoned the members of
his former government to the capital
city. according to press dispatches
The troops supporting the govern
ment Of Fan Noli are said to have
eVacu2 ted Scutari and Ell Basan. and
no serious resistance is expected in
the south. Bairum Tsour is holding
his own with a few scattered bands
of adherents in the region west of
Prizren.
Fan Noli is reproted at Durazzo,
where he hopes to get ship. "a
Rome dispatch, quoting newspaper
adVices received last night, said the
Fan Noh cabinet had embarked at
DurazZo for Avlona.)
Numerous tribes hitherto Indifferent
TO the outcome are reported to be re-
ceiving Ahmed Zogu as liberator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
DEPUTIES UPHOLD
FRENCH LOAN PLAN
Vote Approval of Exchange
of $1OO,OOO 900 Into
Francs.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. December 27.-The Cham
ber of Deputies today voted unani-
mously, without roll call, the govern
ment's convention with the Bank of
France regarding the use to be made
Of the s1OO,00o.000 Morgan loan.
The agreement provides that the
state will pay to the account of the
Bank Of France in New York the pro-
ceeds of the S100.000.000 loan con-
tracted on the American market, and
the Bank of France will credit the
state in francs with a sum corre-
spending to this deposit on the basis
OF francs IS centimes to the dollar.
The credit in francs will be applied to
reduction Of the advances OF the Bank
OF France toward the amount of the
next repayment, which is fixed at
l.2Q0, 100000 francs"
Criticisms were made by speakers
in the chamber. chiefly because of the
complicated bookkeeping involved,
but all agreed to support the govern
ment. A number took advantage of
the debate to urge that the govern
ment return to a gold basis within a
year or two by providing that after
certain date all payments on new
contracts must be made on that basis,
while existing obligations would be
payable in the present depreciate ted
paper francs.
Complete Harmony Exists.
Deputy violette, in reporting the
bill favorably, said it had mot been
easy for the government to get the
consent of the Bank of France to the
arrangement because the bank want
ed the mount Of credit open to the
government held down, while Finance
Minister Clementel, on behalf of the
government, sought to have a certain
Ieeway for emergencies.
NJ. Clementel, in referring later to
this and to the rumors that Georges
Robineau, governor of the Bank of
France, might leave that institution,
said there was complete harmony be-
tween the bank and the government
and he reiterated his support of NJ
Robineau's hostility to imitation.
Thanks "American Friends,
The finance minister expressed his
thanks to our American friends for
the very happy manner in which they
conducted the loan operation" He
called attention to the treasury's diff
fculties, and urged the use Of checks
to relieve the tendency toward infa-
ton.
During the debate 1t developed that
one reason for keeping the Morgan
credit in dollars was that II it had
been converted into francs and paid
to the Bank of France the bank would
have insisted on reducing it's line of
credit to the government by the full
amount, leaving the finance minister
no margin for borrowing in emergen-
cies.
Under the present arrangement the
government repays the bank 1,200,-
10000 francs instead Of 1000, 200, 900
francs, and has a big fund in dollars
available for stock exchange opera
tions to stabilize the franc, "the de-
tense of which is now certain" the
minister said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
FAILURE TO HEAT ROOMS
BASIS OF $1,000 SUIT
George F. Snyder Alleges Wife Was
Made Ill by Discomfort of
Their Apartment.

Alleging that the owner of his
apartment failed to furnish necessary
coal and properly to heat his apart
ment and as a result his wife became
i'll, George F. Snyder, a lawyer, today
sued Margaret j. Calvin, owner of the
Portsmouth Apartment at 1875 New
Hampshire avenue, for $1,000 dam
ages. The lawyer says his wife was
in good health when he rented Apart
ment sol in the Portsmouth October
1, 1923, and during the following Win
ter was rendered i'll as a result of the
place being not sufficiently heated.
He moved out April 81. 1924. he says
and has been put to great expense for
doctors bills and medicines
Mrs. Stella r. Snyder, wife of the
lawyer, also sued the owner of the
apartment for $1,000 damages for her
illness. which she blames on the al
legged failure to heat the building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
BILLBOARD BOOSTING
FOR DRY LAW SOUGHT
Prohibition Unit Will Ask $4,000
Grant to Appeal for
Observance.

A billboard appeal to the public
conscience, through which it is hoped
to bring home to every citizen the
virtues OF law observance, will be in
augurated by the prohibition unit if
congress supplies the necessary
funds.
Enforcement officials believe a $780,
900 appropriation spent on posters
would have a more beneficial effect
than a like sum applied TO the de-
lection and pursuit Of lawbreakers
Details are incomplete, but the cam
paign probably will take on the as
poets of wartime poster ADVERTISING
and it is possible that the poster
campaign will be handled by the
prohibition unit itself, although pri-
vate concerns already have made
offers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
ENTERS IN TRIUMPH.
Ahmed Zogu Welcomed by People
of Tirana.

By the Associated Press
ROME, December 27.-The members
of the Albanian cabinet, headed by
Premier Fan Noli fed the night be-
fore the capital was occupied by the
rebellious forces Of Ahmed Zogu, for
mer premier, according to the special
correspondent of the Giornale d'Italia
at Tirana. The Fan Noli cabinet en-
barked at Durazzo for Avlona.
The correspondent learns that All
med Zogu's government will install
itself at Scuta RI.
Describing the entry into Tirana of
the Zogu forces. the correspondent
says:
ImpIore Peaceful Entry.
The first detachment, strong,
sturdy mountaineers from the Dibra
region, arrived at 10 O'Clock in the
morning, commanded by a lieutenant.
Their ragged uniforms showed the
hardships they had experienced. The
population of Tirana sent special del
egates imploring the commander of
the rebellious toops to enter the city
without causing bloodshed.
AS the contingent of troops ar
rived, the city, which only a few
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so COMMIT SUICIDE
IN BERLIN ON CHRISTMAS

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News
BERLIN. December 27.-Some so
cases Of suicide on Christmas day
have been reported to the police of
Berlin alone. Most of those who took
their own lives were victims of un-
happy marriages and seem to have
killed themselves through a mixture
of spite and desire to be dramatic.
Practically no Berliners left the
city Thursday and Friday. The
usually crowded Paris-Warsaw ex-
press was practically empty. The
theaters and movies, however, were
crammed.
Even the burglars, took a rest. The
usual robberies were lacking and the
police had respite. The only losers
were the vendors of Christmas trees.
During the last days before Christmas
the number of trees in the market
was SO great the merchants prac-
tically had to give them away.
Copyright. 1924. by Chicago Daily News Col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Half of Impounded Fund Is
Ordered Returned i'm Ruling
in Valuation Fight.
REDUCTION IN 1926
TO COME FROM SINKING FUND
Compromise Agreement to Take Effect
in January-Refund to Require
Nearly Year.

An immediate reduction in the for electricity
7 per kowatt the people
of approximately 100000 of mpounded funds will
compromise reached today between the Potomac Electric
Power Co. and the Public Utilities Commission settling
on dispute that has been before the years
In making the announcement Maj W. R. Cove assistant
Chairman Bell Utilities Commission
valuation agreed upon is $32,5OOOOO.
The reduction will be effective bills rendered
after February2
The lmpounded fund amounts to approximately $6OOOOO
representing the difference between the 10
collected 1917 and the of Approximately the
commission has been allowing the company to keep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
LAb0RER |NHER|TS
100000, HE SAYS
Virginian Tells of Bequest
Here-Court Records Fail
to Support Story.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE. Va, December %
Glowing with the effulgence which
only the immediate prospect of $500, 900
can produce, Emmett l.. Griffin, 35-
year old factory hand here, returned
from Washington yesterday with the
glad tidings to his friends and fnti-
mates that he is going to set them
all up in business after January 26,
when the Flora estate passes into his
hands.
He took a little run down to Green
vile, y. c., today and selected an
automobile, on the strength of his
future affiuence, touring back to Dan
vile to turn the eyes of his friends
into saucer-size optics.
Makes Promises to Friends.
Yesterday and today have been fill
ed with little private chats with
friends by Griffin, the subject matter
of which constituted what sort of
business he should provide for them
and their preferences as to site, build
ings, locations and what-not. On
December s Griffin says he was in
formed by c. p. kadison Of Richmond.
Va, that he was heir to the estate.
Since the information came to him,
however, he journeyed up to Wash
ington and consulted, he said. with
the administrators of the estate
whose names, by the way, he could
not rem member when asked-and they
Informed him that the property would
be conveyed to him January 26. Ac-
cordingly, on his return home, big
hearted Emmett Immediately started
a survey of his friendships and ac-
quaintances, with the object of re-
warding those close to him during the
lean days with various sorts of bene-
fits during the oncoming period of
his prosperity.
At the courthouse in Washington,
it was learned today, search had been
made for record of the Floras estate
will. But the search thus far has been
Ar,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

Washington is due tonight to be
knocked cold by an abnormal wave of
frigidity which should succeed in SHOW
ing the mercury down to about 10 de-
grees above zero by tomorrow, accord
ing to the weather mans deductions
today.
The city will remain CONCEALED prob
ably until the middle of next week,
when a slight rise in temperature may
produce some snow. Another cold
spell soon will ensue, however.
Skating at the Lincoln Memorial
pool today was pronounced excellent
by inspectors from the Office Of Lieut.
Col. C. o. Sheriff.. The surface is
hard and smooth, and hundreds Of
skaters are expected during the next
"a hours.
The surface was flooded last night
with enough water to make a new sur
face. which froze hard and smooth.
COLD WAVE RECURs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Bomb Suspects Freed.

MEXICO CITY, December 27.-
Twelve leaders of the Labor partyi
arrested in Queretaro City in con-
nection with an outrage late Thurs
day night, when a. bomb was exploded
in the window OF the mayors house.
were set free by the prosecuting at
torney last evening. One Labor leader
is still under custody, press dispatches
say, pending further investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Refund to Take Year.


In the compromise agreement ap-
proximately 100000 is to be taken
from the impounded fund for taxes,
both Federal and local, leaving $5,
500,0 900 to be divided equally between
the company and the consumers.
The company will Immediately en-
ploy an additional staff Of employees
to carry out the enormous job of re-
funding to thousands of consumers
approximately s2,S00,000 coming to
them as a result of the settlement.
Maj. Covell urged users of electric
ity to have patience in waiting for
the return of their money, pointing
out that 1t will take almost year to
settle all of the accounts the COM
pany has had to keep with consumers
during the seven years of litigation.
Another feature of the compromise
is an agreement on the part of the
company to establish a sinking fund
for depreciation amounting to ap-
proximately $4,000,O00, the interest on
which will act as q credit to the
people in that it will be an item OF
earning power on the company's
books. This arrangement makes the
actual fair value for rate making
purposes, s2S.500,000.
Further Reduction Seen.
sinking fund for depreciation in
creases it will have the effect of re-
ducing rates. The major said that
from his study of the plan agreed
upon. there probably would be
further reduction in rates in 1926.
He explained that when the sink
ing fund for depreciation reaches Is
per cent of the value it will result
in deduction of two-tenths Of l per
cent in the amount which the COM
pany charges consumers annually for
the item of expense known as de-
probation.
The compromise agreement allows
the company to earn a return of IA
per cent on the fair value agreed
upon.
\ further stipulation, however, is
that if the earnings of the company
exceed in a year ~ per cent of the
value, the amount in excess is to be
divided equally between the company
and consumers. For example: Should
the company earn 100000 in excess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Hundreds Injured
In PO,Cder Cargo
Explosion in Japan


TOXIC, December 27.-Several
hundred casualties We're reported
when powder cargo exploded
aboard a ship in the harbor at
Otaru, the business center of the
Hokkaido Island group, which
forms the northeastern part of
Japan. A disastrous fire resulted
from the explosion, according to
reports received here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
AMBASSADOR AD INTERIM
is NAMED HERE BY JAPAN
Charge Yoshida Gets Designation
Pending Arrival of
Matsudaira.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY tne AssOcldteu frthss
TOXIC, December 27.-Setsuzo Saw
alta, at present a secretary in the for
eign Office. has been appointed coun-
selor in the embassy at Washington,
while Isaburo Yoshida, the present
counselor and charge d'affaires since
the departure of Ambassador Hani-
hara, has been appointed acting am
bassador pending the arrival of
Tsuneo Matsudaira, the newly ap-
pointed ambassador.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
COLD WAVE RECURs.
Middle West to Sufer-21 Die in
United States.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 27.-Another
cold wave, the third Of a series, was
driving from western Canada into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
REVOLT MANIFESTO OUT.

tests Gales Election.
MEXICO CITY, December 27.-A
revolutionary manifesto protesting
the validity of the last presidential
election and purporting to be signed
by the defeated candidate, Gen.
Angel Flores, has been surreptitious-
ly circulated here. Official circles
believe it to be a maneuver by enc
mics of the government designed to
involve Gen. Flores and force him to
revolt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Coolidge keenIy Interested.

Aside from a general interest in the
citizens of the Capital City. President
Coolidge's activity regarding the rent
situation here has been due principally
10 providing decent homes for the
many thousands of employees of the
Federal Government at rental and
selling prices within their means. He
is represented as contending that it is
up to the Executive to see to it thai
the servants of the Government are
entitled to the protection of the Gov
ernment in the matter of their hous-
ing.
Senator Ball, chairman OF the Sen
ate District committee, is expected to
handle this legislation in that body
when the time comes. He has con-
ferred with the President several
times recently regarding the rent
situation here. and, like Chairman
Whaley, is convinced that rentals in
Washington have been advanced to a
level where, generally speaking, they
are far beyond the reach Of the aver
age Government employe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Emergency Not Touched.

me Dill the PreSldeIt Will trans
init TO Congress does not touch upon
the question of an emergency still
existing in the District but it in
vests in the Rent Commission the po-
lice powers of the Federal Govern
ment to fix rentals and TO enforce its
rulings. This step. which may be
looked upon by many, as a radical
departure, Will quickly bring an end
to the boosting of rentals and the
pyra miding of property valuations.
To apply the police powers of the
Government to the fixing Of rentals
and the furnishing of violations the
President is understood to consider
as possible under the law as a means
OF protecting public health and
morals. This viii be the basis of
rent regulation instead of the con-
Eressional declaration of an exist
Ing emergency upon which the pres
ent law is founded and which has
been the subject of conflicting court
decisions.
The new bill will stand all tests in
the courts. in the opinion of Chair
man Whaley, after his conference
with the President today. 1t is un-
derstood that the President himself
has given considerable thought to the
legal questions involved, and when
he transmits it to Congress he will
DC SdJlSueQ In MS own nina tndt
there will be no question about it's
constitutionality.
To Keep Commission.
The Rent Commission, which would
expire under the present law, May
%, 1925, will be continued indefinitely.
This commission will be reorganized
and it will function in the future as
a judicial body and not as an arbi-
trary body. 1t will be empowered
with an engineer, who will be able to
furnish the commission with expert
advice as to rents and property valu-
ations
The law will provide a penalty of
$50 a day for violation of regula-
tions. One of the interesting features
OF the proposed legislation provides
Tor the posting in the lobby of every
apartment house of a price list of
each apartment in the building
In drafting the law Chairman Whaley
feels convinced that the situation has
been met and that the provisions of
his bill are necessitated by conditions
here. He looks upon this proposed leg
islation as progressive advancement
OF the administrative law of the country
He believes that the enactment Of this
law will stabilize property values in
the District and that it will prove one
of the best things possible for the
real estate and investment business
generally in the city.
Coolidge keenIy Interested.
Aside from general interest in the
citizens of the Capital City. President
Coolidge's activity regarding the rent
eli ~ 6r,a ,~,-ir - liz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
PRESIDENT TO URGE
RENT BOARD WITH
JUDICIAL POWERS
Would Continue Commission
With Full Authority Over
Situation Here.
MEASURE is DESIGNED
TO PASS COURT TESTS
Proposed Legislation Drafted by
Whaley Gives Body Greater
Scope.

President Coolidge very shortly
will urge Congress to enact a new
rent law for the District of Columbia
which will scontinue the Rent Com
mission for an indefinite period and
which will give the latter full powers
to fix rentals and infiict punishment
for violations.
The President now has the draft
of such bill before him, and after
giving further study he will forward
it to the House and Senate with q
request for its immediate enactment.
SO interested is the Executive in
the local rent situation and he has
manifested such determination to use
the power of his Office to institute q
rem edy. it is thought likely he Will
accompany these copies of the bin
with written explanation of the To-
cal situation and an urgent appeal
for the legislation.
WhaIey Drafts Measure.
The bill was drafted by Richard
Whaley. chairman Of the Rent Com
mission, at the suggestion of the
President. following q conference at
the White House last Tuesday. when
the former described the conditions
here to the President as being de-
plorable and the rentals as being
highly eXhorbitant
Chairman Whaley's bill is under
stood to not only meet the situation,
but is 1aw-proof and removes any
doubt about the Constitutionality of
the Rent Commission and its au-
thority. With the exception OF some
modification the bill is practically
the same as the one prepared by
Chairman Whaley last year and in
troduced in the Senate by Senator
Ball of Delaware, chairman of the
Senate District committee. and author
of the Ball rent act. 1t was not con-
sidered seriously at the time. mas
much as all attention was then given
10 the hill extending the life of the
commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

At the courthouse in Washington,
it was learned today, search had been
made for record of the Floras estate
will. But the search thus far has been
fruitless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow: colder
tonight: cold wave tomorrow; tempera-
ture near 10 degrees. Temperature
Highest, 20. at noon today; lowest, p,
at am. today.
Full report on page 3.
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The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-07-17
& q a8azzaa J

Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Strong of Mi
not, North Dakota, but who wer,
formerly Sand Greek homesteaders
were greeting old-time friends anC
neighbors at Wolf Point during the
Stampede.
Mrs. Ord IRVINE visited Mrs. S
A. Hansen Wednesday.
Elvira Anderson, who has beer
suffering the past week with a very
sore foot, is able to be out and
around again.
Dale Williamson spent Thursday
night with Ralph Seminars and at
tended the Stampede with him.
James Sim marketed young chick
ems at Wolf Point Monday of last
week.
Word has been received from Mrs.
B. H. Wilson, who is in the hospital
at Rochester, Mimi, that she is re-
covering nicely from the operations
and will be home in a couple Of
weeks.
Willie Buxton has been having the
scarlet fever the past week.
Lila Pulver is working for Roy
Liddle, and Elvira Anderson for Mar
tin Nelson.
Hazel Seminars spent Saturday
night at Sam Funk's and attended
the ball game Sunday.
Juke MUS of Wolf Point, came
out to his farm Sunday.
Rev. o. Sutherland will give a
stereoptican lecture at the Mus
school house Friday evening, July
18th and will also preach at the
same place at II a. m. Sunday.
Mrs. Russell Hansen and childSn,
Floyd and Gracemae, were WediAs-
lay visitors at the James Sim hose.
Grace Mae spent the remainder of
he week there accompanying them
the Stampede Saturday.
Len Nutter made a trip to Wolf
Point Thursday to bring out grocer
es for the store.
Elvira Anderson spent Friday af-
at the Russell Hansen home.
Frank Whitmus and wife, Carl
Yhitmus and family, together with
heir brother-in-law and wife from
,hicago, spent Monday at the Henry
.ommars home.
Ward Fletcher spent Saturday
light at the Jake Mus home in
Volt Point.
Hazel Seminars went to Wolf
.oint last week to take treatment
Or hay fever.