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Evening star., 1926-04-25
President and First Lady
Having Quiet Life,
Devoid of Usual Activity
Horse Show. Garden Party at Cathedral Close
and Other Special Attractions Listed
for Capital Folk.
BY SALLIE V. II. PICKETT.

the White House these days, but
simply devoid of the social activity
especially when Congress
A There will garden the south
World
indication other outdoor
Coolidge touch hundreds
the world last week through the receptions honor
Revolution the
of the International Law held Friday afternoon Mrs Coolidge
Revolution alone
lovely when the
the
Evening star., 1926-04-25

THIS week holds Importance society
i unofficial The
OF State and Mrs Kellogg will be particularly interesting the
Diplomatic
table will be the OF the Pan American Building
Should
will likely be lights in the Aztec Garden
Evening star., 1926-04-25

LIORSE o Washington
buildings Arlington Park burned weeks
DR. Trave
speakers
the buildings will be finished the
will
will be
those
MONG the other for that
"A the Cathedral Close May 8 for the benefit the House
when will band The
gressiona Club staging its big outdoor event May at r Stadium
OF the Congressional Club Both Senate and House into the
OF the with delightful freedom, the
who best will
period Mrs. Hoover
the Edith
Mrs Kahn Bloom Mrs.
White Mrs William Rodenberg
WHERE the celebrating the
w Shah Persia welcome
preside the dAfaires Persia
1745 that official and resident society will
afternoon NJ.
of
Shah Pahav The legation
filled with interesting that the of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24

DR.. Knute Houck lived over again
this afternoon the events that led up
to the disappearance of his wife and
his own mental collapse in their
home at 1927 Nichols avenue, on the
night of December IA. Closely
guarded by detectives and physicians,
the young st. Elizabeth's Hospital
psychiatrist was taken back to his
former home to re-enact the scenes
that occurred there.
DR.. Houck accompanied the authori-
ties on the trying journey quite will
ingly. The police had been trying to
arrange the dramatic setting for sew
eral days, hoping that, once back in
his home atmosphere, the mind that
Is still wandering through a semi
coma would clear sufficiently to recall
incidents now forgotten which would
lead to the discovery either Of Mrs.
Houck's body or her hiding place.
Empty rooms greeted the young
physician when he. entered his old
home. For Is minutes he was in the
apartment. Then the party left to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
ALBANIANS ACCUSE
AMERICAN OF PLOT
Death Sentence Possible in Case
Which May Set New Diplo-
matte Precedent.

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1928.
ROME, December 24.--Astonishmen
is expressed in American circles here
at the news that the Ahmet Zogu
government in Albania has sum
moned an American citizen-Halit
Zenel Qyteza of Detroit-to appear be.
fore the Supreme Court at Tirana to
answer to a charge of plotting against
the security of Albanian state, a crime
for which the MAXIMUM penalty Is
death.
An indictment published in the off,
cial Albanian newspaper Brana names
four Albanians residing in America
on the same charge, and also DIR. M.
Borja. formerly Albanian Minister to
Rome. Qyteza is DIR. Borja's brother.
in-law.
The newspaper states that the
charges were preferred on the basis of
a report made by Faik konitza,
Albanian Minister to Washington.
Qyteza served in the American Army
during the war. He was never ac-
tive in politics and the whole charge
| is laughed at by those familiar with
the circumstances. The serious aspect
of the affair Is the diplomatic prec-
edent which the Albanian govern
ment appears to desire to raise-the
right Of a foreign government to in
dict and presumably pass a death
sentence on an American citizen for
alleged activities on American soil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
GOVERNMENT PUTS
BRAKES ON FRANC
Decides to Maintain Price
Between 121 and 123 to
Pound, in Crisis.


PARIS, December 24.-The Poin-
care government today decided to take
control Of the exchange situation and
to maintain the French franc at a
price between 121 and 123 to the
pound sterling.
1t was intimated in official circles
that this decision of the government
will amount to virtual sabilization OF
the franc within those narrow limits.
Move Begun Wednesday.
The movement got under way on
Wednesday, when the Bank of France
began the purchase and sale of francs
at around 122 to the pound and
25.15 to the dollar. 1t continued yes
terday, with few fluctuations, at 1925
to the pound and 25.19 to the dollar.
The recent steady rise of the French
franc has been source OF worry
both to the government and to COM
mercial and financial interests in
France, the franc within the past
month or two rising to a point where
it seriously upset trade. Extensive
unemployment was reported through
out the country because of the cur
tailment of operations by manufac-
turers.
Some French economists estimated
that the turnover throughout France
fell Is to 20 per cent, while former
Minister of the Treasury Loucheur
recently said that business had drop
ped so per cent. French labor partic-
ularly has been stirred by the fear
that an industrial crisis would result.
Poincare Sees Trouble.
On December Premier Poincare,
who had been asked by various flnan,
cial experts to stabilize the franc, told
the chamber that France must suffer
and sacrifice before the franc could be
stabilized, and that the exchange
must have real stability before 1t
could be legalized.
The franc, with fluctuations, has
been steadily gaining ever since 1t
struck it's low record for all time on
July 20 of this year, when it was
quoted on the Bourse at 1885 to the
dollar. On that day it sank even low
err in New York, being quoted 1.93%
cents, or more than so to the dollar.
Par value Is 1913 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Arms Declared Put Ashore at
Puerto Cobezas, Destination
of Admiral Latimer.
PRESIDENT DiAz CALLS
: FOR AMERICAN HELP
Repeats Charges Revolutionary
Party Is Being Aided by
Gales Government.

BY the Associated Press.
The revolutionary situation in Mica.
ragua apparently Is becoming increas'
ingly serious.
Rear Admiral Julian l.. Latimer, In
command of the American special
service squadron in Latin American
waters, has found it advisable to land
a force of bluejackets at Rio Grande
Bar and to proceed himself, aboard
his flagship, the Rochester, to Puerto
Cabezas, the chief center of the revo-
lutionary movement.
Meanwhile. Adolfo Diaz, the Con
servative President of Nicaragua, who
has been recognized by the United
States, and is being opposed by the
Liberal revolutionary group, headed
by former Vice President Sacasa,
recognized as President by Mexico, has
renewed his appeal for American In
tervention.
Calls for Early Peace.
He announced last night that he
had commissioned DIR. Alexandra
Cesar, former Nicaraguan Minister
here, to come to Washington to ex-
press to the American Government
"The earnest desire of my govern.
ment to bring peace to Nicaragua"
Reiterating his charges that the
Sacasa faction is being supplied with
guns and men by the Gales govern.
ment of Mexico, and that 'insidious
Mexican propaganda is being broad
cast daily by Mexico" he declared
Mexican oppression. Is becoming so
strong that eventually I cannot cope
with 1t, and I again appeal to the
American Government for American
Intervention, which, with its high
ideals, Is many times more desirable
than Mexican culture allied with
barbarism."
Fighting on the East coast, where
the United States has several naval
units, he related. is becoming more
tense and severe" and "the loss of life
during this revolution is appalling. ;"
Mexicans Reported Landed.
The Nicaraguan consul in Hon.
duras, he said, had reported the land.
ing OF SOLDIERS, mostly Mexicans, and
arms" by a gun runner at Puerto
Cabezas, near the Honduran border.
which Is Admiral Latiner's destina.
tion.
The admiral, in reporting his move.
ments to the Washington authorities.
gave no details to show what develop.
ments had caused him to land blue.
Jackets at Rio Grande Bar and 60 to
the revolutionary center. It is as.
sumed that the bluejackets were nut
ashore to protect American and other
foreigners engaged in the movement
of hardwood lumber out of the Rio
Grande River region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
HONDURAN VESSEL
SE|zED|N BAY WITH
2,68OCASESL|QUOR
Schooner Captured at Mouth
of York River-CreW
Makes Escape.
RUM BELIEVED ON WAY
HERE AND BALTIMORE
Cargo Loaded at Nova Scotia, Had
Been Shadowed by United
States Patrol Boats.

The Honduran schooner Jullto
laden with 1850 cases of imported
liquors and 121 kegs of malt extract
from which synthetic Scotch whisky
is made, was seized by a United
States Coast Guard patrol boat yes
terday afternoon in Chesapeake Bay
at the mouth of the York River.
The liquor evidently was intended
for Christmas cheer in Baltimore,
Washington and other points in this
vicinity, according to- Coast Guard
headquarters, which received word OF
her capture from Capt. F. S. van
Boskerck, commanding the Coast
Guard division at Norfolk.
Largest Capture i'm Chesapeake Bay.
The schooner. a two.master, has
been taken to Norfolk, the headquar-
ters of the Coast Guard division,
where, it is understood, she Will be
libeled under the customs laws.
The point where the schooner was
seized is well within Chesapeake Bay
on the Virginia shore.
The seizure Of the Julio and her
big load of Christmas liquor was said
by Coast Guard officials to be the
largest capture of its kind ever made
in Chesapeake Bay.
The entire crew of the Julio aban-
doned ship at the approach of the
Coast Guard officials, who are still
searching for them.
The Julito had been trailed for
months by the Coast Guard, as she
had been suspected as an old offender,
and had once been captured by the
Coast Guard on the high seas off the
Atlantic coast, but was released.
This time, according to Coast
Guard officials, the schooner was
allowed to proceed after taking ON
her cargo at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia.
December 4, until the Coast Guard
had shadowed her inside the Virginia
capes, into the interior waters of the
United States. There, it was said,
there could be no complications con-
cerning treaties on the high seas.
Captain and Crew Known.
The captain aEd screw of the
schooner are known to the Coast
Guard. Although the dispatch from
Norfolk did not disclose details of how
the crew escaped, 1t was believed here
they had lowered small skiff, and
frantically made for shore.
The Coast Guard ship which made
the capture was a patrol boat operat
ing out of the Norfolk division head
quarters.
The papers of the Julito showed that
she had sailed from Lunenberg, bound
for Nassau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Rebecca, Coon Sent for Presidents Meal,
Has Become One of His Favorite Pets

A stout wire fence protects Rebecca
from unwelcome visitors, and stout.
er chain protects her from herself
that is. it precludes the possibility of
her setting out to make calls in near
by parks and finishing by providing
genuine entertainment for the stray
dogs thereabouts. The chain is amply
long, however, to permit the coon to
climb and wander about its pen to its
hearts content.
President Coolidge visits the pen
every day and usually takes Rebecca
walking at the end Of a leash. AS
a rule, the walk eliminates in the
White House, where Rebecca occupies
the presidential lap until it is time
for attendants to return her home for
her IL hours or so of sleep. So, when
the President set out to inspect the
Christmas trees, he invited Rebecca
to go along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
MA FERGUSON GRANTS
46 YULETIDE PARDONS
Christmas Clemency List May
Reach 150-Her Incumbency To-
tai May Hit 5000
By the Associated Press.

by the ASbOCldteu ETcSS'
AUSTIN, Tex, December "a. -
Clemency proclamations issued by
Gov Miriam A. Ferguson neared the
5000 mark today with indications that
this total might be reached before
New Year.
Forty.six full pardons were granted
yesterday in addition to one condi.
tional pardon, two paroles and two
jail sentence remissions. Stenog-
raphers In the Office of the secretary
of state were instructed to continue
work on the proclamations today with
the prospect that the Christmas
clemency order total may climb to
$50.
Since her Inauguration two years
ago Gov. Ferguson issued clemency
DEGREES to 1886 persons in penal in
stitutions, including 76I full pardons
and 815 conditional pardons She has
also commuted eight death sentences
and restored citizenship to al former
convicts.
Gov. Ferguson will be succeeded
next month by Attorney General Dan
Moody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
EFFICIENCY RATING
IS NO LONGER SOLE
RETIREMENT BASIS
Attorney General Says Ad-
ministrative Heads May Use
Discretion in Cases.

Authority to retire or retain Fed.
eral employees who have reached the
retirement age is vested entirely in
cabinet officers and heads of inde-
pendent establishments, with due re-
gard to the efficiency rating of retfr-
able employees, under a ruling made
today by Attorney General Sargent.
Administrative officials of the Gov.
ernment may retain or retire EN-.
ployes who have reached the volun-
tary retirement age under the
ruling, which is far-reaching and
affects many thousands of en-
ployes in the Government service.
The ruling withdraws the efficiency
rating of employees AZ the single
controlling factor in the retirement or
retention of employees.
Attorney General Sargent was
asked to make ruling in the case of
an employe Of the Bureau of Pensions
who had reached the retirement age
on August 9, 1925. On July s, 1926.
this employe applied for continuation
in the civil service and submitted a
physicians certificate as to his physi.
cal fitness to continue work.
Work Asks for Ruling.
On May Is, 1925, his efficiency re.
ceived the lowest rating in his grade
and the chief of the division advised
the commissioner of pensions that in
his judgement the employees efficiency
was not such as to justify his reten.
ton in the service. Secretary of the
Interior Work was advised to this
effect by the commissioner of pensions
Seeking a definite ruling on this
Continued on Page Z, Column g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
|EICHTEEN CRUSHED TO DEATH
IN SOUTHERN WRECK; % HURT
Crack Flyer Plunees Into Passenger Wait
ing on Siding at Rockmart, Ga.
Bodies Hunted All Night.

officials at the wreck said the siding
was occupied partly by a feight train,
which also was believed to have
caused Pearce to think that the
Royal Palm was on the side track.
The Ponce de Leon, coming down
an eight mile grade at high speed, hit
the Royal Palm engine head-on. The
day coach of the northbound special
jammed into the diner just behind.
The dining car was leveled and only
three occupants were known to have
escaped. The baggage and club COM
bination car of the Royal Palm was
badly damaged.
Rescuers Work All Night.
Railroad officials and town people.
armed with blow torches and crow
bars, labored all night to extricate the
bodies of those whose journey north
ward for the Christmas holidays was
ended by the crash. Relief trains from
Rome, 20 miles away, and Atlanta, So
miles distant, were at the scene, and
dawn found frantic efforts continuing
to hberate the injured imprisoned in
the debris as we'll as to free the bodies
of those whose lives were crushed out.
Most of those dead and injured were
at dinner on the northbound train.
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
DR.. HOUCK RE-ENACTS EVENTS
THAT LED UP TO DISAPPEARANCE
Lives Over Incidents Preceding Collapse
When Taken to His Home by
Doctors and Detectives.

take up the path that Houck had fol-
lowed when he departed from home
10 days ago.
This step was taken this afternoon
after a thorough search of the sewers
and manholes within square mile of
the Houck home failed to reveal
trace of Mrs. Houck's body this
morning. Police declared 1t was use
less to look further in that direction
and then turned their attention to
other clues.
The examination of the sewers was
ordered when the continued failure
of Mrs. Houck to get in touch with
any friends or relatives, SO far as the
police have been able to learn, reused
admitted fears in the minds of the
authorities that she was either MUIR
dered or committed suicide follow
ing a quarrel with her husband on
the night Of December IA.
Herman Garner, assistant engineer
of the sewer department. personally
directed a force of 18 men in the
search. Equipped with lanterns and
picks, they examined every sewer
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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$500,O00 TO MINERS.

MORGANTOwN, w. Va, December
"a R.-Nearly 100000 in wages will
go into the pockets of Monongalia
County coal miners today when prac-
tically all operatives pay their en-
ployes.
Local bankers declare it to be one
of the largest general pay days in the
industry in several years. The pay
represents work done during the first
two weeks in December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24

Rebecca, the Mississippi coon. whose
possibilities as a Thanksgiving dinner
morsel failed to tempt the appetite
of President Coolidge. seems to have
become the Presidents favorite pet.
When President Coolidge set out
to inspect Christmas decorations
about the White House yesterday. he
was accompanied by none other than
Rebecca. And when the President
sits in his library talking with friends
of evenings, many times Rebecca Is
curied up contentedly in his lap.
The little coon was sent to the Pres.
ident by some Southern admirers as
the piece de resistance Of his Thanks
giving day dinner Instead, White
House carpenters were ordered to
build the woodland lady a comfort
able home in the boughs of tree just
beyond the back windows of the Pres
ident'S office. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
EAKER REACHES VERA CRUZ.

VERA CRUZ, December "a R).-The
crew of the airplane San Francisco,
Capt. Ira C. Eaker and Lieut.. M. d.
Fairchild today found themselves the
vanguard of the United States Army
Pan-American good will flying expe-
dition.
The only one of the five planes to
get away from Tampico, the San Fran
cisco, arrived over this port last night
after a flight unmarried by accident
and circled down to the surface of the
bay at $50 o'clock.
BY that hour the crowds which had
assembled to greet the squadron had
dwindled away because of advices that
the flight had been postponed, and the
usual tumultuous welcome was lack
ing.
Capt. Eaker and his companion,
after seeing their amphibian craft
safely moored, were lodged in hotel.
They were taken care of by the Amer
lean consul, John Q. Wood, while the
local Mexican military headquarters
assigned Col. Crozco as their honorary
aide. The festicities arranged for the
squadron were postponed until the ar
rival of the other planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
OVERCOME BY WORRY.

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, December "a CP).
Worried that her husband had been
arrested for a traffic violation, Mrs.
Claude Weir of Thomasboro, taking
her three.year-old son, went out into
a rainstorm last night to her death.
She was found along a road today
with the boy lying by her side. and
died in a few minutes from exposure.
The youngster seemed unmindful Of
the tragedy.
The woman was found today after
a long search led by the husband.
He attributed his wife's wanderings
to grief over his arrest yesterday on a
charge of driving his automobile
while intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
BY the Associnted Press.

BY the AsSocl3ted Press.
ROCKMART, Ca. December "a
Eighteen persons perished as re-
suit of the head.on collision here last
night between the Ponce de Leon
northbound from Miami to chicago,
and the Royal Palm, southbound, OF
the Southern Railway. The seriously
injured numbered 20.
Tie death today of little Goldle
Williams of Detroit in a hospital at
Cedartown and of w. H. Brewer, bag
gagemaster of the Ponce de Leon, In
a hospital at Rome. brought the total
known dead to Is.
Railroad officials said they did not
believe more bodies would be FOUND
in the wreckage. which had been
thoroughly searched.
Four of the dead are negroes.
Road Foreman at Throttle.
The Ponce de Leon, with j. M.
Pearce, road foreman of engines, at
the throttle, was maintaining it's
with a long train. 1t was
under orders to take sidings at Rock
mart to pass the Royal Palm, which
had pulled up on the main Tine to
await the northbound train. Railroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Soviet Offers Ship Credit.

MOSCOW, December "a R.-Brit-
ish shipbuilding interests say that
Soviet newspapers have approached
the government with an offer of
500, ,O00, 900 credit for a period of 10
years for the construction of steam.
ers in British shipyards for Soviet
merchantile fleet. No confirmation of
such an offer. however, could be OBJ
tanned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
PARTS SENT FROM TEXAS.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, December "a
R.-A Liberty motor and other spare
parts for an amphibian plane were
sent to Tampico. Mexico, from Duncan
Field here today in response to a
telegram from Maj. Herbert A.
Dargue, commander of the Army's
pan-American flight.
The materials were started on their
way after a crew of men had worked
almost all night preparing them for
shipment.
A broken oil pump on the st. Louis
was the chief difficulty at Tampico,
according to messages received here
from Maj. Dargue. The kilograms
said that the New York, Detroit and
San Antonio probably will hop to Vera
Cruz today and the st. Louis will fol-
low was soon as the spare parts which
were shipped by express, arrive and
are installed. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Ex-Kaiser Buys Hussar Uniform.

BERLIN, December "a R.-The
weltham Muntag reports that the
former Kaiser recently ordered a new
uniform of the Guard Hussars to be
tailored for him. The paper wonders
editorially whether the former ruler
is 'trying to impress the village
,,rchins of Doorn with this bright
red garb, or whether possibly he is
thinking of entering Germany in 80
y3icturesQue manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
HUGE PROPERTY DAMAGE
FROM RAIN IN z STATES
n the Associated Press.

TEXARKANA, Ark, December
24.-One death, four miles of railroad
under water and several towns cut
off from all vehicular traffic were re-
suits late last night of a torrential
downpour over southwestern Ar
kansas and southeastern Oklahoma.
Several cities have been isolated by
the high water.
Railroads are operating in the wake
of work gangs sent out to watch i'm
portant bridges.
Two motorists tonight leaped to
safety when their machine plunged
from a watercovcred highway into
O ditch near Arkadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Rainy Christmas
Forecast as Santa
Forsakes Sleigh

Unabashed by the dampening pre-.
dictions of the weather man, Santa
Claus winked at Washington today
and switched from sleigh to airplane.
Lack Of snow and prospects Of rain
just don't feaze the old gentleman, it
seems. He'll get here tonight If he has
to swim, regardless of heartless prog
nosticators and conniving skies, his
spokesman announced today.
The forecaster, disclaiming all re-
sponsibility and expressing sincere
regret, asserted that a wet, instead
of a white, Christmas is likely. Rain
is looked for tonight and possibly to.
morrow morning, with colder weather
due in the afternoon.