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Evening star., 1921-07-19
Today's News
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Gave major $1,000 to get son released,
Mrs. Bergdoll testifies. Page /
New method adopted for purifying water
in tidal basin. Page 1
Ulster premier causes temporary dead
lock in Irish peace negotiations
Page 1
Senatorial committee scores Daniels and
Roosevelt in Newport scandal find
ings. Page /
League fighting for life in face of Hard
ing disarmament proposal. Page
T. S. sounding out allies on proposal for
separate peace treaty with Germany.
Page l
Lasker reveals Shipping Board deficit of
$3.50, 100000. Page l
Defense is pleased in court-martial case
of Lieut.. Col. Shelley. Page 2
Air bombers score eleven direct hits
before sinking cruiser Frankfurt.
Page 3
Operator tells of killings in Mingo mine
district. Page 4
Two convicts missing after serious riot
in Pennsylvania penitentiary. Page 13
Commissioner Oyster may ask trial of
plan to increase electric rates to cut
car fares. Page l3
Joker is seen in new parking regula
tions. Page IL
Coast guard cutter Bear reaches Nome
with rescued men aboard. a Page 13
Applications for zoning regulations reach
commission, Page 13
President seeks estimates on disarma-
ment conference costs In order to ask
Congress for funds. PaSe ~
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MADDEN CHAIRMAN
OF APPROPRIATIONS
Seniority Rule Is Broken in
House in Selection of H.
Iinois Representative.

representative Martin b. Madden.
republican. of Illinois tolay~ was
elected chairman of the committee
Oh appropriations of the House. sue
ceeding Representative Good of Iowa.
who recently resigned from the
House.
Mr.. Madden was CHOSEN over the
ranking republican of the committee,
Representative Davis of Minnesota.
and Representative Burton of Ohio
and Representative Wood of Indiana.
He received 153 of the 2S5 votes cast
in the committee on committees Rep
resentative Mondell of y,ming.
chairman of the committee. an
nounced.
The vote cast for each candidate
was: Madden. 1853: Davis, 61: Burton.
81: Wood. IA. Total. 2S5. Necessary
to elect. 143
The new appropriations chairman
has served nearly sixteen years in the
House from the first district of Illi-
nois 'Chicago). His selection marks
break in the seniority rule. which
hitherto had largely governed the
naming of committee chairmen in
the House.
Mr.. Mondell said the rule was dis
cussed in the meeting. but that there
appeared not to be disposition to
adhere to it to the point of making
it a fetish.
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LASKER .D|SCLOSES
! HUGE SHIP DEFICIT
$3.50, 900, 900 Lost in Opera.
ton Last Year, He Says, in
Startling Charges.

With the publication today of re-
Vised estimates Of the Shipping
Boards deficit for the last fiscal year
showing total of $780, 900. 900, or ap-
proximately s2SO.0O0,OOO more than
previous estimates. Chairman Lasker
of the board said he was prepared to
appear before congressional commit
tees to explain the condition of the
boards finances and ask for a relief
appropriation of approximately $780,
100000 for tn ecurrent fiscal year.
In announcing the new estimate of
the deficit incurred in operation of
the government fleet, Chairman Las
ker declared the books of the Shin
ping Board were in a "deplorable
condition" and that they could not
have been kept in much different
shape had they been kept with a view
to cheating and deceiving Congress
and the country"
Il know and want to explain" the
chairman added. that Admiral Benson
(former chairman of the board) and
Auditor Tweedale had not the re-
motest thing to do with such gross
Misrepresentation"
System Started During War,
The accounting systems, he said,
"were started in the stress of war
and continued in the stress of in
competency" and though outside
auditors had produced the figures
given out, Il don't guarantee them
even now
when I shov q the President the
figures he was shocked and GA1nayed
that such a condition could exist
Chairman Lasker continued The
$500, 100000 received from operations
when deducted from the $6SO,OOO, 200
received by the board from all
sources shows net expenditures of
$3.50, 900, 900, although the public rec
ords show S100,000.0OO to be all that
had been appropriated by Congress
for the year. This Is an astounding
case of absolute deception of the
country and of Congress. 1t will be
shock to Congress. as it was to
the President, to hear that the net
expense of this enterprise paid out
of public funds last year was $780,
000, 900"
Funds From Sale OF Ships.
Chairman Lasker explained that
the extra funds to keep the estab-
lishments going were obtained chief
ly from the sale of 100000, 900 OF
capital assets. ships and supplies
plus $s0.OO0,0oO of balance from
approximately 5000, 200, 900 repre-
sents the absolute loss on operations
in the fleet" he continued, "and then
there was $160,000,000 spent on ship
construction. What these newly ac-
quired assets are worth is highly
questionable.
1.-THE plans for the steamer American
Legion, which starts on its first trir
in a few days, were redrawn seven
times, and it is easy to see how tina,
would run up the cost. First the
American Legion was an Army trans.
port, then a Navy transport, then q
hospital ship, then it was determined
to make her a, cattle boat and after
spending money on all these blue
prints, it was decided to transform
her into a passenger ship-and she is
a beautiful and fine passenger ship
But she cost between $6,000.000 and
$7,000,O00 before she sailed her first
miles Her real Worth is probably
half her cost. So you can see~the as
sets are pretty sick assets. But, after
all, there is q fleet. So that our task
(Continued on Page 2. Column g.
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Gaze Major IS, 900 to Get Son
Released, Mrs. BergdoN Says
PRECAUTIONARY.
Mrs. Em1ns-Bergdoll of Philadel

Mrs. EmfnS-Bergdoll of Philadel-
phia today told House committee
investigating the escape of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll. her Stacker son.
that she gave $1,000 to Maj. Bruce
Campbell. an Army officer at Cover
nors Island. for use among high off,
cials at Washington" to help obtain
his freedom.
Campbell. she said. first demanded
sl00.e00, but she refused.
Mrs. ~Bergdoll said she took the
money to the island and handed it to
Grover. by whom it was turned over
to Campbell Campbell, she said, told
her Die had passed the money to an
other officer for the purpose indicated.
Maj. Campbell recently told the
committee he did not receive one dol
lar from the Bergdolls. He has been
summoned from Camp Pike to answer
the charges of Mrs. Bergdoll.
Mrs. Bergdoil said she did not know
the name of the men mentioned by
Campbell as having received the
Evening star., 1921-07-19
URGES NAME PLATE FOR EACH TREE
IN PUBLIC GROUNDS OF WASHINGTON

turn lessons into pleasure, not alone
for the young, but for all the rest
of US.
washington is the worlds
capital when it comes to display
ing natures beauties and wonders.
Then why not build up what
would in reality be a national ar
boretum. am told by Miss
Blanche c. Hewlett you favor such
a plan. 1 will be glad indeed to
help push such plan to con-
cluSion."
81 believe that the trees Of the
District should be marked" said
Secretary Ridsdale today. TT may
be that little guide book to trees
can be issued, just as we have an
organization that marks the his
toric and interesting places in the
District. This book could be fur
nished the schools, and the visitors
who are interested and the plan
would be q big advertising asset
for the District. The astonishing
interest on the part -of the school
children in nature study must not go
to waste and everything possible
must be done to encourage such
interest.
I'm many cities the trees are
marked in some way, but the gem
eral rule is to mark them only
with the scientific name. This Is
wrong; the common name of
shrub or tree should be included
in any marking"
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DEADLOCK CAUSED
IN PEACE PARLEY
BY PREMIER CRAIG
Ulster Leaders Refusal to
Compromise Political Rights
Brings Alarm.
BY the Associated l.reSs

BY the Associated l'ress
LONDON. July 18.-EamOnn de VAL
era. the Irish republican leader, and
his colleagues who accompanied him
to London for the conference with
Prime Minister Lloyd George. in the
effort to lay the basis OF a tri-partfte
conference for a solution OF the Irish
question. are marking time in antici-
patton of the conversation OF Mr.. de
Valera and the prime minister Thurs
day morning. 1t fs reported that by
that time Mr.. Lloyd George will have
certain propositions TO present to the
Irish leader which will have received
the approval Of the British cabinet.
LONDON, July 19.-Irish negotia-
tions appear to have reached a dead
lock in SO far as they concern tri-
partite conference between David
Lloyd George, the British prime min
lister; Eamonn de Valera. Irish re-
publican leader. and Sir James Craig.
premier of Ulster. This developed late
last night when Sir James, as he de-
parted for Belfast. issued statement
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In a letter today to Lieut.. Col.
c. o. Sheriff. the marking of the
trees in the public grounds OF
Washington is strongly urged by
P. S. Ridsdale, secretary of the
American Forestry Association.
The object in view, the letter says,
would be making the nations Cap
ital national arboretum that
would be a great benefit not alone
to the citizens of the District. but
to the thousands of citizens who
visit the nations capital every
year.
lows:
prom time to time there has
been suggestions made for mark
ing the trees in the District, both
with their scientific and their COM
mon names. 1t seems to me there
is in this a great opportunity for
making the nations capital ulti-
mately a real national arboretum for
all the people.
'"There has been a great awaken
ing to the value Of nature study in
our public schools. The time to teach
these things is when the pupil Is
young. Every day they have MANY
opportunities for study because OF
the tree beauties Of Washington. II
the trees of the District are marked
there viii be q fine opportunity to
Evening star., 1921-07-19

money. but asserted "he was an agent
Of the government"
Campbell told me he could not ac-
cept any money for himself" said Mrs.
Bergdoll. but that he wanted the
100000 for the higherups at Wash
lngton and New York"
Through Joseph F.. Houlahan. book
keeper for Wassermann Bros, mem
bers Of the New York Stock Exchange
it was developed. that Maj. Campbell
had deposited S4.500 in cash with the
firm on February 10. 1920. Mrs. Berg
doll had testified that the payment to
Campbell was made late in January
or early in February of that year.
The ledger account showed that
from February 10 to June 80. Camp
bell lost $5.416 on a series of trades.
His account was closed on the latter
date. and Houlahan testified that he
still owed the firm s415.
Campbell's regular bank account
with New York bank. inspected by
the military intelligence. the commit
tee was informed, showed the usual
monthly paid check deposits, and
Vopf;n1,oS o,n-SSo.,- 1Say.,.S..
Evening star., 1921-07-19
RAIL PROBLEM DISCUSSED
President Confers With Secretaries
Mellon and Hoover.

The railroad problem was discussed
by President Harding again today
with Secretaries Mellon and Hoover
and Chairman Cummins of the Sem
ate interstate commerce committee.
it was indicated afterward that no
definite solution had been reached 1t
was understood that among other
things the President asked Senator
Cummins' views on what Legislation
might be necessary to raise money on
railroad securities heli by the gov
ernment in order to pay to the roads
cash amounts owed them as a result
OF governmental operation.
Evening star., 1921-07-19
SENATE OFFICES MAY
BE Meeting PLACE OF
DISARMING DELEGATES.

1t was intimated at the White
House today that it was very possi-
bic that the Senate Office building
will be the meeting place of the
delegates to the disarmament con-
ference, to be held here in Noveln-
ber.
1t is known that the President
has expressed the desire to hold
the meeting in government
building, and those who are in
position to know say that he is
favorable to the selection Of the
Senate office building.
The President today intimated
that there would be at least one
member of the Senate delegated to
represent the country at the con-
ference
Evening star., 1921-07-19
MEXICAN REVOLT NIPPED.
Geader Defeated and Troops Dis
persed by Federals.

VERA CRUZ, July 19.-Gen. Pelas-
cietas. the revolutionary leader. has
been defeated at Chinampa and his
troops dispersed by federal soldiers un-
der command of Gen. j. Guadalupe San
ehez, chief of military operations in the
State Of Vera Cruz. The federal forces
captured arms and ammunition from the
9uD1uYectiouiata.
Evening star., 1921-07-19
SCHOOL SITES ORDERED.
Commissioners Approve $22, 900
for Buchanan Street Land.

Another school site was ordered to
be purchased today in connection with
the District emergency school build
ing program. The ground adjoins the
Buchanan School, in the block between
18th and 14th and d and E streets
southeast. 1t comprises 61.6SS square
feet of ground and will provide addi-
tional room for a playground as we'll
as site for a new school building.
The District Commissioners in board
session today approved a proposal to
acquire the site at cost of $4,000.
Evening star., 1921-07-19
DoHar-a-Year Salary
Voted by City Heads;
All Bank Presidents
BY tn. Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, July I9.-The
"dOIlar-a-year-m idea WAS
adopted today by the city COM
mission, the first under the new
commission form Of govern
ment here. The comm isSiOncrs,
each of whom IN president OF 81
local bank, voted themselves
salaries Of III ~ year and fixed
the SALARY of the mayor mt the
snme figure.
The mayor and cOunrflInen
under the old form Of govern
ment were paid salnrfes Of
1850 annually.
Evening star., 1921-07-19

Gen. March is on a leave of absence
which extends until November l. He
announced before sailing that his visit
to Europe was for the purpose of
collecting material and data for a
series of articles on the world war.
Evening star., 1921-07-19
GEN. MARCH IN COBLENZ.
Travelling in Europe for Data for
World War Articles.

COBLENZ, July 19.-Gen. Peyton c.
March. former chief of staff of the
United States Army, arrived here
Monday night.
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WEATHER.

Thunderstorms late this afternoon
or night; tomorrow fair; no change
in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 pm. today: Highest. 81. at
pm today: lowest. 72. at 4:30 am.
today. Full report on page Z.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication of special
dispatches herein also reserved.
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

Miss Min Cole, of Arson county, is on
visit to Miss Jamie Cole and to Mrs.
Dan McColl
Mrs. A. G. Corpening and family went
to the Carolina Country Club to spend a
week or more.
i Miss Mary Louise Everett returned
Sunday from two weeks visit to Miss
Millicent Blanton, in Shelby.
Mrs. c. K. Waddill and daughters will
return to Cheraw Monday, after having
spent two weeks with her mother here.
The Rockingham Marble Works this
week erected a monument to the late h.
ID. Thompson, in the Leak cemetery.
Mrs. Reagan Mcintyre and son, of
Lumberton, are visiting Mrs. Dan McColl;
they will go from here to visit the Stacks
in Monroe.
Mrs. H. D. Thompson, of Baltimore,
Mrs. c. c. Covington, of Wilmington, and
Mrs Hunter, of Fayetteville, are guests
at the Ellerbe Springs hotel.
Roy Alfred, of the Fox Drug
Store, is taking his vacation this
week.
Miss Rose Biggs, who has
spent the past seven weeks in
Norfolk, Va, with her sister, Mrs.
! Robert Fetner, is expected home
this week.
Mrs. M. ]. Napier has as her
guests her grand daughter, Mrs
Jasper c. Ingram and two great
grand children, Ellen and May
Ingram, Of Indianapolis, Ind.
J Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Seawell anc
| little daughter returned home
Friday night from Greensboro
where they spent two weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c
Wilson.
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L
Mrs. Hill Parsons and children
returned today Thursday from
a two weeks visit in Martinsville
Va.
Miss Hattie Marks returned
today Thursday from a visit
since Monday to Mrs. T. T. Cole
in Charlotte.
Miss Whilmina Rees arrived
from Lincolnton at noon today
Thursday to spend a week with
Miss Florence Covington.
Mr.. S. ". Hasty returned last
Friday night from Asheville
where he spent two weeks at the
Biggs Sanatorium taking treat.
ment for asthma.
Mrs. B. F. Palmer is the proud
owner of twin heifer calves, born
Monday morning. The mother
is a Jersey and sire an Ayrshire,
and the calves are fine specimens.
Mrs. ]. w. Bolton and three
children arrived from Fries, Va,
Wednesday night to visit Mrs.
John Alfred. Her husband will
drive down the last of the month
for a visit
|, Harry Levin LETT Wednesday
for New York to buy goods for
the new store that he is to open
about the first of August in the
Arenson stand; the store will be
called "The Hub"
Mrs. T. T. Cole and daughter
returned to Charlotte last Satur-
day. Mrs. Cole is much Inn
proved; she has been at the home
of DR.. W. P. Webb i'll with pto.
maine poisoning and colitis.
The many friends of Mrs. J.
w. Bethel will be glad to know
that she will make her home in
the city, arriving last Friday; she
will stay at the home Of Mr.. Bev
erly T. Payne.
Baxter McLendon began big
tent meeting at North Wilkesborc
July 18th. John H. Jones, the
noted evangelistic singer, will
lead the singing. "Cycl on e
Mack" just closed the most sue
cessful meeting ever held in
Ashevllle. \
The following young ladies
will go to the Carolina Country
Club at the Everett pond Friday
to remain luntil Monday: Misses
Florence Coyington and guest
Miss Rees. Louise Diggs, Mary
Louise Everett, Mary Leak Scales
Anna Leak Ledbetter and Addie
Webb. IVA
Rev. Howard Hartzell conducted
services at the Episcopal church
last Sunday morning, and the
congregation was delighted with
his sermon and his conduct Of
the service. He and Mrs. Hart
zell left Wednesday for then
home at Smithfield.
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LOCAL ITEMS
AND PERSONALS
Matters Briefly Mentioned
Little Happenings
Personal Notes
CALL PoST-DIsPAfCH OFFICE
Phone 1872
Watch your label.

Phone PostDispatch 1872, your
items Of news.
Born, Tuesday night to Mr..
and Mrs. Elmore Norton, a son,
John Henrys This is their seventh
child,
T. ]. Campbell, former football
coach at Chapel Hill, will be head
coach of the freshman team at
Harvard next fall.
Judge 7. D. Bryson, who recent
ly held a term of court here, was
married July 10th to Miss Zulia
Ketchie, of Rowan county.
Herbert Hoover, Secretary Of
Commerce, has accepted invita-.
ton to, speak at the Harnett
county Fair at Dunn Saturday,
Oct. 18th.
Miss Casey Jones will return
to- Rockingham on Friday of
next week, and the following day
Miss Anna Leak, Ledbetter will
accompany her back to Rockville,
MARYLAND, for a visit.
Until October Miss Susie Ships
address will be ''3S Prospect avenue,
Larchmont Manor, care of Mr.. S. L.
Minis, New York"
When you have visitors, or expect
Visitors, or go off yourself, let other
folks know of it through the Post
Dispatch. Phone or write this paper
your local items.
The >Microbe of Love" will be
presented at Monroe by Monroe tai
emit on Aug. 4th. This is the show
that Rockingham talent gained i'm
perishable glory in presenting here
several weeks ago.
Rev. w. M Higgins began re-
vival at Lower Macedonia Baptist
church, in Chesterfield county, the
18th, with two services daily-at II
and $50, 1t is proving very sue
cessful and will last until the end
of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Helms and
Jay Helms left Wednesday morning
in their Franklin Sedan on trip Of
three weeks or more to relatives in
Pennsylvania and to visit other
points north. They were joined al
Raleigh by Miss Mary Bynum Paris
of Wilson. who. was member Of
the local school faculty last year
>and who boarded with the Helms
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

Mrbel Sharp, of Charlotte, is
spending this week with Barbara
Pendergrass.
/ Mr.. R. F. Church and Misses
Effie Clark and Myrtle Hamilton
spent from Saturday to Monday
at Wrightsville Beach.
Service at Presbyterian church
Sunday morning as usual. Sun.
day night union service at Meth.
odist church.
Mrs. S. S. Steele and children
returned Monday from a two
weeks visit in Greensboro.
Miss Inez Edgerton, of Kenly,
arrived in the city Tuesday to
spend a week or so with Miss
Ophelia Ormond.
1t rained on Tuesday, July 18th,
the first dog day, and if the old
Dutch saying is to be believed,
there will be forty days of damp
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Dalton
and three children are expected
from High Point Saturday to
spend the weekend with their
-kinsman, Mr.. W. E. Harrison.
Carl Coley came home Wed.
nesday night from Norfolk where
he has been staying with Charlie
McCollum since the University
closed.
Billy McAulay came home
Sunday for a few day. He is
with the, Chapin-Sacks ice cream
people, and will be here until he
receives instructions to what
town to report.
Material is being placed for the
erection Of a six-room bungalow
for w. NJ. Fowlkes on the corner
OF Green and Lawrence streets,
The bungalow will front Law
renee street, and will be about
eight feet above ground; this will
place it about three feet above
the strectlevel.
The Monroe-Roc ten
mis- match scheduled for Wednes-
day, was postponed on account
of rain. The Monroe players
Amos Stack and ]. w. Love
came here on the noon trair
ready for play, but Jup. Pluy
ruled otherwise.
The White Star liner Olympic
on which were Mr.. and Mrs
Henry C. Wall, sailed from New
York Saturday afternoon at /;
O'clock. On board were $50 first
440 second and 900 third class
passengers bound for Cherboure
and Southampton. With thi:
voyage the Olympic holds a rec
ord Of more than 1850 first cabir
passengers embarked or LANDED
lat New York within the span O
three weeks. On June 18th sht
took out 700 IN flrSt cabin, a rec
ord for the port since 1914, Oh
| July 18th she came in with 67'
lin first cabin, and now last Sat
4 urday the outward bound trll
had 65l in the first class. Tn
4 Walls had mighty good company
i Thomas F. Ryan, the damon,
.lmine owner; Edward N, Hurley
4 former chm Of the ShippinI
Board; Mrs. Mortimer Schiff, til
4 Charles Scribners, Mrs. Dougla
4 Robinson, sister Of the late Rooss
,Iyelt; William Phillips, our Mir
Ulster to the Netherlands, etc.
~
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Charter Oak Camp.

Charter Oak Camp, No. 5, w. o.
w, meets every 7 Icsday night at
.7:45 in the hall over Swinks meat
market, Rockingham. Visiting mem-
bers are cordial v invited. Regular
members urged to attend with due
regularity.
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Marriage Licenses.

July IS G. H. Anders and Ada
P. Hall, white.
July 18-Jesse Richardson and
Ruth Johnson, white.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21
For Sale.

NJ FOR SAL One slightly used
moving machine in good condi-
|tion. Only used a part Of one
season. VIII sell for just half
price of new machine. Nance
Presnell Hdw. Coz Ellerbe, N. G.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

E. B. Terry surely intends to
get rid of his entire millinery
stock, judging from the prices he
lis offering on all hats. adyt
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

See E. B. Terry's special bar.
gain counter for MILDLY suits;;stile
best white MILDLY suit made, Sale
price $3.50. adyt