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Evening star., 1921-07-23
ROCKVILLE,

ROCKVILLE, Md. July 23 Especially
Robert H. Harmon has resigned as
principal of the Rockville High School
and will. 1t is understood. become as
sociated with a Washington educa-
tional institution. He was principal
Of the Rockville school just one year.
It's another case Of inadequate salary
costing the county a high-class
teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ledoux E. Riggs of
Goshen, this county, have announced
the marriage in Baltimore Monday of
their daughter. Miss Sarah C. Riggs.
and Franklin P. Dwyer of Laytons-
Vile. The bride last year was princi-
pal of the public school at Redland,
marriage was attending summer
school in Baltimore.
Harry A. Dawson, appointed by
President Harding postmaster at
Rockville to succeed Joseph Reading.
announced that George w. Mullican.
assistant postmaster. and Oscar T.
Gather, clerk in the office, would be
retained. The office pays $4,000 per
annum. Mr.. Reading was postmaster
about five and half years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Nicol. who is
temporarily living in Baltimore, has
instituted suit in the circuit court
here against Mrs. Helen c. NJ. Tigh.
otherwise known as Helen Hemmings.
otherwise known as Helen Franks and
otherwise known as Helen Nicol.
claiming damages in the amount of
$4,000 for alienation Of the affections
Of the plaintiffs husband, Alexander
Mathew Nicol.
The man in the case was at one
time private secretary to Ballenger
Booth Of the Salvation Army. and is
also understood to have been for a
time on the staff Of one of the Lon
don daily papers. All are English
people, who came to this county
within the last year.
The defendant in the case recently
purchased property at Potomac, this
county. and is now living there with
relatives. Mrs. Nicol is represented
BY Dawson & Dawson Of Rockville.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
STREET CAR LEGISLATION
PUT OVER TO WEDNESDAY
House District Committee Finds
Lack Of Quorum for Monday
and Postpones.

Consideration of District street car
legislation has been postponed until
Wednesday. owing to the failure OF
the House District committee to mus
ter quorum for Monday, to which
date adjournment was taken yester-
day.
when the committee resumes consid-
Grafton Of the Woods bill for disposing
Of the street car problem here only the
last section awaits approval. To this
Representative Frederick N. Zihlman
of Maryland. chairman of the special
subcommittee that conducted the traf-
fic hearings. proposes to offer an
amendment. The Zihlman amendment
will allow the street car lines only
six months in which to avail them
selves of the inducements offered
them to merge under the Woods till.
The alternative proposed by Repre-
sentative Zihlman to be written into
the law is that II the street car COM
panies do not merge within six
months the Public Utilities Commits
sion would be instructed to determine
separate rate Of fare for each COM
pany, based on its individual fair val
uation as determined by the commits
sion.
Representative Florian Lampert of
Wisconsin. who led the fight against
the Woods bill in the committee yes
terday. also proposes to offer two
penalty amendments in the event that
the street car companies do not
is not effected in three months the
proposed aLmpert amendment would
straightway declare q rate of fare at
four tickets for 25 cents: II they did
not consolidate within six months
Representative Lampert would auto
matically put into operation the KEEL
Ter bill for municipal ownership and
operation
Evening star., 1921-07-23
WILL TRY TO STOP =
D|SORDER|N|TALY
Deputies to Take Any Step Il
Check Internal fractional
Trouble.
By the Associated Press.


ROME, July 23.-The fighting betweei
extreme nationalists, communists ani
carabineers, which has been responsible,
for numerous fatalities at Sarzana
province Of Genoa, during the past tw'
days, was brought up in the chamber
deputies at the close of Fridays session
when Benito Mussolini. leader OF thu
fascist. asked for all available informa
ton pertaining to the conflict.
Premiar Bonomi responded to the re
quest by reading several official dis
patches from the troubled area, where
upon Mussolini declared he was not sat.
isf1ed with their contents. He added
however. that he was pleased with de.
cisions recently reached by the genera
federation of labor and the socialist
party in favor Of pacification. but said
that they were most moderate in theiI
communists continued their provocative
tactics the fascist would carry on il
struggle against them.
Premier Bonomi, in reply, said tha
he regretted conversations looking to5
ward pacification had received set
back, nevertheless he was confident
responsibility of all the parties ant
hoped that peace would be achieved
However, as it had been declared that T.
paciffcation efforts failed the struggle
would continue. it was his duty to de.
clare that the government would taki
steps to prevent il at all costs, in tn,
interest of the entire country. Cpof
hearing this decla tion all parties ex,
cept the fascist and the nationalist
jumped to their feet and cheered tn,
premier.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
FIGHT HYATIsvILLE TAX.
Property Owners Ask Injunction in
Street Improvement Case.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Inc Star.
EVANSVILLE, July %. - Testi.
mony on the petition for an injunc.
tion to restrain the town Of Hyatts.
Vile from enforcing the assessment
for the improvement of Owens ave.
nue.. sought by various property
owners in that thoroughfare. wa:
given yesterday by the plaintiffs
represented by 8. Marvin Peach Snt
Vincent A. Sheehy. before Judge FIJI.
more Beall in the circuit court fol
Prince Georges county at Upper
Marlboro.
The plaintiffs contended that !hS
town ordinance for the improvement
of Owens avenue required the worn
to be carried to Columbia avenue
ana that the improvements had beer
completed only as far as LuttreL
avenue; that an assessment could moi
be legally made against the property
owners on the improved part OF tht
street until the entire street had
been improved; that owens avefue
had never been accepted by the tow1
as a public street; that the expense
of the improvement was 80 greal
that 1t is confiseatory. and that ,hs
street was improperly graded.
The towns side OF the case VIII bt
presented Monday by Attorney,
Charles W. Clagett and L. Ho"are
Duckett.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
IGNORANT OF BRIBE.
Bergdol1's Brother Says He Knows
Nothing of 5000.

Charles A. Braun Of Philadelphia.
brother Of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, the draft dodger. who has
changed his name since the notoriety
attached to the Bergdoll family, told
day that the first he heard OF the
alleged payment by his mother Of
$4,000 to Maj. Bruce R Campbell was
when he read Of 1t in the newspapers.
Braun was called as a witness by
Maj. Campbell in connection with Mrs:
Bergdolps charge that. she had paid
the offlcer $4,000 to- help get the
Stacker out of prison.
James E. Romio. formerly q Phila-
delphia magistrate and long conf
dental adviser Of the Bergdon fam
testified that when he asked Campbell
to- defend Irwin Bergdoll, also a
Stacker. the major declared that he
had enough Of the Bergdolls.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
5000 CARPENTERS YIELD.
Men on Strike In Philadelphia Ac-
cept Contractors Terms.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July 3d.
Nine thousand carpenters, who had
been on strike here since May I. yes
terday accepted the terms laid down
by their employers. including m1te-
rial reduction in wages.
Contractors claimed the carpenters
action probably would bring to an end
the entire building trades strike,
which was called when q lower wage
scale for all classes of labor was an
nounced.
The new rate for carpenters was
fixed at 90 cents an hour the old rate
having been $1.12h an hour. In ad-
dition, the carpenters agreed not to
call sympathetic strikes for the ben
eft Of other classes Of labor, and to
protect pon-union men from molesta-
tion. A forty-four hour week Is to
replace the former forty-hour week,
and overtime pay is to be on the basis
Of time and q half for the first four
hours and double time thereafter.
idays are to be paid for at the rate Of
double time.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Mr., DAVIS ORDERS PROBE.
Labor Secretary Asks Inquiry Into
Immigration Service.

Secretary Davis yesterday. on
recommendation Of Commissioner
General Husband, ordered thorough
Inquiry into the immigration service
at the principal ports and stations.
The inquiry will be conducted under
a committee composed Of Assistant
the bureau of immigration, and 1rv-
ing F. Wilson, assistant United
States commissioner of immigration
at Montreal.
The purpose, Sedretary Davis said.
was ito promote economy and efici-
ency and to find means Of preventing
the undue detention Of immtgrantS
pending admission.s or departation."
He said no charges of graft at the
Ellis Island station are involved.
The investigation will include a
survey Of the physical property OF
the service and also will take into
enforcement Of the Chinese and Jap
anese exclusion rules.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
UPPER MARLBORO.

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, July %
Especially. - Nicolas Orem, formerly
superintendent of schools in Talbot
county will become superintendent
August l, succeeding Eugene 8. Bur-
roughs of Clinton. Prof. Orem will be
formally inducted into office at meet
ing Of the county board Of education
Judge ]. Chew Sheriff. a member of
regards Prof. Orem as most capable
and is confident that school affairs
will be conducted fh q highly salts
factory manner during his tenure Of
office. Prof Orem will make his home
in Hyattsville.
The county board at its Jaly meet
ing made the following appointments:
Miss Maude Gibbs, supervisor; Miss
Blanche OEle, attendance offlcer. and
]. r. Henault, clerk to the board. Upon
recommendation Of the board. the
county commissioners % have agreed to
which a four-room school will be built.
sites also have becn bought and plans
approved by the county board for
three-room schools ut Ardmore. For
estville and Berwyn.
Although plans for these buildings
have been approved by the county
board, they have yet to be approved
BY the state board, various minor
changes having been requested by
citizens Of the communities. AS soon
as the plans are approved by the state
board, approval which. It is believed.
days. the county board will request
the county commissioners to ask for
bids on q bond issue to cover the cost.
None Of these buildings will be ready
BY the fall term. however, 1t 10 stated.
An addition to the school at Seat
Pleasant has just been started. New
colored schools are to be built at
Ducketsville, Bowie district. and other
places. The board has decided to in
stall sewerage and sanitary connec-
tions in the schools at Bladensburg,
Riyerdale and College Park.
In contrast to conditions of the past
few years. the county board has ,,a a
teachinc force, q member stated to-
day. Several Of the dis applieantas Z. are are
meetinr Of the board August Q dates
for the opening of the county schools
will be nxed. The name OF the Mitch
ellville school has been changed to
Mullikin School.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July ga new
ordinance providing for a bond issue
for $780, 900. to be known as a general
fund and improvement bonds. was
adopted last night at an adjourned
meeting Of the common council. The
bonds will be registered and non-reg-
istered cupon bonds and will bear in
terest at the rate of per cent. the
interest payable semi-annually in oc-
nominations Of $1,000 each. 1t is
provided that sinking fund be es-
tablished and that the bonds be re-
deemed at the rate Of $1,000 a year
beginning October /, 1924. and that
the last payment on the bonds be in
1856.
A number of bills for repair to
sidewalks done by the city engineers 8
Office in conformity to the ordinance
recently passed by city council pro-
viding that the work be done by the
city and two-thirds Of the cost be a
lien against the property and one
third be paid by the city was up for
discussion. Councilmen Bagett, Nc
Canrey. Drury. Fletcher. Sullivan and
others expressed themselves as op-
posed to the city engineer building
entire new sidewalks.
City Engineer Dunn was given the
floor and he reviewed the work done
thus far and among other things said
that up to the present he had only
done three new sidewalks in their
entirely He suggested that the entire
work be given out by contract to the
lowest bidder
A petition from the Alexandria Jit-
ney Association. asking for a reduc-
ton of the city license tax. was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
Col. J. @. Nolan of Georgia last
night addressed a gathering Of nearly
300 men and six women in the opera
house on the principles of the Ku
Klux klan. Many of his hearers
were from Arlington county. The
organization was 100 per cent Ameri-
can and open to American Protestant
Gentiles. 1t favors white supremacy
and the American Constitution. he de-
clarei. This order, he said, was reor-
ganized December 5. 1915. and he gave
The organization, he said. will pre-
serve the memories and traditions of
the south. The speaker paid a tribute
to the Confederate soldier. One of its
purposes. he asserted. is to correct the
ISLANDERS and scurrilous attacks made
on the old Ku Klux Klan.
Mrs. Caleb Randolph Davis has is
sued invitations for the marriage OF
her daughter, Geraldine Fairfax, to
Mr.. Herbert Raymond Hoar Saturday
July 80, at 8 o'clock in the evening, al
Christ Episcopal Church.
The concert given last night by the
Citizens Band at the Friends play
grounds was largely patronized and a
very successful affair.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
GORKY ON WAY TO BERLIN
TO ASK AID FOR STARVING
Russian Writer Will Make Per-
sonal Appeal for Food and
Medicines.

BERLIN, July 23.-Maxim Gorky,
the Russian writer. is said to be ON
his way to Berlin to make q personal
appeal for help for hunger and chol-
era ridden Russia with shipments of
provisions and medicines. It 10 semi
officially said that Germany may fur
nish physicians and medical supplies
to be used under the direction Of the
international Red Cross, but that no
food will be sent from here.
The German government, 1t 10 as
serted, has assured itself that M.
Gorky is acting with the approval of
the soviet regime.
Recent Berlin advices said the ap-
peal. which Maxim Gorky had sent to
the Germans to help the starving Rus
slams was meeting with slight re-
sponse, the general attitude. appar-
emily being that the Germans were in
no condition to help anybody.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
SETTLEMENT SEEN
IN LLOYD GEORGE
TERMS TO IRELAND
Continued from First Page.

Continued from First iPake.) -
based on dominion self-government
and are made to both the north and
south, the correspondent continues:
IF the south accepts it will be open
to the north Independently to reject
them. Then there would be the un-
happy perpetuation of what the Sim
Fein stigmatize as partition. 1t il
part Of the cabinets scheme that Ul-
ster must not and cannot be coerced,
and that the Sim Fein should recog-
nize the justice Of applying to the
north the principle Of self-determina-
ton in local affairs.
But while. according to the cabi-
nets plans, the north is to retain in
full measure the safeguards provided
by the better governp1ent in Ireland
act there will be very strong induce
ments for the north and south to CO.
operate in establishing and maintain
ing a central governing authority for
the whole Of Ireland to deal with
questions Of common interest"
Editorially the Times declares that
the issue between the Irish leaders
"can almost be reduced to the question
whether a joint body to administer
all ireland affairs. be it parliament
or council. should be constituted UPON
the basis Of equal or proportional rep
Evening star., 1921-07-23
MORE KILLED IN CONFLICT.
One Raid Leads to Another in Sar.
Zana District,

ROME. July 23.-From twenty-nvf
to twen:y-seven persons were KILLED
during the conflicts between extremt
nationalists, and carabineers an<
communists at Sarzana, province o.
Genoa, according to the latest re-
ports received here. 1t is impossible
to give the number of dead with Ger.
tainty. because some of the bodici
were thrown into the sea while 9th
ers were scattered throughout tn,
countryside.
The conflict was the result of 8
raid by the nationalists Sunday, wher
they entered Sarzana and killed sew.
en- communists. The communists ant
peasants of the whole district JOINED
to repel further attacks. They hunt.
ed throughout the region for ma.
tionalists, and wherever one wal
found he was killed.
Later communists lay in ambush
for nationalists. Several women wert
in the ambushing parties, many OF
munists used machine guns.
These were turned against all pass.
ing trains. One nationalist was
killed on a railroad engine. Several
trains arrived in Rome riddled with
bullets.
The carabineers of the district had
been ordered to preserve order and
proceeded against the nationalist
According to the carabineers, the ma.
tionalists fired on them and an en-.
counter ensued. The nationalsts. or
the other hand. claim that shots were
fired at them as they were approach.
ing Sarzana
The national organization of the
extreme nationalists at a meeting il
Rome adopted resolutions condemn.
Ing the government and urging thai
those guilty of causing the confiicS
in Sarzana be punished.
= The country is still in the hand.
of the peoples arditi. Armed peas.
ants are declared to be committing
all kinds of violence against fascist
and their supporters.
A group of fascist succeeded in
saving the life of companion wher
he was about to be put to death, but
three of them were killed and foui
wounded.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
BY MIRIAM TEICHNER.

BERLIN. July The woman who
rode opposite ME on the bus wore
queer gloves: they were rather shape
less, and they were unfamiliar as to
glove material, and they had on their
slightly baggy backs none Of the en-
broidered stripes so non-essential
and yet so much a part of gloves. all
the world over.
Later. when we started for the 70
illogical Garden after coffee. my host
ess drew on a pair of very much the
same kind of gloves. How do you
like them? They are homemade" she
said.
They were. And they were made Of
a piece of her sons old tricot undS%
wear. She said that she had hadrno
pattern; she "cut them out Of her
head
But" she told me. they are charg-
ing 80 marks for such gloves In the
stores. And rather than pay such
price ! would go without them Her
husband is q wholesale tobacco mer-
chant.
83 Marks for q Dollar.
Conscious of an exchange rate which
brought me So marks and some pfen-
nfgs for a dollar, was meekly silent.
And l remembered fat mining man
from Carthage, who walked down the
main street of small German town.
wheeling comments on the prices OIL
things in the windows. He translated
the marks into terms of dollars. and
in dollars commodities Of both 1000
and clothing were delightfully."- cheap.
And he said he had been asked by his
home paper to write his Impressions
of Germany, and that he was going
right back to his hotel to do it. These
people are crazy" he said: what
are they kicking about? Things are
cheaper than they are at home
And I also remembered a comfort
able looking working man and ms
wife, wandering up the main street
of the same town and stopping at a
jewelers. window and scofhng at the
modest display of fancy combs and
bracelets therein displayed. They
characterized the display as typicaliy
''nouveau riche." and then they began
to translate its cost into terms OF
bread and sausage.
.Expensive, very Expensive."
And 1 remembered a magnificent
old lady, the wife Of former direc-
tor in Germany's shipbuilding. now
an employe of Krupp, who was one
Of q party Of women with whom l
visited Potsdam. Most Of the women
had brought along the familiar little
paper bunuleS containing UEOW IL
bread sandwiches, but this old lady
had brought none. She said that her
husband had said she could buy some
thing wherever she was Then conee
time came. and with it cake and
sandwich time. and the old lady. in
her nine-year-old Swiss muslin blouse
and her tyoolly black skirt Of ancient
cut, marched gloriously up to the
counter OF the restaurant in which
the coffee party was going forward
and cast her appraising eye over the
display Of cakes. They were one
mark seventy-hve pfennigs and two
marks apiece.
"Expensive." said the old lady. I'm
her stentorian tones: at would have
been cheaper to take something from
home. 1 shall tell my husband. Oh.
yes, very expensive. But" trumpet
ed the magnificent old lady, in epic
tone, "1 shall have one just the same"
And she did.
Those cakes cost me somewhere in
the neighborhood OF three cents
apiece. But no gifts Of persuasion
on my part were sufficient to con-
vince the old lady that two marks
apiece was not an outrageous sum
to be paid for cakes which before the
Evening star., 1921-07-23
BUYS BARGES OF ARMY.
Transportation Firm at Baltimore
to Begin Business August 1.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special D1spatch TO Tne Star
BALTIMORE, July 23.-According to
Franklin c. Morris, $1,000.000 is in
volved in the purchase. made by
company Of which he is general man
ager, Of 1--WE self-propelling oil burn
ing barges and seventeen cargo
barges from the War Department.
The company having the barges is
the Baltimore. Philadelphia ana
Southern Transportation Company.
and Mr.. Morris as general manager
will make his headquarters in Balti-
more. The stockholders, says Mr..
Morris, are New Yorkers. Business
will be started August l.
The company plans to run the oarges
between this city. New York. Phila.
delphia and points on the coast of
North Carolina. The first trip will be
made from here to Elizabeth City,
n. c., on August l.
The purchase was made from the
intra-coastal division OF the inland
and coastwise waterways department
Of the War Department.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
BUDNITz BEGINS MONDAY.
Prohibition Director Makes State.
ment on Law Endorsement.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. July 23.-Edmund
Budnitz, the Baltimore lawyer who,
despite the strongest kind Of opposi-
tion by the Maryland branch OF the
Anti,Saloon League, was named pro-
hibition director for Maryland and
the District Of Columbia. will prob
ably assume the duties Of his Office
on Monday.
Mr.. Budnit1 today issued the first
statement he has given out since
he was chosen by the republican eau
Gus in Washington for the place He
said:
Il am fully sensible Of the trust
imposed upon me by my appointment
to the Office Of prohibition director
for the state Of Maryland and the
District of Columbia I will en-
deavor to overcome its difficulties and
discharge the duties to the best of
my ability, without fear or favor.
will enforce the law so far as have
the power and the assistants to
do so.'' .-
Evening star., 1921-07-23
HyATTSv|L[E.

HYATTSvILLE. Nd. July 23 tSpe-
cial).-The Hyattsville Public Library
will move, Monday to its new quar-
ters in the Municipal building. Miss
Agnes L. Espey. librarian, announces.
The formal opening will take place
Tuesday evening. when the public IL
invited.
Beginning Tuesday. the library will
be open each week on that night and
Miss Espey states that the library,
since its opening a few months ago,
has shown an encouraging growth.
During both May and June more than
800 books were distributed. A juve-
nile department has just been organ
lied under the direction of Miss
Agnes Brown.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
ULSTER NOT CONCERNED.
Has No Interest in Discussion OF
Fiscal and Financial Issues.

By the Associated Press.
BELFAST, July .23-Ulster at the
moment is not concerned with the
negotiations being carried on by the
British government with the Sim
Fein, it is declared in unionist quar-
tors ,here. These negotiations, 1t is
generally assumed by the public, deal
with fiscal and financial questions. 1t
is conceivable, political circles say,
that in certain eventualities Ulster
would become involved, but that stacy
reached.
Fresh developments in the political
situation here were lacking today. No
anxiety was expressed in unionist
Quarters. because they regard the
position OF Ulster as secure, holding
tnat there 1s no question either Of
the granting. of republic or of the
parliaments.