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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
Could Condemnation
 Be Stronger Than This?

use it in general attack on collective bargaining
 Bittner, by urging violence and disre- gard of contract obligations, struck at the foundation of collective bargaining which is based on validity of contracts sanctity of promises and observance of the law. He should have been the last man to do so, for it was he who signed the Hanson agreement and personally pledged the miners to abide by arbltra- tion, no matter what the outcome.
 His remarks have not only endangered peace in the coal fields. but are being used and will be used to strain industrial harmony and collective bargaining in general. He should be officially re- pudiated by union leaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
How Long, o Lord, How Long !?
Birmingham Age-Herald).

Birmingham Age-Herald).
 How long must this strife and tur- moi continue in the Birmingham dis trict
 There is no excuse whatsoever for such incendiary speeches as that made by one Van A. Bittner representing union mine workers, in Blocton day or two ago.
 This man came into the Birmingham district from foreign state and took charge of affairs of the union coal min CTS of Alabama. 44 ls sstsrr
 After long period in which strike existed in this district and in which there were disorders galore, he agreed to refer the entire matter of the settlement of the strike to Thomas E. Kilby, governor Of the state of Alabama, to personally de- eide the matter. He further agreed to abide by any decision which Governor Thomas E. kilby might make Governor Kilby returned q verdict. The strike was declared a thing of the past. Van Bitt- ner in his official capacity, accepted the .Kilby award. All citizens of this district thought and believed that a period of peace and contentment and industry had arrived.
 Yet in face of the facts and of this agreement this man Van Bittner proceed ed to the mining camps and gave vent to words, in speeches, which are abusive and incendiary to the most extreme limit.
 Unfortunately, under the laws of Ala bama there is no way to restrain this man. But it is an outrage upon the good people and the good miners of this dis trict, whether they be of the union or the open shop variety, to have such words uttered to them as were printed in yesterdays Age-Herald and as are re- produced today from an official report of Van Bittners speech, made by an ac- credited court stenographer.
 There were enough killings in this dis trict during the pendency of the strike without having hot-headed and disap- pointed miners melted to resort to vio- lence. under the guise of protecting them selves and their families.
 How long must the good people of this Birmingham district be compelled to sup- init to the marauding meanderings of this Van Bittner type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
A Menace to Peace in General
Birmingham Post)

Many labor men have privately ex- cent utterances of Van A. Bittner. It is apparent that the unions of Birming- ham are not in accord with him. which was to be expected. for they have all ways stood for the law and fair deal- ing. But there should be some formal. public word of disapproval
 Bittner's remarks. and the scattered violence which has followed them in the coal fields, have done a tremendous in jury to unionism- It is becoming more and more apparent that Bittner placed a powerful ws-pon in the hands of anti unionists The latter will not hesitate {,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
"Not the Slightest Sympathy
Birmingham Post).

The Post has not the slightest sym pathy with the attitude recently displayed by Van A. Bittner, and it deplores the violence which has lately swept the coal fields Bittner should be recalled-im- n1ediately! And it should be made plain to the miners by their leaders that vio- lence has got to stop!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
Is There a Lien on Jobs :?
Birmingham News.)

What constitutes an abandonment of employment and what constitutes the after causing his former employer the loss of great deal of money, paralyz- ing business. and making tremendous amount of trouble? And what consti- tutes the obligation of an employer to discharge the men who are willing to work in the crisis and were satisfied with the wage offered. in order that the men who brought about the chaotic situation may be reinstated in the jobs they held in such small estimation?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
This Is No Laughing Matter,
 MT. Zimmerman

Zimmerman laughed when asked if Van Bittnsr
 radical
 "The speeches of Bittner mild compared Q
 that other have delivered in other he said
 'he grave situation here enough however the
 patience of almost any man."
 Statement of John Zimmerman Of Illinois, of
 the visiting committee of the U M w. A. pub
 lahed in Brmingham afternoon paper April 5.
 This committee and the public who believe in law and order, hoped and had the right to ex- pect that the "big five" committee representing, with full authority, the United Mine Workers of America, and consisting of William Greene in- ternational secretary y-treasurer, Ohio, chairman; John Zimmerman of Illinois; w. D. Van Horn, Indiana; John O'Leary, Pennsylvania, and An drew Watkins of Ohio, upon reaching Alabama, branded by Van Bittner as 'tthe internal state," would promptly recall Van Bittner and other or ganizers who have followed his example and condemn their radical utterances. This commit tee has been in Birmingham two days, have been made acquainted with the murder of Bivins and other crimes, have learned that the public and press lay the indictment of these crimes to the radical utterances of Van Bittner and his corps of organizers
 Van Bittner cannot be let down. with laugh or . smile, MT. Zimmerman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
Press and People Unite in Saying Van Bittner Must Leave the State

Representative speaking uncertain terms the gravity the situation and the duty all good citizens Read what they say.
 The civic organizations of Birmingham unanimously ondenng radical utteance the breaking agreements defiance of law and acts violence and call for the withdrawal of Van Bner and other guilty of making incendary speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
The Case of Striking Miners and
 Their Families

IneW F FdmllIcS
 These miners were not locked out by their en,- ployers. Months ago they voluntarily preached their contracts, abandoned their positions and struck in accordance with the commands of the United Mine Workers of America The doctrine preached by Van Bittner that jobs voluntarily abandoned without any cause belonged to the miners who abandoned them is revolutionary and radical. His command to the miners tosign contracts of employment, bore from within and ? breach them, makes it difficult for the employ CTS to know whom to employ.
 The United Mine Workers of America induced these men to surrender their jobs, expended over three and half million dollars in an effort to maintain it's position, submitted the grievances to arbitration and lost the fight
 Zimmerman, upon reaching Birmingham, boasts of the millions of the union
 Justice requires that some of these millions be expended in remedying the situation of these men and their families, for which the union is directly responsible
 Governor Kilby, the arbitrator to whom the United Mine Workers submitted their griey- ances in reference to this matter, found:
 Tt my opinion that since ths strike wronsfuny
 and without the slightest called the orxani
 ration of United Mine Workers of responsible for tho strikers being without employment that, therefore the United Mine Workers of Americ.
 should supPort the strikers until they able
 
 There is a wide discrepancy between the state ments of the miners union and the operators as to the number of miners who are idle on account of the strike and the number of women and chil- dren dependent upon them
 The union claims that 40, GOO men, women and children are involved. The operators assert that the number of strikers does not exceed 2,OOO. Allowing each miner family of five would give a total of 10000.
 In view of the foregoing and in spirit of jus tice to all this committee offers its services for the purpose of taking census to determine the number of deserving people affected by this con- dition, as preliminary to an inquiry into means of practical relief for those who want work, are willing to work and are unable to obtain it.
 And we call on all such to unite with the press and the people in demanding that Van Bittner be made to leave the state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
Handy Andy Says:

Hardware Satisfaction Is the natural
resu of selling good quality merchan
dise-thGts why We have so many
pleased customers. The very fact
that we have so many permanent GUS
toners among the expert carpenters
and mechanics of this section is a
good indication that our tools and
other hardware IS right, for even If
looks should be deceiyng it does not
take an expert workman long to de.
tect inferior quality when the tools
are put TO a test
You can Depend en- everything you
buy here because it's guaranteed to
satisfy,
Below Is a list of a few of the most
common tools showing our lowest and
highe prices, priced according to
size, style AMI quality
We have a good assortment Of all
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
U. S. DOOMS BURR0S AS PEST
Animate Charged With Destroying the
Beauty of Grand Canyon Of
the Colorado.

Wash,ngton.--The lowly burro. en.
shIlned in western legend as the
heroic prospector, has been officially
classed as Il "yeritable pest" by The
United States government
This animal, and It's progeny in
countless numbers, abandoned by It's
former owners, according to Stephen
r. Mather director Of the national
park service, has selected the Grand
canyon Of the Colorado for its habitat,
and the availability OF the canyons
scenic beauties In consequence are al
most disappearing.
The burro Mr. Mather Says, de
stroys the trails, denudes the pastures
OF grass and other forage so tAat ua-
tive wild game such as antelope has
been forced out" He adds thar "thc
time IS not far distant when radical
steps will have to be taken to elm.
mate the burro evil"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
"cisy Of spindIeG"

This is name popularity given 10
Lowell, Mass, which is one of the
largest cotton manufacturing towns in
the United States }tHl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for nuSy Readers

"A Child For Sale" Opera House
Friday and Saturday ADV.
Herbert Davenport has purchased a
Studebaker special Of the Putnam gar.
age
Lat opportunity to see Mahlon
Hamilton In Half A Chance" at the
0rera Ilous9 tonight-Ady
Miss Mary Meagher, Miss Esther
Parker and Miss Nora Costello attend
ed dancing party last evening in
Hoosick Falls.
Rev. W. G. Towart returned from
Burlington Wednesday, where he has
been attending the State convention Of
Baptist ministers,
Sec Mahlon Hamilton in the prize
ring IN fencing match and in big
fight IN Half a Chance" at the Opera
House tonight Adv.
THE Soul Of Youth by Julia Craw-
ford lycr5, ratne New, and Charlie
Chaplin in The Floor-Walker" at
Harte Theatre tomorrow ADV.
Mrs Burt Harrington and daughter
Jane have returned from New York
city. whore they have been spending
the past five weeks with relatives.
Judge Ben Ii lsey and wife journey
ed all the way from Denver to Holly
wood, California TO take part in THE
Sou Of Youth Harte Theatre to-
morrow Adv.
An object lesson to young girls who
are ind screet-''Are All Men Alike?'
starring May Allison; beautiful priz
ma film and Johnny Hines as "Tcr
chy." Harte Theatre today. Adv
The members of the Pathfinder.
club entertained their mothers and a
few other invited guests Wednesday
evening at the Public We f--
The rooms were prettily decorated
with hydrangeas carD.t.on- oD. ..-.-
The program was entirely musical
each number he ne we'll rendered
Dainty refreshments were served.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
GAMBLING ORGY
SWEEPS NATION
~ Come II" Is Now United
States Anthem TO the Tune
Of Two Billion Dollars.
FRENZY SEXES THE COUNTRY
Treasury officials Deeply Concerned
Over Situation-May Make Gen.
eral Appeal to Pu5lic to
Check Gambling,

Washington, y. C.-Approximately
S2,000000,000 changed hands last year
AS result of the gambling mania, il
was estimated here on the basis Of
information reaching government
heads through official aud unofficial
channels.
Treasury officials are deeply con-
cerned over the situation, which indi"
Gates, they say, that the United States
IS stiR cllnging to wasteful and ex-
trayagant habits that grew up since
the armistlce.
The. situation has been brought to
the attention Of Secretary Of Treas
ury Houston. Director William
Mather Lewis of the savings division
now is considering whether a general
appeal to the public through ministers
and civic societies would be effective
IN checking gambling.
Frenzy Seizes Nation.
Lewis has just returned to Washing
ton from trip through the country
In which he gave some attention TO a
study of the situation.
Gambling at cards and betting on
racing has reached frenzy never be
fore equaled," he said Thousands
appear to be engaged In 1t in one form
or another, either as betting commits
Sioncrs or beitors.
1T Is true that money changing
ownership through games Of chance
does not represent economic waste.
But seldom are winnings put to any
useful economic purpose.
The federal government, Of course,
is powerless to act to check the
mania except through moral appeal"
No Loss, But No Gain.
Nearly S1,000000000 was won at
poker and other card games alone
this year, 1t was estimated. Tax re-
celpts on sales OF playing cards now
average more than S300000O year.
This indicates the sale OF 40,000.00G
packs, which alone cost more thaa
Slj0p.O00
AT every race meeting that lasts q
week several million dollars change
hands at the tracks, 1t is estimated
This includes no estimate Of the vast
aggregate Of sums wagered at places
distant from the tracks through bet
ting commissioners
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
RED BLOSSOMS ARE FAVORED
American and Liberty Roses, carns.
lions and lmmorteileU Among PoP.
ular Christmas Flowers.

I'm viz CHRISTMAS eve c0Tnts 10
..SsM Z mild and warm and Christ
et$E@ mas morning follows rs gen
ssttsesE tie prophecy, The city tior.siS
will be happy That will
mean that the thousands of boxes Of
Christmas flowers which must be de-
llyered on Christmas forenoon can 20
out with only the ordinary packing.
But should there be freezing weather,
every flower must be packed In cottoa.
which doubles the labor and the time
necessary. Even with the mild Christ.
mas, which Is the florists delight The
force III tho biz retail flower stores
works all night Ihe night before Christ.
mas. From midnight until Z ocioci.
IN the morning an hauds are busy
packing the boxes which in n few
hours are TO convey Christmas remcm-
brances At : o'clock the delivery
wagons start, and before noon an tic
fragile blooms have reached the FEM
mine hands for which they were pur-
chased Probably 10000 such boxes
are delivered every Christmas morn.
ing In New York. One dealer In a
fashionable residence district has sent
out between 900 and 400 every Christ
mas morning for many years
The "mlXed box ranges from $40
to $50 in price It is q very MODEST
little box for the t'rst pricc-Jl> hnl'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
SOLUTION FOR FUEL PROBLEM
French Scientist Urges Use Of Wind
and Water TO Replace
Coal.

Paris.-Wind and water hold the so
mtlon of the fuel shortage in France,
Il. Colardeau told his associates at the
Academy of Sciences at its last meet
ing
lie presented what he considered
proof in the results of an installation
on his kitchen faucet of water tur-
blne which drives Il dynamo that
charges storage batteries.
City pressure on the water, he ex-
planned, is sufficient TO furnish a
household with electric light.
In the country. NJ Coardeau would
install windmills to pump water to ele.
waited tanks and utilize the fall Of the
water through a pipe TO turn the
charging turbine.
New interest has been taken here in
this idea of household installations,
because the higher costs of fuel and
power. it is considered, may make
practicable these water turbines.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
sELF.oeTERMlNATloN.

"That hat Is very becoming to you,
sir said the polite salesman.
Becoming, eh?' growled the iras
chile old gentleman. "What do you
thinl, | ana fool or dude7 I'm no
fussy woman buying a bonnet and !
don't care a boot about how a hat
looks on me. All want is something
TO keep the rain and sun or my bald
head"
Eyes. sir" replied the clerk. meckly.
That's seryieeabe hat, and II you
are not a married man you should
worry about the way It looks on you"
--Birmlngham Age-Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
's""''ss''$ odss<s'sS+t+.+<es
Trees and Fires.

II is doubtful whether any single
agency has caused more 6ceS than
Christmas trees. These are covered
with innammabc ornaments and kepr
until the branches are II dry as lin.
der. The practice OF decorating with
candles and lighting these in order 10
beautlfy the tree is the main source
Of danger There is something so
pleasing and satisfactory about Christ
mas trees that no one feels like Civ.
Ing them up, or opposing their use.
hut they are q source Of loss and da,.
ger Something should he done to
eliminate the danger, even though II
should reduce the number OF trees.
Until regulations from the outside in.
terferc with the practice It win he
well for every person who INDUCES in
the luxury to have a garden hose
ready for immediate use in case the
tree catches fire. Those who have no
means FOR extinguishlng fire should
not have u tree-From the Kansas
City Journal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
HOT W.TER ALWAYS AT HAND
Continuous Flow Of Coilng Liquie
and Steam From the lnnumerabe
Geysers Of Iceland.
65 years in use.

The hot-water fountains of Iceland
are on mounds averaging seven feet IN
height, the top Of each of which forms
the edge Of sort of basin From
these basins HE steam of boiling VA.
ter can be seen rising and the over
flow OF water ls continuous The con
tents of these basins Is as clear ms
crystal and one can see TO great
depth, while just below The surface
are many wonderfully beautiful white
ucrustatious, to obtain samples OF
which many visitor to Iceland has
burned his fingers The pctrIiicatlons
caused by The boiling wafer streams
from the geysers include birch and
willow leaves, grass and rushes seem
ingly converted into marble
At no time is It entirely safe to
lotcr in the vicinity of one of these
bottomless basins. for the geyser has
way Of spoutine aad gives no adj
vance warning Sometimes there will
be shoot of boiling water TO a height
Of Is feet, followed by II succession OF
lots The highest shoot Of which there
is any record was 80 feet.
Occasionally n basin viii for some
unexplained reason become ,eniirely
empty, or win give forth 'steam
shoot which, IN tile form Of column
OF spray and vapor at least GU feet in
height presents a really magnificent
spectacle
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20
LAUGHED AT SEAL
"AeIl- Diver" Refused to Figure
on PurSuer'S Menu.
Curious Speed Contest Reported by
Nature Student, Who Witnessed
the Incident, on Maine Coast

Seals are quick Of movement, and
anyone who has ever watched fhem
SEEDING cannot but marvel at The speed
with which they dart about in the
water and the apparent ease with
which they are able to oyertake their
prey, says a Bulletin of the American
Game Protective association, and like
wise there are few duck hunters who
have not had the opportunity Of wit
Messing the speed of the gre6e, com
monty known as the hell-divcr. lie
ean easily protect himself by diving
and swimming under water and light
ming is slow as compared with the
speed with which hellrdiver sub
merges when he secs the flash Of a gun
headed in his direction.
Which of the two is quicker in the
water becomes a nice question, to the
discussion Of which Arthur l.. renni-
man contributes the story of con
test he witnessed on the Maine coast,
IN the PenohScot bay region, between
a seal and pied-blled grebe, when
each contestant was apparently doing
his best, THE seal looking for his
supper and the hell-diyer intent on
seeing that he didn't make up The
menu"
while we were engaged in studying
the habits ofsa iiSh hawk" Mr.. Penni-
man writes 'our attention was at
tracted by great commotion IN the
water OF shore. From our blind we
could see that the splashine was
caused by seal performing the most
curious antics in his attempts to catch
bird which we later identified rs a
pied-biled grebe.
The seal made rapid progress, por-
poiSing In and out Of the water in
quick diving leaps and was fasf over
hauling the bird, which was swimming
frautically to escape his purSler but
however made no attempt to lly AZ.
ter u stralght.aWay race OF some FIFTY
yards or more, it seemed rs II the
chase was over, as both bird and seal
Disappeared in the same splash "a. the
seal struck the water When the
splash subsidized we saw that the grebe
had cleyerly lodged to one side and,
after twisting and turning quickly
around very small circuit to elude
the seal he headed STRAIGHT for shore
The bird now began to use Us
wings, and, Suffering rapidly over the
water, soon distanced The scaywhich
Continued the chase ultil within "a
feet Of the beach, whore the water
was no more than knee deep
There he sat witlrhis shoulders oui
Of the water watching the grebe as
the latter ran along the edge Of the
shore. Thcn as though hc hated d
give ~ lbs meal, he slowly purscod
/ the bird on q parallel course IN Oh,
water, paying not the slightest atten
ton to The men on the beach until he
was frightened of 10y our intervention
/ IN tie contest
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20

Rubes Of Various coIors.
Although rubies are usually red,
there are violet, pink and purple ones.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-20

a dozen roses q dozen carnations. q
biz Of Christmas green" In the $50
box there. Viii be probably half
dozen American Beauties, half a
dozen long stemmed liberty roses Of
the rich. velvet deep crimson vari-
ETY.; some ylolets, some valley some
mlgnonette "a sweeten the whole >o-.
perhaps some sweet peas and hya.
cinihs a bit OF heliotrope and always
some holly and a red satin ribbon 10
tie the whole,
These expensive boxes are Simply
pretty trInes, sent to the rich, by
those who. are not sufficiently Indebted
or on sufficiently Intimate terms tn
send more costly or substantial gifts.
The very evanescence OF the flowers
makes them superlatiyely luxurious.
Fifty dollars for flowers that fade In
a day makes the attention more deli.
cate than four or five times that
amount put into some more durable
trnc.
Red is pre-emincntly the Christmas
color and red carnations and red roses
are the favorte purchases. The red
lmmortelles, also, go In great buncErs
FOR Christmas decorations IN houses
OF both high and low degree. These
llumortelles are real flowers though
some people have notion they are
made Of paper The natural color IL
yellow, and they grow ia the south or
France, where great fields Of them may
be seen dried and dyed FOR the mar.
ket. Ii is great industry there En-.
ropcans use them largely to the eXcln.
sion OF fresh flowers for all occasions
They are dyed in all colors for the Eu-
ropean market and thousands upon
thousands Of boxes of the red ones are
Imported to New York every year for
the Christmas trade They cannot be
successfully grown in America, owing
10 climatic differences y few have
been produced in Texas, but The flor
lists say they are not right