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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
|[|LLER IS INTENSE PARTISAN OF UNION
 SAYS SDEbARDELEBEN
Deserves to Be Promptly Re- called and Stripped of En- ployment for Giving Out
 Interview

If William c. Liller is a government conciliator he de- serves to be promptly recalled and stripped of his employ ment for giving out this inter- view" said Charles F .DeBar- deleben last night in formal statement in reply to that is- sued earlier in the day by the representative of the depart ment of labor.
 instead of breathing conciliation . continued Mir, DeBardeleben, it speaks defiance to the governor of Alabama, charges him with being either misin- formed or prejudiced, is full of false statements and conclusions and shows clearly that instead of being a just mediator he is intensely union par tisan.'
 Mir. DeBardeleben's statement reads ns follows:
 The statement of William C. Liller 1ttaShHlS tHc governor or aldDama ana giving his views of the present situation in the mining district is of itself the best proof that could be furnished of the wisdom of the coal operators of Alabama. IF refusing to accept Mir. I4llers services as conciliator or mediator
 In November, 1919 the present strike in Alabama began, following the na- tional call, which was in itself repudia- tion of the national agreement made by ha nd rx,ht totx ol-. >,.;.- I by President Wilson as being both illegal and immoral.
 "In May, 1920, the union selected mines in the domestic coal fields as their theatre for a more ambitious strike than the one begun in November, it being their purpose, by depriving the state of it's domestic coal supply. to freeze the people and thus force the operators into subjection to their demands
 BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
 "The committee representing the coal operators of Alabama wass appointed dur ing the summer of 1920. This committee was selected by the unanimous vote of the operators whom they represent and who compose more than 90 per cent of the coal tonnage of Alabama. and who include many operators not members of the Coal Operators association. the com mittee being entirely independent of this dSSocldtion Slnce tne appointment or this committee-Mr. Liller to the con- trary notwithstanding-i has had the whole-hearted and unanimous support of all of the operators whom they have represented.
 Mir. Liller's statement that the cause of the strike was the failure of the Ala hama coal operators to accept the rec concentrations of the bituminus coal commission at Washington for wage increase is untrue. The operators of Alabama accepted the recommendations of the coal commission for the wage in- crease, put the increases into force anl effect, and are now abiding by these inc creases. although wages in all parts of the country in all other lines of industry
 (Continued on page nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
USE A|RPLANE ID
 BRING F|RST AID
MontevaIIo Mining Company Pushes Assistance to Injured Man, But Comes Too Late

Mine rescue work by airplane was in- augurated in the Birmingham district yesterday by the Montevallo Mining com pany in conjunction with the mine rescue station at West End and the Dixie flying field.
 It is held possible that with somewhat earlier notice of an accident to Machine Foreman J. A. Baker at Aldrich mines. his life might have been saved.
 Baker was injured about o'clock in the morning. He was riding a mine car and somehow lost his balance, it is said, and grabbed trolley wire. The current passed through him and he was unable to- extricate himself Fellow workmen finally pulled him away, badly injured.
 sAldrich mines are equipped with mod ern safety devices and rescue apparatus, including puhnoters. These were imme- diately applied. It was some time, how the company, was notified at his office in Brmingham.
 MT. Lowell immediately called up the mine rescue station in desperate effort to save the mans life through special apparatus which the station keeps on hand
 J. M Cobb, mine foreman in charge. suggested use or all diIpidHe. NIT. LoNSn told him to get it at once. Eddie Stin- son, operator of Dixie flying field was communicated with, and in a very short while he was piloting MT. Cobb and his apparatus through the air to Aldrich. In 50 minutes after MT. Lowell called up the mine rescue station Mir. Cobb and Stinsdn <had landed at Aidrich 30 miles distant.
 It was too late. Mr. Baker had died few moments before their arrival. MT: Lowell does not believe MT. Baker could have been saved, but he said: My only regret is that l did not know of the ac- cident as soon as it occurred. Had known of it at once, the airplane would have gotten the rescue station apparatus there several hours before it did arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

to work may continue. The state of Alabama owed us that duty. But understand me; if the troops are removed 1t means that we will have to fight individually for our own rights. And we will do it. Under present conditions it would mean that the mining district will be thrown into a state of anarchy. We don't want that to come but if it must come we will protect our selves. The more than 20,000 men who have stood what we have al ready stood during this thing are ready to go the limit. We will protect our families, our rights and our own integrity. We insist on the right to make a living and we shall continue to insist on it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
AWARD CONTRACTS
 FOR C0RD0VA BINS Birmingham Concern to Do the Construction Work on
 $70,000 Coal Plant

Reid and Lowes Birmingham have been awarded the contract to do the piling and other work on the coal ter- minal at Port of Cordova on the War rior river, and the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing company has been awarded the contract for the convey ors belting and other coal handling equipment.
 The war department has approved the contracts, signed and seaIed them and they have been returned to the office of Manager H. T. DeBardeleben for execution.
 The contractors will commence work at once and the bins should be ready within two or three months.
 The bins will have a capacity of 2000 tons of coal, the complement Of 40 to 50 cars. It will have a loading capacity of 450 tons per hour. There will be four bins of 500 tons each. As fast as the bin is empty it can be re- do business of 4,000 to 5000 tons per day with ease Double shifts would accomplish that much more.
 The Cordova bins are to cost about 0,000. Much delay was encountered in getting the contract finally closed up and Warrior river management ex- presses delight that it has been done.
 The coal bins at Cordova will add greatly to the capacity of the river for handling bunker and export coal to Mobile and New Orleans. Several times as much coal can be loaded on barges in the same time as can be loaded now.
 With the building of the $4e0,000 coal terminal at Mobile and that at Cordova, the Warrior export and bunk CT business at that port will. 1t is pre- dicted by experts assume several times present proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

also made aplication to enter training school.
 Master M E--Age s, weighed 51h pounds, was admitted Novem- Der, 1919. hish temperature, pulse and respiration, condition very un- favorable. Far advanced, severe cough, profuse and offensive ex- pectoration, S6 to SS ounces in 24 hours. Dismissed January, 1921; expectoration clear, only occasion al cough, condition apparently nor nal, weighing 74h pounds.
 Master c. J.--Age 6, admitted September 1914, weighed 40t5 pounds, condition very bad, far advanced, severe cough, profuse expectoration, high temperature. pulse and respiration. Discharged September. 1920, weighing 90 pounds. no trace of tuberculosis and is now at school.
 Miss J. J.--Admitted March. 1918. weighed 98h pounds. incipient, condition fairly favorable, cough. slight expectoration. Discharged May, 1919. and entered training school August, 1919, and Is still well and hearty; will graduate Au- gust, 1921
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

T believe if the people knew how many cases are turned away for lack of accommodations every week, the necessary money for ex- pansion would be forthcoming inn mediately." said Mir Humphrey. The need for adequate provision for advanced cases is growing daily These cases must be almost wholly neglected, because we must care for the incipient cases and the children who have become infected are in stages tnat may be cured should not come in contact with the cases which are in the ad- vanced stages"
 Tho records of six arrested cases follow:
 Miss c. D.-Admitted September, 1920, weighing 114 pounds, condi- ton not favorable, stage moderate ly advanced, cough and high tenn perature, nervous. etc.; dismissed January, 1921. Disease arrested tho activity; apparently sound and well, weighing 141tpounds.
 Miss s. T.-Admitted May, 1920, having hemorrhages, weighing 119 pounds, condition fairly favorable, stage incipient. January, 1921, ex- animation shows no activity (dis- ease arrested), has made aplica- ton to enter training school for nurses.
 Miss c. P.--Admitted June, 1920, weighing S6 pounds. condition un- favorable, stage advanced high temperature, pulse and respiration, severe cough. January, 1921, ex- animation shows no activity (dis ease arre ndl :. wei hinar 1n2tL h az
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
"Liller Agitator Like Van
 Bittner, Without His Brains z

Frank Nelson. .Jr., member of the special. committee of the coal opera tors, last night made the following statement in reply to that of Will liam c. Liller:
 'William c. Liller is jdst as much of an agitator as Van Bittner with out his brains. He has falsified about the operators. The governor of Ala bama has been successful. has lived in the state practically all his life and should know as much about the situation as Mir. Liller, who has been here a month.
 T think the government can spend money to much better advantage than in sending asitators like William Liller around to help prevent settle ment of strike trouble rather than hep settlement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
DIR. M. S. FAREWELL

CT ipdOrse the statement of Gov- ernor Kilby regarding the situation which now exists in Alabama, and agree with him that there Is no strike. except for the lawlessness and threats of lawlessness. This condition. Il think. Ia directly traceabIes to the orders of strike leaders and vicious organizers and agitators telling their men to do something which is direct viola tfon of the law.
 'As the only issue in the strike is the question of recognition of the union, to declare n position re- garding that Is merely . decIara- SiOn in favor of the contention of one side in the controversy.
 ssThe second alternative sug- gested >by the governor for the settlement of the strike conditions should have the support of every law-abiding citizen of thes state. That simply provides that the union leaders and their men shall obey the Inv.
 ~The weight of public opinion In favor of requiring the strike lead- err to rescind. their orders and to instruct their men to obey the law should be unanimOus. Personally, l think that the lawlessness would cease Tn . very short time if Van Bittner went back to his home. However, there seems to be no way to force kim and the other foreign aEitators to leave this district ercept public opinion. and l think that should be brought 10 bear.
 'Ihe real solution of industrial troubles in this state lies in the adoption of an industrial court bill similar to that in Kansas. The present situation shows the need of such IeKislatfon.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

ATTENTION. KNIGHTS TEMPLARs! The nenbershlp Of Woedlawn Com mnndery are reNueHted to attend the interment of deceaned knlght, F. r. Wood. Funeral servIce~ Tt lrondaIe Methodist chprch nt 2 '. m., Frfday, February II. Internent at tslmweod< cemetery.
 MCCARTNEY. Recorder Q. $. FINCH. Ccnnanaex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
Six 7ubercuLar Patients
 Discharged From the Camp

Believing that the people of Birmingham interested the work that the Jefferson County associa on accomplishing at the outdoor sanitarum Red an T. Humphrey executive secretary has compiled brief history of six whch have been arrested and the patients
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
Euents of Today
 In Birmingham
ADJUSTMENTS
December 29, 1920
Civitan club luncheon 1 o'clock, Southern club

TCINItdh CIun IuhCheOH I OcIOCk, Southern club.
 ADJUSTMENTS Lyric--Ixeith vaudeville and pic- lures.
 Loew's Bijou-vnudevilIe and pic- lures.
 AJcazar--"I< 1smet.o Trianon-katherine Macdonald, in "My Lady's Latch Key" Strand-Fatty Arbuckle. in "Brews- ter's Millions.'
 GaIax-Bryant Washburn in "An Amateur Devil."
 Rialto-WiItiam Farnum, in "If I Were King"
 Princess--SeriaI and comedy. OdeOn-SeriaI and comedy. Miles School of DancinE-Dancing from Q to 12.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
EUGENE D. BROWN

"The statement of the governor has my hearty indorsement. The people of the state generalfy are suffering as much as the 0perm-
 (Continued on Page T'welvel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
PERSONAL

l Horace Little president of the Buf-]
 falo Sulphur Refining company. with' city for day or so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
kILBY'S VIEWS ON STRIKE
 GENERALLY Y APPROVED HERE
Non Worker Says 10000 Miners Fed Up on Strike

c. Langston, we'll known nonunon miner of Cordova was in Birmingham last night and critical of certain of the statement issued by Governor Kby regarding the mi 'strik Ike
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
HENRY HOWzE

"The governor stated the case clearly nnd fairly. There is no power under the law by which he cnn decide the point at issue in the coal strike. But the people of the state want the thing ended, md that very soon. They have been patient and long suffering. The main trouble. md the only reason the troops have to be kept in the field is because of the agi- tators. Otherwise, the people of the Birmingham district even would not know there was strike. It Is the acts of violence and the threatened nets of violence which make the troops necessary. Every man has a right to work when and where he sees fit. and must be protected from the strik- CTS who would interfere. intimi- date or mOIest him. Above all things, the state of Alabama must protect its citizens in their right to earn a living in any manner they desire to york;,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
The Key to Wealth
 Is Will Power

llersly make up your mind to save certain poriion of each menth's earaings. It takes the mest will powsr to start; after you start. yep'll take pride in your ambition to make ! success of life. Have you win rewer? Then open . Savinss Ae- count with us.
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smile Ben had ever seen. She was
evidently in moderate circumstances,
and it developed that she was on her
way from Boston to another city TO
find work. The only man from the
wrecked boat was cook who could
speak little English, but gave lusty
hand In helping Ben reach the life
saving station.
The two women and the cook went
who ),ad lost all her belongings In the
wreck, stayed on at Aunt Hannah's
Suggestion. IT need light hand to
help mo with the work. said the
astute old lady. "All this Worry and
furry has upset me terribly and It may
take me all winter to feel right smart
again" All of which would have
startled Uncle Pete and Ben had they
So Marjorie Leo stayed on and
helped q good deal, and they all grew
so fond Of her that they would not
let her 20. She was an orphan, and she
had grown to love the sturdy keeper
and his sweet wife, and as for Bon, he
was hero In ber shy eyes.
"You are my gift from the sea, Mar
jorie," he told her one night when they
watched the stars together from a win
dow on the narrow staircase. This was
in June and the stars were soft and the
breeze was very tender with these lovers.
mo, dear, I give myself to you, but
the sea did help us q lot, didn't itT'
and she blew kiss out to the calm
waters in memory Of that snowy night
six months before. That is the way Ben
won a bride and brought her to his
isolated home, and their happiness is
beacon for all mariners that threatens
70 outshine Sand Shoal Light itself.
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flakes. There was no sirn Of an un-
fortunate vessel bearing toward the
shoal or the signal fires of tho life
saving station-yes, there werc the
fires miles below at Kiticut Beach
the life savers were out tonight. of
kiticut Beach were the black rocks
where another light was placed. But
still came that insistent cry that
seemed timed to sound whenever the
foghorn paused.
ITS on the shoal below-maybe
some one from the wreck of Kiticut,"
shouted Ben. and he pulled on his oil
skins. Morning was breaking, but
there was not much relief In the blind
ing storm. Ben shot powerful
searchlight down at the shoal and
glimpsed mass Of something.
You'll be drowned I" warned his
aunt. But you've got to 60, Benny"
For the first time since his broken
engagement Ben laughed outright. He
kissed his aunt and made for the lower
floor. Half an hour afterward he
brought up one by enc four people,
three women and one man, survivors
from the wreck Of the ship at Kiticut,
who had b,en put into q small boat
and had drifted to the friendly shelter
of Sand Shoal. They were all warmly
dressed, and after the keeper and bis
family had worked over them for hours
and put them to bed they slept all
through the next day and in more or
less degrees Of stiffness came down to
supper, where steaming fish chowder
awaited them.
Two OF the women were stewardesses
on board the wrecked steamer, while
the third was a passenger, a girl of
twenty, with eyes like brown pansies
wet with dew and the most appealing
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two old people were left alone. 'Tt
VIII be made up to him some day, my
dear. The good Lord will stralghten
it out! Daisy was trihing girl, but
because Ben loved her I tried to like
Days, weeks and months went by
and Ben Raymond found that time was
a little solace, He had learned to think
OF Daisy as Mrs. Browne, though he had
never seen her or her dapper husband.
II expect some day III be ,darned
glad II happened" he told himself
savagely, as he polished the brasses and
cleaned the big lenses.
1t was a wild autumn, with raging
seas and furious winds that shook the
building to its foundation. Folks ashore
arose in the night and looked off toward
Sands Light to see IL some, giant sea
had not. swept It away, but nothing
happened until Christmas week. when a
binding snowstorm held the country In
thrall and the friendly beams Of Sands
Light could scarcely be seen. Through
the smothering thickness the big foshorn
blared warningly, while bell buoy
nearby .tolled with dreary insistence.
Ben had not slept for several DAYS and
his uncle urged him to rest. you'll
be no use to me all tagged out, Benny, "
m all right, Uncle Pete,' assured
Ben. We've got to see this old nor :
easter. through without a wreck on the
shoal." "" '"'
whats thnt7" beloved the keeper
above the noise Of the horn.
Sea gulls-poor critters" NUT
Sounds like a cry" The two
men rushed to window and iook.J
out. AT first nothing could he cen
but the nnothering cloud o. snowH v.A
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
The GIT OF the Sea
Rx CLARISSA MACKIE

"I'm sorry, Ben. Mother and I are
.sbamed OF the way Daisy has behaved
~eeInecting to marry you in the winter
and now running away with that tray
cling salesman from Boston--yes. the
minister at Tuloses married them
That afternoon, and now as longs
they're married and he is her husband,
why we've got to make the best Of 1t.
But we'd n hull sight ruther Daisy had
married you-what can l say to COM
fort you. Benz" g,
Rem Raymond's tanned face seemed
10 male, a tired look came into his dark
blue eyes and his firm lips were a
straight hard line that parted In a grim
smile at the shame faced countenance
Of William Brewer.
Don't worry about me, Mr.. Brewer"
he said, extending a big brown hand.
"Its hard blow-if Daisy had only
told me she didn't love me would
have freed her at once, but don t You
and Mrs. Brewer fret about lit will
come out all right in the end
you're son to be proud OF, Ben"
said the older man hoarsely, as he went
away.
Ben paused with his hand on the
PAINTER Of the lighthouse potorboat. The
smile had faded and there was only
the grimness left on his face. The boat
was laden with supplies for the light
house. standing clean and white at the
end of the long shoal TWO miles from the
mainland. Ben was assistant keeper
there, and Ne and Daisy had planned an
idyllic life in their seabound home-but
II was not to be. Therefore, the light
house looked colder and loneler than
ever as his boat dashed across the bay.
He might have been Tilted every day Of
the week for all the emotion he showed
living room and told his uncle and aunt
the news.
When the keeper and his good wife
had exhausted their anger and the noon
day dinner was cleared away Ben found
work to do In the lamp room. and the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
LITTLE
BENNY S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape

-, vas smoaking and thinking ana
'Vp r.s Introducing Embroidery and 1
y wishing I was CRATE moving PIC
". ,otsr and sed. Hay pop. hay
'u' cot. this a imitation Of?
mo, I'd 7 started to wawk all GROUND
!. ~ ,oom picking up everything and put
. M n down agen with hardly eny TX
uns .,.r on my face and saying, Let
I. see lot me see, let me see.
:, ,oots to me like imitation OF a
y onener looking for a soft can, sed
pop. ,...o. -, ~. hunting
!. .omething and forgetting wat she's
hunting for, sed.
p.ins lest the way ma does, and pop
...r,od TO laff like enythins, saying,
q, % ba hs. that's rich, that is, the boy
a,,d make a crate movie acter, that's
ana on you, mother. ...
'"s Nntbing Of the kind, II 1t was sutcn
sood imitation wy dident you gess
~ W II was Supposed to be, and pes'des
H;uaitation Is the sincerest form Oh nat
NV so wat do ! care, sed ma.
~rH. bs. ha, 1t is to laff, sed pop, and
{, .ed % Well hay pop, hay ma, watts this
.,nnosed to be a imitation oiI ana !
s,pprrtei 10 wawk erround with my eyes
.Sssd and making fearse faces ana
Ssyins my hands GROUND, saying ooh-
s.nrd Il. blast 1t all, confownd II.
'OT O0TSband I should say 1t was a imi, 4,
,.,ion Of a soft shell crab being pulled
sut ssaVaf Of It's native element, sed pop, and
w. 7 soJ No sir, it's you feeling for the
towel with soap in, in your 1S. ssse sse' GOOD ,mi
..tnns bsfore. but that one wins the
.ntVD sniS medal. ice hee, soft shell crab,
.Sats !Ust The time you called yourself a
sood so one, Willyum, soft shell crab, hee
neI, All rite, all rite, can see the humor
=, me situation without having 1t TX
planned to me, sed pop. 3s Benny uUhod0 sss 70
hsd you'd stay up all mite II nobody
ssnt | YOU to bed, Suppose.
WNich I proberly would.
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bathing, for golf and all of outdoor activities and for
COrseette thing
devised.
materials brooches and mehes, and combines
admirably athletic grdle and the braGsere
An model has the waine brassee
shoulder supporters
the abdomen and hips holds figure
allows perfect and cool light
weight $3.50 and So.
Without elastic the waistline, 81 and So.
of black Sateen, for bathing, 81
Any O models easily and a
of lingerie
Charming New Sports Corsets
dainty and white materials
All have elastic and a light
OF pink satin $3.50
Of pink white broChe, 81
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ERESH, cool, white, hand
4 made blouses from Porto
Rico can be had in the Blouse
Store for only 81. Every
stitch is done by hand and the
blouses are quite elaborate
with hemstitching, tucks and
frills. All are Of fine white
batiste. (Market)
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You never get enough of this splendid
Coffee, for it has a rich, rare aroma and
most delightful flavor that you like bet
ter every time you drink it.