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New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

found in the firths and landlocked in- lets reminders of the sheltering fiords which they had letf at home.
 An Historic Cathedral.
 But those individuals who were fortunate enough to make their way to Kirkwall lying less than two miles across the island of Pomona from Scapa Flow, and the base from which the American mine-sweeper operated in taking up the great North Sea mine barrage laid during the World War. probably delighted in the old Cathedral of St. Magnus, founded in i1S7 and now one of the three ven erable Scottish cathedrals in nearly a complete state of preservation.
 e'The visitor to the Orkneys cross ing over from Scotland usually has D vivid recollection of q swim ming head and q. weakness in the pit of his stomach, for the Pentland Firth which lies to the south of the islands enclosing Seapa Flow has the reputa- ton of being rougher than the At iantic, with sometimes a current run ming so fiercely that 1t can be seen as an oily, rolling river on the rougher surface of the sea
 Where Picts Left Relics.
 When the Vikings first began coming to the Orkneys they found a race of people about which almost nothing is known today. The Picts, however, left their brochs. or round towers, and queer burial mounds which form one of the chief sources of interest in the Islands. The Stand ing Stones of Stenness rise in dreary solitude and defy the years to solve the riddle of the men who put them there. The individual stones. twelve to fourteen feet high, are arranged in a semi-circle about a cromlechor al- tar, which is said to have been dedi- cated to the moon.
 "So peaceful arc the Islands today it seems impossible that they once were the storm center Of bloody con flicts. The Vikings subdued these people. and Harold the Fair-headed. in S75, added the Orkneys to his Scandinavian kingdom. but they were finally returned to Scotland as the dowry of Margaret of Denmark, who married James III.
 "only go of the 66 Islands in the group are inhabited and some of these by less than thirty people.
 Ut has been surmissed that it was probably in this portion of present day Scotland that the story of the thistle. now the national flower, arose. It is told that one of the Dan ish invaders, while moving at night to surprise the Scotch, stepped with his bare feet upon thistle and yelled with pain so loudly that he wakened the sleeping Scots, who hurriedly gathered up their arms and drove the enemy away"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
SCAPA FLOW; STORY
 OF THIS HARBOR
Vessel Always Can End Shelter
 in This Port

Washington. D. C., March 4.-"Re- ports thsa the 74 German warships scuttled by their commanders on June 2a, 1919. at Scapa Flow are to be salysged by the British recall the fact that this body of water between the Orkney Islands and the mainland of Scotland, which was the main base of the British Grand Fleet through out the World War, is one of the worlAs largest and safest harbors, says a bulletin from the Washington, D. V. headquarters Of the National eQorgraphic Society.
 ''Gven the guides provided for na- v1gators say that no matter in what Erection the wind may be, vessel San always find shelter in Scapa Flow vy shifting berth. Practically the whole of this inland sea. measuring so square miles in area, is honey combed around the edges with good harbors and roadsteads, many of them being along the cliffy banks of Pomona. or Mainland, the central and largest of the Orkney Islands. Burray. 6Outli Jhcudiuoiidys T iottas "i my and Graemsay are the islands which form a ring to keep out heavy seas.
 4 Long Blockade Line.
 Though the name recalls 10 the British mind the basis of the Home Fleet during their naval traning sea- son, to the American traveller during the World War it often suggests un- happy moments when much against his will he visited Scapa Flow because a Dutch, Scandinavian, Danish. or other neutral vessel on which he was travelling had been brought by a British cruiser into the harbor and its passengers landed at one of the Ork- ney Island ports. for Scapa lay along the western terminal of the line of blockade. This blockade of ships and steel netting extended from the north of Scotland to Scandinavia to prevent travel to and from Germany
 ITO many the Orkney Islands thus had an unpleasant introduction through no fault of their own, but if the anger of the passengers over the delay was not too great they prob ably enjoyed the quaint charm of the inhabitants of this northern archipel- ago who boast that they are descend ants of the old scandinaviaps. who re. sent being referred to as Scotch, and who speak a dialect of English inter- spersed with peculiar old Morse words.
 This characteristic Of the island people is easily explained even though it may hark back more than thou- sand years, for at very early date the sea-rovers from Scandinavia and Denmark made their way across the North Sea to Scotland and probably
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
INDIAN TRIBE HAS STRANGE BELIEFS Some Thought That Men Became
 Animals

Santa Barbara, Cal. March 4.--The Santa Barbara Channel Indians. be- fore the influences of white civiliza- ton came among them, believed just the opposite of the modern theory of evolution. according to J. P. Har- rington of the Museum of the Ameri- can Indian, q recent visitor here.
 These Indians said Harrington. thought that all tho animals once had
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
AIRPLANEs AID TAX COLLECTOR

Bagdad, March 4.--The British air force Is still being used to aid in the collection of taxes, according to tho Daily Express correspondent. Re- c.ntly some tribal chiefs refused to pay and an army force, aided by air planes. was sent against them. The chiefs paid up after receiving severe punishment.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

his words. This creature was credit ed with magic powers.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
These dresses are plendid, we'll fitting

House and Porch styles, made with set-in sleeves and trimmed daintily with chambray, sheer organdy, rick-rack braid, butt tons, pipings, sashes, vestees, pockets and belts.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

Tables for each size in our spacious ready-to- wear department. Plenty of each size, color and style.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

publican Party and edit its organ,
THE Workers Republic" Revolt
against the Boer war, Anti-Jubilee
Empire Demonstration writing
Labor in Irish History" represen-
tative of the Irish S. P. at the In
ternational Social Congress, in 1900.
In at the split Of the S. d. f. in 1903,
the formation of the Socialist Labor
Party in line with De Leon, later in
the year he departed for America.
Back again in 1910. The organization
of the /. T. w. U. The great in
dustrial revolt of 1918. The final mar
tyrdom after Easter Week, 1916"
Here was no complacent trade un-
ion leader, but a working class war
rior with heart aflame. What could
be the use of talking about the phi
losophy Of gradualism to this man
STEPPED in revolutionary lore and com
PEELED to do battle at every step. Once
the goal of social revolution becomes
his consuming aim and he has grasp
ed the Marxist method of reading his
tory, his evolution towards Leninism
becomes a certainty as the years
sweep us onward towards the great
crisis of 1914. His divergence from
the Kautskys in the revolutionary
purpose. They had no revolutionary
purpose but turned Marxism into a
fatalism which saw Socialism emerg-
ing thru the gradual Transformation
of capitalism. What to them was a
paralysing blow was to Connolly the
great opportunity. Ryan's account of
the effect of the Imperialist War on
Connolly reads like Zinoviev's ac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
An Italian Communist Daily

factors in the organized labor move
ment of this country today.
And when we look over this great
army OF more than -S,500,000 workers
speaking our language, without q
daily paper, without any labor insti-
tuition. we know how great was the
damage done by this gang of dema-
gogues dressed up in the regalia of
"Droletarian saviors." II is for this
reason that our Federation decided to
concentrate its main forces to achieve
the realization of a daily paper, a
paper which can reach the toiling
masses and teach them the Commun-
list principles, give them an ideal to
defend, to propagate, to realize.
Tomorrow we know what will be
the result of the propaganda for the
daily paper. We know that thous-
ands of working men and working
women viii understand their duty in
the great field of the class struggle.
Our paper will be a great weapon
against the Fascist movement, it will
gle in this country among the Italian
working class. And besides that it
will be great help to the American
workers because it will fight to dis
sipate racial and national hatred be-
tween the workers of the world, so as
to eliminate the ignominous national
Iistic teachings SO dangerous to the
working class interests. Only the en-
emies Of the workers, Americans or
Italians, can tremble before this new
step made by the workers toward
their emancipation; but the working
class all over the world can sing the
hymn of Joy in this movement, be-
cause it shows that Fascism cannot
succeed in crushing the hope for a
new day of the workers of Italy.
Yes, the publication of I'll Lavora-
tor" is the beginning of the new and
triumphant resurrection of the Italian
prolotariat. The day will come when
we will celebrate the downfall of
Mussolini and his pretorian army to
give birth to the Italian Soviet Repub-
lie. It is inevitable. The Italian pro-
letariat is still marching.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
JAMES CONNOLLY 81 MURPHY

fact that the father was a laborer
In 1880 Connolly's family became ex-
lies and arrived in Edinburgh where
his father obtained work as cor
poration dustman. James became a
printers devil IN the office of the To-
cal Evening News" He was then
under legal age, but his employer
for year defeated the law -
Then the sack. But he was lucky
enough to find work soon afterwards
in a bakery j.. later two years
in mosaic thing factory. The
company of his uncle, an old Fenian,
kept vivid in his memory the glamour
and agony of the national struggle.
Mitchell too, he read, and much Irish
history. Brooding, intense, silent.
outwardly cold and inwardly afiame, a
spirit of adventure called him to new
scenes. Leaving Edinburgh at eight
cen Connolly was in turn tramp, navy
and peddler, spending a rowing and
eventful life in different parts of Brit
tain. He was married in Perth at
the age of twenty-one. An accident
to his father recalled him to Edin-
burgh. His parent was permanently
disabled and James Connolly took up
his work as dustman in the cleansing
department of the corporation !.
But many tones of ancient and mod
ern history had he handled, the revo-
lutionary phases of Irish history in
particular. Marx. Engels .Asso-
citation with British Socialists. Nor
ris, Hyndman, Leslie Then to
Dublin in 1896 as Socialist agiator
and to start the Irish Socialist Re
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
BY Antonio Presi.

THE battle initiated by the Italian
| Federation for an Italian Commun-
ist daily in America is near its tri-
iImph. 1t was a hard, formidable bat.
tie.
We were like little group OF sail.
ors fighting in terrible storm at sea-
A desperate fight.
We possessed only the indomitable
determination to arrive at the goal, to
give to the glorious and immortal
Communist International new
fighting flag, new impregnable
trench defended by few ardent Com
munist soldiers.
Only a few months ago our "Alba
Nuova" started to come out every
week. The atmosphere which sur
rounded us was full of antagonism,
hatred, aversion. But we never cared.
The Communist soldiers cannot fear
is enemies; we know them very well.
.nportunists, reformists so-called,
|libertarians of the Maxine type, in
be the center of the anti-Fascist strug-
aAoAA AcAAAotoy 0AA VI lAACAn Will bntlI
publications, launched a relentless Of
fensive against the principle which we
stood for. But we never shrank be.
fore the rattle snake. We remained
immovable, like a rock of granite.
We followed our course.
Today the sympathies of the Italian
workers are with us, the victory of
establishing daily paper shows that
we were right. Those who assaiI us
belong to the category of the impo-
tent, the pusillanimous, good only to
fight against the workers cause rath-
er than the capitalist regime. For
more than quarter OF century that
element, because of its sectarian ana
narrow mind in the class struggle,
has continuously divided the workers
into various factions. Not in tho
name OF party, an ideal, a principle,
but for their own personal ambition.
And for this only reason the Italian
working class in America, numerous
as it is, is not yet one Of tie main
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
THE WORKERS FLAG

Unfurl our banner to the breeze
On mountain heights and distant seas;
Where the poor are trodden down
In the country and the town;
Where the children toll all day,
Robbed Of sunshine and of play;
Where our sisters earn their bread
In work from which all joy has fed;
Where our brothers give their life
For masters gain, in bloody strife.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

1t shall challenge tyrant wrong;
1t shall make the weak, the strong;
It shall clasp in brotherhood
Men Of every race and blood.
'Tis the flag whose cleaning red
Strikes the workers foes with dread
Ills our flag, we workers, here;
Rise and greet it with a cheer.
James n. DoIsen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13

With the opening day scheduled for April. 26 and plans being made for g. gala celebration as send-off inGica- ions are that the Birmingham League if Amateur Baseball clubs will enjoy | banner year on Magic City diamonds. At the last meeting the schedule. draft d by Secretary Fred A. Culley, was adopted and the teams will ,e ready for the start on April 26. There still is, however, one or two EASTERN DIVISION
 April 26 Ayondale Park at ,Sloss By-Product. Avondale Mills at ster-Northington Stockham "Y" at East Birmingham.
 May 8 Sloss By-Product at Stockham "Y." Doster- Warrington at Avondale Park. East Birmingham at Avondale Mills. Doster-Northington at Sloss By-Prod. Avondale Park at East Birmingham. Ayondale Mills at StockhamS "Y."
 May F Sloss By-Product, at Avondale Mills. East R'ham at Doster-N r-Northington. Stockham <"Y" at Avondale Park.
 May 24
 
 Stockham "Y" at Doster Warrington. Avondale Mills at AVondale Park,
 May 3l Sloss By-Product at Avondale Mills. Doster-N Northington at Avondale Mills. East Birmingham at Stockham "Y."
 June Stockham "Y" at SIoss By-Product AYondaIe Park at Doster-Northingto Ayondale Mills at East Birmingham.
 June If Sloss By-Prod. at Doster-Northingto West Birmingham at Avondale Park. Stockham "Y" at Avondale Mills.
 June 2I Avondale Mills at Sloss By-Product. -Northington at East B'ham. Avondale Park at Stockham "Y''
 June 28 Sloss By-Product at East Birmingham. Doster- -Northington at Stockham "Y." Avondale Park at Avondale Mills.
 July Avondale Park at Sloss By-Product. Avondale Mills at oster-Northington Stockham "Y" at East Birmingham.
 July 1A Sloss By-Product at Stockham "Y." Doster- -Northington at Avondale Park. East Birmingham at Avondale Mills.
 July 10 Doster-Northington at Sloss By-Prod. Avondale Park at East Birmingham.
  ' July 26 --1' Sloss By-Product at Avondale Mills. East B'ham at Doster-Northington. Stockham "Y" at Avondale Park.
 August East Birmingham at Sloss By-Prod. Stockham "Y" at Doster-Northingto Avondale Mills at Avondale Park.
 August 9 Sloss By-Product at Avondale Park. Doster-Northington. at Avondale Mills. East Birmingham at Stockham "Y."
 August 16 Stockham "Y" at Sloss By-Product. Avondale Park at Doster-Northington AVondale Mills at East Birmingham,
 August 2S Sloss By-Prod. at tDoster-Northington West Birmingham at Avondale Park. Stockham "Y" at Avondale Mills.
 August 30 AVondale Mills at Sloss By-Product. Doster-Northington at East B'ham, Avondale Park at Stockham "Y."
 September 6 Sloss By-Product at East Birmingham. Doster-Northington at Stockham "Y," AVondale Park at Avondale Mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13

A very little bit of very bad base ball goes a very long way with the peo- pie of the south. So it is just as well for the clubs that go down there to train, that they didn't expect to make money by their spring games. Some clubs have earned less than others but none of them can have made much less than the Brooklyn Dodgers received as their share of the receipts for one game which crossed SIP.
 Of course, $e is serious money with
 the Dodgers. It will feed Dodger
 two days or pay his room rent for
 three days. With clubs which train in more luxurious surroundings, such as the Giants, the Reds, the Senators
 or Yankees, $6 isn't so much
 The southern schoolboys have firm control of their imagination in the pres ence of assembled greatness. A knot. hole in fence is just knot-hole in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
FAIR SCORE MADE BY SHOOTERS FOR
 NATIONAL PRIZE
Hill Of EnsIey High Is Top Man After
 Firing Here i

Shooting against all the high school R. o. T. c. units in the. United States. for the national trophy, the .Birming- ham unit closed its season Saturday morning with only 2 fair score.
 c. F. Hill of the Yellow Jackets was the surprise of the shoot, chalking up the high total for the team, after hav- ing been called as a last minute Sub- stitute. Hill's shooting. was the most consistent of the lot, and had he been able to get his sights adjusted before firing his prone position, would have done much better. Abercromble Finished Second
 Phillips, star, 'Scotty'' Abercrombie, came across handsomely, prone, sitting and kneeling, head and shoulders above the field in these three position, butt wss seized with that age-oid enemy of. the shooter commonly called "buchs fever,H and scored only 55 out of ths. hundred standing. In spite of this, his score was second high for the team. Another surprise of the shoot was the off-hand shooting of DewbeFry Oope-s Hand from the Junior CoIonels. After more or less spilling the beans, prone. and kneeling, he came back with aven=: geance standing ana scored S6, . hith+ erto unhead of feat on the high school range.
 Shoots Consistently
 Cecil Wilhite of the Jackets, though handicapped at the start by getting into a box of defective ammunition, shot consistently as did Guy McNaron of Woodlawn.
 Oscar McDaniel of Phillips, the team captain, and George Chambers of Wood lawn were unable to shoot high enough to get their scores sent up. The shoot ing squad was cut to seven during the week without the formal elimination that had appeared necessary, as several of the serious contenders for place were eliminated for various reasons.
 The team score as sent to Chicago for recount and decision. Possible In each position Is 100; total possible, 400:
 HI, Ensley-Stand, s2; kneel, s3; sit, s4; prone. S9; total, 33e. a{',
 Ahsrerombie. Phillips stand. 55; kneel, s1; sit, 91; prone. 95; total, 3S2.
 Wilhites Ensley-Stand, 79; kneel, ;T4l sit, sssi prone, s7; total, a25.
 McNaron, Woodlawn = Stand, "A; kneei, ss; sit, 73; prone, Ss; total, SIS. K Copeland, Woodlawn - stand, -R6; xneel, s1; sit, 72: prone, s2; total, So1.
 Team totals-Stand, 376; kneeI, s92; sit, 405; prone, Al; total, 1s614 out of 2,000. tNc Nc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13

Hams, two veterans in the Southern as- sociation, will make up the outfield trio. Both seem to be at their best and during the exhibition games their play ing seemed superb.
 ss Strong Behind Bat
 Al Devormer will be behind the bat in the opening game and Mobile fans are wondering why a major league team allowed Devormer to depart from them. The big backstop is swatting the ball at great pace and behind the bat he used his head as well as his .mitt. Dan Lory may probably be the second string catcher, but he will have to step some, as Giles Metteer, a semi-pro, Is setting a hot pace for him. The pitching se- lection will not be known until the last minute. Huhn has some fine hurlers to choose from, including Dan Boone, Joe Acosta, Red" Bird and others.
 The, officials of the Bears made. a wise move when they secured Harold Wiltse and Rex Adkins to huri for the Bears this season. These two young sters have pitched real baseball against some of the best batters in the majors, and they have literally "southpawed 'em to death" Bill Ellis, old-time Southern leaguer, also is showing great promise in his workouts.
 Jones' Hitting Is Impressive
 One Of the hardest questions for Emil Hum to solve deals with Cowboy" Jones.s Jones came here on his own ac- cord from McCoomb City, Miss, and asked for workout with the Bears. He was granted his plea and from the first day ,of. practice his war-club has been sending balls against the fence sur rounding Monroe park. He has great room for improvement in his fielding, but his hitting is superb, and this makes it hard for Huhn to decide whether to keen him or mt unwayer if the Bear manager decides to let him have another year with the serni-pros, it can be assured that the Bears will have claim on him next year.
 With the above team the Bears will make 1t hot for the remaining teams in the league. They have fine chance to win their second championship in the history of the league, and if not win ners, they will make 1t interesting for the league leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
COREY TAXES UP
 DE EPALMA'S CASE
A. A. A. Is Criticized For Limit
 ing Racing Meets /

DIES MONIES. la, April -12.-chaI- lensing the A. A. A. to give any just reason for its suspension of Ralph De Palma because of his appearance in dirt track races sanctioned by the In- ternational Motor Contest association during last winter, Secretary A. .. Co., rey of the association today issued a statement upholding De Palma and as- serting the stand of dirt track officials in the veteran drivers favor.
 ''It is time that everyone realized that automobile drivers can no longer afford to limit thernselVes to the paltry num- Der of board tracks still remaining in this country" Corey declared.
 "The International Motor Contest as- sociation during the last year sane tioned something like 75 dirt track race meeting compared with five or six by the A. A. A. Is 1t any wonder that De Palma and other big drivers want to enter a larger field where year-round racing is provided?"