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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
By Branner

only two rag dolls and little fat Cap
tain that 1 had locked in my dark
closet !" So the fierce Brigands looked
very sheepish when they thought how
easily they had been fooled, and they
cried: "Then, we will follow the Rag
gedys and the little fat Captain and
punish them for treating us the way
they did !" So they ran down the path,
following the footsteps of the magical
hobby horse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
HEALTH LUNCHEON TODAY
AT TUTWILER HOTEL

Miss Bertha Clements, Jefferson
county tuberculosis nurse, is giving an
original and unique health crusade
luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel today
al 1 o'clock, the event being a feature
OF the Southern tuberculosis associa-
, tion and Sanitorium association con-
vention which opened in Birmingham
Thursday afternoon. Many attractive
features will be given at the luncheon
among which will be a play pertaining
to health.
Notable health workers are attending
the conference, among them being Miss
Reba Harris of Jacksonville, Fla, the
city health official, and Miss Ruby
Busha of Atlanta, a noted health edu-
Gator.
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locked in the dark
closet in the Magi-
clans house, said to
Reggedy Andy and
the little fat Cap
tain, Listen -! l be-
lieve l hear a lot of
people coming near
here Shall we yell
as hard as we can
and attract their at
tention 2"
Yes !" the little
fat Captain said
Let us yell as loud
ly as we can, then
they may hear us
and unlock the door
and let us out! l
am getting V e r Y
hungry :"
But they would
not be able to unlock
the closet door :"
Raggedy Andy told
the Captain. For
the Magician said
that he was taking
the key to throw
into the deepest part
of the ocean, And
if he intended doing
that, then no one
can unlock the door
unless they have an
other key :"
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
Friday Bargains
Prices That Make Friends
= Values That Hold Them!

We make friends with prospective Gus
toners with our prices, because they are
fair-and we cement their friendship
and patronage through our consistently
good values FOLKS come here to buy
because they can depend upon the quail
ity of the merchandise we sell and they
know they save money because depend
able merchandise gives longer service
and, in the end, is much cheaper than the
merchandise it outlives. ~
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Let show you the features Of this desk. desl
and filing cabinet at the price Of desk alone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31
Whistle for Robots
BLOWs April 10th at
Chicago Turner Hall

The new Labor Production Of Karel
Capek's great Robot play "R. u. R.
will have its first Chicago presenta-
ton on Sunday afternoon, April 90
in North Side Turner Hall, 800 N
Clark st. A second performance
will be given Wednesday evening
April 23, in c. S. P. S. Hall, 1926 w
18th st.
Several inpovations have been in
troduced in the Labor Production Of
"R. u. R." which represents daring
departures from the method used by
the Theatre Guild in its staging OF
the play. No liberties have beer
taken with the authors manuscript
On the contrary, certain devices OF
setting and costume have beer
adopted which will serve to bring out
the real meaning of Karel Capek'S
significant dialogue.
The cast has been rehearsing fol
several weeks. The Robots have be-
come SO imbued with the spirit OF
their role that it has actually be-
come necessary to blow a big, hoarse
factory whistle $50 that they will
know when to stop work" Tickets for
all performances sell for rs cents
They can be secured from the Labor
Defense Council, Room 307, 166 w
Washington st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31

Party members attending educa-
tional institutions, the students,
whom l shall also mention again
later on. / have recounted the main
groups only.
Small Number of Old Guard.
We can thus see that there is a
great division Of labor in the Party;
and this cannot be otherwise, as we
are governing great state. This
division of work has its advantages,
but it has its negative aspects as
we'll. Every comrade becomes spe-
cialized in some particular line, and
is unable to form clear survey Of
, other lines.
Now, comrades, look at our party
as 1t is. Of the old guard there
remains only small group of 10000
men. An enormous number Of new
members have joined, who have
been steeled in the are of civil war,
but lacking in adequate preparation
and real party schooling. There
has been an enormous influx of peas
antry, many other followers have
joined US because. we were success
full, the division of work has en-
sued. Is it not inevitable that there
must be tendencies in the party
which strive towards schism
Splits are possible with reference
to the Soviets or to the party; a
rupture may take place between the
old main body of the party and the
younger section; it is also possible
that breaches take place In economic
and productive matters, or in trade
union affairs.
Thus we have three possibilities
Of schism and decay. We are hold
ing all these trends together with
one single clamp-wIth party disci-
pline, with the decisions of the
Party Congresses which hold Che
staff Of the Party together. Imag-
inc what would be the result, were
we to add to all these fundamental
tendencies still one more-the ten
dency to split into groups. What
would happen then?
Fate of Party at Stake.
1t would mean the decay Of the
Party, so much we must candidly
admit to ourselves. 1t is not a ques-
ton of whether we allow or do not
allow this or that person to "join"
someone else for the purpose of the
existence of the Party itself: the
fate Of the whole Party is at stake.
And therefore we ask the cues
ton, whether the decisions for
which Comrade Lenin fought. could
only be defended by him alone; must
we cancel them, or shall they con.
tinue?
Ito BE Continued tuesday,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31
Boston Workers Plan
Several Affairs in
Next TIUO Months

The Workers Party of Boston,
Mass, has mapped out program of
activities for the next two months.
The dates and places are as follows:
Friday. April 1.-THE Freiheit'' CeIebra.
tion. arranged by the Jewish c. c. c., Al
Ford Hail. Boston, Mass.
Saturday, April rs. s p. m.-Grand Con.
cert, given by Local Boston, at Dudley ST.
Opera House, 1912 Dudley ST.. Roxbury
Mass. Combined Chorus Of Lettish, Russian
Ukrainian and Lithuanian Branches will par.
tieipstc. Orchestra. Prominent soloists. Ad-
mission 50 cents incl. war taxi.
Thursday, May /, 1880 p. m.--Internatio nal
May Day Celebration. arranged by the May Day
Conference Of Local Boston. at Lorimer Hall
fremont Temple, Boston. Mass. Prominent
speakers. Singing and music.
Friday, May 30 Decoration Day)-Inter.
national Picnic at Californian Grove, Dedham
Mass. All Clubs and Branches Of Local
Boston will participate.
Watch for further announcements. All
Party Branches and friendly organizations ar.
kindly requested not 10 arrange any other
affairs on those dates.
Council for Protection Of Foreign Born
Workers will meet on Sunday, March 80
1924. II q. m. at Room 5, iia Dudley ST..
Roxbury. Mass.
May Day Conference will meet Tuesday,
April !, y. m, at Room 5. ii3 Dudley ST.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31

members; in the year 1917, 10000.
All other members were admitted
later, the overwhelming majority in
the years 1919 and 1920.
What does it signify when the
membership of a party is thus con-
stituted? Every party has its
history.
Our Party has a very peculiar
history. The history Of our Party
comprises the brief period of 20 to
Is years, and almost the whole of
it's membership is terribly young,
and has only belonged to the Party
for two or three years. This is nat
urally the result Of the fact that we
were working underground for 20
years under czarism at the task of
laying the foundations of the Party,
and during this time it was inpos-
sible for great masses to join the
Party. One hundred thousand per-
sons joined the Party between 1917
and 1918.
More Asrsrians.
This was the generation which
the party had reared during the
period Of its illegal activity, during
the period Of the "Iskra," the
"Pravda" and the "Svesda," until
October, and little later than Oc-
tober. These members total one
quarter Of the membership Of the
Party, but three-quarters are quite
new comrades, who have Joined since
1919, and who possess splendid quail.
tiles, for they have passed thru the
school of revolution, the school OF
the civil war.
We know that they possess strong
points putting any other experience
in the shade. But there is some
thing which they do not possess,
comrades-and it is tncir misfor-
tune and not their fault that they
do not possess it-and that is the
knowledge of the history of the
Party, of the whole traditions of the
Party, of that holding together
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31
WORKERS HOLD
SPORTING MEET
IN new YORK
Plan to Call National
Conference
By EMIL TOIKKA.
(EneciaI 70 The Daily WnrkarN

NEW YORK, March SOth.-The
Workers Sport Conference, call for
which was published in a recent is
sue of the DAILY WORKER, was
held on Sunday, March 23rd, at the
Workers Party Finnish headquarters,
New York.
Organizations Represented.
The following organizations were
represented at the conference:
Williamsburg English Branch, rep
resented by Al Furman; Hungarian
Young Workers Athletic Club, repre-
sented by S. Kisza; Athletic Club
Kaleva, of Brooklyn Finnish Branch
of Workers Party represented by A.
Rasp and H. Wigell; Jugo-Slav
Workers Sport Club, represented
by j. Duimovieh; Czecho-Slovak
Workers Gymnastic Federation rep
resented by F. Modrovisky.
Ukrainian Branch of Workers
Party represented by Shalagan
Athletic League of Workers Party
Finnish Federation represented by A.
Wax; Oriental Branch of Workers
Party represented by d. Yamashima
Scandinavian Branch of Workers
Party, represented by E. Mattson
Workers Party, Finnish Branch of
Jamaica represented by K. Kuusisto
Athletic Club Vesa of the Harlem
Finnish Branch of Workers Party
represented by John Abrahams; jew
ish Branch of Workers Party No. 2
Bronx represented by Freda Siegel;
Harlem English Branch of Young
Workers League represented by
James Geraghty.
After a lively discussion about
workers sports, which took up two
or three hours time, it was decided
to call a National Workers Sport
Conference. All delegates were in
favor of the policies of the Red Sport
international Of Moscow.
A provisional Executive commit
tee of five was elected and instructed
to issue the call for a workers sport
conference for the purpose of organ
izing Workers Sport and Athletic
Alliance in America. The P. E. C.
was also instructed to carry on in
tensive propaganda for the workers
sports.
Entertaining Program.
After the conference many of the
delegates participated in the annual
celebration arranged by the Athletic
Club Vesa Of Harlem Finnish Branch
of Workers Party. A very fine pro-
gram was arranged in which over a
hundred gymnasts took part. In the
program were members from the
Jugo-Slav Sport Club, the Czecho-
Slovak Workers Gymnastic Fedora
ton and the Athletic Club Vesa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31

which only the long years Of under
ground work under the heavy yoke
of czarism could have brought abouti
Further, comrades, you must OBJ
serve the following circumstance,
Until the year 1917 our Party was
predominantly a labor party: There
were only about per cent peasantry
in the Party. Since 1917 and 1918
we have a large number of peasants
in our midst-66,000 party members
who till the soil, whilst ut one time
we had only a handful Of peasants
among us.
The Various Strata.
This is very considerable STRAIT
UNI of new class.
Besides this, we have a number Of
followers who go with us without
exactly sharing our convictions. The
Mensheviki, formerly absorbed The
greater part of this description Of
followers, but now that we are in
possession Of power, a part Of them
follow us. Great mass organizations
have sprung up around US, as for
instance, the Russian Communist
Youth Union. This is a magnificent
organization, but it too has its
faults, and 1t has members who
simply follow the crowd.
Besides this, comrades, we must
consider the question of division OF
work in our Party. / shall try to
name the most important categories
We have "Party workers (oi
these / shall speak in further detail
later), that is, workers Immediately
occupied in the Party apparatus.
And then we have Soviet admins
traitors, Party administrators, trade
union administrators.
Further, economists, specialists
officials representative of the
Peoples Commissariats, etc.
And then we have military work.
ers, comrades working in work
shops, $4,000 comrades following
the plough, an extensive group Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31

Being the continuation OF the re-
port given by COmrade Gregory
Zinoviev, chairman of the COmmun-
list international, at the city meet
ing Of the Collective Bureaus of
the Leningrad Communist Party
Organization.
Nv. Composition of Our Party.
w HY may we not allow the for
w nation of fractions or groups?
Besides the reasons already given,
we have additional motives for not
allowing this. Consider, for instance,
the inner situation Of our Party, re-
member the difference in age Of its
members, the division of work OBJ
tanning in the Party, and the num-
bers Of its personnel.
Our Party is the largest in the
world. It takes the first place
among all the parties in the Comm
tern. Whatever faults it may have,
it was the first to carry out great
revolution, and has now held its po-
sition at the head Of the victorious
working class of Russia, for seven
years. However, many weak points
we may discover in it, it possesses
other, and so strong points, that
these latter outweigh the former a
million times.
Age of Members.
Let us look at the Party as it
really is. Above all, let us take
into consideration the various ages
Of its members. Before the year
1905 there were 2,5I7 active mem
bers in our Party, between 1905
and 1915 1915 Joined, in the year
1917 35,154, in the year 1918 So, SAB,
and in the year 1919 107,840. in the
year 1920 121,789, in 1927 4O,419;
in 1922 there were scarcely any new
members admitted. Seven thousand
members Joined without the year Of
their admittance being noted. This
record comprises, after all Party
purgings, 100000 members.
Up to the year 1915 we had 10000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31

the last Republican national conven-
ton will be issued today.
Jennings charged on the witness
stand that the late Jake Hamon told
him of million dollar deal to elect
President Harding, whereby Hamon
was to get the secretaryship of in
terror and lease the government oil
lands to private interests.
Will Hays, who was charged by
Jennings with getting $4,000 of
the million, also will go on the stand
next week to be questioned regard
ing his vehement denial Of the story.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31

ing house Of the present secretary
Of war.
2. That in 1922 wnen relations
with Japan were critical Daugkerty
had evidence that Japanese spies
were taking pictures Of the fortif-
cations along the cost line of the
United States but no preventive
measures were taken by the attor-
ney general That the Standard Air
craft corporation which had charge
Ct making airplanes for the govern
ment during the war was owned by
the Mitsui company of Japan, which
IN turn was an agency of the Jap
anese government in this country,
and thru which they paid their
spies. This company gave a bride
Of 100000 to Daugherty and Jess
Smith to call off the prosecution.
The prosecution was called off.
So startling was the testimony Of
this former d. of J. man that the
revelations Of Nicholas Gimme of
New York attracted little notice, tho
in, ordinary times they would get a
big press. He told of meeting with
Howard Warrington and Daugherty
to secure the appointment of liquor
man as immigration commissioner in
New York. In return for this work
he received around $1,000.
Meanwhile the Democrat sappers
are busy undermining the position of
Mr.. Mellon. They hold that his con-
nection with the bootleggers renders
him unfit for office. A resolution was
introduced in the senate calling for
an investigation of his Office. There
is a statute, more honored in the
breach than in the observance, which
prohibits-bu does not prohibit
anyone connected with mercantile or
commercial corporations from occu-
pying the position of secretary of the
treasury. Other cabinet members
slated for scourging are Wallace,
Hoover and Work,
Howard Warrington, once private
agent of Harding and the writer of
most of his prediction speeches is
on his way from Paris where he has
been in hiding. He is wanted by
both the Daugherty and Teapot
Dome committees.
Tho Coolidge dropped Daugherty
from the cabinet, their relations can
be judged by the fact that the graft
ing ex-attorney general will be a
Coolidge delegate at large on the
ticket to be voted in the Ohio pri-
maries April 20, with the blessing of
the White House. Thus it is clearly
evident that Coolidge merely let
Daugherty go, hoping to appease pop
ular clamor for head, but with the
mental reservation that in the event
of Coolidge's reelection the ex-attor-
ney general would be in the next
cabinet, perhaps. as prohibition di-
rector.
The Teapot Dome committee con-
tinues to grind out sensation after
sensation and the end is not yet in
sight.
New evidence has come to Senator
Thomas j. Walsh concerning the
million Dollar Vote Bride" story of
AL Jennings, two-gun politician from
the West.
If confirmation Of the information
now in Walsh's hands is received, a
Isubpoena for two or three prominent
men who knew of developments at
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
STRONG TONE IS
SHOWN BY
STOCKS
OOONO
BuIlishness InstiIIed In Early
Trading by Industrial and
Specially Stocks.
By H. j. DUIZEND.
Copyright, 1924. by Cosmopolitan
NAwa garvicAN

NSWD 6erVICO.J
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Stocks in
general made a satisfactory show
ing. in the first two hours' trading
on the stock exchange today. Ad'
vances were limited to fractions In
most instances, but the most i'm
portant feature was the returning
stability Of the industrial list, which
appeared to indicate that profit
taking had been fairly we'll com.
pleted.
Bullishness was instilled in the
early dealings by the vote at the
Republican caucus last night in
favC.' Of tax legislation before con-
sidering the bonus bill, and by the
most favorable Federal Reserve
statement ever issued, showing an
increase of AZ per cent in the re-
serve rates for the entire system.
Baldwin and Steel common were
impressively strong, while the sugars
and some of the oils, notably the
California shares were decidedly
firm. Trading was animated and
well distributed over the list.
Speculative activity was kept at
high pitch In various individual
issues Ike Sears Roebuck, American
Wooden, Texas Gulf and Sulphur
and Cast Iron Pipe. A sharp rise
took place in Fifth Avenue Bus,
buying being in anticipation Of a
merger with the Yellow Cab Com
pany Of Chicago. A temporary lull
at the beginning of the second hour
was followed by increasing activity
and firmness throughout the indus
trial list under the leadership Of
the oils.
A disappointing car loading state
ment for the last week in 1928
showing q decline of 261 1926 cars
from the preceding week and 8S.79S
from the corresponding week in
1922 induced some profit taking in
the railroad group. but offerings
were well taken and at only slightly
reduced levels. Unusual holiday
conditions such as freight move
ments in various parts Of the coun.
try being interrupted by the ces-
sation of the work on the Monday
before Christmas were held respon-
sible for the rather sensational de-
cline.
Call money renewed at ~ per
cent.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
Riggs Adds to Surplus.

Directors of the Riggs National
Bank yesterday authorized the trans
fer Of $780, 900 from undivided profits
to the surplus fund, bringing the
total of the latter account to $780,
900. This action, 1t was explained,
was warranted because Of the salts
factory earnings of the bank in the
year, the increase in deposits being
In excess Of 100000 since Decem-
Der, 1922. The undivided profits &C
count now approximates 100000;
capital is $2,500,000, and total re-
sources, $35, 1885, 900.
Milton e. Allies, president, an
nounced the promotion of several
employees to places on the official
staff. Nelson B. O'Neal, formerly
assistant auditor of Riggs bank, but
more recently cashier of the bank
OF Martinsburg, w. Va, was elected
an assistant cashier. Mr.. O'Neal is
an expert on income tax. G. Gwynn
Dent, who has been with the bank
about seventeen years, and who in
the last year has been in charge of
the foreign exchange department,
also was elected an assistant cashier.
r. G. Marx, in charge of the higher
accounting work, was elected audi
tor. 1. ]. Roberts, who has been per-
sonal secretary to Mr.. Allies for many
years, was elected secretary to the
president.
Other officers were reelected as
follows: Charles C. Glover, chair
man Of the board; Mr.. Allies, presi.
dent; Robert v. Fleming, vice presi.
dent and cashier; w. J. Father,
vice president; Joshua Evans, jr.,
vice president; A. M. Nevius, vice
president; George o. Vass, vice
president; H. G. Hcskinson, as.
sistant cashier and manager Of the
outside offices; E. M. Amick, as.
sistant cashier; Frank G.. Burrough,
assistant cashier; Frank J. Hogan,
counsel and trust officer, and
George M. Mckee, assistant trust
officer. Mr.. Vass also was elected
assistant trust officer.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
ASSasHs HA##@ BUSINESS AND FINANCE $Haaa
Local Stocks.
SAFES,
SALES.
Capital Traction Co.. 5@941s.

Capital Traction Co., 5@945s.
Washington Gas Light, 2@49h,
4Q49A, 10@49h, 10Q49h, 20@49a.
Riggs National Bank, 12Q295,
SQ295, SQ295, 10@295, 2@295.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10@156A
After Call.
Washington Gas Is, 'SS, $1,000
1904, SOCIOLOGY.
Potomac Electric q. 3 Ref. 70,
$1,000@107A.
Capital Traction Co., 10@94M.
10@94. 5@941s, 5@941s, 1094h.
Potomac Electric 6s, '53. $4,000
101 ", $5,000@1O1a.
Money-Call loans, S and per