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course of conversations with him made
the statement that Louis G. Fraina was
employed by the Department Of
Justice.
When, early in December Fraina was
directed to leave for Europe by the
Central Executive Committee of the
Communist Party of America to estab.
lish connections with the Communist
International, he requested the Soviet
Bureau TO give him credentials which
would enable him to enter Russia.
These credentials were refused because
of the insinuations against Fraina
made by the man Peterson.
In order to clear up the matter re-
presentatives of the Soviet Bureau and
members of the Central Executive Com.
mittee made an investigation. A meet.
ing was held at which Fraina was con-
fronted with the Department Of Justice
agent Peterson. At this hearing Peter.
son stated that he had seen Fraina in
the New York offices of the Depart.
ment of Justice on three occasions,
Two of these dates no fixed definitely
the other he was unable to fix. The
two dates so fixed and which no in.
sisted upon as being the correct dates
when Fraina was at the Department
of Justice in New York, were septcm'
Der 9TH and Novebmer 18th.
Peterson also stated that he had seen
in the files of Department Of Justice
reports supposedly made by Fraina and
cancelled checks covering payments to
him. These checks no stated were made
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HUNGER STRIKE FORCES
FINNS TO RELEASE REED

SUPERIOR, WIS,-Threatening to 60
on hunger strike IL he is not released
from the police prison in Abo, Finland,
where ho has been confined for n
month, John Reed, American journalist,
has frightened the Finnish secret
service into revoking trumped-ur
"treason" charge accusing him Of
being Bolshevist courier in order "a
avoid an international scandal. These
facts have come to light through Fin
nish newspapers just received here.
Il will be recalled that Reed was ar
rested March 10, in the coal bunker
of the Finnish steamer, 0ihonna, on the
charge of smuggling, On April 20. the
city court Of Abo decided that Johr
Reed chad tried to smuggle out Of the
country l02 diamonds and money
The court imposed fine Of 5000
marks and the diamonds were confisc
ated in tho interests Of the govern
ment.
Reed appealed the case. While th,
site authorities were planning the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-02

AT the beginning of the year 1919 the Socialist
Party was an organization Of nearly 100000 members
1t had ais part of its membership the most advanced
revolutionary elements in this country. It was an
organization of powerful potentialities in the class
struggle.
In the early months of that year the struggle
between the Left Wing revoutionists and the Right
Wing reformists to head. The 81 Wing
won the party elections by Overwhelming faajor
tiles. If the Left Wing representative jtted
to take office it meant the reorganization of Il erty
and the ousting of all non-revolutionary eemt. g
In this crisis the Right Wing leaders of the Gsfy
in control of the party machinery overrode all gs
constitutional provisions and rules of the party !.
expelled the Left Wing The issue between the two
groups was Fundamental issue of principle which
could not be compromised Either one group or the
other had to leave the party The Right Wing held
the party machinedy and used its power to hold the
party.
But in expelling the Left Wing the party official
dom sapped the very life of the party. 1t was the
Left Wing elements within the party that had been it's
strength The party finances came largely from this
element When the situation clarified, after the Sep
tember conventions, the Right Wing officialdom Of
the party found that it controlled the party but that
the membership had disappeared By the Fall of 1919
the party membership of 100000 of the previous
spring had been reduced to bare $4,000. 1t was an
empty victory
Not all of the $4,000 to $4,000 members who left
the party, affiliated with the Communist parties.
large element disguised by the reactionary trend of
the Socialist Party and the split in the Communist
movement remained outside of any organization.
In january came the raids directed against the
Communist parties and the reorganization of these
parties as underground organizations. Here again
members of both parties the weak kneed and hesita
ing, dropped out adding to the former membership
Of the Socialist Party which was not affiliated with
. any 5rga4issasivll sasi
The situation in the early spring of this year was
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? Editorial note: "The Toll
+ err prints the following state
ment in regard to the charges
against Louis G. Fraina, for
the information of its readers,
without expressing any opinion
as to his guilt or innocence).
The New York Call has found a new
way to cover the reactionarv character
of the Socialist Party. The organiza-
tion which it supports has become
so thoroughly discredited among the
workers of the country that it can no
longer expect support by presentation
of its principles. it has therefore
adopted the policy of trying to under
mine those organizations which really
represent working class principles.
Recently Attorney-Goneral Palmer
made a statement before the rules
committee Of the Senate, defending his
department against the accusation that
it had planted spies in the Communist
parties. In this statement he took up
the charge that Louis G. Fraina was
an employc of the Department of
Justice, stating in answer the facts in
regard to an investigation of the
charges against Fraina, which was
made by representatives Of the Soviet
Bureau and members of the Central
Executive Committee of the Communist
Party.
In answer to this a statement was
made by Santeri Nuorteva, Of the
Soviet Bureau. A copy of Nuorteva' s
statement was furnished the "Call''
with the understanding that it would
print the full statement in the form Of
statement and not endeavor to make
news story out of it, In place Of
keeping the promise the "Call" pub.
lished a garbled account Of the matter,
using such portion of the statement
by Nuorteva as suited its purpose, and
followed this up with an editorial try.
ing to bolster up the Socialist party,
by the suggestion that the whole Com
munist movement was infected by spies
and agent provocateurs. In addition to
a number Of insinuations not based
upon facts this editorial contains some
outright lies.
Since the investigation made of the
charges against Fraina has been given
publicity, there is no longer any reason
for not stating the facts, which are as
follows:
An agent Of tho Department Of
Justice named Peterson was assigned
the job Of spying on the Soviet Bureau.
This man cndeavored to ingratiatc him.
Iself with santieri Nuorteva, secretary
to L. O. A. X. Martens and in the
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treason coup Reed waited in prison
In order to hasten action he retadiated
with threat Of refusing to eat. The
affair was forcibly brought to the
attention Of tho American authorities
in Helsingfors who have requested the
Finnish authorities TO surrender Reed
to them.
According to the Finnish authorities
Reed is to be deported because ho did
not have any passport. II he does not
leave tho country he will be interned
in the Hannala prison camp until q
further decision is made.
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EIGHT WEEKS TO SECURE
JURY IN TRIAL OF FORM.
Err CLIP. MEMBERS
Prosecution Challenges all TaI-
eSmen with Liberal Ideas.
Case is Speeded

CHICAGO, June 20.-Around New
Years, when the inimitable Attorney
General of the United States had de-
cided to Palmerize the revolutionary
workers movement in this country. he
asked the cooperation of the district
attorneys of the big centers in accomp-
fishing this. That put another equally
inimitable gentleman, Mr.. Maclay
Hoyne, state attorney of Cook County,
ILL.,, wise to a scheme to sneak up on
Mr.. Palmer and to deprime him of bis
laurels. He broke faith with Mr.. Palmer.
(tho we really suspect that the two
gents know each other to well to have
ever had much faith in each other,)
/ and pulled off his private raid against
the reds one day in advance Of Pal
mers schedule. Members of the Com.
munist Labor Party, the Communist
Party, the I. w. W., the Union of
Russian Workers and kindred organi-
cations were rounded up as the victims.
Police Chief Garrity's men, who last
year so ably assisted the Socialist
Party in purging itself of every sus-
picion of revolutionary blood, were the
fit actors in this patriotic tragic
comedy.
To Justify this wholesale arrest, and
to retain the good will Of the Chicago
Chamber of Commerce he had tried so
hard to earn during his long. so.called
public service, Mr.. Hoyne had q special
grand Jury assembled for the purpose
to return indictments against the
"reds.n How much the $4,000 slush
fund, created by the Chicago Chamber
of Commerce, assisted Mr.. Hoyne in
this we do not know. nor do we care
to know as we are perfectly sure that
Mr.. Hoyne would have done his duty
to his capitalist masters even without
such little inducement as 100000
slush fund. Well, the indictments were
duly returned against al members OF
the Communist Labor Party, 80 mem.
bers Of the I. w. w. and against 50
members Of the Communist Party.
The first to 20 on trial were the Al
members Of the former Communist
Labor Party. II we say "former" we
mean it. Let us pause here to shed
few tears for the departed body
Of that party. Mr.. Palmer and Mr..
Hoyne seem to have succeeded. The
G. L. p. Is no more. It's body dis.
appeared. But for all those interested,
Including the undcrtakers Mesrs. Pal.
mer, Hoyne ct al, Il may be said here.
that its spirit seems to have survived
and Is re.iucarnated In tho United
Communist Party.
On May 10. before Judge Oscar Hebol
the case was called; the people Of the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-02

CHICAGo,-Dcspitc the banishing
Of the hearings, Danas, Lovines and
Balchcs from our collegiate institutions
so that the minds Of American students
may not be "polluted" with radical
teachings, the colleges are still turn.
ing out 100000 "reds" a year, accord.
ing to George Wheeler Hinman of
winnctka, ILL.,, former publisher Of the
Inter.Ocean and still moro recently
president Of Marietta college in Ohio.
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Socialist Party and It's leadership he outside of
prison and fully informed at the same time he is not
a Communist in fundamental understanding Emotion
ally and through his revolutionary spirit he is with
the Left but not through understanding and accept
ance of Communist principles.
What then shall be the attitude of the revolution
ary workers toward the candidacy of Eugene " Debs
There is but one answer.
Debs may be ever so dear to us because of this
past services to the movement. We may still admire
him for his unwavering stand in his Canton speech
and during his trial We may respect him for his
unshakable devotion to the cause of the workers,
which has characterized his utterances since he has
been in prison. In the past he has been the spiritual
leader of the revolution and as such we may still
give him our love and admiration.
While our attitude toward him personally can
well remain unchanged if we understand that he
acted without full knowledge full realization OF
the meaning of his acceptance of the Socialist Party
nomination. as the candidate Of the Socialist Party
Debs has claim upon us 1t is the social revolution
that we are working for and principles determine
our course of action. When loyalty to principles
and loyalty to an individual clash the individual must
be sacrificed.
No revolutionary Socialist will support the Social
st Party because Debs is its candidate Has not every
revolutionary Socialist often declared that he fights
for principles and not for individuals? The principles
of the Socialist Party potentially those of the
Ebert-S -Scheideman-N counter-revolution in Ger
many. At Albany the Socialist defense came pretty
near to declaring it so.
Debs' name cannot cover the reactinary character
of the Socialist Party Rather will the fact that the
party has tried to camoufage it's reactonary character
by trying to pull Debs down to it's level excite the
complete disgust Of every revolutionary worker. The
Socialist Party has betrayed the class struggle II
cannot disguise that betrayal with the name of =
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-02
MESSAGE TO DEBS

Editor of "The Toler':-
notice that there curiosity about the
contents character of message
Ruthenberg and myself to Comrade Debs.
message had official character at all
message from any orgnon committee No doubt
the Cmrade Ruthenberg and had been active members OF
the Communist Party might
Comra Debs that expressed viewpoint which
was shared by many other Communists
The telegram follows:
May 13, 1920
"Eugene " Debs
Federal Peniteniary,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnestly you not to accept Socialist nomination
until you acquaint yourself with of convention
G. E. RUTHENBERG
l. E. FERGUSON.
explanation the motive Of this communication need
only state that do
the which threw into opposition
Conmade inform him directly possible of the fact
opposition and the compelling it, preferably before the
action which divided beyond recall
June II, 1890 Fraternally yours
l. E. FERGUSON.
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THE "Spr STORY

Editorial note: "The Toll.
err prints the following state
ment in regard to the charges
against Louis G. Fraina, for
the information of its readers,
without exnreSsinp any nnininn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-21
STRENGTHLESS
SEEMED DYING
So Weak She Could Hardly
Move, Says Indiana Lady.
One Bottle of Cardui Put
Her on the Road to
Recovery

Tangier, Ind.-"Four years ago
t.us summer I was sick in bed"
writes Mrs. Lille McElweee, of this
place. Il had been under the doctors
care for five weeks. I was
pretty bad, and 1 was just as nerv-
Gus as 1 could be. I could
not sleep at night until 10 or IL
o'clock. When I would doze off and
wake up I would be all Of a trem-
BILE with nervousness.
tarrh of the 1t gave me such
pains that at each one it would seem
that I could not bear another one,
Then I would chill the pains
would just seem to shake me all
over, and the next day I would be
so weak 1 could hardly move. 1 would
be so utterly strengthless that it
would seem as if I were dying.
After one of my bad spells 49,.
and I had almost died, 1 picked up
the Home Treatment Book and de-
cided to try Cardui. Before I had
taken whole bottle, I could sleep at
night. 1 don't remember just
how long, but in. short time I was
up and helping with the work :"
Over forty years of successful use
has proven the value Of Cardui in
the treatment Of many common fe-
male ailments.
All druggists sell Cardui, for wom-
en.-(Advt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-21
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE OTHOMAS

to make this last report read one
hundred and fifty, and we have two
months more to round out the year.
l hope none of you have ever been
made it neces sary for. the city to
have brad line. That is heart rend-
ing. I saw it once, and when I
looked at the picture the Near East
Relief sends of their Hunger Line"
which is twenty-four miles long, 1T
brought to memory that other hun
ger line; Last winter we of the
child feeding supplies, chiefly ce-
reals. Shall we care for them this
winter? They are a year older and
to die of hunger or cold now would
be suffering longer than if they had
died then.
They are our brothers and sisters.
1 suppose the majority of you read
Gods promise and warning in the
Sunday school responsive reading of
October 10. If not turn to Deuter-
onomy VI chapter and see what the
Bible tells us about how to live,
look for victory over temptation.
Is this a little "preachment?" 1t
is we'll for all of us to look into our
hearts and see what sort of treas
ures we have laid up; it is we'll for
all of us to remember the good
things that have come into our lives
and then beware lest we forget that
1t was God who opened the store
house of Heaven and gave us these
blessings.
There hath no temptation taken
you, but such as is common to man;
but God is faithful, who will not suf-
fer you to be tempted above that
We are able; but will with the temp
tation also make a way to escape
that We may be able to bear 1t.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-21
BY VIOLA FLE1sCHMAN,

CLEVELAND.-"I always judge
house by it's windows"
Curtains do give character to a
house and that is what these good
housewives mean when they say they
judge a house by its windows.
Before selecting material for cur
tanning the windows of your home
you should consider the type of win
dow, it's relative proportion to the
room as a whole and wall spaces and
the amount of light the room re-
ceives.
ance of narrowness or seems long
and high for the size of the room
should have a curtain arrangement
which makes this less obvious AT
such a window cross curtains, similar
to those shown at the left in the IL
lustration, should never be used.
Cross curtains, however, are beautt-
grenadine, marquisette, self-starch-
ing organdie, dotted or plain Swiss
and muslin.
For Easement windows
Easement windows and French
doors require a curtain arrangement
which will not interfere with opening
the swinging frames freely. A double
set of rods is usually employed-one
set above and one below when the
the French doors sketched.
Nets have been used and still are
being used for curtaining doors, but
even softer lighting effects and more
grace can be given, especially when
the curtain is tucked as shown, by
using georgette, silk gauze or shan
tung silk. A fringe Of silk, wool. or
Notwithstanding to the curtain
material-may be used as a novel
finish at the bottom.
An interesting arrangement OF
hangings for a group of windows in
bay is shown. Easement cloth could
be used both for the side hangings
and the valance, employing the ecru
Or natural color material for the
hangings, and soft old blue, or other
color note Of the room itself, for the
scalloped and shirred valance.
Weighted tape is stitched to the hem
Of this material to give the necessary
weight.
Shades can be dispense with at
these windows if draw-cords be pro-
vided to allow for pulling the side
hangings across the window readily
when the light or view int othe room
is to be shut off.
Easement cloth is a raw silk, sim
liar to pongee and comes In various
weights, textures and colors. 1t Is
becoming more and more popular be-
cause of the grace with which 1t
hangs and the way it softens harsh,
cold light.
Attractive roller window shades
fo- such parts of the home as the sun
room, breakfast room and sleeping
rooms are made of figured materials,
usually oiled silk or glazed (varnlsh-
edl chintzes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-21
Fl A6dIltta) u4d
! ByTly ALICE US GRANT
(noSnto thousands of Southern Children IS AuntJuEs)
(Eaovnto thousands Of SouthernohiIdrvn as AuntJc

singing some hymns when she felt
that someone was looking in the
window, and when she turned, 1t
was to see some ragged little chill
dren with their faces pressed against
the pane-bleSSed little things VINO
loved the music.
She took them inside and they
were mighty shy at first, but after
while they sang, too, and when they
left it was with the promise to come
back next Sunday and bring some
of their folks
And sure enough, they did; there
was a line of mules and oxen and
wagons; and big folks and little ones.
They were ignorant, but they could
not help it, for there was no school
near enough that they could go to
and they had to have other kind of
clothes for city schools.
That started the thought in Miss
Berry's mind-"my mountain folks
must have a chance to learn" She
tried to start schools in different
places, but she soon found that that
vice from family and friends, she
decided one hundred acres of her
property to a board Of trustees to be
held by them for the use of the poor
boys and girls of the mountains.
The school opened on January LIST,
l9OG; since Lnat Tune she Hdu given
all of her time to interesting people
in the school and in sharing the
life with the girls and boys, she has
watched a miracle of growth per-
formed on the land she so generous
ly gave for such a noble cause.
more of ga Journey with Aunt
Julia" will appear in the next issue
Of The Tri-Weekly Journal. Watch
the label on the front page that
shows when your subscription ex-
pires. You can't afford to miss a
single copy of the paper while this
splendid feature IS running)
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(For the benefit of anybody who
has not read the opening Install
ments Of "a Journey With Aunt Ju-
1ia," 1t may be said that this chron-
tc1e Is a record of visit to the Ber-
ry Schools, near Rome, Ga, the only
place Of its kind in the world. The
narrator Of the story Is the noted
Box" feature Of The Tri-We ekly
journal that has no rival in the Amer
lean newspaper field. The Journey"
Is a fine experience for anybody who
likes to hear about the good things
Of life.)
We went out to a porch to see
garden the girls are planting; they
Study the identifying of the home
inside and out. This garden was all
full of sweet old-fashioned flowers,
shrubs and perennials-and across
the fields I saw the beautiful blue
of the mountains. What a setting
for such place! 1t just seemed
like God smiled on them.
l had a lot more things to see
and was saving Faith Cottage for
the last, so started again and we
went towards the boys school, al
though it meant doubling back to
Faith Cottage.
And do you know it has just oc-
Cured to me that l haven't told you
one thing about how this wonder
Place really looks and 1 don't know
whether 1 can give you fair idea,
T left out all about how 1t started
and lot of interesting things.
Well, first-Miss Martha Berry
wanted to be a writer, you see, she
had been away to one of the best
of schools and she had never thought
seriously any any work; but she knew
she could write and she chose a small
cabin on her fathers place for the
purpose.
One Sunday afternoon she was in
her little cabin and was playing on
a small half-worn-out organ and
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ence. This good old-fashioned root
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to overcome the distressing symptoms
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If you want special advice write
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a deeper meaning to it than they had
ever dreamed, so that they had to
be more righteous than the Phari-
sees and the Scribes ever dared to
hope if they were to enter the new
Kingdom. He dealt with six of
these-a very significant number.
showing mans failure. The out
ward act was not to be the criterion,
but the inward motive determining
murder and adultery; the simplest
statement being all that was neces-
sary to establish a fact: retaliation
being replaced bv the second mile;"
hatred supplanted by love; and
nothing less that the completeness
of God the Father being sufficient
to satisfy the demands of the King
for His subjects.
Of course, as Christians, we are
not horned by law; but since He has
kept the law. we shall be enabled to
more than meet it's demands by hav-
ing Him dwell in us and live His
life in us.