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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

When the news spread, public meet
ings were called and subscriptions for
Jefferson's use were started. A loan
or gift from the treasury was sug-
gested. but Jefferson would not hear
OF that plan He said: Il haze spent
three times as much money, and given
my whole life TO my countrymen, and
now they nobly come forward In the
only way they can. TO repay me and
save an old servant from being turned
like dog out Of doors"
The action Of the public made the
last days Of his life easier. But the
debts still hung over the estate. Upon
in The lottery was a farce The
executor disposed OF the estate, the
land going as low as three 10 ten dol
lars an acre The proceeds were not
enough to discharge the obligations.
The executor made up the difference.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Foundation is now engaged in the task
of freeing the estate Of debt. Inc
movement has the support OF men and
women of all political faiths. Presi-
dent Coolidge, accepting appointment
as q member of the board OF COVER
nors, said: But 1 cannot too earnestly
assure you Of my conviction that your
organization is performing userui
service in encouraging the preservation
of those shrines and monuments OF
American history, which must bring
inspiration TO the American public
Jefferson was versatile and ingen-
ious. He was an amateur arcnltect
of no mean ability, for one thing de
made the plans for Monticello and su-
its construction The plans
for the University Of Virginia were
his.
AS a farmer he was in advance OF
his time. He practiced rotation Oh
IRONS. had a fancy for improved live
stock and introduced new fruits ana
Jefferson's early home-the house
" his father at Shadwell, near by
vas burned in ITO. He lost all his
hooks ana pdpSASt AScAN
saved his violin. The previous year
Jefferson had erected story and
,aIf brick building. which afterward
ormed the southeastern part or MS
,,nsion. So he moved to Monticello
4 once. bringing his mother, brother
nd unmarried sisters. He not only
milf Monticello. but was his own In
erior decorator and landscape gar
ener.
A touch Of romance is supplied at
fontlcello by a little two-story mouse
Z the end Of the long row OF servants
narters. The upper room opens upon
no lawn made by leveling the noun
lin slope. This was Jefferson's bridal
,amber New Years day. 11I2. Mon |
cello was only partly built and
lizard was blowing. But the room
adj its own fireplace and was secluded {
.om family and servants. his orioe |
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

ribbon. extended into ties that faSSen
about the wrists. By this clever con-
trivance the scarf plays double role
making q graceful sleeve drapery.
When blouse OF printed silk Is
worn with white skirt. fashion
fayors q white hat and scarf set. the
scarf finished ST the ends with s. Dor
der ike the silk In the blouse. Or
IL a white blouse with colored border
Is chosen the scarf is bordered TO
match. or motifs cut from the printed
silk are applied 10 il ar the ends
In footwear white strap slippers or
sport shoes, or black slippers are pop
alar but do not monopolize the show
ings OF summer sports shoes. Light
gray and tan. or combinations of
white with a color, in shoes having
definite sports character. contribute
variety in dainty footwear. Other in
tereSting accessories shown are the
gay Chinese parasolS of paper that
will withstand a little shower. for one
thing. and cretonne jackets and coats
for another.
Concerning the apparel of women
mere man has always expressed him
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01
Ancient Superstition

There have been various theories
concerning the origin Of the super
stltion relating TO peacock feathers.
According 10 the Mohammedan ira
dltion. the peacock and the snake were
nIaced nj the entrance to Paradise 10
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01
FOCUS ON SPORTS APPAREL;
SHOES FOR THE FASTIDIOUS

self In a way that II forcefui and
betrays where his thoughts dwell
But as result Of his logic be usu-
ally strikes the nail on the head
and now he IS saying that women are
wearing millinery On their feet This
Is very arresting and revealing re-
mark-a tribute to the daintiness and
beauty Of current styles in footwear
Women have grown 50 fastidious In
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

lust at this season Of the year when
J all our world goes jsunring ab}r
On vacations and outings. fashion In
terest cenrers On sports clothes and
designers busy themselves with new
versions Of the best liked styles We
zee the prophecies that this would be
a white summer fulfilled today in
sports and other apparel In which
white predominates. with touches of
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

man who. in a recent police
4 case, mentioned that he had
ed to London from Jericho. did
a course, mean that he had jour
on foot from Palestine.
re are no fewer than six Jeri-
accorded in the ordinance survey
yiand. and from one or the other
IN, presumably, he had come.
ancestors were pious folk. and
to bestow Scriptural names on
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

their places of abode. There Is
Carbon OF Gethsemahe In Yorkshire.
Clydrl,ank has its Holy City. PARADISE
crops up five times, Uneven three
times while Salems and lions abound.
London Times.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01
Surely All Can Do This

Little towns say they can't afford
to beautify themselves on any whole
sale plan. We believe they can afford
to beautify by planting all the road
sides with peonies. roses. daisies. can
mas and all such flowers as require
only the expense of multiplication and
spade work.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

give warning Of danger. Satan Sc
duced both and subsequently they
both shared his punishment Accord.
ing to another authority. peacock
feathers were usually used as funeral
emblems. hence the belief that they
cause bad luck.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01
Cheer Him Up

First Mosduito.-That's sure a de-
jected-looking fat man. over there.
Second Mosquito-Yes. l think TIL
90 over and give him shot in The
arm.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

match. and this Quitting OF the fee<
is approved for morning or afternoon.
with tailored or dreSsier costumes. Be
low are handsome white kid oxforIs
for wear with summer frocks and
sports clothes and equally good style
with tailored suits and frocks- They
will delight those women who choose
white footwear In summer.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
t& 1898. Western Ssw<p2o per Uriou-p
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01
Plated Jabot

An interesting style note on black
satin frock is plated iabot OF white
chiffon
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01
Home Founding

One of the greatest successes we
ar achieve is the founding of homa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26

alliance would not have obtained
majority in the convention for the
left bloc. There could have been no
possible justification for such an al
lance because it would have been a
united front from above in its crud-
est form as it was evident that in
Local SO the left wing had no mass
following, only the nucleus of such
a group showing itself in one vote for
the left out of delegation of nine
from this union.
UNITY in the convention would
" have been merely formal unity
with the left wing sharing control of
the union with the Sigmanites and
consequently taking responsibility for
the enforcement of policies in opposi-
ton to which the left wing had devel-
oped. In this situation it was incum-
bent upon the left to use the conven-
ton to dramatic the whole struggle
of the membership for a fighting un-
ion, use it as both forum and bat
tleground.
The left considered it necessary to
make its first fight on the report of
the credentials committee which had
recommended the unseating of num-
Der of left wing delegates on flimsy
charges. This was done and altho the
machine was defeated in the debate
this fight was prolonged until it be-
gan to overshadow more important is
sues. A short, sharp fight in which
the political differences between the
right and left we're clearly set forth
leaving the ground clear for the next
struggle would have been better as it
would have removed all danger of the
left being charged with obstruction
ism for it's own sake.
A this period in the convention the
"A left wing was still too much OBJ
sessed with the idea of securing or
ganizational concessions and its
struggle tended too much towards a
mere exercise of pressure on the ma
chine for this purpose.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26

ions to such group.
The composition of the convention,
however, made the development of
such group impossible. The Sig
man machine was quite ready to
dress up portion of its henchmen in
progressive garments and, thus
disguised, enter into organizational
negotiations with the left wing. Some
attempts were even made in this
direction but they met with little en-
enlargement and the Sigman ma
chine itself had to continue its hypo-
critical unity gestures.
THE composition of the convention,
4 by which the machine was able
to set up paper majority, consisted
of the solid left wing delegation from
the big New York Locals Nos. q, and
22-with strong following Of small
er locals from New York and centers
like Boston, Chicago, etc, represent
ing a decisive majority Of the mem
bership. gLs
The machine delegations consisted
of that of Local 10 Of New York, the
solid delegations from Locals 4S and
SO controlled by Ninfo and Antonini,
together with delegations from small
locals in outlying towns having neg
ligible total of membership. In addi-
ton there were twelve district coun-
Gil and joint board delegates hand
picked by the Sign1an administration
and the three general officers.
THE machine majority in the CON
L vention averaged so votes and a
careful check Of the membership it
represents places it at between 1900
and 1,40O. In other words the so votes
of the machine majority gave them
more than four times the votes in the
convention for 1900 members than
were allowed to left wing local such
as No. 2 with 10000 members. The
only group that could be termed cent
rist by stretching the meaning of the
term to the limit, was the Antonini
delegation, but even such dangerous
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
The Chicago InquisitiOn

From all reports available there raging Chicago full
hedged nquson being the police department Scarce
passes without accusation of police brutality appearing
in the Capitalist newspapers Justify this sort of thing by
pleading that something be done arrest the crime that
arises every winter But slight acquaintance with the science Of
cmnoogy is sufficient explode the acy that torture methods
effcacious in detecting crime.
Most the metropolitan police bureaus Of the United States
not particularly concerned about the solution Of criminal acts They
their jobs by grace standing in with political machine
In order that the administration of city before the voters
reelection essential that the police force establish record
crime convictions The holds true of prosecuting attorneys
the work hand in hand The police exert
all their energy toward fastening the crime hapess
they happen their clutches Deliberately ignoring any
that tend the innocence the accused
they 90 out way evidence
that him. The frameup supplemented by third
degree methods order to obtain forced confession With con-
LESSONS thus obtained the into court and thru
rupd and inundated ure convictions tho they may
know the defendant to be innocent.
parole of convicted of murder is creating
among the professional exterminaors of crime particularly
that eapponed body of megaomanics the Chicago crime
mission. 1t the parole board in releasing prisoner took
consideration the charge that confession exrted by
police terrorism The head OF the Chicago force Indignantly denied
that such practices exist Then staggering charge from
Judge H. Jenkins director of public welfare who replied
Chief of Police Collins
| to say Collins to
Chicago they prison. al
be spotted by their battered hsadsR4
long notorious police regular
procedure Chicago Practices the holy Roman nquon
vogue people The only excep
the nqution the that in theory confessions obtained
thru rghuness not recognized in court But Of late this
the whole reptile coming the aid police
by accusing prisoners busn themselves raising
cry Of terrorism when they are in tight place.
Such exoron of confessions has nothing in with
scientific procedure As long the close of the eighteenth
century classic crimnoogy
That school has been superseded by the posi-
twists socaled fifty years
scientific the science of crmnOOgy from
police and legal practice today.
Protesting against the beaty of such methods will not avail
condition the
political understanding city,
will be administered party labor
crime approached intelligent place,
the crimes committed against property
poverty only poverty assuring
every opportunity living periodic
breaks" o. will vanish.
Meanwhile Communists the of police
nquson having its deep in the slime of the capitalist
political system The capitalist newspapers support
they methods vogue means
of lighting working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
Labor in the Far East Qndonesia)

Soerjo feel that he is a man of very
great importance and leads him to
fight madly against the Communists.
He will have to look out for the jeal-
ousy of such reformist national"
leaders as Tjokroaminoto and others.
The reaction, however, appears to
doubt the possible success of any such
move because it knows that our work
ing class is able to see thru such in
trigues.
The reaction is therefore drawing
up a plan" to reorganize the state
Ito a democratic system" with so
called EXTENDED election law" and to
increase the budget for the economic
welfare of the people" during 1926.
But the people will recognize the hum
bug of such a concession and it will
not be so easy to hoodwink them.
"NONTINUE your terror! You will
- thereby render our working class
prouder of its revolutionary traditions
and more class conscious" That is
what we can say to the reaction. 1t
is fully within our power to make the
trade unions, by legal or illegal meth
DDS, more progressive, since the work
ing conditions of the masses are so.
terrible.
The continual political terror WELD
ed against our trade union movement
thruout the whole Of its history is our
sure and certain guarantee that the
next big mass strike will not be of a
merely economic character, but will
also be one for political demands, and
we can rest assured that Comrade
Zinoviev's prophecy: Now, China,
later Java !" will be fulfilled.
(The End
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26

The militancy of the young work
ing class of Indonesia in the face of
persecution by the Dutch colonial
government, the police and even a
sort of Javanese fascist, is told in
the following interesting article, the
fourth and last of series by Com
rade Semaoen of Java on the Indo-
nesian labor movement. These arti-
Giles are furnished The DAILY
WORKER by the Trade Union Edu-
cational League. The article yes
terday told of the many strikes d.
rected and led by the Red Trade
Unions of Indonesia and the Com
munists. Today's article shows how
the Dutch colonial government tries
to suppress the Communists with
terror.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26

The left wing also was still con-
fused to some extent on the question
of the loyalty of the Sigman machine
to the union. There was evidence
that at least some of the left wing
leaders were affected by the unity
maneuvers of the Sigmanites and par
ticularly was this in evidence after
the speech of President Green of the
A. F. of L. had contained no direct
attack on either the left or the Com
munists but had emphasized the need
for unity. 1t seems that. even the bit
ter struggle in New York and the
mass expulsions of the most active
elements from the union had not yet
convinced all the left wingers that,
like all the trade union bureaucracies
in the period of Imperialism, the pres
ervation and strengthening Of the
union is only secondary in the minds
Of the Sigmanites to the crushing of
the left wing and the defeat of its
class struggle program.
DUT the constant insulting provoca-
- cation of the left wing delegates
and of the gallery consisting of hun
dreds of rank and file members of the
union who attended the convention
daily, served to. counterfeit the unity
maneuvers of the Sigmanites. The
hatred and distrust with which the
machine regarded the membership
was shown clearly by it's resentment
at having its actions watched and its
utterances heard by hundreds of
members who we're obviously hearty
supporters of the left wing and its
program. Had the Sigmanites been
able to restrain their animosity better
their unity maneuvers might have
been more successful but they were
handicapped by the necessity of pro-
voking a split if their fake unity
failed to confuse and compromise the
left.
AS the handpicked character Of the
Sigman delegations became more ap-
parent it must be confessed that the
line of action of the left wing began
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26

ton is not only continuing but grow
ing and increasing its prosecutions.
During the period from May till
August alone, not less than 200 COM
rades were arrestedo. Many hundreds
of workers have beelsdismissed on ac-
count of their trade union member
ship, or for being smembers of the
Communist Party orc the Sarekat RAJ
jat and all this had to be gone thru
after the terror of February last when
many comrades were killed and more
than 100 wounded. u,
THE reaction is Klearning now that
oppression alonetis not enuf and
that other meansBare required. Its
Sarekat Hidjo terreristic groups paid
with the money orthe reaction, costs
a great deal in expenditure. 1t is fur
thermore very unpopular among cer-
tain of the Dutch 6rulers themselves,
because the Sarekat Hidjo has its
counterpart in the illegal Red terror
groups tAnty Ribut Bund).
AS soon as the SRrekat Hidjo mem
bers were not paid they openly de-
clared that they. had been misled by
government officialsuand now prefer
red to be henderson, the Anty Ribut
Bund without payment. Thus the re-
action made lotcof propaganda for
the reformist leaders.
For example, ,peeudo-trade union
leader like Soerjopranoto declared last
August vide THAI Soerjo-history in
connection with the pawn-shop union
mentioned, above) that sit is not good
for the workers to go on strike =. and
the capitalists are not so bad after
ALL" etc.
OUCH statement is given wide pub
~ licity by the reaction. This makes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
BY sEMAoEN.
ARTICLE w

THE events enumerated in my last
= article clearly show that the Indo-
nesian working class is again in the
mood for taking up the offensive. 1t
is clear that in connection with the
Chinese events, which infects allAsia,
causing big sympathy demonstrations
of workers and peasants in many
places, the dispersal of meetings on
the Chinese situation, the arrest of
Communist speakers, ETC., and in con-
nection with the discovery of intens-
i've propaganda work among the sol
diers and the police (many soldiers
have now been discharged) and also
in connection with the revolutioniza-
ton of the intellectuals by the Jaw
anese students in Holland, the reac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
Right and Left Wings in the l. L. c. w. Convention

to show tendencies to waver. The
impossibility Of securing control of
the convention, the false character
of the Sigmanite unity becoming
clearer, and the provocation increas-
ing to the point of threats of the use
of police against the rank and file in
the gallery, the left wing leaned more
and more to split policy
TT is instructive to note that maneu-
L vers which led logically to split
were accompanied by the most vehe-
ment denials of any intention of Sc
ceding. The first manifestation Of
this policy was seen in the sharp de-
fiances amounting to ultimatums from
the left wing provoked by the insult
ing nature of remarks OF President
Sigman and his abuse of his position
as chairman to place the left wing
delegates at disadvantage.
These ultimatums, accompanied by
suspiciously enthusiastic applause
from the left delegation and the gal
lery of rank and filers, and which UNI
doubtedly created split atmosphere
because lacking a clear explanation
of the intention of the left to stay in
the union in spite of all provocation,
were justified by the theory, in itself
an evidence of the confusion, that
the machine would always yield rath-
err than run the risk of a split. That
the machine did yield on number Of
minor points only convinced the left
that this tactic was correct. It is not
commended here that the special tao
tics were wrong but only that they
were carried out in such a manner as
to encourage the less firm and ex-
perienced elements among the left
wing into considering a split as wise
and in fact inevitable outcome of the
recent struggle.
AS the convention proceeded there
were additional instances all tending
to show that the left wing had given
but little consideration to the objec-
tive consequences of such maneuvers.
(To be continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
Communists Defy Horthy Ruled Court

court Editor Weinberger said:
Il was II years old when | was
sentenced by bourgeois society to 10
years hard labor. This sentence by
which l gained my majority suddenly,
induced me to work also in the future
in the service of the proletariat. The
Bolshevik courts had sentenced the
hearers Of the Ludovika Academy who
rose in arms against the Soviet gov
eminent, not to deathsand prison, but
had given them criticism and educa.
ton. Our comrades have had the
Roumanian Communists defend the
right of self determination of Hun
garian Siebenburgen, when the Hun
garian landowners of Siebenburgen
cowardly submitted to the hostile rule
in order to save their property. ex-
pect the death sentence in this hail.
where decision is passed over life and
deathrfor even the death sentence
will serve our purpose"
Makes Joke Of court-Martial.
Comrade Goegoesch declared: az
could not believe, when the prosecutor
informed me that our affair would be
treated before the court martial. be-
cause this court only treats insurrec-
ton and arson. ! asked him whether
arson applied also to the lighting Of
cigaret."
Chairman: do not make jokes
here" wv