The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-29
W|P|NG OUT
ALL sED|T|ON
Excellent Start Made by In
dictment Of 166 Members
I. w. w. and Arrest
Of Fifty.
is ONLY THE BEGINNING
Heavy Bonds Of $4,000 to $25, 600
Placed on Men Who Were Un.
able to Furnish
Amount. -
is ONLY THE BEGINNING

TUnfted Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Sept 29.-Indictment OF
166 officials and members OF the l.
w, w. late yesterday, followed by the
arrest of at least fifty here, Is only
beginning in the governments cam
paign to wipe out sedition and dls-
LOYALTY, federal officials declared TO-
day.
Evidence obtained in the nation
wide raids on I. W. W. headquarters
early this month on which the ind1ct-
ments were based, is alleged to nave
revealed the existence OF conspiracy
with ramifications extending lnto
every state, with Chicago as its cen
ter.
Letters and cancelled checks are
said to show that German money was
EMPLOYED largely In financing the
conspiracy, mainly through Austrian
members Of the organization.
Men seized in the two raids on !.
w w. Headquarters after the lndlct
ments were returned, were quizzed
by government agents in the federal
building at intervals throughout the
night.
William D. Haywood, international
secretary and treasurer. was held
under s25, 900 bonds. Other leaders
bonds were fixed at $4,000 each.
They are Richard Brazfer, OF Spo-
kane. member of the executive board;
George Andreychine. of Duluth, Mimi,
manager of the publicity bureau;
Ralph H. Chaplin, of Chicago, editor
and manager of Solidarity" official
I. w. w. organ; Vladimir Lossief, OF
Chicago. translator for ]. w. w. lit
erature; Bert Lorton, Of Chicago,
manager of the recruiting station
here: Charles Rothfisher, of CleVe'
land. editor Of "Bergumkas; Chas.
Plain, Detroit, and Herbert Mailer,
Seattle.
None was able to furnish bonds.
Other members known to have been
arrested here were Earl Lewis, OF
w. Va; james Buffe, or
Des Moines, Iowa; Edward johnson,
of Youngstown, Ohio, and HERBERT
Coolie, of San Francisco.
q. S. District Attorney Clyne stated
TODAY that fifty arrests had been
made in cities outside Of Chicago.
Clyne said the government had
learned the membership of the l. w.
w. in this country was between 250,-
900 and 100000, much larger esu'
mate than had previously been made.
Deny Any Connection.
ENID, Okla, Sept. 29.-Defense
witnesses in the trial of eleven draft
resisters here today, denied know
ledge of any connection between the
I. w. W., and the Working CLASS
union. of which they were members.
The government has contended that
the l. w. w. furnished the union
with funds to organize demonstra-
ton against the draft.
Onnosition to selective service was
confined to petition asking con-
eress to put the law to a popular
vote according to the defense. None
of the defendants expected any oppo-
sition after it became effective, 1t
was declared The only actual tax
of resisting the draft, was made by
n q Baron and J. H. Holmes, gov
agents who joined the union,
defense witnesses testified
Nav Get Paciflsts Next.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-EMtern.
Of anti-war propaganda VIII
he carried into every suspicious or
in the country. Indict-
ment of scores of I. w. WIS at Chi
capo is to be followed by suppression
of apy and all people and institutions
directly or indirectly aiding the
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