New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Other Sedition Spreaders in
Flight, With Detectives
on Trail
Wealthy Persons on
Organization Roll
Publication of Names L
Expected to Cause a
Sensation
Especial Corrcspondencl

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Frantic prep
arations for the defence Of the |. w. w.
| leaders taken in raid here and all over
| the country were made to-day. AT the
same time more arrests were made in
many cities, while several alleged sedi-
ton spreaders were in flight, with Sc
cret Service agents hot on their trails.
More than 10000 individual crimes
are alleged against members OF the
! |. W. w. in vast criminal campaign
of sedition. This information was au-
thoritatively given out from govern
ment sources to-day. II is declared
that the conspiracy laid TO |. W. W.
chiefs contemplated the hampering OF
every objective Of the government in
its war aims.
Names OF many rich and influential
men and women have been found on
the rolls of the l. ". W., District At
torney Clyne announced to-day. The
list Of these, when made public, is ex-
pected to cause a sensation. These
persons may face charges Of being ac-
cessories in disloyal acts and be severe
" dealt with.
/ On alleged evidence that the |. W. W.
/ organization maintained Illegal rela-
! tions with German prisoners at Fort
: Mcdowell, near San Francisco, Louis
/ Parente and George Speed, ]. ". W. of
, fcials, were arrested in San Francisco
to-day. Speed is secretary Of the San
/ Francisco branch OF the organization
! and Parente is president of the Italian
/ branch there.
/ For the irst time the government has
permitted the publication of the pre-
/ else charges against the !. W. w. or
ganization. These are included:
Hindering the act of 1916 and 1917
making appropriations for certain forti-
/ fications and for the purchase of arms,
| by interfering with the carving out OF
the manufacturing of the necessities
/ for carrying out Of the provisions of
. the act.
/ Preventing the carrying out of con-
/ tracts between the United States gov.
ernment and coal companies for fuel
for shipping purposes OF all kinds.
Hindering the manufacture of tor
/ pedo nets.
Planning and interfering with the
manufacture Of clothing for soldiers
and sailors.
Interfering with the manufacture of
/ medical and hospital supplies.
! Proposing the designing to prevent
registration under the draft law, with a
view to weakening the United States
army, and actually preventing the car
ryinR out of orders.
Seditious articles printed in Soil
darity," the !. W. w. organ.
Vicious articles printed in various
organs of the !. w. W. printed in ff-
teen different languages.
Interference with lumber being
felled in the forests for the manufact-
ure of government supplies.
/ Stopping the telling and shipping OF
4 spruce trees, the lumber exclusively
/ used for the manufacture of airships.
] Stopping the Telling Of lumber for
. the construction for the cantonments
: and camps throughout the country.
/ Discovery of certain efforts on the
part Of members of the |. W. w. TO
/ create among those who had registere
a feeling Of disloyalty and insubordna-
1 tion.
Abusing the mail in distributing
throughout the United States the
slogan, Don't Re a soldier: be a man.
Instead of striking. using destructive
methods, such as breaking up ma
chinery in factories.
Distributing books on Sabotage,
written by Emil Pouget, which the gov
ernment terms the most vicious book
ever printed"