The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
TACEBLATT RAID
 UNEARTHS PLOT.
 AGAINST J. s.
German Papers and Prom inent Men Linked In
 Conspiracy

Pnllaoelpnla, sept. 1T-ENloeHce seized by the government agents in their raid on the Philadelphia Tage- blatt office, at 107 North Sixth street, on Monday evening, shows that the paper was part of national con spiracy against the United States.
 In the books and records. of the Tageblatt is evidence that it received regular money contributions from a man ip Mexico, supposed to have been a German agent. The books also show that the Tageblatt was not sup ported. by the German labor organiza- ton, for which it claimed to be the official organ, but had entirely differ ent and much more mysterious sources of income.
 At the same time the Tageblatt has employed man who came to this country since the war began and whose family is in Germany. This man was given an important position in the editorial department If the pa. per as a sort of censor to see that the paper maintained the desired German and anti-American tone.
 In the correspondence of the paper letters were also found from several prominent Americans, including Sen ator La Follettei certain Congressmen and others who may be seriously ern- barrassed by the Tageblatt raid.
 Finally, wAile the Tageblatt editors were drawing on their imagination to manufacture German victories and American distress, food scarcity, nih- tary impotence and disast-r, the of ficial, authentic information sent to the paper by the United States gov ernment Departments was thrown scornfully in the waste paper bas- kets.
 The Tageblatt editors did not even take the trouble to open the envelopes containing true information sent out by the United States government to all newspapers This kind of news was found in unopened envelopes in the waste paper bales recovered in the raid While this authentic news was discarded the paper printed alleged telegrans and cablegrams from Am sterdam, Berlin, London, Petrograd and Washington bolstering up the Kaisers cause and designed to injure America The impression was given that these items had besa passed up and approved by official French, Eng fish or American censors.
 The records seized in the Tageblatt raid also show that it was in constant communication with Germans throughout the country. He assem- bled and sent out in matrix form from the office of the New York Staats zeitung. These long syndicate articles rarely contained anything except ar guments in favor of Germany and twisted historical reviews attacking England, France and Italy, and b1am- ing them for the war in which Ger many was represented as the innocent, 1 inoffensive victim of brutal attack and unscrupulous intrigue.
 Besides the two editors arrested at l the time of the raid, Herman Lemke, 1 the business manager, and 02 Martin Barko, the managing editor, two other editors surrendered today and had their bail fixed at $10,000 each. Louis werned, editor in chief of the Tage- blatt, and widely known as .tThe So- cialist Pope of Philadelp1ia,' walk ed into the Post Office Building and surrendered to Special Agent Hajek. Some weeks ago. when the Tageblatt office was visited by the Department I of Justice agents, Werner threatened to throw them out of the window if they asked him any impertinent ques- tions. But today Werner was less belligerent Waldemar Alfredo, edi- torial writer and promoters of a the atrical scheme for German propagan- do in this city during the winter, also surrendered.
 | Peter Schaefer and Paul voge1, of. ficers of the Brewery Workers Unior and of the Tageblatt corporation, ars said to be in Cincinnati. Their at torney, Henry John Nelson, promised the government officers that he would have all defendants in court tomorrow f~ 1,nf,. ,y,o F., -,s~, I While government agents went over I the papers and books seized in the Tageblatt raid today all employees ol T the Tageb1att were also brought il |under subpoenas and examined in the District Attorneys office before being taken before the Grand Jury. Many
 of the employees displayed little hesi
 tation in testifying and apparent. lgave the government officers tht l truth
 Herman Lemke, the business man.
 ager of the Tageblatt, lowered around the post office corridors all day and I was in constant consultation with the
 employees called in to testify. A few of these men were plainly unwilling
 to tell the truth that they were seni away and may be included in the pros
 cautions. Several of them are stil ASAAto1l SAlAACIiS dIlu dTc lldOlG lO Dt interned without hearing.
 The responsible Tageblatt editors
 and officers who are naturalizet Americans if found guilty would bt
 liable under the Espionage, Act to i'm.
 prisonment for 20 years and $10,00t
 fine for each or both.
 i United States District Attorney
 Kane has engaged interpreters to as
 sist in the examination of files paper'
 and documents taken from the Tage
 blatt offices. Until these have beer
 gone over completely government of
 ficers will not indicate all the specifi,
 instances of alleged violations of tn,
 Espionage Act. They may not be re
 vealed at Thursdays hearing, as tn,
 accused may have a hearing withou
 compelling the government to shov its evidence at this time.
 T Among the things taken from tn Tageblatt office were the' minutes o
 the directors meeting. According t, federal agents these show that two di rectors complained that the editorial
 in the paper were not vigorou
 enough.
 The Tageblatt connection with tn
 mysterious man in Mexico, suppose to be an agent of the German govern
 men, is shown on the books througl regular and substantial drafts. Thi feature may lead to even more seriou