Arizona republican., 1917-09-06
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 TULSA. Okla. Sept. 5.-All litera- ture, letter files and account books were removed from tho lo"a' '-d''sf Workers of the World headquarters here this afternoon, during laid In- stituted by federal officers
 Raids in Chicago
 CHICAGO, Sept 5.-Headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World and the socialist party were raided here today in pursuance of plans of the federal authorities which resulted in similar raids throughout the country. The raids here and elsewhere, accord ing to officials were the first steps to- ward suppression of seditious or treas enable utterances and activities tend conduct of the war.
 William D. Haywood, international secretary of the l. w. w., was taken into custody but not formally arrested and after being questioned at the fed eral building was released under guard. A number of other places were searched including the residences of Haywod and Ralph H. Chaplin, editor of Solidarity the official weekly paper of the I. W. w.
 ACCOIuiIlB tO tut OlllCldiS tAS Adioo had been under consideration for a month. When the raiders marched into the I. w. w. and socialist headquar- ters there was consternation. Guards were thrown about the bull dings as the raiders entered and complete pos session was taken. No one was allowed to enter or depart until the govrnment offers had taken possession of such documents as they desired.
 T expected this" Haywood said when his office was entered. "Wher the president appointed Chief Justice Covington of the supreme court of tho District of Columbia to investigate the l. w. w., I wrote to him offering hin my assistance in the inquiry he was about to make. 1 received no reply and I suppose this is his answer will help the authorities as much as I can."
 | A great quantity of papers and docu- ments were taken by the officials jr ] the raid. Whie it was said some O. | the newspapers and pamphlets con | tainedseditious matter no extended ex animation of the material was made.
 Throughout Northwest SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 5.-A wig orous blow against the activities of tn, Industrial Workers of the Worl, l throughout the west and northwes was delivered today by the govern 1 ment.
 l Simultaneous raids on headquarter of the I. w. w. conduct in all princi i pal cities of the Pacific Coast an, interior states by United States marsh als and deputies on, order of the de 1 r,or rty nf irtct natfod mass of literature, records and docu ments. In no case was there any re | Sistance.
 Federal officials here declared tha this literature was sought by the gov rnment as evidence tending to con meet the I. w. w. leaders with tn German war office The raids wer conducted under authority of the es pionage act
 All of the matter confiscated wa taken for examination by the Unite States district attorneys who will re port to the department at Washing ton.
 The search warrants in. each cas charged the publication of treasonabl literature.
 In the raid at Spokane, Wasf federal agents seiged two strong boS es, .one bearing the name of Jamt Rowan. district secretary of the w. w., who is held in jail there as military prisoner, and the other tha of Don Sheridan, said to be secretar of a timber workers section of tt l. w. w. Rowan was the man wh issued orders for a general strike Industrial Workers in the northwe. to be effective August 20 After h arrest the night before by federal at thorities. with 26 other members the I. w. w., the proposed stril collapsed.