Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-08
LITTLE GERMANY
IN RAIDED HOMES
Pictures of Kaiser and Iron
Crosses Seized in
Reading -.
MANY LETTERS TAKEN
Suspected Mill Chiefs Said to
Have Relatives in Teu-
ton Land

miniature Berlin was revealed, II is
said, to agents Of the Department Of
Justice here, when they raided the homes
of nearly dozen wealthy residents Of
Wyomissing, a suburb Of Reading, for
evidence in the German propaganda
campaign
Numerous pictures Of Kaiser wilhelm,
General Won Hindenburg and other Ger
man leaders were on the walls. There
was wealth Of German literature in
libraries
All this was described today by As
sistan, District Attorney Rosenbaum,
who participated in the raid. with Todd
Daniels. head of the Philadelphia Bureau
of the department OF Justice and his
operatives.
evidence was obtained to show the
strong sympathy Of the suspects with
Germany, at least before the war.
You might just as we'll have walked
into Germany as into the homes we en-
tered in Wyomissing," continued Mr..
Rosenbaum.
Find Letters from Germany
Photos Of German medals, iron crosses,
lTI1hetS Oh war, all anita
dating cur entry into the war. were
found by the Government operatives
Several letters were found that had
come from Germany through neutral
countries.
Virtually all of the persons involved.
said Mr.. Rosenbaum. have friends and
relatives in Germany.
In addition to the homes Of Ferdi-
nand Thun and Harry Jansen, al
legged to be the most active in spreading
propaganda by the Government official.
Mr.. Rosenbaum announced that opera =
tives had also searched the homes of
August Ulshoefer, Reading boulevard {;
Hugo Hemmerich, Van Reed road; Fritz
Ahlfeld, Iris Club; Max Mittendorf,
Wyomissing boulevard. and Gustave A.
Oberlaender, Wyomissng boulevard. All
of these men are either superintendents
or managers of three textile mills that
were searched yesterday.
Seize Professors Letters
great mass of correspond ence was
brought here today from the Lancaster
hone of Professor r. c. Schiedt, for
merly of Franklin and Marshall Col
lege.
Examination of thousands of letters,
pamphlets and articles in publications,
seized by agents of the Department OF
Justice, was started today.
Further raids are expected to develop
as the result of information obtained
These may be followed by arrests and
nternments.
In the office of the Department OF
Justice here are bundles, Uttered about
the desk and office Of Mr.. Daniels. that
were seized in the raids made yester-
day. They We're brought to this city late
last night in an automobile by Daniels
and several Of his agents
Daniels announced today that the
Peoples Trust Company, at Wyomissing
on the outskirts of Reading. was entered
late yesterday by the operatives and the
lock boxes of many of the men under
suspicion, including those of Thun and
Jansen. were opened and papers seized
Federal authorities today declared that
the campaign against pro-Germans In
this country "is only beginning"
Charge Propaganda Work
According to Mr.. Kane, the investiga-
ton thus far has been productive of suf-
ficient evidence to connect some of those
whose homes and places Of business
were raided with being IN charge Of Ger
man propaganda work since the de-
parture of Won Bernstorff, Boy-Ed and
Won Papen.