Show Y MENS MEN'S OFFICES RAIDED BY U. U S. S i. i Federal Agents Seek Evidence Evidence Evi Evi- dence deuce of Expenditures to Aid German Gennan Cause New York Aug AuS 7 Officers i Officers of or Issues la Is- sues and Events enta a no weekly publication c tion recently barred from the tho malls a n. manufacturing plant and the business places of ot three wealthy German Amer cans were raided by federal agents today in an effort to tr trace alleged allese l expenditures expenditures expenditures ex ex- of lf German propaganda funds I The object of the tho searches In this cit city and also in Chicago Reading and and Lancaster Pa according to the tho government gov gov- government 0 authorities was to obtain I possession of ot alleged records of or collections collections col col- col- col I and expenditures for propaganda propaganda ganda activities together with re reported reported reported re- re ported anti-American anti literature The Thc Individuals and corporation whoso whose offices were entered are alleged I to have been associated with a group of German-Americans German in the tho two Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania cities clUes In assembling money for propaganda One Ono of the establishments e searched was tho the New York office of the tho Burkshire Knitting Mill The Tho plants of ot tho the Textile Machine Works and the Narrow Fabric company all controlled by Ferdinand Thun Thull and Harr Harry Har liar r ry K Ii Janssen also were raided by 11 federal tede fed ted e oral eral al officials II Searched Search w warrants also were executed execute at nt the residences and offices of or Rudolph Ru Ru- Rudolph dolph described as an nn advertising advertising advertising ad ad- agent William Kaupe asso asso- elated with a a. silk Importing house and I Charles IL Un said to bo be a a. dealer in investments Issues and Events according to Charles E E. E chief of ot the federal federal fed- fed eral oral Investigation bureau has haI had a n nI I stormy storm career Operated as a 3 pro Ger man weekly before the United States became a n. belligerent some of ot its editions editions editions edi edi- were barred from tho the malls mails early in 1317 In i and its Ils editor Franz P R. R Dort was interned A few weeks ago the publication was resumed under tho the name of or the thc Liberal American but after one or two issues was again denied transportation as mall mail matter maller Officers who searched the theoffice theoffice office found only a few tew copies of re recent recent recent re- re cent issues they said and no preparations preparations p for future publication The offices of ot Issues and Events Incorporated Incorporated In In- InI I corpora ted which has published the thc I Liberal American aro are Frederick F F. Shrader president Fred C C C. Simmons treasurer secretary treasurer and Robert Otto Veller assistant treasurer and general Jeneral manager Der Del Zeitgeists Zeitgeist's Zei S Offices Raided Chicago Aug AuS 7 The i.-The The offices of or Der Zeitgeist published b by Dr Michael Singer former e editor of ot the Illinois Staats Statts were raided today b by federal officials who seized a n. suitcase of or correspondence and documents document Tho The documents sought In the tho search warrant on which tho raid was made arc are t said ald to constitute a n violation of oC tho the espionage act and nd Include alleged correspondence bet between Dr Singer and tho the follot following ing persons and firms William R. R II C C. Wilhelm Kaupe Rudolph Charles H. H Un Jeremiah J. J OLeary O'Leary George S S. T. T W. W Yeller Yel- Yel ler Francis Drol Will vm R. R MacDonald Carl E E. Schmidt Bull null Fatherland Weekly Is Issues ues and Events tho the American Truth fruth society and the Partisan Non-Partisan league lenue Dr Singer who was not arrested said last nl night ht that he ho had corresponded corresponded corresponded corre corre- with only two of oC tho the or firms named |