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Show Ieh ffllllS TO " BE TRIEDJHUBSDAV Writers of Philadelphia Tageblatt Charged With. Espionage Violation. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. II. Four mem- 1-ers of the staff of the Philadelphia Tage-hliitt. Tage-hliitt. whose offices were raided yesterday f bv government agents, are now under ar-i ar-i vest, and the remaining two for whom i warrants have been Issued will appear in lime for hearing on Thursday. AH are I J charged with violating the espionage act i ' through the publication of articles alleged J to he inimical to the interests of the I J United States. Louis Werner, editor in chief, and Wal- T damir Alfredo, an editorial writer, surren- ' dered to the federal authorities today .ami were held in $ in, 000 bail each. Peter ! Schaefer. president of the company which publishes the Tageblatt. and Paul Vogel. treasurer, the other two men wanted, are I In Cincinnati, it was said, and their coun sel promised they would be here Thursday. Thurs-day. The men arrested yesterday are Dr. Martin Darkow, ma naging editor, and ' Herman Lemke. business manager. j Until the examination of files, papers and documents taken from the Tageblatt ; J -of' yesterday has been completed, gov-Jniment gov-Jniment officials will not Indicate all the specific instances of alleged violations of the espionage act. Among the documents were the minutes of the directors' meeting, meet-ing, which, according to federal agents, . - show that two directors complained that , the editorials in the paper were not vigor- 9 ens enough.-- Agents of the deportment of justice re-iiit re-iiit ported that other articles seized included a number of letters from a United States senator from a western state. The contents con-tents of the letters were not revealed. According to counsel for Schaefer and Vogel. they are attending a meeting of - the national executive committee of brew-ory brew-ory workers in Cincinnati. Schaefer is V business agent for brewery drivers in this city, and Vogel is business agent for other brewery workers. |