Show I U i S. S TO BE PURGED Of I. I W. W VW W. W MENACE HARVEST OF INDICTMENTS AT CHICAGO ONLY A BEGINNING OF THE WORK Documents In Possession of the Government Government Gov Are Understood to Show Extensive and reaching Far Plans Against Government Washington Washingto The The t.-The The great grent harvest of ot Jn Indictments Indictments' returned at nt Chicago it authoritatively Y stated Monday Is was but lUt a fraction of what the government government govern govern- ment will reap as the time result of its nati nationwide na na- ti wide tion-wide 4 n wide raid on Industrial Workers ers I. I World offices September 5 of of the I Only those regarded by the government govern govern- the tile chief figures in the time alleged alleged al al- ment meat as conspiracy Y to thwart the government gov gov- in Its war plans have been Indicted Tons of documents seized in the raid have yet ret to lo be studied their disclosures catalogued and arranged arranged ar ar- ar ranged ed for Cor use In further proceedings This work is flow felt going on in approximately Ir aten fifty towns and cities from coast to coast In obtaining Indictments against alleged ringleaders of the conspiracy the department of justice has simply sun sim acy pl ply slimmed skimmed the cream of the Ines Documents in its possession possession posses posses- sion are un understood to show extensive and reaching far m minor nor or plans confined confined con con- fined to particular localities and de deS designed de- de e. e S signed to affect local situations through which those named In hl the Indictments indictments In In- and many others are arc be be- believed by the authorities to havo have sought to to hamper the government by methods some of which have not yet been disclosed to the public No Direct Connection 1 Contrary to the general belief no direct connection has been shown thus far between the alleged leaders of the UIO conspiracy and the huge German corruption corruption corruption cor cor- fund fun believed to have been operating operating op op- crating in this country since Americas America's entry into the war Many Indications point strongly to the connection which officials hope to establish but none It Is reported Is absolutely confirma confirma- tory This his development has led lcd officials to believe that the full scope of the conspiracy's operation has not yet et been revealed So far as yet determIned determined determined deter deter- mined there thereas was as no master sp spy Y no single controlling head which directed direct direct- ed cd the activities of the war anti-war work worl ers A group of fairly generous proportions proportions proportions the evidence Indicates has been in charge of the entire program of propaganda and outrages from the spreading of alleged seditious literature literature litera litera- ture to time tile burning of crops and I 1 he the arming firming of farmers and others to resist resist resist re re- the draft law |