1918 . In :te:

w~ pped u~ 1D B h iem, ae g Ve

1. h on ness of tbe o:rl Qf hwnanitJ.

2, Independent inveetiga ion of truth.

~ . ~he foundati o• o! ii relig!one ie one. ' '

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a• V'Jl,1.V'ereal pe'1oe.·

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At Boeton, Maee.

Uontinuing investigation praviouel reported Aug. I I 29th and aoting upon oopy of report by Mr . v. J. Valjaveo of the I • New York Offioe. Agent as per request of Mr. ValjaTeo interviewed I l Mr. Mifan Sevaelz at hie law office 294 Washington St •• Boston.

I J4&ee. Mr. sevaely states that personally he doee not know ·very

I muoh about the .Bahaieta or the Baha1 movement, that hie onl7 Jc:now•

ledge of them ie limited to the fact that in 1896 when he was a resi­

dent on the Ioland Oyprue that a dieoiple of Abdul Ba.ha by the name

of Shebul ~1el aleo reaided on the Island of cnrus and that msny

pilgrims of that faith and others aame there in order to &ee thie

Shebul A.zel. Mr. Sevaely further states that as he understood it

Bahaiam was religous movement started 1n Persia ioh has the same

relRtion to Kohammedaniem as Protestant Chr1et1an1t1 has to Oathol•

1oiam and that ~eligoue persecution by the Mohammedans in P$rs1a

and Turke1 had been oarried on against the followers of Bahaism al•

moat from its inoeption.

£gent again oalled on Kr. .Alfred x, Lunt at hia law

o!f1oe 89 State St., Boston. Mr. Lunt ie on the Executive Board ot

the :Bahai Te~ple Unit7. ~hie board is oorllprieed t the following 1

members Charles Mason Reme y, Prea.

:e .o. :Sox lZ19, Washington, JJ.c. ay Maxwell, Vioe Pt••·

716 Pine J.ve •• Montreal I o~. Harlan Foster Ober, 6•07.

10 Dana St., Cambridge, l4ae~. Corinne Truev line.noial Sec1.

5338 Ken~ore Ave. 1 Ohioag o, Ill. William H. Randall, ~raae.

35 Oongreea St •• Bouton . Kase. H. Bmogene Booeg •

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Boston, Bew York and Loe Angeles O f1oea

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' J.l.fred • Lunt• 89 State St •• Boston, Mase.

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Louie G. Gregor7, 342 48th B~., N.E.,Waehington, D.O.

Dr. Zia M. Bagdad1, ·1553 west Kad1eon st ., Chicago, Ill

Agent ~.i,:t

ia ~ furnishing list o! names and ad4reaeea of the member•

' of the :Bahai Temple Unit7 :

Mr. Carl Sohef:t'ler, Secy. Bl.Oongreee St. AU41tor1um !rowert Qbioqo 1 · Mr. Joseph R. aannen, • 1262 ighth St., W .. hington, D. C. Mies Hattie J. Loughlin, Seoy. San Diego, Cale Kise Jennie Field, 1106 Decatur St., Sandusky, Ohio j · Dr. C. 1. Lathrop, 819 Joshua Green Bldg., Seattle, Waah. f · 14.r. w. E. Bellis, 6011. Michigan.Ave., !tlanti() Olty, N. J. 1 Kiss E. Kabel King, 6630 Howard Si., Spokane, Wash. ¥rs. w. B· Replogle, 2215 Oalifornia !ve., Bakersfield, Oal. Dr. Pauline Berton Peeke, '1'20 oae Bldg., Oleveland, Ohio .Mr. Frank i. Osborn, 565 Park Place, BrookllJl, I. Y. Kr. John l>uftield, 022 • 36 ~t., 1lwauke,, Wis. J4ies Julia Oulner, o/o rs.Corinne True, 6338 Kenmore J.ve., Ohioag Kre. Bellyean lCret1, Secy. O •• Secy., 166 Bridge st ., Springfield re. I.8.L. Hille, o/o Dr. J. d' velyn, Phelan !ldg • . , San l'rano1ae

Kre. Margarette A. Lafferty, 3469 A. Critten St •• t. ~ouie, llo. Kies J. F. Robinson, 590 St. Paul Ave., Memphis, Tenn. Mi s Kay 1• Pound, Seo7. Hot Springe, Art. Kre. Helen Bagg, 52 Jackson St., Muskegon, Kieh. M1se lizabeth Bowen, Riverton, N. J. llre. Charles o. Thom.peon, 9·270 Lenox St., Bew Haven, Conn, Mrs. Kate lves, Bliot, )l81ne Mrs. llizabeth Cowles, 14 To.war St., Koti'tX'e&l, Oan. Mies Jean • Nixon, 182 Queen Stie 1 St. John., J. B. Mr. F. B. Beotet, 300 Oak Drive, xropioo, Oal. Mr. A. ¥. Dahl, P.O. Box '26, Verona, ~·· Vise ,Pauline Crandall, 316 S.otor St., Ithaca, I. Y. 14re. w·. C. Revell Knowles Ave., Glenolden, !a. llr. Fre4er1ok G. Hale, '4D lairmount Ave •• Jersey City~ J.J, Mrs. Henrietta J. Milla, 4i6 Blmwood Ave., BU.ftalo. 1.1. M~. Oscar J. Banko, P.O. Box 9, Bewarki N. J. Mr. J. w. Latimer• o/o Unioa Station, ¥ortlahd, Oregon Ilise Jessie B. Bevell, 1710 ~o. Orat1· st,, Ph1l•·· Pa. Mrs. Roward Struven, 22 Heard St., Woroeete~, II.ass. r. Prank Ashton, olo 240 Gladstone Ave., »etroit, ioh.

Mie1 Margaret Klebe, liQrth Au,gusta, s. o, l41se M. Le1lie O'Keefe Long, Santa Paula, Oal. Mr. '/alter Bohanan, R. $, K.tnoeha, lie. Mies Ma19 Harvey, Peoria 4aaembly, 333 St.Mart St., Pekin, Ilt. Mrs. Loaise Boeoh. Geyeerville, Sonoma Oount7, Oal. Mr. ,And~ew J. ltleon, 2041 Oarinel ve., Raotne, Wla. r. Byron Lane, Lo.kelan~. Ila.

M~. Johll Boeaett, o/o .Ulen )4oDaniel, 16 llf.. W•ndall Ave. ,loheneota · J41ea JJq Ke WilkinEJon, 36 Oongree St ., :Soe~on. Mr. Ruseell L. ~rooker, Castle Rt. B.F.D. 25 - -'kron, Ohio Mra. G. ~. Augur, Honol~lu, H.I. 48~ Be~etanta St. Miaa sther loster. 114 eet 16th at., New York C1t7 M.111 K, A. Door. o;o H. 1. Ober, 10 DanG t., Cambridge, Ila••• ·--- _.,..._, ______ _ , ,,

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I a •• :a. ft !e; :Ba.hai ~emile Unitz ov. 4, 1918 i eged Ger~ane!lgous Propaganda)

I Grace P. . Lunt , 14 Lowell St. Bev rly, Kaa • R. E. Ifoagg , o/o re . Helen doodt l l, 265 Bu.cha.nan .St ., San

Fr o.na is o o , Oal Mrs. o. Jensen, Market St., Burlinstoo, 111. Mrs. Rachel O. North, 1457 lm1ra St., Aurora, Colo. Mr. Hilbert Dahb, State College, Pa. Mrs • .lnnie Libby, Clarkston, Wash. Mrs. Eva Cooper, Frnitport, Mich Mr, D. M. Perry, 460 Crawford St., Gr nd Rapids, Mich Mr. w. MoOormiok, 1232 Broadway, lvoratt, Wash. 14rs• .lnnie J,. Parmerton, 543 !Utohall .Ave.• Cincinnati, Ohio Er. I'. B. Beckert, o/o fimee PrintiJ'l8 Co,. Loa J.cgel e, Cal. )(1se Frances Moore, Box. 345, Spring Valley, K1l'lll. Mr. Frank Ohaut, Dublin,. B. B. Misa Uary M. Young, 166 w. Utioa St., Oswego, H.Y. Mrs. 14.a.roella L&dd, Benton Siding Yia Helson. i.c, Mrs. Bmma Hargle, G•noa Joi., Walworth co. lf1aoona1n Mise llargaret La Grange, 519 B. Market St., Jolmetown, B.Y. Kies Jiamona Bray, 3055 Dana St •• Bertele1, Cal. Mre. Margaret W&rd Wiley, 151 Pr1noeton St •• Hutle1, N.J. Mr· John Pridmore, »rookville, Ont. Canada ltra• Grace K. Kann, 14.f. .N. East Ave., Balt1mor.e. KO. Miee Henrietta. !rittingham, 2928 Fremont S•., Minneapolis, 11.Da. Mre. Mabel H. ~aine, 606 Penn. Ave., UTbana, Ill.

Ae ma7 be seen and oonoluded fr.om the e names

evtdentl1 tepreseotstive .Americans ot the higher order ot intelli­

•genoe and while :Bahaiem etanda tor uniTersal pea"e llr. Lunt assur­

ed Agent that the :tollower$ at Bahaism in •rioa, o! which he :t•

one, a~e •ll good loyal patr1ot1o .Amar1oan ,1t~1•ne and points toi

the fact that 50 years ago Baha'o'llah prediatea this great war, ,i..

and ~hey believe it ttaoeesarr as a work of equal11ation, Kr. Lun.1' , · :

turther states that 1: there were Baha11te wbo alaim.ed exemption

tro~ active oombatant duti•• on the grQw:id of their religo~•

eorupl•e, they were within the law as proola1me4 li>J President Wil­

son, provided they were memb$r1 of th1e ~rg~1zat1on befor• Olli'

entry into the war, but be 1tate1 he doae not know that any of t

did olaim exemption on euoh ground1. Mr. LUDt 4 nits that ·~ o~

the J.merioa.n Bahaiata are in 1t as ~one1 niaking propositio~ A·~

that the meQlbors of this u'u1t1 are f'ollowere of Baba1 :t:i;o·®' a

motive . Of ideal1 m s.nd a A1gher sense or duty ~owa.r4e

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c •• R. Io re: Bahai Te~le Unitl Nov. 4. 1916 Clileged German eligioua Propaganda)

f Agent for the information of the New York an~ Loa

A.tlgele e Off ioea i atte:ohing horewi th oopy of hi report · on t:b ·

sub~eot made on August 29th and tho follow1ng is a brief h1etor,y

of the Bahai movemeni.

"In 1844 a Persian whom they call the Bab. who waa born in Oot ober 1819 heralded the a.dvent of a Ul!liversal teaoher whom God would manifest and throuah Whom the mii t7 o.f all nations wruld be eetabliahe4. and ho a!feoted a re­formation of Islam (Kohammedan), Which met with inetan' o.ppo,ai ti on on the part of the Orthodox relig1on1ete of 't da1 • .Atter two years he was imprieon&d IUld held ~l priso . r until 1850 when he wae shot 1n the public equare;-;Tabris.

"In 1863 Baba'o'llah eucoeeded him as the one expect• ed and thousands accepted him. He proolaimed that the truth for th.at age was the reali.zation Of the spiritual brother­hood of man. Great peraeoution followed and more than iwent7 thoueand were martyred and Baha'o'llah with hie eon 4b4ul Bab.a and their followers were aemt to the penal oolofl1' o·~ ,J.ooa in Syria.

•Fifty yeara ago from his pri.fi!on at .lcoa. Baha 1 ~•11 iesued proolama.tions to the orovnt'Ileade of Jiu.rope •xi.or~ them to oeaee their injustice and strife and oollll.1lnding hem to establish peace. Copies of theee original lette:re in Persian are to be found in the British i.tuseum.

"~fter the death of Baha'o'llab be was euoceeded b7 hie eon Abdul l3t.ha. who was for ;forty ye are a pr1so,ner, aD4 with the adv•nt of the 1oung Turk supremacy in 1908 wh&D all political and religious prisoners of the Ottoman lmpire .. r• treed, Abdul Eaha was also given b1e freedom. Be then wen1 to London and after hie v1e1t to Ezigland Yi11ted the Oni e4 States and following hie visit to thie oit7 the Babai move­ment wae founded in the u. s. It bas eino• gained in mm• · bers and there 1e being erected by th1m at Oh1oago a Temple , Which they olaim will prove to the bQCly of human sooi•rt;y what the soul 11 to the 'body ot man. Thie Temple will be reared ne a ate.nd:1.ng mon\lJllent for peaoir. betwaen the maesea, peaeie between the olaeeee and equality between the eexee ~he money raised for the erection ot th~e struotur• oame from voluntar1 contributions s.nd in this ~elttple eaoh one ~ worehip God in hie own WS3• ~he ~em_ple will be eunoundeC, bJ euoh acce.eaories as a hospital. pilgrim house, school far orphans, and university for the study of higher eoienoea.

ao :tar J.6en1, 'a invest lgution :failed to

tl1 e Amerio&t Bahaiste might have be en inrat:rutnenta o Ge:r!l'.l4n pro»-·

aanaa. Agertt Will QOntinue this inveetigat10D•

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ilt no o t1l 1 ~ i n i nvcbt 1 ti on pre r por tod llov .

4tl .. ent ga in in ervi wed · • lfred :r~ . u t at l is lo.w office en

tate traet with the object of a. certn.1ning the a.ddre · s of '.~iss

1 Iaa.hel i' rt: ser-Ohaml:1erlein , who e on y addree kno\ n to Bent is

. o. Box ~'772 , :Boston, aas ~ L~ 1ea Chamberlain is the author of a

pa.inphlet on Ba.he.ism ont:i t led '''.Divi ne Common enae" and. .Agent intend.

1 ed. under covei~ to 1JJc.er ie\' he r re _c.rding the ai s of t:h.e Bahaie+e '

in the Unlted St at es. Lr . Lunt adv i ed gent that ~·1as Chambcrla

1 i now loo e.ted a.t Los "'\.ngeles . Ca.life rnie.. having gone there on

e.ooount of h ~ r 1 eslth ..

Unl B otherwise instructed gent con ider ·this

matt er olosed .

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