Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-06
C0RRECTS ERROR
IN GERMAN PAPER
City Editor Of Der Demokra1 Makes
Statement IN Which Part of
Story IS Retraeted.
SAYS WALLACE MADE REMARKS
Declares That Sentences. Used Should
Have Been Quoted as Coming
Prom Accused Leader.

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cepf4on ~ th]a statement '-'s4 '4H5tlall H..
cd q EefTacf ion from ita aafHa3Fa W t'-
Lam Ralph koss citF @tHof q me
papsT ae FeLTac[1oH ana apology as
requested .appe5tfe3 t4 tje' i5..illeAl az
accom- panied oy q statement % ms '@
sire 80 serve fAta country i4 bate 3'.
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rejected by the 59e2ieai a@ail-l-' 81 7-
. bis #as me Fs7e.1 Oh 'i'1st "a i,7
which he sustained as d 7ali5#- 4A#
correction follows
owing " tAt -als lia+ 'i5 1+'-
of the United states district coar- Of
the southern DIVISION ot lAe state OF
Iowa are gf Inc apiH-oa iAa5 the Two
SENTENCES
aliaee tLi#+ ~ Et. .zes- go. "a ~
MS. ~ e1l @- a. 20
refused MN Aiat nave bsF.5 l1. ~.
defsfood bF the fea4ate 'L tdE L'7L
l'emokr@t we arc therefore 4tlaeI ''1
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.aese TWO sentences were pl1,.l,, %.
10 lhe columns o. me De' LsL-I'tia
Ff3aay wees ago an ."It'tFs. 40" VAIN
tHe sioT3 tFiitii& ot W atl~'s . 81 ea''
At that Tune wallace IONA represent
tatlFe AZ this newspaper fhat he ha9
asked for legal advice ANA thal tHi5
had been refused 70 hlm'
These Two sentences may aaFe irli
fhe impression .hat the government,
through its local afhcI3is were trying
t9 railroad wallace. This. however.
Was la ND uav tHe fact y To fHa CON
trarv aa5Iv Friday morning United
states Depufv Marshal Andrew T.
pe4ersar, 6sr@arsffv cot in touch with
the attorneys. Fred VoIimer and f. G..
Wits for whose advice wallace had
asked In fact the government off
cfafs trled fo I'D everything possible
fo assist wallace fri his night for lib
erfv ana assisted him wherever they
couId
Inon raouasf Of the federal officer
the CITY editor Of THIS paper makes
the following declaration.
4I William Rafnf E-0ss affv editor
If me .Dar Ds-raaJ.raf local daily oa-
nov n5.h1fshad IL The rffy If haven
morn Scott caurgv iowa herewith de-
clare rhaf ann rasnonslhla frr rra
vfllful and deliberate renrrr maj
wallace tried ia rrf laval zd,.f.a
Thts however Il altered rs have aeau
reused nfu7, Il The isal7a IF faa .Dar
nanalrat If En5sea- ror- aara-
with offer my sincere and honest apoI-
oev 10 tbc government ana lis homer
abba representative. and assure them
that iii uo way. shane on manner did T
intend III .1fl1ra Ell, Grrf fba FEELINGS IF
the government with said statement.
or at any other time
The Der Demokrat' is an Amprf-
can paper published in the German
language and it's stand now and Of all
times has been for America first. last
and an the time Tho management
OF the newspaper is I'M the hands of
Americans born ia the United Stats
OF America.
Our stand In the present crisis Is
nothing but Americans IN fact loyalty
American
IL William Ralph Foss. only tried
to give the words of the prisoner.
Daniel Fl. Wallace. given to me a am
interview but my Intentions were i'm
EHF shane manner fr attack cha