Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-07
YOUTH ARRESTED
FOR HIS ATTACK
ON GOVERNMENT
Ralph Summers, Reported to Have
Called President Wilson Gowards
Taken Into Custody.
JUDGE IN FAVOR OF HEAVY FINE
Gives Boy Maximum On Disorderly
Conduct Charge and Singing
TaIk-Blames Drink.

Protesting that ne nad Deel QllAhAhz I
and wasn't responsible for what ne had |
said, Ralph Summers, a youth ABOUT ]
% wears old. whose address Is given IN
the city directory as 1924 First ave
nue.. was eager 10 retract the things ne |
had said about President Wilson ana
the administration in its conduct OF the
war while on a street car last night,
when he was arraigned in police court
this morning.
Roscoe Grady of Rapids City Ill.
who was responsible for the arrest OF
Summers. testified in court that the
youth had called President Wilson a
coward and a number of unprntao!s
names, besides saying that he belieEeo
The war was not being pushed by the
administration.
When confronted with his state
ments. Summers pleaded with the
Judge that he had been drinking yes
terday and that ii he said the Things
that he was charged with saying he did
not know It,
There are too many of your KIND I'D
/ the country said Police Magistrate
H.. ]. Smith. While you are booked
! here on the charge Of disoTderly con-
duct you are really guilty OF far
more serious offense and while would
take great pleasure in giving you
much heavier penalty, the most can
do is to fine you 5000 and costs which
/ is the maximum for disorderiy con-
duct"
/ Judge Smith followed with sting
ing lecture reprimanding the youth for
his apparent unpatriotic. un-American
stand in regard to his government IN
this day of national stress, when the
country is the object Of attack from
without as well as within. Unable to
pay his fine Summers was sentenced
to the county Jail for a term Of 40 days
in which he will have time to conslde'
the proper conduct Of real Amer
lean citizen when his nation is at war
Trails Summers.
Roscoe Grady In his pursuit of Sum
mers, having him arrested and ther
appearing against him at the tria
clearly showed how he felt about this
country's part in the war and his
wholehearted disapproval OF those per
sons who attack the government from
the secretiveness of the privileges tina
7 ! it showers upon them Mr.. Grady wa:
in East Moline yesterday and Will
= coming back happened to overhea-
some of the conversation passing be
= tween two young men sitting across
: the aisle from him in the street car
He soon heard the one who late
- .,~n,-o3 ~ I.o C,,r,r,.orc COW nnO41 9Th nm
patriotic things to fire him to whit
= heat. He looked for an officer blu
there was none on the car. When b
: reached Moline and the two young mel
got off Mr.. Grady again tried to fin
policeman while at the same time h
kept an eye on his quarry. Soon
e Third avenue car came along an
1 Summers and the other youth boarde
it. So did Mr.. Grady.
U On the car on the way to Rock Is
X land Mr. Grady made known to the con
ductOr his mission and that he was o
the lookout for a policeman, but nc
. where along the way was an office
+ sighted. At Twentieth street an
l. Third avenue Summers and his CON
d panion got off the street car an
. started down through Spence
Square with Mr.. Grady trailing in tn
background. The two youths reache
D Second avenue and went down thu
| busy thoroughfare to Eighteent
!. street, giving their pursuer, Of whol
they were evidently unaware, a ha-
a time to keep track Of them. 1t was {
d Eighteenth street that Mr.. Grady spie
o. officer sullivan He hurried to I'll
!. policeman, told him his story and b'