The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
GERMAN EDITORS
HELD FOR PRO-
German ACTIVITIES
E. w. Sallett and ]. F. Paul Gross of
Aberdeen, s. d., Held Under Seri-
4 Gus Charge-GrOss Former N. d.
Newspaper Man


Aberdeen. S. D., Jan. 21.-Waiving
preliminary examination before Unit
ed States Commissioner William Wal
lace tonight, F. w. Sa1fett, proprietor
Of the Dakota Freie Presse and Neue
Deutsche Presse, and J. F. Paul Gross,
editor, were bound over to the next
term of the federal circuit court in
Nav. Their bond was fixed at $4,000
each and pending bail they were re-
turned to Jail for the night.
Tomorrow arrangements will be
made by their attorneys for release
under the required bond.
The two had been detained since
Saturday and Sunday pending arrival
of United States marshal with au-
thority to serve the warrant which
had been sworn to by R. D. Deacon,
postoffice inspector. Deputy Marshal
Pearson arrived in town Monday. He
Immediately made service upon the
two publishers in the city hall and
they were taken before Commissioner
Wallace.
Failed to Translate
The charge in the case of Mr.. Sallett
was failure to file translations of two
articles published in the Neue
Deutsche Presse of January II. One
of these was news story of thacom-
ing registration of aliens and an ur-
gent warning to all Germans to be
sure that they saw to it that they were
registered.
The other was comment on the Hen
1f
carried on the local page and in ex-
tenuation Mr.. Sallett asserted that he
did not know that such local items
should be covered by the translations
they were required to file.
Records found by the officers IN
their search of the Erie Presse office
showed large sums of money sent to
New York foreign exchange for
money brokers known as tx. N. and
K" and $4,000 sent direct payable to
the German imperial ambassador, the
returned vouchers bearing Count Won
Bernstorff's personal signature. The
officers say they have evidence show
ing that upwards Of 100000 was col
lected by the Sallett publications and
sent to German agencies. Of $4,000
purporting to go to the German Red
Cross for relief of wounded soldiers of
the fatherland, there was only $1,000
item to show that any Of the money
was sent direct to the German Red
Cross. 5.9si%- .'l .rv
The government willprobablytake
away the mailing privilege of the two
papers, an officer said today. "'Sa9Ns
Gross Not Citizen
Gross has never taken out citizen
ship papers. He was born in Ger
many and claims that when his father
took out naturalization papers in
North Dakota, he being 20 years Of
age at the time, became naturallzed.
Sallett has been naturalized for many
years.
The formal charge upon which Edi-
tor Gross is held is violation of the
espionage act in obstructing the re-
cruiting service by wearing an iron
ring bearing a reasonable motto in
scribed thereon.
I'm sure there is some mistake"
Max F. Gross of 8O4 Eighth street
north, a brother of J. F.. Paul Gross Of
Aberdeen. said last night when ad
vised by the Courier-News of the ar
rest of his brother. eve have broth
er in France now, fighting with the ex-
peditionary forces, and Paul himself
was for years. member of Company
B here in Fargo"
The man arrested was formerly pub
Usher of the State Press, Fargo
weekly published partly in English
and partly in German. He went to
Lennon. S. D.. eight years ago and
published the State Line Herald, an
English paper. He went to Aberdeen
three years ago. and has been employ
ed since by Sallett, editor of the Ger
man weeklies there.
Captain Otto Gross of Company D,
164th infantry, is another brother. He
is in France with his company, for
merly the Minot company of the First
North Dakota. Captain Gross is also
printer, and is the owner of q print
ing establishment in Minot. He was
made captain of the company last
summer when Captain F. E. Wheelon
was made a major in the medical SER
vice.
The news of the action against J. F.
Paul Gross casts no discredit whatso-
ever upon Capt. Otto Gross Of this
city, who is considered by all as an
American through and through and a
very able army man who is giving un-
selfshly of his services to his country.
MASTER OF NORTH DAKOTA
STATE GRANGE.