Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 1 | Accused Issuing Denials

! NEW YORK. Dec. 7 Denial that thoy possessed pro-German sentiments senti-ments prior to America's entrance into tho war, wore made here today by a! number of men mentioned in "the im- ! portant list of names," in tho diary of Dr. Karl Fuehr, a German agent brought to America by Count von Dernstorff, former Gorman ambassador. ambassa-dor. This diary was introduced in evidence evi-dence yesterday by department of justice jus-tice authorities at the senate investigation investi-gation into German propaganda in the United States. ! Regarding a letter written by Samuel Untennyer to Dr. Hoinrlch Albert, then commorcial attacli of tho German Ger-man embassy, regarding" tho purchase of a Now. York newspaper, Mr. Unter-mycr Unter-mycr characterized the communication as being without taint of propaganda and suld the introduction of tho letter Into tho proceedings was "ridiculous." Dr. William R. Shoppard, former profossor of history at Columbia university uni-versity and Peter S. Grosscup, former United States federal Judge, each as- serted his staunch Americanism and denied sentiments of pro-Germanism. f William Bayard Hale denied he ever "eat in council with Count Bernstorff," and declared his activities were limited lim-ited to duties as a neutral correspondent correspon-dent in the employ of William Randolph Ran-dolph Hearst. nn