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Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen Association
16 Pages 2 Sections
Leading Newspaper of
Western NEBRASKA
fHE Alliance Herald
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vOLl'ME XXIV
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 18, 1917
NUMBER 46
WHERE IS MISS
FERN MARR?
MYSTERY SURROUNDS PRETTY
8TKNOUR APH HR WANTED
AS WITNESS
GHADRON BLACKMAIL CASE
Seventy Talesmen Examined and
Sixty More Called For Great
Interest Manifested.
and will go to trial on the latter In
dictment.
Charles I. Day hotelkeepcr of
Chadron, and one of the defendants,
will .according to a remark made by
Attorney H. C. Bromc for the n -nt
ion. appear as a s-'
This sudden shift - -.iA
to the defe- w w
give no tt ...i injure
their caBe. ... it Ib generally
conceded th.u a sudden change of
this nature cannot work to any ad
vantage for the defense.
POTASH PLANT
AND REFINERY
HOFFI.AND MEN PRESENT PROP
OSITION TO CITY TO
HITLD HKItK
Wanted: As a witness by both
state and defense Miss Fern Marr,
pretty stenographer, formerly em
ployed by the Omaha Detective Asso
ciation. This was the cry yesterday after
noon which went up from both camps
ia the district court here where Allen
Q. Fisher of Chadron, Steve Maloney
of Omaha and other defendants in
the Chadron case are on trial on the
charge of blackmail.
Holds Center of Stage
While the grind of examination of
talesmen proceeded in court with
prospects that a jury may not be ob
tained before Friday or early satin
day, Miss Marr. a Blender girl of
twenty, of attractive appearance, held
the center of the stage.
Both state and defenBe have sub
poenaed her and were yesterduy
awaiting her arrival with interest
Miss Marr'8 mother arrived Wednes
day and iB occupying a suite at the
Alliance Hotel with Mrs. Harvey
Wolf, wife of one of the defendants, i
and Mrs. Wolfs' sister. Miss Grace
Curtis.
A report was given out this morn
ing to the effect that Miss Marr had
arrived in Alliance, but efforts to
locate her have been of no avail. At
one time it was believed that Miss
Marr had been located, but when re
porters for The Alliance Herald and
an Omaha daily attempted to Inter
view her, it was found that the lady
in question was not Miss Marr, but
rather a lady said to be representing
her. It is believed Miss Marr Is in
Alliance today, possibly registered
under some other name. The impor-u-jce
attached to the pretty, stenog
rapher by both the defense and the
state would indicate that she will be
a material witness In the case.
Recently. It Is said. Miss Marr sig
nified through another person a will
ingness to confer with state's attor
neys with a view to giving testimony
In the trial here. This conference
sany be held before the start inn of
the trial proper.
In the preliminary hearing at
Chadron Miss Marr testified for the
defense, contradicting Elsie Phelps,
star witness for the state.
She is no longer in the employ of
the Omaha Detective Association.
Opposing attorneys were asked
whether they expected Miss Marr to
testify as '.heir witness.
"I don't know." said Ben Baker
of Chadron.
"I don't know," said Harry C.
Brorae of the prosecution.
Cox After More Talesmen
Sheriff Cal Cox went into the
county in an automobile in search of
a second special venire of talesmen
late Wednesday, after court had been
compelled to take an early recess on
account of lack of jury material.
Thirty-one men of the tlrst special
venire appeared and were examined
Wednesday. State and defense each
had exercised eleven of fifty-four
peremptory challenges at the end of
the day. All others, except eleven
unchallenged men, aiding In the jury
box, had been excused for cause.
Several of the eleven, it is believed.
will not be made objects of peremp
tory challenge b either side.
One talesman, answering a ques
tion whether he knew any of the de
fendants, answered: "Only Mr.
Crites," referring to the county at
torney of Dawes county, prosecuting
the CHIP,
Judge (J rimes issued a court order
this morning for sixty additional
talesmen and Sheriff Cox has been
oui all day attempting to round them
up. Court was to have convened
again at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon
but was delayed owing to the fact
that but one talesman had appeared.
Court adjourned at 3:30 this after
noon to re-convene again on Friday
moruing. Including the original
jui panel and talesmen already
called some seventy prospective
jurors have been examined. With
sixty more talesmen to be brought in
it is hoped that a jury of twelve men
can be secured and that the trial will
then proceed.
At the opening of court Tuesday
morning. Judge Crimes sustained
tje demurrer made by the defendants
alonday afternoon on one rount of
the indictment against the several
defendants wherein they are charged
among other things, of attempting to
prevent C. D. Crites from running
for public office and from conducting
certain cases in court and with an
attempt to influence Mrs. Hood in a
suit for divorce. The other count
charges the defendants with conspi
racy to obtain money under false
pretense by inducing Crites and Mrs
Hood to meet In the former's office
In Chadron. The demurrer was
overruled as to the latter count snd
the case ia being tried on that count
WHO'S WHO AND WHY
Defendants, attorneys for both
state and defense, and witnesses par
ticipating in the alleged Chadron
blackmail case which is being heard
in the Box Butte county district
court here with Judge Grimes of
North Platte on the bench In place
of Judge Westover of Rushvllle, ar
rived In Alliance Monday. The de
fendants made a demurrer on both
counts in the indictment and on Tues
day morning Judge Grimes passed on
the demurrer. The time since Tues
day morning has been spent In trying
to get a jury.
Following is the cast of characters
in the Chadron case being tried here,
which promises to be one of the hard
est fought criminal cases ever tried
in a Nebraska court:
ELSIE PHELPS, pretty woman
detective, star witness, who was
employed by the Omaha Detective
Association, and deceived its
members.
8TEVE MALONEY. former cap
lain of Omaha police detectives,
as one of the defendants, alleged
to be "the man higher up."
ROBERT HOOD, aged million
aire miller of Chadron. who hired
the Omaha Detective Association
to watch his wife, oue of the
prospective victims of the alleged
blackmail plot.
MRS. ROBERT HOOD, pretty
young wife, ex-school teacher.
wno assisted in entrapping sev
eral of the defendants.
EDWIN CRITES, county attor
ney of Chadron. member of an
old and wealthy Nebraska fam
ily, object of an alleged attempt
to compromise him with Mrs.
Hood.
PAl'L SUTTON, former morals
squad detective of Omaha, whose
activities uncovered the alleged
plot and caused the dismissal of
Maloney by the Omaha city coun
ell.
HARRY WOLF. GUI TYLEE,
W. S. DOLAN and PAUL WINK
LER of Omaha, members of the
Omaha fletectlve Association, al
leged to have participated in a
plot to gain money from Mr. and
Mrs. Hood and control over
County Attorney Crites.
CHARLES PIPKIN, former
member of the Omaha Detective
Association.
ALLAN G. FISHER, prominent
attorney of Chadron. former cap
tain of militia, one of the de
fendants. CHARLES I DAY. hotelkeepet
of Chadron, one of the defend
ants, who, it is said, will turn
states evidence.
LOUIS K MOTE, of Chadron.
one of the defendants.
MISS FERN MARR, pretty
stenographer, former employee
of the Omaha Detective Associa
tion, subponaed by both defense
and stale as witness.
State's witnesses. defendants'
witnesses and spectators.
Filing of a criminal information by
'ounty Attorney Crites followed a
ensational scene in ('rites' office on
me night last May, when, according
LONG DREAM REALIZED ?
Relieved City Can Meet Require
inenO of Comany In 0eru
tion by May, 1018
FIRST CASUALTY
LISTJEPORTED
AMERICAN MAILOR KILLED, FIVE
WOUNDED IN COMRAT
WITH ENEMY
DESTROYER HIT BY U-BOAT
New Plnns For I. S. Draft Will Call
Man With No Dependent Family
First Other New
Walls In Lincoln on his way to this
city to start his duties as earwtarj
III the Alliance club The hotel now
under const ruction at Scottshluff Is
six-story, modern, tire prool stru-ture.
A number of Alliance citizen huve1
expressed themselves as being willinr
to lend their Influence and tlnir
financial assistance to the building of
a new, large hotel, providing local
people who have had the experience
and who are making a success of the
hotel business on n smaller scale be
given the opportunity to Invest In the
proposition and to make use of their
experience locally in having a voice
in the management of the new hotel.
It seems hut fair that those who have
their money invested here and Who
have established lines of business
which will be affected by a new hotel
be given the opportunity of becom
ing interested both financially and
in the management of the hotel to
be built.
LIV
At last the possibility of a potash
plant and a refinery for Alliance
seems about to be realised. While
there Is sometimes a "slip between
the tongue and the Up," the indica
tions see mvery favorable for the se
curing of a great unit of the Potash
Reduction Company's plants for this
city.
T. E. Evans, president of the Pot
ash Reduction Company, together
with Clark Denny. Carl Modisett, J.
H. Show and Vic Jeep, of the com
pany, were in the city the first of
the week and outlined a proposition
to the Alliance Community Club and
city officials whereby it will be pos
sible to get this great enterprise for
Alliance by meeting certain stipu
lated condition", not at all unreason
able. Whether or not the plant would be
operated under the name of the Pot
ash Reduction Company or some
other name was not definitely stated,
hut that is immaterial as the same
men are behind both enterprises and
it is a well known fact that they
hive the cash to do things with
whenever they take the notion.
The Stipulations
These men ask no bonus of Al
liance to build here. Of their own
accord they will pay the additional
cost of the pipe line from their first
proposed site at Birdsell siding to
Alliance. It is business with then.
They are not giving anything away.
They know that certain more or less
unsatisfactory conditions in connec
tion with labor and house problem, !
siding and switching, etc., will be
eliminated by building in Alliance.
They do aak, however, that the city,
provide a five-acre site for the big
plant, extend the water mains to the
site afford fire protection to their
large investment, snd sell them elec
tive energy to the extent of fifty
horsepower at a two cent an hour
rate per k.w.
The city Is prepared to meet prac
tically every condition. It is ststed.
Just east of the corporation Is the
city farm, alongside of the Burling
ton tracks. The city farm solves the
site problem. It is estimated that
the water mains can be extended to
the plant for about $3,000. This
would prove a pny'ng proposition in
the long run for it would develop
that portion of the city and it Is al
most a certainty that with the com
ing of the plant would come more
homes and a greater demand for
water.
It is possible that with the present
equipment at the municipal plant,
fifty horsepower could be delivered
for a twenty-four hour period daily,
but the capacity of the plant would
be taxed. According to both the
Washington, D. C. Secretary of
Navy Daulels has made public a state
ment containing the first list of
Americans killed and wounded In
combat with the enemy. The list Is
contained in the account of an en
counter between a German submarine
and an American destroyer In Euro
pean waters. Ono American sailor
was killed when the submarine tor
pedoed the destroyer and five sailors
were wounded. The casualty list
and the only details madeo public by
the navy department were made
known in the following' statement by
Secretary Daniels:
','The nuvy department has re
ceived a message from Vice Admiral
Sm s. stating that on October 16 an
American destroyer was torpedoed
by a submarine while on patrol duty
in European waters. The vessel was
noi sunk and has since arrived In
port.
List of Casualties
'the casualties were as follows
"Killed: Osmond Ingram, gunner's
matt ; next of kin (mother) Betty
Ingram, 504 Third street, Pratt City,
Ala. Ingram wrb blown overboard
and his body was not recovered.
The wounded, none of whom
were seriously Injured, are:
"Herman Henry Pankratz, gun
ner's mate, second class; next of kin
(brother) Robert William Pankratz
4818 Lee avenue, St. Ixuis, Mo.
"William Edward Merrltt, sea
man; next of kin (mother) Ellen
Merrltt, 264 East Fifty-fourth street.
Nvw York.
Frank William Kruse, fireman.
first class; next of kin (wife) Mar
garet Kxuso, 724 Indiana avenue.
Toledo, Ohio.
"Patrick Rutledge, oiler; next of
kin (wife) Nona Rutledge, 431 West
Thirty-first street. New York.
"William Seimer, fireman, second
class; next of kin (father) IU-nry
Beimer, Dundas, Minn."
Indications are not lacking that
the German submarines are begin
ning to show fight toward the British
and American destroyers.
oiUCK
COMMITTEE
WELL KoV MEN SELECTED BY
HTATE FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
AS ASSISTANTS
VETERINARIANS HE IE
FOR A CONFERENCE
A SPLENDIO SELECTION
All Parts of Nebraska Heprewented la
IniMrtant Administrative Work
by Men of Ability
Conference of Government, State and
Private eVterinartans Shows Opti
mistic Feeling Over Scabies
;o testimony in me prcunrnwrj near- sunerintendent and the mavor It is
ing. Winkler and two Chadron men
tnddenly appeared at the office.
Crites and Mrs Hood and ElBie
I'helps were there, which, according
to Mrs. Phelps' testimony was .in ac
cordance with previous plans.
But the testimony showed, in an
uljoining office, were Sutton, Mayor
'onohue of Chadron and other
friends of Crites and Mrs. Hood.
They broke into the room after
Vinkler had presented his card.
Irawn a revolver and said: "Wit
resses, see what we have here."
The scene closed with a hasty exo
but a matter of a short time before
the city will have to install new
equipment regardless of whether the
new plant locates here or not. In
view of this condition the city has
secured estimates on costs for new
machinery and equipment. The only
conditiou that may be hard to meet
is the delivering of electric power at
two cents pei k.w. Both the super
intendent and the mayor are favor
able to the plan, but are of the opin
ion that the city canuot deliver elec
tricity at that price. The city, how
ever, will undoubtedly be willing to
oGvernment, state and private
veterinarians held a conference In
Alliance on Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week, considering the scab
eradication work In this section of
the state. Among those who attend
ed the conference were Dr. W. BJ.
Howe, federal Inspector In charge of
Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska;
Dr. J. 8. Anderson, state veterina
rian, of Lincoln; Dr. W. E. Spencer
and Dr. Lynn Cant well, federal in
specotrs, of Alliance; Dr. Harry Cllne
of Chadron ; Dr. B. J. Baker of Mitch
ell; Dr. G. A. Mi kcseii of Seneca;
Dr. C. E. Brewer of Gordon; Alex
ander Burr of Pullman, member of
the Nebraska Live Stock Sanitary
Board, and Robert Graham of Al
liance, president of the Nebraska
Stoekgrowers Association.
The main reason for the confer
ence was the consideration of con
templated changes in scab eradica
tion methods. The amount of scab
now prevalent in the range district
Is less than ever before and the men
are very optimistic over the condi
tion found. There are now ten
complete counties and parts of three
others under quarantine for scan.
Further news on the subjects under
consideration may be looked forward
to.
WANTED-200 ROOMS
FOR "NOV. 15 ANO 16
Washington. D. C. The new plans
for the P. S. draft will call the men
with no dependent families first. A
new comprehensive plan for apply
ing the army selective draft which
would take first only men without de
pendents and of no particular value
to war industries, and establish va
rious grades of dependency and in
dustrial value from which future
drafts would be made strictly on the
selective basis has been worked out
by the provost marshal general's
office and discussed with the president.
telephone 74 if You an 'fake IK
of Victor to Nebraska State
Potato Show
n.s from the building with the accus- deliver the juice at cost
pursuing the defendants
It was revealed that Elsie I'helps
Bran in the confidence of Sutton to
It am plans of the Omaha Detective
Association.
Mrs. Phelps testified in the pre
minary hearing at Chadron that she
had been instructed by the defend
nis to induce Mr. Crites and Mrs.
Own option at HirtUell
The company has purchased an
option on a site at Birdsell and fully
intended to build there until the Al
liance plan was suggested. The com
pany is ready and willing to come
here on the conditions named. It is
probable that the city will satisfy
he conditions. I his is not a time
Hood to go to the same office for , for m tak itJ ,h), t,me 1(J a;,
I. - purpose 01 permuting usa" I The plant would employ about 100
to see them there im.n at ,h gtart an(J lnore aft(,r ,hat
Mrs. Phelps said she told Sutton. , ,f Mtloa i8 taken now th( plant ,.an
i olllltv Attorney unra aim .iiib.
HOTEL PROPOSITION
PRESEN EO TO CITY
1. 1 1 nolo Hot. I t'otnnan) Would Ituild
lOO.OOO.OO Modern. Fire
lrof Hotel Here
A tentative proposition lias been
tendered the Alliance Community
Club whereby, if the club cun meet
certain conditions spec 1 fled, the Ne
braska Hotel Company of Lincoln
will build a $100,000.00 fire-proof
hotel building here.
The proposition submitted to the
club curries with it the provision
that citizens of Alliance must sub
scribe to stock of the Nebraska
Hotel Company to the amount of
110.000.00. or one-half the cost of
the hotel building
It is stHted that the stock offered
is not in the hotel to be built in
Alliance alone, but in all the hotels
owned by this company, which at
W. D. Fisher, secretary of the
Alliance Community Club, is wonder
ing where he can secure accomuio
dations for the throe hundred or
more visitors Alliance will entertain
on Thursday ani Friday, November
1.1th and 16th. when the Nebraska
State Potato Show and convention is
staged in Alliance.
Secretary Fisher is anxious to have
ill arrangements of thiB nature made
long in advance. He states that Al
liance residents will have to provide
accommodations for 200 or more
-uests at this time. If yon can ac
commodate guests at the show--oromlnent
farmers, government offi
cials, representatives of manufactur
ers of potato machinery, etc., tele
phone immediately to the office of the
Alliance Community Club. Phone No.
74.. snd advise how many you can
take care of.
It i absolutely necessarv that Al
liance provide for the comfort of the
iiessts while here, if Alliance is to
maintain its nlace as a convention
'ily. The visitors will pay their way
If yon have a sparl room or two ad
vise Mr. Ptsher at once. Don't delay
It is important that this feature of
the work be takeq rare of imme
diately so as to leave tinie for other
important arrangements to be made
Hood of the nlan in advance, and
IBM tney consented to assist in en- nlarhinery and equipment on hand
trapping trie ucicnuania Tho nmnnalttn nt a P..t...rv iii
The state principally relies on Mrs. . 0B considered ater DUt iB a OKu.,,
I'lieiM' testimony to connect the va- rp,,,it th arai-Hnn nt ti... , ,i,
rious defendants with the alleged plant The plant and the refinery
Idol, would renre.sent a 1S00 000 invent
! . defendants were bound over ment Wthin the course of twelve
for trial by County Judge Slattery of
Chadron following a preliminary
tie;iring.
Judge Westover of Rushvllle ask
ed Judge Crimes of North Platte to
preside over the case at the hearing
n the Dnwes county district court,
ludg;' Grimes later granted a change
of venue asked by the defendants
and not opposed by the state.
Judge Grimes transferred the case
to the Box Butte county district court
here In Alliance. He Is presiding at
the trial.
The defendants will allege the
prosecution Is part of an Omaha
; be inuperation by May, due to the, this time includes the Lincoln Hotel
fact that the company now has much I at Lincoln, the bvans Hotel at co-
luinous. ana tne three now in course
of construction by this company at
Franklin. Table Rock and Scottsbluff
It Is pointed out that stock in the
company ought to be a good invest
ment by reason of the fact that It will
be guaranteed by the six hotels
the two now operating, the three un
der construction, and the proposed
hotel ia Alliance.
No definite action has as yet been
taken by the club. It is probable
that a mass meeting will be called
to consider the proposition and if
the citisens of Alliance really want
a big, modern hotel that will accom
modate visitors to thts city, snd want
it to the extent that they are willing
to subscribe for the necessary' amount
of stock, which will produce a guar
anteed revenue of 7 per cent, then
the hot id will be built snd the long
dream of many at last realised.
Secretary Fisher took the matter
up with the Lincoln Hotel Company
months or such a matter.
Mayor Itousey stated this morning
that If he received telegraphis re
plies to his messages asking for prices
on equipment for the municipal plant
he would call a special meeting of
the council for tonight to consider
the proposition. If s meeting is call
ed every resident of Alliance Is ex
pected to turn out.
Amsterdam. A German Socialist
paper says the Socialists have de
cided to vote against the new war
credit of 10.000.000.000 marks which
Is to be submitted to the relchstac in
political fight and will attempt to December, unless Chancellor Michae-
impeacsj state witnesses, it la said ,11s resigns
r
WARRANTS OCT FOR
PROMINENT VISITORS
Ik-fendaiit in Cltadron Cne. II is I ... w
Partner I O'Neil Attorney
t aright in Raid
There Were many men in Nebraska
possessed of ability and patriotism
sufficient to have filled the important
office of state food administrator well
In these crucial times, but it Is doubt
ful whether National Food Adminis
trator Hoover could have found a
man better adapted In every way ta
the responsible position than his ap
pointee, Hon. Gurdon W. Wattles of
Omaha.
Not only is Mr. Wattles a man of
large affairs, successful In his own
business and In the administration of
corporate Interests with which he is
entrusted, but he has an executive
ability that is shown to great advan
tage In the organization of other men
for team work In public affairs.
Coupled with this ability is a knowl
edge of leading men throughout the
state that has been put to good use ia
making up the personnel of tne com
mittee named below.
Conservation of food supplies and
Increased production probably mean
more to the United States just now
than at any other time since the
Revolutionary fathers established the
government. Every person who pre
vents waste to sny extent and helps
In any degree in increasing produc
tion does a btt in hastening the end
of the swful war and making "the
world a safe place for democracies."
Those who have larger opportunities
show their patriotism by making use
of them to the extent of their ability.
Gurdon W. Wattles, who was ap
pointed by Herbert Hoover as state
food administrator for Nebraska has.
in accordance with the plans of the
National Food Administration, select
ed number of nen representative
of the live stock and agricultural 'In
terests of the state as members of
the State Live Stock Committee. '
It is through these state live stock
committees that the program of the
national committee will be carried
out, and Mr. Wattles wants to have
the Nebraska committee completely
organized by the time the Food Ad
ministration announces its plans. The
committee will co-operate with the
national committee in Its program for
the conservation and increased pro
duction of live stock. It will also
help to work out other problems such
as the redistribution of live stock
from districts which, owing to short
age of feed or other causes, are over
stocked, to sections having ample fa
cilities to carelor the surplus. As
was announced some time ago. E. L
Burke, one of the Nebraska members
of the Natiosal Live Stock Industry
committee ls! chairman of the state
committee, The complete list of ap
pointments fpllows:
E. L. Hurke chairman, Live Stock
committee, Omaha.
Charles Graff, president Nebraska
Live Stock Breeders' Association.
Bancroft.
Homer McKelvie. Fairfield.
Roht. Graham, 'president Nebrsska
Stock 0 rowers Association, Alliance
Heber Hord Central City.
Y. G Tagg. Live Stock Exchange
South Omahs.
K. 7. Rusrell. associate Editor.
Twentieth Century Parmer, Omaha.
lews Whltmore. Grand Island.
o. (i. Smith. K'iitnev
A W. Uuiib. Albion.
!. I). Hfltferfield. Norfolk.
E If. GNerle, Jr.. Ovallala.
E. W Rurdic. Herman.
Prank 0. Kellogg, stock
Souh Omaha
John Bachelor. Valentine
Robert Faddis. ::.' 1 Farnam St..
Omaha.
Tom Mortimer. Iieh.
K W. Crossgrove. Farnam.
T Leftwich. St Paul.
C. M. McCarthy. York
Prof. c. W. Pugsley. Director of
Intension Service. Lincoln.
A. F Stryker. secretary Live Stock
Exchange. South Omaha,
.build i Be ?l:4Bt SBand Beat Wh
Sheriff Cox and deputies success
fully carried out a well planned raid
Yards,
Drake appeared in county court Tues
day morning. His case was contin
ued until Saturday morning at 19
on the prase notei eariy rnonnay ,,'clock. It is staled the others wiU
night Which resulted in tne connsca nn, he arrested until after the enm-
tion of several bottles of whiskey
from the suite of room in which were
Allen O. Flahcr. William Rooney and
Mike Harrington. Fisher Is one of
the defendants In the alleged Chad
ron blackmail case now being tried
in the district court here. Rooney
Is Fisher's law partner at Chadron
and Harirngton is one of the attor
neys for the defense in the trial and
lives at O'Neil.
As a result of the raid on the hotel
and suite occupied by these men war
rants have been issued for the arrest
Of Fisher, Rooney and Harrington,
charging them with the illegal pos
session of Intoxicating liquor. C. L.
Drake, proprietor of the hotel, was
held on a charge of bootlegging and
having liquor in his place. Mr.
pletion of the case now at trial la
the district court, so a not to in
fluence the jury any more than pos
sible.
The complaint was made by Coun
ty Attorney Lee Basye and the search
warrant issued by County Judge Ira
E Tash.
The raiding of the hotel and the
issuing of warrants against Fisher,
Rooney and Harrington was one Of
the sensations in the Chadron case
early this week.
Petrograd.-- One German dread
naught ran into a Russian mine field
defending Oeael island and struck a
mine. After the explosion the war
ship made for the coast and Its ulti
mate fate is unknown.