Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — ARREST A NAVY LIEUTENANT [ARTICLE]

ARREST A NAVY LIEUTENANT

Member of Admiral Usher's Staff Held on Graft Charge. Washington, Feb. 21.—The navy de i partmenjt announced the arrest of Lieut. B. J. Ellert of Admiral Usher’s staff, in connection with the investigation Of graft scandals in the Third naval district. Ellert was the detail officer for personnel in the office of Rear Admiral Usher, and necessarily could exercise a very Jarg'e degree of influence both in making assignments and In securing them. The graft charges in the Third naval district center about alleged taking of bribes by certain officers in return for assigning enlisted men to “soft snaps” and Jobs which would save them from undergoing the hazards of the submarine zone during the war. * . " i