The Detroit times., 1911-02-10

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At last the police, anxious to OBJ
tain some tangible evidence, deter
mined to raid the splendid house OF
the dancer.
They did SO at 2 o'clock in the
morning. The dancer was at home
when the police arrived. With her
was one of the grand dukes. She re-
ceived them with the utmost sang
froid. They informed her that they
had orders to search the place and
for some hours looked into every hole
and Granny Of the place. Wardrobes
and cupboards and escritoires were
ransacked and the rooms strewn with
piles Of Paris dresses, lingerie and
papers.
Finally at a. m, when they had
finished-she having been kept q pris-
oner In her boudoir all this time-she
sent for champagne and royalty played
the part OF hostess to them.
The search had not been unsuc'
cessful. Quantities OF papers and
documents were discovered and a
great quantity OF jewel boxes, In.
scribed with the names of the most
famous European jewellers. IL Is In
tended to trace the purchasers OF
these magnificent gifts by means OF
the trade signs marked upon them by
the jewelers..
When the police first arrived, the
gran dduke present was in a white
heat OF indignation at their intrusion
and threatened them with all kinds
OF penalties II they did not go away
Immediately. But the police took not
the least notice Of him and all he
could do was to 60 himself with the
best grace possible.
No one knows quite what In going
to happen now. II Ii not likely that
the car will allow the grand dukes
to be implicated In a common graft
scandal, and on the other hand, II
anything Is done to the dancer, she
II able to raise a scandal eaqully big
Consequently IL seems that only the
firms involved will suffer.
In any case, IL is significant OF the
growth Of power OF the new regime
In Russia that II was possible to carry
out the raid at all A few years age
the grand dukes were far too powerful
for anything Of the kind to have been
attempted.
LONDON, Feb. 10.--An important
pcint In connection with the question
OF alien immigration into this country
10 revealed in an ofiicial return issued
today. Il shows that while aliens are
pouring into this country, British sub
jects whose places they are taking are
pouring out. to find homes In the dis.
tant parts Of the world.
The return gives the total number
Of passengers travelling between Great
Britain and places out of Europe last
year, and II showed that while the
outward passengers numbered 61S,754,
those inward only numbered 29S,S68.
British subjects outward numbered
39S,f19, and inward 164,175, a net loss
To the United Kingdom of 233.944.
or this total of 233.944, British col.
onies absorbed 15s,074. and foreign
countries 74,S70, British North Amer
lea taking 115,754 and the United
States 1884.
Figures just made public show
decrease In pauperism since the adop-
ton OF the old-age pension system two
years ago.
Paupers are divided into two classes
Indoor Inmates OF infirmaries)
and outdoor" Until recently q per-
son who had ever had Indoor" relief
was not entitled to the old age pen
sion. This law has been changed.
with the result that several hundred
infirmary inmates have left the In.
stitutions and are now drawing pen.
sions.
The decrease in pauperism has been