Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-23
FROM" and declares that "its practice
on the part of the police Is usurpation
that must be stopped"

that must be stopped"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-Astound-
ing revelations OF the military spy
system. rs practiced against the Unit.
ed States government. Is made In .
report presented to congress by the
house committee on judiciary. More
than n score of instances in which
spies are known to have been engaged
in collecting the military secrets OF the
United States are cited. Plans Of In
sular fortiiications have been spread
about as freely as hand bills. Officers
of foreign nations, disguised as walt
ers In restaurants. have been caught
in the act of delving into the secrets
of our national defenses.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.-An unusual
holdup was successfully pulled Off In
u fashionable section OF uptown New
York shortly before O'Clock this
morning.
-
ciety woman, had been entertaining a
small party of guests at her home on
West Fifty-sixth street, and her guests
were Just putting on their wraps and
saying their goodnights when group
of Ave rough-looking men pushed their
way through the open door. With
drawn revolvers, the intruders held
up the hosts and their guests in true
train robber fashion and proceeded to
go through the pockets of the men
and handbags Of the women, now and
then pausing to remove jewslry
Mrs. Elliott and her friends were SO
thoroughly frightened by the threats
and the rough actions OF the robbers
that they made no outcry until the
i've had left the apartment.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.--A statement
issued from the offices of ]. p. Nor
gan and Company, by Henry J. Dave
son of that firm. gives the Aldrich
currency reform plan the most enthu-
siastic Endorsement 1t has received
from any notable Wall street source.
The statement is as follows: Sen
ator Aldrichs' plan is admirably ef-
fective and simple. In the framing OF
the bill there may be various details
to work out, but the essential thing
is that the proposal as made 10 well
fitted to all conditions and TO all sec
ton of the United States. This plan
is certainly representative OF the most
equitable and fair minded. Each insti-
tuition in the United States would have
a fair representation and opportunity
to avail itself OF the advantages of the
Reserve association"
LONDON, Jan. 19.-Branches of va
rious American patriotic societies have
announced their intention Of contrib
uting panels to the memorial to the
Pilgrim fathers which is to be erected
at Plymouth The memorial will take
the form OF large and imposing mon
ument to be erected from the designs
of X. NJ. Lucas.
LONDON. Jan. 20.-The memorial
service for Queen Victoria which Is
held yearly on the anniversary Of her
death will take place at Windsor Sun
day as usual and will be attended by
the king and queen and other mem
bers OF the royal family. On the morn
ing Of Jan. 22 the doors OF the great
mausoleum at Frogmore, almost her.
metically sealed at all other times.
are thrown open and q service takes
place which the royal family and
few invited guests attend. Then the
is open to the public for
several hours. The memorial service
Is very beautiful. A special delega-
tion OF choir boys go down to Windsor
to furnish the musical part Of the
program. The finest voices are -
lected from the various city churches
and they are drilled together for sew
eral weeks.
DENVER, Jan. 2O.--Mrs. Sophia
Brandt, aged SO years. the wife OF
Hans E. Brandt, was found dead In
the Burlington yards at o'clock this
morning. The remains have not yet
been examined by the coroner, but it
Is the claim OF neighbors that the
woman was shot and that she ran un-
til she dropped dead. The body was
found lying face downward and be-
side the body there lay an empty sack
such as the people OF that neighbor-
hood use for gathering up coal. About
twenty-five yards away lay a pile OF
coal that had been thrown off a car.
The womans right shoulder is broken
but no other injuries are apparent.
The neighbors believe that she was
on top Of the car and that some one
shot her or that she fell OF jumped
to the ground. Footprints, said to be