The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

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a new species of criminal-the burglar
| broker" The broker advertises, quietly,
of course, "burglaries done neatly and
with Dispatch
The discovery of the burglar broker"
was made In the investigation following
the bankruptcy of M. Bowler a we'll
known jeweler. Bowler reported the
burglary of his fiat and broke down and
confessed when the detectives proved
that he must have been a consenting
party in the affair. He explained how his
troubles had induced him to employ a
burglar broker" a German who claimed
TO be in touch with the most desperate
criminals in Paris. The burglary had
been brought off as arranged, the gems
secreted in a country town, and Bowler
was ready to draw the insurance money,
The brokers' fee was $500 and the fee
of Noise, his operator 0lnown as the
King of Burglars'D 92OOo.
The "winged car has been tried and
proved a huge success. Paris Is shower
ing praise upon the inventor. M. Ber-
trand de Lesseps, and the prediction is
made that the new arrival will evolu-
tionze motoring. The car went from
Paris to Lyons, about 800 miles. without
a single mishap and made the distance in
excellent time.
The vehicle has the appearance of an
ordinary motor car except that the fore
part Is shaped like the PROV of ship
From the extremity of the Prov extends
shaft to which the propeller is attached
-or the wing" as 1t is called. The
wing is driven by a 10-horse power en-
CINE and rotates by shaft and chain trans
mission. The wheels of the car run free.
In the trial speed of 50 miles pcr hour
was made with 2100 wing revolutions per
minute.
Rowdysm by college students is to be
suppressed in France by novel and drastic
measures. A bill has been presented to
the education department for approval
which constitutes college faculties trial
courts with power to enforce their de-
crees by fine and Imprisonment. Students
who resort to violence to gain their ends
are to be compelled to study the lives of
the most polished men of France and they
are to be held In custody until the pro-
fessors give them diploma which shows
that they have read diligently the auto
biographies OF Chesterfieldian politeness.
NJ. Leconte, the author OF the bill saws
the conduct Of rowdies such as those who
disgraced the last commencement at the
Sorbonne threatens to rob France of her
reputation as the most polite nation on
earth.
crease of pay. When the republic took
in Paris to ask the government for an in
MADAGASCAR, where the cost of living is
over the queens island doninions she was
allowed a salary of about $4,000 per year.
She says she can't live upon this. even in
Madagascar, where the cost of living is
much less than in Paris. IT is now T.
years since the dethroned queen of the
CONQUERED island first came here and
lodged in a small pension in the Rue Pau
quet. Her arrival at that time was a mat
ter of considerable curiosity.
She always has a gentle melancholr
smile. not readily perceived on accnun
of her olive COMPLEXION Her voice is soft
and musical and her look is one Of ~
thetic RESIGNATION. She has been Above
to return at stated INTERVALS every second
year and atterlv every summer and =
stay for some months either here or at thu
seaside Her favorite resort is Dieppf
where she usually spends six weeks
two months. Her visits In Paris are
longer marked nv theSstrict police supe-
vision 10 which she was at first suhiecte'
and she now drives ont freely with he
lady companion. No crowds follow her 7
see her go shopnjng. Her companion T.
the last two wears has been MADAM
uowev. the widow of an actor at tn
Gymnase.