The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-07
USE MANY DEVICES TOSTOP SMUGGLERS But Daring Law Vi0latOrs
 Only Laugh SHIP STRIKES ROCK Crew Saved-Famous Relic of Early Civilization Is a Gold Collar.
 Woman Suffocates Herself.
 Criminals Organized
By PAUL VILLIERS

Paris, May 6-(Special) )-All sorts of 1 devices are being used to stop the snug
 glers car which run from Belgium into
 the country The roads are strewn with
 nails and broken glass and iron chains are run across from side to side.
 l But the daring smugglers laugh at such obstacles. The cars they use are fitted with steel brushes fixed below the radia- tors to sweep away the nails or glass. Their latest invention is an arch of solid steel rails running from the bonnet to the back of the car and so arranged as to force upwards and clear the machine of any steel cable fixed across the road. Their enormous profits enable. them to use the very finest cars.
 or the shipping casualties one of the most serious was that which befell the French baroue Guvnor, which struck the Blackhead near the Manacles. and sub sequently foundered. The Guvnor carried a crew of 19 hands, who were all saved by jumping from the bowsprit to the rocks below A young apprentice fell into | the sea and was rescued by the chief off, 1 ficer. The crew had to climb the cliffs,
 
 sailor had to be hauled up by means of l ropes fetched from an adjoining farm. He | Is 70, and in the course of a vivid narra- | tive of the disaster said: We sighted i Lizard light and were making good head way when all at once We saw the cliff I towering above us. It was too late to at- tempt to save the ship and we crashed on to the rocks. Life belts were served out, and then 1t was discovered that our ship was so close to the cliffs that we could get over the bowsprit and lower ourselves on to the rocks. We all suc- ceeded in getting down safely with the exception of one youngster, who fell over | board. It was very dark, but the chief l officer, hearing the lads cries for help, jumped into the waters and, after swim ming some distance, succeeded in res cung him. Our worst job was not yet over. It seemed that the top of the cliff was hundreds of feet above us. It was 1 terrible climb, but one by one our crew | got to the top. It was of no use attempt ing he climb. It was too old. Some of my comrades went to the adjoining farm and got a rope, and after some terribly risky work l was hauled to the top You can imagine how I felt when I was sus- pended into the air. I wondered whether the jagged rocks would cut the rope, and thought of my dear old wife at Apple dore. made up my mind if l got to the top l would never go to see again. An English antiquarian who recently lectured here said:
 'Irishmen are fond of boasting of the civilization and culture in Ireland while l England was still a land of savages, whose full dress consisted of a coat of | blue paint. And their boasts are fully
 justified by the works of art tSat have come to us from those distant days; 1 ,f1t hAn ff,,I hut which how perfection of workmanship which strong proof of high grade of | culture.
 One of the most famous of these is a gold collar, which was made some time between 100 B. c. and loo A. D., roughly speaking, about the time of Christ, and probably before Julius Caesar set foot in Britain. When these and other gold orna- ments were found at Limavacy, a fierce law suit arose over them, both the British museum and the government claiming ownership. The government won, and the treasures were placed in the National museum In Dublin.
 sir Arthur Evans, the great authority on such objects, calls the collar the most splendid thing of it's kind extant." In sheer technique it is amazing, for the reliefs are executed boldly and brilliantly and the groundwork is patterned by means of compasses in the manner of modern engine turning all this, be 1t noted before the Roman conquest of Britain.
 "St Patricks bell is of much later period, the end of the 11th century. It's groundwork Is of brass, edged with cop per, but the ornament is of gold and sil- yer fligree, with a crystal and comedians on the front, The back is wonderfully patterned with crosses. The side Illus trated here Is covered with silver plates with gold nterlaced forms of great per plexity and beauty.
 Hardly less notable Is the tara brooch of bronze, with fine gold filigree, inset with amber and enamel This is an excellent specimen of the accomplish ments of the Irish goldsmiths of the ninth century. These wonderful jewels are with the Book of Kells, the greatest treasure of the art of ancient Ireland"
 In order that she might revenge her self upon her landlord. who gave her mo- tice to quit, Madame Viogorine Ocotidy, a worthy woman, committed suicide by suf locating herself by means of charcoal steve. The woman left letter addressed to the police saying: "1 am committing suicide in order to play joke on my landlord. since he has let my lodgings. My corpse will stop my successors from taking possession of the rooms"
 The numerous assaults and murders in Chalon and in the surrounding districts led the police to suspect the existence Of regular gang of criminals A body was recovered from the ca. al near Saint Leger-sur- Dheune, and on examination it was discovered that the throat had been cut and the pockets rified before the body had been thrown into the water. The police believe the man whose body was found in the canal some time ago was the victim of a murderous assault.