Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-20
SMUCGLERS TURN
To WISE TRICKS
CROSS SWISS FRONTIER
WITH SACCHARINE HID
DEN IN COFFIN


saccharine. or which there ~ hisi
Import duty iu GermaBy and d high
er one still H. Austria are every TO-
venting new tricks 10 elude the an
thorities. OF which the public learn.
only when the customs Inspector hil
BY accident upon The cOntraband
4 short time ago the iuhabitaut.
| OF a Barvarian village on the Swiss
frontier we're amazed 20 see mod.
est funeral procession. coffin. pail.
bearers, mowuers and undertaken.
an IN order. pass through the iIlage
with policemen and inspectors acting
apparently ~ honorary escort a
halt was made AZ the police station.
The coffin wa opened. and from ID
was taken about n hundred pounds
Iof saccharine which tho sm1eFlsrs
had attempted 10 Introduce 600 this
wa
A. one OF the railroad stations Boz
Berlin the other day one OF the
rOomy furniture vans which boo Eu-
rope are filled ,ith household goods
loaded on flat car ana shipped 20
'any Desired city Vas accidentally
opened Railroad employees werc SIR
prlsed 10 find n loaded with broken
+ furniture OF no nalue AZ the car
came from Switzerland. me police
we're called in. and thoroeh evan
ina'i0n for Illegal articles was made
Ibut without effect Finally one of'
the policemen noticed the unusual
thickness Of the walls Df tho guu iu-
yestigation showed space $50 inch.
q. vide between the eide walls ana
o commodious secret garrett under
the roof packed soIidly win .acoha
riue The same van had made the
trip between Schaffhauscd aud Ser
lin at least once before according toI
the railroad records The van ana
contents wer, confiscatod. but "a,
cousignee disappeared
Most Of the saccharino rmggglod
into Germany is destined for Austria
the smugglers finding ~ much easier
to hoodwink the Austrian Officers
with shipments from Germany than
elsewhere.
\ classic trick. now exposed and
no longer practiced. was 20 send can
dies TO be blessed 10 'ne piigrima g.
monastery NJ Einsideln IN Switzer-
land, after which they we're exported |
- Austria. Here they went, not 10
the pious. but TO refinery. 10 be-
melted up and the saccharine IN
them removed Both the monastery |
and the customs were for months
taken In by this device
Moving Pictures
The great success Of moving pic
turc shows In Germany has long
been cause for the deepest con
Germ to German theatre managers
and actor. who are always on the
lookout Tor WAYS and means 10 dim
Irish this serious competition
The latest development Is a poti.
tion Of the German Stage Society 90
the Reichstag requesting that a spe-
cial law be passed for the regulation
of moving picture shows The SO.
ciety asks. among other things. that
the moving picture business be- put
under the same regulations as the
theatres Ia regard to construction Of
guards. fire Appliances and safe
guards, that continuous Performance
La. D. u 80 A. 4. Il .
unlawful 90 serve beer and other re-
ireshments az moving picture shows
The petition gives some striking sta
iIstics 10 prove that the KINDS
have cut into theatre attendance. Ia
Elberfield. for example. the number
)f theatre tickets sold was reduced
from ilS.O0O to $4,000 between the
Years 1906 and 1911. whereas the
attendance az the moving pictures
'hows rose in the same time from
$1,000 10 $500
u is understood that the Prussilu
government is now preparing a bill
hat viii meet many of the wishes OF
heatre owners one OF the leading
eatures OF the measure pronablyl
MI boz 20 require picture shows 10
axe ont license. Strict regulations
yill control the granting Of licenses y
lone being given unless the apple =
vac proves that there Is a real need
or e show at the place In question y
High Priced Wines
Wine of The "wonder-year 1HlL q
he higher Grade qualities Of which
90 just coming upon the wholesale %
MARKET Is attaining record prices az ~
be- auctions at Mayence. Treyes and =
ther centres In the Rhine and Mos ~
lle districts Seven thousand mark %
li.5I FOR cask OF Niersteiuer ,,a
hamburg of the vintage OF 1898 "a
ad FOR wears occupied the top of "
be- list IN wine prices. but tho bid al
ers at this years auction az once s'
In iho prices 1911 grades mp 20 al NJ
lost double this. the record ficuref
nine reached for "fuder" Ga cask OF
about 800 quarts OF piesporter as
om Kesselstadt. 1911. few years 10
snce. will have to spend az least w
'enty dollar bill for his wine. in adj O.
tion o. the cost OF suitable dinner 10
n the occasion. General Won Scnu- M
m received s2255 for cask OF N
Observation-Disclosures HerrenberT a
, 1917 and $4,000 was paid for -
SIX OF Nackenheimer Rothenbers lay
ieslng Auslese. ist,
The values OF wine bring 10 mind m
e famous bottle In the historical vi
Ngpum az SHAVER This gnufafngr NJ