OMAHA SUNDAY
GERMAN TRADE WITH
CHIMJSUNSOID
Periodical Truth Declares that
Teutonic Methods Example
. of "How Not to Do
'Business."
Dr. J. A. Roeder, Pioneer
Druggist, Dies, Aged 68
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
London, July 1. When the war
began nearly 30 per cent of the trade
of Hong Kong, excluding Chinese
native trade, was in the hands of Ger
mans, whose business methods were
considered by many to be most pro
gressive and worthy of emulation. It
now appears from the investigation
of enemy firms that the method em
ployed by the Teutons were, despite
the great volume of trade, unsound
and unprofitable, according to the
periodical, Truth, which publishes an
article based on a book just written
by Dennis K. Moss, a man of long
experience in Chinese trade and one
of the liquidators of enemy firms in
Hong Konsr.
How Not to Do Business.
"The knowledge gained from the
liquidations is summed up by Mr.
Moss as being, mainly, 'a more. com
plete knowledge of how not to do
business,"' says Truth. "Instead of
the valuable lessons in trading meth
ods which some people expected, the
merchants and accountants in charge
of the windings-u discovered practi
cally nothing, but evidence unmis
takable, conclusive evidence of the
unsoundness and unprofitableness of
the lines on which the Germans did
business. Nearly 30 per cent of the
trade of Hong Kong (excluding
Chinese native trade) was in their
hands, but they did not make one
twentieth of the profits of the Brit
ishindeed, more than one British
firm there makes for itself net profits
equal to those of all the German firms
lumped together. The great aim of
the latter was to have a big turn
over, no matter whether there was
any profit or not
Cutthroat Competition.
" "As an instance of this on the
fcxpprt side, one firm had built up a
turnover of $4,000,000 a year in silk,
tut only covered the cost of runing
the department. All engaged in cut
throat competition, not merely
against British rivals, but against one
another and even in the handling of
their own German and Austrian man
ufactures. In the main, however, the
goods they sold to the Chinese
giving dangerously long credits con
sisted of Manchester and Bradford
goods, for. though the plums of that
trade in Hong Kong were retained
by British firms, the Germans had
captured a substantial portion of it
by taking business as their books
ahpwed on miserably inadequate
tftms, sometimes even at a loss. This
had temporarily benefited Manchester
and Bradford merchants, but 'many
of the enemy firms were getting
deeper and deeper into a state of such
chronic overtrading that very little
would have been needed to upset the
whole fabric and bring about a crash
which would have seriously injured
British mercantile and banking inter
ests.' , . .
T)ihone.t Destines.
"Tt U not at all surorisins to team
that German firm at Hong Kong
added dishonesty to their recklessness
in trading. The winding tip inquiries
disclosed the fact that, the bulk of
the r business was actually cone on
capital borrowed ort what were virtu
ally false pretenses from London fi
nance houses. Nor is it surprising to
learn that merchants who treated
their own "letters of lien" as so many
scraps, of paper deliberately violated
the conditions under which they were
allowed to continue business in Hong
Kong for two or three months after
the outbreak of war."
The periodical says that Mr. Moss
certainly shows that the methods of
German traders "are for the most
tart methods to be avoided," and
adds in conclusion:
"And Hone Kone Is not the first
nlace from which we have had proofs
that German ommerce. about the
growth of which we used to hear so
mucn, rested on a very unsiaoie louri'
dation." - - .
To Offer Contracts for
Federal Shipbuilding Plants
WashiiiKton. July 14. Announce
meat -was made tonight by Major
General George vv. Goethals. man
ager of the shipping board's emerg
encv fleet corooration. that on Mon
da he will offer contracts for con
struction oi two government ship
building plants to produce 400 steel
merchant ships.
The announcement was made in
letter to Chairman Denman of the
shipping board, which outlined the
general's entire shipbuilding program
under authority given tne neet cor
ooration yesterday by President Wil
on. Within eighteen months, the
feneral said, he expects to turn out
.000.000 tons of shipping.
On Monday, General Goethals also
will outline to the country s shipbuiid
ers his plans for commandeering 1,'
500.000 tons of shinning under con
struction copy expedited by giving
gevernment help. As soon as the yards
are cleared each will be directed to
start building a standardized ship.
Nebraskans in Capital
For Irrigation Hearinf
(From Staff Correspondent)
Washington, July 14. (Special Tel
eirrara.) Attorney General Reed ar
rived in Washir.Kton today to attend
with other Nebraskans a conference
arranged bv representatives of the
Tri-State Canal company of Scotts
bluff county with Secretary Lane of
the Department of the Interior tomor
row morning. Frank Edgerton of
Aurora and L. L. Raymond of Scotts
bluff are in the city to present the
landholders side ot tne question.
Would Keep Negro Labor
In the Southern States
Austin. Tex- July 14. A call was
sent out today by the Austin Chamber
of Commerce for a meeting in the
next two weeks at Austin, of Texas
chambers of commerce officials to con
sider plans for keeping negro labor
in the south, especially l exas.
It is understood here similar plan
are being mrde in every state of the
south. - .
Dr.
J. A. Roeder, for 6ixty-one
years a resident ot umana, aiea ai
the home ot his motner, Airs, viara
Roeder. 3302 Franklin street, of heart
disease at 7 o'clock last night.
Dr. Roeder was born in Beilville,
111., July 9, 1849, apd came to Omaha
lost), lie naa neen a practicing
physician and druggist, and at the
time ol his deatn was tne proprietor
of the Prospect Hill fiharmacy at
Thirty-third and Parker streets.
He leaves, besides his mother, one
brother-, Dr. George Roeder of Grand
Island, and five sisters. Mrs. C A.
Vowinkle, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Gus
Kolls, Grand Island; Mrs. a. jwerns,
Buffalo. N. Y.: Mrs. Gus Kinkle. Buf
falo, N. Y., and Mrs. A. Buttery, Sand
Springs, Okl. .
Britons Victorious in
Great Battle in Air
London, July 14. British airmen
have been victorious in tne most
severe aerial fighting since the begin
ning of the war. On the front in
France on Thursday fourteen German
airplanes were brought down and six-
teen driven down out ot control, tne
war office announced today. Nine
British machines are reported to have
been lost in the fighting.
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Ghina Monarchists
Beaten and Republic
Again Established
Washington, Juiy 14. The occupa
tion of Peking by the republican
forces, following the surrender at
Fung Tai Thursday of the monarchist
army of 10,000 men, indicates the com
plete restoration of the republic, the
Chinese legation here declared today.
Prior to the battle of Fung Tai, the
Manchus were urged to lay down their
arms, but General Chang Hsun re
fused. The engagement starting early
Thursday morning, resulted in a de
cisive victory for the republican
troops, dispatches to the legation an
nounce. Order in the capital was restored
with few casualties. The advices said
that the foreign civilians and four for
eign soldiers who ventured to the fir
ing line were slightly wounded.
Chang Hsun, who led the revolt of
the imperialists, has taken rt'uge in
the Dutch legation in order to obtain
safe conduct out of the country. Pre
mier Tuan Chi Jui will establish re
publican headquarters in Peking im
mediately, it was stated.
Three Americans were wounded by
stray bullets, the State department
announced today, in the ten hours'
fighting in which Chinese republican
troops forced the surrender of the
monarchical troops of General Chang
Hsun. " ,
Generally Fair Weather
Promised for Week
Washington, Tiily 14. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday issued by the weather bureau
today are:
Plains states and upper and middle
Mississippi' valleys: Generally fair;
temperatures unchanged.
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions: Generally fair; continued high
temperature over central and southern
districts.
Pacific states: Fair. No decided
temperature changes.
Will Ask Three Billion
Dollars for War Budget
Washington, July 14. War appro
priations of about $3,000,000,000 in ad
dition to the enormous sums already
appropriated or sought will be asked
of congress in estimates which admin
istration officials have given notice
will be submitted next week.
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KING AND QUEEN ON
TOUROTENGLAND
Royal Visitors Are Given Novel
Welcome in Shipyards Plant
on River Tee by Metii
Workmen.
(Correipondenct of Th .Associated Pre.)
London, June IS. One of the most
interesting of the series of tours which
the king and queen are making to in
dustrial centers in Great Britain was
their visit todav to the (River Tee.
where ship-building of all kinds is be
ing pushed torward at a tremendous
pace.
In the first shipyard which the royal
visitors reached, some workmen in the
iron foundry had hit on a novel wel
come. As the king entered the yard,
a stream of molten metal was poured
out of the furnace into a mould that
built up the words: "a warm welcome
to the king and queen.
In one town where thousands ot
bov and eirl workers are employed,
there was a special Children's Day for
the entertainment ot royalty. Chil
dren in thousands lined the streets,
and waved their flags as the king and
queen passed. Other children ran
alongside the royal carriage or ac
companied the visitors through the en
gine rooms and joiners' shops and
plate mills, jostling each other and
waving their dilapidated caps in en
thusiastic disregard of court etiquette
in the very faces of the king and
queen.
There was something very impres
sive in the wave on wave of smoke
begrimmed children who participated
in the welcoming. Many of them,
clad in cut down suits of their fathers'
overalls, were not over twelve or thir
teen years old, but they were all war
workers, and full-time workers at that,
mostly drawing virtually men's wages.
The royal party later saw a large
number of German prisoners at work
on the slag heaps, and had the flat
tering experience of being cheered by
their foe. The king was informed by
the officer in charge that the prisoners
had proved admirable workmen and
were well-behaved and industrious. .
son of Franklin R. Andrews on May
30, 1914. Andrews was an inmate of
her home for elderly people at Wind
sor. She was sentenced to be hanged
November 6, 1917.
Department Order.
Washington. July H. (Special Tlegram.)
Pensions granted: Nebraska Caroline
Frtlts.
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Lincoln,' 1S; Lo'vinna Potter, College View,
20.
South Dakota Nancy Myers, Watertown.
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Found Guilty of Murder,
Woman Sentenced to Hang
.Hartford, Conn., July 13. Mrs.
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guilty of murder in the first degree in
the superior court here today. She
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