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2-A THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1921. Japs' Aims Subject Of Discussion Two Diverse Opinion! De velop on Japanese Expan lion In Far East ai Con ference Near. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO. Ihtoaa Tttti O S Km W Washington, Oct 22. Two di vorce schools of thought are devel oping on the eve ot the armament conference on the question of Jsp- untie expansion In the tar east. Summarized they may be defined ai follows: Japan Is cverpoputated and mutt find room for its urpltu population. If Japan be allowed to expand on the Asiatic m.iiuland, America, and the HritUh dominions in the Pacific would be relieved of the pressure to admit Japanese immigration. Japan is no more overpopulated than many Europeaa countries and i nerkine in Aia. not room for emigrants, but economic and politi- cal domination. With the resource of China and Siberia, Japan would become so powerful as to menace the security of the white nations border- injr uic i acme Much Will Be Said. : Much will be heard of these con tentions and theories during the arms conference. The Japanese delegation is coming prerared to iriake much of the over-popuiatton 90timnf. if one may judge cor rectly from the dispatches from Tbkio. ... . . s The Harding administration has taken the pains to gather all. the available data on this question for use during the conference. A spe cial investigation has been made by an agent of the State department who has recently returned from Japan and submitted to Secretary Hughes a. voluminous report, on Japanese population and emigra- .The population of Japan is about 56,000,000 and has increased during the last generation at the rate of 500,000 a year. The recent figures in dicate that the current rate of in crease is 700,000 a year. 350 to Square Mile. The area of the Japanese archipel ago is 148,756 square miles and the density of population is 350 to the square mile, compared with 630 in Belgium, 590 in Holland and 664 in England. To which the Japanese reply that their population density on arable land is really greater than Europe's because . of the greater mountainous areas in Japan which do not support life. Despite the- density of population, however, and a population increase of from 500,000 to 700,000 a year, only . 800,000 Japanese .' have emi grated in the last 20 years. " There are only 250,000 Japanese in Korea today although that portion of the mainland has been under Japanese control for 20 years. The population density in Korea is 200 to the square mile. :! Manchuria has been the scene of Japanese activities for nearly u years, but only 300,000 Japanese have migrated thither and about half of these have returned, dissatisfied with conditions on the mainland, even where Japanese control pre vails. The Tokip government has made a special effort to colonize Formosa, but the emigration to that iland totals less than 150,000. Prosper Prodigiously., There are various explanations of these phenomena. One is that al though the pressure to emigrate is strong, Japanese arJ not attracted to the mainland in large numbers because of their inability to compete with the Chinese and Koreans. They prefer to migrate to white countries where they prosper prodigiously in competition with , the whites. An other explanation is- found in the assertion of Charles Edward Russell that Japan is not really overpopu iated. . , . ... . Still another explanation is that hat Japan needs is not room for excess population, but that raw ma terial resources with which " to transform itself from an agricul tural into an industrial nation. Such resources are not to be found m the Japanese archipelago, but on the mainland. ..' v . , Japan, according to the second achool of thought, is not content to obtain these Chinese iron mines and other resources in the ordinary man ner of commerce, but is seeking po litical control of the sections of country in which they are located. In support of this contention Japan s 21 demands contemplating Japanese control of China are cited. Group five of these demands"which would have given Japan such control, was withdrawn after protest by the United States.' I Jingoists See Trouble. 'Further evidence of Japan's de signs upon China is found in the Sino-Japanese military pact, the se cret agreements of 1918 forced upon China and the Nishi-Hara loans to China. .'. ' From all of which the adherents of the second achool of thought con jure visions of Japan, unless re strained, eventually dominating China and employing its man power and material resources to build up a powerful Prussian of the Far East, capable of commanding the Pacific with the greatest navy and army In all history- ' ' ' - Pan-Pacific Press Congress j. Is Organized at Honolulu Honolulu, Oct 22. Formal or ganization of the Pan-Pacific press congress was effected here today by delegates from Pacific countries at tending the sessions of the Press Congress of thelverld. The member ship is limited to representatives of the press of all countries, or states bordering on the Pacific Soviet Premier Admits Defeat of Communists Riga, Oct 22-After long rest in the country. Premier Lenine of soviet Russia has returned with an admission of communists' defeat ac cording to an account of a speech he made before the congress of politi cal workers in Moscow, given out by the Rosta agency, official bolshe k vik ncv disseminator, " "t : Blind Wife Murderer Gets His Only Vacation srt - - in '5P DC Left, Rudolph Kraus, blind, serving a life term in the penitentiary for murder of his wife and two children. Lincoln. Oct 22. (Special.) Do pangs of remorse torture Rudolph Kraus as he sits in the .Lancaster county district court, gazing with unseeing eyes at the jury which is hearing evidence in his suit for $25,- 000 against . Max Schoeder and Henry Pimper, former saloon keep ers at Daykin and Tobias, respec tively? If there is any man in Nebraska who has a right to curse, fate, .that man is Rudolph Kraus, 30; Murdered Family. He is totally and hopelessly blind. -,,,-,, .. .., He is sentenced to spend the re mainder of his life in the peniten tiary. . Right, Sheriff Ira Miller of Lincoln. And he knows that he has mur dered, his wife, 26 and their two babes 5 and 3. Kraus claims that liquor sold to him by the two saloonkeepers was responsible for his . murdering his family and shooting himself so that he became blind. Hia Only "Vacation." : The man already has spent four years in the penitentiary. He may have more than 40 more'; years . of living death' ahead ofJiim.- During trial of his suit he -is con fined in the county jail and taken to the court room under -guard.. It is the only. "vacation" he has had or will have from the peniten tiary. i-: .' ..: ' Pupils to Give Pageant Before State Teachers Spectacle, "Nebraska, To. Be Feature of Pedagogues Con vention Noted Speakers Wcl Be Present Premier entertainment event for members of the Nebraska State Teachers association, which will meet here November 9, 10 and 11, will be the pageant "Nebraska,", pre sented by hundreds of Omaha school boys and girls. ' ' , The book of the pageant was writ ten by Hartley B. Alexander of the University of Nebraska. Howard I. Kirkpatrick of the University School of Music, Lincoln, wrote the music. Lena May Williams o Central High school, Omaha, is director, assisted by Marion Reed, supervisor of art in public schools. The pageant will be given at the Brandeis theater Thursday, Novem ber 10, at 10 a. m., and on the after noon of the same day. Pageant Has Five Parts. The spectacle will be in five parts, "Spirit of the West," "The Louisiana Purchase," "The Plainsman," "The Making of the State'? and "Nebraska and the Nation." Among the talent which will ap pear at the 57th annual session of the state teachers will be Miss Charl O. Williams, president of the National Education association and county superintendent of Shelby county schools, Tennessee. Other speakers engaged for the general sessions in the Auditorium are: Francis G. Blair, state superin tendent of education in Illinois; Wil liam A. McKeever, author of educa tional books; N. L. Engelhardt of Teachers college, Columbia uni versity; Herbert S. Weet, superin tendent of schools, . Rochester, N. Y.; Wallace W. Atwood, president of Clark university; Edward A. Steiner of Grinnell, la., authority on immigration and Americanization; Emily Griffith, organizer of the Op portunity School of Denver; John Dennis Mahoney, authority on Eng lish; Z. E. Scott, superintendent ot schools at Louisville, Ky.; Harold W. Foght, president of Normal school at Aberdeen, S. D.; Emma Watkins of University of Iowa, authority on teaching children to read. Will Lead Singing. . Albert Edmund Brown of Massa chusetts wiH lead the teachers in community singing. He is said to be the "greatest leader of mass singing in this country." The bureau of publicity of the Chamber of Commerce, in honor of the teachers of the state, will present Miss May Peterson, soprano, of the Metropolitan Opera. New York, in the Auditorium Friday evening, No vember 11. The Ohio Federation of Labor is comprised of 1,219 locals, with a to tal membership of more than 300,000 Card Games on Train Not Disorderly, Judge Rules Washington, Oct. 22. "Unless the players are disturbing, fellow pas sengers, playing cards on a train can not be construed disorderly '' -conduct," commented Judge Hardison in dismissing a charge of disorderly conduct: - filed against Bernard Sweeney and Thomas Underwood. It appeared from the evidence that the two men, in company with two companions, were in a game of pitch on a -train of the Baltimore & Ohio to while away time return ing : from the races. According to police, as the tram pulled into Un ion station the ame terminated and one man handed one of the players 75 cents, explaining, . "here is what I owe you." ':' ) ( Stolen Car Found Wrecked At Bottom of High Cliff Ambcrst, Oct. 22. An auto re ported stolen from Frank Justin of Lorain -was found at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff at "Mill Hollow, on Vermillion river. No bodies, were found in the debris.' Sheriff Backus expressed belief that the car was de liberately iun over the precipice, or that occupants' lost control of the machine and jumped to safety ahead of the crash. . , ' i .- : ". ", '. 4 Million Invested In Dairies ; Twenty Thousand Cows and 500 Men Engaged in Fur. i iiihing Milk Supply for Omaha us. Twenty thounand cow, 50t) wen, t.-aether with machinery and equip ment for delivery, repreenting m all a total mmtment ot nearly nw tXKi, provide Omaha with its daily milk supply, according to me uurcau of publicity of the Chamber of Com merce. About. 20,000 gallon of milk and 1,000 gallons of sweet cream are brought to the city each day from the farms in the outlying districts. It is otimated that 1.000 gallons ot crean) represent 10,000 gallons of milk. This brings v the total milk production necessary to supply the city to 30,00V gallons of milk a day. Milk if sold at about 50c a gallon, making the total expenditure of Omaha's milk consumers amount to $15,000 a day. From Large Radius. The milk supply Js gathered from a territory within a radius of 40 miles of Omaha, including parts of Doug, las, Sarpy and Washington counties. The herds in this district are care fully selected and subjected to close inspection. The 500 men engaged in providing the city with its milk, supply draw salaries ranging from $75 to $200 a month, aggregating a .total expendi ture in salaries alone of approximate ly $750,000 a year. A conservative estimate of the value of the 20,000 cows maintained in this industry places it at $1,400,000. Equipment and supplies are estimated at $2,000,. 000V Dairies within the city limits are prohibited by ordinance and only a few exist close to the proscribed limits. The majority of them are situated on farms at some distance from the city but easily, available, due to the numerous roads leading into Omaha. Distribution Organized. Distribution within the city is managed under direction of the large dairies and plants engaged in the business. The milk is delivered to certain stations by the farmers and is kept there in large ice-cooled cans until gathered by the drivers who take it through the city for delivery. These drivers work on set schedules and handle their routes with as much regularity as mail carriers. The carriers who gather the milk comb every portion of . Douglas, Sarpy ahd Washington counties'dur ing the night and early hours of morning. The milk taken from cows durinsr the day 'is delivered to the refrigerator rooms early the jtext morning. It is immediately .pas teurized, cooled and bottled, prepara tory for delivery to customers, and stores. " Bute Law Strict . The large dairies do not permit the snikV t6 leave the pasteurization plant until it has been cooled to a tempera ture of 36 degrees, The wagons in which it is taken are iced. ' .- The state law provides that milk dffered for sale, must carry 'a mini mum of 3.2 oer cent butter fat Fit?- iires show that the average content of milk sold in Omaha is at least 3.8 per .cent. butter fat, white much of it runs as high as 4.6 per cent Only a small per cent of dairies' have their own cows, the majority of them depending on the farmers for their supply of milk and cream, Man Caught Stripping , Automobile Arrested A. H. Mayer, 291 S Erskine street, was arrested yesterday at Four teenth street and Ames avenue, where .he--was; found by Policeman Riley, stripping, an automobile. Mayer said the car had been hit by a locomotive. Clearing House Banks 1 Show Deficit for Week ' New York, Oct 22. The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows a deficit of $2,535,470 in legal reserve, Thi9 is a d&erease of $41, 593,960 from last weelt. 33! XT TT 2XZZXE 3 REFUSE SUBSTITUTES! 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If, Jewel, president of the railway shop department, American Federation of Labor, which includes the shop crafts, saul the six unions would await.-the decision of the railroad la bor board in the ocndinir rules and working conditions case and then re convene the general officers and de cide on future action. The shoo crafts were first of all the unions to vote on a strike. 4J5.0OO votes ocuig cast for a walkout, with 40.000 opposed to a strike. After th rote was canvassed President Jewe l announced ttiey would await action oy the labor board in the rules case. Information Lacking. Chicago. Oct. 22. (Bv The Asso ciated Press.) The United States railroad labor board at 2 p. m. was without official advices that the train men on the International & Great Northern railroad of Texas had auit their places. . 1 be board, however, went into ses sion on receipt of newspaper reports to discuss what action should be taken for the violation of yesterday's order to the unions to preserve the status quo. Just as the board went into ses sion word came from the hotel where the Order of Railway Tele graphers is in session that the union has decided to join the brotherhoods and quit work if the strike becomes effective. Armed Guards. Houston. Tex.. Oct, 22. Armed guards took up patrol duties at the International fit Great Northern yards here at noon, as 150 trainmen. members of. the brotherhood, aban doned their work. Switching in the yards was at a ftandtt'tt, but oper sting olncuis said ail paengrr train crews will be maintained, the places ol the strikers being tilled by new men. E. G. Goferth, general manager of the road, slated as the men quit work tnat the road wonld handle no f i eight trains today, but would oper ate its passenger service without in terruption through the transfer of men from other departments and the use of employes u ho remain loyal to the road. Mr. Gofortli stated also that the operation of freight trains might be curtailed somewhat, for a longer period than today because the road did not propose to hire strike breakers. . ' San Aufonio.'Tex.. Oct. 22. Two hundred and fifty brakemen and switchmen of the International & Great Northern railroad, San 'An- lonto divuion, went on strike promptly at noon today. Chicaao. Oct. 22. (By The Ao- ciated Press.) Hopes for a peaceful settlement of the national transpor tat ion crisis were brighter today with the agreement of rail executives and brotherhood strike leaders to respond to the summons of the la bor board for an open conference here next Wednesday on the wage and working rules dispute. While brotherhood chiefs, in con ference at Cleveland, stated their willingness to meet the executives and the board, it was indicated they had made no plans for suspending the strike arrangements pending the negotiations. Will Obey Order. S. M. Felton. president of the Chi cago, Great Western and chairman at the meeting of western executives here yesterday, declared the excu- tivs would obey not ouly the order to appear . for the conference, but also the board's order that the sit uation remain unchanged pending the conference and 'the board's de cision resulting from it. i Measures to combat the strike will be abandoned, he said, until the hearing.. The strike decision of 11 so-called "standard" railroad unions, compris ing three-fourths of the railroad em ployes, also was expected today. B. M. Jewell, president of the rail way employes department of the1 American Federation of Labor and head of the unions whith have reached their derilon, declared b woui.j ao an iu In power to avri walkout. No Power. . The labor board's conference or der yesterday placed the brother hoods in the position of violating the board's orders if th strike set for October M is niaJo effective Jecnnically the strike is In oirrl lion to the board's wage reduction of approximately 12 per cent, elrec live last July I. althouo.li the strike order was not issued until the ao ciation of railway executives meet' ing here last Friday announced plans for proposing a further wage cut of iu per cent to the labor board. While the transportation act cre ating the labor board gave It no power to enforce decisions, the boards summons for next IVrifnn. day's conference, it was announced, was with the full baekinir ot the ait. ministration at Washington. No Penalties Provided. If the unions choose to carry through strike plans which the board asked them to defer, members of the board said that the next move would have to come rom Washington, in timating yesterday's action exhaust ed their attempts to furnish the teeth which the transportation act creat ing the board was said by many to lack. At the same time it was point ed out that the transportation act gives the board power to cite the interested parties for alleged viola tion, of its rulings, si it did in call ing next--Wednesday's conference, but provides no penalties for viola tions of its decrees. Causes for Strike. . Cleveland. O.. Oct 22. CR Th Associated Press.) Causes for the strike of railway workers, set to be gin in general at 6 a. m.. October 30. are enumerated by W. G. Lee, presi dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in a statement to The As sociated Press today. The statement was issued. Mr. Lee explained, because "the public is rather, confused" as to its causes, some believing it is for higher wages. Three causes were ascribed by Mr. Lee: The wage reduction of July 1. Proposed further reductions. Proposed elimination of rules, Saturday. Mhiih uuld iiuitn still further tc dnciiiii. Pieparc to Obey Citation. The thrre local brotherhood t-hicU, Mr. i.ee of the trainmen, Wsrrrn S. Hone of the Ilroiherhot-4 ol Locomtive Fnginrers and W. S. Carter ol the Druthrrhood r FirC. men aim r ngineiiien, Hliil ing to obey ihe ciiatio before the labor board l, nrxt Ycdnrsday, were all, ahead Willi plana to carry ou. Strike. v L. E. Sheppard. president of tit Order of Railway Conductors, ar nvrd lat night. Mr. Lee's statement as to the cautci ol the strike follows: "The public is rather confused as tc the causes fur the railway strike. There is a belief on the part of some that the strike is for Initlicr waees and is not understood to be a dt-m- oiiMration againtt a wage reduction, tc which has been added proposU tions further to reduce wanes and eliminate rules which would mean still further reductions. Tixed for All Classes. Railroad transportation employe.!. even when neak warn- ur nm! did not receive advanced wages in keeping with the increased -livintr COsfs. Hie dailv rate naiil Irimiwr. tation men was fixed for all ritra ir the United States in 101.1 atwl r. gardless of the increased costs of living, there were no increased wages for these employes until Jan uary 1, 1918, and only then after a most searching investigation hn been made by the Lane commission. "The railroad companies have not been fair in the nrnasanda av.iimt the employes, and it is to be hoped that before the trouble is over that prejudiced opinion, based on railway publicity misstatements, will under stand the exact wage that may be earned through a normal day's work." Rolirer Must Have Permit Evidence Reedy in Week Prohibition Enforcement Officer U. S. Rohrer's order of October 4, revoking the alcohol permit of the Wolfe-Farrar Chemical company, will stand until next SatiirHav of least, under an order made by Fed eral Judse Woodrough today. He instructed Rohrer to be ready to present his evidence in the case next iipii,ifen & Ox Wrong Selections .....;.-..: . - ,., - ... are Never Approved A comforting thought to those who like to have assistance in choosing their apparel is that they will be guided and influ enced toward correct fashions at Thompson-Belden's. V :, ..." 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