ROADSTERS, HAIR
JETS, BAR HARBOR
AND SHANTUNG
Chinese Province More Close-
ly Allied to Life of United
States Than People
M Know.
THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE t SEPTEMBER 28, 1919
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Washington, Sept. "27. (Special
Telegram.) "My Drain simply reels
with all this talk about Japan and
.China and the league of nations,"
pouts dainty Miss America, as she
presses her hands to her head.
where her rebellious tresses would
., be falling down were it not for a
net of human hair from Shantung.
"Came down here to get away
from this talk about the peace
treaty; China's a long way off any
way," growls Mr. Business Man as
he strolls along the beach, in a pon
gee suit from Shantung.
With this introduction the Na
tional Geographic society issues a
bulletin concerning the industries of
Shantung, which range from making
hair nets to building railways, quot
ing from a communication to the
Society by Maynard Owen Williams
as follows: . . '
Koaasters ana nets.
"When the speedy roadster made
hair nets a necessity the hunger
pressure in a remote province of 30,
000.000 relented a little.
"The almost invisible net serves
fashion to preserve for another hour
the loveliness of a moment. 'But
, the making of hair nets enables
whole villages of wrinkled old wo
men of Shantung to put a little more
food into ever-hunrry stomachs'.
"When the American male emerg
ed from the woolen of former con
vention and donned the dapper suit
of cool pongee all the silkworms in
Shantung had to work overtime, and
their masters added a strip of pork
.to the family dish. A pongee-clad
crowd at Bar Harbor means a bet
ter-fed population in Weihaiwei.
-. . ' All From Shantung. .
"An American woman wears some
Chefoo lace, and, thanks to her and
the purchases of her friends, al
mond-eyed girls are being trained
in mission schools 8,000 miles away.
"The doughboy back from the
war is also a booster for Shantung,
thnnch nrrhans he doesn't know it.
As he .tells of the ever-smiling
Chinese whom he saw making roads
in France, he testifies to the fine
qualities of some of the world's
best laborers.
"The Shantung coolie did his fair
hare of war work. A hundred and
fifty 5 thousand of him went out to
better living conditions and a wider
outlook when the , British troopships
.BhVS.,t.U "J . V... - . . C
home. Hundreds of him dropped
shovel and seized gun or fought
with clubs and axes when the breach
at Chateau-Thierry yawned.
Back With Wonder TMes.
"Now some of those Shantung
coolies are being returned to their
honl with new thoughts and
ideals,; speaking - Pidgin-French,
Pidgin-English, and what-not, but
with wonderful tales to tell of the
men by whose sides they , fou?ht.
"When China wants railways
built; or canals dug. here are the
boys who showed the best allied
engineers what loyal labor really
was." ' : ;' '
"Nor will they have to wait long.
An American corporation is only
waiting for better transportation
facilities before beginning to dredge
once more the Grand Canal, which
-' was binding China into an empire
two centuries before the great wall
began to shut out the rest of the
worlds and 400 years before the
" birth in a Bethlehem manger of Him
" who was to affect China in a de
gree second only to Shantung's
great sage.? .
"When 30,000,000 people whose
, idea of a day's work is 16 hours,
are crowded into a province the size
of Iowa, there must either be in
dustrial development in silk, lace,
and hair or periodic migrations of
labor to less thickly settled parts
of the world.
, Shantung Coolies Everywhere.
"In summer the Shantung coolie
is north along the Amur mining
gold or harvesting soy beans in
Manchuria. I . have seen hiin carry
ing Harbin flour aboard the Sungari
steamers, and he. laid hundreds of
miles of ties on the Trr-.s-Siben'an.
I have seen him juggling gaily
painted sticks at the Nijni Novgorod
fair, and companies of Shantung
coolies foughl for the bolsheviks
beside the Kremlin and against
them near Tchita. In ruined Van
a Shantung coolie, heavily dressed
against the bitter cold of the Ar
menian plateau, rolled into town
ahead of 20 of his compatriots who
brought flour to that starving city.
"Soon the Japanese will be laying
the rails for their new railway con
cession from Kaomi, near Tsing
tau. to Hauchowfu. whence a Trans-
Asiatic trunk line, which will be t
the Trans-Siberian what the Union
Pacific is to the Canadian Pacific, is
some day to link Lanchow and
Kashgar with Peking and Russian
Turkestan. Another Japanese line
will run from Tsinan to cut the
Peking-Canton line at Shuntehfu.
. "In building these railways the
Shantung coolie will have his right
ful place, and skl gained in France
" will stand him in good stead in link
ing his home province to the cap
itals of Eurasia from Madrid to
Tsjnan."
Pocket Razor Strop
Saves a Soldier's Life
f -- T... C.t 11 A 11
pocket razor strop is,, the cherished
souvenir of the great war on dis
play here. Its owner, J. A. Sheff-
ner, local business man, received it
" recently .from his son. Camden
CL-r 1-:
here from France.
" Young Sheffner claims the strop
saved his life in the battle of the
Aisne,' near Prismes. Carrying it
. in ins urea si uockci, inc suuu uc
rsnciV nn v a. fiiitrnt wotinrf inrpan
-nt ft fatal rtfisV
GENERAL WOOD
HERE NEXT WEEK
FOR BIG PARADE
Will Review Electrical Pageant
Wednesday Night With
Stat.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will be
the guest of Omaha for a few hours
next Wednesday evening, when he
will review the Ak-Sar-Ben elec
trical parade from a stand which
will be erected for himself and staff.
E. Buckingham, of the board of
governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, yesterday
received definite information of the
arrival of the general, who is due
in Council Bluffs Wednesday morn
11 be met by
a delegation of Omaha men. He
will proceed at once trom tne ciuns
to Beatrice, Neb., returning to
Omaha at 6:30 p. m.
The general will be escorted to
the Omaha club for dinner at 6:45,
after which he will review the pa
rade. 1 He will be ' driven to Union
station as soon as the parade has
passed his reviewing stand.
The Ak-Sar-Ben officials are elat
ed over the assurances of haying
General Wood here for a brief visit.
The general visited Omaha several
times during the period of the war.
Many notables of national fame
have been entertained in Omaha
during the Ak-Sar-Ben fall festiv
ities. ' v
Japanese Expect to
Use 1,000,000 Bales
of Cotton This Year
Galveston, Sept. 27. (Specials
Japan will use 1,000,000 bales of
American cotton this year and ori
ental shippers will route as much of
this as possible through the port o'f
Galveston, according to K. Fujita,
vresident of the Texas Gosho com
pany, who was here recently in com
pany with H. Kita, a director ot tne
parent company in Japan.
Difficulty in making financial ar
rangements for Indian and Chinese
cotton increases the amount of the
staple which Japan must secure from
America, Mr. Fujita said,
Japs Make Complaint
1 Japanese shippers are dissatisfied
with the manner in which cotton is
handled through the Pacific coast
ports, according to Mr. Fujita, espe
cially through delays in booking and
lack of facilities. Last year, he said,
the Gosho company routed 4,000
bales through Galveston and was
well satisfied with the promptness
and facility with which the ship
ments were dispatched.
"The United States shipping
board,"' said Mr. Fujita, "is willing
to furnish bottoms for cotton to the
orient, and probably will do so, but
shippers are unable to do business
with the board while it asks a rate of
$2 on high density cotton from Gal
veston. L believe some of the ship
ping toJapan during this season
will be carried in British bottoms.
In addition, Japanese shipping com
panies are planning to put threes
four steamers into the Galveston
service.
"In the past years, Japan normally
used about 5Q0.00O bales of Amer
ican cotton annually. Last year the
quantity was increased to 750,000
bales and this year, I believe, will
teach 1,000,000. The Chinese arid In
dian cotton is inferior to the Amer
ican staple and Japanese mills are
demanding not only a better,' but a
longer, grade of cotton.
The Gosho company has iust in
stalled a compress and concentration
plant at Galveston.
Approve Plan to Establish
Omaha-Bluffs Industrial Zone
Samuel L. Rogers, director of
census at Washington, D. C. has
approved of the plan of J. M. Gillan.
manager of the industrial bureau of
he Chamber of Commerce, to estab
lish an Omaha and Council Bluffs
industrial zone.
The zone will inclube. Douglas
and Sarpy counties, in Nebraska.
and 10 miles in each direction from
Council Bluffs. ,
Ex-British Envoy Dies :
London. Sept. 27. Francis Leve-
son Ren, first viscount of Thame
and British jfhh:ssador to France
from 1905 to 1908. died here vester-.
day.
POLICE FARCE
ENDS WITH FINE
FOR ROY KELLY
Appears In Court After Mak
ing Police Ridiculous, Whis-;
pers to Judge and Is
Fined $15.
The culmination - of a game of
hide and seek extending over a pe
riod of four 'months, in which the
Omaha police were made ridiculous,
was, heard in police court yesterday,
when Roy Kelly, the juvenile fugi
tive, pleaded guilty to the charge
ojf being an inmate of a disorderly
house and -was fined $15 by Judge
Fitzgerald. .
Kelly, who, in a signed statement
published exclusively in The Bee
several months ago, admitted he
had been a party to a conspiracy
with Detectives Herdzina and Arm
strong in an illegal raid on the
Brown 'apartments last June, sur
rendered voluntarily, it is alleged,
to the police Wednesday. '
When arraigned in police court
after; talking to Chief Eberstem at
the city hall, Kelly admitted guilt,
declaring he had been prompted to
do so by the anxiety of his mother,
who feared her" son would be in
jured at the hands of the polite. For
sbme reason Judge Fitzgerald did
not impose a, fine until yesterday
morning. '
Whispered to Judge.
; Kelly appeared before the court
accompanied by his brother, Tom
Kelly. He was not even represented
by an attorney. Kelly and his broth
er whispered to the judge and in a
few seconds they were in the clerk's
office, paying the fine. - V.
Repeatedly, during the council-
manic investigation of the conduct of
Officers Herdzina and Armstrong
during the Brown raid, including
charge of drunkenness and abuse of
authority, Kelly, offered, to appear
before the city commissioners and
testify against the policemen, 'pro
vided he was assured he would not
be arrested and returned to the re
form school at Kearney, from which
institution he had been paroled.
Determined to whitewash "the
conduct of the detectives, Police
Commissioner .. Ringer, and Chief
Eberstein manifested no interest in
any information Kelly possessed,
despite the fact that . the , boy was
present during the raid, and pre
viously had stated the officers were
drunk and revealed to him the de
tails of their plans to "frame up" the
Brown. apartments. '
Asked if he had been, promised
immunity by Commissioner Ringer
and Chief Eberstein, Kelly replied
that he had not, "I have made no
arrangements with any one," he
said, "and I do not know what dis
position will be made of the case
involving my parole."
Was Immunity Promised?
Neither Commissioner Ringer nor
Chief Eberstein has confirmed or
denied the rumor that members of
the police department promised
Kelly to obtain him a pardon in con
sideration of his repudiating the
statement cpnfessing the part he
played with the., policemen in - the
Brown raid.
It has been said that Mrs. Brown
was contemplating - bringing suit
against Chief Eberstein for his re
sponsibility in the raid.
Kelly's friends, however, believe
that he was induced solely by' the
solicitude of his mother to surren
der to the police. ;
There always has been doubt in
the minds . of many as to the sincer
ity; of Commissioner Ringer and
Chief Eberstein in ordering Kelly's
arrest It is known positively that
many members of the'police depart
ment deliberately refused to arrest
Kelly when they saw him time and
again on the streets. .
Dr. Reinsch, Former U. S.
Envoy to China, May
Be Retained by China
Tokio, Sept. 27. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Before going on
board the steamship Venezuela, on
which he will make a voyage to San
Francisco, - Dr. Paul S. Reinsch,
former United States minister , to
China, denied today a report that he
had been retained by China as po
litical adviser in Washington. He
said he was going to Washington to
practice, law, and that he might
probably act as legal Counsellor for
China. , ,
' Discussing conditions in ' China.
Dr. Reinsch declared Americans iir
that country were not anti-Japanese,
but believed in the matter of the
Shantung" peninsula that the restora
tion of sovereignty to China by
Japan would mean the "return of
the shell."
"I believe Japan holds a trump
card, if she will only play it," he
continued. "That is to return ever) V
thing wrung irom China by Ger
many and to "retain only the privi
lege of entering Shantung on equal
terms with the rest of the world."
Illustrated lecture at
Advertising League Meet
An illustrated lecture is to be the
feature of the weekly gathering of
the Advertising-Selling- league at
the. Fontenelle Monday evening,
September 29. A. E. Sheldon of
Lincoln, secretary of the Nebraska
State 1 Historical society, comes to
address the league ' on "The First
Advertising 'in Nebraska," and has
a large collection of specimens rang
ing from the earliest copy, used
down to the present time.
Those who have heard his lecture
pronounce it a remarkable portrayal
of the evolution-of copy. Manufac
turer or retailer, in fact, any man
who has an interest in the selling cr
advertising, of any product, will find
much interesting material in this
address. . ... .
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Representative People
Are Baying Lots in
Geo. C. Eselin
TractWhy?
BECAUSE it is not Oil Stock or
Blue Sky, it is land, you get a
Warranty Deed. Every lot par
ticipates in all the profits de
rived from the oil, gas or coal,
produced on any part of the
tract. No assessments and' no'
high salaries to anyone. Because
this land is located in the second
largest oil producing county in
Kansas and is surrounded by
producing oil wells.
Mr. A. C. Irvine, our driller,
was here this week completing
arrangements to start drilling.
He has the first well spuded in.
Hon. C. O. Lobeck and Hon.
Jas. C. Dahlman are members of
the Lot Owners Advisory Board.
Mr. E. W. Kerr, of Omaha,
who has been locating oil wells
since the time oxen power was
used for drilling, is our locator.
These facts explain why these
lots are going fast at $ 15.00
each. Why not get your share
before the wells are brought in
and the price goes up. We so
licit your investigation.
Write for Prospectus.
GEO. C. ESELIN TRACT
Address 522 Pax ton Bldf .,
Omaha.
Call Douglas 6548.
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popular Queen Anne design. Exactly like pic
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top with two drawers below. Roomy china com-
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$87.50Tf
Colonial Dresser
$36.50
Here is a dresser
. hich you have long
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?T bese with two laree
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The mirror is a French
plate, 23x29 inches. - A
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Queen Anne Living Room Suite
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An Unusual Value !
' Library Table
. Massive 42-inch top library table. Strongly
built and splendidly finished In imitation quar
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find thfe particular table will fill your very need.
Fitted with a
roomy drawer,
top measures
28x42 lncnes. A
special for tnis
week's selling,
only" '
$18.50
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This Red Cedar Chest
Bound With Copper Bands
' Has Removable Tray
Among the many bargains in Red Cedar Chests
we pick one at random r.nd show it below. This
chest is of Goodly proportions, has removable
tray, r.nd shculd sell for a great deal more.
one red as a
special, only
$12.75
Brealiast
Room
Sets .
Here Is some
thing new for
the Breakfast
Room.
The chairs are
upholstered in
cretonne; has
a novelty
shaped buffet;
a tea cart; a
pbina cabinet
and a table. ,
On display on
o u r Ma 1 n
Floor.
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Our Rug Display
The Mpst Comprehensive Stocks lu the Country.
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will pay any thrifty housewife to take full advantage of the very
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Seamless Wilton Telret Bugs. A heavy solid, long wearing
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8.8x10.6....
.....$87.50 9x13......
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Rick, Silky Axmlnster Bogs. All the sew colors and de
signs: . .
36x63.............. IMS 8.3x10.6 $81.75
l 9x13 $38.75 I
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The Suite
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Attract
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in velours,
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In plain and
fancy carved
rrames.
Solid Oak Chif f orobe
$32.25
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Very special.
Mahogany Tea Carts '
, In Yarlotis Styles.
i The Tea Cart pictured is only one of the many
styles on display on our third floor. It has re
movable glass bottom tray, the wheels are rubber
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oracs in rich
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any.' Similar to
cut, at the truly
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11 i a in .
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Considering the steady advance-
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'ire offering this Bed at
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limited number, so we
je an early selection.
$13,50
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