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Prices Will Jump
Next Spring. Says
Onrtlia Traveler
U. S. Must Veotl and Clothe
Vorld, Given 'as Cause by
Max Orkin After Trip
Abroad.
There's nathiij; like, taking a trip
to other parts ,f lle world to make
one see the advantages of the United
States, Max Orkin, an Omaha capi
talist, declares -after four months
spent in touring the Orient.
"Of all the places I saw, I liked
Honolulu best," said Mr. Orkin to
day. It actually seems that wher
ever Uncle Sam steps in there is
comfort, happiness and everything
else that's good. Financial and bus
iness conditions in the United States
are better than those of any other
country, and I expect thein-to grow
continually better. If I were in bus
iness now, I'd buy poods, for 1
think prices will o higher in the
spring.
Japan Is Dead.
"If people will put on their think
ing caps they will see that America
has to feed and clothe the world,
and that we can't fail to have pros
perity. But you know how it is if
somebody hollers 'fire' if the people
walk out calmly no one is hurt, but
if they all get frightened and run
many will be hurt.
"Ih Japan everything is a? a stand
still. The market for silk, the main
manufactured product there, dropped
and wiped out credit. The Japanese
have not the many different kinds
of industries that we have, and if
a single one breaks down, it affects
evervbodv.
" China Farmers Stricken.
"Crop failure has hit China, and
we will have to send some of our
grain there. I went through Shan
tung, where the drouth was spid to
be coinjaretively light, but j even
there the poverty and hunger was
beyond description. The govern
is floating a loan to buy food from
America."
Mr. Orkin went from Japan to
Northern China, Manchuria and
Korea. He was impressed by the
Chinese and Korean people, but was
disappointed in the Japanese people,
finding that the race was for in
ferior in general to the Japanese who
come to America. The Chinese ot
the northern states he found big,
good-looking and honorable.
Both the Chinese and the Koreans
hate Japan bitterly, and like the
United States. This, Mr. Orkin de
clares, is a. powerful influence thai
may be relied upon to prevent Japan
risking hostilities with -America,
lincc it would be threatened by a
large part of Asia.
Full of Fight.
"The newspapers, in Japan are full
of fight," he said. "If the country
was a democracy, war might come,
but the national .treasury is de
pleted, and there probably is no
real danger.
"Feeling is bitter over the slights
offered by California, but the people
were extremely friendly and hospi
table to American tourists when I
left there, just before the election
in which California upheld anti
Japanese legislation."
A new modern city is being built
at Mukden by the Japanese, who are
making the most of the resources
of Manchuria, Mr. Orkin says. At
Harbin he found many Russians who
hadted from soviet rule. They do
rot believe that the bolshevists can
'' last long, and are working for the
restoration of the monarchy, with a
new czar, being os much opposed
to a republic as to Soviets.
Former Victmis of Conslable
See Him in Role of Parson
Garbed in a coat, long an'd mourn
ful, and a. hat that was won in
Bryan's last campaign, Constable
George McBcide, of Justice of the
Peace Collins' court, portraVed the
role of a Swedish minister Friday
night at a South Side theater to the
uproar of hundreds who listened to
his quibs.
Justice Collins, a first aid kit in
hand, occupied a rear pew. .
Of a sudden in the midst of Mc
Bride's tale of jokes, he requested
the justice to take a front seat.
McBride declared afterwards be
recognized some of his victims of
arrest in the audience.
The constabje won a prize of $50
for his program.
Farm Hand Takes Poison; Is
Found Dead in Hotel Room
William W'cdgewood, 45, farm
hand of Decatur, Neb., was found
dead in bed in his room at the
Northwestern hotel. Sixteenth and
v Webster streets, yesterday by a
chambermaid when she entered to
make up the room.
The police pronounced the case as
suicide. Evidence showed Wedge
wood had quaffed a mixture of car
bolic acid and water from a tincup
found lying on the floor.
Police have no theory as to the
motive for the suicide. Clerks at
the hotel said Wedgewood had been
patronizing the place off and on for
the past 14 years.
Launching o Good Ship
Omaha Delayed Ten Days
Jacoma, Wash.. Dec. 4. (Special
cgram.) Launching of the scout
cruiser "Omaha," scheduled for to
day, has been postponed until De
cember 14. Miss Louise B White
of Omaha, chosen to christen the
cruiser, arrived here. last night. She
expressed disappointment at the
postponement, but said she was glad
of the opportunity to visit on the
coast during the week.
Child Saving Institute
,; Receives Bequest in Will
'"The Child Saving Institute will
benefit to an" estimated amount of
$10,000 from the estate of the late
Pauline Steinmetz. 2313 1 street,
whose will was filed in county court
yesterday. After bequeathing about
,$10,000 to relatives, she leaves the
residue of her estate to the Child
Saving Institute
Americanization Pageant.
The subject of immigration and
America's obligation to the immi
grant will be presented in pageant
form at the First Christian church,
Twenty-Sixth and Harney streets,
Sunday night at 7:30. The subject
-pf the pageant is "The Melting Pot."
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Complaints Filed
On 6 Restaurants
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Sale of Cream Containing
Less Butter Fat Than Law
Requires, Charge.
Formal complaints charging the
use and sale of cream containing less
than 18 per cent butter fat as re
quired by law were filed, in Central
police codrt yesterday against six
Omaha restaurateurs.
The complaints were 'filed by J.
Mack Anderson, state pure food and
dairy inspector. Warrants were
signed by Police Judge Foster and
the- six oersons notified of. their
technical arrest.
They, are John Mack of the Lin
coln Inn, 218 South Sixteenth Street;
'John and George Kaeros, Busy Bee
: cafe, 2S South Fourteenth street;
Mrs. John L. Nuble. 1720 St. Marys
avenue; Byron B. Dixon, 612 South
j Sixteenth street: George. V. Ries
ling for the Burlington 'railroad, and
John W. Welch and Roy Dean. 1408
I l amani street.
j Hearing of tfce case will be held
before Judge Foster Tuesday morn-
s.
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Wilson Undecided on
Delivering Message
Washington, Dec. 4. President
Wilson . has informed, congressional
loaders that he will receive on Mon
day the committee to be appointed
by the senate and house to notify
him formally that congress is in ses
sion and ready to receive communi
cations from him He has not, how
ever, made known whether he will
deliver his annual message irt person,
as -was his custom . before he was
taken ill more than -a year ago.
enator Capper
Makes Public
His Wheat Bill
Tax of 10 Per Cent on Future
Trading Except by Actual
Owners Is Basic Feature
Of New Proposal.
Washington, Dee.' 4. Senator
Capper of Kansas today made public
his proposed bill to stop gambling
in foodstuffs and cotton. .
A tax of 10 per cent, designed to
be prohibitive, on "future" trading
in grain and cotton, except by actual
owners or a limited class of traders
under federal license, is the basic
feature of the Capper bill, which is
to be introduced in the enalc next
w eek by the author and in the hou-e
by Representative Tincher, repub
lican, of Kansas. The 10 per cent
tax would apply to options and the
measure woukl affect grain products
as well as, raw grain.
Would Stop Gambling.
"The bill will stop gambling n
wheat, corn, cotton and other farm
products," said Senator Capper. "It
will eliminate the wheat pit and the
blackboard. It will put out of busi
ness the thousands of wire houses
and bucket-shops . '. .- . by making
it impossible for gamblers and
speculators to deal on boards of
trade.
"The-bill undertakes to preserve
the legitimate 'hedge,' but cuts out
all gambling and manipulations."
Farmers, dealers and manufactur
ers buying or selling grain dr Cot
ton for actual delivery would not be
restricted by the proposed law, Sen
ator Capper said. -
Penalties for 50 per cent of the
proposed federal tax, a fine of $10,-
000 .uid one year's impri.-,onnient for
j violation of the bill's provisions are
I incorporated in the Capper bill,
i Owners Escape Tx.
tellers of grain, grain products
and cotton, who at the time of sale
would be owners of the "actual
physical property" and traders reg
ularly engaged in growing, dealing
hi or manufacturing and registered
with the internal revenne bureau
would lw exempt from the 10 per
cent tax. Such . traders, however,
would he limited in their dealings to
three times their actual transactions
during the preceding year, and would
be required to report all dealings to
the internal revenue bureau.
In a statement outlining his bill,
Senator Capper declared that only
about 1 per cent of "future" trading
in grain and cotton was bona fide.
Millions of dollars were lost by
farmers, as well as speculators, in
the recent bear raid on the grain
markets, Senator Capper declared,
asserting that consumers as well as
producers were the victims.
Campfirc Group
Guardians Needed
22 Vacancies In Newly Or
ganized Bodies Guardians1
Association Elects Officers.
"Twenty-two guardians are need
ed immediately for newly organized
Campfire groups," said Miss Louise
Guy at the monthly, business meet
ing of the Campfire Ijuardians' as
soc'atiou held in the Campfirc head
ouarters, 23 Patterson block, Friday
night. Of the 38 guardians of active
groups in Omaha, only seven were
present at the meeting. Bertha
Vaughan presided over the meeting
as chairman.
During the month of November 44
groups were visited bv Miss Guy or
Ruth Ilatteroth and 109 letters weie
sent out from the office,
Officers of the Guardians' associa:
tion for the coming year are Berth i
Vaughan, chairman; Gladys Shanip,
vice president j Ruth Peterson, sec
retary, and Velora Boone, treas
urer. At the meeting Friday evening the
guardians formally adopted a sym
bol for the Guardians' association
and discussed the Christinas work to
be done by the girls. All group
will co-operate in making toys and
candy for the Rivervicw detention
home, dresses for the Associated
Charities and will take an active part
in the selling of ' Red Cross health
seals. Each girl doing this work
will receive a special honor.
$20Q Stolen From Office
Indorsed checks for $100 and $IUU
in currency were stolen from the ot
rice in the feed store of F. II. Fotgv,
8o22 North Thirtieth street, Friday
afternoon, according to police re
ports. The thieves left no clue,
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