Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

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tinguished men OF Omaha.
Happy and TireIess.
Despite their whirlwlnd dash Of nearly
10000 miles over the country, which began
September / at Seattle, and has included
nearly every city Of Importance in the
United states. the commissioners presented
a contented, t]ireless front. They admit
that the long trip has fatigued them, but
they are not tired OF their warm welcome
or sightseeing. Despite the crilly rain
and the prospects that their visit in Omaha
will be unpleasant in some ways, all were
cheerful. In the faces Of the Japanese
faces that Americans generally regard as
serious-there were beaming smiles for
their hosts.
Even THE sphynx' smiled.
The sphynx" is a familiar way some
newspaper men have of referring to Heibel
Sakaguchi. O wealthy silk merchant Of
Osaka. Mr.. sakaguchl never speaks more
than a monosylable at a time-and the
times are few.
The japanese men in the party insisted
that the program made out for them by
their Omaha friends be not modified on
their account. They referred to the down
pour as a welcome shower bath and said
they were not afraid Of the chilly weather
or the water.
Motor Cars for Japan.
The McKeen motor car will be introduced
to Japan as a result Of a visit Of the
members Of the honorary commercial COM
mission to the big shops where the cars
are made. Kaichiro Nedzu, the head of a
large number Of railway and commercial
projects about Toxic, announced at the
end Of his visit about the shops that he
was highly impressed with the cars and
would take steps ward their adoption
on Japanese railways.
'"The trip over to the shops In the
motor cars and the demonstration Of their
operation afforded here has convinced me
that they will be Of use to u.s." said Nedzu
through his interpreter.
Immediately on my return to Toxic ]
shall dispatch one Of my engineers to
Omaha to make a further study and In
vestigation. / want to try out the motor
on both surface and subway lines.
Great Interest in wireless.
The Japanese visitors evinced great inter-
est In the wireless power control demon
stration by DR.. Frederick II. Millener at
the Union Pacific shops. Bareheaded and
busy the electrician dashed about in the
rain making the adjustments on the cleo
trio truck, which was put in motion before
the interested gathering by an impulse
from the Union Pacific's wireless plant.
This is the first demonstration of the
use Of the wireless that the visitors have
seen since their arrival In this country
They were much mystified by It's workings
and asked for detailed explanations.
Baron Shibuwasa, perhaps the mos
prominent man in the party, was particu'
larly absorbed in the demonstration
Come on. we are to start to Florence
urged an interpreter as the baron stoot
looking over the wonderful apparatus.
II shall not go until / "a an oppor
tunity to shake hands with the engineer,
he replied, pointing to DR.. Millener.
The start to Florence was delayed whilt
Baron Shibuwasa paid his respects to tn,
electrical expert.
You'll have to hurry shouted DR.. Nil
lener, so absorbed in his device that h,
hardly saw the distinguished man 'whC
would pay him a compliment.
Marvellous, Marvellous, He Says.
The baron barred his head despite the rair
and shook hands with DR.. Milliner.
Marvellous, marvellous" he said ii
Japanese.
In the McKeen motor car and the UnioI
Pacific shops the visitors found much tina.
attracted their attention. The dark, littl,
men swarmed about the buzzing, nois.
machines inquiring into every part.
1t was a happy day for X. X. Tsujigaki
a Japanese employe of the Union Pacifi
shops. This young man, a college graduate
is in the shops to learn all that he may
They are saying that some day he will g