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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
No Reduction in Material
Prices Is Looked For

With reference to the outlook in
the building and construction indus
try, S. w. Straus of S. w. Straus &
Co. says:
Reports from we'll informed in
terests in the various lines of trade
involved in general building and
construction work indicate that, for
the most part, the present range of
prices, both for materials and labor,
will not recede to any marked ex-
tent There is/a general feeling of
hesitancy and uncertainty through
out the industry, but not TO the ex-
tent that would discourage expecta-
tons of abnormal activities in the
near future. AS result of the pres
ent levels of prices being generally
sustained, many builders are hold
ing off with the hope of doing bet
ter as the season advances. Such
reductions as have occurred have
been mostly reactions from Excess
sive profits or from abnormal prices
paid to labor in bonuses and over
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27

time. There may stiff be some
further reductions resulting from
these causes or from the anxiety of
some who are carrying large stocks
to convert their holdings into
money.
"The period of hesitation may be
looked upon, however, as merely
transitory, for the underlying con-
ditiohs are such as to encourage the
belief in impending building activi-
ties of unprecedented magnitude.
A Tremendous amount of building is
needed for housing and industrial
purposes throughout the country
The government has announced its
determination to push forward a
gigantic program of construction
and to- this end has created a new
division of the Department of Labor
for the purpose of interesting the
nation in public works and private
construction.
Increased facilities for develop
ing our resources, marketing our
products and rounding out our
necessary export trade will impose
heavy tasks of building work upon
US"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27

OF the polo match, scanning her COM
nents with the slang Of the stables,
Three men, without addressing a
word to her, finding Amy young and
attractive. stared at her with open
admiration. Fortunately, at this
moment, from the piano a beaming
waiscoat and glowing smile bore
down on her,
welcome to our ethyl" exclaimed
Laracy. This is a surprise. Have |
got to behave, Amy and call you
Mrs. Forrester'?" -.
Get me away from here" she
said shaking hands and laughing.
Freezing by the hreside, eh?"
said Jap Laracy, with a glance at
the group. ''Pretty northwest, Ell?
Irma engages me to thaw them out,
but it's tough-it's fought My eyes
and whiskeTs, Amy, I'm glad to seq
you'll Have you seen Tody?"
Not yet" she said, with a little
confusion, for Tody Dawson had
been her most devoted admirer and,
in her youthful imagination. she re-
preached herself little at the havoc
she felt she had created.
"Oh, he's pining, pining away,
cruel Fmaidenp said Larscy, 80
are we all. How could you go and
Go 1T? Here's the wreck now"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
ALLIES PLANNING
TO REDUCE ARMY
OF OCCUPATION
Commission Will Endeavor as
Preliminary Measure to
Ascertain Strength Of
German Forces.

Paris, Jan. 26.-An effort to as.
certain the strength and resources OF
the German army will be the first
problem considered by the military
committee appointed Thursday by
the supreme war council to report
on the strength of the allied and
associated forces to be retained on
the western front during the period
OF the armistice.
II was assumed that the Germans
now have about 100000 men under
arms, but it is necessary TO confirm
these figures and also to determine
to what extent the manufacture OF
arms, ammunition and other mill
tary supplies is going on.
he purpose is to maintain a
strength at all times superior TO the
present or potential strength of the
Germans. There are now eight
american divisions in Germany and
the findings of the committee will
determine whatever may be possible
to reduce this force and send the
men home The British and French
commands share the desire to hasten
rehabilitation, SO it is said that the
committee will report at the earliest
possible moment.
The inquiry is not understood to
apply to the entente and American
forces in Siberia and at Archangel,
where they will be maintained pend
ing the issue of the Princes Islands
conference.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
ROCK ISLAND YARD
MASTER GIVES OUT
The FULL DETAILS
Wife Gains Twenty Pounds
Taking Tanlac-"W Wouldn't
Be Without It,"
He Says.

Still another widely known and
popular railroad man comes forward
with his unqualified endorsement
for Tanlac. This time, it is G. D.
Blatherwick, yardmaster for the c.,
R. L & P. in Kansas City, Kansas,
who resides at 341 South 18th
street, that city.
'My wife has actually gained
twenty pounds in weight since she
began taking Tanlac," said Mr..
Blatherwick, in an interview re-
Gently, "and has been benefited so
much in every way that / am glad
to make this statement, which l
hope will be the cause of others,
who may be suffering as she did,
getting relief.
''She has been in such a nervous,
rundown condition for the past two
years that she was confined to her
bed a great deal of the time. She
was subject to frequent attacks of
sick headaches and often had spells
of dizziness. She also suffered in
tense pain from the gas on her
stomach, pains in her back and what
seemed to be complete nervous
breakdown. She also had a severe
attack of Influenza, which left her
so weak she could hardly stand up.
s'She has been wonderfully bene-
fitted by Tanlac. In fact, / consider
hit remarkable the way she has been
built up, for she is almost like diff
ferent person. She has been re-
lieved entirely Of stomach trouble,
headache and backache. ] am de-
lighted more than / can tell with
what Tanlac has done for her and
we would not be without it now for
anything. 1t is by far the best med
cine she has ever taken"
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by all
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug com
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy under the
personal direction of a special Tan
lac representative. Also Forrest &
Meany Drug company in South
Omaha and the leading druggist in
each city and town throughout the
state of Nebraska.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
Late Army Orders.

Washington, p. c., AIN. 2s.-(specia
Telegram. civil service examination
win be held March s for fourth class
postmaster at Dixon, Champion, Sweet
water, Duncan. Lamar and Hanson, Neh.
First LIT. Elmer o. Peterson, infantry,
now a patient at Camp Dodge, is trans
ferred to Army General hospital, Fort
Smelling. MINI.
First 1t ROLAND R. Ensor. medical
corps, Is relieved from duty at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas Col George Fred
ericl5 Juenemann. medical corps IS re-
liaved from duty at Fort Logan, Ark, and
will proceed to Fort Des Moines. Iowa.
Capt Albert Henry Parksen, medical
corps, is relieved from duty at Camp
Dodge, pes Moines. ana viii proceed 20
Rockford. III. Capt Luther Zwingli
Breaks. medical corps, Is relieved from
duty at Fort Des Moines and will pro-
coed to Fort sam Houston, Texas. Capt.
Frank P. Stretton, cavalry, Is relieved
from his present assignment and upon re-
lief from further treatment at army hos
pitai Fort Des Molnes, will report 70 the
commanding officer 9Th cavalry, Fort
Bliss Texas. for duty First Ii. Glenn A.
Wiesnsr, uuartermaster corps, Is relieved
from his present duties in the office OF
the director OF purchase storage and
traffic, Washington, d. c.. and will pro-
coed to Fort Meade. South Dakota. and re-
port in person. First 1t Leslie w. stocker,
engineers. is relieved OF his present
assignment at Fort Omaha. He will upon
thl expiration OF his present sick leave,
report In person to the commanding gem
erai. Camp Kearney, California, for dis
charge.
Postoffiee at Austin; Sheridan county,
Nebraska, discontinued mail 70 Loup city.
Henry ParlVt appointed postmaster
sunei. Cheyenne county, Nebraska, vice
L. r Anlnton. resigned Eiizaneth Jes-
ner at Bags. Carbon county, Wyoming,
vice Albert A. Sanderson, resigned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27

turned in saueers. A group watched
this demonstration of the newest
step with the solemnity of a re.
ligious contemplation. Somewhere
in the obscurity of the deep baron.
ial living room, Laracy was pound.
ing out the rhythmic measure with
youthful enthusiasm. The music
ended with a crash, and at the
charming appearance of Amy at the
balustrade, there was sudden hush
of curiosity.
What the young d'Artagnan ex-
perienced at his first introduction
into the brilliant court of the Hotei
de Treville, Amy Forester felt al
this sudden silence which was like
the rolling-up of a curtain. The
new world to conquer, her world
lay below. She felt a quickening and
public self. At the same moment
she realized that she was no longer
alone but an integral part of the
man who followed at her back. An
drew. too, was about to be judged
and by a judgment without the
slightest mercy, that accepted only
what it could not destroy. The
thought of her husband threw her
into a sudden timidity, and this in
voluntary modesty not only was
becoming to her but conciliated the
good will of her hostess.
In a group of men, who were
gathered, glass in hand, at a serv-
ing table. Mrs. Dellabarre was
standing with her hand drawn
through her husbands arm, in that
punctilious public advertisement Of
her marital felicity which she never
neglected and which she used as a
whip over the heads of her admirers
as a sort of warning of the limita-
tons she imposed on their adora-
ton. She had slipped into a dark
skirt and purple sweater, drawn her
>hair tightly back, contriving to make
herself both ugly and distinguished
despite the sudden looming prom
inence of her aquiline nose. Gladys
Challoner, her dearest rival, had said
of her:
When lrfnd gets nerSell up ike 9
fright before dinner, she is prepar ng
tc dazzle you after"
AS she went to meet the Forces
tiers, by the indehnable subtleties
with which women rate one another
Mrs. Dellabarre saw that Amy was
of her world. She was attracted to
her instantly, as one woman is at
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
Era Of Prosperity
Predicted by Labor
Departments Head

New York, Jan. 26-Predicting
that the country will get back into
its normal swing" within six months
after the signing of the armistiee
William B. Wilson, secretary of
labor, declared in an address here
today that the nation faces eight or
10 years OF the greatest industrial
activity ever known"
Mr.. Wilson spoke at a luncheon
given in his honor and that of
United States Senator James Ham
iton lewis of Illinois, by the Law
yer's club on the eve Of the depar-
ture for France of the department
OF labor's economic mission, which
will make a survey Of that country.
While predicting prosperity, Mr.
Wilson warned his audience that
labor has a reserve OF money to re-
sist any attempt to force down
wages unduly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
"VIRTUOUS WIVES e.: ; 4. i:' &C.:
: lcOpyright, 1918. By Little. Brown : Co.


/ hard-worked husbands in society. A
woman OF fashion counts from two
to 10 of the variety in her train, who
fetch and carry. run small errands,
adore her in a public, harmless way,
accompany her to the theater or
opera, surround her at the dansants
and invent a hundred amusing tricks
to save her from the necessity of
reading and other forms of boredom.
Wise in their generation, they sell
dom make blunders, knowing that
they are admitted to intimacy only
on the basis of absolute docility, and
acquiring the knowledge of worldly
values, they wait patiently under
such patronage the opportunities of
what is called a successful marriage.
Dawson and Laracy were unusually
gifted. They played in mastery
fashion all games of chance where
friendly dollar could be sought.
They formed a team, which imi-
tated the latest comic opera favor
ties. They spoke a jargon of their
own. They danced like profess
sional dancers, with really the most
remarkable agility, and, from morn
ing to night, kept up a running pat
ter of story, anecdote, repartee, and
picturesque slang which made easy
the task of the most desperate
hostess.
About S o'clock, the older men be-
gan to return from polo practice.
Tea at the Dellabarre's was an in
stitution in Chiffon society, which,
like many similar societies, was
formed on feudal lines, congregating
around one or two established faml-
lies, with their castles, their retain
ers, and their adherents who, by
some mystery of hidden economy,
attached themselves to the leaders,
initiated their Injuries, and
scrambled desperately to marry their
children advantageously before the
impending day of accounting ar
rived.
By the time the Forresters had I'M
packed and descended, the great liv-
ing room had filled up with casual
guests, a few of the men in riding
breeches, the women in gaily-
colored sweaters and striped skirts.
From the landing of the winding
stair, Amy looked down on the great
vaulted room, paneled in brown,
with pleasant regions of shadows
and lights, and, at the end, great
fireplace with lighted logs. A group
was gathered about a card table, an
other about the shiny decanters.
while Tody Dawson, thin and
active, was pirouetting his
arms lightly in the air, exaggerating
the bend Of his shoulders as he
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27

tracted to another, with the pleasure
of encountering an antagonist
worthy to be destroyed.
we have met before" she said
smiling, with a little extra pressure
OF her hand, "but we are all anxious
to meet the man who could carry
off the favorite after her first sea-
son" she added, extending her hand
10 Mr.. Forester. ITS rare enough
to make you quite a hero"
How do you do. Mrs Della
barre" he said, in his strong, pleas
ant bass, stepping forward with
eagerness in his eyes.
If she had been agreeably sur
prised with Amy, she was quite uh-
prepared for the strong attraction
which Andrew Forester exercised
over her from the moment Of their
first handclasp. Like all neurasthenic
natures, she responded instantly to
the buoyant health of a dominant
vitality. So quick was this pleasant
sense of well-being that the easy
phrase of welcome passed complete
" out of her mind, and only the me-
chanical approach Of her husband
prevented her showing too plainly
her perplexity
AMY had a confused sense of
catching names that meant nothing
to her, of seeing so many human
manikins grouped about her-Mrs.
Lightbody's glance set in criticism,
a glance that swept her from head
to foot, seeking the weak point; an
elderly beau offered a glib compli.
ment, and she was conscious OF
murmuring something in answer.
Mrs. Dellabarre, after a graceful in
PRODUCTION, returned to the men,
abandoning Amy to the group whose
conversation she had interrupted.
One of the Miss Teakes, in brilliant
sweater and striped skirt, took up in
a loud voice, without further atten-
ton to the new arrival. discussion
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
Freight Traffic Body
Of the Federal Roads
Swamped With Business

Although in business a little more
than a month the Omaha District
Freight Traffic committee of the
United States railroad administra-
ton finds itself swamped Hearings
on applications for new rates and
changes of rates are being held daily,
but the new cases come at a much
more rapid rate than they can be
disposed of. 4.
Saturday IA cases were filed, sew
eral of which have to do with Oma-
ha rates and shipments of COM
modities. Application is made for a
switching charge of 81 per car be-
tween industries in the city and con-
Meeting lines and Fort Omaha and
the balloon school; to eliminate. the
81 car reconsigning charge for
switching and inspecting hay in car
lots in Omaha; to establish storing
in transit privileges of six months
on hay points west Of Omaha, dcs-
tined for points east of the Missouri
river; to establish rate of w cents
per 100 pounds or minimum charge
of SIS per car on cinders shipped
from South Omaha to Fort Crook;
to include Florence within the Oma-
ha switching district.
Other applications filed propose a
revision of hay and straw rates from
Nebraska and other states to the
Missouri river and east; to establish
a 75-eents-per-ton rate on slack coal
from Rock Springs, Black Buttes
and Point Of Rocks to certain sta
tons on the Union Pacific; to fix
a Decent potato rate on shipments
from Gering and Northport to Dem
yer; milling in transit rate to
Hardy, Neb., on traffic originating
west of this point and destined for
farther east; to establish a 25-cents-
per-barrel rate on crude oil and dis
tillates shipped from Casper to
Greybull, Wyo.; to fix a 6-cents-per-
100-pound minimum, or 25-cent
single drayage charge between the
Burlington and Northwestern de-
pots at Crawford. Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
American Regiment Cited
for Part in Champagne Battle

Brest, Jan. 25,-(Havas) The
project Of the maritime district here
has decorated the flag of the sgd
regiment of American infantry with
the French war cross. The regiment
has been cited in an army order for
brilliant conduct in the Champagne
offensive.
(The sgd regiment was originally
assigned to the 93d division.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
Shock Patients Not Sent
to Hospital for Insane

Washington, Jan. 26.-Surgeon
General Ireland today denied re-
ports that soldiers returning from
overseas suffered from she'll shock
have been sent to St. Elizabeth's
hospital for the insane at Washing
ton. The surgeon general said
that only two patients "who could
possibly be classified as shell
shock" have been sent to St. Eliza
beth's hospital and that these two
presented symptoms of mental dis
order of a character to justify their
having been sent to this hospital"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
pizzv? Riliou.? Con,tipnted 2

Don't permit yourself to become
constipated, as your system imme-
diately begins to absorb poison
from the backed-up waste matter.
Use DR.. Kings New Life Pills and
keep well. Try them. All drug
gists. 25c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
CHAPTER VIII.


please treat as serious what I've
said" he said sullenly, his glance
travelling along the carpet. Il know
very we'll that / can't make you love
me. You never have. Put that aside
yes, put that aside. You can go
your way-up to a certain point
but be careful, Irma. be very care
full.
For a moment his eyes rose to
hers, and the sudden leap of suffer-
ing and passion she saw there
brought her for the first time in her
easy, Superficial existence, a real
emotion-a fear-a genuine fear of
her husband.
Meanwhile Mrs. Lightbody with
the boys, in company with the two
Miss Teakes who had returned with
them for tea, were amusing them
selves in the great baronial sitting
loom during the continued absence
of their hostess.
What can we do?" said Mrs.
Lightbody, a plump, rolling blond
Of resolute youthfulness, who was
in constant state of anxiety before
the pursuing problem of being
amused. Let's cut in for a hand
of bridge"
mo, Kitty, dear" said Tody Daw-
son impertinently; Il will dance
with you, | will amuse you in any
other way, but will not play bridge
with you-you are entirely too ex-
pensive-aud | need the money"
Laracy, who was at the piano, rat
Ting up and down the keys, emerged
from behind the keyboard; a podgy,
placid, smiling, flat-faced figure, at
fecting tight check trousers, glowing
socks, and fancy waistcoats.
Did Kitty propose bridge again"
he said, with equal impertinence, re-
ferring to some disaster of the night
before. She should be stood in a
corner"
"Yoa funny, odd boy! You know
/ don't play half badly now"
Not half badly, entirely SO" said
Laracy. well, Tody, if we've got
to amuse her, better to keep her
dancing"
"Yes, that keeps her out of
BREATH" said Dawson, getting up
with the air of a martyr. He was a
sky-scraping type of youth, with
long face and rising yellow hair
which, after four years of college
education, flowed back without a
furry from the untroubled calm of
his well-pleased expression--a beau
IDEAL of that tailorable figure which
advertising artists depict in heroic
postures, resting on tennis rackets
or golf sticks.
"How about thumb-Veestling
ooh, / dote on thatF said Mrs.
Lightbody, clapping her hands and,
turning to the colorless and impas-
sive Miss Teakes, she explained, in
excited phrases, the principles Of
this latest parlor trick. MY dear,
he's simply wonderful; he can
wrestle you with one hand and me
with another, blindfolded, and beat
US both. It's excruciatingly funny"
ct. Y. H." said Dawson, bowling,
and meaning, in the abbreviating
trick Of the day, Thanking you
kindly"
Saying which, Lord Ronald in
ciined his noble brow and suffered
his beautiful violet eyes to be ban
daged," said Laracy, drawing forth
red-and-yellow handkerchief amid
the filters of an appreciative audi
ence.
Dawson and Laracy belonged to
that new variety of household pet
which supplements the absence OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
Fur Auction Sales Total
S6.OOO.OOO for Six DAYS

St Louis, Jan. 26.-Totai sales for
the six days auction of the internal
tional fur exchange has totaled APP
proximately 100000, today's
sales being $l,209,000. The Satur-
days sale closes next Wednesday
night.
The market today showed lynx
IS per cent lower than last October,
lynx cats 20 per cent lower. wild
cat 10 per cent lower and wolf 5 to
is per cent lower.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole

When those sharp pains go shooting
through your head, when your skull
seems asifi would split, just rub alittle
Musterole on your temples and neck.
Il draws out the inflammation, soothes
awaythepain, usually givingquickrelief.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil Of mustard. Better than
a mustard plaster and does not blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly
recommend Musterole for sore throat,
bronchitis, Group. stiff neck, asthma,
neuralgia, congestion, pleurisy, rheuma-
tism, Itlmbago, pains and aches of the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles.
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet-colds>
of the chest Git often prevents pneu-
naonia). It is always dependable.
SOC and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-27
IS YOUR FAMILY
FREE FROM COLDS?
Coughs and Colds don't Lin
ger when DR.. Kings New
Discovery is used.

You owe it to your family-to
yourself-to keep this standard
remedy in your medicine cabinet.
For almost three generations it
has been the first-choice cold and
cough relief of millions of people,
young and old.
Helps to bring quick relief
loosen chest-stuffiness, reduce fe-
yer, soothe irritated threats, check
coughing.
Sold by druggists everywhere.
Soc and S1.20.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-20

Buy Victory Bond as a thank
Offering and then put it up to
The SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-20
The SOUTH BEND
NEWS-TIMES

Yougetthe paper for the year, full worth OF w
your money; and we buy Victory Bond You
help yourself and you nep Uncle Sam, twice.
Theglorys all yours x
We are glad to help you do it. You must be-
patriot first, however, and buy bond for your
self before solicitingu These bonds are good
investment both for you and for U.s.
The expense of the has to be paid There dodg
ing that ISSUE AS for would rather he pay it the
face of Victory than when confronted with the prospect Of
continued slaughter.
The American attitude last October that its $780,
OOOOOOOO of bank should go the if
necessary win the There be tank on every
IS feet of front between the English channel and Switzerland
airpanes in unlimited quantities. big guns, powder gas
ships and men, food and money! sufficient for all purposes
We oated S6OOOOOO0OO of the Fourth Liberty Bonds
days. Everything under way and far along toward
carrying out purposes-whiCh convinced the German
spies that determined to win They reported back
to their officers and men, and Germany no use
and qut-wisely. Read what Will H. Wade director of sales
Indiana Victory Loan committee, has say the little box
up beside the Eagle 1t answers the question