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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Wall Street Briefs

BY the Associated Press.
Standard Home Utilities, Inc, sub
sidiary of the Spiegel, May-Stern Co.,
Chicago mail order house, plans to open
six new stores within the next few
weeks and a seventh in the near future.
The new stores will be located in Mar
ion, Mansfield, Massilon, Canton, Lo-
rain and Elyria, Ohio, and Racine, Wis.
The Associated Gas & Electric Sys-
tenn has acquired the American Utili-
ties Co., which, in turn, controls sub
sidiary companies operating in Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana,
and a number Of smaller properties IN
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mex
leo, Arizona, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and New York.
The American Commercial Alcohol
Corporation announced today that all OF
the So 1897, 800 of its outstanding z per
cent cumulative 500 par preferred
stock will be redeemed on February l,
1890, at $105, plus the quarterly dtv1-
dend of SITS, which will be due at that
time.
Directors OF me SHARON SCeeL k1oop
Co. have withdrawn their recent offer
to stockholders to purchase additlonal
stock because OF the recent drop In
prices on the security markets. The
offer may be renewed when the general
financial situation is more stabilized.
Net operating income Of the New
York, Chicago & st. Louis nickel
Plate) Railroad for September amount
ed to $1,706,149, an increase of SILL
1913 over September, 1928.
The Chatham Phenix Corporation, or
gained last year as an affiliate Of the
Chatham Phenix National Bank g.
Trust Co., has acquired the William R.
Compton Co., security dealers, with
Offices in New York, st. Louis, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Kan
sas City, Cincinnati and New Orleans.
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INVESTMENT BOND
I ISSUES IN DEMAND
Convertible Group Rallies
Vigorously With Stocks.
Rails in Advance.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, October 3l-The wave
of liquidation in first and second grade
corporation bonds and in governments
and municipals which swept over the
market Wednesday subsidized somewhat
today, although there was further evil
dence of selling by individuals TO pro-
tect speculative accounts or to buy
common stocks and by savings banks
who were experiencing heavy with
drawal of depositszto meet stock market
situations.
Consequently, the benefit of easy
money and of a probable further de-
cline in money rates has been Sus-
pended until the unusual conditions In
the stock market adjust themselves All
of the gain made by bonds in the first
three weeks of october has been lost,
with the average today somewhat below
the previous low average of october 4.
The convertible issues, responding to
DEVELOPMENTS on the stock market, were
much higher today. American Tele-
phone 412s opened 25 points above yes
terday's close but subsequently lost part
of this gain. International Telephone
Ans were II points higher. Both OF
these issues, however, are still about 80
points below their high of two weeks
ago.
To illustrate the way in which recent
gains have been swept away in the
high-grade list such bonds as Chesa-
peake Corporation 5s, youngstown
Sheet & Tube IS, American Telephone
51as, Utah Power & Light SIS and Gem
eral Public Service 5 l@s were at or near
their low prices of the year. In the
fractions, Interboro Rapid Transit re-
funding SIS and the 6s, Chicago Railways
SIS, New York Railways IS and Third
Avenue Railroad IS were at their lows
for the year.
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THE EVENING STAR D. THURSDAY OCTOBER 81
BAL TIMORE EXCHANGE
FOLLOWS N. Y. EXAMPLE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, october 31.-Following
similar action by the exchanges IN other
cities, the governing committee OF the
Baltimore Stock Exchange. voted late
yesterday to take a two-day holiday.
The exchange will open at noon today
and remain closed Friday and Satur-
day.
Joseph H. Hummer, secretary of the
exchange, said the action was taken to
permit members to catch up with trans
actions on the New York board.
The market staged a quick comeback
yesterday but at the close prices were
still far below levels prevailing before
the New York crash and the volume Of
sales was very heavy.
Paper profits for those who got in on
the bottom were enormous.
Prices compared with last Wednesday
will show what has happened to active
issues here:
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PARIS BOURsE PRICES.

PARIS, october 81 (P.-Prices i'm
proved on the Bourse today. Three per
cent rentes, IS francs SIS centimes. Five
per cent loan, los francs Exchange on
London, 1913 francs, 85 centimes. The
times.
The Bourse will be closed tomorrow
and Saturday.
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AFTER CALL.
AS OF YESTERDAY.

Federal-American Co. pfd.-10 at 90.
NOTICE-This exchange will close
tomorrow and Saturday
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New Steel Business.

NEW YORK, October 81 (P.-New
steel business as reported today by Mid
west operators is on the upgrade in vir-
tually all directions and November is ex-
pected to show much better results than
october.
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GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS.

Ger Govt Red Loan with draw
ing ctfs attached per 100 r NJ $500 6l.00
Ger Govt Red Loan without
drawing ctfS per 1000 M. 24.00 27.00
Quoted in dollars per million marks.)
Hamburg 4las 1919. $500 500
(Quoted in dollars per thousand markS.)
German Gen Elec 412S pre-war 1900 24.00
German Gen Elec 412s 1872. 2.25 800
Berlin As pre-war. ............ 4.50 $50
Hamburg IS, 3Kas & IS pre-war 10 80
Hamburg American Line 4l2S.. 31.00 80 90
North German Lloyd 4l2s...... 31.00 SO 90
Krupp 5s 1921. l.25 200
Dusseldorf As pre-war... 10 80
Frankfort am Is PREVAIL. 10 80
Munich as pre-war. ........... 10 80
Quoted in dollars per share.)
E G. German Gen Elec)... AL 90 46 90
@ Ger Gen Elec) pfd B.. 900 100
Commerz and Privat Bank. 4l.00 1900
I G. Farben ......,...... 4R.nn 5n mo
Disconto Gellschaft ........... $500 40 90
Berlner Handles ............. 4o.UU 5IUU
DreSdner Bank .............. 3700 80 90
Deutsche Bank ..,...,......., $500 40 90
Darmstaedter Bank ......,,... SO so IS 90
Heyden Chem ................. 800 10 90
Mercur Bank Vienna. ........ $50 $50
North German Lloyd. ......... 1000 IL 90
Austrian @ (Gen Elec).... 400 $50
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.


washington Gas $500 at 96, $500
at 90, $500 at 96. $500 at SO.
Washington Gas 6s A-$1 900 at 100,
$4,000 at 100.
CAPITAL Traction Colo at II, 4 at II,
20 at n, 10 at II, 40 at II.
Potomac Electric SO pfd.-5 at HOE,
5 at 10, S at ITO, 10 at 11012.
Potomac Electric 5laco pfd-2 at 1903,
10 at 1913, S at 1929.
National Capital Bank-10 at 230.
Commercial National Bank-10 at 258.
District National Bank-10 at 900.
National Savings g. Trust Co.-1O at
$40.
Union Trust Co.-1o at 311.
Commercial National Co. pfd.--50 at
1914, 10 at 101A, 10 at 10l IA.
Federal American Co. pfd.-5 at SO. :
Mergenthaler Linotype-20 at 1912, 10
at 102, at 1902, IS at 1902.
Peoples Drug Stores pfd.-10 at 1071a.
Real Estate Mtge. pfd.-34 at ia, 200
Ter. Rel. g. whrs. Corp.-75 at AZ.
Woodward & Lothrop pfd.--3 at los.
AFTER CALL.
Mergenthaler Linotype-20 at 1o3.
Washington Gas 5s-S1 900 at 90.
Capital Traction SSH 900 at SO, 1000
at 891a, $1,000 at 90.
Capital Traction CO. at II.
Potomac Electric 51a9o pfd.-35 at
1021k.
Bank of Bethesda-50 at SO.
Washington Gas 6s B-$3, 900 at 101.
Ches. & Potomac Tel Of Va. 5s-$4, 900
at 100
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s-$4,0O0 at
9812.
AS OF YESTERDAY.
Federal-American Co. pfd.-10 at 90.
NOTICE-This exchange will close
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Reccipts. $4,000; market
steady. Top, 1910, bulk. S11.25@
IL; heavyweight, $11.5O@12; me-
diumwelght, S11 5O@12.1O; light.
weight. s1l.4O6121O. light lights,
S10.5O@12; packing sows, S1O.500
i1.25; pigs. ss.5S@l1,50. Holdovers,
1000
Cattle-Receipts, 1900; market
steady. Calves-R Receipts, 1900;
market, 25c lower. Beef steers
Good and choice, $13@14.5O; COM
mon and medium, $1O@12.50; year
lings, $9@15. Butcher cattle
Heifers, SS@13.5O. cows, $7@11;
calves. $17019; feeder steers, $3.50
@12.75s stodker steers, $9@12.25;
stocker cows and heifers, $500
1850.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000: market,
Csc higher. Medium and choice
lambs, $16.5O@17.5O; culls and com.
mon, $13@15.50 yearlings. $13.50D
Is: common and choice ewes, $50
1850; feeder lambs, s15016.50
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
VA. PROTESTS
SCHOOL LEVY

ARLINGTON COUNTY, March 1s.
Aroused over the danger OF a short
ened school term and halliday ses-
sions for the first four grades in the
elementary schools, due to the fail
ure of the hoard of supervisors to
approve an increase of 10 cents in
the school levy for 1929-19SO, the
Arlington district council of citizens
associations will make that question
the principal business at its meeting
tonight in the chamber of commerce
rooms at Clarendon, Grover +. Payne
announced today.
Thomas j. DeIashmutt. chairman
of the county school board. will ex-
plain the school situation to the or
ganiZation,
Among other matters to be dis
cussed will be those of zoning and
the need for road improvements in
the district.
The Parent Teachers Association
of the Cherrydals school will meet
in the school auditorium tonight at
p. mi.
Plans for the safety pageant.
which Is to be given early In April
under the direction OF MRS. oscar
Rauth, will be discussed.
Laurel Rebekah Lodge, of Falls
Church, at it's meeting In the Odd
Fellows Hall tonight, will elect a
delegate to the annual meeting Of
the grand lodge in Danville In May.
The records in the office of county
commissioner of revenue show that
during the past week there have
been issued nine permits for new
buildings representing an expendi-
ture of $33,394.
The Lyon Village Citizens Asso-
ciation will this week start drive
to raise $500 which it has assumed
as its quota for zoning the county,
according to President Robert N.
Anderson.
The town council of Potomac will
meet tonight in the town hall at
8 o'clock, with Mayor Walter B.
Fulton presiding.
n. c. Lusby, member of the cOun.
Gil and chairman of the light com.
mittee will submit his resignation as
member of that body.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Announcements

LOST b
Blackjack silk, lost on Conn. Ave-. bet.
Albemarle e Kensington Rd.; reward.
Call N. 4443-W. after g.
BEADS--String of pearl beads. Reward Of
$40 IL returned TO 1899 Calvert st. n
W. Phone Adams 8409.
DOG-Small male, black and white. lost:
very fat, large lump on left side. Re-
ward, return $40 18th N. e.
DOG-Whlte poodle. answers to name of
'Trixie"; female; vicinity 14th & Fair
mont. Please call Cleye. 6139. Reward.
JEWELRY BOX--Sunday afternoon. con-
tanning diamond bar pin diamond Shrine
pin, miscellaneous assortment jewelry and
beads; liberal reward. Apt. 103. 1908 La
nier Pi. n. w. Phone Adams 2a06.J.
PIN--Emerald. diamonds and sapphires;
mounted in platinum bet Wardman and
law flower hotels. Return to Mr.. Moore.
Mgr. Wardman Park. Reward. 500.
POLICE DOG lost on Sat. wearing collar.
in vicinity of 10th and 18th, 0 and
SITS N, W. Answers TO name "Chippy. Re-
ward. 141S 10th st. NV. after p. m.
WATCH-Lady's Bolivia Wrist, with hus-
bands picture in back on g St. bet. 3
and N W. Liberal reward il returned
to Mrs G. A. SouthwoOd. Alb G st. N. w.
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TIMELY TIPS

Unfurnishe9 Apartment
Monroe st. n. WI rooms and 90. oo
@ batS ~ " ... $4O.SO
14th st.. N. We rooms and -
bath. ....... ......... 800 ~OO'UO
Personals
EXPERT Translation Of legal
and patent matters. Write me.
yOrdAn for Sale
RDAN sport Touring, fully
equipped with trunk on rear; excel
lent condition. very reasonable
Furnished Apartment
ONE room, kitchen and bath;
FEieidnlFe, $50. One room and Datn'
vice, linens, elec.. gas, $40 and up.
Beauty Aids
BEST Permanent Wave, IS; NO ex-
tras: try one.
Metal Lockers for Sale
s METAL LOCKERS, 1000; to be
sold cheap.
Furnished Rooms
A ST. 8. E.-One room and kttch-
ette, ami; reasonable.
Unfurnished House for Rent
COL. HEIGHTs-1O rooms, bath,
steam, elec.. cor. detached; $780,
The aboUe uDants and offers
are only a fen Of many inter:
eating advertisements you IO1Il
find in today's Times and
Herald classifisd advertising
sections.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
ROAD EXPERT Of
j. s. LOANED

The Republic of Colombia has de.
cided to improve it's entire system
of transportation and communica.
ton and has requested the loan"
of one of the United States Govern.
ment's outstanding highway engin-
eers to be consulting expert on
the improvement program.
Edwin W. James. chief OF the d.
vision of design of the Bureau of
Public Roads, u. S. Department of
Agriculture. has been relieved of his
duties in the Federal Bureau and
will sail from New York March II
for Bogota. The request for the
"loan' was made by DIR. Erique
OIaya, Colombian Minister to Wash
ington.
James, a graduate of Harvard
University and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, is the
author of books on highway prob
lens, the latest of which is High
way Construction, Administration
and Finance" He is member of
the American Society of Civil En-
gineers, American Association of
State Highway Officials and was
the tenchnical adviser of the Ameri-
can delegation to the International
Trade Conference on Automobile
Traffic in Paris in 1926.
James will serve as highway ex.
pert on the Consejo de Dias Comuni-
cacianes which will consist of five
members. The movement In Colon
bia follows widespread interest in
South and Central America In the
better highways agigation begun in
the United States.
In Washington James makes his
home in the 1900 block Blair road,
n. w. He is married and has one
daughter, Alice, a student at Skid.
more college, Saratoga Springs,
n. Y.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
LACK.
ON WALL. 81,
SEEN
BY AfERRYLE 5. RUKEYsER

BY AfERRYLE s. RUKEYSER
(copyriEht, Isss by Universal Service
NEW YORK. March IS ---As a
result of the prolonged boom in
the security business. Wail Street
Is suffering from q housing short.
age, ~
The scarcity Of space springs
from two causes. In the first place
the brokerage and banking houses
have. In the aggregate greatly in.
creased the size Of their offices
to take care of the heightened vol.
ume of orders. Secondly the Wall
Street district. which Is rebuilding
itself, has not yet completed the
reconstruction process. Accordingly
some buildings, such as "a Broad
way. have been torn down, and
others are coming down and are
therefore avoiding new leases.
Start Long Delayed
Until the last five years, the
fabulously rich financial district
was singularly lacking in build
ings of modern character. only
an occasional architectural monu,
lete and inferior office buildings.
Suddenly, the district awakened
to a realization that the, new
financial center of the universe
ought to be ornate.
The rebuilding of the Street
was, of course, phase of the
nationwide demand for a better
type Of construction and for
higher standard of living. The
Street, which furnished capital
for factories and edifices in far
away places. finally loosened up
and released some for its own
buildings.
Leases Valuable
For time, the, new buildings
attracted the patronage, and the
older. less pretentious buildings
were threatened with vacancy.
But as a result Of the coming of
Main Street to Wall Street in re-
cent months for speculation and
investment on an increasing
scale, even the least ueSlraDle
older buildings in lower Manhat-
tan are filled to the briin.
Accordingly, under present con.
dition holding leases on offices
constitutes an important vested
right of established brokers. New
firms are beside themselves to
find a place to house themselves.
OF course, this situation could
change rapidly If active sessions
in the markets came to an end.
This tremendous expansion
south Of Fulton Street is in addi.
tion to the throwing Of a net.
work of branches in uptown New
York and in the principal cities
, of the United States and Canada.
One reason for the heavy trad
ing is the fact that the facilities
for the first time have been
brought to neglected regions in
the Southwest and elsewhere.
Ticker service has been progress
sively pushed into new and dis
tant regions.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
''FIu" Shuns Girls Who
Wear Short Skirts,
Paris Says

PARIS, March IS u.N.s.l-Flu
and short skirts don't keep COM
pany, according to French medical
authorities who find that the girls
wearing the scantiest clothing
have been the onces to escape the
dreaded grippe this winter.
1.-THE shorter the skirts, the
better" advise the doctors, "and
the throats open and free from
winding scarves. Influenza is a
germ disease and does not come
from exposure to cold. 1t th-ives
on red flannels and dirt-rldden
sweaters. Frenchmen have suf-
fered much more than the women
during the recent wave"
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Legal Notices
WILLIAM w. BRIDE and WALTER I.
FOWLER, Attorneys.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. holding a Dis
trict Court. In re: Condemnation of land
for alley in Square 1853, IN the District 9t
TICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS AS
SESSED FOR BENEFITS. Notice is hereby
cause returned its verdict herein on the
10Th day of February 1929, and by said
verdict assessed benefits against the follow
ing lands, or parcels of land, in the follow
ing amounts:
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Francis H. SissOn Will
Address ID. C.. Meeting

Francis H. Sisson, of New York,
nationally known in advertising and
financial circles, will address a
joint meeting of the Washington
Advertising Club, the Washington
Bond Club and the District Bankers
Association tomorrow at 1880
o'clock in the ballroom of the Ma
tional Press Club.
His subject will be ''The Business
Outlook" Frank w. Young will
play the piano.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
LIVERPOOL CoTT0N

LIVERPOOL. March is d.N.S.L
Cotton: A moderate business was
done in spots; prices barely steady
Sales totaled 5000 bales; receipts,
II 900 bales.
Mid fair. 1226d; strictly good
mids, 11.S1d; good mids, 11.41d;
strictly mids, 11.21d; mids, Hold;
strictly low mids, 10.76d; low mids,
1051d; strictly good ordinary,
1O.11d; good ordinary, aid.
Futures opened steady with March
at 1O.74d: May, 10.S5d; July, 10.S7d;
and October, 1O.71d.
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Amount

Therefore. 1t is by the Court this 18th
day of March. 1929 ORDERED: That
objections or exceptions to said verdict De
filed in said cause on or before the Sth
day of April 1929: otherwise said verdict
will be finally ratified and confirmed upon
the application therefor by the petitioners
copy of this notice and order be published
once in each The Washington Post; the
Washington Evening Star and the WASH
District of Columbia. at least ten days be-
fore the said sth day of April. 1922. BY
the Court: PEYTON GORDON. Justice
CUNNINGHAM Clerk By ANDREW A.
HoRNER. Asst. Clark.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
FOREIGN BONDS
SHORT TERM SECURITIES
PITTSBURGH PRODUCE

PITTSBURGH. March 1S.-But.
ter--Prints, $50 561ac; tubs, $50
55hc; local tubs. 5t052c.
Eggs White, 30@32c; current re.
ceipts, 26@2Sc.
Live poultry-H Gheavy). 29@
31c; hens NighO, 24@27c; roosters,
10000: springers, 29@3lc: broilers.
41042c; ducks, 28@30c; geese. 22@
25c: turkeys, 35@40c.
Observation-Disclosures, $5.5O96.O 90
(cratel: potatoes. $1.750IS5 u50 lbs);
cabbage, 90c@$1.10 busheD.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Help Wanted

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Help Wanted j
MALE So
CoLORED Driver Tor light delivery truck.
Apply at once, 1907 Conn. Ave.
MIDDLE-AGED all-arOund colored man
sleep ON premises; wages $50 month
Phone Cleve. 413.
PIANO saleemen, 2 expertenced Apply e
Conn. Ave. d. M.----------------------- ".
PRESsER. fifst-ciass. Apply 500 81
~. II. - .
WANTED--I0 paperhangers; must be ex
sal smiithfield ST.. Pittsburgh. Pc.
MEN make real money SELL
ing something everybody
wants on easy payments;
every assistance given by
sales manager. See Mr..
Blum, between 8 and fo
a. m. and 4 and s p. m.
cASTLEBERG'S
JEWELRY CO.,
1904 F Street N. w.
MEN-An unusual opportunity
awaits five neat-appearina
young men under 80 who can b.
bonded; guaranteed salary during
training period. From 10 until
2 tomorrow, see Mr.. McEachern
Potomac Electric Appliance Co.
14th and C SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Motor Coach Schedules

WINCHESTER via Alex, MiddIeburg and
i1pperville Valley line connections, leave
2 80 a. M. 10 noon. 4 30 p. M. 9th 4 Pa.
Ave N W N 0493 Met 63f4.
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seratches-Sandy Lady, Gum Drop.
BEST BET-CHARMING LADY.
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ToDAY'S SCRATCHES.
KEENEY PARK

Royal Sweep, The Miss Sucrose, Nell,
Obtain.
weather, clear; track, fast.
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time that such actions would not be tolerated
BY the police.
It takes q clear head to investigate such
crimes and give decisions which win not bring
trouble later from Ottawa.
I Asst year when he knew mat he was "com-
ing out" in the Fan to see his two young
daughters and to marry again, Inspector VIII
cox set out on . s00-mile visiting trip to the
natives which took him 81 days to complete.
It was toward the end Of February that he
set out with three natives, one Q woman and
two dog teams. The party had supplies for
so days. Other supplies were picked up at
caches left for them earlier By the two con-
stables OF the detachment who had made the
caches during the preceding few weeks.
The weather was cold at this time of the
year, colder than usual on patrol for April and
May are usually the months employed.
Clear skies and cold weather made travelling