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ADAM A, wEscHLER q SON. Auctioneers.

ADAM A, WESCHLER " SON AucIIOheeIs'
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS EQUIP
MENT, STOCK IN TRADE. ETC. BY
AUCTION FOR STORAGE AND OTHER
CHARGES
Notice is hereby given that on FRIDAY
FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIX. 1882. AT TEN
O'CLOCK A M, viii sell by public auction;
within our warehouse No 2. in rear of 900 E
ST; NV, to enforce our liens for storage and
other charges, Wall Paper, Paint, Extension
Ladders once Equipment Radiators, Paper
Cutters. etc, stored with US in the following
names: NJ. Miller, Lowry N. Coe. trustee IN
Bankruptcy No. 25l3 for Peoples Home Deco
rating Co: Peoples Home Decorating Co.,
Inc. Max Miller. president
Terms. Cash
MERCHANTS TRANSFER &
STORAGE CO,
ta28-fe4 25 900 St. NV.
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THE HILL BUILDING
SALE--LOTS.

FOR sALE-LOT FRONTING 18th STREET.
so IT. extending back 70 Rock Greek Park at
golf course priced below value for quick
sale. no trades. Brokers attention. CleV
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HILLCREST-NEAR ALABAMA AVE; COR
rer on grade; sewer and water; 81, 500
F. NJ DOYLE, Lincoln 5773.
TWO LOTS CHEVY CHASE D. C., S5xl45
$l275 for both Address Box 24-E. Star
nffice
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ed barber shop, shoemaker or tailor, S25
Apply 1905 18th ST. NV. Phone North 06zO
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SALE OR RENT-WAREHoUsEs.

WANTED-ABOUT AN ACRE OF GROUND
for contractors storage yard in or near
Washington Phone Decatur 0l9l.
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WANTED-LOTS,

NORTH OF PARK RID, WEST OF 10th ST.
and east OF Conn ave State exact location,
frontage. depth and price in first communl-
cation. Address Box 493-H. Star ONCE. 2o
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SALE-INvEsTMENT PROPERTY.
EXCHANGE.

TWO-FAMILY FLAT RENT, $605O;
trust $500; reasonable for cash. Address
Box BE. Star oficP i
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CURB SHARES RISE
IN BETTER MARKET
Utilities and Oils Lead Rally
as Trend Changes
Suddenly.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 26.-Breaking out
Of the narrow and dull trend that
marked the opening, stocks on the
Curb Exchange rallied shortly before
midday today.
Public utilities and petroleums made
the best showing on the upside, with
some of the more inactive miscellaneous
securities ranging widely chiefly on the
downside. Electric Bond & Share,
American g. Foreign Power warrants,
Niagara Hudson Power, Southern Cali
fornia Edison B and Commonwealth
Edison rose fractionally. Standard Oil
Of Indiana, South Penn Oil and I'M
perial Oil were the best gamers in the
oils Cities Service was a trifle lower,
st. Regis Paper preferred, which on
block of 10 shares broke 5134 points
late in Mondays session, was quoted
at 35 bid and 48 offered on a string of
such quotations today, the bid being Is
points below the final price Of the pre-
ceding session Montreal Light, Heat
& Power, which was traded in here for
the first time since Great Britain sus-
pended the gold standard last Septem-
ber-trading being suspended on the
curb at the request of Canadians
opened at 2312, off 5l2.
Ford Motor Of Canada A opened up
fractionally as Canadian dispatches
stated the company had not considered
dividend actions Monday and would not
do so until June London cables stat
ing that British motor car output is
holding up relatively better than auto
motive production in this country, failed
TO influence Ford Motor, Ltd, stock.
StutZ motors also was dull
= A block of 2,400 shares of Creole Pc
troleum opened up a shade at 2ls. De-
tails are expected soon on the arrange
ment between Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey and Standard Oil of Indiana,
through the latter's subsidiary, the
Pan American Petroleum, whereby the
former will acquire important foreign
oil companies to supply world markets.
European Electric Corporation pre-
Wcusly had discounted declaration OF
71a cents quarterly on the common
shares, or the same rate paid three
months ago. Gray Telephone Pay Sta
ton of Hartford made its first rally in
nearly week.
International Petroleum softened as
cables indicated that Peru seeks to re-
gain the right of tax collection on Pc
troleum leases. The earning statement
of United Gas Corporation, subsidiary
of Electric Power & Light, had no eff
feet on the common shares, the profit
results long ago having been discounted
Niagara Hudson Power was firm, as its
quarterly earning statement showed net
holding at virtually the 1881 level and
ratio of net income to operating reve-
nues increased.
Dow Chemical made a fractional re-
covery. The curb today admitted the
new SO par common shares of Ameri-
can Cyanamid A and B stocks and
struck from the list of the old no-par
issues.
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GOVERNMENT BOND
ADVANCE RESUMES
Brisk Buying Results in Fur.
ther Gains for Most
Issues.
BY F. III. RICHARDSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 26.-The strength
In the bond market today was in Gov
ernment issues and in number of the
second-grade railroad mortgages. The
heavy oversubscription to the one and
two year Treasury notes and certificates
and better March returns by some of
the carriers were the factors influencing
the advances.
The entire Government list showed
moderate gains. While there was not
the activity nor the. broad fluctuations
that occurred a short time ago when
top prices of the year were made, it
was evident that buying for the ac-
count of the Federal Reserve system
and for member banks, as well as by
individuals, was proceeding at a brisk
pace. Gains were largest in the long
term Treasury issues still selling at the
greatest discounts from par. 1t is ex-
pected that the allotmentS of the new
Treasury notes will be small and even
less satisfactory than those made for
the March offering
Among the lower priced rails Illinois
Central 424s advanced a point on the
March report OF the road showing it
covered it's fixed charges. On the other
hand, Frisco IS and 412s were heavy.
Baltimore & Ohio first Is declined over
a point, while the junior issues of the
road were higher Northern Pacific 4S
and Union Pacific 4s moved ahead.
Chicago Great Western As sold below
40 again and then rallied. Allegheny
Corporation IS eased.
New York traction bonds followed the
recurring rumors of an agreement on
franchise and fare conditions Inter
borough Rapid Transit rs, which are
due in few months, rose ~ points,
while the refunding SIS were up point.
Scattered throughout the general list
were fractional changes, but with
volume SO small as to have no signif1-
canoe and rejecting no definite trend.
The foreign list also was dull. The
German group exhibited the uncer-
tainty of holders of these bonds as to
the future political control in Ger
many While the government issues
were heavy, the largest losses were in
CORPORATION bonds At the same time
there was a moderate reaction IN
French government issues. although
this apparently was due to the COM
petition of recent buying Tor french
account. This had raised the price OF
the government 712s about IL points
from the low Of the year and the gov
ernment rs about 8 points.
Kreuger g. Toll IS advanced another
point. When the Kreuger suicide oc-
Cured the general Recommendation
was to sell these bonds, but hold the
bonds of International Match. Because
of their default on May the latter
have dropped to a market value Of $40
per 81 600 bond, while the Kreuger q
Toll SIS are selling at the equivalent OF
nearly $50 per 81 900 bond and in
terest is still accruing on them.
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PLUMBING REPAIR WORK
HAS HELPED INDUSTRY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, April 26.-since the
Doom days, when master plumbers and
heating contractors we're SO occlpied
with contract work that there Scarcely
was any time left for the small lob.
plumbing maintenance and remodeiing
have constituted almost the entire vol.
ume. Because Of the Is years of neg
lect, the repair business has been al
most virgin in the opportunities it has
afforded, Dun's Review says in a spe-
clal survey of the plumbing supply trade
The market for plumbing equipment
in old houses exceeds by far the DO
tential new construction market for the
next six months at least, as only 16.5
per cent Of rural and village homes have
flush toilets, 21.3 per cent have bath
tubs and 1913 per cent have kitchen
sinks. In the cities, 68.3 per cent of
homes have bathtubs, 71.3 per cent
have wash basins, and 82.2 per cent
have flush toilets. Many landlords are
taking advantage of the lower labor
costs and reduced price levels on all
supplies to complete repairs, in order to
be prepared for any early increase in
the demand for rental property.
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Regional Sales Agency.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
It is expected the Department OF
Justice will institute suit shortly TO test
the legality of the regional sales agency
set up in the coal industry.
Excellent progress has been made, IL
is understood, with respect to collection
of data requested of Appalachian Goals,
Inc, by the department, and trial OF
the case in District Court is looked
for by the National Coal Association in
late Summer Officers of the corpora
ton are hopeful the United States Su-
preme Court will hand down decision
within the year.
A volume of information was turned
over to the Department Of Justice last
week in answer to a questionnaire re-
Gently addressed to Appalachian OH
cials and the attorneys for the agency,
who are Col William j. Donovan and
Edgar L. Greever.
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Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, April 26 P).-Stocks
firm Norfolk & Western scars on
dividend announcements. Bonds ir-
regular: U. S. Governments firm. Curb
steady; trading dull. Foreign ex-
changes irregular; sterling continues
decline. Cotton lower; local and South
ern selling; May liquidation. Sugar
quiet; steady spot market. Coffee
steady; European selling; May liquida-
ton.
CHICAGO, April 26 P.-Wheat
firm: cold weather Kansas and Ne
braska: large decrease in world visible.
Corn steady; unfavorable weather Cen
tral West; improved cash trade. Cattle
steady. Hogs steady to higher.
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JAPANESE INTERESTED
IN CREDIT AID PLANS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A cable to the Commerce Department
says japanese financial and govern
mental authorities are studying the
plan of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation of this country with the
view to copying this legislation to re-
lieve their own banks of land loans.
Both security and commodity prices
are continuing downward in Japan, the
cable said, with the former moving to-
ward the pre-gold embargo period.
There is minimum of speculative pur-
chases, and iron, steel and metal prices
all are weak. All machinery lines were
represented as dull, and the curtail-
ment of cement production has been
reduced by 2 per cent.
The cable gave some announcement.
however, in that rayon production was
active, and gold production was on the
increase.
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Grain Market
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. April 26.-Forecats of
neaVy lrost ana freezing temperatures
tonight in Western Nebraska andKan-
sas led to generally higher prices todav
on wheat. NA'
A leading unofficial crop expert sent
extremely bullish crop reports 4 tn
wneat IN Edwards, Pawnee and B,rton
Gountles, Kansas, and in sectioR of
ae&aS ana Oklahoma. A Government
IN Western Nebraska, reported nins
came too late to be of material benefit
and that big abandonment of acreage
was probable.
Wheat closed firm, 1s-15 above YES
terday's finish; corn, 1a-3s off. CAS-
1s-9s up. and provisions varying from
D cents decline to q rise of . centc
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, Aril 26 (P).-Railroad
statement for March appearing today
made an uneven showing. Illinois Cen
trail and Reading reported improvement
in net operating income, but the figures
Of some of the Northwestern roads we're
poor in comparison with year ago.
Systems reporting included the follow
ing.
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New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 26.-After a fur
ther slight recovery during early trad
ing. the cotton market eased off a few
points today and closed with loss of
4 to 7 points on the day. Following
the large volume of business during the
liquidation Of the May delivery, trading
ouieted down materially after notices
were circulated. Spots were unchanged
at els.
Cotton range:
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PARIS RoURsE PRICES.

PARIS, April 26 (P.-Three per cent
rentes, 76 francs 65 centines Five per
cent loan, 101 francs 10 centimes.
Exchange on London, 90 francs 7712
centimes. The dollar was quoted at Is
francs 3734 centimes.
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Exchange Will Reopen.

BUDAPEST, Hungary. April 26 (P.-
Inc board OF governors Of the stock
exchange decided today to reopen the
exchange tomorrow with official quota
tions for one hour daily.
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Potomac Electric 51aso pfd.-5 at 102.
Washington Rwy. & Electric 4s-S1 900
at 8012, $1,000 at 8012.
Washington Gas 6s "A"-S1 900 at
9914.
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CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, April 26 (P).-Followine
is the complete official list of transac-
tions in stocks on the Chicago Stock
Exchange TODAY:
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Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PuRLIC Utilities

PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Bid Asked.
Amer. Tel g. Tel. 41zs 80. ...... loo1a .....
Am. Tel. & Tel. ctl. tr. 5s.,... 981z -.
Anacostia & Pot. r. r. 5s...... So S.
Ana. & Pot. guar. 5s........... 84H 30
C. & P. Tel. of Va. 5s.. ........ 9e -.
Capital Traction r. r. 5s....... 5494 So
City & Suburban S.. ..........s 49 50
GEORGETOWN Gas LIST 5s,......... e9%4 .....
Potomac Elec Cons. 5fo......... 10054 $50.
Potomac Elec. 6s 1858. .....,.... 1864 .....
Wash, Alex. 81 Mt. Yer. ctf.... 90.
Washington Gas 4l2s........... 81 SO
Washington Gas 5s............. 100 -.
Wash. Gas IS, series A......... 1894 100
Wash Gas 6s, series B......... lola -.
Wash. Rwy. Sz Elec. 4s.......... 6O14 S1l2
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barber & Ross, Inc, 6l2s....... 50 :::;,
Chevy Chase Club 51as......... go l00h7
Col. Country Club BIAS. ......s. lOO lO5
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BONDS.

5000 Chi Rys IS at eff ss1s STA ssM
fsSS tsSs eh eR kys kys S stis 4sS 4tSh 4.S@
sSSS sSSS IRSs PaS Ser IN No 4 III S ss 81 so" 81
Bond sales today-Sls,000
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FOREIGN BONDS.

Many tourists visited Uruguay dur
tg the recent carnival hnaidayer
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 26.-

,aIes. Last sales
10 G a. p Telephone BALTIC pfd -. III
10 Commercial Credit 61aE pfd 55M
l6 Consolidated Gas so cum pfd A. s5ss
Is Consolidated Gas 81 cum pfd D. l03s4
20 Maryland Casualty Co .,..,,.
81 New Amsterdam Cas- Co. , 15h
sou 8 EdelttR a -GQarantnSa&a8 80
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M. Dlvidend rates in dollars based on last
dipgidend vi fPartly, extra. tPlus ~ IN stocE
stocP tsPya0ie d,, ~ cash or stock. PSable IN n
IN stock. Plus 81 in stock. ipIns
IN IN STOCK Plus 2es in stock K Ylus 1og
sfoet sn stsock, q pius 80 In stock. Pts 81 In
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Daily $50 to g.. Saturdays till 12 o'clock
Open to pm. on 1st and ed, 18th, 18th
and last day Of the month
Evening star., 1932-06-19

too lazy to reach for it he should not have it.
and stuffed it down in his pocket.
After the war Mr. Maynard continued to
reside in Washington and in 1878 the city
directory contains the following advertise
ment:
George c. Maynard,
Telegraphist and Electrician
1923 G Street Opp. Treas. Dept.
Washington, D. c.
And in 1880 we find:
National Telephone Exchange,
1923 G Street NV.
George c. Maynard, General Manager.
VIM. H. Barnard, Treasurer.
Mr. Berlner at that time lived at 812 Sixth
street northwest and here he carried on his
experiments which perfected and added to the
success of the Bell telephone. His subsequent
inventions included the mcrophone and we are
told that without his genius telephony and
radio would have been incomplete arts" He
came to Washington when he was 19 years old;
married Miss Cora Adler, a Washington wonnan
and died here at the Wardman Park Hotel
August 3, 1929. He was a public-Splrlted cltl-
zen and for many years resided at 1864 Colum-
bia road.
In Washington the earliest telephone service
on an exchange system basis was established
December l. 1878. Subsequent to the first use
of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell,
the inventor, and Thomas A. Watson, his assist
ant, in Boston, March TO- 1876.
THE first telephone exchange in the District
of Columbia was established about the
first Of December, 1878. according to officials
of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co..
successors of the National Telephone Exchange
and the National Capital Telephone Co., which
were the original companies doing business
in Washington so years ago. The origin of the
telephone in Washington came with the install
lation Of private telephone line between the
Office of the chief signal officer of the Army
and Fort Whipple, now Fort Myer, Va. in
october, 1877, just 18 months after Prof. Alex
ander Graham Bell had received the patents on
his telephone. This line was connected so that
the signal officer or his aides could talk to Off
GERS and their aides at the fort across the
river. This was the first Bell telephone line
established in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Maynard, in writing about the history Of
the first telephone system in Washington in the
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this was probably also true OF others OF his
cabinet officers, including Secretary Seward,
whose residence, which occupied the site Of the
Belasco Theater was built by Commodore John
Rodgers in 1881; became a boarding house and
had as guests John Adams, John c. Calhoun
and Henry Clay when Secretary of State after
which it became the Washington Club where
Philip Barton Key was stopping when he was
killed by Representative Daniel E. Sickles. 1t
was here that the murder Of Mr.. Seward was
attempted by the assassin Payne on the same
evening Booth shot President Lincoln.
4 AANY will recall these old horse blocks or car
wi riage stones, which were much in use
when horseback riding was general. They were
placed at the curb and were Of assistance in
getting in alghting from a carriage, or in
getting on or off saddle horse. A few Of
these are still in existence though at one time
they were abundantly distributed all over the
city, as were the hitching posts for horses,
which are now regarded relics. Sometimes
the latter were of fancy design. such as Chinese
and Negro boys and iron posts crowned with
horses head.
One of these the cast-iron figure of China
man, about 81 feet in height. stood for many
years in front of livery stable on Sixth
street northwest between Pennsylvania and
Indiana avenues, having been erected there
in 1862.
During the Civil War, Gems. Grant, Mcclellan,
Hooker, and other distinguished patrons Of the
stable tied their steeds to this hitching post.
Indeed to divert for a second, it is said that
on the corner Of Sixth street and Indiana ave-
nue. Gen. Robert E. Lee bade farewell to his
old commander, Gen. Winfield Scott, when the
former withdrew from the Union to join the
Army of the South.
Regarding these hitching posts, an amusing
story is told as having occurred in 1865, IN the
neighborhood of ard Seventeenth streets
northwest when an Mebriated major In full
uniform rode up to the curb, and, dismounting,
threw the reins to the iron colored boy, appar-
emily some IL years old. On his return, with
difficulty he regained the reins and mounted
and handed tip to the dummy-being too
'full' to discern the difference But when the
"boy" failed to reach 1ef it, the major indulged
in an oath and told the iron boy he was
Evening star., 1932-06-19

uCENTRAL," in the early eighties and even
~ later was a bureau of information, and
would tell you the Observatory time, where
the fire was and many other things besides, but
the operator was rarely overworked 80 or 40
years ago and had time to say little bit more
than Just thank you"-which, by the way,
might still be reduced to thanks and perhaps
locally save 700 900 or more syllables day and
mean Just as much
George c. Maynard, who was early identified
with the telephone in this city, born in
Ann Arbor, Mich, October %, 1889, and was
raised upon a farm. At IA years of age after
the death of his father, he secured a position
with his uncle, William S. Maynard, who had
opened a general store at Ann Arbor, and here
his interest in the telegraph began, and he soon
was able to take and send messages which,
with added experience led to his appointment
in 1864 as military telegrapher in Washington.
Washington was busy place in 1864, and
he TO doubt found the Treasury Department
clerks and other Federal employees drilling III
uniform on his arrival here, but apparently
there was little for their services at this
time, CT subsequently, as Gen. Early was not
inclined to make a second attempt at captllr-
ing Washington.
Naturally we can assume he came in contact
with PRECEDENT Lincoln in the War Department
telegraph Office and frequently saw him when
he went horseback riding out to Soldiers Home,
when he was generally guarded with Cavalry,
and when he not infrequently stopped on the
way to chat with Secretary Stanton on street
opposite Franklin Park when the Secretary
would greet him from the horse block so that
the President would not have to alight. And
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= OVERNMENT departments which subscribed
~ for private line telephone service were:
The Executive Mansion, the State Department,
Treasury Department, including the Secretary's
Office second controllers Office stationery divi-
sion, and the Secretary's residence: Interior
Department, including the chief clerks Office,
stationery division, etc: Post Office Depart.
ment, including Offices of the chief clerk, chief
of special agents. topographer, blank agency,
ETC.; the Department of Agriculture the U. s.
Senate the House of Representatives, the
Smithsonian Institution, depot quartermaster's
Office, Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street, and Corral: surgeon generals Office,
Medical Museum, Patent Office including ap-
pontment room; gazette office. chief Of
draughtsmen's office, chief of specification divi-
sion, public printer, including Offices of chief
clerk foreman of printing, record Office, in
u S. Senate and branch Office in Treasury De-
partment; railway mail service, including super
intendents Office, chief clerks Office, city post
Office, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad. and Ball
timore & Ohio Railroad Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Treasury Department, including
principal Office, machine shops, and residence
of chief of bureau; reporters galleries. U. s.
Senate and House of Representatives. metro
poltan police headquarters superintendent
Continued on Thirteenth Page
Evening star., 1932-06-19
BY JOHN CLAGETT PROCTOR.

ENTRAL, you've cut me off,"
Central, you've given me the
wrong number" What number
are you calling?" Il didn't call
any number, central-you called
me-" And thus the conversation