Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-16
TRADING IS BRISK
onL0cAL EXCHANGE
Odd Lots of Stock Feature
: Transactions - Bond
&; Market Fairly Active.

I Trading was quite brisk on the
Washington Stock Exchange today
with the disposal Of odd lots Of stoci
featuring the transactions. Capita
, Traction was steady at "a, three lott
OF this Stock totaling twenty five
shares being disposed Of at this price
= Washington Railway and Electric
common sold at 21A, 100 shares
changing hands, while 200 shares Of
the preferred stock Of the same com.
pany brought 81.
lis, and two lots Of Hergentha1el
Linotype. totaling no shares. brought
1904. Three small lots of Washing
ton Gas sold at 40.
Tie bond market was fairly active
$1,000 worth OF Washington Gas Light
81 were disposed of at IAN, while one
OF the cUmpanys $500 Sc sold at TAX.
There were two $500 As of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
sold at So.
Dividend announcements were made
BY the following companies today:
Union Trust Company, regular IL per
cent, payable January Is to share
holders of record December 81 This
bank also declared an extra dividend
OF l per cent. payable December "a
Savings Bank N per cent. payable
December 81. to shareholders Of
record December 20. and United States
Savings Bank a 3 per cent dividend,
payable December 81 to those of
record 1t the close Of business
December 20.
The Potomac Savings Bank announces
q dividend payable January /. 1921. at
tho rate Of per cent per annum, be-
ing per cent in January and Der
cent in July. Heretofore the banks
dividend rate has been 6 per cent per
annum. or 3 per cent in January and 4
Per cent in July.
Stock Misqusted.
Through an error in the Star yester-
day the prices quoted on Continental
Trust Company stock was 100 bid and
us asked" This should have read 100
bid and lis asked
At the regular meeting of the board
OF directors of the company, held
, Wednesday, the regular quarterly divi-
dend OF y per cent was declared, pay
able December 81. 1920. to shareholders
of record at the close of business Decem-
Der Il, 1890.
New Yorker to Lecture.
According 70 an announcement made
by Charles D. Boyer, president of the
washington Su1pter OF Ine American
Institute of Banking, Robert H. Bean.
executive secretary Of the American
Acceptance Council of New Iore-. u,-S
accepted an Invitation to come to Wash
ingto1 next Tuesday evening and adj
drex4I open meeting of the chapter
on Acceptance Credits"
Christmas Savings Clubs.
The Northwest Savings Bank and the
Terminal Commercial, and Savings Bank
have announced that they will estab-
lish Christmas savings clubs for 1921.
This makes q total of nine banks which
will have such cubs next year in
addition to about ten which conducted
them this year.
Certificate Issue Oversubser1bed.
Two issues Of Treasury certificates OF
indebtedness. totaling $500, 900. 600. Of
fered, under date of December Is. have
been oversubscribed by $2o0. 900 900. ac-
couding to an announcement by Secre-
tA<y Of the Treasury Houston.
The Issues were offered to meet in
part the $40. 0o0. 600 in nizturities Of
certificates and interest payments due
today and 500. ooo.0 900 maturing next
month, n well as current expenses
which 1t is estimated the $6s0, 00s, 900
due yesterday from Income fax pay
meots would not cover.