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The Philadelphia Electric COMPANY

lWUO IHESTNTT STREET.
Philadelphia. Pa. Nov. IT, 1920
The Board az Dir"ctorH hav" this day de-
eisred a dividend Of fOrty-hve cents u share
6beinE al ,he rate Of 50 per annumI upon the
preferred capita. stock OF this Company fo-
the period September -. 1920 to D"raGnLer
IS. 1920 pSyablr Drcembcr Is. 1890 20
stoc ockholders OF record November 10 1920
u I.UCAS Trnas
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Dividends
DIVIDEND
THE BARRETT COMPANY IN. J)

quarterly dividend Of Two Dollars $50 10
Per share has been declared on the Common
Capital Stock q The Barrett COMPANY New
Jersey Payable on Jnnuary 3. 1921. C
Common stockholders OF record as at IN.
close Of business December IL. 1920
ERNEST J STEER. Treasurer.
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CITIES SERVICE COMPANY
BANKERS SHARES

Henry l.. Doherty 4 Company announce
that tho Tw nty-s-Cond Monthly Dstrb-
ution on Cities Service Bankers Sharcs.
payable on January lst. 1871, to Bankr 3
thares Of Record December 18TH. 1920.
wi. he 80 cents ,aCh Bankers Share.
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The Philadelphia Electric Company

1000 VNESTNUT STREET.
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. - 1870
The Board Of DirrCturs hav" this day de-.
clhred a Quar'erly dividend Ot one and three
quarters (lL per cent Oeing 81 Is cents .
shS rel upon the common canitAl stock NJ his
Company payable December IL. I0?O 20
StncIholders Of record November 10 lN9O
II. G. LUCAS Trras
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EMPIRE REFINING COMPANY

BY FRANK W, TRCEArFF. President
pated November goth. 1920.
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PEOPLES NATIONAL FIRE INsUR\%CE
COMPANY

PhilHdclphia Dec a. 1920
The Board OF Directors has this dav
d.elared a dividend Of 2RH, payable Ne,
Al, 1890. 10 stockhoders OF record December
go 1920
Checks will h. mailed.
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Annual Meetings

sSss THE ANIMAL MEETING or THE
H-R stoCkholders Of thc SantO DomIn,n
c.np.ny VIII be held on Thursday, JnnunTy
sits. 1871. st 2 y; NJ a, A. the 9riSe Of the
n,r.ctors and for the transaction 0f such
athsr business as may properly come before
th' ALBERT SHORT SECRETARY.
80 THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
t-E stockholders Of the RlntO Domingo
ai,yrr MininE CO, Will h held on Tursdny,
prcrubrr eL 1870, ut X o,rlock noon. AZ the
LEWIS M. EVANS. sscrst4Ey.
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TBE EQUITABLE ILLUMISATISG GAS
LIGHT COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA

LiGHT C0MPASSTf or rHILADELrTiA
The Directors have this day declared a
o.mi-annual dividend Of three 49, per rsnt
1aS 90 a sharc) on the Preferred stock nav
able Dec cmber 18th. 1870. to stockholders .,
record at the clOBe Of business 3 o'CIock
r. M, Wednesday,, Dec uber 9 iO2o
Checks will be mailed
W A. McEwEN Treasurer
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS or TUE
DictoErRph Products Corporation huve
this day declared quarterly dividend oy
1E on the outstanding preferred stock of
this company payabl, January TO- 1921
70 the stockholders Of record December si
1920 Stock books VIII remain op n
DicioKraph Products COrp0ration
(siEned) II, NJ. DELANOiE
December . 1920. TREASURE
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
CANOE CLUB HOLDS
REGATTA JULY Il
will Stage Events on Tidal
Basin After Taking Three
Trips.

Washington Canoe Club paddlers
will stage an invitation regatta on
the Tidal Basin Bathing Beach on
Sunday. July IL. The W. c. c. men
are taking a trip out of town on July
3, 4. and 5 to participate in canoe
On this trip canoe clubs will be in
vited TO attend the regatta to be held
events in Philadelphia and New York.
here. and II is expected that flne ar
ray of out-of-town talent will be on
hand. especially as the Washington
Canoe Club paddlers will not enter
any of their champions in the events.
The events to be held on the Tidal
Basin are for. juniors, Intermediates,
and seniors. and will include one man
single blade: tandem single blade,
and fours double blade. In addition
there will be "A fitting contest: an up
set race. a tail-end race, and a mixed
tandem double blade race.
The Washington Canoe Club pad
dlers are entering the Philadelphia
Canoe Club regatta in Philadelphia
They will stay over for the canoe
events which will be staged in the
big Peoples Regatta on the Schuylkill
on July s. and will also send other
representatives to the Georges Island
Regatta in New York on July 5.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
TEN EYCK'SC SCREW
DEFEATS CORNELL
Syracuse Oarsmen Outdistance
Ithacans At Finish on Cayuga
Lake in Classic.

ITHACA, N. Y. June 20.-Driving
their she'll with a steady, strong
stroke that was maintained through
out the two-mile grind. Syracuse
oarsmen won the varsity race, feature
event of the intercollegiate regatta.
on Lake Cayuga yesterday. The
husky Ten Eyck eight covered the
course in IL :02::3.
The powerful Cornell crew. favorite
before the start. finished in second
place. with. Columbia third and Penn
sylvania fourth.
The Cornell adherents were not de-
MED taste of victory, however. The
junior varsity and the freshman
races were captured by Coach Court
ney's oarsmen.
In the varsity race the crews were
punched at the start, but Cornell
spurted into the lead at the mile flag.
with Syracuse in second place. AZ
the mile and a-half Cornell held the
lead and was going strong, but as the
finish post approached the Syracuse
eight broke into the lead and crossed
the finish line a winner.
In the varsity junior event Cornell
took the lead and held it, although
Syracuse put up n desperate night at
the finish, and at at the half-mile
mark was battling the Comedians
neck and neck. Cornell spurteJ,
however, and crossed the line two
lengths ahead, Pennsylvania taking
third place and Columbia fourth Cor
nells time was 10:45 is.
The freshman race was easy for
Cornell, the baby crew from Ithaca
finishing seven lengths ahead OF
Syracuse in the fast time OF 1904 2-5.
Pennsylvania was third and Columbia
fourth.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20

Fairmont, Montrose, and Capital are
the new clubs and showed surprising
play. The Montrose Club forfeited
one match while one match in the Hol-
mead Racquet engagement was un-
completed.
johnson and Robinson. of Holmead.
were playing II. Howenstein and Sid
Skinner. OF Racquet. In the second
set Robinson. in knocking a ball over
the net, happened to hit Skinner in
the eye. Skinner's glasses were
broken and bits Of glass cut him un-
der the eye. The Racquet men want
ed to default but the Holmead play
ers refused. asking that the match
be continued at some other time. The
injury was accidental. Skinner luck.
lily escaped serious consequences.
DUMBARTON WINS EASILY.
Connie Doyle. OF Columbia. was tina
only player OF that Club able to score
against Dumbarton in the Washing
ton Tennis Association matches yes
terday. Doyle defeated Capt A. J.
Gore by 81. 6-3.
All of the other Dumbarton singles
and doubles players came through
with wins. scoring points to 1 for
Columbia
Dumbarton has secured a lead over
Chevy Chase and Columbia which Is
expected to land the title for the
Georgetown clubman. Chevy Chase
is not expected to offer serious oppo-
sition during the remaining matches.
Many of the Dumbarton men are
army officers who are also playing
in the Departmental League.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
OLD DOMINION MEN
CELEBRATE JULY 10
Southern Rowing Association
Regatta Will Be Staged At
Alexandria.

The third annual regatta OF the
Southern Rowing Association will be
held of Alexandria, Saturday, July
10, starting at 2:30 p. m.
The events are as follows: Junior
singles, Junior gigs fours, junior
quads, junior gigs single, Junior dou-
bles, Junior eights, intermediate
eights. intermediate gigs fours).
senior doubles, double canoes, swim
(2oO-yard). and fitting contest
In connection with the regatta. the
host organization. the old Dominion
Boat Club. will celebrate it's fortieth
anniversary.
An elaborate program of entertain
ing the visiting oarsmen, including
a banquet and dance, is being ar
ranged.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
AMERICANS PLEASED
AT TOURNAMENT DRAW
Tennis Players Well Placed For
British Event Starting
Monday.

LONDON, June 2O.--The quartet OF
American tennis players entered in
the British championship tournament.
which begins at the Wimbledon turf
courts on Monday, are well placed in
the draw. which was announced here
today.
William NJ. Johnston, Of San Fran
cisco; r Norris Williams, I'd, OF Bos-
ton, and c. S. Garland, of Pittsburgh,
meet J. NJ. Flavclle, N. Field. and
o. G.. N. Turnbull, respectively, In the
initial round.
The three British players are not
considered dangerous opponents for
the Americans. william T. Tilden. OF
Philadelphia. will face more FOR
midable player in II. r. Fusell,
Of Oxford University. Johnston will
be obliged to play the veteran J. c.
Parke in the second round, and a
great court battle is expected.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
UNBEATEN AMERICAN
CHOOSES FRENCH GIRL

Elizabeth Ryan, the California girl
who has been winning tennis tourna =
ments in England this spring with
consistent regularity. is to pair with
Mile. Suzette Lenglen in the doubles
for the women's championships at
Wimbledon this month. The two are
the present holders OF the title.
Mile. Lenglen will also defend her
singles title and will pair with Gerald
Patterson In the mixed doubles. Miss
Ryan has so far not been beaten in
any match in England this season.
In the recent tournament at Hen
don she won three finals. In singles,
women's doubles with Mrs. Larcomb
and mixed doubles with Randolph
Jycett.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20

bases with two gone. he forced Ray
Caldwell to foul to Charity in a
pinch hitting role. and crawled out of
an amazingly small place.
Rice's walk, Calvo's sacrifice. and
Shannon's vicious drive over Cham
mans head gave the Griffs their
fourth run Off Niehaus, a southpaw, in
the eighth.
The last came in the ninth on
Gharrity's hit. Erickson's sacrifice, an
infield out, and Milan's infield hit.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
REXMEN IN BATTLE WITH
WINSTON A. c. PLAYERS

Rex Athletic Club players are bat
Ting the crack winston a. c. nine
today in what promises to be a first-
class attraction at Union Park. The
Rexmen expect to fnd the winstons
up to standard and will probably pitch
Lem Owen.
In the second half OF today's sched-
uled double bill the Georgetown Ath-
letics and Washington Giants will
clash. The teams were forced to call
of their game last Sunday when the
Score was tied.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
TOMMY MILTON IN VAN
IN UNIONTOWN RACE
Finishes Last Half of Event Averag-
ing Ninety-fve Miles Per
Hour.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, June 20.-Tom-
my Milton won the 225-mile automo-
bile race for the universal trophy
yesterday on the Uniontown speed
way, maintaining an average speed
OF more than 95 miles an hour from
the Tooth lap on. Murphy finished
second: O'Donnell, third, Hill, fourth,
and Art Klein, ffth> Milton led the
field from the forty-third lap.
James Morton, driving a Meteor
car, was badly injured near the fin-
ish when his machine blew a tire and
turned over.
Among the star drivers entered for
purses Aggregating $25,O0O. were
Ralph TuIford, CASTOR Chevrolet and
Ralph de Palma.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
LOOKING EN- OVER
LOUIS A. BOUCHER
It's A Question of Beaks

DETROIT the experiment The acid
than he when he traded
is to be settled and for all will
by the mound Neither will be de-
What other remains Aha Hark to Jim
Shaw.
"Erick beak there old boy; some beak was
the blond hurler one day recently was
ruder could steer by that OF
Gff Detroit big exchange for that
right there with the real thing
boy take from Come to think OF it,
that not much but little
birds and
The Washington times., 1920-06-20

over a nve-year stretch now the
footfault rule has been the ban OF
tennis players in tournament play.
Ii was said that in Philadelphia last
winter when the new rule was put
into effect no less a star than
william T. Tilden, title winner. was
thrown on his game considerably be-
cause footfaults were called on him
Tilden, an erratic player. went TO
pieces for awhile until he found out
that the officials were insistent on
enforcing the rule. This spring, In
the various matches and tournaments
hereabouts, the footfauu rule has
been adhered TO. In the nnal round
for the Middle Atlantic singles cham
pionship between Conrad Is. Doyle
and ]. Ballard Moore, A. Y. Leech, tr.
who refereed the match. called
Moore twice before that worthy kept
OF the service line. Moore quickly
changed his style.
HERE'S NEW RULE.
Here's the rule In regard to serv-
ing from which footfaults are called:
Before commencing TO serve. the
server shall stand with both feet at
rest behind q. e.. farther from the
net thsn) the base line and within
the limits OF the center mark and
the side line.
FROM THE TINE OF TAKING
QUIET STRIKES THE BALL. BOTH
FEET SHALL REMAIN BEHIND
THE BASE LINE AND AT LEAST
ONE FOOT SHALL REMAIN CON
'TINUOUSLY ON THE GROUND"
Some portion OF at least one foot
must be kept continuously on the
ground from the time the server takes
his position preparatory to serving
until the ball is struck. 1t is a fault
IL the foot touches or overlaps the
line.
In the tournament which starts to-
morrow all contestants will be eau
toned before starting that strict
observance of the rule is expected.
Conrad b. Doyle. Arthur Heaton. A
p. Shelton. c. A. Slater. A. Y. Leech,
jr.. and William Hotel will be on
hand to run off the tournament which
has assumed larger proportions this
year than ever before.
TITLEHOLDERs ENTERED.
Last years titlcholders are all en-
tered. J. Hixson Edwards, who won
the Junior title and Fred Hass, the
boys champion, who both went up to
Forest Hills, l. l., last summer for
the national championship, will be
on hand.
Everett Burke and Frank Taylor,
doubles champions in the juniors;
Larry Phillips and Donald Dudley.
boys champion doubles. and Helen
Sinclaire, who won the girls title last
summer, are competing.
Today entries were received for the
boys singles. Fred Doyle, son of
Connie Doyle. is taking his first crack
at the championships. Young Doyle Is
entered in the boys singles. and with
Billy Jones is playing in the doubles
matches for the boys.
|, David Kushner and Samuel Dessoff
are also entered in the boys singles
and doubles.
Matches are expected to start at 3
p. m. tomorrow, or as near to that
time as possible. Entrance fees will
be collected at Columbia before start
ing.
SUBURBAN GETS OFF.
The Suburban Tennis League got
off to an auspicious start. The cir
cult, expanded to an eight-club affair,
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
KNOCKERS GO OVERTIME
LAND ON CARDINALS

Knickerbocker A. c. players were
forced to go overtime to defeat the
Clarendon A. c. team yesterday at
American League Park. They landed.
. to !, in the tenth inning.
To date the Georgetown lads have
annexed sixteen straight wins, which
is the seasons record for independen mt
mines in this city. The Georgetown
lads put up a frst-class exhibition
and displayed the punch which won.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
AMERICANS ANNEX TWO
LONDON COURT TITLES
Johnston Wins Singles and Takes
Doubles With Tilden as
parfnar

LONDON. June 19.-Americans to-
day hold the London lawn tennis
championship in both the singles and
doubles classes.
William NJ. Johnston, of San Fran
cisco, became singles champion OF
Queens Club when he defeated Will
liam T. Tilden, OF Philadelphia. 4-6'
6-2 and Ga. Johnston and Tildcn
won the doubles title when they beat
williams and Garland. also OF the
United States, 6-3 and Cd.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
RUTH MAY Be HELD OUT
OF P ,SEBALL GAME TODAY
Slugger. Hit on the Head by Weaver,
Retires in the Fourth
Inning,

CHICAGO, June 2O.-"Babe" Ruth.
who was forced to quit the White
Sox-Yanks game at Comiskey Park
here yesterday after being thumped
on the head by a ball thrown by
Buck" Weaver. who was trying At
the time to complete a double play,
NAV be out of the game today.
The mishap occurred in the third
inning. Ruth stuck during part OF
the fourth, but after letting fly roll
away from him for a double he decided
he had better call il a day.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
MORAN WANTS BOUT.

NEW YORK. June 2O.-Frank Mo
ran. Of Pittsburgh. and Johnny Cou-
lon, of Chicago. who have been box
ing abroad, have today returned to
the United states Moran declares he
will camp on Georges Carpenters
trail and hopes to meet the French
man before September when he is to
return to England for a bout with
Joe Beckett. Coulon says he has
been matched to box Jimmy wild in
London next fall.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
RESOLUTE AGAIN SHOWS
VANITIE WAY TO STAKE

NEWPORT, r. l., June 2o.-The
speedy yacht Resolute captured an
other victory yesterday from the Van
lite. making the score to date: Reso-
lutte, six wins: Vanitie, 3.
The Resolute was forty-one seconds
ahead of her rival for the honor OF
defending the Americas cup against
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock ~,
when she crossed the finish line, but
the time allowance gave her two min
utes and 5 seconds.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
LADS WILL FEED UP.

The annual "w Club" feed will be
held at Western High School Tuesday
afternoon at $3.50 p. m, when West
erners will celebrate the winning Of
the baseball championship Elections
OF captains for baseball and track will
also be held
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
After Six Straight Losses

Totals. as 81 s Totals..".3o 427 IL
.Batted for Coveleskie in seventh.
tBatted for Wambsganss In eighth.
tBatted for NiehauS in ninth.
Washington. q o I 1-b
Cleveland % % o 0 0 O-l
Runs-Judge, Rice (2), Charity. Erick-
and Nunemaker. Error-Johnston. Two
base hit-Erickson Three-base hit-Sha n
non. stolen bases-Shanks Rice. Sacrifice
hits-Calvo.. Erickson. Chapman. Left on
7: Cleveland. 10. First
base on balls-On Erickson, G; on Niehaus
l. Hits-On Coveleskie. 7 in innings on
Niehaus. 3 in 2 innings. Hit by pitched
ball-By Erickson (Smith). Struck out
BY Erickson, s; by Coveleskie, 7. Losing
pitcher-Coveleskie.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
ODD FELLOWS, ATTENTION.

There will be work out of candi-
dates for the odd Fellows base team,
5 o'clock, Monday, June 81. 1920, at
Union League Park, Fifteenth and II
streets northeast. A large turnout
~ urged.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
IRE Visiting Detroit TgersJuvene Tennis Tourney Starts
JUVENILES TO OBSERVE
RULES ON FOOTFAULTS
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Footfaut rules will be observed the District Of Columbia tennis
for juniors boys girls which ths
Columbia Country Club at The will be put in force in all
matches and regulations will be adhered One of the
chief for staging these the forty tennis centers
United States properly instruct the beginners the rd
the With members
of the Columbia Country will daily
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
WINS ON GREENS.

Mrs. T.. c. Gott defeated Mrs c. X.
Brands, 4 and 3. in the weekly putting
contest at Columbia Country Club
yesterday. Mrs. J. c. Mclaughlin de-
feated Mrs. c. b. Doyle, . and /, in the
consultations
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
KNIGHTS GET STARTED.

The X. c. Baseball League got un-
der way at Catholic University yes
terday. kean Council trimmed Car
roll by 81 to 0 and Potomac defeated
Spauldngs by IS to 0.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
JOHNSON ELECTED.

Hugh Johnston, premier scholastic
sprinter in the District. has been
elected captain of the Central High
School track team for next year.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
ToDAY'S GAMES.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAY s GAMES
Chicago 3: Brooklyn. Z (12 innlnes).
Cincinnati 4; Boston. 2.
Pittsburgh. g. New York. q.
Philadelphia. 10; St Louis, :.
Philsdelphis. s; St Louis. 1.
TODAY'S GAMES.
at New York.
chicago al Brookiyn.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
BLAGDON MAY HELP.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, June 70
Crawford Blagdon, former Harvard
star, may help coach the University
OF Virginia football team next falb
according to reports here.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20

played some close matches during the
afternoon.
Argyle and Fairmont gained six
out OF seven engagements. Here's
how the circuit stands after the first
day OF play:
The Washington times., 1920-06-20

foolish.
Maurice Shannon trippled up against
the screen in right center in the
fourth. and then threw away run by
not being on the bag when ONeill
lifted to Smith. That fly would have
brought him in, but he stayed and
watched Charity and Erickson strike
out.
Bobby Roth disagreed with George
Moriarity's judgment on third
high in the air. The umpire promptly
ing him out of the game altogether.
Jack Calvo replaced Roth.
Concentrated cheering, with stamp
ing Of feet ard a wild whirling OF
noisemakers, began in the sixth when
the Indians came to bat. The din
bothered Erickson and the fans were
quick to see it. They redoubled their
racket and kept it up until the game
ended.
George Mcbride was fired from the
bench by Umpire Moriarty for coach :
ing. George made no fuss but he did
DaWl out the oHlclal as ne pdsoeu IL M
Just how close Erickson was to de-
feat may be seen by the fact that the
bases were filled when Caldwell
fouled in the seventh and they were
jammed again when Steve O'Neil
whitfield in the eighth.
Bright bits of fielding were con-
tributed by iris Speaker, Joe Judge.
Hank Shanks and Jack Calvo. The
Cuban outfielder looked a master in
taking drives of the fence and great
speed in getting the ball back to the
infeld.
The Griffs froze all night on the
boat from Cleveland. The gang was
glad to get here this morning and. II
there had been any heat on. the ath-
letes would have kept close to the
radiators
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS GAMES

YESTERDAYS GAMES
Washington. s; Cleveland, I.
chicago, 6: New York, 8 90 inninesl
Boston. T. Detroit. 3.
st Louis .; Philadelphia, /.
TODAY'S GAMES.
Washington at Detroit.
New York at 81. Louis
Boston at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
w, 7. Pc, W v PEI
Cincinnati 30 81 .bss Pittsburgh ~ "a .b11
Brooklyn rs % $50 Boston 80. 2l 2s .A7
st Louis so 2s .53s New York % 81 as
Chicago IS IS .52s Philadera 20 al as
YESTERDAY s GAMES
The Washington times., 1920-06-20
NOTES OF THE GAME.

Shanks stole second with Coveleskie
holding the ball in the opening round
making the Cleveland pitcher look
foolish.
The Washington times., 1920-06-20

The Suburban Tennis League got
off to an auspicious start. The cir
cult, expanded to an eight-club affair,