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vS THE WiSHINiGTON POST SUNDAY MARCH 25 1917 MFORM CHINATOWN HERE NO FIGHTS NO OPIUM NOW ALL GAMES AM INNOCENT Sing Lee and the roliceman Tell as Much as Either Dares of Uplift at Avenue Cplony Orientals All Good Citizens Since Pipe Has Been Abolished Washington Chinatown Is decadent a dwindling peaceful settlement of orderly CeleetUU who follow the pursuits of dally life without recourse to the pipe the knife and the hundred other things which erer have been a source or local color for the word painter ana wnicn nave surrounaeu ine idkiuuluio i Oriental for years Bins Lee a scar faced decrepit waiter in one of the few remaining Chinese restaurants is authority fori the statement that there Is nothing doing any more in Chinatown that the good old days when one could sail Into ethereal regions on an opium cloud or feel the delightful touch of a knife thrust between his ribs are gone forever Sing Lee goes about sadly these days regretting the edicts which prohibited the importation of his beloved drug but realising that the uplift Is unconquerable and hoping that the heaven he goes to will be a separate one from that occupied by the reformers The Cops View Different But the policeman who has patroled the Chinatown beat for ten years takes a mors reasonable view of the situation andls satisfied that the conditions which have changed Washingtons Chinatown from a fighting frolicking drug Infested Quarter to a quiet law abiding community have worked for the welfare of his charges and the good of the city Ten years ago the policeman said there was no more treacherous unfathomable quarter In this city than Chinatown which embraced most of the section between Thin and Four and a half streets on PennayKanla avenue About 3000 Chinamen lled In this congested area and every vice that ever flourished either in their own country or In America took root there Their crimes were for the most part silent ones often unknown to the police but we did know that the Chinaman had to be watched every moment for the moat peaceful ones often changed into veritable demons overnight I guess opium was the cause of this Anyway since the opium traffic has been restricted and the Immigration law rigidly enforced there Is no more orderly district in Washington than that which is known as Chinatown All Honest Merchants Now Chinatown as It is now constituted Is composed of about J00 men and women Most of them depend for their livelihood on the dozen large wholesale concerns which flourish there There are a few restaurants several laundries and a block of dwellings over stores The merchants depend for their business on the Chinamen scattered in various parts of the city Their business according tq the police is absolutely legitimate and while there is still a strict surveillance for new Chinamen and for violations of the opium laws practically no trouble is experienced There is still gambling At frequent Intervals the police descend Into one the dungeon like cellars and there find a score of Orientals engaged in a friendly session at fantan or poker or so deeply has the American spirit entered their lives craps There is no ventilation In these gambling boxes and the players can hardly be distinguished because of the smoke but they go peacefully to the station house deposit their collateral and return to their homes or to another place of chance where they may regain the fine so unfeelingly extracted by the law Dont Fight Only Gamble The police have no record of a fight In Chinatown during the past year There has cot been a murder or a stabbing There no domestic atrtfe no divorces Gambling Is the only road which leads the Chinaman Into the tolls of the law About a doien white women are now living in Chinatown as wives to the celestials The policeman says they are well treated and live well regulated Uvea The children of these families go to the public schools and are being educated as are American children But Sing Lee Is disconsolate He longs for the time when with an exultant cry he can launch himself into a tong war and brandish his knife and gun as enthusiastically as the rest He belongs tcr a tong but complains that It has developed Into a benevolent society and that loyaUy alone has prevailed on him to continue his connection Sing Lee deigned to explain the tong situation to a reporter Compared to Occident Orders The mystery of the tong which Is largely a mystery created by the American Is quickly dissipated when It is learned that the Chinese secret order Is scarcely different from the many white lodges of America In the essentia principles of their constitution The main distinction seems to he that the Chinese are prepared to go to any lengths to extend fraternal protection to their fellow members even to he extent of murder or skillfully administering a dose of poison As a fraternal society the Chinese tong offers care and relief to the families of its deceased members aid In Illness and the payment of death benefits The welfare of the most inconsequential member of the tong Is the welfare of the tong and It Is usually the recklessness of some disreputable member that precipitates the disturbances which have come to be known as tong wars The most powerful of the Chinese tongs according to Sing Lee is that of the Four Brothers Company an organization that dates its history back from the dim ages It Is peacefully Inclined and does not concern itself with the differences of other tongs except as a mediator for peace The romance of old China is In the very name of the society which counts among Its members many Chinese of high birth and great wealth Legend of the Tongs Long ago the story goes China was torn with strife and tyranny From the turmoil of plots and counter plots of treason axtd war four famous fighters stood forth They vowed unending brotherhood took upon themselves the task of setting matters aright and succeeded Such was the origin of the Four Brothers Company a membership In which is a card of highest social standing and personal worth Sing Lee says he Is a member of the Four Brothers but there are those who knew him in the old days and are inclined to feel that he Is mistaken NEWS OF THE GIRL SCOUTS Troop 27 the Scarlet Pimpernels Park View Miss Harries captain Tuesday March 19 the girls held a short business meeting in the Park View School after which 22 of them marched with their captain to the Pet worth School where the girls of Troops 6 and 21 respectively gae a demonstration Mrs Coleman field director of the scouts ga a talk Madelene Elliott scribe Daisy Troop No 11 Mrs Norman Jones captain The troop held Its usual meeting on Friday night at the home of the captain There was one new girl brought Into the troop making three who have not yet taken their tenderfoot examination Florence Derrick scribe Pansy Troop No 23 CapL Barker The troop held Its regular meeting at Its clubhouse Many things were discussed about our coming play Next week we are going to change our clubhouse We will now meet at the Reformation Lutheran Church It was through the kindness of the Rev Mr Weldley that we obtained the church Emma Bragunler scribe Troop 18 Pansy Miss Brown captain The troop met at he captains home March 20 The troops birthday party was held Friday March 16 Kath erlne Wright and Gertrude McKnew won prizes Katherine Buynitxky scribe Troop 4 Bed Rose Noel House Miss Harlow captain and Miss Blair lieutenant The weekly meeting of the troop was held on Friday March 16 at the Noel House gymnasium Two plays were decided upon and the girls were given their parts We hope to give these plays soon to get money for our camping trip Esther Davis scribe Troop 21 Mrs MrElroy captain Troop 6 of Petw orth Joined with Troop 21 in a demonstration meeting on Tuesday Much 20 which took the the place of the regular weekly meeting A amber of guests were present Including Troop 27 Miss Harries captain Mrs Coleman addressed the girls Dorothy Kemball scribe Troop 18 Friendship House Miss Beecher captain and Miss LIpplncott lieutenant The troop held its weekly meeting on Friday and Ave new members were enrolled A hike was planned tor Saturday Elizabeth Guernsey crlbe Troop 8 Oak Mra Eggleston tsptaln After the opening exercises Af the leet mittn was practiced and the girls were taught ow iiijk an invalids bed We have had six new members lately Two glrla Ruth Jackson and Hazel Tyler Joined last Friday Edith Brown took her tenderfoot test Ruth Deffen baugh scribe Troop Buttercup Miss Bache captain The weekly meetine held In the domestic science room ofi the new Central High School Tenderfoot examination was taken by several of the glrla Another group of girls previous to the business meeting practiced the aecond class examination I and still others practiced the art of Tying anota Madeline McArdle scribe Troop 21 Mra McElroy captain The troop met Tuesday afternoon at 719 Quebec place the home of Dorothy Kemball The girls practiced thel first ten letters of the Morse code went through a semaphore drill discussed several topics pertaining to scout work and outlined the course of study which they will follow for the next several kraV Ate aA Innlif warns asua fwav tuvtuuvs VUC ICeaVeTU Ing of the entire International Morse code some first aid work and other subjects A new feature of the meetings is that of a question box The gfrls will meet next week at Elizabeth Hanger a on Randolph street Jessie Collins scribe BREAK GROUND FOR CHURCHTOMORROW Dual Program at Site and at Mount Vernon Place Church Ground will be broken tomorrow for a new church edifice of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to cost 250 000 Ceremonies will be held at Mount Vernon Place Church Ninth and streets northwest tomorrow afternoon at 430 oclock followed by ceremonies at the site for the new church at Ninth street and Massachusetts avenue The program will be as follows At Mount Vernon Place Church Millan chairman local committee presiding Opening prayer the Rev Locke solo Mrs Nellie Wilson Shir Cllff addresses by the Rev Dr A Steele representing the Southern Methodism at large the Rev Dr George Sexton representing the general conference commission on representative church the Rev Dr Prettyman representing Washington City Southern Methodism the Rev Dr Canter presiding elder of Washington district Methodist Episcopal Church South rymn Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Zlon City of Our God Ceremonies at the site for the new church introduction of Mra Tudor widow of the Rev Dr Tudor founder of Mount Vernon Place Church breaking ground by Mrs Tudor roll call of surviving original members of Mount Vernon Place Church founded In 1869 closing prayer and benediction the Rev Dr Hardin pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church THE METAL MARKET New York March 24 The copper market has been quiet during the past week Scattering lots of electrolytic for nearby and third quarter delivery have been offered by resellers at concessions giving the market rather an unsettled appearance but no change has been reported in the quotations of the larger agencies The market for spot and nearby was nominal today with prices ranging from 33 to 85 for the second quarter and from 31 to 32 V4 for the third quarter Iron was unchanged COTTONSEED OIL MARKET New Tork March mTTiwsiriin OIL Prime crude 1213 prime sum mer yenow spot 1370 March 1378 April 1383 May 1388 June 1384 July 1387 August 1884 September 1381 October 1328 WASHINGTON CATTLE MARKET HOGS 14 dressed small 16917 medium 16 heavy 15 sheep 77H veal calves 12013 emrinir foil nn 11 Hi fall lambs 11 12 ft UxixruxruTjirru New Hokses at Seventh and Kearney Streets MWWMfWMAMAMMMMMAAMAMAMMAAAAMWMMMVWWWMf 1 I mrsir mmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmms JpfBm2B I sVHBsyaKJ3PMnssssssssHilsHssHa awsp9Srij atST BBbbbbbbIs 8 1 flBSaKBTeBrft 2Bbm JbsbTsSbossla xsasf Akw tlHflPswsb HANDSOME RESIDENCE HOW NEAELY COMPLETED IN THE NORTHEAST These houses which are nearlng completion wire built by A Connor They are of hollow tile with concrete porches and porch columns of concrete with slate roofs Large sleeping porches are features The floors are of hardwood The houses have six and eight noma withlarge attics They overlook the university grounds and St Pauls College AAAAAMMVWVM Row of New Homes in the Northwest THREE HOUSES JUST EULLT BY BOSS PHELBS ON SHEPHERD STREET These homes Just completed by Boss Phelps are at 1316 1317 and 1319 Shepherd street northwest The houses have large well lighted rooms with attic The front is of Harvard brick while the covered front porches have brick pillars The houses have hardwood floors They are electrically lighted with hot water heat A large screened sleeping porch forms one of the features of the dwellings THE LEGAL RECORD Supreme Court District of Columbia EQUITY DIVISION 1 Mr Justice Hits Lewis ts Lewis bill dismissed Plaintiffs attorneys Lambert and Whippier defendants attorns js Flynn asd A Heg arty Assignment for Monday March 28 1917 EQUITT DIVISION 2 Mr Juitlce Stafford OrawIordTs Crawford writ of ne exeat ordered rnl returnable March 29 by Chief Justice Oot lngton Plaintiffs attorney DaTld Xo 75 Waters ts Aetna life Insurance Company Attorneys McNeill Gardiner Easbr Smlth Fleharty No 289 Orme ts Ortne Attorneys Baker Sheeny Hogan Lambert Bawken Taggart Assignment for Monday March 26 1917 No 19260 In re estate of Stanhope Preroat Attorneys Baker Hackett No 181H Campbell ts National Vaccine and Antitoxin Institute Attorneys Darlington Hogan Ferguson Ellis A Donaldson No 66 Klrby et al ts Browning et aL Attorneys McNeill Obear No 92 Hesse ts Washington Railway and Electric Company Attorneys 8yme Stephens Flynn Colbert Barboar CIRCUIT DIVISION 1 Chief Justice CoTington Clayton Ta Tarrar Judgment on rerdlct for plaintiff for possession of real estate and 333483 mesne profits Plaintiffs attorneys A Kelg win and Harden Johnson defendants attorneys Mather and Clinton Robb Oracle ts Henry demurrer of defendant Henry to declaration OTerruled exception noted leare to plead OTer In ten days Plaintiffs attorneys Leckte Cox Sherler defendants attorneys Wright A Wampler Brown vs Okie motion to strike out defendants third plea granted as a plea but not aa an affidavit Plaintiffs attorney John Rldout defendants attorneys Okie and George Calrert Assignment for Monday March 26 1917 No 91 AUender ts Washington Virginia Railway Co Attorneys Lambert A Teatmaa Barbour Boteler MackaU No 187 Walmsler ts Hodges Attorneys SnlllTan Lambert Xeatman No 133 Brandenburg ts Springfield and Marine Insurance Company Attorneys Kelgwln Johnson No 171 McGlo Ta Shoemaker Attorney Rldout No 178 Colonial Bank and Trust Company ts McEuen Attorneys Brandenburg Rldout No 175 Thornton ts Washington Railway and Electric Company Attorneys Swindell DeTid HooTer No 311 Brown ts Goldeneerg Attorneys MeriUat Bell Hogan No 129 Fetherstonhangh Ts Moore Attorneys Jackson Baker Grant No 145 Gray vs District of Columbia Attorneys Lambert Whippier Teatman Williams CIRCUIT DIVISION 2 Mr Justice Siddons Assignment for Monday March 26 1817 No 6 Tolson ts Washington Herald Attorneys Shlnn A Owen Hogan No 172 Robinson vs Burton Attorneys Gardner Brandenburg No 166 McNeill Ta PralL Attorneys Poo PraU No 192 Brady vs District of Columbia Attorneys Newmyer Marshall Williams No 180 Pennington Ta Browne Attorneys Baker Taliaferro Wolf A Wolf No 8742 Suter ts Lockwood Attorneys Weiner Brandenburg No 788 Meexlneo ts Washington Railway and Electric Company Attorneys Wright Dickey Hoorer No 164 White ts District of Columbia Attorneys Toomey Byrne CRIMINAL DIVISION 1 Mr Justice Gould Assignment for Monday March 26 1917 foiled States Ta Walter Boise on trial SATURDAY MARCH 24 117 United States ts Robert Garaett aid arraignments CRIMINAL DIVISION 2 Mr Justice McCoy In re estate of William Triplet cans restored to assignment In re estate of Zachariah 8 Bncklar hill of exceptions signed Corporate Organisation and Audit Company rs Hodges billot exceptions signed Plaintiffs attorneys Burton defendants attorney A Morlarty Assignment for Monday March 26 1917 In rs estate ot Charlotte Dailey on hearing In re estate of Mary Ford In re estate Alfred A Ghlselll In re estate of Elisabeth Abrahams PROBATE DIVISION Mr Justice Stafford Estate of James Durham petition for letters of administration filed Attorney Orandal Mackey Estate of Elizabeth Barnes will admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Thomas Jones bond 3900 Attorney Hodges Estate of Alice Healy will dated January 18 1917 filed Estate of Aldlno Biehle petitton for probate of will filed Attorney McLaehlen Estate of Ellen Leigh will dated July 2 1903 filed Estate of EVrester Geoghegan will dated February 20 1917 filed Estate of Sarah OMeara petition for probate ot will filed Attorneys Richardson and Shrere Mechanics Liens No 7148 Rudolph West Company Ta Michael Ready part lot 103 square 1229 311070 Attorney Louis Ottsnberg No 7149 Ketcham Ta Michael Ready part lot 103 square 1229 185 Attorneys Rhodes Cromelin A Coombe Lawsulta No 60110 Frederick Btelser ts Mat tie Ewlnr and Jerman Judgment of municipal court for 33150 Plaintiffs attorney Louis Ottenberg No 60111 Edward Cunningham ts James Rodgen Andrew Roger and Frank Shlnn bond 3800 Plaintiffs attorneys George Curtis Clinton Boob and Mather REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WOODLET PARK Jessie Stone to Barbara Blatherwlck lot 21 block 18 31 TWENTY FIRST STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTHWEST Penn Garden Albert Fox and Clarence Corson trustees to Edmund Fox lots to 12 and part lot 13 square 78 3142000 TRINIDAD Henry Darls et at to Jsnnle Forrest nndiTlded two third Interest In lot 16 square 4064 310 ELEVENTH STREET SOUTHEAST near street Union Trust Company trustee to United States ot America parts original lots 1 and 2 square 979 7700 MERIDIAN HILL Stephen Lamkina et or to th republic of Cuba part lot 10 block 16 32000 MERIDIAN HILL WUlam 8eay to the public of Cuba lot 808 square 2575 31000 TWENTIETH STREET NORTHWEST between and streets Minnie Mohl to Esther 5SilKT2Irlc tot guare 85 310 WA35B WREET NORTHWEST between TWrtjTond Thirty third streets Will lW MnflH to May Mansfield part lot 76 square 1187 10 STREET SOUTHWEST between Seventh and Eighth streets Harry Mitchell et ux to Edward McAleer part lot 83 square 409 10 Edward McAleer conTeys same property to Harry and Haddle Mitchell 810 A STREET SOUTHEAST between Sixteenth and Serenteenth streets Joseph and Frank Ferry trustees to Idwia A Ferry lot 40 square 1086 1 SIXTH STREET SOUTHEAST between A aad streets American Security and Trust Company trustee to Charles A and John Stuart south half lot 18 square 642 1 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS Arthur Moses et ux to Edgar and Edith Piper lot 22 square 1983 10 CHEVT CHASE HEIGHTS Edgar Piper et ux to Arthur Moses lots 21 22 and 88 square 1855 10 1121 STREET NORTHEAST Tred McKee trustee to Flllppo and Franceses Gerraslo 5 art original lot 9 squsr 988 50 HIRD STREET NORTHEAST 948 Florid Tenue northwest Thomas Baxapso et ux to Louis DUmer lot 103 square 779 lot 48 square 857 10 Louis Dlsmer et nx eonrey same property to Thomas aad Wll helmina Sampson 10 LINWOOD HEIGHTS John Glennan trustee to Elisabeth and Joseph Brown lota 12 IS and 14 block 1 10 937 STREET NORTHWEST William Saunders and Claud Llrlngston trustee to August Schmidt lot square 871 5000 CATHEDRAL HIGHLANDS Frank McLaughlin et ux to George and Amelia Jung lot 8 square 1818 10 SHADTSIDE John Foglo to the Washington and Maryland Company loU 17 to 20 square 2970 10 SHADTSIDE Emory Coblents et ux to th Washington and Maryland Company lots 5 6 11 to 14 84 and S3 square 2370 nd part described 10 SHADTSIDE The Washington and Maryland Company to Herbert Shannon and Morton Luchs lots 6 6 11 to 14 square 2970 and part described 38000 SHADTSIDE Th Washington and Maryland Company to Herbert Shannon and Morton Lochs loU 1 to 13 square 2971 lots 17 to 20 square 2970 10 GIRLS PORTION Herbert Shannon and Morton Lochs to William 8 PhllllM part tract 10 PETWORTH Jacob 8 Grnrer et ux to Thrift Building Company lots 110 to 128 square 2825 10 DEEDS OF TRUST SQUARE 85 Eather Price et Tir Eras to Edward Whiteside and Harrey Wlnfleld to secure Home Building Association 1800 lot 87 SQUARE 91 OlMa Johnson to Robert Bother and Alfred 8 NUes to wear Hopkins Place Barings Bank 7000 3 year 6 per cent semiannually lot 28 SQUARE 1086 Edwin A Ferry et ux to National Barings and Trust Company to secure American Security and Trust Company J2250 8 year 5J4 per cent semiannually SQUAREi983 Arthur Moses nx to Mun aey Trust Company to secure Benjamin Hoi JSSUti xe 6 Bt -SQUARE 1983 Edgar Piper ox to Benle mln Holland snd Athar Moses to aecur SQUARE 855 Blanche Hall to Henry Bergmann and Chartea Schafer to secure Northern Liberty Oerman American Building Aasociatlon Na 6 1800 lot 260 GIRLS PORTIONljoehua IBklnner to Do 51 r3Jld 8tea to secure Hsber Thornton 8615 monthly SQIJ5E7i7AnArBLlunMt Carr and Marrta A Cdstis to secure Perrwriit SQUARE 817 Asguito a Grosser to Xoula Peak and Watson Clark to aecunT Itarr 1250 1 and years Bcest semiannually part original lot 6 SQUARE 213 Harold Witt et aL to Hary Rots and Glenn Phelp to cur Henry McFarland 34800 a yeara 6 per cent semlannnaUyVT NEWS OF THE CHURCHES a llllffc lrLnJArJ LnJnJuvJX uJJ uJ nJJVvu jinru uxru Lru i nrinnhf Cathollcsand Episcopalians through oat th world today wlllhold special I services to commemorate ths feast of the annunciation when the Bible tells the angel appeared ta Mary and an nounced that she was to be the mother of th Saviour In Washington the day will mark the twenty first anniversary of the diocese of Washington and the consecration ot Us first blahOD the lata beloved Bishop Satterlee This event win be commemorated by special services In most of the Episcopal churcbea Ascension Church was the pro cathedralcathedral and from It the bishop was burled The Tiev Dr HennlnsT Nelms will conduct Uu services The Rev Oeorre Flake Dudley has since the death of Bishop Satterlee held commemorative services In St Stephens Church He has arranged a memorial service tor toaay wita me memorial tnnslo of the great mastera Bishop Ilardlnr will celebrate holy communion this mornlnr at 710 oclock ln Bethlehem Chapel Ha will make ma annual visitations loaay xo iwo ox his largest parishes At 11 Oclock he will officiate at the confirmation In Epiphany Churchy street The Bey Dr MoKim will present the candidate The confirmation sermon will be delivered by the bishop At I Bishop Hardlnsr will confirm the class prepared by the Revf Dr XL Smith in St Thomas Church He will preach the sermon The Presbytery or the Potomac Southern Presbyterian Churches In the United States will hold the annual spine meeting In Second Southern Presbyterian Church early in AprlL The moderator Charles Janney of Leeaburr Va will preslda The Rev William Ennls of Loyola College Baltimore will officiate at 4 oclock this afternoon at the close of the mission retreat he conducted In St Aloyslus Church He will preach the sermon and give the papal benediction The Rev John Coller will open a retreat for men this evening He will oonduct alt the services during the week The Rev Charles Warner has Issued a Lenten pastoral to the members of St AlbanS Church and Its four chapels He says in part The church asks you to come aside as much as possible from worldly things during this holy season that you may better fit yourselves for your real mission In life which to witness for Christ and to show the world what your rellgton means to you A Woman Made a Fact Funny will be the subject of the Rev Dr Hex Swema sermon this evening In Centennial Baptist Church The ReV Dr Henry Butler for many years a missionary among mountaineers will address a Christian Endeavor meeting at 7 oclock tonight In Fourth Presbyterian church The Rev Mercer of New Tork will deliver the 11 oclock sermon today In Fourth Presbyterian Church His FINANCIAL STATEMENTS subject will be The Healing Touch At the 8 service Smith will continue his Miles of stsreoptlcon lectures on Glympses of Christ la the Old Testament The Rev Percy Foster Hall will deliver the midday Lenten sermons to row and Tuesday In Epiphany Episcopal Chureh street His subject will be Tht Golden Rule and lta Application Mgr Bernardlnl of the Catholic University will officiate at the oclock mass this morning la the Italian Catholic Church It will be for the womens sodality and the members will receive holy communion The Rev Bagby has arranged to celebrate today the first anniversary of Columbia Heights Christian Church The service will begin at 110 a nx with special music and addrssses by the Rev Mr Bag by and James Wilms th The Rev Dr Charles Granger will deliver the address at the vesper service this afternoon of the Womans Christian Association 1T1 Thirteenth i street Miss Edwards and Will Davis will be the soloists and Mrs Klein pianist The Rev Dr Charles A Vincent pastor of Columbia Heights Congregational Church has as his guest Frltte who has recently spent much time In Mexico Tonight he win deliver an Illustrated lecture for Dr Vincent the subject being Mexico Today i The womans guild of Sibley Memorial Hospital Is arranging to give the annual Easter tea and linen shower on April It Although Sibley receives no government appropriation It cared for 2747 patients during 1111 and a i large percentage of these were free patients Mercer of New Tork will address a meeting for boys at liO this afternoon In the A assembly halt Last week Mr Mercer spoke In Eastern Western Technical and Business high sctvoola His subject today will be Olympic 8tars I Have Met The Rev Dr McLean will preach at both morning and evening services today in Douglas Memorial Church At 11 oclock he wiU discuss Whats In a NameT and at 8 i nis suoject win be illustrated with views showing the ministry of Christ The Rev Dr Charles Sherton of New Tork secretary of education In the 1 Conarreiratlonal churches nt th tti i States will deliver the 11 oclock sermon today in Mount Pleasant Congre I gatlonal Church The Rev Dr John Britton Clark First Prsahvtarian Phnwh inim I Marshall place will preach the nfth I of a series of Lenten sermons on The Six Signal Vtetoriea at services tonight at 8 oclock His subject will be I The Victory Over Formalism Paul uiiscn ininuis recusi ax CIOCK win be given by Miss Elisabeth Leckle and Mra Oeorge Schutt SrtoxMlt Hw wWHWrtil or THS Unltsd Stats Branch of tha ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED OT LtniirOOLV XXOLASD On the 81at day DMUisff ltts rentnd eader the District ef Coiaan Ma Cod amended Jaa to 1802 asd August IS iu Desosit capital A88KT8 Cash ta cB Caskla bask Seal state Real stat aertgagt irst lien tacks a4 Vssda xsr ast vale Bills rwerrtbi farm note Pmalaaa mneolleeted aad is band a ef fats Iatsrwt da snd accrued All ether assets fra ether reapest far retsnrssre a tea already paid XeatSv aeenwd oa eesn Knys property er is 888300000 8301984 t81ttS0448 4044 4Ilil 18SJ0OOO T123J703O 830189 1839T4S44 Bd8a049 12342458 15sH3I8 1147888811 TTATTJTlT9r Net saseM elata 8U4T8S8W Xmstt a rialr4 hy by laws Cnearsed pre sataaa lnclsalnf er petaal arr ef 8T7 740 8148tXlf Salaries rats xpsn tax Ve S4488ASS Deposit capita 88200000 AH ether naMnti Iif department 8332300 laeen tax wltheld frets emptor sla fle 101880 CXPLCS OTXB ALL UABIUTIXa 8888180 1 814323808 ll4Tt8Ml88 Aaw rnt risk sssoned asd character ef bast nes transacted dnrUg th year 1818 Include Br aad maris lnsnr asc 821188001709 inuum aulas th year 1818 Kaaey rseetred darlne Jeer 1 10tW700LOO Expended dsrlsg th year 1W8 084SM BHALLCROSa 0nrl Attorney for th 8 BQberibd sd swera befor this 28th day of January 11T 8L ZDHtXD HAETBT Ifotary PnbUe Ktar County New Tork Na 182 CettUest Sled la Kw Tort Ca PERKINS I BOITD TOP Calteel tares Fidelity Gs araatr Os Fheaeltsu leather BU Notes of the Schools Rehearsals are now being held regularly for a production of Posts three act comedy Never Say Die by the Central High Alumni Dramatic Club at the new Central High the night of April 20 Thomas Chapman one of the organisers of the Mount Pleasant Players will be seen In the leading role Miss Madeline Merkllng well known among amateur dramatic artists and Miss Mary Mlnnix who also has an enviable reputation will be seen In the other leada The remainder of the cast will Include Miss Mary Jones Detlow Marthinson Allan Jones Frank Myers and Charles Gates Scenery used by the original cast will be available As an added feature dancing will continue until midnight In the library Tickets will be put on sale at all of the Washington schools within a week Business Highs annual lunch held Tuesday and Wednesday was one of the most successful In the history of the school A fair sum was realised which will be added to the athletic coffers of the school Since the announcement by school officials of the Thrift essay contsst under the auspices of the National Educational Society those In charge have been besieged with Inquiries from students of the public and private schools Judging from Indications competition will be keen In the District field and Washington will be ably represented In the contest which Is of national scope The contest will be held at various schools Monday April 2 Prof William Allen Wilbur dean of George Washington University was the principal speaker before a meeting of the Jefferson Amldon Home and School Association at the Jefferson School last Wednesday night Mra Millard Thompson newly eleoted president pre sided The discussion of the garden project consumed the greater part of the time of the meeting The Dancing Club of the Parents League of the Third division wss host at a danoe at the Wilson Normal School Thursday night The affair was in charge of Mr and Mrs Jacobs The coaching school held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 180 oclock at the Wilson Normal School Is steadily gaining In popularity among patrons of community work Mrs Edwin Ellett ts In charge of the clasa Children are enrolled from the fourth to the eighth grade Ma Hamlin Cogswell will speak before the mothers club of the Parent League at the Wilson Normal School Tuesday at 210 Her subject is Milestones Along the Pathway of Music Girls of the gymnasium classes at the Wilson Normal Communltv flrhnnl will give an exhibition April at S30 oclock The exhibition will be the concluding feature of the seasons work The historians of the June 17 class of Tech were elected Wednesday Conaway and Harelwood were chosen Class prophets are to be elected bleach section next week Mllo Sutllff was elected to the presidency of the class of February 1 of Tech The following also were elected Vice president Miss AL Benham treasurer Gude secretary Miss Beau lac and sargeant at arms Bonne man Several committees handle the class affarrs have been appointed A socla of the French Club of Tech was held at the school Wed nesday evening Ths first meeting of the German Club of Tech was held at the school Friday evening The eighth semester class of Tech Is contemplating a dance to be given about April 14V at the Dumbarton Club With the loan of a few private courts and several municipal courta a tournament has been started between the 80 odd members of the Tech Ten nis Club Ths wlnnsrs will form the school team Help a comedy by Muth of this city will be presented at the Wil son Normal School Thursday night at 8 oclock Proceeds will so to the fund for community center work The cast neaaea oy Mr Mutn Is an especially ipaoie on Dress rehearsals are scheduled for every nisht this week by the cast that is io present a nussian Honeymoon Eastsrn Tfla mrwln nlw VH Friday and Saturday nights The play a comeay in inree acts by Mra Burton Harrison and is regarded as one of me most popular selections the association at Eastern has ever made In order to center efforts on a theater benefit at Poll Aneii it Highs executive committee at a recent meeting agreed to call off the Informal alumni gatherings planned at the schooL The net proflt of the benefit will be used to start a loan fund for text books similar to that provided by alumni of other Washington high Bcnoois Announcement of the dates for thel annual comnetltiv rfrti wkii been awaited with Interest by those i iue scnoois interested in military affairs was made during the week The event will be held at American League park There was some talk of holding It In the Central High stadium but this was found to be Impossible aa the field will be seeded this spring and will not us usea unui raw P1 re progressing rapidly for the annual dance for officers and men of the Eastern High cadet companies at mo tairo mesaay or Easter week Finals of the troop leadership eon test In which Tech and Eastern cadets now have the field to themselves probably win be played off this week under the direction of Lieut Briscoa The winner is almost certain to be sent to Chicago during the Eastsr reoess to compete against high school cadet teams from Chicago and St Louis A first aid coarse under the direction of the American Red Cross was started at Business High Monday and will continue every Monday for the remainder of the season Thirty five girls were enrolled at Mondays session Miss Baldwin a teacher at Business who is in charge of the new clasa introduced Dr Pedrick as the speaker last Monday The official Red Cross book will be studied by the girls and lecturers will be provided from time to time At the end of flf teen weeks of one hour a week examinations will be held and those who pass will receive the Red Cross efficiency certlflcatea Mercer former star athlete at the University of Virginia and now connected with missions In New Tork city addressed the male students at a number of Washington schools during the week Semester marks were registered at the high schools dnrin It 1r Many will he deprived of their privi lege in laiermgn scnool competition in various Interests because they failed to pass the requirements of the term Letters and numerals were presented to the ehamrjf Afiahln hsaVAtKaii In an assembly held at Tech last Tues uaj nose io receive me were Cant De la Verarna former rn rt PfeifTer CiDt Elect 8hnMr tkk Catlin Anderson asorland Myers Dig i reiner ana Manager Gude The winners of the numerals were Duke Browne Duncan Gill and Mc Rae A maroon sweater was presented to the coach Billy Martin by the team Brown the faculty adviser also came In for a shara of ths praUe Final arranremant bits hun mAm to hare the dance of the sixth semester class or Tech in the Arcade ballroom Friday night Tech has been kept busy lately as the numerous orrnlitlnn fnrmA substitutes for fraternities have been I clamoring tor cnanara These clubs such as the Club the Opera Club the French and German clubs and the Agora are rapidly gaining favor In the school Ths Tech Opera Club that so successfully produced the Mikado last week eleeted the officers of the organisation last Tuesday 81 ground Sachs was chosen president Gladys Price vice president Frances Hill secretary AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY KEMP DUVAL Resident Manager 1422 Street Statmint of ths Condition Or TBS ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY Of New Yrk th 81st day of December 1818 required under th District ef Gotanbta Code amended Jna 80 1802 and ABgast IS 181L Caattsl stack Capital Stock cash 81 paid np la ASSSTS Cash la enV Cash la bank Stock asd bands market tbIo 8 Premiums ancUctd and Is hands of agents Interest da and accrued All ether assets Eqoltr la fond la haads of Reinsurance Bores Los recoverable from rein anriag eenpaai Secured notes Admitted claims 8 Oor erament canceled war tax stamps 000000 09 00000000 834121 64848187 8A442T1S 9T04MT9 4121298 8OS140O kiaa00 1273000 aoais MT77asr2 LIABILITIES Net nnpald claims 118883300 Keaerr required hy law premium rrr 180410348 Salaries rests expense taxes Ae 8800000 Commissi brokerage Ac 2ieA1182 Capital stock 100000000 All other liabilities 280000 VOLCNTABT CONTINGENT BX8KBVE 74000000 831744121 60884878 85TT7eeo Los sustained during th yr 1916 paid poller holders 105868480 lfoay received during th rear 1810 4SM28432 Kxpesded daring th rear IBIS Mlarte eommls siaa gsrl expenses 208718X81 CHA8 HOLLAND Tic President and General Manager MACKINTOSH Secretary Subscribed aad sworn to before me thi 8th day of February 1917 Seal CBABXXS A KBAIT Ntary Public Notary Public Blags Ceuatr Certiocat filed la New Terk County Ne 34 GENERAL AGENTS luicAwumco CASUALTY 1422 Strut ON 1 BECXQ BONOS 410 411 Band Bit Alvln PrelL treasurer and Branson Thomaa sergeant at arms The faculty committee and the newly elected officers have arranged for a social as a reward to those connected with the production to be held at the school Wednesday night Announcement was made at the meeting that the play Is not to be repeated Mercer a A worker of New Tork talked to the boys of the Western High School on his experiences In his work Wednesday morning The girls basketball team of the Western High School was defeated by the Holton Arms team by a score of 4 to 17 Monday In the Western gymnasium On Thursday the Western girls will meet the Ganston Hall girls In the Gunston gymnasium Miss Caroline Noyes director of the nurses training bureau of the National Red Cross Association gave an Interesting talk on the preparation of ths Red Cross nurses to the girls of ths Western High SchooL last week CITIZENSHIP FOE AIL TUT0U3 Boston School Committee Declares It a Necessity Now Boston March 24 The Boston school commlttse has ruled that all teachers In the public schools should be eltlxens of the United Statea It was ordered that the suDerlntend ent of schools Inquire regarding ths citlsensblp of all school employes with reference especially to teachers of foreign Unguagea War Department Bays Big Tract San Francisco March It The War Department has purchased 18280 acres of land la Monteray county caL for military purposes It was announced this week by officers of the corporation from which the land was bought 1 lfsaatU.