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THE HEW BANKING LAI XX;? Other Business Con siderations. By Frederic J.' Haskin. The federal reserve act Increases the scope of business which can be done by a national bank. One of the Important pro visions of the new law is that granting the privilege to national banks of mak ing loans upon real estate mortgages. The greater latitude In making loans and investments which the state banks have heretofore possessed has been the reason for their rapid increase In number and growth In resources. Foremost among their advantages over the national bank ing institutions has been their power o ?leal in real estate mortgages. Kspedally Is this advantage apparent in rural districts, where the securities fercd for loans are most ro"im.?"'T estate. However, the power to loan upon real estate mortgage Is of significance the country over. " la?? forms the basic asset In our 80c1*' ganizatlon. Hence the national Institu tions were cut ofT under the national bank act from an Important source banking business. * * * While the national bank act did not forbid national banks to loan upon real estate In spe Provisions of the cl"c te?": " did forbid them Rational Bank Act. to hold reai property except under certain conditions. Tt provided: "A national banking association may purchase, hold and convey real estate for the following purposes, and for no other: "First. Such as shall be necessary for Its immediate accommodation in the transaction of its business. "Second. Such as shall be mortgaged to tt in good fafth by way of security tor debts previously contracted. "Third Such as shall be conveyed to it In satisfaction of debts previously con tracted in the course of its dealings. "Fourth. Such as It shall purchase at sales under judgments, decrees or mort gages held by the association, or shall purchase to secure debts due toit. "But no such association shall hold the possession of any real estate under mort gage, or the title and possession of any real estate purchased to secure ^any debts due to it. for a longer period than tive years." * * * In the courts, the national bank act has been construed as prohibiting na tional banking asso law Construed ciatlons from lending , . _ . money on a real es by the Courts. tate mortgage. This has been felt by many of the national banks as a severe handicap upon their activities. In a number of cases, national banking associations have found the re striction of enough Importance to Justify the organization of a state bank or trust company in combination with their na tional bank for the purpose of transact ing that business not allowed under their federal charter. In such cases, the own ers of the national baak have also been the owners of the state bank or trust company. In many cases the officers of the one in stitution have served as the officers of the other. Of course, distinct corporate en tity has been maintained, and the books and funds of the two organisations kept segregated. This practice has grown up most extensively in the south and west. When the new law was under consid eration many national bankers com plained to Congress of the undue sever ity of provisions denying them the right to make loans upon real estate mort gages, and asked that such restriction be removed by the new law. * * * ' Congress disposed of the matter as follows in secion 24 of the reserve act: "Any national bank Disposed of ing association not ? e oa situated in a central in Section *4. reserve city may make loans secured by improved and unincumbered farm land, situated within its federal reserve distroct, but no such loan shall be made for a longer time than five years, nor for an amount ex ceding oO per centum of the actual value of the property offered as security. Any such bank may make such loans In an aggregate sum equal to 25 per centum of its capital and surplus of to one-third of its time deposits, and such banks may continue hereafter as hertofore to re ceive time deposits and to pay interest on the same. ? The federal reserve board shall nave power from time to time to add to the list of cities in which national banks ??hall not be permitted to make loans secured upon real esate in the manner described in this section." In practically denying the right to na tional banks to engage In the business of dealing in mortgages, the Congress which passed the national bank act was actuated by the fear that it would not be in the interest of sound banking to nermit institutions concerned mainly In the receipt of demand deposits to tie these deposits up In such a slow asset as a real estate mortgage. Somebank ??rs maintained befor the cormmteea holding hearings on the federal reserve ict that real estate loans were not ^il liquid assets. * * Probablv one of the strongest consid erations leading to the Provision for mortgage loans Employi AH Ovpttftl oo hm mi ^ . T_,_u( was that the to Fullest Extent. BWW. the employment of an capital to the rail eat extent poealble in Ha home com munity. The new act will Mif afcout the redistribution of the eoantry's fl naaoaa Into the fiitrtcta c? cutgtn, and it was oMm that to trim about the fullest employment oC a rural commun ity's money at hone It wortd ho necee sary to allow the loantac ?* this money upon such a oommunity's moot common asset-real estate ?? tmrm land. It was a part and panel of the Intent of the Cramers of th. act to decreaae " possible p?rely unproductive specular sUtWpSbm ?! bsfo?wTr population of the country Is ine a situation where the countrr mus^ uok to it for the production of two bushels of grain where but a scant bushel grew before. To keep abreast with such demands the farmer must have a source of credit at his disposal from whence he can obtain the funds for continuous improvements. The In tent of the new act Is to h,"J with "ucli a source in the banKS 01 the federal reserve system. Of somewhat lesser Importance, tne privilege of loading upon farm ?or'" sratres which has been granted by the ict will remove one of the reasons tor the existence of state banks an^ truit companies apart from the federal system. ^ * o The ant prohibits the loaning upon real estate mortgages by national banks In the Application of Act central reserve cities?that Is, to Keterve Cities, by banks in New York, Chicago and St. Louis, it further vests the right In the federal reserve board to add to the liBt of ?lties tn which this proposition shall have force. Further, the wording of the act excludes the making of loans by the national banks upon timber land, i^neral land, city and suburban real estate and other classes of real property upon which great sums are loaned by state banks and trust ONH panies. Whether any advantage was grained for the system by the exclusion of such securities is a matter open to , question. Another interesting feature of the section dealing with mortgage loans on farm lands is the provision that the land must be situated In the same federal reserve district as the lending bank. This proposition is in harmony with the purpose of the act that as far as possible the money of each region shall be kept and invested at home. In order to assure that the business of loaning on farm real estate shall In no way lead to the develop ment of an unconservative administra tion among national bankers, the act limits the per centum of its actual val ue. and further limits the loan to a period of five years. The soundness of the national banks has long been the pride of the government, the peo ple and of the national bankers, and the provisions of the act are careful to make for the continuation of this characteristic. While the new act does not solve fully the rural banking problem it contributes toward its solution, and the rest of this solution will likelv be accomplished by the establishment of agricultural credit banks in this coun try on the plan of the, co-operative farmers' banks of Europe. Altogether, however, the new legislation Is de signed to ground the fabric of Amer ican banking upon an unshakable foun dation and to make most ample pro vision for the fullest healthy develop ment of the country's financial power. TO VIEW OWN LAND War in Europe Will Enable Tourists to Inspect the Home Country. One result of the great European con I flict. it is pointed out. will be that the I thousands of Americans who annually seek pleaesure and recreation across the I Atlantic will have a splendid oppor- I tunity to become acquainted with their native land next summer, and. probably, for a longer period than that. While there are certain admitted advantages ; possessed by Europe over the United I States as a summer playground, they are | claimed to be more than offset by things | America has to oflfer. and it is expected I that there will be a general waking up I as to the diversity of amusements, cli mates, scenery and types that may be I pleasurably and profitably encountered on this continent. | The carriers of the country, the rail roads and steamship lines, are expected i to derive largely increased business from this state of affairs, and, it is said, are already laying their plans to attract the favorable notice of both the winter and the summer tourist. A general boom in the amount of travel and a proportionate decrease in rates, there fore, will doubtless be an early result of the great conflict. Advantages Offered at Home. " Many thousands of persons who have been putting off visits to the great na tional parks of the United States and Canada, also, it may be added, are ex pected to avail themselves of this op portunity to become familiar with the beauties and the diversions of these great national playgrounds. The Department of the Interior is making no moves to increase the accessibility and conven ience of these portions of the country to tourists, for, as it happens, it has lately by happy coincidence accomplished all i possible steps to that end. Just this yfear the department has En tered into a new contract for handling tourists from the western entrance of the Yellowstone National Park hereto fore not used. This Is expected to result In a distinct reduction in the cost of the usual circular tour of this great reserva tion, as well as an increase in the number ' of persons visiting the park In the course of a year. Automobiles Admitted to Parks. i Automobiles are to be admitted to the use of the roads' In the Mesa Verde Nar tkmal Park of Colorado, the Sequoia and General Grant parks of California, the Yosemlte Parte of California, the Mount Rainier Park of Washington, Glacier Park In Montana, Wind Cave Park in South Dakota, and Crater Lake Park in Oregon. As a result of this action tour ists can enter and cover these parks in a far more expeditious manner than In I horse-drawn vehicles, although these will, of course, still be permitted. The bureau of national parks and res | ervations of the Interior Department is also using every effort to promote the building of a much-needed new and large hotel In the Yosemlte Park, and a general Increase In the number and desirability of accommodations throughout all the parks Is not unlikely as a direct result of the great war. The Health Cott of War. From tbe Chleafo JoorMl. ? Children born In France. Belgium. Germany and Austria-Hungary during the six months or a year following May 1, 1815. will average below par In health and else. They will die more readily of Infantile diseases than the children of other years, and those who survive will fall short of normal stat ure and development. If military conscrleptlon prevails In Europe In 1935, boys born during the period named will be rejected in large numbers because they are under the minimum height presafibed for a sol dier. To a leaser degree the same condi tions will prevail In Russia, and to a much smaller extent in England. This is prophecy only In form. In substance tl Is scienoe and experience. Children born In the months follow ing May 1, 1818, will be the offspring of fathers who did not go to the war. Since all able-bodied men In four coun tries have been swept into the aftBy, It follows that most of the children In question are the sons and daughters of physically defective men?and weak ness breeds weakness. The generation In France conceived during "l'annee terrible," the terrible year when Moltke was thundering at the gates of Paris, averaged nearly an Inch shorter than the national average and the exemptions from military serv ice for weakness and defective stature were twice as great in that group of conscripts as tn any other. This Is one of the prices of war of which kings and statesmen seldom think. On Old Battlefields. Prom th. Boston TmcMcrlpt. If heroic memories have not lost their force, British soldiers will and In the traditions of Namur inspiration to rival the deeds done by their ancestors at or near the quaint Belgian fortress city. Na mur Is a great name In British military history, for Its capture by William 111, in 1006, is one of the marked dating points of the decline of Louis XIV, who had so long posed as the arbiter of Europe. It Is forty miles from N'amur to Brussels, and between the two lie Waterloo and Quatre Bras. Ralmlllles, where Marlbor ough won his great victory over Vllleroy in 1708, is but thirteen miles from -Na mur. These British triumphs were won over the French, but the latter, a war like people; are philosophical In such matters and will not blame their allies If they And incitement to renewed exer tions In their proximity to these famous battlefields. The map of Belgium Is studded with the miniature crossed swords which mark where armies have contended. It has ever been a fighting ground and the French can point to names on the map which are repeated In the list of the glories of France. If the Britons draw pride from the reflec tion that they may fight in sight of Waterloo or under the walls of N'amur, their allies can for their part dwell with equal satisfaction on the memories clus tering around Jemappes, Fleurs and Wat tlgnlee, places where French courage and skill nye or helped to make history. Ceremonies September 31 at Restora tion of the Tomb of Revolution ary Patriot. Special Correspondence of Tbe Star. UPPER MARLBORO. August 22.?C. C. Magruder, Jr.. president of the Star Span gled Banner Society of Prince Georges county, has completed arrangements for the ceremonies incident to the restoration of the tomb of Dr. William Beanes. lo cated on Academy Hill here, to be held September 3. Mayor James H. Preston of Baltimore, president of the national Star Spangled Banner commission, will make a patriotic address. Judge Fill more Beall of the seventh judicial cir cuit will he the presiding officer and will deliver the address of welcome. The in vocation will be by Rev. AiphonBUS J. Donlan, S. J., president of the Catholic University. The "Bentztown Bard" will recite his poem on Dr. Beanes, and Ca bel C. Magruder. jr.. president of the county society, will make an address. A patriotic address by Representative Percy E. Quinn of the seventh Mississippi dis trict, and the raising of a Star Spangled Banner donated by Frederick Sa?scer of Upper Marlboro will be prominent fea tures. William L- Marbury of the South ern Maryland Society being the orator at the flag presentation. Thomas F. Mc Nulty. sheriff of Baltimore, will sing his famous "Star Spangled Banner" song, and Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop or the Washington diocese, will pronounce the benediction. During the ceremonies a portiop of the United States Marine Band will render patriotic music. School Children Supply Funds. The expense Incident to the restoration of the tomb will be borne by subscrip tions from the public school children of Prince Georges county, aided by the na tional Star Spangled Banner commission. The ceremonies will take place in the grounds surrounding the Marlboro Acad emy, Dr. Beanes' garden during his life. This spot was the headquarters of Gen. Ross August 22 and 23, 1814, during the march of the British from Nottingham to Bladensburg. A feature of the exercises will be the awarding of six medals offered to pub lic school children of Prince Georges county?three for high Bchool pupils for compositions on patriotism, and three to children In the primary de partment on Charles Carroll of Carroll ton. These medals are offered by the Sons of the American Revolution of the District of Columbia, the Ark of the Dove of Baltimore, Columbia Historical Society of Washington, the Maryland Society of the war of 1812, Southern Maryland Society and the Society of Colonial Sons of the District of Colum bia. Served as Surgeon During Revolution Dr. Beanes was a native of Prince Georges county, a physician and plant er. He was a member of the Prince Georges county committee to carry into effect the resolves of the American Continental Congress at the beginning of the revolutionary war, and served as a surgeon in the General Hospital In Philadelphia during the revolution. It was the imprisonment of Dr. Beanes on board of a British man-of-war which prompted Francis Scott Key to^ visit him with the hope of securing his re lease. Being detained during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. Key was inspired to write "The Star Spangled Banner." The residents of Upper Marlboro, the seat of Prince Georges, are making elaborate preparations for the enter tainment of one of the largest gather ings that ever assembled In the town. Special trains will be run to and from the place, and the homes and business places and courthouse will be decorated for the occasion. STATISTICS^ OF LIES. Br OR FRANK CRANE. (Oojijrlgit, 1814, by Frank Crane.) A Journalist, endowed with one of those patient and persistent minds one finds only in the hundredth man. has conduct ed an lliQUest, compiled his tables and presents statistics on the subject of lies. Statistics have a peculiar interest. They seem to be proving something. They lmpresB you as In dilutable. You feel you dare not argue with them. And they usually come to no conclusion at all. A triumphant general law can only be maintained by one who gayly casts facts to the winds. Our colleague, for a period of six oon secutlve months, has carefully had under observation ten persons, coming as often as possible In contast with them and checking up the accuracy of their state ments. The subjects were a legislator (party not given), a physician, two lawyers, one young, the other old; a banker, a grocer, a grandmother, a young mother, a young lady and a servant girl. During the six months the investigator found that the legislator In 30 inter views lied 10 times; the doctor in 25 ut terances told 14 lies; the young attorney departed from the truth 22 times in 40 conversations; the old advocate, natur ally more expert, falsified In as many talks 28 times; out of 10 remarks of the banker B were untrue and one literally true statement told with Intent to mis lead; the grocer In 15 talks lied 40 times; the grandmother managed to get in 7 falsehoods In 8 visits; the young j married woman's score was 15 whacks I in 11 calls; the young lady told 2A In 19 innings; and the servant girl?she worked for the journalist's family-4n six months of continued observation produced over i 150 lies. Total: 877 conversations and 824 lies. Of the 324 lies, 100 were traceable to vanity pure and simple; over 00 were told to advance the speaker's personal interests; 50 were put forth to conceal some embarrassing defect or mistake, of the teller's self or of another; four dosen were told to Injure some one else, and 00 to make excuse for not keeping some promise or for not doing what ought to have been done. An analysis of the record shows any thing you please. That Is the beauty of statistics. ? , . . Also the conviction cannot be resisted that a man who could discover such a quantity of lies must have been some thing of an artist himself. Besides, there are lies that are not lies When the hired girl says her mistress is not at home, while said mistress is up stairs with a novel; when your lady friend says she Is not a bit hungry, and forthwith consumes $0 worth of food and drink: when you say to a pan handling friend. "Sorry, old top, but I haven't a cent about me,' and there is a large yellow $20 bill in your vest pocket: these are not lies; they are ef forts to spare people s feelings, they are triumphs of altruism over the brutality of conscience. War Balloons. Prom the I<ondon Chronicle. Air craft It Is pretty certain will figure prominently In the present war, but this will not be quite the novelty moat of us suppose. As early as the eighteenth cen tury the French military authorities founded an aeronautic school, and in 1TM balloons were used to reconnolter during the battle of Fleurus. and. It is said. niRvrd a large part in the French victory. In "the early stages of the American civil war too, the balloon was much used, but later difficulties of transport led to its abandonment. And during the stege of Paris balloons were the only means of k*?ninK ut> any communication between the besieged city and the outside world. '-AM9NGriit ^FRATERNITIES MASONIC LODGES. ! Aug. 24?Dawson. No. IB. F. C. Stansbury. No. 24. EL A. Aug. 25?Federal, No. 1. called off. j Acacia. No. 18. F. C. Takonsa. No. 2J?. F. C. Aug. 26?Harmony. No. 17. called off. ; Washington Centennial. No. 14, ! special. 6 p.m.. M. M. i Aug. 27?The New Jerusalem, No. 9. | f C. _ Georpe C. Whiting. No. 22. Temple-Noyes. No. 32. called *ff. Aug. 28?St. John's. No. 11. F. C. Hope, No. 20. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS. Masonic Temple reports all called off for the week. ? KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES. Masonic Temple reports all called off for the week. ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. Aug. 25?Robert de Brace Couneol, Knights Kadosh. called off. MI SC ELLA NEOUS. Aog. 29?KalliDolis Grotto. Veiled Pro phets. midnight ceremonial. Colonial Beach. EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS. No meetings announced by chapters. Aug. 24?Board of directors. Masonic and Eastern Star Here. Except a special communication at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening:, when the M. M. degree is to be presented, and a mid night ceremonial at Colonial Beach Sat urday evening by Kallipolis Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R., but few activities are re ported in Masonic circles. Seven of the blue lodges announce degree work, but both chapters and commanderies, as well as the Scottish Rite bodies and the East ern Star chapters, are reported as having called off for the week. Grand Secretary Arvine W. Johnston, who has been visiting his home in Ohio and taking a look at the great northwest via the great lakes, is expected home Tuesday. He was to leave Chicago Sat urday evening. J. Edmund Thompson, grand master of ceremonies of the Supreme Council of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets, who was crushed to death in Warwick, R. L, last Sunday by a freaky automobile, was one of the big men of the Supreme Coun cil, an orator of note and prominent In Worcester, Mass., his home, not only in Masonry, being a 33d degree Mason of the Northern Jurisdiction, but as evalted ruler of the Worcester L<odge of Elks, the Odd Fellows, the Red Men and In the business world. He was taking an out ing with his family at the time and it is supposed while he and his family were away from the automobile some one placed the gears at high speed. Mr. Thompson was pinned by his machine to a wall and died shortly afterward. He was well known to many of the local prophets and nobles of the Mystic Shrine and was held in high regard. The Star acknowledges receipt of a copy of the handsome edition of the Ma sonic and Eastern Star year book for 1914. It contains portraits of the officers of all of the grand bodies, of the subordi nate bodies and of Almas Temple, Kal lipolis Grotto and the Eastern Star grand and subordinate chapters, with views of the Masonic Temple, the Masonic and Easter Star Home and of the new House of the Temple being erected at 16th and 8 streets northwest, with much useful in formation. Prank H. Pierce, well known In local Masonry, is its publisher. Members of St. John's Lodge, No. 11, and of St. John's Lodge Chapter of the Eastern Star recently visited the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in automobiles with well filled baskets of good things for the residents and to give the home folks, with their matron and her as sistant, a motor ride of a couple hours through the city parka At 5 o'clock supper was served the party on the lawn at /the home. Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 33, has called off its communication scheduled for September 7. Dawson Lodge. No. 1ft, has a special scheduled for Monday evening, August 31. at 7 o'clock, when the M. M. degree will be presented by its past masters. Besides its special communication Wed nesday evening at 6 o'clock for the M. M. degree, with Worshipful Master Leonard P. Steuart and the lodge official line, as sisted by the degree team, Washington Centennial Lodge announces for its com munication the evening of September 2, at 7:30 p.m., the F. C. degree, with Sen:or Warden James S. McCarthy heading the official line; the M. M. degree for the communication of September 10, with Junior Warden Paul E. Lesh at the head of the line, and a special communication for September 30, at 5:30 p.m., for the M. M. degree, with the past masters of the lodge and the degree team officiating. Past Master John J. Hill, 934 French street northwest; Past Master David Kahn, 1233 12th street northwest; Albert H. Kanode, jr.. Forestvllle, Md., and Charles H. Wagner, 2405 Nichols avenue. Anacostia, all members of the lodge, are reported on the sick lisL Kallipolis Grotto. No. 15, of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, is counting on carrying a thousand strong on its pilgrimage to Colonial Beach Sat urday for its midnight ceremonial. Peter R. Pullman, monarch of the grotto, says he has reason to believe the big class of initiates which will be Inducted Into the order at that time will run close to the nineties and he feels certain the pleasure of the trip to those who go will measure a full 100 per cent. All sorts of unusual features are planned to make the trip enjoyable, from a peanut feast on the boat going down to a special concert by the new "zobo band." Kallipolis Grotto's brass band, orchestra and glee club are | also announced among the musical fea tures and "the invasion of the Imps," ! an unusual interpolation. Is promised to cap the climax in unique entertainment. A small army of prophets under the gen eral chairmanship of O. A. C. Oehmler Is arranging the many details incident to the trip, with Past Monarch Edward S. Hchmld, A. H. Rogers, A. C. Mayer and j S. F. Shreve In charge of the "pass i ports." ? Mrs. Rose A. Yost, grand secretary of I the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern 1 Star, and her two daughters. Misses Pearl and Grace, who have been having a two-week vacation, have returned to the city. The Arab Patrol of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine will have a house warming for its active and honorary members at its new headquarters. 1240 H street northwest. Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Potentate James T. Gibbs and his official divan will be specially In vited guests. Harry Kennedy has charge of the program for the occasion, which will include songs, stories, music and speeches?and refreshments. It is the purpose of the patrol to give In the near future a reception for the members of Almas Temple. NAHM Central Council met Monday evening in its council chamber at Perpetual Building Association Hall with a large number of members and visitors. One application for membership was re ceived. Mr. Ford, president of the Na tional Council, addressed the meeting on the good of the order. Dr. Glushak. a member of the Central Council, is re ported still abroad. McKinley Council met last week. Rou tine business was transacted and *r* rangements made for the excursion to Marshall Hall. One application for mem bershlp was received. The trustees' re port on the condition of the council commissary was read and. It Is said, showed the commissary In a flourishing condition. x Congressional Council met Wednes day evening: at Typographical Temple. Mr. Smith, vice president, acted as president. President Hogan is spending several weeks at Colonial Beach. A large attendance was present, and forty applications were received for member ship. James M. Money and John Holla way were elected as members of the cabinet. Federal Council at Its meeting last evening at Perpetual Building Associa tion Hall received one application for membership. General Deputy Bugden made an address. 0M7FELM LODGES. A ug. 24?Covenant, No. 13, degree. Union, No. 11; Beacon, No. 10, and Langdon, No. 26, business. A of. 23?Washington, No. 0, degree. Golden Rale. No. 21, ana Amity. No. 27, business. Aug. 26?Eastern, No. 7, degree. Har mony, No. 9; Friendship, No. 12, and Federal City, No. 20, business. Aug. 27?Columbia, No. 10; Bxeelalor, No. 17, aad Salem, No. 22, de Aug. 28?Central. No. 1; Metropolis, No. 16. and Phoenix, No. 28, busi ness. ENCAMPMENTS. Aug. 25?Fred D. Stuart. No. 7, degree and open meeting. Ang. 26?Columbian, No. 1, degree. REBEKAH LODGES. Aug. 24?Esther, No. 5, degree. Aug. 28?Martha Washington, No. 3, and Dorcas, No. 4, business. PATRIARCHS MILITANT. Aug. 20?Canton Washington, No. 1, so* cial and degree drill. Grand Master Frank K. Rapp has desig nated Past Grand Master Thomas J. Gates, chairman of the Grand Lodge com mittee on Rebekah lodges, to represent the Grand Lodge on the joint committee on Bebekah anniversary, and has called upon each Rebekah lodge to appoint, three members to meet with him in the blue room. Odd Fellows' Hall, Wednesday evening, September 9, at 7:30 o'clock, to form a Joint anniversary committee. Bach subordinate lodge will also be re quested to send one representative to the committee. At the Fred D. Stuart Encampment,' No. 7, session. Tuesday evening, a good time is assured those who attend. Following the routine business, the session will be thrown open to all metnbers of the order, and a program, with refreshments and a smoker, has been arranged for by the committee. Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 5, has re ported to the grand secretary the death of Edwin Marden of that lodge, Wed nesday, August 10. The lodge excursion to Chesapeake Beach will take place Thursday, August 27. Tomorrow evening the lodge will hold Its semi-monthly ses sions. The attendailce of members of sister lodges has been invited. Eastern Lodge, No. T, met Wednesday and conferred the third degree In full form upon a candidate. Several members from other lodges in this and other Juris dictions were present. Next week the initiatory degree will be conferred. Canton Washington, No. 1, P. M., It Is announced, has about completed Its itin erary in connection with the annual ses sion of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Atlantic City, N. J., in September. The canton will leave this city September 19. Quarters have been secured at the Hotel Sllverton. Transportation for all cheva liers who take part in the conferring of the grand decoration of chivalry, and who attend the rehearsals from this date, It Is reported, will be provided by the annual trip committee. A large number of the chevaliers and their friends have pledged themselves to accompany the canton. Last Tuesday evening nearly a full canton was present for rehearsal and drill. Capt. W. P. Pumphrey has re quested the attendance of every cheva lier at the Tuesday and Saturday evening drills. Next Wednesday the second of the canton excursions to Chesapeake Beach will be given. Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No. 2. held a re hearsal session Monday evening, and those present were entertained by music, recita tions and humor. It was announced that the lodge will hold a lawn party Tuesday evening, and Monday, August 31, It will give a trolley ride, with refreshments. The next session of the lodge, In Sep tember, is announced as a "red letter session." Salem Lodge. No. 22, meeting every Thursday evening, has degree work for several meeting nights to come. Mem bers of other lodges are Invited to each session to render aid in the conferring of the degrees. Covenant I?dge, No.. 13, is said to be busy conferring degrees and receiving ap plications for membership. The loage welcomes members from sister lodges. Federal City ^ Northeast Temple Wedne?da.y evening, with a good attendance. The noble grand Invited those present to a watermelon feast in the front room after the lodge closed. IjODGES Aug. WSSit Ang. Kx?Mor. Myrtle. No. 25. hnsliM,,. Ane. 20-Mj.r22V'."^?5mbl2: business. . Aug. 27?Harmony. No. Auk. 28?Syracusians, No. 10, and Rath bone-Superior, No. 29, busi ness. PYTHIAN SISTERS. Aug. 25?Friendship Temple, No. 0, business. _ . Aug. 27?Rathbone Temple. No. 8, W?i ness. TJhe representatives of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the District of Columbia, to the convention of the Supreme Lodge, which Just completed its session at Winnipeg, Manitoba, last I week, have returned. j The Supreme Lodge convention closed on Tuesday, the 11th instant, after de ciding to hold the next convention at Portland, Ore., August 2, 1910. Ten thousand dollars was voted for Pythian education for the ensuing biennial term. It was decided to recognize the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan as an auxil iary order and to purchase the library of the late William D. Kennedy of Chicago, the noted historian of the order. Th< proposition to admit members at the age of eighteen years was voted down. The following officers were elected Supreme chancellor. Brig. S. Young, Ada, Ohio; supreme vice chancellor, John J. Brown, Vandalia, 111.; supreme prelate, Joseph H. Spearing, (re-elected), Colum bia, Tenn.; supreme keeper of records and seals, Fred E. Wheaton (re-elected), Minneapolis, Minn.; supreme master of exchequer, Thomas D. Mears (re-elest ed), Wilmington, N. C.; supreme master at arms. Merrill G. Martlndale, Spokane, Wash; supreme inner guard, Douglas S. Wright (re-elected), Vicksburg, Miss.; supreme outer guard, Henry M. Wads worth (re-elected), Philadelphia. Pa Board of control, Charles S. Davis of Denver, Colo., and William O'Neal of Orlando, Fla. Mrs. Ella Garner entertained the Past Chiefs' Association, Pythian Sisters of the District, at the monthly meeting of the organisation Monday night. At the close of the business session luncheon was served by the hostess. Those pres ent were Mrs. Elsie Vandervert. Mrs. I Florence David. Mrs. Carrie Davis. Mrs. ! Delia Nichols, Mrs. Roberta Prescott, Mrs. Ida Crown, Mrs. Llasle Bassett. ; Mrs. Bertha Williams, Mrs. Martha Jar boe. Mrs. Minnie Wolfshelmer and Mrs. Garner. The association will entertain a number of orphans of the city on the excursion to be given by the two templet of Pythian Sisters on Thursday, Septem ber 3. to Marshall Ball. Syracuslans Lodge. No. 10, has reported the receipt of an application for mem bership oy deposit of a Grand Lodge card. Arthur T. Kreh, a member of Mountain City Lodge, No. 29, of Frederick. M<1. who has been under the care of the sick committee of Syracuslans Ix>dge. Is re ported recovered. IMPROVED ORDER MEN Past Sachem F. M. Miller of Scioto Tribe of Indianapolis, Ind.. paid Page Tribe, No. 6, a visit Monday night. 'The hustling committee" will meet tomorrow night at the hall of Red Wing Tribe. At the meeting of Red Wing Tribe Chairman E. R. Boyer of "the hustling oommlttee" gave a brief outline of the committee's work for the coming win ter. The tribe had a number of visitors. Including Saohem Heldenhetmer of Sioux Tribe, Past Sachems King and Caywood of Seneca Tribe and Messrs. Kubatz and Throneberg of Logan Tribe, who delivered addreesea. The press representative of Idaho Tribe. No. IS, Is taking a trip through Maryland. Oseeola Tribe, No. 18, of Tenlertown Is making preparations tor a class night the first week In September. Logan Tribe, No. 8, Thursday night, with a large attendance, listened to farewell addresses to Arthur McClure, who was leaving for his home In Chi Cftgo. Whit? Eagle Council, No. 4, at So ciety Temple Wednesday night, after a short business meeting, held a sock social. Sioux Tribe's Thursday evening meeting was largely attended. Mr. Bouis, who re sides in Takoma Park, who has been ill, for some time, was reported improving! rapidly. Sachem Heidenhelmer promised to have his "hustling committee" of three on hand at Red Wing Tribe, No. 20, to morrow evening. Junior Sagamore Spaulding presented the tribe with a banner, his own work, showing a Sioux Indian lighting a council brand. The token was received on behalf of the tribe by Past Sachem Hyman Levy. Sioux Tribe will give its annual excursion to Marshall Hall September 1. Among the visitors present were Mr. Miller of Sciota Tribe, Crawfordsville, Ind., and a delegation of fifty from Lo gan Tribe, No. 8, that came to pay Sioux Tribe a fraternal visit. Under "the good of the order" .re marks* were made by various members. Messrs. Scribner and Williamson of Lo gan Tribe, No. 8, presented Sachem Hei denhelmer with tokens of their esteem. Refreshments were served and the meet ing adjourned. Afterward Sioux and Lo gan tribes tried out their bowling teams, following it with a crab feast. Joseph Levy, secretary of the Red Men's Bowling Club, has asked to have the names of all members that desire to en roll. FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION ELECTS ITS OFFICERS C. W. Gill Renamed President. Three Members Acquitted of Charges in Year. The first anniversary of the Fireman's Association was held Tuesday night at | j the hall at Uth and E streets northweet, ! and was largely attended. President C. W. Gill presided and delivered a short address. He explained that the asso ciation had defended four members against whom charges were preferred. \ Three of them, he stated, were acquitted j and the fourth case is still pending. President Gill referred to the case of Private William A, Schwerdtfeger of No. 6 engine company as being the one pend ing before the Commissioners and said he felt certain that action favorable to the fireman will be taken. He told of the progress the association had made and said he felt certain that unification of effort would accomplish more thai, individual endeavor. The election of officers for the year re sulted in the choice of Charles W. Gill, president; Frank J. Nesiine, first vice president; H. W. Swann, second vice president; J. A. Smith, third vice presi dent; W. A. Smith, secretary; J. D. Sul livan. treasurer; W I. Reeves, sergeant at-arms. Friends of the association who were elected to honorary membership were Representative George F. O'Shaunessy of Rhode Island, Senator John R Thorn ton of Louisiana, Representative Dennis O'LeJCry of New York, William K. Coop er, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Walter Gilliam, secretary of the relig ious work of the Y. M. C. A.; Henry B. F. Macfarland, Dr. L. D. Walter, Carl Forkenreck, William Waddell and Frank Crawford. I>uring the first year of the association five members resigned from the depart ment, two died and three were retired. The association haB a membership of 328. Russia?A Partial Protector. From the Manchester Guardian. Rus&la is very often called the protector of the Slavs, but the phrase is one of those which people go on repeating with out considering whether It is right or wrong. Russia may justly be called the protector of the orthodox, but to give her the title of protector of the Slavs is only partly true. The Poles are Slavs, and they exceed in number the entire population of the Balkan peninsula, yet Russia has consistently oppressed them. The Bohemians are also Slavs, and al though a few Russian nationalists have tried to curry favor with them, there is not the slightest chance of Russia risk ing the life of a single soldier to save them, should Austria again treat them harshly or unjustly. The bond between Russia and Servla is religious rather than racial. For Catholic or Protestant SlavB Russia cares nothing. One rarely hears a Russian speak well of the Poles, writes a correspondent, but they are often enthusiastic when they talk of Servians and Bulgarians. "In Bel grade and Sofia I went into the churches, and the effect upon me was overwhelm ing," said a Russian publicist; "the serv ices were Just like those at home, and as I looked at the people round me. I felt more than I had ever done before that they were truly my brothers." In the churches of Warsaw or Prague the good man would doubtless have felt that Poles or Bohemians were even more dis tant cousins than he had been led to think. The influence of religion In inter national politics is far stronger than is generally imagined. Economy in Floor. From the London Chronicle. The scarcity of flour drove the privy council to some remarkable sumptuary recommendations in 1795. All families were begged to give up puddings and pies, and the privy councilors announced that they proposed to set an example by confining themselves to fish, meat, vege tables and household bread, partly made of rye. One quartern loaf a week was recommended as the maximum allowance per head, and the loaf should be put on the table for each to help himself, so that there might be no waste. Rich peo ple were urged to do without soups and gravies, to take only the prime cuts and leave the rest for the poor. The poor should be taught how to make soup and rice podding, rice being a new food which until then had been little used. ? ? This Is to be the last week of the Boy Scout camp. Tho6e In charge and the boys now there hope to see a large at tendance during this, the closing week. Dr. Charles A. Eastman will be there, and It is expected It will be one of the most Interesting as well as one of the busiest weeks of the season. Merit budges have been awarded dur ing the last week as follows: Albert J. McCurdy, cooking; Knut Ntlsson. cook ing; Alfred Hurdine. cooking; Thomas Somerville, swimming; Augustus \Y. Hines. swimming, life saving. Amand Donnell, life saving, swimming; Paul E. Robbln, pioneering; Jackson Somerville, cooking; Mark Shoemaker, first aid. I pioneering; Vernon Roberts, first aid, pioneering; George Abrams. pioneering: Lawrence Prentice, pioneering; A. S. Rippey, pioneering; Edward Sheiry, pioneering. Sergt. Maj. Henry C. Mallnka has been I made permanent offlcer-of-the-day by order of the Washington council. August II twenty-flve scouts cruised to Herring bay, where they landed and J made a trip Into the Interior. Wednesday evening the scouts made a night hike to Willows, Md. On the way home the boys killed a large snake. The Sea Scout. with twenty-flve scouts aboard, made a trip to Annap olis. The boys enjoyed their visit very much. Twenty scouts under Scoutmaster Malinka and Assistant Scoutmaster Reed spent a day at Plum point. They passed the time Ashing and crabbing. Thursday morning was given over to a general clean-up. The camp was vis ited by a large number of people, who found everything in good order. Many scouts passed their second and first class examinations at the camp Friday morning. Boy Scouts from Baltimore have le,?t for their homes, their time at the camp having been ended yesterday. Dr. Charles A. Eastman is scheduled to lecture at the Ninth Street Christian Church, September 1 at R p.m., under the auspices of Boy Scout Troop No. 10. Troop No. 21 Contributes. The scribe of Troop No. 21 sent in a letter concerning a recent outing of that troop. The letter follows: "Last Saturday we met at our hall at 1 p.m., and took the cars to Georgetown, where we met our scoutmaster and Scoutmaster Malinka of Troop No. 16. We went up to Chain bridge, then up the canal to the point where Scoutmaster Lugenbeel of the Berwyn troop is camp ing for the summer. Soon after we struck the camp we all had a good swim. Then we cooked our supper. After supper we hiked up the towpath to Glen Echo, where we had an enjoyable time. We then hiked back to camp down the Aqueduct road. "After breakfast Sunday morning, we had Sunday school. Mrs. Lugenbeel taught the lesson. Then we had swim ming and a hike up the canal in our bathing suits. Mess call for dinner sounded at 1 o'clock. A watermelon feast was furnished by Mr. Lugenbeel. At 2:30 we cleaned up camp and started for home after giving three rousing cheers for Scoutmaster Lugenbeel and family, who had made things so pleas ant for us. "There were fifteen scouts, one assis tant and two scoutmasters in the party. We carried our camp cooking utensils with us and food for the trip. "Thursday night we held our patrol leaders' meeting and organized our drum and bugle corps- All buglers were trans ferred to Patrol No. 1, under Troop Bug ler Den. Eggleston. Patrol No. 2, under Kenneth Haines will make a specialty Oi signaling. Patrol No. * 3, Patrol Leader Lloyd Gosorn, will specialize on rope work, and Patrol No. 4, Patrol Leader Homer Greenfield, will have the bandage and first-aid work. First-Ctass Scout George Davis was made assistant patrol leader of Patrol No. 4. "It has been decided to call a meeting of the fathers and men of the town to get their assistance in fitting up our hall and financing the troop." ? Following is a list of the activities of the Boy Scout camp for the ensuing Monday, August 24?Tennis, swimming, boating, base ball, camp fire. Tuesday, August 25?Hike to Plum Point, Md. (total distance five miles); fishing and crabbing contest. Boys to compete in squads of four. Prizes to be | given for the greatest number of fish and the greatest number of crabs caught. I Crab feast. Wednesday. August 26?Cruise to An | napolis, Md., visiting the city and the Naval Academy. Thursday, August 27?Visitors* day; field day?50-yard dash for boys under 110 pounds, 50-yard dash for boys between 110 and 140 pounds; 50-yard swim for boys under 110 pounds; 50-yard swim for boys between 110 and 140 pounds, boat paddle race, four in a boat; boat race, officers of the camp; relay race on sand, running broad jump, throwing base ball I for distance, base baH game, officers vs. scouts: camp fire. I Friday, August 28?Cruise to eastern shore, scout games, water melon feast. Saturday. August 20?Fishing, crabbing, boating, swimming, base ball, camp fire. Sunday. August 30?Religious services, i short walk. A banner will be awarded to the tent having the greatest number of points for the week, for Inspection. Monday, August 31?Break camp, start on cruise for home, probable length of cruise, three days. Any boy in the District of Columbia may go to camp this week for $4. The trip back to Washington will be made by boat leaving camp August 31 and arriv ing in Washingtton some time Septem ber 2. Girl Scouts. Troop No. 11. July 11 Mrs. Walworth Cady held a meeting to organize a troop of Girl Scouts In Tenleytown. There were twelve en thusiastic girls present, and July 15 six teen girls passed their necessary examin ation to be enrolled as tenderfoot scouts. The girls elected Edna Lindner and Emily Bai-rick patrol leaders. The first obsta cle that met the new troop was the fa miliar one of lack of money. Uniforms were needed, and so with a hearty will the girls got up a lawn party, which was held July 22. The work was done entire ly by the Girl Scouts, and $30 was cleared. With this money they pur chased material for uniforms, ties, etc., the official color of dark blue being chosen. Meetings are held every Wednes day afternoon in St. Columha's Hall. There are now enrolled twenty-one Girl Scouts and several others will be en rolled at the next meeting. August 15 the captain. Mrs. Cady. took the girls to Great Falls for the afternoon and even ing. A most enjoyable time was had on the river and the supper cooked over the campflre was excellent. Great interest Is taken in the semaphore practice. Next Wednesday the meeting will be held in the woods, where they will have their regular exercises and learn a few of the many things a Girl Scout has to learn. The girls are showing much enthusiasm and spirit and are a real help to their captain. Each member of the troop is trying to earn one dollar, as the re ceipts from the lawn party were not suf ficient to pay for their uniforms. At each meeting Mrs. Cady gives the girls an instructive talk on the scout laws, hoping through the influence of the Girl Scouts to raise the moral standard of the community. The enrolled members are: Rosa Brown, Emily Barrick. Edna Bar rick, Thelma Burrows. Chrfstel Banger ter. Evelyn Colburn. Florence Derrick, France* Easton. Helen IJodges. Evelyn French. Julia Jones. Ruth King. Marie Kolb. Margaret l.ong. Leila Parka. Ivy Riley, Alice Humphreys. Margu?1t? Smith. Edna Lindner. Patia Smith and Nannie Sparshott. Troop No. 10. The national secretary met with the captain. Mrs. Foster, and her girls at the meeting hold last Tuesday evening at the 'home of Mrs. M. B. Foster. She express ed deep interest in the work being ac complished by this troop. Margaret IV.d ridge was awarded her second ?la*s badge. The girls of this troop arc plar i nlng to go camping at Tolchoster Peach. Md.. the first week in September. N>\t j Tuesday it whs vote<i to invite the moth ers of the girls, so that they ma> ?>econ?e j more familiar with the scout movement. Troop No. 8. Petworth's troop met at the Methodist church last Friday night Two new members were admitted. Thurza Sutcr and Madeline Elliott. It was suggested that each girl should give - cents a week toward a fund to purchase enamel ed dishes for camping next year, and the idea was greeted with .enthusiasm, Last Tuesday evening the girls lived up to one of their scout laws by helping the citizens' association serve refreshment* at a large outdoor meeting. The mem bers who are away on a vacation write that they wear their scout uniform* Friday evenings as a reminder of the weekly meetings held at home. Two girls have written their captain that they i have been able to render effective first I aid. Troop No. 5. At the meeting last week at Takoma Park semaphore work was practiced. Minnette Bergman has been admitted as a new member. It was voted to buy the troop's oak crest for each member from [ the money in the treasury. The next meeting will be held at Chesapeake I Beach. Through the influence of Arthur j ? Randle a large troop of Girl Scouts wi.l be formed soon at Randle Highlands MOSOPHICAL SOCIETY MEETS HERE THURSDAY Annual Convention to Be Held at the Raleigh?Five Hundred to Attend. Members of the American section of the Theosophical Society will gather at the Raleigh Hotel Thursday for their annual convention. Morning and afternoon ser sions and' evening lectures open to the public will be held during the latter part of the week and the early part of next week. About .TOO members from all parts of the United States and Canada are ex pected to attend. A number of excur sions have been arranged by members of the two Washington lodges of the society. The convention will be the first of the section's meetings held in Washington. For the past six or eight years the annu al meetings have taken place in Chicago. A. P. Warrington, general secretary of the American section, will preside. The American section is a branch of A world-wide society with headquarters in Adyar, India. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles. Cal. The president of the general society is Mrs. Annie Besant. The Theosophical Society was founded in New York in 1875 by Mme. H. P. Blavatsky and Henry Steele Olcott. It now has national sections In twenty three countries and is represented else where in the world by presidential agents. The membership of the general society is about 25,<i00. In the United States and Canada there are about 100 lodges with a membership of nearly 5,000. Objects of the Society. The society claims to present a philoso phy of life which seeks to harmonize science, religion and art, and to f.irnish a rational explanation of man and the universe. The three stated objec;s are: "To furnish a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity; to encoumge the study of comparative religion, philos ophy and science, and to investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the pow ers latent In man.'* One of the important phases of activity of the society has been its investigations of occult phenomena. In this lieid n be gan on similar lines to those ol' the So ciety of Psychical Research, but it has carried the work much farther and h<<s presented its findings in greater detail. The society has produced an extensive literature, maintains numerous book con cerns and publishing houses and numbers among its members several famous sci entists, including Sir William Crookes of England. Sentimental Side of War. From the Providence Journal. The French have instantly invaded Al sace, one of the "lost provinces" from the war of 1870. They have wrested a small town from the Germans. That's senti ment. The account shows that it wai a brilliant little affair and the French un doubtedly took the highest relish in executing it. The captured town appears to be of no Importance nor is Its posi tion of much value strategically. The possession of Alsace-Lorraine would be settled by the outcome of the war any way. But the French people and army will be thrilled by this stroke?and friend ly countries will sympathize with their emotion. So grim old Mars often shows his sen timental side. At the beginning of the South African war the English?com monly regarded as the least emotional of people?were bent on relieving Ladysmith, where the garrison had been bottled up by the Boers. Enormous energy was de voted to reaching Ladysmith, though whether it was relieved or not could have no bearing on the outcome of the war. The British public simply could not abide the thought of having the soidiers there suffer the humiliation of being starved Into surrender. The annals of war are full of incidents where senti ment has been the ruling influence, dis placing cold military science. Such s< u timent is not really wasted. The effect on the morale of an army Is worth a great deal. That little affair in A.sn<e will help to fire the whole French army for the Joy of battle. Traits of Bitish Troops. From the London Chronicle. When discussing the peninsul.il cam paign with John Wilson Croker W elling ton told him that "the national character of the three kingdoms was strongly mark ed In my army. I found the English regi ments always in the best humor when ue were well supplied with beef; the Irish when we were in the wine countries, and the Scotch when the dollars for pay came up. This looks like an epigram, but I assure you It was a fact, and quite pe? ceptlble. But we managed to reconcile all their tempers, and 1 venture to say that In our later campaigns, and especial ly when we crossed -the Pyrenees, there never was an army In the world in bet ter spirits, better order or better disci pllne."